Evening Star Newspaper, January 14, 1932, Page 1

. The only evening paper in Washington with the WEATHER. #U. 8. Weather Bureau Worecast.) Falr tonight; tomorrow occasional rain; not much change in temperature; i Associated Press service. news Jowest tonight about 48 degrees. Temperatures—Highest, 75, at 3 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 48, at 7:30 a.m. today. Full report on page 5. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 ch WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star, Yesterday’s Circulation, 120,779 | e \g Entered as seco No. post office, Wa. 32,034. nd class matter shington, D. C WASHINGTON, D. €, THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1932—FIF TY-TWO PAGES. #% * UP) Means Associated TWO CENTS. Press. OIL GRANT CIVEN MELLON INTERESS BEFORE LOMCITED Echo of Barco Concession and Colombia Credit Nego- fiations Heard at Capitol. SECRET INSTRUCTIONS DEMANDED BY JOHNSON Refuses Private View of State De- partment Files—Influence Laid | to Secretary by Patman. By the Associated Press. ‘The name of Secretary Mellon was Mnked today with testimony involving the granting of an oil concession by | Colombia to an American concern im- mediately before a large loan was made by American bankers to that country. While the Senate Finance Committee ‘was secking information from the State Department which might tie the two transactions together, Representative Patman in his impeachment efforts was charging the Treasury Secretary had a hand in influencing the loan. The concession was granted to the | Mellon-owned Guif Oil Co. Testimony before the Senate Com- mittee already has brought out that the Btate Department sought to influence Brown Announces Hoover Candidacy For Renomination | Postmaster General Pub- licly States President Will Seek Re-election. Postmaster General Brown announce today that President Hoover was & can- didate for renomination on the Repub- lican ticket. The Postmaster General, who in po- litical circles is considered the most likely successor to Senator Fess as chairman of the Republican National Committee, said that local conditions would be met in each State as to meth- ods of entering the President’s name in the races for delegates. “The only way President Hoover can be renominated,” he said, “is to get delegates to the convention. There are about 20 or 30 different methods by | which these delegates are selected and the President's friends will conform to these methods in the different States.” He said no decision had been reached as to whether Mr. Hoover's name would be entered in the North Dakota primary on March 1. “No decision will be reached in these matters until the time comes for ac- tion,” he said. “When that time comes prompt action will be taken.” RAIL LABOR GROUP HAS 4-POINT PLAN Workers Seek Job Assurance as Lines Seek 10 Per Cent Cut in Wages. American bankers to make the loan to Colombia. 1t was told today that the Barco Oil concession_was_granted to the South American Petroleum Co., in which the Gulf Oll Co. is largely interested, on | June 20, 1831, and that the loan was | made on June 30. Johnson Demands Documents. The demand that the State Depart- ment make public secret instructions sent its representatives while Ameri- can bankers were holding up a loan to Colombia was made today by Senator Johnson ef California. It came whilc department officials were explaining to the Senate Committee the details of its activities in behalf of the loan. Johnson pointed out that about the same time the loan was made, the Gulf ©Ofl Co. received a concession from the Colombian government involving 500,- By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 14—An amica- ble settlement of wage and employment problems was the object today of a joint meeting of representatives of union rail workers and principal rail- road executives. The conference was deferred until afternoon because of the delayed ar- rival of an executive. Daniel Willard, president of the Balti- more & Ohio Railroad and chairman of the joint conference, asked the post- ponement to await the arrival of C. Wickersham, president of the Atlanta & West Point Railroad. It was an- nounced that a washout had delayed hi im. The railroads, through a committee 000 acres of what Johnson said had | been described as the “most valuable | oil lands in the world.” | Assistant Secretary of State Francis ‘White told Johnson he might see the | documents privately, but the Senator | refused and demanded that they be | produced this afternoon. Patmay, a Texas Democrat, in bring- ing his against Mellon, quoted 8 letter from & South American saying President Olaya Herrera of Colombia had announced publicly Mellon would assist in the credit extension if pe- troleum - difficulties were settled. Communications Denied. “In_the conversation, the President of Colombie spoke about the situation of his country, to which Mr. Mellon said that if he would arrange the pe- of nine presidents, were gathered for the purpose of reiterating their request | that the workers accept a 10 per cent wage cut. 1 The workers, through & committee of 21 standard union presidents with authority to bind their entire member- ship to an agreement, are seeking sta- bilization of employment. After pre- liminary conferences since the first of the week, they were prepared to ask for & six-hour day to provide jobs for the 700,000 unemployed railroad men and the assurance that the 1,250,000 men now with jobs will keep them. A four-point program was given its finishing fouches yesterday by the labor representatives. The program as outlined by D. B. Robertson, chairman of the labor dele- troleum business difficulties in Colombia that Colombia would develop itself into | a much better credit condition, letting | him understand that he in turn would | help Colombia in coming out of the erisis it was going through,” the letter “In view of his position as Secretary »f the Treasury and his connection with the Gulf Oi Co.” Patman said, “if a foreign country has granted them a special concession you can see where the Secretary of the Treasury could re- ciprocate the favor.” He withheld the name of the author of the letter Trade Letter Presented. At the outset of today's Finance Com- mittee hearing a letter from the Commerce Department to an American commercial attache at Lima, Peru, tell- ing him to “be cncouraging whenever | possible” was presented to the com- mittee. Tae letter was submitted by Oliver Townsend, former attache at Lima, who | received it from Thomas R. Taylor, as- | sistant director of the Bureau of For- eign and Domestic Commerce “We are builders, promoters, even | propagandists,” Taylor wrote. | “It is my impression,” he said, “that you are over alarmed about & temporary trade condition that has slowed up busi- | o mess, but should not preclude all con- sideration of American sales to Peru.” | Another part of the letter written on | May 26, 1927, after Townsend said he BRITISH FINE FOUR CHILDREN IN INDIA Boys Under 10 Convicted of Urging Closing of School in Protest on Gandhi's Arrest. By the Associated Press. BOMBAY, January 14—The hand of the British government’s drive against the Nationalists fell on chil- dren again today when four boys under 10 were fined 25 rupees each at Surat for urging that their school be closed in protest against the arrest of Ma- hatma Gandhi. The fines were paid by their parents. A 9-year-old boy was sentenced to four years in the state reformatory yes- | terday as a Nationalist picket. gation, includes, besides the 6-hour day and the assurance of work, Federal compensation laws to indemnify against occupational accidents and diseases and to provide replacement insurance and regulation of competing forms of trans- portation. Tabulation of the vote of the brother- hoods and unions revealed that nearly 2,000,000 workers have agreed to ac-| cept the results of the negotiations. It was understood that the railway presi- dents, headed by Mr. Willard, would go into the joint conference represent- ing more than 200 rallway manage- ments. ROOSEVELT DENIES SLIGHT TO AL SMITH Asserts Person Who Said He At- tacked Predecessor Is “Con- temptible Liar.” By the Associated Press. ALBANY, N. Y., January 14 —Pranklin . Roosevelt, Governor of New York and potential Democratic presidential nominee, today labeled as a ‘con- temptible liar” the person circulating a report that he called his Democratic predecessor, Alfred E. Smith, a “rotten Governor.” The remark s attributed to Roosevelt in a current issue of a weekly magazine by an anonymous author, who carried the remark as an unsubstantiated rumor. Asked about the report today, the New York Governor said: “You can say offically and on the record that any man who circulates a story of that kind is not only a liar, but & contemptible liar.” The article was based on the long- discussed reports of a feud between Smith and Roosevelt. Indications of a divergence between the two national figures have come to | the surface recently in direct arguments over committing the Democratic party Ito a wet policy in advance of the | national convention and in Smith's | difference with Roosevelt over a New | York State reforestation proposal. Woman and Child Die in Fire. KANKAKEE, Ill, January 14 (#)— Mrs. Charles Royce, 44 years old, mother of five children, and Dora Denton, 5, were burned to death in the Royce home this morning. Six others escaped. ARLINGTON BRIDGE TO BE OPEN TO PUBLIC DURING WEEK END Will Be Used for Two Da; ys Only After Hoover and Commission Inspect It. The Arlington Memorial Bridge and the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway will be opened temporarily Saturday afternoon, after President Hoover and mesers of the Arlington Memorial Bridge Commission and of the George Washington Bicentennial Commission have gone over the two projects, In making this announcement today, Lieut. Col. U. 6. Grant, 3d, executive officer of the Arlington Memorial Bridge Commission, said the public will be ad- mitted to the bridge and highway prob- ably after 5 pm. Saturday for an hour | or so and again during daylight hours Sunday. Due to the fact there is some construction work yet to be done, par- ticularly on the roadway on Columbia Island, the bridgs and highway will not be opened permanently to the pub- lic at this time. Col. Grant's statement follows: “Arrangements are being made to assemble the Arlington Memorial Bridge Commission and the George Washing-| ton Bicentennial Commission at the (Continued on Page 2, golumn 6.) | NAVAL COMMITTEE }200 JAPANESE DIE ACTS 0 GET FAIR | IN BATTLE, LOSING TRIAL INHONOLULU! RAILWAY JUNCTION tice Department to Assure Impartiality. GRAND JURY WILL OPEN Authority of U. S. Agents in Ter- ritorial Court Doubted in Some Quarters. The Department of Justice, which is investigating law enforcement in crime- stirred Honolulu, was called on today by the House Naval Committee to see that the four American defendants in the island murder case are given a fair trial. At the same time the committee de- manded from Gov. Judd of Hawaii an explanation of his action in granting clemency to a native athletic “hero” who had been convicted of assault on a woman. The committee severely criticized law enforcement conditions in Honolulu and referred to the nolle prossing of charges against two men indicted for the mur- der of an American seaman as “typical” of official action in crime prosecutions. In some quarters here it was thought the Department of Justice would have little or no autherity to take a hand in the trial of the defendants in the Massie case, which will come before a territorial court under island law. Jury Meets Tomorrow. The grand jury which is to investi- gate the kidnaping and murder will be chosen tomorrow, according to As- sociated Press reports from Honolulu. The accused quartet are Mrs. Gran- ville Fortescue, her son-in-law, Lieut. Thomas Massie, and two sailors, all of whom ate charged with murdering an alleged @ssailani of Mrs. Massie. ‘The House Committee sent copies of its recommendation to the Attorney - | General, the Judge Advocate General and the Hduse Territories Committee. Previously Hawaiian Delegate Houston had said he had not seen all the docu- ments on which the committee based its report. He emphasized that he has not, ““by word or gesture,” condoned the offense 4gainst Mrs. Massie. “I abhor the crime,” he said, “and hope for nothing better than that the perpetrators speedily be brought to justice.””” He had reference to the five men accused of criminally assaulting the naval lieutenant's wife. Delegate Houston said he had. sug- gested %ef Gow. Judd that the Hawailan Legislature, which meets in s ses- sion January 18, make penalty for criminal asaults death or st Call Wolf Case Typical The Naval Committee expressed the opinion that action of Hawailan au- thorities in freeing defendants charged with the murder of Isadore Wolf, a sailor, in 1927, was typical of law en- forcement conditions there. Wolf was killed in a riot between civiiians and service men on July 16, 1927, according to press reports in Honoluly, papers studied by the com- mittee. e of the papers said: “As a result of Wolf’s death William H. Stuart and Abel Keala were indicted by the territorial grand jury on a charge of second-degree murder. * * * Two groups of men, civilians and service members, were indicted and charged with rioting. On motion of Griffith Wright, deputy city attorney, Judge Cristy entered a nolle in the murder charge and Stuart and Keala were released.” GOV. JUDD DEFENDS SELF. Answers Critics of Hawalian Admin- istration and Courts. By the Assoclated Press HONOLULU, January 14.—After call- ing a special session of the territorial Legislature to consider Honolulu's crime situation Gov. Lawrence M. Judd to- day turned to defending himself against congressional blame for the present state of affairs. Meanwhile a new case of attempted assault upon a woman attracted at- tention along with the forthcoming legislative session, and the grand jury session tomorrow to consider indict- ment of a society matron, a Navy lieu- tenant and two enlisted men accused (Continued on Page 4, Column 1) 'STOCKS GAIN $1 TO $4 IN ACTIVE MARKET Early Bulh;h Tone ;(eeps Prices Up Through Good Dey’s Trading. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 14.— Stocks pushed up ¢1 to $4 a share today in a resumption of the advance which, progress for more than a week. A lively demonstration of bullishness in the early trading gave the market a good start and it clung tenaciously to those advances. Whenever profit- taking appeared the activity dimin- ished sharply, and this evidence of un- deriying firmness encouraged profes- sional operators for the advance. The market appeared to be stimu- lated by the Chicago railroad meeting, by official word that the American Tele- phone & Telegraph Co. had covered its $9 dividend last year, with & small mar- gin to spare, and by another boost in United States Government bond prices. Tobacco stocks were especially strong, up $2 to $3 at the best prices. United States Steel rallied more than $1.50 to $46.25. American Telephone rose $2 to $124.75, American Can about $2 to nearly $66 and Allied Chemical $2 to above $74. Santa Fe Railroad and Union Pacific gained $2 and $3, re- spectively, while v Ll Eastman’s advance MISS GRACE KING DIES NEW ORLEANS, La, Janu 14 (A).—Miss Grace Elizabeth Km:y New Orleans author, whose death had been “w:x:eewem:uy for several days, died 2y shortl ' at the age of 80. ol Radio Programs on Page D-3 with miner interruptions, has been in | | | +!House Group Calls Upon Jus- Chinese May Ask U. S. to Call Parley to Settle Manchurian Probem. TOKIO BARES 1905 PACT MASSIE CASE TOMORROW | TEXT, ANSWERING DENIAL Martial Law in Peiping Follows Report Legation Guard Planned Night Maneuvers. By the Associated Press SHANGHAI, China, January 14— Two hundred Japanese soldiers ~de- fending a railway junction 70 miles northeast of Chinchow were killed yes- terday in an engagement with Chinese volunteer militia, word received here today said. The dispatch said the Chinese re- captured the junction at Tahushan in this engagement. Huang Han-Liang, Chinese minister of finance, resigned late last night after having occupied the post in China's new cabinet for two weeks. The vice minister also handed in his resignation. Officials said the government’s finan- cisl affairs are “in a hopeless muddle and beyond their powers of adminis- tration.” MARTIAL LAW IN PEIPING. Report Japanese Guard Planned Night Maneuvers Circulated. PEIPING, January 14 (#)—Peiping was thrown into a mild state of panic last night when martial law was in- formally and suddenly declared owing to an unconfirmed report that 200 members of the Japanese legation guard planned night maneuvers outside the legation quarter. The gates of the city were closed, theaters were forced to stop perform- ances and all street trafic was pro- hibited after 10 p.m. Japanese military authorities today denied any night maneuvers were con- templated, but reports continued to cir-' culate that there were troop movements within the Japanese fortified area last night until 10:30. The newspaper Leader, owned by the Kyomintang, Nationalist party, said re- cent arrivals of Japanese reinforce- ments here have swelled the garrison to over 3,000 and shipments of field guns have caused much Chinese ap- prehension. Police in North China and Peiping have taken extra precautions, the paper said, to guard against un- toward incidents. TEXT OF RAIL PACT BARED. Tokio Reveals Contents of Secret Agreement in Answer to Denials. TOKIO, January 14 '(#).—Recent de- nials at Nanking of the existence of an agreement prohibiting the Chinese from building Manchurian_ railways pgrallel- ing Japanese lines brought from the government today a statement revealing the text of a secret understanding con- cluded between the two countries in 905. It stipulated that no parallel railway lines should be built by China, the statement said, and was signed by 16 representatives of China and Japan. An English summary of its provisions was submitted by Japan in 1906 to the British and American Governments in strictest confidence. Kao Denied Agreement. It never was made public, the gov- ernment statement said, at the special request of the Chinese, who explained that they did not want the Chinese peo- ple to know about the arrangement for political reasons. Recently Dr. Wellington Koo, then foreign minister of China, asserted that no such agreement ever was made. It was in view of this and other denials that today’s statement was issued. Japan contends that China has vio- lated the agreement time and again in spite of repeated protests. Reply to U. S. Delayed a Day. Japan’s reply to the recent American note invoking the nine-power treaty in the Far East probably will be given to United States Ambassador Forbes to- morrow, it was said this evening. The note was to have been delivered today, but the plansywere changed at the last moment afte® Mr. Forbes had called at the foreign office to receive it The postponement was decided upon so that Kenkichi Yoshizawa, the new foreign minister, who arrived from Mukden tonight, might deliver it per- sonally. JAPANESE BEGIN DRIVE. More Troops Sent From Mukden to Crush Volunteer Militia. TIENTSIN, China, January 14 (#).— Chinese reports today said Japanese reinforcements have arTived at Jaoyang- ho and Kowpangtze from Mukden, and that a determined drive has begun against the Chinese volunteer militia groups which have delivered galling at- tacks during the past few days, result- ing in many Japanese casualties. The volunteers were reported to have occupied Tahushan yesterday after se- vere fighting. The Chinese forces near Tungliao were forced to retreat, how- ever, after an attack by reinforced Jap- anese units which reoccupied the town of Ihslen after sheiling it. THREE BURN TO DEATH IN HIGHWAY SMASH-UP Occupants of Light Car Lose Lives When They Crash Into Stalled Truck. By the Assoclated Press. LOGAN, Iowa, January 14.—Three men were burned to death in a fire resulting from & collision of a light roadster and & truck near here early to- ds They were occupants of the light ich was burned. o & “were Harold Anderson, wner of the car; Glenn Grooms, and g.'nos ‘Withem, all of Mondamin, Iowa. ‘Arnold Schroten of Odebolt, Iows, driver of the truck, said he was stalled by lack of gas, when the light car crashed into t truck. . A | 8uLL it Mo9sz 0l VOICE FROM THE TOMB. g S LT (] o / i uvmu AT Al \A ‘ \ You DEMOCRATS SEEK $1,.900,000 IN CASH Shouse Says That Sum Re- quired for Enlargement of Party’s Activities. By the Assocated Press. CHICAGO, January 14.—Need for a $1,500,000 war chest if the Democratic | party is to hold and increase its gains made since 1928 was stressed by Jewett Shouse, chairman of the National Executive Committee, at & luncheon of | the party’s Illinois “Victory Committee” | today. Calling attention to what he termed | the woeful lack of organization and the depleted condition of the party's treasury prior to the 1928 campaign, he said remarkable results toward stabiliza- tion had been achleved since through efforts of John Raskob, national chairman. To Enlarge Activities. “We want to enlarge our activities during the next six months,” he said “s « * we want to tell the Demo- cratic story to the people of the coun- try in an even more impressive fashion up to the day the convention opens so that we will have the election won be- fore we hold the convention; it means the use of radio facilities; it means the enlargement of all publicity facilities.” The balance of the deficit from the last campaign, Mr. Shouse said, is ap- proximately $445,000. To repay that and other expenses and obligations in- curred since 1928 will require a total of $1,000,000, he said. ‘Want Advance Fund. “Then we want to do a thing that has never been done in the history of the party. We want to be able to turn over to the National Committee which will be created at the time of the Na- tional Convention and which will have charge of the next campaign, the flat sum of $500,000 so that they can go direct from the convention into the campaign without having to wait prec- ious weeks and precious months, per- haps, before getting the money neces- | sary to enable them to function, S it is as necessary for our| party to be on a safe and sound finan- | cial keel as it is for an individual to be on that sort of a keel. If we are going in to the next campaign with that assurance of victory—and that assur- ance is easily ours if we grasp it—we must have our financial affairs in such shape as to take advantage of the op- portunity that awaits us.” 50 “VICTORY” DINNERS TONIGHT. Democrats to Launch Drive for Money in Nation-wide Effort. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, January than 50 “victory dinners” by Demo- | crats in 33 States tonight will lend fresh impetus to Democratic pre-con- vention politics by affording an oppor- tunity to nearly all of the party lead- ers to be heard. Governors, Senators, Representatives in Congress, national committee- men and past, present and fu- ture candidates for offices up to the presidency will speak at one or another of the banquets. The dinners are for the purpose of launching the campaign for $1,500,000 to wipe out the party deficit, largely underwritten by National Chairman John J. Raskob, and to enable the party to open the presidential cam- paign. In the East, Democratic interest is divided between the dinner here, at which Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt will speak, and the one in Boston, at (Continued on Page. 2, Column PLANE CARRYING AID FOR SICK DOWN AGAIN Craft En Route to Tucson, Ariz., With Oxygen Chamber Grounded by Texas Fog. 14.—More | By the Associated Press. FORT WORTH, Tex., January 14— Fog again has delayed an airplane bearing a special oxygen chamber from New York to a Tucson, Ariz., hospital for the relief of Miss Alice Hilliard, who is suffering from pneumonia. A blanket of mist whick obscured airways beacons caused Stuart Reiss, pilot, to turn back to Fort Worth soon after he took off in continuation of the we'.i't:“dl flight ltblutz‘s am. today. e plane prev ly was grounded at Columbus, ghio, by fog. A rally in the condition of the Tucson patient, however, led her physicians to believe neither the apparatus en route nor another chamber now available at Tucson will be needed. Miss Hilliard is the stepdaughter of Robert Bing- ham, Louisville, Ky, publisher. . | dered by Pilot Rescues Boys From Mad Bull by Hop to Next Field By the Associated Press. CHARLEVOIX, Mich., January 13.—An airplane pilot utilized his plane yesterday to save two small boys and himself from an angry bull, which challenged their oc- cupancy of his pasture. Forced down by fog, Bud Ham- mond, Charlevoix-Beaver Island mail pilot, found himself be- sieged by the new menace. Then the two boys, attracted by the encountered . the bull's the plane and hopped a fence to an adjoining field and safety. SENATE CUTS DOWN BIGENTENNIAL FUND Report on Deficiency Appro- priation Bill Eliminates $50,- 000 Printing ltem. A reduction of $50,000 in the expenses of the United States Bicentennial Com- mission and elimination of authority to use $33,000 of unexpended balances of existing appropriations for the main-| tenance of the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway were among the changes or- the Senate Appropriations Committee today when it reported out the first deficiency appropriation bill For all branches of the Government service, the bill as reported, carries $126,204,119.21. This is a net increase of $1,135,076.46 over the total approved by the House, The Senate added items amounting to $1,188,235.39, and struck out others totaling $53,158.93. Among the additions made were two increases for the supervising architect of the Treasury—for operating force for public buildings, $200,000, and for furni- ture and repairs to furniture in public buildings, $250,000. 5 Asked for Increase. For continuing the work of the Bi- centennial Commission the House | allowed $250,000. At the hearings be- | fore the Senate committee Represent- ative Sol'Bloom of New York, assoclate directcr in charge of National Bicen- tennial headquarters, asked for an in- crease in the House figure. However, when the bill came out today it was found the Bicentennial item, instead of being raised, has been cut down to $200,000. Mr. Bloom had told the Senators that the amount sought is all for printing to meet the widespread demand throughout the country, and even from | abroad, for pamphlets and other educa- | tional material relating to George | Washington and the celebration. Mr. Bloom testified the original | amount asked for was $427,000, of | which the House allowed $250,000. Mr. | Bloom had expressed a hope before the | Senate Committee that $115,000 or $120,000 would be added to the House figure. “The country is clamoring for this information,” Mr. Bloom testified. “Re- | member, we are not commercial. The suggestion that was brought over in the House the other day about being com- mercial was not correct, except that we are putting hundreds of thousands of (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) BABE RUTH REFUSES $70,000 FOR ONE YEAR| Willing to Take $10,000 Pay Cut| if Two-Year Contract Is Of- fered, He Says. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 14 —Babe Ruth today received a one-year contract from the New York Yankees calling for $70,- 000, a reduction of $10,000 from his salary of the last two years, and prompt- ly sent it back unsigned. He said he would accept a two-year contract for that sum. : ; Babe was found in his Riverside Drive apartment shortly after Col. Jacob Ruppert, owner of the Yankees, had announced the terms. “T think I'm worth the other $10,000,” the Babe said, “and I'm sending the contract back. I think they're carry- ing this cutting business too far and making a joke of it.” Babe was asked what he would con- sider as a fair contract. “Well, I think $70,000 for two years would be all right,” he said. He left the inference that a one- year contrgct for $80,000 would be all right. i : BUSINES AD BL STUDED IN HUSE Early Vote on Reconstruction Finance Corporation Is Expected. By the Associated Press. The final stage of consideration for the Reconstruction Finance Corporation bill began today in the House with an early vote in sight. General debate ended, the $2,000,000,- 000 business relief project started running the gauntlet of amendment proposals. Some of the leaders ex- pected the process to be completed in time for a vote tonight, but general expectation was that passage would not come before tomorrow. Senate Recesses Today. After passing the amended House measure fo increase capitalization of the Federal Land Banks, the Senate spent today in recess, devoting itself to com- mittee work, hearings and investiga- tions. The Land Bank bill, amended to grant $25,000,000 worth of moratoriums on farmers’ loans, must go to confer- ence to adjust with the House differ- ences between the two branchcs. A conference also will have to ad- jb‘;lslt differences on the reconstruction Meanwhile, the names of two Texans | were added today to the list of those | mentioned for selection by President | Hoover as directors of the reconstruc- | tion corporation. Senator Connally, Democrat, of Iexas, suggested personally to White House officials that Jesse H. Jones, Houston financier, and Nathan Adams, president of the PFirst National Bank, at Dallas, be_considered. President Hoover hopes to have the directorate of the corporation in line by the time Congress sends him the recon- uf.mkct.lon measure, probably early next week, Baruch Is Mentioned. Bernard M. Baruch, New York finan- cier, has been spoken of repeatedly as one of the directorate, and possibly its chairman. The name of Charles G. Dawes, who will soon retire as Ambas- sador to Great Britain, also has figured. Senator Connally said he had heard considerable advocacy of Angus McLean of North Carolina and Edward N. Hur- | ley of Chicago as other possibilities. All | of those named, with the exception of | Dawes, are Democrats. Under the bill passed by the Senate, the directorate would consist of Secre- tary Mellon, Gov. Meyer of the Federal Reserve Board, a farm loan commissioner and four others, three of whom would be Democrats. Whether the House will agree to this setup will be decided today or tomor- Tow. URIBURU RETIRES FEB. 20 — | Buenos Aires Paper Prints Report | From Reliable Source. BUENOS AIRES, January 14 (#).— The Newspaper La Nacion said today it learned from a most reliable source that Provisional President Uriburu will turn over the reins of government to Presi- dent-elect Justo on February 20, imme- diately after the new provincial and municipal governments are regularly constituted. HOOVER C}TILD BETTER “Not Out of Danger,” Following Sinus Operation. PASADENA, Calif., January 14 (#)— | Herbert Hoover, 3d, was “not out of | danger” today according to a bulletin by his physicians, but his condition | showed & slight improvement. The grandson of the President underwent a However, SUSPECT INLSLEY MURDER S SOUCHT N HERNDON AR Colored - Settlement Near Tysons Cross Roads Scene of Hunt_for Slayer. FORMER CHAUFFEUR CAME HERE YESTERDAY Car Believed Used in Escape After Crime Found Abandoned Near Highway Bridge. Search for the murderer of Mrs. Spen- cer Ilsley, socially prominent sportse woman of Middleburg, Va., and her 65« year-old maid, Mina Buckner, centered this afternoon in nearby Virginia. After a roadside rendezvous about three miles outside of Herndon, Va., Deiective Sergt. Dennis J. Murphy of the Washington Homicide Squad and Commonwealth’s Atttorney John Galle- her of Middleburg went to a colored settlement near Tyson’s Crossroads in search of a suspect. Whether or not it was George Craw- ford, colored, about 45 years old, former chauffeur for Mrs. Ilsley, and who police suspect committed the murders, detec- tives refused to say. Came Here Yesterday. While Murphy and Galleher were searching the colored settlements near Tyson’s Corner, Washington police were conducting one of the most concen- trated man-hunts in the history of the Capital. Police of all precincts have been instructed to go through the col- ored districts with a fine-tooth comb in an effort to uncover the murderer, who they have definitely established came to ‘Washington after committing the crime. Sought Detective’s Aid. Ben Gunner, manager of the William J. Burns International Detective Agency, revesled today that Mrs. Ilsley visited his office here the day before the double murder and consulted him regarding the possibility of arresting Crawford. “She explained no action had been taken on the warrant she had sworn out for Crawford’s arrest on a robbery charge,” Gunner said, “and inquired as to our rates for handling the case for her. She said she would communi- cate with me within the next few days.” Mrs. Isley said, according to Gun- ner, she suspected Crawford of break- ing open her strong box and stealing her late husband’s -.y’ Reporters visiting the Mrger house on the estate this m to obtain infor- métion concerning neral a) ments were met by Brig. Gen. Wi Mitchell, a friend of slain soclety woman. Gen. Mitchell not only refused to make any statement regarding the rites, b\’x‘t ordered the newspaper men off the place. Funeral services for Mrs. Iisley will be held tomorrow at noon at Emanuel Protestant Episcopal Church, in Middle- burg. After the Middleburg services, the body will be sent to Milwaukee, Wis., for burial. That the murderer came to Wash- ington has been definitely established by police. A small automobile belong- ing to Mrs. Ilsley, in which the mur- derer made his escape, was picked up late yesterday south of the Highway Bridge on the Washington-Richmond Highway by police. ‘William Clifton Thomas, 31, colored, who was arrested by Traffic Officer J. P. Comisky early today and held at No. 4 police station for investigation, upon first questioning by Detective Sergt. H. K. Wilson, head of the homi- cide squad, denied that he was any kin or knew anything whatever about George Crawford Sergt. Wilson said Thomas was taken " (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) ARMY OFFICER'S WIFE FOUND DEAD AT POST Mrs. Louise Bowering, 28, Was Delaware Native—Husband Lived in Virginia. By the Associated Press. LEAVENWORTH, Kans., January 14. —The body of Mrs. Louise Bowering, 28-year-old wife of Capt. Benjamin Bowering, Coast Artillery, was found hanging from a bath room fixture in their quarters at Fort Leavenworth yesterday. Announcing the death today, the post adjutant said Capt. Bowering discovered his wife's body suspended by her coolie coat after his return from classes at the Command and General Staff School. Post officials expressed a be- lief that she had committed suicide. Doctors said she died of strangula- tion. Mrs. Bowering had been in ill health. She came to the fort from Delaware December 22. Capt. Bower- ing came here from Virginia. Home in Fredericksburg. Capt. Bowering’s home is in Fred- ericksburg, Va. His wife was Miss Louise Jefferson of Delaware City, Del. Capt. Bowering is well known in nearby Viginia. He graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1915 and entered the Army from civil life in June, 1917. He was commissioned sinus operation last Saturday. captain in 1920. PROVES TO BE Horse Laugh on Committee “Mrs. Zilch” at By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 14.—Mrs. M. Zilch is giving the sponsors of the popularity contest out in suburban River Grove the horse laugh. The contest started long ago, but they did not begin to count the votes until yesterday. Mrs. Zilch got 440 votes, but as none of the judges had ever heard of her be- :;:re”:hey decided it was time to inves- gate. A committee was sent to interview LEADER IN POPULARITY CONTEST OLD GRAY MARE That Seeks Interview With “Stable’” Home. the lady and to congratulate her, as she was pretty high up in the voting. They got the address, which turned out to be a stable owned by a cemetery company. “Does Mrs. Zilch live here?” inquired one of the committeemen. “Yes,” her groom replied, “but she's a mare—in fact, an old gray mare.” It was then that the committee learned that some one had been jesting with the Chamber of Commerce, spon- \ sors gf the contest.