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SHERIFF ORDERED | [3 T0 MEET CHARGES Gov. Roosevelt Instructs New | York Official to Answer Seabury Counts. By the Associated Press. ALBANY, N. Y. January 12.—Gov. Roosevelt today requested Thomas M. | Parley, sheriff of New York County, under the scrutiny of the Legislative Committee investigating the Democrat- f¢ administration of New York City, to anmwer to the Governor the charges brought against him by Samuel Sea- bury, counsel to the Investigating Com- mittee Seabury, writing to the Governor, red that “I think I am a con- e iative ‘when I say that but one conclusion arises from a perusal of this testimony (that given the committee) and that conclusion is that Thomas M. Farley, the present sheriff of the County of New York, is unfit to hold office of sheriff, and that to permit him longer to do so would be a grave injustice and affront to the citizenship | his county.” OIA" file of correspondence made public by the Governor contained a letter to himself from Farley, citing press ac- counts of Seabury’s complaint “"There is," Farley wrote thé Gov- ernor, “no basis whatever for any charges against me and I am eager to answer any that may be made by Judge Seabury.” Given Copy of Charges. The Governor's request that F‘grh;v wer the charges was conveyed in 2 letter to the “hertff from. the Gov- ernor's counsel, Samuel I. Rosenman, which said in part: “The Governor is in receipt of a let- ter from Hon, Samuel Seabury, dated December 30, 1931, of which the in- closed is a copy. On the Governor's behalf I desire also to acknowledge re- ceipt of your letter of January 4, 1932, addressed to him. “At his direction, ‘e:d in :cwrdstnee with the usual procedure, am for- warding & copy of Judge Seabury's Jetter to you, with request that you Jet me have your answer thereto at ur early convenience.” ’oln derinndum an answer to the| charges from Farley the Democratic Governor followed a course established in similar complaints brought against members of Tammany Hall who held high offices in the governmental depart- ‘ments of the city of New York. One of the previous instances involved charges directed against Mayor James J. Walker and another against District Attorney Thomsas C. T. Crain. Both were ab- solved after the Governor had received satisfactory answers. Seabury’s Letter. Seabury’s letter to the Governor said, in part: r; take the liberty of sending you herewith & transcript of the testimony offered before the Joint Legislative Committee in so far that testimony re- lates to Thomas M. Farley, sheriff of New York County. From reading it, I think you will have no difficulty in reaching the following conclusions: “That Thomas M. Farley was through- out the period hereinafter mentioned in control of, and responsible for, the ac- tivities of the Thomas M. Farley Asso- ciation, a political district club, and that during that time the Thomas M. Parley Association was the resort of fessional gamblers who operated re under the protection which Mr. Farley was able to afford them. * * * “That in 1026 Thomas M. Farley eaused structural changes to be made $n the club house to accommodate pro- fessional gambling there and to ob- struct the police in the performance of their duty to suppress such gam- bing. ¢ *. * Tells of Gambling Raids. “That the police were required to raid the Thomas M. Farley Club House on two occasions because of the comman gambling therein, arresting, on the sec- ond occasion some 29 prisoners, includ- ing two particularly notorious charac- ters, to wit: McKeever and “Baldy” Prolich—the latter an assoclate of the late Arnold Rothstein. “That Thomas M. Farley at the pub- e hearings before the committee falsely swore that all the persons so arres were members of his, club, engaged, at the time of the raid (2 o'clock in the morning), in the estimable work of packing base balls, rubber balls, May Poles and skipping ropes for & May arty to be given at the club for the efit of the little children in the neighborhood. “That from January 1, 1925, to Sep- tember 22, 1931, a period of less than seven years, during which Mr. Farley's total income, according to his sworn testimony, did mot exceed $87,000, he deposited in his bank $396,503.66. * * * “Sherift Tho;nu M. F;rlley":'n.s given every opportunity to explain the sources of the money which went into his bank sccounts, and the best explanation he was able to make was the utterly unbe- lievable statement * * * that prior to 1922, while he was the business agent of a union, he accumulated over $100,- 000 in cash, which he kept in a tin box in his home, and that it was from the moneys kept in this tin box that he from time to time .made the deposits which appear in his bank account. P e TREATY NAVY MEN DIFFER ON PROGRAM Britten Says Geuntry Not in Con- dition to Accept $616,250,000 Plan. B the Assoclated Press Differences among congressional ad- vocates of a Navy as big as treaties permit developed today before the House Naval Committee. Representative Britten of Illinois, ranking Republican on the committee, which is considering a 10-year $616,- 250,000 construction bill, expressed the opinion the country is not in a “psycho- logical condition” to accept that pro- posal. He suggested instead it might be bet- ter to attempt to obtain congressional sanction of a “more modest” one-year program. Chairman Vinson of the committee is pressing for adoption of the 10-year program. He has the support of high faval officials who have testified. Britten attempted to ascertain from dmiral William V. Pratt, chief of aval Operations, what had happened ® two 1-year programs the Navy Gen- eral Board drew last Summer. Pratt said neither of them was pressed be- cause the time was “not propitious.” President Hoover then was insisting that the Navy cut $58,000,000 frem its budget for the next fiscal year. Representative Gambrill, Maryland Democrat, asked Pratt if carrying out the 10-year program would start & naval race, “No,” Pratt answered. British Wear Charms. LONDON (N.AN.A).—Hundreds of superstitious residents of the Exmoor district of England have taken to wear- ing charms because of the appearance ©of & white stag, which is regarded as a warning of many deaths. - (Copyright, 1932.) 3| JOHNSON PICTURED ailed by Britons GANDHI'S WIFE ARRESTED IN INDIA. MRS. GANDHL Sixty, wife of the jailed Indian Na- tionalist leader, was arrested with other prominent woman leaders as the British continued their campaign against civil disobedience in India —A. P. Photo. ALL FACTIONS LAUD Ry THE EVENING FRON COURT A7 9 Famous Jurist Bows “to the Inevitable”—Hoover Lauds Service. (Continued From First Page.) have repeatedly attracted the attention of the Nation The veteran justice consistently re- fused interviews during his long years | on the bench and avoided personal pub- licity as much as possible. He made his first radio speech on the night of his 90th birthday and in it he indicated with deep feeling that he re- alized that his strength was failing. “The work is never done while the power to work remains,” he said, but{ he ended with: [ “And so I end with the line from a | Latin poet who uttered the message) more than 1,500 years ago “‘Death plucks my ear and says: “Live—I am coming.” ' " Chief Justice Hughes was one of those who participated in the cere- monies paying tribute to Holmes that night. Stately and dignified, Hughes sat in the office of a broadcasting com- pany and listened to Holmes' voice Visibly affected, the Chief Justice shook his head. “I hope he lives many years longer,” he commented to those around him. “We need men like him.” Justice Holmes has been failiig in health rapidly since the beginning of the present term in October. He had been anxious to remain on the bench to SERVIGE OF HOLMES Retirement Draws Regrets!| of Officials at Loss of Famed Liberal. By the Associated Press. The retirement of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes brought prompt ex- pressions of regret from members of Congress and officialdom, including leaders of both parties and all factions. The name of Holmes was heralded frequently in the Senate debates of two years ago over the nominations of Chief Justice Hughes and Judge John D. Parker to the Supreme Court. The Massachusetts jurist was acclaimed as a “liberal.” Watson Pays Tribute. Senator Watson, Indiana, the Repub- lican leader, said today: “I think that every lover of justice and of the correct administration of law keenly regrets the resignation of Justice Holmes. At times he was sup- posed to be quite liberal in his interpre- tation of law, yet, in the light of the march of events, his decisions prob- ably will be looked back to as models of the correct interpretation of funda- mental principles of jurisprudence.” Chairman Norris of the Senate Judi- clary Committee, who opposed the con- firmation of both Chief Justice Hughes and Judge Parker, expressed the hope that & man of “his same economic and social views will be appointed to suc- ceed Holmes.” “He has earned his retirement.” said Norris; “nevertheless, it is the greatest Joss to the judiciary since the death of Justice Harlan. He has made a record unsu: by any man who ever| served on the Federal bench.” Robinson Praises Service. Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the Democratic leaders, said: “The resignation of Justice Holmes terminates a brilliant, long and useful service scarcely paralleled in the tory of the Supréme Court.” Senator Borah, Republican, Idaho, who fought both Hughes and Parker, said: “Justice Holmes will now take his place in history as one of the truly great jurists.” Senator Walsh, Democrat, Montana, sald: “He has richly earned retirement. He quits the bench with the admira- tion, the gratitude and the affection of the American people.” AS GIVING SERIOUS THOUGHT TO RACE (Continued From First Page.) conditions work themselves out. They have acted in & negative way. But President Hoover has done far more than that. He has given study to the situation and has come forward with a constructive and affirmative program. He has stood sgainst the dole and against heavy governmental expendi- tures. But he is the first President | who in a crisis of this kind has pre- |sented a real program of relief, which | also will not at the close of the emer- | gency leave a lot of unwise legislation on _the statute books.” Senator Johnson, even those who are supporting him for the presidential nomination admit, would face heavy odds. Presidents seeking renomination have a great advantage in any contest for the nomination as has been shown in the past. Theodore Roosevelt, not- withstanding his great personal popu- larity and following in this country, 2ould not wrest the nomination from the late President Taft in 1912. Senator Johnson has to consider the possibilities in a primary contest with President Hoover in the home State of both of them, California. If he could not carry his home State, he would be greatly handicapped in the rest of the country and in the national convention. Unless he can be convinced that he has some real measure of opportunity to win the nomination against Presi- dent Hoover, he may decide against go- | ing into the race. He has had, however. | assurance of support from many and widespread groups. Despite repeated reports published in the newspapers regarding a third party movement, there has been no aggres- sive movement in that direction what- ever up to this time. There has been conversation among some of the Pro- gressive leaders at the Capitol. But, as was sald today by one of the Progres- | sives, that is a long way from a real | movement for a third party. FAREWELL SERVICE { Two Sisters Will Be Honored Be- fore Leaving for India. A “departure ceremony,” to bid fare- | well to two members of the Holy Cross | Forelgn Mission Society, will be held | tomorrow afternoon at St. Patricks Church here. The two honored will be Sister M. Bonavita of Oakland, Calif, and Sister M. Helen Xavier of Granite City, Ill, who will depart Fri- day from New York to assume posts in Bengal, India. Both recently have completed training at the Forelgn Mis- sion Institution on Herewood road northeast. Right Rev. John McNamara, auxil- fary bishop of the Archdiocese of Bal- timore, will preside at the ceremony and the farewell sermon will be celebrate his 91st birthday anniversary next March, but his strength has been waning fast. While he has struggled with the same determination and grit that he demon- strated during the Civil War, when he was seriously wounded three times, his colleagues on the bench have been con- scious for some time of. the fact that the end of his actlve service was rap- ily approaching. Aided by Brandeis. All the last week Justice Brandeis, his old friend, has been personally ald- ing him on going on and coming off the bench, which required the ascending and descending of a few steps. Since the death of his wife a few years ago, Holmes—save for his regular visits to the court—spent most of his time within his red brick home, 1720 I street, He never went out at night and was alone save for his secretary—chosen yearly from among the honor students of his alma mater, Harvard—and the servants. ‘When Justice Holmes left the court room at the adjournment of the court yesterday afternoon, he announced he would remain at home today and his failure to appear when the court as- sembled this morning caused no par- ticular comment. . Vacation Suggested. Owing to his pronounced feebleness it had been suggested that he would probably take a protracted vacation, and go South in search of more favor- able weather. Some of his predecessors, on reaching advanced age, had remained actively as members of the court for months with- out discharging any official duties or in attending its sessions. It was thought Justice Holmes might do so. Several years ago he announced his| intention to remain in harness as long | as health would permit, and this term | he had been hoping that he would be able to keep up the fight until after his 91st birthday anniversary. The court was in session when the resignation was announced. Justice Brandeis, Holmes' closest as- sociate, was confined to his home by & slight cold. The physical condition of Justice Holmes caused expressions of sympathy from ail who noticed the great difficulty | he has been experiencing for months. He has during the present term handed down a number of decisions, but all of them have been of minor conse- quence, and have been delivered only after unusual effort to whip them into form acceptable to his associates. Opinion Delivery Difficult. When in his prime, he had no diffi- culty in quickly writing most importans decisions in a style of exquisite beauty, and he was forceful in their delivery. Recently, however, it has been difficult for him to deliver the opinions in open court even when reading from printed copy. . Yesterday the decision he rendered was in a prohibition nuisance case from California. His voice could not be heard at a distance of 3 feet. His words were thick. His associates on the bench were aware that the time was near at hand when he would no longer be able to discharge his judicial duties. Opposed Conservatives. For years the views of Holmes and Brandeis and Harlan Fiske Stone have differed on many fundamental legal is- sues with those of the more conserva- tive members of the bench. The late Chief Justice Taft and Jus- tice Edward Terry Sanford consistent- ly agreed with Justices Butler, McReyn- olds, Van Deventer and Sutherland. The accession of Hughes, however, as Chief Justice and Owen J. Roberts brought a change. They sided with Holmes, Brandeis and | Stone on such important cases last term as the Indiana chain store tax, holding | the heavy levy on the chains legal, and combined to kill a Minnesota news- paper law which had been used to sup- press a weekly. ‘This Supreme Court term is young, but already Holmes and +his two cal- | leagues have dissented four times. In addition there was another case in w}uch Holmes and Brandeis dissented thout Stone objecting to the verdict. None of these cases, however, are re- garded as presenting the clearly defined | lines as those of last term, which at-| tracted Nation-wide attention. Stopped Rumor of Quitting. Some years ago a period of bad health led to reports that Holmes intended to quit. He stopped this speculation with a letter to a friend in which he said that he would go on as long &s his strength permitted. “There would be nothing left for me to do but die if I quit,” he once whimsi- cally commented to a friend after the death of his wife, “and I'm not particu- larly keen about dying.” Expressions of admiration for him as a man and a jurist immediately began coming as word of the resignation spread this afternoon. One of the first to speak, Chairman Sumners of the House Judiciary Committee, said, “He has had a remarkable and illustrious career, adding much to the dignity and standing of the court, not only in the United ~States, but throughout the | world.” | Majority Leader Rainey of the House said: “His resignation is a distinct loss. I am sorry conditions compelled it.” Born in Boston, March 8, 1841, Jus- tice Holmes attended the common schools before entering Harvard, where he was about to graduate when the Civil War broke out. He at once vol- unteered, writing his class poem camp and receiving his degree later. At Balls Bluff, near Washington, he was shot through the chest. On the battlefield of Antietam, an enemy's bullet lodged in his neck, and in a des- \perate charge on Maryes Height, at Fredericksburg, Va., he was wounded in the foot. preached .by Rev. Louis Vaeth of the same diocese. Cherries Grow Second Time. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (N.AN.A)— ‘Warm weather continued so long last year that a second crop of cherries ap- peared on the farm of Aldon C. Kelly, near Oneonta, Ala. Entering the war a first lieutenant in the 20th Massachusetts Volunteer In- fantry, he earned a captaincy and was discharged with the brevet of colonel. For a time he served as aide-de-camp to Brig. Ged. H. G. Wright. He was only 23 when the war ended and he returned to Harvard.. Within two years he was uated in law and had engaged in te practice in Bog- | fying | Bishop William F. McDowell, Dr. Cloyd in | received his reinforcement against tech- STAR, WASHINGTON, HOLMES RESIGNS ~ (BONE-DRY POLICE ~ PRESS CONSPIRACY FORGE DEMANDED Dry League Would Weed Out All Who Violate Pro- hibition Laws. While commending the local Police | Department and district attorney’s of- fice for effective work -in the detection and punishment of violators of the pro- | hibition laws, the Anti-Saloon League | of the District of Columbia last night | advocated “weeding out” from the po- | lice force those members “who violate the letter and spirit of the prohibition laws.” “Policemen should be required to re- frain from the use of intoxicating liquors enti; , whether on or off duty, in the interd the best possible serv- ice to the cit; the organization held, in adopting a series of resolutions clair- its stand on the eighteenth amendment and the Volstead act. ‘The group expressed its belief, at the same time, that few such members were on the present force and lauded the progress of the District Commissioners in elimihating them. Cautions School Authorities. The league adopted a resolution call- ing upon public school authorities and teachers to be ever mindful “of their duty and privilege faithfully to instruct the youth of the city under their care regarding injurious effects of alcohol and other forms of narcotics,” and called attention to the law of Congress requiring such instruction in the public schools of the District. The report of the Committee on Reso- lutions, submitted by Theodore A. Hostetler, chairman, also indorsed Sen- ator Howell’s bill proposing a prohibi- tion enforcement code for the District of Columbia, claiming it carries much needful legislation to supplement the national prohibition act. “Recognizing the tremendous in- fluence of the press,” another section of the report said, “we heartily commend those Washington newspapers which are outspoken in favor of the observ- ance and enforcement of the prohibi- tion laws, as well as other laws for the government of a great city.” Pledges Co-operation. While explaining it is an established policy of the league not to engage in the detection of violations of the law, leaving such work to the properly con- stituted authorities, the organization renewed its pledge to co-operate with local and national authorities in main- taining the prohibition laws “in their highest integrity.” The group declared that during the more than 12 years of national prohi- bition it has become increasingly ap- parent that the total prohibition of the beverage liquor traffic has done more for the general welfare of the people than any form of regulation or partial prohibition ever tried in the United States or elsewhere. “We call upon all good citizens faith- fully to observe and so far as possible assist in the enforcement of the pro- hibition laws,” the league resolved. Dr. Andrew Wilson, president of the organization, was retained at the an- nual election of officers, held in con- junction with the meeting in Calvary Baptist Church. Other officers elected include Theo- dore A. Hostetler, president pro tem., and the following vice presidents: Heck Marvin, Dr. William Knowles Cooper, Dr. Lucius C. Clark, Leonard De Gast, Dr. Albert J. McCartney, Gen. A. S. Daggett and Prof. Kelly Miller. Rev. C. H. Butler was named chair- man, Charles Willlams, secretary; Charles S. Easterling, treasurer, and Albert E. Shoemaker, executive secre- tary and attorney. i The meeting was addressed by United States Commissioner Needham C. Tur- nage, Dr. Mark Depp, pastor of Calvary Methodist Church, and Dr. H. W. Bur- | gan, pastor of Hamline M. E. Church. | Charges that crime has increased under prohibition were branded as false by the league, which asserted, on the contrary, that wherever prohibition has been fairly enforced offenses of all kinds have been greatly reduced. ton as a member of the firm of Shat- tuck, Holmes & Monroe until 1882, when he became a justice of the Su- preme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, of which his maternal grandfather, Charles Jackson, had been a member. For two of the years devoted to prac- tice he was an instructor in constitu- tional law at Harvard. At the age of 31 he married Miss Fanny Bixwell of Cambridge, Mass. She died April 30, 1929. They had no children. The Civil War lives vividly in the memory of Justice Holmes. He once said: “When the ghosts of dead fifers begin to play in my head, the laws are silent.” After the battle of Antietam, a tele- gram went to Boston which caused much anxiety in the home of the young officer. It read, “Capt. Holmes wounded, shot through the neck; thought not mortal; at Keedysville.” Wanders in Maryland. His distinguished father, the bard of the same name, started at once for the bedside of his wounded son. He failed to find him at Keedysville, however, nor could he get definite word of him in any other hospital or camp. He wandered through Maryland and down into Vir- gimia, and was advised that his boy had been sent to a hospital in Philadelphia, whereupon he backtracked to that city. His search was fruitless there as well. He returned to the fleld of military operations in the South, eagerly, but by this time almost hopelessly, still seeking his missing son. Then one day, while he was walking through a troop train, a bedraggled soldier ad- dressed him with a quiet, “How do you do, dad,” to which was given the equally calm reply of, “How do you do, son.” This stoicism and absence of hysteria was characteristic of the relation of father and son as long as the father lived. Yet, the father could preach in his “Army Hymn": “Thy hand hath made our country free; To die for her is serving Thee.” Justice Holmes algays has supported the rights of man as paramount to property rights. He has interpreted laws as vehicles for effecting man’s will, and has consistently maintained throughout his long judicial career an attitude which stamped him as a progressive as distinguished from that school thought commonly called conservative or reactionary. Fought for State Rights. He had not only championed what he considered the welfare of the people, but he has fought to preserve State rights against the constant trend to extend Federal control. In the interpretation of laws, he al- ways regarded as the object what the seople sought through them, rather than strict construction of the language of the statutes. He has opposed giving welght to language in a law over the motive and intent of its enactment. A legal principle, once established, always has nicalities. His personality is a remarkable com- bination of aristocratic habit and dem- ocratic mentality. Socially aloof, shy of publicity to the extent of shunning newspaper representatives, he always of { b TUESDAY, JA D <, ON BEER IS DENIED Senator Metcalf Assails Charges of Excessive “Wet” Publicity. By the Associated Press Benator Metcalf, Republican, Rhode Island, today defended the press against charges that it gave “outland- | ish and unreasonable publicity” to the “wet” side of prohibition. Replying to contentions of Senator Brookhart, an Iowa Republican prohi- bitionist, that the newspapers had or- ganized some sort of “racket” against dry organizations because they had re- | fused or neglected to “‘buy space,” Sen- ator Metcalf confined his statement to accounts of testimony before his com- mitte on the bill to permit 4 per cent beer. Gives Press Support. Metcalf, chairman of the committee, said “the press associations and corre- spondents representing newspapers be- | fore this committee have reported these hearings as fairly as possible, but if it is true that there is some Sort of news racketeering going on I want to invite those organizations who have such evi- | dence to present it to this committee.” “It should be thoroughly understood by both sides,” he added, “that the wit- nesses presented thus far have been called by the proponents of this (beer) bill and that direct testimony has nat- urally all been in favor of it. “It is, therefore, obvious that press reports must largely carry the side favoring the legalization of beer. At a later date the opponents of this bill will be allotted time equal to that given the proponents.” B Metcalf, an anti-prohibitionist, read his statement after five more witnesses had appeared before his committee and urged passage of the Bingham bill to permit 4 per cent beer. Two Legislators Testify. Two Representatives went over to the Senate side of the Capitol today to testify in favor of prohibition modi- fication before the committee, which is holding hearings on the Bingham 4 per cent beer bill. Representative Clan- cy—Michigan Republican urged “some form” of the Canadian liquor-control system for this country. Representative Karch, Democrat, II- linois, advocated a “local retail stores” system of beer distribution. Clancy said that students in Toronto and Kingston, in Canada, where beer is sold, are not suffering like those at Ann Arbor, Mich., from high-powered gin and moonshine whisky.” Feared Gangsters. He said he and other citizens of De- troit were afraid to put away their cars at 'night for fear of being knocked in the head by gangsters, yet 25 miles across the border “there were no spies, no informers, no prohibition agents or gangsters.” “I feel absolutely safe in my cottage over there,” he said. Clancy said the Canadians took care of their “ecclesiastical racketeers more roughly than we do here. They smack them down.” “They,” he added, “wouldn’t allow a little sect to run them. The Canadians don't understand how we let Bishop Cannon and F. Scott McBride dictate to our Legislature and the President. “They were particularly astounded when McBride said in Canada the Anti- Saloon League was led by God.” Bishop James Cannon, jr., sat making notes not 10 feet from the witness. He looked up from his notebook, smiling, as Clancy referred to him. Edgar Allan Poe, jr. Baltimore com- mander of the Crusaders, an anti-pro- hibition organization, also urged modi- fication of the Volstead act to permit beer. Poe, an attorney and a relative of the poet, said it was inconsistent to prohibit beer or other liquors of more than one-half of 1 per cent alcoholic content and permit the making of 12 per cent wine in the home. Would Aid “Mental Attitude.” Five per cent beer, he contended, would go far to change the “mental attitude” of the people, particularly those out of work. He said prohibition is not being en- forced, and that a $5 a barrel tax on beer would bring revenue of $375,000,- 000, or “more than we are losing under the moratorium.” “The people are getting aroused and are fed up with conditions under pro- hibition,” he said, adding that if they continue, “there will be enough people in the next four or five years to wipe out the eighteenth amendment and bring back the old conditions before prohibition.” Poe said he came from a “wet” com- munity and perhaps was influenced by that sentiment, but he said personally he did not like beer. Representative Karch said if beer be- comes legal it would be easy for East St. Louis and Belleville, Ill, or his dis- trict, to raise from $300,000 to $400,000 a year through licenses to “retail stores” for beer. He estimated there were two speak- easies in his district for every licensed saloon before prohibition, and bootleg- gers' profits were $500,000 & year. “The American people will never sub- mit to strict enforcement of the eight- eenth amendment,” he said. MAN IS FOUND DEAD WITH PISTOL NEARBY Body of W. E. Rice, 25, Discovered in Room—Had Been Out of Work for Some Time. Wwilliam Earl Rice, 25, was found dead with a pistol bullet through his heart in his room on the second floor of the building at 1008 Seventh street this aft- ernoon. He was pronounced dead by & physician from Emergency Hospital. The body was discovered by his aunt, Miss Kate Rice. The aunt was grief stricken, explaining she had raised him since he was an infant. His mother and father are dead, Miss Rice said. The body was stretched across a small bed. fully dressed including an over- coat. A small caliber revolver was ly- ing on the floor near the side of the ed Rice had been unemployed for months with the exception of a job at a fruit stand around Christmas time, his aunt said. She sald he had been trying to get work. Miss Rice sald she has been making a living by repairing clothes. She said she had appealed to the Washington Community Chest for aid, but had been | turned down. The reason given by the| Chest officials, she said, was that she had a grown nephew able to support her. Efforts of the nephew to obtain work in recent weeks had proved futile, Miss Rice said. The coroner was summoned. —_———e BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band this evening at_Stanley Hall at 5:30 o'clock. John S. M. Zimmermann, bandmaster; Anton Pointner, assistant. March, “The Gallant 26th”.....Fulton has been accessible, however, with court business. ik any e Justice Holmes established a record for attendance on the sessions of the court. Meticulous in the discharge of his judicial duties, he kept a record of all motions and made generous notes during the oral arguments of each case. That data was so complete that he had ne gfl‘c:l;y"m e\;rlflng his_opinions, 'par never dictated. 32 S handiand Overture, “Knight Templars”.Koppitz Bottias Ji Sea”. .Hauenschild o e Se Dy e Clement, «Butterfiies” ‘Butterflies’ foilian { ment to send him under parole to some NUARY 12, 1932. The Senate Finance Committee had before it today the full text of a mems randum prepared by Oliver C. Town- send, former commercial s#tache at Lima, which shed further light on con- ditions under investigation, involving Peru’s huge bond issues, now in default. Townsend, who was at Lima from De- cember, 1926, to December, 1929, told the committee yesterday that he had been instructed by the Bureau of For- eign and Domestic Commerce to send “favorable” reports after he had warned the Commerce Department that he felt the bonds were unsound. Senator Johnson of California read Townsend's memorandum, prepared when the latter was in Peru, saying that Juan Leguia, son of the then Presi- dent of Peru, “takes his share of the swag.” The committee was told last week that Leguia recelved $415,000 for helping arrange the loans. ‘The mémorandum described a dinner given to Legula and other Peruvians by S. A. Maginnis, former American Minis- ter to Bolivia, who was in Peru to nego- tiate the bond issue. The full text follows: “Tuesday night's dinner—given at the Hotel Bolivar by S. A. MacGinniss to 50 odd guests, was a fair sample of what the local society folk are treated to at rather close intervals—namely— entertainment by promoters seeking favors of one sort or another from the Government. “Our host—who was Minister to Bolivia during the Wilson administra- tion, is here with a big entertainment fund in the interest of (J. & W. Selig- man) a New York banking firm, to bid on the securities shortly to be issued as a part of a big refunding loan. “The ex-Minister is a big chap of about, 50—ex-newspaper man—probably a lawyer by present profession—loud voiced—glad-handed—just a little short of being offensive in his jovial famili- arity. One wonders how and why such a persng. = selected as a representative of tmportant Latin American interests. A reasonable guess is that the bankers are led to believe that a person having intimate knowledge of what is repre- sented to them as a delicate but well- organized graft system, of which the Government form a part—is the only agency through which they can accom- plish their objective. “It would be—I suspect—a revela- tion of gullibility to listen in on the confidential talks between the bankers and MacGinniss as he outlined to them his particularly unique fitness for the game of getting the best of all com- petitors on this job of securing the coveted securities to be resold to Amer- ican investors. “‘Being an ex-Minister,” I can hear established entree to the President. This game of fixing Presidents and offi- cials of South America republics is one take graft—but it must be handed over dence is left upon which a future scandal can be built—and it must be done with delicacy to avoid hurting the peculiar type of sensibility common to Latin American President.’ “The bankers swallow it—line the promoter’s pocket with expense money —agree to pay him a commission if he sums he says he paid out to state offi- cials who are of the system. If he brings home the contract he's a great negotiator—if he doesn’t he manufac- tures an alibl as specious and untrue as was his original representation. It's a great life—the promoter’s. “However, his dinner was picturesque. Our Ambassador, his lady, the secre- taries and attaches represented our em- bassy force. Col. Juan Leguia was asked so that the home folk might have ievidence of the negotiator's familiarity with the family of the President. Don Juan plays his part well, even, it is said, to the point of going 50-50 with the promoters who charge their clients with certain round sums as paid out for graft. “Those who have watched the part played by the President’s son say that he is clever—takes his share of the swag —never bothers father by asking favors in behalf of his promoter friends, and is always willing to serve as blind tiger to ambitious negotiators who know the « Peru Bond Full Text of Former U. S. Attache’s Memorandum on Colorful Dinners Promoters Held at Lima Bared in Probe. President and high officials of the local | him say, ‘I naturally have an already | in which I am expert. Sure, they all | in just the right way so that no evi-| succeeds and pass unquestioned what | Deals Told ropes—and he's doing a good business | these days. There were present a dozen Peruvians representing the official and social life, but no cabinet members—the rest just plain soclety folks recruited from all nationalities—younger married people of the dancing set mostly—and they danced until 2, when the orchestra folded its' various types of noises for the night. “The host took advantage of the oc- casion to make a speech expressing his joy in meeting his Latin American friends again. His face beamed, his voice rolled in what were meant to be emotional cadences but weren't, his arms waved in an attempt at unison with the voice, and he looked the part of ward politician at a Fourth of July picnic. Col. Juan Leguia responded on behalf of the Peruvians, saying he didn’'t know what his host had come to Peru for, but ne was glad to welcome him, particularly as he had succeeded in gathering so many attractive ladies about his table and he had displayed a discriminating taste in his selection of champagne—that he hoped his stay would last as long as his money did, and that in the end he would leave, it leave he must, feeling that both his time and money had been well spent. “Ex-Ambassador Pezet (Peru to the United States) also spoke some digni- fled words of welcome to the Americans in Peru, after persistent urgings by the host of the evening, but the American Ambassador steadfastly declined to rise from his seat. “The puzzle suggested to my mind is: Why has all this undignified scramble and promotion atmosphere become an accepted feature of the program for disposing of an issue of government bonds? There is something about scrambling that is highly appealing to Latin American officials—who encour- age the intrigue and delays accompany- ing them—as a coy maiden flirts with a group of suitors—not in any spirit of indication, but for the long-drawn-out pleasure afforded by the game. “One would think that more satisfac- tory results might be achieved by the government if it werc itself to first fix the terms of its loans in accord with international usage, and call for bids for the issues of which it desired to dis- pose. Not only would it secure all of the advantages of competitive bidding— but it would conceivably save itself something of the time and annoyance which its representatives must suffer at the hands of the importunate salesmen promoters by whom it is beset, under the system now followed, and the dig- nity of the proceedings would be vastly greater. “South American officials must realize that their methods of procedure in negotiating public contracts gives color to the suspicion prevalent among for- eigners—that graft really is an inherent factor in all official negotiations. “James Brown, a senior partner of Brown Bros & Co.—New York and Lon- don—passingthrough on the ‘Lacania Tour’ Thursday, talked about bond buy- ing in South America—in which he has had a large experience. His attitude is that the antiquated methods of ne- gotiation take so much time and effort that his policy has become one of ‘Let George do it’ On occasions his firm participates in such loans after they have been negotiated by other bank- ers—but he regards the actual nego- tiations as undignified and the ‘costs’ which intertwine themselves into them as unnecessary burdens upon the bor- rowing peoples. “Mr. Brown further explained that in his opinon bankers should avoid the practice of offering such bonds to the general public because of the uncertain- ties of interest and principal pay- ments. As investments they belong in the safe deposit boxes of the rich who make yearly investments in diversified lists of securities from excess incomes. On the theory that even South Amer- ican states do not go permanently bankrupt, such investors are secure in the ultimate recovery of both principal and interest, but the small investor who buys for income and is forced to take a loss when interest is defaulted should not be advised by bankers to buy such issues. The experience of English investors in Argentine bonds sponsored by Baring Bros. in 1890 was cited to illustrate the uncertain- | ties from which investors for income ! should be protected by bankers.” | | PLEA FOR GANDHIS RELEASE DELAYED Attorneys Hold Statute of . 1827, Under Which He * Is Held, Is Void. By the Assoclated Press. BOMBAY, January 12.—Attorneys interested in securing the release from prison of Mahatma Gandhi decided to- day to postpone their application for a writ of habeas corpus until they have had an opportunity to make a further study of the statute of 1827, under which the Mahatma was committed to jall. This, they said, would require about a week longer. The attorneys contend that the statute is no longer valid and that, besides, it applied only to subjects of a foreign state or those whose relations with a foreign state were hostile Gandhi, they contend, comes under neither of these classifications. They also claim the statute was au- tomatically repealed by Queen Victoria’s proclamation of 1858 and by the gov- ernment of India act of 1915. Would Be Rearrested. British authorities said that even if Ghandi was released he would cer- tainly be rearrested immediately under the new ordinafices because he would refuse to abandon the civil disobedience campaign, which is now a penal offense. Besides, other attorneys said, the Ma- hatma, if he knew of the plan to se- cure the writ, would ask his friends to abandon it, because the Nationalist Congress has declared a “boycott” on the British courts and because he would not resist arrest, even if he thought it illegal. Gandhi’s friends also declare he would refuse any offer of the govern- pleasant hillside station under proper safeguards. He would decline, they sald, to accept any better treatment than is given to other imprisoned Na- tionalists. BURMA SESSION ENDS. LONDON, January 12 (#).—Prime Minister Macdonald announced at the final session of the Burma Round Table Conference at St. Jomes’' Palace today that the British government is prepared grant Burma a constitution providing for the first steps toward self-govern- ment. ‘Wide powers will be reserved by the British wn, however, he said. The essence of the government declaration was an offer of gradual evolution toward self government in Burma such as was offered to India at the recent round table conference. Matters of defense, foreign affairs and, Scenes from gran Vespers” -Verdl Fox trot, “Wrap Your Vi e ““Ballroom Chatter,” “Bal ) alse intermezzo, e Finale, “Che, Mi Amigo”. “The Star spangled Banner. > to a large degree, financial questions, would remain under the control of the Crown. ‘The first question Burma will have to DAWES PLEDGES HODYER SUPPORT |Calls Any Intimation Presi- dent Will Not Have His Loy- alty a Personal Insult. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 12.—America’s retiring Ambassador to Great Britain, Charles G. Dawes, has served notice on the country in general and the politicians in particular that he is a loyal sup- porter of President Hoover, thus elimi- nating himself as a possibility for the Republican presidential nomination. “Any intimation,” he said in a formal statement handed to newspaper men yesterday, “to the effect that in any possible way or under any possibie con- tingency he (President Hoover) will not have my loyal and entire support is an insult to me.” The statement, issued to silence spec- ulation as to his availability as a can- didate for the presidential or vice presi- dential nomination, amplified that which he issued on his return to Chicago when he characterized such talk as ‘“damn nonsense.” “As for President Hoover,” he said, “whatever may be temporary political reactions—and they are unimportant in such times—he has made a record in presidential initiative and constructive accomplishment unparalleled in the economic history of this Nation or of any other. “He has done this without faltering and without discouragement. Econom- ically this country generally has started on the upgrade; we have passed the bottom. The American people, with in- domitable spirit, have resumed the on- ward march.” = e REVEALS AUTO RACKET Woman Tells Police She Paid for Unnecessary Repairs. A new racket to fleece unsuspecting motorists was disclosed here yesterday, when Mrs. N. D, Wright, 450 New Jer- sey avenue southeast, reported to police she had paid 50 cents to a “volunteer” mechanic to repair a wheel that needed no fixing. Mrs. Wright said she was stopped near her home by a man who drove up be- side her and said a wheel was coming oft her car, whereupon the man took the wheel off completely, tampered with it for a few minutes and replaced it, charging 50 cents for his services. ‘The stranger then told her, she re- ported, that there was something seri- ously wrong with the wheel and that she should to a certain garage, where he said he worked, and have it repaired. Mrs. Wright went to the decide is whether it wants to be sepa- t:‘ted from India. This will be the jssue s garage, out foun+ that no such man worked thers, an} then reported the alTalx ot Petios, SLAYER OFGIRL5, FACES JURY TODAY Indictment Charging Bischoff With Murder in First Degree Sought. By the Associated Press. CINCINNATI, Ohio, January 12.— Wheels of justice were set in motion to- day to dispose quickly of the case of Charles Bischoff, 45, the confessed kid- naper and slayer of 6-year-old Marian McLean. Seeking a first-degree murder indict- ment, County Prosecutor Robert N. Gorman arranged to present the case to the grand jury only a little mcre than 24 hours after Bischoff related hi: part in the child’s abduction and death If convicted on a first-degree murder charge, Bischoff, unless granted mercy, will be sentenced to die in the electric chair. It was just 21 days from the time Marian's body was found in Bischoff's tenement cellar until he confessed, early yesterday, that it was he who lured her from play, took her to his cellar and attacked her. During all that time he steadfastly claimed innocence and lack of knowledge as to how her body was placed there. Cellar Is Examined. Although Bischoff, a cobbler, related the child was dead Friday morning, De- cember 18, about 12 hours from the time sne was kidnaped, the coroner said I, autopsy revealed the girl had been de ' not more than 24 hours when her bc® was found December 22 This, with several other statemens., in the shoemaker’s confession, is to F investigated further, Gorman said. Meanwhile, Willis Walker, Newtown, Ohio, began an examination of the cel- lar to find whether there is evidence of similar crimes, unsolved. Walker, &~ expert, has had much experience s opening Indian mounds and searching for relics. Two other little girls have been kid- naped here within the past 15 years and never were found. A third disap- peared and her body was left on her parents’ doorstep a few days later. Remains Unemotional. Bischoff last night remained appar- ently unemotional, although expressing sorrow for the deed. He took the atti- tude that now the crime had been com- mitted, he couldn't help it, yet fully ex- pe‘cdnng to go to the electric chair, he said. His relatives were slow to believe his story. Mrs. Elizabeth Rothert, his aunt, said: “I can’t believe Charlie would do it. But if it is true, I think neither I nor the girls, (Bischoff’s two sisters) will come to his defense.” Marian’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph McLean, reunited by her death after an 18-month estrangement, said, “We are glad they got him before he could do the same thing to some other baby.” If an indictment is forthcoming to- day, Bischoff will be taken into court within another 24 hours to plead. Coun- sel will be named for him if he requests. If he pleads guilty, court will pass sen- tence on the charge contained in the indictment. A delay of 21 days will ensue should 1t be necessary to take the case to trial. ROOSEVELT LEADS IN NORTH DAKOTA; FILING IS AWAITED (Continued From First Page. dorsed by the State Democratic Con- vention here January 14 has been bol- stered by action of many county con- claves the last 10 days. H. H. Perry, chairman of the com- mittee, said reports from more a third of the State’s 33 counties show a practically unanimous sentiment for Roosevelt. ‘The Democratic State Central Com- mittee has advised the Roosevelt forces it contemplates adoption of & resolution calling for a statement from the New York Governor to bring into the open as an avowed candidate. ‘William “Alfalfa Bill” Murray, Gov= ernor of Oklahoma, was picked by some North Dakota party leaders as & prob- able second choice in pre-convention speculation. There has been no indi- cation, however, that he or Gov. Ritchie, Maryland, who also aspires to the Dem- ocratic presidential nomination, would enter the North Dakota primary. Rests With Johnson. Aside from these prospects, primary filing law may force opponents of Pres- ident Hoover in the party to make an early decisidn whether there will be a Republican campaign against his re- romination. With Senator Hiram John= niun. California, rests largely this deci~ sion. He has been urged to enter this pri- mary and all others by a combination ot anti-Hoover Republicans and independ- ents. If Johnson decides not to enter, President Hoover likely will find his only opposition in Joseph I. Prance, former Maryland Senator, party heads believe. Nominally North Dakota is Repub- lican. President Hoover carried the State in 1928, as did Coolidge in 1924 and Harding before him. HOOVER ECONOMIC PLAN ADVANCED BY ACTION OF SENATE (Continued Prom First Page.) four others named by the President with the Senate's consent. The corporation then starts function- ing. Tt borrows $1,500,000,000 by issuing bonds unconditionally guaranteed by the Federal Treasury and exempt from all Federal taxes except inheritance and gift. It lends as much of the $2,000,- 000,000 total as is needed, being care- ful to scan each applicant closely and ge;m good secug&y. ns ainst fore! bonds are specmculy‘%ured. o Interest rates are not designated, but the corporation’s sponsors estimate it would borrow at 412 per cent and lend at from 5 to 6. Those eligible for loans, besides rail- roads and exporters, are banks, savings banks, trust companies, building and loan associations, insurance companies, agricultural or live stock credit corpo- rations, Federal or joint stock land banks and mortgage loan companies. Closed banks are eligible if their assets ‘“are adequate to permit of restoration to solvency.” Direct loans to farmers by the Agriculture Department are made possible out of & $50,000,000 ap- p:&perlnm added to the bill in a Senate Loans are repayable in three years, with extension possible by special per- mission. Strictly an emergency creation, the corporation must stop making loans a year after enactment ynless the Presi- dent extends it the maximum of one more year. It is to be liquidated, pref- erably in 5 years, and absolutely, in 10. Government coin, flowing into the credit institutions in return for good but slow paper, is caluculated to per- mit new loans by the banks to agricul- ture and industry and get business wheels turning more rapidly. e Eight Drowned in Chile. PUERTO MONTT, Chile, uary 12 () —Eight hfierm were g::wned esterday in Chile, fim overturned nn‘r“mm.fl bere, three when a launch cspsized