Evening Star Newspaper, November 27, 1932, Page 2

POLICE GUNS HALT Fugitive Captured After Chase in Which Four Shots Are Fired. One of two colored men said to have held up a taxicab driver last night was captured after a chase in which four shots were fired at him by detectives. ‘The hold-up was one of & series of robberies in which bandits and burglars obtained more than $1,500 in cash, jew- elry and other articles. Charles L. Boteler, 507 Twelfth street somtbeast, was the victim cf the hold- up, two colored men robbing him of $4 in the 2500 block of Sixth street. The finish of the hold-up was wit- nessed by Detective Sergts. M. J. Ma- haney and Tom Sweeney, who pursued both bandits. One of the men eluded the detectives, but they continued chas- ing the other man, who surrendered after Mahaney opened fire. Companion Hunted. ‘The man was booked for investigation while the detectives instituted a search for his companion. He identified him- self as Robert Williams, 30, of the 700 block of Fairmont street. Mrs. Margaret Ragan, 1800 block of Second street northeast, told police her apartment was entered some time between 10 o'clock Friday morning and 6:30 last night, the place ransacked and $700 in jewelry, clothing and cash stolen. Henry Cherner, 300 block of Fifteenth street northeast, reported he was held up by two men and robbed of his bill- fold, containing some checks; a $10 watch, $2 in cash and his truck. A few minutes after the hold-up police Tecovered the truck about two blocks fre': Cherner's home. ‘Griffie Orndoff, first block of M street, was held up in Dingam alley and rob- bed of $6 by two colored men. John H. Wade, 1200 block of W street, told police his home was entéred by ;igi\llcnw key and jewelry valued at $20 The cost of operating the Federal Government in 7 The cost in 1913 was $700.000,000. 1932 15 $4.000.000,000. Two large organizations of taxpayers are demanding Congress reduce their burden by cutting expenses. They are the United States Chamber of Com- merce and the National League. How the money is how savings can be made in a series of five daily dispatches, which this is the first. By KARL W. MILLER The session of Congress this Winter seems likely to witness an effort’to re- duce the size and expense of the Fed- eral Government on & scale and of a sort unprecedented in the Nation's his- tory. The approaching campaign of retrenchment, all the signs indicate, | will make the campaign for that pur- pose last sesslon seem feeble by com- parison, not necessarily in the results accomplished hu';'ln in tfihefin;lse and tumult accompanying the effort. The reason is t{\‘:t h'.he 560?.000600’:0‘ oss reduction in the budget of certa. gplmmnu and bureaus that resulted | from last session’s attempt at retrench- ment just about exhausted the possi- bilities for economy in operation of the | Government as it now exists. This | gross economy, sizable though it seemed, at once was eaten up in large part by various emergency appropria- tions for the fight against the depres- sion, leaving the need for government | revenue not much reduced and the dc-l mand for further economy correspond- ingly urgent. Yet, as & result of last| session’s reductions in the routine budget, the Government Treally been working on famine rations since the beginning of the current fiscal year. Many Strict Economies. To fit the Federal establishment into the revamped budget, necessary travel allowances have been reduced, military maneuvers and experiments with im- proved weapons have been curtailed, officials have been encouraged to take upper berths in Pullmans, obsolescent of en. Other Robberies Reported. Among others who reported hold-ups and robberies last night were Deed Buckner, 1300 block of Sixth street, held up by two colored men who spatched $7 from his hand and fled through an alley; Esther Johmson, 1800 block of Eighteenth street, whose apart. ment was entered and robbed of $4 and a set of false teeth; Thomas Bourke, 1000 block of L street, whose grocery was robbed of cigars, cigarettes and cash totaling $5; Moses R. Sanger, 2700 block of Ontario road, who reported the theft of $40 in clothing from his dry goods store at 1132 Seventh street; Harold Merchant, 1200 block of Eight- eenth street, whose store was robbed of watches valued at $62; Kathleen Preston, 200 block of Massachusetts ave- nue northeast, whose apartment was entered by a jimmy thief and $12 in clothing stolen, and Catherine Willis, 8Q0_block of Fifth street, whose purse, coni $4.75, was snatched by & col- oréd man at Massachusetts avenue and Samuel E. Grant and James P. Con- ‘way, both of the 500 block of s reported theft of a woman's handbag containing between $75 and $150 from the running board of a altomobile parked near Union Station. Hold-ups were reported by three other taxicab drivers. lliam O. Lee, 28, of 617 Pennsylvania avenue, said a colored man robbed him of $6 at Twenty-first street and Virginia avenue. Frank A. Webster, 600 block of G street, reported he was robbed of $4.50 by two colored men, whom he had- driven to the Senate ared, 3200 block of Sherman: avenue, 3id five colored men robbed him of $2 at First and I streets northeast. ‘Thieves smashed a window of Castleberg jewelry store, 1000 block of F street, and escaped with four watches worth approximately $200 Tespon today. Police, ding to a :ex;‘ahm, found no traces of the rob- early burg- e e MRS. LANGHORNE SUES ..HUSTON FOR $5,000 Wife of Cousin 8 Lady Astor Ac- cuses Former G. 0. P. Chairman in Loss of Furniture. NEW YORK, November 26 (#).—The $5,000 damage suit started a year ago by Mrs. Zaidee Langhorne against Claudius ‘Huston, former chairman of the Républican National Committee, vé:s formally filed today in Supreme urt. Mrs. Langhorne, whose husband is s cousin of Lady Astor, charges that Huston destroyed furniture worth $4,000 and converted a $1,000 tapestry to his own use when he rented her furnished apartment in Washington several years ago. ‘The suit was instituted by Mrs. Lang- horne September 25, 1931. Efforts to serve Huston with the, papers in the case having proved unsuccessful, Mrs. Langhorne obtained court permission to serve them on one of his repre- sentatives. The damage, Mrs. Langhorne alleged, | was inflicted in her home, at 152 ‘Twentieth street northwest, Washing- ton, which she eaid was rented fur- nished to Huston in 1929 and 1930. Her complaint did not go into details concerning the furniture which she claims was destroyed. The Langhornes are listed in the Washington Social Reglster. ORE SHIPMENTS DROP Emallest Tonnage in 47 Years Re- ported on Lakes. CLEVELAND, November 26 (®).— Lake freighters bearing ore from the dron depsits of the Lake Superior dis- trict to the ports nearest the Midwest's steel centers this season carried their lightest burden in 47 years. The report of the Lake Superior Ore Association, made today as the last ore cargo_of the season was still on its way from Escanaba, Mich.,, to Cleve- land, showed that gross tonnage for this year was 3,567,985, Last year 23,467,786 gross tons were transported. The heaviest traffic was during the years from 1923 to 1930, when ore shipments fluctuated between 42,623,572 gross tons in 1924 and 65,- 204,600 gross tons in 1929, the year a record was established. MOVIE EMPLOYE BURNED Several Autos Also Damaged in Outdoor Set Fire. CULVER CITY, Calif., November 26 equipment of many kinds has been “made to do,” purchase of all but ordi- nary supplies by the scientific bureaus virtually was forbidden, documents and notices have been reduced in size and printed in one color instead of two, salaries have been reduced and some valued employes dismissed, valuable re- ports on -investigations already com- pleted have been left unprinted, and in a thousand ways efforts have been made to cut the corners and hold down expenses. Many a bureau is operating on & skeleton basis that actually nullifies its usefulness. In short, the economy drive last ses- | sion just about went the limit in this| particular direction. With some minor exceptions, it is obvious further re- trenchment must come, not from more reduction in the operating costs of existing government machinery, but from a reduction of the machinery itself, or of its sphere of action. ‘This where the economy shoe really will begin to pinch, for it marks the point where mere emergency nickel-squeezing leaves off and the at- tempt begins to make a real retrench- ment on & permanent basis. Not only Federal bureaucrats but affected groups of citizens, such as war veterans, farmers and others, this time will add their protests to the general clamor. Sentiment Nation-Wide. Nevertheless, some reduction of the Government is almost bound to eventu- ate, for never before has there been feeling that the Federal b] t, which cost $700,000,000 in 1913 and ‘::,M,M‘OM lnd:”'l;:: grown too .~ Where sut el exists. Congress, i one way or is certain to act. Seldom before has there been such national unanimity on any subject what- ever. On the strength of it, the Na- tional Economy League, an infant or- ganization, headed by Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, retired, and blessed with -an impressive advisory council, including Calvin Coolidge and Alfre¢ E. Smith, has grown over-night to rank with the country’s leading propa- ganda orgmncima. With ils definite program of econo- st teague lais. 1,000000 espoused, the league ,000 members, many of them contributing. The United States Chamber of Com- merce has encountered similar enthusi- asm among business men for its pro- posal in round numbers that $1,000,000,- 000 be lopped from the Federal budget. Campaign Issue. Among politiclans economy has be- come virtually a religious tenet. Con- gressional candidates at the recent elec- tion universally were committed to it. Both major parties pledged themselves eloquently to cut the cost of Govern- ment, the Democrats calling specifically for a reduction of 25 per cent, or roughly $1,000,000,000, in annual Fed- eral expenditures. < This figure, it is true, has been chal- lenged by the Republicans as impossi- ble of achievement. It was pointed out by President Hoover in his Detroit | campaign address that the routine out- lay of the Government this fiscal year, after deducting emergency relief appro- priations, is only $3,647,000,000. After subtracting from this the $1,980,000,000 set aside for public debt service and the national defense, the President said, only $1,667,000,000 is left, out of which | to draw the proposed economy of $1,000,000,000. Such a cut obviously is impracticable. ‘What_the Democrats presumably meant, however, and what the United States Chamber of Commerce also had in mind, was a cut of $1,000,000,000 below the gross budget for the present fiscal year. Such a cut would include the abandonment or curtailment of cur- rent emergency expenditures, some of which would cease in any case, and on that basis $1,000,000,000 reduction of Federal expense is at least theoretically possible. It would mean a cut of about $572,000,000 in the ‘“routine” annual running cost of the Government. Hoover Proposals. ‘The scope of the impending economy drive in Congress is pretty well indi- cated in advance. Foremost in promise | of actual immediate reductions is the | plan of President Hoover to reduce this Winter's regular annual budget $500,- 000,000 below the current total. A de- mand for this cut was made by the President on all departments and bureaus months ago, when first esti- mates of next year's needs were being submitted to the Budget Bureau. His proposal, if carried out, would put in | effect at once a full half of the econo- my program advocated by the United States Chamber of Commerce and the Democrats. All of the President’s proposed cut, however. must come from the operating expenses of the Government as it now exists, since actual elimination of any cogs from the Government machine can | (/) —One man suffered burns and sev- eral motor cars were ruined by a fire which razed outdoor “sets” and sheds at the “vanch” location of tae Hal Roach Movie Studios today. John Hill, studiu empioye, was burned trying to_control the fire, but he re- quired only brief hospital treatment. ‘The fire started from a grass blaze on the 10-acre “ranch.” No film com- panies were at work there at the time. Argentina Restricts Immigrants. BUENOS AIRES, November 26 (#).— The Argentine government today re- mmdlwn into the dorttam&bmmt immigrants wi be accomplished only through special legislation by Congress, which Has no place in the budget message. As already indicated, there is little room for further economies in routine operating costs. Consequently, it is evident the greater part of this $500,000,000 cut will be found by curtailment of the emer- gency construction this fiscal year an of unemployment relief. Ot the total sum, $322,000,000 plainly is to come simply from non-repetition of the public works appropriation of that amount carried in the emergency relief and construction of while THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., NOVEMBER 27, 1932—PART ONE. FEDERAL EXPENSES INCREASE OVER $3,000,000.000 IN 19 YEARS ‘HOLD-UP SUSPECT| e ion-wWide Sensiment Directed on Con- gress to Put Into Effect Strictest Econo- mies in All Branches of Government. ance or even extension, of the Federal work relief program. A second phase of the economy drive will revolve around the demand for re- duction of expenditures of the Veterans' Administration. The Chamber of Com- merce has asked for the elimination of about $400,000,000 annually, most of it alleged to be paid out for relief of vet- erans on account of ailments not con- nected with war service. The National Economy League is asking a similar cut of $450,000,000. During the campaign President Hoover said such a cut could not be made without injustice to the veterans. Hearings on the various plans for re- organizing the whole scheme of vet- erans’ compensation will be begun just before Congress assembles, December 5, by a Special Joint Committee of Con- gress. The cli of economy advocates and veterans’ organizations at these hearings undoubtedly will presage one of the hardest fought congressional bat- tles of recent times. A third and last phase of the economy drive is the plan for reorganization of the Government, which President Hoover is cxpected to submit to Con- gress shortly after its convening, under authority conferred on him by the economy act of last session. A report to form the basis of this plan has been in preparation by subordinates all Sum- mer, but final action presumably has been delayed by the exigencies of the recent political campaign. Nothing is known of the plan, even in a general way, but it is safe to say that if it fails to recommend actual abolishment of a considerable number of existing Government bureaus and services, as well as a reorganization, it will accomplish little in net economies. There is ample room for reorganization of the Government in the interest of increased efficiency, but the economies to be obtained in this way alone, ac- cording to the best congressional au- thorities, are not impressive. If the President does not recommend the abol- ishment of bureaus and services, that is when the fun will begin. No Curtailment of Functions. In all the long history of the Federal Government, there has never been an actual curtailment of its functions. Its history is one of continuous, almost con- tinual, growth. There have been con- solidations in which one bureau has lost its identity by merger with another, as in the case of the recent merger of the Pension Bureau with the Veterans’ Bu- reau. But always, as in that case, the net result was an increased expenditure of Federal funds, instead of a net sav- ing. Never has there been an outright discontinuance of any Federal Govern- ment service. Balanced against this traditional in- ertia in the present instance, however, is the unprecedented public demand for economy, backed by an acute emergency need for reduced Government costs. In the coming session, with the Treasury deficit for the fiscal year already crowd- ing $700,000,000, Congress well may find itself faced with the alternative of mak- ing real economies or enacting another heavy tax increase. The necessities of the situation may force a real retrench- ment. Usually a short session of Congress does little more than enact the regular annual supply bills. The problems dumped into the lap of the coming ses- sion promise at least to make it one of the most extraordinary of recent times. Probably much of the economy drive really will not come to a head until the special session, sure to be called under the Democratic adminis- tration after March 4. (Copyright, 1932, by North American News- paper Alliance, Inc.) FORD UNDER KNIFE IN SUDDEN ATTACK OF FEMORAL HERNIA (Continued From First Page.) on ‘he platform when the President made a campaign speech at Olympia Arena here. Mr. and Mrs. Ford accompanied the President on his special train back to Washington, and later the motor mag- nate spent some time in the East. While illness came as & new experi- ence to Henry Ford, there are few divisions of human activity in which he has not had a part, and, there are few dreams which come to the aver- age man which have not come true for him. Starting with nothing much more than mechanical ability and an idea that automobile ownership could be opened to the general public, he rose to dominate a vast industrial empire. Not only industrially, however, did he succeed. Numerous other dreams came true. He became the owner of thousands of acres around his birth- place and put into practice his own theories of economics on them. He has & museum in which he has col- lected Americana from all parts of the world, as well as a comprehensive exhibit of the history of transporta- tion over thousands of years. Owns Far-Flung Enterprises. ‘The Ford enterprises include every- thing that enters into the making and selling of autombiles—coal and iron mines, timber lands, farms, su:nmshap lines, and until recently a railroad. In all of these and many other ac- tivities he has stuck to the principles which created of his motorcar man- ufacturing a history-making under- taking. Ford belleves that industry cannot operate unless it makes money and that it cannot make money unless somebody buys. Since the buyer must have money, high es go with big rofits. This simple formula was be- nd the growth of his power and of his fame. Of recent years he has turned his at- tention more and more to the mother of all industries—agriculture—and has been operating farms which furnished employment to a considerable number of men. Complete combination of in- dustrial employment with farming is one of his dearest dreams. In recent press interviews and in other utterances Mr. Ford has talked more of farming than of automobiles, although the close competition for rather skimpy business in the low priced motorcar field undoubtedly was heavy on_his mind. Under business pressure, as under other conditions, however, Mr. Ford remained always a smiling, easy-going man in his personal contacts—contacts which have been limited to an increas- ingly smaller circle as his fame grew and brought an even larger number of unwelcome demands. Two Projects Fail. ‘The failure of his “peace ship” plan during the World War and the outcome of his “Dearborn Independent” enter- prise—events which brought unfavor- able publicity in many places—left him smiling, his intimates said. ‘The present illness and the precau- tions taken to ki it from the public recalled the fact that several years ago Mr. Ford on secrecy a injured in an a accident. News of the accident leaked out, but it was not the fault of Mr. Ford or his close associates. The immense advertising value in the accident, in the fact that the man called the richest individual in the world still drove on2 of his own cars, appeared not to interest Mr. Ford. mouumtmfi;quq;nm | being | Speake; IRISH BEAT ARMY 210, INAIR ATTACK 80,000 Spectators Watch Notre Dame Batter Cadets in Yankee Stadium. (Continued From First Page.) that baffled Pitt, Harvard and Yale. From that point on, the Army's run- jning game was covered and smoth- ered, broken up and beaten back and the Army’s passing game was broken up at almost every turn. Yet the Army's ground defense was so keen and spirited that two Notre Dame thrusts were wrecked in the first and second periods around the 5-yard line, forcing Notre Dame at last to win through the air. Twice the South Bend { tidal wave in green had rolled to the Army 5-yard line. Twice it had been thrown back. On the third march the Western team put on one of the great plays of the year. In a third drive that swept the ball into the shadow of Army posts, Notre Dame again had ar- rived around the 5-yard line. Recalling the flerce resistance of two other drives Koken then stepped back, faked a run and passed to Melinkovich over the Army line. Melinkovich in turn, cut back across to take the ball from a group of Army defenders for the first iscore as Murphy kicked goal. Hit With Terrific Force. It was a smart, daring play and it brought its reward. All this time the Notre Dame backs were hitting with terrific force. They were driving and spinning, fiwhtlng and fighting for every yard. It was a far different team from the lethargic outfit that worked against Pitt. Here was a team full of flame and fire, out to prove its place. Leading 7 to 0, as the third perlod started, Notre Dame's second touch- down was even more spectacular. A rush of green wave first downs had carried the ball deep into Army terri- tory. Then & penalty set the ball back to Army's 29-yard line, well over by the sidelines. It was fourth down when Banas dropped back to the 40-yard line, danced back and forth for a sec- ond to two, and then threw a long 45- yard pass that sailed well beyond the Army goal line into the waiting arms of Devore, a brilliant Notre Dame end. The Army defense was so completely fooled that two South Bend mates were standing at Devore’s side. The debacle was now complete. Once more the green tidal wave, still hitting with de- ception, speed and power, got under way. A great kick by Banas planted the ball on Army's 2-yard line. Fields | dropped back of his goal to kick, but | | & low pass eluded his hands, fell away, and Harris, a Notre Deme guard, dived | upon the ball for the third touchdown | as Murphy again kicked goal. Later in the third period Notre Dame | passes sailed across the Army goal line | into the open arms of Francheau and | Vairo for two more touchdowns, but | in each case the ball bounded out to cut away two more touchdowns that only mechanical errors threw away. The Army put every ounce of fight | it carried into this contest, but the was completely outclassed by a better foot ball team, the greatest show | of speed and force I have seen all year. | Came With Spin and Whirl. The great crowd, filling every nook and éranny of the big Yankee Stadium, | with thousands turned away, saw the tide of battle start from the West at | the first jump. Just after the Army had kicked off Lukas and Banas began | their big ripping act. They came on| with a spin and a whirl that meant business. They fought for every foot. | Time and again these big, fast Notre Dame backs were tackled, only to carry on for another two or three yards be- force they finally hit the green turf. The Army had no physical power to meet this wild charge of a team out to prove its place as one of the greatest of the year. Notre Dame had something more than swiftness of foot and violence in assault. It had deception thrown in with an attack that was well drilled and well executed. Only a fighting Army defense, led by Capt. Summer- felt, who was all over the fleld, staved off two early touchdowns that seemed | certain after Western attacks that rip- | ped and rushed along the ground. It | was not until the South Bend team | took to the air that a badly baffled | Army team finally gave way. The| startled crowd, expecting to see a flock of hospital recruits, struggling to stand up, suddenly looked upon more physical power than it had seen in years. The flock of invalids out of a South | Bend hospital were knocking down and running over the same Army stars who gave Pitt a scare and who ran over Yale and Harvard. Here was the chance for scme testimonial turning a hospital into a set of athletes that could have cleaned up a_ malady jungle in 20 minutes. The flu-stricken Melinkovich | ran with the speed of a deer and the force of an African buffalo. He.was about as eesy to stop as a tractor spin- ning at 60 miles an hour. He must have made more than 50 yards after he was tackled. Had Able Assistance. And he had able help from the rest of his crew, Koken and Banas, Francheau and Skeet Keski, Lukats, Murphy and Jaswich. Here was the team of all nations hurled against a line headed by Kurth and Kruause, two hard charging giants that could open a hole through granite. Capt. Summerfelt of the Army was on top of the job all afternoon. He was tackling all over the field, but he had a hopeless job. His team was too badly overwhelmed. It was beaten back by too much man-power, much more than the Army could face. The lighter Army backs, handling the secondary work, were often knocked aside or rolled back many yards before they could stop the play. Notre Dame had come a long, long way since the Pittsburgh game. It was a different team this afternoon, a team that will give Southern Cali- fornia all it can handle. It provided the show today for 80,000 spectators who saw at last what a tidal wave can do when it finally gets under way. y. (Copyright, 1932, by North American News- paper Alliance, Inc.) Plan Thanksgiving Service. FAIRFAX, Va., November 26 (Spe- cial).—The annual Thanksgiving service of Fairfax Council, Order of Fraternal Americans, will bs held tomorrow eve- ning in the Southern Methodist Church at 7:30 o'clock. Subject: “Modern Trends in Public City. Dr. Hugh S. Cumming, Surgeon General, U. S. Public Health Service. Mr George A. H g8, on Child Health and Presiding Officer: Mrs. Ernest R. Grant, President. | one of the most widely known news- | aggressively independent and engaged | and otbers into exile. You Are Invited Annual Public Meeting Tuberculosis Association Monéuy Evening, Nov. 28th, at 8 O’Clock in the U. S. Chamber of Commerce Building 1617 H Street N.W. Dr. Shirley W. Wynne, Commissioner of Health, New York Colorful Scene at Neotre CADETS STAGE PARADE ON FIELD BEFORE START OF FRAY. . : ach The entire West Polnt Cadet Corps on parade in the Yankee Stadium, New York City, before the start of the game | pr e with Notre Dame yesterday. More than 80,000 jammed the huge base ball park to see the contest. 5 [] Dame-Army Game ol o —A. P. Photo. VAN VALKENBURC. NOTED EDITOR, DIES Philadelphia North American Ex-President Was Friend of T. R. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, November 26.— Edwin A. Van Valkenburg, former presi- dent and editor of the Philadelphia North American, and in his active days paper executives, died tonight from 8| heart attack. | Mr. Van Valkenburg died in the Jef- ferson Hospital, where he had been taken about two weeks ago for treat-, ment. A close friend of the late President Theodore Roosevelt, who had referred to him as a “great editor and a great pa- triot,” Mr. Van Valkenburg retired from the North American in 1924. The paper the following year was taken over by the Philadelphia Public Ledger. Born in Wellsboro, Pa., September 1, 1867, and raised there, Mr. Van Valken- burg was for more than 35 years prominent figure in the public affairs of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania. His aptitude for politics was developed by active participation as a young man in political contests in his home county, and he gained an insight of State affairs while holding a legislative clerkship at Harrisburg. “Seventy-six” Organized. He was one of the organizers of the famous “Seventy-six” group of mem- bers which for two years fixfil Matthew Stanley Quay from retu g to the United States Serate. In that memor- able battle and a succeeding contest he was the political manager for John ‘Wanamaker, the Philadelphia depart- ment_store owner and leader of the anti-Quay and anti-Penrose movements. It was while he was directing the fight in Harrisburg, early in 1889, that Van Valkenburg suggested the idea of establishing a metropolitan newspaper to carry on the struggle against the Republican leadership in the State at that time. On his recommendation, Thomas B. Wanamaker, eldest son of the merchant,” purchased the North American, a venerable journal of good repute but little circulation. The newspaper immediately became the best newspaper men it could find in the East. He waged incessant war against bal- lot frauds, sending some men to jail He fought what he declared to be “contractor rule” in Philadelphia politics. He also fought the anting of franchise: city councils for street railways without | {aroper return to the city and was a eader in the famous gas lease fight in Philadelphia in 1905. Van Valkenburg, through the North American, also took considerable part in the exposure of the State capitol fraud during the term of Gov. Samuel ‘W. Pennypacker. One of T. R. Licutenants, He was one of President Roosevelt's chief lieutenants in the Republican re- volt in 1912. He was one of the found- ers of the Roosevelt Memorial Associa- tion and the Roosevelt Pilgrimage. | which perpetuate the doctrines and ideals of that leader. Van Valkenburg was an advocate of local option and later of prohibition, and campaigned for the adoption of the eighteenth amendment. Humanitarian legislation was supported by him, and through his efforts the North American and its readers established in Atlantic City & fully equipped sanitarium for the treatment of poor children suffer- ing from surgical tuberculosis. Upon his retirement Van Valkenburg took up his residence on a country es- tate near Wellsboro, but kept in touch with public affairs. In the 1932 national campaign he took an active part in helping to shape the Republican policy on the liquor question, and was con- sul by national leaders, including President Hoover. Mr. Van Valkenburg is survived by his widow, Mrs, E. Louise Johnson Van Valkenburg, who was at his bedside when he died. to the of the Health Work.” Director, White House Conference Protection. Speaks in Forum SENATOR PAT HARRISON. SENATOR HARRISON 10 DISCUSS DEBTS Next Chairman of Finance Committee to Speak in Radio Forum. | Senator Pat Harrison will discuss the problem of the foreign debts owed to the United States in the National Radio Forum at 9:30 p.m., Eastern standard time, Monday, November 28. The Na- tional Radio Forum is arranged by The Washington Star and broadcast over the network of the National Broadcast- tor Harrison is today the rank- ing Democratic member of the Senate Pinance Confmittee, which has charge in the Senate of all debt legislation. He will become c! of that com- mittee when the Democrats assume control of the Senate. ‘The Mississippi Senator has given the debt situation close study. He will present a clear picture of the debt situ- ation, both as it affects the European debtor nations and the United States, the creditor Nation. The foreign debt problem is one of the most pressing now confronting President Hoover and President-elect Roosevelt and the Congress. FLYERS REPORTED SAFE AFTER 8 DAYS’ SILENCE Land in Northeastern Manitoba in Mining District—Pilot Returns for Others. By the Assoclated Press. ‘THE PAS, Manitoba, November 26— Silence of eight days which surrounded the flight of W. K. Harding, Minne- apolis engineer-prospector, and Ernest McFetridge, pilot of Winnipeg, into the Gods Lake mining district of North- eastern Manitoba, was broken today when word reached here of the fiyers’ safety. A- terse message, received by tele- phone from Wabowden, 138 miles north | of here on the Hudson Bay Railway, | said McFetridge had landed at Thicket | Portage, 125 miles northeast of here. The message indicated that Harding remained at Gods Lake while his pilot | flew back to Thicket to bring in re-| maining members of the engineer’s {any, McFetridge said he would return 0 Gods Lake tomorrow. MINERS AGAIN BOMBED Boarding House Target in Last of Four Illinois Attacks. TAYLORVILLE, Ill, November 26 (@) —A day of violence in the Central NI | Cel. COL. MILLER JAILED IN ALIMONY FIGHT 101 Ranch Pioneer, Declaring He’s Broke, Says He Will Never Pay It. By the Associated Press. EWKIRK, Okla, November 26— Zack Miller, grizzled 101-Ranch pioneer, went o jail here today for | failure to pay & $100 attorney fee and $40 a month sepirate maintenance to | Margaret Blevins-Miller, his estranged wife, who lives in the same house with him. “But that's not the end of it,” the fiery ranger declared. A representative of his attcrney left for Oklahoma City !to ask Gov. W. H. Murray to issue a pardon. “So far as I'm concerned, it's a life sentence,” Miller said immediately after District Judge Claud Duval ordered him to jail on a jury verdict, rendered early in the week. “I'll never pay it, for am broke,” he added. He criticized the court for pro- nouncing him a citizen of Louisiana in the receivership litigation involving the vast 101-Rinch, and later adjudging “me an Oklahoma citizen in the ali- mong case.” Several years ago Col. Miller was granted a divorce in Louisiana; an ap- peal by his wife is pending in the State Supreme Court of that State. Mean~ while, Judge Duval took jurisdiction in a suit filed by Mrs. Miller, asking tempo- Tary alimony of $40 a month. She al- leged that the ranchman had failed to gy $150 monthly temporary alimony was ordered to pay by the lower Louisiana court. She won her suit and Miller was con- victed of court contempt in failing to pay the $40 a month separate main- tenance, While the marital case was in liti- gation Col. Miller, the only surviving one of the three brothers who built up the large ranch, saw the vast acreage crumble into leases apportioned by Fred C. Clarke, receiver. The receivership frew out of defaulted payments on ns. loans. “They robbed me of my property; now they have taken my ny."’ecm Miller said today. force me to lo: further trouble.” Says He Can’t Pay Expenses. Last Summer the ranchman was charged with assault with 2 dangerous weapon after he emptied a shotgun into the floor of his bed room, at the ranch “white house,” where he had been ill for months, when attorneys represent- gxugn the receiver went there to talk with “They are trying to my head to get me into Due to continued illness or other liti- gation involving the ranch properties, this case was continued until Decem- ol M maste ol. Miller defiantly reigns as of the ranch “Whitey hu\fsnt," clmmin; it and the quarter section on which it stands es a homestezd. His estranged wife, living in one room of the great Wwhite mansion, also claims half of the homestead property. - The old ranch house, of Southern Co- lonial style, is weather-beaten and bad- ly in need of repairs. Miller is no longer able to pay his household expenses, he testified this week in the alimony case. BROOKHART MUCH BETTER ITowa Senator May Depart for Washington Soon. CHICAGO, November 26 (#).—Sen- ator Smith W. Brookhart of Iowa. was sufficlently recovered today from an at- tack of bronchial pneumonia that the services of a physician were not re- quired for him. At the office of Dr. C. E. Schultz, it was said Senator Brookhart probably would be able to leave the home of Mrs. Cephise M. Pope, in suburban Hinsdale, within a few days. It was expected the tsoenl?.wr would leave soon for Washing- Goes to Jail Tlinois coal fleld was climaxed tonight by the hurling of a bomb at the board- ing house of Mrs. Nita Melin, pa- tronized by nearly 50 working members of the United Mine Workes of Ameri- | ca. Mcre than 20 of the boarders were in the place when the bomb. hurled from an automobile, exploded in the yard” No one was injured, but| the house was damaged. | Earlier in the day the homes of | three employed United Mine Workers at Decatur, 30 miles from here, were bombed with considerable damage, but no personal injuries. At Andrew, in Sangamon County, a force of more than 1,000 “‘ficnm stopped work at the Cora Mine, manned by s score of United Mine Workers. PHARMACIST SUICIDE Hard Luck Stories of Customers Blamed for Shooting. CINCINNATI, November 26 (P).—Ap- Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis 1022 11th Street N.W, Telephone Phtrkt 8311 parently depressed by “hard luck” stories told him by his customers, Chec- ter A. Mace, 45, & pharmacist, shot and killed himself today, FPellow employes sl el e R room, and was found dead there & few minutes 1af | | DENIES MANCH AND PANAMA ALIKE Latin American Authority? Hits Japan’s Citation.of ' “Precedent.”. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. At the outset a few days ago of Ja-,, pan's attempt to persuade the League: of Nations and the world that her ae= ' tion in Manchuria is beyond suspicion— . especially the setting up of Manchukug | ans an “independent” state—a spokes- ~ man of the Toklo government asserted that there is ample precedent in both Europe and America for what had taken ’ place in Asia. The specific suggestion, as an “Independent” state—a spokes- concerned, was that Panama is an ex- ample which the United States cannot afford to ignore, either when Crl[lc\lin‘ Japan or in withholding recognition of’, Manchukuo. ‘This writer has obtained from one of * the foremost authorities on Latin | American developments=—not a- citizen of the United States, but one in pe- culiarly good position to supply it—an ¢ annthilating refutation of Japan’s Man. / churian alibl. He declares that “the hint of the Japanese government that the coming of the Republic of Panama to independent international life was’ accomplished on lines similar to those which saw the establishment of Man- chukuo cannot be called anything but i preposterous. < The eircumstances of * were entirely and essentlally Japan's thesis about Manchuria and} Panama is set forth plainly in a semlf’ official volume entitled “Japan s&nh 3 on the Sino-Japanese Crisis,” published* in the United States this year. ' The author is K. K. Kawakami, distine guished Japanese newspaperman resis dent in this country, and an author of), eminence. The preface to his bookV was written by Tsuyoshi Tnukai, who was assassinated last Spring while prime” minister of Japan. P “U. S. Was Instrumental.” “The American case in Colombia,™* writes Mr. Kawakami, “is more to the point in its analogy to the Japanese case in Manchuria. Just before .the United States acquired the Parama i Tenal rights there was a revolution fm ! Colombia, which gave President Roose- velt a plausible excuse for landing Hl-; rines there. What followed is still} snrouded in a certain mystery, but’ many Americans privately admit, and all Latin Americans openly declare, that the United States was instrumental in separating from Colombia what has’ since been known as the Republic ‘of# Panama. We may offer a hair-splite ting argument emphasizing the d -3 ference between the Japanese case in Manchuria and the American case in’ Colcn:bl.,. ‘l:;;tmt.hat will convince no one. ermore, Japanese expan= sion in Manchuria is far more. defen- ; sible® than American expansion in' the | Caribbean and in Central America.” . ; The Japanese argument ha ‘been submitted to the eminent Latin -, can hereinafter quoted, he was invited- 3 1|to dissect and answer it in detail. This is his prepared statement in rebuttal: 1 3 Panama asserted its h&fim from Colombia by an act of own. fi:uple exclusively, without any outside iterference. Manchukuo was created a so-called independent stat: after the Japanese armies had invaded and overrun whole country of Manchuria and othes: parts of China. No Armed Clashes. 1o, . i ‘The armed forces of Colombia on'the Isthmus of Panama did not clash:withx American forces. The Chinese armies' in Manchuria were attacked, driven away, annihilated by the Japanese forces. I - The United States did not. have s military base on any part of the JIsthe mian territory. 33 Japan had a military base in ‘the Lisotung peninsula. . Iv. The United States did not exercise . |in 1903 jurisdictional or soverign: rightsy on any part of Panama or Colambia. Jepan had jurisdictional and soverign § rights in South Manchuria and # the railway zones. ¥ V. ‘The action of the United States're- garding the independence of Panama took place after the movement cerried. out by the Panamanian peojle and® was limited to a recognition of the' new state and a declaration that, in accordance with the treaty of 1846, the! intercceanic trafic would be main-’ | tained open and that consequently no, | fighting would be permitted zlong the, railroed line between Papama and Colon. No attempt was ever made t0 stop Colombia from invading the Isthmus through other parts of its territory, and as a matter of fact a; large Colombian force was sent to and maintained for some time in the bordet with the apparent intention of invad: ing Panama through the Darien region. The action of Japan against China’ was one of open warfare and preceded! the creation of Manchukuo. VI The determining cause of the indes" pendence of Panama was the rejection® of the canal treaty by the. Colombian’ Congress, which eau: dissatisfaction {in Panama, as its people desired the: construction of.the canal, a triple significance: For Panama, hery eeonomic rademption; for the Unitedy States, her naticnal security as a great. country with extensive coasts on. both: oceans; for the world, the promotiot. of trade and the shortening of coms munications through the realization off the three-century-old dream of an easy pascage between the Atlantic and the Pacific. The determining cause of the. in- dependence of Manchukuo is evidently the necessity of the Japanese people, for territorial and economic expansion, in 2 country which has all ths ele- ments desirable for such purposes, to wit: Proximity to the emplire, fe-tility of soil, abundance of minerals in which Japan is lacking and an enormous area for an overflowing population. Recognized by 16 Powers, VII. ‘The United States was not the only nation to grant an early recognition to the Republic of Panama. ance, Germany, Austria and China also recognized the republic a few days after the movement of November 3, 1903, and before the end of the followi December it had been reccgnized by 1 principal powers, including Great Brit= aln, Russia, Japan, Italy, Sweden and Norway. Japan has been the only nation tQ recognize Manchukuo. VIIL & The action of the United !hm regard to the independence of was based on a treaty which gave if the right and imposed on it the oblly gation to maintain a free and uninters rupted - transit. across the Isth: Panama. It was a stand upon & of law which brought about only a diplomatic controversy between the United States and Colombia. - e action of Japan regarding Mane churia was a clear violation wuf Integrity isting treaties and of the Crk’uu;a and it walbmc confined to Mane churia proper, bui was exten cu;ers arts of China, such o an