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A4 ¥¥% THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, FOREIGN COLONY 1S BELIEVED SAFE State Department Elated by/ Japanese Withdrawal From U. S. Sector. BROWN, withdrawal of the American and British hongha is considered by t as a distinct im- stern situa- ves the danger of national Settle- BY CONSTANTINE The forces sectors rom at the State Dey provement tion that s artme becu section of the from becoming the ment tle between ti nese for e ackets were landed as soon as the military opera- protesis of the and the com- eir the seneral panese began tions. In sp! American_con he patrollin were firing at the was firing clash se were ordar the 30.000 lly entitled to der to dislodge t¥ ant milf ck our sector enemy from an t had acquired Representations Made. were made by the h Governments al Japanese foreign and the British nce the thdrawn by the he was military ston with Adi on bo British th: okio e to use fors nt from becoming the bat- the warring armies. Tokio that we and the British will forces to back our re- Japanese be withdrawn h and the American sec- understood ng the State Department official reports from Consul rgham and from Admiral the Japanese headquarters panese bluejackets had been ithdrawn from our sector guards placed situated on the British and American sec- ) been withdrawn, Amer- British Marines are now those mills. With the Jap- se sailors were withdrawn the Jap- anese irregulars who had been assisting the regular troops, These irregulars were worrying us more than the sailors because of their jingoism and lack of responsibility Chinese Resist Stubbornly. Reports from Shanghai this morning fndicate a_fierce battle is in progress and the Chinese troops are putting up a stubborn defen spite of the heavy shelling of all the Japanese warships which have opened fire on the Chinese with all their guns. Of course, the Jap- anese are, for the time being, outnum- bered in & 10-to-1 proportion = of the ad a and X fire and are not expected to take any decisive action ,until the mixed brigade reported to have sailed from Japan two days ago is landed in Shang- hai. As soon as the regular army is landed. it is not expected that the Chi- nese will be &ble to offer much resist- ance to the Japanese tank regiment, as the Chinese do not possess any anti- tank guns. Whatever the issue of the State Departm International Se 1ger to any danger the battle may ent is confident tlement is no invasion and is ! becoming are enough to prevent it considered t in Shang- be the 1d property | combined JAPAN GOING'TOO FAR, AUSTRALIANS BELIEVE Several Editorially Papers—Possible Justification Found By the Associated Precs YDNEY. Australia, February c opinion in Australia tiality in the but eV expressed 4 has’ aimed Sino-Japanese prominent Newspapers nion edi- t ye s offensive d grown out of proportion to Chini's opinion, however ,was tempered statement that a fuller ex- apan’s action might be nite objective of curb- tha ade Aus- vous suggestion aim is to i "CHUTE FAlLé TO OPEN, FLYER DIES OF INJURIES -Pilot Lies Suffering 17 Hours Storm Balks Rescue Party. as Associated Press KALAMAZOO, Mich. February 4 — ancis H. Rust, 34, Thompson Aero- utical Corporation air mail pilot, who near his wrecked plane for 17 hours lesday in the wooded area north of Marcelius, his leg broken and severely bruised. died this morning in Bronson Hospital here Rust crashed when caught in a snow Marcellus on s Knlamazoo-to-Chicago flight He jumped when he saw a crash was in- evitable, but was too low for his para- ciute 10 open proper His fall was broken by trees and bushes. Searching parties, unable to prose- cute their hunt by air due to the weather, did not locate him until Tues- day afternoon During his long wait, Rust retained consciousness and attempted to pro- t himself from the weather by pull- the folds of his parachute about him. Botn hands had been frozen dur- ing the night in the woods and the ghack and exposure brought death Rust's home was in Galveston, Tex ASKS CLAIM EXTENSION Secretary Mellon Unable to Find Claimants to $300,000. Congress was asked yesterday to ex- tend for a year from March 10, the time in which application may be made for payment of certain German-Ameri- can claims awards, which total about $300.000. This sum is in the Treasury, but the department, Secretary Mellon said. in making the request for extension, had been unablg to find the persons to whom the mondy, awarded for World War dameges and seizures, is due. Japanese | scene of bat-| anese and the Chi- | | to prevent | The | Japanese confined their action to artil- | the | For | in | The Garners H ave a Night Out | | anese | PEAKER AND MRS. JOHN N. G as a rule—and that's why they ' day morning! at he and Mrs almost 8 o'clock. And fter his night out, stole a b floor, where he usually e begins to pall on him hotograph the Garners where they ¢ such a big party,” Mrs | to work still sleepy lon the first | Speaker's offi In the utive Mar | proved to be BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. | By Cable to The Star. GENEVA, Switzerland, February 4 | Something like rivalry has sprung up | between the League of Nations and the | United States for leadership in the at- tempt to re-cstablish peace in the Far East. For the moment it is Washing- |ton which prevails, while Geneva weakly follows Whether Geneva, wishing to regain its lost prestige, will take advantige of its opportunities and assert the initia- tive sgain within the next few days remains to be seen. China's original appeal was to the League. In some quarters China was reproached for this It was told that it should have appealed first to Washington. However the League promptly got in touch with t United States and the United States responded by co-operation with the League. . Theoretically there has been a cer- tain unity. Practicelly there have t and still are two distinct sets of ne tiations—one centering at Geneva and | one at Washing To Japan's Advantage. When the League wanted to go ahead Washington appeared to hoid back When Washington wanted to go ahead the League appeared to hold back. M understandings, accusations, hurt feel- ings and cross purposes have resulted which are felt in diplomatic circles to be &l to the advantage of Japan and all to the damage of the cause of peice and of the defense of violated treaties In order to wndsrstand the confuse development of Yhe situation, it is use- ful to bear in mind what may be called |the classic peace procedure of the | League of Nations | break occurs the Council enjoins two parties to c fighti 1 withdraw their troops within their own lines by a fixed date; establishes be- | tween them & neutral zone under neu- tral surveillance, and sends an inquiry commission to the spot 1t will be noted that this is almost exactly what the great pov under the leadership of the United States, are now trying to do at Shanghai. It is commonly said that, if the Council had | courageously and firmly applied this | procedure in Manchuria in the very beginning, war could probably have besn stopped at the outset. Instead. on the pretext that Manchuria wes entirely exceptional case and that the United States would not be willing to join the full League procedure, the Council has tried to apply the Leagy system only partially and peacemeal. Five Months' Procedure. the nts of the last five months presents curious picture. In September the League told the parties to cease fighting and withdraw their troops. and wanted o send an inguiry commission, but the United Sts object>d, In October the United States, in a remarkable note. urged the League to act and appointed an American ob- | server to the Council. The Council again | told the parties to cease fighting and | withdraw their troops by a fixed date, and appointed neutral observers on the spot. The United States took the ob- server off the Council and privately erfi- icized the fixing of a date of with- drawal At the November and December | Council mesting the United States got Japan itself to propose an inquiry com- sion_and the Council adopted the The League again told tné to rease fighting and withdraw thelr troops, but dropped the fixed date and appointed an inquiry commission The League also tried to arfange a neutral zone with neutral observers at Chinchow. But Japan objected, while the United States and the Council dis- ‘lo be delimited, so the project failed Japan in the meanwhile completed her conquest of Manchuria. Shanghal Occupied. The United States, without comsult- ing the Council, sent a strong note to Tokio invoking the nine-power treaty The League powers, on the pretext that they had not been consulted, failed to support this American action. . Japan loccupied Shanghal. China again ap- | pealed to_the Council, this time under Articles X and XV of the covenant !implying ultimate sanctions. The Council improvised an Inquiry Commiltee in Shanghal and invited the United States to join. The -United ! States, which had joined the League's Manchuria commission under Article XI, refused to jein the League’s Shang- hai commission tm’“ Articles X and XV. but agreed to co-operate. The United States urged Great SPEAKER AND WIFE DINNER GUESTS AT WHITY. was given a dins Garner pected Garne As soon as an out-' A brief review of the proposals and | agreed regarding where the zone ought | HOUSE. ARNER don't go § s0¢ were & few minutes late ge 1 tunctions ng to the r at the White House Tuesday night who ace ried him, didn't get little later in morning, Garner, rief nap in his wife's secretarial quarters retires when the sumpluousness of the shown leaving t nd a “little 1d hotel for the Instead it A. P. Photo. are d to party 'AMERICA AND LEAGUE RIVALS IN EFFORT TO ESTABLISH PEACE Washington Appears to Be Leading at Pres- ent With Geneva Weakly Follow. Far East Overtures. y'ng to undertake foint Anglo- lon. France, which has large interests in Shanghal but was not consultegd surprised and hurt Britain hung back a few days when France began to come for- d, Great Britain hast ned forward The United States and Great Britain supported by France and Italy, made a proposal to Tokio closely 1esembling the classic League procedure —namely, that both parties ce ting and with- draw their troops and fix a neutral zone under neutral surveillance. The Council. suddenly outdistanced, hastily ithout a debate, al- lowed to st2t- that' the Council the action of the powers, supports Cross Purposes Continue, Today the Council is ready to hear tne cabled reports o ! mission in Shanghai s delayed. it is said e the mo- dalitizs of the United ¢s co-opera- tion of the Council at Geneva are still in abeyance. Japan is trying to create a distinction between the Manchurian aflair and the Shanghai affair, saying that articles 10 and 15 apply only to the latter, China says that they apply to both and the Council seems to take this view it American opinion seems to want to maintain that distinction. Thus the divergencies and cross purposes con- tinue and no statesman has yet ap- peared who seems big enough to find the formula for overcoming them (Copyright, 19321 URGE NO REDUCTION IN MILITARY FUNDS Officers of ;/et;;:Groups Also Ask $100,000 for Training of Reserve Pilots. to meet its com the mecting By the Assoclated Press NEW YORK, February 4 —Officers of more than a dozen military and ex- service men's organizations vesterday signed a petition to tae President znd Congress urging that no change be made in the Army and Navy appropria- tion bills because of the Sino-Japanese situation. The petition asserted: “The present international situation, particularly in the Far East, clearly demonstrates the necessity for adequate milit pre- paredness in the United States.” It urged, in addition to no reduction In the appropriations. that $100,000 be voted by Congress to provide flight training for members of the Officers Reserve Corps Officers of the American Legion, the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, the Citizens' Military Training C>mps As- sociation, the National Guard end the Veterans of Foreign Wars were among those signing the petition st a meeting in the Army and Navy Club EXPLAINS JAPAN'S HEAVY' IMPORTS |Commercial Secretary Denies Increased Purchases Are for War. Tremendously Increased Japanese im- portation of American cotton, automo- biles, gasoline and other materials dur- ing the past six months has been due to natural growth of the Japanese market and not to preparations for war, it is stated in & protest received here from Yasuto Shudo, commercial sccre- |tary of the Japanese embassy. He is | located in New York. | Mr. Shudo's statement was made to | counteract impressions which it was | feared were spreading in the Uniled | States that Japan was laying in war supplies. i Last Friday newspaper men in rheck- | ing up on the United States trade with | Japen for the last six months in 1931 and comparing these figures with those |of the same period of 1930, ascertained that American cotton exports to Japan from July to December, inclusivs amounted to 1,069.000 bzles, as com- pared with 490,000 bales during the last half of 1930. Statistics _&lso purchased 1,011 revealed that Japan automobiles and 233 trucks in December, compared with 134 autos and 166 trucks in November. Dur- ing the same month Japan took 195.- 000.000 barrels of gasoline as against 105,000,000 barrels in November. Officials Guarded. Commerce Department officials in giv ; ures were exceptional rded as to v oses Japan in- \ded to use these materials, although munitions experts outside of the Gov- ernment pointed to the fact that cot- ton was one of the chief ingredients in ks manufacture of powder While an investigation was going on in this department today. a protest against the manner in which Americans “have suddenly looked up the figures on American exports to Japan and ex- | that Japan ‘s buying materials from the United States to prepare for war, was lssued by Shudo from his office i New York City He pointed out that Japan is & “good customer” of the United States and has been purchasing materials in large quantities here for many years. “The sudden discovery of this” by the Amer- fean public wdo said. has been turned to disadvantage for Japan American newspapers. to support an unfounded assumption” that Japan is preparing for war ploited them proof Explains Purchases, | In the matter of cotton, that in April, 1931, American cotton was 26 per cent higher than Indian cotton Which is of an inferfor grade. By the middle of November this margin had | dropped to 9 per cent, and on January 15. 1932, they were quoted at prices. Because of this and because Japanese merchants have been prepar- ing against a possible abandonment of the gold standard by their government they have been buying American cot- ton in great quantities. he said It is the same thing with other things.” said Shudo. “We buy wheat from either Canada, the United States or Argentina. occording to the best prices, and if more has been pur- chase recently from this country it is because the price is be: The commercial secretary said that America and Great Britain have been rivals for years in the Japanese tin plate trade. which s a large market because of the many canneries in Ja- pan Of late there has been a ten- dency to buy more American tin be- cause it is of & better quality, he assertec. but with no increase in the total consumption and no diverting the materials to war purposes. Need for Automobiles. “As for automobiles,” he explained we have no plants of our own and de- pend on the American asembling plants n our country for cars. There are only 100,000 cars on the islands for & population of 70.000.000. so. you see. we need cars. Also we have not raised our tariff on American cars as many European countries have and there- fore there has been no decrease in this trade “For the rest, we use more gasoline and oil as we buy more automobiles; we need lumber and machinery as our industries increase, and our fertilizers and chemicals have shown no increace other than what & natural economic | expansion demands.” Shudo said the whole situation was grossly distorted to the American peo- ple, who have not been conscious of the great consumption of their in Japan and who are not cognizant of the background and recent conditions which have brought sbout the trouble between an and China. He said in conclusion he was sure his government did not want war, and had no intentions of forcing it. but pointed out that the anti-Japanese boy- cott of merchants in Shanghal had finally resulted “in a great loss per or and demonstrations of force.” ‘ - . {ASK HONOLULU CHINESE | NOT TO BUY FIREWORKS C. of C. Urges Fund for New Year Celebration Be Sent to Aid Chapei Sufferers. By the Asso ed Press. HONOLULU, February 4—As s re- sult of the Japanese bombardment of Chape, native section of Shanghal, the Chinese Chamber of Commerce has urged Chinese here to refrain from spending money for firecrackers and other celebration material for the Chinese New Year, which begins Friday and lasts & week. The chamber urged that funds be donated to aid Chapel sufferers. There are about 27,000 Chinese and 140,000 Japanese in this territory. In addition there are approximately 13,000 | Asiatic-Hawaiians. Chinese have boy- cotted Japanese goods. ‘T BE OBSERVED FROM FLAGSHIP OF ADMIRAL 'Assistant Chief of Staff of U. S. Navy Describes Joint Problem of Land and Sea FOI"CCS BY (‘AP&‘, C. M. AUSTIN, Assistant Chief of Siaff, United States Navy, | ABOARD U. 8. 8. CALIFORNIA, | SOMEWHERE AT SEA, February 4 (#). | —There is little of war, even of make- believe war, to be seen from the bridge of Admiral Richard Leigh's flagship, the battleship California, on this the fourth day of the 1932 maneuvers. The pas- | sage of the “Blue"” Fleet is still unevent- ful, as it carries the expeditionary force of Marines and soldiers to retake the | Hawailan Islands, where “Black,” the | enemy, is entrenched. \ In this period of calm we are all giv- | ing further study to the relative forces | engaged in this year's grand joint Army and Navy exercise. The problem-makers have given “Black” the Army troops of mll arms normally stationed in the islangs, aug- mented by the local reserves. them is added the submarines, mine layers and mine sweepers of the Navy, based , at H awall. |on Pearl Harbor. Fixed and mobile |artillery of all calibers and more than 100 planes are included. With these | forces, numbering between 15000 and 20,000 men, the “Black” commander, Maj. Gen. Briant H. Wells, is called on | to_maintain his control of the islands. |Rear Admiral George T. Pettengill commands the naval units of the | “Black” forces. Given so inferior a naval force, “Black” has no means of checking our advance on the islands. Therein lies the first essential, and the most important one, to ultimate [ victory in a war on or over the ocean— | namely, control of the sea. Given an open sea for us and a closed sea for “Black,” sooner or later we win. If more troops, planes, ships and supplies are wanted, we can call for them and they can come. “Black” cannot look to his homeland for succor as long as this condition prevails. by | Shudo said | even | many | 800ds | of tem- | D. €. THURSDAY, I EBRUARY 4, 1932 HAM BACKS RCHT 10 OPERATE CABS Opposes Steps by Congress to Bar Any Form of Trans- portation. Although the Washington Rallway & Electric Co. is not contemplating the operation of taxicabs at this time, Wil- liam F. Ham, president, told the Public Utllitles Subcommittee of the House District Committee today, he personally did not belleve Congress should take steps to prevent the transit companies from engaging in any form of public transportation, Mr. Ham was one of & half dozen witnesses who testified at a hearing on the joint resolution authorizing a merger of the District trans't properties. Earlier in the hearing, Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick, chairman of the Public Utilitles Commission, had proposed an amendment to the merger bill, designed to restrict the consolidated company's activities Lo the operation of street cars and motor busses. The committee will hold another hearing on the merger bill Tuesday morning at 10:30 o'clock. At that time it will hear Richmond B. Keech, people’s counsel, before the Public Uttlities Commission, and Willlam McK Clayton, chairman of the Public Utilities Committee of the Federation of Citizens' Associations. Bus Lines Make Appeal. Amendments to preclude the consoli- !dated company from operating sight- seeing busses were urged by representa- |tives of privately owned sightseeing lines. Conrad H. Syme. former counsel of the District. representing the Blue and Gray sightseeing lines, and Lawrence Gassenheimer, president of the Green Line, charged the car companies had made serious inroads into the regular sightseeing business and were underbidding them on con- tract sightseeing tours. Syme said the merger bill should be framed so the car companies would be prevented from destroying the privately owned signt- seeing business which represents an in- vestment of approximately $750,000. Hanna Explains Business. John H. Hanna, president of the Capital Traction Co.. told the commit- tee there is a marked distinction be- tween the sightseeing business and the chartered bus business, in which his company is engaged. He said his company is doing a profitable char- tered bus business, the returns from these operations last year amounting 10 $105,000 ‘We do a chartered bus business and actively solicit such business,” Mr Hanna declared. “The practice of our company is to make contracts with groups coming to Washington to take them on sightseeing trips. To that ex- tent we are in the sightseeing business But we don't have sightseeing bus stands, and we don't run over prescribed routes like regular sightseeing busses D. C. Heads Delay Report. At the outset of the hearing Rep- resentative Black of New York. chal man of the subcommittce, announc he had received & message from Co poration Counsel William W. Bride | stating that the District Commissioners | would be unable to submit their re- | port on the merger bill until it had been passed upon by the Budget Bu- |reau. Mr. Bride asied the committee {to defer its report until it had the | views of the Commissioners | Gen. Patrick submitted several pro- posed amendments. One is designed to prevent the consolidated company from corporation appealing from any reasonabie rate of | fare fixed by the commission for school :r‘hlldxen | Littepage Proposes Amendment. | Another _proposed | urged by Thomas P. Littiepage senting the Washington | Annapolis Electric Line. He said s amendment would give the Public Utili- | ties Commission the power to review | the existing contract between the Bal- timore line and the Washington Rail- |way & Electric Co. relating to the use |of the Washington Railway & Electric | Co. rails in the District, o determine whether it Is reasonable. Under the existing contract, he pointed out, the Baitimore line pays the Washington | Railway & Electric Co. the | statutory fare for passengers it carries |in the District amendment repre- | Co. objected to this proposed amend- {ment on the ground that it is not ger- mane to the pending merger legislation. MONOPOLY FEARED. View Has Changed Recent Years. People’s Counsel Richmond B. Keech in reply to a charge by Chairman Ma- | son M. Patrick of the Public Utilities | Commission that he was urging objec- | tions to the street car merger bill now which he did not urge a year ago, to- day freely admitted the charge was correct. He said. however, that in the | Keech Says more about the merger proposition. and does not feel bound to opinions, once stated, forever. He said the principal objection to the bill as at present drawn is that it gives the merged company & monopoly of all forms of public transportation in the District. including taxicabs, and such a provision is contrary to the public inter Says Provision Remains. This provision was struck out by Gen. Patrick where it appears in_one place in the bill last night, but Mr. Keech pointed out two other places today where it remains. He raid that a year ago he wanted a street car merger, anc in that respect at least his mind has not changed. But while he wants a ! merger, and believes the people of Washington sincerely want one, he sees no reason for giving a merged street car company an ironclad monopoly over all forms of transporta- tion in the District. ‘The charge of a change of opinion was made by Gen. Patrick against Mr. Keech and Willlam McK. Clayton, chairman of the Public Utilties Com- mittee of the Federation of Citizens' ssociations. in a letter sent to each member of the Senate District Commit- tee last night. Mr. Clayton could not be reached for comment this morning. Text of Patrick's Letter. In his letter to Chairman Capper, coples of which were sent to the other Senate members, Gen. Patrick stated: “Referring to the public hearing be- fore your committee yesterday upon the street railway merger resolution, this commission wishes {0 emphasize the fact, well known to all of the Senators who were members of your committee in the Seventy-first Congress, that a similar measure was then fully dis- cussed and reported favorably by Sen: tor Glass on the 18th of June, 1930; report No. 1003, Seventy-first Congress, second session. “At & public hearing, then Mr. Wil- liam McK. Clayton distinctly stated that, while it had been suggested “that a ‘Federal charter be granted the new company rather than incorporation under the code of law of the District of Columbia, we do not propose that here now.’ He did suggest that, before the articles of incorporation were finally recorded, they should be subject to the approval of the Public Utilitles Com- mission. “One of the amendments which I suggested yesterday was in exact com- pliance with this suggestion of Mr. Clayton's. | “At that same time, Mr. Clayton dwelt upon free transfers between busses and cars and \upon the matter of reduced fares for school children. Mr. Clayton was asked if he had any other objections to the measure or any other was | Baltimore & | regular | The Washington Railway & Electric | n| year that has elapsed he has learned | maintain | Die Suddenly { Above: PERCY QUIN. | SAMUEL RUTHERFORD. | Below: —Harris-Ewing Photos 'TWO DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS OF HOUSE FATALLY STRICKEN (Continued From First Page) Mississippi 1902 Rutherford was a_member of the Elections, Acccunts, Immigration. Pat- | ents and Pensions Commitiecs. He had ! taken a particular t in immigra- | tion matters | ~The Georgian was 61 | had served in the House since was born in Georgia and | Washington and Lee University rsity of Georgia. He be g law at Forsyth, Ga., in 1 After serving as mayor | City Court and in both bran Georgia Legislature he was ele the National House of Represer Rutherford, as chairman of th | tions Committee. had only this week re- ported to the House the resolution to | eliminate the lame duck session of Con- gress, many times adopted by Sen- ! ate. ' He had planned to b the | resclution up for action the lat of this week. His resolution was the fisst dealing with the question P nous | approval by the Committee, | there always hav.ng 1 a aivision | when it was considered before. | Speaker Garner arranged the | | House to adjourn out of respect to | | Quin and Rutherford, immediately upon | convening. | The Speaker later issued the follow- | ing statement “Both Representatives Quin and | Rutherford were chairmen of important | committees who had demonstrated | great ability in handling measures | which involve issues of vital interest to the entire country “Representative Quin. who had served | in the House for a longer period, was one of the outstanding members, enjoy- | ing the confidence of both the Republi- | cans and Democrats. His death is not | | only a great loss to Congress, bis State | and district, but to me. He was a | loyal and devoted friend | “Only yesterday I discussed with Mr Rutherford the manner of handling constitutional amendment calling for the elimination of the short session of | Congress. We had planned to bring the resolution before the House within |8 week or 10 days. He disclosed his ability and fine understanding of con- stitutional problems “His loss is & loss to the Congress the State of Georgia and the people of his district. In his death I know | I have lost & good friend and I feel it keen Legislature from 1900 to| years old and He attended | nd the prac- itor_of ! the | ted to] atives. | Elec- | 3 ¢ part for | suggestions to offer, and he said he had | none. (See Mr. Clayton's testimony. as reported on page 49 et seq. in the report of the hearing before your com- mittee _on 8. J. Res. 105, January | 22, 1930.) | "“The people’s counsel. Mr. Keech. appeared before the House Committee | 10 its hearings upon this same measure. The only things which he discussed were the provision for continuing the existing fare for two years and the re- duced fares for school children. He raised no objection whatever to any other features of the measure and in- dicated, in fact, his approval of it as| then drafted (See Mr. Keech testimony on page 117 et seq. hearing: before the subcommittee of the House Committee on the District of Columbia, Seventy-First Congress. second session, H. J. resolution 159, January 21 and March, 1930.) “As was pointed out yesterday, the measure now before you differs in but two particulars from the similar meas- ure which was before the Seventy-first Congress. (1) The provision with ref- erence to reduced fares for school chil- dren was eliminated for the reason | given. (2) No mention is made of the fares to be charged by the merged com- pany. The reason for this also was given at length. “There was some discussion yesterday of the so-called ‘power clause.' (See ‘Tenth,’ page 16, S. Res. 13.) As stated by Senator Copeland, this provision is understood to have been drafted by Dr. Maltbie for your committee, was adopt- ed with practically no change by the Public Utilitles Commission and has been several times approved by the Senate Committee of the District of Columblia. “The commission is giving careful consideration to the suggestion of Sen- ator Austin that provision should be made for the protection of the minority stockholders, and expects to be able, at an early date, to offer an amendment which will care for this matter.” CADETS APPOINTED Alexander P. Gordon, son of Maj, Philip_Gordon, U. S. A. Tetired, of 3110 Thirty-fourth street, Washington, and Charles R. Meyer, son of Maj C. B. Meyer, United States Coast Ar- tillery, at Allentown, Pa. have been appointed by the President as cadets at large at the United States Mili- tary Academy. They .are subject to qualification at the entrance examina- tion at West Point in March. I { piiady Prominent Attorney Dies. NEW YORK, February 4 (#).—Ten Eyck Wendell, 74, attorney here for nearly half a :;lentury.tgle;i suddenly yesterday of a heart attack. : A me)x'nber of an ald and distin- guished American family, he was re- lated to the Van Rensselaers, Schuy- lers, Bleekers, Lansings and other familles that played a leading part in Colonial and early United States his- mgx'x widow, the former Mary Dwight Footc of Boston, and a son survive. | stop HONOLULU REFORM Meeting Asks Extension of | Law for Public Prosecutor and Protecting Women. By the Associated Press. HONOLULU, February 4—Voicing dissatisfaction with the Legislature's conduct of its law enforcement reform program during the special session now in recess, the Citizens' Organization for Good Government has appealed to Congress. Adopting unanimously two resolu- tions, the organization at a mass meet- | ing here last night petitioned Congress | to extend to Hawall the federal statute regarding forcible violations of women and to enact for the territory a law providing for appointment of & public prosecutor by the Territorial Supreme Court, itself an appointive body. Meeting Chiefly of Women. The mass meeting was attended prin- cipally by women. Vigorous dissatis- faction was expressed with the Legis- lature’s passage of a new law punishing rape without limiting the penalty to| death or life imprisonment. As the law | now stands the penalty “any number of years” may be imposed. In revising the bill for appointment of & public prosecutor, until now & function of the elected city and county attorney. the Legislature provided for | his appointment by the Honolulu mayor and board of supervisors, all of whom are elective. Two attack cases and & lynching in- | spired both the calling of the special session and the formation of the citi- zens’ organization. Americans Await Trial. Four persons, including Mrs. Gran- | ville Fortescue. society woman, and her | son-in-law, Lieut. Thomas H. Massie, U. 8. N, are awaiting trial for the lynching of Joseph Kahahawal, a na- tive accused of an attack on Mrs Mas- sie. Four youths alleged to have been implicated in the Massie attack are awaiting retrial. One man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for an attack . 897 IS RAISED IN DRIVE FOR HONORARY FIREMEN Cottage City Department Has Ad- ditional Returns to Receive in Campaign. 8pecial Dispatch to The Star. COTTAGE CITY, Md., February 4.— At the menthly meeting of the fire com- pany, T. Weston Scott reported & net profit to date of $97 from the drive for honorary members, with additional re- turns yet to be received. Chief Tayman | appointed a committeec omposed of him- self and Francis Van Pelt, V. A. Sim- mel, E. N. Wilson and T. Weston Scott to puichase fireworks to be sold next July The secretary was instructed to com- municate with the Bladensburg Fire Company and request the appointment of a committee to work with a local committee in formulating plans for the two companies to answer alarms to- gether. It was voted to enter the new ladder truck in the parade to be held in Alexandria on Wasningion's Birth- day. The trustees were autnorized to rent & safe deposit box to be used for the storage of valuable documents. John G. Nebel was admitted to active | membership. Mrs. Viola Anderson, president of the Ladies Auxiliary, appeared before the firemen and stated that her organ- ization would serve a chicken supper in the basement of St. Paul's Presby- terian Church on the evening of Feb- | ruary 25. the proceeds from which will be used to assist the company Mrs. Carl Nagel, chairman of the Supper Committee. accompanied Mrs. Ander- on and requested the assistanse «f tha remen in obtaining several needed items. Most of these were 1mu donated by Messrs. DeLong, Rasm 1 MacDowell, Bobb. Conner and John- son, and plans were made to secure the balance CURBS U. S. PRINTING Indianan Introduces Bill to Stop “Enormous Waste." By the Associated Press A bill, described as a measure to the “enormous waste in public printing,” was introduced today by Representative Ludlow, Democrat, Indiana. The measure would end the system under which public documents have | een sllotted equally to members of Congress. It would substitute' a plan under which each Senator would get documents up to a value of $3.000 yearly and Representatives up to $2.200. They would be allowed to choose the ones they want. The Indiana Representative esti- mated his measure would save $200.000 | seventh, EIGHTH WINS FIRST REDITRIT ROUND Virginia House Committee Reports Out Hall-Wright g Bill. BY LESTER N. INSKEEP, Staft Correspondent of The S RICHMOND, Va., February 4.—The eighth district won the first round of the redistricting fight last night when the House Privileges and Elections Cc mittee, by a vote of 7 to 5, reported out the Hall-Wright bill which would di- vide the present tenth district am the districts surrounding it and giv esent e:gnth district four counties e seventn The committee vote w 3 executive session that was held immedi- ately after the proponents of the Hall Wright bill and the Eariy-Watts till had consumed two hours in the pre senting of their cases. The lattcr measure is one sponsored by th district and would combine the first and eighth. Speaks for Eighth District. Speakers for the Hall-Wright which was sponsored by the ight trict delegation in the Gener bly, were Gardiner L. B andria, chairman of the Eig Democratic Committes Senator Frank L County, who was d sentative Howard W eighth district seat no and State Senator Rob | Lancaster, which is in Booth was the first bill. He dwelt upon the the present eighth has in com the Federal Government and tention to the large number of ment properties, agencles and cperat located in the district One of the points he the member of eighth has more d other Representati declared that it woull to expect him to s equally heavy duties trict's Representative, or g Among the alleged advantages of the Hall-Wright bill that were pointed out by him were that it would make a fair distribution of population: would cor fine the redistricting slem to cighth C tri would leave and would of the ter politically affect other dis he principal changes declared. would be th Piedmont district and a Valley district, “prese geneousness ¢ habitants ar gard to ti of popul He contended that one of of the Assembl possible _futu es affected and t the Nox experienced any other in the 8 The Early-Watt would, eighth, lation far in e was_proposed work on a it would be po plish Former Senator Bal know! ceived a was loudls tire speech Congress tail work om Vir be un 3 the d 14 i1de bility and a Shey Proponents’ Contention Declary He described ot the proponen: (0 combine the sever the tenth ricts wor publican both h quoting official figu would be a str trict tl en if would for i trict,” Ball declared u ¢ fight your bat on the Demo neiples and win, you wou e Continuing, he declared combination of the tricts would two groups of mon_interests a fishing district any farming and agricultural district the exception of Arlington County Alexandria. in bringing together who had no com- claimed to be the other & dai; with National Fellowship Club DANCES 8 PM. 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