Evening Star Newspaper, December 19, 1931, Page 1

WIEEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Cloudy with occasional rain tonight and tomorrow; slightly colder tomorrow night; moderate southwest winds, Temperatures—Highest, 63, at 11 a.m. today; lowest, 36, at 4 am. today. Full report on page 16. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 Che Foening Star. The cnly Associated service. €.2:.53 paper in Washington with the Press news Yesterday’s Cifuhtion, 118,685 Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, C. No. 32,008 WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, WENTY-EIGHT PAGES. #» (®) Means Associated Pre TWO CENTS, TOKO ULTIRATUN WLLTEL CAESE T0 QU CHNCHDH Time Limit to Be Fixed for Withdrawing Troops Within Great Wall. 1t looks like a merry, merry Christ- mas for upward to 2,500 youthful bene- ficiaries of this morning’s “Toy Mat-| inee.” | The turnouts at the Metropolitan and | Tivoli Theaters, where a toy for some [[m:l child was the only price of admis- n, fulfilled the fondest hopes of the promoters-—Warner Brothers and The CHANG AND HiS AIDE TO RECEIVE WARNINGS Honjo Statement Will Threaten Approximately 1,000 persons, more than half of whom were children, filled | with toys the great Santa Claus hamp- ers in the lodby of the Metropolitan TOYS FOR NEEDY BOYS FAND GIRLS PILED HIGH IN THEATER LOBBIES Children and Grown-Ups Join in hringing Cheer to Unfortunate Children of Capital. scarcely able to toddle along, to boys and girls in their early 'tcens, all bear- ing a bright personal gift for some poor child. They came in shining limou- sines. escorted by liveried chauffeurs; in taxicabs, on street cars, and hun- dreds walked from their homes with packages under their arms. The gifts of those who saw the benefit performances were supplemented by scveral hundred others, contributed by persons who explained that they would not be able to attend the show, but wished to help make it a success. At the Tivoli, an_elderly lady stood with a basket of Christmas packages in her hands, giving them to boys and Drastic Measures if Orders Are uot Obeyed. By the Associated Press. | TOKIO, December 19.—A dispatch | to the Rengo News Agency from Muk- | den, Manchuria, today said an ulti- matum is to be sent to Chinese au- | thorities soon demanding withdrawal | ©of Chinese troops at Chinchow to al point within the Great Wall within a | stipulated time. This Mukden confirmed here. report was virtually in authoritative quarters Will Send Two Warnings. Two warnings will be sent, it was one by the Japanese government 1 Chang Hsueh-Liang. through the Peiping legation, and the other from Gen. Honjo to Jung Chin Marshal Chang’s chief of staff. It is understood also Gen. Honjo will szue a statement at the same time in *h he will declare ke will be com- d to resort to drastic measures if | Chinese fail to comply with the e to withdraw ents shifted rapidly, diplomatically as well as miiitaril | | | | | | ister Sees Inukai. On the heels of the Mukden d itckes telling of possible new military | by Gen. Honjo, the Chinesc | here, Chang Tso-Pin, spe ur with Premier Inukai at the | s official residence, the first con- ¢ between the Chinese minister and high Japanese gover nt official | arly two months. i Chang returning to | tonight. _ After his last con- | 1 with former Foreign M ridehara nearly two months age Chang conveyed the foreign minister's principles on the Ma - | v to the Chinese Government at | ng and the government ordered | ve’ no more conferences m‘r re was a report he had been| lled by his government, but his| etary announced that the minister was going back for & meeting of the, Central Executive Committee of which | he is a member, and will return to| Tckio in about two weeks Described as Courtesy Call. The meeting betwee and remier. said of a courtesy C efore departure, but in view acquaintance with, Ch and other Chinese leade! thought that he might ha g a verbal message which | d to direct negotiations be- two_governments. The dispatches from Mukden told of fighting at various points bct\\c?x‘.i Jepanese forces and bandits, and said prepartions were proceeding fast for a drive against bandits in tbe region | of Hsinmintun where there has been more than one encounter. | It was said that the ultimatum which Gon. Hon Jo is expected to deliver probably would call for evacuation of Chinchow within a week. AGAINST OCCUPATION. . S. Renews View to Japan That Tak- ing Chinchow Would Be Unfortunate. The United States has informed Japan an occupation of Chinchow “culd be viewed in Washington as very unfortunate. This attitude, Undersecretary of State Castle said today, has been expressed Jepeatedly to the Japanese foreign of- fice by Ambassador Forbes The last instructions to the Am- bassador to Japan were on December 10 on- the basis of which he gave the foreign office a renewed expression of American concern over Manchurian de- ‘elopments. The instructions were detailed and covered the American attitude toward the Manchurian dispute as pronounced bv President Hoover in a message 1o Congress and Secretary Stimson in a formal statement that day. The State Department today advised the League of Nations it had no objec- tion to the participation of Walker D Hines of New York, former director of Yailways, in the neutral commission of inquiry in Manchuria. N ‘GIFT’ DENIES M'LEA VIOLATES INJUNCTION Attorney S;yrsi S\lm;ms in Yule| Box Must Have Been Sent by Court. By the Associated Press PARIS, December 19.—Counsel for Edward B. McLean, Washington pub- lisher, said today his client had done, nothing to violate an injunction forbid- ding him to proceed with a divorce ac- tion begun at Latvia, but had confined his efforts to having the injunction removed. Mr. McLean was cited for contempt of court in Washington vesterday for sending a summons wrapped in a Christmas box, directing his estranged wife to appear as a defendant in the Llatvian court. The attorney said to-! day if a summons was served it must have been by the court and not by Mr. McLean. MORATORIUM PLANNED VIENNA, December 19 (#).—A dis- patch from Budapest to the Neue Freie Press> today said Hungary contemplated declaring a transfer moratorium next ‘Wednesday. On Monday. the dispatch said, the cabinet will formulate the decrce; on ‘Tuesday it will be submitted to the Committee of 33 for publication on the following day. Radio Programs on Page B-12 | emphatically. As he explained it, some | e s Oppose Wheat Quota Plan of Gil- jguota and that the millers have re- | Theater. At the Tivoli, where the bill opened | two hours later, almost 1,200 men, women and children added their gifts to the great pile of toys in the lobby | and trooped happily in to see a revival Kippy,” Percy Crosby's epic American boyhood. Something like 75 per cent of the crowds were children, from tiny tots, girls who wished to attend the show, but did not have a present to leave with the doorman. Large moving trucks from a social welfare agency were col- lecting the toys from the theaters to- day for distribution before Christmas to the homes of the unemployed and needy. At 8:30 o'clock this morning, half " (Continued cn Page 2, Column 8.) WILLARD EXPECTS HOOVER PROMISED WAGE CUT ACCORD SPEED FOR RELIEF of | {B. & 0. Presdent Tells Hoo- Reconstruction Bill Action | ver Agreement on Rail Pay | to Be Forced in Senate, | Walcott Says. | BY the Associated Press Senator Walcott, Republican, of Con- necticut, informed President Hoover to- day there would be “a desperate effort” to bring the Emergency Reconstruction Corporation measure to a vote in the Senate before the Christmas holicays. The President has urged congressional leaders to act half-billion-doliar agency proposed by him to distribute crecit where needed Yesterday he especially cited the need of help by the railroads. Walcett, a member of the Senate Banking Committee, said he believed if Congress remains in session until Tues- day a vote will be possible. g at the White House a re- note in the railroad situation, president of the Balti- re & Ohio Railroad, today informed President Hoover he had “every confi- dence” negotiations for railroad wage reductions would be settled peaceably. The rzilroad chief estimated $200,- 000.000 would be added to the carriers’ operating coffers by a wage-cut agree- ment. and that, with the $100,000.000 be 1ealized through the Railway Credit Corporation, the situation would be made encouraging. to Holds Statement Misconstrued. He felt the statement put out by railroad executives last night after their meeting in New York had been “mis- construed” by many newspapers. Press dispatches seem to Willard to have stressed the point that the rail- road leaders had issued a 30-day ulti- matum fora 15 per cent wage decrease. He contended it was made to appear that this point was the most important phase of the statement issued Says Labor Suggested Notice. “Nothing of the kind.” Willard said Moves to End Delay. He intimated the Senate might, through agrecment. reverse the cus- tomary order of procedure and bring up the reconstruction corporation be- fore it is voted on by the House The House Banking Committee is at work on it - “This plan is much needed, and®need |ed fast. to meet the existing emer gency ' Walcott said Representative Rainey of Illinois, the Democratic leader, and Representative Snell of New Y the Republican leader, also agreed that the legisiation would be thé first major matter before the Houee in January. Meanwhile, the President’s aides went labor leaders suggested the formal serv- ing of such notice. Willard said it would not have been issued that way otherwise. “Our idea,” he said. “was that the negotiations should have been pursued without such a notice, since, if they should fail, we could always put it éut then.” behalf of the corporation. Undersecretary Mills of the Treasury told a Senate committee the agency would “put the Government in position to close almost immediately any gap which might appear in our credits structure.” 15 PER CE! NT CUT PLANNED. Nine Rail Executi Are Appointed to Negotiate With Labor on Pay. NEW YORK, December 19 (#).—Rail- road managements of the East, West and South moved today to apply the brakes to $300.000,000 paid annually in wages to_employes. That amount represents the 15 per cent which executives decided yester- day to take from the workers' wages. A committee of mine executives, headed by Daniel Willard, president of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, was designated to “negotiate to a conclu- | sion” with representatives of the Rail- way Labor Exccutives' Association their intention to reduce pay. | Meet Within Month. The meeting of the groups will b held within 30 days, when a notice of a reduction which the rail heads are expected to issue Monday will expire. Agreement before that time automati- cally chancels the notice. Railroad of- ficials anticipate a friendly settlement by January 15, 1 Appointment of the Executives’ Com- mittee - was generally understood to mean that the managements expect | employes will agree to a voluntary 10 per cent cut, which would result in a saving of $200,000.000 annually to the railroads. This, however, lacked con- firmation. | The Railroad Labor Association re- | cently rejected a_10 per_cent reduction | | | Predicts Great Benefit. He said it would be an “insurance” measure more than anything else and its “very existence would have a very beneficial effect i In response to questions from Sena- tor Glass, former Secretary of the Treasury, Mills said it was not his con- that the corporation should take up assets of failed banks. With these indication of early action on his reconstruction corporation, Pres- ident Hoover renewed efforts today for even earlier help on the railroad situation. Bending every effort to safeguard tha national transportation s their $9,000,000,000 in the numerous public instit hold a large slice of th | Hoover turned a hopeful to ne- gotiations between the railway execu- tives and labor over wages. _The President wanted immediate ap- ntint , Column 1.) (Continued on Page 'MOTHER POISONS GIRL, Daughter Not Expected to Live. Financial Reverses Blamed for Tragedy. By the Associated Press. | EUREKA, Calif., December 19 BRITISH MILLERS FIGHT | tectives caid Mrs. Frances Burnet: X oi Archic Burnett, prominent mining ! engineer, gave poison to her 18-year-olg ‘daughtchMargal;ft last night and then ihis ceri | committed suicide. Dociors said thoy mour, Minister of Asriculture, | oMM e R they LONDON. December 19 (#).—The| The poison was given the girl in medi- Daily Herald said today a vigorous fight | cine, investigators said, and after she is under way between the British millers | drank it exclaimed, “Mother, you have and Sir John Gilmour, minister of agri- | poisoned me!” Burnett replied culture, over the proposed British wheat | “That's all right; I'm going, too." Burnett has been employed by a min- ing company near here. The family re- ‘Cem]y suffered financial reverses, " (Continued on Page 2, Column 3) fused to be associated with the quota plan The millers, it said, ha\'e] put for- -5 ward a plan of their own, claiming to have the support of the farmers, and Copper Agreement Reached. urging that millers be registered and| BRUSSELS, December 19 (B —An a levy made on every sack of flour | understanding between copper producers milled in Great Britain. From the|representing American, British, Belgian proceeds of the levy they suggested the | and Rhodesian interests was virtually British farmer be subsidized on the| concluded today and it was expected wheat crop to the extent of the dif-| that its provisions would be announced ference between the world price and the | early next week and that it would be- price guaranteed him. | come effective on January 1 TEMPERATURE RISES 27 DEGRF:ES HERE IN FOUR AND HALF HOURS Reading of 63 at 10:30 O’Clock Surpassed Only Twice Since Winter of 1911. A rise of 27 degrees in four and a for tonigth and tomorrow, the bureau half hours this morning gave Washing- |said. The “normal” highest tempera- ton a temperature of 63 degrees at|ture for December 19 is 42 degrees, 10:30 o'clock. Weather Bureau officials pointed out This thermometer reading, the|that the unusual feature of today's Weather Bureau reported, has been|warm weather is the fact that it was equaled or approached only twice since |ushered in on a northwest wind which 1911, December 19, 1929, having re- ‘normllly would produce lower temp corded a maximum of 68 degrces and tures. They expressed the opinion, 1924 having shown 74 degrees. The 63- [however, that a warm area 1s covering degree reading of 10:30 o'clock this much of the country in that quarter of mornirg probably will be shoved even | the compass. higher before: the afterppon is over,| The iorecest for <oqler, despite & forecast of “sHGWIAL €oqler” aug “alightly tomorrow 15 cloudy with dispatch on the | ahéad at the Capitol with testimony on THEN COMMIT3 SUICIDE | SENATE DISTRICT COMMITTEE WILL HANDLE TAX BILLS Capper Group Will Study In- come, Estate, Gasoline and Automobile Levies. ICITIZENS \;VILL RECEIVE HEARING, SAYS CHAIRMAN i Motor Car Tags Will Cost From $11 to $31.50 Under Pro- posed Legislation. All four of the House bills seeking | to impose additional taxes on the peo- ple of Washington will be handled by { the regular District of Columbia Com- mittee in the Senate, it was decided today. When the bills came over from the | House yesterday the ones providing for | a local income tax and a local estate tax were referred to the Finance Com- mittee, which handles national legisla- tion relating to taxation. The other two bills, raising the gasoline tax from 2 to 4 cents a gallon and imposing a tax on automobiles by weight, were sent to the District Committee. When the Senate met today, how- | ever. Senator Smoot of Utah, chairman of the Finance Committee, requested | that the income and estate bills be transferred to the regular District Committee, and this was done without debate. The District Committee is | headed by Senator Arthur Capper, Re- | publican, of Kansas, who has become | thoroughly familiar with District prob- |lems through a long period of service 11 | handiing legislation for Washington. Citizens Will Be Heard. All four of the tax bills will be sub- | jected to caref a: the Se 1ator Capp |atter had bee | Committee | of which he “Every one tarnoon and estate tax bills ed from the Finance District Committee irman the District who wants i be given that oppor- | tunity.” Senator Capper sald. He added | that ‘such an invitation would be ex- I of especially to District officials, | | to be heard w tizens, organizations and trade b The Senator jndicated, how- ever, that he saw no reed for hurried action on the measures Senator Carey, Republican, of Wyo- ming. and a member of the District i Committee, also said today that he plans to make a thorough study of the rseveral bills and that he also feels mole time should be taken to weigh them carefully before they are acted upon. ! Trucks and Taxis Hard Hit. The cost of tags for passenger auto- mobiles will range from a minimum of §11 to a maximum of $31.50 under | the new weight tax bill, according to compilations ~ today by Washington motor dealers. Trucks and public vehicles, however, !will be hit hardest under the weight | schedule. Tags for light six taxicabs and one-ton motor trucks will cost |$25. For trucks between two and three tons the price will be $60. Tags for trucks between five and six tons will cost $225. In excess of six tons the price of truck tags will be $300. The weight tax on pleasure vehicles under the bill will be 50 cents a huh- dred pounds. A graduated scale is proposed for trucks and public ve- hicles, the rate per 100 pounds in- creasing with the size of the vehicle. Old Cars Hardest Hit. As the weight-tax schedule is in- tended as a substitute for the present personal property tax on motor ve- hicles, owners of old cars, especially those in the heavy class, will be seri- ously affected. Owners of the old cars, regardless of their size, now pay a minimum personal property tax of 50 cents a year. Coupled with the present $1 fee for tags, the total amount paid (Continued on Page 2, Column 4) POSE AS DRY AGENTS Bandits R .nsack Wealthy Home in Pittsburgh. PITTSBURGH. December 19 ().— Posing as prohibition_agents, six_men last night ransacked the Summer home of Mrs. Gordon C. King, prominent so- ciety woman. “They evidently were looking for a large supply of liquor, but only found a small quantity.” Mrs. King said. “I know they weren't prohibition agents.” She is the daughter-in-law of Willis L. King, vice president of the Jones Six | & Laughlin Steel Corporation. Investigation revealed that some liquor, a shotgun and a flashlight were taken. The mauraders first visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Campbell, care- takers. Three men held the Campbells at bay with revolvers, while the cther three robbed the King home, in the exclusive Fox Chapel district. It was unoccupied. Christmas Shopping Made Easy If you will plan your purchases in the comfort of your own home from advertisements in The Star. Every day the merchants attractively display their mer- chandise in The Star's advertis- ing columns and your Christmas dollar will go further if you will use these columns as your shop- ping guide. Yesterday's Advertising (Local Display) Lines. . 92,921 . 42,546 . 13,526 10,343 6,369 The Evening Star 2d Newspaper . 3d Newspaper 4th Newspaper . . . . 5th Newspaper . . . () Total 72,784 The Star, with its tremendous circulation, is the only medium | necessary to reach this prosperous market, as 97% of its readers are within a radius of 25 miles of the National Capite}. (Four other newspapers) ... AN \ \ A <\ INRRRARAN N COMMITTEE VOTES ;Group Named to Draft De- | tails of Bill to Use Some of | Farm Board’s Stores. | By the Associated Pri The Senate Agriculture Committee today approved a measure authorizing the Farm Board to turn over some of | its wheat for feeding the unemployed. Chairman McNary named a subcom- mittee to draft details of the bill, with instructions to report it to the Senate ! this afternoon. The committeemen want to put the bill through before the Christmas re- i cess, which begins Tuesday night. | Senators Capper, Republican. of | Kansas and Wheeler, Democrat. of Montana, who introduced measures au- | thorizing the board to turn over some | surplus wheat, were named members of | the subcommittee together with Sena- | tor Thomas, Democrat, of Oklahoma The wheat would be turned over to the Red Cross or any other charitable organization showing proper qualifica- | tions. The amount was left to the sub- | committee. | _ Stabilization operations of the Farm | Board have resulted in about 189,000,- 000 bushels of wheat now being stored and held off the market Senator Norris, Republican, of Ne- | braska insisted it be understood that | the Farm Board flour would be avail- | able to striking miners in Kentucky who are not cared for by the Red Cross. The Farm Board has taken the posi- | tion that it cannot distribute its wheat | | to the needy under present law. since it | would have to be paid for. The Cap- | per bill provides for the Government to | meet the cost. | This is the language: | “The Federal Farm Board shall keep | account of all wheat furnished and de- | livered as provided herein and snall report the average cost of such wheai to_the board as a credit against its re- volving fund.” | U. S. TO PROSECUTE | All Persons Warned Against Tak- ing Christmas Greenery From Mount Vernon Highway. | Residents of this area will get their holly and other Christmas greenery from sources other than the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, if the De- | partment of Agriculture knows anything about it. | The Bureau of Public Roads of the | department, which is supervising the | construction of the magnificent water- | side boulevard to Mount Vernon, an- nounced today that criminal prosecution | for destruction of Government property will be brought against persun' taking Christmas greens along the route of the highway. Already numerous com- plaints have poured in and the bureau | said it is in possession of automobile license numbers of those accused of stripping greenery from along the boulevard. Guards have now been stationed along the route to prevent “such wanton destruction,” the bureau asserted. “While the highway is not officially | opened for traffic, nothing has been done to prevent motorists from passing over the section between Alexandria and Mount Vernon,"” said the bureau announcement. “Those who take ad- vantage of this condition are cautioned not to disturb any kind of growth.” ARMY OFFICER BREAKS . TWO GLIDER RECORDS| ' Lieut. W. A. Cocke Hopes He Set Third New Mark, for Altitude, in Soaring Over 21 Hours. By the Associated Press. HONOLULU, December 19.—Credited | by officials of the Honolulu Chapter of the National Aeronautical Association with having broken all existing glider endurance and distance records, Lieut. t“"I‘l’lllm:l'rl.‘ A. fockethmted States Army, ay hoped another record wor added to his total. (55 By his flight of 21 hours and 36 min- utes yesteray Lieut. Coeke shattered the awvorld glider endurance record of 14 hours and 7 minutes, held by Ferdinand Schulz of Germany, and officlals said he had broken the distance mark set by chulll of £53.22h§fle5. nly when barograph is cali- brated at Washington will Lieut. Cocke know whether he broke the American altitude record. His altimeter register- ed 3,400 feet, which is 270 feet above the American mark set by Martin Echemmp, but is far below the world record, N N NN - WHEAT FOR RELIEF \ \ N\ N N AR N PosimveLy | HAVE NN njred o i | FURTHERU. . AD SENATOR ODDIE IS THROWN FROM HORSE. i Senator Tasker L. Oddie of Nevada was thrown from his horse and injured while riding in Rock Creek Park about § oclock this morning. It was said at the Naval Hospital where he was taken for treatment that his collar bone may be fracturcd Senator Oddie was alone accident occured. He had beneath Klingle B Lumberjack, stum passing motorist took him to the Shore- ham Hotel Riding Club, where Lumber- jack is stabled. From there he was taken to the hospital. The Senator’s home is in Reno, Nev During_sessions of Congress he live at 2123 Le Roy place. when the st passed MURRAY PROGRAN: - APPEARS DEFEATED Oklahoma Voters Reject Re- form Measures Asked by “Alfalfa Bill.” By the Ass 4 OKLAHOMA CITY, December 19.— The voters of Oklahoma apparently have rejected the reform program of William H. Alfalfa Bill" Murray, whom they elected Governor by an unprece- dented plurality November 4, 1930. Early returns on four bills the Execu- tive presented for approval of the peo- ple at a special election yesterday were | Kuhn, | issues NOTHING OF ANY PRESIDENTIAL PSPIRATIONS ON MY PART ONE WAY OF AVOIDING ENTANGLING INTERVIEWS. AEROAD FAVORED Mitchell Tells Senate Inquiry Rebellion Might Result From German ®ressure. By the Associated Press. er told the Senate this country conclude it rd of the } . ex- ssed the opinion 1t would cause re- ion to force Germany to go through k r debt payments. ed about the possibility of Europe able to start raying again at nge by rope could resume payments. Mitchell said the original plan was | 10 pay the debts by the generation that created them, but the period had been changed from 35 to 65 years and now erman youths face the prospect of on them for generations. not preaching a doctrine of ! on.” Mitchell said. “I am ¥ trving to develop the psychology | publican, of Penn- future generations | uld bear the burden who started the war go is unanswe! At the conclusion of his testimony, up the moratorium | in executiv $13,000,000 1 Earlier. M: ell 1y making $13.000,000 of profits in bond transactions in the last session. Year Profit. hell gave the figure in testify resumption of the committee into ities In this country. He said, how- it did not represent clear profit. that general overhead expenses sheuld be deducted from it. The figure was given in reply to a question from Senator Johnson, Repub- lican. of California. a moratorium op- ponent. who sponsored the inquiry. Johnson announced the next. wit- nesses would be representatives of Loeb & Co. Dillon Read & Co. and the Chase National Bank, who will be called Monday. Mitchell said the profit was made on totaling $1.071,855,000 which have becn floated since 1919. This did not_in Cuban and Canadian is- sues. Nitrate Company Issue. Johnson questioned Mitchell an issue of $32,000,000 for the Lauters Nitrate Co., Ltd., of England and Chile, The gross profit, Mitchell said, wes {$1,670.000 and the National City's profit $809.000. in opposition by margins ranging from | 53,000 to 73,000 votes. Foes of the bills claimed victory after | the ballots from two-thirds of the pre- incts had been tabulated and Ira Fin- ley, Murray's campaign manager, said { that “it seems all the measures are lost, although the tax bill chance.” may have a L 4 Finley referred to a measure to in-| crease the taxes on large incomes and reduce the levies against small wage earners. The cities and oil towns of the State polled large majorities against the bills. Interest centered today on the returns from isolated rural communities, where the vote was favorable. ‘Unofficial complete returns from 2,307 out of 3,346 precincts gave the income tax bill 150,950 votes for; 204,441 against. The count on the other meas- ures, from 2,120 precincts, was: Bill providing for escheat of certain corporation land holdings: For, 132,971; against, 198,150. Bill to provide free text books and change the educational system: For, 131,722; against, 203,991. Bill to change the budget system: For, 129.287; against, 202,538. “It was practically a million gross profit,” Johnson said “Yes,” Mitchell replied. “That was a profit to your institu- tion alone?” “Yes,” the banker replied Johnson charged Mitchell with trying to “minimize” the profits, but the banker denied he was. Senator Harrison, Democrat, of Mis- sissippi, brought out from Mitchell that the National City Co. had loaned money to the American I. G.. (dye concern), a subsidiary of the German I. G. Harrison asked if any of that money had found its way into Russia. “I am not sure” Mitchell replied, “but I believe s0.” “I had understood it was in the ne_xé{hbomccd of $400,000,000,” Harrison said. “I don’t know,” Mitchell replied. “I can't say some of the money has not found itself in smaller amounts in Russia. It may have.”" Mitchell sald no European loans through his company had been de- faulted. 30 Bodies in Floo:i—;ound TUNIS, Algeria, December 19 (#).— Thirty bodies have been rccovered in the flooded districts near here and the work of restoration continued today. A heavy fall of snow added to the diffi- culties of the workers. {BARRED FROM PICKETING WIFE’S DOORSTEP FOR RECONCILIATION b¢ Chicagoan Must Stay Away, as Spouse Asks Injunction to Harden Her Heart. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 19.—Picketing, long a bone of contention in labor dis- putes, has finally worked its way into domestic life. As a result Edward Skoda, 25, can no longer sit on his wife’s doorstep and look sorrowful. Judge Joseph Sabath yesterday issued | tion. onciliation. She also requested sepa- rate maintenance. Mrs. Skoda said she sued her hus- band for separate maintenance two years ago, but that he sat on the door- step for two weeks, until she finaily took pity on him and dismisscd her ac- She asked the injunction to rable,” Mitchell snld.‘ told of his com- | t he handling of foreign' about | FAVORABLE REPOR GiE MORATORIUN BY SENATE CROLP |Immediate Action Blocked by Senator Johnson—On Calendar Monday. HOLIDAY RECES—S MADE DEPENDENT UPON VOTE No Change Made in Resolution Since Its Approval by House Last Night. The Hoover moratorium resolution was formally laid before the Senate to- day after it had been reported favore ably by the Senate Finance Committee. Chairman Smoot of the committee asked unanimous consent to take up the resoiution for consideration in the Senate soon after that body mot at noon, Consideration of the resolution, how- ever, was blocked by an objection made by Senator Johnson, Republican, of California. Under the rule the resolu- tion went to the calendar and is ex- pected to be taken up on Monday. Recess Awaits Vote. No adjournment for the Christmas i recess until & vote is had on the pas- |sage of the resolution was the word which went out from Senator Watson, Republican leader | se to take up the mor on Monday Senate all Mond day night if orfum resolution to keep it before the and Mon- ictmas recess vote on this sald Senator resolution passed until we moratorium resolution, i has already passed and | Senate a resolution for a beginning Tuesday at id that he did not t the opponentis the morat tion would undertake a fillibuster | Senate. He said that they would be given ample opport of course, to express their views fi | reco d to the 5, ch declared the policy of Congress { would be against canceliation or raduc- | tion of the war debts owed thic coun | _No record vote was taken in | Finance Committee on the motion to rzport out the re tion. Smoot said the only vote zgainst the resolution was |cast by Sen: Connally of Texas. owever, Se: Gore, Democr: | Oklahoma. also voted against | measure | How much debate the resolution will encounter before it comes to a vote in | the Senate is problematical. Senator Johnson, a strong opponent of the mora- torium, and Senator McKellar, Demo- . of Tennessee, another opponent, s the resolution at be other Senators jon and undoubtedly many of rters of the resolution will ask The Senate Finance Committee was in executive session only about 15 min- utes before it took action on the resolus tion. Prior to going into executive ses sion the committee heard the testimony of Charles E. Mitchell of the National City Bank of New York in connection | with the hearing on floatation of for- i eign securities in this country. The resolution went through the House late last night, 317 to 100. The vote found the Democratic majority split, 120 for. 95 against. All but five of the Republicans voting went on record for ratification The House vote came after nine hours of intense debate, which saw re- newed, with an offer of documentary support. the charge by Representative McFadden of Pennsylvania, that Pre: dent Hoover had violated his oath the moratorium action. Rancorous sonalities were exchanged over tr McFadden bitterly denounced the Stiff punichment of ostracism which the Re- publicans, from the President down, have visifed upon him for his attack. The Pennsylvanian said he had sub- mitted some documents and had more to support his stand. He challenged the House to investigate his accusa- tions. But despite all the tall: there never was any question of the final result. Well before midnight the roll was called and the moratorium approved. Anti-Revision Item Voted. ‘The anti-revision of debts item in the ratifying resolution, inserted by a | majority of the Ways and Mcans Come mittee, stayed in without difficulty. In view of the Pres 's message to Congress urging the War Dcbts Commissicn to study anew Europe's ability to pay, the ac- tion constituted a rebuff to the ad- ministration. It was one already fore- " (Continucd on Page 2, Column 4.) _ MAIL FRAUD CHARGES ON WALTON DISMISSED Impeached Oklahoma Governor Calls It “Christmas Present.” Two Others Cleared. By the Associated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., December 19.—The “Christmas present” most wel- come to J.C. (Jack) Walton, impeached Governor of Oklahoma, was the dis- missal of mail fraud charges agsinst himself and two others in the Universal Oil & Gas Co. trial here. Eight others. including S. E. J. Cox, spectacular promoter, who, the Gov- ermnment claims, was the head of the company alleged to have swindled in- vestors out of more than $1,000,000, remain on trial. * At the conclusion of the prosecution’s case, Federal Judge Edgar S. Vaught sustained demurrers as to Walton, Frank M. Ephland, salesman, and Wil- liam F. Collins, attorney for Universal. Judge Vaught held that evidence showed Walton had severed connections with the company before its stock was printed and its sale begun. The Gov- ernment had alleged misleading liter- ature bearing Walton’s name had been distributed. ‘Walton, thanking Judge Vaught and Prosecul Herbert K. Hyde, said the dismissal was “the best and most wel- an injunction probibiting Skoda from |karden her heart in case the doorstep come Christmas present I cou'd re- picketing at ‘e: doorstep to ask a rec- | sitter returned. ceive.” {