Evening Star Newspaper, December 12, 1932, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Cloudy, colder, preceded by light rain or snow tonight; minimum temperature tonight about 26 degrees; tomorrow cloudy and coldey. Temperatures: High- est, 34, at 12 noon today; lowest, 28, at 12 nbon yesterday. Full report on page 3. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 ch WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Fpening Star. “From Press to Home Within an Hour” The Star’s Carrier system coversevery city block and the regular edition is delivered to city and suburban homes as fast as the papers are printed. Saturday’s Circulation, 115,068 Sunday’s Circulation, 128,826 Entered as sec post_office, No. . 32,367. Washington, ond class matter 0.0 WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1932—THIRT Y-TWO PAGES. FRP (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. DEBT HOLIDAY CAUSED CHAOS, SAYS HERRIOT; U. S. DECISION STANDS Default Is Out; Reservations “Vital.” U. S. WARNING TO BE IGNORED British Want Pay- ment Credited to Capital Account. The Hoover moratorium caused the present controversy over the war debt problem, Premier Her- riot said today in outlining his debt policy before the Chamber of Deputies. This plan created a link be- tween debts and reparations, he declared. If America did not want to concern itself with repa- rations, Mr. Hoover should have let Germany ask for the morato- rium, provided in the Young plan, | he declared. Premier Herriot announced his government proposes to pay wit‘n‘ reservations the December debt installment to the United States. Consideration of America’s latest note explaining that the President and his cabinet have no authority to postpone the debt installments due Thursday now occupies the attention of the British and French governments. The issue will come before the British House of Commons Wednesday. There was a report in London that England will pay the $95,550,000 due Thursday with a reservation that it be credited as a capital payment, despite the clear assertion that the United States is not prepared to receive it as such. HERRIOT AGAINST DEFAULT. French Premier Insists on Reservations. Blames Chaos on Moratorium. PARIS, December 12 (#).—Premier Herriof, btlaming all Europe's debts troud) ].931.“:5‘%n hamber of | today that his government proposes to pay with reservations the $20,000,000 debt instalment due the United States next Thursday. Payment without reservations, he said, would be inacceptable, and out- ard-cut refusal to pay would be “the final imprudence.” The reservations which he will at- tach to payment he declined to outline before he had an opportunity to ex- plain them, sometime this afternoon, to the Chamber Foreign Affairs and Fi- nance Committees. Before he finished his statement, and before the Chamber adjourned, he let it be understood that when he is ready to present his detailed proposals to Par- liament he will make the issue a ques- tion of confidence, risking a possible ad- | ward Cassidy, Clarence Nelson Hin- | ment of the December installment and verse vote and the downfall of his min- istry. Chamber Adjourns. “In America,” he said, “there is some opinion violently against France, but we ~(Continued on Page 4, Column 1) GOV. PINCHOT ASSAILS| COAL MINE OWNERSE |Said to Have Entered Through | old mystery involving three suit cases Taking Unfair Advantage of Men| During Hard Times, He Declares. By the Associated Press. HARRISBURG, Pa., December 12— |sented a problem to Columbia County | Gov. Pinchot in a statement today said working conditions “are abonfinable and growing worse at many mines” in the Pennsylvania soft coal ficld. “Certain operators,” he said, “are| taking an unfair advantage of miners helpless to protect themselves. “On the other hand, a few of the producers are deng their level best to treat their men fairly under present deplorable conditions. = These concerns have either cut out entirely the charges for rent, fuel and light, or reduced Ccharges to the level which permit their men to get at least a little ready money on pay day. But they are in a small minority. “Many coal companies are deliberate- 1y making matters worse. tinue to cut wages. level of poverty and despair never be- fore known in the industry. “In addition these companies are making excessive deductions for rent, light fuel and explosives from pay en- velopes already dreadfully lov.. They charge much higher than average prices for food and clothing in their so-called company stores. Employes living in company houses pay as much as 10 cents per kilowatt hour for elec- tricity that costs the company not more than 1 cent per kilowatt hour The miners pay several times as much for house coal as the company is able to sell it for to railroads and other big users.” PRINTERS’ TABULATION FAVORS 5-DAY WEEK Votes From One-Third of Member- ship Show 14,057 to 5,490 Approve Proposal. By the Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS, ~December 12— ‘With votes tabulated representing one- third of the membership of the 5-day | ‘Typo- | week proposal International graphical Union officials today an- mounced the plan was favored by 14,057 and opposed by 5,490. Charles P. Howard, president, said 19,754 ballots from 32 large local unions have been counted. Altogether there a3 some 700 locals. &'A:gmvnmmmql They con- | They practice| jomes Reynolds, a leading figure in | abuses which grind the miners to &, cononyxl‘nduslry and a member of | Vatican Declares || U.S.DebtSacrifice | Needed for Peace By the Associated Press. VATICAN CITY, December 12. —The sacrifice which Europe is asking of America in connection with revision of the debts, said the newspaper Osservatore Ro- | | mano today, must be connected | | with the cause of peace, disarm- | | ament and peaceful reconstruc- | | tion of economic life. Since the editions of this news- | | paper are approved by the Pope before publication, these are con- sidered to be the Pontiff’s views. PRESIDENT SIGNS - NAVY PROMOTIONS Nine Captains Recommended to Be Rear Admirals by Selection Board. | | President Hoover today signed the re- | port of a Navy selection board, appoint- ed to recommend nine captains for pro- 26 commanders to be elevated to the grade of captain. Later, these names, including those of off.cers on duty in ‘Washington, will be sent to the Senate for confirmation. The officers will be advanced, after approval by the Senate, to their new ranks as vacancies occur. While promo- tion at this time, under the economy regime, does not permit additional com- pegsation, Navy Department officials believe that remedial legislation will be passed. Met Here December 1. | The selection board, headed by Ad- | miral Luke McNamee, U. S. Navy, com- mander of the battle force, U. S. Fleet, met at the Navy Department on De- cember 1 and today submitted this list, indorsed by President Hoover. Captains to rear admiral: Frederick Joseph Horne, Charles Philip Snyder, Joseph Rollie Defrees, Samuel Wood Bryant, on duty in the Office of Naval Operations, Navy Department; Sinclair Gannon, John ~Drayton Wainwright, who has been under instruction at the Army War College; Charles Seymour Freeman, until recently superintendent of the Naval Observatory here; Charles | Russell Train, until recently naval aide of the White House, and Ernest Joseph Commanders to Captain. Commanders to captain — Albert C. Read, who commanded the NC4 in its famous transatlantic flight in 1919; Willis W. Bradley, jr., until recently Governor of Guam; Lucien Frank Kim- | ball, Harold Medberry Bemis, Ernest | Doyle McWhorter, Carl Townsend Os- | burn, Willlam Simms Farber, George Mastick Ravencroft, Harry Jefferson Abbott, Claudius Roscoe Hyatt, John Sherman Barleon, Willlam Taylor Smith, Stephen Booth McKinney, Louis | Prancis _ Thibault, Backster Hunter | Bruce, George Christian Logan, John | Bayliss Earle, Harold Vicent McKit- | trick, Thomas Alexander Symington, | Robert Carlisle Giffen, Richard Ed- kamp, Riley Pranklin McConnell, Ezra | Griffen Allen, Emanuel August Lof- quist, Henry Chalfant Gearing, jr.; Her- | bert Bernard Riebe and Thaddeus Aus- tin Thomson. | N | o A 00,000, | 1 e o toua | SUIT CASE MURDER | list to care for any additional vacancies, bringing the total to 28, | i R = BANK ROBBERY CHARGED TO BOY, 9, AND SISTER, 7 | Window and Escaped With 1 Sunday School Collection. | By the Associated Press. | BLOOMSBURG, Pa., December 12— ' Bloomsburg’s youngest bank robbers pre- authorities today. Nine-year-old John Harrington, jr., {and his sister Lillian, 7, entered the | Bloomsburg Bank-Columbia Trust Co. yesterday, police said, through a small window and escaped the same way with two sacks containing a Sunday school collection. | Three weeks ago, authorities said, the two admitted they robbed concession stands. When found yesterday the boy had $11.45 in his pockets. He offered his older sister $2, she told police, and then told her about the “robbery.” | it s G ool ) Col. Sir James Reynolds Dies. LONDON, December 12 (#).—Col. Sir the House of Commons for Liverpool, died today. He was 67. | motion to the rank of rear admiral and | Motive of New British Note Mystery. 'STIMSON, MILLS | DRAW UP REPLY %Senalor Reed Lauds Prompt Manner of Officials. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. Whether .ne whole controversy over the payment by Great Brit- ain of the installment due Thurs- day will be revived depends en- tirely on whether the British gov- ernment accepts the American in- terpretation of the sentence in the British note that “His Majes- ty's government has decided to pay under the funding agreement of June 18, 1923.” | while the British note stated definitely in the paragraphs which followed that sentence, “this payment is not to be re- garded as a resumption of the annual payments contemplated by the existing agreement” and “His Majesty’s government pro- | poses, accordingly to treat the payment of December 15 as a capital payment of which ac- count should be taken in any final settlement,” the American Gov- | ernment cannot accept this point of view and has informed Great Britain that the gold pay- ment which is expected next Thursday must be regarded as an installment under the old Bald- win-Mellon agreement. The American Government has taken great care to place itself on record that this can be the only interpretation which can be given to the British De- cember payment, in order to avoid any possible future misunderstandings. Note Received With Surprise. ‘The British note was received with surprise by the State Department. It was certainly not expected by Secretary Stimson, who had been settling down to spend a quiet Sunday at his resi- dence at. . .. There.had been no indications that such a note was forth- coming and Sir Ronald Lindsey's visit in the afternoon took Mr, Stimson by surprise. He rushed to the White House, where Secretary Ogden Mills was also immediately summoned, and the two secretaries drafted immediately a terse reply to the British government at a conference in the State Depart- ment. The State Department is at a_loss to understand what prompted the Brit- ish government to send this last note. | The British government is fully aware | the American Government is powerless to deal with the debt question, which is entirely in the hands of Congress. Even if the British government had not been aware of the situation a few weeks ago, when the discussions over the pay- | 7~ (Continued on Page 4, Column 5) |CONFESSION SOLVES | Man Admits Kicking Woman to Death and Dismembering Her Body. By the Assoclated Press. | ROME, December 12—A 3-week- | containing the dismembered body of & | woman was solved today with the con- fession, police said, of Cesare Servietti, }47, of Subiaco. The body was said to have been| | identified as that of Paulina Corietti of Assisi, his sweetheart. Servietti, police alleged, kicked Signorina Corlettl to death during a | quarrel in their apartment in Spezia. | The man was arrested as a result of information supplied by the woman’s brother. The mystery has stirred Italy more| than any crime in recent years. For a ! time police believed the victim might have been Miss Anna Dersherl of Rome, N. Y., but they elminated this pos- sibility. Police said the victim was scalped before parts of the body were stuffed into suit cases and left on a train. Parole Plea Quickly Denied. INDIANAPOLIS, December 12 (#).— | Shortly after a petition asking a 90- | day parole for D. C. Stephenson had been left today at the office of Gov Harry G. Leslie, the Governor announced he would give it no consideration. INVISIBLE ORG.;\NISMS CONTROL | LIFE, RUSSIAN BIOLOGIST SAYS More Than Hundred Diseases Declared Traced to Ultra- Microscopic Virus. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, December 12.—In- | visible crganisms control all processes lcf life and exist as eternal life | throughout the universe, says Prof. D. | P. Sinitsin, Russian biologist. Aphancbionts, meaning “invisible life,” is the name he applies to these | infinitesimal beings, which he suggests | can travel from planet to planet and pervade all space. Men, he says, will never be able to see these units of the mystery of life because they are so much smaller than the smallest, wave length of visible light, which marks the limits of the power of vision. Prof. Sinitsin’s conclusion of the existence of aphanobicnts follows ih> discovery of other living wltra-mic.a- ) | scopic organisms that have been re-} 1 vealed in the search for disease control. More than a hundred diseases of man, | animals and plants, he said, have been found traceable to virus invisible to | any pessible sclentific development of | the microscope. | The limit of man’s power to see with scientific aid, he said, is 400 milli- microns, that being the lowest wave | length of visible light. A milll-mXcronl |is one millionth of a millimeter and; | cne millimeter is less than one twenty- | fifth of an inch. ‘Among the invisible living virus, Prof. | Sinitsin _ said, are those of smallpox, scarle: fever, warts, yellow fever, rables, measles, uenza, common colds, trachoma, spinal paralysis and foot and | mouth disease. Some of these have been measured | through filters. The smallpox virus is |known to_be_abou rons | (Continued HARD SLEDDING! GERMANS ACCLAM EQUALITY VICTORY Hailed in Official Circles as 100 Per Cent Gain for Country. By the Assoclated Press. BERLIN, December 12.—Official cir- cles today described as “a hundred per cent gain for Germany” the agreement reached at the Geneva Five-power Arms Conference, which gave Germany assur- ances of arms equality. One spokesman, however, admitted the Reich is by no means out of the woods yet. “Germany's aim is the reduction of | armaments, not their increase,” he de- clared. “The latter is out of the ques- tion for us, if only for financial rea- sons.” Criticized by Hitlerites. .. On the other hand, Der Angrifl, or~4 gan of Adolf Hitler, Nazi leader, de- nounced the agreement as “a rotten | compromise.” Omre high official gleefully pointed out that Germany, by virtue of the conces#{ sion involving equality, possessed the means of exeicising pressure at ary | critical moment that might arise. | “In such an event we would draw | consequences the same as we did last July, should our demands not be com- | plied with. The situation for us now is | the same as under the Lausanne rep- | arations agreement. | “Possibly that agreegient might be | wrecked by the refusal of some power | to ratify, which would not mean the | return to the Young plan, but another | conference. “Similarly, should the Disarmament Conference ultimately fail, the the Ver- sailles treaty would not become opera- tive again, but on the basis of equality ;: w(‘):ld have our hands wholly free,” said. Agreement Signed. The United States, Great Britain, | France, Germany and Italy Sunday signed an agreement resolving to co- operate in the Disarmament Conference with a view to seeking substantial arms reductions. The document declared the signa- | tories hope “without delay to work out a convention which shall effect a sub- stantial reduction and a limitation of armaments, with a provision for future revision with a view to further reduc- | tions.” Norman H. Davis, leader of the | Supreme Court. Troop Call Ruled > Illegal in Texas ‘ Oil-Curb Battle| Supreme Court Decides Governor Exceeded His Authority. By the Assoeiated Press. Orders issued by Gov. Sterling of Texas to officers of the State Militia for reducing oil production in the East Texas fields were set aside today by the | ‘The eourt sustained a three-judge | Federal Court in Texas which prohib- | ited enforcement of the Governor’s orders. The opinion by Chief Justice Hughes criticized Gov. Sterling for declaring it was necessary to order out troops be- cause riots and a state of insurrection made the restoration of order imper- ative. Holds Powers Excluded. The decision was based on Federal questions in response to argument by Sterling’s lawyers that his action was The court sald it recognized the power of governors to use the discre- tion that emergencies might require, but declared that all such executive actions were subject to judicial review which must decide whether State ex- | (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) KING ACTS T0 HALT .. MERGER PLAN Senator Presents Resolution Opposing President’s Entire Program. A resolution disapproving the whole | Government regrouping program sub- | mitted by President Hoover was offered | today in the Senate by Senator King, | Democrat, Utah. King explained he favored many of | the moves but was strongly opposed to others. To bring the question to issue, proposed disapproval of the lot. His | REQUESTS SENATE INQUIRY OF B.E.F. McKellar Calls for Special Committee of Five to Probe Eviction. An investigation of the eviction of mmmm» AS PAY CUT FIGHT | BEEINS N HOUSE La Guardia Attacks Attempt! to Break Down Country’s Wage System. | | | | | | TREASURY-POST OFFICE BILL OFFERS FIRST TEST Byrns Favors Flat Reduction. Wood Declares Service Is Overmanned. Government The fight to protect Government sal- aries from continued slashing was started in the House today, when the Treasury-Post Office appropriation bill was under discussion. Representative La Guardia, New York, protested vig- orously against taking money out of the pockets of Government employes and thereby breaking down the wage system of the country, with suffering and despair widespread throughout the land. Representative Bankhead, Democrat, Alabama, opened the question by ask- ing if there was any change in the fur- lough plan of wage reduction. Chair- man Byrns, in charge of the bill, ex- plained there was not, but this appro- priation measure broadens the admin- istration of the furlough plans by giv- ing power to administrative officers to lay off employes when they had more than they needed. Representative La Guardia declared that by enacting the economy act and the furlough plan, Congress had taken money out of the pockets of the poor man, and when we do that, he said, we break down the entire labor wage sys- tem that has been our boast for 60 years. Brands Bill Poorly Drawn. “The economy bill was so_ poorly | drawn,” continued Mr. La Guardia, the bonus army from Washington last | “that 250 interpretations have had to July was proposed in the Senate today by Senator McKellar, Demodrat, Tennessee, in a resolution calling for| | appointment of a special committee of five Senators. The resolution would authorize the committee to inquire into the acts of the Commissioners, the superintendent of police, the Secretary of War, the chief of staff of the Army and all other officlals “causing or planning or in- citing or directing the attack on the ex-service men and women and chil- dren temporarily in Washington.” ‘The resolution would direct the com- mittee to report at the present session ' Questions Are Listed. “Whether said ex-service men were lawfully in the City of Washington under their constitutional right of peti- tion and their right peaceably to as- semble for a redress of grievances. “Whether any of said ex-service men were armed, and if so, how and how many. “Whether they assembled peacefully and conducted themselves peaceably while in Washington and whether they were camped on the lots in question with the expressed or implied assent of the owners of said lots and ascertaining the names of the owners of said lots. “Yltmher they were guilty of inciting a ‘riot.” “Ascertain and, if possible, fix the re- sponsibility of those who incited the ‘riot’ if it is found there was one. “Whether the police of the District of Columbia participated in. inciting ‘the | riot’ and, if so, by whose orders.” Queries About “Riot.” The resolution goes on to itemize a number of other questions, including a query as to whether there was a riot prior to the calling cut of the Army; | whether ex-service men participated in inciting “the riot”; by whom the Army was called out; whether there was legal or equitable justification for calling out troop:; what methods and weapons were | used; whether developments that day justified the acticn taken; whether the huts at Third street and Pennsylvania avenue and in Anacostia were burned he | by soldiers; whether there were casual- | ties, and whether the Government at that time r American delegation, said the biggest | Fesolution went over for future con- | property at Third street and Penncyl- step in the agreement was that Ger- many had signified her willingness to | resume her place in the conference, from which she withdrew because of differ- ences on the equality question. Several newspapers this afternoon de- | clared Chancellor von Schleicher was | likely to go to Geneva for the arms conference, which is proposed for the middle of January. The foreign office, however, described this news as “certainly premature.” | Whether the chancellor will attend | will depend on many factors, one of | which will be whether the other coun- | tries will be represented by ther pre- miers. Stimson Gratified. Secretary Stimson expressed gratifi- cation today that Germany has con- sented to re-enter the Disarmament Conference at Geneva and told news- paper men he had hoped for some real achievement in the way of reducticn ali armament expenditures. KILLED IN PLANE CRASH Two New Jersey Guardemen Trap- ped as Craft Catches Fire. BERNARDSVILLE, N. J.,, December 12 (#)—Two National Guard officers were killed yesterday as their plane crashed into an apple orchard here and caught fire. The hames of the flyers as obtained by police here were Lieut. Rudd and Sergt. Judman. Their plane was one of three on special maneuvers. Wit- nesses said the plane was flying low ver the town and ed in_trouble “Paris Love” by Nina Wilcox Putnam Begins on Page B-13 of Today’s Star sentatives can’convince the House Ex- | {16 {dU on sideration. Meanwhile, other efforts were being| started to block the realignments sug- | gested by the President, on reasoning that the changes should be left to the incoming Democratic administration. Garner Favors All or None. | If, however, administration Repre- | penditures Committee with its Demo- | cratic majority that cash would be saved, some changes might be allowed to take effect Unless Congress acts in 60 days, all the proposals become effective. Speaker Garner at his press confer- ence today said he thought Congress either “should put aside all the trans- fers and eliminations or let them all become effective.” “It can be changed after March 4 anyhow,” he said. “I doubt that any committee in the 60 days could study all the things in | the President’s program. | He made it plain that he has not; | given his support to a three-committee | drive against the reorganization plan— namely the Economy, Rivers and Har- | bors and Flood Control—but that thus | far his opposition has been voiced to the taking of the rivers and harbors | improvements out of the War Depart- ment and putting them in a_public work: division in the Interior Depart- ment. Cochran Bares Plan. | Chairman Cochran of the House Com- mittee on Economy said today that an effort is being made to bring into the House and have passed a resolution that will prevent the President’s program of reorganization- being put into force through a series of executive orders. ‘The purpose is to take action on one | comprehensive measure rather than | have the entire plan of regrouping up- set through a series of resolutions di- rected against the transfer of individual units in the regrouping plan. Later, at the request of the American Federation of Labor, Representative La Guardia, Republican, of New York, drafted two resolutions to block trans- fers of activities from the Employes’ ‘CCmpen.uunn Commission that have been ordered by the President. the longshemen's workers’ compensation act to the Laber Department and also its ad- ministration of injury compensations of Federal employes to the Civil Service Ccmmussion. He will press for action. vania avenue. Another question listed in the resolu- tion was, “Were the so-called Com- munists among the ex-service men arrested by the Gcvernment and pun- ished or what was found and done with | them as Communists?” The resolution calls for an appro- priation of $5,000 to cover the cost of the inquiry and provides that all hear- ROOSEVELT SECRETARY VISITS WHITE HOUSE Col. Louis Howe Escorted About Executive Offices by Richey, President’s Aide. Col. Louis Howe, who has been confi- 1 dential secretary to Franklin D. Roose- velt for many years and who is ex- pected to continue in that capacity when the Governor becomes President, paid an unofficial call at the executive offices of the White House yesterday. Lawrence Richey, President Hoover's | confidential secretary, who happened to | | be at the office engaged in disposing of | routine business, personally escorted of | uired possession_of the | | Balbo, Italian minister for air, said to- Col. Howe about the offices. ‘Whether or not the latter was looking | over the offices with a view to making changes in the physical arrangements after March 4 could not be learned. be made. It is not the fault of the controller general that he has made so | many unpopular decisions on the econ- omy measure, because it was drawn up so quickly that I do not believe even those who framed it understand its provisions. “In the Post Office appropriation bill we read about postal clerks and car- riers and substitute clerks and carriers. We have grown-up men with families who have been substitutes for years and who are now drawing checks for but $15 every two weeks. Out of this they must keep up trucks out of thelr poor salaries and then suffer a deduction of 8)3 per cent because of the . Bear in mind,” he said, “that these substitutes must report every-day. “As sure as we pass this bill, we have another reduction in salaries next year.” Byrns for Flat Reduction. Chairman Byrns said he favored a flat reduction in salaries on a graduated scale, but thought it better to pass the present bill because adoption of a new system would call for lengthy hearings, which would tie ‘1‘1‘]’: the entire group of appropriation bills. Representative La Guardia continued: “The morale of the employes is shot to pleces through' the economy act, which was forced upon us by those in charge of the finances of the country, who offered no solution but continue to demand that we slash salaries. “Due to the economy bill, this coun- try was never in such poor condition, with everywhere poverty and despair.” He appealed to his colleagues in the House to give some consideration to les- sening the suffering that Congress has thus caused. Representative Will R. Wood (Re- publican), Indiana, former chairman of the Appropriations Committee, who made the first proposal more than two to slash Government salaries, ued on Page 2, Column 7.) EXTENSION ASKED ON RAIL PAY CUTS | Executives Request Labir to Ac- | cept Indefinite Continuation of Lower Wage Scale. | By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 12.—Executives of the Nation’s railroads proposed to | the brotherhoods of employes today that the 10 per cent deduction in pay be extended indefinitely past next Jan- uary 31, when the agreement of last | year is due to expire. | The suggestion came from W. F. Thiehoff, spokesman for the manag ments, at the start of their joint con- ference with heads of 21 shop crafts. It caused a recess less than one hour after the conference with labor heads had convened. Labor's representatives at once began consideration of the proposal. The proposal of the carriers would allow either side to terminate the agree- | ment within 30 days by filing notice that it wished to proceed under the railway labor act, with appointment of mediators. G O el Air Official to Fly From Rome. ROME, December 12 (#).—Gen. Italo day he would participate in the forma- tion flight of Italian planes to Chicago next June. A recent report said the general would not accompany the squadron. WELLESLEY GIRLS By the Associated Press. WELLESLEY, Mass.,, December 12.— Seven Wellesley College girls, who whiled away a dull Sunday afternoon had been at it all afternoon and were just about to call it quits when the trouble started. ‘The girls lined up for their one last AS THEY SNOWBALL POLICE CAR Fail to Recognize Chief in Using Passing Automobiles as Targets. by snowballing passing automobiles are | the in a tough snowballs . slippery day was & STIR TROUBLE | WOMAN DRYS HOLD BEER WOULD CUT TAXABLE WEALTH Dozen Tell House Group Pro- ductivity of Citizens Is Lowered by Alcohol. MRS. HENRY W. PEABODY HEADS OPPOSITION UNIT Mrs. Colvin Declares Election Was No Mandate, Since Major Par- ties Were Both Wet. By the Associated Press. A dozen women brought to the big hearing room of the House Ways and Means Committee today assertions that beer would decrease the source of tax- able wealth by reducing productivity of citizens. Led by Mrs. Henry W. Peabody, one after another, women opponents of modification of the Volstead act testi- fled that beer was intoxicating, that even a small amount qf alcohol tended to slow down the human machine and that taxes the Government had lost by elimination of the liquor traffic had been paid to it levu&p in other forms of Rainey Bans Applause. There was frequent applause group for each other’s Espsemon:yux'xzzllel Representative Rainey, Democrat, of Il linois, reminded that applause was for- bl%:en. rs. L. Leigh Colvin, president of the Women's Christian Temperance g:é:‘ra of New Yol;k. contended the N was no wet mandate, sa] :{\Lehegrys ;nd no chlna:e to mfl‘l’; major party and at time vote dry. 3 i She displayed a bottle of milk, chil- dren’s toys and bread and said: “If ve for Christmas.” ERe e Reads Prepared Statement. Holding a lorgnette in her right hand, Mrs. Peabody read from :“ vrep‘r!dd statement. She said her organization represented nine groups with a mem- bership of 10,000,000 persons. “We are here to present our tion to any increase in the ale content from one-half of one per cent £ Jutx?'m-m by the Volstead act,” she and loyalty to Constitution is one of the supreme de¢ mands of the hour,” Mrs. Darby. said. . ventions at Washington, Chicago and Indianapolis, all of which we have at- tended represen the National Coun- cil of Federated ‘h Women. “Since both parties stand virtually for the repeal of the eighteenth amend- ment some facts are significant to us as church women. “Women form one-half of the elec- torate. Eleven milllon voted in 1928 for President Hcover on a dry platform. “Women want clean government. Women want no repeal of the eight- eenth amendment except through the usual method prescribed in the Consti tution. ngress has recol mended the same by a two-thirds ma- jority vote and three-quarters of the Legislatures have ratified this action, we will know the people want repeal. “Church -women want to stand by their denominational church bodies, all but two of which have registered their support of the eighteenth amendment or continued confidence in prohibition. “Women want moral welfare. Phy- sical conditions improved. Law makers to be law observers.” Questioned by Treadway. Mrs. Darby was asked by Representa- tive Treadway, Republican, of Massa- chusetts: “Are members of Congress not ex- pected to support the platforms of the two political parties?” “I did not know thi " (Continued on Pag 21 MEN FOUND GUILTY {IN LIQUOR CONSPIRACY Alleged Head of Ring Turns State’s Evidence in Fed- eral Trial By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, December 12~ Twenty-one men, accused of a gigantic liquor conspiracy, were convicted by & jury in Federal court today. The jury deliberated 34 hours. Roxie Long, alleged head of the liquor ring, pleaded guilty, turned State's evi- dence and testified against his former associates. Defense counsel, in arguments to the jury, termed Long a “squealer” and a “weasel.” The alleged liquor combine had head- quarters in Pittsburgh, with ramifica- tion in Western Pennsylvania and East- ern Ohio. SUBCOMMITTEE NAMED Senators to Hear Press Gallery ‘Gun-Brandishing Ca: The Senate Rules Committee today created a subcommittee to decide what smacked into a passing machine and seven girls laughed uproariously. began to happen. The and for the first time in huge letters on ce.” Chief William J. / action should be taken as a result of hdiz Programs on Page x.x_o