Evening Star Newspaper, December 31, 1931, Page 2

AD wER st OULARAN FUNERAL SETFOR SATURDAY Widely Known Correspond-| ent Eulogized by Leaders of Nation. i Puneral services will be held at 10:30 | lo'clock Saturday morning for Richard iy, Oulahan, internationally ~known $correspondent of the New York Times, | twho died of pneumonia-yesterday at his {home, 1518 Thirty-first street " There will be a low mass at Holy {Trinity Church, Georgetown, and in- ‘terment will be in Rock Creek Ceme- ;. The rites at the grave will be han was 64 years old. He lwas born Washington and at 19 tjoined the Washington Critic an ilaunched on the journalistic career that was to rank him with the leaders of profession in this country. He had eaded the Times bureau here since after long service with the New Sun and United Press. Recognized as Expert. Many important assignments fell to| his lot in the 45 years that he labored | here and abroad, and until the time he | was stricken ill—the day before Cor ress adjourned for the holidays—Mr. ulahan worked indefatigably He was a recognized expert in the Seld of naval and foreign affairs and| although head of an important news bureau, never depended on reporters under him to collect material on which his dispatches were based, but alwa insisted on doing his own “leg Work, #s the profession designates it < Through changing administrations | and the shifting of political power, Mr Oulahan maintained his own news | sources, composed of the highest Gov- ernment officials, From the days of the McKinley administration he had | been the friend of Presidents and their sdvisers, President Roosevelt called him “Dickie” and consulted with him often. Took Active Part. The present rules of the Senate and House press galleries, generally recog- ized as most stringent ethically, were fast revised and adopted by Congress iwhile Mr. Oulahan was chairman of the Btanding Committee of Correspond- ents which governs the galleries. During the World War, when read- ustment of the relations between the Government and newspaper men 1o meet the emergency situation became necessary, he took an active part in preserving the freedom of the press along mutually co-operative lines Mr, Oulshan was also & member of the first American editorial mission to it the Western front at the invitation ¢ the British government in 1918 % The place of his birth was a major fnteroft in Mr. Oulahan’s life and ‘in everyiing pertaining to Washington e hid expert knowledge gained by He belonged to the Co- had written $ book on Washington and was pos- sessed of a notable collection of Wash- ingtoniana . Mr, Oulahan also was always greatly in demand as a speaker. * He is survived by his widow, two #ons, Richard V., jr., and Courts, and & daughter, Susan Courts. . Hoover Sends Condolences. : Hardly had the news of Mr. Oula- Pan’s death became known yesterday before messages from all over the coun- {ry began to come into the Georgetown bome, where a steady stream of per- sonal friends were calling to pay their Tespects. + President Hoover, an intimate friend of the writer, was among the first to gend condolences to Mrs. Oulahan, and 8 personal letter conveying an expres- &lon of iymgulhy also came from Chief Justice Hughe From Secretary Stimson, who was notified by telephone, the following statement was issued through the State Department “It is with = double sense of loss that I learn of the sudden death of Richard Oulahan. My acquaintance with him goes back many years, to & time when I was in another depart- ment, and I had long been happy to count him among my friends. As repre- sentative of a great paper and as dean of the Washington correspondents, how- ever, he had made a special place for himself in the admiration and respect of a very wide circle, Praises Personal Qualities. “He had good taste, good temper, and good judgment. He knew how to draw forth confidences and how to keep them. He will be sorely missed. On be- half of the Department of State, as in my own, I wish to express to his family and to his colleagues my heartfelt sympathy.” Among those who called were Patrick J. Hurley, Secretary of War, and Mrs, Hurley, and Adolph 8. Ochs, publisher of the New York Times Testifying to the esteem in which Mr. Oulahan was held by those in pub- lic life, who often had made him their @nfidant, the Times, in today's issue, :rfled more than two columns devoted tirely to tributes from these. In this t were included Vice President Cur- members of the cabinet, leaders in the Senate and House, former President lidge, former Gov. Alfred E. Smith New York, Sir Ronald Lindsay, Am- dor from Great Britain, and the alian Ambassador, Nobile Giacomo de Martino. v : Many Stories Recalled. " His death also served to recall nu- erous stories of Mr. Oulahan's asso- a:-;“on with the great figures of his e. * It was through a dispatch sent by Mr. lahan while at the Paris peace con- rence that former President Wilson ve notice he would send for the eamship George Washington and re- thirn to the United States unless there $as modification of the peace terms der consideration, % As the result, too, of a dispatch sent y Mr. Oulahan, Philander C. Knox as persuaded to accept the portfolio ! Secretary of State in the Taft qebinet In lighter vein, Capt. Charles A. Mc- Gallister, now president of the Bureau of Shipping, of New York, recounts the sory of the introduction into “The Boys | May 67" of Queen Mary of England | the good offices of Mr. Culahan. This organization, of informal nature, Was formed by a group of men here Wiho were born in the month of May in 367, The list included Rupert Blue then surgeon general of the Public Health Service; Capt. McAllister, at that time engineer in chief of the Coast Guard, and Oulahan Feit Shy Before Queen. ‘ When Mr. Oulahan went abroad dur ing the war his fellow members com missioned him to offer Queen who also was born in May, 186 Sionorary membership in their group Nr. O an, with other newspaper Tpen, was a guest at Buckingham Pal- ace, but felt that the age of a Queen was perhaps too delicate a subject to approach, so sald nothing of his mis- n. Importuned on his return here, how- ever, by his fellows of the “67" he promised to carry out their wish if the opportunity mm&t’:lmted itself. After e entrance of country into the war it did, s when Mr. Oulshan again came back to Washington he re- that Queen Mary, far from re- senting the subject of age, had been highly amused at the Lho:(hz of being & member of the club, and had said: “But, Mr. Oulahan, this is all very well, but what bav. I to show that I am a member of the Boys of 677" The upshot was that the “67" Had an engrossed card of membership sent % her majesty through Mr, Oulahan and received in yeturn a cordisl ac- knowledgement. . The funeral will be attended by dele- mfla};l the QGridiron C| ] Oulahan was pres! in | Hard THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, 1911; the Cosmos Club, National Press Club, the Overseas Writers, which he helped organize and headed in 1921; the White House Correspondents’ Asso- ciation, the Alfalfa Club and the Stand- | ing Committee of correspondents rep- | resenting the Senate and House press galleries. The delegation representing the Grid- iron Club, as announced by the presi- dent, Jay G. Hayden, Washington cor- respondent of the Detroit News, is made up of former presidents, as follows: Henry Litchfield West of the Wash- ington Post, Henry Hal, former Wash- ington correspondent of the Pittsburgh Times; Ernest G. Walker, formerly of the Washington Post; Samuel G. Blythe of the Saturday Evening Post, Edgar C Snyder, former Washington correspond- ent of the Omaha Bee; Ira E. Bennett, editor of the Washington Post; Leroy T. Vernon of the Chicago Daily News Willlam W. Jerome of the Seattle Times. Arthur 8. Henning of the Chicago Tribune, Willlam E. Brigham, former Washington correspondent of the Bos ton Evening Transcript: J. Fred Essary of the Baltimore Sun, Clifford K. Berry- man of the Washington Star, Ashmun N. Brown of the Providence Journal, Harry J. Brown of the Salt Lake '] une, Roy A. Roberts of the Kansas City Star and Charles S. Groves of the Bos- | ton Globe Paul R. Mallon of the United Press, president of the White House Corre- spondents’ Association, appointed a committee of six, of which he will be a member Other members will be Robert B Armstrong, Los Angeles Times, vice president; George E. Durno, Interna- tional News Service; Thomas F. Ed- United States Daily; Minneapolis Star; . ‘Washington Star, and Edward T. Foliard, Washington Post. Eugene S. Leggett, president of the National Press Club, appointed a com- mittee to represent it The members will be Bascom N. Tim- mons, Jay G. Hayden, Ulric Bell, Ev- erett Watkins, Ashmun N. Brown, J. d ary, Theodore G. Joslin, Charles ves, Mark L. Goodwin, George R. Holmes, Byron Price, Raymond Clapper, Tom Wrigley, Lee Poe Hart, Robert B Armstrong. John Doyle, Walker 8. Buel, Ralph A. Collins, George E. Durno, Ed- d T. Folliard, Morton M. Milford, Fred A. Emery, Mark Foote, Charles A. Hamilton, Charles S. Hayden, William Henry M. Hyde, Russell Kent, Lawrence, Sir Wilmott Lewis. George Manning, Lorenzo W. Martin, William C. Murphy Jr.. John Edwin Nevin, Carl O. Ruth, William Philip Simms, Robert B. Smith, H. C. Stevens, Mark Sullivan, Elliott L. Thurston, Theodore Tiller, Leroy T. Vernon, Theodore C. Wallen, Frederic William Wile, Warren Wheaton, Paul Wooton, J. Russell Yoasg, James L. Wright, Michael Flynn, Ban O'Connell, Lowell Mellett, Aubreg E. Taylor, Frank B. Noyes, Norman W. Baxter, Carter Field, Vincent F. Callahan, Hal H. Smith, Rooney Bean, Lewis Wood, L. C. Speers, Charles McLean, C. W. B. Hurd. Bertram D. Hulen, Turner Cat- ledge and W. J. Donaison Names Committee. Judge Walter I. McCoy, president of the Alfalfa Club, appointed a commit- tee, of which he is a member. Other members are: Charles Porter- field Light, Senator Key Pittman, Wil- liam Payne Meredith, Levi Cooke, J. Harry Covington, J. Harry Cunming- ham, George H. O'Connor, Rear Ad- miral Cary.T. Grayson, Henry Hall, Thomas P. Littlepage, Willlam J. Mc- Nally, Edgar C. Snyder, Edward J. Walsh, Joseph H. Himes, Thomas W. Brahany, Joseph P. Tumulty, Matt Horne and Cy Cummlnrs President Hayden of the Gridiron Club also appointed today & commit- tee to draft a memorial on Mr, Oula- han's death. Those named were John Callan O'Laughlin, Army and Navy Journal; Mr. Henning and Mr. Essary. President Leggett of the Press Club issued & statement expressing the sense of loss felt by the associates of Mr. Oulshan, who, he sald” “typified the best of American journalism.” Correspondent’s Praise. From Sir Willmott Lewis, Washington correspondent of the London Times, this tribute to Mr. Oulahan was received by the editor of the New York Times: “I hope you will allow me, in your columns, to pay my dear friend Richard Oulahan a tribute of respect and en- during affection. The profession we follow gained in honor by his life, and has a heritage of honor in his memory “He had worked for pewspapers for more than 40 years, and I would put my hand in the fire to back my belief that not ore of all the thousends of columns he wrote ever contained a nar- rOW or ungenerous phrase. His achieve- ment has been for all men to see ancd to admire, but we who worked with him knew and will remember how his talent and his experience were entiched in their daily use by the beauty and simple honesty of his character. He ‘nothing common did or mean,’ for the sufficient reason that the mean and the common could not dwell in him. The men he met, from the highest to the lowest, gave him their faith without fear and thelr corfidence without hesitation— they recognized in him not only & master of his craft but a gentleman of whom honor and truth were as much and as instinctively a part as the breath he drew “There will be memorials to him, but none more lasting than the life he lived and the example he set. He has gone, as the old Greek said, to join the greater company, and there is no com- pany of the elect in which Richerd Oulahan could not sit as of right.” Committees Are Chosen. The Standing Committee of Corre- spondents for the Senate and House Press Galleries today appointed a com- mittee to attend the funeral of Mr. Oulahan Saturday and also named a subcommittee to draw up resolutions of regret. The committee to attend the funeral was appointed by John Snure, chair- man of the Standing Committee, as follows: John T. Suter, Associated Press; Paul R. Mallon, United Press; George R. Holmes, International News Service; G. Gould Lincoln, Washington Star; Edward T. Folllard, Washington Post: Carlisle Bargeron, Washington Herald; Arthur S. Henning, Chicago Tribune; Theodore C. Wallen, New York Herald Tribune; Harold Brayman, New York Evening Post; Ray Tucker, New York Telegram; Mark Thistle- thwaite, Indianapolis News, and H. E. C. Bryant, Raleigh News and Observer. The following subcommittee was named to draft the resolutions: Warren Wheaton, Philadelphia Public Ledger; Charles O. Gridley, Denver Post, and Carlisle Bargeron, Washington Herald Resolutions Deplore Loss. The resolutions of condolence drafted by the subcommittee read as follows “Whereas, in the untimely death of Richard V. Oulahan, chief Washing- ton correspondent for the New York Times, the press galleries of Congress have lost a distinguished member whose service extended through more than twoscore vears; and “Whereas Richard V. Oulahan dur- ing that period as a member of the press gallery was outstanding in all the qualities which bring highest rec- ognition in the field of journalism: and “Whereas his fine spirit of friend- ship, his uniform courtesy and his scrupulous adherence to the ethics of his profession, together with his rare ability as & newspaper man, combined to make Richard V. Owahan interna- tionally known among journalists and public men: Therefore be it “Resolved, That the Standing Com- mittee of Correspondents, in behalf of the members of the press galleries, ex- press to the family of Richard V. Oulahan their sorrow at the loss of one of the most notable figures in the his- tory of the galleries and their heart- felt sympnhi at the passing of & prom- inent co-worker and comrade, and that these resolutions be communicated to his relatives and to the New York Times, which he had served = ably for 20 years.” —a -MARKET OFFICIAL DIES NEW YORK, December 31 (@) —T. Lurelle’ Guild, 58, treasurer of the New York Cotton Exchange, died suddenly today s had ‘been treasurer since 1920. | I | | of He joined the exchange in 1904 and Coast Gua: FALL APPOINTMENT LAID T0 FORGERY Daugherty Charges in Book Secretary Got Job With Faked Telegram. (Continued Prom First Page.) Thomas Dixon, author, in writing the book, gives his version of virtually every scandal that was stirred up after Harding's death and answers each ac- cusation. Cites Ancestry Charge. He brands rumors of Negro blood in the Harding family as entirely false and traces the origin of the story, the World-Telegram said, to a name-calling spat between school children 75 years ago, which wound up With one group referring to the President's ancestors, then youngsters, as coming from Negro parentage. Daugherty calls Gaston B. Means' book, “The Strange Death of President Harding,” a “colossal hoax” and de- clares a record of all persons entering and leaving the White House showed Means was never there. The former Attorney General declares the American Federation of Labor was in a plot to “get” him for breaking the raflroad strike of 1922 by an injunction His book states that Charles Evans Hughes once almost slipped into one of Harding's congressional messages a paragraph advocating America’s en- trance into the League of Nations Mrs. Harding spotted it, Daugherty says, and in frantic haste called the then Attorney General from a meeting of the Ohio Soclety Daugherty tells of pencilling in a substitute paragraph. He says the President refused to make the change and he went with Senator Weeks to the Capitol expecting Harding to end the supremacy of the Republicans by a League indorsement. They were sur- prised and overjoyed when the President read Daugherty's paragraph and they felt tHe party had been saved. Records Were Destroyed. Dixon said the book describes how Daugherty took action to prevent the revelation of names of important firms, headed by Democrats, which had con- tributed to the Republican campaign fund. He said these contributions were recorded in the “Jess Smith extra™” ac- count in the Midland Bank in Wash- ington The records were destroyed by Col Thomas W. Miller, then alien property custodian, Daugherty says, to protect the campaign contributors and not to conceal the transactions The book also is sald President Hoover's “lack “attacking the betrayers” 8 at the dedication of the Harding Me- morial in Ohio. Nan Britton Claim Denied. Nan Britton's claim that she bore a daughter to President Harding is at- tacked, Dixon said, on the ground Miss Britton has not a single written line from Harding. It also is claimed the late President had such a love of chil- dren he would have remembered his daughter in his will claim had been true. According to the publisher's an- nouncement, Daugherty claims he was responsible for saving President Hoo- ver for the cabinet in the face of vig- orous opposition “I found on arrival” Daughert; writes, “that the opposition to Hoover's confirmation as Secretary of Com- merce Wwas organized and militant They had the majority of the Senate enrolled and could block Hoover's con- firmation “I went and played my trump card I knew Philander Knox and Boise Pen- rose were the most powerful men in the Senate and that Johnston, who hated Hoover, and Henry Cabot Lodge would stand shculder to shoulder with them any position they would take in opposition to this appointment. Called Penrose In. the bull by the horns with- out del; 1 asked Senator Knox to breakfast with me. As he was the man who had forced me into the cabinet, I felt I had the right to talk turkey with him. He called Penrose to his room and the three of us began a battle royal that lasted more than two hours. “Penrose was quick to catch my ulti- matum—no Hoover, no Mellen. Old Penrose grinned and held out his hand “‘All right, you win. Announce Mel- lon's appointment and I will kill the movement to reject Hoover.'” Referring to his resignation, Daugh- erty will say, according to the pub- lishers “Two distipguished Senators of my own party called on Mr. Coolidge and asked for my head—Lodge of Massachu- setts and George Wharton Pepper of Pennsylvania, ‘When men lead an attack so unjust and unreasonable against a public offi- cial, it is a safe bet that their patriotism has been stirred to action by a personal grudge of some kind. Lodge Grudge Charged. “In this case I had no difficulty in locating the trouble. Senator Lodge had become highly incensed against me because I had asked for the resigna- tion of a friend of his in Boston who was rattling around in the office of the United States district attorney. “He was accompanied by Pepper whom I had mortally offended by turning down as a candidate for solici- tor general in favor of James M. Beck. Pepper was a pigmy compared to Beck and I would have nothing of him “As the next assault on me reached its climax, & man of bigger brains and personality dealt me & vicious blow Senator Borah went to Mr. Coolidge and urged that he ask for my resigna- tion. I was, of course, not surprised at this, remembering the weakness of human nature. I had killed his resolu- tion asking for the recognition of Boviet Russia as a matter of principle.” The book denies the story in “Revelry,” by Samuel Hopkins Adams that Marines were used to oust family in Texas for the benefit of & public official. The Marines, Dixon said the book would state, were used only to oust Col. James G. Dardon from Teapot Dome land. This land, Dixon said, was then turned over to Harry Sinclair. to criticize in SHIP FEARED LOST AFTER CALL FOR AID By the Associated Press SEATTLE, December 31.—Stlence for many hours after distress calls sounded over the North Pacific from the Japa- nese steamer Tamaho Maru, disabled in a severe storm, today inspired fear that the ship might have sunk. With a broken steering gear and the wind reaching an 80-mile velocity, the vessel sent a final call at 6:53 am. yes- terday morning, “Require your urgent help,” to the liner Empress of Russia. The Empress of Russia, some 300 miles away, replied heavy seas made it impossible to steer in the direction of the disabled vessel. The Tamaho Maru, & 6,786-ton ship with 45 men aboard, was several hun- dred miles southwest of the Aleutian Islands. It had sailed with a mixed cargo from Vancouver, British Colum- bia, two weeks ago for the Orient, Another boat in Alaskan waters, the small missionary vessel Ida Helen, un- t his home in Stamford, Conn. reported for & week, was found by a cutter Juneau. afe ambler Bay, south il if Miss Britton’s | | | stamp a view of Mount Vernon instead HOUSE WETS SEEK | VOTING AGREEMENT Think Beer,Bill and Repeal Question Both Should Be Acted Upon. ated Press. House wet forces are seeking a bi- partisan agreement on two prohibition measures, determined to bring both to a vote this session. Despite Majority Leader Rainey’s wa! g that one vote only would be allowed and wets must make their choice between a referendum and light wine and beer ballot, some of the anti- tionists today were confident ithe rules would permit a roll call on both. Representative Cochran, Missouri Democrat and chairman of the EX penditures Committee, thinks that wa: In support of his belief, he cited the interpretation of the new rule allow- ing & vote on petition of 145 membdfs, given by Representative Crisp ‘of Georgla, Democratic prohibitionist and a leading parliamentarian By the Assoc Difference in Propositions. Crisp said that while the rule would permit a vote during a session on on one beer bill, it would not preclude one on a proposed constitutional amend- ment repealing the eighteenth amend- ment “I agree entirely with Crisp,” Coch- ran said. “An amendment to the Vol stead act regarding beer is entirely separate and distinct to a constitutional amendment. One, Congress can do by itself; the other must be submitted to the people “Of course, we can get a vote on both questions if we agree on a definite bill representative of each. I am urg- ing members of both the Democratic and Republican wet blocs to agree on one beer bill and one resubmission resolution. Then let these be intro- duced jointly by Representatives Beck, leader of the Republicans, and Linthi- cum, leader of the Democrats.” Would Change Gag Rule. Cochran’s expressions were indorsed by Representative Horr, Washington Republican, who said he was ready to charge “gag rule of the worst sort” if Rainey attempts to hold wet forces to a single vote Cochran predicted a referendum measure would get the largest sudppon Ra a dry, has said he would cast a favorable vote on that proposal The House Judiclary Committee will meet January 7. to map its program, including prohibition hearings. BICENTENNIAL STAMP SERIES GOES ON SALE HERE TOMORROW (Continued From First Page.) ing time, at 8 p.m. Speclal arrange- ments are being made for the con- venience of stamp purchasers, and f stead of the customary two windows cix or seven will be open tomorrow to handle the sale of the new series As an evidence of the interest displayed by stamp collectors in special issues of this kind, Post Office officlals said that if any one of the stamps got into circulation ahead of their release date the canceled stamp would be worth a small fortune. To guard against any happening of this kind, the assign- to post offices all over the United 8t are being zealously guarded, and postmasters are warned that the ship- ments, except at the Washington, D C. Post Office, must remain intact until January 2 The series starts with the !j-cent stamp, which is brown in color, and ludes the 1-cent, 1'j-cent and 2- cent stamps, and each denomination up to and including the 10-cent stamp. The 12 best known artists’ conceptions of the first President were adopted for the series he regular staff of the post office will be augmented by the addition of help from other departments, and tables for the use of philatelists anxious to obtain “first-day covers,” or cancella- tion of stamps on the first day of their issue, will be provided in the lobby of the building. Clear cancellation postmarks will be assured under a plan ar Postmaster William M. Mooney, by which special workers will be assigned to take care of the cancellation of stamps desired primarily by stamp col- lectors. Stamp dealers are establishing them- selves in hotels in the vicinity of the City Post Office, and one New Yorker has rented a vacant building on North Capitol street, and will have more than 25 typewriters turning out mail for the mere purpose of getting the “January 9. cancellation mark on the first ‘commemorative postage stamps. is estimated that 2,500,000,000 stamps are ready for distribution, and will go on_sale” all over the country Saturday. Before the Bicentennial year ends more than 16,000.000,000 will have been issued in all denominations up to 10 _cents. For the convenience of purchasers de- sirous of securing complete sets of the Bicentennial stamps the post office has arranged sets of one of each of the series, which will sell for 57 cents. Sets containing four of each stamp also have | been prepared. In addition a series of stamped envelopes, picturing on the nal of a likeness of the First President, will be_placed on sale. F. A. Tilton, Third Assistant Post- master General, has advised all post offices and postal employes in the coun- try that neither the Washington Post Office nor the Philatelic Agency will be able to fill mail requests to prepare first-day covers of the Bicentennnal stamps for stamp collectors, and all requests of this character are being nied. The United States Bicenten- nial Commission and the local Chamber of Commerce, Tilton says, &lso have re- ceived requests for first-day covers, and these organizations have advised the Post Office Department they have no facilities or funds available for han- dling them The only method of obtaining the first cancellations will be through di- rect contact at the post office, Tilton announced. GEN. DEAKYNE TO RETIRE Rivers and Harbors Board Head to End Active Duty Tomorrow. Brig. Gen. Herbert Deakyne, Engineer Corps, head of the Rivers and Harbors' Board, War Department, will be placed on the retired list today on account of age. A native of Delaware, he was an honor graduate at the Military Acad- emy, class of 1890. Later he graduated from the Army War College and the Engincer School of Application. He was assistant to the chief of engineers from June, 1926, until June, 1933. BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band this evening at Stanley Hall. at 5:20 o'clock, John 8. M. Zimmer- | man, bandmaster; Anton Pointner, as- sistant March, “Here Comes the Band”..Mills Overture, “II Guarany”.. omez Solo for cornet, “The Lost Chord,” Sullivan Scenes from opera “Stabat Mater,” Sing, Whis- Blight m of Spring,” Waldteufel Eyes”. ... Mi 5 ed Banner. o F(»‘: trot, “If You Can't “The Retu: Finale. “Two Smiling “The Star Spangl Walta suite, DG THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1931, ! Where Two Were Killed by Bomb OFFICE AT EASTON, PA, WRECKED. NTERIOR of the post office at East was killed instantly when, becoming suspicious, he opened one of the five packages. other packages were examined by experts, one of whom was badly mangled by the explosion of another package. Officials said the packages were also addressed to prominent men in New York City and Pittsburgh.—A. P. Photo. on, P ., after it had been wrecked by a bomb mailed in a package. | One clerk Another clerk died later, The FIVE DEAD, 3 DYING IN DIXIE TORNADO Fifty Others Hurt by Wind as Flood Waters Sweep Over Tops of Levees. By the Associated Press JACKSON, Miss., December 31.—Five persons dead, 3 dying and 50 persons estimated as less seriously injured were | counted today in the trail of last night's tornado that tore through Simpson and Covington Countles, Miss. | A survey of the storm’s path through the isolated communities revealed dozens | of demolished homes, heavy live stock losses and damaged timber. | Two of the dead were white persons. They were: Mrs. Anse Everett, 25, crushed to death as she held an infant in her arms when her home, three miles south- west of Magee, was demolished. The child was unhurt. Paul Brown, two-year-old son of Wil- bur Brown, farmer, living five miles south of Magee, killed in the collapse of the family home. Three Others Killed. The other dead Hattie, 22, and Nannie Lou Lee, IGV‘ daughters of Willlam Lee, colored farm- | er, living five miles south of town,| killed in the demolition of their home. The two-year-old child of Aaron Smith, colored, living at & turpentine | camp 11 miles northeast of Magee | Willlam Lee, his wife and one son, | all believed fatally injured, were rushed to the Charity Hospital at Laurel today. | John Rankin, Magee farmer, his wife | and one son, reported missing last | night after their home was blown two | and one-half miles to block highway | 49, were accounted for today, but Mrs. Rankin was reported as seriously in-| Jured. | Flood Rips Levee. Shortly before the tornado hit in| the southeastern part of the State, a éloudburst struck the flooded area in the northwest, causing the levee south of Glendora to break and the town was | inundated. A mile of private levee at the Jones Frederick plantation, south of Glendora gave way this morning. Water from this crevasse will flood approximately 20,000 acres in Southern Tallahatchie County. This break will somewhat re- lieve the pressure on the Glendora area. Live stock was moved to higher ground. No loss of life was reported. Four inches of rain in the valleys of | the Tallahatchie, Coldwater, Tippah and Yazoo Rivers started them toward higher stages and struck terror to the hearts of thousands of people, huddled into the water-bound towns. | | Conviet Ald Asked. Glendora, below the forks of the Tallahatchie and Coldwater Rivers which form the Yazoo, today joined | Webb, Sumner and other small Tatta- hatchie County towns in sending emer- | gency calls to the Parchman Prison Farm for convicts to strengthen the by the Wichita banks, comprising Kan- | directors. and New |sion and its Emergency Home for Chil- trembling levees. Buried in Straw Five Months, Hog Comes Out Reduced By the Associated Press. WARSAW, Ind., December 31.— When a 500-pound SOW Was ac- cidentally covered with straw while threshing was in progress at the Oscar Rebman farm, east of here, last July 15, no attempt was made to save the animal, as a huge stack had been completed and it was generally believed the swine had perished by smothering. Yesterday, however, workmen, pulling out the straw, heard a grunt, and out walked the porker, alive and well, but minus about half its weight. AND BANK HEADS el HIT EXTENSION BILL ficulties and Cause Failure of Bonds. By the Associated Press. Objection to a lodsening of the re- quirements for payment of farm mort- gage installments was put before a Senate Banking Subcommittee today | by officials of Western Federal land banks. The provision was attached by a House Committee to a White House sponsored bill to increase the capital of the banks. It would permit direc- tors of the banks at their discretion to allow farm borrowers to defer pay- ments over a period of not to exceed five years. D. P. Hogan, president of the Omahn Land Bank, said the amendment looked harmless, but that “more tgeople are going to ask extensions than could possibly be permitted.” “It will greatly increase our difficul- ties, increase the expenses of banks and have a very bad effect,” he caid. He added that at present the banks often “carry along” delinquent borrow- ers although there is no specific pro- vision of law to the effect. John Fields, president of the Wichita, Kans, Land Bank, expressed a similar view, saying enactment of the provision would lead all the borrowers to think | Ol ) e they could get extensions, _ Pields faid | fu S S e DNl ele the provision would affect the ability of | members of the association will proceed the banks to sell their bonds. He read numerous letters to show that many farmers who are not delin- quent are planning to seek extensions if the measure passes. Fields said it had been the practice | tomorrow afternoon, from 2 to 5 o'clock. five by 10 incies. of his bank for the same thing as passed by the House” when mortgage extensions were badly needed. the Land Banks' capital Delinquent loans in the area served | E. H. De Groote, jr., is president of the | tp. sas, Colorado, Oklahoma 'Hold Plan Will Increase Dif- the | SAYS DENOGRAT H DONDRS NANES Wood Charges Party With ‘ Violating Corrupt Practice | Act—Scores Probers. | By the Associated Press. Representative Wood of Indiana, a | Republican, said in a statement pub- lished today that the Democratic Na- | tional Committee was guilty of violat- ing the corrupt practices act. | " Criticising the Senate Campaign Funds | Committee for its failure to recommend | {an mgulry into Democratic Committee‘ expenditures in 1928, Wood said the 1 | ter's reports concealed the names of re- | cipients of over $348,000 in that year. Donors Must Be Listed. ‘The law requires that expenditures re- | ports must give the names and address- | es of persons receiving $10 or more, Wood, chairman of the National Repub- | | lican Congressional Committee, said. “Wiy was there a concealment of the | payroll of the Democratic National | Committee's main campaign hehdquar- | | ters in 1928?" he asked Enforcement of prasent election laws | instead of additional ones was urged by Wood in referring to the recommenda- | tions_of the Senate Committee headed | by Senator Nye, Republican, North | | Dakota. $150,000 Expense Cited. “Naturally a committee which has ex- | | pended $150,00°—an - unusually large | portion of which went to enrich Pull- man and dining cars, high-class hotels and cafes—felt it had to racommend | something in order to make a pretense f giving the public taxpayer a run for ‘money. “But why more laws? Why not sim- ply rigid enforcement of the existing | corrupt practices act relating to cam- paign expenditures? Why did not the | committee recommend, for example, a | grand jury inquiry into the report of the | expenditures of the D>mocratic Na- | tional Committee in the campaign of | 21 . SRS o f e CAPITAL PREPARES JOYOUS WELCOME FOR INFANT 1932 | ___(Continued From First Page.) morning 2t the Old Union Engine House | where its sessions are held. John At 11:30 o’'clock the | in & body to the White House for the annual New Year reception. For its friends in and out of the churches, the Central Union Mission | | will hold its annual New Year reception | 10 years to “do exactly | Supt. and Mrs. John S. Bennett will b contemplated in the bm‘ Wwill be| the edges with brass h: | The bill would add $100,000,000 to|Dr. Freeley Rohrer, pastor of Metropoli- assisted in receiving the guests by mem- bers of the mission’s Board of Directors and its Ministerial Council, of which | tan Presbyterian Church, is the head. | Guests will inspect the mis- | Glendora’s battle against crevasses Mexico, were placed by Fields at 15.4 | dren. in an 11-mile dike was believed to have | been won early today when the new cloudburst fell weak and water-logged, the countryside is flooded again and there are no more sand bags to place on the dikes. Twice in a week Glendora’s hundreds of residents have fled from the business | district across the railroad tracks to the white residential section to escape the water For the first time the great force of | the flood began to be felt today along the Yazoo River in Leflore and part of Marshall and Tate Counties, ta the| south of Glendora, The peak of the| Tallahatchie River flood is moving down there from Quitman, Tallahatchie and Panola Countles, where more than a thousand persons have left their homes. JAPANESE CAVALRY NEAR CHINCHOW AS CHEN PLANS FIGHT (Continued Prom First Pai fered no casualties in this encounter, returned to Haicheng. WILL DEFEND CHINCHOW. Eugene Chen Says Nanking Determined to Oppose Japanese Advance. NANKING, China, December 31 (). —Despite Chang Hsueh-Liang's retreat from Chinchew, China’s new National government is 'determined to defend that city against the Japanese nAvu;:‘lA Eugene Chen, the foreign minister, the Associated Press today. “Our government will assume lll"xe-z sponsibility for Manchurian affairs, he; “and after the inauguration of the cabinet_tomorrow our order to Chang Hsueh-Liang to hold Chinchow will be repeated. “Independence for Manchuris is not and never will be a political reality. Thirty million Chinese create and {m- duce the wealth of Manchuria; they have made that terri 8 great and vitel of China, never ¢an be per cent of the total loans as of No- | This compared with 33,5 | Fraternity will hold its New Year eve ' piyty The entire levee 18 NOW | per cent given the committee last week | dance tonight at its chapter house, vember 30. for the Land Bank system as a whole. The percentage for the Wichita Bank as 8 per cent and 5.4 per cent. MORE PAWNSHOP ARRESTS EXPECTED Seizure of Three on Small Loan Charge to Be Followed by Others, Additional arrests were predicted by the corporation counsel's office today &s it resumed its drive on alleged pawn- brokers in the District following the ar- rest of three men yesterday on charges of violating the small loans act. Thomas F. Cameron, assistant cor- poration counsel, said a score of casss are under investigation and action would be pressed against the practice of pawnbroking in the District. ‘Three men arrested at 913 D street were booked at the Traffic Bureau and posted $1,000 bonds each for a Police Court, hearing January 5 their names as Jack Tendler, 32; Schwartz, 23, and Joe Galley, 33. The arrests were made by Policemen J. K. McConville and L. 'A. Howard, Wwho have been temporarily assigned to the ation counsel’s” office to fur- ther the drive agalnst pawnbrokers. The policemen, Mr. Cameron sald, left two watches at the D street address about 10 days ago and recovered them early this week, paying a rate of in- terest said to total more than 900 per cent on a yearly basls. Automobile finance companies also will come within the scope of the in- vestigation in cases where excessive | rates. of interest are chlr‘efl. :flo&r arrests were made in this field receftly and. hearings are pending. drive would be m They gave | keep open house to its members from Iota Chapter of Gamma €ta Gamma | 1910 Calvert street. Charles O. Pratte is chafrman and Daniel J. Sullivan is | last year and the year before were given | the .other member of the Social Com- mittee. Leo N. McGuire is president of the chapter. Dance to Draw 6,000, One of the largest crowds to gather tonight will be found at the Washing- ton ~Auditorium attending the dance of the Odd Fellows and Sisters of Re- bekih. About 8,000 guests are expected. Just before midnight there will be special entertainment features. At Central High School tomorrow afternoon tifé Alumni Association of that school will hold its annual elec- tion of officers and entertain with ath- | letic events and a dance. Four for- | mer students of Central distinguished for the public service they have ren- | dered the community will be named and honored at the meeting. The Y. M. C. A, and Y. W. C. A will hold a joint celebration tonight at the Central “Y” Building. Open house also will be kept at the Phyllis Wheat- ley branch of the Y. W. C. A. tomor- row from 6 to 9 o'clock in the evening. Practically all the fashionable coun- try clubs will be having special cele- brations with dinner parties and dances tonight, as well as the various civic and social clubs in the city. The Na- tional Capital Republican Club will 3 to 8 o'clock tomorrow. The Amity Club will have a dance tonight at the Willard Hotel and the Belsigma Club will dance in the new year at the Mni- flower Hotel. That hotel will not make any special New Year dance prepara- tions of its own this year. The central building and all branches of the Public Library will close at 6 o'clock this evenings Only the Central Library will be open from 2 to 6 p.m. tomorrew. French Minister Ill PARIS, December 31 (#).—Andre FORBES,L. . ENVOY, SEEKS 10 RETIRE Ambassador to Japan Would Return to U. S. Within Two Months. (Continued From First Page.) opinion between the Secretary of State and the American Ambassador at Tokio regarding America’s policies toward Japan Mr. Forbes is reported to have ably fulfilled his difficult task during the delicate negotiations with Japap in the last six weeks. The Ambassador, who is a wealthy man, intended to ask the department to allow him to resign last September. He came over to this country at the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese conflict, having sailed from Japan on Septem- ber 19, a day after the first clash be- tween the Japanese and the Chinese in Manchuria. Naturally, as soon as he reached Washington, there was no longer any question of his leaving his post when his presence in Japan was necessary, and, after a short stay in Washington when he consulted with the Secretary of State about our policies in regard to Manchu- ria, Mr. Forbes returned to Tokio. Grew Is Considered. While in Washington the Ambassador is reported to have told Mr. Stimson that he would like to be permitted to retire as soon as his presence in the capital of Japan will no longer be of vital importance. As the Manchurian question will very s00n be a_thing of the past, the Ambas- sador will be able to return to this country some time early next Spring The question of his successor is now under consideration. Two names are at present mentioned as the most likely successors to Mr. Forbes. One Is Mr. Joseph Grew, the American Ambassa= dor to Turkey, the other is Mr. Jeffer- son Caffery, American Minister to Co- lumbia. Has Distinguished Record. Mr. Grew has had a long and dis- tinguished career in the diplomatic service, having belonged to it since June, 1904, He has been particularly suc- cessful as Ambassador to Turkey, and his tact and ability would indicate him as the most likely man to be appointed to the difficult post in Tokio. Minister Caffery is a much younger man who has had a successful career in Persia, Greece and Tokio where he was counsellor of embassy during the earthquake of 1923. He is much liked in Japan because of his services to the Japanese people as chairman of the American Red Cross Relief Committee. There is, of course, the possibility of the President selecting some outsider for this important post, although the feeling in the State Department is that the difficult situation in Japan requires the abilitles of a skilled diplomat. NEW BOMB FOUND IN OHIO STIRS FEAR OF EXTENSIVE PLOT (Continued From First Page.) the New York City Police Department held to the idea that Russian Soviet sympathizers mighkt have had some- thing to do with the seven deadly pack- ages mailed at the post office, Sends Out Warning. While the investigators were follow- ing out every clue to the identity of the two young men who mailed the packages, Harry C. Getchel, postal in- spector from Priladelphia, sent out warning to post offices generally to be on the lookout for packages similar to those mailed here. Getchel said the Easton outburst might have been only a small part of a plot with possible ramifications in other parts of the country. Charles V. Waver, the explosive ex- pert, injured late yesterday while opening one of the packages, was in a critical condition today. He was badly mangled and is not expected to live The two dead clerks were Edward W. Werkhelser and John B. House Werk- heiser's devotion to duty, it was gen- erally agreed at the post office, was responsible for the setting off of the first explosion. He was suspicious of the contents of the packages and start- ed to unwrap one when it let go. Finished Two Days. The same zeal prompted Weaver to open one of the other packages in & quairy on the edge of the city. He succeeded in opening one, turning over the contents intact to postal inspectors. Construction of the bombs was com= pleted only two days before the blast, it was disclosed by an examination of the contents of the opened package. It contained a December 28 ccpy of New York newspaper and a rec issue of another paper. Other copies of news- papers in the box dated back three months. In the opinion of J. J. Kennedy, one of the New York detectives, the box opened by Weaver was the work of a cabinet maker. It measured five by It was beveled al inges inet on the lid. Three brass hooks held in place a common fruit jar containing two_pouncs ot dynamite. Although the addresses on the pack- es were misspelled, authorities sal 2y belleved the bombs were intended for prominent Italian-Amricans in Pittsburgh, 'ew York and Baltimore, 2 of the bombs which explodsd was addressed to the Itallan consulate in burgh, and a second to the Argen- tine consulate in Baltimore. More Than 100 Quizzed. Investigators believed one was Intended for Generoso Bope. ownee of an Italian newspaper and friend of Mayor Walker of New York; another for the editor of his paper, and possibly a fifta for Emanuele Grazai, Italian (‘OQ;\AI gle}f‘\ux'all la’x New York., More than 100 perscns, questione: post office insnectors rronxQWa.»xungdznl?xy Philadelphia, New York and Pittsburgh, a detail from the New York Police Do partment bomb squad and cther inves- tigators, were unable to throw any light on the blasts which partially wreckad the Easton Pos; Office. y mong those questioned wers s suspects, all of whom were. relenced. leaving the identity of the two men Wwho mailed the bombs still a mystery. STOLEN DYNAMITE TRACED. ag: | Police Say Bomb Materials Gathered From New York Projects. | , NEW YORK, December 31 (#)— | York police today said they had len)!jien: the dynamite used in the bomb which exploded in the Easton, Pa., post office :{;:_t:lx"d?y. killing two employes, was stolen from construetio | Yore oty n jobs In New The source of their information was not revealed, but Police Commissioner Mulrooney ordered an investigation of all construction work in the city to find out where the explosive had been stolen. Whether or not they believed dyna- mite used in the other bombs also was stolen in New York the police did npt say. Basing their action on secret ife formation and upon the fact that at least one bomb was fashioned partly out of a New York nswspaper. the New York police began a search for the bombers here last night. No suspects had been arrested here today. At the substation in East Sixty-sev- enth street, which handles mail for the Maginot, minister of war, who s ill with an_ intestinal allment, was removed to ! a hospital today. There was no doc- tor's bulletin, !}u’ut his condition was Mr. Cameran sald. the pressed until the practice is eliminated. reported unchanged. Itallan consul general, at the general post office on Eighth avenue, and at the iubatauctn in the old post office down- OWD eXtra men were @ ed o ex= amine parcels today. -