Evening Star Newspaper, December 17, 1931, Page 1

3 e WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Increasing cloudiness followed by rain tonight and tomorrow; not quite so cold tonight; moderate south and southwest winds. Temperatures—Highest, 49, at 1:30 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 30, at 7 a.m. today. Full report on page 9. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service, he Foening Sfar, Yesterday’s Circulation, 118,835 Entered seco . post of )OC Washiy nd class matter ton. D. C WASHINGTON, D. ¢ B 'TIURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1931—FIFTY-SIX PAGES, FH¥ (P Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. HOUSE APPROVES | ESTATE LEVY AND (S TAX INCREASE Third of Capital's New Rev-! enue Measures Is Ready for Senate. NO OPPOSITION MADE TO INHERITANCE BILL Members Move Quickly After Put- ting Tax on Incomes Over $1.000 a Year Here. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. The House, without opposition or de- bate, today passed the measures for an estate tax in the District of Columbia | and increase in gasoline tax to 4 cents. The estate tax bill was offered by, Representative Frear, Republican, of | ‘Wisconsin, as one of the four tax bills to carry out the recommendations of the special Mapes Committee on Fiscal Relations, and the gasoline tax bill by Representative Davis of Tennessee. In his report, Representative Frear ®mphasized that this graduated estate tax, running from 1 to 15 per cent on all estates up to and in excess of $5,000,000, will yield from $750,000 to $1,000,000 increase in revenue for the District Representative Frear said “There is no good reason why such a tax should: not be provided in the District, espe- cially as the Federal Government per- mits a credit of all inheritance tax paid | in the State or which may be paid in the District Government up to 80 per cent of the Federal estate tax. DRASTIC JOKERS MAY LIE IN D. C. ESTATE TAX BILL Careful Examination of Mapes Measure May Show Absence of Safeguards Inserted by the States. praised as carrying rates “somewhat lower than the average of such taxes in the several States,” a serious question has been raised by experts studying the bill as to whether there are loopholes in the legislation which may force District of Columbia estates to pay a total considerably higher than that paid by estates of several of the leading Commonwealths. Proponents of the bill claim there is much advantage to the tax, especially because 80 per cent of the Federal estate tax, now going direct into Federal coffers, can be diverted into local channels through the 80 per cent credit allowed by the Federal estate tax law. (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) SEVEN A3F NAMICD CANE STEPS OUT TOSTUDYD.C.FUND OF MILITARY POST Changes in Subcommittee on' Canton Leaders Reach Nan- District Appropriations king to Form New Coalition Made by Jones. ) Rule for China. ors were appointed | BY the Assoctated Press Chang Hsueh-Liang has yiclded to pressure from several quarters and stepped out as commander of the Chi- |mese forces in Manchuria, to be suc- ceeded by Chang Tso-Hsiang The Japancse, charging that he failed to make good on a promise that he would evacuate the Chinchow area. have ordered a frech brigade of relief troops to Manchuria, partly because the Chinese still occupy Chinchow, it was thought. Meanwhile, the Japanese are consoli- Seven new mem today to the District of Columbia Sub- committee of the Senate Appropria- tions Committee, which handles the bill for Washington. The appointments were made known by Senator Wesley L. Jones, Re- of Washington, chairman of enate Appropriations Committee. w men are: Senators Frederick Steiwer of Oregon, Henry W. Keyes of New Hampshire, Porter H. Dale of Ver- mont, James J. Davis of Pennsylvania Minor Amendments Adopted. Several minor amendments to the bill | ¢ adopted without opposition. Repre- | tive Stafford, Republican, of Wis- | wr se! to questions by Representa- T as to whether the rate in ould be said to be “outiegeous- gh for denizens of the District,” man Mapes said that these rates for the District are really in most of the States. uve Frear amended the sifical under the graduated rate so &s to read “Over $5,000,- 15 per cent” He said that his | n had been called that this gt be construed under the old ltm-l g2 as a tax on the entire estate. bill now goes to the Senate lm’i xpectation of the leaders to | tocay on the bill to im- | r vehicle weight tax which ed will yield an average of | &bout $14 per car. | ease Burden. | The bills are designad to increase the tax burden on the residents of the Dis- | trict of Columbia upward of $4,000,000 to justify a prorosed reduction of the lump-sum contribution from the Fed- eral Government toward support of the National Capital from $9,500.000 to $6.- 500,000 In adopting the income tax measure | yesterdey two amendments were ac- | cented, one making a penalty of “not 15 exceed $500” for evasion, and th> o.her specifically providing that ail| texes be leviei for the year beginning January 1, 1952 Five amendments which it was claim- | ed by their advocates would make ex- emptions more nearly harmonize with | the Federal income tax provisions, were defeated. An effort by Representative F. H. | LaGuardia of New York to make public | income tax returns was promptly voted | down after Chairman Mapes and Rep- | Tesentative Frear, the chief spokesmen for the special committee, insisted that such publication would defeat the bill. The New York member stated it was his | purpose to use this provision as an opening wedge to get a similar pro- vision in the Federal income tax law. Reorganization Proposed. During debate on this mcasure Rep- | Yesentative LaGuardia proposed a reor- | ganization of the form of government | in the District by giving a measure of | self-government througi a managerial board, some of the memvers of which | would be elected and two appointed by | the President. Congress would retain | control through supcrvision of appro- | priations, but would be relieved from | the burden of administrative and legis- | lative def Advocates of the income tax bill em- phasized that it would yield frem $750,- 000 to $1,000000 in cxcess cf the amount now received under the per- scnal property tax on intangibles which would be repealed as of January 1, 1933, if the measure also passes the Senate and is signed by the President The new inccme tax law for the Dis- trict is in addition to the Federal in- come tax Frear Cites Newspapers. Represc ve Frear was the first spokesman for the committce and de- voted a considerable portion of his time to direct references to publishers of Washington newspapers, arguing that they are in a favored position in tax matters as compared with publishers in other cities. Summarizing these argu- ments, he said: “'Leaving cut of consideration the wani- foli special edvantages enjoyed by every Tesident of Washington over that had residents of cther cities, the taxpay- ers of this city enjoy the Iixury of liv- ing in a city of unequaled beauty of surroundings the world over, where proximately $200,000.000 is spent an- 7 the Federal Government, giv- ing constant business and labor stability unknown elsewhere in this or any other country, and yet the Capital City pays less taxes than any of the other citles, all of which contribute liberajly to the District support to make anntal deficit. “It is that contribution which now makes an increased demand on Con- gress for a larger subsidy, or dole. In- cluded in The Star's news columns are protests from Brightwood, Takoma Park, Swampoodle and othes admirers and followers who so frequently and loudly resolute to Congress without any con- ception of the real facts, because they only read The Washington Star. “The average tax rate, adjusted as to vfluations and local rates cf 22 cities, including Washington, is stated as $24.20 per thousand instead of $15.30 | also three members of the Senate Dis- cating their economic position, forming monopolies which are taking control of railways, power plants, communications and other utilitics. It is expected that much of the business which used to go to the Western World will switched to Japan At Nanking leaders of the Canton group arrived to form a coalition with the Nanking clique, indicating that they were ready to compose past differences now that Chiang Kai-Shek is out as head of the Nanking government. Troops fired on a mob of students who wrecked the plant of the Central and L. J. Dickinson of Towa. Democrats—Elmer Thomas of Okla- homa and James F. Byrnes of South Carolina. Senator Hiram Bingham, Republican, of Connecticut. continues as chairman of the subcommitice, and Senator Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota, also remains as one of the Republican members. Three Other New Members. ‘The Democratic members who con- tinue on the subcommittee are Sena- tors Carter Glass of Virginia, John B. Kendrick of Wyoming, Royal S. Cope- land of New York and Sam G. Brat- ton of New Mexico. In addition to these appointees from the Appropriations Committee there are now be could not be ascertained. CHANG QUITS AS COMMANDER. PEIPING, December 17 (#).—Mar- shal Chang Hsueh-Liang, ruler of Man- churia since 1928, resigned as com- mander of the Chinese forces there to- day in favor of Chang Tso-Hsiang, for- trict Committee who serve ex-officio on this subcommittee handiing local appropriations. These three ex-officio places will continue to be filled ator Arthur Capper, Republican, Kansas who is chairman of the Dis- trict Committee; Senator Kean, Repub- lican, of New Jersey. and Senator King of Utah, ranking Democrat on the Dis- trict Committee. Counting the 3 ex-officio members there are now 16 members on the Ap- propriations Subcommittee, as com- pared with 12 at the last session While this is an increase of only four in the size of the subcommittee, there were three vacancies, making seven new appointments necessary. Birigham Is Head. Senator Bingham, who continues as head of the subcommittee, occupied that same position last year, when he Chang Tso-Hsiang is a former lieu- tenant of the resigned commander who rose to the rank of licutenant general after the surrender of Chang Tso-Lin, father of Marshal Chang Hsueh-Liang. Chang Tso-Lin was acsassinated in 1928 and Marshal Chang assumed com- mand. Reorganization Planned. The announcement of the resignation of the young marshal. now 33, was fol- lowed by another stating a general re- organization of the military control would take place. The latter declara- tion was made a‘ter a conference of Manchurian ers here, and it was taken to mean that Marshal Chang had nitely cut loose from Manchuria. froj Although the new District of Columbia estate tax proposal is| Daily News, but the number of wounded i mer governor of the Province of Kirin. | HOUSE COMMITTEE FALS T0 ACREE N NORATORUIN PLAN ! Collier Hopes to Report Bill | for Desbate Tomorrow. Approval Expected. 'McFADDF™! ASKS PROBE OF FEDERAL RESERVE H. P. Davison Testifies Britain, France and Italy Had No Money on Deposit December 15. e | | Two hours’ study of the langusge by | ! which it would me-asure its committal | to postpone payment of foreign debts for one year failed today to produc a measure satisfactory to the House Ways and Means Committee. | It pondered the matter behind closed | | doors, aided by Undersecretary Mills of | | the Treasury, who worked with Presi- dent Hoover on the original plans for the moratorium. The committee recessed at noon with the language of its measure unagreed upon, but with its chairman predict- ing agreement later in the day. | Its last witness, Henry P. Davison of J. P. Morgan & Co. testified that ngland, France and Italy did not ve on deposit on December 15 the debt installment due on that date. Mills Called In. After closing it arings the com- mittee summs ecretary Mills Collier said Mills was summoned t2 clarify further Da testimony and ade the follow ements “Installments for 1929 and 1930 were paid by Great and France through J. F to the Fed-| | eral Keserve B: { New York for the | account of and_by & Co, Collicr ext: ARMIAL CONTRAC PAY LTS PLANNED Nation’s Gperating Heads Gather Here to Discuss Necessary Slashes. Summoned quietly to Washington by the Post Office Department, leaders of all the Naticn's contract airmail com- panies today went into conference be- hind closed doors with Postmaster Gen- eral Walter F. Brown to face the pros- pect of the most tic slash in con- tract payments they have ever been was called to because Davison to inform the com- the practice of id, that “the on they were past had always been given in advance | Both C and Democratic Lead Raincy said they expected the mora- | called upon to take jtorium to be taken up in the House|! The reductions which will be par- wmorrow. | celed out among the contractors today Two Countries Problem. are intended to prevent the Post Office One of the problems thc committee | Department incurring a deficit In its payments for the carrying of the air- | must decide upon is the language to be | )t u K I { Austr i [[Eopted o ake L Oare oL A A | T e anective aeitit for the year, it is understood, would have | Greece. whose methods of payments been approximately $1900,000 cn the differ from those of the other 14! nations. H | Meawhile basis of the old rates of payment to contractors. reductions probably will total 000. m: had mittee past vea Mill Treas goi been fully Representative McFadden | enia, the Republican who | ago denounced Fresident Hoo- | { ver for his mqratorium action, intro: duced a bill caliing for a congressional investigation of tne Federal Reservc| Board and banks. | The me called especially for a ! study of the activities of the Federal | Reserve with “respect to foreign banks and foreign central banks; their open- | market operations and acceptance bus No Announcement Made. Nu announcement was made by the Department of the conference and few outside the offices of chiefs of the air- mail service knew anything of the | meeting until the operators began to and their connection with the|arrive in the Capital last night. merican Acceptance Council.” | The companies. which operate the | Foreign financing operations of the |34 domestic contract airmail lines are stem also would be investigated. represented at today's conference by In introducing the resolution, Mc- | one or more of their leading officials. Fadden said Germany had concealed | They have known for some time that {the correct amount of her financial | the cut was coming, it was explained, |reserve to promote the moratorium. |and have been able to make their ar- | rangements except for detatls which | Says Germany Can Pay. | have to be worked out at the general | and his colleagues succeeded in ob- taining an increase in the Federal con- tribution from $9,000,000 to $9,500,000 a year. This additional $500,000 was continued for the current fiscal year, but now a movement has been launched among members of the House to slash the Federal share to $6,500,000. In 1930 the Senate Committee and later the Senate favored $12,000,000 as the Federal share toward the expenses of the National Capital, while the He nominated & “I desire to call attention to the resigned, howev ered his’ various command of the as well as the army chicf JAPAN SENDS FRESH TROOP: TOKIO, December 17 patch of an additional of Japanese His resignation cov- | in session at sts, among them the | ing Germany navy a taincy. {can pay all | Young plan, e importance trocps to Manchu successor before he | fact that the Young Plan Committee, | Basel, Swiizcrland, study- 's capacity to pay, has air forces | made a report to the effect that Berlin the annuities under the ' McFadden said. “This information is of the greatest |all along the line. The reductions have The dis- | have made as regards xed brigade | German-American and their associated | a tobanks and bankers have taker in bring- supporting charges I the part the | two figures, but remained firm in con- House at that time insisted on holding Uncle Sam’'s amount to $9,000,000, de- spite the steady rise in the total be- ing appropriated annually. The Senate members were willing to compromise somewhere between the provide relief for the troops now stac tioned there was authorized today by the cabinet W The trcops will go to leased terri- tory on the Liaotung Peninsula. It is expected the brigade sent from Korea September 19 will be withdrawn War Minister G adao Araki ex- plained to the cabinct today the pro- Ject of sending two battalions of troops to T.entsin, China. and the mixed brigade to Manchuria Minister of Finance Takahashi clarified the finan- ctal aspects of the plan. The war minister said troops are intended to re rean contingent. which, be'sent back to its base unless the sit- uation grows worse. With the arrival of the two battalicns at Tientsin, he said. the net increase at Tientsin would be only one battalion. tending that the Scnate should not be expected to do all the yielding by ac- cepting 5$9,000.000. The House finally agreed to $9,500,000. All Know Conditions, All of the new members of the sub- committecs either have been members cf the Senate for some time, or have occupied other offices in Washington. Senators Steiwer, Keyes, Dale, Davis and Thomas of Oklahoma were mem- bors of the Senate prior to this ses- | lon. Senator Dickinson has just come to the Senate, but had been in the House for a number of years, ang | " (Continued on Page 5, Column 4. the fresh ace the Ko- 10 added, will —— NANKING, Dece large delegation of C: EWALD CASE TO JURY | recentiy sanounsed tooro s ! | compose differences with the Former Magistrate and Three As.| EOVErnment after the resignation. of | President Chiang Kai Shek. arrived sociates Charged With Fraud. | here today trom Shanghai ind. were given & warm welcome by officials saq NEW YORK, December 17 ()—The | the public. Coiter Butte mines case, in which| Shortly before the Canton delegation former Magistrate George F. Ewald and | arrived a group of 3,000 studenge o three assoclates are charged with mail | newed their demonstrations againet 1e fraud and conspiracy, was given to the government, storming the Kuomintang jury by Federal Judge Henry W. God- | headquarters and = hurling - oS derd at noon today. “The trial has been | through the windows. The entranas e in progress six weeks. | the building was wrecked. SIGNET RING IN MUMMY SEEN CLUE IN BOOTH DEATH CLAIMS (P).—A s. who ness te Nanking Part of Ring Taken From Stomach of Body Similar to Band Worn by Lincoln’s Assassin. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 17.—The face of a signet ring removed by a group of Chicago scientists from the stomach of a mummified man, known as John St. Helen, held the key today to the mystery of whether the man was John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of Abraham Lincoln. St. Helen had so declared himself before his death in Oklahoma in_1903. The ring plate bore a scroll identi- fled by John Doctoroff, an artist, as now paid by the District. On District real estate of $1,182,463,345 a rate of (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) ‘Rndio i’ryznm.s on Page D-4 the initial “B” in old English script. Dr. Orlando F, Scott, who performed the autopsy, said he believed the plate was part of a ring worn by Booth on the small finger of his left hand in all pictures of him available. g “We must get somewhere an enlarged picture of Booth that would show clear- ly the nature of the inscription,” he |said. “The pictures we have are all |too small to show the detail” | For 65 years the death of Bocth has been in cispute despite the fact ke was | officially reported slain in a barn after ihe shot Lincoln and buried in the Booth plot in a Baltimore cemetery. | The mummy of St. Helen was displayed ‘101' years without proof of bis claim ‘unm X-ray plates showed the presence |of a small piece of metal in the stom- |ach and markings which Dr. Scott be- Tieved accounted: for injuries and sup. *t “o~'=weonts known to have been -.- b# Libcoln’s assassin, | ing about the Hoover moratorium. “It is now apparent because of this disclosure of Germany's capacity to pay | | that there was a deliberatz att>mpt wo conceal the correct amount of their re- serve and short-time acceptance debts. i point to the fact that tne Arst ace | Germany owcd. |~ “This report of Germany's |'to pay which was just disc firmation of the rcason wh; did not procecd under the Young plan | and us this machinery which was cre- {ated under the law to securc her mora- torium. g | ““Apparently they were afraid of the 1 by this committee operating under the Young law. Secured President's Aid. “It is quite fair to presume that the New York international _bankers, !headed by Mr. Wiggin of the Chase National Bank and Mr. F. A. Goodhue | lof the International Acceptance Bank, 1 owned and controlled by Paul M. War- | burg, were instrumental not: only in | the negotiations with the present Ger- man government and the bankers and their commiitees relative to securing | the priority for private debts over rep- !arations but were also a factor in se- | curing the assistance of the President } in securing the moratorium. | ™ Tt'ls a well known fact that th “(Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) SKS NOTES ISENATE AS ON MANCHURIAN ROW | Johnson Resolution Adopted’ With- out Roll Call After King Praises Stimson. R aohel By the Assoclated Press. The Senate today called upon Secre- tary Stimson to give it all governmental notes exchanged on the Manchurian ou.txh ll.'?sziution by Senator Johnson, Re- publican, California, requesting the Msanchurian papers was adopted with- out a roll call after brief debate. Senator King, Democrat, Utah, in praising the peace efforts of the Secre- tary of Btate in the dispute between China and Japan, suggested that the Senate modify its request to read “if not incompatible with the public in- terest.” r Johnson said Secretary Stim- sm?e ?1:': the power to withhold any papers he felt it not compatible with the public interest to disclose. e ptance credits that | Germany | | disclosures which have now been made | conference. | It is generally admitted that the cut will be hard to take. Many of the ‘u’ansport lines are practicing drastic | economies. The pay of personnel on | many of them has been cut severely, [cuts rangmg from 10 to 25 per cent | resulted” in demands for faster and | more efficient planes in an effort to reduce operating costs. Mail Is Inceased. . The conference today comes at a time when all the contract airmail lines are faced with the necessity of handling vastly increased quantities of holicay mail. Al reserve planes have been put in shap> for extra serv-- |ice during tre next week and the Post Officc Department has authorized several of the companies to use extra equipment to care for the increased Christmas loads. In order to prevent any tendency on | the part of ‘contractors to gqverload planes as a means of culth down costs in connection with the handling of the increased Christmas mails, the Post Office ani Commerce Departments have united to enforce rigidly regu- lations of the aeronautics branch of the Department of Commerce restricting loads to.the capacities fixed by De- partment of Commerce afrcraft li- censes. Today's conference is expected to { continue through the afternoon, with complete agreement as to details of the reduction being reached before ad- Jjournment, o MILD QUAKE SHAKES MIDSOUTH STATES Householders Frightened, but Lit- tle Actual Damage Resulted From Temblor. By the Associated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn., December 17.—The Midsouth was shaken by a mild eartn- quake that frightened householders but did little actual damage last night. Four States felt the shock, which ex- tended from Helena, Ark., on the west, to Birmingham, Ala,, on the east, from Jackson, Miss., on the ,mulh.’;g Jackson, Tenn., on i curred at 9:40 (C. S. T.) Corinth and Charleston, Miss., re- ported the heaviest tremors. = Windows were broken and walls cracked in the two communities. In many cities resi~ dents left homes and buildings as they were shaken. Prof. W. L. Kennon of the depart- ment of physics and astronomy at the University of Mississippi said the earth- quake was “the third and most severe felt in Northern Mississippi” in the past 20 years. It was a mild earthquake shock with considerable rumbling and lasted about 30 seconds. California Shocked. SAN JOSE, Calif., December 17 (£).— A slight earthquake shock was felt here a few minutes after midnight, the north. It oc- e Army Flyers Killed In Bual Plane Crash On Michigan Field Three or Four Men From Selfridge Field Lose Lives in Wreck. By the Asscciated Pres DETROIT, December 17.—Three possibly four Army fiyers from Seif:i d at 2 pm. tod crash in a f the accident ictims were not and immed bodies were found. It was v there were two men in each plane. One of the bodies was found entan- gled in a parachute, indicating the fyer had attempted to jump clear. A search was started for the fourth fiyer New Baltimore is a village on Anchor Bay a few miles northeast of Mount Clemens, near which Selfridge Field is located. ROBINSON ATTACKS HOOVER N SENATE Says Administration Claims Credit for Plans on Which Support Was Asked. By the Acsoc resident ver and his spokesmen were raked with a Democratic assault in tne Scnate today Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the Democratic leader, opened the s n's first political debate asserting the ad- ministration was claiming credit for proposals on which it had sought non- partisan support. Secretary Hurley's speech before the Republican mittee was the vesterday National Com- immediate target of A OV, RITCHIE URCES DFFIGERS” OUSTING Asks Dismissal of Two Who Beat Photographer at Tea House Inquest. Special Dispatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md. December 17.— ring he would have Constable RILEYS CONVICTED OF TORTURING CHILD CLOSET PRISONER Justice Letts Defers Sen- tence After Declaring Couple Guilty. FATHER TELLS COURT HE NEVER BEAT GIRL Admits Under Cross-Examination That His Children Had Become “Obnoxious” to Him. Mrs. Elsie M. and Harry N. R | stepmother and father of 1 year-old Edith Riley. were found guilty today by Justice F. D. Letts in District Supreme Court of cruel, abusive and int treatment to the child. Sentence was deferred by Justice who tried the case in lieu of a | Jury, to the next sentence day, probably Friday The couple was convicted by the judge immediately after defense and pr tion rested their cases without closi: arguments. man Justice Makes Statement. The justice, finding the pair guil declared he had hoped hui could not be guilty an beings vy against t tle in | testimony as off | must therefore a | slons in this case tence until the this court Case Held Unusual. d each guilty on the cc | and “order t the proper d Slater and County Policeman Ralph Brown dismissed for their treat- t of newspaper photographers at ¢ Old Colorial Tea House inquest if they were employes of the State, Gov Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland today ex- pressed the hope that the Prince Georges County Commissioners would “2dminister prompt and adequate pun- | iskment.” In a letter to Walter M. Grimes, pres- ident of the county commissioners, the Governor said the report of Attorney General William Preston Lane, jr., on the trial of one of the photographers who was arrested “discloses conduct on he pert of Coutty Officers Slater and n which appears to have been in- excusable and to show their unfitness (o1 the responsitle positions they hold.” Photographer Was Acquitted. Thomas P. McAvoy, photographer for the Washington Daily News, was black- jick:d by Constable Slater as he at- tempted “to take pictures of Federal prisoners leaving the inquest. Slater then preferred charges of assault and battery and disorderly conduct against McAvoy. The protographer was acquit- ted by Police Coprt Judge J. Chew Sheriff. and a copy of Attornzy General Lane's report to the Governor on the trial was also sent Mr. Grimes. Revicwing the testimony, Maj. Lane expresses the belief “that no order with y quite 1i Only two witnesses w stand by the defense | Dr. Robert Du who treated both Edith and mother, and Riley Riley denied he had ever beaten or | abused the child and said he had never seen any one maltreat her in his life | "“I wouldn't stand by and let any one beat my flesh and blood,” he said. | Under cross-examination, however, | he admitted his chiliren had becorfle !"ubncxlous' to him. put on the is afternoon, said he had her step- Two witnesses were heard this morn- | ing, Mrs. Edith Sutherland Elmore and | Dr. Joseph L. Gilbert, psychologist and | psychiatrist. respectively, at Gallinger ! Municipal Hespital Mrs. Elmore red a strong point for the defense, when, under cross-ex=- amination by Defense Attorney Steph- enson, she testified that Edith could | have "been mentally deficient early !in life, without disclosing the defect even to psychologists. The g step- | mother and father have contsnded from | the start that they were forced to iso- i'u\!,e the child because she was deficient mentally. | Dr. Gilbert told the court Edith had | “shown eme progress. both men- tally and physicalls stay at Gallinger Hospital” cted | considerably more impr be shown. reference to taking pictures outside the | building was ever given by any one, and that the action of the police officers was entirely officious.” “Under the facts as developed in this case, I would unhesitatingly recommend that you request the county commis- sion°rs of Prince Georges County to tak> disciplinary measures against Offi- cers Brovn and Slater,” the attorney general advised the Governor. “I per- sonally am inclin>d to think they should | the irate Senate | By the Associated Press. Democrats, Mississippi accused the empting to revive ic in politics. He based s references to Cha the Democratic Na- both be dismissed from the force,” he Harrison of | added; Republicans of the religious iss this on Hurle man Raskob of tional Committee Ritchie Letter Quoted. Ritchie's letter to Commissioner Gov Grime o, to complaints against County Officer Howard Slater and County Officer Ralph Brown in con- nection with the blackjacking of Thomas P. McAvoy, a photographer of one of the Washington newspap after the coroner's inquest in Bladen: burg on Dacember 4 last, I requested the attorney general to be represented at the hearing of the charges preferred agairst Mr. McAvoy for disorderly con- duct and assaulting an_ officer. “This hearing was held in Hyattsville before Police Justice J. Chew Sheriff on December 9 last, and Assistant Af torney General Henderson represented the attorney general. “I have r(‘c(fi\ed the report of lAllor- | ney General Lane on the case. It House Approves $200,000,000 to | closes conduct on the part of Cou i | Officers Slater and Brown which ap- id pears to have been inexcusable and to show their unfitness for the responsible y . If they were em- ves of the State I would direct that steps be taken at once looking to their dismissal from the State service. They |are not in the State service, Bowever, The committee also approved a reso- | Dut are in the county service, and the lution calling for $120.000 for the | Governor of the State has no jurisdic- United States employment service un- | tion over them. der the Labor Department. The com-| “Accordingly, I enclose you, as presi- mittee reduced the estimate from $168,- | dent of the board, a copy of the attor- 000. | ney_general's report to me, with the The adcitional funds for the veterans' | confident hope that the county com- loans will bring the outlay to more than | Missioners will not countenance con- $1,200,000.000. | Borah Condemns Hoover. Rcebinsen oc pounded a big fist on his d gave formal no- tice that it the Democratic policy in th s to scek to i prove mea forward by the administrati pa would take “fair our adver- saries Senator Borah of Idaho also jumped into_the Senate’s debating party, con- ""(Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) | BONUS LOAN FUND VOTED, wo War Veterans. The House today voted $200.000.000 for the Veterans' Administration to meet demands for loans to veicrans on ad- justed service certificates. The reso- lution now goes to the Senate. (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) TOYS POUR IN AS GROWN-UPS PREPARE FOR “SANTA MATINEES” Metropolitan and Tivoli Theaters Get Reaction on Plan to See That Every Child Has a New Plaything. With a peremptory ringing of bells, Christmgs bells, Washington is applaud- ing the “toy matinee” idea! Telephones at the Metropolitan and Tivolli Theaters sounded a hearty re- sponse yesterday, today—people wanted to know more of Saturday's benefits, when a new toy will be the only price of admission. “Can old folks come, too?” was the | gist of their queries. 1 “Yes!” the answer went. “Yes, with | two exclamation points! !" “But T know I'm too old,” telephoned ¥ ~ one woman; “the doctors won't let me leave my room!” “Maybe, though,” she brightened, “I could send the money. Could you,” she asked hurriedly, “could you get some one to buy a toy as my present if I send the money?” “Sure!” replied the manager at the Metropolitan. “I'll attend to it per- sonally!” The shows, featuring juvenile casts. although the young film stars are as popular with adults as children, open at 9 o'clock at the Metropolitan and 11 o'clock at the Tivoll. [ The performances were arranged b (Continued on Page 3, Column 6.) | Two Years More Needed. | 1t would to_a more d on Page 2, Column 1) U. S. ABANDONMENT OF GOLD SCOUTED 3Government Could Not Change Monetary System, Officizl | Declares. By the Associa‘ted Press Administration officials littled suggestions that States might abando This country coul it it wanted to, it was em; one high source. Nearly all sccurities and Govern- ment obligations are payable in gold dollars. with the fineness of the gold specified. The United States adopted its pres- ent standard in 1900 after the hectic davs of the free silver campaigns in the late 90s. ILLINOIS COURT BARS FORMER REPRESENTATIVE John J. Gorman Disbarred for Part in Thompscn's Drive Against Chicago School Head. By the Associated Press. SPRINGFIELD, IIl, December 17— Former Representative John J. Gor- man of Chicago, who as corporation counsel of Chicago conducted former Mayor Thompson's investigation of charges of British propaganda in his- tory text books, was disbarred by the Supreme Court today for not conform- ing to standards of the legal profes- sion. The disbarment action, started by the Chicago Bar Association. was based on Gorman's prosecution of Mayor Thomp- son’s ouster suit against William Mc- Andrew, then superintendent of schools, accused of pro-British lcanings Mayor Thompson had deposed M- Andrew, charging that he was a “paid agent of the British Crown” and per- mitted use of text books steeped in propaganda for King George. Gorman in his conduct of the case referred especially to a text book of Prof. David Saville Muzzey, Columbia University, whom he called a “propa- gandist. Prof. Muzzey filed A $100.000 libel sult against Gorman but dropped the action when Gorman formally apolo- gized. Swiss Re-Elect Motta. BERN, Decerber 17 (#).—Giusepp2 Motta was elected President of Switzer- land tcday by the Federal Assembly. It is the fourth time he has been elected to the office.