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WEAT. (U. B. Weather Burea Cloudy, preceded by and possibly tonight; cloudy: not much change in temperature. Temperatures—Highest, today; lowest, 47, at Full report on page 12. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 HER. Forecast.) rain this afternoon tomorrow party 51, at noon 10 p.m. yesterday. Ch ¢ Foening Star, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Associated service. The only evening paper in Washington with the Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 117,883 No. 32011, Z'omee "o Entered as second class matter shington, D. ¢ WASHINGTON, ¥ Usy D. TUESDAY, DEC 99 22, JEMBER 1931 —FORTY-SIX PAGES. #%»% ) M s Associated Press. TWO CENTS. HOOVER EXCEEDRD POWER ON DEBTS, JOHNSON CHARGES Moratorium Action Called First Step in Dictatorship in United States. SENATE LEADERS HOPE TO REACH VOTE TODAY No Limit Placed on Debate, Much Depends on Number and Length of Speeches. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Picturing President Hoover’s action for a moratorium of intergovernmental debts as the first step toward & dictator- ship In the United States, Senator Hiram Johnson of California today told the Senate that the Chief Executive had far exceeded his constitutional author- ity when he had made the agreement to suspend the debt payments for a year last Summer. The California Senator pleaded with his colleagues to stand with him to- day and vote against the moratorium resolution. Here we face the first great violation by the Executive of our constitutional provisions,” said Senator Johnson. “You should join with me in opposition. A fundamental question is involved. You may imbue the present occu- pant of the White House with Godlike power to deal with the destinies of the American people. When he deals with question, he deals with the life d of the people, with the burden of taxation, ‘If he violates the spirit of the Amer- ican Constitution, and you countenance vou will have taken the first step ai the international bankers desire th> first step toward a dictatorship by which the executive may legislate.” Assails “Assumption of Power." Referring to the fact that President Hoover had obtained the approval of 6 members of the Senate and 276 members of the House when he issued his moratorium proposal, Senater John- #on said: “This is the first time that any man has by the use of a Western Union ank taken from the American peopie 0000000 which was due them. I raise my voice today egainst this usurpation of power. If the power of the Nation is subverted without au- thority of law and this precedent is established, who can tell what is goiug to happen. The American people be- lieve in law and order and because they believe in law and order they will not initiate revolution as in other coun- tries. But once let the Heavily bur- dened farmers of this country feel the pinch as those residents of our citics have felt it and once let these men of the soil unite with the same spirit which is rampant in the cities today | and no one can tell what will transpire. Hope for Vote Today. Senator Johnson was the first speaker on the moratorium resolution after the Senate assembled at 11 o'clock today. ‘The senatorial leaders expressed the hope it would be possible to reach a vote on the resolution by 4 or 5 o'clock this afternoon. Without any agreement for time to vote or limit debate, how- ever, much depended on how many speakers there would be and how long they would talk. Senator Jones of Washington, chair- man of the Appropriations Committee, said his committee had done nothing | with regard to the holiday recess reso- lution and would do nothing until the plans of the Senate leadership had further developed. Senator Johnson in his attack on the moratorium insisted that the agree- ments entered into by the nations for & suspension of intergovernmental debts very different from the moratorium DREARY CHRISTMAS SEEN FOR DELTA INHABITANTS Rains Continue to Menace Lowland Regions Along Lower Mis- sissippi River. By the Associated Press JACKSON, Miss, December 22 —The Jowlanders of sections of the Mississippt Delta and Northeast Louisiana today looked forward to a dreary Christmas of fighting flood waters or hunting refuge as rains continued to swell rivers and streams. Threat of rising water diminished in North Mississippi around Panola and Grenada Counties as levees of the Tal- lahatchie were patched by crews that worked day and night, but the danger shifted to Tallahatchie, Sunflower and Yazoo Counties in the delta, where beavy rains continued. One section of the Tallahatchie levee, which broke in three places last week, still caused concern for North Missis- sippians, but with the reinforcement of two sections, families from Mimm: Stone, Curtis Station and Carriere to- | day began to return to their homes. Asa, Grenada County, was the only town endangered by the weakened levee section. The Ouachita slowly rose in the vi- cinity of Monroe, La., nearing the 40- foot stage. KI Marks Indicate Little Marian| | McLean Was Strangled | by Abducter. | ‘Tenement Occupant Discov- ers Victim as Searchers Scour Cincinnati. | By the Assoclated Press. | CINCINNATI, Ohio., December 22.— | A basement in a tenement building in the Cincinnati slum district today vielded the body of 6-year-old Marian McLean, who was kidnaped six days ' |ago. She had been attacked and mur- | dered. | The body. bearing evidence of strang- | ulation, was found by Charles Bisch- off, an occupant of the tenement, when he went into the cellar to fire the furnace. From all appearances it had not been there long—Bischoff having been in the basement last night. It was not there then, he said. The tear-stained face of the tiny CERMAN IABLITY T0 PAY FORESEEN AS BASEL FINDI VReport, However, Expected to Avoid Making Specific | Recommendations. ‘ By the Associated Press BASEL, Switzerland, December 22— The final report of the Young Plan Advisory Committee is expected to con- tain a stitement that Germany no | longer can pay conditional reparations, | and the suggestion that it would be wise to do something about the unconditional portion of the annuities. Although the report will avoid specific recommendations, the Ameri- can, British and neutral membors have succeeded in inserting some pointed observations, it was understood. | Today the committee adopted that | section” of the report dealing witn a | survey of the world economic cris and tonight the members were to take | |up the chapter on the causes of the depression, leaving ,until tomorrow tha | section dealing with the effect of Chan- | cellor Bruening's emergency decrees. | This means that the report cannot be | published until late tomorrow at the earliest. No Longer Applicable. Reference to the conditional pay- | ments no doubt will be couched in vague I terms, but the report will contain an extensive summary of the world eco- | nomic position which the experts be- | lieve will prove a valuable document It was learned that this summary will includ> the observation that busi- ness conditions have changed greatly since the Young Plan was adopted and | that some of the provisions of that plan no longer are applicable. Another part of the report will be a treatise on the German financial and economic crisis and its effect upon business in other countries. German testimony and figures sub- mitted by the German representatives will form some 30 annexes to the main report. | Watch Report Closely. | It was learned that the leaders of the | German and French delegations are | | golng over every syllable of the docu- | ment with an eye to possible effects on | domestic politics, but it was believed | the agreement reached yesterday was brought about by a fecling among both | th: German and French members that | it would be best to leave solution of the | | debts problem to the international con- | ference tentatively scheduled for next month. | These meetings have not been entirely peaceful. It was revealed today that Charles Rist, the French delegate, | | threatened at one point to walk out, and | | yesterday's debate ended with Prof. | ‘RLfl, and Sir Walter Layton, the Eng- | lishman, banging their fists on the table | | and flinging sharp words at each other. | {U. S. ENVOY’S CAR STONED | | oo | Berlin Woman Says She Aimed at Sackett’s Chauffeur. | BERLIN, December 22 ().—As United | States Ambassador Frederic Sackett's automobile rolled along Matthaej Kirch | strasse today., a woman threw a rock | through the window and the car came to a sudden stop. | The woman was hustled to a police | station, where she confessed she had | been aiming at the chauffeur, who, she | | said, had spurned her love. The Am- DNAPED GIRL IS FOUND SLAIN; BODY HIDDEN IN SLUMS CELLAR MARIAN body indicated that the child had cried considerably before she was killed. | Coroner M. Scott Kearn, one of the | first officials to view the body, said the child had not been dead long. Her | clcthing was torn and there was a small blue mark on her forehead. | The body was discovered in the base- | ment of a building at 411 West Twelfth (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) McLEAN, | | NANKING MINISTRY RESIONS I BDY AS BREA 5 RUNORED Entire National Government | Cabinet Quits Despite Over- tures to Carry On. [ MUKDEN, Manchuria, December 22 () —Japanese troops captured Fakumen, northwest of Mukden, this afternoon. By the Associated Press. NANKING, China, December 22 China's fast-shifting political ~stage underwent an additional shake-up late today when the entire National govern- | ment cabinet, ministers and vice min- ' i ters, tendered their resignations as a unit. The capital was astounded by the news of the resignaiions Chiang Leaves Capital. Former President Chiang Kai-Shek | left suddenly by airplane for his native | town of Fenghua, in Northern GChe-| kiang. His departure was carried out quietly. Even his essociates here did not know of {i. Only this morning he ) had indicated to party leaders who are:POSes any suggestion to postpone the convened here to form a new govern- ment that he intended to attend the! sessions and assist in setting up the | new regime. | The teason for his leaving remained | a mystery tonight. The belief was ex- | pressed in some quarters, however, that & number of the leaders who are slated | to come here to assist in forming (]’\l“ new government declined to do 50 un- less Gen. Chiang departed. | Splits Are Rumored. Nanking was buz-ing with rumors of renewed splits among (he party chicfs| which, some observers said, might make | the likelihood of the formation of a naw | government remote, The resignations of the cabinet mem- bers were turned in despite appeals by Gen. Chen Ming Shu. acting head of | the executive Yuan, that they carry on | their duties. The ministers deciined | and the governmen: machinery is now ! at a complete standstill and probably | will continue so until the party chiefs| now here are able to form & new cabi- | ne After Chiang's secret departure with | his wife, secretary and a bodyguard, it was aiscovered that he had for retiring Minister of War Hoy Ing| Ching, who had been his loval licuten- | ant in all campaigns since 1926, Going Into Retirement. “My obligations have been and I now retire to my native village to live on a farm and enjoy again the | carefree life of a private individual,” he | wrote. “My only hope is that satisface tory results may be obtained by the! present congress. A spirit of toleration | and patience must be observed so that (Continued on Page 2, Colum a letter ful fil'cd‘ HUNGARY DECLARES FOREIGN MORATORIUM National Bank to Hold Payments | as Trustee for Creditors Under Decree. | said. | most desirable to hold the conference By the Associated Press. BUDAPEST, Hungary, December 22, | —The Hungarian government tonight | declared a transfer moratorium on for- bassador was not in the car. Maple Sap Runs in December. | CHARDON, Ohio, December 22 (&).! —Maple sap is running in Geauga | County. Lynn Hosford, Chardon farm. er, reported he had completed tap- | ping 800 trees and making 20 gallons | i of sirup. | WARDEN’S RIDE IN CAPONE CAR STARTS ILLINOIS PRISON PROBE Didn’t Know It Was Al’s, Says Penitentiary Head—Host on Trip Refuses to Explain. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO. December 27.—Sheriff ‘William D. Meyering has opened an in- vestigation into the report that Warden David Moneypenny of the county jail rode to Springfield, Iil, and back last week in the expensive automobile of Al Capone, one of the jail's inmates. Capone has been in the county jail nding appeal of his conviction for ncome tax evasion. Last week Federal authorities investigated charges that Capone was extended special courtesies and was directing the obecrations of his gang from the jail. TInvestigators announced the reports were unfounded, but the sheriff, in view of theni, ordered an_inquiry. ‘Warden Moneypennv does not d he rede in the car. He said he went % the State capital with Attorneys | traced to Mrs. Mae | | | h | Harold Levy and Emmett Byrne, rep- xesenun% Frank Bell, under sentence 1o die; Edward Evans, their investiga- tor, and others. The trip was made, he said, to present an appeal for Bell before the State Board of Pardons and | Paroles. | | “All T know.” said Moneypenny, “is | that I was invited to ride. Why should | I ask my hosts whose car they were “But why I did it, and how I did it, | lwon't tell who paid the repair bill mobile underwent ¢ rs for valve | using?" |- Evans admitted borrowing the car. are questions I don't have to answer,” | he said. “I won’t tell who lent it and | when the car broke down at Lincoln.” | It was at Lincoln, IIl, that the auto- | trouble. The lices number was ne, Al's wife. eign debts, effective tomorrow. Public and private debts for which sufficient foreign currency is not avail- able must be paid in pengoes to the Hungarian Natfonal Bank, which wil] hold the money as trustee for the cred- itors, said the decree. NEW YORK, December 22 (#)_—p moratorium on foreign debts by Hun- gary had been anticipated in inter- ( national banking circles. Wall Street bankers understood it | had become necessary through lack of | foreign currencies with which to make the payments, and expressed the belief that it would be temporary. The United States stake in Hungary was said to be relatively small. The principal Hungarian issue mar- keted in this country was the City of Budapest external 6 per cent loan of 1927, approximating $19,000,000. Of the Hungarian consolidated muni- cipal 7 per cent loan of 1925, about $8,600,000 is outstanding. There also ili ougstandring about $7,600,000 of the ingdom of Hungary T!% per cent dol- lar bonds of 1924, pe : WIFE SUES RICH INDIAN MUSKOGEE, Okla, December 22 (#). ~Wilson * Clinton, Creek Indian, who lived in a board shanty and went without shoes, only to come into an oil fortune that for a time netted $10,000 daily, was sued today for divorce and $125,000 by Mrs. Ridenour Clinton, She alleged Clintcn wed her while al- ready married %o another, | display of Christmas gifts in the DAWES WILL HEAD U.S. DELEGATION AT ARMS CONFERENCE President’s Selection Comes as Surprise—Woman to Be One of Group. DELAY IN DATE OPPOSED BY BRITAIN AND JAPAN Confidential Note From London Sent as “Feeler” to Seek Views Leaks Out. By the Associated Press Ambassador Dawes will head the United States’ delegation to the Geneva Ayns Conference President Hoover announced today that Henry P. Fletcher had been un- | able to accept the post The President expects to appoint a woman to the delegation. “The whole question of disarmament has been one of profound interest to the women of the United States,” he He is negotiating with “a lady of | qualities and prominence” as to wheth- | er she can accept a place | It had been expected in some quar- ters that Secretary Stimson would lead the American representation, but the Ambassador to Great Britain was | chosen instead. One of the delegates will be Senator Swanson of Virginia. Several women's organizations with headquarters in Washington are under- | stood to have put forward the name of Judge Florence E. Allen of the United States Circvit Court in Ohio. The Chief Executive did not name any others who will make up the dele- | gation, nor did he indicate when the full group will be named ' Those who travel to Geneva must| expect to remain there seven or eight | months. Secretary Stimson informed | Congress yesterday the parley might | last that lorg, and that $55,000 a month | would be needed to support America’s part. The delegates from Hoboken, Meanwhile the House was asked to| authorize an indefinite appropriation for expenses of the delegates. Chair- | man Linthicum of the Foreign Affairs | Committee introduced a resolution to authorize the expense money. | Almost simultancously, =~ Chairman | Byrns of the Appropriations Commit- | tee said the hearings on the naval sup- | ply bill would not be delayed to wait | the outcome of the Geneva parley, but | would get under way February 1. January 20 will sail 7 TWO POWERS OPPGSE DELAY. British and Japanese Views Revealed as News of “Fecler” Leaks Out. TOKIO, December 22 (#).—Japan op- Disarmament Conference scheduled for next February at Geneva and will so in- form the British government, which | sought the Japanese view | A note presented to Premier Inukai| by Sir Francis Lindley. British Ambas- sador, said Great Britain considers it | desirable not to disturb arrangements | for the conference. but that Japan's opinion would be appreciated in view of suggestions from certain quarters that a postponement would be expedient inasmuch as the conference might con- flict in date with the reparations meet- | ing tentatively scheduled to begin next month. The British note was presented last Thursday and was intended to be highly confidential, but. in view of a leak. offi- cial circles saw fit today to make known Japan’s attitude. NOTE PRES British Confirm Sending Tt. but Express Surprise at Publicity. LONDON. December 22 (#).—A Reu- ter's dispatch from Tokio today said it | was learned on good authority that Sir | Francis Lindley, British Ambassador. | presented a note last Thursday to; Premier Inukai sounding out Japan's| views on the question of postponement | of the World Disarmament Conference slated to meet at Geneva February 2 1t was understood the note empha- sizes that Great Britain considers it TED THURSDAY. according to schedule because postpone- ment_might be misconstrued. Although postponement would cause deep regret, the Ambassador was un- derstood to have indicated, the British government recognizes that February 2 might be an inconvenient date for some of the participating powers because of the opening of the reparations confer- ence in January and impending elec- tions in France and Germany. The note was believed to have out- lined the probable procedure and to! have requested Japan to express its opinion. British _official quarters here con-| firmed today that the note was sent to | Tokio, but expressed surprise that it obtained publicity. It was ointed out it was intended merely as a ‘private inquiry” to determine Japan's views, and | not an intimation that the conference | should or might be postponed. Last Minute Shopping —can best be done by carefully reading the advertisements in the quiet and comfort of your own home. Shopping from the attractive advertising columns of The Star will permit you to plan your pur- chases to the best advantage and with the minimum of effort. Yesterday's Advertising (Local Display) es. The Evening Star . . 49,076 2d Newspaper . 22,664 3d Newspaper 4th Newspaper 5th Newspaper Total Eot other newspapers) .. ar, with its tremendous Ch"{;’\;fflggn. 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 Capital MFADDEN'S SEAT IN HOUSE IS SOUGHT BY MRS. PINCHOT “Every One Must Resent Un- sustained Accusation of Treason,” She Says. Woman’s Decision Follows Pennsylvanian’s Recent At- tack on President Hoover. By the Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. December 22— Mrs. Gifford Pinchot, wife of the Penn- sylvania Goernor, will oppose the re- election to Congress of Representative Louis T. McFadden, who last week charged President Hoover with selling out to Germany when he proposed an international moratorium. She announced her candidacy today for the Republican nomination in t fifteenth district in the April primary. In her announcement she did not men- tion the McFadden incident in Con- gress, but replying to & question said, "Every one must resent an unsubstan- tiated accusation of treason against the { President.” Oppo ed to Mrs. Pinchot for the nomi- nation. in addition to McFadden. will be Frederick C. Reich>nbacker of Horns- dale, a former State Assemblyman, and BROWN ANSWERS MFADDENS NOTE Department Will “Neither Invite Nor Follow Sugges- tions,” He Declares. By the Associated Press. Postmaster General Brown today in- formed Representative McFadden that the Post Officc Department would “nejther invite nor follow suggestions” from him relative to appointments in the fifteenth Pennsylvania district. The Postmaster General gave his views in replying to a suery from Mc- Fadden as to the accuracy of statemen's | that all patronage ma‘ters in the fif- teenth district would he handled through Senators Reed and Davis Brown said views expressed in the House by McFadden convinced him that his advice the department. Reed and Davis asked the Postmaster General tc handle such patronage through them after McFadden charged |in the House that President Hoover had “sold out” to Germany in negotiating the one-year moratorium on war debts and reparations. Uses Direct Language. In direct and forceful language Mc- Fadden yesterday demanded of Post- master Brown “definite and immediate” advice as to the extent of the punish- | v Re- | ment to be visited upon him publican leaders for his recent attacks on President Hoover and the adminis- tration. McFadden demanded of the Post- master General, without delay, a for- mal statement of the truth of reports that part of the punishment will be loss of the privilege of nominating postmasters for appointment in his congressional district. Brown recently revoked McFadden's privilege—one that usually is accorded all Republican Representatives—of rec- ommending postmasters for _a ment—as a punishment for the Penn- sylvanian's charge that President Hoo- ver had “sold out” to Germany in pro- posing the moratorium. The Post Office Department head took the action at the request of Sen- ators Reed and Davis, Pennsylvania, to whom he transferred the patrona A reply in “due course” was prom ised by Brown's office. Reed and Davis declined to comment. Desires Confirmation. Reminding the Postmaster General that his only knowledge of the action was gained from newspaper reports, McFadden said he desired confirmation of them, as he has ‘“several appoint- ments of postmasters and other postal department matters pending.” “I am askjng you this” he added, “in order that I may advise my con- stituents properly.” ‘The letter concluded with: "z%ur immediate reply will be ex- pected. Thus far the administration has taken no formal notice ot the attack on the President except to leave Mc- Fadden out of a recent White House breakfast conference of House Bank- ing Committee members. McFadden, ichmirman of the committee in the last Congress, is ranking Republican on that committee and ordinarily would have attended the conference. Two members of subordinate rank were in- vited instead. “will not be helpful to | int- | | [ MRS. GIFFORD PINCHOT. possibly State Senator Frederick T. Gelder of Susquchanna County. Mrs. Pinchot. who opposed McFadden for renomination in 1928 and was beaten by the Representative, made her announcement in letters sent to a num- (Continue “Page 3. Column 3.) COMMITTEE. HOLDS CANNON BROKE LAW Nye Group Says Bishop Re- ported Only $58,558 of $130,000 Received. | By the Associated Press The Senate was special Camraign Funds Investigating Committee today that Bishop James Cannon. jr.. collect>d more than $130,- 000 in the anti-Smith Democratic cam- paign of 1928, but reported only $58,558 in accordance with law. Summarizing its l>ngthy inquiry into handling of money by the bishop, the committee reported this had revealed “numerous apparent violations of the Federal corrupt practices act and many unexplained discrepancies” be- tween the bark accounts in which the funds were deposited and the reports made to the clerk of the House. A!ll the money collected, it said, should have been accounted fcr under the law. It was this report .pon which Bishop Cannon yesterday asked the Senate to withliold judgment until he has had opportunity to reply. The bishop now is fighting an indictment for vio- lation_of the corrupt practices act in the District of Columbia Supreme Court. informed by its Handled Funds Himself. ‘The committee said Bishop Cannon | himself handled a “large part of the | funds” and ceposited them in accounts | upon which he “alone was able to | draw checks.” The committee reported $18,300 of the political contributions received by Cannon were placed on deposit to the credit of “James Cannon, jr.,” or “James Cannon, jr., executor,” prior to the date of the general election in 1928 and “remained on deposit to the | credit of such accounts for consider- able periods subsequent to the election.” | The committee further stated “it would appear reasonable” from previous | testimony of Bishop Cannon that a safe-deposit box in the American Na- tional Bank of Richmond, Va., “was used as a depository for some of th large amounts of cash which were re: ceived as campaign contributions, a ~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) CONVICTED OF MURDER Second-Degree Verdict Not to Be Appealed, Attorneys Say. SEATTLE, December 22 (P —A Superior Court jury last night con- victed Everett Frank Lindsay of second degree_murder for the killing of his wife, Elizabeth Audrey Lindsay, here 22 _months ago. Lindsay's attorneys, B. Gray Warner and Oscar A. Zabel, thanking each of the jurors, indicated an appeal would not be taken. Under the law Lindsay can be sen- tenced to anything from 10 years im- prisonment to life. Members of the jury said all votes had been cast for either first or second degree murder. Radio Jtunm‘. on Pl_[e D-3 1 PRIEST IS MISSING IN VATICAN CRASH Body Believed Buried With Rich Treasures Library Debris. in By the Associated Press VATICAN CITY, December 22.—The roof over a 200-foot wing of the Vati- can Library. built in 1588, collapsed today and fell through two floors of the building. An unidentified priest, at work over his books, although the library rad been closed a few minutes before. was be- lieved to have been buried in the wrec age, with many rare bcoks and manu- ceripts was belleved most of the unique collection in that wing was damaged. | for its itoms were kept in cases ranged along the walls. Several perscns were injured and several were reported missing. Wing Remodeled. The main floor of this anclent wing used to be a carriage stable and had becn remodeled. The roof fell clear «o the main floor. through ceilings decorated with priceless frescoes by Zuceari The second floor was given over chiefly to books inscribed by Kings and princes as gifts to the Popes. On that floor also was the Chigi collection re- stored to the Pope by Premier Mus- solini. The cause of the accident could not be determined immediately. Founded in Fifteenth Century. Pope Nicholas V established the Vati- can library on the ground floor of the Basilica in the fifteenth century. The Library was enlarged by Pope Sixtus IV some vears later and was trans- ported to its present premises by Sixtus V in 1588. It holds more than 300,000 volumes 2nd about 32,000 manuscripts, many of | them dating from antiquity and of great | value. It also contains gifts made to Popes by many rulers and art collec- tions of various sorts. REORGANIZED LIBRARY. Former Episcopal Pastor Called for Special Work. BOSTON. December 22 (#).—Foster W. Stearns of Hancock, N. H,, went to Rome a year -ago to the Vatican library, a part of which collapsed today. Stearns recently was named privy chamberlain of the Cape and Sword and a member of the official staff of Pope Pius XI. Stearns, a former Episcopalian clergy- man. was once a member of the United States diplomatic corps. He is the son of Frank W. Stearns of Boston, coun- selor of forxer President Calvin Cool- ge, and was librarian at Holy Cross ollege in Worcester before going to Rome. MAN KILLED IN PLUNGE BALTIMORE, Md., December 22 (#). | —Falling 50 feet from a scaffold at Pretty Boy Dam, under construction in Baltimore County, a short distance from here, Dulaney B. Purcell, 21, who | lives at Brucetown, Va., was instantly | killed yesterday. | Officials investigated and the coroner declared it was accidental death and EFFICIENCY BUREAU STUDY OF D. C. TAX BILLS TO BE ASKED ICapper to Sponsor Inquiry ‘ Into Proposals Already Passed by House. SHIPSTE:&D JOINS FOES OF REVENUES MEASURE Analysis of Increased Levies and Repeal of 60-40 Law Expected Prior to Open Sessions. A thorough study by the Bureau of Efficiency of the House bills seeking to | increase District taxes by appro: $4,000,000 & year and to repeal stantive 60-40 day by Chairman Capper of the Scnate | District Committee as a desirable step |to be considered by the committee. | “I will submit this suggestion to the | committee when it meets again. prob- | ably about the second week in Jan- | uary.” senator Capper said All of these measures are | the general subject of taxatior Senator Capper believes it would helpful to the. committee to ha various bills analyzed by the E Bureau, which has devoted co attention in the past few years to District government, and i to_the whole It became man Byrns Committee r te H in adopting the Mapes report struction to his com District appropriation bill for 1933 on a lump-sum contrbuti om the Fi toward support of Nation's Capital of $6.500.000 instead o $9,500.000 as in the current appropria- tion bill, or a 60-40 proporiion as pro- vided in substantive lav Mr. Byrns said that the House di- rected such action by approving the general report of the Mapes Co % The hearings on the District app priation bill are scheduled to start after the Christmas holidays, whi close on January 4 Full Hearings Planned. Chairman Capper already has given assurances that the people of the D trict, through their various organ tions, will be given every opport to be heard on all of the bills sent by the House. It is probable that the committee adopts the recommenda- tion of the chairman to have the tax program analyzed by the Efficiency Bureau, that would be done prior % hearings ‘The Bureau of Efficiency has made two separate studies and reports ou fiscal relations in the past two years the second one having been made to the Mapes Committee early last year. At that time, however, none of the in- creased tax bills had been actually drafted, and when the bills were intro- duced and made public following the opening of the present session of Con- gress they were put through the Ho: without hearings on their detail provisions. Defends 60-10 Law. Vigorously opposing the eased taxes, Senator Shipstead yvesterday dc- fended the law which provided that the expense of maintaining the National Capital should be borne. 60 per cent \by the District and 40 per cent by the Federal Government, Although Congress for a number of vears has been departing from the fixed ratio by appropriating Federal contributions, the substantive 60-40_provision of 1922 has never becn repealed. The House has sent to the Senate as part of the Mapes Committee program a bill seeking to wipe out the 60-40 law. Although the House has succeeded in these recent years in writing lump sum (Continued on Page 3. Column 6.) as in- ittee to base the ASKS $300,000,000 i APPROPRIATIONS CUT reorganize | Harrison Resolution Calls on Com- mittee for Reduction in Bud- get Estimates. By the Associated Press A resolution calling upon the Senate | Appropriaticns Committee to reduce ap- propriations for the next fiscal vear 300,000,000 below budget estimates was introduced today by Senator Harrison, Democrat, Mississippi. The resolution was in line with the program for cutting appropriations agreed upon a week ago by the Demo- cratic Policy Committee of the House and Senate. It would express “the sense of the Senate” that the commmittee should make the cuts in the budget recom- | mendations | Three More Hurt in Palace Fire. | STUTTGART. Germany, 22 (#)—Fire started agaln December today in that an inquest would be unnecessary.|ruins of the Altes Schioss, a palace The young man, son of Mr. and Mrs, | built in 1570, and three more firemen S. B. Purcell, had been working at the | were injured before the flames were dam several weeks | brought "under control. Yesterday 30 Relatives were on the way here from | firemen were hurt and most of the his- | virginia last night to return the body home for burial. | toric castle destroyed. The damage is | estimated at more than $1,000,000. HOOVER GRANTS ON U. S. JOBS, B i Too Much Business to Be H: DEC. 26 HOLIDAY UT REJECTS JAN. 2 andled Day After New Year, President Says. | | _ Federal employes in the District of | Columbia will receive a holiday on the | day after Christmas as well as Christ. mas day, but will not receive a holiday | cn the day after New Year, as was | originally proposed. The schedule was | announced at the White House today by | | President Hoover, who will issue an | executive order to that effect. | The President stated he cannot sus- |pend _the thousands of Government workers on the day after New Year day because of the great pressure of business at this time. In granting the extra holiday for Christmas the Presi- dent sald he was doing so because it would permit employes to have time to visit their homes if they live afy dis- tance away from Washi The President made no comment n the proposed legislation making ember 26 and January 2 legal holi- days, but which legislation was blocked in the House yesterday Representa- tive Underhill of u It is known the White House has re- ceived many requests from individual employes and others to grant s holiday on both December 26 and January 2 and that Mr. Hoover gave the matter considerable thought before reaching a conclusion. His decision will apply to the employes of the District of Co- lumbia Government. “I have received requests,” President Hoover said, “from Federal employes in the District that they should be given two periods of holidays so as to cover the Saturday following Christmas day and from New Year day until Jan- uary 4. While I see little objection to the day following Christmas, in order that Federal employes may have the opportunity of joining their families out of town, I do not feel that we should extend the holiday at New Year. We cannot suspend the functioning of the Federal Government at such @