Evening Star Newspaper, December 23, 1931, Page 1

WEAT (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Partly cloudy tonight; tomorrow in- creasing cloudiness; not much change in temperature; moderat Temperatures—High today: lowest, 50, at Full report on page 9 Closing N.Y. Markets, HER. e southwest winds. hest. 59. at noon 12:15 am. today. ,Pages13,14& 15 ch WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star, “From Press The Star's every city block tion is del ered to Wi as fast as the papers a ———— to Home Within the Hour” carrier system covers and the regular edi- ington homes printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 116,481 Entered as s post office, W 20112 nd class matter igton, D, (. WASHINGTON, D. €., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER B, 1!):5l-:l‘]{lR'J‘Y«EIGHT PAGES. #%% () Means Associated Press. ———— TWO CENTS. CHINCHOW MENACE BELIEVED ENDED AS TROOPS. WITHDRAW Japanese Return to Railway Zone—~0pposing Armored Trains in Battle. BATTLE UNDER WAY 150 MILES FROM CHINCHOW Three Tokio Forces Open Opera- tions Southwest of Mukden Against Bandit Bands. Pmber of action appeared to have becn dis with the receipt of press the majority of Japanese tr turned to the South Manchuria Ra way zone after three days of operations against bandits 23 Japan, against hops had re- ARMORED TRAINS CLASH. Japanese Cavalry Joins Attack on Chi. nese Detachment. TIENTSIN. China, December 23 4. | message received by Chinese rail- s here today said a Japa- ked a Chinese Lands Autogyro On Pier to Greet Spanish Inventor By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 23— An autogyro descended onto a Hudson River pier today to wel- come Juan de la Cierva, Spanish inventor of the autogyro, who ar- rived from Europe on the liner Aquitania James Ray. an official of the American Autogyro Co.. flew one of the little windmill planes from the factory at Willow Grove, Pa De la Cierva had not yet a rived from the uptown pier where the Aquitania docked. so Ray took off azain and flew over the city before making a second descent on the Canal Street Pier YOUNG PLAN STUDY MEETS DIFFICULTY Dispute Over Wording of Chapter 2 Causes Delay in Signing Report. BASEL, Switzerland. December (®.—A plenary session of the Young Plan Advisory Committee was called today for 8:30 o'clock tonight and it was announced that the report on German reparations payment would be signed before midnight Sir. ter Layton. chairman of the Drafting Committee. said & 23 train this morning between nd the next station to it ing wa still continuing, it and a Japanese cavalry regiment | attacking the Chinese train | fiom the rear, is better known as New- It is about 150 miles around the aotung from Chinchow, which ! e west. and is connected with v railway. Mukden les due north of Newchwang. about 75 m; THREE EXPEDITIONS BEGUN. Japanese Forces Take Field Against Several Thousand Chinese Bandits MUKDEN, Manchuria. December 73 ope of Japan's campi ditry in South Ma extended today as nto operation south- nst several thol sand Chin bandits between South Manchuria Railway trur and the Liao River These were in addition to the opera- tions begun earlier in the week to the | north of Mukden Japanese headquarters issued no in- formation regarding the size of the southern force, but it was learned Licut. Gen. Jiro Tamon. who captured | Tsitsihar, was_directing of the 2d Division, de ere directed northwest from west from Liaoyang and Newchwang bang expediti e o ned at Chinch r other points on the Peiping- lon Railwa Beyond a confirmation of the capture | of Fakumen yesterday there has been | no news from the northern expedition end it appeared that the Japanese forces had met no serious resista Gen. Hon Jo's headquarters here s co- ordinating the southern and northern ! operatiol Destroyers at Chinwangtao. With the majority of the Japanese troops in the field west of the South| Manchuria Railway Trunk Line bandit depredations along the Mukden-Antung branch ha'e been more frequent, and a similar situation was reported in the Chinwangtao-Shanhaikwan area. As a| Tesult of these latter reports two| Japanese destroyers have been sent| from Port Arthur to Chinwangtao A headquarters spokesman said today ad no confimation of reports from | that an ultimatum demanding | ticn_of Chi been nt to the Chinese Chang | uch-Liang. He he was| a reported decisio me war council to Jo a free hand 1 T Hon MAY RECALL CHIANG KAI-SHEK Dr. C. C. Wu Given Post Equivalent to | That of Foreign Minister. NANKING, China. December 23 & | —Possibility that former President Kai-Shek might be asked to re- | k and take an active | ormation of a new govern- | ¢ today in tre councils of the | s ! and Canton delegates | Central Executive and Central | Committees of the congress discussed the feasibility of sending a strong delegation to Fenghua to urge Chiang to reconsider his decision to re- n view of the great difficulties in- volved in drafting a ministry. s Dr. C. C. Wu. former M inister to Washington. was chosen chairman of a | special Foreign Affairs Commission. | which is equivalent to appointment as foreign munister | NAMED CHIEF OF STAFF. Field Marshal Prince Kanin Sll(‘reedsl Gen. Hanzo Kanaya. TOKIO. December 23 (#).—Field Mar-‘i al Prince Kanin was appointed and | talled as chief of staff of the Japa- | e Army today to succced Gen. Hanzo Kanaya, who was appointed a member of che Supreme War Council The installation was held at the pal-1 this afternoon in the prasence of | Empcror Hirohito, Premier Inukai Hnd{ officials of the royal household BRIAND SEI YOSHIZAWA. Also Talks to Victor Hoo, Chinese Spokesman in Dr. Sze's Absence. PARIS. December 23 (/) —Aristide Briand, who served as chairman of the League of Nations' Council meeting on \fanchuria. talked today with Kenkichi Yorhizawa, the retiring Japancse Am- bassador. and later with Victor Hoo. :pokesman for China in the absence of Or. Alfred Sze. H RAISES YULE MELONS Georgian Gives Friends Summer Delicacy for Christmas. DALTON, Gs.. December 23 (#) — Christmas celebration will be aug- mented in several homes here with all the fun of a Summer watermelon cutting Overcoming seasonal limitations, Jim | Fowler has produced several luscious ! melons and distributed them to friznds. ' He hints he has developed a secret Process for maturing the fruit exactly at Christmas time, but he didn't explain. e | the text means the changes summary of the report would be is- sued shortly after it was signed. but that the text of the document would not be available until tomorrow morning B e Ausociated Press BASEL. Switzerland, December 23 Difficulties over the wording of chapter two of the final report of the Young Plan Advisory Commission m cause a delay in signing the document, it ap- peared today, and the final meeting of the committee was postponed two hours Chapter two of the report treats of influence of reparations on the world business depression The German. British and reutral 1 are attempting to show that ns have a strong influence on slump. but the French are s notion. resisting th Paris Sends Compromise. What is renorted to be a compromise proposal was sent from Paris last night and delivered to the delegations this morning. The tenor of the report, which the committee expects to present as a Christmas gift to the world, is a veiled threat on the life of the Young plan, it was reported in international banking | quarters Just how straightforwardly the docu- ment will put the matter remained to be scon, but persons usually well in- said certain obscrvations will made which clearly indicate some in the Young plan should be be effented was expected, however, that the treating this subject will be so that the French ma contend ould be temperary on the theory that they will be valuable during the period of the presert depression only At the same time, it was said, the Germezns. backed by Great Britain. the United States and the neutral members of the committec. may interpret the re- port as meaning death to the Young plan parts veiled Must Await Conference. Sir Walter Layton, with the pride of a senior quarterback playing his final game of college foot ball, is guiding his team of 11 economists and bankers oward their final goal. While the French generally have been conceded a victory over the extremists of the committee, there was a tendency to discount the idea that any one came cut ahead Before a. one shouts victory. it was said, results of the impending in- ternational political conference. which |15 to decide what to do about Germany's ituation, must be made known. URG! PARTICIPATION. British Magazine Favors Congressional Group Attending Parle; LONDON. December 23 (#).—A sug- gestion that a group of American poli- | ticians be sent to participate in_the (Continued on Page 2, Cclumn 1.) BRITISH AT ALLAHABAD WILL EVICT CONGRESS Vacating of Quarters Ordered as Soroan District Offices Are Closed—Six Arrested. By the Associated Press ALLAHABAD, India. December 23— A stiffening of the attitude of British authorities in the United Provinces toward the National Congress was shown in several official actions today. The district magistrate at Allahabad | notified owners of houses which are occupied by officers of the District Con- gress committee that the houses must be vacated promptly. The congress lodging house here was earched and some property removed. Six arrests were made at Soroan and the offices of the congress there were locked. The committee of the United Prov- inces Congress conference slated for December 26 at Etawah will be postponed until some| time in January. The government pre- viously had forbidden the holding of this conference. has decided that the STIVSON DEFENDS HODVER'S DEMAND FOR MORATORIUM ;Authority No Less Than Em- ployed in Other Negotia- tions, He Says. SIGNING bF RESbLUTION DELAYED BY PRESIDENT Passage by Senate Declared Limit to Which U. §. Will Go to Aid Europe on Debts. With the Moratorium measure safely through the congressional shoals, Secre tary of State Stimson came forward to- day with a vigorous defense of the President’s power to initiate such agree- ments, The measure, by which Congress gave it approval of the President’s suspension of intergovernmental debt payments, | went to the White House today. but Mr. Hoover did not immediately sign it. At- tached to the ratifying resolution was an amendment expressing the opposi- tion of Congress to any reduction or | cancellation of the payments In his statement Stimson said he had | boen “surprised” that the President’s power to initiate such agreements was questioned The Secretary said the President’s authority was no less than that which he emgployed from day to in n-go- | tiations internilional agreements ! and treaties i Congress Consulted. | The only difference between ”‘ti moratorium agreement and the negotia- | tion of other agreements. the Secretary said. was that the P dent had con- !} sulted members before | for a | S to serve v crat of v gation to G President approves the moratorium becomes T As a matter of fact, | aircady have been suspended irst payments due the United | nce the moratori agreement was stiated last Summer d | have been made December Con- gress, not meeting until December 7 was unab'e to act by the 15th. The administration informed the forcign debtor nations that they could count on the action of Congress. however The vote in the Senate. which came last night after 11 hours of debate, | showed 69 Senators voting for the reso- lution and 12 against it. Three other | Senators were “paired” against the | resclution, making the total opposing strength 15 had all Senators present voted, with the total strength of those favoring it 80.. One Senator-elect. Long |of Louisiana, has nover yet taken the oath of office Having voted its approval of the mo- ratorium resolution, the Senate iurned its attention to the concurren resolution | of the House calling for a recess of Con- | gress until January 4. Despite objection | raised by Senator Borah of Idaho. Sena- tor Reed of Pennsylvania, Senator Nor- ris of Nebraska and others to a long re- cess at this time, the resolution was | adopted by a vote of 39 to 33. A Borah | amendment to end the recess on Decem- ber 28 was defeatsd. Immediately Sen- ators began an exodus for the holidays. an exodus which already had been well | under way by House members. Both | 10uses stand adjourned until noon, Mon- | January 4 Elated at Victory. Administration Senators today ex- pressed themselves well pleased over the | overwhelming vote cast for the reso- lution. Of the dozen Senators voting against it, six were Republicans and six were Democrats. One Republican Howell, was paired against it: one Dem- «Continued on Page 4, Column 6.) PENFIELD AND HEIRESS | WILL LEAVE PROVIDENCE Prepares to Take Daughter, Miss- paymer The State; { ing Four Days, to Resort | | | for Rest. By the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R. I.. December 23— Clare J. Penfield, Columbus, Ohio, chain store magnate, and his daughter Vir- ginia, whom he found here Monday | after ske had been missing for four | days, were preparing today to leave for | an unannounced destination | Miss Penfield. suffering from mental shock _induced by overstudy at a school | near Philadelphia. according to the doc- | tor who attended her, is rapidly recov- | | ering. |, It had been reported overnight that | the father and daughter had left the city, but that proved not to be the case, | | It was believed at the hotel thev would be on their way before noon to some vacaticn resort where the rest prescribed for the girl would be possible, | TEXAS BANK REOPENS San Antonio Institution Reports | Deposits Equal Withdrawals, SAN ANTONIO, Tex.. December 23 (#).—The €,000 devositors of the Com- monwealth Bank & Trust Co. had real cause for Christmas cheer today as the bank reopened for businss after 11 weeks of inactivity. The bank person- nel was virtually unchanged. During the morning deposits were reported as practically equaling withdrawals, SWINDLER OF POSTMASTERS GETS IN CELL ON BAD CHECK CHARGE Pcsed as Special Courier of Treasury, Discussed New! Buildings, Then Got Cash. By the Associated Press. BINGHAMTON, N. Y., December 23. —Accused of swindling postmasters in many parts of the country, James Bra- nazan, 31, of Fulton, N. Y., was in jail here today. He was trapped in Sucquehanna, Pa., day after a long hunt because, postal authorities ‘ndicated, he stuck to cne racket all the time. They charged he would go fo a city | were scheduled to be erected to watch Wi where a new Federal building was to be erected, tell the postmaster he was a special courler from the Treasury De. partment sent in connection with the | new building, discuss the project, then |ask for an expense check which he would tell the postmaster was supposed to have preced-d him. Told it had not arrived, ne would mek> out a large pere ' sonal check and usually got it cashed. The postal guthorities had warned all | pestmasters in cities where buildings for Branagan. 0P, SENATOR WA BE ARNIS DELEGATE Vandenberg Regarded Likely Choice to Go to Geneva Parley. By the Associated Press President Hoover is looking over his te Republican flock for a partner or Swa Demo- on the American dele- but there is no cer- tamnty that he will follow precedent and have two Senators on the delegation Arthur V:ndenberg of Michigan of the newer members of the Foreign Relations Cemmittee, is considered the most likely choice of Mr. Hoover if he goes to the Senate for another member ia a one | of the delegation However, the Michigan Senator, like some of his other Republican colleagues on this committee. is belleved to prefer remaining at home just now bec-use of the press of domestic problems con- fronting Congress Borah Wouldn't Serve. Mr. Hoover has not invited Vanden barg nor will the Senator discuss the possibility. However, Vandenberg is 2 close friend of Ambassador Dawes, who was selected yesterday to head the dele- gation As_in the past. Chairman Borah of Relations Committee has ¢n that he is not open to an invitation to serve on an international delegation. Senator Reed of Pennsylvania. who went to the London Naval Conference, likewise is understood to have indicated he could not be considered for the Geneva delegation. Still Consider Woman., Tt is believed the administration cast an eve on Senator Moses of New Hamp- shire, a high-ranking member of the Foreign Relations Committee who has had diplomatic experience, but Moses has indicated that the money and time were not available for him in this ca- pacity. The President is still undecided as to whom he will select as the woman dele- ate £ The name of Mrs. Dwight W. Morrow was mentioned by some State Depart- ment officials as a possibility, and sev- eral women's peace organizations are working for the appointment of Dr. Mary Emma Woolley, president of Mount Holyoke College. BOND SALE CANCELED South Carolina Governor Decides to Delay $10,000,000 Issue. NEW YORK, December 23 (#).—Dow. { Jones & Co. reports that the sale of $10,000,000 South Carolina highway certificates, which was scheduled for today, was cancelled by order of Gov. I. C. Bleckwood X In a statement explaining his action the Governor said: “Latest reports of bond market conditions convince me that bids will not be received proposing rates that the State could afford to accept. We have, therefore. come to the conclusion to call off the sale. At a later date another bond sale will be advertised.” One Day Left ete your Christmas Comp]All tge more ri.;a.scig our final purchases shou :)vekl)c,a}r,efully planned. Make your selections from the attractive merchandise displayed in the advertising columns of The Star in the comfort of your own home and your last-minute shopping will be done with the maximum results. Yesterday's Advertising (Local Display) The Evening Star —to shopping. Lines. 58,549 2d Newspaper 3d Newspaper 4th Newspaper 5th Newspaper Total &oot other newspapers) The Star, with its tremendous circulat‘i’m is the only medium 1s ry to reach this prosperous e s readers are . as 97% of it ma’.;‘gg”a radlu; of 25 miles of the Natisnal Cal KS French Officials Say Conference Delay Will Be Opposed. PARIS. December 23 ment officials said todas oppose t of the INSURANCE FIRMS FIGHT INCOME TAX. Effort Made to Interest Na- tional Organization in Op- posing Premium Levy. ASK PROMPT ARMS TAL —Govern- rance will World Opposition to the income tax bill for the District passed by the House and sent to the Senate developed today among Washington insurance men The Dbill's provision concerning life insurance payments drew sharp criticism from David S. Bethune. president of the Washington Life Underwriters' Association. and Edward S. Brashears, past president of the Life Underwriters and now general counsel of the Wash- ington Insurance Club. Bethune announced he had written officials of the Association of Life In- surance Presidents, with headquarters in New York, in an effort to interest the national organization in a movement to prevent final passage of the measure m its present form. Opposes Premium Levy. A clause of the bill providing for taxation of interest on premiums paid to the holders of life insurance policies or accumulated for them was cited by Bethune in support of his contention that whoever drafted the bill knew “little if anything about general in- surance practice and procedure.” It would be difficult and highly im- practical, he said. to compute this in- terest. He said every company had dif- ferent systems in establishing interest for the countless types of policies. He declared such a bill would place an enormous burden of accounting on the companies and would entail larger clerical forces. the expense of which ultimately would be met by the policy- holder. “All insurance funds should be exempt from taxation,” Bethune said. “About 80 per cent of the insurance written annually in this country is handled by mutual companies. ~No profits are made. That is why it would be unfair to tax such funds because in ysis they are being created widows, orphans and dependents. | You might as well tax money on de- | posit in” banks and funds invested in building and loan associations.” “Taxation Is Tyranny Brashears said he was “unalterably opposed to taxation of the people of the | District_of Columbia unless they be | given some voice in the appropriation of | the money thus raised.” | “our situation here is intolerable.” |he said. “If an income tax is needed for the District Government then this bill with slight changes would prob- | | ably do, but until our fundamental right |of a voice in our own Government is | recognized taxation is tyranny. | “As to the life insurance status of | this act, 1 believe the law should be ceeds of life insurance policies. There is no reason why a corporation or partnership should be required to re- port as income proceeds of policies paid on account of the death of an officer or member.” TEN IN TURKISH BOAT DROWN IN BLIZZARD Vessel En Route to Istanbul From Black Sea Ports Keels Over and Sinks. By the Associated Press. i ISTANBUL, December 23.— Ten | members of the passenger list and crew of a Turkish boat were drowned today in a heavy blizzard, which struck the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmora. The boat, which was bringing passen- gers from Black Sea ports to Istanbul, was keeled over and sunk. A Greek ship grounded near Smyrna, but can be saved, it was said. Dr. Einstein in Honduras. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, December 23 (#)—Dr. Albert Einstein and his | party arrived at Amapala today aboard the steamer Oakland en route to Cali- fornia from Germany. Radio i’ropan: o lillc c3 changed 5o as to exempt fully the pro- | MISSING 30 FOUND ASKILLERIS SOUGHT Unknown Attacker of Girl, 6, Is Indicted for Murder. Three Men Grilled. By the Associated Press CINCINNATIL. Ohio. December im Hornsby. who disappeared to- from his home here, near where the mutilated body of 6-year-old Ma- rian Mclean was found yesterday turned today Eerlier in the day police had asked by his father to aid in his search. The boy found by a policeman near the home of a friend of the family. Missing Three Other Times. Police learned the boy had disap- peared three other times during the last year. Once the youth was found at the home of his sister in Franklin, Ohio about 20 miles north of here. On two | other occasions he was located in near- by suburbs The missing boy has a habit staying away from home for several days at a time. his father said Meanwhile police search for the slay child, but late tod: promising clue At the same time the Hamilton Coun- ty grand jury returned a first degree | murder indictment against the unnamed slayer of the McLean child The indictment was returned solely to speed bringing the girl's slaver to his fate, should he be found. It charged murder in commission of criminal at- tack. and murder alone. both offenses bearing death or life imprisonment as penalties. Meanwhike police questioned three men. Man at Boy's House Quizzed. One of them is Charles Bischoff, 45. pudgy shoemaker who found the girl's body in his cellar. Another is James Devenny. his brother-in-law, who lives & address from which the Hornsby bov disappeared. A third is Dennis Delaney, 44, accused hereto- fore of molesting young girls. Prosecutor R. N. Gorman said the grand jury returned the “John Doe" indictment for two reasons. First, in event Marian's slayer was apprehended in another State it would pave the way for easy extradition, and, secondly, in case the kidnaper was caught here w was intensified their of the McLean had unearthed no he could be arraigned directly in Com- | mon Pleas Court. saving the time re- quired in a preliminary Police Court hearing. Two Possible Clues Found. Two possible clues to the identity of the slayer were found by police early today. A vessel containing & quantity of red | liquid. which was to be analyzed for possible blood content, and a slender, | " (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) TRADE PACT SIGNED | German and Soviet Officials Com- | plete Negotiations. BERLIN, December 23 weeks of negotiation between the fed- eral minister of economics and the Am- bassador from Soviet Russia were con- cluded today with the signing of a commercial protocol for submission to both governments, suggesting means of | improving trade relations. | " Russia’s orders in Germany for the | nine months ended with September to- | taled about $145,000,000. Russia's trade | indebtedness to Germany is approxi- mately $300,000,000. been (). —Six | INVESTORS T0 ASK U.S. FORS1, 000,000 TAKEN FROMI PITTS |Internal Revenue Bureau Seized Property in Satisfac- tion of Income Taxes. F. H. SMITH CO. CREDITORS Point to President’s Claim That Money Was Earned Through Corporation. The Bureau of Internal Revenue w | be asked to turn over to defra | vestors in the F. H. Smith Co. appre | mately $1,000.000 taken f B | Pitts " in satisfaction of incomhe {claims, it was learncd | The p al to pet | ment to r lin a plan for holders against Smith Co. plan was sent preferred holders today for their approval | Asserting that Pitts. former dent of the Smith Co.. owed more £2.000.000 in back of the burean seized al they could find. inclua longing to Mrs. Pitts. | Inconsisiency Seen. | Many of the who lost the 0. feel. however claim to t than t The Government stands i stockholders L consistent * pos these income Pitts is in jail embezzling large sums h Co. His defense was embezzled tax the Govern- was set fo of bo; stock- of s, ce. contended m _the company ar ct Pitts fo roducing fra: t of his claim that ally income. Agents of the Bureau of Revenue were in court. however Pitts testified the money gely on the mony, prcceeded against not paying a tax on it Will Present Claim. The stock and bond holders now feel the money allegedly stolen by Pitts really belongs to them as defrauded creditors of the company and plan to sent their claim to the Internal Reve- Bureau in the light of this con- tenticn The tentative plan for settling_ the claims of the bondholders has been worked out after months of negotiatio | between Attorneys Conrad Syme and William Warfield Ross for the Smith { Co. and the Roosevelt Committee fcr the Protection of Bondholders is _accepted by the preferred stock- holders it will remove the necessity for long and expens ation and the consequent dissipation of the ccmpany's assets. The $7.500.000 worth of !stock of the company is h proximately 6.000 p 'm are Washingt> has been believed would prove wort of settlement goes throug t! realize better a dollar, according to unoffi- estimate. The plan groups the assets of present Smith company into six class 1—first mortgage bends refunding mortgage bonds: 3—col al trust and general mortgage bonds 4—miscellaneous: 5—intangible as: to be realized through litigation cash preferred 1d ap mortgage company has on hand $1.6 amount of first A letter to the stockholde: e company _once held bett ued on Page 2, Column 4.) 30 HURT IN SUBWAY RUSH-HOUR ACCIDENT Piles of Railroad Ties Flung Proml Train Among Christmas Shoppers. | By the Associated Press NEW YORK. December 23 —Thirt | persons were injured today when piles |of railroad ties became loose on a speeding flat car and were flung among a crowd of passengers awaiting a sub- way train in Flatbush. Brookly Thirteen of the injured were taken to hospitals. while the others received first aid treatment in drug stores and at the station. The accident caused a near panic to safety. The flat car was running on the | Brighton Beach line of the Brooklin- Manhattan Transit Co. toward Manha tan. As it sped through the Newki Avenue Station. one of the supp holding the old ties in place gave wa The ties shot from ‘he car into the station, bringing havoc to the crow | many of whom were Christmas shop- pers. The station s at an open cut, where trains dip underground for the journey | to_Manhattan The clang of ambulances, four of | which sped to the scene, drew a large {crowd. A police emergency squad was called out to help the injured By the Associated Press. MADISON, Wis,, December 23.—Wis- consin’s Progressive Assembly, in a tumultuous session last night, over- whelmingly voted a subsidy to farmers. Conservatives predict it will not pass the Senate. The bill provides that if the income of a farm does not pay the farmer 30 cents an hour for an 8-hour day and time and a half for overtime, the | State reach into its treasury and pay the farmer erough to return ihat min- imum. It was passed as an emergency measure, 79 to 9, to be in effect not longer than December 31. 1933. had no definite notions i WISCONSIN ASSEMBLY VOTES TO GUARANTEE FARMER’S WAGE [Progressive Bill Would Make State Subsidize Pay of 30 Cents an Hour and Overtime. of how much money would be required, estimates ranging from $2,000,000 to $20,000,000 annually. The bill, intro- duced by Assemblyman John Fronek of Antigo, merely provided for appropria- tion of a “sum sufficient.” Fronek's bill is a substitute for an eight-hour-day bill asked by labor unions. Farmers demanded to know | how they were to benefit by limita- tion of the hours of labor. Assembiy- man Fronek then attached the farm subsidy scheme to the eight-hour plan. His substitute directs the Department of Agriculture and markets to figure the farmers income and to determine how many hours he works. | CHARGE INCONSISTENCY | If the plan | 00 | Frightened women screamed and mx‘.‘ RILEYS SENTENCED TOTHO YEARS AND FINED §250 EACH Given Maximum Penalties for Imprisoning Child Four Years in Closet. APPEAR INDIFFE{ENT TO COURT’S DECISION Stepmother May Go to Alderson Prison—Father Likely tc Be Taken to Lorton. to pronov Relatives Called Judge, " he began ma be left to the court room and the Riley relatives are presen today I wish that they would st ward and present their case.” When no one came forward the ustice cont ms to me that at this time to r upon which these co; is an mely strar it is nce Riley) been the 5 not excuse Mr was his flesh afd bl i scribed by law Gives Maximum Penalty. of the co is the 3 these defend- judgment therefore, that each of chould receive and I h the court and later e were led from cell Toom below returned to the jail. What { tiaries they will ‘be sent t |to be determined by the Justice | partment. However, it appeared today, that Riley would be sent to ton. Va. the District’s penal in: ! tion. while his wife would be taken to the Federal institution for women at Alderson, W. Va DANIELS CONSIDERS RACE FOR GOVERNOR Former Secretary of Navy Urged to Enter Contest in Caro- w0 a lina Next Year. By the Associated P RALEIGH. N. C.. December 23.—The “country editor” who was called nearly 20 years ago by Woodrow Wilson to be his Secretary of the Navy today de- bated within his own mind whether he should seek the governorship of North Carolina to advance policies in which he believes, or continue to wield his admittedly influential pen from his | editorial chair. Josephus Daniels, alert and vigorous, although nexi May will bring his 70th birthday anniversary, was urged by a delegation of Pitt County citizens yes- terday lo be & candidate for Governor next year. In reply, the editor of the News and Observer told his visitors that if, upcn due consideration, he should decide that it was his duty to run, he would “not hesitate to follow where duty leads.” Three candidates have already an- nounced for the governorship. They are Lieut. Gov. R. T. Fountain of Rocky Mount, A. J. Maxwell of Raleigh, State commissioner of revenue, and J. C. B | Eringhaus, a lawyer of Elizabeth City. Gov. O. Max Gardner is barred by the constitution from seeking re-elec~ tion after his four-year term.