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ANTHLEAGUE MOVE GROWING N TOKI0 Criticism of Shanghai Inva- sion Resented; Chinese Open Attack Near Liuho. (Continued Prom First Page.) fast friends. Police are searching for the others. 7 A small bank. not connected in any way with Dan's interests, failed the day before he was assassinated. CHINESE ATTACK NEAR LUIHO. Offensive Started by 3,000 Soldiers, Japanese Report. SHANGHAL March 7 () —Japanese military officials said tonight 3.000 Chi- nese soldiers in the vicinity of Luiho began an offensive against the Japanese Positions there, forcing their troops to take “defensive measures.” The Chinese, on the other hand, said the Japanese continued to push west- ward from Nanziang along the Shang- hai-Nanking Railway and also west- ward from Kating. Neutral observers said they believed considerable skirmishing was continuing | along the present battle line, but no general enagagement had been begun. Japanese authorities declared today their troops would be withdrawn from Shanghai 8s soon as it was made cer- tain the Chinese Army would not again enter the 12! nd the offer brought Chinese peace- makers together again in a hopeful at- mosphere. Direct Parley Indicated. The declaration stimulated hopes of softening the attitude of the Chinese government, which rejected former peace proposals, declaring the Chinese army would not be evacuated except on withdrawal of the Japanese forces. Late this afternoon the indications were that the proposed round-table eonference of the neutral powers would be discarded in favor of a direct Sino- Japanese parley. i Mamoru Shigemitsu, Japanese Minis- ter, declared Japan was willing to with- draw her troops at the earliest practical moment. “Obviously,” he said, “Japan is not anxious to maintain a large army in the Shanghai area. Our forces will evacuate the 12';-mile zone as soon as there is positive assurance that Chinese will not re-enter this area and 2gain become a threat to Japanese lives and property within the International Settlement.” Early Conference Likely. He sald that although the time and place for a new conference between Chinese and Japanese authorities was not yet fixed, there was every likeli- hood it would be held in a day or so.| “The next move is up to the Chinese,” he said. “We are ready to talk peace conditions at any time. If the Chinese refer direct negotiations to a round- ble conference we have no objections. First, however, it will be necessary to arrange some kind of a truce. The resent situation, with the two armies contact along a wide front, is fraught with danger.” The United States Army transport Grant arrived from Manila this after- noon bringing 177 infantrymen of the 31st Regiment to join the organization here. The Grant also brought four Army nurses and a large quantity of supplies for the regiment. The Presi- dent Jefferson is expected to arrive to- morrow with another cargo of supplies for the 6,000 American soldiers, sailors and Marines now on duty here. The long Japanese defense line northwest of Shanghai was belstered mdv;{v by 14,000 more troops, newly ar- rived from Japan, and Chinese officials E:thzy feared an attack on Nan- Skirmishes Continue. Skirmishing went on, but there were ;o major engagements. China’s army '!db!‘\;: dllpo:lélortlo mb:’“}? r;mkh'xz peace, seem: oping ‘weaken the Japanese by a long wait. Because of the prospect of an invasion of the capital, Sianfu, seat of Shensi Provinte, was selected as an addi- tional temporary cepital with Honanfu (Loyang). ‘The Chinese strengthened their po- sitions opposite the Japanese lines, Japanese naval authorities said, and were concentrating forces at points in the rear. The Japanese line began at Hwangtu, 8 few miles west of Nanziang on the 8hanghai-Nanking Railway, ran north- west into Kating and then northward to the banks of the Yangtze River near Liuho, Priction between Japanese blue- Jacket patrols and foreign sightseers attempting to flock into the Chapei and Kiangwan battle areas caused Jap- snese military authorities to prohibit ny one entering those zones without passes. Edwin . Cunningham, United States consul general, was still awaiting a ¥epiy from Japanese authorities, to whom he protested against the beating of Miss Rose Marlowe, American mis- sion teacher, by two Japanese in civilian clothes last’ Friday. Has Trouble With Japanese. H. D. Robinson, United States trade commissioner, whose home is in Salt Lake City, Utah, said today the inci- dent Saturday in which he was beaten by armed Japanese civilians was “triv- ial"” He said he reported the incident to the United States consulate, but did pot favor a protest to the Japanese. A Japanese army truck crowded him off North Szechuen road, damaging his car. When he sought to obtain the| driver's name the group of Japanese civillans gathered around him and flshrd him away. He said he was not rmed. The Japanese, in requiring passes | from recognized authorities stating that the holders were entitled to enter the battle zones. said the areas werc unsafe owing to debris and unexploded shells. Several Americans seeking to look | over the areas attempted to oppose the | Japanese patrols. They were ejected from the zones. | Dispatches from Kiangsi reported se- | rious Communist outbreaks in the | southern part of Kiangsi Province last night, with the Communists laying siege to Kanchow. Provincial troops were opposing the Communists, the dispatches said. while it was understood that the Chinese National government had ordered three divisions to go into Kiangsi and under- take to suppress the outbreaks. CHIANG GIVEN COMMAND. LOYANG, China, March 7 (£ —The political council of the Chinese National vernment appointed Gen. Chiang ai-Shek chairman of the National Military Council today and gave him the general command of the natlon’s army, naval and aerial forces. The Central Executive Committee, highest authority of the government, adopted a resolution at today’s meeting to the effect that the most important task before the country at the moment is that of resistance to external aggres- s heroto_stand st Shanghai and ‘Woosung by Chinese forces willing to sacrifice their lives for the national ex- istence has set an example for the en- country,” this resolution said. hav:‘ dm‘:r:nnu& tmlt China capable of resisting external aggres- . The fleld of fighting has been of necessity, but China’s de- tion to resist is unchanged and never will submit to any humiliat- demands. “The then 4,000 years with, “In Gen. Butler’s Daughter Weds THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, MARCH 7. 1932. BECOMES BRIDE OF MARINE CORPS OFFICER. IEUT. JOHN W. WEHLE, U. S. M. Peters Butler of Newtown Squ Butler, U. S. M. C., retired. phe Chester, Pa., March 5. Many United St 5 e mony in the Holy Trinity Episcopal Ch C.. and his bride, the former Miss Ethel . Pa., dax r of Maj. Gen. Smedley D, stographed after their wedding in West high officials from all branches of the vice were among the 900 guests who witnessed the cere- urch at West Chester. A. P. Phot ODY OF WOMAN FOUND IN TRUNK Suspicious Actions of Man at Lodging House Leads to Discovery. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, March 7.— The body of a blonde woman, believed to be 50 to 60 years old, was found today in- side one of two trunks taken to the morgue from a rooming house at 824 North Fifth street. She is belicved to have been beaten to death by a slayer, who took well- planned precautions that her body should not be discovered until he had a chance to get away. The discovery came after the pro- prietor of the lodging house, suspicious of the actions of a man who engaged a room there last Saturday, called police. Detectives broke a new, heavy pad- locked trunk. Inside they found an- other trunk, also locked. The odor which came from it was such that they decided to move the two trunks to the morgue immediately. Apparel on Smaller Trunk. On top of the smaller trunk was a neatly folded, @) dstundered - wom- an's nightgown, & piece of underwear and black and white sweater. women's wearing apparel, including underwear and some dresses, had been stuffed around the inner trunk, ap- parently to keep it from rattling. The entire trunk was covered with black oficioth. As the lid of the smaller trunk was opened, detectives saw the body. It was well clothed in a black figured dress, shoes and stockings, but no hat. On a finger was a diamond ring, and on one arm a bracelet, which detectives said was of good quality. On the left arm was a wrist watch which had run down. Police said the time it stopped had not been noted, but that they be- lieved the woman had been dead about a week Trunks Unusually Heavy. ‘The woman apparently weighed about 150 pounds. Her body was left in the trunk pending arrival at the morgue of Dr. Willlam W. Wadsworth, coroner's physician, and other investigators from the coroner's office. The proprietor of the rooming house said the man who engaged the room Saturday had been seen but twice since Detectives sald the inside of the other trunk contained a label which indi- cated a locksmith in Atlantic City had done a repair job on it. The outside trunk was equipped with a new clasp. The two trunks were so heavy it took three detectives to carry them to a patrol wagon. Detectives in Atlantic City immediate- 1y were notified and are conducting an investigation at the seashore to see if the owner of the trunk could be estab- | lished. AMERICAN FAMILIES TAKEN FROM CHIN KIANG | Admiral Taylor Notified Depart- ment, Reporting Fighting Is Continuing. By the Associated Press The movement of all American wom- en and children from Chin Kiang, 100 miles up the Yangtze River from Shanghai, across the river out of the fighting zore, was reported to the Navy Department by Admiral Mont- | gomery M. Taylor, commander of the Asiatic fleet e did not say how many persons were involved in the removal Navy officials here able to tell many were there. | Admiral Taylor also reported | skirmishes detween Chinese and anese patrols continued on the Nanzi- ang-Lihuo front and that Japanese planes and cavalry were being used | in patrolling the area west of Nanziang. how that “Lost Chinese Unit” Turns Up Two Miles West of Settlement By the Associated Press. SHANGHAI, March 7.—A “lost battalion” of Chinese soldiers which failed to follow the west- ward retreat of the 19th Army has turned up at Hungjao, two mies west of the International Settlement, and is subsisting by trading wreckage from the bat- tle fleld for food. As a result of the discovery of the lost battalion, which is be- lieved to be the remnant of Gen. Chiang Kai-Shek’s 88th division, British troops increased their guard on the west boundaries of the settlement. ‘The officers of the isclated group said they had little interest in forcing a battle, but they would fight the Japanese is they ap- peared. Other [ nor were | Jap- | SENATE PREPARED FORTWO INQUIRES Stock Market and Campaign Expenditures Face Early Investigation. Two important investigations loomed on the congressional horizon today In response to demands of Republi- can leaders, the Senate Banking Com- mittee tomorrow will begin an inquiry to determine 1f a group of professional speculators on Wall Street | driving stock prices up and down for personal gain at the expense of public welfare. During the week the Senate Elections Committee will consider of Senator Dickinson (Republican, Iowa), for a senatorial investigation | into campaign expenditures of presi- | dential and Senate candidates. | i every likelihood it will be approved. ‘ Others in Prospect. | Other inquiries also are in prospect, | including one of the Farm Board | operations, but the Hoover forces have | got 4he jump on the usually important inquisitorial work on Capitol Hill. | Of course, with the President fac- | ing no widespread opposition for re- nomination, it is all to the advantage of the Republicans to focus attention on the campaign expenditures in the free-for-all Democratic presidential race. So, Senator Dickinson beat the Republican independent leaders to it with his proposal. Politics is commanding more and | more attention in Congress as the | campaign draws near, but there is | every prospect that this all-absorbing topic in Washington will be laid aside | once more for enactment of the vital tax-raising bill to go before the House this week Balancing the budget is one of the last phases of the bipartisan emergency program to be enacted. Work on this held Congress in a virtual truce until recently. | Norris Bill Tomorrow. ‘Tomorrow also the House will take up the Norris bill restraining Fedcral courts in the issuance of injunctions in labor disputes. It will be passed in all probability. The Senate has an opportunity this week for a new political flareup as it begins work on ihe Democratic tariff bill, which was passed some time ago by the House. This measure, to take away from the President and to give to Congress full supervision over changes in the tariff rates under the flexible provision of the law, appears likely of success in the Senate. but it faces a certain veto from President Hoover. The Senate calendar is clogging up considerably with the naval construc- tion bill, the measure for Philippine independence and several of the supply bills now awaiting attention. Wednes- day the Foreign Relations Committee resumes consideration of the World | Court protocol and this, too, will be |added to the calendar of business | shortly. NEW REVENUE BILL OFFERED IN HOUSE T0 RAISE $1,096,000,000 (Continued From First Page.) :.hb( country before enactment of the aw. Farmers and their products are exempt from the sales tax and manu- facturers doing a business less than $20.000 annually are not required to | obtain licenses. License fees are $2 each. The bill specifies that the sales and | special excise taxes terminate at the end of the fiscal year 1933, but places no limit on the duration of the in- creased rates on individual and cor- porate incomes, estates and gifts. The corporate tax, increased from 12 to 13 per cent, is estimated to yield an additional $21.000,000. The in- creases in individual income and sur- taxes are expected to return $112,000,- | 000, while $35,000,000 is estimated from | the doubled estate and the new gift | taxes. From the flat 10 per cent tax on ad- missions to amusement places $90,000,- 000 is expected. It applies on admis- | sions of 25 cents and above and in- cludes motion pictures, theater, prize fights, wrestling. base ball, foot ball and opera. Exemption is allowed only when all the proceeds of such amusements go | to_charity. The tax of 5 cents on radio, telephone and telegraph messages costing 31 to 49 cents and 10 cents on 50 cents and more is expected to return $35,000.000. Press associations and newspapers oper- ating leased wires are exempt. Gas Tax Suggestions Fail. ‘The committee discarded the sugges- tions to levy a special 1-cent-a-gallon tax on gasoline because of the heavy levies made by the States. However, it | placed a 4-cent-a-gallon tax on lubri- cating oil used by automobiles and for other purposes. A $25,000,000 return is expected. Other provisions include a tax on wort, malt sirup and grape concentrates, to yield $50,000,000; administrative changes in existing law, to return £100.000,000, and an increase from 2 to 4 cents on stock transfers and loans of stock for short selling,:.to bring in | $28,000,000, IARISTIDE BRIAND has _been | the ‘proposal | under prolonged fire by the Nationalist There | DIES AFTER STROKE Statesman’s Long Work for Peace Comes to End at Age of 69. __(Continued From First Page.) try place at Cocherel and the nation began to worry in earnest for his health. His own doctor called in specialists, and, although their bulletins tried to be reassuring. it became known that M. | Briand was in a bad way and that his | heart had weakened. He was at Cocherel when the Senate voted Premier Laval out of office, but he had no hand in the reorganization of the cabinet. It was the first battle in many years in which he was not a participant. Nevertheless, and despite the knowl- edge that his health was bad, his name ran through the gossip as a candidate for premier. It was Andre Tardieu, however, who got the job. Death came today at his own home in the Avenue Kleber whiie his friends were still hoping that he would be strong enough soon to go south to re- cuperate. His last major tole in the drama of world affairs was at Geneva, where he presided at the first session of the League of Nations Council over the conflict in the Far East. Parliament Adjourns. News of his_death was a blow to the Parliament. PFernand Boulsson, Presi- | dent of the Senate. broke the news to the Supper house, whose members stood in_silence. Premier Tardieu, his voice breaking with emotion, informed the Chamber of Deputies. Both houses adjourned. It was disclosed that the stateman’s doctors made their regular call at 9:30 in the morning and, finding him no worse than usual, left to make other calls At 11:45 M. Briand suffered a stroke and the nurse called the doctors back immediately. Throughout his long fllness M. Briand refused to permit_his doctors to issue bulletins because of political rea- sons and his desire not to alarm his friends. Even when he died the doctor by his own direction, told the gover ment officials first before making their public announcement Briand was 11 times premier, 16 times foreign minister, 4 times minister of the interior, thrice minister of justice (which carries with the office the vice presidency of the French cabinet) and twice minister of education. All told, he held posts in 25 cabinets and on March 14, 1931, celebrated a full quarter cen- tury of service in official life. The presidency of the republic was the only gift denied him by his fellow parliamentarians. Strangely, that defeat came after one of his most dramatic_triumphs—an _indorse- ment by the Chamber of Deputies of his foreign policies after they had been elements of his country. ‘The vote encouraged Briand's friends to put him forward as a presidential candidate in_opposition to Doumer, even though the election was only four days away. He reluctantly consented, but on the first ballot, taken by the combined Chamber and Senate at Ver- sailles on May 13, 1931, Doumer had a comfortable lead and Briand withdrew. Offered Resignation. Coming on top of the indorsement of Briand policies by those same parlia- mentarians, this defeat hit Europe with dramatic force. Germany wondered if France had committed herself to a ces- sation of efforts for a complete Pranco- German rapprochement and Italy and England remembered uneasily their | positions as guarantors of the Locarno | pact. In Poland, Rumania, Czechoslo- vakia and Jugoslavia there was a stif- fening of natlonalistic backbones, which had begun to feel the effects of pressure from Central Europe for a revision of the peace treaties. Briand offered his resignation as for- eign minister, but was persuaded to continue in office. League of Nations circles hailed this development with relief as insuring his continued activity in the broad field of international ac- cord in which he had won a pinnacle of his own. But subsequent developments indi- cated that Briand was losing his hold on the French imagination. While his premier, Laval, insisted that the veteran foreign minister's setback at Versailles had no political significance, the prestige of the old warhorse waned This was illustrated in late June of 1931, when Andrew Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury, and Walter E. Edge, American Ambassador, represented the United States in negotiations at Paris aimed at making the debt moratorium of President Hoover acceptable to France. The nationalistically minded French cabinet had given only a conditional acceptance to that plan, bargaining for political guarantees from Germany, de- spite the fact posal had already been given unquali- fied approval by Great Britain and Italy. Briand, it was reported by well in- formed parliamentarians, was for an equally unconditional acceptance by France. But he was overruled by Pre- mier Laval, P. E. Flandm, finance min- ister; Andre Tardieu, minister of agri- culture, and Andre Maginot, minister of war. Violoncello Voice Stilled. It was noticed that Briand, although still foreign minister by title, had little to say in the prolonged conversations with the Americans. Moreover when the project came before the Chamber of Deputies for final vote, he did not once intervene in the debate. On other similar occasions he had been in the thick of the fight, defying his political enemies, arguing with and cajoling the undecided and finally sweeping aside opposition by a magic of oratory that was unexcelled in a Par- liament noted for the quality of its elo- quence. But this time the famous “violoncello” voice was stilled. Then on July 18 Heinrich Bruening came from Berlin on the first official visit to Paris of a German chancellor in 60 years. More bent than ever—his most vitriolic opponents used to call him “the hunchbacked cat”"—with one foot dragging and leaning on a cane, Briand fairly hobbled to the station to greet the German envoys. There were two days of negotiations in Paris and, the following week, a con- ference of seven powers in London. But through all of them Briand had hardly a word to say. Yet two years earlier, when the Five-Power Naval Conference met in London, he, although nominally subordinate to his then premier, Tar- dieu, had been the directing brains of the French policy. It was a weary, disappointed, almost heart-broken old man who came back from the 1931 Debt Conference and on July 30 he was compelled to forego at- tendance on a cabinet meeting. Prof. Vaquez, a noted heart specialist, was summoned and found Briand suffering from high blood pressure, asthma and insomnia, The prescription was com- plete rest for mt least a month. And the broken veteran motored to Cocherel, his tranquil country home in Nor- mandy. Parents of Peasant Stock. Aristide Pierre Henri Briand was born at Nantes, Brittany. May 28. 1862, of a Breton father and a Vendeean mother. They were of peasant stock, but had deserted the land to engage in r;v.au commerce. During his childhood the port of debarkation of the A. E. F. Thus it was that three sons of tavern- | | that the Hoover pro- | Stresemann entral lomacy keepers—Briand, Gustay | and Benito Mussolini—were the figures in post-war European G: The combination was broken by the death of Stresemann and Il Duce's handing over his portfolio in 1929 to Dino Grandi. With them at international confer- ences they had the but newly aristo- cratized Sir Austen Chamberlain, son of a Birmingham screw manufacturer. It was a far cry from the noble Talley- rands and Castlereaghs of the begin- ning of the nineteenth century, and the Matternichs, BismaYcks and Salisburys of a later era. Briand graduated in law and started political life by writing for an anarchist newspaper. He switched to less radical views, became associated with Jean Jaures, the Socialist leader who was as- sassinated shortly after the outbreak of the World War in July, 1914, espoused the cause of labor unions, In 1894 he distinguished himself at a working men’s congress in Nantes, | persuaded the gathering to adopt his ideas and became recognized as a leader of Socialists. Thereafter he was a fre- quent candidate for a seat in Parlia- ment, but was unsuccessful until 1902. Broke With Socialists. He broke with the Socialists in March, 1906, whn he accepted the min- istry of education and public worship in the bourgeois cabinet of Sarrien. By this step he drew down upon himself the furious invectives of Jaures, but he only shrugged his already stooped shoulders almost every shade of domestic political belief. Clemenceau, “the tiger,” who in later years flew into a rage if Briand was so much as mentioned; Poincare, “savior of the franc,” eventually one of the most severe critics of Briand's concil- iatory foreign policies: Alexander Mil- lerand, later President and constant swerver toward conservatism, and finally Tardieu, an outright Nationalist and Rightist, | under "whom | Briand served. Briand was premier himself for the first time in 1909. In 1910, when a general railway strike threatened, he called all the workers to the colors and then designated them to run the trains In Parliament he hinted that | imperial Germany was waiting for | that paralyzing strike to spring upon | Prance. the internationalistic Premier Again in 1913. He was premier again in 1913 and the outbreak of the war in 1914 found him vice president of the cabinet. In 1915 and 1916 he once more was head | of the state, organized the Verdun re- dition, despite bitter criticism. His star dimmed a bit after the war his seat in Parliament, but January, 1921, saw him back in power as premier and minister of foreign affairs. M. Briand was a bachelor and man of wealth. Often it was reported that he was about to marry and once, when his name was linked with that of a beautiful young Frenchwoman, he made this characteristic denial: “No young woman would want to | marry me and I would not marry an old one.” GENEVA MOURNS LEADER. Hush Falls Over Assembly Meeting as News Is Received. GENEVA, March 7 (#).—Word of the death of Aristide Briand was received with widespread grief in Geneva where | the veteran French statesman was revered as one of the stanch pillars of | the League of Nations and the grand old man of international peace. His influence has been sharply missed | at the meetings going on here now. hush fell over the meeting of the League Assembly this afternoon when word of his death spread. Everywhere it was said that the world had lost one of its most courageous advocates of in- ternational friendship and under- standing. STIMSON DEEPLY SHOCKED. Secretary of State Stimson sent the following cablegram today to Andrew | Tardieu, president of the council of ministers of France: | “I am deeply shocked at the news of M. Briand's death. His great personal charm and simplicity endeared him in | the hearts of all who knew him. “His tireless, humanitarian efforts to- ward peace and his achievements will stand as a monument to his memory and an inspiration to mankind. France has the sympathy of the entire world in her sad loss. “I mourn the death of a close friend and former colleague for whom I had the greatest admiration and affection.” — . ek THREE TAKE QuIz Special Dispatch to The Star. LURAY, Va. March 7.—Three per- sons took the Civil Service examination here Saturday in the Page Valley Bank Building for the post office at Compton. took over a little saloon in the [They were Leo Martin, Frank Carvell | Rancy, rough seaside town of St. Nazaire, well iand Mrs. Bessie M. Keyser. Mrs. Keyser | known among American theatrical peo- known in the United States as the first is acting postmistress at present, having | ple, died yesterday from injuries suf- held that position since October, when the Sermer postmaster resigned. for a considerable period. as foreign | ministers of France, Germany and Italy. and | and for the next 25 years continued to | consort with fellow cabinet members of | were some of the premiers| | sistance and backed the Saloniki expe- | and he had some trouble in retaining | IN BALTICS REPORTED | Japanese Troops Reach Ninguta, | ister at Moscow, who was recalled at Your Income Tax No. 7 | of Husband and Wife. } | Returns If husband and wife should each have a net income in excess of $4,000, | but neither a net income in excess of | $8,000, it is to their interest, in filing separate income tax returns for the year 1931 to divide the personal ex- | emption of $3.500 between them, as | shown by the following miustration, in which the husband claims $3,000 and the wife $500: Net income. husbana Fersonal examption $7.000 3,000 Taxable at 1'3 per cent Husband’s tax..... 2 60 34500 300 34,000 60 Net income. wife Personal exemption Taxable at 1'; per cent Wite's tax.. Total for husband and wife....... 3 120 The normal tax rate being 1!, per cent on the first $4.000 of net income in excess of the personal exemption | and other credits, 3 per cent on the | next $4.000 and 5 per cent on the bal- ance, any other diviston of the per- sonal exemption would have subjected part of the husband’s or wife's income to the 3 per cent rate. The computa- tions do not include the 25 per cent credit on earned incomes. | Aside from dividing the personal ex- emption, husband and wife often may | further decrease the amount of their total taxes by filing separate returns and reporting their separate incomes therein, providing their joint income is sufficiently large to be subject to the’ surtax, which applies to net incomes in excess of $10,000. To avoid error, taxpayers should note | carefully the provision of the revenue act which relates to tme personal ex- | emption of persons married during the taxable year. The act provides that | if the marital status of a laxpayeri changes du’ing the year his personal | exemption shall be determined by ap- ‘ portionment in accerdance with the number of months he was single and married The fractional part of a month is disregarded, unless it amounts to more than half a month, in which case it is considered a month. For example, a couple married on | July 20, 1931, may file a joint return apd claim a personal exemption of $3,208.33, which is 7-12 of $1500 for the husband while single plus 7-12 of $1,500 for the wife while single plus 5-12 of $3,500 for the period during which they were married. If separate | returns are made, each may claim a | personal exemption of $1,604.17, which is 7-12 of $1,500, plus 13 of 5-12 of $3.500. | The provision relates also to the head of a family. A taxpayer, for example, | who on October 14 ceased to be the | head of a family—the support in one household of one or more relatives hav- | ing been discontinued—is entitled to an exemption of $3.000, which is 9-12 of | $3,500, plus 3-12 of $1,500. [ The taxpayer's status on the last day of the taxable year determines his | status with respect to the $400 credit for a dependent. If his support of | such dependent ceased dvring the year, he is not entitled to this credit. ANTI-SOVIET MOVE Manchuria, to Join Detach- ment Occupying City. By the Associated Press. MOSCOW. March 7—The Riga cor- respondent of the government organ Izvestia, vesterday reported a pan- Baltic movement which he interpreted as a resumption of an effort to create a Baltic bloc dominated by Peland and directed against the Soviet Union. | The Riga correspondent said the pan-Baltic movement was a “political and economic union” of Latvia, Es- thonia and Lithuania under the pro-| tection of the League ef Nations. ‘The chief sponsor of the movemert was reported as & former Latvian Min- the request of the Kremlin for the alleged smuggling of gold works of art through diplomatic channels. HARBIN, Manchuria, March 6 (#).— The main body of a_Japanese brigade under Gen. Amano has reached Nin- guta, Manchuria, to join the advance detachment which occupied that city. ‘The main force advanced afoot from Hailin, accompanied by motor truck outfits after having mowed as far north as Hailin on troop trains over the Chinese Eastern Railway. e U. S. Circus Owner Dies. PARIS, March 7 (). —Napoleon | circus proprietor and well fered In s taxicab accident. 66 years old. He was | extended into an international instru- member of the Associated Press. Publishing Co., stead is map When Briand Was One of “Big Five” Here Upper: Aristide Briand, who as pre- mier of France headed the French dele- gation to the Washington Arms Con- ference in 1921, is shown with heads of the other delegations at the time of the conference sessions here. Left to right: Baron Shidehara of Japan. Right Honorable A. J. Balfour of Great Brit- ain, Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes, Premier Briand and Senator Carlo Schanzer of Italy. Lower: Premier Briand (left) Rene Viviani, a member of the French delegation to the Washington Arms Conference, with plaque which placed on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the time of the conference. —National and Underwood & Under- wood Photos. DEATH OF BRIAND 1S BLOW T0 PEACE |Practical Idealism and Peace-' ful Intentions Needed at Geneva and Paris. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. ‘The death of Aristide Briand, the veteran French foreign secretary, comes as a sad blow to the world. Today, more than ever, his practical idealism and genuine desire for peace was needed at Geneva and in Paris Briand undoubtedly was the most be- loved politician in France. - He started his career, like most men in French politics, as a lawyer, and became rapid- ly popular with the French people, not so much because of his advanced ideas, but on account of his remarkable ora- torical talents and his admirable voice. When he got on the tribune of the French Chamber and started his “cello,” | as his voice was called by the French newspapers, friends and foes alike could not help listening. as they would have | listened to a great opera star. One of the favorite pastimes of the members of the French Chamber is to interrupt an orator when he says things some section of the house does not like One must remember that there are always some 16 different parties repre- sented in the French Chamber. Shouts, barks, banging with the tops of the desks and other such noises invariably interfere with the political leaders. Pandemonium frequently breaks loose when the friends of the speaker try to protect him, and a free-for-all fight is not unusual when the speech is of real consequence. Very seldom did this happen in the case of Briand. The Deputies usually were so enraptured with the manner in which he delivered his speeches that they considered it a sacrilege against art to interrupt him. Rendered Services to France. But Briand not only was the greatest orator of his time; he was a genuine patriot, who on innumerable occasions rencdered tremendous services to his country. He was a Socialist when he first started in politics. Like the rest of his countrymen, he was an ardent believer in peace and was determined that France must fight to the bitter end in the World War. But when the war was over, Briand applied all his ener- gies, all his thoughts, all his influence to the establishment of a permanent peace. He was an ardent believer in the League of Nations, which he con- sidered the only organization which could prevent the repetition of the 1914 catastrophe. He also believed Prance'’s security was greatly dependent a geauine under- standing with her ‘er enemy, Ger- Streseman, did his utmost to bring a reapproachment between these two countries. The two foreign secretaries got to- gether at Thoiry, a small town in France, and laid the foundation of a Franco-German understanding. Later he conceived the idea of a non-aggres- sion and mutual support pact between Germany, France, Italy and Great Brit- ain, and was the chief architect of the | Locarno pact, which removed for a while any danger of trouble between those four countries. Blow to Pacifists. The death of Dr. Streseman was a severe blow to Europe’s pacifists. Brian realized Germany could not easily fin a successor with the same prestige and good-will to succeed Streseman and put into force his ideas. He was afraid that soon or late extreme nationalist ele- ments across the Rhine would gain the upper hand and his entire peace work would be jeopardized. To avoid this he conceived the idea of the United States of Europe, hoping that if the European | states were drawn together by common | economic interests they would forget | the political issues which have followed | the Versailles treaty, and a stabilization | of Europe would follow. His plans were | shattered by the Austro-German tariff union, which, although it failed to be- come an accomplished fact, made the, French people suspicious of Germany's | ultimate aims. | Briand was the originator of the | outlawry of war pact. The idea was | brought to him by S. O. Levinson, a Chicago lawyer, and a friend of Sena- | for Borah. Levinson called on Briand | in September, 1928, and suggested ';urh' a pact. Briand replied that nothing | would be dearer to France than to es- tablish relations of permanent friend- ship with the United States, and sent immediately & note to the then Ameri- can Secretary of State, Frank Kellogg. The State Department examined care- fully Briand's proposition and decided it would be more advantageous for | everybody if such a pact, instead of be- ing limited to two powers, should be | ment of peace. Briand adopted en- | thusiastically Mr. Kellogg's suggestion and the Briand-Kellogg pact came into | being some 10 months later. | Briand died a broken-Faarted man. | In spite of his struggles, in spite of his | clever diplomacy, during the last five months of his life he saw his two prin- cipal peace instruments, the Briand Kellogg pact and the League of Nations, gravely endangered by the conflict which had broken out in the Far East. Joins Associated Pres: DEL RIO. Tex. March 7 (#.—The Del Rio Evening News today became a ‘The newspaper, which was established in' 1900. is owned by the News-Herald of which J. Travel- and | they | CHINESE AR READY TO DISCLSS TRUCE Respect for All Treaties De- manded by Rumania at League Session. By the Associated Press GENEVA, March 7—W. W. Yen, China's representative, announced to the assembly of the League of Nations today that Chinese leaders again have declared themselves willing to negotiate for a Far Eastern armistice and with- drawal unconditiomally of Japanese troops. Immediately after Yen's statement a general discussion in committee was re- sumed by the Rumanian delegate, Nicholas Titulescu. “If the League does not proclaim the | basic principles of its covenant.” he | said, “the League not only will cease | to exist, but all its laborious activities | of the past will prove a grand decep- | tion.” | The Rumanian insisted | League must work f definite cessation of hostilities, must s- sist in the conc of a military | armustice without political condi- tions and must v article 10 of y. providing full the territorial integrity of ate that the respect | & member | Titulescu insisted upon respect for treaties, not only the League covenars and the Kellogg pact. but all interna- tional engagements “whose unilateral denunciation Is incompatible with the spirit of the covenant.” The Rumanian thus apparently regis- tered his opposition to Germany's anti- Versailles campaign, KIDNAPING BILL ACTION POSTPONED Senators Fear Decision May En- danger Safe Return of Lindbergh Baby. By the Associated Press The Senate Judiciary Committee to- day postponed action on a bill to make interstate kidnaping a Federal offense punishable by death, believing that to act on it now would endanger safe re- turn of the Lindbergh baby. For more than an hour, the commit- {tee discussed the Lindbergh case and the pending bill by Senator Patterson | (Republican, Missouri), and concluded that to pass on it now would frighten the kidnapers, add to the agitation and publicity and work against the child's | safe return. Chairman Norris, Republican, Ne- | braska. also pointed out that any ac- tion which might be taken on the bill | would not apply to the Lindbergh case anyway, as it would not be retroactive. “The committee,” he said, “favors some legislation on the subject, but we don't think it is opportune to do it now. | _“The commititee feels that one of the troubles about the Lindbergh case now is that there is so much pub- licity that even if the abductors wanted |to get in touch with them and bring | the baby back, they couldnt do it | without "getting caught. | Chairman Norris said further that he would not vote for a measure which makes a death penalty mandatory for | kidnaping, and added he does not | think the committee would report such | & measure. | “This is a terrible crime, the worst imaginable.” said Senator Norris, re- ferring to the Lindbergh case. “But if we pass a law making the crime punishable by death I think it would do great harm, because it would resylt almost invariably in killing the person or the child abducted. “The abductors would- feel, “We'll kill the child. Jt doesn't increase the pen- alty any and it might make it easier for us to escape.’ " ROBINSON HITS ‘SECRET’ IN BANKHEAD FINDING Bays G. O. P. Senators Attended Conference at Hastings Home. Not Improper, Says Latter. By the Associated Press. Senator Robinson, Democratic leader, charged in the Senate today that the report of an elections subcommittee recommending the unseating of Senator Bankhead, Democrat, Alabama, had been discussed and agréed to at a “secret” conference of Republican | Senators. | many. and, together with the late Dr. |y ouison said Chairman Hastings of | the Heflin-Bankhead contest subcom- mittee had invited a group of Republi- can Senators to his home and dis- cussed the report with them before sub- | mitting it. Hastings replied that there was “nothing improper” in what he had done and asserted his right to invite any of his colleague to his home for dinner without criticism. |“PAT” ROARK, POLO STAR, HURT AS HORSE FALLS By the Associated Press. DEL MONTE, Calif., March 7.—The ondition of Capt. C. T. L. “Pat” Roark, noted British international polo player, who was injured in a game here yes. | terday, was described as “satisfactory’ today at the Del Monte Hotel, where he is confined. His injuries, it was said, were not | as serious as at first supposed. Roark's horse fell and rolled on him yesterday during the second p.riod of a game between the Hurricanes and Del Monte Rangers in the finals of the Pacific open polo championship. The Rangers defeated the Hurri- canes, of which Roark was the star player, 6 to 4. POWERS’ PLEA DENIED CHARLESTON, W. Va., March 7 (#) —Harry Powers, under sentence to be hanged March 18 for the slaying of Mrs. Dorothy Pressler Lemke of Northboro, Mass., was denied a review of his case by the State Supreme Court today. The court made no comment in refusing the appeal. LENTEN SERVICES NEW YORK AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Daily, Except Saturday and Sunday 12:20 to 1 O'Clock Speaker Tomorrow— DR. W. RUSSELL BOWIE Rector Grace Episcopal Church, New York City Auspices Federation of Church,