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Pt E M. BYERS' DEATH HELD ACCIDENTAL Examiner Traces Cause to Prinking “Radium Water” for Two Years. ____(Continued From First afternoon at the home of a brother, J. F. Byers, in Sewickley. Lyens said Byers' {liness began about five years ago as the result of falling from a Pullman berth while en route home from a Yale-Harvard foot ball ame. One of his arms was injured the fall i Dr. Charles F. Boiduan, director of the Bureau of Health Education, said tocay the sale of radium-treated waters had been banned in New York City since 1915. He explained that there was no active law against their sale, but a special section of the sanitary code enacted in 1915 required that the sale of all patented medicated fluids must be made under a Health Depart- ment permit, and no such permit was ever applied for by the makers or sellers of any radioactive nostrum. Byers' death spurred the medical examiners’ office to start an inquiry to see if it involved criminality. Death Was Forecast. Last September Dr. Joseph M. Stei- ner, New York specialist, had told the Trade Commission in Washington that Mr. Byers would dic of a brain abscess resulting from radium. Byers, at a hearing held last Sep- tember at his home because he was too 11l to move, testified he drank 1,4 tles of a product known as i Later the commission forbade the Bai- lev Radium Laboratories, Inc., of East Orange, N. J, from advertising their product “radithor” as harmless. | Meningitis and pneumonia only speeded the death which had been in- evitable for a year, Dr. Fredericg B. Finn radium expert of Columbia Uni- versity said. He declared a belief that others were suffering from the afflic- tion Mr. Byers' attending physician said he would bring the case before the Academy of Medicine soon Physicians pointea out the case was net to be confused with the use of radium in cancer treatment. In the latter cases the radium is not used in- ternally ‘Was Well Known Golfer. Mr. Byers was chairman of the board of the A. M. Byers Co., makers of steel and iron pipe and, 51 years of age. He maintained homes in Pittsburgh, South- ampton, N. Y., and Aiken, 8. C, and also spent much time in New York City. He was among the leading amateur golfers early in the century, being run- ner-up in the national amateur in 1902 and 1903, and defeating G. S. Lyon of Canada for the American title in 1906. He is survived by his brother, J. Frederic, a vice president of A. M. Byers Co., and a sister, Mrs. Lyon of New York City. R. J. Foley, assistant director, said | today that the first death certificate | offered for Byers was refused by the Bureau of Vital Statistics last night. WILL PROBE RADIUM “CURES.” Federal Trade Commission to Act Fol lowing Death of E. M. Byers. By the Associated Press. The Federal Trade Commission de- cided today to press its investigation of radium “cures” as a result of the death from radium poisoning of Eben MacBurney Byers, Pittsburgh iron man- ul turer. Chairman, Humphrey sald after a meeting of the commission that it would expedite the inquiry started by Robert H. Winn, commission attorney, and prepare for further public hearings. | The commission has before it a num- ber of complaints against certain ra- dium treatments, and has been con- ducting an inquiry into them for sev- | eral months. Winn has been ordered | several times to speed up the investi- | gation. “I hav: twice instructed Winn to press forward these cases,” Humphrey said, “and I hope that the public at-| tention which has been called to these | ‘cures’ will result in legislation giving | the commission jurisdiction in all such cases without having to prove s legiti- mate competitor.” Will Talk to Copeland. Humphrey said he had sought an ap- intment - with _Senator _Copeland, emocrat, of New York, a physicien, to discuss legislation giving the commis- sion unquestioned authority in such cases, The food and drug administration at the Department of Agriculture today began an investigation into the death of Byers. It will look into the claims on the | labels of the preparation which Byers began taking about two years ago. Dr. Frederick J. Cullen explained that if the statements are found to be | false the administration has authority | to undertake court action against the | company. The case of Byers formed the ba: of an extensive investigation by th | commission, which resulted. in January, in the issuance of a cease and desist order against the Bailey Radium Lab- | oratories, Inc., of East Orange, N. J., | which was accused of misrepresenting | & product known as “radithor.” | The commission order forbade the | defendant concern to advertise the preparation as a “harmless product” in | the treatment of .a long list of condi- | tions and symptoms, more than 160 in | number. It further prohibited the ad- vertisement of the product in the treat- ment of certain gland disorders Death Was Several specialists were called into the case, and one of these, Dr. Joseph M. Steiner of New York, predicted that 8 brain abscess resulting from radium would prove fatal to Byers. Earlier testimony was taken by Winn 8t Byers' home on Long Island. Byers testified that he had taken “two or, three bottles a day” of radithor over ! 2 period of about two years, beginning about 1928 | He said he had taken radithor under orders of a Pittsburgh physician total amount of radithor he took would aggregate some bottlés. Subse- quent testimony showed each bottle of radithor rontained two micrograms of radium—one of & gram cf the substance Drs. Harold S. Vaughan and Joseph 6 Wheelwright, New York specialists were also called by Winn and testified at efter Byers had taken that quan- tity of radithor he had come to them with a severe and serious condition of the mouth. facia! bones, teeth and gums. Both testified to have treated Byers, but admitted they were at a loss to understand the cause of his con- dition Blamed Radium Poisoning. It was Dr. Steiner, to whom the two| other physicians sent Byers for X-ray' examination, who suggested that the condition might be caused by radium | poisoning. Dr. Steiner drew his con- clusions from previous experience in the famous “dial-painting cases” involving | radium poisoning in a New Jersey watch factory In view of Steiner's suggestion Byers was sent to Dr. Frederick B. Flinn, pro-, fessor of :ndustrial hygiene at Columb.a University, who detrrmirizd there were some 36 micrograms of radium de- posited in Byers' body. ‘The physcians then made. a desper- ate effort to rid Byers' body of the radium, but before he could show more than slight improvement X-rays taken daily showed the development of a eritical bra.n condition, with every in- dicatian of the formation of a brain , Wilch Steiner predicted would m if it spread rapidly. \ orecast. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, Paulina at Atlantic City LATEST PICTURE OF LATE SPEAKER'S DAUGHTER. AULINA LONGWORTH, daughter of Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth and the late Nicholas Longworth, Speaker of the House, with her pet dog on the Boardwalk at Atlantic City, N. J,, where she spent the Easter holidays with her mother. —Wide World Photo. SHAFT SUNK TO RESCUE BABY WEDGED IN MINE DRILL HOLE Three-Year-Old Boy Stays Doubled Up‘ for 11 Hours 20 Feet Below Earth's By the Associated Press. MIAMI, Okla.. April 1.—After tossing fretfully and telling his nurse frequent- ly “I feel bad,” 3-year-old Gerald Col- lins, wbo was rescued last night from a drill hole at a mine near Picher, Okla., was carefully examined at a hos- pital today. Physicians found his head was swollen, apparently from bruises, and he had a bad cold. Whether -his would develop into pneumonia the doctors could not say at the time. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Collins, the youth- ful parents, spent the night in the hos- pital with the boy. The doctors planned to take X-rays to determine if any bones were broken. Thanks Echo Through Hills. Wan and bruised, but with a coura- geous “I'm all right,” Gerald doubled up for 11 hours 20 feet below the sur- | face of the earth at the Mary Ann Lead and zinc mine near Picher, was rescued through a parallel shaft last night. “He's alive,” cried a husky miner. Out from beyond the lights of the little | rescue area a roar .of thanks echoed through the hills from the throats of thousands of watchers. Whirled in an ambulance 11 miles to | the Baptist Hospital here cuddling in the mother’s embrace of Mrs. Paul Col- lins, little Gerald “talked a blue streak.” ‘Toddling after his work-bound father, Gerald sto) d to pla bout the 250- | e Tts | Perry Dunn, 12, fell into a water-filled foot drill hole yesterday morning. maximum diameter is about a foot. He fell in and, with his knees doubled up and his arms pinned above his head, wedged 20 feet down. There he stayed until volunteers and miners of the Tri- State lead and zinc district got him out after a frantic battle to pierce solid rock. “Hurry, daddy. take me, take me!” the little boy called out as his rescuers, working in small squads, neared suc- cess “Gee, but he's a gritty one” cried Y. M. C. A. PROMOTION SECRETARY NAMED Randolph E. Myers Appointed to Newly Created Position in Organization. Randolph E. Myers. who has been social secretary of the department of service of the Washington Young Men's Christian Associ: years, has been appointed promotion secretary of the association, effective immediately. The position is a new one. created under the newly appointed Promotion Committee of the Y. M. C. A., of which Assistant Secretary of Agriculture R. W. Dunlap is chairman. Other mem- The pers of the committee are Fred Net- | tleship, E. M. Willis. George E. Harris, George Kennedy, Cuy W. Lane and Carson Frailey Mr. Myers will assist in the mem- five-hundred-thousandth pership-promotion program outlined by | the not the similating new members and acquaint- ing_them with all activities of the T C. A and related organizations. Mr. Myers joined the staff of local “Y" on January 1, 1918, leaving shortly thereafter to spend six months with the Marines. desk secretary and later became social secretary. committee. The program includes 450 ORPHANS SEE PLAY ‘Witness Operetta Given by Y. W. Girl Reserves. More than 450 orphan children from Washington_institutions were guests at the Young Women’s Christian Associa- tion yesterday for the presentation of !a three-act operetta, “The Pied Piper of Hamelin”, by the Girl Rescrves of the association. The operetta is being repeated tonight at 8:15 o'clock and tomorrow afternoon at 2:30_o'clock. at the YW.CA. ‘The Girl Reserve Department of the association presents a play of this type each year. Mrs. Willlam McClellan Ritter is chairman and Miss Elsa Peter. son is vice chairman of the committee sponsoring the event. ation for a number of | only expansion of membership of association, but also means for as-, the He returned as Tickets are available Surface. “Daddy" Collins, young mine prospsstor. “God love yoi!" sobbed his blue-eyad mother, with her baby at last in her arms. Rock Balks Steam Shovel. First efforts to drag the baby to safety with a rope were futile. A pick and shovel brigade moved quickly to sink | the parallel shaft.. A steam shovel was wheeled into play, but it balked at the rock. Then a compressed air drill was | found, and.shifts of twe and four men, working with all thélr might, conquered the barrier. Down to 22 feet, a two-foot tunnel | was dug into the drill hole. Tearing | Toos= stones and earth from Gerald's | small body, the workers drew the baby with infinite care to the shaft. | “pr. Pinnell, Dr.. F. L. Wormington | and Dr. Frank Merriwether, the latter head of the Bureau of Mines Clinic, rendered first ald. Fresh air, warmed electrically at the first chill of dusk, was pumped to Gerald. Gas fumes were feared. Light and telephone lines were set up. Self | appointed marshals pressed the crowd back. Ivan Fisher, assistant State'’s mine inspector, directed the rescue. BOY DROWNS IN MINE SHAFT. | Companion Looks on Helplessly as 12-Year-Old Dies. | GALENA, Mo, April 1 (#)—Johnny mine shaft yesterday and drowned | near here while a companion Billy Howerton, looked on helplessly. Howerton made a futile attempt to summon aid after his companion sank the second time. France has a campaign urging citizens to be patriotic and buy French automobtles REBELLION FLARES ON KOREA BORDER Chinese Victorious in Kirin. Japanese Plan Offensive in Nungan District. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, April 1.—Hostile forces In the Nungan district of Manchuria were | inactive today, but rebellion against the | | regime of Henry Pu-Yi flared men- ‘Yucinnly in the Chinentao district on the Kirin-Korea border. Dispatches from that area reported that 1500 Chinese insurgents under Wang Teh-Lin had defeated the Kirin provincial troops advancing on Pai Tsao- | Kou, 85 miles east of Tunhua, where the Japanese consular police were pre- paring to defend the Japanese branch of the consulate, in which many Japan- | ese have taken refuge. The Rengo (Japanese) News Agency correspondent at Changchun reported | that the Japanese Army and its Chinese | allies were preparing for a general of- fensive in the Nungan district begin- | ning April 2 in an effort to destroy the | rebel army. REBE S NFAR CHANGCHU Chinese Troops Within 30 Miles of Manchurian Capital. HAREIN, Manchuria, April 1 (#).— | Chinese irregulars are within 30 miles of their objective, Changchun, the new Manchurian capital, while farther north in Kirin Province, the irregulars were fighting Japanese around Hailin The Rengo (Japanese) News Agency reported that Japanese forces had cap- tured the railroad station at Hailin from Chinese irregulars, killing 150 Chinese and themselves losing three dead and five wounded. Japanese forces in the south, around Nangun, were reported in sharp skir- | mishes with irregulars, who were march- ing on the capital. | A few days ago tanks, infantry and | air forces had been ordered into the Nangun district and apparently had engaged the advancing Chinese. | A reconnoitering Japanese plane, which left Harbin for the south of Kirin yesterday, was reported missing, and | Japanese ‘military authorities feared it had been forced down in hostile terri- tory. | The rebels around Nangun were re- | ported to be 7,000 strong, and the Jap- anese under Lieut. Gen. Ren Mori were consolidating théir forces with those of the Chinese governor, Hsi Hsia, of Kirin | Province to meet the advancing force. | PROTEST MEETING CALLED. Japanese Fight Proposed Ban on Bids | for Hawaiian Contracts. HONOLULU, April 1 (#).—Japanese | contractors called a meeting yesterday | to protest against a measure in the | Hawaiian Legislature prhibiting aliens from bidding on government contracts. A resolution before the Senate Ju- | diciary Committee would ask Gov. Law: rence M. Judd to submit such a bill to | the special session now being held M. K. Goto, president of the Japanese Contractors’ ~ Association, said alien Japanese contractors always complied | with the law and used citizen labor ex- | clusively on government contracts. They have constructed several large terri- torial projects. 1 Dr. Frank M. Lee Has Confidential | | Message for Stimson. | _SAN FRANCISCO, April 1 (#).—Dr. | Frank M. Lee, Chinese Nationalist gov- | |ernment envoy to the United States, | has arrived here on his way to Wash ington with a confidential message for | Secretary of State Stimson. Dr. Lee declined” to discuss the nature of the | message. ! BERT HALL BACK IN CHINA. y | S. Flyer May Accept Post With Goy- ernment Again. | SHANGHAI, April 1 (#).—Bert Hall, American aviator, who is well known in China because of previous assistance to | the Nanking government, arrived here today from San Francisco. He declined to reveal his plans, but | indicated it was likely he would again | BANKING BL HEL INOFFORTUNE NOW Opposition Emphasizes Con- tradiction to Little Credit Now in Use. BY MARK SULLIVAN, ‘The extremely important Glass bank- ing bill, which amounts to & revision of the Federal Reserve act and of the country’s banking structure, is at a point where it must be either acted upon or put off to a future session Senator Glass says it will be enacted It is probable, however, there is more opposition to the bill as of the present time on the part of Senator Glass' friends and assoclates than he himself is permitted to learn. It is probable that some who have doubts about pass- ing the bill at this time are reluctant, or extremely restrained in saying so, but will nevertheless express their nega- tive conviction if and when a roll call comes, This curious situation begins with the exalted esteem for Senator Glass per- sonally which is literally universal in Washington, The Virginia Senator is T4 years old, he has been Secretary of the Treasury, and he was one of the | authors of the Federal Reserve System as originated in 1914. Personally his character, his ability and his intellec- tual integrity are of a sort that evokes universal admiration, and reminds the | present. day of the period when there were real Romans in the Senate. The fact that Mr. Glass is about the most irasctble man in Washington works in is case for greater affection for him. He himself makes public humorous ref- erences to his combativeness and to the efforts of his legions of friends to per- suade him to soften his frequent and explosive asperities. | Friends Against Bill. Because of the Virginia Senator’s really exceptional personality and posi- tion in public life, a banking bill writ- ten by him automatically commands high respect. His present bill, however, has become sufficiently well known to make it clear that under present con: ditions many who have the highest admiration for the Senator will hardly support his bill, The objections to the Glass bill are mainly objections as of the present time. That any banking bill written | by Senator Glass is sound hardly needs saying. He is ultra-orthodox and ul- tra-conservative. Under different con- ditions his bill probably would, with some changes, be enacted. The queries raised about its desirability at this time can only be understood by recalling the | circumstances under which Senatgr Glass was moved to write it. Almost exactly three years ago there | was & boom on the New York Stock Exchange. It was recognized to be dangerous by the Federal =Reserve Board at Washington. The board un- | dertook to check it by a public ad- monition to the New York banks which, malnly, were prqviding the funds with which the boom was financed. This admonition the New York banks pub- licly and rather jeeringly flouted. Haughtily they said, in words and by their actions, that, interpreting thefr duty for themselves, they would con- tinue to provide their customers with the funds financing the boom. The head of the National City Bank, Charles E. Mitchell, pointedly and curt- ly told the board, in effect, to take the air and be on its way. He said that | as for his bank, “We feel that we have | an obligation_which is paramount to | any Federal Reserve warning or any- | thing else.” Senator Glass Aroused. That episode outraged Senator Glass | to the highest degree of his exceptional | Sapacity for indignation. The Federal | Reserve System was his child; now, | | not only was it being perverted from | its function, but its authority was being | flouted. With a degree of feeling equal | to Mr. Mitchell's own, and more acidly | phrased, Senator Glass said publicly that the New York banker should be | disciplined by the Federal Reserve Board | It was at that time and in that! spirit that the present Glass banking | bill was conceived. The original draft was written in April, 1929. The inter- vening period has been spent in pro- longed hearings and other delays. The bill was then and is now designed pri- marily to prevent any such stock ex- change boom ever recurring in the future. It is designed to prevent ex- | pansion of credit. That the bill is| A FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1932. Mr. Gloom Comments Finds House Ready to O. K. Almost Any Kind of Tax if You Call It Something Else—Garner Uses Rockne System. This is the first of several articles by Elmer Davis, written in Washing- ton, in which he will set down the observations and reflections upon the taz battle of Godfrey C. Gloom, a mythical character Mr. Davis has made tangible as a sardomic com- mentator upon politics and politi- cians. BY ELMER DAVIS. MONG the tourists now visiting | ‘Washington to look at Congress | and the cherry blossoms 1is Godfrey C. Gloom. an old- fashioned Jeflersonian Demo- | crat from Amity, Ind, who was en- | countered this afternoon by a reporter outside the House of Representatives gallery. “1 been in there watching Mr. Crisp put over more and more additions to the tax bill,” said Mr, Gloom, “till I coluldn't stand any longer. It's true he introduced | each one with the melancholy remark that it hurt him more than it did us, but that didn't decrease the an- guish of the by- r,” added Gloom, patri- ! otically, “the bud- get has got to be balanced and I guess it will be now that Mr Garner has said his say. “This Garner is very smart; he runs the House the way Knute Rockne used to run the Notre Dame foot ball team. ““You remember Rockne used to put in | his second team first and for a while | they would play their heads off. Natu- | rally the opposition had to play their heads off, too, and when they were good | and tired out Rockne would stick in his | first team and run all over them. Crisp Bears Brunt, “Well, that's the way Garner played it. He sent Mr. Crisp in there to bare his breast to all the shafts of criticism, and pretty soon Crisp was looking like a pincushion the way the shafts stuck out on him. But then when Crisp was licked and the fellows that licked him was still off bal- ance Garner came in and pushed 'em over before they knew where they were. And now Crisp has got his| second wind and is | back in the game again, and Mr. La Guardia is saying that this tax bili is just about what he | wanted from the first, so it looks as if everybody is happy. | “Yes,” ‘the reporter began, “after the House had heard from Garner——" “Maybe some of them had heard from home before they heard from Garner” Mr. Gloom observed. “As Garner knew they would if he give 'em a couple of days' time. Yes, sir, the way Garner played that was certainly g00d news. We've always had plenty of Democrats with good intentions, but it's something novel and encouraging to find a Democrat who's slick. And he may have to keep on being slick to get this bill passed. | “After all, a lot of these fellows in Congress will run_whenever somebody says ‘shoo.’ La Guardia shooed 'em one way last week, Garner shooed 'em the other way this week, and who knows who will shoo them which way | next week? Not forgetting,” Mr. Gloom | dryly continued, “that this bill has still | got to go through another branch of | Corrress, and nobody knows what it will look like by the time Reed Smoot and his friends get through with it.” “But,” said the reporter, “the House “Oh, yes” Mr. Gloom agreed, “these fellows will accept most anything if you call it something else. They abhor a tariff but they'll stand for it if you call become associated with the National | admirable for these purposes is ad-|it & domestic excise. They won't have | government as an aviation expert. | TOKIO SHIP COMPLETED TOKIO, April 1 (#)—The 10,000~ ton cruiser Atago was completed at| the naval dock yard at Kure yesterday and incorporated into the navy. | It is the sixth of Japan's group of | eight 10,000-ton ships. The seventh, | | the Maya, is now undergoing trial runs | and is expected to be commissioned { soon, while the eighth, the Chokai, will be completed within two months | All the ships carry ten 8-inch guns and have a top speed of 33 knots. | A BANK for the INDIVIDUAL [ v | W Coull B | i Second We would probably ‘\ to get into debt. It takes considerabl Tliouglqts First not permit ourselves e moral character to live within one’s income, be it small orbe it large. If you desire to consolidate your debts into our loan officers and one amount, come in and talk to one of we may be able to maie you a bank loan which may be re- | paid by means of monthly deposits. purpose. Morris Plan Bank Under Supervision U. S. Treasury We make bank loans for any constructive 1408 H Street Northwest Capital & Surplus, $250,000 mitted. The difficulty is it comes for- | ward for enactment at a time when | conditions are exactly the reverse of a boom and when the country's funda- | mental need is more credit instead of | less. Many bankers, business men and | Senators, fully as sincere as Senator Glass, are appalled af the idea of en- acting at this time a bill which would, in their judgment, cause some contrac- tion of the little credit now in use and | certainly would restrain future expan- sion of credit. They would be glad to have the bill enacted a year or two from now. SOL Originators of the BUDGET BUYING PLAN in Washington it's Avail yourself of the convenience of this plan. a sales tax if you hand it to them in | one lump. But if youll only spend a | few days mentioning everything any- | body sells, one item at a time, they'll‘ CREPE MYRTLE 5-Ft. 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My granddaughter, Irene, who made the trip with me, has been calling herself a rew fash- ioned La Guard- ian Democrat, but she changed her mind in a hurry when she saw that 10 per cent tax on cosmetics. How- ever, after a bit she rallled from the blow. After all, she says, ‘the way a woman looks pends a lot on the way she feels, and o— where is the wom- an so unpatriotic as not to be bucked up by the thought that every time she retouches her lips after this she's not only tmproving her appearance but con- tributing to the support of her Gov- ernment?' “And at that,” went on Mr. Gloom, “Congress showed a pretty fine di crimination in the way they laid those taxes. I was there when Mr. Cox of Georgia made his impassioned appeal to reject the soft-drinks tax so that the children’s sodas won't have to con- tribute to the upkeep of the Gover: ment. Well, he got nowhere and I'm glad of it. Might as well let the chil- dren find out they've got a Govern- ment, and what it cost, now as later. Stood by Georgia. “And then Mr. Schafer of Wisconsin come back at Georgia with his proposal to tax Coca Cola as much as they tax home brew. Well, the House very sensi- bly stood by Georgia and rebuked Wis- counsin. Ycu don't want a tax that people can evade and if soft drinks cost too much there might be a de- | cline in consumption. Whereas home brew seems to be one of the necessaries of life and they have to have it, tax or e’s tax on soft said the reporter. “I know,” sald Mr. Gloom. “But I doubt if the Government is going to get much revenue out of that added burden it laid on mineral waters. All that means is that from now on peo- ple are going to drink their liquor straight.” “OLD JOHN,” WHO NEVER TOOK VACATION, BURIED 67-Year-0Old Colored Messenger for New York Times Is Laid to Rest. “Old John” Owen, 67-year-old colored messenger for the Washington Bureau of the New York Times, was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, 153 Benning road southeast, this morning. Funeral services for “Old John,” who never took a vacation because “‘nobody | could do his job,” were conducted at 11 oclock this morning in the Bethlehem Baptist Church. Nichols_avenue and Howard road southeast. He died Mon- day. Owen was reared on the plantation of former Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels at Raleigh, N. C. He came here 45 years ago and was employed by the Times for 15 years. His residence was 1736 Galen street southeast. “Old John” was a familiar figure at all the Government bureaus, where he made dally trips to collect sheafs of statements for his employers. Under present laws in Austria em- ployes are entitled to six weeks' notice f being discharged. year ago deeply. Suits —are made of im- ported flannel. Cut in both single and double breasted styles—tan, gray and blue shades. Would Have Been $40 a Year Ago The Mode—F at Eleventh de- | Glenbrook Specials DE VALERA HOLDS OATH PEACE BAR Removal Declared Best Guar- antee for Civil Accord in Ireland. BY the Associated Press. | DUBLIN, April 1.—The best guaran | tee of civil peace in Ireland, President | Eamon de Valera told the Associated Press today, is the intention of the resent Free State government to abol- ish the oath of allegiance to the Brit- ish crown “Irishmen don't adopt violent methods attain their rights any more than other people,” he said, “unless thoy believe that those rights cannot be at< tained by any other means. “The present government proposes ta remove the oath of allegiance from the constitution because in the past 10 year it has prevented the adoption of peace- ful political methods by a considerable section of the people. We believe this action will lead to internal peace.” | Easter Demonstration Orderly. | | _ The tall, slim leader of the Fianna Fail took pains to point out that there was no disorder during the Easter dem= onstration by various Irish Republican groups whose activities were under the ban of the Cosgrave government. “The fact that there was no breach of the peace certainly is evidence of the good sense of the people,” he said, “and it indicates that in all sections the people realize tneir responsibilities as citizens.” The correspondent asked if he had any definite guarantees that there would be no physical strife in Ireland. “Our policy itself,” the President ree is the best guarantee against plied, | strite.” [ After a prolonged and fruitless dis- cussion last night the new cabinet de- | cided to discuss ngain today its reply | to the recent British note insisting that the oath of allegiance to the King and |land annuities must be retained: | Before it adjourned the cabinet em. phatically denied it had split over the. issue or that there was serious dissen. sicn, although such rumors were cur- rent in anti-government quarters. Secrecy ¥s Maintained. It was evident, however, that attempts ™~ at full agreement on the note up to this | time has not been achieved, but, owing * | to_secrecy of officials, the grounds for differences have not been learned. The incident arose shortly after | Eamcn de Valera became President and | announced that the oath and annuities as covered by the Anglo-Irish treaty of * 1922 were not mandatory under that agreement and would henceforth be dispensed with, the annuities to be | retained by the government of the Irish | Free State. ; Shortly thereafter a note was dis- | patched to Ireland asserting that Gregt | Britain would look with grave concern |at any such action by the De Valefa | government. This week it was an- | nounced that a note would go “forward immediately in reply restating the posi- tion of the Free State government, but up to now it has not materialized. Tariff Plan Denied. | Sean Lemass, minister of industry |and commerce, denied reports that tie Irish Free State was about to place a 5313 per cent tariff on all imports of articles which can be manufactured in | the Free State. Simultaneously it was learned that & deficit of £639,234 (52,416,305 at the | present rate of exchange) had been dis- | closed in returns for the financial year ending last night, B * The Irish Free State’s national reve- | nue was reported as £25496419, more | than £1,000,000 over last -year’s, but | expenditure was £26,135,653. It had been genexally expected that the deficit would be larger, Kathryn Perry Improves. HOLLYWOOD, Calif., April 1 ().— Kathryn Perry, stage .and screen. actress and wife of Owen Moore, tllm | actor, was reported recovering at a | hospital last night after an.abdominal, operation Tuesday. 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