Evening Star Newspaper, December 27, 1931, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and not quite so cold; tomorrow, increasing cloudiness and warmer; mod- erate northeast winds. Temperature— Highest, 43, at 4 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 31 at 8 a.m. yesterday. Full report on page 5. he Sunday Star WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION 39,016. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. JIPANTO CONTVE MANCHURAN DRI RELYTOU.S SAYS Consequences of Any Armed WASHINGTON, D. C, Expectant Mother, ‘Spoofing’ Husband, Kills Self With Gun By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, December 26— A 25-year-old wife shot and killed herself here late today as she sat joking with her husband about a name for the baby she was expecting. Mrs. Edna Dengis was the woman. When her husband. a machinist, asked her what she Action Rests on Chinese, Tokio Declares. FRENCH AND BRITISH ENVOYS HEAR DECISION Ptatement Read to Ambassadors, but Text of Answer to Notes of “Concern™ Is Withheld. By the Associated Press ‘TOKIO, December 27 (Sunday).— The Japanese government told the American, British and French Ambas- Badors, in effect, today that Japan must tontinue its operations against Chinese trregulars in the Chinchow 2zone of Manchuria. Responsbility for “the consequences of any action which may be entailed upon the Japanese Army in self-de- fense” must rest entirely upon the Chinese, the statement said. League Opposition Denied. ‘The statement giving Japan's stand was handed to the Ambassadors with formal replies to recent notes of the United States, Great Britain and France | expressing apprehension at reports of | military operations in the Chinchow area. It explained that the Japanese action in Manchuria did not run against the League of Nations' resolution of December 10. either in letter or in spirit. So long as the Chinchow military authorities, while simulating an unag- gressive attitude, continue to instigate and manipulate movements of bandit organizations _against the Japanese Army, as well as the Japanese and other peaceful inhabitants,” the state- ment said, “and so long as the officers and men of the Chinchow army mingle in large numbers with bandit groups, rendering it impossible to distinguish the bandits from regular troops, so long must responsibility for the consequences of any action which may be entailed upon the Japanese Army in self-defense rest entirely upon the Chinese.” Statement Is Read. The statement was read to the Am- bassadors by Matsuzo Nagai, vice mm~| ister of forelgn affairs, when they visit- | ed the foreign office shortly before noon. : The replies to the American, British and French notes were not made pub- lic and were described as being little more than brief formal acknowledg- ments. They were not all the same in wording, as the communications from | the foreign governments were not | identical A communique issued by the war of- fice said Chang Hsueh-Liang's Chin- chow defenders had completed defense works in the Tahushan region, in the area west of the Taling River and at other places. His army, including ir- regulars, was estimated at 84,000 men, 81l well supplied with ammunition. No formal warning has been served on Chang, it was said, and the Japa- nese consul at Peiping has resumed ne- gotiations with a view to accomplishing a retreat from Chinchow without re- course to arms. MORE TROOPS RUSHED. Chinese Hordes Sweep Toward Mukden Rail Towns. MUKDEN, Manchuria, December 26 (P —Two battalions of infantry were Antung today to relieve the skeleton detachments % three settlements along | the Mukden-Antung Railway. | Chinese irregulars in overwhelming | numbers had swept down om Feng| Huan-Cheng. where only 30 men were | stationed, another force had struck at, Ssutaitzu’ and a third was believed toj have moved against Kao Li-Men. Com- munications were cut and details of | the engagement were lacking | One battalion was ordered up from | Antung and another on the way from Japan by way of Korea was directed into the sector. | Over to the West, the menace to| Chinchow appeared to have been| lifted. The Japanese detachment driv- ing down from Mukden was reported | to _have been withdrawn to the South UPTURN IN BUSINESS | FORECAST BY MOSES | Reassured by Conversations With Business Leaders in Capital, He Announces. By the Associated Press CONCORD, N. H., December 26— TUnited States Senator George H. Moses said today that recent conversation with financial leaders at Washington had given him a reassuring view of the tion’s business prospects in 1932. “I found them much more optimistic as to the future of American business than the general news reports from New York would lead one to think," aid ne of the foremost of these inancial leaders found discernible many rv direct indications of an upturn, he was very definitely of the ion that by the end of 1932 the ion would be well back to the level | f business activity which preceded the Senator Moses expressed a doubt that Congress would approve that section of Secretary Mellon's tax program which would enlarge the number of Federal income tax payers by bringing into the group those earning smaller incomes than are now taxable. would name triplets, she replied, “I'd do this,” and seized a new revolver he had laid on a table. Pointing the weapon at her right temple, she pulled the trigger. Police said she apparently thought the revolver unloaded. CHILEAN POLICIES PROTESTED BY REDS {Handbills Urging Demonstra- tions Against Government Passed at Meeting. By the Associated Press. SANTIAGO, Chile, December 26— Handbills calling for demonstrations against the government were distrib- uted at a Communist mass meeting here tonight, while a small force of carabineers looked on. Less than 300 persons turned out with one small banner to protest against the policies of the government and to demand the dissolution of Con- gress.. Inflammatory speeches were prohibited by the carabineers. | Government officials were determined | that there would be no repetition of | disorders which resulted in 36 deaths in Northern Chile yesterday. Raid Workers’ Club. Police raided a workers' club, finding {a red flag, numerous soviet documents |and many proclamations they described ias_subversive. ! They also found a woman’s Com- munist center, they reported. Pro- fessional agitators were back of the movement, the police said. In preparation for tonight's meeting |a manifesto setting forth the Com- | munist demands was issued. These demands included: Amnesty for those wWho took part in the September revolt: amnesty for the leaders of the disturbance yesterday in _Atacama Province; minimum salary of 84 cents & day, or payment of a 60-cent dole daily by the government or by the capitalists; | withdrawal of carabineers from unem- ployment camps: no new income or | wage taxes on the employed; dissolu- tion of the Coash Nitrate combine and expropriation without indemnity of tre nitrate industry; expropriation of large estates; dissolution of Congress, and protest against the policies of former President Carlos Ibanez, which “the present government continues.” A group of army officers flew today to Copiapo, capital of Atacama Prov- ince, to investigate a report that sev- eral soldiers were recognized among a barracks of a regiment there and held it briefly yesterday. Carabineers in Reserve. ‘Twenty carabineers on horseback and afoot allowed the mass meeting here to assemble in front of the National University tonight, but were on guard against disturbances. Several thousand carabineers were kept in reserve at their barracks throughout the city. The comparatively small size of the gathering was unofficially attributed to public feeling against the recent out- breaks and a fear that carabineers pa- trolling the streets would be reinforced with civil guards. | " Of the 36 dead after yesterday’s fight- ordered into the area between here and | ing. 21 were officlally listed as Com- | munists slain at Vallenar. One of the bodies in the morgue at Vallenar was Identified as that of Anibal Cuadra, alleged leader of the uprising at Copiapo, who was under- stood to have arrived at Vallenar by airplane in a military uniform after the attack at Copiapo had been re- pulsed. Another was identified as that of a Russian. Most of the fatalities were caused by hend grenades and dynamite bombs thrown into a building by carabineers to dislodge the revolutionaries. JEAN HARLOW SO ILL SHE’S CARRIED TO STAGE Doctor Says She Needs Complete Rest, But She Makes Three Appearances in Pittsburgh. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH., December 26—Jean Harlow, screen actress, was so ill to- night she had to be carried from her dressing Toom to the stage, but she made three appearances at a theater. Her physician, Dr. J. M. Lichty, said the actress is suffering from intestinal influenza and that she “needs a com- plete rest.” She must remain in bed tomorrow, he added. Mrs. Jean Ballo, mother of Miss Harlow, is with her. “Jean is not seriously ill, but it is one of those illnesses that might de- velop into something serious,” the mother said. crowd of 300 persons that attacked the | EUROPE'S OWNACTS REGARDED KEY 10 FURTHER 1. 5. HELP Old World’s Willingness to Solve Problems Seen Likely to Influence America. NATION MAY OBSERVE REPARATIONS PARLEY This Country Has No Such Obliga- tions and Treats War Debts as Independent Matters. BY BYRON PRICE. «Copy 1931, the Associated Press.) Europe’s willingness to solve her own roubles without further temporizing and delay seems likely now to become the yardstick which will measure future American proffers of help. There is no expectation in informed circles that the United States will take | part in the proposed reparations con- | ference, or in any general conference |on war debts. The feeling seems to be that until the European nations forget their antago- | nisms and jealousies, and unite on a i program which will restore confidence | among themselves, there is nothing for the United States to confer about. | If, on the other hand, those nations | put their own houses in order, in a per- | manent fashion convincing to the American people, the possibilities of further war debt readjustments may be expected to brighten. Outline of Situation. Naturally, these are delicate diplo- matic subjects about which officials will not talk. From the best informa- tion available, however, the situation may be outlined as follows: When President Hoover proposed last June a year's moratorium on all inter- governmental debts, he specifically stated two purposes. First, he sought to relieve a world crisis arising from loss of confidence and the pressure of international obli- gations. The burden of reparations was breaking the back of Germany. Her creditors in turn owed great sums to the United States in war debts. and smaller sums one to the other. Altogether, the amount of such obligations about to fall due was some $850,000.000. i Second, the President proposed to give Europe a year in which to adopt | a program for united action to end the depression _and restore confidence and | stability Today Europe still is divided | and distressed. It is hoped. but none to confidently, that before the year is out the projected conference or some | other negotiation will produce a con-| structive program. Troubles Are European. American officials have stated re- peatedly that the problems now troubl- ing European statesmen are almost completely European. The depression in the United States has had no great effect across the Atlantic. The shocks have traveled the other way. One European crisis after another has caused apprehensive vibrations through- out the economie structure of America. This is demonstrated sharply by figures on bank withdrawals and insolvencies. The curve mounted threateningly last June, just before the moratorium was announced. It took another upward turn when England went off the gold standard. Its lesser fluctuations chgck exactly with minor tiltings of the of European stability. The report of the Young Committee at Basel shows that the old troubles g0 on. Capital still is in flight. There is apprehension everywhere throughout Europe. It is proposed to hold a conference shortly to seek a remedy. The American Congress, after its members had spent a season back home, voted without a dissenting voice against canceling or reducing the war debts. The logic of these events puts squarely up to the European powers the task of finding their own solution—and ap- plying 1t so effectively that American public opinion will accept it as a whole- hearted effort to restore world stability. No member of Congress would expect a make-shift arrangement easing Ger- man reparations alone to cause a change of heart in his constituency. The reparations problem is one re- (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) _ KILLS WIFE, SON AND SELF Christmas Quarrel Leads to Shoot- ing—Daughter, 3, Is Wounded. BELLEVILLE, IIl, December 26 (#). —Suffering from a temporary mental aberation brought on by a quarrel with his wife, Dr. Arthur Muren, prominent physician, shot and killed his infant son, seriously wounded his 3-year-old daughter and killed himself "at his home here late today. Dr. Muren used the revolver which he carried as a member of the Rainbow Division in the World War to shoot his children and himself. His sister, Mrs. Andrew Cooley, said the physician and his wife quarreled Christmas morning. Distributed and By the Associated Press NEW YORK, December 26.—The New York Committee of One Thousand, the Citizens’ Union and the Women's Municipal League, announced today a campaign to change New York City's form of government, using that of The Senator predicted that there] Cincinnati as a model. would be some increases in the income tax levies in the higher brackets and also said certain ‘“nuisance taxes” Blanks will be distributed, said Dr. William J. Schiefflin, chairman of the probably would be restored. He be- lieved Congress would approve the Hoover reconstruction corporation plan. During the interview, he received a telephone call from Ray Benjamin, prominent California Republican and personal friend of the President. While declining to divulge what they talked about, Moses said: “I think that American people are becoming more and more conscious of the effort President Hoover has made to lead utmhe tso‘;mxt.r‘y,e flut ort hmnr;,e &u’:i% epressipn an eve g' wery heipful to bim.* Committee of One Thousand, and voters will be given an opportunity to sign their names to the following: “I favor a change in the city govern- ment and will support an independent ticket in 1933, provided the candidates | meet with my approval.” ‘Three mass meetings will be held in Town Hall, in January, February and March, and the Cincinnati system will be explained by Mayor Russell Wilson, Henry Bentley, chairman of the Cin- cinnati Charter Committee, and Charles P. Taft, 2d. CINCINNATI GOVERNMENT PLAN SOUGHT FOR NEW YORK CITY Organizations Announce Campaign, and Blanks Will Be Meetings Held. ment is entirely non-partisan, and that |its aim is to put the city of New York {on a business basis. | “We would have no patronage,” he said, “and positions would be filled on merit and ability. Those who are now in the city’s employ would need have no fear of their jobs if they are com- petent, full-time workers and their jobs are necessary. Should the independent candidates be elected, we would not penalize a worker because he supported the Tammy ticket. We would insist, however, that he keep out of politics hereafter.” Dr. Schiefflin said the organization would be open to recommendations from now investigating the city government. The “Cincinnati system” is the city. manager form of government and non- partisan. It went into effect six years ago. The city, under this control, built d has become known as government governed cities in the one of the county. the Hofstadter Legislative Committee | Cross: SUNDAY MORNING . DECEMBER 27, SRR RN NN NN 1931 —NINETY-SIX PAGES. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and 8unday morning to Washington homes by The Star’s exclusive carrier service. Phone National 5000 to start immediate delivery. (#P) Means Associated Pri & IN FIVE CENTS WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS |TEN CENTS ELSEWHERE RAGING DIXIE FLOOD WHIRLS 2 T0 DEATH Levee Crews Continue Fight to Stem Torrent—Crest Expected Today. By the Associated Press CLARKSDALE, Miss.,, December 26.— | Flood fatalities were reported in the water-bound Delta country today as levee crews continued a prolonged fight to save the Tallahatchie River dykes at the towns of Glendora and Sumner. Word from Mimms, Miss, where backwaters from the swollen rivers have covered thousands of acres of lowlands, | said that a colored man named Hender- | son and his 6-year-old son were| drowned as they slipped from a levee | into the rampant Tallahatchie River. In the same section, rescue crews in skiffs continued a search for Mr. and | Mrs. Pope Whitten and their fuor chil- | dren, missing since early this week, when they fled from their farm home near Stone. Crest Expected Today. Clear skies in Tallahatchie County today cheered citizens of Glendora and Sumner and convicts from the State penitentiary in a battle against the slowly cresting Tallahatchie. Levee workers struggled with \'eak-l ened embankments along a mile front to save Glendora. residents have evacuated to higher sec- tions and others are prepared to follow. The river was expected to reach its crest tomorrow. The water reached the top qf the levee today, but residents hoped that their continuous elevation of the levee by means of sand bags would prevent the swift currents from surging over. The situation was almost as serious at Sumner, a nearby town, where the | post office and Baptist Church are in- undated. Spend Sleepless Yule. ‘The people of Sumner and Glendora spent a sleepless Christmas night fight- ing the waters’ approach. At Sumner they believed the fight had been won, provided there is no additional rain. The Yazoo River, which carries off the waters from the Tallahatchie and | the Yalobusha, came to a standstill to- day right at flood stage at Greenwood and its recession was expected in a few days. The Tallahatchie was fall- ing above Greenwood and the danger from the Yalobusha was diminishing. The Ouachita River at Monroe, La., was just in flood stage, but no suffering was Teported there. TODAY’S STAR Reviews of the Year: General, Page A-8 and A-9; Financial, Part 2, Pages 5-10; Sports, Part 5. PART ONE—20 PAGES. General News—Local, National Foreign PART TWO—12 PAGES. Editorials, ~ Editorial Features Financial News. At Community Centers—Page 10. D. A. R. Activities—Page 10. PART THREE—16 PAGES. Society Section and Classified Adver- tising. Kathleen Norris' Article—Page 7. ‘Women of Diplomacy—Page 8. Y. W. C. A. News—Page 15. PART FOUR—8 PAGES. Amusement, Section—Theater, and Radio. In the Motor World—Page 3. Aviation—Page 4. Organized Reserves—Page 4. Naval Reserves—Page 4. Spanish War Veterans—Page 4. District National Guard—Page 5. American Legion—Page 5. Praternities—Page 5. News of the Clubs—Page 6. Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 6. Army and Navy News—Page 6. Marine Corps News—Page 6. Veterans of Forelgn Wars—Page 6. Radio—Page 7. PART FIVE—4 PAGES. Sports Section. ? PART SFVEN— 0 PAGES. Magazine Section. Notes of Art and Artists—Page 16. News of the Music World—Page 16. ‘The Bridge Forum—Page 17. -word Puzzle—Page 18. The Boys' and Girls' Page—Page 19. Those Were the Happy Days—Page 20. GRAPHIC SECTION—S$ PAGES. World Events in Pictures. COLOR SECTION—$ PAGES. and and Screen ‘Timid Soul; m&l:hur‘!rl‘l;u& Little Orphan Annie; - b n LY Already half Lhe‘[ Voice That Boomed Underwood Ballots May Be Heard Again By the Assoctated Press TUSCALOOSA, Ala., December 26.—The voice that boomed 24 votes for Underwood” at the Democratic national convention in 1924 may be heard again at the 1932 party assembly. Judge Willlam W. Brandon of ‘Tuscaloosa County, former Gov- ernor of Alabama, tonight an- nounced himself as a candidate for delegate at large from Ala- bama to the Democratic national convention next year. Should he be elected, the for- mer Governor will be a candidate for chairman of the Alabama delegation, a role he made famous in 1924, when his voice rang through the convention hall in New York City casting Alabama's vote for the late Senator Oscar W. Underwood for President. WOMAN JUROR GETS PERIURY' SENTENCE Ex-Employe of W. B. Foshay Who Blocked Conviction Given Six Months. By the Associated Press. MINNEAPOLIS, December 26.—A woman, who two months ago dead- | locked a jury for a week and outlasted 11 men to bring about a disagreement six months and fined $1,000. The woman, Mrs. Genevieve A. Clark, | was cited in the findings for “delib- | erately concealing” her former em- | ployment under W. B. Foshay when she was examined for service with the jury which heard his recent trial with six | former associates on mail fraud charges | involving millions of dollars. Her counsel would seek mitigation of her sentence |in an effort to avoid a long separation | from her two small children. It was believed to be the first such action since women were permitted to serve on Federal juries. An appeal will also be considered during the 42-day stay of Federal District Court. Others Voted for Conviction. She, as a juror, insisted on acquittal, deadlocking the jury, which was dis- charged after a week's effort to agree. The 11 men voted for conviction on all 17 counts of fraud brought against Foshay and associates growing out of the collapse of Foshay's utility operat- ing and stock selling enterprises in November, 1929. Mrs. Clark, who showed no emotion as the decision was read, referring to her conduct as “reprehensible, that has in a large measure carried its own punishment,” and calling attention to past business disappointments of her husband, D. D. Clark, a real estate operator and former banker, with the statement: “This may have created in her mind some antagonism toward organized society.” “Her willingness to talk to strangers of her desire to serve as a juror, which negatives to some extent the realiza- tion on her part of the seriousness of what she was doing, coupled with her ttitude in the jury room, on Page 2, Column 8.) MEXICANS ASK CONSUL BE OUSTED IN KILLINGS Salazar at Piedras Negras Con- doned Death of Two at Hands of U. 8. Guards, Is Plea. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, December 26.—Dis- patches from Pjedras Negras said to- day that Mexicans there had requested the removal of Francisco B. Salazar, Mexican consul, because he had con- doned, they said, the killing of two Mexicans by United States border guards, The consul was reported to have sald that the two Mexicans, who were slain near there this week, were bandits. The dispatches said the Mexican colony of Eagle Pass, Tex., also had petitioned President Ortiz Rubio, Min- ister of Interior Tellez and the presi- miles of new streets and cleaned up its! Moon Mullins; Mr. and Mrs.; The|dent of the National Revolutionary party here to have the consul with- drawn and from the Mexican today was adjudged in contempt of | court by perjury and was sentenced to | announced that she | of sentence granted by Judges John | B. Sanborn and Gunnar H. Nordbye | D.C. TRUCK OWNERS. PLAN TAX BATTLE 1$2,000,000 Cost to Be Added by House Measure, Leader Warns. Threatened with added operating | costs estimated at $2,000,000 annually, truck owners here are girding for a fight on three fronts. An additional imposition locally of | more than $1,000,000 is forecast if the | Mapes weight taxation program is car- | ried out. while new levies on commer- | cial motor vehicles, which would boost expenses by thousands of dollars, face the operators who go into Maryland and Virginia—in the latter State by the | discarding of reciprocity. Further, it was brought out last| night, the Mapes motor set-up would | have the effect of legislating off the streets certain classes of vehicles, by limiting tonnage. | The situation confronting all estab- | lishments using trucks for the conduct of their industries, as well as those' strictly in the trucking business, was outlined last night in a statement by Jerome Fanciulli, executive secretary of the Commercial Motor Vehicle Owners Association of the District of Columbia, which includes bus operators also, and is being revived because of current de- velopments. Group Will Reorganize. A reorganization meeting is to be held at the Chamber of Commerce of the United States Tuesday night, when members will be enrolled, and officers | elected, that a definite line of action | may be mapped out. Under the proposed schedule in the House legislation, officers of the asso- | | ciation figure that the direct tax on| | trucks will approximate $1,000,000 an- nually. According to Fanciulli's figures, the light delivery vehicles, averaging about half a ton, used by the small retailers, would pay about $20, while the larger trucks, geners.'ly of the 1and | 1';-ton type. serving laundries, bak- | eries, department stores and similar es- tablishments, would pay about $40. The levy on moving and storage vans would vary from $160 to $300 yearly, while dump trucks, used for hauling coal or sand, for example, would be taxed $300 or more. Added to this, of course, would | be the doubled gas tax. An idea of what would be entailed in the increase is shown by a compari- son of what is paid nqw by a 115-ton truck which is operatéd 15,000 miles and the amount under the Mapes pro- posal. Estimating fuel consumption at 10 (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) CAR INJURIES FATAL P. J. Shanahan Dies After Being Struck at College Park. Philip J. Shanahame 46, of 42 B street southwest, died at Casualty Hos- | pital yesterday from injuries received when knocked down by an automobile at College Park, Md. An inquest will be held this week. ‘Walter Yost, College Park, was said to have been the driver of the machine that struck the man. Shanahan was crossing the Baltimore Boulevard when knocked down. Death was due to a skull fracture. UNDERRIVER RAIL (LIQUOR SHOWDOWN TUBEURGEDTOLINK'IS AIM OF WETS IN CAPTAL T0 SOUTH Planning Body Makes Pro- posal to Penns:' for De- veloping Terminal. REPORT TO HOOVER DISCLOSES PROJECT Holds Present Tracks Interfere With Principal Avenues and Affect Building Plans. Construction of a railroad tunnel be- neath the Potomac River to link Wash- ington by rail with the South and di velopment of a new railroad freight t minal at North Carolina avenue and First street southeast has been pro- posed to the Pennsylvania Railroad by the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, it was disclosed yesterday in the annual report of the commission sent to President Hoover. The commission suggested to the rail- road that the electrification plans now in progress would make it an opportune time for the study of a proposal to combine the approaches to a tunnel with the development of new yards and facilities. Would Replace Bridge. The tunrel, which would replace the present steel bridge across the Potomac, would begin southwest of the proposed industrial area, located on both sides of South Capitol street, and run just north of the Army War College, be- neath East Potomac Park and under the proposed Gravelly Point Airport on the Virginia side of the river, joining the railroad tracks in Potomac yards near Four-Mile Run. Under this pro- gram as outlined, by the commission, the railroad tracks now in the vicinity of Fourteenth and Water streets south- west, near the Bureau of Engraving and | Printing, would be abandoned, as would those in the line of Virginia avenue. Likewise, a new bridge would be con- structed across the Anacostia River, connected with South Capitol street. Conceding that the problem is a major one, the commission, in its e- port, recalled that President Cassatt of the Pennsylvania Roalroad, “by chang- ing the Pennsylvania station from th= Mall to the new Union Station con- structed by his request, solved the most pressing problem as to the Washing- ton plan” in 1901. Then, it observes, “just as President Cassatt solved the passenger terminal problem, so now a solution is needed for the freight prob- lem.” Co-operation Is Needed. ‘The Commisison says: “It has been suggested that a soluticn of the whole freight. service problem of the Pennsyl- vania Railroad can be found in Wash- ington if those concerned are willing to g0 at the problem in the spirit of Presi- dent Cassatt. “The passenger terminal was located at the intersection of First street and Massachusetts avenue. The correspond- ing site south of the Capitol lies at the intersection of First street and North Carolina avenue. This site was the one picked by L'Enfant as best suited for a municipal building, and is one of the most prominent in the city. It has been suggested that established a great freight terminal cor- responding in efficiency and location with the passenger terminal north of the Capitol. “If such a solution is economically (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) PORTUGUESE REBEL PLOT FRUSTRATED 6,000 Troops Patrol Spanish Bor- der to Quell Expected Uprising. By the Associated Press. LISBON, Portugal, December 26— Authoritative quarters said today that a plot of Portuguese exilels in Spain to enter Portugal and try to overthrow the dictatorship of President Carmona Christmas day had been frustrated. The conspirators planned to cross the frontier of Alemtejo Province, ac- cording to the acount of the plot, and join with dissatisfied persons in Portugal to establish a “government.” The exiles were thought to have numbered 300. Officials heard of the plot three days ago. They reinforced troops at Evora and Elvas, while detectives disguised as peasants learned of the plan. The Governor at Elvas sent a corps in tanks and armed with machine guns along the “front” and the plot failed to materialize. The Alemtejo territory has been watched since 400 rifles were uncovered recently in that district. A Portuguese force of 6,000 men under Col. Tassos Sousa, military Governor at Elvas, was patroling the boundary to- night. It was reported emigrants had concentrated in_the Spanish town of Rozales de la Frontera, facing upper Alemtejo. By the Associated Press. ELKINS, W. Va, December 26— Prom the giant Cheat Mountains of West Virginia down into Southwestern Pennsylvania a search was spread to- night for Lieut. E. H. Bobbitt, missing Army pilot. Bobbitt was en route from Selfridge Field, Mich, to his home in Hot Spring®, Va. Reports that a plane resembling Bobbitt’s was seen yesterday, fying low and with difficulty, spurred the search in the Elkins region, where some of the mountain peaks rise 4,000 feet. ‘Three Army planes arrived at dusk, to take up the hunt at dawn. came in from Uniontown, Pa; § ) J b MOUNTAINS COMBED FOR PILOT MISSING SINCE CHRISTMAS EVE Lieut. Bobbitt Believed in Disabled Plane Crossing Peaks on Way From Michigan to Virginia Home. closely watching the mising ranges from the Pennsylvania border into Elkins. Meanwhile, State police of the two States, aided by mountaineers and townfolk, pushed a search of the hills long after dark. Bob Lindsey, a farmer of Beckey's Creek, southwest of Elkins, reported seeing a plane flying low over the moun- tains yesterday. He said the pilot ap- parently was in difficulty, but continued on_southward over the peaks. The planes which arrived in Elkins tonight were held in readiness at the private field on the farm of E. Dice Harper, aviation enthusiast, who helped organize the search today. Other planes are expected tomorrow. The aviator left Michigan Christmas eve to visit his parents. He made a brief stop yesterday &t Uniontown, stzeaking away from here might be| there st 12:45 pm. edi PRESENT CONGRESS |Forces in Both Houses Seek Action on Question Before 1932 Campaign. THREE SUBCOMMITTEES WILL START HEARINGS Bingham Measures to Be Studied by Each, Headed by Oppo- nents of Dry Law. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The stage is being set for a show- down on prohibition in Congress dur- ing the present session. This is the end for which the wets are working, Wwith the idea that they will force all members of both houses to show their colors on the liquor issue before the campaign begins which ends with the general election aext year. Three subcommittess of the Senate Judiciary and manufactures committees are to begin hearings on measures deal- ing with repeal, revision or amendment of the national liquor laws within & short time. All three are headed by senators who are unfriendly to national prohibition. Senator Norris of Nebras- ka, chairman, a dry. yesterday appoint- ed two subcommittees of the Senate Judciiary Committee to deal with the liquor problem One of these subcommittees will have before it Senator Bingham's resolution calling for repeal of the eighteenth amendment and the substitution of control of the liquor traffic by the States. This subcommittee is compose: of Senator Blaine of Wisconsin, chsihE man; Senators Borah of Idaho, Heb- ert of Rhode Island, Ashurst of Ari- zona and Walsh of Montana. Blaine s wringing wet, and Hebert is anti- prohibition. On the other hand, Borah s strongly opposed to repeal of the eighteenth amendment, and is against any proposal to reviss or resubmit the eighteenth amendment until a substi- tute plan which he considers better than the present stem has been worked out by critics of national pro- hibition as it is. Ashurst has been & defender of national prohibition on the floor of the Senate. Senator Walsh has been for prohibition, but has said he would vote on the question of resub- mission of the eighveenth amendment as his State desired. Arizona went “wet” in a recent referendum. Gets Referendum Proposal. The other subcommittee appointed by Senator Norris will have charge of the resolutions intrcduced by Senator Bingham for a refersndum on prohibi- tion and similar measures. Senator Hebert is to be chairman of this sub- committee and the other members are Robinson of Indians, a dry of the drys, and King of Utah, who voted against the eighteenth amendment. but who has suppored national prohibition since the adoption of that amendment. The third Senate committee which has to do witk the liquor question is a_ subcommittee of the Committee on Manufactures, which will consider the Bingham bill for 4 per cent beer. It is composed of Metcalf of Rhode Island, chairman, a wet, and Senator Cutting of New Mexico and Senator Sheppard of Texas, the last one of the co-author's of the eighteenth amendment. All of these committees are expected to get down to work and to rold hear- ings, probably, soon after the Christmas recess has been concluded. The Blaine Committee is to have referred to it all other repeal measures, similar to the Bingham resolution, and measures pro- posing modification of the liquor laws, including a bill which Blaine himself is now drafting. Another bill before the subcommittee was introduced by Senator Bingham and would authorize physicians to prescribe malt beverages, and still another to legalize the use and sale of wood alcohol. Perkaps the " (Continued on Page 3, Column 6) SACK CLUE UPSET IN GIRL'S MURDER Cincinnati Vietim's Funeral At- tended by 600, Including Reunited Parents. By the Associated Press CINCINNATI, Ohio. December 26.— Chemists tonight upset another clue in the search for the slayer of Marian Mec- Lean, 6, kidnaped child, whose body was found in a cellar hera Tuesday. Dr. Otto P. Beherer, city chemist. re- ported ke could find no trace of blood upon a gunny sack turned over to him by a special investigator from the sher- ég«; office, who found it in the cellar City Hospital chemists also said that articles turned over to them by police showed no trace of blood. Meanwhile questioning of Charle Bischoff, 46. who found the child. body, and James Devenny, his brother- in-law, continued, but without appar- ent result. Marian died of internal injuries caused by criminal attacks. Gau believed her body may have been taken to the cellar in the sack. The remnants of the broom were found, Gau said. in a stove in the room of a man held for investigation. Police withheld comment on its significance. Six hundred persons filled the cathe- dral for the funeral. Among them were Mr. and Mrs. Joseph McLean, parents of the slain child. Separated 18 months ago, the father and mother have been reunited by the tragedy. AR A. L. DAY WINS DIVORCE Capital Man’'s Marriage in Ger- many in 1900 Recalled. RENO, Nev, December 26 (#).— Arthur L. Day, director of the Carnegie Geophysical Laboratory at Washington and former instructor in physics at Yale, was granted a divorce here today from Helene Day, to whom he was mar- ted in Hesse, Germany, in 1900. The suit charged desertion. RS S Cabinet Member Dies. SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, December 26 (P).—Justo Facio, minister of publie ucation, died last night,