Evening Star Newspaper, March 5, 1931, Page 2

TA—Z w¥» CONTROL OF LIQUDR *BY STATES URGED Raskob Proposes Prohibition Plan to Democrats for Consideration in 1932. i ‘(Continued From First Page) State of New York, then New York State would handle its own liquor prob- Jem, but the eighteenth amendment still would be in full force and effect with respect o the other 47 States. If later, the commonweaith of Massa- chusetts adopted a different plan of liquor control, which was approved by its people, thereafter that common- wealth would be handling its own liquor problem. “This_plan squares absolutely with the Jeffersonian principle of State's rights, and as previously stated, an- pther strong factor in its fevor is that it guarantees that the saloon cannot return, for the reason that it will be impossible to induce a majority of the people in any State to vote in favor of a liquor-control plan for their State ! that permits the return of the saloon. Discusses Need of Morality. Leaving the prohibiton issue. Mr. Raskob deciared “there is entirely too little understanding of the value of a liberak form of government as & guar- antee of liberty against a life of tyran- ny such as our forefathers endured.” “We are living in a dollar age and in our desire to succeed financially most people have given little atention to our political history,” he declared. “I fear we t00 often turn o our law makers for laws to prevent wrongdoing instead of demanding that our churches, homes and schools instill a true sense of right and wrong in the minds and hearts of our people. There seems to be %too little thought of the Golden Rule, "As ye would that men should do to you, do ve also to them likewise,; with “the result that we hear on every hand there should be a law against this, or there should be & law against that, ‘which results in _entirely too -many ‘sumptuary laws. Man-made law can- ‘not force the will, and where it tries % do it you have jails and prisons filled. Every law that tends to curtail or deny liberty to the many in order to prevent the license of & few is ,bo nd to fail. e should endeavor to instill in society a true sense of right and wrong and a desire to do right for right's jsake, and all members of that society fshould frown on thase who violate these wprinciples. If society condemns wrong- doing in no uncertain terms, those vio- Jating that code incur the enmity of society to a degree that makes life ‘much more unendurable than prison. : Opposes Sumptuary Laws. “ “Laws that are not respected by ‘honest, honorable men are not respec- table, and any government persisting in enacting and refusing to repeal such Jaws as the so-called blue laws, can command Trespect or expect to dure. “The Democratic party in both State and Nation should frown on every at- tempt to enact sumptuary laws, such as making it a misdemearor to ride on a trolley car on Sunday, closing expensive 4swimming pools, built with public money at great cost, to the men and {women and ch:ldren of a community on ia sweltering hot Sunday because some believe that by so doing these people will be driven into the churches and thus into heaven. “Let those of us carrying the banner jof the great Democratic party dedicate Ioursc]\es to bringing these United fStates back to a government that will {guarantee to our children and to all {posterity the right to live and to enjoy “that liberty and pursuit of happiness that the founders of this Government iendeavored to secure for us.” H Has “Greatest Opportunity.” { Mr. Raskob declared that “the Dem- focratic party has the greatest opportun- {ity of service in its history to make it~ fself the advocate of a strong, liberal form of government which will deserve and secure permanent victory instead of an empty victory gained by dehu.lt jor through a resort to expediencies.” “The pursuit of this course will in- ‘vnlve the application and extension of ¥modern conditions to these emocratic principles,” he said. “We ‘should attempt to do everything to take .the Government out of business and to lieve trade from unnecessary and un- nable governmental restriction, in- rference and manipulation. We should lan to substitute voluntary co-opera- n for political control. We should iclearly define our tariff policles and should decry the policy of governmental price-fixing schemes and attempts to iclally maintain prices; we should courage and not hamper voluntary sconsolidations in co-operative under- takings, H Discusses Organization. ‘Turning to the subject of organiza- fion of his party, he declared: “Something should be done to trengthen our national organization. you appreciate that under our form f government the party losing a na- ional election suffers a great handicap ough lack of organization and lead- ip? There is nothing that in any ay designates the defeated candidate 85 the leader and certainly the chair- ‘man of this committee is not the leader. "This committee cannot hope to serve & very useful purpose if it only meets { twice ‘every four years to elect a chair- iman and choose a conyention city. 'rudxy we have representing our party i great bodies. One, this commit- Me of ”0 men and women from every rt of the United States; two, the 47 ocratic Senators, and three, the 216 Democratic Representatives. But there has been developed no scheme that results in these three great bodies being brought together under one come mon leadership to promote Democratic doctrines and principles, in consequence of which the party suffers. I believe this committee could well suggest to «the next national convention the de- {¥elopment of some scheme that will fgesult in close co-operation among Sthese three great bodies and the desig- fhation of who is to be leader. $ “It might be that the National Com- $mittee could have six members at large, s zonsisting of the Democratic leader in he Senate and two other Senators to e chosen by a Senate caucus, and the i Pemocratic leader in the House of Rep- % pesentatives, and two other Representa- mves to be chosen by a House caucus. rther, that an advisory committee of he National Committee be created, the mcmbcr(hm of which should be com- of the three Senators and the epresentatives above mentioned, with ree members of the National Commit- $Jee and the chairman of the National §Committee as a member ex-officio. Or Eerraps some better plan could be yorked out. I would strongly advise at the National Committee have regu- r annual meetings in order to bring he party together more frequently as a Rational organization. Needs Unified Leadership. “This committee cannot too strongly emphasize its beilef in the necessity D! unified and strong leadership in our arty; one that will carry our banner lorward courageously and one in whose haracter and ability the people will ‘uve such absolute confidence and reat sense of security that they will !now all questions will be decided on Jound fundamental principles and we will not resort to mere expediencies to ®ain_ votes. “Today our country is suffering as it as never suffered before from lack of adership. It seems that faith and eonfidence have been destroyed and our ple know not where to turn for sal- “cculd there be a more devastating xample of what a lack of faith und destruction of confidence will do than s present today, where we have in this iy raw material in unlimited o THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 1931, 5, I Last Curtain Falls POLI'S FAMOUS ARCH IS DEMOLISHED. ‘The huge proscenium arch at Poli yesterday afterncon. many a successful “hit, staged, resounded as a wre¢king crew “I broken mortar. audiences used to sit. A dynamite ‘blast slowly pulled over by a cable and block theater walls and gallery still stand, but these are being rapidly demolished. place of the theater there will soon be a park. —Sf 's Theater, through which thousands for many years watched the passing pageantry of music and drama, crashed to earth In the place which had reverberated with applause for the loudest roar of all, for the biggesf spectacle ever ‘brought down the house.’ Tons of brick crashed with a deafening din, sending up a cloud of dust and The debris broke through the orchestra pit where fashionable first weakened the wall, and it was then and tackle. A considerable part of the In tar Staff Photo. quantities, millions of men and women seeking employment, an abundance of capital seeking safe investment, and | nothing happens. “It is a sad commentary on life that we have millions of bushels of ex- | cess wheat and unlimited idle tonnage | while people are starving. Just before the committee meeting opened former Gov. Smith of New York and forcer Gov. Cox of Ohio, Demo- cratical presidential candidates in 1928 and 1920, respectively, were escorted to the platform. The committee rose and applauded vigorously. At the opening of the meeting Mr. Raskob made it clear that the Demo- cratic National Committee will not be asked to take action on any “policy,” including prohibition, at this time. His statement was greeted with ap- plause. The fear of an attempt on the part of the national chairman to put the committee on record in favor of repeal or revision of the national pro- hibition laws has stirred Democratic leaders from every section of the coun- try for weeks. ‘The call for the meeting of the national committee declared that party policies would be discussed and a plan submitted for financing the national ization Not only did Mr. Raskob say that he would “ask for no action of any kind” on matters of policy, but he added: “I hope that no attempt will be made to force action on party policies at this meeting. Shouse Outlines Work. ‘The statement by Mr. Raskob caused many in the Democratic meeting to heave a sigh of relief. Harmony, which has been absent from Demo- cratic national gatherings because of | the prohibition issue, seemed to be restored, at least temporarily. The chairman called upon Jouett chairman _of the Execuitve Shouse, Committee of the Democratic National | Committee, to tell what the national | organization has been doing the last 22 months to aid the Democratic cause. Mr. Shouse declared emphatically that the Democratic organization built up under his direction and with the ap- | vl.l of Chairman Raskob would not terest itself in behalf of any candi- date for the presidential nomination. ‘This declaration by Shouse was ap- El:el;lded vigorously. The assertion has made In some quarters that the Democratic national intent upon dictating of a candidate. ‘There is one thing,” said Mr. Shouse, “that I wish to emphasize. We are not interested and will not be interested in individual candidacies. We will do all we can to build up the party for victory, but we shall refuse to support the candidacy of any man for the nomination.” Urges United Front. Before he introduced Mr. Shouse to the committee, Chairman Raskcb de- clared the need of a united front in the coming national campaign. Much, he said, had been done by the national organization under Mr. Shouse’s direc- tion already. Referring to the establishment of the permanent Democratic national or- ganization with hewqunmn here as & “noble experiment,” Mr. Shouse told the committee that although the or- gapization was not yet two years old, it had already accomplished much for the party. It was conceived and set up by Mr. Raskob, he said, at a time when the party fortunes were at a low ebb; when States which ordinarily were counted as surely Democratic had gone Repub- lican. He said that the effort of the organization had been to aid the Dem- ocratic members of Congress and to gmvlde them with material obtained research and, through the Public- ny Bureau, to keep the people informed of the attitude of the Democratic party on public questions. His reference to the Publicity Bureau, headed by Charles Michelson, drew applause, Cites Congressional Gains. Mr. Shouse said that the Democratic party in the congressional elections last Fall had made sweeping gains. He said | he did not make bold to claim gains would not have been made if the or- ganization had not been set up, but that he did claim that the splendid party leadership in both houses of Con- gress and the organization work had been effective in bringing victory. “That victory would not have been so devastating to the enemy, so widespread otherwise,” he said. Mr. Shouse insisted that the victory | had been more devastating to the Re- publican enemy than appeared on the surface; that in many districts Repub- lican majorities had been wiped out or reduced to a minimum. “While we did not carry an actual majority of either house of Congress,” he continued, “it is clear that the ad- ministration has lost control of the leg- islative branch of the Government in the next Congress. Any one familiar with political history since the Civil War knows that in no instance where a party has lost control of the Legis- Jature at the midway mark in an ad- ministration has it falled to lose the presidency two years later.” Pledges Co-operation. Opportunity, Mr. Shouse said, is knocking at the door of the Democratic party. He pledged the organization to continued co-operation with the Demo- crats in Congress, with the National Committee and with the State Com- mittees. Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross, former Gov- ernor of Wyoming and in charge of woman activities for the Democratic National Committee, told what had been uone since the last national campaign to strengthen the hold of the Demo- cratic party on the woman voters. She said she was n&pfllled however, at the extent of the belief among the voters anization was e nomination | that no real difference exists today be- | tween the Democratic and Republican parties. She urged that particular attention be given to educating the people in the principles of the Democratic party. A great field, she said, was to be found | among the young voters, who were in- clined to be liberal in their view | Speaking of the need for development of Democratic oganization among the women all the way down to the voting | precinct, Mrs. Ross said: | “We women cannot do it all. A | little wooing from you men is \\onder- fully effective.” ‘The committee adjourned for lunch- eon, to meet again at 1:30 p.m. ‘Two former party pres}denflnl nom- inees, Alfred E. Smith of New York and James V. Cox of Ohio, both for- mer Governors, were here to attend the meeting. Neither is a member of the National Committee, but it was expect- ed that both would address the meet- ing before it closed. Senator “Joe” Robinson, Democratic leader of the Senate and vice presi- dential nominee with Smith in 1928, was in the meeting, holding a proxy. He was prepared to make a fight against the adoption of any resolution seeking to commit the party to prohibition repeal. ”The meeting of the National Commit- tee was the first held since the cam- paign of 1928. All the great and the | near great in the party were present. | Many Democratic members of the Sen- ate and House occupied seats in & sec- tion of the hall reserved for them. It was 10:30 o'clock when Mr. Ras- kob called the meeting to order and appeinted Bert New of Indiana to serve as secretary of the committee in the absence ‘of Charles Greathouse, sec- retary, of Indiana, unable to be present. Mrs. Ross Attends. Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross, former Gov- ernor of Wyoming, and a vice chair- man of the committee, who had long been a dry but more recently has de- clared for some change, was on the platform. Frank Hague of New Jersey, another vice chairmar., and former Gov. | Byrd, also a vice chairman, attended the meeting. Gov. Byrd has made it clear he will oppose action on a pro- hibition resolution. The first business before the meeting | was the filling of vacancies due to death or resignation. This was followed by the roll call. Many of the members were represented by proxy. Senator Robinson held the proxy of Miss Alice Cordell, national committeewoman for Arkansas. These proxy votes may have considerable ef- fect on the result of any balloting in the committee, Senator Cameron Morrison of North Carolina, member of the committee, who has taken a lead in the fight to pre- vent the committee doing anything to make the Democratic party appear “wet,” was on hand. He recently de- scribed Chairman Raskob in the Sen- ate as Gov. Smith’s “monumental mis- take” in the campaign of 1928. James A. Farley, Democratic State chairman of New York, loomed high above the heads of the other delegates, one of the tallest men in the assembly. He came to the meeting with a proxy from Miss Elizabeth Marbury, national committeewoman. He was here to head off any attempt to pledge the party at this time to a wet platform. This does not mean the New York democracy has gone dry. Far from it, but that there is a desire not to embarrass “pos- sible candidates” for the presidential nomination next year. South Backs Roosevelt. Gov. Roosevelt has much support in the South, and the New Yorkers do not wish to upset the apple cart for him. Norman Mack, veteran national committeeman and an ardent wet, is expected to stand against the adop- tion of a resolution pledging the party to the wef cause. Chairman_Raskob read a telegram from John W. Davis, the party candi- date for President in 1924, expressing regret that he could not be present. Mr. Davis expressed the opinion that mittee seeking to fix any policy for the party, but declaring the wisdom of discussion of party problems at fre- quent’ meetings of the committee. RASKOB SUED 'IN CRA CRASH OF AUTO$ FOR $50,600 Democratic Chairman’s Car Alleged to Have Hit Machine of Capital Resident. Damages of $50,600 are asked in a sult filed today in the District Supreme Court against John J. Raskob, chair- man of the Democratic National Com- mittee, as the result of an automobile accident on the Baltimore-Washington Boulevard at Dead Man’s Hill jast Mon- day, when the defendant’s automobile is said to have crashed into a machine owned and driven by David R. Freeling, 338 Maryland avenue northeast. Ras- kob was not at the wheel of the car. Freeling charges negligence in the ration of the Raskob vehicle. es that the Raskob chauffeur, in disregard of his duty, drove the car in a reckless manner and at a dangerous rate of speed. He asks $50,000 for injuries, and asks an additional $600 for the damage to his automobile, which, he uya. u beynnd repnr. Berenzner Cn]h on King. MADRID, March 5 (#).—For the first time in a number of weeks Minister of War Berenguer, completely recovered from his foot ailment, was able to leave his rooms yesterd:y and call on the King in the cousse of business. no action should be taken by the com- | WICKERSHAM BODY FINANCES DEPLETED Faces Possibility of Being Moneyless Before Work Is Completed. By the Associated Press. The Wickersham Commission faces the possibility of being moneyless be- fore completing the gigantic crime sur- vey task assigned it by President Hoover. Members of the commission and those close to it said without hesitancy to- day that unless the work is speeded to the limit, the expiration on July 1 of the remainder of the $250,000 appro- priated by Congress may find unpub- lished several of the 10 criminal sur- veys planned. Need 6 Months More. “We should have six months after that date if a finished job is to be done,” said Judge William S. Kenyon. “We should have completed our prohi- bition report six months sooner.” Whether or not the commission desks are clean, however, the end of the fiscal year will necessitate the abandonment of its extensive suite of offices and the Telease of a sizeable clerical staff. There will be no money to pay them unless it is obtained from private sources. Spurred by this prospect, 10 of the 11 members plunged today into a consid- eration of reports upon “lawlessness among Government officials” and “penal institutions, probation and parole. . Many Reports Unstudied. Judge Kenyon, who has directed the governmental lawlessness survey, said the deliberation today was merely upon reports prepared by one of the comm slon experts and that the survey prob ably would not be finally completed for two months. Kenneth MackIntosh, former chief justice of the Washington Supreme Court and author of the prison and pa- role survey, estimated an equal time might be required for his study. Only 1 of the 10 proposed reports, ranging from the costs and causes of crime to criminal justice among the | foreign born, the police and the courts, has been approved finally by the com- mission. It is the survey of “statistics of crime and criminal justice,” directed by Dean Roscoe Pound of Harvard, It was passed upon yesterday and soon will be forwarded to President Hoover. At the same time, however, the com- mission declined to approve the report on prosecutions _directed by Monte Lemann of New Orleans, who withheld his name from the recent prohibition report. It was returned to him for the additions of new material. BOSTON DAMAGED §3,000,000 BY GALE Shore Communities Swept by | Floods Twice in 12 Hours. Hundreds Homeless. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, March 5.—Twice within 12 hours extremely high tides have been churned into raging floods by a powerful onshore gale to wreak tremendous dam- | age along the coast of Boston and vi- cinity. Damage from yesterday morning's flood was estimated at $3,000,000. The loss was greatly increased by a second flood shortly before midnight. Hundreds were driven from their homes in various ccmmunities. More than 200 were left homeless in Revere alone, The Red Cross supplied 1200 cots and the city furnished food for the refugees, many of whom had not been able to return to their homes from work or school. Summer Colonies Struck. Only an occasional building remained in" many of the Summer colonies along the north and south shores. The affected places include the north shore communities of Winthrop, Revere, Lynn and Nahant, and on the south shore Hull, Nantasket and Pemberton. A full moon brought the tide to a record high shortly before midnight and water flowed through the streets with an increasing toll in damaj Boston Streets Flooded. ‘The water-front streets in Boston were heavily inundated. Water was 2 feet deep in stores. Portland, Me.; Lynn, Gloueester, Marblehead and scores of other com- munities felt the fury of the gale, but the brunt of last night's damage was apparently centered in the vicinity of m. Yesterday's tide, normally expected to reach a height of 11 feet, was swollen to 13 feet 8 inches. Pessoa May Be Envoy. RIO DE JANEIRO, March § (#).— Afternoon papers mention the name of Epitacio Pessoa, a former President, as a possible choice for Brazilian Am- bassador to the United States. 8. Gury do Amaral, present envoy at Wi ington, has been ordered to Tokio. | Orient, taking in Haw Where Hoover Dam Will Be Constructed AERIAL VIEW OF THE REGION SURROUNDING SITE OF THE GREAT PROJECT, o LN YT T T E NI KA 1 Y The line marked across the river (shown by arrow) indicates where the dam will be located. Announcement has been made that the lowest bid for construction of the dam, power plant and appurtenances, was received from Six Companies, Inc, of San Francisco, Calif. The amount was $48,890,995.50. DUTIES HERE HOLD MANY LEGISLATORS Others Scatter to Homes or Resorts—Some to Tour Foreign Lands. (Continued From First Page.) | publican Leader Watson of the Senate is remaining here for the present, with future plans indefinite. Democratic Leader Robinson also is | staying for & couple of weeks, playing | golf, attending the Democratic mefltlng and sitting in on an investigating com- | mittee. He plans to return to Arkansas soon, however, to do a little work and rest at Hot Springs. He may go to Europe later. Senator Borah of Idaho will remain probably until the hot weather arrives. He spends more time in Washington between sessions than most of his col- leagues. Senator Norris of Nebraska will stay here until after the progressive confer- ence next week and then return to Nebraska. He has & Summer home in Wisconsin, but plans to spend consid- erable time in his home town, McCook, supervising construction of a house. Senator Fess of Ohio probably will alternate between his home and his job | here as chairman of the Republican Na- | tional Committee. Speaker Longworth plans to stay in| the Capital until May, playing golf and | working. Democratic Teader Garner of the House has already left for his home in Uvalde, Tex., where he will seek diver- sion in hunting and fishing. Republic- an Leader Tilson of the House will soon return to Connecticut, for frequent | trips to an isolated backwoods camp in Northern New England. Planning more elaborate trips are Senator Reed of Pennsylvania and Van- denberg of Michigan. Reed will leave in a few days for Bermuda, Vanden- berg will start next week end for the if, Japan, China and the Philippine Islands. He will combine business and pleasure, as he wants to study conditions in the Phil- ippines and China, Among those who will remain in ‘Washington for golfing vacations before | going home are Senators Couzens of | Michigan, McNary of Oregon and Cap- per of Kansas. They frequently play together, Walker to Visit Coast. NEW YORK, March 5 (#).—Mayor James J. Walker announced yesterday that he ‘would spend his three weeks' vacation on the country estate of Sam- uel Untermyer, at Palm Springs, Calif. He said he planned to leave for the West early next week. Walker has been or- dered to take a rest by physicians, BAND CONCERT. By the U. 8. Soldiers’ Home Band Orchestra, this evening, at 5:30 o'clock, in Stanley Hall; John 8. M. Zimmer- mann, bandmaster; Anton Uointner, as- sistant. March, “Ho-Ho-Ho-Hogan" . Tucker Overture, “Nabuco' Entr'acte, “Japanese— Finale, “National Eph’lt" The Star Spangled Blnm‘r A. W. NOACK, SR., DIES AT HOME HERE AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS Took Active Interest in Busi- ness and Church Work for Years. Former Shoomaker Co. Head Was Connected With Paper Firm. August William Noack, sr., for many years active in business and church cir- cles in this city and a resident here since a child, died at his home, 1503 Spring place, ll.ut night after a short illness. Born in Rlchmond. Va., Septes 2, 1863, Mr. Noack came to with the family during the Civil War. He was educated in the public schools here. Long prominently identified in busi- ness circles, Mr, Noack was formerly president of the old Shoomaker Co. here and for the past 13 years he had heen the R. P. Andrews Pa- Treasurer of St. Mark's. Mr. Noack was a founder and charter member of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church and for more than 40 years was its treasurer. He also was for many years an active member of the Men's Bible Class of that church, attending regu- larly until his recent iliness. He is survived by his widow, Mrs, Ida Elizabeth Noack; three daughters, Mrs. A. W. NOACK, SR. Frank Howard, Mrs. Lloyd W. Patch and Miss Fannie Noack, all of this city two sons, August W. Noack, jr., of this city, and Charles F. Noack of Winter Park, Fla., and two brothers, William F. Noack of Hyattsville, Md,, and How- ard Noack of Wheaton, Md. Funeral services will be conducted at the residence, 1503 Spring place, Sat- urday afterncon at 2 o'clock. Rev. Dr. H. Dernington Hayes, pastor of S Mark’s Lutheran Church, will officiate. Interment be in Congressional Cemetery. —Associated Press Photo. Romance and Social Ambitions Bringing Boom in Face Lifting By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 5.—There's no depression in the face-swap- ping business. At least 10 persons in Chicago get 50 tired of their faces each month that they write to the medical society asking for recom- mendations of surgeons who spe- cialize in making folks beautiful. the society, who said love as well as the desire to become socially prominent or successful in business were the motives be- hind the correspondence. ‘The society, however, doesn't | go in for romance, and will not recommend surgeons to those who merely wan® a change because they are not satisfled with the looks of the original model. BILLBOARD CRUSADERS MASS AT ANNAPOLIS (Continued_Frof n_First Page.) ley, prominent attorney of Laurel and Baltimore, also attended the hearing. So many individuals and representa- tives of organizations expressed a desire to appear before the committees it became necessary to use the House chamber, the largest in the State House. | Several busses and interurban cars vere chartered to bring themi to the | Capital. Garden clubs throughout the State and the District of Columbia were rep- resented by delegations. Other groups | appeared as _representatives of the Federation of Women’s Clubs, Maryland League of Women Voters, Council of Jewish Women, Civic League and the Southern Maryland Soclety. Among the latest orunxuuom to in- dorse the bills, as indicated in com- | munications received by Miss Engle yes- terday, are the Community Council of Sandy Spring, comprising “12 u!lve farm and civic organizations’ Bethesda Chamber of Commerce, the Newcomb Club of Bethesda, the Wom- en’s Club of Bethesda and Home Interest Club of Forest Glen. ‘The bills before the committees call for the licensing of signboard compa- nies, the taxing of individual signs and the supervision of their construction and maintenance by the State Roads Commission. Cities and incorporated towns are exempted from its provisions. ‘The bills were introduced only after weeks of careful study of the legal angles involved and of the various methods of regulating outdoor adver- tising signs. The groups sponsoring the measure say it is not intended to put the out- door advertising companies out of busi- ness, as it does not prohibit billboards, but should result in approved locations commanding better rentals. LETTERS THREATEN LIFE OF BISCHOFF; POLICE GUARD HOME ‘(Continued From First Page.) entertaining out-of-town buyers in New York on business. With the passing of a week since the garroted body of Miss Gordon was found in a park thicket, authorities are as baffled by the slaying as when they started. Of more than 300 persons in high and low places named in Miss Gordon's seven diaries, a score or more have been examined by the grand jury with- out producing a clue to the identity of her slayers. Of those questioned, only two have been arrested—John A. Rade- loff, her lawyer, and Samuel Cohen, an ex-convict cilent, both as material Wit~ nesses, Mrs. Leonora Halsey, a Cuban msid, of Mount Vernon, N. , told authori- ties that two men representing them- selves as policemen appeared at her home yesterday and threw acid in her face, burning her severely. Mrs. Halsey had testified that she was driven to Mount Vernon by Miss Gordon and two men on the night before the woman was strangled. The district attorney was frankly skeptical of her story. Mayor James J. w.um entered the case indirectly with a call for a drive on vice and vice graft. At a meeting of social workers, he asked aid in pre- serving the city's reputation as the “cleanest, most moral city in the world.” Miss Gordon's estate legally will re- vert to her former husband, John Bis- choff, whom she accused of railroading her fo jail to obtain control of their daughter. Her assets are variously esti- mated at from $15,000 to $40,000. Benita Bischoff, 16, who suicide in Audubon, N. J., had inherited her mother’s property. Her father now is his daughter’s heir. The girl, in a diary, indicated her wishes as to her pg:perty, but these desires have no legal effect. Accepts Morgan’s Invitation. LONDON, March 5 (#).—The Arch- bishop of Canterbury, who intended to spend his period of convalescer.ce from a severe neuralgic attack at an English seaside resort, has accepted J. P. Morgan’s invitation to accompany him to Palestine aboard the financier’s yacht Corsalr. At the Lambeth palace today it was sald the archbishop’s health is improv- ing steadily and that the invil n had come at a most opportune TO URGE RESTRICTION | BUS TAX ADEQUATE HEARING 1S TOLD Government Expert’s State- ment Draws Questions From Railroad Counsel. The controversial issue of the amount of taxation paid by commercial motor vehicles in relation to their use of the highways arose here today for the first time at the Interstate Commerce Com- mission hearing on motor-rail co-ordi- nation and brought sharp questioning from railroad counsel on statements by Thomas H. MacDonald, chief of the Bureau of Roads, Department of Agri- culture, and W. H. Swinney of Pitts- burgh, controller of the West Penn Electric Co., a utilities holding organi- zation, Holds Tax Paymenis Adequate. MacDonald, going into the subject of road construction in connection with vehicle usage, had offered the opinion that bus and truck trafic “makes ve: little difference in the building of roads; we would build them just as wide and thick,” and had coupled this with the observation that these commercial vehicles, by fees and taxes, are making adequate payment for whatever addi- tional demands they impose on the highways. MacDonald also said he hODCd no “uneconomic regulations” would be im. posed on motor vehicles, as they wuuld defeat their own end. This brought immediate question from T. R. Ware, counsel for the Rock Island system, as to whether “it is the dutml your bureau to make any study of taxation?” and when MacDon- ald replied in the affirmative, Ware wanted to know if the duties of the bu- reau extended to the right to recom- mend any regulations.” MacDonald, however, disclaimed any intent to propose any positive recom- mendations. Defends Bus Taxes. In the course of his testimony, Swinney, whose concern operates among other things electric lines and busses in five States and the District, asserted busses were paying “substantial taxes.” Swinney voiced the opinion that the electric interburban is doomed, and told of fruitless efforts, including fare re- duction, his concern had made to help business. Rm.her than interstate bus regulation, agreements between States lor regul-tion of interstate business, with Interstate Commerce Commis. sion or some other Federal agency step- ping in where these agreements could not be worked o The Blue Ridxe Line, which is the West Penn subsidiary operating into ‘Washington is the only bus line in the organization's holdings that showed a profit last year, it was brought out. Private cars were held out as the cause of declining commercial pas- senger carryin; Cylde Brown, vice president of the New York Central, and G ‘Woodruff, chairman of the board of Lhe Universal Car Loading & Distribution Co., occu- pled most of the time at the afterncon session of the hearing yesterday, dis cussing the handling of less-than-car- load fl'ellht in competition with trucks by using steel container cars. System Provides Economies. ‘These cars are made up of a series of conu.mzm in which the freight is egated, according to destination, providlng many economies over the or- dinary method of lumping several ship- ments together in a box car. The idea advanced during their tes- timony was to ship these containers, which are interchangeable, to certain principal distributing points by rail and then pick them up on trucks for way- station delivery, A new rate structure, however, would have to be set up to de- velop fully this plan, which the New York Central now is working with, it ‘was brought out. J. A. Strayer, general traffic man- ager of the American Short Line Rail- way Assoclation, spoke in favor of reg- ulation of rates, rules and practices for interstate motor carriers. He would have motor equipment exanfined under the same conditions as railroad motive Dower and would also subject drivers Dhyllcl.l and mental tests. Edwards, assistant marketing 5] ecmm of the Bureau of Agricultural onomics, introduced into the record a number of studies on trucking as af- fecting farm products that have been made b};x:.he Department of Agriculture. is the Wflllrd H Brainerd, jr., o Examiner Leo J. BOY DEAD, 4 STRICKEN BY POISONED WHEAT By the Associated Press. ANAHEIM, Calif, March 5.—One child was dead and four persons were suffering from paralysis today as a result of eating mush county authorities said was prepared from poisoned wheat. ‘William lemonfh.l oldd. z . Kelsay an their $wo sons, John W., 20, and James, 18, were partly paralyzed. Physicians said they would live. The Furber child ‘was being cared for by Mrs. Kelsay. Mrs. Kelsay, visiting at a ranch nearby, lou:g‘a g of wheat and took & quantit; o cook for the evening gneal. Dr. Truxaw said had Ezra the commission, and Flynn, e wheat for & ¥ | | el HOOVER CREDITS GBSONFORTREATY Lauds Henderson, Briand and Grandi, but Cites Envoy’s Early Work. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. President Hoover and Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson have ex- pressed their satisfaction that the Franco-Italian naval dispute has been happily ended. President Hoover, while praising the statesman-like qualities of Foreign Sec- retaries Arthur Henderson, Aristide Briand and Dino Grandi for their suc- cessful activities in the last phase of the negotiations, acknowledged “the impetus given the settlement by the suggestions of Ambassador Gibson con- veyed in Paris and Rome last No- vember.” American diplomacy can boast of having initiated and indirectly brought to a happy conclusion one of the most difficult international conflicts. When Hugh S. Gibson, Ambassador to Bel- gium, left for Geneva last October the political horizon in Europe was over= cast. The French and Italian dele- gates had met twice during the Sum- mer and early Fall, but the result of their meetings was negative. Suggestions Advanced. The French were standing pat on their claim to have a naval superiority of 200,000 tons over the Italian Navy, while the Italians maintained that dur- ing the Washington Conference in 1921 they had obtained the right to parity with France and announced that they had decided to build ship for ship and gun for gun for what France was build- ing. The British endeavored to intere vene, but they were looked upon with suspicion by both the French and the Italians. Mr. Gibson was instructed then tc go to Rome and Paris and see whether sameth*nx could be done to solve this deadlock which was threatening the peace of Europe. While in those cap- itals he was instructed by Mr. Stimson to put forward to the French and Ital- jan governments certain suggestions which today form the basis of the Franco-Italian agreement. Consequent with the traditional American policy of 1ot getting entan- gled in a dispufe which did not directly concern the United States, the Ameri- can Ambassador let the experts of the two rival countries discuss his proposal by themselves. When it became evident that they could not come to an agree- ment because neither party would yield, Mr, Henderson intervened. Race Affected Britain. It was easier for the British diplo- mats to make this dispute their own, because the Franco-Italian naval race affected Great Britain directly, as & basis the American suggestion transmitted to Rome and Paris throulh Mr. Gibson, the British reached fi- arate agreement with France and It concerning naval buildings until 1936. This was followed by an agreement be- tween France and Italy which solves the entire naval problem of the five leading naval powers until 1936, when the London naval treaty ends. During the delicate and difficult negotiations of the last three weeks the American State Department care- fully refrained from making the slightest suggestion. either in Rome or in Paris, It left a clear fleld to the British, since it was considered in official quarters here that any American intervention might Jjeopardize Britain’s diplomatic activities. American Ambassadors abroad, how- ever, kept the State Department fully informed as to what was going on in Paris and Rome, Apprehension Felt Here. A certain apprehension was felt here that the British in their desire to solve the Franco-Italian rivalry might make certain concessions which would not be acceptable to this country at meg_t“uen moment. This was t:peclluy in regard to battleships. London Naval Conference fl Was evl- dent that the French and the Italia ‘were favoring a type of capital shi not exceeding 25,000 tons. Such & ship was declared by our experts to be com= pletely useless to this country, Wl needs ships with a large cruising radius, Although this matter has been defi+ nitely settled in London until the next naval conference in 1936, it was feared) in official quarters here that the Britishy might have pledged themselves to ree open this question at the General Dis+ armament Conference in 1932. Had this been the case, the administration would have been placed in a difficult position and a new meeting of the powers which have signed the London naval treaty might have been necessary. The latest dispatches from London indicate, however, that such danger, which may have been imminent some time during last week’s negotiations, has completely disappeared and that the Franco-Italian naval agreement, so far as America is concerned, calls for no revision whatsoever of the London naval treaty. (Copyright, 1031) Police Lookout for Mare. LYNCHBURG, Va., March 5 (Spe« cial) —F. H. Higginbotham of Ambherst County has asked police here to be on the lookout for a dark brown which was stolen from his stable, INCOME TAX FACTS No. 32. ‘The Bureau of Internal Reve- nue has at its command many sources for checking up delin~ quent taxpayers. One of them is the “information at source” provision of the revenue act. Under this provision all indi- viduals, corporations, partne: ships, associations, executors, ad- ministrators, etc., are required to report to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue at Washington, D. C., payment to another person “fixed or determinable income” of $1,500 or more du the calender year, if the recipient of such payment is single. 1If the recipient is married, report must be made if the payments aggre- gated $3,500 or more. If the marital status of the payee is un- known to the payor, the payee is considered a single person for the purpose of filing an information . Fixed or determinable incomé includes salaries, wages, pres miums, annuities, rents, royalties, etc. ‘The requirements are ot limited to periodical payments, but a single payment must be i A an! empm“wryn"’kt information for eacl required of employers. Corporations are required to make also a separate report of dividends or distributions for each individual, flduciary or partnership holder whn w-s wd $500 or more during the year 1930. Information returns are re- quired on Form 1099 and must be accompanied by a letter of transmittal on Form 1096. ‘The filing date is on or before Febru= ary 15. Information returns, millions of whi¢h are filed annually, carefully compared with the 1n- dividual returns of taxpayers to whom payments are made. delinquent returns and addit revenue amounting to hundreds of thousands of dollars are se- cured as the result of the ex- amination of information returns.