Evening Star Newspaper, April 9, 1932, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Pcrecast.) Rain tonight and possibly tomorrow morning; not much change in tempera- ture; minimum temperature tonight about 45 degrees. Temperatures—High- est, 57, at 12:30 p.m 46, at toda; y. Full report on page 16. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 . yesterday: lowest, ch ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star. No. 32,120 Entered as second class matter post office, Washington. D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, APRIL 9, “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 as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 122,346 1932—TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. ¥ (#) Means Associated TWO CENTS. Press. BEAR RAID RUMORS PLAY LARGE PART ININQUIRY GALL Senators Acted Suddenly After Hearing Huge Opera- tions Were Plannsd Today. PRICES SWING UPWARD ON NEW YORK EXCHANGE Committee Is Determined to Learn What Influences Are Back of Drive on Stocks. Representative La Guardia, Re- publican, New York, told the House today that New York Stock Exchange officials had “threatened” the Sen- ate with a panic if short selling was investigated. Br the Assoclated Press. Rumors of a huge bear raid planned for today on the New York Stock Ex- change had a part in the sudden de- cision of the Senate Banking Commit- tee yesterday to call Richard Whitney, president of the exchange, to testity Monday. This word came out today as the Benate leaders smiled wisely at the prompt upward swing of prices on the exchange. ‘The “bears” were forced to take to cover today and in doing so they had to_buy. ‘There was just an intimation that the purpose of calling Whitney for Monday had been accomplished— prices had gone up and the rumored raid had been forestalled. Nevertheless, there was every prep- aration to go ahead with the stock market inquiry. Brookhart Directs Proceedings. The Senate Banking Committee has determined to find out what influences, domestic or foreign, were behind the drive which smashed down security frlces this week culminating yesterday in record lows for many issues. The committee assembled hastily in the Senate cloak room, the members rounded up from the floor during the conclusion of yesterday's debate. With Chairman Norbeck absent, Senator Brookhart, Republican, of Iowa, direct- ed the proceedings. The date was set and a subpoena was issued for Whit- appearance, with a detailed record 11 big short accounts as they stood at the close of business on the Exchange last night. Suddenness Surprises Capital. A sergeant at arms of the Senate was in New York today to serve the papers and see that the desired records were assembled and brought to the Capital. The secrecy and suddenness of the committee's session startled the Capi- tal. The Senate, with the known back- ing of President Hoover, ordered an in- vestigation of the stock market a month 8go, but it had been deferred pending disposition of other business, still un- completed. Senator Walcott, Republican, of Connecticut, administration spokesman, organized the meeting. He insisted he had recelied no suggestion from the | ‘White House for the new move, yet his closeness to the President left no doubt but that Mr. Hoover is supporting the inquiry. He was reluctant to comment. “Just read today's papers” he told the newspaper men who crowded about him as they learned of the decision. He directed attention to stories from New York and Paris. They told of the downward movement of stocks, new gold shioments from this country to Prance and the campaign in that coun- try against the American dollar. Foreign Influences Hinted. Brookhart spoke of a ‘“systematic bear raid” and hinted at foreign influ- ences, specifically naming France. A lot of vague hints were passed out. Brookhart remarked he had in his pocket a report purporting to show an attempt to drive America off the gold standard. Just who will be called, if any one, after Whitney is heard has not been determined “Wait till we get the facts” said ‘Walcott. Senatcr Walcott had begun nego- tiations for the mesting early in the #ay. Only last night the Capital was aroused by a fresh outbreak of the campalign in France against the dollar, in which one newspaper published a story that a prominent New York bank had suspended payments. Another story told of the shipment yesterday of $10,000,000 in gold abroad, of which $9.000.000 went to France and $1.000,000 to Belgium. The Banking Committee includes ~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) STOCK RALLY CHECKS LONG PRICE DECLINE Senate Decision to Begin Wall Street Inquiry Forces Short Covering. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, April 9—Surprised by the Senate's decision to start its Wall Street inquiry next week, shorts took to cover at the stock market opening today and many leading issues rallied $1 to $5 a share. The scurry to buy lasted only 10 minutes or so and extreme gains were Toughly cut in half during subsequent profit-taking. but the rally served to check a decline that had lasted for eight consecutive trading days, putting average prices just under the lows of the 1921 depression. United States Steel jumped $2.62 to $36.25 on the first sale, then fell back more than a dollar. American Tele- phone, opening at $110 for 5,000 shares, reduced its rise of $3.75 by about $2 Santa Fe Rallroad, after rising $3.75 to $55.75, reacted moderately. Extreme gains of $2 to $3 _in American Can, Consolidated Gas, Peoples Gas, Amer- jcan Tobacco “B,” Westinghouse, New York Central and Public Service of New Jersey were similarly reduced, but the market then steadied. Union Pacific and Standard Oll of California sagged | to new lows. . ‘The early trading was active, featured by several blocks of 1,000 to 5.000 shares, and transactions in the first half hour approximated 500,000 shares, Radio Programs on Page B-6 Dyer Tells House France Seeks to Destroy U. S. Dollar | - | Missourian “Sorry” He Voted for Entry Into World War. | | By the Associated Press Representative Dyer, Democrat, of Missourd, told the House today that France “is trying to undermine and destroy the American dollar.” He made this statement in a speech opposing cash payment of the soldlers' bonus. “This country,” Dyer said, “is suf- fering from the fact that it loaned mil- lions to foreign countries it cannot ex- pect to collect. I am sorry today that | I voted for this country to enter the | World War. ! “Today France is not the friend of | America. She is trying to undermine | and destroy the American dollar. | “Instead of France and Europe pay- | ing their debt of gratitude for all we | did in the war, we have received noth- ing but criticism.” QUICK TRIAL HOPE INFORTESCUE CASE {Defense to Seek Directed Verdict or Plead Emotional Insanity. By the Associated Press. HONOLULU, April 9.— Attorneys | voiced hopes today for a swift conclu- | sion of the murder trial of Mrs. Gran- ville Fortescue and three Navy men ac- | cused of lynching Joseph Kahahawal. Montgomery Winn, associate of Clar- | ence Darrow in the defense, said they | sought a directed verdict, which would make it unnecessary for them to pre- sent testimony. | John C. Kelley, public prosecutor, said he would present his case in three days, fighting “as a matter of course” any at- tempt to link the lynching of Kaha- hawal January 8 with an assault last September on the daughter of Mrs. For- tescue, Mrs. Thalla Massie, wife of a naval lieutenant. Will Link Cases. b mhll indicated he will strive to ol WO cases together, seeking tification for the slaying of the young Hawalian in the fact he was cae of five men acc of the assault on Mrs. Massie. ‘The trial will be resumed Monday. So far developments have indicated Darrow’s inclination toward an “honor slaying” defense, backed by a plea of emotional insanity. They are: Dar- row's quick challenge of the prosecu- tion’s contention that the guilt of the slain Hawalian had no bearing in the| hearing, and the arrival of two , Dr. Edward Huntington Wil-| liams and Dr. James Orbison of Los| Angeles. Has Shown Craftiness. Darrow has displayed his craftiness and it is evident that he is in fine| physical condition, despite his 75 years. | Already his opponents have witnessed his ability to pick a jury—the whitest jury, court attaches say, in the history | of the territory. | While the attorneys made ready for the presentation of evidence Monday, other events fed the fires of feeling that have smoldered many months. Class antagonism flamed after the at- tack on Mrs. Massie. ~That was fol- lowed by the beating of Horace Ida, a co-defendant with Kahahawal in the assault trial, and then the Kahahawai slaying, in all of which there was con- flict between the Hawaiians or Orientals on one hand and the Navy on the other. | Stirling Report Criticized. | Almost simultaneously with the be- ginning of the trial of Mrs. Fortescue, Lieut. Thomas H. Massie, E. J. Lord and Albert O. Jones, the published rec- ommendations of Rear Admiral Yates | Stirling, jr., commandant of the Pearl Harbor naval base, drew adverse criti- cism here. In the report, Admiral Stirling ques- tioned the loyalty to America of some of the island-born Orientals, especially the Japanese. They were quick to re- sent the implication. Almiral Stirling’s recommendations were included in a report on crime con- ditions in Hawail by Seth W. Richard- son, Assistant Attorney General of the United States. URGES DANUBE PARLEY | —_— | MONTREAL, April 9 (#) —S8ir Josiah Stamp, noted British economist, says that “though the conference over the | proposed Danubian federation may have broken down for the time being it will | have to be revived, for in this problem lies the key to the whole European situ- | ation.” He made his statement during a brief stop last night en route from Ottawa | to Washington. | Buenos Aires Students Riot. BUENOS AIRES, April 9 (#.—A crowd of several hundred students staged a riot here last night in which | many shop windows were smashed. | | proposed jus- | tional | al FASGSTS DEMAND DER CANCELLATN AND DISHRNAVENT Renunciation of Reparations Also Insisted Upon in Geneva Program. DECLARED FIRST STEP FOR ECONOMIC RECOVERY Abolition Asked of Heavy Artil- lery, Tanks, Submarines, Bombing Aircraft and Chemical Warfare. By the Associated Press ROME. April 9 —Fascist Italy before the world today with a definite, flat program for renunciation of repara- tions, cancellation of war debts and concrete disarmament. The tri-partite program was decided upon and announced here today on the eve of the reconvening of the World Disarmament Conference and the League of Nations at Geneva next Mon- day. The Grand Council of Fascism an- nounced its decision to support renun- ciation of reparations and cancellation of war debts after an all-night session, over which Premier Mussolini presided. A settlement of the problem, its resolu- tion declared, is the first step toward | the economic recovery of the world. 10,000-Ton Cruisers Asked. The disarmament program was con- tained in a long document sent to the offices of the World Conference at Geneva. It struck at the German “pocket battleships,” the 22,000-ton French cruisers and the battle ficets of England and the United States, and limiting all navies to the Italian standard of 10,000-ton cruisers. It also provided for abolition of heavy artillery and tanks, submarines, air- plane carriers, bombing aircraft and chemical and bacteriological warfare. The Fascist council’s statement con- tained five principal recommendations for economic rehabilitation of the world. Besides settlement of the reparations and war debts question, these were: Removal of the shackles on interna- tional trade; solution of the economic difficulties of Danubian and Balkan countries; revision of the peace treaties, and an end to too frequent interna- conferences. Something must be done to restore international commerce before a con- dition of “total anemia” has been reached in the trade of all countries, the council’s statement said. It did not go into the details of a solution, | bowever. Danger Seen in Treaties. ‘The peace treaties, it said, “carry In themselves the causes of inquietude and war” and too frequent interna- tional conferences lead to false hopes among the people which “are followed always by graver disillusions.” The resolution added that Italy in- tends to insist on its proposals at Ge- neva until the end of the conference “to clear finally, in the face of this grave problem, the historical and politi- cal responsibility of individual states.” CONFERENCE OPENS MONDAY. More Hopeful Conditions Are Seen at Geneva. GENEVA, April 9 (®.—The World Disarmament Conference will resume its labors next Monday under much more hopeful conditions than those which prevailed when it first convened Feb- ruary 2. ‘The guns which thundered at Shang- hai when statesmen gathered here 10| weeks ago to talk of reducing arma- ments now are silent and the situation on the Yangtse front is much improved. Moreover, the confusion and uncer- tainty which marked the conference opening have yielded to an orderly plan of work. The conference has been organized into five special commissions to handle problems specifically pertaining to land, sea and air armaments, budgetary ques- tions and political issues. Over these groups the general commission exercises control and assigns to them the tasks. The dominant European problem, as expressed in the terms “security” and “equality of armaments,” has been carefully canvassed, and some effort has becn made to come to grips with it. The suggestion of a scheme of Danu- bian economic co-operation has been advanced by Prance and examined by all States concerned On the technical side, the land, sea nd air commissions have already ini- tiated their discussions upon non-politi- cal questions; the governments have sent in during the Easter recess more exact explanations of their views and proposals; and these proposals have been laboriously co-ordinated by the s:cretariat in a way to simplify the work of the conference. On reconvening, the conference will attack the questions of principle which constitute its biggest task. Elude the broad issues of “security” and equality.” But other questions will be faced, such as abolition of battle- ships or reduction of their size, outlaw- ing submarines, tanks, heavy artillery and aerial air bombing, to what arms budgetary limitation should be applied, treaty limits of land materials by airect was | FRANK'S NEW IDEA. BUTES LS ESTAPE TAY ANS Survey Shows Leading Cen- ters Have Reduced Rates in Some Cases. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, April 9.—Drastic at- tempts by 26 leading American cities to meet declining revenues have en- abled most of them to avoid tax in- creases, and in some cases to reduce rates, a survey by Harry H. Freeman of the Buffalo, N. Y., Municipal Research Bureau shows. The survey is pub- lished in the National Municipal Re- view. The cities have rigidly kept to the budget—by salary cuts, elimination of automatic salary increases, restriction of public services, consolidation of de- partments, postponements of capital improvements, and many other meas- ures. In Detroit, they even conceived plans to replace patrolmen with jan- itors at 120 street intersections. Extensive Cuts in Cleveland. Los Angeles, faced with a $4,000,000 | decrease In tax receipts because of a reduction in property assessments, ex- pects not only to erase a small deficit, but to reduce next year's budget by’ $4.000,000. | A recent constitutional amendment| Proposal to Close | Peiping Legation ; Mystifies Japan Tokio Unable to Reconcile It With Stimson Views | About Orient. | By tne Associated Press. | TOKIO, April 9.—Officials here | showed keen interest today in a report |of Secretary of State Stimson's pro- posal to close a number of American foreign legations, including the Chinese legation at Peiping. | The news was cabled to the govern- ment by Ambassador Debuchi at Wash- ington. The Ambassador quoted Secre- tary Stimson as saying: Owing to Chinese disunity, the value of the legation is restricted and the consulates in China are able to handle American interests in their respective | localities.” Japanese officials said they were puz- zled, because while the closing of the American legation at Peiping, even temporarily, might be interpreted as indicating a lessening of American in- terest in China, such an attitude was dificult to reconcile with Secretary Stimson's recent letter to Senator Bing- ham on the Philippines, in which he stressed the importance of maintaining American prestige and influence in the | Orient. I PEIPING NOT MENTIONED. Stimson, Closing Plan, Listed No Specific Countries. Secretary Stimson mentioned no spe- has required Cleveland to reduce as-| cific embassies, legations or consulates sessed valuations, and she is making | in his recommendation to the Senate | extensive cuts to keep income equal that 12 embassies and legations and 14 to outgo. Pittsburgh has cut the 1932| consulates could be closed with less municipal budget 13 per cent, or $3- |injury to the Foreign Service than a 683,000 under last year's total of|flat 10 per cent reduction in all appro- The students were scattered by the |enumeration and the question of trained $28,747,626. Indiana Budgets Limited. The preliminary mayor's budget in Buffalo has cut operating appropria- tions $539,887 under tne year to end July 1, by general economies. Cincin- nati’s budget, excluding school appro- priations, 1s $15,676,379, a cut of $670,- 491 from last year. Seattle has cut departmental appro- priations for 1932 to $8,200,000 from $9,106,000 in 1931. Indiana has passed a special act forcing all government units to keep 1932 budgets from exceed- ing 1931 budgets, requiring Indianapolis to make general salary and wage cuts. Rochester cut her city and school operating budget to $18,594,000, a re- duction of $2,687,000. Toledo cut sal- arfes as much as 25 per cent in the upper brackets. Chicago “Points Warning.” OQakland, Calif, $6,770,000. Syracuse, faced with a de- crease of 13 per cent in tax receipts and increasing welfare expense, has largely discounted the danger of tax rate advance by extensive economies. Chicago's “precarious financial con- dition,” says Mr. Freeman, “points a warning to what happens through ne%- lect and bad government.” Philadel- phia’s budget has been “balanced tech- nically.” Detroit is following & drastic retrenchment program. Baltimore has maintained her $24.50 | tax rate despite declining revenues, not cutting salaries but reguiring employes to contribute from their wages accord- ing to & sliding scale. STIMSON OPTIMISTIC OF PEACE MEASURES Sailing for Geneva, Secretary Says Prospects Are Good for Several Useful Steps. cut her budget to| police. reserves and war materials in reserve. By the Assoclated Press. | LOS ANGELES, April 9—Ravages of | the dread Oriental pneumonic plague | in Manchuria have resulted in casual- | ties almost comparable to those of the | Sino-Japanese armed conflict, Dr. Ar-‘ { thur Torrance, noted English sclentist, | | sald today : | He returned here from a trip to the | Orient as head of a corps of nine in-| lusflces of the International Medical | Rlel lef Expedition for Plague Preven- jon. “We were able to stop the disease to s great extent.” he sald, “but in Solun, a city of 60,000 ypopulation, it DEAD IN MANCHURIAN PLAGUE 1 ALMOST EQUAL WAR’S TOTAL 15,000 Victims in One City Alone, British Scientist Says, Describing Rapid Spread. killed 5,000 before we could segregate the carriers. “The plague is transmitted to man | by a Siberian fur-bearing animal about ;r::‘_ —s-\’:d ?1 our Tccoon—the tarva. s carried into the populate districts of Manchuria by Chinese, who contract it in Siberia. “They rush home to die, to custom, and give it to (i bors. Any one in a room with a ternational physicians working under | patient contracts it from the exhaled breath. It means certain death— Iui!lilllyw;lll;m two days.’ e ow his corps was pressed into medical service in_the !Eh:l: zone to care for both Japanese Chinese wounded, | By the Associated Press. | NEW YORK, April 9.—Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson, en route to Geneva, sees prospects that the com- ing disarmament conference will agree on “a number of useful measures de- | signed to limit the chances of war." Sailing last night on the Ile de France to assume leadership of the American delegation at the conference, he said: “From information which has been brought to me it appears that there is prospect that the conference may be able, ultimately, to agree upon a num- ber of useful measures designed to limit the chances of war.” He was accompanied by Mrs. Stim- son, Norman H. Davis, a member of the American delegation, and other officials, ank B. Kellogg, his predecessor as 1 Secretary of State, also sailed to attend ;the World Court at The Hague. Completes Atlantic Voyage. MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, April 9 (). —Victor Dumas, the Spaniard who lsaflefl across the Atlantic alone in s small boat, reached here today on the Wway to Buenos Alres. He started last December from France and was delayed :y‘,mm several points on the priations would cause. Neither the Secretary nor any of his | assistants ever suggested that the lega- | tion in China should be closed, as has | been reported from Tokio. No official | list has been prepared by the depart- ment, which is hopeful that curtailment | of appropriations will not be such as to force the closing of any foreign offices’ SEARCH FOR BABY EATENDED ABROAD Schoeffel Leaves England,; Bound for “Somewhere on the Continent.” By the Associated Press. LONDON, April 9.—Maj. Charles H. SchoefTel of the New Jersey State po- lice, who came here at the beginning of the week in connection with the search for the Lindbergh baby, left England today for “somewhere on the conti- nent.” Even Scotland Yard said they didn't know where he was going or what he was going to do. His last activities here were on Thurs- town, presumably Birmingham, in pur- suit of his investigation. BABY GONE 39 DAYS. Solution of Kidnaping Still Appears Remote. HOPEWELL, N. J, April 9 () —It is 39 days since Col. Charles A. Lind- bergh's son was stolen, and the mystery seems no nearer solution. A tenuous theory that the kidnaping and a brush fire that menaced the Lindbergh home recently were con- nected in some way was blasted last night. Police said they investigated and found no evidence the fire was in- cendiary. A suggestion had been made that both the kidnaping and the fire were possibly motivated by spite. Three Norfolk, Va. _intermediaries (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) GRAF HOMEWARD BOUND Leaves Brazil in Second Trans- atlantic Flight This Year. PERNAMBUCO, Brazil, April 9 (#). —The Graf Zeppelin was onmhzr w‘:y back to Germany today after the sec- ond non-stop flight this year across the Atlantic. dirigible took off from here at 10:45 o'clock last night for the return trip. —_— French Airman Killed. LE BOURGET, France, April 9 (). —One army fiyer was killed today and | | night. day, when he went to some provincial | | See me at my office. You should SENATORS UNITE - T0 FORCE TARIFFS [Coalition to Force Injection | Into Revenue Bill Is ' Developing. | | S By the Associated Press. | | Work on the billion-dollar revenue bill was brought to a standstill today | | with both the Senate and its Finance | Committee on weck-end recess, but a coalition to force tariffs into the bill was developing. This tariff question has assumed an | importance now that overshadows the numerous other points at issue in the measure sent over by the House. Ef- forts to shut out import levies are being made with all the energy at the command of responsible leaders, fearful of the delays which protracted debate may bring. But Senators from copper. lumber and- pulp, oil and manganese and coal territory are de- termined to obtain protection for their depressed industries, and they appear | to be combining forces. A resolution offered by Senator Tydings (Democrat of Maryland), | which is to be voted on early next week, would instruct the Finance Com- mittee to keep all tariffs out of the bill it reports, but nothing can prevent attempts to write them in on the floor. Sentiment Growing. Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the| Democratic leader, says he believes there is considerable sentiment for this general tariff ban. He is pledged to speedy passage of the budget-balancing measure. | For the Democrats particularly, a po- litical angle enters the picture. For the | past two weeks the Senate has acted on, and debated about, two tariff bills, The first, strictly Democratic and facing | a veto, would set up machinery de. signed to reduce tariff barriers all over the world. It is counted on for cam- paign material, as & party offer to help | Testore prosperity by reviving foreign | markets. | Some of the special tariffs sought in | the pending revenue bill are demanded by Democratic Senators. Should these seriously delay passage of the bill in a desperate fight for regional high pro- tection, the campaign value of the gen- eral party stand might be sadly re-| duced. Yesterday the Senate passed the sec- ond tariff measure—a resolution by Senator Reed, Republis " (Continued on Page 2, ( “POULTRY KING” SLAIN AT CARDS WITH WIFE Bullets End Life of Man Re- prieved Eight Times From Death Chair. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 9.—The poultry | profession, often an odd medley of bul- | lets and pullets, has lost another of its | “kings.” Three gunmen sauntered up to the front stoop of a Flatbush mansion, where Joe Cohen was playing cards with ‘ his wife Nina and his bodyguard Lul-‘ “Listen, you guys,” said the chicken | magnate, jumping out of his chair.| have better sense than to come—" ! A dozen bullets cut him short. Mrs. | Cohen screamed and fainted. | It was the ninth time Cohen had | looked on approaching death. The first | eight were in the death house in Sing | Sing, where he won eight reprieves | after being convicted in 1914 of mur- | thur Loew, HOOVER PRESENTS EXTENSIVE SAVING. PLANS AT PARLEY Three Members of Cabinet and Budget Director Meet | With House Group. CONGRESS PROPOSES 55 OR 60 REDUCTIONS Optimism Expressed Over Possi-l bilities, Though Other Meetings May Be Necessary. President Hoover today presented to the House Economy Committee an ex- | tensive program for reduction of Fed- | eral expenditures, it was learned u} the White House as the committee conferred in the cabinet room with | the President, three members of his cabinet and the director of the budget. The House delegation, in turn, laid its own economy program before ad- ministration leaders during the momen- tous parley. 60 proposals aimed at reducing Federal expenditures by $200,000,000. The magnitude of the two savings plans was such that it was Indicated further conferences will be necessary. It was said in official quarters that' the purpose of these meetings is to de- | termine whether an agreement can be reached on the many different sugges- tions for budget balancing contained in the programs. Pay Cuts Seen Needed. Representative Wood expressed the opinion Federal pay cuts must enter into the reduction program in discuss- ing the economy situation with report- ers just prior to the conference. He said he believed about $60,000,000 could be saved by a salary reduction for all employes receiving more than $1,000 per annum. Other members of the committee de- clined to discuss their programs in advance of the meeting. Optimism was expressed as the legis- lative and executive officials gathered around the council table. Sitting with President Hoover were Secretary of the Treasury Mills, Secretary cf the In- terior Wilbur, Postmaster General Brown and Budget Director Roop. Mills and | Roop were at the White House for a conference with the President prior to arrival of the legislators. Members of Committee. The House members at the unique economy meeting were Representatives McDuffie, Alabama, chairman; Cochran, Missouri; Douglas, Arizona, and Byrns, Tennessee, all Democrats, and Wood, Indiana; Willlamson, South Dakota, and Ramseyer, Iowa, Republicans. One of the principal pomts of differ- ence in the pre-conference line-up was the matter of Federal pay cuts. The House leaders already nave decided to bring the question to a vote next week, and Chairman McDuffle brought with him a proposal to cut all salaries 11 per cent, with a $1,000 exemption to pro- tect the lowest-paid workers. Various administration leaders have reported Mr. Hoover 1s strongly op- posed to such a proposition, arguing it would set a bad example to employers and that a majority of Federal employes (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) ASHEVILLE WOMAN FOUND WITH WRIST CUT IN NICE| Daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Pease of Washington Is in Crit- ical Condition. By the Assoctated Press. PARIS, April 9.—The continental edi- tion of the London Daily Mail published a dispatch from Nice today saying Mrs. Ella Mae Bjorkman, 32, of Asheville. N. C., was found in her room at a hotel there with her left wrist slashed and was taken to a hospital in a critical condition. A note was found in the room which | said: “If today there is nothing else| left, I will exist no more.” Mrs. Bjorkman is a daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Pease, 121 Third street north- east. According to her mother she had sailed for Europe on March 4 as secre- tary to a writer on women's fashions and had also planned to write on her own account while abroad. The trip had been scheduled to last three months. Mrs. Pease could offer no ex- planation today for her daughter's ap- parent despondency. SALLY O’NEIL TO WED Engaged to Marry Arthur Loew, Sister Announces. HOLLYWOOD, April 9 (#.—Molly O'Day, film actress, today said her sis- ter, Sally O'Neil, a leading woman in the films, was engaged to marry Ar- son of the late Marcus Loew, theater magnate. Miss O'Neil now is in New York. Loew is vice president of the Merto- Goldwyn-Mayer Co. and is in charge of the studio's activities outside of the United States. “I know they are engaged to be This program was de- | scribed as containing between 55 and | m'mnv:dwmmfiflmm parachutes when two air- planes collided and crashed, dering Barnett Baff, another poultry married, but I believe no date has been klnc,!l-le finally was cleared and freed. set for the wedding,” said Miss O'Day. FAMOUS FLUTIST OF SOUSA BAND WIELDS SALVATION ARMY BROOM Julius Sl;indlcr, Who Provided Rippling Obbligatos for Sembrich and Melba, Shelves Silver Instrument. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, April 9.—For Julius Spindler, life is over at 65, and the sil- ver flute he played against the back- ground of Damrosch and Sousa bands has been put away. Spindler, who ranked among the best flutists of his generation, who toured with Sousa’s Band and was assisting artist at concerts given by Sembrich and Melba, has joined the Salvation Army. To eamn his kee) and dust; be a this white-haired s have ra tently in “1 won't with a single false note. I am trying to forget—what has been. It was beau- tiful; but it is over. I am old. These fingers are no longer quick and nimble. I have come here, not to live. For me, life is over. I have come here—to die.” The silver flute, dear to him as a child to its parent, is tucked carefully away in his locker. With it is the uni- form he wore as a bandman under John Phillip Sousa. “My savings are gone,” he said. “My zfl“h! is failing. So I have come to e barracks.” Here he will have a broom and dust d memories of Melba own silver flute weaving its intricate, obligato the golden cloth—an singing “Lo, Hear the Gentle Lark,” with his | pistol. MAPES TAX QUIZ AWAITS FINDINGS ON EARNINGS LEVY Hearings Halt After Vigorous Protests on 4-Cent Gas Assessment. TESTIMONY RECEIVED ON 3 OF 5 PROPOSALS Efficiency Bureau at Work on In- come Report—Fiscal Relations Is Final Phase. After hearing vigorous protests from city-wide groups of citizens and motor- ists against raising the gasoline tax from 2 to 4 cents a gallon, Chairman Capper cf the Senate District Commit= tee last night brought hearings on the Mapes taxation bills temporarily to a close. The committee thus far has taken testimony on the proposed local estate tax, the motor vehicle weight tax and the suggested increase in the gas tax. There are two more bills in the Mapes program—the proposed local income | tax and the measure seeking to repeal the substantive law which established the 60-40 ratio of apportioning the expenses of the Capital City between the District and Federal governments. Income Tax Hearings Next. Hearings on the inccme tax measure will be called after the Bureau of Effi- clency submits its findings on that sub- Jject and then will come final hearings on the basic issue of fiscal relations in connection with the 60-40 repeal bill. Although Congress has been departing from the 60-40 plan in recent years by the substitution of annual lump-sum Federal contributicns, it has never re- pealed the substantive provision for a fixed ratio. And since the House in proposing new District taxes is also advocating a reduction from $9,500,000 to $6,500,000 in the Federal share, the concluding hearings on the fiscal rela- ticns problem will be the most impor- tu’axghol xthlf series. e following groups appeared yes- terday in opposition to doubling the gasoline tax: The Federation of Citi- zens' Associations, represented by L. A. Carruthers and Edwin S. Hege; the local division of the American Auto- mobile Association, by Walter B. Guy: American Motorists’ Association. Daniel 8. Ring; Washington Automotive Trade Assoclation, Richard J. Murphy; Motor Vehicle Owners' Assoclation; Harry C. Davis, representing operators of Dia- mond taxicabs, ‘and the American Pe- troleum Institute, by H. T. Klein, E. 8. Hall and William R. Boyd. Testify for Gas Tax. Arguments in favor of the 4-cent gas tax were outlined to the committee by Thomas F. Murphy, assistant chief of the Bureau of Efficiency. Charles, A. Russell, deputy District assessor, also testified he regarded the proposed tax as fair compared with the rates else- where. Spokesmen for the motorists and citizens all emphasized that higher gas taxes elsewhere are fixed to meet the requirements of far-flung systems of State highways and that only five States apportion any part of the gas tax to the cities, whereas the District of Columbia is a limited area compris- ing only 726 miles of city streets. They also argued that taxation should be based on revenue need, and that it would be unfair to levy the entire cost of highways directly on motorists. Unexpected Development. A request from the National Park and Planning Commission that part of the gasoline taxes of the District be spen: on roadways in the Federal parks of the city in the future came as an unex- pected development yesterday. The Park Commission’s proposal drew prompt and vigorous opposition from District Auditor Daniel J. Dono- van, who, speaking for the Commission- ers, said the District already is paying all that it should be asked to pay from its general revenue fund toward up- keep of the parks. Another highlight early in the hear- ing was the statement of Willlam McK. Clayton, a leader in citizen association circles, that if Congress enacts the four-cent gasoline tax the people of the District would expect to have re- pealed the Borland law, which assesses part of the cost of street improvements against abutting property owners. Would Be No Surplus. Clayton pointed’ out the mquest of the Park Commission for some of the gas tax money was based on the as- sumption there might be a surplus in the gas tax fund after a number of years. If the Borland law was re- pealed, Clayton said, there would be no such surplus. The stand taken by the District auditor against the Park Commission proposal was in line with the conclu- sion reached by the Bureau of EM- ciency, which reported to Chairman Capper that it would be inequitable as between motor vehicle owners and gen- eral taxpayers to place expenses of the parks on the motor vehicle owners. The first witness called was Thomas P. Murphy. He outlined the reasons which prompted the bureau to approve the 4-cent gas tax proposal as one that would not be unduly burdensome in meeting the motor vehicle owners’ share of taxation to be applied to street work, There were delegations present, howe ever, from a number of trade, civic and motoring organizations to testify later in_opposition to the increased tax. Russell testified the 4-cent tax would (Continued on Page 2, Column 4) === 2%, DRY AGENTS ARRESTED FOR KILLING IN RAID Two Under Techpical Charges for Death of Man and Wound- ing Wife. By the Associated Press. DALLAS, Tex., April 9.—Two Federal prohibition’ agents were under technical arrest today for the killing of Marion McGlothlin and the shooting of his wife at McGlothlin's filling station, near Irving, Dalias County. The agents, L. C. Smith and N. D. Heaton, said they fired in self defense after entering the station with a search warrant last night. Several shots were exchanged, they for ‘'whom said, when another woman, they also had a warrant, produced a Mrs. McGlothlin was wounded in one Her husband was shot twice in 5