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~— “From Press to Home Within an Hour” The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 No. 32,099. post _affice, Entered as second class matter Washington, D, C. PRESIDENT FINDS RAIL NEEDS BELOW THOSE ANTICIPATED $300,000,000 to $400,000,- 000 to Be Total Outlay of Carriers for 1932. DEMAND ON CORPORATION EXPECTED TO BE SMALL Optimistic Attitude Follows White House Conferences With Execu- tives and Officials. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. Examination of the financial problem confronting the raiiroads of the coun- try has convinced President Hoover the problem is of smaller dimeénsions than has been generally believed or reported. This viewpoint of the President was revealed in a statement made by him at the White House today following conferences held late yesterday with executives of the railroads and repre- sentatives of the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, and which estab- lishes definitely the administration’s future policy regarding the railroad problem. Needs Below Expectations. The President sald it is estimated that the financial necessities of the im- portant railways of the country which are likely to require aid in meeting the interest and renewal of their maturing securities, as well as meeting their various other obligations during the to $400,000, \that of this amount the Railway Credit Corporation will provide 3 minimum of from $50,000,000 to $60,000,000 and it is assumed that many bank loans as 8 Storedt “employment 6n. the. rajfosd, stored emp! on Ta. through their lb&? to addi- tional lies, at the same time LOST FUR VESSEL REAPPEARS IN ICE Ghost Ship, Deserted by Crew, Seen Off Point Barrow as Flyers Prepare for Hunt. By the Associated Press. POINT BARROW, Alaska, March 19. —The ghost ship Baychimo has reap- peared in the ice of the Arctic Sea The Canadian fur trading vessel which disappeared twice since last Fall when she was frozen in between Point | Barrow and Nome, was discovered about 10 miles off Point Barrow when- the ice pack broke Thursday Natives, fishing about five nfiles off shore, said the Baychime loomed up like a ghost from one of the deep gullies. . ‘The vessel, apparently little damaged, was held in the packed ice which be- cause of its roughness kept the na- tives from boarding it. ‘The crew of the Baychimo left her to establish quarters on the shore after she was caught by the ice. Storms caused the pack to drift and the ship disappeared.” Men familiar with the ice jams said she would be crushed and sunk. William Graham, Alaskan airman, and Mrs. Edna Christofferson, Portland sportswoman, are in Alaska now pre- paring for a flight to salvage furs re- portedly left aboard the vessel. The ship’s master and officials of the Hudsons Bay Co.. however, said all valuables were removed before the Baychimo disappeared. MINNESOTA REPUBLICANS SPLIT ON PROHIBITION Beveral DElegations Ask Repeal, While Another Group Favors National Referendum.’ By the Assoclated Press. ST. PAUL, Minn,, March 19.—Prohi- bition, ordinarily a secondary issue for the group, moved to the front today as Minnesola_Republicans gathered to adopt a State platform and indorse candidates for State office, Delegates from severa] sections of the State, led by those of Ramsey County, in which St. Paul is located, sought o have the State party reverse its pre- vious indorsements of the eighteenth amendment and to go on record in fa- vor of repeal. Another group from other counties aimed te have the State party repeat its declarations of the past. A third group, whose strength remained an un- certain factor, proposed to offer as a “compromise” a resolution favoring a national referendum. Many of the county groups went on record in favor of President Hoover's administration, some urging a delega- tion to Chicago instructed to support him, with others passing resolutions in- dorsing him. SPRING WILL ARRIVE OFFICIALLY TOMORROW By the Associated Press. . NEW YORK, March 19.—After 2:54 o'clm:tt (m&;:n L&nz) aff noon it may be said: northbound may begin blooming any time. ”’}Mflbflzwklfl.\! end of one of the mildest Winters on record. With the of March, which has been cold weather, the sea~ F has been very unwinterlike, he Foening Star, NG EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1932—TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. #¥#% Arrested FORMER ARLINGTON OFFI- CIAL TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. E. WADE BALL, Until recently county treasurer, who was held today on charges of grand larceny growing out of alleged short- ages in his accounts. ARMS DISCUSSIONS DUE TO CONTINUE FOR YEAR OR MORE Slow Progress Expected as Parley Takes Recess Until April 11. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. Special Cable to The Star. GENEVA, March 19.—The Disarm- ament Conference adjourned today to April 11. Al proposals, including the somewhat sensational American plan based on the peace treaties of 1919, now have been made, sorted out and pre- pared for discussion. The organization has been perfected, the committees formed and tested. And it has been formally agreed that beginning April 11 the conference will plunge immediately ‘Into debate on the whole geries of fundamental issues which by common consent heretofore has been avoided. This is slow motion for the two months now elapsed since the confer- ence first met. The public is said to be think the confe much longer than inally foreseen and it may continue for s year or Yet the general is that' some sort more. A t treaty will ultimately be achieved. %‘:M‘: lpss it is preceded or accom R é plnlad by sppropriate political agree- ments. Why Preparation Is Needed. The Washington Naval Conference was accompanied by the four-power Pacific_treaty, the nine-power China (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) 102 MEN ARRESTED FOR PICKETING MINE Strikers Refuse to Obey Police Or- der to Go Home and Whole- sale Seizure Follows. By the Assoclated Press. SCRANTON, Pa, March 19.—One hundred and two men, doing picket duty in the unauthorized strike of mine workers here, were arrested today by city police when they failed to obey commands to go to their homes. The arrests were made at the Mar- vine mine of the Hudson Ooal Co. where several hundred strikers went on picket duty in violation of a police order issued last night against all forms of picketing. Police authorities prepared for dras- tic moves against the pickets as the re- sult of disorders yesterday, and no picketing will be permntez at mines that are operating. VIRGIL CHAPMAN HURT Representative Injured in Auto Collision in Kentucky. LEXINGTON, Ky. March 19 (#).— Representative ‘Virgil Chapman of Paris, Democrat, of the seventh Kentucky dis- triot, was slightly injured last night when his automobile collided with an- other machine. : The Representative was cut about the ace. {| as to the latter shortage. BALL IS ARRESTED WITH HALLOCK ON LARGENY CHARGES Ex-Arlington Treasurer and Ex-Clerk of School Board in Custody. e |BOTH PLEAD NOT GUILTY; | | $5,000 BOND IS FIXED jBoth Men Are Released on Bail. | Arrests Follow Alleged Short- ages in Accounts. | By a Staft Correspondent of The tar. ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT- HOUSE, Va., March 19.—As a result of alleged shortages in their accounts, | former County Treasurer E. Wade Ball |and P. J. Hallock, former clerk of the | Arlington County School Board, were arrested today on a warrant issued by Commonwealth's Attorney Lawrence ‘W. Douglas on charges of grand larceny. Both pleaded not guilty before Judge B. M. Hedrick in County Court and waived preliminary hearing. Ball Free on Bond. Bond was set at $5,000 in each case, Ball being immediately released. Hal- lock later gave bond and was released. In announcing the arrests Common- wealth Attorney Douglas stated he had been given no definite figures with re- spect to the audit being conducted by State auditors of the accounts of Ball and the School Board,sbut that he had been furnished sufficient facts to war- rant action at this time. The arrests precipitated a wrangle between Sheriff Howard B. PFlelds and other officials, the former claiming an \ attempt had been made to conduct the court procedure secretly and that he had not been notified. Sheriff Fights Arrests. When lea of the action the sheriff demanded to see the warrant and discovered that no return had been made by an officer and that, as a result, neither arrest was legal, he contended. He stated that he had never been consulted in any way and that “as lunx! & wxmun the :fiefl.fl of Axllnr‘t'f'l;l Coumé 1 direct all proceedings respect | to arrests.” He finally decided to execute the warrants himself. Former State Senator Prank L. Ball appeared as counsel for both defendants. He stated, however, that he had noi been retained to conduct Hallock’s case, merely appearing as a convenience for him this morning. Notified by Telephone. Both Ball and Hallock were n :’l 0 POLICE By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, March 19.—Police of three counties have joined in an at- tempt to stay the hand of a woman who advised a Los Angeles officer she intended taking the lives of her daugh- ter and herself. Over the police radio, the Los An- geles officer pleaded last night with the mother, grief stricken over the loss of her husband and son, and fac- ing poverty, to abandon her plan of death. Meanwhile, San PFrancisco and Santa Cruz officers sought the woman. Somewhere In San Francisco, Offi- cer Floyd Cullings hoped Mrs. W. I. Brown would hear his radio plea. The story of Officer Cullings and the Brown family dates back to a day in Febru- ary‘When the police received a letter, writen by 12-year-old Harold Brown. Letter From Boy. It read: “Who is the police officer with the pleasant voice who always ends his calls with: ‘That's all>’ We are away up here near Boulder in the Santa Cruz Mountains, mother and my kid sister and I, and we always feel safer when we hear him. I am 12 years old, but my daddy is dead appear in Circuit Court on the ef eenth dAI of April, which is the opeg- ing day for the April term. Ashton C. Jomes, local realtor, ap- as Ball's bondsman. Douglas states that he had refrained from causing an earlier arrest of the two defendants until the State audi- facts 'll: PLEAD WITH MOTHER BY RADIO NOT TO TAKE LIFE {Officer Asks Woman to Await His Plan for New Start Before Killing Daughter and Herself. fi:d I n.ub all tmflmn;.hhfi r{uve.” Culé gs sent a_ picture of amily an himself to the lad. to Yesterday he received a letter from Mrs. Brown, telling of the death of Harold, His one happiness, she wrote, was listening to his imaginary daddy— “Daddy Floyd.” But poverty had come upon them and she was desperate. “I am taking my little girl, Dorothy Maybelle, to San Prancisco Friday night. We will listen to you for the last time then and then we will end everything. Our bodies never will be washed up. Goodbye and God bless you.” Pleads With Mother. In childish scrawl was another note —from the little girl. “Mother is wrmu&m your mother, so0 I wanted to say hello to you d\;-g ¥ it belief. ing a special delivery letter, to reach you tomorrow, with a plans for a new and worthwhile start in life.” And to San Francisco police went a rush message asking aid in locating the grief-stricken mother. to the alleged shortage of $275,000 supposed the school Ball's accounts, and the shortage in the aceounts of board. No figures have ever been released IRELAND SUSPENDS PUBLIC SAFETY AGT England Sounds Warning Against Two Points of De Valera’s Program. CITY HEADS PREPARE ' FOR RELIEF HEARINGS | Will Give Views on Transferring $600,000 Municipal Center Funds for Emergency Work. The three’ District Commissioners, District Auditor Daniel J. Donovan and Director of Public Welfare George S. Wilson will appear as witnesses before the District subcommittee of the House Committee on Appropriations Monday at hearings on the bill to transfer $600,000 of muncipal center funds to emergency unemployment relief work during the 1933 fiscal year. | Material for their use is being pre- | pared by Paul Benjamin, executive sec- retary of the District Committee on Employment, whose recommendation for the appropriation led to the fram- ing of the bill. It is understood, how- ever, that only District officials will be heard on the first day of the hearing, although others interesf heard later. e By the Associated Press. DUBLIN, Irish Free State, March 19. —Eamon De Valera, new President of the Pree State, had put into effect to- day the first of the planks of his an- nounced platform of reform, by abol- ishing the public safety act of the Cos- grave regime. The act, which included authoriza- tion for a secret military tribunal and virtual martial law in Ireland, was sus- pended last night by an order of Pres- ident De Valera and the Executive Council. Many prisoners who were convicted and sentenced under the act during the Cosgrave regime, on charges of plots to overthrow the government, were freed by De Valera, amid cheers from the crowds, shortly after he took office last week. De Vakra's move to effectuate the first of the four points on his announced program was almost simultaneous with a warning by Neville Chamberlain, Brit- ish cluncel{or of the exchequer, that refusal to take the oath of allegiance to the King, or to discontinue Ireland’s land annulty payments, two other points on De Valera's program, would cause the government “the gravest concern.” Such action, Mr. Chamberlain said in a speech at Manchester, “would un- doubtedly revive the bitterness and dif- ferences (between Ireland and England) which it was hoped had been removed forever.” s CUBAN JURIST TO RETIRE Chief Justice Makes Charges of “Interference.” HAVANA, March 19 (#).—A request for retirement from Dr. Juan Gutlerrez Quiros, chief justice of the Cuban Supreme Court, was before the gov- ernment today, accompanied by accusa- tions of military and executive inter- ference with judicial procedure and suggestions for sweeping reforms. His health, Dr. Gutierrez Quiros said, and "t{heuu(npus'slblfllny. because of the present state of affairs, of be use- ful” caused him to give up t‘x’:’z’ post, after 28 years on the bench. Although the Arl Memorial Bridge has been completed for some months and is now open to traffic, 42 patriotic business men who donated money to a stranger “to help complete it” have just learned their contribu- tions were too late. The disclosure came with arrest yes- terday of Ernest Nelson Judd. 32, of 2031 H street, on complaint of one of the patriots, who became were Investigat than A tion by police showed that twoscore merchan more its and v “STRANGER” GETS MONEY TO HELP FINISH BRIDGE ALREADY OPEN Man, 32, Arrested After More Than 40 Citizens Aid “Fund” for Memorial Span. SETTING HEN CHASED OFF SOCK CONTAINING $1,000 Viciously Pecks at Officers Who Find Her Guarding Part of Stolen Currency. By the Associated Press. TYLER, Tex, March 19.—Who wouldn't fight for a nest egg of $1,000? A setting hen on a farm near Gould, Tex., pecked viciously yesterday in other men had made donations |defense of & sock contalning 10 old- recently to “the cause” only to find |style $100 bills. that Uncle Sam previously had man- | The odds, however, were two to one. aged to scrape enough money together |H. R. Turner and D. D. Hale, Smith to open the memorial span. County deputy sheriffs, retired from the Judd was arrested by Detective J: |nest with money as well as the in- juries. The hen went back to work. identified currency had O. Patton of No. 6 precinct after & telephoned complaint from Sam Pittle, and dyer of 4823 ave- ‘ho said he gave Judd a dollar the rhovement After along. ext door to enlist more 1 the credentials shown i held for investigation at N station. 3t the farmer. He 5 m ties said the hen' Depul z e ) b £ ‘were was confined to Be Joot. K x £ g g — Radio Programs on B-12 i i g part of $2,395.25 stolen mflwo: - Henry Pitts, it Three men JOHNSON EXAMINED AT KIDNAP SCENE |Sailor Taken to Lindbergh Estate—Suspect Arrested at Highland Park. By the Associated Press. HOPEWELL, J, March 19.— Henry (Red) Johnson, sailor suitor of the kidnaped Lindbergh baby’s nurse, was led about the Lindbergh estate by detectives today, to determine just how much he knew about the house and grounds. He was not under arrest in connec- tion with the kidnaping, police reiter- ated, but detectives wanted to learn how much he knew about the estate, | in their efforts to discover whether he might have been an unwitting aid to the kidnapers. Intruder Arrested. While Johnson was being examined at the Lindbergh home another man was arrested at South Plainfleld after an attempted kidnaping or burglary at Highland Park, about 20 miles away. This man, who gave his name as George Malden, was arrested after a groundskeeper at the estate of J. Seward Johnson, wealthy surgical dress- ings manufacturer, had shot at a man climbing up to the Johnson nursery. A nurse attracted the groundskeeper's attention when she screamed as & lad- der was placed against the windowsill of the room where she slept with the Johnsons' infant son. Shots were ex- changed and the interloper fled. Mal- den was arrested and identified by both nurse and groundskeeper. His fingerprints were brought at once to Hopewell because of the similarity of the methods of the Lindbergh baby kidnaper and the man at the Johnson home, both of whom raised ladders to nursery windows. In the morning bulletin from the Lindbergh house it was said that Paul and Kate Engstenberg, servants who suddenly left their place of employment in Franklin Park the day after the kid- naping, had made complete statements and had been allowed to return to their new jobs in Ardmore, Pa. “Most of the statements they have made have been checked and found correct,” said Col. N. Norman Schwarz- (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) PERU WARS ON REDS Communistic Organization Efforts in Schools Charged. Peru, March 19 (#).—Police Herrera, described as Soviet agent to Peru, and Oscar Rios, a student arrested. The authorities said literature and docu- ments were selzed in Herrera's home, NEW PEACE PARLEY OPENS N SHANGHA = Progress Made——China Re- ported as Hopeful—Nature of Talk Not Revealed. By the Associated Press. SHANGHAI, March 19.—Japanese and Chinese authorities met in a new peace conference today at the British consulate and participants in the par- leys said progress was being made. Chinese official quarters at Nanking ‘were reported hopeful over the situation and although the conferees here de- clined to reveal the nature of their dis- cussions, Nelson T. Johnson, American Minister to China, sald the move for peace was progressing. ‘The Ministers of the United States, Great Britain and Prance and the Ital- ian charge d’affaires attended the con- ference. Tai-chi, Chinese vice minister for foreign affairs, represented China and Mamoru Shigemitsu, Japa- nese Minister to China, represented Ja- Round Table Parley Likely. In the meantime the Japanese armies shivered in the cold of a Chinese Win- ter, envying those of their fellows who were lucky enough to be quartered on ;arm transports, bound back home to apan. Chinese officials at Nanking indicated the present parleys, preceded by Japa- nese troop withdrawals, would be lowed by a more broad round table con- ference later, with the world powers sitting in to iron out the details of a permanent solution. S up the movement of troops, Japanese headquarters said 55,000 troops arrived here during the time since the hostilities began and that about 20,000 were now being withdrawn. The 9th Division, Japanese officials said, will not be withdrawn, in spite of reports abroad that it would be re- placed by the 40th, a stronger division. A Japanees spokesman sald the Japa- nese Army has no 40th Division. Neutral observers said, however, that although the Japanese forces are being slightly reduced by the withdrawals, the Army here is stronger than heretofore, for 1t is better equipped. Equipment has been pouring in during the last few days and continued to come in today, u]:cludlnz more heavy guns and air- planes. PUPPET RULE DENIED. Japan Credits Self-Determination for New Manchurian State. TOKIO, March 19 (#)—The Jap- anese foreign office officially informed the Chinese government today that the establishment of the new Manchurian federated state was a result of self- determination by the people of Man- churia and that Japan was in nc way responsible for it. The Japanese statement was handed to the head of the Chinese legation here as an answer to China’s protest of March 1 against what the Chinese in- sisted was promotion by Japan of a separatist movement. . ‘The Manchurian people, the Jap- anese reply said, had a deep antipathy toward the old war lord regime and this was the cause of the separatist ac- tion. Owing to Japan's great interests in Manchuria, however, the note added, the Tokio government naturally sym- pathizes with any movement promisirg stability and order in the territory. If the new regime respects Japan's rights and interests, it sald, Tokio will continue to view the development at Changchun sympathetically. 11,660,000 in Argentina. BUENOS AIRES, March 19 (#).— Argentina’s population at the beginning of this year was 11,660,000, the Statisti- cal Bureau announced today. The pop- ulation of Buenos Aires was placed at 2,195,000. as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 124,473 () Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. GARNERFORNALLY ASKS ASSACE OF SIES TAK PAN Gives Indorsement to New Revenue Bill, Including Disputed Provision. |BALANCING OF BUDGET IS DECLARED VITAL Says All Securities Will Be Im- paired if Government Credit Is Not Sustained. By the Associated Press. Speaker Garner in a formal state- ment today gave his full indorsement to the new revenue bill and the manu- factures sales tax provision. He said the Ways and Means Com- mittee “as the surest, soundest and most effective means” of balancing the budget, adopted the sales tax “affer prolonged and exhaustive deliberation.” Speaker’s Statement. Garner’s statement follows: “There never was and there never can be a perfect tax bill. There never was and there never can be a tax bill pleasing to every one or, indeed, entirely pleasing to any one. The wc o pose of the pending tax is mp‘:;_ able the Government to balance the bugget. As the surest, soundest and most effective means to this vital end, the sales tax plan was ad lack confidence in all forms of rate and individual interprise. “It is, therefore, of the portance that the budget balanced in order that the integrity of the Nation served. That is the goal that relc‘xh_:‘d. X emergency no ordinary one. It fice of individual th mount duty - of tional Government to tion which must be there can be Tecove depression. Theory tional necessity. No man self a patriot who in overwh crisis Republicans as not for a moment doubt that the Garner’s regular conference paper men shortly before convened for its second day of vy bracket incomes, the parties today were seeking to realign their forces. Acting Chairman Crisp of the Ways and Means Committee said before the House met that the Treasury estimat- ed only $30,000,000 would be added to the national revenue by the amend- ment resterday. ts adopted ye . “That isn’t much compared with the $600,000,000 the sales tax is estimated to bring in,” he said. “The increase from 6 to 7 per cent on incomes over $8,000 will bring in $20,000,000 and the wartime surtaxes will yield only $10,000,000.” hen the House copvened, the slow process of approving or amending each provision in the bill, line by line, was resumed. At the start of the session only the first 40 pages of nearly 300 had been acted on. The center of con- troversy, the manufacturers’ excise or sales tax, still was 200 pages away. A three-hour caucus by Republican House members brought no result last night. It was held at the demand of the insurgent group, which sought to capture a majority of the party’s voting strength in the House. Republican Floor Leader Snell issued (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) SENATOR’S MOTHER DIES AS HE RACES TO BEDSIDE Mrs. Mary E. Connally Expires in Texas at Age of 87—Had Been Ill Some Time. By the Associated Press. WACO, Tex., March 19.—While her . Mary E. Tom Connally, junior United States Senator from Texas, died early today at Eddy, her home for many years. Mrs. Connally had broken a hip twice in falls. She had been bedridden most of the time since the second fall, last year. Her condition became critical ‘here greater part of Mrs. Co 'S life ;fi spent in the house in which e 5 SLOT MACHINE PLAYS TRAITOR L e TO BRING OWNER’S CONVICTION FFIIENGY BUREAD OFFERS NEW DATA ON . PAY OTS Slash in Higher Salaries Alone Would Not Give De- sired Results, Brown Says. LA GUARDIA IS PREPARED TO TAKE LEAD IN FIGHT Declares Program Seeks Low-Paid Class, Who Can Be Exploited Through Competition. Herbert D. Brown, chief of the United States Bureau of Efficiency, to- day presented detailed information and new tables in compliance with a re- Quest made yesterday by the special subcommittee of the Economy Commit- tee which § to bring into the House Monday a bid to slash all Government salaries in the hope of saving $50,000,~ 000 to $100,000,000 to help balance the gress passed the reconstruction Efin"”“‘ $2,000,000,000 for depleted on bankrupt business they would default on their obligations and ruin the small panies; the same people who told the small banks not to make loans to any one unless they would agree to reduce wages in industries; they are the same people who are behind the drive for the sales tax to make the to firmly establish & poor class who can be readily exploited because they must eat to live. They are seeking to force Congress to reduce the salaries of its members so as to drive out of the legislative body many men with families and have their places taken by rich men. Connally Offers Measure. “If they want to further force the fight on these grounds they will find many of us—and I trust a majority— ready to meet them and show them Connally, 87, mother of | fu! Government pay above $2,000 a year until June 30, 1933. “I am willing that my own salary be redu;:;d. and my bill cuts $1,000 an- Counsel, Denying Gambling Charge, Pulls Lever and |im “Winnings” Fall Out. A slot machine played traitor to its owner and brought about his convic- when he faced a jury and Judge tion John P. McMahon in' Folice Court to- Walking over to the machine, he in- serted a 5-cent piece and pulled the lever. A hushed moment followed the