Evening Star Newspaper, March 9, 1932, Page 2

S.LABORGANS | VIGTORY IN HOUSE Bill to ;c.lxrb Injunctions and Protest:Rights Passes "~ Easily. B the Agsociated Press: ; The House 'passed the Suardis’ antiainjunction bill with but 18 dissenting votes It was & mighty victory for organized Jpbor. Ooupled with the T5-to-b ap- nroval given the measure earlier in mn. Benate, it represented a sweeping tri- Umph over the fopces which for years Beat back this legislation. © When ‘it becomes law the “yellow dog” Gontracts which bind workers not to drganize will no longer be recognized, and Federal judges will be limited gringsntly in thelr powers to quiet| Jpbor dispu‘es by injunction. Above these definite ;mandates ihe act de- dlares the poliey of the Nation to favor bor's rl(fig to organize and bargain llectively. X i The House vote came at the close of gesterday's session. In 7 hours of de- te but two men, Representative Beck, nsylvanis, and Blanton, Texas, sboke against the legislation. and the roif ‘eall showed 363 Representatives| favoring it. Minor differences will re- quire a conference with the Senate be- fore the measure can go to ihc White House. There has been no indication of ‘the President’s attitude toward the measure. Labor's Rights Upheld. ‘Both the Senate and House bills would: . Declars as public policy labor's rights m&nmu and bargain collectively. tlaw the “yellow dog” contract, which forkids employes to join labor ne. u-'g'ohlhll injunctive relief in labor disputes without a hearing and finding of fact, unless pnlawful acts are com- nfffted: substantial injury to property follew; there is no adequate rem- “at law: public officers are unable or anwilling & furnish protection. and i shle efforts have been made to the dispute. Grant defendsnts in contempt, suits the right l.dl jury trial and s new siding judge. * P e " Senate proviions woud em: bracg new! O] 3 the )e-mumlpfi imited fo those aris- inuui' Tkbor_disputes. ck, solicitor general of the United States-during the Harding administra- ton and the Chicago shopmen's strike of 1922, contended rxhleh ml'lno';v‘.::.u"n:g tever of the e ‘":m which a Nation-wide ike or Boycott can be commenced. <“It will be within the power of the great brotherhoods,” Beck said, “to do Wpain in some industrial crisis what was done in 1916—that is, to say to the President and to the Congress ‘Fou will do so and so or there will ® no interstate transportation in this epuntry. We will see people starve to get our will’ Warns of Moscow Influence. Norris-La | | domestic prelate of the pontifical court. Graduate Hall, Gibbons Hall and others. Educator Dies BISHOP T. J. SHAHAN. —Underwood Photo. BISHOP SHAHAN DIES OF HEART ATTACK AT HOLY CROSS ACADEMY (Continued From First Page.) 1889 he came to Cathalic University as professor of church history and patri- ology, and in 1901 was made recior of | the school. Before becoming rector he | was lecturer on clements of Roman | law and editor of the Catholic Univer- | sity Bulletin, as well as lecturer on the history of education ‘n the Catholic University Institute of Pedagogy. New York, and member of the board of judges for the Hall of Fame, University | Heights, New York At the time of the beginning of his rectorship at the school he was created with the rank of mon:ignor, and on November 15, 1014, was consecrated titular Bishop of Germanicopolis. In 1928 he was assistant at the pontifical throne. Author of Many Books. Among the literary works of which he is author are “The Blessed Virgin in the Catacombs” “Giovanni Bat- tista de Rossi’ “The Beginn Christianity,” “The Middle Ages.” * i House of God and Other Addresses and Studies” and “St. Patrick in History. He was. translator of “Patrology.” by Otto Bardenhewee and other works. He had been an associate editor of the Universal Knowledge Foundation since 1927, and a contributor to Catho- agazines. HCHT :u an officer of the Legion of Honor. At Catholic University Bishop Shahan's name is linked with many important developments in the school’s -owth. To him Is credited responsibil- ty for many of the school’s new build- ings. among them the gymnasium, Outstanding as a historian, his pri- vate library is said to be one of the best | collections of the nature in the country Death Js Shock. “In the other chamber I believe that some of the proponents of this law, having visited Moscow and become smewhat enamored with the philos- Moscow, could understand if Mos- ed it, but which I can-| and..in s government of and not of men. Blanton e bill “will give the bor uni @tthrottle hold on this &vemmnt," rertntatlied ol e - of f sitting in the gallery, the e 000 people in the United B who ate afiliated with g‘ American Federation of Labor. Phis is a special class act. It takes tnherent rights away from 120,000,900 people and gives them to 5.000,000. - Representative La Guardia, Repub- Nean, New York. author of the House measure, contended the bill simply re- ssserted the t references to rep- * American Federa: the mtent of Congress in @layton act because judges “whom uul gentleman from Pennsylvania seeks o oint as personal representatives of :r Almighty have disobeyed jt.” | Chairman Sumners of the Judiciary Committee said the measure “would re- move from the few the power to make government contemptible in its tyr- anny.” - An amendment by Beck to permit fnjunctions in labor disputes where ry public utilities are involved mefled, 155 to 63. He lost also & 143 to 47 vote an amendment to rmit injunctions where acts are com- itted “with unlawful intent.” Michener Plaw Defeated. ° Representativé 'Michener, ~Repub- MYean, Michigan, was defeated, 161 to | 2 and 142 to 38 on efforts to add | reats and intimidation as reasons for | fssuing injunctions. i A motion by Blanton to return the | bill to committee was rejected, 255 to 17, An effort by Sumners to have the nate bill considered instead of the ouse bi!l was opposed by Bianton, ho contended the Senate measure jould extend operation of the act to “some 20,000 prohibition padiock in- Junctions in the country.” - Blanton was the only Democrat to Yote against the bill. The other 12— 81l Republicans—were 7 Beck, Darrow, Rich and Watson of E:nmylvuh. Prench of Idaho, Hol- r of Ohio, Johnson of South Da- jota, Luce, Rogers and Underhill of Massachusetts, Taber of New York, Vestal of Indiana Representative Shreve, Republican, Pfi;uuyl\‘lnh, Was paired against the | b February Circulation Daily .. 121,725 Sunday, 130,536 District of Columbia. ss.: 8 H KAUFFMA Assistant Business nager of THE EVENING AND SUNDAY AR does solemnly swear that the actual ;:mh!r of copies of the paper named sold ad distributed during the month of Feb- ary. A.D. 1038, ® follows. { 3 626 90 “Rass adjustments . . . Total net dally circulation daily net paid circulation erage number of copies for . i1y 1 etc ) service. Daily aver ge aet circulation..... SUNDAY. Qoples. Days v 908 31 129.4 1006 38 . net paid Sunday circulation greatly esteemed. Dr. W. Coleman have endeavored to|Nevils, 8. J., president of the university, lic policy into this | said: “In the death of Bishop Shahan | advantsge of the taxpayer. “' 1'y per cent on first $4.000 The suddenness of Bishop Shahan's death was a shock to his many friends at Georgetown University, where he was not only the church and Catholic edu- tion, but the entire country, has lost it scholar, hed linguist and theologian. It is with great pride that we realize at Georgetown that we gave him our highest degreé tn 1927." Solemn pontifical mass will be sung over the body in the National Shrine of the Tmmaculate Conception by Areh- bishop. Michael J. Cm at 10 o'clock w, will be in a vault in the At 8 o'clock Sunday night students in nearby Catholic colleges will gather at the shrine to sing the office of the dead, over the body, which will lie in state at the shrine from Sunday morning. Your Income Tax No. 9 How to Compute Tax on | | Earned Income. Although included in every revenue act since the act of 1924, the provi- sion allowing a credit of 25 per cent on | earned income still is subject to many | misinterpretations, usually to the dis- | It was the intention of Congress in inserting this provision that earned income—defined | as “wages. salaries, professionsl fees, and other amounts received as comgen- sation for personal services actually| rendered’—should bear & lesser tax than the income derived from sources such as investment of capital, etc. 1 Records of the Bureau of Internal| ‘Revenue show that many errors in the| returns filed by individuals are made | in connection with this 25 per cent credit. The maximum amount that be claimed as earned income is $30,000, although the taxpayer may have earned an amount in excess of that sum. However, all net income up to $5,000, whether actually earned or not, is considered earned income for the purpose of this credit. A taxpayer who in 1931 earned a salary of $3,500 and from the sale of real estate or other business venture realize a net profit of $1500 may treat fthe entire $5,000 as earned income. Following is| an example of how 2 single person with no dependents should compute his tax on $5,000. Net income . o 2 . 5000 Less personal exemption. . 1,500 Balance taxable at 1%, per Normal tax of 1'; per cent on | $3,500 s “e - 52.50 | Less !j of $52.50, earned income | credit . P RN 1313 Balance of tax payvable. 3937/ Other examples showing how to compute corrzctly the earned income credit will be given While all net income up to $5.000 is considered earned incame for the pur-| pose of the 25 per cent credit which| reduces by 25 per cent the amount of tax that otherwise would be due, thou- sands of returns are received reporting net income part of which was earned ) and part of which was unearned. Fol- loving is an example of how to com pute correctly ‘he tax on such a r turn | A taxpayer. married and with no | dependents, received in 1931 a salary of $4.000. and from a roal estate trans- action made & net profit of §4.000. His personal exemption is $3.500. The tax rate is 1'; per cent on the first $4,000 in excess of such rxemption and 3 per cent on the remainder: Net income ........ Less personal exemption Balance, taxable income .. 4500 0 3 per cent on .hie remaining $500 15 Total tax 5 number of copies for serv- te. 2 [ _Avarage Bunday net circulation 190,830 KAUFPMA Assiatant Business Man nn-x*‘- to_befors me i A 'M’.v N But of th> $8.000 net income $3.000 is consiceed as earne | net {pcone. From $5.000, th-refore. is de'uctad the per- sonal exemption of $3.500, the tix on ‘the remaining $1.500 at 1'y per cent amounting t5 $22.50. Deduct one-fourth of $22.50, 63, from $75, leaving payabie of $69.37. | Adriatic | was no longer able to keep up with | | period. ‘These are being covered by | necessary by the actual deficit for 1931 | taxes individually, the committee gave | but proportionately, than the increase ! Lcularly on the higher incomes, reach- | significant that these increases in in- ~a_ THE E\EXENG STAR. WASHING 'NESDAY SHPS INDISTRESS, [APAN CALLS OUT | LINER TURNS BACK Follows Helpless Collier—Aid Asked for Freighter. By the Assoeiated Press BOSTON, March 9.—The White Btar liner Adriatic was steaming back across | the Atlantie today waiting an oppor- tunity to mssist the disabled collier H F. de Bardeleben. | The collier headed out to sea, rudder- | less, late last night and the Adriatic, ipbound from Europe, trailed along. A’ heavy northwest gale whipped the sea into mountainous waves as the De Bar- deleben kept her engines turning st a seven-knot. speed. | | At noon, 48 hours later, the collier remained a plaything of the elements, | Unable to Launch Boats. The Adriatic. heedless of expense and long overdue in New York with pas- sengeis, remained beside the disabled vessel while several Comst Guard oraft fought to reach the scene, With no in- dication of the weather moderating the Ccllier's harassed crew of 34 have been unable to put off in their bosats, Coast Guard headquarters here said | iest information from Coast Guard reccue vessels indicated the cutter Os- sipee was within 70 miles of the Bar- delcben, but the colller, driven by & westerly gale and her engines, was making about eight knots and the task of overhauling her was a slow one. The collier's mast was forced to keep! way on the vessel to prevent her from | broaching to and being smoihered by | the sea. The De Bardelben's position was estimated at 270 miles southeast of Nantucket lightship. Tanker Quits Race. The Ossipee Telayed a message from the tanker Beacon, which had been standing by with the Adriatic, that she the collier The Coast Guard destroyer Conyngham | had its after deck torn away and a davit and 34-fot surf boat were lost from the Ossipee Capt. C. P. Freeman of thé Adriatic, despile the expense involved in run- ning his 700-foot vessel, remained true to the law of the sea and refused to leave the vicinity of the ler until she was out of danger or her lifeboats could be safely launched. HELPLESS OFF NOVA SCOTIA. German Freight Steamer in Distress, With Broken Rudder. NEW YORK, March 9 (#) .—The Racio Marine Corporation reported to- day it had picked up a message from the liner President Harding stating it had intercepted an 8 O 8 call from the German freight steamer Harburg, which reported it was helpless at sea because of a broken rudder. The message said the steamer Vin- cent, nearby, was steaming to the as- sistance of the Harburg. The ition given by the Harburg was latitude 42:24 and longitude 58:57 west, which would place her about 180 miles southeast of Sable Island, off the Nova Scotia Coest. ‘The Harburg carries a crew of 36 and has no passengers. The ship is com- manded by Capt. Von Maltiz and was bound for Baltimore, Md., from Bremen and Hamburg. The vessel was built in 1907 at Newcastle, England; is of 2,803 tons net register, and is owned by the Hamburg-American Line. o SALES TAX IS HEE BEST WAY TQ MEET NATIONAL DEFICIT ___(Continued Prom First Page.) $25.000,000 would be saved through new legislation for the Post, Office Depart- ment. With the $1,G96,000,000 bill, these would ve an expected surplus of $5,000,000. 2 H Bonds Cover Deficit. It showed the deficit, of $903,000,000 in the last fiscal year, the expected deficit of $2,123,000,000 this fiscal year and $1,241,000000 in the coming long and short term securities, includ- ing 20-year bonds. “A deficit for one year would not of itself affect in any degree the national credit,” the report sald. “The increase | in the amount of national debt made and the estimated deficit for 1932 should not in and of itself affect the natlonsl credit. “It can not be doubted, however, that any failure to balance the budget for 1933, showing as it would a con- tinuing failure in the face of known conditions to meet current expenditures out of current receipts, would evidence such a lack of sound business methods in the conduct of our national finances as to cause a loss of confidence and apprehension as to the future “A failure to face squarely the prob- lem presented and to take the neces- sary steps to balance the budget would inevitably have serious consequences to our entire credit structure.” Income Cut Blamed. The committee attributed the Treas- ury deficits primarily to “a drastic re- duction in the yield of the income taxes" due to the business let-down. “The presenl income tax law rests upon such & narrow base that even a slight change in business conditions is unmistakably reflected in the Treasury's receipts,” it said. Taking up its recommended new an_explanation of each. “The bill as reported provides for an increase in the income tax of all married men with incomes in excess of $2,500 and of all single men with incomes in excess of $1,000," it said. “The increase in the tax on larger incomes is greater, not only in dollars, in the tax on small incomes. Rates Approach Limit. “The individual income tax was In- creased from 1.5 to 2 per cent for the first $4,000; from 3 to 4 per cent for the second $4.000, and from 5 to 6 per cent on the remainder. The surtaxes be- come effective on incomes in excess of $10,000. “Rates on the higher incomes, be- ginning above $10.000, are graduated up to & maximum of 46 per cent on the largest incomes “It is the opinion of your committee that these increases in the rates, par- ing. as they do in the propoecd bill, a maximum of 46 per cent, equal, if they do not exceed, the point of diminishing return, “No more revenue can be obtained out of a tax on larger incomes. It is dividua) income tax rates. amounting as they do to practically a-doubling of the taxes on large incomes. produce, it 18 estimated, only $112,000,000 additional avenue for the fiscal year 1933." Electicn st Chesapeake Beach. An election for town commissioner 4 town mayor will be held at Chesa- peake Beach, Md.. Saturday nl ‘The vacancies were caused by the s of Amos Daugherty and 5. dy, Te- spectively. RESERTELAS Declared to Be Taking No Chances on Duration of Conflict. By the Associated Press. SHANGHAIL March 10 (Thursday). —=8ir Miles Lampson, Britigh Minis- ter to China, transmitted to the Chinese authorities early today Ja- pan’s newest proposal for ending the hostilities in this are The Japanese proposal, in the form of a letter from the Japanese Minister. asserted that Japen is eager to negotiate a truce because of the “critical situation existing at the front and the imminent possibility that hostilities will break out afresh.” Bir Miles laid the letter before V. Boong and Quo Tai-Chi, represent- ing the Nanking government here. They sent them on to their supe- riors at Nanking and Loyang and awaited instructions. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. The Japanese government has called to the colors the second-class reserv- ists. The object of this mave is re- ported to be that the Tokio govern- ment looks far ahead and realizes that before the Chinese adventure is over, Japan will need many more troops than it has at present in China. As the Japanese military policy requires that for every man who goes overseas there should be immediately another one to take his place in the barracks, and as it seems likely that the first-class re- servists who have joined already may have to be sent over to China, the general staff has ordered men who have left the army five years ago to join again for training purposes. At present there are between 65,000 and 70,000 Japanese troops in China. In spite of the so-called armistice, which had at one time been accepted by the Japanese government, more troops are being landed in China every day. What the Japanese intend doing with a formidable force in China. no- body seems to know; all the same, all the news which has reached Washin, have only. just begun and there is every likelihood ‘that before long the entire Japanese active army— divisions— will be in China. Seek Ore Mines Control. According to reports received from the Yangtze River area it appears that the Japanese want to establish a strong military cordon around the Yapeh iron ore mines. . The Yapeh mines are situated some 30 miles southeast of Hangkow and be- long to & Japanese mining concern They are considered to be by far the| most important iron mines in China, yielding an average of 650,000 tons a year. The production could be in- creased in case of need to over 1,000,000 tons. They are at present more im- portant than ever to the Japanese gov- ernment, and in order to avoid the pos- sibility of a sabotage on the part of the Chinese the Japanese general staff is reported to contemplate sending the necessary troops to guarantee the safety of that important concession. The situation at Shanghai has nat- urally improved since the withdrawal of the Chinese 19th Route Army. That is to say. that the safety of the Inter- national Settlement causes no longer any anxiety. Politically, however, the situation continues to remain trouble- some as far, at least, as the American Government is concerned. The State Department has repeatedly stated that it would not consider any proposition pertaining to the expan- sion of the international zone or of the | Japanese or any other nation obtain. ing another slice of the Chinese terri- tory for their exclusive use. Inquires About Chapei. Yesterday the Chinese mayor of Greater Shanghai sent a note to the Japanese commander in chief announc- ing his intention of sending Chinese officials to take over the administra- tion of the Chapel district. That dis- trict, which has been the scene of the most violent fight between the Japa- nese and the Chinese armies, is at pres- ent under strict Japanese military con- trol. It is helieved in Shanghai that the Japanese intend to keep that dis- trict for themselves and will not tol- erate the pe-establishment of a Chi- nese civil vadministration. For the time bemg, no answer has been given to the note of the mayor of Shanghai, but it is feared that the Japanese military authorities will reply that the military situation in that dis- trict does not warrant yet the return of Chinese officials, and that this will be the first step toward the establishment of a Japanese concession in that im- portant Chinese port. The situation is further complicated by the attitude of the foreign residents, including Americans, in the Interna- tional Settiement. In a “State in State” the International Settlement is in re rd to greeter Shanghal, necessarily a number of questions aris- ing from divergences of opinion between the two administrations—the European in the Settlement and the Chinese out- side. There have been frictions going on for many years. Now the merchants who have lived in the International Settlement for a long time would like to disregard the attitude of the American Government toward the entire Shanghai problem. They wish to take advantage of the sbnormal state of affairs prevailing there at present to press for certain issues, the solution of which could not have been obtained without the pre: ence of the Japanese troops in that city. Sympathetic Position. ‘The European governments are re- ported to give a sympathetic considera- tion to the claims of their nationals in Shanghal, although_ many of their re- quests are in opposition with the poli- cies heretofore adopted toward China The American Government is, how- ever, in a more difficult position, since it intends to follow a strict policy of fairness toward China; consequently many of the requests of the American citizens which have begun to pour into ‘Washington through all kinds of power- ful channels cannot be considered by the administration 'because it would mean the reversal of the present Amer- ican poli¢y regarding China. JAPANESE LAND NEW FORCES. Four Transports Loaded With Troops Reach Woosung. By the Associated Press SHANGHAI, March 9. — Japanese military authorities continued to pour reluforcements and huge quantities of ammunition and supplies into their lines on the Western Shanghai front today. Four transports arrived at Woosung during the day with an undetermined number of fresh troops. At least 2,000 of these were landed soon after their arrival and they immediately sloshed off through pouring rain and thick mud toward iangwan All reports lay indicated that hopes for peace parleys were virtually non- existent, leaving the situation so un- certain that almost any eventuality was possible. iAND CONCERT. On account of the death of Lieut. Ocmdr. John Philip Sousa, former lead- er of the United States Marine Band, the concert by the Marine Band Or- chestra tonight at the Marine Bar- racks is canceled. there are ! MARCH 9, 1932 IPRESIDENT BLAMES HE Ambassadors of the United States, Great Britain, France. Italy and Germany are shown at the foreign office in Tokio following a conference with Foreign Minister Yoshozawa on the Shanghai problem. Left to right: Dr. A. E. Voretzszh of Germany, Count G. Majoni of Italy, Sir Francis Lindley of Great Britain, William Cameron Forbes of the United States and NEW STORM SEEN FOR CAPITAL AREA ! Temperature Expected to Go ton indicates that the troop movements | to 14 Degrees Tonight After Touching 19. Washington today stood at the | northeastern apex of a storm which promises to add hundreds of thousands of dollars to property damage already done since Monday night, according to Weather Bureau reports. Concentrating its fury along the Southern coastal region, the storm was bringing h-avy snowfal! to Norfolk and Cape Henry and North Carolina and Northern Georgia. Rain in mid- Georgia and Northern Florida promised to change to snow tonight, with freez- ing weather due as far South as Tampa. Little or no snowfall was in sight locally, but the temperature, which last night reached 19 degrees, was due to touch 14 degrees tonight. Continued cold is promised for tonight and Thurs- day, and no break in the mid-Jan weather is in prospect before Saturday. Many Phenes Still Out. Linemen laboring to repair the wreck- age of telephone poles and lines in the Alexandria district, where 4,200 tele- phones were out of commission as a re- sult of the storm, fought a losing battle Monday and Tuesday as a high wind threw down poles faster than the work- men could set them up. A force of 150 men working in the Washington area yesterday was augmented by 50 more drawn from Norfolk, Va., this morning. With more favorable weather they were making progress in repairing lines. Struggling to make only temporary repairs, telephone crews hoped to set up lines to Warrenton, Va., by tonight and promised to reach Winchester and the Shenandoah Valley by tomorrow. It will be weeks, officials of the Chesa- peake & Potomac Telephone Co. said. before regular circuits can be restored. Heavy damage to truck garden crops and cotton was predicted for Florida and Southern Alabama. Warning to Motorists. Motorists were advised by the Amer- ican Automobile Association to avold Pennsylvania and ‘New York and to proceed with caution in Maryland and Virginia, where uprooted trees, fallen Count Damien de Martel of France. {ROOSEVELT VICTORY IN NEW HAMPSHIRE | HAILED BY BACKERS (Continuea From First Page.) Coxey of Coxey's Army fame are con- testants in the Republican presidential primary So many of the Progressive Republicans and independents may take | part in the Democratic primary. What the Roosevelt people want to prevent is support of Murray by these voters. | Wheeler, a Progressive Democrat from & neighboring State, is to tell these Pro- gressives that they should support the New York Governor. Seek Bay State’s Aid. On the heels of the Roosevelt vie- tory in New Hampshire comes reports from Massachusetts, where the Smith Democrats and anti-Roosevelt forces have been counting on taking the State delegation away from the New York Governor and giving it to Smith, that Roosevelt, after all, may have part of the delegation to the National Conven- tion. Mayor James M. Curley of Bos- ton nas been the particular fly in the Smith ointment in Massachusetts. Curley came out last Summer for Roosevelt. He has a big following in Democratic Boston and is insisting that Roosevelt be given part of the Demo- cratic delegation and be made the sec- cnd choice of the State delegation, if mith ejther withdraws or it is shown e cal be nominated in the con- ention,” A big powwow was held in ‘ ston yesterday, with Senator David | I Walsh sitting in, to bring about fome fgreement between the Roosevelt ¢nd Smith factions. The opponents pf Roosevelt today inted out the Roosevelt victory in New ampshire was nothing much to cheer hbout after all; that Rocsevelt had en- fered the New Hampshire race months | pefore Smith and had most of the ‘Fllte Democratic leaders lined up be- ore Mr. Smith issued his statement | he first rnn of Pebruary, announc- ng himself a receptive candidate for he presidential nomination. Apparently Saw Vietory. Nevertheless. the Smith Democrats Bnd anti-Roosevelt Democrats would pot have taken on the job of electing Smith delegates in Newy Hampshire if they had not believ they had a chance of winning. New Hampshire has long had many Smith adherents. | In the 1928 election. Smith got a far | bigger percentage of the vote cast for | President than did John W. Davis in 1924. The Smith percentage was 41 per cent plus, and the Davis percentage, 34 per cent plus. In 1928 Smith had the entire delegation to the Democratic National Convention, and in 1924, he split it with McAdoo. telephone poles and other debris on the highways still makes motor travel haz- | ardous. The road from Washington to | Richmond Is open, though dangerous. | The Shenandoah Valley is still closed. | If the Rooseveit-for-President cam- paign can take the North Dakota pri- maries a week hence, leln'f in the voting, the Roosevelt boom - by a material | | pressman for The Star. with telephone lines to Winchester still down, and the roads west of Winchester still in bad condition. All roads out of Washington beyond fifty miles north or west of the Capital are still blocked, the A. A. A. reported It was not possible to travel west of Warrenton, Va., and motorists going West were advised to avoid mountain highways. It was possible with cau- tion to reach Harrisburg, Pa. and westbound travelers were routed via the Roosevelt Highway from that point on crder to avoid mountain passes. After being snowbound nearly 48 hours near Loganville, Pa., by drifts 18 feet high. Mortimer C. Johnstone, a reached his h?ma at Berwyn Heights, Md., last night. Johnson and his family were stranded with 50 other motorists at Gore, * Va. Several Washingtonians were in the group which ate and slept in a dining hall, 10 by 20 feet, from Sunday night until 3 p.m. yesterday | when snow plows finally succeeded in opening the road. Plans for two funeral services were | disrupted at Charles Town, W. Va, the hearse drivers managing to reach un- dertakers' establishments with their burdens while the funeral processions were forced to disband. A number of small yachts were re- ported sunk at their anchorage or smashed along the beach near Leon-| ardtown, Md. MOVIE-MAKING HALTED Hawaii Weather Forces Party's Return to California Setting. SAN FRANCISCO, March 9 (P).— Balked by unfavorable weather in at- tempting to make & sound film version of “The Bird of Paradise,” in Hawail, its locale, 8 motion plcture company. including Dolores Del Rio and Eleanor Boardman, returned yesterday and de- cided to make the picture in Southern California, Others returning on the liner Presi- | dent Grant included Miss Sally L Dickinson of Charleston, W. Va., from the Orfent. 8he witnessed the recent bombardment of Chapel and Woosung by the Japanese. Weds English Polo Star, LOS ANGELES. March 9 (#).—The engagement of Miss Ellena de Struve, Santa Barbara debutante, to John Alexander Bullock. English polo star and member of the Los Indios team. was announced vesterday by Miss De Etruve's grandmother, Mrs. %lmum A Slater, sr., of SBanta Barbara. ‘The wedding will take place at Santa Barbara April 2. aitain even greater proportions. It has been challenged in the North by Smith and in the West by Murray. So far, Speaker Garner of Texas, had not undertaken to contest with Gov. Rootevelt in the South for any State delegations. | | Sees Popular Victory. Senator Whecler. before starting for North Dakota, said: “Tne result in New Hampshire is a victory for the ?copl?. as_the finaneial interests were all against Roosevelt. In my judgment it means that if Roosevelt goes into Massachusetts and puts up a fight he can win the delegates in Massachusetts. He can win in every State where the people have a chance to vote.” Senator Wheeler predicted Montana Democrats would send a solid delega- | tion for Roosevelt to the national con- vention, saying the only opposition to him appeared to be the “power inter- ests” in that State. James A. Farley, Democratic State | ch2irman of New York and leader in the Roosevelt movement, was in Wash- ington yesterday conferring with lead- ers. He wi the Capitol and met many of the Democratic Senators. Predicts 300 Delegates. Mr. Farley predicted Roosevelt would have more than 115 Instructed dele- 2ates by April 1, and by the latter part of April he would have nearly 300 dele- gates. He was told, he sald, by some members of the Senate that the entr: of Smith into the race and the activity of the stop-Roosevelt movement had caused them to support Roosevelt with- cut further waiting. On the Republican side, President Hoover captured the New Hampshire delegation. 11 in number, without a centest. President Hoover also picked up seven new delegates in Kansas yes- | terday. In South Carolina, where two factions, the Tolbert and an adminis- tration-recognized faction, are strug- gling for victory, its was announced the Tolbert convention was pledged to the renomination of Hoover, — FUR AUCTIONS CLOSED 2,000,000 8kins Are Sold by Soviet Government. LENINGRAD, Russia, March 9 (#).— The Soviet government's second annual fur auction, just closed. netted $1, 000.800. Almost 2,000,000 skins, vir- tually of all varfeties. were sold and the prices were said to have been higher than those at the recent London auc- tion Many foreign buyers participated in the sales, whith were descril | ston abroad. as | greatly successful despite the depres-. —Wide World Photo. BRITAIN MAY PAY 1. LONS EARLY Rise in Pound Favorable for Returning Balance of $50,009,000. | By the Associated Press NEW YORK, March 9.—International bankers, who say they have been sur- prised as much as any one else by the sudden rise of the English pound ster- ling to this year's highest price level, express bellef that England might pay off the $50,000,000 balance of its Amer- ican banking credit this month The spectacular upward sweep of the pound, which has surpassed any move- ment of its kind by a foreign currency since the early post-war days, has pro- | vided an excellent means for Great Britain to raise dollar balances for fur- ther debt payments, they said. | Rise of Sterling Cited. While bankers, who have been asso- ciated with past financing in America for the British account, continued silent on British plans, it was pointed out | elsewhere that the greater buying power of sterling might readily influence the | British treasury to pay off the credit balance in the present rising market. The Britith treasury obtained $400,- 000,000 of credits, divided equally be- tween the United States and France, | on August 28, last, for the purpose of supporting the pound. Early this month the British government paid off | $150,000,000 of its American banking | credit, leaving a $50,000,000 balance. The credit does not come due until next August 28. Purchases Aid Retirement. Inasmuch as the French credit was | partly obtained through the sale of notes to the French public, it has not been possible for Great Britain to Te- tire its French portion in the same . London advices indicated today, however, that the British government had been buying up these notes in the ‘Pnrh public market. Those so pur- | chased, it was indicated, would be re- tired. In listing the encouraging develop- | ments which have stimulated the rally | | of the pound sterling, thus siding Brits ish puK: for a financial comeback, the readiness of the British public to sub< mit to heavy taxation was cited as an important factor. MAY ABOLISH LEGION MADRID, Spain, March 9 (#)—Mil- itary circles said vesterday th: govern- ment was considering a propoosal to abolish the Spanish Foreign Legion, in- corporating its members in other forces. Public attention was turned on the Legion yesterday when Col. Juan Mateo Perez Alejo, its chief, at Tercio, Mo- rocco, was shot and killed by Jose Sanchez Gonzalez, a dismissed corporal. Some cabinet members indicated a | belief that stern discipline in the corps and reports of harsh measures in deal- ing with the natives were incompatible with republican ideals. i Norway Recognizes Salvador. | SAN SALVADOR. Republic of Sal- vador, March 9 (#).— Salvador and Norway reached an agrecment yester- ‘dlv by which each will accord the other favored-nation treatment. Ne- gotiation of this modus vivendi implies recognition of the new Salvadorean government. Norway imports Salva- dorean coffee in considerable quantity. District’s Heroes in the World War Compiled by Sergt. L. E. Jaeckel. 8 recorded in the official citation, Harry E. Hoppe (Army Serial A No. 1286009), sergeant. Company K, 115th Infantry. 29th Divi- | sion, American Expeditionary Force, received the Distinguished Serv-! ice Cross for extraordinary heroism in action with the en- . emy near Gildwil- ler, Alsace, July 31, 1918. Sergt. Hoppe displayed extraor- dinary heroism. presence of mind and physical en- durance during an enemy raid against his small advance post near Gildwil- ler. Although seri- ously wounded by enemy hand gren- ades, he and one private from his company counter- attacked a greatly superior enemy, peisonally killing | one of them with his rific, preventing any entry by the enemny inio his port |and finally re-entering ¢ Aficr having received a sezond nd Basidence at entistmen, of | olum| . Hoppe is now a resi- nt of Baitimore, Md. * WCopyrisht, 1982 « HOUSE FOR DELAY Vigorously Answers Byrns’ Charges That He Failed to Co-operate. - (Continued From First Page) administrative officer has his own pers sonal views in these matters. “The President has confidence %e:l every avenue of saving will be 1aid bes fore the cammittee and that the eom. mittee will exhausti~ely examine the advisability of any such suggestion. “The President's desire is for actiop at this session of Congress, and he wi give most sympathetic consideration ! any legislation which is sent to hir which brings about real economy an is consonant with the preservation ¢ the efficiency and necessary functior of the Government. What the cou: try wants and needs is real results.’ Byrns Makes Charges. Representative Byrns' charges tha the President had not co-operated with the Special House Economy Commitiee were made late yesterday after Mr Hoover had announced the position that the most satisfactory remaini means of further reducing Govommo:{ expenses was for Congress to help cut down or suspend duties and functions of various Government activities. The President in yesterday's state- ment said the administration officials were co-operating with the Special Economy Committee of the House in & general drive in the interests of econ- omy so as to make the budget balance, He then went on to explain how it would be possible to effect some tre- mendous savings by making changes in the legal requirements as to ex- penditures by the various services. He declared also at that time that reor- ganization of the Federal machinery would help. Specific suggestions for Government economy are wanted from President Hoover, Chairman Byrns cald. His group has received no word irom the President so far except through the press, he added. Administrative offi- cials, he declared, in no case said any= thing about economies in their depart= ments until asked, and then merely ex» pressed willingness to co-operate. Attacks Hoover View, Mr. Hoover's first statement, accords ing to Chairman Byrns, seemed “an effort to assume credit in advance for all economies that the committee may be able to bring about.” ‘The Enonomy Committee was set up aiter Congress rejected the President’s suggestion that he be given power t@ reorgemize the Federal service along cer~ tain broadly indicated lines. “It is & matter of considerable sur- prise.” sald Mr. Byrns, “that the Presi- dent himself has not given the Economy Committee, up to this time, the benefit of the information he was supposed to have when he forwarded his message on reorganization to Congress, nor has he volunteered any assistance to the committee. * * * The President has his opportunity if he wishes to hel; * * * and that is by sending to Ft his recommendations as to what econ- omies can be effected and saying what he had in mind when he sent his mes- sage to Congress.” Definite plans, however, have been prepared for the committee by the Post Office, Agriculture and Interior De- partments and the Veterans' Adminis- tration. The last suggested a saving of 50 to 60 millions annually through al- tering laws on allowances and pensions. But, this, Byrns said, would result in reduction of payments to disabled vet- erans. : HITS fllhx BUREAU. King Would luce, Force and Re- it. By the Associated Press. Senator King, Democrat, of Utah, to- day sald he was considering mov to cut sharply the force of the Indian Bu- reau, and possibly would seek elimina- tion of the salary of Assistant Commis- sioner J. Henry'Scattergood. King's statement came, after & group of Indians had-called upon him, urging that fleld inspectors and farming ex- perts be removed and the number of employes reduced. e Tnterior Department appropria- tion bill now’ is before the Senate, which is debating allotments for the Indian Bureau. “I feel the whole Indian service ht to be regeneraled” King said. “There are 6,000 émpioyes after 250,000 Indians.” M’LEAN’S MOTION IS DENIED BY COURT Sought to Strike From Wife's Peti- tion Allegations Concerning Lingerie Purchase. (From the 3:30 Edition of Yesterday's Star.) Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat of the District Supreme Court today overruled the motion of counsel for Edward B. McLean, Washington publisher, to strike from the petition of his wife, Evalyn Walsh McLean, allegations that he had bought lingerie from a New York firm for a female friend. Mrs. McLean is suing for a limited divorce. The court also granted a motion of counsel for the wife to advance for hearing a suit brought by her on be- half of her children to oust the pub- lisher from the co-trusteeship of the estate of his father, John R. McLean, which includes the Washington Post The court said a hearing would be set for a date earlier than May 15, the exact date to be agreed on, if possible, wAf?un“] Nels orneys Nelson B. Hartson and Al- bert W Fox appeared for_ the with while Attorneys Julius I. Peyser and George B. Praser represen 8- s P! ted the hu: for “Thrill” Fire. LOS ANGELES, March 9 charge of arson was filed agai anHe Mrr!\‘ za, house mald, y n connection with the Sunday nigh fire that dam: ged the feshicnable hnsrr of Jules White, motion picture diractor Police said she con! Police s3id she confessed firing the Arrested LENTEN | SERVICES NEW YORK AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH | Daily, Except Saturday and Sunday 20 to 1 O'Clock Speaker Tomorrow— | DR, W. RUSSELL BOWIE Rector Grace Episcopal Church, New York City Auspices Federation of