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A2 »3 MRS, JUDD TO FACE - MOTIVE EVIDENCE Prosecution Maps Next Task p- - After Tracing Trunks in Slayings. By the Associated Press COURT HOUSE, Phoenix, Ariz, Jan- nary 23.~-The prosecution, having | traced the bloody trall of two trunks end a sultcase in which the bodies of Agnes Anne Le Rol and Hedvig Samuelson traveled from Phoenix to os Angeles, now faces the task of prov- a murder motive on the part of Winnie Ruth Judd, confessed siayer. { .Self-defense will be Mrs. Judd's ples, er attorneys said’ The State hopes to show there was malice aforethought and, by so doing, claim her life on the gallows. A Defendant Is Calm. The story of what went on in the little house on North Second street oc- cupied by Mrs. Le Roi, an X-ray tech- pician, and Miss Samuelson, an invalid former school teacher, “on or about | October 16 last"—the day of the slay- | Ings—was to come from State witnesses. | Unlike Thursday when she was the | pubject of an_emotional outburst, Mrs. Judd yesterday was _self-composed when the trunks in which she allegedyl placed her victims were brought into court Railway station employes of Los An- geles told how Mrs. Judd had sought | 1o claim the trunks there, where they | ad been shipped from Phoenix, and w she hurriedly had left the station When they started to question her as to the contents. Seek to Bar Suitcase. Attorneys for Mrs. Judd sought to bar the introduction of a suitcase, which they said “contained portions of the body of Miss Samuelson, and nothing else” and, therefore, is “not insepar- able from the Le Rol case. Superior Judge Howard C. Speakman ‘overruled the objection and the suit- case was admitted. AUTO GROUP TO MAKE * PROTEST TO CONGRESS T AGAINST TAX INCREASE 16 an absolute minimum. The survey is Teady for presentation to the business 4nterests of the country for support. ‘The report, submitted yesterday to the board of directors at their opening session here, was ordered to a referen- dum of the chamber membership “with _f view to chrystallizing business opin- on for information of Congress in its deliberations upon fiscal measures.” “Until it (the Government) has re- duced its standard of living to a level consistent with the times, the Govern- ment should not expect the country to Support & program of even moderately increased taxes,” the report declared. ‘The special Taxation Committee, head- #d by Frank W. Sargeant, president of .the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, _set down three principles for balanc- 4ng the budget: Drastic cuts in expenditures. Moderate, non-retroactive tax in- «creases only after reductions have been Jnade to the utmost. Borrowing to meet present deficits 0 far as is feasible. A complementary Teport, outlining directions in which retrenchment might be applied, was to be made today to ~the directors. Significance Pointed Out. 7. In transmitting the report, Chair- man Sargent said “it s significant that Business Men's Committee, after studying the financial condition of the Government, says that sharp retrench- :"I:nt of expenditures should be the first . “These men,” he continued. “know what the country and business are going through. They know the serious obstacles which increased taxes place in the path to business recovery. In their _conviction the Government must be pported, they are willing to support nuinely necessary increases in taxes, wyt only when they have bzen given .gonvincing evidence by Congress that ot a single dollar now is leing spent r appropriated for the fut.re, which ~fould be left in the pocket of the tax- yer.” P 0 recommendations for taxation, .the committee sald any increase “found &o be necessary” should be limited to a .definitely stated emergency period, and “should be confined to moderate in- “ereases in the normal and surtax rates <of the income tax; reduction of per- gonal credits under the income tax, %0 that a larger number of citizens will contribute to the expense of the Gov- gernment, and excise taxes of moderate Tate upon & number of articles of wide use, but not of first necessity.” The committee opposed any boost in the corporation income tax or in estate taxes, and said if an increase in | *the former is unavoidable it should be noderate. sMARBERRY OBJECTS TO CONTRACT TERMS .:Wuhmgton Pitcher Plans to Deal With Officials at Camp. Cut Not Stated. M 'IY the Associated Press. + -CORSICANA, Tex, January 23— ! préd Marberry, Washington pitching ace, | T today expressed dissatisfaction with the i contract offered him by the American ; League club. He said it called for a salary reduction, but did not disclose ~the amount. ® " The big right hander plans to take % the contract with him to Spring train- “ing camp and negotiate directly with % club officials then | %" He said he was not & holdout and was sure he would be able to reach a satisfactory agreement. " SHORTRIDGE STRICKEN California Senator Treated for Di- gestive Disorder. Senator Samuel M. Shortridge, Re- publican, of California, has been at ! Emergency Hospital for the past four days receiving treatment for a minor digestive disorder, it was Jearned toda: | Hix condition is not believed to be ser : ous. Senator Shortridge is under the ) care of Dr. R. Massie Page. LIQUOR CONVICTS RABBI . GHICAGO, January 23 (#) —Rabbi Ed- . v.r%orneuman was convicted yesterday o, yiolating the prohibition act by sell- ing lquor which he obtained through a permit to buy for religious purposes. He was a salesman for Pruit Industries. « . Pederal Judge John P. Barnes sus- i pended & six-month jail sentence and !.granted three years' probation. Ex-Revenue Man Slain. SILVER CITY, N. Mex, January 23 (P).—Marshal Jones, former deputy sheriff and under cover man for the Prohibition Enforcement Department. was shot and killed at the R. O. Ranch pear Cliff, N. Mex,, yesterday by Deputy Sheriff Roy Taylor. Sheriff John E. Casey and District’ his farm at Cocherel, where he will Attorney Walton left for the ranch to spend several days before going to the investigate. Long Co | 1 THE EVENIN( STAR, WASHINGTON, Dl SAwvuAY, J \ ngratulates Successor HAPPY OVER RESULT won by & large majority in the ocratic nomination is equivalen is shown congratulating Allen. States Senate in the Spring PEACE' IN CABINET ASSAILED BY PRESS British Papers Denounce, Failure to Resign After Split on Tariff. By the Associated Pri | LONDON, January 23—Plans for | launching the national government's new general protective tariff proposal, | & departure from long precedent, went ahead today after the threatened cab- inet split of yesterday, amid a good deal of criticism. | Prime Minister MacDonald was ex- pected to introduce the bill soon after Parliament meets on February 2, and supporters of the plan said they were moved by “the stern compulsion of events.” London newspapers, however, with the exception of the Daily Mail, critieized both the plan and the cabinet peace- making. British precedent calls for resignation of a cabinet in such a case of difference of views as appeared yes- ferday, and many people professed to see forebodings in departure from this custom, Success Doubted. The Morning Post, & tariff paper, said the patching up of differences was “a revolution in British government.” and added “the expedient is unsound and cannot well succeed.” “The tariff will remsin when the crisis is forgotten,” said the Telegraph, which also expressed & dislike for the emergency solution and said only the emergency justified it. “The all-im- portant fact is,” it added, “that for the first time since days past living memory the British government is pledged to introduce a general tarif on manufac tured and partly manufactured goods” The Daily Express, which hes attack ed the government almost daily for not adopting Lord Beaverbrook's plan for empire tariff, heaped scorn on the arrangement, declaring “the perceptions of the government have been blunted by the long discussions of the last two e Called Contemptible. There were some Teports that the bill presented to Parliament may carry a provision for empire preference sched- ules. The Free Trade News-Chronicle and the Labor Herald criticized the harmony arrangement vigorously. “It's a con- temptible business,” said the Herald, once the firmest supporter of the prime minister. “In effect, it shows that Mac- Donald is determined to hold office at sny cost.” “This extraordinary errangement,” the News-Chronicle said, “bad in theory and utterly impracticable, will be every where misunderstood.” | HOOVER IS OPPOSING BIG NAVY PROGRAM Britten Says He Wants Economy Despite Committee Intention to Report Construction Bill. | By the Assoclated Press. Direct opposition by President Hoo- ver to proposals in Congress for $616,- 000,000 naval building program was re- ported today by Representative Britten. Republican, Tllinois, after & conference | with the Chief Executive at the White House. | Britten, ranking Republican on the House Naval Affairs Committee, said he | had reported to the President that | committee probably would _approve | either the Vinson bill for a $616,000,- 000 10-year program or a somewhat | similar 1-year program calling for the expenditure of approximately $60,000,- | 000. Asked about Mr. Hoover's reaction, Britten replied: | “The President is unalterably pledged | to economy in every walk of govern- mental life.” | Britten said he had not discussed at length the one-year program and could not define the President's attitude toward it. The measure would call !or‘ the construction of & $27,650,000 air- plane carrier, a $20,780,000 fiying-deck | cruiser and four submarines at a total | cost of $17,600,000. SUITOR KILLS WOMAN, THEN LEAPS TO DEATH Shots Fired in Apartment After | Rejection of Proposal Nar- rowly Miss Two Others. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, January 23.—Yvonne | Bouche, 32, spurned the marriage pro- | posals of Mauro Sallisi, 35. Both are | dead today. Sallisi killed Miss Bouche and then leaped five stories to his death | from & window in the apartment. They went to dinner last night and | returned to Miss Bouche’s spartment. They quarreled over her refusal to ac- cept his proposals. Sallisi fired eight shots from an automatic pistol, some of the bullets narrowly missing two young women who shared the apart- ment_with Miss Bouche, Sallisi plunged from the window whea the women went to Miss Bouche's body. Miss Bouche was an English teacher at a private school for girls. Sallisi was & Staten Island lawyer. —_— Briand Goes to Farm. PARIS, January 23 (#)—Aristide Briand, retiring French foreign min- ister, left the foreign office today for OF GUBERNALZCRIAL PRIMARY. K. ALLEN, the man Gov. Huey P. Long selected to | vindication | talist. They asserted Mrs. Warwick was | carry on his policies, gubernatorial primary. Dem- Long (right) in the United A. P. Photo, LSLEY CASE PROBE TURNS T0 PAPERS Study of Private Records of | Slaying Victim Appears Imminent. Louisian t to election in Louisiana Long will take his sea | By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. LEESBURG, Va, January 23.—A thorough investigation of the private | papers and personal business of Mrs. Agnes Boeing Ilsley, slain Middleburg soclety woman, appeared imminent to- day as authorities concentrated on solu- tion of certain unexplained aspects of | the case. H Failure to establish definitely a .\Lmng! motive for the bootjack slaying of Mrs. | Iisley and her maid, Mrs. Mina Buckner, January 13, has spurred officials to seek | | substantiation of new theories. | | While a Nation-wide gearch for | | George Crawford, colored ex-chauffeur, | | suspected of the murders, continued to- | day, no further clues to his whereabouts | had developed in the past few days. | " "Rumors persisted that Crawford had| been seen in the neighborhood of Hern- | don, Va,, after the crimes, but no eye- | witnesses were found to strengthen | | these reports. Unless the contemplated study of Mrs. | Tisley's affairs produces new leads, it | was ‘expected a private detective would | be engaged to assist in pursuit of the | criminal, Lieut. Fowler of the Head- quarters Detective Bureau in Washin, |ton, advised Commonwealth Attorney | John Galleher he would come to Lees- burg today for a conference. It was | expected both men would visit Middle- burg this afternoon. LITSINGER SUIT FILED | BY MRS. BLACKLIDGE | Chicago Woman to Charge Libel to | % Man Who Loaned $50,000 " in Faro Swindle. | By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 23—Mrs. Myrtle | | Tanner Biackiidge celebrated the first | anniversary of the disclosure of her | State Capital $50,000 faro swindle by | filing_suit for $150,000 against Ed- | ward R. Litsinger, from whom she bor- | rowed the $50.000. Only the praecipe of the suit was filed, but Mrs. Blacklidge, collector of internal revenue until eight days after news of the swindle became public, an- nounced it would charge libel. Also, she said, she doesn't care about the $150,000 involved, but merely wants On January 22, 1931, Mrs. Black- lidge and Litsinger, prominent Chicago Republican and once a candidate for mayor, told Springfield, IIL, police a sensational story of card sharps, gamn- bling for high stakes, the winning of 270,000 “on paper” and the borrowing from Litsinger by Mrs. Blacklidge, an old friend, of $50,000 “to show good faith” and collect the winnings. Mrs. Blacklidge re-entered the game, she said, lost her $270,000 “paper profits” and her $50,000 loan—as Lit- singer’s nephew Fred looked on. Statements containing charges and counter- charges were hurled back and forth between the collector &f internal revenue and the Republican leader. CHICAGO WOMAN WINS ALIMONY FATHER HELD re: Aclin o PR W atwiek 8os cial Leader, Gets Estate Money She Claims Famous Actor Paid. John By the Ass d Press. CHICAGO, January 23.—A jury y terday awarded Mrs. Arline Peck’ War- wick, socfally prominent granddaughter of one of Chicago's first settlers, $36,- 164.90 from the $1,000,000 estate of her father as alimony he had collected and held in trust for her from her divorced husband, Robert Warwick, noted actor. Defendants in the suit were her two brothers, Ferdinand Peck, jr., and Clar- ence Peck, trustees of the estate of tne father, the late Ferdinand Peck, capi- entitled to nothing from the estate be cause their father's account books in- dicated she was indebted to him for $63,000. Mrs. Warwick married the actor in 1902 and had one child, Rosalind, now 23. The Warwicks were divorced in 1909 and she was awarded $250 monthly ali- mony. In 1921, she sued in New York successfully for $48,500 unpaid alimony Mrs, Warwick testified in the trial ended yesterday that she gave her father power of attorney to collect the judg- ment and later alimony payments from her former husband and to keep the money for her. MRS. HOOVER IMPROVES Mrs. Hoover, who contracted a cold several days ago and who has been con- fined to her room, was reported to be better today. In announcing this the White House sald that, while Mrs. Hoover was walk- ing about the house, she would remain within doors at least another day. Quake Shakes Peruvian Town. LIMA, Peru, January 23 (®).—A slight earthquake was felt here yester- day. Delayed reports from the town of Huarez sald the shocks there de- |JAPAN MAY SEIZE | international law. | we have unlearned more international SHANGHAI THREAT [J0BLESS FORGOTTEN] UNEXPECTED HERE Serious Complications May Result From Japanese Ac- tion in Treaty City. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. Official quarters in Washington view with much apprehension the somewhat unexpected move of the Japanese gov- ernment in Shanghai. It is belleved that if the Japanese put into effect their threat to occupy the Chinese mili- tary establishments in that city, serious international complications may result. Shanghai is a “treaty city,” in which the Japanese have no more rights than any other foreign nation. Until now if ‘any foreign nation felt that its in- terests in the Shanghal area were in any way harmed by the Chinese it con- sulted the other foreign co-occupants of the city, and whatever measures were to be taken were decided in common, Thus the military measures the British took in 1929, when they sent some 8,000 men to Shanghai, was the result of an exchange of views between all the in- terested governments and the force was sent only after agreement of all the other powers had been obtained. As far as we know in Washington, the Japanese government has neither consulted nor informed the United States Government about the action Tokio intended to take in regard to Shanghal. The news of the intended occupation of the Chinese “niilitary es- tablishments” came quite unexpectedly. Of course, those who follow closely the Japanese-Chinese situation realize that Japan, after having successfully concluded the military occupation of Manchruria, must now use all means available to her, diplomatic and mili- tary, to force the Chinese to suspend the boycott which is inforced now on Japanese goods. Very few, however, ex- pected the Japanese to exercise pressure on Shanghai. An occupation of Shan- tung or the blockade of the ports in the Korean Gulf were gonsidered more likely than the occupation of the most important international city in China. | MILITARY POSTS IN SHANGHAI DISTRICT (Continued Fri First Page.) national settlement here, as Was report- ed yesterday. The_editor of the Republican Daily News had not apologized at noon, and nothing was done by the Japanese to carry out their threat of taking “suit- able measures” unless he did. The building housing the newspaper continued to be guarded by settlement police. WILL ASK LEAGUE ACTION, GENEVA, January 23 (F).—When the League of Nations Council assembles on Monday W. W. Yen, Chinese Ambassa- dor to the United States, who is repre- senting his country in the League, will ask that immediate steps be taken bo halt the “conflagration” in the Far East, he said today. “We can’t be expected to be patlent any longer,” he said. “the Council must say what it means by the League cov- enant and the Kellogg pact. We are told that there is no state of war. If that’s so I'm afraid we don't know any As a matter of fact law in the past five months than we learned in 50 years.” Dr. Yen implied that China's appeal would be extended to all articles of the covenant in a test of the validity of international treaties. He described the commission to investigate Manchu- ria as very useful, but asserted that “when a terrible conflagration is de- stroying hundreds of men, women and children, it is not enough to send a committee to find the cause of the fire. We must send # brigade to put it out.” Dr. Yen, who left China only two months ago for Washington, said his pecple are united in spirit now for the first time and that their spirit is strongly militaristic, “All China is turning its thoughts to building_up & military machine,” he said. “This is a critical time for the league. We are not asking for mercy nor seeking pity. We merely want to know if the nations are going to honor their pledges. It is possible for China. and Japan to live together peacably and it's up to Japan to show that she wants to.” SECOND FINANCE FLOW STARTED BY PRESIDENT’S PEN (Continued From First Page.) way structure, in order to permit busi- ness and industry to carry on normal activities free from the fear of unex- pected shocks and retarding influences. “Its purpose is to stop deflation in agriculture and industry and this to increase employment by the restoration of men to their normal jobs. “It is not created for the aid of hig indusiries or big banks. Such institu- tions are amply able to take care of themselves. 1t is created for the sup- port of the smaller banks and finan- cial institutions, through rendering their resources liquid to give renewed support to business, industry and agri- culture. It should give opportunity to mobilize the gigantic strength of our country for recovery. “In ‘attaching my signature to this extremely important legislation, I wish to pay tribute to the patriotism of the men in both Houses of Congress who have given proof of their devotion to the welfare of their country irrespect- ive of political affiliation.” The corporation should now be at work early next week with the half bil- lion from the Treasury in hand, and with power to raise three times that much by the issuance of Government- backed securities. This will go out in loans railroads, banks and other financial institutions holding good se- curities not now salable, and to agri- culture. ' Baruch Also Mentioned. Among the other names prominently mentioned in connection with the va- cancies on the board are Bernard Ba- ruch, New York financier; Angus W. McLean, former Governor of North Carolina; M. B. Wellborn of Atlanta, former governor of the Federal Re- serve Bank in that city; R. . Heck and P. H. Saunders of New Orleans, Oscar ' Newton of Atlanta, Nathan Adams of Dallas and J. K. Preston of Chattanooga. “LAST MAN” RECOVERING Charles Lockwood Able to Speak for First Time in Several Days. CHAMBERLAIN, 8. Dak, January 23 (#)—Charles Lockwood, the last man of the Last Man’s Club, ill for several weeks, passed the crisis Thurs- day night and was reported on the road to recovery, Lockwood was sent to the hospital the day before Christmas, when & biood clot formed in his leg. He recovered sufficiently to return to his home about a week ago. 5 Lung trouble complicated his other stroyed two houses, interrupted the light service and were followed by heavy rains which flooded near-by rivers. So south of Prance for & complete rest. { hurt, far as could be learned io one was 5 difficulties Wednesday and for a time little hope was held for his recovery. Friday morning he was much better and was able to speak for the first time in several days, PINCHOT CHARGES Hits U. S. Aid for Business as Too Indirect Way to Save Needy. By the Assoclated Press. BALTIMORE, January 23 oV, Gifford Pinchot of Pennsylvania last night condemned Federal relief for business and finance while the Govern- ment has “forgotten that distress is centered in human beings.” Speaking before the Conference on Governmental Responsibility for Un- employment, Gov. Pinchot declared that “I do not believe we have come to the point in this country where we are ready to admit that money is more im- portant than men.” “Nothing about this depression is so deplorable and so un-American as the inability of our so-called leaders to think of distress in human terms. Their only genuine worry has to do with financial collapse. Their sole aim has been to revive business. Money first and men afterward. Apparently, human beings can, as far as they are concerned, g0 hang—or go starve. Favors Direct Relief. “Here is the philosophy that lies be- hind the stubborn opposition to Federal relief. Here is the indictment of the administration, which refuses to sanc- tion the appropriation of a single dollar to help the millions of men, women and children who are in actual physical distress. Our Government leaders have turned their backs on human misery. “To my mind, a breadline is more shocking than a falling stock market. I would rather see a thousand million- aires lose some of their dividends than see a single laborer lose his job. “I am not blind to the inter-relation- ship between business and employment, I am deeply conscious of the importance of business recovery. But that is not our only task. There is a more instant need. “While the banks and business are recuperating, men cannot hibernate through the long Winter of depression. They must eat if they are to live, Says Cart Before Horse, “That is why I am so emphatic in demanding & vast public works pro- gram, one which will provide men with jobs. That is why I am so strong for direct Pederal relief as embodied in the La Follette-Costigan bill, which will give the unemployed food and clothing, not | eventually, but now. “I cannot go with those who put the cart before the horse. I cannot go with those who place & higher value on the dollar than on the man, the woman and the child. I am for Federal relief for the unemployed because the people need it. That is enough for me.” T GLASS BANK LAW CHANGES STUDIED Senate Committee Plans Further Consideration Before Reporting on Measure. By the Associated Press. The bill by Senator Glass (Democrat, Va) to change the Federal Reserve and national banking laws was con- sidered briefly yesterday by the Senate Banking Committee, but will be studied further before being reported to the Senate The bill, representing a year's work by & subcommittee headed by Glass, will be acted upon by the committee in advance of any other legislation. Among other things, the measure un- dertakes to restrict use of Federal Re- serve facilities for speculative purposes and regulate the foreign business of the system, at the same time setting up & depositors’ rellef corporation within the system to aid closed banks. Senator Glass observed that the 1n-i | political parties of the protective policy. direct prohibition upon use of Federal Reserve facilities in stock speculation already has been adopted, in a manner, by the New York Clearing House As- soclation. The bill was lald before the Senate yesterday with the unanimous support of the Banking Subcommittee. MOTHER OFF.'i'O MEET WIFE OF MAHARAJAH Mrs. Jennie Miller of Seattle Goes to Vancouver to Greet Former Nancy Miller. By the Assoclated Press. SEATTLE, Wash., January 23.—Mrs. Jennie Miller has left Seattle for Van- couver, B. C. presumably to meet Nancy Ann Miller, her daughter, who renounced American citizenship _four years ago to marry the former Mahara- jah_of Indore. The Maharanee, belleved _traveling incognito, arrived in New York from Europe early this week unannounced and was reported to have left Montreal for the west Wednesday. Mrs. Miller late yesterday told re- porters she knew nothing of her daugh- ter’s plans, but it was learned later she and another daughter, Ruth, left for Vancouver. It was assumed their veiled departure was for the purpose of meet- ing Devi Sharmista, the Hindu name given Nancy Ann ‘shortly before her marriage to one of India’s wealthiest princes. OF LEGION ANNOUNCED National Comdr. Henry L. Stevens Gives Dates of Regional Meet- ings of Organization. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 23.—Henry L. Stevens, jr. national commander of the American Legion, arrived in New York yesterday and immediately announced places and dates for & serles of Tegional conferences in the Leglon's campaign against unemployment. The object of the drive is to secure employment for 2,000,000 unemployed wage-earners, to re-establish public con- fidence and restore buying power to normal. The New England region will meet in Boston January 29, the Eastern region in Philadelphia February 2, Southern region in Birmingham, Ala, and Western reglon in Kansas City, Mo, both the first week in February, and Pacific Coast regions the second week of February at places to be announced. PR ARMY FLYERS THANKED Work in Taking Aid to Snow- bound Navajo Indians Appreciated. Letters expressing appreciation for the recent aid given by the Army Alr Corps to the snowbound Navajo In- dians in New Mexico and Arizona have been sent to Secretary of War Hurley and Assistant Secretary F. Trubee Davison by Secretary of Interior Wilbur and C. J. Rhoads, commissioner of In- dian affairs, respectively. 3 Six airplanes of the Army Air Corps, working from Saturday until Thurs day. Jast, dropped epproximately 25,000 pounds of IDOJ to the stricken Indians, Heads Gun Club NIECE OF SECRETARY ADAMS WINS POST IN MASSACHUSETTS. ARY O. ABBOTT, nlece of Secretary Adams of the Navy Department, was made president of the Musketaquid Gun Club, in Concord, Mass. Besides being & crack shot she is well known in the field of sculpture. MILLS SEES DANGER IN TARIFF CHANGE Renews Administration Fight on Democratic Measure Before Committee. By the Associated Press. Administration opposition to the House Democratic tariff bill was renewed to- day in testimony by Ogden Mills, Un- dersecretary of the Treasury, before the Senate Finance Committee. Mills said the bill was “calculated to delay action on needed rate changes” by restoring the flexible power to Con- gress, He also contended a ‘“very serlous danger” would result in placing tariff revision “interminably” before Congress. Scores World Proposal. Assailing the provisicn for an interna- tional tariff conference looking to re- moval of trade barriers, Mills said Con- gress alone could determine the tariff policy of this country. “If this provision means that the tariff is too high, then it's Congress’ job to bring in & bill to reduce it,” he said. James A. Emery, counsel for the Na- tional Assocation of Manufacturers, told the committee the Democratic bill marked the acceptance “by both great Expressing opposition to the measure, however, he said it “impairs, if it does not destroy,” the fundamental purpose of flexible adjustment of rates. Foresees Hardships. of Tariff Commission recommendations by limiting it to action by Congress, while in session,” he said, “only empha- sizes the hardships which may result when Congress is not in session.” “The effect of such & proposal,” Emery said, “is to make the recom- mendations ‘of the commission ineffec- tive during at least 10 months when Congress is not in sesslon during al- ternate years.” Both "Democratic and Republican |one_section of the bill, the suggestion can, of New York, was unconstitutional. This provides that commission rate recommendations shall become effective unless rejected by Congress in 60 days. This, the committee held, would give the commission during adjournment of Congress. [LAVAL TO CONFER WITH MACDONALD IN WEEK ON DEBTS (Oontlnued From First Page.) debtors and would insist on dealing with each separately, has destroyed one approach to Washington that had been regarded with increasing favor, partic- ularly after Mussolini's declarations. With the cessation of reparations payments, all the European allies are obliged to ask Washington for war debt relief, yet each is reluctant to take the first step before seelng what fate the others meet at the hands of the United States Treasury. (Copyright, 1932) DEBT AGREEMENT READY. Final Draft in Printers’ Hands, Wig- gin Cables Bank. NEW YORK, January 23 (#)—In a cablegram to his home bank today, A. H. Wiggin, chairman of the Chase Na- tlonal Bank, stated that the final draft of the German short-term debt agree- ment had been completed. gone to printers’ hands,” the message read. ‘“Have secured signatures to & brief report, which will accompany plan. This report now ready.” Associates of Wiggin in the Chase National Bank expressed belief he will sall for New York within a few days. Wiggin represented 100 American banks in the Berlin Conference, which for several weeks has been negotiating an extension of the German standstill agreement. This agreement provided that foreign creditors of German insti- tutions would leave their balances in Germany until that country could gradually pay them off. While no official announcement has been made as to the nature of the new agreement, private banking reports here indicate it will call for a further ex- tension continuing throughout this year. Recently an English bank was reported to have agreed to extend its share of a German short-term credit for one year on a 6 per cent basis. ‘The total involved in the original standstill agreement was over $1,200,- 000,000, of which $600,000,000 repre- sented the participation of American banks. Substantial amounts have since been repaid. “To restrict the rate-making effect members of the committee agreed that | of Representative La Guardia, Republi- | rate-making power | “Final draft of agreement has just | HAWAT JURY ENOS SESSON SUDDENLY Many Rumors Circulated as No Report Is Made in Fortescue Case. ___(Continued From First Page.) | ness of the shooting of the Hawallan youth has convinced some of the jurors they could not vote a murder indict- | ment, but oniy one charging abduction. Attorneys pointed out the law gave | the presiding judge the right to refuse to accept findings of a grand jury. This fact gave rise to a third rumor that the jury had voted a *“no bill” and that | Judge Cristy had declined to permit its | return in court. The 21 men on the grand jury com- | prise 14 Anglo-Saxons, 2 Portuguese, 4 Hawa'lans and 1 Chinese. | Personnel of Commission. | The new commission, which will have | charge of police affairs in place of Sheriff Patrick Gleason peginning Feb- | ruary 1, is composed of E. E. Bodge, a | merchant; A. D. Castro, president of a | trust company; F. D. Lowery, business man; George I. Brown, member of the Board of Agriculture, and E. E. Greene, plantation manager. Bodge is a Democrat and the others | Republicans. Bodge will serve one | year, Castro two, Lowery three, Brown | four and Greene five. Police continued their island-wide man hunt for Daniel Lyman, escaped murder convict and suspected attacker of a Japanese woman. Officers found what they believed to be the trail of Lyman in a fingerprint on the door of the automobile in which the Japanese woman, Mrs. Toka Okazaki, was at- tacked Wednesday ‘night. Not Sure of Identity. Samuel C. Lau, identification officer, said that due to the limited area for comparison he could not say whether the fingerprint was that of Lyman, but that there was only a remote possi- bility of its being the mark of some other individual. Mrs. Okazaki, who {dentified a pic- ture of Lyman as her attacker, and Takeo Harimoto, her escort, who was overpowered by the assaultant, were exemined again by suthorities and ex- | pressed some uncertainty of their identification. Police have been instructed to take no chances with Lyman, described as a desperate character, and were told to shoot if necessary. Lyman, pal of an- other woman attacker, has been at large since December 31, when he escaped from Oahu Prison. LEAVES FOR HONOLULU. |Lieut. L. H. C. Johmson to Assist Defense of Massie. SAN FRANCISCO, January 23 (#)— | Lieut. Lewis H. C. Johnson, who re- cently graduated from the Naval Acade- my, sailed from here for Honolulu yes- | terday to assist in the defense of the four persons charged with slaying a H'a(wanan who attacked a Navy officer’s wife. Lieut. Johnson is in the judge advo- | cate’s branch of the service. WOMEN WETS’ DRIVE BOOSTS MEMBERSHIP The membership drive of the District of Columbia Council of the Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform, which closes tomorrow after- noon at 5:30 o'clock, has brought the strength of the organization past the 3,000 mark, it was announced yesterday. One hundred and thirty-five women were enrolled Tuesday, the opening day of the drive, Mr. Frederick Solger, chairman of the Membership Commit- tee, stated, and the daily total has in- creased steadily. New members are being enrolled at the organization’s temporary headquas ters at 709 Fourteenth street. Litera- ture urging the repeal of the Eighteenth amendment also is being distributed | from this headquarters. | TREASURY ACCEPTS BIDS Bids of $50,937,000 have been accept- ed for a recent $50,000,000 offering of 93-day Treasury bills. The average DRYS IN SENATE HELD UNBEATABLE Bingham Says Vote on His Plan Proves Hopelessness of Wet Cause. By the Assoclated Press. Two diametrically opposed sources found themselves today in agreement in asserting the present dry strength of the Senate an incontestable one. A statement by Senator Bingham of Connecticut, analyzing the result of the Senate vote on his resolution asking Governors to submit repeal or modifica- tion to the people of their States, said “The vote in‘the Senate demonstrates what the country has not appreciated— how very dry the Senate is and how hopeless are expectations of repeal of the elghteenth amendment.” Said the Anti-Saloon League on the same subject: “Boasted wet strength in the new Congress failed to materialize in the first test vote. * * * The defeat of the Bingham resolution refutes wet claims of large accessions to the wet strength in the present Senate.” Calls it Strangle Hold. Bingham, however, used the point to delnonstrate why he is working for modification of the Volstead act instead of repeal, hoping that his objective—to get legalized 4 per cent beer—will be attainable “in the nof too distant future.” “The vote in the Senate,” he added, “demonstrated the strangle hold which the dry organizations are still main- taining, notwithstanding the extraor- dinary change in public opinion.” The dry organization, however, at- tributed to other reasons Bingham’s defeat: “The Bingham resolution was prop- erly characterized by members of the Senate as ‘ridiculous’ since it sought to have members of the United States Senate record themselves for the first time in our national history as in- competent to determine policies of legislation or judge of the merits of constitutional changes as the repre- . | sentatives of the people.” House anti-prohibitionists, however, yesterday predicted two prohibition test votes this session and sald the Senate’s rejection of the Bingham proposal was without significance. Speaker Garmer Explains. Representative O’Connor, Democrat, New York, told the House votes on both the resubmission of the eighteenth amendment and modification of the Volstead act had been ‘“pledged. Speaker Garner said this seemed fair interpretation of the rules.” Garner explained, however, he had not closed his mind on this point. The drys have argued parliamentary pro- cedure would permit only one prohibi- tion vote, while the wets have said both votes will be permitted by the new rule, under which a petition signed by 145 members can bring legislation on to the floor for a vote. “If the Judiciary Committee acts un- favorably, immediately a petition will be filed under the new discharge rule and no time lost in bringing the matter before the House for a vote at this ses- sion,” O’Connor said. Referring to the Bingham resolution, he added: “The members of the House have no sympathy whatever with the proposition in the Senate. We do not believe that that is the proper approach to the question, we do not believe there was any criticism of the wets who voted against it.” 5,000,000 Sign Petition. A petition bearing 5,000,000 signa- tures, urging modification of the Vol- stead act, was presented today to Sena- tors Walsh, Demoerat, of Massachusetts and Bulkley, Demecrat, of Ohio, on the steps of the Capitol. The petition, circulated through 319 congressional districts by more than 700 women in favor-of temperance, but not the present prohibition laws, was handed to the Senators by Miss Lenora McAninch of West Virginia. WOULD END CONGRESS FUNERAL DELEGATIONS Representative Sumner Sees Time Passed When Public Serv- ants Awe. A proposal to economize by abolish- ing the time-honored custom of sending committees of Congress to attend the funerals of deceased members was made today in a resolution offered by Repre- sentative Hatton W. Sumner, Democrat, of Texas, chairman of the House Judi- ciary Committee. In explaining his resolution, Mr. Sumner said: “In the days when popular respect for government was held largely through the awe which pomp and splendor and pageantry attached to official person- ages and positions there may have been some real justification for this sort of thing, but amorg a people who are supposed to follow principles as dis- tinguished from persons, and where public officials are merely private per- sons, temporarily called to the public service, the expenditure of public funds in connection with congressional fu- nerals cannot be justified. “I believe the majority of the mem- bers of Congress desire to abolish this custom. “To defeat such a resolution, carr; ing out a custom older than the Gov=- ernment, would be an overt act of dis- respect, shown in the presence of death. In order to avoid that, and to bring the matter to an issue when nothing of that sort would be involved, I have hit upon the plan of introducing this reso- lution in order to give the House an opportunity to determine the matter of policy free from any possible application to an individual case.” HATCHET USED TO KILL CHICAGO CHINESE PASTOR Battered Body Found in Basement of Church—Robbery Indicat- ed as Motive. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, January 23.—Rev. H. Frank Chan,, 40, pastor of the FPirst Chinese Evangelical Church of Christ, was found hacked to death in the base- ment of his little red brick church in Chinatown yesterday. The hatchet, with which his skull had been crushed from behind, lay near his body. Apparently the minister had been en- grossed in writing a letter in Chinese at the desk of his basement room. The killer had struck a blow, Chan had fallen from his chair. Probably he had been dead two or three days. ‘The church was a favorite calling place for white visitors to Chinatown. Robbery may have been the motive, for no money was found. price was 99.358. Bids totalling $191,- 581,000 were submitted for the offering. ‘The highest bid announced by Secre- tary Mellon after they were opened at the Federal Reserve Bank was 99.500, equivalent to an annual interest rate of approximately 1.94 per cent. The low- | est accepted was 99.332. D. C. Man's Arm Mangled. | By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. CHEVERLY, Md, January 23— Albert E. Ward, 32 years cld, of the 1200 block of Sixth street southwest, Washington, suffered a badly mangled left arm and hand early today in an | automobile accident here. He was {aken to Casualty Hospital by a pass- ing ‘motorist. His condition was un- denermkm‘um morning. Chan was understood to have a wife in China and a daughter in Oregon. -— BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’. Home d this evening at Stanley Hall, at 0 o'clock. John S. M. Zi March, “Old Comrades” . Overture Hungarian, “Lustspiel, Keler-Bela te, “In a Chinese Temple Gar- Kettelbey “Intermezzo Pittoresque”...Kocian Excerpts from musical comedy, “Rio Rita” .Tierney Novelty, “African Dreamland,” Atwater Waltz suite, “Forget-Me-Not” ..McKee Finale, “How Am I to Know?" King “The Star Spangled Banner. Entr'Ac den”