Evening Star Newspaper, January 18, 1932, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Porecast.) Fair and colder tonight and tomorrow; lowest temperature tonight about 36 de- grées; moderate west and northwest winds. Temperatures—Highest, 59, at 3:30 am. today; lowest, 48, at noon yes- terday. Full report Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 on page 9. ch WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Sfar. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Saturday's Cir Sunday’s Cire 117,949 127,522 culation, ulation, nd class matter shington, D. C WASHINGTON, D. €., MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1932—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. XY () Means Associated TWO CENTS. Press. LAUSANNE T0 OMIT WAR DEBTS ISSUE, LONDON PREDICTS Six Months’ Respite on Rep- arations Expected to Be Considered. MORATORIUM EXTENSION IS HELD UNNECESSARY Forecast Parley Will Delay Deci- sion Until After U. §. Election Declared False. By the Associated Press LONDON, January 18.—Predictions in Yondon newspapers that the Repara- tions Conference at Lausanne would make no final decisions until late in the year, after the presidential elections in the United States, were declared erroneous in authoritative quarters today. In these quarters it was stated no overtures regarding an extension of the Hoover moratorium will be made to the United States and it was agreed that such action is not necessary for success- fully carrying out the work of the conference. The conference, it was stated, will Bccept the report of the Basel Com- mittee of Experts after a short meeting of perhaps only a few days and then consider extending a short reparations moratorium to Germany. Six months, it was said, is the estimated period of this new respite. No action regarding war debts is considered necessary at the Lausanne conference, it was said. Short Session Forecast. ‘The chief expression of the prediction that the conference would be delayed until the end of the year, after a short session, was contained in an article in the London Observer. The four prin- cipal nations participating in the con- ference—Great Britain, France, Italy and Germany—have agreed, the article said, to the following sequence of events at Lausanne: 1. The conference will last a few days only. 2. The 11 countries represented will submit to Washington a proposal that the Hoover moratorium be extended from July 1 to the end of 1932. 3. The conference will then recon- vene before the end of the year to seek a permanent settlement of the whole matter. Paris Press Gloomy. Other responsible circles echoed this statement, with emphasis on the opinion that the British government has now decided & further moratorium for longer than a few months would do more harm than good in the long run. Paris newspapers found the prospects gloomy. Le Temps, usually credited with being close to the French foreign office, and the Nationalist le Journal Des Debats took the view that the key to the problem lies with the United States, no matter what happens at Lau- sanne. There is not the slightest rea- son to believe, however, they said, that America will plunge into the repara- tions tangle and straighten it out. BELGIUM REVISING BUDGET. Acts to Meet Deficit From Expected Moratorium Extension. BRUSSELS, January 18 (#).—The Belgian government is preparing a re- vision of its 1832 budget to meet a deficit of $14,000,000 it expects to re- sult from an extension of the German reparations moratorium at the Laus- anne conference, it was learned today. A loan of $50,000,000, together with new taxation and governmental econ- 0 are_contemplated to cover the| deficit in last year's budget. LAVAL IS MARKING TIME. | ‘Will Present Cabinet for Vote of Con- fidence Tomorrow. | PARIS, January 18 (P)—Premier | Laval, who presents his new cabinet to Parliament tomorrow for a vote of con fidence, spent today considering the possibility of opening the proposed debts conference at Lausanne next | Monday { Although no definite announcement of policy has been made, it is believed the British are swinging over to the! Prench idea of a short moratorium 1o | bridge over the elections in the United States, France and Prussia, providing the United States consents to a similar brief holiday on war debts. Then the whole question would be discussed to- ward the end of the year. 1 the French and British agree, “(Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) ONE MEXICAN SLAIN AS BAND INVADES U.S.| Anxiety Felt Along Rio Grande as Result of Robber Attack on Patrol. By the Associated Press MCALLEN, Tex., January 18.—A gun- fight which resulted in the death of Toriblo Gonzales, 25, a Mexican, and the invasion of American soll by a large party of Mexican horsemen caused con- cern along the Rio Grande today. Five American border patrolmen, de- tailed to watch Devils: Pass for horse thieves, killed Gonzales as he and two companions headed across the river toward the Texas shore in a rowboat Saturday night. The other boatmen were wounded, but escaped. Gonzales was buried on a bluff overlooking the river. With the appearance of the armed horsemen on the south side of the in- ternational boundary two patrolmen were dispatched for reinforcements. The three remaining on guard, how- ever, were forced back by the band be- fore the arrival of other officers. Federal and civilian officials, rushed to the scene, found only bootprints and the tracks of many horses along the bank. Posse leaders expressed the opinion the horsemen were led by a robber whose band crossed the river last Tus- day, terrorized the village of Tabasco, west of McAllen, and stole several head of live stock. Redio I;rn(ru;a X on —P:n B-6 “ALFALFA BILL" S Lolls at Ease Before Banking By the Associated Press ' Sitting at his ease with a smoking | cigar and black coffee at hand, “Alfal- | fa BUl” Murray—otherwise the Gov-| ernor of Oklahoma—counseled Congress | today to institute banking reforms. | He testified before the House Ways and Means Committee, after being in- troduced by Representative McKeown, a fellow Democrat of his State McKeown is sponsor of the bill to| remove the 10 per cent tax on State| bank note issues which was first pre- sented about 15 years ago by Murray | when he was a House member. The bill seeks to repeal the law in RALROADS DENY FULL LABOR PLAN Paper Says Feature Guaran-| teeing ‘Necessary Employes’ | Meets Favor. By the Associated Press. { CHICAGO, January 18 —The Chicago ‘ Tribune said today that the Nation's| railroads have declined, for the present at least, to accede to all of labor’s de- mands for stabilization of employment for 2,000,000 railway union workers. The carriers’ answer to the stabiliza- tion program of labor was submitted to labor chiefs at a three-hour secret ses- | sion yesterday, and both sides declined afterward to reveal the trend of their deliberations. The program was a counter proposal to the railroads’ re- quest that the workers take a voluntary | 10 per cent cut in pay for a year. Refuse to Guarantee Jobs. The paper said that the rail com- mittee eg('pressed sympathy for the labor | plank demanding a guarantee of steady employment, for one year to a definite number of “necessary employes” with the following statements: “Whatever may be practicable should be done for the purpose of removing £o far as possible the feeling of uncertain- ty concerning the future.” yThe rails, however, turned down two other major proposals, the paper said, namely, those a similar guar- antee of work for part-time forces and agreement on the principle of the six instead of the present eight hour day. Comments of union leaders on these answers were quoted, saying they be- lieved the railroads were only paving the way for bargaining on the 10 per cent cut and that the partial Uppoa!‘i- tion to the labor program was only “a form of strategy.” Both groups, represented by commit- tees, have been in conference here since Thursday, and the union men have in- dicated they would barter a 10 per cent cut for adoption of their program by the rails. They contend it would bring relief to 700,000 men out of work and 600,000 others only partly employed. After yesterday's conference David Brown Robertson, chief of the Labor Committee, declared he was confident the carriers “want to co-operate with us as far as possible” and that he was as hopeful as ever of an amicable ad- justment of difficulties. Referring to the labor program, he sald in some cases the rails’ answer was favorable, but in others “they do not g0 as far as we hoped they would.” He did not disclose on what points the favorable reaction was shown. Any concern that the railroads would take steps this week to enforce a 15 r cent wage cut has been removed rom_tne brow of labor. A 30-day notice for the 15 per cent reduction filed by the rails in Decem- ber expires Tuesday, but the carriers’ | committee yesterday assured the unions the deadline would be disregarded. $582,309,000 BANK MERGER APPROVEDi hatham & Phenix and Manufnc-: turers’ Trust Co. to Consolidate in New York. BY the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, January 18.—Stockhold- ers of Manufacturers’ Trust Co. in a special meeting today formally ap-| proved plans for merging the Chatham | & Phenix National Bank & Trust Co. into the former institution To effect the merger an increase of | $5,435,000 will be made in the capital of Manufacturers' Trust. This increase 1s, roughly, one-third of the stated cap- ital of Chatham & Phenix, which on December 31 reported $16,200,000 capi- tal and $12,118.351 surplus and undi- vided profits. The procedure is in line with recently announced plans of banks to write down assets to rock-bottom fig- ures by transferring a portion of their capital funds into special reserves. Giving effect to. the consolidation, Manufacturers’ Trust will create 1,646, 750 shares of $20 stock to replace the 1,100,000 shares of $25 stock now out- standing. The consolidation will unite two insti- tutions which on December 31 reported IPS COFFEE AND PUFFS CIGAR AT HEARING House Committee as He Counsels Congress to Institute Reforms. order that the so-called “Scotch” banks in States could issue notes on stored agricutural and similar products. Chairman Collier and other commit- teemen accorded the plain-worded Ok- lahoma executive unusual courtesy. As McKeown concluded his introduction, he said the witness “may have to drink .some coffee because he hasn't had all of his morning coffee yet.” Murray then obtained permission to sit down and talk in support of the Mc- Keown bill. It had been granted but once before and then to Secretary Mellon when he was {ll. Rearing back in an easy swivel chair, Murray crossed his legs—exposing white cotton socks and high-laced shoes (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) JAPANESE MALED FIST RETALIATES Hundreds of Chinese Slain in Widely Separated Thrusts of Punitive ‘Drive. By the Associated Press. MUKDEN, Manchuria, January 18.— Hundreds of Chinese have paid with their lives, Japanese officlal com- muniques said today, for the victories they won last week when Japanese casualties ran high The communiques told a grim tale of the crashing of the Japanese mailed fist in retaliation, wielding all the most destructive engines of modern war. The announcements were made almost simultaneously with the arrival here of | the advance guard of the new groups | of Chinese war lords under whom it is proposed to erect a new Manchurian state. Biggest Fight at Yentai. Gen. Shigero Honjo, Japanese com- mander, drove his retaliatory thrusts at several widely separated points in South Manchuria. In two battles at Yentai and Tungliao at least 220 Chi- nese were known to have been killed, and the communiques said “a con- siderable number” were slain at Ying- kow in a third battle. These were only the three most important clashes listed in the announcements. One Japanese officer was killed and three men wounded in the Yingkow battle. The lufest of yesterday's battles was at Yental a coal mining center 2§ miles south of here. A Japanese in- fantry battallon using machine guns, artillery and airplanes clashed with 500 Chinese. The fighting lasted 40 min- utes. The first official report said the Chinese were “almost completely an- nihilated.” The battalion returned here afterward. A gang of coolies was (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) BISHOP’S WHEREABOUTS IS CAUSING ANXIETY .Fnils to Arrive at Providence From Duluth to Fill Speaking Engagements. PROVIDENCE, R. I, January 18 (#). —The whereabouts of the Rt. Rev. Granville Gaylord Bennett, Episcopal Bishop of Duluth, Minn., was a subject | of concern at the office of the Episcopal diocese of Rhode Island today. The Midwestern prelate failed to arrive to fill week-end engagements and his office in Duluth reported he had not been in touch there since last Wednesday, when he presumably started East. Bishop Bennett was to have reached here last Thursday to take over for the next two months the duties of the Most Rev. James De Wolf Perry, Bishop of Rhode Island and presiding bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church of America, while the latter attended to the affairs of the church in New York City. Bishop Bennett, regarded as one of the most brilliant speakers of the denomination, had several speaking en- gagements and a confirmation over the week end. “MIGHT; L}lK A ROSE” POET’S SON IS KILLED Frank L. Stanton, Jr., Subject of Famous Lines, Victim of Auto in Georgia. By the Associated Press MACON, Ga., January 18.—Frank L. Stanton, jr., of Atlanta, about whom his | father, the late poet laureate of Georgia, | years ago wrote the poem ‘“‘Mighty Lak a Rose,” was killed with his wife in an automobile crash at a bridge 33 miles south of here yesterday Their 5-year-old daughter Dorothy was unhurt. The car hit the ralling of the ap- | aggregate resources on $582309,000 and combined deposits of $419,713,000. proach to a bridge, rammed into & pillar and burst into flames. $600,000,000 GOLD By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, January 18.—Un- der the feet of a few thousand Cali- fornians there lies, supposedly within comparatively easy reach, virgin gold estimated by the State Bureau of Mines to_be worth $600,000,000. Taking cognizance of the increasing clamor for the precious metal, the bu- reau today summarized in that figure its idea of the amount of gold still within the grasp of casual prospectors and placer miners. Their ranks have been swelled by the unemployed. ‘To the $600,000,000 total the bureau added $900,000,000 as possibly approxi- mating the value of recoverable gold in California remaining within the reach of quartz or “hard rock” miners, who must have capltal to xnm:‘ma precious IN REACH OF CALIFORNIA DIGGING ARMY State Bureau Estimates “Surface” Wealth to Prospectors, Whose Ranks Have Grown to 10,000. veins 7,000 feet or more into in (t))rdetr to L;rt:guce profllably.‘he iake n top o ese Treports figur: from various Government agencies showing the gold fields of the United States are capable of yielding an esti- mated maximum of $2333393500 in the 22-year period ending in 1950, In its estimates the Btate bureau has | concluded that there remains almost as | much recoverable gold in California as has been taken out since the great dis- | covery of 1848. From that year to the end of 1931 the State produced $1,852,- 203,964 in gold. 1t is estimated 10,000 or more itinerant men and women | moved through the gold area of North- |ern California last year and took o | approximately $1,000,000, averaging t little more than §1 a day, AGRILTURE L CUTBY CONMITEE T0 §175,48,0 House Group Lops $10,799,- 000 From Sum Recom- mended by President. SALARY REDUCTIONS IGNORED IN REPORT Big Item in Measure Provides $100,000,000 for Federal Highway Aid. By the Associated Press. The keen blade of Democratic econ- omy was exhibited today as the House received from its Appropriations Com- mittee a closely pruned Agriculture De- partment supply bill. Carrying out the policy laid down by Chairman Byrns, the committee cut the first big departmental money bill to $175,443,000 for the coming fiscal year. This is $60,220,000 less than appropria- tions for the current year and Is $10,799,000 below the budget estimates of $186,243,000 recommended by President Hoover. Not one budget item was increased the committee and no single expendi- ture was added. In addition, the com- mittee did not go into the question of reducing salaries of Government em- ployes, passing that back to the House. It is expected to be debated on the floor, since the Expenditures Committee had tabled all proposals to cut salaries. $100,000,000 for Roads. The big item in the measure is $100,- 000,000 for Federal highway aid. It is $25,179,000 less than appropriated for this year and $9,000,000 short of the amount requested by Thomas H, Mac- Donald, chief of the Bureau of Public Roads. The committee also lopped off $595000 from the appropriation for forest roads and trails, leaving $8,905,- 000 which is $3,595,000 less than the current year's appropriation. A restriction was incorporated to pre- vent the department from filling any vacant jobs during the remainder of the current year except upon the writ- ten approval of the President. Other than the cut in Federal highway aid the reductions were eflected by slashes of $469,500 on supplies and equipment for various bureaus and curtailed mis- cellaneous expenses for the entire de- partment amounting to the remainder of $1,330,000. Increases in salaries dur- ing. the year were specifically barred. In its report the committee said that by administrative action a saving of $3,441,000 already had been effected this year through economies and not allowing salary increases. Important Items Cut. Among the important items in the Secretary Hyde, which is $387,000 less than this year and $63,346 less than the budget estimate; $4,136,000 for the Weather Bureau, $361,000 less than this year and $59,000 below the budget; $12,282,000 for the Animal Industry Bureau, $759,000 less than this year and $36,000 below the budget. The Forest Service received $12,- 313,000, or $4,641,000 less than for 1932, and $213,000 below the budget. The Entomology Bureau was allowed $2,- 627,000, a reduction of $236,000 under this year; the Biological Survey, $1,756,000, or $472,000 less than for 1932, and the Burcau of Chemistry and Solls, $1,840,000, or $106,000 less than for this year. Food and Drug Ad- ministration received $94,000 less than for this year, or $1,716,000. Another Big Saving. One of the big savings was $20,- 000,000 lopped off for agricultural credits and rehabilitation and $2.000,000 for loans to farmers in storm and drought areas. The $45,000,000 voted last year by Congress for loans was not then in- (cluded in the regular Agriculture De- partment appropriation bill. Out of a total of $67,000,000 appro- priated for farm relief purposes last year, the department told the com- mittee $53,743,000 had been loaned. OFFICIAL CHARGES $20,000 BRIBE OFFER Voting Machine Representative Accused by Pennsylvania State Secretary. By the Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa., January 18.— Richard J. Beamish, secretary of the commonwealth, testified in Dauphin County Court today that he had been offered a $20,000 “bribe” by a repre- sentative of the Shoup Voting Machine Co. The secretary said the offer was made by George O'Brien, “a former re- porter” and erstwhile Federal officer of the port of Philadelphia, in connection with the contract for purchase of voting machines for Philadelphia County. Beamish, in his first statement, placed the amount of the “bribe” at $25,000, but immediately corrected himself to make it $20,000. Willlam T. Conner, solicitor to the Philadelphia County commissioners, ob- ected to Beamish's charge. Attorney General William Schander, defending Beamish, protested and the court ad- mitted the testimony. ‘The testimony was given at a hear- ing on & petition of the Philadelphia County commissioners to have the sec- retary of State enjoined from purchas- ing machines and billing them to the commission 36 DEGREES DUE TONIGHT Gradual Return to Normal Winter Weather Forecast. The temperature is expected to drop to within a few degrees of freezing to- night, with a gradual return to normal Winter weather in prospect. “Pair and colder tonight and tomor- row,” the forecast said, “with the low- est tonight about 36 degrees.” Sunny skies saw the mercury climb- 1:;' toward 70 today, after a somewhat colde er Sunday. The exiremes yesterday were 45 and 55 dngreti‘ bill was $13,076,000 for the office of | | House Judiciary Committee today, but ALFALFA BILL SHOWS THE DEMOCRATIC PRESI | DENTIAL CLOTHESLINE. U. S. MINISTER TO ABYSSINIA BEATEN AFTER AUTO MISHAP Knocked Down by Policeman After His Car Runs Over Woman’s Foot. Attack on Southard Follows Protest at Arrest of Chauffeur. By the Associated Press. | ADDIS ABABA, Abyssinia, January 18.—Addison E. Southard, United States | Minister to Abyssinia, was knocked down yesterday during an altercation with several policemen after an auto- mobile accident. Reports of the incident today said | Mr. Southard's car, with the Minister | driving, ran over an Abyssinian woman's foot. She was only sligthly hurt, but when the car stopped and Mr. Southard was about to inquire the extent of her injuries, a native policeman ran up and arrested the Minister's chauffeur. Southard protested and there was an argument. Several other policemen ac- rived and in the scuffie Southard was knocked down. Addison E. Southard of Louisville, Ky. was zppointed resident Minister and consul general at Addis Ababa by President Coolidge in 1928. Previously he was the American consul at Jeru- salem. On his arrival at his new post he was received with great ceremony and rode in a motor car provided by Haile Se- | gorgeously caparisoned mul ADDISON E. SOUTHARD. —Harris-Ewing Photo. lassle, Emperor of Abyssinia and “con- quering lion of the tribe of Judah,” es- corted by 200 native soldiers. The custom in that country is for a foreign diplomat to ride to his first audience with the Em?eror on a e, but South- ard was given his choice between the mule and the motor car. He was one of those who attended the Emperor’s coronation in 1930 and since then has received numerous gifts and honors, including the grand cross of the Holy Trinity and the costume of an Ethioplan warrior, with lion skin, a helmet of lions’ manes and a silver mounted lance. PATHAN RENEYS NELLON CHARGES Gregg Completes Disavowal for Secretary—Must List Bank Stocks. By the Associated Press Secretary Mellon's answer to impeach- ment charges was concluded before the | they were immediately renewed by his accuser, Representative Wright Patman of Texas. Alexander W. Gregg, representing the Treasury Secretary, made a sweeping disavowal of all the charges, submitted to questions by committee members and indicated his willingness to be ques- tioned by Patman. Such procedure, however, was ruled out of order by Chairman Sumners on | the suggestion of Representative Dyer, Missouri, Republican. It was agreed, however, that Patman might suggest questions to committee members for | propounding to Gregg. Must List Bank Stocks. | _Before he left the stand Gregg was | directed to supply a list of the ggesem holdings of the bank stock Mellon sold when appointed Secretary. He de- murred, however, to a suggestion that all Mellon's holdings be presented and the request was not pressed. Patman, who will continue tomorrow, renewed his charges Mellon “brought pressure” to obtain the Barco conces- sion in Colombia for the Gulf Oil Co. after admitting he was without proof. Mellon had denied discussing the concession with President Olaya of Co- lombia or a credit extension to that republic with bankers. A loan by Secretary Mellon of his per- sonal securities to the Union Guif Cor- poration was described to the commit- tee by Gregg. He said it was entirely legal. Patman had presented the stock transaction as evidence to support his contensions the Secretary had engaged in business in violation of law. Gregg said Mellon had supplied part of the securities loaned to the Union Gulf Corporation to be used as col- lateral for a bond issue. Loan for Consideration, “It was a straight loan for a con- sideration and did not constitute en- gaging in business,” Gregg said. Chairman Sumners questioned Gregg, who opened his argument last Friday, on the application of the law to stock ownership. “I think it would depend on how ac- tive the stockholder was" Gregg re- plied. “If he continued to run a com- pany be would be barred whether he owned 99 or 1 per cent of the stock. Mr. Mellon has net taken any active part. He does not own control in any corporation. , “Mr. Mellon has never attended even " (Continued on Page 2, Column 43 LEGISLATORS TAKE UP HAWAI CRIME Appointment of Naval Officer to Supplant Gov. Judd Rumored. By the Associated Press. HONOLULU, January 18—Hawalian legislators gathered here today to con- sider bills which would revamp. the city’s police department and make as- sault upon women punishable by death. Even before the special session was formally convened, bills designed to | forestall Congress from possible ccnsid- eration of a change in the status of the territory had been drafted under the | supervision of Gov. Lawrence M. Judd. In some quarters it was rumored that if reported crime conditions continue here the Governor may be supplanted by a naval officer. Gov. Judd, who since calling the spe- cial session last week has frequently conferred with Oahu Island législa- tors, worked until late last night on the legislative program. The program, as announced by the Governor in & proclamation agreed to by special committees of each House, includes bills intended to remove Honolulu's police force from political control and place it directly under the &overnor; provide for consideration of New Sl;bmnrine Lu;;ched. TARANTO, Italy, January 18 (#).— The new submarine Salta, built for Argentina, was launched yesterday. It is & sister ship to the recently com- pleted Santa Fe. HOVER S CHEERE * BY DRY LEADES | | Anti-Saloon Delegates De-| i clare President Is Convinced of Their Cause. Cheering delegates to the Anti-Saloon League convention here arose and shouted their belief in President Hoover today when Rev. Dr. John M. Phillips | of Hartford, Conn., declared “we have a convinced and sincere dry in the | White House and there are enough | people in the United States to see that | we continue to have nothing but a con- vinced and sincere dry there.” | The Anti-Saloon League, in its twenty- | fifth biennial convention here at the | Mayflower Hotel, had scrupulously avoided officially indorsing any presi- dential candidate, but their reception of President Hoover's name this morn- ing gave indications of the state of mind of the individual delegates. Says Drys Have Majority. “The wets have the advantage of be-1| ing on the attack,” Dr. Phillips de- clared, “but we also have a number of advantages. Chief among these is that the law is on our side, that we have a | majority in both houses of Congress | and that our President is with us.” | " The speaker attagked Senator Bing- | ham of Connecticut for his support of | a bill to legalize 4 per cent beer. “If any one can make the wet side appear _ridiculous, Senator Bingham will,” Dr. Phillips’ asserted. “There is | a growing sentiment in Connecticut | that all the sons of wild jackasses do | ot come from west of the Misslssipp | ver. Attack Beer Statement. | _ “Senator Bingham climbed the Mount Everest of imbecility in a state- ment he made before his own commit- tee the other day in the hearing on 4 per cent beer, when he said doctors told him that beer was a food and that any man who would eat 20 sausages in a day might well suffer from fatty degeneration of the heart,” Dr Phillips sald. Suggesting a plan of campaign for the drys, Dr. Phillips outlined three points which he said should be striven for. He urged the delegates to educate the youth of the country in the evils | | of alcohol, ‘organize and unify the ef- | | forts of all supporters of prohibition | and concentrate on fighting alcohol | and not merely supporting prohibition. | | This afternoon, Bishop James Can- |non, jr, was to address the con- | | vention on the subject, “Church and | Government,” and Dr. James M. Do- | | ran, United States Commissioner of | | Industrial Alcohol, was to discuss | | “Progress in Permit Control.” | Gov. Murray to Speak. | Tonight the feature address will be by Gov. Willlam H. “Alfalfa Bill" Mur- | ray of Oklahoma, on “The Law's Rela- tion to Temperance and Morals.” Dr. Ernest H. Cherrington, director of the | league's educational department, also |is to address the convention this eve- | | ning. Two prohibitionists from Canada told the convention today that gov- ernment control of liquor is a “collossal | failure.” Dr. I. W. Pierce of Montreal, secre- tary of the League Against Alcoholism of the Province of Quebec, stated the consumption of hard liquor in the province has increased 38 per cent in | the last six years under government | control, and that 128 per cent more | beer and wine is being drunk than six | years_ago. A. H. Jarvis of Ottawa, Canada, de- scribed the functioning of government- controlled liquor sales there and said it was encouraging intemperance. The morning session was presided over by Dr. W. S. Abernethy, pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church here. “If any one in my congregation is a wet (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) ARLINGTON BRIDGE EMPLOYE’S FUNERAL FIRST TO CROSS SPAN Canadian War Veteran Killed in Fall While Working on Building Expressed Wish for Cortege. A Canadian World War veteran, who was a rigger for structural steel and stone on the Arlington Memorial Bridge when it was under construction, was the first to ride over it in death today, on the way to his last resting place in Arlington National Cemetery. Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, executive officer of the Arlington Memorial Bridge Commission, granted special permission for the funeral cortege of Alexander Harvey to ba the to pass over the new bridge. The vet- eran was killed in a fall last Thursday while working on the new Standard Oil Co. Building, Second and B _streets, and had expressed a wish to have his coffin carried over the pretentious bridge, which he aided in building. ‘The funeral procession was scheduled 5375000000 RELIEF BILL IS APPROVED BY SENATE GROUP Report on Costigan-La Fol- lette Measure to Be Made to Committee. DIRECT FEDERAL AID WOULD BE AUTHORIZED $125,000,000 Is Planned for Work This Winter—Funds for States Based on Population, By the Assoclated Press. The Costigan-La Follette bill to au- thorize a Federal appropriation of $375,000,000 for unemployment relief was approved today by a committee of Senators. This group soon will report to the full Manufactures’ Committee, which must report on the proposed legislation before it can be sent to the Senate for action. The bill, which would authorize direct Federal participation in unemployment relief, to which President Hoover is opposed, was taken up at a meeting of the full committee a few minutes later. $125,000,000 This Winter. An immediate appropriation of $125,~ 000,000 would be authorized for this Winter and the remainder would be apportioned for the next fiscal year be- ginning July 1 Four of the five members of the sub< committee voted to report the bill. They were Senators Costigan, Demo= crat, Colorado, and La Follette, Repub=~ lican, Wisconsin, joint authors of the measure; Wheeler, Democrat, Montana, and Cutting, Republican, New Mexico. The fifth member, Senator Hatfield, Republican, West Virginia, was not present. Allocation by Population. The funds provided by the bill would be allocated to the States on the basis of their population, the amounts they themselves spent for relief and their needs, as judged by a Federal Emer~ gency Relief Board. The chief of the Children's Bureau of the Labor Department would be charged with administration of the act under supervision of the board. The bill was favored during hearings by a large number of relief workers and the American Federation of Labor. Walter S. Gifford, President Hoover's relief director, testified, however, he be- lieved the problem would be met States, counties and municipalities wit] the aid of voluntary contributions. PROBE OF WILKERSON NOMINATION ORDERED Investigation Into Naming of Mackintosh Also Called For by Senate Committee. By the Associated Press. The Senate Judiciary Committee to- day ordered an investigation of the nomination of James H. Wilkerson of Illinois to be judge of the seventh cir- cuit. A subcommittee, headed by Sen- ator Borah, Republican, of Idaho, was assigned to the task. The committee also set up a sube committee headed by Senator Blaine, Republican, of Wisconsin, to study the nomination of Kenneth Mackintosh of Washington to be a judge of the ninth circuit. Wilkerson recently sentenced Al Ca- pone for income-tax evasion. Mackin- tosh was a member of the Wickersham Commission. Chairman Norris named a-subcom- mittee of five, an unusually large group, to study the nomination of Wilkerson, against whom about a dozen objections have been filed. Other members, in addition to Borah, are Blaine, Robinson, Republican, In- diana; Walsh, Democrat, Montana, and Dill, Democrat, Washington. Only a few protests have been filed against the nomination of Mackintosh. Borah made public the protests against Wilkerson's confirmation. They included a telegram from the Railroad Labor Executives’ Association, charging that as a district judge the nominee had “shown clear antagonism to the legiti~ mate exercise of the rights of wage earners to organize and act together {or ntlse protection of their common in- erests.” PINCHOT IS UPHELD ON EMPLOYE PLEDGE Court Dismisses Two Suits—Interpretation and Legality Undecided. Supreme By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, January 18.—The State Supreme Court today decided in favor of Gov. Pinchot in the matter of requiring all applicants for positions | under the State government to sign & pledge that they *“would loyally sup~ port the policies approved by the people in the last election for Governor.” ‘The court, while declaring it “powerless to either interpret the pledge or hold that it is intrinsically legal,” dismissed the suits brought against the Governor to prevent him from requiring the pledge of all applicants. The suits were brought by Miss Mabel M. Hamilton, a Philadelphia notary public, who wanted her commission re- newed, and George J. Harding, Phila- delphia lawyer, who brought a taxpay- er’s suit to enjoin the Governor and other State officers from printing and paying for such a pledge on official ap~ plications. Suits were filed in the Dau- phin County Court, which decided in favor of the Governor, and the higher court upheld the action. The Supreme Court in its decision today said the pledge “appears so capable of various interpretations that we are at loss to know what its exact legal significance is, if, indeed, it has any. Six Drown in Boat Crash. CALCUTTA, India, January 18 (#).— Six people are known to have drowned to cross the bridge about 2 o'clock and Harvey was to be‘buried with military honers in Arlington National Cemetery, in the section set apart for Canadian War veterans, A < - when 2 launch, with 150 reople aboard. sank today after a collision with s steamer near Dacca. The steamer picked up most of those who wers struggling 1 the i veT,