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WEAT S. Weather Bureau (w. Cloudy, probably sional rain late tonig slowly rising temperature. Temperatures—Hig] yesterday; lowest, 38, Full report on page 5. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 HER. Forecast.) followed by occa- ght and tomorrow; hest, 63, at noon at 4:30 am. today. ch WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION . Entered as s post office, W No. 32.010. nd class matter shington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. ., MONDAY, DECEMBER ¢ Foening Sfa “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s cari rier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is de! as fast as the pap red to Washington homes ers are printed. Saturday's Circulation, Sunday’s Circ 115,752 ulation, 126,286 21 ) 1931—FORTY PAGES. (#) Means Associated — TWO CENTS. Presc. JAPAN' BEGINS NEW MANCHIIRIAN DRIVE; CHINCHOW CAPTURE IS BELIEVED GOAL China Protests to League and Issues Statement In- terpreted as Direct Appeal to United States. TOKIO DECLARES THRUST IS AIMED AT BANDITS Dr. Koo, Prophecy, Says Loss of Vast Area Would Upset Balance of Power and Menace World Peace. Charges Violation of Pacts. Recalling Roosevelt's By the Associated Press. Japan started a new drive in Manchuria to the south of Muk- den today, and, although the com- mand said the movement was di- rected against bandits, there were those who "believed that its pur- pose was to capture Chinchow be- fore Christmas day. China sent a note of protest to the League of Nations and the foreign office issued a statement interpreted as a direct appeal to the United States to intervene in behalf of the nine-power treaty and the Kellogg-Briand pact. Dr. Wellington Koo recalled that Theodore Rooseveli cnee prophesied the Pacific would be the storm T of international politics in this He insisted that Manchuria remain an integral part of a and that the Japanese military ation was a violation of right and apanese estimate placed the bandit ai 30.000. There were no figures he strength of the Japanese force cipating in the movement to the but the morale of the troops was ibed as high in spite of the ex- y cold weather. CHINA PROT! S TO LEAGUE. Issucs Statement Interpreted as Direct Appeal to U. S. NANKING, December 21 (#).—A new e to the League of Natioms and an- other statement, interpreted here as a direct appeal to the United States under the nine-power treaty and the Kl w n lington Koo r \ese drive came from Manchuria. Officizls, professing great perturbation over the reports, from which it ap- peared Chinchow might be the objcc- tive of the Japanese thrust, expressed the belief that “most dangerous com- plications” are likely “unless the Japa- nese refrain from further action.” Dr. Koo's new note to the League called attention to “the new serious situation” and said the Chinese mili- tary forces about Chinchow would “be compelled, in- self-defense, to resist if the Japanese attack the town.” Pact Violations Charged. In the subsequent statement from the foreign office Dr. Koo declared Man- churia is an integral part of China and China has every right to control it. If this important part of Chinese territory is allowed “to be made a prize of Japa- nese aggression.” he said, and thereby become a cradle of future war, it will not only endanger peace in the Far East, but will shake the faith of man- kind in the brighter outlook upon the world since the Great War. Dr. Koo further recalled the part va- rious American statesmen have played in upholding the integrity of China from “predatory powers.” The Japanese invasion. he said, vio- lates article one of the nine-power treaty and also the Kellogg-Briand pact and the covenant of the League of Nations Observers here expressed the opinion that the renewed Japanese military activities have led the Chinese govern- ment to believe the Japanese have be- gun the final which is destined to obliterate the last semblance of Chinese soversignty in Manchuria to place in its stead a per- manent Japanese administration. Roosevelt Prophecy Recalled. Dr. Koo recalled that the late Presi- dent Roosevelt once propesied the Pa- cific Ocean would be the storm center of international politics in'the twentieth centrry and that its destiny would depend upon the march of events in territories bordering upon it Chinese foreign min- If this prophecy was true.” Dr. Koo | sa “and I do not doubt that it was, the barometer is found in Manchuria. | (Continued on Page 2, Column 8) ARGENTINE WHEAT CROP AGAIN LARGE Grain for Export Estimated at From 125,000,000 to 150.000,000 Bushels. By the Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, December 21.—An- other huge Argentine wheat crop be- came a certainty today as reports from sections of the country frost damage was feared told of high Yields. Grain men estimated the country will have approximately the same amount of wheat for export from the harvest now nearing completion as from the fields of previous years, in spite of the fact that the acreage was reduced 20 per cent this year. The amount available for from this year's crop was forecast at from 125,000,000 to 150,000,000 bushels. Already 565,000 bushels of new wheat have been shipped; 16.500,000 bushels of old wheat remain awaiting export and shipping has been chartered for 13,300,000 bushels of new wheat before January 31. In the meantime, two weeks of op- portune rains have insured an immense corn crop, grain men say, from which the exports may surpass the 330,000,000 sent abroad from the last crop. A yleld of 72,000,000 bushels of lin- deed is expected, Germany Will Make Good Her Obligations, He Predicts. MUM ON REPARATIONS | | anker Explains Loans| Of Kuhn, Loeb & G Since World War. By the Associated Press. A little better than an even break for private debts over public obligations | was asked of the Senate Finance Com- | mittee today by Otto K. Kahn. The partner of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. said that if a choice must be made, private debts either should take prece- dence or be on something more than | parity. | He said he had had nothing to do with the moratorium and had no prior knowledge that it was coming. Kahn voiced Dbellef that Germany would meet her private debts and her public debts to private citizens, but put reparations in “another chapter.” He estimated there were more than | securities in default. $600.000,000 of short-term securities| _Kahn's estimate brought to almost held in this country, but said he did!™ (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) | ! OTTO H. KAHN. | for a country Germany The banker said his own company had particivated in the issuance of $1.000,136,000 of foreign securities since the war. 'He said $260.000,000 was “too small” an estimate of the total foreign with the capacity of BROTHER OF DUCE BOOM FOR BAKER EAPRES N MILAN LAUNCHED IN 0 | | | | | | | Prominent Ecitor, Stricken Davey Urges Clubs Be Formed | | | in Auto, Dies Within ‘ Few Minutes. in Letter to 40,000 Democrats. BV | Ttaly: December 21.—Arnaldo Mussolini, brother of the premier, dicd | this afternoon sonn after he was | stricken with a heart attack in his au- tomobile. He was 46 years old, two | years younger than the premier | He left the office of the newspaper Davey of Kent. | Popolo D'Italia, of which he was edi- | Davey, who earlier in the | tor, shortly before 1 o'clock to have |urged that Baker be drafted as a presi- | luncheon at home. | dential candidate, sent letters to 40,000 | He became {ll in his car and was | Democrats over the State advocating | taken immediately to a hospital. Doc- |immediate formation of | tors worked over him. but he died | President clubs in every county. | within a few minutes after arrival at | “It is perfectly obvious that | the hospital. | Baker is not a candidate.” Davey said | Apparently he had been in the best in his letters. “It is equally clear, |of health. but one of his three sons |however, that he has never said he | died a year ago and the father suffered | would not acoept the nomination.” | Breatly from the shock, though it didnot | pointing out that Ohio law requires | scem that his health had been im. person running as a delegate to se- By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND. December 21.—A plan for election of an Ohio delegation pledged to support Newton D. Baker for the Democratic presidential nomination was laid before Ohio Democrats today |by former Representative Martin L. | paired. 'PRIVATE DEBTS PUT FIRST BY KAHN AT SENATE QUIZ not consider this an exorbitant amount | month ; Mr. | logg-Briand pact. were issued by Dr. | today as reports of a new Japa- | Opposite of Brother. Arnaldo Mussolini was almost the ! dircct antithesis of his elder brother. | He despised sports. His brother loves | them. He was a careful motorist; the | premier habitually drives at 85 miles an hour. He was stout and wore spec- tacles: the premier is stocky with sharp- | 1y chiseled features. |~ Both were newspaper men and Ar- | naldo was editor of Popolo D'Italia, the | Milan daily which his brother founded. | They were united by the bonds of a | strong affection. but their friends ob- | served that they exhibited a curious i shyness in each other's compiny. i In his youth Arnaldo was not the passionate” student of literature that | Benito was, but both began their ca- \reers as teachers in the elementary school ! Arnaldo liked the business end of | newspaper work, but Benito had a flair | for the editorial side. Succeeded as Editor. | ‘When Benito became premier of Italy | in 1922 Arnaldo stepped in as editor-in- | { chief of his brother's newspaper. | At first he would telephone Benito | every night for editorial suggestions and | instructions. Later he began writing | { his own editorials. but they always were | { regarded as inspired by the premier and | they always were widely quoted. | Arnaldo was a good business man and { before his brother became ascendant in | | poljtics Arnaldo helped him out finan- | cially more than once. Since then he | has taken care of most of the premier's | Democrat to stand cure the written consent of the candi- date for President, Davay said: “It is easily possible, in the event Mr. Baker may be unwilling to give his consent, | respected | for some responsible and sponsor for the movement and sign the necessary con= sents and still have a bona fide Baker delegation.” Davey continued that “if Baker can be convinced there is a real demand |for him and that it is s duty, it is very probable that he would give his | consent.” At the time Davey urged draft- ing Baker, the former Secretary of War | said the move was “very gracious,” but | that it was his understanding the Ohio delogates would be pledged to Gov. | George White. 'YOUNG PLAN STUDY AGREEMENT REACHED| Report on Germany's Capacity to Pay Will Be Made Public in Basel Wednesday. By the Associated Press BASEL, Switzerland, December 21— The Young Plan Committee. examining Germany's capacity to pay reparations, reached an agreement late today on a phase of a movement | where | export | final report which the members hope to make public on Wednesday night. Sir Walter Layton, the British dele- gate, said the committee intended to | private business. MUSSOLINI SHEDS TEARS. | Weeps on Shoulder of Count Ciano, Who Brings News of Death. ROME, December 21 *(#).—Benito Mussolini rested his head on the shoul- | ders of Count Ciano and wept today when he learned of his brother Arnaldo’s { deatn in Milan. i Only Count Ciano, his minister of | communications and a close friend, could be found to break the news to the Duce an hour after it happened. o= e Count Ciano, whose son married the | ,, ” premier's Gaughter, broke the pews to Victim” Wallops Hold-up Man Mussolini in his_office in the %Palazzo Venezia. He went to him and as he | O el WA g, { told him of the death Mussolini opened | WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., December his arms and embraced his friend. He |21 ().—Jack Gibson tried robbing a silently laid his head on the count's|blind man here and landed in jail with shouider and the tears fell. a badly bruised head. After a mement Count Ciano spoke | “Stick 'em up!” ordered Gibson, and a few worcas of comfort and then took | poked & gun in the blind man’s ribs. | Tl Duce downstairs to the latter's car.| Up went the latter’s hands, but one H> accompanied him to his home, where | of them came right back down with a the news already had been communi- | cane in it. Gibsons head was the ob- cated to Mussolini’s wife, Donna | jective. Rachele. so that she might be pre-| Police administered first aid and took pared. | Gibson to jail. on the job until Wednesday night. The report will be lengthy, he said. He made his announcement after a 3-hour meeting. It indicated that the experts had reached an accord on the knotty points which threatened to post- pone completion of the report until after Christmas. BLIND, HE S.LVUGS BANDIT FOUR ESCAPE BURNING TRAWLER IN LIFEBOAT DURING STORM Captain and Seaman, Injured in Blast Seven Miles Qut, Are Taken to Safety. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, December 21.— Through hsavy seas, lashing winds and driving rain four men made their way to Rockaway Beach in a frail lifeboat last night after the fishing trawler Abraham Lincoln, of which they were captain and crew, caught fire about seven miles off shore. Placing their injured captain, Frank Sanfilippo of San Diego, Calif,, in the vessel's only lifeboat, the crew members rowed frantically away from the Lin- coln as the fire, caused by an explo- sion of the galley stove, crept toward the fuel tanks. A shower of burning timber rained on them when they were about & hundred yards from vessel. The blaze had reached the tanks. The burning hulk soon sank. Joe Carral, uncle of Sanfilippo and a member of the crew, was also in- jured. The other two, Filomene Pelal and Cominic Piero, escaped unhurt. Two men on shore heard their cries and direc them by flashlight to a sandy stretch of beach. First reports of the fire received here indicated that a large vessel, pos- sible carrying passengers, had taken fire. The forces and equipment of a dozen different agencies were mobilized to lend spccer. ‘The Abraham Lincoln, owned by San Diego men, was engaged in fishing for sardines. It was 50 feet long and valued at about 30,000 work until late tonight and to keep | FINAL MORATORIUM AGTION DELAYED BY IFIGHT OVER RECESS Johnson Protests Senate Is Being Lashed Into Rati- fication of Plan. WATSON STILLVHOPES FOR PROMPT DECISION Denies Charge Made by Califor- nian—Dispute Starts as Soon as Debate Begins. By the Associated Press Weighted with controversy, the mora- torium measure today entcred the gant- let of Senate debate. At the outset it encountered a dispute over whether an attempt should be made to bring it to the end of its road before the Christmas recess. There were protests against rushing it through, and Senator Johnson of Cal- ifornia, a Republican, and one of its most, vigorous opponents, complained | that the Senate was being lashed into ratification. Senator Watson of Indiana, the Re- publican leader, denied this but reiter- ated his hope for action before the Christmas recess begins tomorrow. nder Senate rules, the contest over re-election of Scnator Moses. Repub- [ lican, New Hampshire. as President pro tem. automatically displaced the mora- torium at 2 o'clock. but at that time unanimo us consent was obtained to lay this aside pending disposition of the moratorium Senator Borah of Idaho, an advocate of the moratorium. called for “orderly procedurs and protested against con- tinuous sessions on the debt lagreement. He proposed that Christ- | mas recess be curtailed | Senator Harrison, Vsissippi, asked that the length of | Christmas recess be settled before | bate was begun on the moratorium | favored a short recess Watson said that at the White House conference this morning the President was assured, “@s far as it was possible now,” that the Reconstruction Corpora- tion weuld be taken up after the holi- | days { “I am sorry.” said Johnson, who has the that because of other engagements I was not at the White House.” This remark brought laughter from | his colleagues. “I will say the moratorium was not mentioned,” interrupted Watscn “Some one showed wise discretion,” countered Johnson. Watson said if it was the “opinion cf | my colleagues that the whole fabric of the Nation will crumble in those fou days, I would be willing to come bac! He added, however, he did not i where business would be endangered by a longer reces: He Dislikes Threats. “I'l stay here Christmas, Sundays and every other day, but I don't like to read of this threat to put this $250,- 000,000 burden on the taxpayers by force,” Johnson replied. “I want orderly processes of the Sen- ate observed,” he said, “and the right to debate the moratorium. No filibuster dulge, but I do protest against being “1 insist that those opposed to this moratorium be permitted to be heard has been advertised in every newspaper throughout this land " (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) 'FULL U. S. HOLIDAYS Bill for Vacation After Christmas and New Year Is Rsported. | A full saturday holiday for all Gov- | ernment employes on December 26 and January 2 instead of the usual half hol- iday was practically assured today when the House District Committee reported passed the Senate. Besides granting the three-day week | end hoiidays at Christmas and New Year to Government employes, this legislation relieves what would other- wise prove a serious problem for the banks, which would have had to remain open for a few hours on Saturday mornings, so as to take care of obliga- tions falling due on those dates. With the declaration of a legal holiday, how- ever, this impending trouble for the banking institutions has been avoided. The Greater the Need, the Greater the Aid From Star Advertising As the remaining time before Christmas grows steadily shorter the value of planning your pur- chases through careful reading of advertisements in The Star grows ever greater. Star advertisements will lead you to economies of time and energy and will assure your ap- preciation of the attractive mer- chandise offered in Washington stores at present moderate prices. Yesterday’s Advertising (Local Display) The Sunday Star. .. 2d Newspaper . 3d Newspaper Totel v, other newspapers) 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 Ca] es. 86,216 34,182 32,604 66,786 Democrat. of Mis- ! de- | He would I make nor in none would I in- | | kept here all night at the request of | | those outside the Senate as well as in. | and not put to the physical test that | Watson said the resolution from the | FAVORED IN HOUSE favorably the bill, which has already : NYE SEEKS 10 CURB ALLUS. CAMPAIGNS Submits New Corrupt Prac- i tices Act Affecting Con- gress and President. holiday | BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The high cost of campaigning and !corruption in election of President, Vice President, Senator and Repre- sentative are attacked in a report of | the Nye Senatorial Campaign Expendi- tures Committee filed in the Senate to- day. The report showed that “incom- Baker-for. | had differences with the President, plete returns” indicated an expenditure {of $5,505,712 was made in 1930 for the I nomination and election of one-third of | the Senate membership. ; Accompanying the report was a bill | “to regulate campaign expenditures” as & substitute for the present Federal cor- i rupt practices act of 1925. Senator Nye ! of North Dakota, chairman of the com- mittee, introduced the bill, which was | referred to the Committee on Privileges |and Elections. Seeks to Limit Funds. The new bill, on the theory that Pres- ident and Vice President, ar well as Senator and Representative, are Federal ‘ cflicers, and as such the Federal Gov- [emment has a right to regulate ex- penditures in their elections and that { their nominating campaigns are an in- tegral and inextractible part of their clections, seeks to place a definite limit on expenditures for the nominations as well as the election of these officials. It proposes, therefore, to regulate ex- penditures in primary campaigns, and | the committee claims the right of the Federal Government, through Congress, 50 to do. 'fhe following are the limits set in the For the nomination of a President, $250,000. For the election of a President and a Vice President, $5,000,000. For the nomination and election of a Senator. $50,000. For the nomination and election of a Representative, $10,000. Four Cents a Vote Limit. The bill provides that the expendi- tures permitted in the campaigns for nomination and election of a member of the House shall not be in excess of 4 cents per vote cast in the last election in his congressional district and not in excess of 2 cents per vote cast in the last election in a State for the nomi- nation and election of a Senator. In some States such a count might bring | the total for a senatorial election con- l::,demb]y above tl;e $50,000 limit and some congressional districts abovi | the $10,000 limit. In sparsely w:’t’ie; States and congressional districts the 4-cent and 2-cent limits, however, might make the campaign expenditures allowed very low. So the committee has added a proviso that in no case shall the expenditures for a candidate ;grotnlge ng;e be restricted to less than | and for a candidate of al;‘:‘o ’bPTlS than $5,000. 2 e bill sets up a joint committee of the Senate and House to which reports of all expenditures made by candidates and their agents must be submitted at stated intervals. This eroup, to be known as the Joint Committee on Elec- tlons, is to be composed of 10 members, as follows: Five members of the Com- mittee on Privileges and Elections of the Senate, three from the majority and two from the minoritv party, to be chosen by the committee, and five mem- bers on the Committee of Election of President, Vice President and Repre- sent..tives in Congress 8f the House, to be chosen by that committee in the same political ratio. Donors Must File Reports. Not only must the candidates, their agents and their campaign committees file reports with this committee of Con- gress, but also it is provided that every person who makes a contribution or an expenditure in one or more items, ag- gregating $100 or more within a calen- dar year, or a single expenditure ex- ceeding $25 for the purpose of influ- encing the election of candidates, shall file a report with thic joint committee. As in the existing corrupt practices act, corporations are prohibited from making campaign contributions. Another provision of the bill would permit each candidate to send free through the malls to each voter in his (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) 20 INJURED IN CRASH ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., December 21 (#).—One white man was killed, two others were hurt seriously and 17 ne- groes received injuries in a collision here today between an automobile and a municipal truck . It was not possible immediately to identify any of thoss hurt. Ambulances from ecvery available source were ordered to the scene and private automobiles commandeer take the victims to hospitals, FET TWAS THE WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS. HY BEY SLATED TO SUCCEED MUHTAR BEY AS U. S. ENVOY 'Former Party Leader Re- | ported in Line for U. S. Ambassadorship. Kemal's Faithful Friend Did Notahle Service as Paris Representative. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. Reports received from Angora indicate Ghazi Mustapha Kemal, the President of the Turkish Republic, has decided to appoint Fethy Bey as Ambassador to Washington to replace Ahmet Muh- tar Bey when his tenure of office ends here some time early next vear. Fethy Bey is (n> cf the outstanding Column 2,) i e AHMET MUHTAR BEY. SENATORS PROMISE MISSING HERESS SPEED T0 HOOVER 15 FOUND N DAZE |Early Action on $500,000,000 Virginia Penfield Located in | Reconstruction Corporation | Providence and Identified to Follow Holidays. by Travelers’ Checks. | | i | SR By the Associated Press ! Senate leaders of both parties assured President Hoover today, at a White House conference, of prcmpt action on the $500,000,000 reconstruction corpo- ration after the Christmas holidays. The President urged the earliest con- sideration for this measure by which he hopes to bolster up the national financial structure and particularly to aid the railroads. | The Senate grcup also told the Presi- | dent it hoped for action on the mora- | torium before the Christmas recess begins tomorrow night. Those at Gathering. Those at the White House gathering |included Senator Watson of Indiana, | Republican leader; Senator Harrison of Mississippl, ranking Democrat on the Finance Committee; Chairman Norbeck By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, December 21.—Miss Virginia Penfield, missing 19-year-old schoolgirl who disappeared here on Thursday was found today at the Nar- raganset Hotel, in Providence, R. L Her father, Clare J. Penfield, was in- formed she arrived there in a daze and ill. She arrived there yesterday. She was able to tell her own name, but could not remember her father's first name, authorities at the Narragansett House informed Horace L. Wiggins, manager of the Benjamin Franklin Hotel, where the girl's fatner Claire J. Penfield, has been directing the search for her A few minutes after word she had been found was received here her father was on his way by automobile to a local airport, where he intended to engage a plane for a flight to Providence. ed to journ: * sooner of the Banking Committee, Reed, Re- publican, ot Pennsylvania; Chairman Smoot of the Finance Committee; Glass, | Democrat, of Virginia; Fletcher, Demo- |crat, of Florida; King, Demccrat, of Utah; Walcott, Republican, of Connec- ticut; Goldsborough, Republican, of Maryland, and George, Democrat, of Georgia. “We assured the President,” said Senator Watson, “that at the earliest possible moment after the Christmas recsss we would take up and specd | tion Corporation. Hearings are now in the Senate early in the new year.” " (Continued on Page 2, Column 4) POLA NEGRI MUCH BETTER SANTA MONICA, Calif., December 21 (#).—The condition of Pola Negri, film actress, improved considerably in the last 24 hours, her physicians re- ported today. The actress underwent an operation last week for removal of an intestinal obstruction. She now fis taking nourishment and her tempera- ture is normal. work on the $500,000,000 Reconstmc-] | by air. | first train out of Philadelphia. | _ The young woman, a student at the Mary Lyon School of Swarthmore, Pa., had ‘been positively identified, Mr. Wig- gins was informed, by travelers' checks she carried. Details as to where the young wom- | an has spent the three days since she disappeared at 3:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon were not available. but the | fact she was ill confirmed his belief that | she had suffered from overstudy, the ather said. - Fog Prevents Air Trip. Penfield was so overcome with joy being held on this and we will have it | that for a few seconds he was unable to | | speak. He sat in a chair in his hotel Only last Friday the President called | Suite, in the midst of a group of de-| tectives, newspaper men and hotel at- tendants, and buried his head in his hands. Then he said: “There are not enough words in the English language to express my feeling of appreciation for the assistance given by newspapers, the police and all others who aided in the search.” | After the father had decided to take | an airplane to Providence, he was in- | formed by the Camden, N. that foggy conditions this afternoon | made it impossible to take him there He then decided to go on the Children’s laughing voices and romp- ing feet will be heard again in the White House this Christmas with the arival tomorrow of Peggy Ann and Peter, the Hoover grandchildren. The youngsters are expected to reach ‘Washington in the early part of the forenoon with their parents, and will be met at the station by Mrs. Hoover. Allan Hoover, the younger of the Hoover sons, who recently entered on a banking career at Los Angeles, Calif,, is expected to arrive at the White House | for the holidays some time late this aft- ernoon. He started by airplane on his East, and would have arrived % or difficulty. encountered at GAYETY OF CEILDREN WILL FILL WHITE HOUSE FOR CHRISTMAS| Grandchildren to Arrive Tomorrow to Be Holiday Guests of President and Mrs. Hoover. Kansas City, Mo, which necessitated his making the remainder of the jour- ney by train. Naturally enough, the President and Mrs. Hoover are looking happily for- ward to this family reunion. They have planned a number of parties for the youngsters, the young folks and the old | folks, and according gly the presidential home will be a lively place during the Yuletide season. The return of the grandchildren will mean the renewal of those early morning walks from the White House to the Executive office with Peggy Ann and Peter hanging tightly to the President’s hands. The children again (Continued on Page 3, Column 5.), IVAPES' FINDINGS, ADOPTED BY HOUSE, | EIVEN 70 SENATE Railroading of Local Tax Bills Hit by Members of D. C. Committee. PROTECTION OF CAPITAL RESIDENTS IS SOUGHT Representative Triple-Income Levy on Virgin- ians Who Work Here. Smith Denounces The House today adopted the general report of the Special Committee on PFiscal Relations between the Federal and District governments. This action was taken on motion of yChairman Mapes of the special committee, who said that as the House had acted upon all of the legislative proposals recom- mended by the committee, that in order to clean the committee’s slate the gen- eral report should be acted on. The life special Mapes committee expires at midnight December 31 The reached the of n and report The District Committee, headed Senator Capper of Kansas, also h four House bills pro local taxation by approximately $4.000,- 000 a year. Reference of the 60-40 re= peal measure to the District Commite tee places all of t ills relating to the subject of i place. Chairm promised cdreful in ings on the tax bills steps are expected before th holidays. At the first meeting District Legislative Comm several members expressed both to the legislatior the Mapes Committee operation between that mittee and the District Cc with the way in which ti coming out of the Mapes Com: railrcaded through the House Seek Protection of District. by s the osing to increase definite wristmas of the House tee today, opposition recommended by th protect residents of | being victims of tion. Representa Va. & new m mittee, who s {in his’ district would a triple income tax if I bill for the District of Colum comes law in the shape in w passed the House, suggested that ’Dl\lrl(”. Committee watch more c: { fully such measures when they are b ing hurried t clated that . proper function of the mittee and also the way tive law providin tion in Federal the e- District Com- entioned particularly which the substan- for a 60-40 propor- contribution toward support of the National Capital was re- pealed in a bill. which unexpectedly i was called up at the end of a tiresome | d2y. when no onc expected it. and { passed under unanimous consent Wants Legishative Check. I “I hope that this committee car | devise some way to put a check on such speedy legislation,” declared Representa- tive Smith, He explained that he woke up the other day to find a protest fr: residents of his district aga clause in the income tax bill passed by | the House, which would put a tax upon the salaries received from employment in the National Capital. although they already pay come tax both to the Federal Government to the State of Vi ginia Chairman Nerton Legislative Ccmmittee committee should i of and expressed the opini matter of courtesy a repoit from Mapes Special Committee s been submitted to the Distr (Continued on Page SHOPPERS FLEE FIRE IN DEPARTMENT STORE | Hundreds in Building in Auburn, N. Y., When Blaze Is Dis- covered in Basement | By the Associated Press. AUBURN, N. Y. December 21.—Fire broke out in the William B. Hislip de- | partment store, the largest in the city, this afternoon, in the midst of the Christmas rush. Hundreds of shoppers were in the building at the time the fire was discovered in the basement, but all were understood to have escaped. Clcuds of smoke, rolling up from the basement, gave the slioppers in the building their first warning in time to flee, and the persons on the other floors followed. ~Reasonable order was main- tained throughout these earlier mo- ments, said poiice. The fire spread so rapidly that the firemen abandoned all effort to save the Hislip Building and turned their whole attention to adjoining structures. BANDITS and Girl Wounded Battle at Chicago Night Club. CHICAGO, December 21 (#).—Detec~ tive James Caplis, one of 40 persons dining and dancing in a North Side night club, was shot tarough the chest early today when he balked six bandits who attempted to hold up the place. Miss Peggy Griggs, 21, another guest, was shot twice in the arm. When the bandits filed into the place, Caplis quietly walked to a secluded corner in the room, tHen opened fire with his service pistol. The bandits fired back. Caplis escaped their bullets until he leaned over the rail as they fled down the stairs. A bullet caught him in the chest. His condition is critical. Several hours earlier three bandits held up a downtown restaurant, stood off several hundred diners and escaped with $3,000. Detective in Rl(:io l’rogn;s on Page C.5 ¥