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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair, slightly colder increasing cloudiness; winds. Temperature—High yesterday; lowest, 39, Full report on page tonight; tomorrow gentle variable est, 70, at 1 p.m. at 6:15 a.m. today. 9. Closing N.Y. Markets ,Pages13,14& 15 ch ‘WITH SUNDAY, MORNI NG EDITION ¢ Foening Star. in Washing Associated service. Yesterday’s Circ The only evening paper ton with the Press news ulation, 119,782 Entered as seco vost office, No. 32.004. Wasl nd class matter Ston; MG WASHINGTON, D« + , TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, ]931——[*‘[1‘ TY-SIX PAGES. ##% () Means Associated Pre <. TWO CENT EXTENIN PLE N DTS LOOHS N GERVAN PROBE Committes Believed Ready to Ask More Time for Moratorium. EXPERTS SHOW CAUTION AS CONFERENCE NEARS| Fesr Results at Reparations Parley if Conditional Payments Flan Is Displaced. (Copsrisht, 1931, by the Associated Press.) BASEL, December 15 —A Tecommen- | for a er moratorium on conZitional reparations pay- Ways and Means Committee Wants Secrztary’s Views on Moratorium. 'which is studying German to pay. it was learned from the highest A or! today. The reccmmendation will be accom- Gandhi Is Included in British “Who’s Who” For ’32 as Barrister By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 15.—The name of Mahatma Gandhi ap- pears for the first time in the British “Who's Who" for 1932. The Indian leader, who has a total space of 10 lines, is de- scribed as a “barrister.” Three prominent Americans arc also included for the first time. One of these is the late Senator Dwight Morrow. who died after the volume had gone to press. The others are Bobby Jones and “Bill” Tilden, who is de- “journalist and au- 5 actor; three times world champicn of tennis.” STIMISON INVITED 10 HOUSE HEARNG ON DEBT HOLIDAY ed by a long sumrary of the facts resented so the world will be able to | raw its own conclusions. General Qutline Bared. Sir Walter Layton of Great Britain. Prof. Charles Carl Melchior of Germany have been committee to draft the set to work immediately for it which was draft th committee, r W. Stewart nd Prof. Rist in accord with Dr. Melchior X outline is understood to contain ot credit torm situation, on the Wiggin report of last | d perhzps offering further tions concerning their relation many’s public debts. extent ani influence of Ger- 1ation of the Reich's bud- a possible critical para- rmen expenditures of th> Reichsba ntenznce of the | lternatives in the ure German pol Room Left for Conclusions. and recommendations, it was A majority of the commitice favored cancellation of reparations payments, but in view of the fact that the Young plan denies the right to recommend measures outside the plan itself the committee was said to be practically certain to bow to strict adherence to this provision. 1f enything beyond this limit is ad- mitted in the report, it was said, will be by implication on! The shadow of the expected subse- nce of governments on the on and the uncertain- xercising considerable final report. it was it was said, is willing bility for overthrow- ence on t No one, ex- the out be- sed in private before is made, and it was pointed me changes might be made U is signed. THIRD VIOLENT CRIME STIRS NOVA SCOTIA Fatal Shooting in Woeds Second Mysterious Murder in Vicinity in Two Weeks. rted Press, MANY, 15.—The Nova Scotia, De- second mysterious | h and apparently the third unex- | act of violence in this neigh- two weeks confronted when Lemuel hot wounds in a ineveh. Simpson's body e waters of West River. returncd an “accidental drown- t. An autopsy by Dr. F. V. Halifax medical examiner, ndicated the young man was dead when his body entered the river. Gilbert Simy. , brother of Myles, | took a gun from a neighbor’s house | Sunday d went into the woods. An hour lat ne out with part of his and was able to say ! n the gun. H2 is tal, not expected v.ooded sec Twelve da: ting the death | shooting, now lling of Smith. 1an had been working in h two companions, but they wer distance away when he was shot SEAMEN BUY SHIP Tampico Unions Plan to Operate Vessel in Gulf of Mexico. TAMPICO, Mexico, December 15 () —Several seamen’s unions here have | contracted to purchase the national steamship Double X. and operate it | as a co-operative freight and passen- ger carrier along Mexican Gulf of Mexico ports. The co-operative group also plans to buy its sister ship, Superior, in case it turned from Venezuela, tering expedition. B PLAN TO FINISH SHIP Cunard Line Officials to Discuss Completion of New Vessel. LONDON, December 15 (/). —Direct- ors of the Cunard Line today declded 0 meet some time during the week to discuss the possibility of Tesuming work on the company’s giant new liner lying incompleted in a Clydebank, Srotland, shipyard. Officials raid they had no intention of allowing the vessel to rot on the ways. Three thousand workers were dis- missed on Saturday from ihe vard where the ship was being built. A drop in earnings was given as the cause of the suspension Radio Programs on Page D.3. of France and Dr., it By the Associated Press. ecretary of State Stimson has been | requested by the House Ways and | Means Committee to testify at hearings today on the Hoover moratorium. Chairman Collier of the committee said: “We have asked Mr. Stimson to appear as a witness and would like very much to have him testify.” He added he had not heard whether the Secretary would appear. Mills on Stand First, Cha <aid Undersecretary of the Treasury Mills was scheduled to at the moratorium hearings | beginning at 2 o'clock this afternoon Collier believes the resolution ratifying | the moratorium will be submitted to the Hou: consideration Thursday. The De atic chairman invited Undersecrctary Mills to appear before the commitiee to give the moratorium plan its cend-off—a statement of how bover first proposed the postponed for a year now and why. A host of other wit e secking to get in a word in faver or opposition. earings were intended, however. Collier wants to lay the m plan with a report before the day after tomorrow. and predicts approval within a week despite | the fact open debate on the floor his disclosed some stiff opposition. The Senate has some, too. After Mills the committee sought to | hear from the State Department. In | additicn to Sccretary Stimson. Dr. Her- | bert Feis. an expert on the subject, ®as i chosen to appear. Strong Feelings Shown. Yesterday's debate brought out the bitterest expressions so far against the debt postponement, and also its most | vigorous defense. Representative Sum- ners of Texas, Democratic chairman of | the Judiciary Committee, charg>d the President transgressed his authority |in pultm% the moratorium into effect | Rankin of Mississippi termed the plan {a bold scheme of financial buccaneer- | ing. | Defending, two Republicans, Beck of Pennsylvania, and Luce of Massachu- setts, pleaded for non-partisan support {argued the criticial emergency of in- I ternational finance and its bearing on world se ; and cited precedents for the President's action 'SHIPBUILDING TO GIVE EMPLOYMENT TO 1,000 | Two Huge Freighters to Be Built at Chester, Averting Cut in Pay Roll. sociated Press CHESTER, Pa., December 15.—Con- | struction work on two of the lar freight-carrying ships in the world b staretd next month at the plant of tha Sun Shipbuilding Co. here. Officials explained the order not only averts a cut in the working forces, planned for this week, but also neoossitates the adding of about 1,000 men to the pay- roll Cost of the two vessels will be ap- proximately $1.600,000 each. They are to be built on order of Seatrain Lincs, Inc, and when finished will ply be- tween Norfolk, New Orleans and Ha- vanna. Both vessels will be 475 feet overall, 63 feet 6 inches beam and will have a depth of 38 fect 3 inches. CHEER FOR bEPOSITORS Will $5,000.000 From | Closed Cook County Banks. CHICAGO, December 15 (#).— There's going to b2 a Santa Claus this Receive | nati | Christmas for depositors of 14 closed Cook today. State Auditor Oscar Nelson signéd an order by which the banks are expected | to turn over $5,000,000 to depositors be- | . fore Christmas. Italy's Jobless Increase. \ County banks, it was indicated T0 HEAL BREACH IN GHINESE FACTIONS \Declares He Resighed to End [ trutee of the estate of the late John | with evidences that it had been set on | CHIANG QUITS POST Break With Cantonese * Government. NATIONALIST PARTY PICKS LIN SEN NEW PRESIDENT 600 Students Wreck Foreign Office and Attack Chairman cof Lezislative Yuan. By the Associated Pross NANKING, China, December 15— Chiang Kai-Shek resigned today as President of the Nanking government, and was succeeded by Lin Sen, veteran member of the Nationalist party. He stepped out, he said, in the in- terest of internal peace in China and because of the strong criticism to which his foreign policies had been subjected. Chen Ming-Shu, prominent National- ist military leader, was made chairman of the executive Yuan. Chiang vacated not only his ministerial posts, but that of commander in chief of the army. “I have tried to fulfill my obligations ever since I was made chairman of the National government in 1928," said Chiang. | | Quits to Restore Peace. He referred to the serious split in the Nanking government last Spring which | resulted in the formation of the present | Canton government composed of men who formerly had participated in the Nanking regime, and expressed the hope that the breach would b healed “My comrades at Canton sald they would come to Nanking only on condi- tion that I resign” he said. “This| means that I must retire before peace | and unity are restored. “My original desire to carry on Wt least until my friends of Canton re- turned proved a stumbling block in the ' path of the nation’s welfare. “We a have been criticized as! lacking a responsible body for dealing | with foreign relations. Since cur uni-, fication has a strong bearing on our | foreign relations, I decided to tender) my resignation. | Speculate on Future. “My future actions will be governed by the demands of the national wel- fare. 1 have resigned. but I will con- tinue to fullfill my duties as a member | of the Kuomingtang and as a citizen of China.” | Lin Sen was a member of the first Chinece Parliament after the Revo- lution of 1911. Chen Ming-Shu is Presi- | dent of the Kwantung provincial gov ernment. ‘Marshal Chiang is going batk toshis own private residence ncar the soleum of Sun Yat Sen. Already there is _considerable speculation concerning| his future movements. | Some persons close to him said he| g0 to Rome to live He alway: ad a great admiration for Benito Mussolini. A crowd of 600 Chinese students from | Peiping stormed and wrecked the | foreign office of the government today | and then attacked the headquarters of the Kuomintang (Nationalist party) where a government conference had been called $o consider Chiang's resignation. The ot | | ck on the Kuomintang head- | quarters was halted by police who sur- | rounded the building opened fize | (Continued on Page 3, Column 1.) SUBPOENAES SERVED IN MRS. M'LEAN’S SUIT| Three Cincinnatians Made Defend- ants in Effort to Remove Hus- band as Trustee. By the Associated Press. CINCINNATI, Ohio. December 15.— Subpoenaes were served here yesterday | ass on three Cincinnatians Albert B. Fox, Washin counsel for Mrs. Edwa B. McLean in connecticn with suit of her chil- | dten to romove their father as co- | by Attorney | on, DG R. McLean. The papers were served on W. F. Wiley, general manager of the Enquir er; Mics Fannie Richards, former En- auirer cashier, and Miss Jeanie Mc- Lean, cousin of John R. McLean, all named codefendants in th- suit Fox said the Cincinnatians became defendants inasmuch as J. R. McLean's will gave Wiley control of the Cincin- Enquirer, Miss Richards $600 a year and Miss McLean $400 annually. | chn R. McLean was the grand- | fathe: of Edward B. McLean, jr.. Miss Emily McLean and John R. McLean, 2d, children of Mr ward B. Mc- Lean, wife cf the nnati and Washington publisher. | C Japanese Money DSwn. ‘TOKIO, December 15 (£).—Japanese housewives already are feeling the | aid ROME, December 15 (#) —Italy's un- | pinch which followed suspension of the employed increased 78,000 during No- | gold standard. The cost of rice and vember and on November 30 totaled | fish has gone up and., on the whole, 878,000, of which 240,000 are receiving 1‘ money has lost about 20 per cent of its the dole. value. HOLIDAY KISSING TO BE UTIL IZED T A CoLogu " RE, DONN IN Ggo 5 NoT ShTISFIED WitH 'NEW TOY FOR A POOR CHILD You NEVER CaN TELL WHAT You may HAVE TO RESORT 7o ! ADMISSION AT SPECIAL MOVIES Saturday Performances of “Skippy™ and "penrod Go shopping Saturday Happiness shopping! Buy a new toy, a gift toy for some child who m: the ache of an empty stocking on Christmas morning; then go to a show and trade your present in as the price of admis- sion'! There are many boys and girls in Washington who may be forgotten, many whose faith in the generosity of Santa Claus may be blighted this year. There are many adults, too., with no one to give to, with no especal reason to join the happy, miling throngs in the shops and about the toy counters. These two—the unfortunate child. the adult with no cne to buy trinkets for—can form a happy alliance through a plan being worked out by Warner Bros. and The Evening Star. Eldersburg Residents Fight- ing Mysterious Blaze Are Wounded Seriously. morning— W Leon Janney. Special Dispatch to The Star MOUNT AIRY. Md., December 15 Mr. and Mrs. Henry Steele, an aged couple, of Eldersburg. lower Carroll County, were shot and seriously wound- ed early this morning by unidentified ts. No cause for the shooting could be assigned by the Steeles or by ncighbors. Although the wounds are serious, they are expected to recover Mr. Steele was aroused by smoke and discovered that his porch was ablaze fire. Mrs. Steele ran to get some water to her husband and when she re- turned she found him lying wounded on the blazing porch. As she went over to him she was shot. Mr. Steele was wounded in the head, while his wife received wounds in the face and side Mr. Steele, a retired farmer, is reputed |to be wealthy. Fodder had been dragged on the porch and saturated with coal oil and then set on fire, members of the West- minster Fire Department. who re- sponded to a fire alarm, believe. The firemen found that neighbors had al- ready put out the blaze with little damage to the house The couple were the parents of the late Guy Steele for a number of years a prominent Westminster lawyer. The authorities are conducting an investi- | gation, but state that they have little on which to work. The couple are being treated for their wounds at the | home of a neighbor. MARCHIONESS ROBBED & as Benefits. | At the Theaters bee The shiny end ° .voli have orning Metropn spreia a Santa Claus from tk North, receive bution and old The tovs collect- ed will be distrib- uted by welfare agencies to chil- dren of the p of the un>mploy:< of the needy in every walk of life, or to the little in- mates of Was| ington's charity institutions. Don't bring old toys. worn toys leftovers of more fortunate children For small children. even of the very poor, are tired of old gifts. Their need s for tomething bright. _something |~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) Jackie Cooper. the NINE BANKS CLOSED N HASSACHUSETTS Affiliated Institutions Had Aggregate Deposits of $58,700,000. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, December 15.—Nine Massa- chusetts banking institutions, with ag- gregate deposits, according to the latest statements, of $58,700.000, were closed today. The list included four national banks and five State banks. The cen- tral figure in the closings was the Fed- eral Naflonal Bank of Boston, which has five city branches and with which all the other instituticns were affiliated The decision to close the Federal Bank followed a run on the Mattapan branch that brought about smaller runs at other branches and one at its down- town banking offices, which was closed half an hour before the scheduled time yesterday. “hree Small Runs Start. Today small runs independent savings banks, two in East Boston and one in South Boston, while their officers endcavored to assure de- positors that the institutions were ¢n- tirely independent of the other insti- tutions and their funds were safe. Gov. Joseph B. Ely issued a state- ment in which he said that with proper measures a plan for speedy reopening of the institutions could be accom- plished, and said he had instructed Bank Commissioner Guy to proceed with that end in view. “So_far as the State is concerned.” started on three | CHEST APPROACHES ;Warner Brothers and The Star to Give‘ BUAI- []F $]flflfl,[l]] $899,649.47 Already Pledged by 65,601 Persons in Federal Service. Government workers are going over the top in the million-dollar relief fund campaign This was assured, it was announced this morning. when a tabulation made late vesterday showed that $899.649.47 had been pledged by 65,601 persons. This leaves a little more than $100,- 000 to come from approximately 18,000 workers who still are to be solicited, and at the rate at which contributions have been made—nearly $14 per capita —the fund would be well oversubscribed. Report Made at Meeting. The report which puts the drive within sight of the goal was made at & meeting of divisional chairmen, with Thom3s E. Campbell, president of the | Civil Service Commission, in charge of | the movement, at the State, War and Navy Building yesterday afternoon. It had at first been planned to have the subscriptions in by December 12, but with employes absent on leave and other factors encountered that also contributed to delay, this was found impossible, and it was decided to fix December 24 as the wind-up date. On that day another meeting of those in charge will be held and a final accounting is expected It was brought out at yesterday's meeting that a considerable sum had been earmarked by the givers residing in nearby communities for the chari- ties at their homes rather than the Washington Community Chest. of whese forthcoming campaign the ef- fort of the Government workers is a part. Amount Undetermined. The amount to go to the outside sections has not been figured out, it was said. but it was added that it was evident that the needs of these had drawn substantial support. ‘This money goes directly to the des- ignated agencies The contributions are payable in Jan- (Continued on Page 2. Cnlursm 7) STUDY SUGAR ACREAGE ‘World Producer Consider Soviet Sales. Meeting at Paris PARIS, December 15 ().—Represent- | atives of the world's chief sugar produc- | ing countries meeting here today con- sidered a proposal for limitation of acreage effect of Russian exporis on the world market. One suggestion offered was that sugar mixed with 40 per cent water might be used “as a lubricant for machinery to boost sugar consumption. PASS WILMINGTON Veterans En Route to Capital to Ask Full Bonus Payment. WILMINGTON, Del. December 15 () —About, 40 men, said to be World War veterans, who left Philadelphia vesterday on & hike to Washington ta blead for full payment of bonus certifi- cates, passed through Wilmington today. They spent last night in Chester, Pa. and prepared to examine the | Gov. Ely said, “the closing of the State banks today was made imperative by the closing of the Federal National | Bank, to which they were linked by | common ownership “We know no rcason why this hap- | pening should affect any otrer State | Banks in the commonwealth. Expects Reopening. ' TAKOMA PARK MAN SENTENCED TO 10 LASHES FOR WIFE BEATING CHIGAGO CLINCHES 5.0.P. CONVENTION AS DETROIT IELDS |Fess, Praising Leadership of | | Hoover, Has No Doubt of 1932 Outcome. QUESTION OF DELEGATES TO COME UP TOMORROW | | | |Mrs. Pratt Urges United Front| and Warns Against Party Inactivity. The Republican powers-that-be de- cided today that the convention for | renomination of President Hoover will] be held in Chicago next June | Even before the National Committes voted this afternoon, it became so evi- | dent Chicago would be chosen that| backers of Detroit withdrew their case Supporters of the Illinois metropolis | obviously were clated. The expectation was for Chicago to go across on the first vote. | | Fred Wardell. president of the De-| | troit Convention and Tourist Bureau said he was withdrawing “in view of circumstances.” He explained rwhelming desire of convention delegates to go to Chicago was the rea- | son | At the same time he publicly thanked Gov. Brucker of Michigan, who had| come to Washington to extend the in-| tation “Our business is to place Mr. Hoover {in the minds of the public where h stupendous efforts and brilliant leade ship justify,” Chairman Simeon D. Fe of the Republican National Committee declared at the opening session of the committee in the Willard Hotel 1 This stage reached.” continued Sen- | ator Fess, “there will be no doubt abo the results of the contest next No- vember " Chairman Fess' address to the mem- bers of the National Committee gave in detail the steps which President Hoo- ver has taken to relieve distress and to meet the situation brought about by the ! business depression in this country and his recommendations to the new Con- gress for relief legislation. The speech put the President forward as the logical and the strongest candidate of the Republicans next year “While in former crises the Presi- dent then at the head of the Gover ment was inclined to leave the forces undisturbed to work themselves out, | President Hoover has felt that the crisis through which the world is now passing is so widespread and its men- Aces are o imminent that drastic treat- " (Continued on Page 3, Column 4.) vi s | | | \ l | STIMSON ASSISTANT GETS FOREIGN POST William H. Beck Nominated for Diplomatic Service and Assign- ment to Ottawa. On the special recommendation of Secretary Stimson. the President has nominated Willlam H. Beck of this| city as a foreign service officer of | Class III for service as either a c general cr a secretary in the matic_service. Beck vas educated in the pu schoois of this city. and. in his e: vears, served as secretary to a mem of Congress. in the Institute of dustrial Research, with the Nation: Geographic Society. in the Army ove seas during tain in the Officors’ Reserve and was on the staff of the United States Commission to Negotiate Peace | in Paris in 1919. In the same vear he entered the State Department as | private secretary to Secretary Lansing and has served each succeeding sec- retary of Stat> to date in a special | capacity as “assistant” with a salary | of $8.000. He accompanied Secretary Colby to Rio de Janeiro in 1930. Secretary Hughes to Brazil in 1922 and to Eu- rope in 1924, Secretary Kellegg to Paris in 1928 and Secretary Stimson to the Naval Conference in London in | 1930. In case of his confirmation by the Senate. as a permanent member of the foreign service, he will be de- tailed as consul general at Ottawa at a salary of $7.000 a year. MAY BE OBSERVER Walker D. Hines Reported U. S. Member for Far East Inquiry. GENEVA, December 15 (£ —Walker | | D. Hines, raflway transportation ex- | pert, is believed by informed persons | | here to have been designated as the American member of the League of Na- tions commission to investigate the situation in Manchuria The names of the commissioners have been closely guarded. but Mr. Hines has been nominated unofficially as a_man well equipped for the difficult task. It is understood that the League already has moved to ascertain Washington's attitude toward his selection. | | from $9.500.000 to $6.509.000 | sonal { crease | tax, will be at $300.000. World War as a_cap- | AS MEANS TO SUPPLY NEW JOBS Los Angeles Civic Crganizations Approve Osculating Festivities to Boom By the Assoclated Press. LOS ANGELES, December 15.—A holiday boom in convivial kisses stolen by sanction of Christmas mistletoe and poinsettias has been approved by two civic organizations here 2s a minor means of straightcning out a warped econcmic ccndition. A belief that the osculating festivi- ties induced by sprigs of semi-concealed mistletos and the increased employment | furnished by the harvesting of the holi- dav symbols would buoy the spirits of | Southern Califernia led to the indorse- ment by the County Unemployment Committee and the Chamber of Com- merce. Between 400 and 500 persons will be given employment in harvesting thou- sands of dollars’ worth of letoe in L2 Mistletoe Harvest. nearby mountains and poinsettias from a 500-acre farm owned by Paul Ecke, reputed to furnish the United States with 80 per cent of the Christmas flower. “Advance orders for insettias,” | Ecke said, “are slightly 1(\\(?1? this y:ar than last, but that probably is because Eestcrn growers have doubled th-ir hot- hous> output. My pay rolls during the menths of November. December and Januzry jump to $1,500 monthly. I usually employ botween 300 and 400 persens to harves the flowers.” Another industry that has grown considerably in recent years, Ecke said, is the exporting of the California red- berry, & decorative bush similar to Eng- lish holly. Its leaves are waxlike and the berries are long-enduring, OF $50,000 IN JEWELS Judge Wilson Sets Punishment After Mrs. Joseph C. Former Miss Mary Denman of New York Reports Loss at Naples. By the Assoclated Press. NAPLES, Italy, December 15.—Wide- spread search was being conducted by police today for the thieves who stole $50,000 worth of -jewels from the bed- chamber of the Marchioness Carionani, formerly Miss Mary Denman of New York. The marchioness left the jewelry in two silver box>s when she ctepped out | of the room Saturday_ night. Upon| her return she found orfé box gone and | the other lying empty near an open window . " Believing the box had been placed there as a subterfuge, the police ques- tioned servants, but made no arrests. d marchioness occupy ‘The marquis an an lfl-l’w:’l apartment in the Villa Meria, owned by Prince Monterodumi Pignatelll, “I further believe that if prompt ac- tion is taken by the Federal author- ities, making us> of the si-called credit corporations, with the support and as- sistance of the State authorities, speedy plan of reorganization can be accom- plished for the reopening of all these institutions. “I have directed Bank Commissioner Guy to proceed with that end in view.” President Alfred L. Ripley of the Boston Clearing House Association an- nounced that the association wished to assyre the public that the banking sit- uation in Boston was, “in their best judgment,” essentially sound and safe, and that there was no just reason for apprehension or alarm on the part of | depositors. The Federal Naticnal Bank had not been a member of the “clearing house association, h id, since May, 1930. R Magistrate’s Home Bombed. PATNA, India, December 15 (#).— A bomb was thrown at the bungalow of A. R. Toplis, district magistrate of Bhagalpur, last night but no one was injured, | By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. | 'TAKOMA PARK, Md., December 15. —A sentence of 10 lashes with a whip and of 10 days in jail was given Joseph C. Carlton, 35, a carpenter, of 708 Erie avenue, Takoma Park, by Judge A. L. Wilson in Police. Court here last night on charges brought by Mrs. Carlton that her husband beat her with his fists. Carlton was taken to the counfy jail at Rockville following the sentence. Under the Maryland law, which per- mits sentencing to the whipping post lin cases of wife beating, Sheriff Rich- |ard H. Lansdale will be called upon to administer the beating on Carlton’s bare back. Sheriff Lansdale stated tcday that the matter as yet had not been brought to his attention. Warrant for Carlion’s arrest was sworn out by Rcsa N. Carlton, his wife, and her husband was arrested by Sergt. Le Roy Snyder in charge of the Ta- koma Park substation of Montgomery | County police, - Carlton Brings Charge in Police Court. Several sentences to the whipping | post have been carried out in Montgom- ery County within the past 10 years but this is the first such sentence in the past four or five years, it is stated. When the old county jail was in use such punishment was administered in the jail yard, the prisoner being placed on the back steps of the jail and his hands fastened to jail window bars by handcuffs. A blacksnake, or cat-o- nine-tails whip is used. Mrs. Carlton testified that she had been beaten “black and blue” by her husband and stated that this was the second time that he had done s She sought his arrest before. che said, but changed her mind and gave him an- other chance. Several months ago a child of the Carltons died from wkooping cough after futile efforts of the rescue squad of the Takoma Park Volunteer Fire De- dpartment to keep it alive, HOUSE TAKES UP MEASURES ASKING HIGHER D, TAYES Debate Sheduled Tomorrow on Mapes’ Report on Fiscal Relations. FREAR FAILS TO SIGN; PROPOSES ESTATE LEVY Tax on Incomes, Affecting 1932 Earnings. Would Repeal Intan. gible Personal Property Levy. The text of the Mapes Committee report appears, in t A-6 and A-7, PELR S8 Ha0c BY WILL P. c KENNEDY. report on the Federal lity of the g a re- ntribution and four before The Mapes fiscal relations Government and duction in the Federal new or increased taxes the House today. The four tax bills to put recommendations of the also were introduced today. They provided for doubling the gasoline tax from 2 to 4 certs an estate tax, an income tax to be substituted for the intangible per- property tax, and a graduated autemobile weight tax. They are to be was | debated tomorrow The committee in revenue four new proposed other change estimates resulting tax me the the from ures, public $4,000,000. Graduated Up to 5 Per Cent. The proposed income tax is gratiuated from 1 to 5 per cent. as follows One per of the net income not exceeding $2.000. One and one-half per cent of the net income in excess of $2,000 but under $5.000 Two per cent of the net income be- tween $5.000 and $10,000 . Two and one-half per cent of the net income between $10.000 and $15,000. Three per cent of the net income between 515.000 and $20.000. Three and one-half per cent of the net income between $20,000 and $30,000. Four per cent of the net income be- tween $30,000 and $50.060. On the amount of all incomes in ex- 0.000, the rate of tax would be 5 per cent Proposes Estate Tax Rates. The proposed rates on the estate tax are graduated from 1 per cent to 15 per cent, as follows: Net in_excess of $50,000, 1 per cent. Over $50,000 and not exceeding $100,~ 000. 2 per cent Over $100.000 and $200.000. 3 per cen! Over $200.000 4 per cent $300.000 and 5 per cent $500,000 and $750,000, 6 per cent Over $750,000 and $1.250,000. 7 per cent Over $1.250.000 and $2.000.000. 8 per c Over $2.000.000 and 5.000.000. 10 per cent On all net estates carrying a value in excess of $5.000.000, the tax im- posed would be at the rate of 15 per cent Chairman Mapes introduced the bill for the taxation of incomes. is, Democrat, of bills to in- tax and to provice on a graduated an average of measure would perty tax on in- the with utilities ea: exceeding nd exceeding Over $500.000. Over exceeding exceeding not exceeding not exceeding not exceeding pr Would Affect 1932 Incomes. Representative Frear, who did not sign_the commitee report, the bill for a ate tax The Mapes < would affect incomes and would tax cn y 1 Mr. Mapes declared t the committee belicves a tax on incomes (Continued on Page 2, Column 8) CHILDRVEN BU.Y WARRANTS TO KEEP SCHOOLS OPEN Oak Park, Ill., Pupils Draw Sav- ings to Melp in Tax Muddle. By the Associated Press CHICAGO. December 15— School children in suburban Oak Park are taking their savings out of banks in ¢ tax-anticipation warrants, which are being sold to raise funds to keep the schools open. Like Chicago, Oak Park has been aving trouble getting money to run the schools, due to a tax muddle re- ulting from a property reassessment. If we sell enough 1930 warrants our 7,000 children will continue their edu- cation without interruption, but if we don't and if the Legislature fails to hel us we will be forced to close them.” said James J. Garvey, president of the Oak Park Grade School Board. DUKE OF MANCHESTER ASKS LICENSE TO WED Applies in Connecticut After Ap- plication Is Refused in New York. By the Associated Press. GREENWICH, Conn, December 15. william Angus Drogo-Montagu, Duke of Manchester, who last week was re- fused a marriage license in New York, hag applied for a license here to marry Miss Kathleen Ethel Dawes, it was learned today. The duke and his intended bride came to Greenwich Saturday to file their application. They returned to New York immediately afterward, say- ing they would be back Thursday for the ceremony. In the application the duke gave his age as 55, and described himself as a privy councillor. His home was given as London, and he said he had bzen married_once before. Miss Dawes gave her age as 34, her home as London, and said it was her first marriage. 4