Evening Star Newspaper, November 18, 1932, Page 2

VOTE ASSISTANCE CALLED ILLEGAL Roosevelt Worker at Phila- delphia Describes Acts Before Probers. By the Associated Press. PEILADELPHIA, Pa., November 18.— Jacob Mueller, & Roosevelt watcher at the recent election, told the House Committee on Csmpaign Expenditures today that he saw illegal assistance be- ing given voters in a polling place. “At least three men were allowed to wote who don’t live in the division,” he sald. “I saw Elmer Turner, a county employe, hand at least three voters envelopes which I saw opened and which contained $3 each.” A woman was taken back of the cur- tain in the booth and given assistance, but no affidavit taken to show she needed it and no record of the assist- ance was made,” the witness said, add- ing that “drunken persoris . were also permitted to vote.” Vote Buying Reported. The committee, headed by Heartsill ’“{onn' Democrat, of Arkansas, investi- ting alleged election irregularities, yes- terday heard witnesses tell of alleged vote buying, intimidation of citizens who wanted to vote for Roosevelt and illegal assistance of voters. ‘Witnesses were questioned by S. Davis wilson, Philadelphia, chairman of the Roosevelt Independent State Commit- tee. Representative John E. Nelson, Re- publican, Maine, wanted to know from Mueller how he knew persons who did pot live in the division were voting. Mueller replied that he had been sus- picious and had investigated. “The session had been under way but » few minutes when Nelson and Wilson, who frequently clashed yesterday, had another tiit. “] don’t kmow whether you are & lawyer or not,” Nelson shot &t ‘Wilson, “pyt if you are a skilled lawyer me Xnow you are pursuing unfair tactics here.” ‘Wwilson shouted back: A “You are a defeated ‘lame duck Con- lng‘ v;:x h:‘z: not been fair Hiring this " “We will leave is-v to the public, Nelson said. “100 Fail to Sign Book.” The clash between Nelson and Wil- son came while Joseph Custodio, an overseer in a South Philadelphia divi- sion was testifying. He testified that 100 out of 203 persons who were assist- ed in vuun*,hm failed to sign the elec- tion book that they needed assistance. Complaint that city employes were active on election day in the fifth ward was made by Joseph Kslensky. It was » violation of law in Philadelphia for any city employe to be active in poli- i ics. Kalensky said he caused the arrest of the judge of the election in the first division of the ward on a charge of conducting an illegal election, but that he was through bail obtained by State esentative Amold N. lumberg. Benjamin L. Jacoby, & former Re- publican division leader, testified he ‘was dismissed as a city employe, under the eivil service protection, because he failed to pay a political assessment. He sald he understood the assess- ment was § per cent of his $2,500-a- year salary. “Slack of work,” he said, ‘was the reason given for his dismissal, Sowers Denies Charge. Tutlmwmt he Had bought votes in the twent ward ‘in last week's elec- tion were as “nonsense™ by State itative Sowers todey. Two_colored witneases, testif; be- fore the House Ool:‘m&t:. on 0; the inquiry into the Pennsylvania elec- tions, said Sowers had paid from 35 cents to $1 to voters, “I refuse to take these charges seri- ously,” said Sowers, “for some people are using their ition. Of course I shall ignore the statements.” Sowers, an attorney, has been asso- clated for years with the Republican leadership of the twentieth ward. Refiu for the subpoenseing records to determine whether Philadel- phia’s voting machines were tampered with prior to the November 8 balioting ‘were under consideration by the com- mittee. Nelson declared yesterday specific in- stances of fraud were not being given. Called Part of System! Wilson asserted . he was trying to develop these instances through the list of witnesses and said he wanted to show that the alleged irregularities were “all part of the rotten system of running elections in Philadelphia.” ‘Through examination of James M. Republican city chairman, and ©. Davis, executive secretary of the City Committee, Wilson sought to show that gity employés had been as- sessed for campaign contributions, but both denied that any had been made. Davis submitted to the committee a list of contributions to the campaign fund. He denied that job holders had been assessed 1, 2 and 5 per cent of their salaries—according to the posi- tiohs they held. Representative Harlan, scanning the list, wanted to know how the odd sums of $20.50, $9.20, $14.50, $10.01 and $33 were arrived at by contributors. ‘Wilson interposed that these amounts | represented an assessment of 5 per cent. e Blakely McCaugh, treasurer of the Republican State Committee, showed the committee records indicating that $105,000 had been collected for the State campaign and that $88,000 had been expended. Many Witnesses Heard. | A long line of witnesses was heard | who testified to alleged intimidation and -illegal nssistance of voters. Many of them testified to alleged activities of city workers. It was ex- plained to the committee that under the city charter, it is a violation of law for city employes to be active in politics. One witness testified that threats had been made to Negroes that_their food orders would be teken from them if they did not vote the way organization | men wanted them to. Others testi-| fled to alleged “strong arm” methods. Joseph Marinelll, an attorney and an Clinton 0. such assessments overseer in the second ward, testified | to iliegal assistance and added that if | at least 90 per cent of the vote was not fllegally voted the Republican organ- ization forces would not get 10 per cent of it. FIVE SOUGHT IN VOTE THEFT. Newark Suspects Seen in Registration Official’s Office. NEWARK, N. J., November 18 (#).— Five men, seen in the office of Dr. Wat- son Rodemann, Essex County commis- sloner of registration, early Wednesday, were sought by police yesterday in con- nection with the theft of voting records from the Hall of Records. A woman office cleaner told police she opened Dr. Rodemann's office at 1:40 a.m, and went away. When she returned few minutes later she saw five men. One of them said he worked , and the woman went away to re- the men's presence to & superior. she returned the men had left. Discovery of the theft of additional signature pages from poll books in Dr. Rodemann’s office was made while po- lice were investigating earlier thefts of I:rll books from the Hall of Records [ 7,200 ballots from police-guarded laced in City the signa- the same. Enown. Hides “Bracelets” AL CAPONE AT COURT FIGHT- ING FOR FREEDOM. AL CAPONE. Shielding the handcuffs which circle his wrists with his hat and wearing & broad smile, Capone, late Chicago un- derworld czar, is, shown leaving the United States District Court in Atlanta, where his hakeas corpus petition in his fight for freedom was heard. He is at present serving a 10-year sentence at the Federal Penitentiary in Atlanta for failure to meet his income tax obliga- tions. POLISH CORRIDOR CALLEDVITAL ISSUE Dr. Curtius, in Lecture Here, Warns Problem Remains as European Thréat. A warning that “until justice is satis- fied” the Polish Corridor “will continue to form the most dangerous source of crises” affecting Germany and the rest of Europe was sounded last night by Dr. Julius Curtius, former German minister of foreign affairs, in an address in which he depicted the Reich as ready to co-operate for world peace and economic rgcovery. The German statesman, in a lecture *| before the American Association of University Women, reviewed in_detail the post-war economic struggles of Germany, called the Dawes and Young plans “dead” and urged the formula- ticn of a debt agreement “upon & new basis.” ‘With respeet to the Polish Corridor controversy, Dr. Curtius said: ¥ German government can ac- knowledge the delimitation of the fron- tier in the east, which is contrary to the American peace proclamations and tramj under foot the claims to Dationality and national unity, culture and economy acquired by Germany in the course of & thousand years of work.” Dealing with reparations and war debts, Dr, Curtius said Germany would float an international bond issue in 1935 through the Bank of International Set- tlements at Basle with which to finance the payment of annuities amounting to about 3,000,000,000 gold marks post- ed under the Hoover moratorium. e declared the payment “dependent upon the restoration of the German credit * * *” oad charge that heretofore capacity to pay has been “disguised” was made by the former minister, who explained that political creditors of the Reich “only recelv yments because * * * the Unif States and other neutral countries placed the necessary francs, pounds sterling, dollars and 50 on at Germany's disposal in the form of loans.” Dr. Curtius credited this country with breaking ‘the deadlock at last Spring's disarmament conference through pro- s to reduce manpower and abolish eavy weapons of attack. He added the. crisis is not yet over, however. The German's audience included his country’s Ambassador and Frau von Prittwitz und Gaeftron; other members of the embassy; Dr. Mary Wooley, presi- dent of the association and America’s only woman representative at the Dis- armament Conference; Mrs. Willlam John Cooper, wife of the education com- missioner and presiding officer by virtue of being head of the Washington branch of the association, and Miss Elizabeth Eastman, chairman of the association’s Foreign Relations Committee, who in- troduced the speaker. Dr. Woolley called on President Hoover yesterday afternoon and leaving the White House, pri Hoover plan for disarmament as “the President's great gift to the world.” “I feel the Hoover plan of one-third reduction based on the Kellogg-Briand pact, was the great constructive thing done—there is no question about it,” she said — MISS DAWES TO MARRY Niece of Former Vice President Will Wed in Spring. CHICAGO, November 18 (#).—The engagement of Miss Margaret Dawes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus C. Dawes, to Beverly Jefferson of Evans- ton, T, was announced by her parents today. Miss Dawes' father is president of a Century of Progress, the coming world’s fair, and she i & niece of former Vice President Charles G. Dawes, re- cent Ambassador to Great Britain. The wedding was set for next Spring. LEAD BRIDGE PLAY | Standards ®hychems Ahead Treasury in Federal Loop. The Standards Phychems led the contract section of the Federal Bridge League today after the second night of play, with the Treasury Amateurs, leaders at the start, tied for second place with Standards XYZs. Two more auction bridge teams are expected to join that section of the league when play is resumed next Tues- day night at the Carlton Hotel. H: drographers were leading the Bureau of Engraving team in today's standings. of Sumfier Heat in California. SAN FRANCISCO, November 18 (#).— Summer heat enveloped ?arunnl of California yesterday, the temperature reaching 83 in Los Angeles at noon and 80 in San Francisco at 1:30 pm. Warm weather prevailed all along the Pacific | seaboard from Canada to the Mexican | border. i Pr— | Curtis Kept Indoor by Cold. Vice President Curtis was confined to | his rooms at the Mayflower Hotel to- day with a slight cold. He was at his | of office and to) the Capitol yesterday, however, his secretary he expected Teturn td'his offide tomorrow. —Wide World Photo. | g BRIDE HOLDS D. €. DRY LAW IS DEAD Gives Informal Opinion That Volstead Repeal Will Not Restore Sheppard Act. Although no formal answer has been prepared to a request by the Crusaders that the District Commissioners advise them whether repeal of the Volstead act would reinstate the Sheppard law or any part of it, Corporation Counsel William W. Bride told news T men yesterday that he was stiil of opin- ion, expressed November 22, 1927, that the Sheppard law, with the exception of three sections, was repealed by the Vol- stead act. The three sections referred to cover drinking in public, driving a horse- drawn vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor and driving a steam locomotive while in a similar condition. This in spite of the fact the entire Sheppard act is set out in the District code, printed two years ago, as though it was still in force then. Must Be Revived. Bride sald repeal of the Volstead act would have not the effect of reviv- ing the Sho&rfid law, but the Shep- pard law would stay dead unless there was a cliuse in the act repealing the Volstead act specifically reviving the Sheppard act. Bride's 1927 opinion said, in part: “It is & well settled rule of statutory construction that where & new statute covers the whole subject matter of an old one, adds offenses and prescribes different penalties for those enumer- ated in the old law, the former statute is repealed by implication, as the pro- visions of both cannot stand together, and it is equally well settled that with- out express words of rrg: 1 & previous tute will be held to modified by sul uent one if the latter was plainly intended to cover the whole subject embraced by both. “It will thus be readily seen that as the national prohibition act is a later act, made by the same law-making body, upon the same subject, covering the same fleld and prescribing s list of penalties that are to govern, it clearly repeals the Sheppard law in these re- gards by implication.” Definitions Differ. s T;Rfifhemll‘d law was passed March As to the question of alcoholic con- tent, the Sheppard law does not draw the line at one-half of 1 percent by volume of alcohol as does the Volstead act. In the Sheppard law, the term “alcoholic Mquors,” which is used throughout, is defined as including “whisky, brandy, rum, gin, , sle, porter, beer, cordials, hard or fermented cider, alcoholic bitters, ethyl aleohol, all {:Iqllt liquors and all other alcoholic The act forbade the manufacture, sale, gift, etc., except for scientific, me- dicinal, pharmaceutical or mechanical rposes, and required licensing of any- who intended to deal in alcoholic beverages for these purposes. VANDENBERG GIVES BEER BILL IMPETUS BY PLEDGE OF AID wet invasion, favored State action to continue to outlaw the saloon,” and said he would vote for beer legislation that “stays within the Constitution.”. tative Pou ve ‘newspaper men he “realized the difficulty of getting important measures through Congress during & short session,” and, added: “I will be glad to co-operate in carry- ing out the pledges of the Democratic platform.” Pou, the Democratic dean of the House, voted against the eighteenth amendment and the Volstead act, al- though he was an advocate of prohibi- tion in North Carolina. Forecast Faflure. In voting to sustain President Wilson’s veto of the Volstead act, he said in the House that the State was the largest ):lolmml unit that could enforce prohibi- on. He asserted then that the Federal Government would fall to enforce rrombltwn and today sald, “I feel as f my prediction has come true.” O’Connor’s suggestion in the interest of increasing the possibility of action on beer at the coming session had been made previously to Representative Rainey of Illinois, party floor leader, Wwho said he would talk with members here and proably would write a few of the absentees in deciding whether to undertake hearing: O'Connor said “the public is im- patient,” that “it will protest delay” on legalizing beer and that hearings would take but a few da Hi ded he is trying to get in toucl B resentative Beck of Pennsylvania, leader of Republican anti-prohibition forces, for a conference on the form of beer legislation to be proposed. Woll Urges Patience. Meanwhile, labor again made itself clear on the beer issue when Matthew Woll, chairman of its National Com- mittee for Modification of the Volstead Act, said the American Federation sees “no excuse for violation of the law and no reason for any American who has 8 sincere regard for the moral in- tegrity of the Nation to rush forward upon the assumption that the legal situ- ation is already changed.” “That is not the way of American- ism,” Mr. Woll added, the road to true tempe: Interpreting last week's election as clearly against the Volstead act and ment, the chair- man asserted that ‘“modification is & legislative act and that act cannot be pler(armea until Congress is in ses- sion.” “Meanwhile,” he safd, “the law stands as it stood, regardless of how narrow 1lml 'bem. and bigoted we may believe it to be. Expect Prompt Action. “Qur organization looks forward in confidence to modification of the Vol- stead act in the session of Con- | gress opening December 5. There is | no reason why modification should not be had in this coming session. Our | records show that more than a ma- | jority of both houses stands ready to vote for modification in the short ses- | sion and we expect modification with- |out fafl.” In conclusion, Mr. Woll said: “We neither counsel nor countenance any stampede on the part of private citi- zens, public officials or others to act in advance of a change of the law in deflance and violation of the law as it stands.” GEORGETOWN CITIZENS HONOR MISS TAGGART Dedicate Tree in Montrose Park to Founder of Progressive Association. ‘The Progressive Citizens' Association of Georgetown dedicated s tree in Mon- trose Park yesterday afternoon in honor of the founder of the association, Miss Etta L. Taggart, Washington attorney and civic leader. Maj. Douglass H. Gillette, U. 8. A., representing the Office of Public Build- ings and Public Parks, planted the tree. Mrs. Elizabeth Sullivan was in charge arrangements. A group of school and children s tree-planting song. 1| Bugiers wete ‘Richard Satibury. uz Joins Wife Here VISCOUNT ASTOR PICTURED ON ARRIVAL IN NEW YORK. VISCOUNT WALDORF ASTOR Of England, pictured aboard the liner | Europa on his arrival in New York. He will rejoin his wife, Viscountess Astor, the former Nancy Langhorne of Vir- ginia, who is vacationing here. Lady Astor is the first woman to become s member of the British Parliament. —A. P. Photo. UPTURNS FORECAST EARLY NEXT MONTH October Acfvertising Gain Is Basis of Newspaper Ex- pert’s Prediction. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, November 18—A gen- eral forward trade and market move- ment by early December was foreseen today by SBamuel P. Weston, expert on | newspaper operations, based on a per- centage increase of classified adver- tising lineage used in 52 major cities last month. He said the increase of October line- y doubled the lineage increase of the corresponding period of 1928. The rate of increase over 1931, however, was not 80 _great, he said. arding classified advertising as a definite barometer of changing trade conditions, Weston declared that “if thése barometric gains function in the future as they have in the past I can set an approximate date for a general forward trade and market movement by early December. Gain of 89 Per Cent. “Indices show that so far as classi- fled advertising is concerned, the bot- tom has been reached and justify a very tfl:flndfl.e belief in a steady upward end.” Contrasting lineage totals for October, 1932, with those of October, 1928, Wes- ton said that the “striking point with October of this year, when compared with October, 1928, is that this year shows a relative gain of 89 per cent, and compared with October, 1931, a gain of 41 per cent.” “In making these comparisons,” he sald, “it is important to keep in mind the difference in general business con- ditions in 1928 and 1932. In 1928 the country was enjoying maximum procrerlly in all lines and it was nat- urally expected there would be an in- crease in the seasonal trend of Sep- tember and October. “In 1932, despite unsatisfactory busi- ness conditions, the increase in classi- fled advertising in October over Sep- tember was almost double the increase for the same period of 1928. “The movement will undoubtedly ocour unless actions of the forthcoming Congress are such to upset normal gen- eral business conditions.” Figures on Lineage. The classified lineage gain in October over September of this year was 810,655, Tepresenting an increase of 4.4 per cent. In October, 1928, 428,610 more lines were used than in September of the same year. This total, stacked up alongside the increase in 1932, shows a net gain of 89 per cent. Taking the month of October as the basis for his conclusion, because, Wes- ton said, it is regarded as the “dark month” in presidential years, lineage percentages ran the following course over a five-year period—1928, 1.4 per cent gain; 1929, 1.3 loss; 1930, 2.8 per cent gain; 1931, 2.6 per cent gain, and 1932, 4.4 perycent gain. The upward trend, Weston said, is being accompanied by sn increase in industry and employment, totally in sections where industries are engaged in producing articles of general use. GOVERNMENT DROPS ALL PENDING CHARGES IN F. H. SMITH CASE (Continued From PFirst Page.) more than a month. It brought to light the story of & hunt by Depart- ment of Justice sgents through the Everglades of Florida for a hidden wit- ness, the burning by night of Smith Co. records in the furnace of one of Washington's fashionable apartment- hotels and an exposure of financial | methods by which Pitts accumulated | millions of dollars that he subsequently | spent on jewels, automobiles and a sea- side villa in Florida. Several Driven to Suicide. ‘The Government charged that while he was enjoying these luxuries hundreds of bankrupt investors in his company were in desperate want, several being driven to suicide. A sensational aftermath of this trial was the indictment of a prominent New York lawyer, cne of the attorneys who defended Pitts, on subornation of per- jury charges. He was acquitted by a directed verdict when the Govern- ment’s case against him collapsed. All of the minor officials of the com- il turned State’s evidence against itts, who, in turn, testified for the Government against his attorney. There have been efforts to secure clemency for Edwards and Anadale in return for information given by them to the De- rtment of Justice, but so far as is wn, _Assistant Attorney General Nugent Dodds, in charge of the prose- cutions, has made no promises along this line. Will Serve Turkey Supper. BLUEMONT, Va., November 18 (Spe- clal).—The Ladies’ Aid of the Blue- mont M. E. Church will serve a turkey supper the evening of November 23 in e achool. HEADS FARM GROUP Association Is Invited to Hold Its Next Convention in Chicago. Mrs. Henry Ford today was re-elected president of the Woman's National Farm and Garden Association for the sixth consecutive year. Other officers included: First vice president, Mrs. Howard W. Lewis, Penn- sylvania; second vice president, Mrs. E. Roy Bryant, Michigan, Mrs. Ford's sister-in- third vice presiden$, Mrs. George M. U. Crocker, Massachusetts; recording secretary, Mrs. A. M. Hume, Massachuset! corresponding secretary and treasurer, Mrs. Jane L. Hicks, Michigan. Winding up its annual meeting at the Willard Hotel the association received an invitation to hold its next conven- tion in"Chicago. A decision upon the bid will be made later. Miss Flora Rose and Miss Marion, members, respectively, of the faculties of Cornell University and the Women's College of New Jersey, were elected to membership on the association’s council. Substantial contributions also were added to the endowment for the Lou Henry Hoover scholarship for a Girl Scout to study at the School of Horti- culture for Women at Ambler, Pa. The award is mamed for the wife of the President. Hopes for Expansion. At a luncheon yesterday in the Wil- lard Hotel Mrs. Ford expressed the hope that before many years farm and garden assoclations will be functioning in every State for the benefit of farm women. She explained in detail the work of the association, which annually adds thousands of dollars to the in- comes of farm women by disposing of their products, such as canned goods, handiwork and Christmas greens, through roadside markets establishe and operated by the association or pri- | vately owned and bearing the approval of the association. At the conclusion of her talk Mrs. Ford turned the luncheon meeting over to Mrs. Francis King, past president, who acted as toastmaster and intro- duced a group of speakers, who dis- cussed the farm-garden movement from charitable, economic and spiritual up- lift viewpoints. Charles 8. Wilson, Federal Farm Board -member, declared “direct mar- keting is one important development in the United States, and many of you who sell your products at wayside stands are encouraged and aided through co-operative associations.” Mrs. Roberts Speaks. Mrs. Owen J. Roberts, wife of the associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, who described herself as & Pennsylvania farmer, expressed ap- preciation of the association’s work. | She told the women she was a guest at their luncheon, but expected “to become a member.” Mrs. Roy D. Chapin, wife of the Sec- retary of Commerce, told the gathering that “for 18 years I have been listening to speeches about improving the high- ways, speeches about building new roads into the country,” and that she could appreciate infinitely the great work of the Woman's National Farm and Garden Association. She related the anecdote of the “situation in Virginia during the war,” when as a member of the War Industries Board, her husband was con- fronted with the difficulty of keeping transportation open into Washington in the Winter over the muddy roads of that State. Mrs. Arthur M. Hyde, wife of the Sec- retary of jculture, and Mrs. William N. Doak, wife of the Secretary of Labor, also spoke briefly, Mrs. Hyde is co- owner and co-operator of seven farms, while Mrs. Doak and her husband own one in the Blue Ridge Mountains, to- gether with a large estate on the banks of the Potomac, across Chain Bridge. Hopes for Feminine Leadership. Frederick A. Whiting of the American Federation of Fine Arts spoke of the “new renaissance” in America brought on by the depression, and expressed the hope that the women will lend every effort to the upbuilding of the spiritual side of the lives of farmers and working men, who due to present economic con- ditions have more leisure than ever be- fore. Mrs. Clara May Downey, herself a farmer and proprietor of Olney Inn., Olney, Md., outlined the work of farm women in her community and revealed that 74 women at now marketing their roducts through a wayside stand at thesda, Md. Dr. T. B. Symons of the Extension Service, University of Maryland, urged standardization of roadside stands and markets and told of a conference of representatives of these enterprises in Maryland, to be held next month in Baltimore for the purpose of promul- gating a standardized code of ethics. Among other prominent guests were: Miss Florence Ward, general ¢ Mrs. Frank B, Noyes, Edward B. Rowan, Mrs. G. U. Crocker, Mrs. Harold Mur- dock, Mrs. N. C. Conant, Mrs. Alexander Barron, Mrs. Charles B, Ware, Mrs. Herbert Hosmer and Mrs, W. H. Spicer. HITLER IN CAPITAL TO SEE PRESIDENT ON NEW MINISTRY (Continued From First Page.) the chancellor a memorandum In the hope that he would change his political policies. News of the arrest was suppressed at the time. The President’s idea of a national concentration government was said to be a cabinet appointed by him, and responsible primarily to him, but sup- ported, or at least tolerated, by the Reichstag, which itself has. no single group or coalition commanding a ma- Jority. Official quarters pointed out that the President in_accepting the chancellor'’s resignation has not necessarily with- drawn confidence in the junker govern- ment head. ‘These quarters—i. e., of the interim Von Papen government—asserted the foreign policies of the Reich have not been affected and Kcnstantin von Neurath, the foreign minister, is going to Geneva Saturday, regardless of the outcome of the situation. Gen. Kurt von Schleicher, known as the power behind the Von Papen gov-, ermment, today was said to have no ambitions to become chancellor, prefer- ring to retain the defense ministry. The speculation as to what a national concentration cabinet would look ltke ranged up and down the lists of German public men today. Among ceveral suuesthgu for the chancellorship appears the hame of Dr. Heinrich Schnee, who recently resigned from the People’s party, whose leader was designated one of the President’s conferees today. Other “rumor eandidates” were Franz Bracht, the federal commissioner for Prussia; Baron von Gayl, minister of the interior under Von Papen; Gen. von Schleicher; Gregor Strasser, a Hitler man; Adam Stegerwald, a former cabi- net member; Hjalmar Schact, former jeads head of the Reichsbank, and Karl Goerdeler, mayor of Leipsic. The President went through the con- ‘ ference with Hugenburg. Ksas and Dingledey this morning. All the confer- ences were out cf the way before noon. BID FOR MARKETS SEEN. Schnee Regarded Here as Germany's Colonial Expert. n that Germany may be %unm RS. POLLY LAYDER TUNNEY, tions she uncerwent in versary Tunney went down the bay on a customs cutter to greet them. completely recovered from two mastold Paris, photographed aboard the liner opers! Europa with her husband, Gene Tunney, former heavyweight boxing champion, who greeted her on her arrival in New York yesterda: She was accompanied by her son, Gene, § is tomorrow: her mother, Mrs. George Lauder, and a French physician, whose first birthday anni- —A. P. Photo, REVISION-PLANNED OF HOME LOAN AGT System Has Not Yet Ad- vanced Any Funds, Repre- sentative Coehran Charges. By the Associated Press. Extensive revision of the home loan banking law will be asked at the coming sesslon by Representative Cochran, Mis- souri Democrat. The reason, he said today. is that the act. establishing the system “did nothing but extend false hopes to the people.” attested by the fact that it had not yet made a loan. Cochran, chairman of the House Ex- penditures Committee, said he expected to get Banking Committee members who voted against the bill last session to join his move for revision. He recalled, too, that Democratic and Republican House leaders had been ;ofi:ewh-_t lp:ttheftiic w‘“zh the m‘un ed‘ ill, passing it only ul e continu insistence of the Mmfi:;tndon. Scores of his constituents since the bill became law, Cochran sald, have 1complained to him that the provision limiting loans to 40 per cent of assessed valuation restricts benefits to too nar- row a field. Contracted values Smakes he asserted, to increase that minimum. “I'm going to try to have it raised to 75 or 80 per cent,” he sald. “It's :fit"w be that high to do_any good at BENEFIT DANCE LISTED Employes’ Welfare Association Al- 80 to Give Card Party Tuesday. The Employes' Welfare Association of the Veterans' Administration will hold a benefit dance and card party next Tuesday at the Kennedy-Warren Hotel. The entertainment will start at 10 p.m. Mwm Janet McRae is chairman of the Entertainment Committee, which includes Bernard Bee, Mrs. Esther L. Bm:d._m Mrs. Bernice Leitzel and C. M. Wo markets was seen today by interna- tional observers here in reports men- tioning Dr. Heinrich Schnee as a pos- sible successor to Franz von Papen at the head of the Berlin cabinet. Dr. Schnee is primarily a colonial expert. He is not a pronounced party man and Washington diplomats be- lieve his absence in the Far East as a member of the Lytton Manchurian Commission during most of the past year of political upheaval led by Hit- ler, may be favorable to his selection. It President von Hindenburg selects Dr. Schnee to head a new government, political experts will watch, if not for a pronounced_effort to regain some of her former colonial possessions, at least for great insistence upon concessions | in foreign markets where she may bet- ter her economic condition. Served in East Africa. The economic consortium arranged with France and Great Britain for the | joint electrification of the railways of | | Poland, Portugal, Rumania and Irak, is a decided step in that directio | Dr. Schnee is 61, was educated at the Universities of Heidelberg, Kiel and | Berlin, and_was in German colonial service in Bismarck Archipelago and | German Samoa before he was made Governor of German East Africa In 1912, During the great war he was in Africa and figured in the guerilla war which a small German army of 5,000 natives, officered by 3 waged relentlessly, in the Eastern sec- tion of the Dark Continent while the main issue was being decided in France. 1 Surrendered in 1918. | Gov. Schnee was with Von Lettow- Vorbeck, the military commander of this little military force, when it finally surrendered to the British forces on November 23, 1918. Dr. Schnee has written extensively on coloniul problems and has been & the movement to mumon- powers these questions: “Do you want our co-operation in the task of civilization or do you prefer ,that we should seek our own ways of | carpying out those tasks without regard for you? Do you want us to be co- workers with you for the maintenance of peace in the world, or would you !rather perpetuate the rancors and re- sentments caused by the war and pro- He added the system’s “failure” was| | High School Outflies. Husband | AMY JOHNSON. AMY JOHNSON SETS CAPE TOWN RECORD IN SOLO FLIGHT (Continued Prom First Page.) Mollison made the first solo flight from east to west across the North Atlantic. Amy was heavy-eyed, but otherwise surprisingly fresh when she stepped out of the plane today. “Thank you very much for this great welcome,” she said. “I said I would come back, and here I am.” She posed for the photographers and then the mayor and his wife and the rest of the official reception committee led her away to an automobile. The British airwoman had been ex- pected last night to land here in time to cut approximately 16 hours from her husband’s record. ‘When Mollison made the Cape Town flight he took 15 hours off the time set Peggy Salaman, London society girl. h]amM.;:hdnm left Lympne, England, early ay morning, reaching Oran, Algeria, on her first hop. Defied Jungle Perils, From there she flew to Gao, French West Africa, and thence to Douals, Cameroons, across hundreds of miles of dense forest, in which a forced-down fiyer probably never would be found. Her next goal was Mossamedes, but lack of oil pressure heated the engine of her plane and she was forced down at Benguela, 200 miles short. For a time 1t looked as though her flight was ended there, but she worked hard over the engine and got it working well enough to carry her en, ‘The 1,000-mile leg from Douala was the worst of the entire flight. Tor- rential rain made it impossible for her to see much more than the line of breakers marking the shore. Flying low, she followed that line, occasionally pull- ing up the nose of her ship sharply to get over jutting cliffs that loomed sud- denly out of the murk. As Miss Mollison was whisked off to an office on the other side of the field this morning she collapsed for just a moment, burying her head in her arms. She recovered quickly. “All T want now is sleep,” she said. :Ii had only five hours during the whole rip.” There was a telephone call from her but declined to answer several other calls because she was too tired. MOLLISON “EXCITED.” Pleased to Hear Wife Beat His Own Record. LONDON, November 18 (#).—Capt. J. A. Mollison, who never thrilled much to excited today when he learned that his wife, Amy Johnson, had beaten his own record for the flight to Cape Town. “I'm so proud that she has done it,” he s1id, “but I knew she would. Per- haps the world thought she never could this shows she has the stuff in her, This is wonderful. For a man it would g.mgne.mrornwnmmnulflm‘ He hurried off then to put in & tele- nhmuuto(kpo'town.w " CHILD WORKER TO TALK Dr. William J. French, internation- ally known authority on child welfare work, will address the Parent-Teache: Association of the Macfarland Junior ! o'clock in the school auditorium. longed even morg peace?” his own achievements in the air, was|. i~ nms;wnm :l meh?rmlm have ;.fii and said inced: radio artists was imMm %u ADVERTISING PLAN URGED FOR PEACE Bennett Chapple Suggests Method of Protecting Business. By the Associated Press. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J, November 18.—Describing war as the greatest tax breeder, Bennett Chapple of Middleton, Ohlo, yesterday recommended that business interests protect themselves by sponsoring’an advertising campaign &g behalf of world peace. Addressing the twenty-third annual meeting of the Association of National Advertisers, Chapple said: Business Insurance. “Peace is just another form of busi- ness insurance. World peace must be sold like any other commdity that would reduce living costs and add to the health and happiness of the human family. “The world is floundering in debt caused by the World War. hty per cent of our Federal taxes is the direct result of past wars and against future conflicts. It is high time that business take a hand in bringing about relief. “Today we are giving three months of our earning capacity each year for taxes, most of which have been built by war, and that's a big price to pay for international psychological explo= lons. “We might not be able to cure war, but we can draw its sharpest teeth by builidng reasonable psychology against war, and how can this be done more effectively than by advertising?” Urges Naming of Committee, CMFFIG urged the appointment of & ttee of the association to study the problem and work other with agencles of world . He proj that business mur‘:u‘“m all Knm space alrehdy cone world. h Starr Butler of New York, vice ral Corpo~ Tatic ld the gathering that there was “a growing intent on the part of advertisers to pay more attention to qualitative rather than quantitative cire culation and to reduce the costs of dise tribution to bring about lower adver- tising rates. SENATOR HARRISON OPPOSES REDUCTION IN DEBTS OWED U. S. (Continued Ftom Pirst Page.) keel. They are certainly in & condition financially to make payment of the De- cember installment due this country. Cites Military Budgets. “One very telling fact- cannot be overlooked in the consideration of this question. That is that Prance for the year 1931 expended for military pur- 200000, The expended for the same ,000,000 and Italy $262,- Germany expended $170,~ posals to make, they might do so, then the Congress can give whatever consideration to the subject that it de- serves, Two Ways fo Balance Books. “It is very gracious of President Hoo= ver to call in President-elect Roosevelt to confer in regard to this problem, But it is as well that the statesmane ship of America present a united fromf, 50 that Europe may know what to ex= by the previous record holder, Miss | tax of . “We know that we will have a defl cit,” he replied. “How much that will be is not known. The Democratic party has pledged rigid retrenchment and economies in Government e other is to increase taxes. I pre- !.rlt.h’e first. “I favor out the Volstead m as to permit, within constitutional limi carrying pledge to modify the the manufacture and sale of beer other beverages.” Senator Harrison said he saw no rea- son for putting off modification of the Volstead act for three months. “What part the President will play in this matter of modification of the Volstead act I do not know,” he said. “I have no idea that we could pass i over a presidential veto.” Senator Harrison was asked his at. titude toward a manufacturers' sales tax if further taxation becomes necess sary to balance the budget. He said that he did not believe that a sales tax would be enacted at the coming short session. He added, however, that if there were no new sources of taxation to be tapped, except through change in the prohibition laws, “we may have husband in London. She talked to him, | to go to the manufacturers' sales tax.* RECONSTRUCTION LOANS Arkansas, Indiana and Missouri Receive Funds for leuef—l’nfifi{ Rico Also Aided. . By the Associated Press. repeat her great flight to Australia, but, 3 ay that he hed Monday evening at 8 of his organization r Miller recently sufi: - Ve t his White B cipally