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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair tonight and tomorrow; temperature tonight rising temperature tomorrow. ‘Temperatures—Highest, yesterday; lowest, 38, Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markel lowest about 34 degrees; 48, at noon , at 7:30 a.m. today. ts, Pages 14 and 15 ch ¢ Foeni ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION No. 32,108, Entered as Entered as second class matter Washington, e D. WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, MARCH ng Star. Associated service. Sunday's The only evening paper in Washington with the Press news Saturday's Circulation, 120,481 Circulation, 129,458 S s o 28, 1932—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. FFR TOKID WONT GIVE LEAGUE ANSWER 10 NANKING CHARGES Decision for Silence at In- quiry May Lead to Even- tual Withdrawal. DELEGATION MAY SHUN NEXT ASSEMBLY SESSION Chinese Declare Japanese Troops Must Leave Shanghai “Entirely Or Not at All.” By the Associated Press TOKIO, March 28.—The Japanese government has decided to refuse to furnish the League of Nations with the statement of her side of the Japanese controversy called for under Article 15 of the League covenant, it was learned on good authority today. The bellef was expressed the decision eventually might lead to Japan’s withdrawal from the League. The step was forecast nearly two months ago when China invoked Article 15 at Geneva, shortly after the begin- ning of hostilities at Shanghal. ‘The article specifies that nations on both sides of a controversy shall sub- mit statements of their cases, upon which the League may then make its decision of responsibility. The prediction also was made at that time that Japan would resist, even to the extent of withdrawing from the League, if the application of the article were pressed. Well informed quarters here today expressed the opinion the government's decision was the first step in what would be a series of refusals of Japan i he League's action. ;‘: v‘::xmlce?:}\cecd “u‘ntgond nugthomy that it was highly unlikely the Japanese delegation at Geneva would attend the next session of the League Assembly. A request for the statement called for under Article 15 was recently re- quested by Sir Eric Drummond, League secretary general. This action appeared to have crys- tallized sentiment in favor of with- later. drawal which lately has been gaining rapidly, especially in foreign office circles. DEADLOCK CO Commander of 19th Army Says Japan Is “Stalling for Time.” NGHAI, March 28 (#).—Chinese miHJAlpm negotiations for a truce at Shanghal continued deadlocked to- day over the question of Japanese troop als. “mHth delegates held stead- fastly to their decision to accept no compromises on this phase of the ques- tion, declaring this was the order of the Nanking government. “They must either withdraw entirely or not at all, a spokesman said. “‘We will accept no gradual withdrawal.” A spokesman for the Japanese said the parleys would be continued, how- ver. ' Chinese military authorities accused the Japanese of insincerity. Gen. Tsai Tink-Kai, poet general, who led the 13th Route Army during the defense of Shanghal, said they were “stalling for time ” Sniping Problem Taken Up. In spite of the deadlock there were reports on the outside that the situa- tion was not hopeless. These reports said the Japanese had decided to cur- tail sharply their demands regarding the occupation of Chinese territory around Shanghai and it was also ru- mored the Chinese were less pessimistic about the outcome of the conferences. ‘The negotiators ran into further dif- ficulties today over the sniping problem. The Japenese, claiming sniping by Chinese civilians continued to be a serious menace to the lives of Japanese nationals, demanded some assurance that it would be stopped. The Chinese said the sniping was not authorized, | and that they could not be responsible | for such activities. Today Japanese headquarters report- ed snipers had killed four more Japa- nese soldiers. This argument over sniping developed during discussion of a new draft of the | principal points proposed as requisite to | an armistice. The three outstanding considerations are definite cessation of | hostilities, establishing the position of the Chinese force and agreeing upon the method of the Japanese withdrawal Shigemitsu Still Hopeful. The second point brought from the Chinese the assertion that any attempt to dictate the position of Chinese troops on Chinese soil would be regarded as a violation of China's sovereign rights. This matter and the point regarding Japanese withdrawal was placed in the hands of the military subcommittee, which will meet Wednesday. As this session ended, Mamoru Shige- mitsu. the Japanese spokesmen, said he was still hopeful of an ultimate agree- ment. Quo Tai-C! head of the Chi- nese group, W say only, “the Japa- nese certainly are strong on argument.” LYTTON REASSURES CHINA. Territorial Integrity Declared Condition Of Any Settlement by League. NANKING. China, March 28 (®)— Lord Lytton, chairman of the League of Nations' Inquiry Commission, told Chi- nese officials today the maintenance of Chinese territorial and administrative integrity “would necessarily be a condi- tion of any settlement of Sino-Japanese difficulties effected by the League.” His statement was made at a lunch- eon given by Wang Ching-Wei, presi- dent of the Chinese Executive Yuan Wang Ching-Wei, welcoming the com- mission to Nanking, declared that the Chinese people “have only one hope sd aspiration, the maintenance of China's territorial and administrative integrity and sovereignty.” Lord Lytton replied: “When you say that the Chinese peo- ple have only one aspiration, the main- tenance of territorial and administrative integrity, 1 can assure you at once that that would necessarily be a condi- tion of any settlement of Sino-Japanese difficulties effected by the League. The League could not recommend to fits members any course which is incon- sistent with their treaty obligations.” The commission members spent a busy day calling on a number of Chi- | street, by Gen. Glassford, as in the case | Wu, Ex-War Lord, Calls on Chinese ! To Expel Invaders By the Assoc: Press. SHANGHAI, China, March 28 —Wu Pei-Fu, one-time outstand- ing Chinese’ war lord, but of recent years sunk to virtual oblivion,” tonight from an un- named place in Honan Province issued an appeal to the nation to mobilize “a national army for the expulsion of the Japanese in- vaders from the national ter- ritory.” The Kuomin (Chinese) News Agency in_a dispatch from Peiping said that Wu had de- clared that “the puppet state of Manchuria is merely a stepping stone to Japanese annexation of the Northeastern provinces.” INQUIRY DEMANDED BY MRS. DAVIDSON {Asks Glassford for Sweeping Investigation of Attempt at Extortion. Mrs. Betty Hanna Davidson, grand- daughter of Mark Hanna, the latest target of attempts at extortion, today BABY NEGOTIATOR LEAVES NORFLK *TOSEE UNDBEREH :Minister’s Conference With Colonel Called Important to Child’s Return. . CURTIS AND BURRAGE UNABLE TO MAKE TRIP Forced by Developments to Pass Up Journey to Hopewell, Former Says. PHILADELPHIA, March 28 (#).— Dzan H. Dobson-Peacoci:, one of the three Norfolk men seeking to inter- vene in the Lindbergh kidnaping case, was said to have arrived at the Philadelphia Navy Yard at noon today, and left immediately for Trenton, N. J. Little information could be ob- tained at the flight office of the navy yard beyond the statement that Lieut. Richards and a passenger, whose identity was not disclosed, had demanded of Police Chief Pelham D. Glassford a sweeping investigation of | & threat against her 6-year-old daugh- | ter, Daisy. | Mrs. Davidson disclosed today she had received a second telephone call about| 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, advising | her that she would receive “further | communication later” as to where to! pay $2.000 demanded in the first mes- sage Saturday afternoon. Police Mystified. In a conference this morning at| police headquarters, Gen. Glassford | and Inspector Frank S. W. Burke,| chief of detectives, decided to bend | every effort to solve the latest of the | three mysterious extortion attempts. Police, together with Mrs. Davidson and her husband, Richard Porter Da- vidson, were completely mystified as to | how a person who described himself as a newspaper reporter found out nbout‘ the first telephone message which Mrs. | Davidson received at her Dupont Cir- cle flower shop Saturday three hours before she had made a report to police about the incident. She said this morning that after re- ceiving the call, about 3 o'clock, she was “stunned, but said nothing to any one until she arrived home an hour or two ." Then, she said, she told a friend, who was at her house, and her secretary. Three hours after receiving the call, and despite the fact no word of it could have leaked out, she said, a newspaper- man called and asked if she had not received a threat against her daughter. At first, she said, she denied she had, but later told the reporter of the cir- cumstances of the call. Working on New ‘Tangent. “How the reporter could have found out about the telephone message, I do not know.,” Mrs. Davidson said. “I know neither of the two persons whom I told of the incident breathed a word of it. Both were at my side through- out the afternoon, until my husband returned home, and I reported the matter to police.” At the conference in Gen. Glass- ford's office, the police chief declared all angles of the case would be run down. Glassford said detectives also were working on a new “tangent,” but refused to reveal its nature. The first telephone call, according to Mrs. Davidson, was substantially as follows: “Your child is in danger. Leave $2,000 | in small bills in the grocery store at Florida avenue and Nineteenth street, | between 2 and 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. “If you do this there is no danger.” Yesterday afternoon the second call | was received and Mrs. Davidson was informed, “You'll get a further com- munication lates Mrs. Davidson said “Who is this?” she asked “That's all right about who this is.” was the reply. “I see you're still at home and you'll hear from us further.” | Two Voices Different. The voices in the two calls were not alike, Mrs. Davidson said, the first be- ing a Southern drawl, while the second, she said, “sounded a little higher pitched and not quite so Southern.” In demanding from Gen. Glassford “a sweeping investigation,” Mrs. David- son told the police chief: “The man who made those threats against my | baby should be found and put in jail, whether he's a crank or not.” A constant police guard has been | placed in the Davidson home, 3041 N | of Sir Willmott and Lady Lewis, whose | 5-year-old son, Willmott, Jjr, was threatened last week | Investigation into the Lewis case and that of Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth, both from whom extortionists have de- manded $1,500, stood at a standstill today pending receipt of a report from Bureau of Standards experts of an ex- amination of threatening letters re- ceived by both families. The report is to be in the hands of police this after- noon, according to Inspector Burke. ZEPPELIN SPEE Is Reported West Madeira Islands. FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany, March 28 () —The Graf Zeppelin, homeward bound from South America, reported her position today as 33 de- | grees north latitude, 20 degrees 18 min- | utes west longitude. This would put | her a short distance to the west of the Madeira Islands. | The weather was fine and she was| making about 70 knots at an altitude of 1,000 feet. DING HOME | Dirigible of landed at Mustin Field in the yard at 12 oclock and left immediately by automobile. By the Associated Press. NORFOLK, Va., Mar¢h 28—John H. Curtis, Norfolk boat manufacturer, to- day said Very Rev. H. Dobson-Peacock, serving as an intermediary for the re- turn of the kidnaped Lindbergh baby, left Norfolk today for Hopewell, N. J., to hold a personal conference with Col. Charles A. Lindbergh. Curtis said he and Rear Admiral Guy H. Burrage, also serving as inter- mediaries, had found it necessary to change their plans and remain in Nor- folk. He would not say whether Dean Dobson-Peacock left by airplane, nor the hour of his leaving, although he had | previously revealed that the minister went to the Hampton Roads Naval Air Station. Calls Parley “Important.” Asked if he believed the trip today would complete the negotiations for the child's return, he said: “I never believe anything until it is completed.” He added, however, that today’s con- ference with Col. Lindbergh would have an important bearing on the plans out- lined by the Norfolk citizens. The Ledger-Dispatch said Dean Dob- son Peacock left at 10:15 o'clock this morning. The paper said it was re- liably Teported the minister carried with him positive means of identifying the Lindbergh baby, as well as a definite plan for consummation of the negotia- tions for the return of the child, in- cluding the amount of ransom demanded by the kidnapers. Curtis’ announcement came after a mysterious week end airplane trip os- tensibly for the purpose of meeting “go-betweens.” Curtis would not add to his previous announcement that negotiations were in the semi-final stage and that the inter- mediaries would “personally see” Col.| Lindbergh. Guards were stationed today about the naval air station at Norfolk to keep all civilians except those with passes from entering. The officer of the day said he did not know the reason for the guards, who were placed on duty early this morning. The Ledger-Dispatch said that the Rev. Mr. Dobson-Peacock, serving with Curtis and Admiral Burrage was seen entering the naval air station. Ignorant of Destination. Miss Marjorie Dodson-Peacock, daugh- ter of the minister, said she did not know where her father had gone, but that he would be back this afternoon. She stated she did not know whether he had gone to the air station. Although keeping secret the time of the meeting with Col. Lindbergh, Mr. Curtis said that it would be completed before 7:30 pm. He explained that the secret trip yesterday was made necessary because of publicity given the negotiations. “In order to do certain work in car- | rying out matters started several days ago before the breaking of publicity re- | garding our trip to Hopewell, it was | nrl(‘iesmry for me to leave town,” he | sali Time Grows Limited. He said he had seen that his “time was getting limited, so that is the rea- son I slipped away hurriedly. Too much publicity has been given to our efforts.” The trip was regarded as the first definite move since the three men vis- ited Col. Lindbergh at home Tuesday. Their conversations with him at that time have been carefully guarded. Col. Lindbergh has said he placed “No | specific significance” on_the informa- tion they gave him, but the significance | of the word “specific” has not been ex- plained. COLONEL WITHOUT WORD. HOPEWELL, N. J., March 28 (#)— The Lindberghs, near the end of their ; fourth week of separation from their | stolen baby, heard today that three “in- (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) ENDING CAPE TOWN HOP WALVIS BAY, Southwest Africs,| March 28 (#).—J. A. Mollison, blazing a new air trail along the Western Coast of Africa from London to Cape Town, took off early today on the last 800- mile stretch of his journey and ex- pected to reach Cape Town tonight He had come in across the Sahara well ahead of the five-and-a-half day record set for the journey by Peggy Salaman and Gordon Store, who flew down the East African Coast. Coming across the desert, he said, he almost fell asleep and had to land for an ! their forces in_oppos hour’s nap before resuming his fiight. PENTHOUSE, §3 By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 28.—As it was Easter Sunday, two robbers decided to be fashionable as well as resourceful. S0 one of them carried an Easter lily in his hands to gain easy entrance for nese officials, including Gen. Chiang Kai-Shek, and visiting the tomb of Sun ¥at Sen, founder of the republic. Roda Biories am Pava AI2 them to_the penthouse apartment of lNormln E. Bensinger atop a Gold Coast of jeweiry worth $32,000 after terror- izing Mr. and Mrs. Bensinger and their rrse e LfLY CARRIED AS RUSE TO ENTER 2,000 GEMS TAKEN Robbers, Attired in Height of Fashion, Carry Flower to|of Fool Elevator Operator. Posing as friends they threw the ele- vator operator off his guard by resort- ing to the flower. “Won't Norman be surprised when he sees this lily.” one of them said so the operator could overhear. Both of the men were attired in the height of Easter fashion. er is the nephew of the building, where they robbed the family | founder of the Brunswick-Balke-Col- | fering from the heaviest snow in recent lender Co. He is the operator of s chain of Chicago bowling alleys and 8. | piMava pars \? WA N N !’“. -~ WD (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. T BOY OUTSIDE THE PALING—“OH, HOW I COULD ROLL ’EM!” RAIN LIMITS FUN AT WHITE HOUSE EGG ROLLING But Dampened Spirits of Youngsters Are Revived When Mrs. Hoover Appears to Distribute Easter Presents. A rain-drenched lawn and threaten- ing skies curtailed the program and crowd at the White House Egg Rolling | today, but the spirits of the youthful | visitors revived like magic when Mrs. | Hoover appeared smiling among them shortly before noon to distribute gaily colored Easter eggs. Bare-headed and clad in a great sport coat of tan fur, the First Lady came out on the south portico and ad- dressed herself to the visitors, who had sought shelter there from the drizzle | and wind. i More than 3,000 visitors, about half of whom were chud:‘::, attended t:;e egg-rolling during. . - though the bad weather drove many of them home and only a few hundred re- mained on the White House grounds at any one time. Last year's celebration, like today’s, was staged under adverse weather con- | ditions, although rain did not develop AND CROWD until later in the day, visitors attended. In 1930, a record-breaking crowd of 48464 children and their parents | gathered at the egg-rolling and in the | previous year there weré more than 47,000 visitors. The only live rabbit at today's egg- rolling was brought onto the grounds in | a cardboard box by a small boy. The | rabbit kicked free from his prison and it looked as if a lively chase would de- velop. The little animal, however, shiv- ered in the sudden cold and crouched | under a nearby shrub, and 30,847 *“He’s too cold to run,” his master an- | nounced confidently when an attendant came up to help him recapture the pet. “I'll just set his house down here, and watch him come back to it.” ‘The boy. had ‘no*sobner set his.card- board box on the walk before the rab- bit darted across the grass and jumped into his “house,” where he remained a willing prisoner. Mrs. Hoover waved her hand to the children and parents and assured them " (Continued on Page 3, Column 1.) DEFEAT OF PAY GUT MOVE IS FORECAST Opposition Leaders Point to Poll Taken of Working Men in States. Members of the House leading the fight to defeat the proposed ruthless slashing of the Government pay roll expressed the opinion today that if and when any such bill is brought out of | the Economy Committee it will be de- feated in the House. This opinion was expressed today by at least three of those who have been most active in the fight. It coincides | with the poll of members which is being | taken by leaders of organizations of | working men from every State in the Unlon. i 154 Pledged Against. Reports made by that group at noon today showed that there are 154 mem- bers of the House pledged absolutely to vote against any pay-cut bill and 111 members who are willing to sup- port a bill to cut their own salaries or | to reduce salaries of the higher brackets, but who are against reduc- | tions of salaries among the low-paid | employes of the Government. Definite assurance has been given to leaders of the fight against salary re- | ductions that no action will be taken by the committee on any bill reported out for an indefinite period. Promise Secured. This promise was given by a member of the subcommittee of three following a conference late Saturday held for the purpose of starting a petition for a con- ference among the House members who | are opposed to salary reductions now, particularly the Democratic majority. Those heading this movement wer given assurance that if they would hold | off from any such action, they would be | given ample notice so as to organize ition before any salary pay cut bill is brought out. RENEW RELIEF PLEDGE NEW YORK, March 28 (#).—Leaders in Jewish communal and philanthropic activities in all parts of the United States yesterday renewed their pledge to support the rehabilitation and relief work in Europe, started 18 years ago by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. James N. Rosenberg, vice chairman the committee, announced the work being carried on in this country by the National Council, composed of at least 250 prominent Jews. Among the new members elected to the National Council were Max De Long and Ferd A. Gunberts of Evansville, Ind., and S. K. Bernstein, Dr. Joseph Blatt, A. M. Engelsman, Gus A. Paul and Dave Schonwald of Oklahoma City. Snow Maroons Ohio Towns. BELLAIRE, Ohio, March 28 (#).— Parts of Eastern Ohio today were suf- years. Several towns were isolated when the heavy snow hroke telephone wires and power lines. - COMMUNISTS PLAN NEW PARADE HERE May Day Scheme Revealed| as 21 Face Probe of Embassy Riot. A huge May day celebration here is being planned by the Communist party as a protest against the police action | Saturday in breaking up the demon- stration in front of the Japanese em- b}i]fis)’. Federal agents today informed the They said about 2,500 persons might be | sent here for the demonstration. . This information was conveyed to po- lice just before 21 members of the Trade Union Unity League were arraigned in Police Court for having taken part in the embassy demonstration, which re- sulted in a bloody fight between the paraders and police. The information was obtained. it was said, by agents of | the Justice Department and the Immi- gration Bureau. Police were told that leaders of the May day demonstration will begin to gather here this week. They also will make arrangements, according to Fed- eral agents, for a parade either in front of the White House or the Capi- tol Friday when a group of Eastern college students are due here from Kentucky ception they met in that State when they attempted to visit striking mining camps, Plead Not Guilty. Early this afternoon the trial of the demonstrators arrested Saturday was still in session before Judge Ralph Given in District Police Court. Earlier, Joan Hardy, Baltimore, and James L. Kfinnedy and Albert Luskin, Philadel- phia, assault charges in the United States branch of Police Court and demanded Jury trials. Upon recommendation of Assistant United States Attorney Michael F. Keogh, Judge Isaac R. Hitt fixed bond for each of the defendants at $500 and set the trials for April 6. Ivan Kostrow and Ivon Ignatoff, both of Baltimore, also will be arraigned on assault charges. The young girl, Kennedy and Luskin are said have attacked police when the latter were attempting to tear up red ink placards held by the paraders. When the fight was over, the Hardy girl was on the ground unconscious and Kennedy and Luskin were bleeding from head wounds. = __While these three were being ar- (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) HARRIS CRITICALLY ILL Georgia Senator Is Stricken on Re- turn From Bladder Operation. Senator Harris of Georgia is in a se- rious condition at his home here with intestinal trouble. The Senator developed the intestinal trouble shortly after returning home from a bladder operation. It was thought he was about recovered and would resume his Senate duties when the new trouble began. How serious his condition is will be determined within the next two days, his physician said. He will not be re- turned to the hespital. “reluctance” BORAH OPENS FIRE | ONUS. RAL LOAN “Every Form of Pressure” Used, He Declares in Senate. By the Associated Press. Trouble threatened today in the Sen- ate over the recent $12,800,000 loan to | Tacks. | the Missouri Pacific Ralroad Co. by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Senator Borah (Republican) of Idaho | fell in the revolt 16 years ago, they | called attention to the loan and the | Feiterated their resolve to set up a re- of the Interstate Com- merce Commission to approve it. He FREE STATE RELAND IN DEMONSTRATION DENIANDS REPUBLL De Valera Supported in Most Determined Stand in Dozen Years. ASSEMBLIES, PEACEFUL, EXTEND OVER COUNTRY Backing of Independent Labor Party Promised When Parlia- ment Considers Issue. By the Associated Press. DUBLIN, Irish Free State, March 28 —President Eamon de Valera's govern- ment found iiself fortified today, after one of the most peaceful, but demon- strative, Easter week ends in a dozen years, to go ahead with the plan to abolish the oath of alleglance to King George, In demonstrations yesterday thou- sands of men and women, members of the Republican Army and other tech- nically illegal organizations, sounded a call for an Irish Republic. They sup- ported De Valera’s plan to abolish the oath and the land annuities, and add that this was only part of the way they would go along the road to independ- ence, Labor Party Support Seen. In England, where the Irish question promised to be taken up in Parliament immediately, reports said the Free State government would be backed by the in- dependent Labor party. A dispatch from Blackpool, where the party held its annual conference, quoted George Buchanan, independent Labor member of Parliament, as saying he and his colleague, James Maxton, would support De Valera’s plan. Processions in commemoration of the Easter revolt of 1916 were held through- out Ireland yesterday. Those who took part were unarmed, however, and the | Free State Army was confined to bar- The men of the “Republican | Army” marched silently in Dublin, with | faces set, but well-behaved. | At the graves of their comrades, who | public, smash the Anglo-Irish treaty end remove British interests from Ire- land. said he had information that “every; form of pressure within reason and de- | England Declared Only Enemy. Metropolitan _Police Department, | to protest against the re-| entered pleas of mot guilty to| cency was used to bring about the loan.” Couzens to Tackle Issue. Chairman Couzens of the Senate In- terstate Commerce Committee, said he was investigating the loan and would discuss it tomorrow. ‘The Interstate Commerce Commis- | sion, in approving the loan, said it did so only at the insistence of the Recon- | struction Finance Corporation and pro- | tested that part of the loan was to be used in taking up a private loan by the road from New York bankers. Senator Johnson, Republican, of Cali- fornia, suggested to Couzens that he discuss in his speech tomorrow “gov- ernment for and by the international bankers.” “I think,” replied Couzens, “that the Van Sweringens and the treasurer of the Republican National Committee (Joseph R. Nutt of Cleveland) were more effective in this case than the international bankers.” In bringing up the question Borah read from the decision of the Com- merce Commission stating it was “not convinced that the Reconstruction Fi- nance Corporation should take up bank loans of this character.” Borah Scores Policy. The Missouri-Pacific had a $11,700,- 000 loan from New York banks, includ- | ing J. P. Morgan, Kuhn, Loeb & Co. and the Guaranty Trust Co., due April 1. The banks agreed to extend half of | this loan and the subsequent loan from | the Reconstruction Finance Corpora- tion was to meet the $5,750,000 due the bankers, “I think it worthy of the attention of | those who believed the Reconstruction Tinance Corporation was created for certain purposes and not for the pur- | pose of enabling banks to take advan- tage of the public Treasury,” Borah commented. Senator Robinson, the Democratic | leader, observed that the law required that all loans to rajlroads be first ap- proved by the Interstate Commerce | Commission and called attention that the commission had approved this par- ticular loan. He asked that the Senate be informed if pressure was brought to bring about this gpproval. “I will just say now,” sald Couzens, “that conferences between the railroad | executives and officers of the Recon- | Struction Finance Corporation were held Just prior to this loan.” |, Discussion of the case went over when | the Senate was forced to resume its un- 1rgfiluhed business—the tariff revision Passengers Taken Off Liner. | MARSEILLES, France, March 28 (#).—Passengers and cargo were taken Off the Fabre steamship Providence to- day. The vessel ran aground in the Greek Archipelago Friday, but line offi- clals said she would be refloated soon. At Cavan, where the procession was |balf a mile long, Maude Gonne Mc- | Bride, “Irish Joan of Arc,” declared |in an address that “De Valera is mak- |ing a great stand against England, our | only enemy in the world.” The Republican Army, in a statement read at the celebrations, declared the | treaty with England was imposed by force and was “unnatural and im- moral.” Armed police kept peace throughout | Northern Ireland, where many Repub- lican demonstra.ons also were held. At St. Mary’s graveyard at Newry, County Down, where trouble was ex- pected, Malachi Quinn, noted ulster | Republican, announced that “owing to | the presence of the armed soldiers of | England” there would be no oration. Police Occupy Cemetery. At Londonderry police occupied the | cemetery from midnight on. A crowd |of 500 Republicans gathered in the | rear of a church, however, an address |was made by one of the leaders and prayers were said for the dead. A crowd of 1,000 gathered before the locked gates of the great Catholic cemetery at Belfast, knelt in the road- way and recited the rosary. DENIAL ISSUED HERE. Irish Not to Repudiate Land Annuities, Says MacWhite. Michael MacWhite, Minister of the Irish Free State, issued a statement to- day denying his government proposes a repudiation of land annuities. | "He said the Irish Free State’s posi- tion with regard to land annuities has been misunderstood in the United States and questioned the statement of J. H. Thomas, British secretary for the dominions, that the Irish Free State “was bound by the most formal and ex- plicit undertaking” to pay the land an- nuities to Great Britain. MacWhite said the Irish government is not aware of any such undertaking, | Britain surrendered the annuities to | Ireland and assumed the obligation to | meet the dividends and the general service of the land stock debt. The statement said that was British law when the treaty with Ireland was signed in 1921, and the treaty did not mention the annuities. Consequently, MacWhite insists, the legal position of the annuities is the same as it was in 1920, when Great Britain agreed to reimburse Ireland for overtaxation. Survives Plunge in Car. RICHMOND, Va, March 28 (#).— Miss Helen Kosma, 18, survived with only slight injuries today a plunge of her automobile from the top of the drive at Lubby Hill Park to a terrace 50 feet below. Police said a note found in the automobile addressed to her lfather said she wanted “to end it all.” but relies on an act of the British Leg- | | istature passed in 1920 in which Great | CARNER TO PLEAD WITH HOUSE FOR BALANCED BUDGET !Speaker Indicates He Will Make Special Appeal, Prob- ably Tomorrow. AGAINST PLAN OF TURNING BILL OVER TO SENATE Original Mellon-Mills Program of Heavy Selected Levies Is Given Study, By the Associated Press A House that has repeatedly run rough shod over its leadership probably will receive an appeal tomorrow from Speaker Garner to pass a bill to bale ance the budget. He indicated today in a conference with newspaper men that he would take the floor to urge the House to accept taxes that would offset the loss of revenue represented by its action in trimming the sales tax from the pende ing revenue bill, “It has come to a point now where the worst kind of taxes are better than no taxes at all,” he said. Sereoted Taxes Urged His statement came about the ®Wme there were being distributed % House members copies of a letter from the American Farm Bureau Federation, ad- vocating selected taxes on luxuries and certain manufactures and levies on a group of imports to make up the amount lost by elimination of the sales ax. Some of the import taxes proposed were similar to amendments that were pending Saturday when Democratic, Republican and ~Independent leaders united in appeals to the House not to transform the tax bill into a tariff measure and finally succeeded in turn- ing back the flood of such proposals. In renewing his assertions that the budget must be balanced, Speaker Garner said at his morning conference with newspaper men: Favored Sales Tax. “I advocated the sales tax because I thought it was the easlest way to balance the budget as a temporary measure, but the House did not care {ur that mkl;d of tax. urn to other taxes to get the revenus to balance the hudget"e % “Unless the budget is balanced, for- elgn exchange will depreciate and I don't know what would happen. You ;ou;m the dollar would be affected pes o Asked whether there was growing sentiment in the House to permit the f:il’aale to draft the revenue bill, Garner “I hope not.” The Texan said he would make a strenuous fight in order to get enough Tevenue to meet the runnii Xpenses of the Government. S “If you were in England or France or Italy, or in any other country where the government was running behind in its operating expenses $5,000,000 a day and no effort was made by the govern- ment to meet the situation, you wouldn't keep your money in that country,” Gar- ner said. Mills Holds Conference. Meanwhile, Secretary of the Treas: Mills conferred with the House wfi and Means Subcommittee, preparing the (Continued on Page 2, Column ; FARM SALES PLAN GUARANTEES PRICES | International Harvester Co. Offers to Protect Machinery Buyers Against Low Market. We will have to By the Associated Press, | CHICAGO, March 28.—The Interna- | tional Harvester Co. has offered wheat, corn and cotton growers who deal with it a new trade plan which in effect { Buarantees them higher prices for their product than now prevail. Its officials announced yesterday that on all notes for farm machinery matur- ing in 1932 the company will credit the grower with the difference between the average market quotation for the five- day period preceding and including the ga(e of maturity and a basic price of 70 cents a bushel for wheat and 50 cents a bushel for corn at Chicago and 8'; cents a pound for cotton at New Orleans. An example of how the plan would work out was given by George A. Ranny, Vice president in charge of sales. To meet a note of $420, he said, a grower would have to sell a hypothetical 600 bushels at 70 cents. Should the market price, however, be only 60 cents at ma- turiy and the grower realizes only $360, the International Harvester Co. would credit him with $60 on the note. Ranny said the company had faith farm prices would soon improve and was undertaking the guarantee plan to overcome what it believed to be reluc- tance of farmers to buy machinery be- cause of present low prices. GOLD MINERS Stream Where the Metal Colorado Yields a By the Associated Press. DENVER, March 28.—The sands of Cherry Creek, where gold was first dis- covered in Colorado, are ringing again to the song of miners' pans. Fortunes came out of the creek 60 years ago until men seeking greater profits attacked the mother lodes which lay in the hills. Now, after two generations, its sands again are sloshing through homemnda' sluice boxes and against miners’ P4¥alled in, the once-meandering stream cuts a straight course through the city. Automobiles race along the boulevards which flank it and cross its many bridges. Children play on its pre- cisel and grassy 3 below, however, the scene Gn s 1s not so . Men stand ankle deep DENVER CREEK AGAIN ATTRACTS AFTER 60 YEARS Was First Discovered in Living to Jobless. in water and rock their placer cradles. Gravel falls into shining pans, to be sloshed out again with monotonous mo- tions of stooping miners. The unem- ployed are working the creek. One man can glean about $3 a day with a pan. A group, working together, can pool its dust each day and sell it to the United States Mint under a recent CAPONE GANG REVOLT FOR LEADERSHIP SEEN Reputed “Enforcer” Said to Seek Chief’s Place—Open Warfare Is Expected. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 28—Reports were current today that all is not well within the ranks of the gang of Al Capone, They had it that a revolt has been started by some members to prevent Prank Nittl, the reputed “enforcer” of that the mint may take any amount of gold from $50 up. It's & liv- | ing, anyway, say the miners. Placer miners are busy, also, in the bed of the South Platte River, which also runs through Denver, and in other streams elsewhere in the State, So widespread is the return to gold mining that the Community Chest of Pueblo, Colo., has ted a free course in placer mining men, Capone's orders, from charge of the syndicate while Capone is locked up as a violator of the income tax law. Nitti_recently returned to Chi from Leavenworth, Kans., where served 15 months in the Government penitentiary for a tax-law violation. The Chicago Herald and Examiner said Ilumr:oy Humphries had been it was possible open warfare. mighy