Evening Star Newspaper, December 18, 1931, Page 2

THE EVEN STAR, WASHINGTO PARLEY SPEEDS UP TRADE. AID PLANS Hoover and Leaders of Both Parties in House Confer at White House (Continued From_ First Page) “a nice breakfast,” but would add noth- | ing eise. Garner was jovial as he clinbed into & new White House car to be carried | to Capitol Hill. He came to the White House afoot from his hotel, having re- | nounced his right to the Speaker's car. “Hello boys." he said. “I don't see you often. You are up here with all | these rich men.” Rail Situition Mentioned. At a press conference called by Mr Newton, he said in answer to questt that the railroad situation, known to bulk large in Mr. Hoover's mind, had been touched on “only in its broader ! aspects.” The railroad situation was not par- ticularly emphasized except as a phase | of the reconstruction program. The President hopes the carners will benefit through the proposed reconstruetion corporation It was understood at the White Kouse that there had been mention, tut no lengthy discussion. of the amendment added to the moratortim measure yes- terday, barring any cancellation of re- duction of debts. Not long after the breakfast con- ference ended Banking Committees of both Senate and House summoned witnesses to give expert advice on the President’s proposal for creating a na- tional reconstruction corporation, de- | signed as a credit cushion upon which | the business of the country should ride forward to better times. The commitr tee work was a prompt and definite reaction to Mr. Hoover's demands upon his party leaders Steagall Calls Committee. So this morning, with Senate bill | No. 1 on the table, Chairman Norbeck of the Banking Committee called for | light on the workings of the $500.- 000,000 credit corporation set up in the Fall by bankers on the President's advice. The degree of its success is to be taken as a guide on the new plan. M. N. Buckner, executive head of the unit, was the witness called. Un- dersecretary Mills also was expected. A Democratic committee chairmari Steagall of Alabamai, who has intro- duced a companion bill in the House, also called his committee together, asked Mills to testify together with Eugene Meyer, governor of the Federal Reserve Board. who was an official of the War Finance Corporation after | which the present financial structure is | patterned. ! In his testimony Meyer put in a good | word for the bill to create the half-| billion-dollar corporation. Speaking ex-, temporaneously. he said “lack of con- | fidence and fear” were largely respon- | sible for the tight credit situation and the existing economic conditions. | “1 believe a bill of this kind would restore confidence in many areas, and that alone would be commendable,” he said. "I do not want to predict, how- ever, as to price levels.” | In emergency the Government can afford “to depart from its ordinary rules and principles,” he said. Real Estate Troubles Analyzed. Turning to the growth of the real estate business in this country, Meyer said the development was carried on too long and the financial arrangements became “dangerous’ with ‘‘dangerous valuations.” Through the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Meyer said, the “weak could be sustained and the strong would be better able to go along.”’ With a capital of $500,000,000 fur- nished by the Government, he said, the | corporation would be authorized to issue bonds not excepding $1,500.000,000. Directors would be the Treasury Sec- retary, governor of the Reserve Board, | the farm loan commissioner and two | presidential appointees. each to serve five vears and be approved by the Senate. The corporation would be authorized to make loans on terms and conditions it may determine to any bank, banker. savings bank. trust company. clearing house. building and loan association and | insurance and other financial institu- | tions. Loans also may be made to railroads for temporary fitancing. The Treasury would be finally responsible for all debts of the corporation KIZER DEATH AGAIN DECLARED SUICIDE Coroner's Jury Decides to Stand by Original Verdict in Monoxide Case. (From Yesterda's 5:30) After an hour’s deliberation. the ,same coroner’s jury which returned a “suicide verdict last week in the case of Harry D. Kizer, 53-year-old War De- partment auditor, decided it would stand by its original decision. The jurors announced their verdict following a second inquest which Deputy Coroner A. Magruder MacDon- ald had ordered at the request of the dead man’s brother-in-law, William O. ‘Tufts, 1635 Madison street. New evidence was presented in the testimony of the widow, Mrs. Grace S Kizer: her daughter Ruth, a student at Central High School: C. H. Marshall, | secretary of the Board of Trustees of | the Mount Pleasant Congregational Church, of which the dead man was treasurer, and an officer of the Wash- ington Board of Trade: Ben T. Wcb- ster, a real estate dealer who also is a member of the trade body. and Earl Taggert, personnel chief in the gen-| eral accounting office | Mrs. Kizer and her daughter, whoj were unable to appear at the first in-| quest b » of illness, told of finding | the Government employe lying \|_nmn-\ scious on the floor of the garage in the bascment of their home, 5702 Colorado avenue, overcome by carbon monoxide gas. Marshall testified Kizer's accounts i as treasurer of the church were in * cellent order.” and the other witness described the dead man as capable honest and cheerful Under quostioning by her attorney. Milton Lehr, Mrs. Kizer, who was veiled declared her husband at breakfast the day he was overcome. She accredited this to the fact he had been suffering from an mtestinal disorder and “at times his_mind seemed to wander.” _ The jury returned a verdict of acci- dental death in the case of John T.| King. 59. operator of the Highway Bridge draw, who was fatally injured; early vesterday when struck by an au- tomobile driven by Millard E. LaFon- taine, 21, nephew of “Jimmi>" LaFon- taine, Washington gambler. King, who lived at 3708 New Hampshire avenue, died at Emergency Hospital fractured skull and other injuries a short time after the accident. DIES WATCHING PARADE ‘HOLLYWOOD, December 18 (&).— Frank L. Sylvester, 63, small parts pic- ture actor, who appeared on the legiti- mate stage and in vaudeville, died un- expectedly on Hollywood Boulevard while watching a Christmas para with his wife last night. He was stricken by a heart attack. B from a| Talks on Debts INBERWOC SENATOR LEWIS. MAPES IS DOUBTFUL THAT D. C. INCOME TAX WILL HIT CONGRESSMEN (Continued From First Page.) bers of the Mapes Committee is there an_income tax. The life of this special committee expires December 31 at midnight. Representative Mapes, in explaining his view that this legislation does not apply to members of Congress, but “only to resident of the District of Columbia,” pointed to section 11 in the bill in confirmation of this contention. (This section provides that taxes will be computed and levied by the Oistrict of Columbia tax assessor.) He 2lso called attention to questions asked him on the floor by Representative Stafford, Pepublican, Wisconsin, who said “Certainly, as the bill is drawn, with this vague definition of the word ‘per- son.’ I think it could with consistency be claimed that members of Congress are subject to the payment of the in- come tax. Is it the purpose of the committee to include members of Con- gress in the payment of the income tax as_provided in this bill?" Mr. Mapes replied: “If any of them lives in the District of Columbia but, of course, none of them do.” Again Mr. Stafford asked: “Do we not all live in the District of Columbia during the sessions of Congress?™ Representative Blanton of Texas in- jected the observation, “If the gentle- man wil permit. certainly it would not apply to a membes of Congress, be- cause he lives in his own district and is taxed in his own State.” When Mr. Stafford insisted, “I am serfous in my presentation of this ques- tion.” Mr. Mapes quoted from the lan- guage of the bill. which he said, “says that is ‘hereby imposed upon every per- son as herein defined residents of the District of Columbia.”" KIDNAPED WOMAN _ AND HER CHAUFFEUR FREED BY CAPTORS| | ___(Continued From First Page.) tors. The driver drove carefully and pressed a revolver into the side of my chauffeur.” She said that once when the car lowed down she was tempted to make a leap. She said she was afraid to Jump for fear of being run over by an- other car. “It was 6 o'clock when they captured me." she said. “We drove for a long time and then we were taken into &, dark house. I was seated without de- lay and they immediately told me they wanted money." “‘We took you because we want momey.'” they told me. *‘We are not g0ing to hurt you if you will do as we tell you. We will treat you all right, but we want $75.000. " I said, ‘'Oh. my land! I haven't that much money. ¥ After some discussion as to whom the ransom demand should be delivered, she decided to write to her attorney, James E. Taylor. She said one of the men stood near her with a flashlight and dictated the demand POST-WAR MORGAN LOANS TO FRANCE PUT AT $300,000,000 (Continued From First Page.) sinking fund for the retirement of bonds to other purposes I haven't heard of those instances.” Lamont replied. “Needless to say, it is not true of my firm." Senator Walsh, Democrat, of Massa- chusetts, asked if the contracts for these loans were submitted to the State Depzitment for approval “Not the contracts.” Lamont replied He added that President Harding in 1920 asked the banking houses to in- form the State Department of such ar- rangements and have the privilege of intervening That practice has been followed. he said Senator Couzens asked if the depart- ment had given an affirmative letter in such cases. “They dont' do it in an affirmative form.” ‘he said. “They have done it heretofore in the negative form " Lamont added that the usual pro- { cedure was for the department to send ja letter saying it had no objection. Coercion Is Denied. said Morgan & Co. floated loans of $208.250,000 for Ger- many. The first loan was on October 14, 1924, for $110,000,000. Lamont described it as the “Dawes loan.” since it was in connection with the Dawes reparations plan. The sccond loan of $98.250,000 was on June 12, 1930, in connection with the Young reparations plan Germany has reduced these loans to about $173.000,000. Senator Harrison, Democrat, of Mis- sissippi. asked if any coercion had been exercised to make banks take the fer- exgn_bonds. “Not the slightest.” Lamont replied, “on any issue we ever heard of or had anything to do with." He added that the banks frequently rejected the bonds. “The banks are not loaded up with these bonds to the extent the people believe,” stated Lamont. | “Yes " interrupted Senator Gore, Democrat. of Oklahoma, “it is Tom. Dick and Harry who have taken the osses.” Lamont had Brunt Falls on Investors. “It is true that upon the great in- i vesting public has fallen the brunt of the declines and not upon the banks,” | Lamont replied. Senator Bingham, Republican Con- necticut, asked “why such low rates of interest were allowed on the German loans just after Germany had wiped out its whole international debt by infla- tion2" “The answer is,” replied Lamont, “that these bonds constituted the un- conditional reparations obligations of the German government, payable in gold dollars without any if's or and's. Germany has been placed on a gold basis. There was not then, nor is there now, any reason to question the good faith and ability of the German gov- ernment and people to pay this external debt.” Lamont had said the first German is- sue bore 7 and the second 5': per cent interest. Lamont said no loans had been made by any bankers without taking adequate precautions with reference to collateral. LEWS TO DG DETS VER RADID Illinois Senator to Trace Foreign Situation in Forum Address. The foreign debt situation, which promises to be in the limelight during much of the present session of Con- gress, will be discussed by Senator J. Hamilton Lewis, Democrat, of Illinoic, speaking at 10 o'clock tomorrow night in the National Radio Forum, arranged by The Evening Star and broadcast over a Nation-wide hook-up of the Co- lumbia Broadcasting System. Informed by Travel. Senator Lewis will bring to the sub- ject a personal touch made possible by his trip to Europe last Summer, during which he visited Germany, France and several other countries. The Senator, whose oratory enlivened Senate debates during his former period of service, has just entered upon a new term. During his previous service, from 1913 to 1919, he acted as Democratic whip. Served in War Period. He was in the Senate during the period of the World War and was desig- nated from time to time to handle mat- ters with foreign countries. With this background of prior_service. Senator Lewis is expected to figure prominently in discussions of today’s problems dur- ing the session just getting under way. D|AMO~D IS KILLED AT ALBANY AFTER ACQUITTAL PARTY (Continued From First Page) both on funds and official influence. “Muscling-in" in Albany. After Diamond was forced out of the Catskill Mountain region last Spring by the activity of State prosecuters and troopers he moved to Albany. It was understood he was ‘‘muscling-in" on the beer and alcohol rackets in the capital district hotel. That was his abode when he Grover Parks, truck driver, a__Greene whom Diamond operator. Later Diamond lived with a speak- easy proprietor and beer runner in a rather fine residential section at the west end of the city. He frequently was seen downtown unaccompanied and unguarded It was understood the long legal fight he had put up to rid himself of the State'’s kidnaping and torture charges had taken much of his money. Chief of Police David Smurl attrib- uted the killing to rival gangsters. He said to the best of his knowledge Dia- mond, his wife and sister-in-law. Mrs. Eddie Diamond, widowed gangster bullets, attended several parties last night the chief said, “Diamond came alone to his room at 67 Dove street in a taxi- | cab. He was living on the second floor | with his wife. The apartment in the i rear of Diamond's was occupied by Mrs | Eddie Diamond. Woman Heard Shots. “Between 5 and 6, Mrs. Woods and her sister, Ethel Smith. heard shots | They heard a man running down the | stairs. They looked out the window and saw the man get into a dark sedan |that sped off. It was too dark for them to get a description of the fugitive “Mrs. Diamond was in a place on Broadway and 1 believe Mrs. i Diamond was there, too. Mrs. Woods telephoned there and they hurried up home “The police were first notified by a mysterious phone call. at 6:55. I do not know who called.” address at which Mrs. Diamond was located. He said he had no knowledge a trip to the South. “If T beat this rap,” he said while the jury was deliberating, “I'm going South—to Florida—and take a long rest. I could get my health back, per- haps, if I wasn't always getting into trouble.” = GERMAN RAILWAYS ARE HELD UNABLE (Continued From Pirst Page.) ways were able to pay 660,000,000 marks in reparations imposed by the Young plan, inasmuch as the net re- ceipts were 833,000,000 marks. Second. that the 1930 profits dropped to 480.000.000 marks, a decrease of 13 per cent, and that by December, 1931, thus the company was forced to draw on its reserves which included the benefits it derived from the Hoover mcratorium. The decrease in railway profits, mem- bers of the German delegation said, clearly shows an inability to continue unconditional as well as conditional Teparation payments. The subcommittee’s findings on the German trade balance were not pub- lished. These figures should establish Germany's net debt. Budget Expenses Increase. Germany's budgetary expenses increas- ed by $925,000,000 between 1926 and 1929. the committee reported last night. About $375,000,000 of this resulted from increases in the salaries of public servants granted in 1927, the experts found. The statistics were contained in a report of the subcommittee on German budgetary practices. The salary increases brought the pay or lesser functionaires to the level of 1913, the communique explained. Other items contributing to the 1n-‘ crease in budgetary expenses included unemployment insurance of $250,000,- 000; reparations, $125,000,000; various $175,000,000. The communique revealed that the | financial ~relationship between the| Reich and federal states was discussed | by the subcommittee as well as recent | measures increasing the sums the fed- | eral states received from the central| government. | ‘The subcommittee, headed by Hend-, rvk Colijan of Holland, also went into | the cost of education and the practice | of subsidizing housing enterprises from public funds. In addition, the investi- gators inquired into the growth of pub- lic debts in general. Germany's recent attempts to balance | the budget by drastic economies were lauded in the report. The experts agreed that Germany was right in at- | taching importance to providing with-| out delay for the foreign recuction of ! the floating debt caused by past budget- ary deficits, despite the heavy burden this imposes during the crisis. Foreign Holdings Undetermined. ‘The communique confirmed previous reports that another subcommittee, headed Maurice Prere of Belgium, had found 1t impossible to determine the “The subcommittee refrained,” the statement said, “from setting the total of holdings abroad, but indicated that $2,100,000,000, s of July 31, 1931, was a reasonable figure. | that time it was said Diamond was low | For a timg he lived at a downtown { national economy of certain countries, was tried and acquitted on July 14 of | | torturing | County thought was hauling liquor for & rival | “Some time between 4 and 5 o'clock.” | HOUSE WILL SPEED MORATORIUM PLAN Democratic Leader Says Session Wil Continue Until Resolution Is Passed. —__(Continued From First Page.) l keeping the House in session all night f necessary to pass the moratorium resolution, also gave assurance that he Plans prompt action on several of the President’s relief bills. He said “tomor- TOW we expect to take up the Federal Land Bank relief bill, and we hope to pass that bill tomorrow. After that and after the holidays, the first major piece of legislation we expect to consider is the Strong bill, providing emergency financing facilities for banks and other financial institutions. Hearings on that bill commence to- day, and as soon as we can get it on the floor, we shall take that up. And & few moments ago the President sent instructions to me to say that while the bill for relief of the Federal Land Banks, which we take up tomorrow, provides rellef for those banks, he will undertake to take care of the needs of the Joint Stock Land Banks, the in- termediate credit institutions and other banking institutions out of the emer- gency financing bill although they are not expressly named in that bill. We shall try to do the best we can to carry out that program on this side, if the gentlemen on the other side of the | House co-operate with us." The resolution authorizes the post- ponement of the amounts payable to the United States Government by its foreign debtors during the fiscal year 1932, totaling $252566803, The legis- lation is necessary o permit the carry- ing out of the Hoover moratorium by this Government The resolution was supported in a re- port from the Ways and Means Com- mittee of the House by Representative Collier, chairman_of the committee, Democrat, from Mississippi. and at- tacked in the minority report signed by three Democratic members of the com- mittee, Representatives Sanders of Texas, Eastlick of Tennessee and Vin- son of Kentucky. Europe Threatened by Crisis. In his majority report, Mr. Collier sald “The testimony given before the committee indicated that adverse economic developments in Europe had, by the beginning of 1931, placed the particularly of Central Europe. under | severe strain. By June. it was evident that events were rapidly taking toward major crises. the repercussions of which | would serfouslv affect economic condi- | {tions throughout the world and which | could not but react adversely upon con- ditions in this country ‘It became evident by the first of | {June that a slow run had begun upon German banks, in fact. upon the cen- | tral institution, the Reichsbank. Sub- | sequently, this run assumed major pro- portions. Between the end of May and | June 20, the outflow of funds from | Germany resulted in_the reduction of | $250,000.000 in the Reichsbank hold- | | ings of gold in foreign exchange. Catastrophe Avertod. “To meet the impending crisis and |to avold the inevitable adverse effects | of the impending catastrophe upon ! | conditions in the United States as well as in Europe, the President proposed, subject to confirmation by Congress, | the postponement during one year from | July 1, 1931, to June 30, 1932, of all payments on intergovernmental debts. | Teparations and relief debts, both | principal and interest. “This proposal was made in the be- | lief, which subscquent events seemed to Justify, that timely action should con- | Eddie | Chief Smurl refused to_disclose . the | of the whereabouts of Marion Roberts. | Diamond was planning yesterday on | TO PAY REPARATIONS| receipts had fallen by 28 per cent, and | exact total of German holdings abroad. | tribute to relieve the pressure of ad- verse forces operating in foreign coun- | tries and should assist in the re-estab- | lishment of confidence. The announce- ment of the proposal on June 20 result- ed in the immediate termination or withdrawal of funds from Germany and increased prices of commodities and se- | curity in world markets. Although these benefits were not entirely retained, the impending catastrophe was averted Mr. Collier reported for the commit- tee that it had investigated the pub- lished report that some of the nations indebted to the United States had de- posited the necessary funds with their fiscal agents in the United States to | pay the amounts which were due on | December 15, He said that Henry P. Davison of J. P. Morgan & Co. told the committee that his firm repr sented the United States. Great Bril ain and France and that these gover ments had not deposited any funds to pay their installments to the United States on December 15, nor rad they communicated with the company on the subject. Foes Given Full Hearing. “It seems highly significant to your committee,” Mr. Collier said. “that de- spite the widespread publicity of this matter since the President’s announce- ment June 20, no individual or repre- sentative of any group appeared or sought an opportunity to be heard in opposition to the resolution, with the exception of three members of the House, who were given a full hearing.” One of these members of the House to whom Mr. Collier referred was Rep- resentative McFadden of Pennsylvania, who recently assailed President Hoover and the moratorium on the floor of the House. Mr._Collier called attention to the so-called Ragon provision inserted in the resolution by the committee, declar- ing it not to be the policy of Congress to agree to any debt cancellation or reduction. He said that the committee is firmly of the opinion that nothing in the resolution can in any manner be construed as indicating a policy of debt cancellation or reduction. In view, however, of the statement by opponents of the resolution. he said the committee felt it desirable to set the matter at rest by insertion of the Ragon amendment. Minority Hits Hoover. The minority report asserted that President Hoover did not have the con- stitutional right which he did in June with respect to the moratorium; that this was a matter to be determined by Congress in session. The minority re- port also declared that there was no necessity for the moratorium. In sup- port of this contention, the minority said: “Germany is the nation to be helped. The sum of $6,000,000 is the only sum due by Germany to this coun- try. No one even suggested that Eng- land, France and Italy are not ready, willing and able to pay their obligations due us on the dye dates. These three countries would pay to us during the fiscal year 1932 the sum of $224,227,125.” The charge was made by the minor- ity that the moratorium “is a forerun- ner and curtain raiser to debt cancel- lation or another moratorium.” It called attention to the fact that the President in his message to Congress had recommended the recreation of the World War Debt Commissiion for the purpose of reviewing foreign debts. The minority also attacked the plan to have the postponed payments made up over a perlod of 10 years. “In conclusion,” said the minority report, “we desire to call the attention of members of the House to the fact that our revenues amount to only | about one-half the amount of the ex- penditures of the Government; that | we have a large deficit and it is grow- | ing by leaps and bounds, and to with- | hold the collection of this $252,000,000 | means that it must be raised in tax- ation from the people of the United States, amounting to more than $2 from every man, woman and child in ithe United States. We commend the quunable maxim known to every law- yer—we should be just to the American people before we are generous to the people of Europe.! = By a vote of 21 to 4 the House Ways | D. C., FRIDAY, D 18, 1931 MAMAL - SANTA CLAUS BROUGHT REAL NEW ToYs This Year and Means Committee late yesterday reported favorably to the House a reso lution to make effective the Hoover intergovernmental debt moratorium Before ordering the favorable report on the resolution, which has been in- troduced by Representative Collier of Mississippl, Democratic chairman of the committee at the request of the Treasury Department, the committee adopted an amendment declaring it against the policy of Congress that any of the indebtedness of foreign countries should be in any manner canceled or reduced.” The amendment. offered by Repre- sentative Ragon of Arkansas. Democrat was adopted by a vote of 16 to 9. All the Democratic members of the com- mittee were recorded in favor of the amendment and one Republican, Crow- ther of New York. The nine votes cast against the amendment were Re- publican Four Democrats voted against report- ing the resolution, and it is expected they will vote against its passage in the House. They were Eslick of Tennesses, Sanders of Texas. Vinson of Kentucky and Dickinson of Missouri. While Repre- sentative Rainey of Illinois, the Demo- cratic floor leader. voted in committee to report out the resolution, it 1s under- stood he will cast his vote against it in the House Representative Collier of Mississippi prepared A written report for the ma- Jjority and Representative Sanders for the minority. Seek Disposal This Week. Mr. Rainey said it was the plan to bring the resolution up in the House today and to dispose of it if possible before the end of the week. In any event the Democrats intend to keep the resolution before the House until it is disposed of. So the first step to pass the Hoover | moratorium legislation, demanded by the President in a message to Con- gress. was taken. The President asked for its passage by December 15. the date on which payments of interest to this country by foreign debtor nations was due, amounting to $125.000.000 ‘The Democratic leadership of the House replied that such speed was im- possible. As soon as the resolution passes the House, which it is expected to do by a large vote, it will go to the Senate, where attacks on the measure will be made by Senator Hiram Johnson of California, Senator McKellar of Ten- nessee and probably some other Sena- tors. The eventual passage of the res- olution, however. is expected Republican members of the commit- tee said that they had opposed the Ragon amendment because they did not believe it had any place in the resolution. They admitted that the Treasury Department had been opposed | to_it, too. It 'is not likely, however, that any effort will be made to make the Ragon amendment a party issue. it was said. The President has already declared himself opposed to any cancellation of | the forelgn debts growing out of the World War. ‘The Ragon amendment adds a new section to the resolution and reads as follows: Section 5—Tt is hereby expressly de- clared to be against the policy of Con- gress that any of the indebtedness of foreign countries to the United States should be in any manner canceled or reduced, and nothing in this joint res- olution shall be construed as indicating a contrary policy or as an implication to give favorable consideration at any time to a change in the policy hereby declared.” ) . The amepdment was interpreted as a blow to any further proposals for debt postponement, although it mentioned only debt cancelation or reduction President Hoover recommended in his to Congress the re-| Tecent message establishment of the World War For- eign Debt Commission, so that it would | be prepared to go into the question of debt revision if it became necessary. | The action of the committee today was notice to the Executive that the Ways and Means Committee of the House was hostile to such a plan. Just before the committee took ac- tion on the resolution Secretary of State Stimson was recalled to give the com- mitteemen further information. REPRESENTATIVE TAYLOR HAS LOST 25 POUNDS | Leaves Memphis Hospital Feeling Fine, but His Garters Don’t Fit Him Anymore. By the Associated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn., December 18.— Representative J. Will Taylor, Repub- lican, of Tennessee, has lost 25 pounds since he underwent an emergency oper- ation for appendicitis in & Memphis hospital, but he said he was feeling fine as he prepared to leave for his home at Lafollette. He was worried about his hose sup- rters. 5 “These things don't fit me any more, he said. “Otherwise I'm feeling fine. Mr. Taylor was stricken six weeks ago while visiting Memphis political leaders in his. capacity as Republican national committeeman for Tennessee, | Doyle, | Earle Bring a Toy to the Tivoli! EFIT PERFORMANCE STARTS AT 11 0'CLOCK TOMORROW. Help fill this Santa Claus container with toys—the only price of admission when “Skippy" goes on at the Tivoli The Star have arranged this performance and another at the Metropolitan at 9 o'clock for the benefit of poor chidren, tomorrow morning. Warner Bros. and —Star Staff Photo. RADIO WILL ASSIST SANTA'S CAMPAIGN FOR TOYS FOR POOR (Continued From First Page.) Metropolitan at 9 o'clock and two hours later at the Tivoli. As to age limit, there is none! No more than the Christmas spirit has an age iimit! Broadcast This Evening. The “toy matinee” idea will be put “on” the air between 8:30 and 8:45 tonight through station WOL by Maxine mistress of ceremonies at the Theater, and Britt Wood, the musical comedian of the current vaude- ! ville at that theater | That the spirit of the occasion is also | “in” the holiday air is best typified. perhaps, by a letter from a 70-year-old | i woman, one of many received at the | theaters. The woman, she writes, is too old to | attend, but by no means too old to enter into the spirit of the thing. For proof she inclosed $2, with the request that the manager buy “something especially nice” for one of the small beneficiaries of the shows, Other people, young and old, are bringing “preliminary gifts—dolls, red wagons, coasters, roller skates—with the explanation that they cannot attend but wish to contribute in any event. Childhood’s Dreams Go On. There is little necessity to point to the need for bright, new toys this year. In the homes of the unemployed, the sick, the unfortunate, the ' poverty- | ridden are: hundreds of small children whose hope of Christmas happiness s a forlorn hope. ; In the charity institutions of the city small patients already are busy with | their dreams of Christmas morning— dreams which will fall far short of ful- fillment in many cases. ) That each toy will be & personal gift, direct from the donor to the child who needs it most, is assured by a careful plan of distribution being mapped out by welfare agencies in close contact :{t‘m the darkest, neediest homes in the ity. Homes where the brightest Christ- mas lights throw only a dark shadow, homes broken by misfortune and sad- dened by illness will be cheered on the gglédny of holidays with your co-opera- Films Appeal to All “Penrod and Sam,” the feature film at the Metropolitan, is an appealing narrative of boyhood, written by Booth Tarkington, interpreter of the tragic- comic tribulations of the very young. The show stars Leon Janney as Pen- rod, supported by an able cast of Jjuveniles and grown-ups. At the Tivoli, Jackie Cooper, one of the screen’s most promising boy actors, will be seen in-a revival of “Skippy,” Percy Crosby's dramatic interpretation of the joys and heartaches of the typical American boy. Newareels and shoms will complete Pshorthand re) Jobless Actors I'| To Present Play : At Masonic Temple | | | “The Greater Love." dramatic || production staged under the aus- pices of the Employment Com- mittce of the Federation of 1 | Churches, will be presented to- | | night at’ the Masonic Temple | [ +auditorium. A1l participants, ex- | | cept one. are jobless, the play being staged “by the unemployed for_the unemployed.” The Washington Boys' Band, conducted by Maj. Clifton Brown, will play preceding the produc- tion. The play will be presented one night only. although it was orig- inally planned to present it again tomorrow night. | full two-hour programs at each theater. But a new toy—a toy fit to be placed in the hands of the most forlorn child in Washington on a Christmas day— | bring it to the Metropolitan or Tivoli and see a thrilling drama of childhood! Your act will make you a partici- | pant in that greatest of all dramas! SECOND JURY BLOCKS GIRL SLAYIN& VERDICT | Delay Looms for Texas Third Trial | on Charge of Choking Choir | Singer to Death. By the Associated Press. BEEVILLE, Texas, December 18.— For the second time a jury has failed to agree on the guilt of Newton Yar- berry, charged with choking to death Dorcas Symons, 19, a choir singer, to whom he had been attentive. | Judge T. M. Cox, late yesterday dis- missed a jury after it had vainly delib- | erated for more than 24 hours. Date for {a third trial cannot be set until the | next term of court. Miss Symon’s body, clad in a bathing | suit, was found buried in a shallow beach grave two days after she disap- | peared from her home in Arkansas Pass, Tex., the night of July 30. The | State alleged the girl was choked to | death during a swimming party. TR KNOCKED DOWN BY CAR John Petrie, 62, of 116 D street, a rter, was injured seri- ously last night when knocked down by an automobile at Eighteenth and K streets. He is confined at Emergency Hospital with a fractured right leg and shoulder and possible internal hurts. ‘Third precinct police arrested John | are Long, 20, of 1226 Jackson place north- east, said to have been the operator of the machine, on a charge of reckless driving. Long was released on $300 col- Interal for appearance in Police Court. MAPES ASKS D. . FISCAL LAW REPEAL Would Substitute Federal Contributions in Appro- priation Act. Repeal of the substantive law which places the contribution of the Federal Government toward support of the Na- tional Capital on a percentage basis and substitution thercof of “such col tributions toward defraving such es- penses as may be provided in the act therefor.’ proposed 1n the House todsy by CF | man Mapes of the Special Committee on_Piscal Relations This committee held a merting this morning and authorized Chairman Mapes to present this resolution to the House, accompanied hy a 1-port which quotes the Janguage in the general Mapes report presented to the ilouse last Tuesday with regard to the histor of the Federal Constitution and i5 the recommendations of the commi.tee re- garding the lump sum Chairman Mapes presented this as a privileged report by special recognition by the Speaker. ) This 15 titled as contribution of the Unite ward defraying the expens District of Columbia” The language of the bill is as follows “Be it enacted by the Se d House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress ase sembled. That so much of the Dis- appropriation act vear en approved June jows: *Tha July 1 such exp b e paid out istrict of Columbia, de tion and privileges 40 per centum by excepting such items Congress may direct shall another basis, and “(D. C. C 3 20. © 670-A). is repealed and here- after such expenses of the District of Columbia_as Congress may appropriate for =hall be paid out of the revenues of the District, except that the United States shall make such contributions T defrayving such expenses as may vided in the act making appro- priation therefor U. S. AGAIN {/OICES CONCERN TO JAPAN: CITES OBLIGATIONS (Contintied From First_Page.) and 14 Chinese were killed and several A dispat from Tieni chow situatic Japanese resider cid>d 1o evacy to T tsin. The new mi office spokesm ag: band; Manchurian Ra region west of t the territory just north Chinchow in which the Japanese drive against that place was halted last month At the time the a made the reports of fi ceived and also rep unusually active around Chang- chun. Heilintun and other points Field Marshal Prince Kotohito Kanin was selected today as chief of the army general stafl to succeed Gen. Hanzo Kanava. It is the first time since the Russo-Japanese War that a the war 1 be a drive e South iprince of the royal blood has received the post. Prince Kotohito is a kins- man of the Emperor Hirohito. Local newspapers said he agreed to accept. The appointment was made with the intention of unifying and consolidating military_affairs throughout Manchuria, Prince Kotohito is 66 years old. Some local newspapers said military circles recommended the appointment of Gen. Minami, former war minister, as temporary administrator of Japanese Manchurian interests for the purpose of co-ordinating administrative, diplo- matic and business relations under one head Reports were current here that the government wished to establish a cen- tral Manchurian organization, linking together the civil and military phases of Manchurian relations. The Teports were officially unverified. but it was said the plans called for four departments, under the civil governor of Kwangtung, the president of the South Manchurian Railway, the commander of the Kwang- tung army and the Japanese consul general at Mukden. FORD ADOPTS TOWN TO TEST JOB PLAN Commissary and Public Oven Fea- ture of Activities at Inkster, Mich. By the Associated Press DETROIT. December 18. — Henry Ford, long an exponent of the “no dole, no holdouts.” policy in employment problems, Fas taken charge of a town of 4.400 population 5 miles from his automobile plant to test his theories, At Inkster, where a large part of the population has been unemployed for several months, Ford agents have set {up a commissary, stocked the village with supplies, installed a municipal oven amd set most of the unemployed to work building streets, improving houses and other tasks The often-expressed Ford policy of “no handouts” is being followed and the residents are working solely for their own interests. Payment is made in orders upon the commissary, allow- ing tke purchase of food and necessi- tles. In some instances $1 g day is being allowed to certain workers for spending money. In several instances gas and electric bills are being ap- proved by the Ford Motor Co. Agents who are working directly under Henry Ford have declared the entire project is a ‘“community man- agement” experiment developed solely by Mr. Ford and have said that no at- tempt has been made as yet to deter- mine whether the plan can be devel- oped into a co-operative affair, with no loss to the sponsor. The principal hope of the experiment, they say, is the re- habilitation of a community wikch has suffered heavily from lack of employ- ment. Shoppidays ill Christmas