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VEAT, older w e Fair and partly cloudy Tempera p.m. yesterday: lowes day. Full report on es- Closing N.Y. Markets HER wreau Porecast.) tonight; tomorrow moderate north winds Highest 55, at at 6 am 16. 8:30 t, 46 to- page The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated service. Press news Yesterday's Circulation, 118,153 T N EPMANY SEEN NATTEROF WEES 31.991. 7 Diplomatic Circles Believe Hitler Will Gain Power by February. EUROPE NOW DISCOUNTS FEARS OF OVERT ACTS Nazi Leader Presumably Hss‘; Heeded Advice and Moderated Foreign Affairs Views. | | BERLI he a candidate for presidency of the t enter the picture at all r President,” already adding “that is pro- vide: He declin meant President would remain the in the Pascist p eventuality 1 to say whether that Hindenburg f the state va ad ¢ BY WILLIAM BIRD " &t , December Cat PARI ance and the bther allled countries have information Rhat n Fascists within a few | weeks will take over the government of | Germany. No alarm is felt here over the pending event and the possibility hat there will be little or no violence ope is preparing its mind for the | nge from Democracy to Fascism in | ‘mar It had regarded the change ks inev le, but remote. Today it is kbounted as a matter of weeks and well nformed circles here and in other cap- dtais believe Adolf Hitler already has | the day his khaki-clad , with their Swastika banners fiy- g, will occupy the seat of power. The date is thought to be not later than February. Now that the certainty ®©f Hitler's ascension seems evident, th other European powers are assuming a more philosophical attitude than that of a few months ago. Instead of a prediction that a Fascist Germany would mean war, one is told that Eu- yope will put up with Hitler as it has prith other dictators and that the crushing responsibilities of state will ake Hitler far less dangerous than he E as an irresponsible agitator. Hitler Heeds Warning. There have been many signs lately that Hitler and his followers are mod- erating their tone in foreign matters. Both President von Hindenburg nnd‘ Chancellor Heinrich Bruening have advised Hitler against alarming the world and Hitler has apparently heeded the warning and even sent emis- abroad, notably to London, to sure both politicians and finan- Fears that Hitler's first act on ching power would be to seize the h Corridor and Upper Silesia have n somewhat allayed, and while no exist in either Poland or to t tremendous difficul- Hitler government would tendency now is to adopt a de and judge Hitler not | 5 when | | | | | | the h government, as well kers, has made exhaus s in Germany, and certain | s, which this correspondent has | dicate such doubt as to whether overnment will attempt | itler's seizure of wer or when the te: comes voluntarily join forces bring the latter into ,?jgull“&ls Was — “Greatest Medical Discovery of Year By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO. December 5.—Staff members of the Uni- versity of California Medical School have announced develop- ment of a new general anaes- thetic ~through purification of ¥l oxide The anaesthetic was said to act more quickly than chloroform cther and other gases, with effects lasting longer and its \ freer from objectional pat®olog- ical effects. Dean Langley Porter of the medical school said the new ana- esthetic’s ascertained merits m its discovery one the most important of the year in the medical world REICH PREPARES FIGURES TO PROVE DEBTS 100 HEAVY Delegates Reach Basel for Conference on Nation’s Capacity to Pay. By the Associated Press BASEL, Switzerland, December 5.— with bundles of figures and 's financial statesmen begin another ex- show the world her e than she’can today to attempt to are m | sessions of the Young Plan Ad- Committee, before which the C showing will be made, do not be il Monday, but the national delegations were gathering today and many informal conferences seemed likely to take up the week end. Dr. Theodore Melchior, head of the German delegation, is believed to have so much material prepared that an ad- Jjournment of the committee for two or three days may be necessary to give an opportunity to the members to study the figures. visory ber, with the English, Japanese and Italian representatives, are not looked for until tomorrow. The committee was appointed by the seven central banks affiliated with the World Bank for International Settle- ments, and its first task will be to de- cide whether to appoint four more members, a privilege the Young pla accords it. If the additional members are appointed they will probably be the Scandinavian countries. It was indicated today that at least a part of the group may go to Berlin before the meeting ends, to go over the situation on the ground there. Conference of the governments will probably follow the committee ses- sions, which will probably last six weeks. The committee itself is em- powered only to make recommendations. 18 INDICTED IN OIL FRAUD BY U. S. JURY Officials of $10,000,000 California Company Charged With Conspiracy. By the Associated Press LOS ANGELES, December 5—In- vestigating the collapse of the Italo Petroleum Corporation of America & year ago. with an estimated loss of $10,000,000, a Federal grand jury nas returned 18 indictments against former officials of corporation which charge conspiracy and use of the mails to defraud Feels Strain. s reveal that if Bruening de- st he could unquestionably doil any attempt at a violent overthrow Hhe Reichswehr and police are loyal, with the exception of the local police certain cities which could readily eplaced by loyal forces. But the ession trong that Bruening is BUSINESS MEN HEAR PLANS FOR RECOVERY Btrawn Tells Western Division of National C. of C. He Sees Return of Confidence. Bruening in be 5 o SPOKANE, W i is looking toward | iture ning session yes the slump | each of- lead t but with private for busin dustry should indus- | Those indicted. all said to live in San | Prancisco, are Alfred G. Wilkes, gen- | eral manager; John M. Perata, presi- | dent | Maria, directors; | counsel; E. Byron Siens, James Westbrook. Howard Shores, John Me- Keon, Robert H. McKeon, Raleigh B McKeon, F. P. Tommasini, Edgar P.| Lyons, William J. Cavanaugh, Fred | Shingle, Horace J. Brown, Axton F.| Jones and Rossiter L. Mikel. | The indictments charge misrepre- | sentation in the purchase of the | Brownmoor Ofl Co. and McKeon Drill- | ing Co. in letters to financial bidders, | the United States district attorney's | office revealed | Other charges include the allegation the directors received stocks for their | own benefit which were to have paid | part of the purchase and the financial | condition of the organization was mis- | represented to stockholders and the dividends were taken from the capital stock. | Crowds l\'.isasT Feet Of | early 400 Years Remains of Frane Xavier Are Brought | From Tomb. ( | By the Associated Press GOA, Portuguese India, December 5.} —The coffin of St. Francis Xavier was | | unsealed today for the thirteenth time | as ad- r f Bos- economic council ITALY LAUNCHES CRUISER Vessel of 10,000 Tons Constructed Since First LEGHORN, Ital; presence of This s the s 10,000-ton type y ¥ gton disarma- 1t repr a record in con eed. Its keel laid 2t the beginning of this year in nearly 400 years. Booming guns, | pealing bells, fireworks and the crash | | of military music combined to make a | | of Orienta! splendor celebmlng} | lic festival in this old Portu- | | guese city, which has been called the | { "Rome of the East | The body of the saint was officially reported to be in good condition. | 'The ceremonies began with a_bril- liant procession, in which the colorful vestments of the clergy blended with the picturesque Indian surroundings. The procession emissary sent by Pope Pius XI and it included 3 archbishops, 15 bishops and hundreds of members of the clergy. The Church of Borh Jesus, where the body of St. Francis was exposed, was | the papal mass of benediction Led by the arciybishops gation passed before the coffin and , Thousgnds of navy men gathered to eelebrat at the same time the 50th nniversary of the foundation of the 'Waval Academy here, the Italian An- Bpapolir. kissed the dead saint’s feet. ‘The body will continue to lie in state for a month and it is anticipated a million pilgrims from many countries will come during that time to see it. | Walter Stewart, Uniied States mem- chosen from Holland, Switzerland nnd‘ Paul Masoni and John B. de|cluding some Maurice C. Myel;;f,‘ - aint Buried |° was led by a special| | thronged by 10,000 people, who heard | the congre- WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1931 —TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. T () Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. WELLIGTON 00 AND DR SEE QU1 POSTS I AN Chiang Asks Foreign Minister and League Representative to Reconsider. JAPAN WILL BEGIN NEW DRIVE AGAINST BANDITS Chinese Serve Notice on League They Will Not Yield Chinchow Without Fight. | By the Associated Press NANKING, China, December 5.—Dr. Wellington Koo, who became foreign | minister of China last week, and Dr | Alfred Sze, Chinese delegate to the League of Nations, resigned today. President Chiang Kai-Shek sent a telegram to Dr. Sze in Paris, urging him to reconsider and assuring him the Chinese government was firmly behind him. The President also saw Dr. Koo and requested him to remain as foreign minister, but it was believed Dr. Koo | would make his resignation effective tomorrow The two resignations came within a few hours and greatly surprised the | capital. Dr. Koo, a graduate of Columbia Uni- versity and a former Minister to Wash- ington and London. became China's foreign minister November 23. The post had been vacant since the resigna- tion of C. T. Wang in September. Dispatches from Nanking during the last few days have reported negotia- tions between Dr. Koo and the Jap- anese, supposedly over the proposal to create a neutral zone in the Chinchow |area. Chinese officials have denied | that any negotiations were going on, ;derlanng they would not treat directly with Japan while Manchuria remained | occupied. Dr. Koo is one of the best known ublic men in China. He represented | | his government at the Peace Confer- | ence in Parfs in 1919 and at the Wash- | ington Arms Conference in 1921. | He holds an honorary degree of doc- | tor of laws from Yale University. JAPAN WILL RENEW DRIVE. | Offensive Against Bandits Toward Hsinmintun to Start Soon. ‘TOKIO, December 5 (#).—A new mili- tary drive, southwestward toward Hsin- | mintun, is to begin soon, it was an- nounced here today, against alleged | 7 (Continued om-Page 2, Column 4.) VACHEL LINDSAY, NOTED POET, DES Part of Washington Audience Recently Walked Out on Speaker at Auditorium. By the Assoclated Press SPRINGFIELD, 1ll, December 5.— | Vachel Lindsay. one of the leading mod- ern poets of the Midwest, died at his home here early today of heart disease. ! The death wss not reported until 9:15 am. when the coroner called. The family physician advised him death Was due to heart trouble. Mrs. Lind- | say, griefstricken, could not be seen. | Three days ago Lindsay delivered | his last public recital of his poems, in- which gained him inter- At that time he seemed He was 52 years old Lindsay first gained attention as an art critic and producer of fantastic drawings of Oriental type, with which several of his books later were illus- trated. He was a former newspaper ! man. Controversy, which raged around his poetry, spread his fame and he traveled to England and held a vacation lecture- | ship at Oxford. He regarded himself as a modern counterpert of the wander- ing minstrel or troubadour of the past, and indicated this by publication of books entitled “Adventures While | Preaching the Gospel of Beauty,” “A Handy Guide for Beggars” and “Sons in_Exchange for Bread.” Lindsay had a deep, sonorous voice of great carrying power. He had a custom in the rendition of his poems of requiring the audience to aid by joining in & chorus, or roaring to sim- ulate lions in “Daniel in the Lion's national fame {in_good healtn en So widespread did the over his work become went to Londo: begged him to * for them. Several years ago he kane, Wash, where Elizabeth Conner. children One of his greatest poems was “Lin- coln Walks at :\Mnmm " in un)‘:m}‘]fiv p;?rlrnysfllhr‘ emancipator troubled with state affairs wal he s Springfield in spiri ' toeels) ot controversy that, when he h reporters. say something funny" settled in Spo- he married Miss They have two 200 WALKED OUT ON POET. Lindsay Won Applause at Appearance Here, However. Lindsay appeared in a - Institute at Central High School here November 17, at which time 200 per- sons “walked out" on the poet because they either could not hear him on ac. | count of his weak enunciation or be- cause they did not like his “freshness” |in discussing historic personages and ! facts around which he VoV face had woven his However, at the conclus pearance, the remaining the poet such an ovation compelled to return to bows several t:mes ion of his ap- audience gave | n that he was the stage for Paris Public Works ;xshcrl. PARIS, December 5 () —The W ber of Deputies today authorised 5y tlonal public works program which will cost $136,000.000 and include imptove- | ments in industry. agriculture and so- cial welfare. It i5 intended also as | means of relieving unemployment, SIM, INSTEAD OF LETTIN' 'EM FUSS ME, 1 KEEP THEM FUSSED RASKOBIAN RIDING RUL 1500 T0 PARADE BEFORE GRD GANE Mrs. Hoover to Head Specta-’ tors at Marine-Coast Guard Clash Today. A military parade was in prospect to- day as a prelude to the annual Presi- | dent's Cup foot ball battle between the Quantico Marine and United States Coast Guard elevens, in Griffith Sta- dium, to be witnessed by a host of the Capital's leading folk, headed by Mrs Herbert, Hoover. Starting shortly after noon, 1,500 Leathernecks from Quantico were to march behind a 110-piece band from | their detraining point at the Seventh street station to the stadium. ‘The game was to start at 2 o'clock, but from 1:10 until that time the field was to be given over to crack drill units of the two services. Several battalions of Coast Guardsmen came here from New London, Conn., in a fleet of cutters | and destroyers, and many other mem- | bers of the service made their way to | the scene of battle in their own con- | veyances. | At the conclusion. the Pirst Lady | was to present the President’s Cup, em- blematic of the Eastern Service cham- | pionship and placed in competition originally by Calvin Coolidge. The Marines are to defend it today, | having defeated the Coast Guard in the last two games. For the first time | in the seven-year history of the trophy, the Leathernecks are on the short end | of odds. The Coast Guard is one of the few unbeaten and untied teams of | high standard in the country. BRITAIN TO ADOPT | EMPIRE WHEAT QUOTA| Protection of Agriculture and Knit- ting of Dominions Purpose of Mill Restriction. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, December 5.—An empire | wheat quota, probably providing that | 50 or 60 per cent of wheat milled in | Great Britain must come from the em- | pire, the Daily Mail said today, will be announced by J. H. Thomas, domin-| ion's secretary, next Wednesday as a | step toward protecting British agricul- ture and knitting the dominions to- gether. | The quota plan has been under dis- | cussion since the inauguration of spe- | cial protective measures for other Brit- | ish industry after the recent general election. The proposal to include the domin- ions on a privileged status over other foreign countries followed a campaign for empire tariffs which has been waged | for over a year, with Lord Beaver-| brook, noted newspaper publisher, as its_chief exponent. A Stanley M. Bruce, former Australian | rime minister, speaking on the pro- | al Jast night, said it would have “an amazing effect on public opinion | Canade and, in @ less degree ir® Australia,” He sald he welcomed it as a gesture of imperial good will. | CONNALLY TO DELIVER | FORUM TALK TONIGHT Senator Will Give Democratic View of Tariff Over WMAL at 10 P.M. ratic views on the tariff will beni'.?fifned by Senator Connally of Texas in the National Radio Forum arranged by The Evening Star and broadcast over a coast-to-coast net- work of the Columbia Broadcasting System at 10 o'clock tonight “The speech will be heard ugh WMAL. mrsuerfnwr Connally is a Democratic member of the Senate Finance Com. mittee which handles all tariff legis- lation before it goes to the Senate. In view of the close division in| the Senate, where the so-called Pro-| gressives hold the balance of power,| the Demoeratic viewpoint may have vital bearing on the eventugl success of the movement looking for a change in existing schedules. Churchill Sails for U. 8. NDON, December 5 (#).—Winston cfi.fimu. noted British statesman, locally | | shooting, ran to the office. |U. S. iled today on the steamer Europa for :llecmre tour in the United States. ¢ l Wire Will Bring Game to Player With Broken Neck Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICKSBURG, Va., De- cember 5.—Arrangements are being made to permit Mac Boul- ware, 20 years old, who lies in the Mary Washington Hos- pital with a broken neck sus- tained in last Sunday's foot ball game, to hear a play-by-play account of the contest tomorrow. A special wire is to be run from his bed to the playing field five miles away so that he may follow the contest between his teammates, the Battery F Rebels, and the Grifith Blue-Coals' of ‘Washington, D. C. Doctors have given up hope of saving young Boulware's life. His fellow players had planned to cancel the game Sunday and the remaining tilts on the sea- son’s schedule, but Mac re- quested that they continue to play. LYNGHING F DG AN T0BEPROBE Wounded Slayer of Maryland Lumberman Is Taken From Hospital and Hanged. By the Associated Press. SALISBURY, Md, December 5.— Wicomico County officials planned to confer today on what action would be |l:\k(‘n in connection with the lynching st old colored man, who was taken from a hospital cot and hanged in the court house yard a few hours after he i‘.ad slain his employer, Daniel J. El- iott State's Attorney Levin C. Bailey, ab- sent when the mob of 2,000 burned Williams' body after the hanging, sald he would do nothing until he had con- ferred with Sheriff G. Murray Phillips. Ritchie Plans Probe. Gov. Albert C. Ritchie cut short a visit to New York and started for Bal- timore to conduct an investigation The lynch spirit flamed a short time before the actual attempt when it was learned Williams had not died, as first reported, from wounds inflicted by himself and by Daniel J. Elliott, jr., son | of the man he had slain. | Men standing on a street corner dis- | cussing the killing of Elliott, 67-year- | |old lumber dealer aud box manufac- | turer, raised a cry of “Let’s lynch Wil- liams,” and it was taken up by others as the march to the hospital started. Body Is Burned. When the mob reached the building | a delegation of six, repulsed at the | front by Police Chief N. H. Holland and Deputy Sheriff John Parks, entered | a side door and dragged the colored | man from his cot. He was taken to the court house yard and en Toute a rope was procured Williams was hz nged from a tree and left swinging for 20 minutes before the body was cut down and Sheriff Phillips sought possession of it. He was brushed aside and it was taken to a vacant lot, saturated with gasoline and burned. Willlams admitted to State’s Attorney Bailey that he shot his employer be.. cause of the low wages paid him. He entered the lumberman’s office while he was alone and shot him through the head, killing him almost instantly. He then wounded himself. Shoots Father's Slayer. The younger Elliott, attracted by the He carried his father to an automobile to send him to the hospital. Re-entering the office, | he saw the colored man staggering from the room. He picked up the discarded pistol and shot the fleeing man. The lynching was the outgrowth of the third case in the last four weeks in | which colored persons have been charged with crimes against whites on | Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Yuel Lee, slayer of a Worcester County family of four, and George Davis, accused of at- tempted assault on a white woman, are in the Baltimore City Jail, ‘Where they were taken for safekeeping from mob violence. DIPLOMAT DETAINED Aboard Train in China Stopped to Put Students Off. SHANGHALI December 5 (#) —A train on which United States Minister Nelson T. Johnson and Mrs. Johnson were trav- eling from Nanking to Shanghai was detained at Chinkiang, 150 miles west of here, while guards on the train sought to put off 200 students who were riding without tickets, The guards were successful after a wait of 12 hours and the train contin- Ued on here, arriving late. night of Mack Williams, 35-year- | EXTRA GUARDMADE | AGAINST MARCHERS ICapito! Police Enlarged to | Meet Jobless Army Over- - due Here. The reular police force in the Capi- tol Building was augmented today by a score of members of the Metropolitan | } | Police Department as a prelude to the | forthcoming unemployment relief dem- onstration which is attracting to Wash- ington more than 1,200 petitioners. Acting under orders of Brig. Gen. Pelham D. Glassford, major and super- | intendent of police and generalissimo | of police arrangements for the dem- onstration, the special squad went to | the Capitol early this morning and deployed about the building to guard | against law violations in demonstra- tions that may be made in advance lof the convening of Congress. The | officers will remain until the unemployed | marchers leave Washington. | " In the meantime, the unemployment |army. in caravans of motor trucks, lumbered over the roads toward Wash- ‘ingmn from the North and West, far | behind the original travel schedule Difficulties Delay Arrivals. Flat tires, mechanical difficulties and rain have combined to slow up the pro- cession, and latest reports indicate that instead of reaching Washington tomor- Tow morning, the demonstrators may not arrive until tomorrow night, or per- | haps later. One column of the so-called marchers, due in Hagerstown tonight, is not expected to get beyond Cumber- land. Another delegation, converging on Washington from the North, is still in New Jersey with little prospect of mak- ing Baltimore by night, in accordance with prearranged plans. Irrespective of the time of arrival of the demonstrators the Police Depart- ment will be prepared to meet them. | Final details of the police plans were | worked out at a conference this morn- |ing between Gen. Glassford and his executive stafl. Several alterations were made in the orginal arrangements because of unexpected developments. Eleventh-hour changes in the orig- inal plans were made necessary by refusal of Vice President Curtis to al- low the marchers to carry banners and placards into the Capitol Grounds, and the desire of the demonstrator: parade twice, instead of once, while in ‘Washington. May Carry Banners. As a special concession to-the march- rs, Gen. Glassford .ad given them permission to carry bannecs into the Capitol greunds Mondar when they | petition Cengress for unemployment re- lief insurance. But Vice President Cur- tis upset these plans by notifying the police superintendent that he would in- sist on enforcement of the usual regu- lations, prohobiting banners in the Cap- itol grounds. Curtis' Word Is Final, The Vice President, with the Speaker of the House, has control of the grounds. ~ Without a Speaker of the House at ‘his time, his order is the final authority. Gen. Glassford's reason for extending the privilege of carrying banners into the “grounds was (o eliminate the chance of possible clashes which he is trying to avoid The Vice President’s order, together with a warning given the demonstrators that their leaders would not be per- mitted to enter the floor of either the Senate or House with their petitions, was resented at the headquarters of the Arrangements Committee for the marchers, Police officials, however, were reassured there would be no dis- order on account of thesc rebuffs. The decision of the marchers to have two parades in Washington were made known to police after their original plans were drawn up, and another con- ference was made necessary to work out the details for policing the line of | march. Originally the demonstrators had in- tended to confine their actual parading to Pennsylvania avenue Monday, when they go to the Capitol Now the demonstrators propose to " (Continued on Page 2, Column ACQUITTED OF MURDER NASHVILLE, N. C, December 5 (). . W. Coleman, rallway detective, was acquitted late yesterday of a mur- der charge brought against him for the slaying of Tom C. Chappell, Florence, 8. C,, business man, in October. Coleman, on the stand, admitted shooting Chappell after finding the lat- ter leaving the Coleman home in Rocky Mount early in the morning. He plead- ed self-cefense, saying Chappell ad- vanced toward him with something in his hands, which later proved to be his shoes. In addition he contended he was justified because Chappell had “broken up” his home. 3 to | SEAAESUT AL TOOUST R SHITh FRON POWER LT Court Upholds President’s | Right to Refuse Recommit- tal of Appointment. ‘LEGISLATIVE BODY HOPED TO RESCIND ITS APPROVAL | Justice Gordon Rules Executive Order Necessary to Remove Commission Chairman. President Hoover today won his con- test with the United States Senate over the appointment of George Otis Smith as chairman of the Federal Power Com- mission when District Supreme Court Justice Peyton Gordon denied the Senate's application for a quo warranto to oust Dr. Smith from the office Senator Walsh, Democrat, of Mon- tana, who led the fight in the Senate for reconsideration of the Smith ap- pointment, announced that an appeal would be taken from the Supreme Court decision. He offered no comment pending a study of the ruling. | House of approval of the nomination Later the Senate reconsidered the con- firmation and asked President Hcover |to return the nomination. The Chief Executive stood on his right to act after notification of the confirmation and refused to send back the nomina- tion. Dr. Smith in the interval had been appointed and had entered upon his duties. The Senate then determined to take the matter into court and as At- torney General Willlam D. Mitchell had advised Mr. Hoover of his right to dis- regard the request of the Senate, the suit was instituted in the name of Leo A. Rover, United States attorney, with his consent. John W. Davis, former Democratic candidate for President, and Alex J. Groesbeck, former Governor of Michi- gan, were selected by the Senate to prosecute the case. George Wharton Pepper, former Senator from Pennsyl- vania, appeared as counsel for Dr. Smith and defended the action of Pres- ident Hoover. Case Under Advisement. Justice Gordon heard the case some weeks ago on the application and the answer of Dr. Smith, and has had the decision under adyvisement. He holds that President Hoover was entitled to make the appointment after receiving notification that the Senate had given its approval to the nomina- | tion, "and as Dr. Smith had received | the appointment to the office with the advice and consent of the Senate, he | may not be removed therefrom except | by ‘executive order. | "The justice wrote a lengthy opinion |in which he reviewed the Senate rules and their modifications since 1790, and points out that since the rules came | into their present shape this case is the | first in which the Chief Executive has stood upon his right and defended as joint issue with him. “Can any other interpretation be given to the notification,” says Justice Gordon, “than that it was intended to inform the President that the Senate had discharged its constitutional func- tion and had unconditionally approved | the nomination and that the President | was free to discharge his constitutional function in the matter? It would be " (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) FIRST COLD SNAP DUE HERE TONIGHT Mercury Expected to Reach 26 De- grees, but Warmer Weather Monday Is Predicted. A temperature of 26 degrees, the | first real cold weather of the year, is expected tonight by the Weather Bu- | reau. The cold snap will be short | lived, however, warmer weather being |In prospect for the first part of next | week. Automobile drivers who have not yet taken precautions against frozen radia- tors were urged to do so today. Officials of the Weather Bureau said the cold weather is being brought on by serious disturbances off the coast, which will imperil shipping tonight and tomorrow. |Glassford Follows Military Procedure In March Orders Officers to Be Held Re- spensible for Cer- tain Duties, Military procedure for definitely fix- ing responsibility on officers in time of emergency Was followed today by Brig | Gen. Pelham D. Glassford, major and superintendent of police, in connection with instructions to the force for pro- tection of the 1,200 unemployment re lief marchers converging on Washing- ton for a demonstration. The instructions were contained in a four-page mimeographed statement, which Gen. Glassford labeled “Opera- tions Order No. 1.” The order outlines the plans of ths marchers while in Washington and im- poses on certain police officials certain specific duties for which they are to be held entirely responsible. It was also disclosed In the order that Gen. Glassford has planned to establish a message and information center at police headquarters for the receipt and dispatch of messages and orders. The order follows: 1. Information concerning “hunger marchers” December 6 and 7, 1931, Scheduled to arrive Sunday, Decem- (Continued on Page 2, Column 3. President Hoover appointed Dr. Smith | | after the Senate had notified the White ! | performed several weeks a; DEMOCRATS NAME GARNER AND RAINEY FOR HOUSE POSTS Speaker and Floor Leader Nominees Cheered at Party Caucus. STEERING COMMITTEE ADVOCATES DROP PLAN Rules Liberalization Is Main Prob. lem Left in Outlining Program for House Control. Without a ripple of dissension, House Democrats today selected Representa- tives Garner of Texas and Rainey of Illinois as their candidates for Speaker and floor leader, respectively. There was no opposition to either and the placing in nomination of the names of the Southerner and the Northerner loosed a flood of oratory by their friends. Each was chosen by a loud chorus of ayes. Garner's name was placed in nomina- tion by a colleague from his home State, Representative Summers. It was first seconded by Representative Cullen of New York and then by speakers from many other States. Before the balloting began all of the 219 Democratic members were present at the caucus in the House chamber with the single exception of the newly elected Representative Stewart of New Jersey. Stewart was detained on legal business, but will be present Monday at the opening of Congress, it was an- nounced. Members Cheer Garner. ‘The membership arose and cheered Garner as he entered the well of the chamber to acknowledge his momina- tion. The demonstration lasted for several minutes. After the cheering subsided the name of Rainey was placed in nomination for floor leader by Representative Sabath of Illinois. ‘The election of Rainey was assured by the withdrawal several days ago of O’'Connor of New Yark and McDuffie of Alabama, along with the other con- tenders. Both O'Connor and McDuffie, in behalf of party harmony, seconded his nomination today. When the Democrats assembled for their caucus this morning, there was but one remaining major point of dis- pute to be settled. Announcement by advocates of g Democratic Steering Committee, which would serve as a council of war, that they would not press thai point before the caucus left the proposed liberaliza- tion of the House rules as the only re- maining important question still in dispute. The decision not to press the Steer- mg Committee proposal came after a conference between Garner and a group headed by Representative Byrns of Ten- | nessee. The group had planned to force | the matter to an issue. Garner opposed the plan. B Calls Session to Order. Representative Arnold of Iilinois, sec- retary of the caucus, called the meeting to order, and shortly afterward was elected chairman of the caucus by acclamation. McClintic of Oklahoma then was elected secretary, and Mrs. Mary T. Norton of New Jersey assistant secretary. Joe Sinnott, veteran Democratic em- ploye, was elected sergeant at arms of the conference. Veteran House employes were elected by the caucus to fill the various posi- tions as follows Clerk, South Trimble; arms, Kenneth Rommey; Joe Sinnott, and postmaster, Scott. Rev. Dr. James Shera Montgomery was re-elected chaplain. Prepare Program. Prior to today's caucus House Demo- crats had started preparing with their Senate colleagues a broad legislative program, which they hope to make & pre-convention platioem, laying before the people of the countgy the party's ideas for ecucnomic betterment. A more immediate purposs was to head off, if possible, a disorganized chase after leg- islation which cannot pass. ‘The Senate Republicans, organized yesterday without aid of their inde- pendent element, were confident of controlling their chamber by virtue of majority, despite internal friction over the President pro tem, Senator Moses of New Hampshire. The prohibition vote advocates threw their weight behind the generally sup- ported loosening of House rules, while the group of independents, Republican and Democrat and Farmer-Labor, pledged itself to support the most lib- eral program offered. A section of the Senate Republicans settled down to decide whether to try reducing the Democratic contingent by barring John H. Bankhead of Alabama, whose seat is contested. Two other Southerners will not be at the first ses- sion Monday, so in any case Republi- cans are nearly sure of controlling or- ganization. Jumping the gun, hundreds of mem- bers of both House and Senate already have filed with their clerks about 5,000 bills on every imaginable topic. An enormous proportion of these can al- ready be counted dead, however, when 1t is realized that the not unprolific last Congress enacted only 1,524 laws. G.0.P. HOUSE MEMBER WILL MISS OPENING Taylor of Tennessee, in Hospital, Will Not Be Able to Attend Session Monday. sergeant at doorkeeper, Finis By the Associated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn., December 5.— Representative J. Will Taylor, Repub- lican, of Tennessee will not be able to attend the opening of Congress Mon- day, his wife said today. He is in a hospital here recovering from an operation for appendicitis, go. He received a telegram Friday from William Tyler Page. clerk of the House, saying his presence was needed by his party at the opening of Congress. Mrs. Taylor said the doctor flatly refused to permit Mr. Taylor to make the trip. She added he would be able to leave the hospital next week. B Radio Programs on Page B-12 l - i