Evening Star Newspaper, February 25, 1932, Page 2

NGTONSEES | LOANFORSCADOS fiembers of Education Board “Confer With Delegate Reid 4 in Richmond. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. RICHMOND, Va, February 26.— Fletcher XKemp, superintendent of schools, and Thomas N. DeLashmutt, chairman of the Arlington County | School Board, arrived here today to attempt a loan of sufficlent size to prevent the premature closing of the Arlington County schools. Following a conference with Dele- gate Reid, during which they informed hin that the Arlington County School | Board was in session all of last night | in an attempt to solve their financial | problem. Kemp and DeLashmutt went ; to. the office of Attorney General Saun dérs to ask for an opinion on the legal- | ity of & loan from the State Literary ind. _Reid had previously informed them that he believed the school board, with tRe consent of the county board, could negotiate & general loan under the gltnt law but that he thought an nion from the attorney general de- sirable before suchesteps are taken. : Loan Is Necessary. ‘There are two questions to be settled. e is as to the legality of a generai Pan and the other as to whether it be possible to borrow a sufficient fmount of money from the State Liter- ary Fund. In case of a general loan it would be necessary to pay & rate of interest of not sess than 6 per cent, while the in- terest rate on the State Literary Fund is but 4 per cent. # Officials of the State Board of Educa- on have indicated a sympathetic atti- de, Reid said, and it is believed that ey will approve a loan if the at- rney general rules that it would be gal under existing circumstances. » Reld stated this morning that it was eobvious that the Arlington County hools could mot continue unless an mediate loan is made, but is of the epinion that this will be immediately possible without the necessity of addi- tional special legislation. b4 Reforms Introduced. : Reforms in the present system of founty government to prevent such oc- eurrences as that of the alleged short- e in the office of the Arlington unty treasurer are sought in a num- r of bills which are before both ranches of the General Assembly, the most important of which were under nsideration yesterday. © Among these were the bills providing for optional forms of county govern- ment, which were recommended by the County Government Commission and Bave the approval of the Governor, + Most of these bills were reported out f the Senate Committee on Countles, ities and Towns last night. p ng the. provisions of the bills re- rted out are the following: © That county boards of supervisors fhay require monthly statements of eounty cers when deemed necessary; that the Governor may withhold funds due by the State to the counties when e counties have defaulted on their nded indebtedness; that the omis- on of delinquents from the delinquent x list of a treasurer shall be termed supervisors h annual bidgets ditures to matters set out in the dgets; that two or more counties y consolidate after a referendum nednzl itign of 10 per cent of e A it two or more counties y jointly employ officers, provided ere has been a referendum called on ’hzemwn of 5 per cent of the voters, counties be given the option, :L'nhtnflve forms of government. Under the bill as originally intro- duced all county officers except Com- onwealth attorney and clerk would be ppointed. This was amended, how- ever, by Senator Robert O. Norris, jr., fo include election of the sheriff, May Ald Arlington. The Arlington County School Board may find a way out of its present finan- cial difficulty by a bill which was passed yesterday by the Senate. The bill, hich is an administration measure, 11l permit countles to tem; ly di- ¥yert a sufficient amount of their gaso- Hne tax revenues to prevent the pre- mature closing of the schools. The nds so diverted would eventually have be returned to the county road fund. ! Chairman Wilbur C. Hall of the ouse Pinance Committee announced st night that he is preparing & bill place all county treasugers and com- missioners of revenue on a flat salary lieu of fees. ' Under the Byrd plan for taking over ¢ roads, he said, the commissions of ese officers will be considerably re- iced because of the abolition of local road levies and also through reclama- tion by the State of the gasoline tax now going to the counties. In view of these proposed changes he believes that the treasurers and commissioners of rovenue will fare better under the straight salary plan. Hall also announced that & bill would be reported out of his committee today specifically providing “holding out of tax tickets” by county treasurers as grounds for removal from office. The House yesterday took up and passed out of order the Neff bill re- lieving county treasurers from responsi- bility under their bonds for money de- posited in banks. The patron ¢ .olained that there had been defaults du:ing the past year, as & result of bank failures, of over a half million dollars, and that unless the bill was passed the bonding companies would not continue the bonds of treasurers. The measure, he said, was approved by the State Bankers' Association and the treasurers themselves. MORE SHORTAGES FEARED AS STATE HELPS ARLINGTON (Continued From First Page.) Kemy, superintendent of schools, and T. J. Delashmutt, chairman of the school board, left early this morning for Richmond to confer with officials of the State Board of Education over the legality of negotiating a special loan to finance the school system. Loan Needed By Tuesday. The school funds of approximately $99,000 is declared to be one of the items unaccounted for. The monthly pay roll of the schools amounts to $20,000 and unless & loan is negotiated before Tuesday, it was said, it will be impossible to pay teachers and other school employes. The seriousness of the situation also is emphasized by the fact that other county activities will have to be curtalled after March 1 unless money is borrowed. The actual cash on deposit in the various banks serving as official county depositories, it said, has dwindled from spproximately $11,000 to about $6,000 as a result of checks cashed yesterday on warrants issued last Sat- urday by the board of supervisors. Despite the seriousness of the finan- cial situation members of the Board of Supervisors are said to be reluctant at this time to negotiate a Joan until a new custodian of county funds is at least temporarily appointed, pent completion of the audit of Ball's books. A special meeting of the is expected to Supervisors e within the next few days to the Mn* offer of a loan. THE E;'VE.\'IA\'G STAR., WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY. EE BRUARY Couple Wed by Proxy Here WASHINGTON GIRL MARRIES MAN 6,000 MILES AWAY. terday to Lieut. Oscar J. Rumbo M I8S DOROTHY BAYLISS, 3100 R <ireet. who was married by proxy yes- of the Argentine Navy, now stationed at Buenos Aires. The civil marriage ceremony was performed under the old common law. The bride will leave tomorrow for Buenos Aires. —Clinedinst Photos. AKRON S GEFENDED IN“UNSAFE CHARGE Soon Wil Be Airworthy, New York Representative Tells Naval Group. By the Associated Press | The Akron was defended before the | House Naval Committee today of charges that the airship was unsafe. Representative Delaney, Democrat, New York, read the committee a pre- pared statement that the glant airship damaged at Lakehurst, N. J.,, last Mon- day soon would be as alrworthy as| ever. He differed in this respect with Rep- resentative McClintic, Democrat, Okla- homa, who expressed fear the airship might have been “irreparably dam- | aged.” Denles Report Prevented. Chairman Vinson, referring to Mc- Clintic’s assertion that the special sub- | committee investigating charges of de- fects in the airship now could not make a report, asserted he saw no con- nection between the accident and the purpose of the committee’s study. | “The committee has only to report on the material put into the Akron and tne workmanship on the Akron when she was being bullt by the Goodyear tion,” Vinson asserted. He directed that hearings on mate- riai and workmanship be printed, so the committee can draft its report. Representative Woodruff, Republican, of Michigan, presented & letter from Comdr. R. D. Weyerbacher of the Navy, who inspected the Akron after the ac- cident, which said: “From an mspection made at Lake« hurst on February 24, 1932, of the dam- e, I found no construfion or mat 1’ defect. While involving many in- dividual members, the damage may be considered to be local. Repairs can be made. The structural strength of the | ship is not impaired. © “Alfter the x?n are completed the e and entirely satisfac- RAIL HEARING FOUGHT SALT LAKE CITY, February 25 (#. —Public utilities commissioners and shippers of six Western States decided in conference here yesterday to resist application of Western railroads for re- opening the Interstate Commerce Com- mission hearings on live stock rates in the mountain-Pacific territory. | fear was expressed that if live stock rates are increased those on other commodities also will be raised. States represented were California, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Idaho and Utah. regular meeting of the board is schedg | uled for Saturday, March 5. | Ball continues to remain in office | and has indicated that he will stay on | the job until the audit of his books is | completed by the State accountant. He steadfastly declined, hoWever, to make | any statement other than to express | confidence in the outcome of the in- vestigation. Ball, it was pointed out by county officials, holds an elective office and cannot be either removed or suspended except by county action or by order of | the Governor, and then only in the event that State funds are involved. | Taxpayers, it is said, can take the initiative and petition the Circuit | Court for the removal of a county | official. Gov. Pollard is without authority to remove a county treasurer under any conditions, it was stated by the chief | executive in Richmond today. In ref- | erence to his inability to remove Mr. | Ball from office, even if he considered | such action advisable, Gov. Pollard stated that the Supreme Court of Ap- peals of the State had decided last year in the case of the treasurer of another county who was short $95,000 in his accounts that the act under which re- moval was provided for was unconsti- | tutional, in that it did not require that | the treasurer i question be given a hearing before the removal was ordered. | In this particular case, he said, the treasurer was allowed to continue in office and to collect hundreds of thou- sands of dollars in county revenues until | the expiration of his term of office. s Asking Such Authority. In order to care for such situations, Gov. Pollard declared he is having a bill introduced today which will make constitutional his removal of county officers under certain conditions. Yesterday, Delegate FHugh Reid of Arlington County succeeded in having rushed through both the House of Dele- gates and the Senate a Senate bill ap- | plicable to two other counties which he had amended to include Arlington County and which would have permit- ted the County Board of the latter lo- cality immediately to borrow money to meet the pay roll and other pressing | expenses. When the bill reached the Governor's desk, however, he declared that the | provisions affecting the other counties | were unconstitutional, but stated that | he believed the Arlington County amendment would meet all legal re- quirements. The Governor will attempt to have the bill returned to the General As- sembly today for amendment to make it applicable only to Arlington County and will then afix his signature so that the emergency can be met. ‘The only difficulty, it was pointed out, is that the bill which was amended to include Arlington County is a Sen- ate bill which was designed for the r:euot of another county, and it will | year and a “BABY BOND" ISSUE 10 BE UNLIMITED Interest Rate Will Be Decided Today—Mills Confers With Hoover and Meyer. By the Assoclated Press. Secretary Mills said today the Treas- ury’s special “baby bond” issue to draw | hoarded dollars back into circulation would be unlimited. ‘The interest rate will be decided dur- ing the day. In the original' descrip- tion of the issue to be offered publicly on March 7 Mills said the rate would be at least 12 per cent. Mills conferred at the White House during the morning with President Hoover and Eugene Meyer, governor of the Federal Reserve Board. The new bond issue will be cut into denominations of $50, $100 and $500, and will mature at the end of a year. ‘The bonds will be redeemable after 60 days’ notice, and "will be sold directly through the banks. Meanwhile an additional $20,603,140 in cash has been drawn from the Treasury by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, The requisition brought the total spent by the corporation since its organization to $24,440,701. ‘While it is against the policy of the Reconstruction Corporation to make public information regarding its loans, |two of the largest that have been dis- closed thus far were to the Wabash and Missouri Pacific Railroads. Tuesday, the same day the addi- tional funds were drawn by the cor- poration, the Treasury subscribed to an additional $14,132,370 of Federal Land Bank stock, bringing to $46,825,- 950 its total subscriptions under the new legisiation permitting them. ROOSEVELT STUDIES FARLEY SUCCESSOR Removal of Sheriff Brings Gov- ernor Telegrams From All Parts of U. 8. By the Associated Press. ALBANY, N. Y., February 85.—Tele- grams expressing the seagtiments of individuals and organizations on Gov. Roosevelt's removal of Sheriff Thomas M. Farley, Tammany leader, of New York City came from many sections of the country to the executive mansion and capitol today. - Immersed in legislation, the selection of Farley's successor and additions to the Court of Appeals, the Governor had little time today to find out what his correspondents thought of the ouster action yesterday. Naming the sheriff’s successor in the Nation's most populous county is the next develefmenl in the Tammany- Roosevelt relationship, which many po- litical commentators belleve may have 2n important bearing upon the Roose- velt candidacy for the Democratic pres- idential nomination. It is understood John F. Curty, the Tammany chieftain, has given Roose- | velt a list of names of men who would be satisfactory to the organization. U. S. PAYS $36,485 -T0 RHEEM CREDITORS Bureau of Internal Revenue Al- lows Rebate for an Over- assessment, From Yesterday's 5:30 Edition. ‘The Federal Government through a tax refund today turned over $36,485.59 to the creditors of the bankrupt Swart- zell, Rheem & Hensey Co. ‘The rebate allowed by the Bureau of Internal Revenue was for an overassess- ment of income tax in 1929. The money has been paid to the trustees of the bankrupt mortgage house. They said it would be divided among the in- vestors who lost their savings when the company collapsed. The refund included $31,890.21 for additional losses on certaln assets, $4,- 536.01 for a decrease in reported gross income, $50.37 allowance for added de- preciation and interest. e URIBURU OF ARGENTINA CHALLENGED TO DUEL Exiled General, Just Returned, Dares Him Fight With Swords or Firearms. By the Associated Press. BUENOS AIRES, February 25.—Gen. Jose Uriburu, who stepped out in favor of constitutional President, after a half of rule in Argentina by force of arms, was challenged to a duel Tuesday by former Gen. Alonzo Baldrich. Baldrich was a general when he was arrested and exiled by the provisional Uriburu government last year. The new constitutional administration’ of Presi- dent Augustin Justo decreed that gov- ernment exiles could return, and many have taken advantage of the lifting of , therefore, to gain the |the ban consent of patron to have his own county stricken from the bill. Gov. Pollard declared that the population provision with respect to Arlington County was constitutional, but that those With respect to the other counties were not. In order to avold a further delay, Reld will confer with the patron of the bill and offer his assistance in working out measure that will care for isting in the r counties. Earlier in the day Gen. Uriburu ob- tained a two-year leave of absence from the army to go to Europe for a visit. Gen. Uriburu would be entitled to de- cide if swords or firearms were to be used in the duel, but his friends’as- sumed that he would ignore the chal- lenge. His experiences do not include have dueled, but not with each other, over political questions. . 'YELLOW DOG' PACT CHARGED T0 D.C. Contract Is Identical With Police-Firemen Agreement, Committee Hears. The “yellow dog” contract, which Congress is asked to outlaw In the Norris-La Guardia anti-injunction bill, is “identical with the agreement which Congress has required from its own police and firemen as a condition of | entering public employment in the Dis- | trict of Columbia,” the House Judiciary | Committee was told today by James A.| Emery, counsel for the American Manu- | facturers’ Association. Emery and Alfred P. Thom, counsel of the Association of Railway Executives, | appeared in opposition to the measure. | Labor Favors Bill. | ‘Two representatives of labor testi- | fled in favor of the bill, disputing the | contention of counsel for the associated employers that Congress does not have | the right to curtall the power of the courts to the degree the anti-injunction bill would limit it. | ‘The labor representatives, who testi- 4 just before the Senate began hear- ing on the bill, was Donald R. Rich-| berg, counsel for the Raflroad Labor Executive Association, and James 8. Easby-Smith, counsel of the American Federation of Labor. The legislation to outlaw the “yellow | dog” contracts was sald to be uncon- stitutional in the Senate today by Sen- | ator Hebert, Republican, of Rhode Is- | land, in offering a substitute for the Norris bill. | Hebert agreed with proponents of the Norris bill that abuses have resulted from the issuance of injunctions in labor disputes, but contended sqme provisions of the measure “would not stand the test of constitutionality and’ therefore will result in a mere gestur: Offers a Substitute. He offered on behalf of a minority | of the Judiclary Commi tee a bill con- talning as a substitute to the Norris clause outlawing contracts under which employes must agree not to join labor | unions, & proposal that merely would prevent issuance of injunctions in labor | disputes wherever these “yellow dog" contracts were in_effect. “A provision which would deny in- junctive relief upon the existence of such contracts,” he contended, “would afford full remedy to employes against any injustice done them in labor dis- putes and at the same time would prob- | ably not be open to serfous constitution- * this would “prove satis- factory to every one.” | “It will relieve the laboring man | from the injustices whieh grow out of | that form of contract which is so ob- noxious to American citizens,” he said. “It will remove the well founded ob- jections to some of the In]uncnve‘ processes which have been issued in| the past in labor disputes; it will deny to courts the right to legislate by in- junction, as it is claimed they have done, and will afford to every citizen | the right of trial by jury guaranteed him by the Constitution.” | Of the Norris proposal he sald: “In my opinion this form of agreement de- prives by coercion employes of the right of free assoclation with their fellows | and takes away from them the oppor- | tunity to deal on a basis of equality with those by whom they are employed. | But however distasteful they may be to us * * *, the fact remains that the | Supreme Court of the United States in three cases has held that there is no | legislative power, State or Federal, to inhibit or outlaw employment contracts providing against union membership.” Senator Blaine, Republican, of Wis- consin, told the Senate yesterday the use of injunctions in labor disputes has “a direct tendency to undermine the very foundation of our Govern- | ment." The Wisconsin Senator charged in- | junctions often are used as a means | of coerclon. He insisted a remedy should be provided by Congress. As an example, he said, an injunction granted in the Chicago railroad shopmen’s strike of 1922 was “as severe a one as possibly | could be conceived.” | This injunction was issued by Fed- eral Judge James H. Wilkerson, whose nomination to the Circuit Court fis pending before a judiclary subcommit- | tee of which Blaine is a member. Richberg Contention. Before the House Committee, Rich- berg said there was no question of | Congress' authority to state in the bill that it is the public policy of the United States to recognize the right of labor to organize and negotiate con- tracts. Emery argued that the bill “seri- | ously impairs the authority of the | Government of the United States to | enter its own courts cr to secure their aid for the exercise of its powers and enforcement of the law, not only in labor cases but many others.’ “It arbitrarily strips private suitors of all effective remedy in equity in the course of labor controversies,” and *ds nies due process of law under the re- peated declsions of the Supreme Court,” e said. NEW GOLD RUSH STARTS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA Deposits of Nuggets “Like Rice and Beans” Reported North of Burns Lake Region. By the Associated Press. VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb- ruary 25.—A placer mining strike on McConnell Creek, north of Burns Lake, where gold was described as being found like ‘“rice and beans” today drew prospectors to the area, with air- planes being pressed into use. | Two carloads of mining equipment delivered by rail to Burns Lskgp were to be flown to the scene, a message recelved here said. A party of 17 men, led by W. J. Brown of Tulsa, Okla. | also arrived there. | Accepted | resolution to make the draft convention Plenty of Room for a Presidential Boom TEXANS RALLY TO HAVE SPEAKER GARNER NAMED NOMINEE. This mammonth carriage, significantly labeled 8s photo shows, was one of the striking floats in a parade in San | Antonifo. Tex., where thousands of Texans gathered in a rally for Speaker John N. Garner of the House of Representa- tives to have him named as presidential nominee. —A. P. Photo. DRAFT CONVENTION VOTED AT GENEVA as Conference Basis After Total Disarm- ing Plan Is Defeated. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, February 25.—The British of the preliminary Disarmament Com- mission a basis of discussion for the | World Disarmament Conference was | adopted unanimously today by the dele- gates. (The draft convention is the out- line of a general disarmament treaty drawn up in 1930. It has generally been regarded as providing in the main for stabllization of present armaments.) Action on the British resolution, which was introduced by Sir John Simon, came after the conference had rejected the Soviet proposal to use their scheme of total disarmament as the framework of the present conference. The great powers, including the United States and France, accepted the British plan yesterday, but met objec- tion from Maxim Litvinoff, the Soviet delegate. Supports Draft Idea. Litvinoff made it plain that he had no serious plan to put obstacles in front of the British resolution, but insisted | that he wanted his own plan considered. ‘The conference deferred to his wishes and agreed to let his scheme come up | as a substitute. Litvinoff then let it be known that if his plan was rejected he would support the draft convention idea. Litvinoff made a long argument for total disarmament today before he was voted down. Andre Tardieu, the new premier of France and head of the French delega- tion, then moved that the conference constitute a special political commission to consider the French proposals on security and their plan to arm the | League of Nations. Text of Resolution. With his proposal, Litvinoff presented the following resolution: “Animated by a firm desire for ef- fective and solidly organized peace, and actuated by a determination to create genuine security for all states and all peoples: by preventing the possibility of future wars; and “Convinced that the very existence of armaments and the tendency they show constantly to increas?, will in. evitably lead to armed international conflicts which tear workers from their peaceful occupations and bring in- | numerable calamities in their train; | and “Considering that military expendi- ture, which imposes an intolerable bur- den on the masses of the people, fosters and enhances the economic crisis, with 2ll its consequences; and “Noting that the states which it rep- | resents have renounced war as an in- strument of national policy; and Seen As Only Peace Security. “Believing that the only effective means of contributing to the organiza- tion of peace and the establishment of security egainst war is a general, com- | plete and rapid abolition of all armed | forces: setting out from the principle of equality for all; and “Convinced that the notion of generat | and complete disarmament answers the | sincere aspirations of the masses tc- | ward peace, “The conference decides to base its work on the principle of general and complete disarmament.” MRS. WINGO PLANS TO RETIRE FROM HOUSE AT END OF TERM| Widow of Arkansan Will Not| Seek Re-election, She Says. Follows in Footsteps of Mrs. Oldfield in Quitting Congress. Arkansas’ famous contingent of wom- en legislators will be further reduced at_the end of the present Congress. Representative Effiegene Wingo has decided not to seek re-election. She filled out the term of her late husband, Otis Wh;[o. ln!me last and was re-elected for the present term. By retiring she follows me".':.mple of Mrs. Pearl Peden Oldfield, the other Arkansas woman who served out her deceased husband’s term in the Seven- tieth Congress and served one full term in her own right. The third Arkansas woman in the tradition is Mrs. Hattie Caraway, first woman elected to the Senate, who is serving out the term of her late hus- band, Senator T. H. Caraway. ‘Winchester, Va. former wife's divorce was invalid. Judge 12,000 Saloons Join Berlin Beer Strike Against Tax Decree By the Assoclated Press BERLIN, February 25 —“Beer strikers” today claimed that 12,000 Berlin saloons hed agreed to refuse to sell beer until the government price czar, Carl Goerdeler, lowers the tax and prices on Germany's favorite bev- erage. Berlin saloons began taking up the “strike” about a week ago after cities throughout the coun- try had begun to feel the pinch of anti-beer tax campaigns. ‘Fhe Berlin Saloonkeepers’ Union last night decided, by a vote of 600 to 550, to strike in protest against the high tax, which was imposed in one of the Bruening emergency decrees. Enforcement was left to.the price czar. Thousands of establishments have shut off their spigots in Hamburg, Munich, Kiel and smaller citles. PINCHOT DISCUSSES CAMPAIGN AGAINST HOOVER RE-ELECTION |_First Page.) in frequent opposition to the policies of President Hoover. The country was treated today to the contradictive spectacle of Speaker Gar- dency pleading against efforts to secure for hint the Georgia delegation to the Democratic national convention. Representative Rayburn, chosen lead- er of the pro-Garner forces and intimate friend of the Speaker, wired Judge G. H. Howard of At- lanta a request that he withdraw his Garner-proxy candidacy in the Georgia | primary. The request was coupled with the flat assertion that the Speaker was not a candidate and would not file in any State primary. Nevertheless word from Georgia was that Judge Howard would continue his efforts. Move Differently Interpreted. ‘That Garner would not go into any primaries 'efi;mm‘ consent, direct or indirect, of the candidate himself, was a foregone conclusion in view of the Speaker's determined stand to have nothing to do with the movement on his behalf. The Rayburn move may be interpreted as an effort to protect the Speaker from any appearance of tacit consent to the proxy race. It might he a move to prevent a decisive defeat, since the State's vote has been con sidered to be in the pocket of Gt T Roosevelt of New York. Some observers saw in it a disavowal of any connection between the Garner boom and the famed “stop-Roosevel:” drive, and forecast that the efforts on behalf of the Speaker henceforth would ment of such enthusiasm all over the country as to make him the likeliest choice in case of a convention deadlock. Same Issue in California. Substantially the same issue will be along in California’s primary, where a Garner slate of candidates is in the making, along with groups for Roosevelt and Alfred E. Smith. It remains to be seen whether Rayburn and the other Garnerites will seek to squelch that movement also. GARNER WITHHOLDS DRY VIEWS. sional Questions. B7 the Associated Press. AUSTIN, Tex, Pejruary 25—John N. Garner, Speaker of the National House of Representatives, boomed by friends for the Democratic presidential nomination, refused yesterday to de- |clare his attitude toward the repeal of the eighteenth amendment. He told Mrs. Claude De Van Watts, president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of his native Lone “no intention of making a declaration with respect to any question with which Congress does not have immediate con- [ 5 Mrs. Watts had wired the Speaker that “thousands of prohibition women are anxious to join Garner-for-Presi- dent clubs, but ‘first must know how you stand on prohibition,” and asked, “Are you for or against repeal of the eighteenth smendment?" Mrs. Watts sald the W. C. T. U. would not indorse the Garner candi- dacy until “assured of his position con- cerning the issue.” MULTIPLE DIVORCEE ACCUSED OF BIGAMY Freed on Habeas Corpus After Day in Jail—Had Two Reno De- crees in Five Months. By the Associated Press. RENO, Nev. February 25.—Mrs. Irene Renner Benner Meyers, who has divorced two husbands and married a third since last September, was re- leased on a writ of habeas corpus here late yesterday after spending the day in the county jail on a charge of big- amy. The bigamy complaint was filed by her first husband, Melvin Renner, in He charged that his Thomas Moran ruled that it was not, and ordered Mrs. Meyers' release. Mrs. Meyers divorced Renner here in REPRESENTATIVE EFFIEGENE WINGO. September, married Harry Benner at Hagerstown, Md. in November, di- vorced him here February 7, and mar- ried Pred W. Meyers of Reno two days later, ner’s strongest supporters for the presi- | be confined aimost entirely to develop- | Declines to Comment on Nen-Congres- | Star State, in a telegram that he had | STEPS BY LEAGUE N CHNA EXPECTED Diplomatic Circles Here Are Optimistic of March 3 Meeting. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. ‘Washington diplomatic circles were | the belief that the meeting of the League of Nations at Geneva on March 3 will result in some active steps being taken by that body to convince Japan |that whatever successes she may achieve against the Chinese will prove in the end fruitless, and that the prosecution of her present military operation will result merely in loss of lives money and prestige, Well informed quarters are inclined %o think that the League of Natlons will follow the footsteps of the Ameri- can Government as expressed by Sec- retary Stimson in his note to Japan on January 7, and will inform Japan that the League will not recognize any territorial conquest Japan may suc- ceed in making In China. The League really has been sum- moned to decide on & boycott against Japaf. The principal powers, members of that body, are, however o] to such an action as being fraught with too many dangers for the peace of the world; their economic interests, it is stated, would also suffer by the declara- tion of the boycott and the economic | situation in the principal European | countries is such that no nation can | afford to lose more trade than she al- ready has lost. Fight Boycott Plan. ‘The British and the French govern- ments are at present doing their utmost to convince the minor nations nct to | vote in favor of & boycott. The smaller | nations, members of the League, have practically no trade with Japan, conse- quently they will not suffer if a boycott is enforced. On the other hand, they are afraid that if the League does not take any positive action against an aggressor—and, in their minds, Japan is an aggressor at the present moment— the sovereignty of the small nations will eventually be endangered. For this rea- son all the small nations, including those which are tied to Prance by alli- ances, are reported to be in favor of a | boycott. To this number must be added | the Nordic nations and the small East- | ern nations such as Persia, Ethiopia and | many other smaller | League’s constellation. Great Britain and France are at | present doing their utmost to dissuade | these countries from demanding the immediate application of the boycott. Both nations, according to reports from Europe, are having a difficult | time in convincing the minor powers that a boycott is unnecessary. Seek to Reassure Nations. Great Britain and France have naturally the greatest interest in main- taining the faith of the smaller na- tions in the League. For that reason they must do something which, while giving the small nations confidence in the efficacy of the League as a pro- tector of the small nations, will not force the great powers to take a measure which may prove very harmful to their economic interests. Consequently Great Britain and France contemplate proposing at the meeting of March 3 that Japan should be informed that none of her recent territorial conquests can or will be recognized by sny member of the | League of Nations. In this manner, it is believed, the Japanese government will be convinced of the futility of cvontinuing her mili- tary adventure in China and the big nations will not be forced to apply the drastic boycott measure which is ex- tremely unpopular in all industrial countries. Prepares for Huge War. | In the meantime Japan seems decided |on a war to the bitter end. Military | preparations are being made for a war on a large scale. The Japanese senals are working overtime, and the raw materials necessary for War pur- poses are being shipped into Japan as quickly as ships can bring them into Japanese ports. The Japanese navy yards are as active as in war time. Japan is hastening the completion of the two 8,500-ton cruisers armed with 6-inch guns, one of which was laid on the eve of the disarmament truce of December 1, 1931, and the other soon after. It is reliably reported they have laid the keels of two more similar cruisers in the last two weeks. According to authoritative informa- tion, Japan is not breaking in any way the naval truce agreed upon at Geneva in November, 1931, because she has ac- cepted that truce with the reservation that she should be allowed to bulld the necessary replacements so as to bring her navy to the treaty standards as accepted at the Lomdon Conference by the time that treaty expires on Jan- uary 1, 1936. A delay in her naval pro- gram, the Japanese government con- tg:en. would serfously impair her naval status. $5,000,000 0il Plant Fire. | AVON. Calif., February 25 (#).—The | $5,000,000 Associated Oil Co. plant here was afire today as a result of an explo- sion which occurred at 7 a.m. The ex- plosion - was in the new $2,000,000 | cracking plant. There were no known A | inj | mce optimistic than usual today in| lights of the IMRS. . F. WALSH DIES AT HOTEL Widow . of Mine Capitalist a Prominent Figure Here for 30 Years. Mrs. Thomas P. Walsh, widow of the internationally known mining king of a quarter-century ago, and for the past 30 years a leader of society in the Na- ticnal Capital, died early today at her apartment in the Mayflower Ho With her at the end was her daugt ter, Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLean, es- tranged wife of Edward Beale McLeoan, publisher of the Washington Post. Mrs. Walsh had been ill for the past three weeks. Her condition had grown steadily worse for the past few days and she died about 3:30 o'clock this morning, with Mrs. McLean at her bed- side. Decorated by King Altert. Thus passed one of the Capital’s most flustrious soclal luminaries—a woman whose rise to the pinnacle began with her marriage to a gold prospector and hotel owner in a little Colorado min- | ing camp and continued when her hus- |band moved to Washington, a capital- | ist, in the late 90s. The crowning achievement in a life devoted to philanthropy and civic im- provement came in 1919, when King Albert of the Belgians decorated her for her untiring services in the World The decoration was pinned to er bosom at a dinner in her home given in honor of the King and Queen by Mrs. Walsh and Vice President Marshall. Since 1900 she had lived at 2020 Massachusetts nue, a mansion buflt by her husband and which, since its erection, has been one of the show places of the Capital. In addition she had maintained an apartment at the Mayflower for the past four years. ‘Their house on Massachusetts avenue Wwas under construction when Mr. and Mrs. Walsh first came to Washington. Quite a sensation was created when it became known that in it was beng built a suite for King Leopold, father of the present King of the Bel- glans, whom Mr, Walsh had known and visited in Brussels. Especially Arranged. The suite was not more elaborate or jelegant than the other suites of the mansion, but was especially arranged for the convenfence of the King and contained, it was sald, Parlan marble basin and bath. The was quite old at that time and it was later de- cided that the trip to America could not be made. It seemed quite fitting that his son, King Albert, and his consort, Elizabeth, should later come to the States and be guests in the house. It was in this mansion that the King decorated Mrs. Walsh for her untiring work in fur- nishing clothing to the needy Belgians. She solicited and collected clothing of every sort, as well as donations from the rich soclety folk, and turned her conservatory and the entire drawing room floor into work rooms, where, after she herself had cut out the garments on patterns furnished by the Red Cross, the women of soclety did the sewing. It was in the same rooms that the d of Mrs. Walsh. Mrs, and Mrs. Marshall were insep- arable friends. s T e g, presen dignitaries of Lgapmad in pelitics and . The te Department under Charles Cooke, master of ceremonies, made the plans for both visits. Mrs. Walsh allied herself with all civic movements in W and one of the particularly be: events of many years was the ball she gave at Wardman Park Hotel as a benefit to the familiés of the firemen and police of Washington when nearly $20,000 was realized. Mrs. Walsh before her marriage was Miss Carrie Bell Reed of Wisconsin. With her mother she went to Leadville, Colo,, in 1879, where she met Thomas Francis Walsh, then a young man with more pluck and determination than money. An_impetuous courtship followed and Miss Reed became the bride of the youth- ful prospector-land owner in the same year. As her husband advanced in wealth and power, so she kept pace with him, always his helpmate as well as the charming hostess, who made the Massachusetts avenue home & much- sought social center. The Walsh fortune, estimated at many millions of dollars, was built up from Mr. Walsh’s purchase of mining lands back in Colorado. Worked Mining Claim. In addition to owning the Grand Central Hotel at Leadville, the young prospector personally worked a claim among the peaks of the San Juan Range, 12,000 feet above sea level, from which in a few years he extracted $3,000,000 worth of gold. When he finally sold his holdings he was one of the richest mine owners in the United States. Although well known in Colorado. Mr. Walsh did not become a national figure until his appointment in 1900 as one of the commissioners from the United States to the Paris Exposition. ‘The lavish entertainments of Mr. and Mrs. Walsh at the French capital be- came famous. Mrs. Walsh had two children, Evalyn, now Mrs. Edward Beale McLean, and Vinson, who died in August, 1905, as the result of an automobile accident. Mr. Walsh never fully recovered from the shock of his son’s death and it is believed this hastened his death, April 8, 1910, Mrs. Walsh is survived, in addition to Mrs. McLean, by three grandchil- dren, John R. McLean, 2d; Edward Beale McLean, jr, and Emily Beale McLean. n‘:: & nephew, Monroe Lee of California. Private funeral services will be held Saturday at Mrs. Walsh's Massas chusetts avenue home. Bishop James E. Freeman will read the services and burial will be in Rock Creek Cemetery. FINED, N6T JAILED Sentence of Two on Loan Law Charge Was Erroneously Reported. In its account of the trial on Febru- ary 13 of R. L. Sonne of Chevy Chase and D. J. McGill, 1402 Rhode Island avenue, found guilty of violating the small loans law, The r stated the men were sentenced w.Ely $100 finex d serve 45 days in 2 In’!‘h: l'ntenc.y:n 3100 fine or 4§ days in jail. As the fines were the defendants did not go to jail. Star regrets the error. BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldlers’ Band Orchestra this nmmoms * Stanley Hall at 5:30 o'clock. John immermann, H v fo 8. M. Zi , bandmaster; Pointner, assistant, conducting. March, “Our National President”, Ce’ Overture, “ANight i Granada" Kreutzer Two HI:doo plctur-“a‘fllm- (a) “Approaching and Passing s Hindoo Temple.” . ez O Finale, “National Emblem “The Star Spangled