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' show their oratorical paces. ! the past—Cox in 1920, Davis in 1924 EA—2 w3» BAKER BOOM FADES “WITH LEAGUE PLEA President-Makers Believe In- " diana Address Eliminates Him as Candidate. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. : Newton D. Baker's declaration that “f we had faith we would join the Yeague of Nations and the World Gourt,” delivered at a Wilson memorial ‘dinner in Winchester, Ind. Monday night, has taken on considerable signifi- nce for the President-makers in ashington. Some of them asserted today that | Nr, Baker's continued adherence to the | ague of Nations and prediction that is country eventually would become a member had the effect of flattening out | whatever chance his friends had of | nominating him for President on the Pemocratic ticket next year In these days, when it is popular in #his country to demand a scrapping of the Versailies treaty and to insist there shall be no cancellation of the debts qwed this country by European nations, s recommendation that at sometime this country join the League of Na- tions would not appear to fit in well with the Democratic platform next year, por with the Democratic nominee for President. The League issue is not one the Democrats are aiming to raise in 1932, Long League Advocate. Mr. Baker's attitude on international questions, particularly the League of Nations, has been one of the arguments advanced by Democrats against the nomination of Woodrow Wilson's 4ec- retary of War next year. He was one of the most ardent supporters of Amer- qean adherence to the League in the 1924 convention at Madison Square Garden, when the Democrats sidestep- ped and compromised on the League fssue, turning down a minority report from the Resolutions Committee sub- itted by Mr. Baker declaring un- equivocally for the League. ~'The former Secretary of Wer has in- fisted consistently that he is not a can- didate for the presidential nomination next year. Notwithstanding, some of his friends in Ohio and elsewhere have ,launched a movement for Baker for President y Perhaps Mr. Baker's declaration re- rding American eatry into the ague B Nations at Winchester Monday night was one way for him out of the race for the nomination. At all events, Mr. { Baker has put his friends and his party on notice of what may be expected of him if he becomes a candidate or be- comes President regarding the League of Nations, the World Court and greater co-operation by this country with for- eign nations. Will Miss Dinner. | So far as is known here at Demo- cratic headquarters, Mr. Baker is npt planning to come to Washington for the | Jackson day dinner on January 8, which | is to take place on the eve of a meet- | ing of the Democratic National Com- | mittee, If he does not come, he will| be in the same boat as ®ov. Roosevelt | of New York, so far as the dinner is| concerned. Not & little has been made | of the fact Gov. Roosevelt, a leading | candidate for the presidential nomina- tion, is to be absent from the dinner. | The Jackson day dinner, which is | being held under the suspices of the Democratic National Committee, is not apparently designed, however, to give presidential aspirants an opportunity to f The program of speakers calls for ly lhl"’e:irformer Gov. Cox of Ohlo, n W. Dayis and former Gov. Alfred lgl!mlm of New York.. All were nom- iniees of their party for President in And Smith in 1928. Of these three, Al Smith is the only man who has been widely talked of as a presidential pos- sibility next year. But the fact that Gov. permitted himself to be placed amo; the “ex-precidential candidates” this program is interpreted in some quarters as meaning that he is out of the picture, except that he intends to have as much influence as he can in the next National Convention wien it comes to nominating a candidate for President and writing a platform. Just how many of the Damocrats listed in “Who's Who for President” in 1932 will attend the Jackson day dinner | here is not known. No word has come vet | from George White, Governor of Ohio, who is expected to have the Ohio dele- gation’s support at the convention next year, it was said today. Gov. Ritchie of Maryland, on the other hand, Ls‘ expected here. Invitations were sent| to all the Democratic Governors of | States. | ‘There has been a lot of fog recently about the possible candidacy for the Smith has ng on | | vehicle operation on the part of the jrates propased in if. Fayette, Iowa, Folks Receive Mysterious $1 Bills in Mails By the Associsted Press. FAYETTE, Iows, December 30.—Folks here are geiting the money, but they don't know where it is coming from, or why. Somebody has been mailing them $1 bills, without giving any name or explanation. The envelopes have borne the postmarks of nearby towns, indi- cating the giver is moving around & bit TRUCK MEN FIGHT NEW AUTOTAXBILL Association Invites Co-opera- tion in Effort to Defeat Mapes Measure. Tentative plans for an extensive fight against provisions in the Mapes tax bill for levying additional taxes on motor vehicles and gasoline in the District were formulated at a reorganization meeting of the Commercial Motor Ve- hicle Owners’ Association of the District of Columbia in the United States Cham- ber of Commerce Building last night. As a first step toward its objective, the assoclation adopted a resolution to in- vite all civic and trade organizations to appoint committees to meet with the association representatives to formulate plans for combating “unfair” provisions of the bill. Expressions of indignation regarding provisions of the bill passed by the House to tax automobiles by weight and increase the tax on gasoline, and charges of unfair treatment of residents of the District were heard from both the platform and the floor. $3,000,000 Raised Here Now. R. E. Vincent declared the Mapes re- port failed to point out that the Federal Government gives millions of dollars annually to States for highway develop- ment. In reference to mention being made in the bill for the necessity of raising additional money through motor vehicle and gasoline tax, Mr. Vincent asserted approximately $3,000,000 is raised here annually now through taxa- tion of abutting property owners, tax on trucks and the gasoline tax. Jerome Fanciulli, executive secretary of the association, charged ignorance and unfamiliarity with truck and motor framers of provisions of the weight tax bill. The latter was drawn up iwur- riedly, he charged. He cited the various Mr. Fanciulli also cited alleged ex- horbitant rates of taxation for motor vehicles included in the recommenda- tions of the special commission ap- pointed by Gov. Pollard of Virginia. Under the recommendations, which the Virginia Legislature has been asked to pass, Washington concerns operating trucks in Virginia would be required to register there and pay fees ranging from $15 to $1,195, he said In reference to recommendations of commissions in general regarding mo- tor vehicle operation and taxes, Mr. Fanclulli charged the members “have to warp their judgment to meet political THE EVENING (. OF C. PROTESTS ON TAX MEASURES House “Railroading” Scored and Fight Against Levies Planned in Senate. Resolutions protesting the, recom- mendations of the Mapes Committee for increased taxation in the District of Columbia on a “plece-meal” basis, without regard to the source of the tax levies, were adopted yesterday by the Committee on District Finances of the Washington Chamber of Commerce, at its first meeting since the tax-boosting bills passed the House The committee also vigorously pro- tested the manner in which the four Mapes bills were “railroaded” through the House, without the opportunity be- ing given the citizens directly affected by the bills to be heard. No hearings were held on the bills before they were passed in the House. The Chamber group demanded ade- quate hearings on all four measures be- fore they are taken up in the Senate The committee expressed its hope and belief that the voteless people of the National Capital would be given fair opportunity on the Senate side of Con- gress to present arguments against what it termed the unfair tax proposals of the Mapes Committee. Study by Commissioners Asked. Enactment cof taxation legislation drafted without regard to the whole | system of taxation in the District was assailed by the committee as resulting | in pronounced inequities in the distribu- tion of the tax burden. A balanced sys- tem of taxation cannot be maintained, the committee held, unless a complete reallocation of the whole tax burden is carried out when increases in the levies are made. The committee recommended that the District Commissioners, appointed by Congress to manage the city's affairs, should be called upon to study the Dis- trict’s finances to determine if more funds are necessary, and then make a study of the whole tax system to deter- mine what each source of taxation should bear in the way of increase. Indorsement of the recent action of the Citizens' Joint Committee on Fiscal Relations between the District and the United States voicing objection to tax increases on the basis of reducing the Federal contribution to the Capital's upkeep was voted by the chamber group. The trade body committee prepared to assemble statistical data with which to present its arguments against the Mapes bills when hLearings are Qeld, and the group indicated it would co-operate to the fullest extent with other civie and trade groups in launching a vigor- ous campaign against passags of the tax bills in the Senate Retention of the 60-40 Tatio of fiscal relations should be made an objective of the local taxpayers, Dr. George C. Havenner, a membr of the committee, urged. “If we cannot get Congress to adhere to that division of municipel finances in the District, then we should | direct our efforts toward maintaining the $9,500,000 lump sum contribution, and work for its increase if possible.” Strong arguments against the tax measures were presented by Harry King, president of the chamber; Raymond F. STAR, India Wonders Mahatma Is e seein, lomr{‘oth‘ pedalling a bike with his thin, unclad legs, while Miss Slade, his dis- cipl brings up _th WASHINGTON, DG WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1931. Whether Gandhi Will Ride Bicycle Known to Have Brought One Back From London. By the Assoclated Press BOMBAY, December 30.-—NCWspapers here today eagerly asked the question: Will Mahatma Gandhi scon be seen riding along the streets of Bombay on a bicycle? The Mahatma, they said, brought a bicycle of well known make from Lon- don with him when he returned lroml the Round Table Conference this week. The Times of India wondered v&)\sth- r “the public is to be given a treat by the tiny Hindu leader, in his e, mounts another and Mme. Naidu e rear on & third. hatma does go in for this t was pointed out, rule If the Ma, ! i rm of exercise, ;‘.‘:‘ will violate his well known against machinery and mechanical con- trivances. BEER BILL HEARING Joins Ashurst in Declining to Serve as Subcommittee Is Called for January 8. . Another Democratic _prohibitionist Senator—Sheppard of Texas, co-author of the prohibition amendment—with- drew today from the Senate Manutac- tures Subcommittee appointed to hold hearings on anti-prohibition measures. His action came shortly after Chair- man Metcalf of the subcommittee had set the first of the hearings for Friday, Jonuary 8. At that time, Metcalf no- tified his office from Providence, R. I, the group will hear testimony on a 4 per cent beer bill introduced by Sena- tor Bingham, Republican, of Connecti- cut. Sheppard Lacks Time. Senator Shepherd said his reason for withdrawing was lack of time. He added, however, he agreed fully with the statement made yesterday by Sen- ator Ashurst, Democrat, Arizona, in declining to serve, which was that at-| tempts o modify the prohibition laws are a waste of effort “They can't get sald Sheppard. Both friends and foes of prohibition will be heard at the hearings begin- ning next week Senator Bingham said Prof. Yandell Henderson of Yale University, an ex- pert on volative poisons, had agreed to appear in favor of the bill on the anywhere,” morning of January 8. Representative William E. Hull of Peoria, Ill. also in favor of the bill, will appear the nei. day Care will be taken to aliot equal amounts of time to both sides. Com- influence—sometimes brought to by the rallroads.” Warns Against “Bootlegging.” In conclusion, he asserted the higher taxes proposed here would result “bootlegging,” with the reliable truck and others | owners ‘paying the taxes evading them. As an fillustration, asserted, States, would be enabled local tax rates. shose considering the bill. He urged members of the assocla- | tion not to satisfy themselves with the thought that the bills “won’t pass the Senate,” pointing out the hurried man- ner in which they had been rushed | through the House. John W. Hardell, general plant man- bear trucks from middle Western | States, bearing the tags from those to operate here for a time without paying the He predicted this | matter would not be emphasized by Garrity, local attorney, and Col. E. G. Bliss, chairman of the committee, sup- plementing views expressed by Dr. Havenner. Garrity Scores Comparisons. Garrity pointed out that compari- son of the District's tax rates with those of any city or State cannot be a basis for any argument whatsoever on the local tax issue. “There is no city in the country just like Washing- |l.0n." he sald. “It is unique. We are in | he other city because it is the Federal City—the seat of the United States Government. We must erect monu- mental buildings for public offices cost- ing thousands of dollars more than those of other cities, merely to keep up the beautification of the National Capi- tal” Garrity cited the instance of the Dis- trict Building, which, he said, cost the forced to heavier expenditures than any ager for the firm of Barber & Ross, was elected president of the associa-| city $5,000,000 and is good for another mittee officials are looking for an extra spacious chamber in which to hold the hearings. expecting a large attendance. Senator Bingham announced he would introduce Monday a bill to per- mit beer of 3.2 per cent by weight of alcoholic content, which, he said, is virtually the same as the 4 per cent by subcommittee. It differs in that the new measure provides that the beer must be manufactured entirely from the proaucts of American farms. This is intended, Bingham said, to “give the full benefit of the manufac- ture to the American farmer.” It is so framed as to prevent importation of foreign beer, ale or porter, as well as_ingredients. The Connecticut Senator added he is working on a measure to provide for distribution direct from warehouses to homes to meet the possible objection that passage of a beer bill would mean return of the saloon. volume provided in the bill before the | tion. James E. Colliflower, resident 50 years as a municipal building. “But of the James E. Colliflower 1 Co. Inc., was elected first vice president; A. G. Herrmann, proprietor of the Herrmann Bottling Works, second vice president, and W. Spence Brenizer, jr., vice president of the W. S. Brenizer Co., treasurer. The officers immediately named a board of governors, Tepresenting various kinds of businesses. They are: Edgar N Bawner, A. Lee Thompson, C. E. Fries, Mark Lansburgh, Ford Young, A. Biederman. P. R. Bailey, L. P. Fleld, Why, then, should not Congr for 12" King assailed the metkod of sessment in the District, which Congress asks us to move out and build another municipal center that will har- monize with its Federal building pro- gram that is to cost us $50,000,000. ess pay tax as- he sald is based on the sale valuation of any piece of property within a certain block. One vote on prohibition is all that seems likely in the House this session, with wet forces having their choice on a referendum proposal or a light wines and beer ballot. That is the way Representative Rainey of Illinois, the Democratic lead- er, sees it. In his opinion, the House Judiclary Committee will not report favorably either on a measure calling for a refer- endum on the eighteenth amendment or one for modification of the Volstead GAS TAX INCREASE | HIT BY AUTOITS A.A. A.Committee Holds Plan “Most Obnoxious”—Weight Levy Favored. (Continued From First Page.) enumeration of the principles outlined ! | by the committee. The committee points out that any stelligent approach to a proposal ti increase or change the amount of motor vehicle taxation in the District of Co- lumbia must be based on three im- portant factors: The amount which should properly be appropriated and expended in maintenance and replace- ment of existing paved streets and | highways and the cost of construction of justifiable new projects; total amount and disposition of all monies now being | raised through motor vehicle taxation: and the relation which the total amount | of motor vehicle taxation bears to the reasonable total cost of new highway construction, maintenance, replacement and operation in the District of Co- lumbia. The District Highway Department, the committee reported, has laid out a { program of expenditures for construc- | tion, replacement and maintenance, as | follows: 1932, $3,700,000; 1933, $3,60 | 000; 1934, $3,600,000; 1935 $3500,000, and 1936, $3,500,000. Any excess over this amount, the commiitee declared, would represent an uUNNeECessary ex- penditure. Other Projects Included. In addition to these expenses the pro- | gram calls for additional expenditures in the bridge division, for salaries, office expenses and special street widening ! projects in connection with the Arling- | ton Memorial Bridge. | “Total expenditures of the Highway | Department_under the five-year plan, | ncluding all expenses, will be as fol- llo\\s. 1932, $4,476,550; 1933, $4,848,80 '1934 $5,010,500; 1935, $5,020,000, and | 1936, 54,815,000, The total annual tax now levied and paid by District of Columbia motorists in one form or another, the committee found, amounts to $2,519,397.81, made ) up of the following amounts: Two-cent | gasoline tax, $1,762,397.81; personal property tax on automobiles, including $1 registration fee, $600,000, and an- nual income from operators’ permits, $157,000. Added to this amount will be the certificate of title fees of $1 per car | for each car titled, the average annual lincome of which has not as yet been determined. Held Present Share Fair. Motor vehicle taxation in the District of Columbia under the present status |of taxation pays 63.3 per cent of the | total highway bill, including the over- | head of the office of the highway engi- neer and the director of vehicles and | raffic. This, the committee stated, leaves 36.7 per cent of the total cost to be paid by abutting property owners and from the general fund including the | share which the Federal Government | should assume as its fair and proper share of the burden. | . “Therefore” the committee reported, “the only conclusions which may be drawn is that the motorists of Wash- ington as a class are already paying | at the very least their fair share of the cost of the construction, replacement and maintenance of District streets.” The committee argues that the Fed- leral Government should not shirk ‘ts | share of expenses for construction and maintenance of streets in the National Capital, listing the following reasons |for Federal contributions: 1. Large sums are speat in the con- | struction, replacement and maintenance of streets on which Federal oroperty | abuts and for which the Federal Gov- ernment, of course, pays no assessment. 2. The width and character of the streets made necessary by the fact that the seat of the Federal Government is located in the District of Columbia adds substantially to the cost of street and highway construction. 3. Thousands of Government-owned vehicles, including trucks, use the streets of the District of Columbia daily land contribute nothing whatsoever toward the maintenance of these streets which they help to tear down to the same relative degree as the same num- | ber of privately owned motor vehicles. | 4. The District of Columbia receives {no share of the monies appropriated by | the Federal Government for Federal aid to the States. Levy Will Exceed Needs. The committee points out in its con- clusicns that the proposals made in the two motor vehicle taxation bills intro- duced by the Mapes committee would produce revenues from the District DEI"2CRATS BOOST ROOSEVELT TO END THIRD PARTY TALK (Continued From First Page.) statements of Norris against the Presi- dent. Coming in the wake of the talk of a third-party movement centering about himself, the declaration was re- garded significantly. Senator Dill said “no other Demo- crat appeals to the disappointed mil- lions of independent voters in the United States as does Gov. Roosevelt. The statement continued, in par “Recent special news stories in East- ern newspapers to the effect that Roose- velt is slipping in his race for the nomi- nation are like the Hoover stories that prosperity will be here in 30 or 60 days. “The desire Is father to the report. Campaign Not Organized. “The gruth is that Mr. Roosevelt's campaigh for delegates has not yet started in an organized way. The Roose- velt clubs that have sprung up all over this country might be likened to artesian wells bursting forth from the plains of public sentiment because of the pressure of the dammed-up Roosevelt enthusiasm from the common citizens of the country. “Those citizens are not concerned about the opinion or desires of former leaders of the Democratic party. They have learned of Roosevelt’s progressive principles, of his constructive work as | Governor ‘of New York and of his un- flinching stand for the {nterests of America_first, as against the policy of helping Europe at the expense of Amer- ican taxpayers. “These things stand out in such striking contrast to the record of the Hoover administraticn that they will vote for him by great majorities in every part of the country. Should Begin Boosting. “Those Democrats who want their party to seize the opportunity which fate itself seems to have provided shculd quit speculating on whether or not those who have led them to defeat in past campaigns can stop Roosevelt | and begin boosting for him as the man under whose leadership victory is cer- tain, regardless of whom the Republic- ans nominate or what may be done about a third party.” Dill said there are “many other big men in the Democratic party, any one of whom would make a great President and restore prosperity to the country,” but none with Roosevelt's appeal to the voters. ‘The 1932 political windmill is whirling briskly with talk of a third party fur- nishing much of the breeze for its | revolutions. This comes from the ranks of the Re- publican independents of the North- west who have fought the Hoover tariff and farm relief policies in the Senate. The gusts of report and speculation which have surrounded Democratic presidential possibilities continue mean- while. A spokesman for Gov. Murray of Oklahoma, who makes the front pages regularly, said he might be a candidate for the nomination. Reports that Alfred E. Smith will again be a candidate for the Demo- cratic nomination persist but party | prognositcators are puzzled on the course he will pursue. The announcement in Cleveland by Newtorr D. Baker that he would not be a delegate to the Democratic national Convention did not say whether he would accept the party nomination if it were tendered him. There was encouragement for both Roosevelt and Baker in a statement by | Josephus Daniels, Wilson's Secretary of the Navy, naming the two as “avail- able candidates.” Hinges on Two Factors. No candidate has been chosen by the independents, but Senator Johnson of California, who is not idenified with the faction, looms as one of their possible choices. For the first time in years, the name of Senator Borah of Idaho also is heard in the third-party speculation. Borah himself is saying nothing, but he has split with Mr. Hoover quite def- i;;lztgely since campaigning for him in Norris has declined overtures of the independents that he get into the Re- publican _presidential campaign next Spring. He has given the word, it is understood, however, that he is will- ing to support any “Progressive” can- didate in opposition to Hoover in the Republican primaries. In this group of possible candidates are knowm to be Johnson, Borah, Sel. 1 ator La Follette of Wisconsin, and Gov. Pinckot of Pennsylvania. RAIL UNIONS MEET OFFICIALS JAN. 14 Date for Unemployment and Wage Parley Agreed Upon at Cleveland Session. By the Assoclated Press. CLEVELAND, Ohlo, December 30.— The Railway Labor Executives' Asso- ciation, comprising 21 brotherhoods and unions, yesterday set January 14 as the date for meeting in Chicago with a committee of nine rallroad presidents to discuss the unions’ proposals for un- employment relief and the railroads’ Proposed 15 per cent wage cut. In addition, the railway labor heads decided to call the brotherhoods’ 1,500 general chairmcn on the various rail- roads to meet in Chicago January 12, in advance of the presidents’ conference, to determine upon a policy for the Jan- uary 14 meeting. Labor heads expect to have a repre- sentative committee from each involved lapor organization participate in the GIRLS ARE GUARDED INVIGE INQUIRY Gang Reprisals Feared After Testimony of White Slase Ring Is Given. (Continued From First Page) Gordon, was placed on the stand by Neil Burkinshaw, special assistant to the Attorney General, who has been assigned to prosecute 22 men and women said to comprise the two rings. The Government will seek to prove a conspiracy on their part to violate the Mann act. Apparently nervous under the stares of half a dozen men in the hearing room, Miss Shubert told of meeting Ren- zull in Philadelphia last November 18. “He told me he knew where I could get work in a house near Washington at $75 or $100 a week.” she said. “I agreed to go and he drove me in his car to another address in Philadelphia, where we met a man named Wallace. conference with the railroad presidents. This will include the 21 executives of the brotherhoods and subcommittees from each organization, bringing the total labor representation at the con- ference to approximately 200. Daniel Willard, chairman of the Rail- road Presidents’ Association and presi- dent of the Baltimore & Ohlo Ratlroad, was notified of the date selected. D. B. Robertson, chairman of the as- sociatlon and president of the Brother- hood of Locomotive Firemen and En- ginemen, said the conference did not discuss the proposed wage decrease asked by the railroads at the New York meeting December 18. The railway presidents on that date notified individual lines of their desire te have the employes accept & 15 per cent wage decrease. The conference here yesterday was the latest step in the program initiated by the labor association to negotiate to a satisfactory conclusion the questions of wages and unemployment. CHANG’S TROOPS QUIT CHINCHOW AS JAPAN CONTINUES CAMPAIGN (Continued From First Page.) reported at Paichipu, is said now to be mostly withdrawn. The mission or destination of the brigade Gen. Kamura is commanding was not stated, but the belief was ex- pressed here that it is not likely to halt before the Chinchow region is cleared of Chinese. Drive i Full Swing. From this observers drew the conclu- sion that the long-expected drive on Chinchow is now in full swing and that the two Japanese columns, one from Yingkow and one from Mukden, will co-operate in it. There were no retiable reports here regarding the state of affairs at Chin- chow. Nine trains loaded with Japanese troops went from here to Hsinmintun tais morning. All regular services on the Peiping-Mukden Railway have been halted, as well as all railway teleohone and telegraph service. The Japanese took over complete control of the road, presumably to use it on its advance into the southwest. SAYS EVACUATION ADVISED. Chang Says Withdrawal Suggested by Unnamed Country. TOKIO, December 30 (#).—A Rengo News Agency dispatch from Tientsin, China, today said Marshal Chang Hsueh-Liang ordered the withdrawal of his troops from Chinchow to within the Great Wall, acting “under the advice of a certain country.” Japanese troops were reporting ad- vancing simultaneously upon Kowpang- tze, an important railroad jumction, from two points, westward from Hsin- mintun and northward from Panshan, which they captured yesterday. A Rengo dispatch from Hsinmintun said Japanese armored cars clashed JURY COMPLETED IN MURDER TRIAL Eleven Farmers and Barber to Try Harlan County Mine Union Leader. Port, Arthur destination. with Chinese troops there at 8 am. today. The Asahi Shimbun said a number of Japanese destroyers and cruisers left st night for an unknown CHINESE IN FULL RETREAT. Six Trainloads of Soldiers on Way Out of Chinchow Garrison. Tientsin, China, December 30 (#).— He had a girl named May Dix with him. Wallace drove us to the Old Colonial Tea House and we worked there with four other girls until the shooting on November 23. “Renzull called me up Thursday night and came down to see me Friday night —two nights before the shooting. He asked me how business had been and I told him it had been siow. I then gave him $10 and he left. All the money we took in was handled by Dog- gle Leavitt and he divided with us half and half.” Miss Shubert said she had been taken to four houses in Philadelphia, four in Baltimore, one in Hamilton, N. J.; one in Easton, Pa.; one in Chester, Pa.; one in Wilmington, Del, and cne on the Annapolis road in addition to the Old Colonial Tea House. Testimony Is Confirmed. Mrs. Verne Edwards, who was wound- ed in the shooting at the Bladensburg tea house, also was put on the stand by Burkinshaw, She confirmed Miss Shubert’s testimony, and said she had been taken to the tea house by “Man of War” John J. Barlett, one of the men wounded in the Bladensburg shooting, is said to be called by that name. She and Miss Shubert are staying at the House of Detention. The ring is said to supply a man- ager for each girl, one manager oc- casionally handling several. He takes a percentage of her earnings and buys her clothing, trinkets and food when she is out of work. A commission filed with the court here yesterday by Burkinshaw says the Department of Justice “is informed that John J. Barlett, Charle: Leavitt, Willlam Hancock, Chester Clark, Charles Missler, Sam Kushner, Margie Kushner, Thomas Simone, Norman Garey, Peter Abbott, Dominick Martino, Adam Abraham, Joe Rino, Joe Hoffman, Jimmy Buns, Johnnie Buckles, Johnnie Mayo, James Montgomery, James Russo, Nick Matash, Susan Reynolds, Jean Gordon, Mae Dix, Marie Wilson and Helen Conley have violated provisions of the white slave traffic act of June 25, 1910, and have conspired to do so in violation of section 37 of the criminal code of the United States in connection with transporting girls from State to State for immoral purposes. Most of those accused live in Pennsylvania. The Government is seeking to have Clark removed to Baltimore for trial. ‘The evidence against him and the oth- ers has been secured by agents of the Bureau of Investigation, who have been working on the case for months under the direction of J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the bureau. ‘ Leavitt Out on Bond. Charles “Doggle” Leavitt, alleged op- erator of the Old Colonial Tea House, who was wounded during the shooting there November 23, was released under $1,500 bond on charges of operating a disorderly house yesterday. Leavitt had previously posted bond in Baltimore on charges of conspiracy to violate the Mann act. He was then brought back to Bladensburg by Coun- ty Policeman Ralph Brown and gave surety on the county charge before Justice of Peace Robert E. Altemus. Peter Abbott of Philadelphia, alleged trigger man in the shooting, who is said to be responsible for the murder of Grover Amick, is scheduled to be given a hearing on a habeas corpus writ in Philadelphia tomorrow. If the writ is denied he will be brought to Maryland, as Gov. Pinchot already has signed the necessary extradition papers. -Sergt. William Feehley of Baltimore and Degty Sherift Thomas H. Garri- son of Prince Georges County will at- tend the hearing. A. F. OF L. APPEALS MAD VETERAN SHOT IN POLICE BATTLE The Chinese army was in full retreat today from all its positions east of Shanhaikwan. Two trainloads from Chinchow al- ready have arrived at Lanchow and four more trainloads are on the way. motoring public totaling $5,281,795.62 Of the total, the 4-cent gasoline tax would account for $3,524,795.62, the weight tax for $1,600,000 and the operators’ permit fee for $157,000, the | report shows. presidential nomination both of Mr Baker and of Gov. Smith. The opinion in informed circles here among the Democrats is that neither Baker nor Smith wishes the nomination, despitc Fossip to the contrary. | Anton Auth, W. N. De Neane, John Z.| | Walker, Charles P. Meloney, Francis J. | | Keane, William E. Humphries, Edward | Costigan, P. T. McDermott, Charles B. | Buck, Arthur C. Smith, Joseph Trew 1and Paul Lum. TO GOVERNMENT TO AID UNEMPLOYED he wets will have to bring the bill to the floor through the petition of 145 members,” he said. “That is the only way in which they ean do it. They will have but one vote, and that either on a referendum or light wines and By the Assoclated Press. MOUNT STERLING, Ky., December 30.—A jury of 11 farmers and a barber was chosen here today to try William H. Hightower, Harlan County labor Dispatches today bring the informa- ion that Mr. Baker is not to 3o to the mational convention next year as a dele- “gate, an office which he has held nu- | amerous times in the past, and that he | Yexpects to go to Europe this Summer. | his might be interpreted as meaning that, after all, he was a receptive can- | didate for the nomination and there- | fore did not intend to become a del “gate to the convention which mig @iominate him. On the other hand, it might also be Jnterpreted as meaning that he was woing to keep clear of the whole affair, determined not to be mixed up in presi- | dential politics until after the party has | icked some other candidate for Presi- ! jent. Delegation for White. Ohjo Democratic leaders are not in- | et present the wlined to take seriously Mrive inaugurated by former Repre- sentative Martin L. Davey to bring #bout the nomination of Baker. They | Bay that the delegation will go to the| onvention for Gov. White, and that's | at { + Opponents cf the nominatibn of Gov. | Roosevelt for President, however, have | Ween banking a lot on Baker and Smith 10 stop the Roosevell band wagon. Some of them do not want either Smith or Baker for the party nominee. But| they are seeking to use them to beat | Roosevelt in the convention | “The Roosevelt opposition is no weak thing, despite the fact that the New | York Governor has been conceded to be | “oué-4n the lead” for months in the pre- cenVention race. There is not the slight. e#t.doubt that Chalrman John J. Ras, Xob “of the Democratic National Com- mittee is against the nomination of Roosevelt licly-out of the presidential race, as na- tional chairmen are supposed to do. vRagkob would rather take Owen D Young or Newton D. Baker than Gov. velt, much rather. In some quar- ters-#t has been suggested that he would rather have his old friend Gov. Smith thai-any one else. The silence of Al Smith on the ques- tlon"of Democratic presidential politics has“been thick enough to cut with a knife. Nevertheless. it i relidbly Te- portgd that Gov. Smith has taken a defipite stand against any eflort to s ede the National Convention for nlmz there be a deadlock next year That does not sound exactly as though Gov.-Bmith were flirting with the idea of Beceming a presidential candidate :nu.. His speeth at the Jackson day ier will be listened to eagerly for some pronouncement which would seem either to put him in the race or take i although he is keeping pub- | The Capital Traction Co. and Wash- ington Railway & Electric Co., both of which are members of the old Commer- cial Vehicle Owners' Association, will have to go through a certain routine procedure and receive approval by the heads of those companies before having members elected to the new board, it was stated after the meeting. Philip P. Gott, manager of the trade | assoclation department of the United States Chamber of Commerce, spoke at the meeting, emphasizing the import- ance of organization among business men and groups to obtain “justice” in the form of legislation. the whole picture will change some- what. Candidates will have to show their colors in the score of States which hold these presidential primaries. If one of the Democratic candidates goes into a considerable number of these States and demonstrates his vote-get- ting ability, he 15 going to be hard to stop in the National Convention itself. During the Democratic national con- vention in 1924, one of the most elo- quent and dramatic speeches made in that gathering was delivered by Baker in support of a pro-League of Nations plank for the platform. M. Baker does not change quickly matters of principle, despite the fact that it has been Whispered he had in mind the issuance of a statement to the effect that, while he had been an American adherence, the time had paseed for this country to go into it as & emember. His speech in Win- chester, however, is much more in | character with Mr. Baker. During_his speech in the 1924 con- vention, Baker said: “There is no sub- ject on this earth, apart from my rela- tions to my God and my duty to my family, which compares even remotely in importance to me with the League of Nations.” Baker also was one of those who came forward strongly for a cancella- tion of the debts owed this country growing out of the World War. At the 1924 Democratic National Convention. Owen D. Young’s opinion of the League of Nations was quoted | By the Associated Press. ardent supporter of the League and| during the debate, as follows: “I am $o much a believer in the League and so strongly convinced that it is essential to the welfare of this country and the world, that I should be unwilling to put this great instru- mentality, embodying the high purposes of Mr. Wilson, to any test less than a non-partisan referendum of the Ameri- cap ' Victim in Critical Condition After Gun Fight With Officers in Chicago Home. CHICAGO, December 30.—Adam Pu- Tecki, 38, a World War veteran, sup- posedly demented, was wounded and captured last night after 50 policemen had besieged him in his North Side home for nearly three hours. Purecki’s r.sistance started when two policemen were sent to take him into custody after Le had ordered his wife and thelr four children from his sec- ond-story flat. His wife carried their 8-day-old baby in her arms. When Purecki fired at the policemen they called for reinforcements, and within a short while several squads gathered about the home, firing bullets in his direction whenever he came into view at the windows. When tear gas bombs were tossed in, he seized them and tossed them out The struggle ended when Sergt. Wil- liam McCarthy of the Detective Bu- reau, stationed on the rear porch, shot at Purecki through a window just as Purecki was preparing to fire through the front doer at Capt. Charles Mc- Gurn, who was making another plea for_surrender. His condition was described by police as_critical. Purecki was under treatment at Gov- ermment hospitals for a mental allment early this year. JAPANESE SHIPMENT OF GOLD PASSES PEAK Small Scale Consignments Expect- ed to Be Sent to U. 8. for Some Time. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, December 30.—While the peak of the gold movement from Japan to the United States is now be- lieved over, bankers said today they lpok for further shipments on a smaller scale in 1932 before the present trend spends itself completely. Arrival of an additional consignment of $7,475,000 of gold from Japan was reported yesterday in San Francisco. ‘This brought the year's total to $183,- 538,000, with about one-fifth of these beer. They can't have both. The rules of the House will be so interpreted.” He said he felt the referendum had the better chance for “getting by” be- cause many drys, himself included, would vote for it. MERCHANTS TO AIR TAX BOOST BILLS Committee of Association Expected to Decide Course of Action at Meeting Tonight. ‘The four bills designed to impose ad- ditional taxation on citizens of Wash. ington, which recently passed the House and are now before the Senate, will be discussed by the Executive Com- mittee of the Merchants and Manufac- turers' Association at & meeting tomor- row morring at 11 o'clock. Mark Lansburgh, president of the as- socistion, announced the group prob- ably would reach a decision at the meeting as to the course to be taken in connection with the tax-boosting bills, which are the outgrowth of the Mapes Committee recommendations. The merchants body also will con- sider the action taken recently by the Citizens' Joint Committee on Fiscal Relations between the United States and the District, which opposed tax in- crease in the Capital merely as a means of reducing the Federal contribution to the financial needs of the city. The Municipal Finance Committee of the Washington Board of Trade also was meeting this afternoon to consider the taxation measures. Joshua Evans, jr., is chairman of this group. SEVEN WORkMEN KILLED Italian Building Crash Also In- jures Pedestrians. GENOA, Italy, December 30 (#).— Seven workmen were killed in the col- lapse of a six-story building which was under construction here; y and two passersby were injured. Not only will the gasoline tax increase | produce more revenues than are needed for highway purposes, but they probably will force many motorists to cut down the use of their cars, in the opinion of committee members. The recent experience of various States, the committee reported, has shown conclusively that in not one, but in several instances more money has been collected from a lower tax than & higher tax, S The State of Pennsylvania, cited as an example, in May, 1930, collected $2,- 681,448 under a 4-cent tax, while in | May, 1931, collections under a 3-cent tax soared to $3,880,815. Thus, it was pointed out, with a tax of 1 cent a gallon* less, collections were $1,200,000 greater. In concluding its report, the com- mittee members said H “Comparing the amount of money which would be raised through motor | vehicle taxation as proposed by the Mapes Committee with the actual needs of the District of Columbia for high- way construction, replacement —and maintenance, it is evident that the Mapes plan would raise from the/ motorists alone not only the entire cost of operation of the highway depart-| ment, its construction program. and| operation of the office of the director of vehicles and traffic and therefore lay the burden of the entire highway program solely on the shoulders of the motorists of the District of Columbia, but would in addition raise an excess of $1,307,855.62, which surplus would | be diverted to the general fund for pur- poses other than street and highway construction. “The Mapes Committee bills for motor vehicle taxation would not only raise the revenues from the motoring public of the District of Columbia far in excess of the just and proper share which the motorist of the District should be called upon to pay, but| would inevitably result in that most obnoxious of all practices—the le.&'ying of taxes against motorists as a class for diversion to purposes other than street and highway construction and main- tenance. Any plan which proposes such diversion cannot be condemned too severely.” S WAGE CUT ANNOUNCED HOLLYWOOD, Calif, December 30 U‘P’).—-The Purumaur?lt:};uhuxs.l(;;r;m:; 4 erday Q:ll;lo;z:?x‘lmlche: dgfiibunun department. had been cut from 5 to 10 per cent, effective this week. | leader charged with murder, conspiracy and aiding and abetting in the clash at Evarts last May that cost four lives. With the jury completed, the Com- monwealth today mobilized the wit- nesses and evidence it hopes will con- vict the second man to face trial as a result of the battle of Evarts. Only three jurors were needed to fill the box when Montgomery Cir- cuit Court opened this morning. Upon request of counsel for both sides, Judge Henry R. Prewitt ordered the jury se- lected from a panel summoned from adjoining Bath County. A Montgomery County jury early this month convicted W. B. Jones, another union leader, and sentenced him to life imprisonment. Hightower is president of the Evarts local of the United Mine Workers of Nanking Government Spends Day Con- bers of the National government at Nanking spent the whole of today con- Trains are returning to Chinchow to bring the remainder of the garrison. The third brigade evacuated the Tungliao branch railway line and re- tired west of Shanhaikwan and the 19th Brigade, with an armored train, has evacuated the Yingkow branch. It is now at Kowpangtze and is preparing to withdraw westward from there. SITUATION REGARDED SERIOUS. sidering New War Crisis. SHANGHAL, December 30 (#).—Mem- America. The Evarts shootings were widely publicized during the trial here of Jones, | who is secretary of the Evarts union. | Another Harlan County case tried here on change of venue resulted in acquit- f tal for a miner charged with slaying a deputy sheriff a month before the| MOSES HOLDS HOOVER MOST MALIGNED MAN Senator Declares President Has Been More Abused Than Any in History. By the Assoctated Press. ROCHESTER, N. H., December 30.— United States Senator George H. Moses, Speaking here last night, said: “No man history has been the victim of such slander, ‘abuse and criticism as Presi- dent Hoover and I can rgmember writing some pretty viclous editorials about Grover Cleveland 40 years ago.” Senator Moses was speaking at a rally in support of the candidacy of former Gov. John H. Bartlett for elec- |- tion to the House of Representatives next Tuesday from the first New Hamp- shire congressional district. He urged the election of Bartlett, asserting that under the conditions now prevailing in Washington a single Republican yote might mean much to the country. He sald he expected a great many vetoes by the President during the present session and predicted President Hoover's t three destroyers wangtao. Chinese at Panshan yesterday, Japanese dispatches said today, and the deter- mined intention of the Japanese forces to press authorities at Chinchow, as well as Marshal Chang Hsueh-Liang at Peip- ing, have realized their inability to hold Southwestern Manchuria. they are hurrying the withdrawal of troops in that area to positions south of the Great Wall. prevails along the southern section of the Peiping-Mukden Railway as a re- sult, it was repo: victorious army. Barracks, Branson, leader. Solosist, Musician Herman R. Hoffman. Overture, “Russlan and Ludmilla,” ferring over the new situation created by the Japanese advance, apparently | directed upon Chinchow, and the situ- ation was regarded as serlous. Two Chinese troop trains from Chin- chow passed through Shanhaikwan on the way to Peiping without interfer- ence by the 500 Japanese soldiers sta- tioned there, and a Japanese cruiser and arrived at Chin- As a result of the defeat of the on, the Chinese military For this reason, the dispatches sald, Much confusion rted. Other Japanese dispatches said Kow- ze is “the next objective” of the BAND CONCERT. By the United States Marine Band his evening at the auditorium, Marine at 8 o'clock. Capt. Taylor (Continued Prom First Page.) $15,000,000 to carry them through the ‘Winter,” he added. ‘The federation estimates trat in- comes in 1931 were $11,000,000,000 be- low those of 1929 “If employers of labor are not going to pay their workers decent wages,” McGrady said, “then we insist that a large share of their profits should be taken away. from them by taxation and given to the mpoverished workers through relief agencies.” Joanna C. Coleord of the Russell Sage Foundation, testified work relief projects could be financed as well from public funds as private. Work relief is more expensive than direct relief, but is designed to preserve self respect and morale, she sald. When these are ready lost direct relief is better. Worse Than Catastrophe of War. Wilbur I. Newstetter, professor at Western Reserve University and welfare leader in Cleveland, said the present emergency is “worse than any catas- trophe of war.” He said it would be much worse if funds were not provided to continue normal welfare work, which is belng squeezed out by the demand for unem- ployment relief. Until recently Newstetter was op- posed to Federal rellef, but he indi- cated he had changed his views. “The dole is being deliberately falsi- fled,” the professor said. Further support for direct Federal re- lief came from Sidney Goldstein of New York, chairman of the Joint Com- mittee on Unemployment. His com- mittee is composed of a number of or- ganizations including the Church League for Industrial Democracy, the Conference for Progressive Labor Ac- tion, and the Social Service Commis- sion of the Methodist Church. Sections Without Resources. Goldstein sald: “We urge Federal re- lie! because we realize that there are large sections utterly without resources to cover their own needs, and because we believe that Federal Taxation for “Symphony in D Minor”. .......Franck Allegro. Allegretto. Allegro finale. “Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, in G Minor, Opus 26" Bruch Allegro moderato, Adagio. Finale—Allegro energico. reliet is the only way to equalize the burden that should be borne by the country as a whole.” The number of suicides in this coun. try has doubled in the past year, Gold- stein said, because people were unable to stand the strain. He estimated that between 10,000,000 and 12,000,000 sons are entirely or partly unemployed, per- Goldstein said at least 1,000,000 out of work in New York City and esty. re-election. Glinka Scherzo, “La Poule”............Bolzoni Prelude to act 3 and “Dance of the Ap- prentices,” from" Die Melstersinger,” Wagner Marines' hymp, “The Halls of Monte- “The st‘( 5:’::‘004 Bannper,” mated that the needs of only gpe. seventh of those in distress .could be mei. Among the spectators at today’s com- mittee hearing was Herbert Benjamin, leader of the unemployed demonstra. tors who marched to W opening of ‘ashington at Those whose wages have been re- duced are studio publicity men, mem- bers of the sales department and ex- changes and theater employes The schedule exempts to first $50 him out. pet? ‘Mr. Smith is wisely saying nothing, Mr. Young's letter containing this [ Japanese shipments coming in the cur- r, which is the surest way of |statement was used as an argument |rent month, when Japan went off the mnx his influence in the party|for the majority report of the Reso-|geld standard. ls. If he took himself definitely [ Jution Committee on the League, pro- December arrivals of gold have been the race, his influence undoubt- | posing such a referendum without un- | largely for the account of the Yoko- ould fade. dertaking commit the Democratic hama Specie Bank in New k, which - the primary elections for presi- party in Mgbance to support of the handles most of the Japan/€ govern- preference begin early next year, League. ment’s financial operations. Pennies Pay for Auto Tag. o ,X?rl.lg“r'ddjlahn H. Eldred, a De- roit fru er, saved thcollee Sl . He used of them, to bile license. French War Minister Ill PARIS, December 30 (#)—Andre tving from $50 Maginot, French minister of war, was cent; $100 to $200, ill today, suffering from an intestinal and up, 10 per cent, ailment, with typhoid symptoms, a he one-cent pieces, 1210 weekly; those rece pay for his 1932 automo- £100 are cut 5 gentil 714 per cent; $ . the