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Assailant of U. S. Woman at! Shanghai Punished—More Japanese Troops Land. (Continued From First Page) binding on the 55 members of the League, is worded in the resolution as follows | “It is incumbent upon the members | of the League of Nations not to recog- hize-eny situstion, treaty or agreement whieh may be brought sbout by means ¢eNYATY to the covenant of the League of Nations or the pact of Paris.”” The lattey is beiter known as the Kellogg anti-war pact. Formulated by Chicagoan. rinciple is believed to have bsen nulated by the Chicago lawyer, son, n - an informal note handed to the late Aristide Briand at a League Council meeting held in Paris fast November. It was officially adopt- ¢d hy the United Statesin Mr, Stimson's subgequent notes and now, through its aeceptance in the League resolution by the 55 additional nations, has become a-part of the body of international law. It mesns that henceforth any nation which by military force seizes the terri- tory of another or imposes terms on an- other in contravention of the world's leading pesce chariers, namely the Kellogg pact and the League covenant, will not be granted title to its seigure of ratification of its terms by other na- tions. Thus it forms a sort of judicial | bldekade against an aggressor Jt is a curious fact that the article of the League covenant whereon this junction of moral forces between the United States and the League states has | heen' effepted is Article X, the very ar ticle which was most opposed by Ameri- ean opinion in discussions over the pos- | sibility of the United States joining the | League 10 years ago. The Assembly commission, which be- ginning early next week will try to ar- fige a genuine armistice and with- I;',.m of Japanes= troops from Chi- nese territory prior to a general settle- of the entire dispute, is composed of-the same 13 states that are members of the League Council plus six others | elected yesterday by a secret ballot. | These six states are Switzerland, Czeho- sloyakia, Portugal, Hungary, Colombia 8ngd Sweden, Russians Forecast Clash. Those who believe the commission 15" Roing to succeed base their belief | mainly on the theory that the Japanese paliey 1s changing. .There is a growing feeling that com- | plications are imminent with Soviet Bussia. It is known that the Russh are strengthening their frontier defens in the neighborhood of both Vladivostok and Manchuli, Russian leaders now present in Geneva make no secret in private cons versation that they expect trouble with Japen. Their theory is that, under cover of the new puppet government set. up by Japan in Manchuria, Japan will gradually try to get control of the hinese Eastern Railway, now under int Chinese and Russian control, and @ivert a large part of iis traffic south- werd over the Japanese-controlled South Manchurian Raflway. Sooner or | later, say the Russians, there will be & clash. Wm“"h'm(”.‘r!“fifi sa) \ peace of e Worl A to be decided in Manchuria dur- ing the next two or three months. For-this reason, if for no other, it is: foreseen that there will now be an early settlement, at least, of the Shang- hai problem in order to leave Japan freer _to deal as best as it can with t n problem. (Copyright, 1932 PUNISH WOMAN'S ASSAILANT. l panese Voice Regrets Over Beating +of U. 8. Mission Teacher. _ SHANGHAL March 12 (#.—Japa- rese headquarters said today & brisk rirmish ‘between Chinese cavairy and Japanese troops took place on the front line five miles north of Kating early today. The fighting lasted for an hour, they safd, and the Chinese apparently suf- fered numerous casualties, Japanese forces lost no mer. Additional thousands of Japanese troops were landed in transports at Woosung and sent to places on the 30- aile front around Shanghai. Jepanese diplomats said they hoped 4or the best from peace discussions, but $ie army went grimly about preparing ‘or the worst 3,000 More Troops Land. It was estimated that 3000 new soops landed today, with full com- plements of airplanes and artillery. The Japanese have further rein- forced their elaborate de!elr‘:se line from | ang o Yangtze road. | N‘T“}Te .lznplnese consulate said its in-| vestigation into the beating of Miss Rose Marlowe, American missionsry teacher, a week ago revealed one Japa- nese civillan wes responsible. They said | he had been sentenced to 15 days in| jail. The United States consulate was | notified of the action by letter and the | Japanese consulate expressed regret | oyey the “incident, declaring it had issiied & warning to Japanese citizens to ayoid 8 repetition. | A torrential rainstorm, the first of the Spring downpours upon which the Chi- nese had banked as an ally, turned military roads into rivers of mud and gnehes and dugouts into catch basins. nziang, the southwest corner of the [ppanese zone of occupation, was vir- fl-.ny cut off from highway communi- eation from the rear Cars Propelicd by Manpower. ““The Japanese brought out a number of caterpillar tractors and substituted | ghese for the trucks in hauling the avy guns to the front. The Shang- Bpi-Nenking Railroed also was put to upe. Freight cars were loaded with supplies at Chenju and, in the absence o1 locomotives, were propelled to Nan-| ng by manpower thognu:” of more than 100 soldiers plodded along the tracks pulling steel ables attached to the heavily loaded eight cars. All the villages along the front were Meavily garrisoned with Japanese troops. Liuho, Kating, Liuhang and Nanziang, #ith a normal Chinese population of Sbout 75,000 remained virtually deserted | except for the unending stream of sol- Sers. : Admiral Nomura Is Host. .:Commanding officers of all foreign fivets represented here, including Ad- miral Montgomery W. Taylor, American mmander, were guests of Admiral ichisaburo Nomura aboard his fi ship, the Idzumo, today. The installa- tion of a steel net around the flagship 6 prevent further attempts to explode Dinés under it was being completed as fbe gold-braided dignitaries assembled on board. Japanese Army authorities said the nh‘glmlon had received no orders to return to Japan, but expressed no sur- ise at reports from Tokio that it was be reealled. The division was sent re in the early stages of the conflict: relieved recently by fresh troops. It now resting at Shanghai. .An order to return would affect ’:&omem(n over 15,00 men,” Army of- als said. e . Begin Auti-Rat Campaign. {SANTOS, Brazil, March 12 () —A | Harriet were running away REDS BLAME FORD | i i Detroit and establishment of a Soviet | government in the United States. but the | €dge of the business district, was called which “Topsy” Ruins Trip ! PRESENT-DAY “EVA'S Hazel Werner. 12 (left), is ran away from her AYBE it was a misteke, but when Hazel Werner ran a from her home in Sumter. | S. C., vesterday she confided | in Frances Jones. colored, just as Little Eva might have confided in Topsy. | Hazel had few. confidants in the | orphanage where she spent her ealy childhood. and when she moved to & new neighborhood, on her adoptian by | Mr, and Mrs, M. W. Werner, she met | Frances, who was born on the same day. “You might be twins,* people said, | teasing Hazel end her 12-year-old | shadow. So it was Frances whom Hazel met when she stole away with a young friend, Harriet Skinner, 7 years old. Their suitcase was packed for a long trip and Hazel, she Jater admitted. had taken $4150 from her foster-mcther's pocketbook: She couldn't have company nor parties at home, Hazel said, so she and The little | colored girl was almost stupefied when | Hazel told her she and Harriel were | going to take a train for Washington, | the home of Hazel's aunt, Mrs. Daisy | Boyd, 4214 Fourth street. At any rate, when Hazel and Harriet, lunnl I see Prances!” FOR RIOT SLAYINGS Detroit Communists Demand | Trial and Conviction of Manufacturer. By the Assoclated Press, DETROIT, March 12—Five thou- | sand persons packed the arena gar- dens last night for a meeting avowedly sponsored by Communists and heard | speakers demand “the trial and con- | viction of Henry Pord for countenanc- | ing the murder of our comrades. The | gathering dispersed without disorder. | Other speakers, none of whom were dentified, urged the “immediate ejec- on” of Prank Murphy as mayor of The meeting, in a bullding on the after Monday's riot in front of the Ford Motor Co.'s plant in Dearborn in four wnemployment marchers were killed. Many Curious Attend. Many of the 5,000 spectators within | the hall and the 1,000 who gathered outside, unable to gain admittance, ap- parently were curiosity seekers, hun- dreds of them boys and girls. Young girls circulated through the crowd dis- tributing red and black badges. Many inflammatory banners were displayed and Communistic publications were | distributed. One hundred policemen in plain clothes were on hand and others were held in reserve against trouble. Earlier in the day Roger N. Baldwin, director of the American Civil Liberties Union, announced he intends to try | to take Henry Ford into court in con- nection with damage suits to be based on the riot casualties. Plan to Honor Dead. Police estimated the crowd in and around the hall at the close of the meet- ing at 9,000 Plans were Jaid in the meeting for erection of a monument, in the form of a clenched fist, described as a symbol of the Communist party, over the grave in which the four dead from last Mon- day’'s riot will be buried tomorrow. The burial plot is in Woodmere Ceme- tery. on a hillside overlooking the plant of the Ford Co. SELECT APPOMATTOX MEMORIAL DESIGN Plan Submitted by Philadelphia| Firm Chosen for Monument at Surrender Site. The design submitted by Harry Stern- feld. ). Roy Carroll, jr., architects, and | Gaetano Cecere, sculptor, a Philadelphia | firm, has been selected for the monu- meni which the War Department will erect at Appomattox Court House, Va., | scene of the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, to symbolize “an un- | divided Nation and a lasting peace.” Out of 186 designs submitted in a| national competition, the jury of award, headed by Willlam C. Noland, selected | the one sent in by the Philadelphia firm | as representing more nearly the spirit | of peace and unity which Congress had | in mind when it authorized the erection of a monument on that spot. A picture of the winning design appeared in yes- terday's Star. Congress authorized $100,000 for the | project, but the money has not yet been | appropriated. The designs entered in the competi- tion are being shown at 1800 E street. WOMAN DIES OF BURNS Mrs. Philipito Meller Hazeltine, divorced expert ahd former Stevens Tech profes- ¢hmpaign to eliminate rats from the Santos water front was started yester- .after reports of several cases of rll ekd been received from Sae Paule, !:1 . The precaution was n_despite the fact that no cases reported here. = sor, died yesterday of burns received when she lighted a gas heater in her home. Prof. Haeeltine about 10 years discovered the neuter-dyne circuit. which was credited with revol radio usageq shown with Harriet Skinner, umter, 8. C., yesterday, coming to Washington. | tions, asked one of the detectives | mer Senator Joseph | erence primary, and in addition the | ernor of Oklahoma, were entered. e R T ‘ pora: HOBOKEN, N. J. March 12 (#) — | racy in Ri wife of Prof. Louis A. Hazeltine, radio | THE EVENING CONFIDANT TATTLES. 7. with whom she tired and grimy after a night In the coaches, arrived at Unjon Station about 7 oclock this morning they were met by Detectives Charles E. Mansfield and M. J. Mahaney and taken to police headquarters. There, after they got their faces and hands washed by a rather stern detec- tive and stowed away a hot breakfast, Hazel answe:cd questions. Her father, she said, wanted her to be a doctor; her mother wanted her to be a missionary. but she, neverthe- less, was determined on being an artist, and felt she could find broader oppor- tunities here. The children asked sbout the Wash- ington Monument, when Glen Echo would open and what moving pictures were being shown, while police com- municated with Mrs. Boyd, When Mrs. Boyd came for them, Hazel, who had been mnswering ques- “How'd you know we were coming to Washinglon?” she demanded. “The Sumter chief of police tele- phoned us,” an officer replied. How'd he know?” A little colored girl named Frances told him." Oh," exclaimed Hazel, Ji “just wait HOOVER AND WHITE LEAD LIST IN OHIO Filing Time Ends With All but Three G. 0. P. Delegates Backing President. By the Associated Press. COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 12.—Eight | names headed by President Hoover and Gov. George White were on Ohio's list today as candidates for the presi- dential nominations. The time for filing nominating pe- titions ended at 6:30 o'clock last night with all but three of the State's 55 Re- publican delegates to the Republican Convention pledged to Hoover. One Republican 'd: President | te favors for- | . France of Mary- land, and two pledged themselves to Mayor Jacob B. Coxey of Massillon, who led an army of jobless men to Wash- ington 38 years ago. ‘White Meets Opposition. Gov. White, favorite son for the Democratic nomination, met greater Cpposition than the President. The Governor will be opposed in five dis- tricts by delegates giving favor to for- mer Secretary of War Newton D. Baker, and Peter Witt of Cleveland. Witt's delegates were expected to switch to Alfred E. Smith Despite the pledges to Baker, he has repeatedly said he will not be a candi- date. While bidding for delegates, neither President Hoover nor Gov. White en- tered the presidential preference pri- mary, which holds only empty honors, since its vote is not binding upom the delegates. There will be four candi- dates, however, who will vie for the State’s popular choice. Prohibition Made Issue. Coxey and France listed for the pref- names of Olin J. Ross, Columbus attor- ney. a Republica and William H. i (Alfalfa Bill) Murray, Democratic Gov- ! the fight to shelter and feed the worker | Mr. Snell’s statement, cost 80 cents per SHINGTON FINANGIAL TUSSLE Struggling to Balance $300,000,000 Budget. By the Assoctated Press. ALBANY, N. Y, March 12.—The New York Legislature, finishing the greatest | financlal problem in its history, ad- journed last night. The session was spotlighted by its attempt to balance a §300,000,000 bud- get with a curtailed income and by its battles with Gov. Franklin D. Roose- velt, candidate for the Demoe atic presi- dential nomination. ‘When the final fllv!l banged last night, it had established a fiscal bal- ance only by a series of special taxes and had left uP to the voters and tax- payers the question of issuing $30,000,000 in bonds to continue the State's pro- ram of relief for a million unemployed. Fie bond lssue, it approved at a State- wide referendum next Fall, will bring | the total of Btate resources thrown into ! out of a job to $55,000,000, the largest fund so far provided by any State. Emergency Taxes Approved. Emergency taxes, the product of agreement between the Democratic Governor and the Republican majority of the Legislature, were approved by the lawmakers to patch up a $103,000,000 hole In the Btate’s pocketbook. The deficit arose from a falling off in State | revenue caused by a depression-stricken | taxpaying public. For nine weeks Democrats and Re- publicans fought over such questions as continuing the Republican Legis- lature’s inquiry into the stronghold of Tammany Hall, the New York City ad- ministration and conducting a legisia- tive investigation of the entire adminis- tration of Gov. Roosevelt. The Repub- lican majority won in both instances. Probe Extension Opposed. The Democrats of the Legislature op- posed the extension of the New York City inquiry for another year on the ground that it had, in the past year, revealed nothing and was a mere “fish- ing expedition” by the Republicans for ENDED IN NEW YORK | Legislature Adjourns After | early D. (., SATURDAY, HOUSE WET VOTE SETS DISTRICT BACK Representative Norton May Have March 28 Set in Lieu of Monday. The District will be deprived of its uled day in the House Mond: because of a special rule paving the way for a vote that day on a motion \to discharge the Judiciary Committee from further consideration of the | Linthicum-Beck resolution to amend | the eighteenth amendment to the Con- | stitution. Representative Mary _T. Norton, chairman of the House District Com- mittee, plans to have March 28 set aside as District day. At that time she hopes to have the House dispose of a number of District bills now on the calendar. Merger Bill Prospect. Delay in Distriet day. it was pointed out, may make i possible to get the not yet been reported out of the Util- ities Bubcommittee of the District Com- mittee. Representative Black, Demo- crat of New York, chairman of the Utllities Subcommittee, has announced | the bill would be held up for further study because of sudden development of pressure on his committee for an report He had originally planned to report the bill favorably out of his committez next Wednesday, but indications now are that the re- port will be delayed for at least an- other week. Mrs. Norton said she is particularly anxious for early ection on the merger bill because of its controversial nature Michigan Avenue Bill. A bill was introduced in the House today by Mrs. Norton, providing for extension of Michigan avenue from Pirst strect to Park place through Mc- Millan Park and the Soldiers’ Home grounds. The extension is desired in the interest of improved traffic condi- tions. The bill authorizes the use of all neceasary Government-owned land lying within McMillan Park and the Soldiers’ Home grounds on condition that the District perform all the work and pay campaign material The Republican inquiry into the 18 State departments under Gov. Rogsevelt, sald the Democrats, was inspired by President Hoover in an effort to block the New York Governor's nomination and avoid facing him in the presidential election. SIROVIGH RENEWS COMMERCE BUILDING COST IS DEFENDED Snell Says Cubic Foot Price Shows Structure Was Erected in Economical Manner. Representative 8nell of New York, | Republican floor jeader of the House, | issued a statement yesterday aftarnoon defending the cost of the new Depart- ment of Commerce Building. | The statement was inspired by a re- | cent remark of Jouett Shouse, executive chairman of the Democratic National | Committee, and Representative Rllney! of Tllinois that the building wes erected | by President Hoover “for himself” and “is as magnificient as any palace in Eurcpe.” The cost of the new bullding, Mr. Snell declared, was 625 cents per cubic foot, which, when compared with the cost’ of construction of the Chrysler, Empire State and other large modern buildings, indicate the building “has been most economically constructed and is one of the most handsome additions made to the city, despite its low cost.” The Chrysler Building, according to cubic foot, and the Empire State Build- ing from 70 to B0 cents per cubic foot. 'he cost of the new House Office Building, now under construction, he pointed out, is 70 cents per cubic foot “If the Commerce Building has cost as much as the new House Office Buiid ing,” he said, “it would have require an additional expenditure of approxi- mately $3,000,000. o EIGHT GORILLAS IN U. S. TO BE WELL CARED FOR Zoologists Busy Since N'Gi's Death. New York’'s Il Penseroso Has Special Attention. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. March 12.—The death of the gorilla N'gi in Washington has led zoologists to adopt extraordinary precautions to guard the health of the eight remaining gorillas in the Nation. Dr. Reid Blair, director of the New York Zoological Garden, has as his particular charge Il Penseroso, who is 5 years old and has been a captive for three and a half years. No gorilla has ever lived to maturity in captivity, but 11 Penseroso still is in perfect health, Gorillas mature at 20 years. | Prohibition was made an issue in the senatorial nomination by the entry of L. J. Taber, master of the National Grange, and who is backed by the Ohio Anti-Saloon League. He filed on the | Republican ticket to oppose Attorney General Gilbert Bettman, Mrs. Eliza- beth C. T. Miller of Cleveland and ' Charles A. Bracher of Dayton. The latter two did not divulge their position on prohibition, but Bettman and the unopposed Democratic candidate for re- election, Senator Robert J. Bulkley, are known foes of present liquor conditions. | DELAY SEEN AS SOVIET MENACE | “Rightist Opportunists” Are Blamed for Hindering Seed Col- lecting Plan on Farms. !in the coldest weather—a radical de- Il Penseroso has a steam-heated apartment in Bronx Park, Dr. Blair says, but he is allowed to roam outside parture. As a consequence he has grown a heavy coat and is even heavier than he would be in his native Africa. He gets cod liver oil and orange juice every day—between sun baths. When he has a cold he is treated just like a human, and steam vapor inhalations are administered to him. He is particu- larly susceptible to earaches, tonsilitis and bronchitis—much like a child “I think he is quite capable of dying | of a broken heart—that is. from loneli- | ness,” says Dr. Blair. “But the lem-[ perament varies and if you get one like 11 Penseroso. who is a shade less melan- | choly than most, he has a good chance to survive” OXON HILL MAN ASKS TO BE TRIED BY JURY | By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, March 12.—The newspaper Socialist_Agriculture professed today to see a real menace to the Soviet Spring sowing campaign in the fact that only one province has completed its seed- collecting plan while all others are | greatly behind, due, it is said, to the activities of “Rightist Opportunists” on the collective farms. These Rightist groups, the paper said, weré trying by this means to cut down the plan for increased cultivated acre- Makes Plea at Hearing on Liquor Charge—Sunnybrook Dance Hall Erroneously Reported Burned. BY & Staff Correspondent of The Star UPPER MARLBORO, Md., March 12—L. W. Van Ncey of Oxon Hill dis- trict, charged with pcssession cf liquor, asked & jury trial when arraigned be- fore Judge J. Chew Sheriff in Police age this year. The sowing campaign is Court here yesterday. slated to start within the next 15 days | in Southern Russia, and the newspaper called for a mobilization of the collec- tive farms “to liquidate” the seed collec- tion failures. The 15th anniversary of the Ker- ensky revolution passed almost unno- | ticed save for an editorial in the news- paper which characterized it as a tem- — Eruptions Shake Islands. a March %omm le:-u:h Indies, ~—Volcano | oo ccompanied by earthquakes, nd the creation of new vol- s sent most of the popu- Illtlon of this district to the forests for refuge today. A . | “blossoming of bourgeols democ- | ussia. Police visited Van Noey's premises 10 days .Eo for the purpose of attempting to make an arrest, only to find that the man's house had burned down. He moved into & nearby dwelling and was arrested there last Saturday night. He| is at liberty under bond. | In the account of Van Noey's arrest in Monday's Star it was erroneousl; stated that the Bunnybrook Dance Hall had burned down and Van Noey was named as the proprietcr of that estab- lishment, this information having been obtained from an apparently reliable source. The dance hall, which is in the same vicinity as Van Noey's house, was not visited sauoe with search warrants nor has it burned down. The Star is happy to correct this error. all expenses in connection with the re- moval and replacing of water mains and reconstruction and repainting of the boundary fence of Soldiers’ Home. ATTACK ON CRITICS Proclaims Them Responsible for Empty Theaters, but Praises Nathan. Another vigorous attack upon his avowed foe—the wise-cracking dramatic | ctitic—wes launched yesterday by Rep- resentative Sirovich of New York. The attack came after Sirovich had de- | clared, during debate on the tax bill, | that the 10 per cent levy on the theater | industry is “unjust and unfair.” With forceful gestures the New Yorker upheld the right of C:-ngress| to concern itself with the critics, whom | he proclaimed responsible for the “dark, | vacant, empty theater.” He told his fellow congressmen there was not a man emong them who “did not equal in culture and learning these dramatie critics."” Pays Tribute to Collier. He paid tribute to Chairman Collier | of the Ways and Means Committee, who broke down physieally under the work of preparing the tax bil, and asked what right the critics had to hold up to contempt & Congress that was work- ing day and night for the good of the country. “1 have been working until 1 and 2 o'clock at night getting out a copy- right bill," he said. “I merely ask help and they let out upon me a tors rent of abuse unequaled in Ameriun‘ journalism." His red carnation bobbed up and down in the buttonhole of his suit in the flerceness of his attack on a type of critic whom he described “as young men cynical, obsessed with that type of inferiority complex which finds its out- let in attempting to tear down the work of other men” Raps Columnists. Lower still. he sald, was “the type of columnist who subsists by bandying 8ossip about individuals. “These men are not dramatic critics, They are a passing phase of mental depravity which all good men in and out of the theater hope and know will soon fade out of the picture.” Sirovich proclaimed George Jean Nathan a “symbol of the highest ideal- istic standards obtainable in the spoken drama,” and called on Mr. Nathan to purge his profession. WOMAN, 101, ASKS AID SAPULPA, Okla, March 12 (#)— has not been so good this Winter, 50 Mrs. Lizzie Devers, 101 years old, has applied to county officials for aid. Mrs. Devers, who has been widowed or divorced nine times since romance first entered hoe 1ta Juss prior o the the Nauon in favor of the ereomes o Civil “War sl ahe Just prior %o.the the Democratic nomines for: o oaect | distinguished business reverses, or otherwise would not have asked for assistance. She is vigorous and in good health. Mystery Man BELIEVED TO BE NEGOTIAT- ING IN KIDNAPING. MORRIS ROSNER, Former Government agent, supposed to have wide connections in gang circles, who is thought to be negotiating with the kidnapers of Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr., using the Lindbergh home in Hope- well, N J., as his headquarters. He is believed to have hired Bitz and Spitale to help in the search. Rumor has it that Ce essmen and other influential friends of the Lindberghs recommended that Rosner be retained. He is not co- operating with police and is generally considered the man of mystery in the case. —A. P. Photo. MARCH 12, 1932 Connecticut | street car merger bill before the House | | this menth. although the measure has | | , Photo shows scene at th Connecticut avenue this morr for several hours. Smoke from the blaze FARM BOARD TRI FACE SENATE FIRE |Evans, Schilling and ‘rhomp-f son Are Expected, How- ever, to Be Confirmed. By the Associated Press The Farm Board faced Senate fire today, as the nominations of three of its members were called up for con- firmation. The Parm Board appointments head a list of contested presidential nomina- tions which have been accumulating on the Senate celendar since early in the session. Until today the Sen- ate had made no attempt to tackle any of President Hoover's seclections to which there was any objections, 30 nearly a dozen have piled up before the Senate and its committees. Norbeck to Lead Fight. 8Senator Norbeck, Republican, of South Dakota, prepared to lead the fight on the Farm Board nominations, not on personal urnunda.ny. 8 & method of expressing ngol ton to policies pursued by the rd. The nominees are Frank Evans of Utah, William F. Schilling of Minnesota, and Sam H. Thompson of Illinois. All three are now serving under recess appoint- ments. Evans and Thompson are first termers. The three names were reported al- most unanimously by the Agricuiture Committee and are expected to be con- firmed. Some other appointments are not so certain of approval. The most sericus op] tion has arisen to the promotion jof Judge James H. Wilkerson of ago to the Circult Court. Opposed by Labor. He is vigorously opposed by organized labor bacause of injunctions issued in labor disputes. Similiar opposition has arisen to the nomination of Kennetg Mackintoch of Washington, a member of the Wicker- sham Commission, to the ninth cir- cuit. Hearings on this appointment will open next week. CI Couzens of the Interstate Commerce Committee is opposing the nomination of Thad H. Brown of Ohio 25 a member of the sion, but Brown has received the ap- proval of all other members of the committee DEMOCRATIC BALL CHOSEN AS TITLE Change Made by Women's Commit- tee to Avoid Conflict With Fund Drive. Because of a confliction with the Democratic National Committee, the National Committee of One Thousand Democratic and Progressive Women has had to change the title of the by they are to give &t the Shoreham H: March 19. Originally the women had entitled the affair “The Democratic Victory Ball." But this was easily confused with the hational committee's current “Vietory Fund Drive,” whereby it is hoped the party can raise $1,500,00) and win the forthcoming presidential election. So now the dance will be known as “The il Democratic Ball.” | The rag collecting and selling business Its purpoce, according to the com- | mittee of women, “is to arouse a sincere and deeper realization of the ideals of the Democratic party and to carry on a militant activity among the women of in 1932 Among the sponsors of the ball are Senators Bajley. Bankhead, George, Gore, Pittman, Sheppard, Trammel and Walsh, and Representatives Celler, Cole, Condon, Deterich, Fernandes, Gavagan, Hancock. Haines, Howard, Karch, Mc- Duffie, McMillan, Montague, O'Connor, gtwcn;\u R-;;sveck, gnlm.h, Schuetz, eagrll, ewart, Sutphin, cker, Woed and Yon. . 2y FOOD SHOW CLOSES ITS PROGRAM TODAY Numerous Prizes, Including an Automobile, Will Be Awarded at Exposition. Award of numerous an automobile, will ma gram today at the United Feod Stores Exposition in the Washington Audi- A Lwin-baby ocontest and a final competition to select the “most popular” baby of the exposition will take place this afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Miner, 2142 O street, who have been married 46 years, won the prize last night for the “oldest r. and Mrs. Elwood ticut avenue, were victors in the contest for *youngest married couple.” They were married two months ago. The contest for babies between 2 and 3 years old was won yesterday by Roy Velde, jr. 2}3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Velde, 609 Irving street. A silver loving cup was first prise. The major prize at the show last night, a radio set, was won by Miss Ethel | Bmith, 1345 F street northeast. N s which monthly m at the exposition yester as es in the baby conluc.‘“' g prizes, including Tk the final pro- Chi- | Radio Commis- | Avenue Fire 1) e fire which damaged a shop in the 1100 block of ning. attracting a large crowd and tying up traffic covered several blocks.— tar Staff Photo. INSPECTOR L. 1. H. EDWARDS. EDWARDS RAISED - T0 SHELBY'S POST |Inspector Is Promoted to As- sistant Superintendent of Police. The Commissioners today promoted Inspector Louis I H. Edwards of the Police Department to the rank of assistant superintendent to fll the vacancy created by the retirement of | William 8. Shelby. The Commissioners’ order, made on recommendation of Supt. Pelnsm D. Glassford, is to take effect next Wednesday. Inspector Edwards has been on the force for 28 years. He once “pounded the pavement” in Southeast Washing- ton while attached to the old fifth pre- cinct. He was transferred to the first precinct in 1908, subsequently becoming station clerk there. He was a clerk in the personnel office 8t headquarters from 1921 to 1923. Made a sergeant in 1923, subsequent ad- | vancements followed in rapid succession. He became a captain in July, 1930, and was made an inspector in November, | 1831, upon the reorganization of the de- partment following retirement of Maj, Henry G. Pratt as chief of police. | Washington Chair Brings $190. Because George Washington was re- puted to have sat upon it once, a fine old Sheridan chair brought $190 at a public sale in Carlisle, Pa. Your Income Tax | No. 12. | Exemption Allowed State | Employes. With a certain proviso, compensa- tion paid by a Btate or “political sub- ' division thereof,” such as a county or city. to its officers and employes is not taxable income. The proviso is that the wages of such cfficers and employes must be rendered in connection with the “essential governmental functions of the State or political subdivision” as from its proprietary | functions. The salaries of the governor of a State, mayor of a city, councilman, | board of aldermen, public school | teachers, and policemen and firemen | are not taxable. But the compensation | recelved by employes of waterworks owned and operated by a municipality, or of a municipaly owned and operated | street railway, is tavable, [or the reason that they are engaged in activities | which are not goveinmental. | ‘ Fees for special services to a State | are taxable, as, for example, compen- | sation paid architects and butlders for planning and erecting a State capitol or other State or municipal building. An officer or employe of a State, for the purpose of the income-tax law, is | one ‘whose services are continuous and | not occasional or temporary. | Taxes on real estate and personal | property paid during the taxable year | 1931 are deductible. So-called taxes | | assessed against local benefits such as | street paving and drainage, however, | are not deductible, since they are con-, | sidered as an increase to the value of the property assessed. The Federal in- | come tax may not be deducted. How- | | ever, income taxes imposed upen the ! income of individuals by States may be deducted by an individual on his | Pederal income tax return. | TFederal estate taxes inb!e deduction from the of the estate in computi | income thereof subject to Customs duties paid by & person on | articles imported for his own use are deductible. Admission taxes are de- ductible, but the taxpayer must show | that account has been kept of the amount paid. Admission taxes apply only to admissions the cost of which lis in excess of $3. Taxes on club dues are deductible by the member paying them. License fees exacted by a State or e an allow- 038 income ng the net tax. IFORT MYER HORSE AWINNER IN MEET {Three Perfect Performances Are Turned In at Army’s Telegraphic Show. Three perfect performances over the SUS Olympic jumping course signalized | last night the first four-cornered tel graphic horse show competition ever | Participated in by United Stotes Army | posts. The trio of equesirian heroes were Dandy Dude of Fort Leavenworth, Kans Squire of Fort Myer, Va. and | Chink of Fort Riley. Kans Teams from those posts and an sge ’renucn from Fort Sill, Okla, finished Tactions apart when the final score of their joint meet was tabulated. At each post results of performances in the other show rings were flashed over the wires and scored on boards set up in view of the crowds. Eight obstacles comprise the Olympie course, which will be used as the offi= cial testing ground for American and foreign equestrians at Los Angeles this year re layour included brush, post and rail. stone wall, picket fence and triple bar among its barriers Several hundred persons gathered at Fort Myer to walch the contest. In the first olass for individual performers the tie precipitated by 200-point scores from Dandy Dude, Squire and Chink required 8 Tun-off of the event, with the three finishing in the order named, with 1995, 198! and 198 points, re- spectively.” Lieut. C. W. Bennett rode Squire for Fort Myer The invisible rivals at Fort Sill came to the fore in the next class, & team test. Lieuts. Burrett, Dawson agd Mc-~ Kinnon, riding for the Oklahoma sta~ tion, scored 297 out of a possible 300; Leavenworth was second, with 29§ points, and Fort Myer a close third, with 284, in this division, When the -gzreru averages for the evening were made up, it was found Fort Leavenworth had carried off first honors with 98.2 per cent, Fort R‘fi:‘ Was runner-up at 97.75, Fort Sill t] with 87.72 and Fort Myer fourth at 96.7, The Virginia team last night was made up of Lieut. Col. C. P, captain; Capt. G. I. Smith and Lieu! Bennett, Noble, Bugher and Rodgers, Judges included Ma). A. D. Surles, Capt. G. D. Shea, Capt. L. K. Truscot! and Capt. T. W. Ligon. CAPITAL MISSES SOUTHBOUND SNOW Cloudy Weather Forecast for Toe night and Sunny Skies for Tomorrow. Snow that was considered likely for the Wash area over the week fall at Richmond and terri- tory south of that place, but proba- bly will not invade Capital, Weather Bureau officials said today. Cloudy weather is forecast for fonight and sunny skies tomorrow, accompa- nied by a slight drop in temperature. The weather disturbance over the Gulf of Mexico, scheduled to bring Tain and snow throughout the South Atlantic States, developed as antici- pated, and is moving northeastward into the Atlantic Ocean. The outlook is for snow in Southeast Virginia, the Carolinas, West Virginia and Tennes- see, with rain in the States south of those points, , Snow.will probably start falling in Riehmond tonight, forecast- ers said. The lowest. temperature tonight will be about 24 2 degrees colder than last night's low of 26. Continued cold probably will prevail through Mon- day, but a break in the temperature is due Tuesday, according to present indi- cations, with normal thermometer read- ings averaging about 42 degrees in sight by Wednesday of next week. Travels _sheltered in the tourist camp in c Park have been without heat g the subnormal cold of the past week. Gas heaters which warmed the shbins have been removed a8 a result of deaths due to their use, and the new heating plant to serve in their place has not yet been installed. The cabins have nevertheless been oce cupled, according to Capt. R. C. Mont= gomery, superintendent of park police, VISITING SCIENTISTé DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS Oalifornian, of Carnegie Institu- tion Siaff, Came Here to Give Re- sults of Plant Study. Harvey M. Hall, 57, staff member in the Department of Plant Biology of the Carnegle Institution, died yesterday at Garfield Hospital after a protracted ill- €8s, ness, Mr. Hall came here last December to attend an exhibition at Washington Oarnegle Institution and deliver a lece ture, but was taken ill on the train which brought him from California, He was removed to the hospital and re. mained there umtil the time of his death. He formerly w: professor of botany at the University of California, and in 1919 joined the research staff of Carnegie, making his home in Palo Alto, Calif, where the plant department maintains its headquarters. Mr. Hall's work in acoln‘t'{y. the study of the relationship of environment to plant growth, won him fame through- out the United States and in Europe, Surviving are his widow, who was here at the time of his death, and one daughter. Funeral arrangements have not been announced. GETS TERM OF 180 DAYS IN NEWS RACK .ROBBERY Youth, Believed Member of Gang Using Autos Raids, Pleads Guilty. Charged with being one of a gang of young men who had been robbing coin boxes in newspaper honor system racks, Kenneth Lawson, 32, 1200 block C street southeast, was today sentenced to 180 days in jail by Judge Gus A. Schuldt in Police Court. Last week Lawson pleaded guilty to two charges of larceny and two counts of destroying private property. DU PONT YAWL PICKED UP BY COAST GUARD CUTTER Craft to Be Taken to Beaufort, N. C.—Six Youths Rescued by U. 8. Transport. BY the Associated Press. in picked up the yawl Nahma W. which Wwas abandoned yesterday afterncon 100 miles off Diamond Shoals by Richard du Pont and party, it was stated in & radio message received here. The Nahma will be taken to Lookout Light, near Beaufort, N. C. The six youths rescued from the Nah~ ma by the American transport Repub- lic will be landed at Cristobal, Panams, eity upon certain businesses are de- ductible as taxes. Automobile license | fees are ordinarily deduetible. ductible. In_ general, taxes are de- | ductible only by the person upon whom | they are imppsed. Post- ousekeepers' Alliance, | age is not a tax, therefore is not du-l Canal Zone, the vessel's next stop, un- less arrangements can be made to trans- fer them to some other ship. - of the Nl't'x‘r{thnflmvu only e barge Deepwater, ve men on board, reported missing as a result of the recent storm.