Evening Star Newspaper, January 26, 1932, Page 1

The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. WEATHER. (U, 8. Weather Bureau Porecast.) Rain tonight and tomorrow; warmer tonight, lowest temperature about 46 de- grees; colder tomorrow night. Temperatures—Highest, 50, at 3:30 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 38, at 6a.m. today. Full report on page 6. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Yesterday’s Circulation, 121,970 Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 1 @The Eoening Star. == «No.' 32,046, Buierel as #gco Entered as second ass matter shington, D. ( WASHINGTON, D. €, TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1932—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. ##% (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. 13 MORE WARSHIPS SENT T0 SHANGHAI: 4y CHINESE KILLED IN'RIOT AT HARBIN Troops Get Beyond Control and Loot Shops, Firing in Streets at All Who Resist. Many Wounded. JAPAN TO SET TIME LIMIT FOR MEETING DEMANDS Will Take Over Job of Suppress- ing Boycott Societies Otherwise. China Plans Defense Counsel, Probably to Be Headed by Chiang Kai-Shek. By the Associated Press. Japanese ships and soldiers went scurrying to two trouble- some points today as the uneasi- ness at Shanghai increased and fighting broke out at Harbin. Forty-five Chinese were re- ported to have been killed at the city in Northern Manchuria when a detachment of the Chinese Eastern Railway Guard swept into the Chinese quarter of Har- bin and began looting. Japanese troops started from Kirin to take things in hand. . Thirteen more Japanese war- ships were ordered from Sasebo to Shanghai, where 11 ships al- ready are lined up in the Whang- po River, waiting for the Chinese officials to obey an ultimatum directing suppression of Chinese societies, said to be leading the anti-Japanese boycott. While all this was going on, members of the League of Nations Council, e cept the Chinese and Japanese repre- | sentatives, went into a secret session on the Manchurian trouble. It was ex- pected the Chinese stand 1d be modified somewhat because of the change in the foreign office at Nanking. Gen. Chen Ming-Shu was moved up frdm minister of communications in the Nanking cabinet to succeed Eugene Chen as foreign minister. The general is an old supporter of Chiang Kai- Shek. At the same time the govern- ment apparently was ready to set up s National Defense Council, probably to be headed by Chiang. In Tokio the government approved the appointment of Joseph C. Grew as Ambassador from the United States to succeed W. Cameron Forbes. WARSHIPS TO CARRY 700, Additional Craft expected to Arrive at Shanghai Thursday. ‘TOKIO, January 26 (#).—Thirteen | additional Japanese warships were or- dered by the navy office today to pro- ceed immediately to Shanghal from the | Sasebo naval base. The new order, it was stated, was| issued because of the increasing gravity of the Shanghai situation. Eleven Japanese warships previously were reported lined up in the Whangpo River opposite the Chinese city, await- ing the outcome of ‘the Japanese de- mand that Chinese officials suppress the anti-Japanese societies alleged to be | supporting the boycott against Jap- anese goods. The cabinet yesterday decided that the first step, in case the Japa de- mands were not met and occupation | of Shanghai seemed necessary, would be to take over the headquarters of the anti-Japanese assoclations, wkich are within the international settlement Powers to Be Consulted. This action would be taken. how- ever, it was said, only after representa- tives of the other world powers were consulted. _“Our_contention.” said a ~(Continued 0 on Page 2, Column 1) ! TERRORISTS KILL 1 TWO WITH BOMBS| Parents of Washington Woman | Die as Result of Illinois Gang War. By the Assoclated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill, January Two persons were killed early today by | terrorists who “planted” time bombs in 26.— | s dance restaurant within sight of the ! Btate Capitol The victims were Mr. and Mrs. Henry ¥. Hungerford, who occupled an apart- ment over the cabaret, known as the Itallan Villa. They were between 70 and 75 years old Both were asleep when the bomb ex- ploded at 4:30 am. blowing out the first floor of the building and setting fire to the second. Other occupant: escaped with slight injuries The blast was so powerful that wreck- age was hurled across the street shat- tering windows of the Department of Welfare Building opposite Operators of the Italian Villa—Paul Tremaine and Sam Vizzini—claimed they knew of no reason for the bombing unless “some one was jealous of the business.” Police believed the bombing was a result of underworld warfare between rival Ttalian factions. Mr. and Mrs. Hungerford were sur- vived by four sons and four daughters Miss Ruth Hungerford of Washington, D. C. is a daughter Daughter Resides Here. Miss Ruth Hungerford, thought to be the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry E. Hungerford, who were killed in the Epringfield, Il explosion, is employed 25 a typist in the Civil Service Commis- | i Reappointed MOONEY TO BE POSTMASTER FOUR MORE YEARS. postmaster in this city since 1923, was | reappointed by President Hoover today. The nomination will be sent to the Senate during the day, where the White House has every reason to feel certain it will be confirmed. Mr. Mooney at the time of his first appointment, by President Harding on January 7, 1923, was chief clerk of the Post Office Department. He was reap- pointed by President Coolidge for the term which expired January 7. US.LKELYTOACT IN PORT BLOGKADE Joint Move With Britain Looms if Japan Forces Issue in China. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. | Joint action by the British and the | United States in the Far East to pro- tect their vital interests in that part of the world was looming today when reports from Tokio indicated the Japa- nese government intends to force the issue in China by use of extensive naval force. At the same time it 1s reported the Navy Department has decided to with- draw from the Asiatic fleet seven de- stroyers and the airplane tender Jason. Admiral Willlam Pratt, chief of naval operations, explained, however, that this move had nothing to do with the po- litical situation in the Far East. When the plan for the reorganization of the United States fleet was decided last year, the cruiser sauadron was moved | from the East to the West Coast. | In the same plan of reorganization | it was provided that seven destroyers from the Asiatic fleet will be ordered to | the West Coast and be replaced by gun- boats, which are more adequate fcr service in the Far East and especially on the Yangtze River. This is being| done now. As for the Jason, it is| stated she will be replaced by the more modern and efficient airplane carrier Langley. | As far as the possible or probable co- | operation with Great Britain to protect | our common. interests in the Far East, | the situation is viewed as follows: | Blockade Appears Likely. The Japanese have made a spec- tacular display in China to obtain their own ends. Unfortunately for them, the mere display of force’ has brought them nowhere. ~They are today in the unpleasant position of being forced to make their spectacular forces and, since the Chinese people, not the govern- ment, appear to be unyielding in re- gard to the boycott, the Japanese are likely to be compelled to use the princi- | pal trump card in their hands—a | blockade of thé Chinese ports. | The American Government still hopes | that the Japanese will not resort to | such an action, which is really amount- iog to war. Still, it is conceded in official quarters that the developments in the last three days indicate Japan will have to force the issue and pro- " (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) WIFE SUES GRANDSON OF PRESIDENT ARTHUR Action Filed West Failure to Provide for Her. Asks No in Charges Alimony. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, January ?S.—A di- vorce action has been brougat by Mrs Charlotte Arthur against Chester Alan Arthur, jr, only living grandson of Chester 'A. Arthur, the twenty-first President of the United States. ed no alimony, Wilson, pioneer resident of Los Angeles Arthur_resides with his parents in Santa Barbara, Calif By the Assoclated Press. ligious views or philosophical opinions against war should not debar aliens ! from citizenship was heard again today by the House Immigration Committee. In the doorway stood Rosika Schwim- cause of her war views. of Friends and other peace organiza- tions, Across the room sat a solid phalanx 6f women from patriotic organizations president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution. an equally large showing for those sion offices, She lives at 101 North Carolina avenue northeast and came to ‘Washington September 30 of last year. £€he is 30 years old. Radio Program: against the measure On the table lay a thick book of & previous hearing on the measure. Chairman Dickstein allotted four hours to each side, granting today’s time © the proponents of the bill and to- torraw to its opponents. t | William M. Mooney, who has been | gy ne Associa!ed F | daughter live in New York and an- | untary i The Griffiin bill to provide that re- | mer, who was refused citizenship be- | She was backed by 50 supporters of | the bill, representatives of the Soclety | including Mrs. Lowell Fletcher Hobart. | They made | LOAN RETIREMENT PLAN HELD PROOF BRITAIN 15 SOUND ass Hails Announcement U. S. and France Will Be Repaid February 1. Pr PARIS PRESSING SHORT MORATORIUM EXTENSION London Reaction to Proposal for Temporary Settlement Expected to Be Favorable. January 26.—London s today greeted with en- vesterday’s announcement that the Bank of England would pay off its entirc Franco-American credit February 1. The papers hailed the an- nouncement as striking proof of Great Britain’s financial soundness. The News Chronicle said the bank’s decision should encourage confidence abroad in the pound sterling. The Morning Pcst described it as a “wel- come announcement,” while the Finan- cial News said it was a “sterling feat.” Best News in Months. “It will confirm the growing appre- ciation of Britain’s financial strength,” the Daily Telegraph said. The Times said it was “the best news the money market has had in many months, & notable sign of strength with psycho- logical effects difficult to overestimate.” The French plan for temporary set- tlement of the reparations problem by granting a new moratorium for a short period on German payments at the end of the Hoover holiday is expected to be favorably received here. Hope Held for Parley. The British government has been urging some such short moratorium after the expiraion of the Hoover holi- day. 3 co-operation is obtained from Ger- many, which has urged a permanent settlement based on its declared in- ability to pay reparations any longer, it was thought the postponed inter- national debts conference, which was to have met at Lausanne yesterday, might still be held. ASKS SHORT MORATORIUM. LONDON. morning pap thusiasm Laval Would Solve Problem Later With- out Asking United States Aid. PARIS, Jepuary 26 (#)—Premier Pierre Laval proposed a temporary plan yesterday for a short moratorium on Germany's reparations payments to be followed by an effort to solve the prob- lem without calling for American aid. His suggestion was made in a conver- sation with Lord Tyrrell, British Am- bassador. It would call for a mora- torium on reparations until after the American elections. ‘The moratorium would expire before December 15, when the next French payment to the United States is due. After the Prench elections in May, and before expiration of the new mora- torium, & conference would be called at Lausanne or elsewhere to negotiate a permanent agreement. Such a plan would be in line with the American at- titude that Germany's reparations cred- itors agree among themselves before the question of adjusting war debts is broached. Payment of unconditional reparations installments would be made to the World Bank at Basel and loaned back to Germany as under the present Hoo- ver moratorium, which expires next June 30. It was understood the premier suggested that France and Great Brit- ain try to reach an agreement at the expiration of the proposed new mora- torfum as to the amount Germany is to ay. P e proposal was regarded here as a step toward an interview between Pre- mier Laval and Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald of Great Britain. AMERICAN DIES ABROAD Charles H. Fitzgerald, 81, of Bal- timore, Succumbs in Italy. FLORENCE, Italy, January 26 (#).— Charles H. Fitzgerald. formerly of Bal- timore, Md., died today at the age of 81. He had lived in Florence 28 years and will be buried here. A son and other daughter here SMUDGE POTS RELIGHTED California Citrus Growers Seek Protection From Frosts. LOS ANGELES, January 26 (F).— Citrus growers, sec protection for their crops from the danger of frost, were again forced o resort to the use She charged failure to provide and | Of smudge pots this morning as tem Mrs. Arthur is liv- | peratures fell below freezing in several {ing with her mother, Mrs. Charles F.|sections of Southern California. The danger last night and early to- day, however, Was not as great as on The couple sep- | the previous night, when the mercury arated six months ago. They have no | recorded temperatures as low as 20 | children degrees. ROSIKA SCHWIMMER ATTENDé HEARING ON CITIZENSHIP BILL Grifin Measure to Permit Naturalization of Aliens Despite Views Against War Is Considered. Representative Griffin, Democrat, New York, author of the bill, cited the Schwimmer, Prof. Douglas C. MacIntosh and Marie Averil Bland cases as in- stances were rulings have resulted in injustices. o lame y & lingerin, war hysteria, the Bureay of Natresiza. zaticn devised the question: 'If neces- sary, are you willng to take up arms for your country?” said Griffin. | Miss Schwimmer, Miss Bland and | Prof. MasIntcsh were denied citizen- ship by the Supreme Court, because they refused to take an unqualified oath to,fiht for thelr country . e nine justices divided sh ihe issue. In the Schwimmmer toor Oliver Wendell Holmes delivered one of his most famous dissenting opinions. In the MacIntosh and Bland cases, Chief Justice Hughes read a ringing dissent, which attracted equal attention The verdiot in the latter cases was py the narrow margin of 5 to 4. BM Boarp GOV. FRANKLIN . Roose | VELT ANNOUNCES Thar HE HEARS THE CALL oF DEMOCRACY To RUN v 1932, | AND YIELDS TO IT - | AT LEAST ¢ 7 5] i Z 2 7 7, 7% o Z Z 72 7 7z = ZZ =7 = =7 = = Z Z Z = 7 7 =7 Z == s o RAIL MEN REFUSE 10 REVEAL POLL Ten Unions Take Definite Stand on Pay Cut, While 11 Are Balloting Today. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, January 26.—Ten unions had taken a stand and 11 voted today on the $215,000,000 pay reductions for 2,000,000 rallway workers. Executives of the 10, however, gave no inkling what course their poll had taken, sayiug it would not be revealed until after all the unions had voted and | submitted the result to the Rail Com- mittee of nine presidents. Labor, willing to barter the proposed 10 per cent wage cut for a year for certain concessions that would stabilize and restore work to 700,000 jobless and 600,000 partly employed, received the final answer of the carriers to that program yesterday. Promise Co-Operation. To the principal demand for a guar- antee of full-time jobs to the same number as was employed in 1830, the carriers responded with an assurance they would do everything practicable, as individual roads, and carry on sep arate negotiations toward stabilization in that manner. After a meeting with executives of the 21 unions, their general chairman, David Brown Robertson, declared last night none was satisfled or pleased | with this position. Dissatisfaction among the union chairmen also was indicated by other labor executives, who said the entire stand of the rails on the stabilization | program was “negative and wide open.” | What bearing this attitude will have | on the poll, none of the union leaders | would forecast. Decline 6-Hour-Day Plan. On other points of the labor pro- gram the carriers agreed to the sug-| gestion that furloughed rail employes be given work by motor companies and forwarding agencies controlled by the rails; to the principle of pay roll re-| serves to take care of periods of re- duced traffic, and to an emergency em- loyment bureau, a study of retirement nsurance, dismissal wages and work- | men's compensation. They declined to accept the prin- ciple of the six-hour day, “doubted the‘ wisdom” of a billion-dollar grade cross- ing program, and turned down re- quests for “protection of all interests in railroad consolidations” and for the | co-ordination of train crews and trlln lengths. 3,500 Accept Pay Cut. ST. LOUIS, January 26 (#).—A VOI-i reduction of 10 per cent in| wages, effective February 1, for a pe- riod of one year, has been accepted by | 3,500, Frisco Line employes, President | J M. Kurn announced yesterday. The | men are employed in the mechanical department or as train porters, steam shovel engineers and mechanical su- pervisors and are 15 per cent of the total number of Frisco employes. BRIAND IS MENTIONED AS LEAGUE SECRETARY Efforts Are Be?ng Made, However, to Induce Drummond to With- draw Resignation. ay Cable to The Star. GENEVA, January 26.—Talk of Aris- tide Briand for secretary general of the League of Naticns, to succeed Sir Eric Drummond, is heard in League circles today and it is understood that efforts are being made to sound out Briand on the proposal. If Briand de- clines and Drummond persists in his resignation the League will be faced with an acrimonious fight for succes- sion to the post, which is ‘one of tre- mendous power. When Drummond was lppqln'kd in 1919 {here was & “gentlemen’s agree- ment” that his successor should be & Frenchman, but since then Germany has been admitted to the League and does not feel bound by the agreement. | Other nations, including Italy, are Strongly opposed to the appointment of a Frenchman at this time, but it is felt, in view of Briand's personal prestige and his advanced age, that it Dould be possible to obtain unanimity me. on s e ague Council is persisting in The League to induce Drummond to fp however. He w his resignation, E’i's“g:n told the League has too many troubles on its hands already to risk internal dissensions over the appoint- ment of & new secretary general, (Cenysum. 193 » Prevailing Wage Payment by U. S. Urged by McCarl Says Government Should‘ Do What It Requires of Private Contractors. By the Associated Press. Controller General McCarl told the | House Labor Committee today he saw no reason why the Government should not pay the “prevailing wage rate” it requires of private contractors. “Speaking as a private citizen,” Mc- | Carl said, “I do not see why the Gov- ernment should require something of me it would not do itself.” Proposals_are before the committee to lighten the Bacon-Davis law, requir- ing contracts on Federal buildings to| pay the wage rate prevailing in a com- munity. Just before McCarl testified, Repre- sentative La Guardio, Repubican, New York, contended that where the Gov- | ernment did its own construction work it should pay the prevailing wage. “I have a signed statement, showing that a laborer formerly working on | new buildings at West Point had to furnish the foreman a pint of whisky a day to hold his job,” La Guardia said, | wdding, however, that “this work is now under private contract and the proper wages are being paid.” WRIGLEY, OWNER OF CUBS IS 0EAD Chewing Gum Magnate and| Patron of Base Ball Stricken January 18. By the Associated Press, PHOENIX, Ariz, January 26—Wil- | liam Wrigley, jr., chewing gum magnate |and owner of the Chicago Cubs, died at his Winter home here at 2:15 a.m. today. He was 70 years old. Death was due, to complications of heart disease and acute indigestion. He had been confined to his bed since January 18, when he suffered a severe attack of indigestion followed by apo- plexy and a heart attack. His condition, Dr. George Goodrich, his personal physician said, had been critical since he first becamc ill. Announcement of his death, however, came as & shock outside the immediate family, as the household had main- tained strict secrecy regarding the se- riousness of his illness. Family at Bedside. Dr. Goodrich disclosed Wrigley had been only semi-cosscious for several days and that his deatn hsd been ex- pected for more than 24 hours. Mrs. Wrigley and their two children, Phillp K. Wrigley and Mrs. James R. Offield, were at the beside when the end came. The son and daughter came to Phoenix when their father was first stricken. Three years ago the capitalist became interested in the Arizona Biltmore, Winter resort hotel. Shortly thereafter he erected a palatial 40-room home on a small promontory ovelooking the city of Phoenix, and it was in this that he died Private funeral services, Kirkman said, probably will be held in Pasadena, Calif., Thursday or Friday, with me- morial service at the same time in St. Christopher Episcopal Church in Chi-| cago. Burial will be at Catalina Island. Founded Large Fortune. Wrigley taught the world to chew gum, and the jaws of two hemispheres reaped him a fortune. Upon an ar- ticle which sold the world over for a nickel or less he founded in his gen- eration one of the great fortunes of the Nation. Nor were there any accidents in his success, for at 30 he deliberately se- lected Chicago as a favored shipping point and went there from Philadelphia to find a product with a world-wide market. Wrigley selected chewing gum after rejecting soap and baking powder. ‘The children’s knickknack, which was chewing gum when Wrigley began its manufacture, was made of spruce or parafin and put up in long packages (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) Drives at 150 Miles an Hour. AUKLAND, New Zealand, January 26 (#).-—Wizard Smith, in an attempt to break the world record for 10 miles, 1:0ve his automobile at approximately 150 miles an hour today in his first trial run along Ninety Mile Beach. He apparently was withholding his speed in preparation for a second dash. SUSPECT ARRESED INLSLEY SAYING Mountsville, Va., Man Named Accomplice on Finding of Bloody Shirt. | Sty | Special Dispatch to The Star. LEESBURG, Va,, January 26.—Claude | Furr, 53, of Mountsville, Va,, was ar- | rested last night and charged with | aiding in the murders of Mrs. Spencer | Iisley and her maid, Mrs. Mina Buck- ner, at the former's Middleburg home | January 13. He was lodged in the Leesburg jail. Furr was taken into custody by Dep- | uty Sheriff Paul Alexander on a war- | rant charging he “aided and abetted” in the double murder. The arrest was made on information obtained from a colored woman, who told authorities Furr brought a bloodstained shirt to her for laundering shortly after the | date of the grimes. Loudon unty officlals say Furr | told them he could not account for the presence of the stains on his clothing. It is said he explained he had been drinking Tuesday night, the time the women were killed, and was unable to remember just where he went. Search Continued. Meanwhile the search continued for George Crawford, colored ex-employe of Mrs, Ilsley, who disappeared from Middleburg after the murders. Al- though more than 2,000 circulars have been sent out bearing the ex-convict's picture and identification, no reports of him have been received since he vanished. Commonwealth's Attorney John Gal- leher yesterday conferred with Paul Boeing, brother of the slain woman and discoverer of the crime, and with him retraced his movements on the night of the tragedy. Boeing told Galleher he had dined at the murder cottage Tuesday night and remained there after dinner while Mrs. Tlsley went to an anti-prohibition meet- ing in Upperville. About 9:30 the | maid retired to her room. At 11:30 Boeing said he went to the big house on the estate, where he had stayed for two nights previously. He said he took with him the only dog on the place, as was his custom. Imme- | diately after he returned to the cot- | tage, got something to eat and left | again. All the lights were on and the | front door unlocked when he departed, | Boeing said. | Retired at Midnight. | The brother stated he retired by mid- | night, read a while and then went to | sleep. Later, he recounted, he was awakened by a noise. As all clocks had stopped in the mansion, he did not know what time this occurred. He (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) |BABY TAKEN I;ROM CRADLE WHILE MOTHER READS Kidpaping in Mexico City Is Seen by Storekeeper, Who In- forms Parent. | By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY January 26.—The 11-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ‘Thomas Aguilar was kidnaped here today by two men in a motor car who snatched the infant from its cradle a few feet from the mother, an American, who was sitting nearby, reading. Engrossed in the book, Mrs. Aguilar, wife of a high offictal of the General Electric Co. here, did not mnotice that her baby had been stolen until a store- keeper across the street called her at- tention to it. The police began an im- mediate investigation. NEW CHEST GIFTS BRING TOTAL FUND UP 70 §1.763.83) $837,185 Still to Be Raised to Reach $2,601,000 Goal in Relief of Distress. MRS. NORTON APPEALS FOR BIGGER DONATIONS American Legion and Federation of Citizens’ Associations Back Organization and Aims. New contributions totaling $66,742.98 were reported today at a luncheon of the Metropolitan and group solicitation units of the Community Chest in the Willard Hotel. This increased the grand total to $1,763,835.11. ‘The metropolitan unit, headed by H. L. Rust, jr, made the best showing, with gifts amounting to $37,861.73. These collections were reported by Samuel H. Kauffmann, Mark Lans- burgh and James E. Colliflower, region chairman. Lloyd B. Wilson, chairman of the group solicitation unit, announced re- ceipt of pledges totaling $12,990. The school unit, headed by Sidney F. Talia- ferro. obtained $2,443, while the spe- clal gifts unit, led by Clarence A. As- pinwall, received subscriptions of $2,320. Mrs. Norton Lauds Work. Mrs. Mary T. Norton, chairman of the House District Committee, con- gratulated the workers upon the prog- ress of the drive. She predicted they would obtain donations exceeding their goal of $2,601,000. “No matter what kind of work you do,” Mrs. Norton said, “there isn’t any- thing that makes you feel better than the thrill you get from helping the un- fortunate. There is nothing that will give you more satisfaction. Make it a personal matter and you're bound to succeed. I hope God will bless you in your effort to do this great work, and I know He will.” The speaker told of the satisfaction she obtained some 18 years ago, when she raised $1,800 for establishment of a day nursery in New Jersey. She said she had had many honors since, but they did not compare with the pride she took in the success of the nursery project. “People are feeling poverty through- (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) CUT IN ELECTRIC RATE IS ORDERED Utilities Commission Action Will Result in $319,961 Saving for Consumers. The Public Utilities “‘ommission to- day ordered a new schedule of rates for domestic consumers of electricity, de- | signed to save approximately $391,961 | during the coming year. g The new primary rate will be 3.9 cents per kilowatt hour for the first 50 hours. For the next 50 hours the rate will be 3.8 cents, and for all above the first 100, 3 cents. The present charge, which will be replaced by the new rates, is 4.2 cents per kilowatt hour. New Schedule-K Rate. Chairman Mason M. Patrick of the commission announced that the pri- mary rate will effect 58,355 consumers, reducing their bills by $163,278, an average reduction of 7 per cent. Those using between 50 and 100 kilowatt hours per month number 33415, and will save $65,155 during the year, an aver- age reduction of 8 per cent. Con- sumers who now use 150 kilowatt hours, numbering 13,400, will be saved $81,- 528, an average reduction of 19 per cent. The average price for all con- sumers in the domestic schedule will be slightly less than 3.8 cents per kilo- watt hour. The commission also ordered a new schedule-K of 3.9 cents for the first 10 kilowatt hours and 2 cents per kilo- watt hour for all above 10 hours. This will effect a saving of approximately $11,500 to 6,500 customers. Schedule- K is the schedule for electric ranges, refrigerators and other heavy duty ap- pliances in domestic use. Suggested 4-Cent Rate. The Potomac Electric Power Co., at the opening of the public hearing on power rates yesterday, suggested a new domestic rate of 4 cents per kilowatt hour for the first 100 hours and 2.5 cents per kilowatt hour thereafter. Such & schedule would have resulted in a saving of $271,000 to the domestic schedule during the year. After the commission announced the new domestic schedules the hearing continued with a discussion of the com- mercial rates. There remain approxi- mately $529,000 of the $860,000 cut to be made this year for allocatior: among the various commercial schedules. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 26—Up until yesterday a safe weighing approxi- mately 400 pounds was in the front of a restaurant in North Clark street. It contained $1,800. ! But two men—Ray Hammond, the porter, and Roy Johnson, the dish- ‘washer—pi and tugged at the huge safety box until it moved. They were trying to get it to the rear of the place, where it could be loaded onto an auto- mobile. A policeman stood outside, watching them work, but he did not know they were it because the man at the cashier’s was holding & pistol in- aldzhhnoqiwmgmdyhmootm o THIEVES FORCE CAFE WORKERS TO HELP CART AWAY OWN PAY Porter and Dishwasher Load Huge Safe in Auto as Policeman Stands Idly By. case the sweating men ceased their labors. A cigar counter and a partition were in the safe’s path, but they were re- 1moved and t! strong-box, and its contents, were finally placed on the automobile. It was then that the man a: the cashier’s desk and two compan- jous drove away. Before the robbery the trio had sat | down to enjoy a hearty meal, also at the expense of the restaurant. After herding the employes and a few cus- tomers into the kitchen they looked around for a couple of good strong men ter and the dishwasher. ‘The safe contained the weekly sal- and of other employes. GTZENSPETTON CONCRESSFORFAR FSCALTREATHENT Document, With Signatures and Argument, Presented to Vice President and Soeaker. ASKS A RETURN TO FIXED RATIO Requests Abolition of Lump-Sum Plan, or, Until Then, a Sub- stantial Increase. A plea for equitable treatment of the people of Washington in settling the problems of fiscal relations between the Federal and District Governments was presented to Congress today in a peti- tion from the Citizens’ Joint Committee on Fiscal Relations between the United States and the District of Columbia. The petition was handed to Vice President Curtis and to Speaker Gar- ner by Edward F. Colladay, chairman of the Citizens’ Joint Committee. Shortly after the Senate met at noon, the Vice President acknowleged receipt of the petition and referred it to the Senate District Committee, which has before it the House bill seeking to re- peal the substantive law of 1922, es- tablishing the 60-40 ratio of fiscal relations. That committee also has before it the four House bills seeking to increase the District’s tax burden by approximately $4,000,000 a year. The petition, in the House, was re- ferred to the District Committee. Urge Bill's Rejection. The petition, signed by 22 citizens, representing constituent and co-operat- ing organizations of the Citizens’ Joint Committee on Fiscal Relations Between the United States and the District of Columbia, urged rejection of H. R. 6285, which would repeal the 60-40 ratio of contribution, and asked for a return to the definite proportion plan. Although the substantive law pro- vides for the 60-40 ratio plan, the peti- tion pointed out, Congress has adopted as a temporary provision the lump- sum method of contributing to the Dis- trict’s expenses. If this lump-sum prac- tice is continued, the petition urged, the amount. of the Federal contribution should be “largely increased.” The petition explained that the plat- form of principles laid down by the joint committee and adhered to in the committee’s brief in the hearings be- fore the Congressional Joint Select Committee in 1815, the House District Committee in December, 1919, and the Senate Appropriations Commit- in 920, ten 1920, con! e United ould contribute ely,” ace cording to a fixed and de propor= tion, which should be at least one-half. This platform, Congress was in- formed, was modified by the organic act of 1922, which reafirmed the defi- nite proportion principle, but changed the ratio from 50-50 to 60-40, impos- ing the 60 per cent burden on the local taxpayers. Amendments Rejected. “While Congress has refused all propositions to amend the definite pro- portionate contribution provision of the law of 1922, the citizens stated, “and while the 60-40 provision is the exist- ing substantive law, Congress in 1924 provided as a temporary provision on the annual appropriation act for the fiscal year 1925 a lump-sum contribu- tion, in lieu of the 40 per cent contri- bution provided by substantive law, and has renewed this exception to the provisions of the substantive law in each annual appropriation act since that date.” € Calling attention to the bill intro- duced in this Congress for repeal of the substantive law ratio, the commit- tee urged defeat of the bill and a re- turn to the 60-40 platform. In sup- (Continued on Page 3, Column 6.) HOOVER TO LAUNCH BUY-IN-U. S. DRIVE Will Ask Legislation Requiring Government Departments to Purchase American Goods. By the Associated Press President Hoover intends to ask Con- gress shortly for legislation that would require Government departments to purchase American-made goods in preference to materials manufactured abroad. In recent purchases of supplies by various Federal branches, the Presi- dent has found that low bids have been offered on foreign-made goods. It is his understanding that in many cases these low prices have been made possible in part by a departure from the gold standard by various Europearn countries. He has decided, therefore, to take steps requiring Government supply purchasers to accept bids on American- made goods whenever these materials are suitable or available, as compared with goods manufactured abroad. —_— CONVICTED OF FORGERY Gambler, Held in Rothstein Slay- ing, Gets Prison Term. NEW YORK, January 26 (#).— Nathan L. (Nigger Nate) Raymond was sentenced today to serve from five to aries of the men who did the movin;l:téum 10 years in State prison for second de- gree forgery. -He was convicted by a Jjury January 14. “Nigger Nate,” a swarthy Pacific Coast gambler, leaped into Nation-wide notoriety when he was held as a ma- terial witness in the still unsolved slaying of Arnold Rothstein. The conviction was for the forging of two stock certificates which he de- posited as collateral for a $7,200 loan early in 1930. An ultra-violet ray was used to establish the forgery. After the Rothstein shooting in 1928 Raymond was held because he had been one of the players in a ker game in which Rothstein lost $380,000 and gave Raymond 0. U’s for $200,000. Noted French Author Dies. PARIS, January 26 (7).—Emile Mas- to move the safe, and selected the por- ) sard, widely known journalist and au- thor, died in the night. He was 74. During the Battle of the Marne he was to the general staff of the ”» v