Evening Star Newspaper, December 13, 1932, Page 1

\WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Rain or snow tonight and tomorrow; not much change in temperature; mini- mum tonight, 30 degrees. Temperature—Highest, 40, at 8:30 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 35, at 5 #.m. today. The only evening paper in Washington ‘with the Associated Press news service. Full report on page 9. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages 10 and 11 ch ¢ Foem WITH SUNDAY MORNI ing St * Yesterday’s Circulation, 120,124 No. 32,368, pos office, Washington, D. C Entered as second class matte: WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1932—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. HERRIOT RULE IMPERILED IN DEBT DISCUSSIONS; BRITISH NOTE ACCEPTED TweCommittees Disapprove Policy WOULD FORCE WORLD PARLEY | Promise to Pay Re‘ peated in New London Note. BRUSSELS, December 13 (P).— The Belgian cabinet voted to- day to refuse payment of the $2,125,000 debt installment due the United States this week, then submitted its resignation. | By the Associated Press “ Great Britain's latest note, re- | jterating the position taken in | preceding communications re- garding the debts, need not affect this country’s stand in accepting the money, it was said here, and | this Government will send no reply to London. The debts issue became a threat | and France. to the Herriot government as the | French Chamber of Deputies be- | gan debate after the Finance and Foreign Affairs Committees had rejected the premier's proposal to pay the December instalment on condition that America credit it as a capital payment. Great Britain in another note to ton renewed the promise to ent in London has made although the issue will be Gebated in the House of Commons to- morrow, no action by Parliament will affect the decision of the cabinet. In France Premier Herriot prepared for transmission to Washington a not offering to pay the §: 00.000 duz this week on condition t the payment be applied egainst the capital amcunt. The Fqgeign Afiairs and Finance Committec®® of the Chamber of Depu- | ties rejected that proposal, voting in- stead in favor of deferring payment | until the United States consented to a | conference for revision of the debt| structure. | DEPUTIES DISCUSS PLAN. : Premier Herriot's Government Seems Seriously Imperiled. PARIS, December 13 (#).—Premicr Herriot's government seemed seriously | imperiled today as the Chamber of Deputies began discussion of whether to | approve the government's proposal to pay the December debt installment to the United States with reservations. Before the opening of the session both the Foreign Affairs and Finance Committees of the Chamber went on record by large majorities as opposing the government's solution of the debt | difficulty ar d in favor of de- ferring payment until such time as the United States consents to an interna- tional debt conference. el This decision was followed up during & recess of the Chamber by a vote in & subcommittee of 10 deputies reiterat- ing that France should not pay until America agrees to a conference. 24 This action was taken after Louis | Marin, in_the course of a fiery speech. | declared France should refuse payment because the financial burdens of the war should be borne by all peoples, not | by Europe alone. Guards Keep Order. Outside the Chamber several hundred mounted Republican guards maintained order. K The vote on the premier's pl the Foreign Affairs Committee W: 0 9: In the Finance Committee, 22 to 9. The premier. with the backing of his council of ministers, had prepared a note for transmission to Washington declaring the intention of paying the $19,261,438 and asking that the pay- | be counted as a part of an event- | al accord | The draft of the note asserted that unless a definite settlement of the debis issue can be made France will be un- | able “to support henceforth the burcen of a regime which can only be justified by the payment of reparatior : i He submitted it to a joint meeting of the Foreign Affairs and Finance Com- | mittees, emphasizing that the reserva- | tions possessed especially a political | charactor. | Radical Party Undecided. Then the committees went into ses- | sicns separately. | Meantime the premier's own Cham- B p. the Radical part; t with- nitel d ude on was re- cecidir ported, however, that an important | to 30 degrees tonight, or 5 points under | section of the group probably will vote against payment. Several members threatened to re- | sign if the group insisted that all must vote in favor of the government. | The Chamber of Deputies went into | — - =i (Centinued on Page 3, Column 3.) SENATORS POSTPONE | re Debt Texts New Note Great Are Drafted by Britain and France. Following are the texts of new war debts notes drafted by Great Britain The British note: In reply to the note of the United States Government of the 1ith of December, his majesty’s government desire to emphasize that the pur- > of their note of even date was o clearly their own position rd to payment of the 15th of December and to explain the eir- cumstznces in which they had de- to make that payment. It of course, the intention of upon any matter affecting the constitutional position of the United States. __ Their note should. therefore. be (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) NEW FRENCH CRISI UNFORESEEN HERE jU. S. Officials Regard Paris | » Action as Making Issue of Minor Matter. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. With the fall of the Herriot cabinet lcoming in the background the entire settlement of the debt question as far as France is concerned has taken a dramatic turn. According to news received late this morging from Paris, the principal cause of the difficulties Premier Herriot is encountering at present in the Cham- ber are due to the lively exchange of notes between Great Britain and the United States last Sunday evening. Until this unlcoked for incident oc- curred, Herriot was certain to obtain the approval of the Chamber to make the December payments with restric- tions. terested in international co-operation, looked upon this payment as a matter of minor consequence. Since a good deal of feeling has been aroused in PFrance as a consequence of the ex- change of notes between the debtor gov- ernments and the United States, in order to appease the lively feelings in the Chamber, he decided to make reser- ations when the $20,000.000 were paid, but. bearing in mind that such reserva- tions would not be well received in the United States, the French cabinet drafted a note which was considered very mild. The chances of obtaining | the approval of the Chamber were re- | ported to be good. Proposal Is Rejected. The Sunday incident seems to have aroused the French Parliament, and teday, when Herriot in accordance with the promise made to him by the im- portant members of the Foreign Rela- tions and Finance Cemmittees that the note would be accepted, submitted the draft to these two important com- mittees they were rejected. The position of the French govern- ment _regardi December ins with that of the United States regard- ing the revision of the debts. Neither government has the power to do any- thing without the consent of the re- spective parligments. It is true that the French Chamber has ratified the Mellon-Berenger depbt- funding agreement. But when that ratification was made the French Chamber added a reservation providing that in the case of Germany ceasing | to pay reparations, France wouid in turn cease to pay her creditors. This vation does not concern the United States in the least and is regarded as an internal affair of France, not in- fluencing in any way the debt-funding agreement reached between the two countries. of the French government, inasmuch as it has to go to the Chamber and ask for the necesszry appropriations to pay the installment due the United " (Continued on Page 3, Column 1) MORE RAIN AND SNOW FORECAST FOR CAPITAL Mercury Is Expected to Reach 30 Degrees Tonight After Cloudy Afternoon. More rain, snow and sub-freezing temperatures are in prospect for Wash- ington after three murky days which inch snowfall. The Weather Bureau expects a cleudy afternoon to be followed by rain and cnow tonight and tomorrow with not much change in temperatures. ‘The mercury, however, may get down this morning’s minimum. yesterday was 40 degrees. A possibility of more ice and sleet was seen frem the prediction fer rain with The high point. But Herriot, who is greatly in-! But it does tie the hands| Conditions Put No Strings on Acceptance. | STIMSON CALLS AT WHITE HOUSE Question Brought Up Again at Meet- ing of Cabinet. PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, December 13 (#—The Czecho- slovakian government an- nounced today that it will pay in gold the debt installment of $1,500,000 due the United States on Thursday of this week. The gold will be withdrawn from the account which the Czech National Bank has in New York. ¥ the Associated Press Thc United States will send no reply to the latest note from Great Britain on the war debts. After repeated conferences to- day between President Hoover, | Secretary Stimson and Secretary Mills, the impression in informed quarters was distinctly that the United States and Great Britain now undsrstand each other’s position. No reason is seen in official circles for the United States to reject the payment expected from | Great Britain on Thursday. It appeared here that the ex- change of notes between the two countries in regard to the debts would now cease—at least until after the payment date. Third Note Arrives. Great Britain's third note, delivered to Stimson last night, said that, while that government stood by the position that it regarded the December 15 in- stallment a payment to be credited to a new settlement, to be arrived at later, it did not intend this to affect the “consitutional position of the United States.” left officials satisfled that the payment could be accepted as though made without strings and with no im- plied agreement on the part of this country. ! Though Stimson left the White House as the cabinet meeting began this morning, the debt question was a principal topic of discussion at that | gathering. No conclusions were an- | nounced, however. | Belgian Ambassador Calls. | Paul May, the Belgian Ambassador, called at the State Department shortly afterward and was given a reply to Belgium’s second note asking for an | extension of the moratorium. The British reply to America's re- | jection of her offer of conditional pay- ment of the December 15 war debt in- stallment was received late last night. The reply was delivered by Sir Ronald Lindsay, the British Ambassador, to Secretary Stimson at his home at | Woodley. REVISION OF AIRMAIL SYSTEM TO BE STUDIED Hcuse Committee Names Special Subgroup After Charges That Carriers Inflate Accounts. Following charges that many airmail carriers are inflating the cost account which they submit to the Post Office Department, the House committee on Post Offices and Post Roads today ap- pointed a special subcommittee to study a special report calling for drastic re- vision of the entire contract mail system. The committee will have as the basis | of its investigation a_detailed report | submitted by Prof. John B. Crane of | Harvard University, appointed by the committee six months ago as a special | investigator. Prof. Crane urged a field audit of the | accounts of all carriers and expressed | belief “that. such an audit will reveal that in many cases the operating costs | now reported by the carriers to the Post Office Department are inflated.” | failed to rid the city of Saturday's 2- | After the extent of the inflation is | known, Crane declared. further reduc- | tions in airmail payments probably will be found justified. Two Killed in Rio Riot. RIO DE JANEIRO, December 13 | #).—Dispatches from Pernambuco to- day said two persons were Kkilled and | several soldiers and civilians were in- | jured in a conflict between soldiers and | temperatures hovering near the freezing the military police arising from a street dispute. Order -was quickly restored. f SEEN SALLY? NOT THE OLD GIRL, ory RePeAL HEARING BUT FOX DUSTING FOR ROCK CREEK Lack of Quorum Prevents Opening Session of Judiciary Subcommittee. | By the Associated Press. The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee, named to consider all prohibition repeal legislation, postponed its scheduled | opening meeting today because of lack | of a quorum and will try to mect to- morrow. = | Two members of the ccmmittee of | five—Senators Borah and Walsh, Demo- | crat, of Montana—had to atiend the| Foreign Relations Committee hearing | on the St. Lawrence Waterway. Sen- | ator Hebe:t, a third member, was out | had purchased Sally from a breeder | | near of the city. Senator Blaine, chairman, said he would try to get the group together to- morrow. He and Senator Dill were the iy members &1 today, | Pet on Stroll, Scented by Dogs, Breaks Owner’s Leash in Dash for Safety. Hilton H. Barnes, jr., is still won- dering what became of Sally, now that some amateur fox hounds have set her to music. Barnes took Sally out at the end of a leash last night for air and exer- cise on Massachusetts avenue, from his home, at 1230 New Hampshire ave- nuc. Barnes, several months previously, Harrisburg, Pa. She quickly adapied herself to city life and few would have supposed she was & silver fox instead of a lap dog. Not the passers-by, anyhow, &8 » Barnes and his pet approached Twenty- first street on Massachusetts avenue. But stray dogs on the avenue were more observing_than pedestrians, and one of them penetrated = suise. | Sally's thin veneer of civilization cracked beneath the strain, like the leash in Barnes' hand. In a flash Sally was away, headed for the tall timber, with the dogs in full cry lining out behind. That was the last Barnes saw of Sally, going toward Rock, Creek Park, nlmmhe heard thé pursuly for seve eral ites. SANTA CLAUS HAS NOTHING ON ME WHEN IT COMES To GETTING LETTERS! KKKk (®) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. MOVE T0 INPEAH HOOVER DEFEATED McFadden Resolution to Re- move President Voted Down, 361 to 8. By the Associated Press The House of Representatives on a roll-call vote this afternoon rejected a resolution proposed by Representative McFadden, Pennsylvania Republican, looking to the impeachment of Presi- dent Hoover. The vote was overwhelm- ing. The vote was 361 to 8. Seven Democrats joined McFadden of Texas, Griffin of New York, Han- of Ohio. tion of Chairman Pou of the Rules Committee, who had participated in a hastily summoned conference in frcnt the 18-page excoriation of the President progressed. Pou, dean of the jority, had the roll call vote brought the resolution was decisively dead as it stoed. Long Foe of Hoover. Nearly every member was on the floor when McFadden introduced the resolution. The remainder rushed to the floor while the long document was being read. McFadden long has been a foe of Mr. Hoover and assailed him in tha resolution, especially in connection with | the moratorium. Last session. for his attacks on the President, McFadden was deprived of all his patronage rights, which were transferred to Pennsylvania's Senators, Reed and Davis, Although the complainant had in- formed no cne of his intenticn, the gal- leries were crowded at the time he made his sensational effort. The members became tense, and hurried conferences were held by Representative Snell of New York, the Republican floor leader, with Speaker Garner and numerous other leaders. Many Crimes Charged. At times confusion was at high peak, and again and again Speaker Garner banged his gavel to restore order, but had it only for moments. ‘The resolution charged the Chief Ex- ecutive with many high crimes and mis- demeancrs, saying he had “attempted unlawfully to dissipate and has unlaw- fully dissipated financial resources and other resources of the United States.” The resolution charged that the President had interfered with the re- ceipt by the United States of payments due from foreign nations, causing great losses, injuring the credit of the United States and increasing unemployment and suffering. It added that he had initiated and carried on secret conversations “igno- minious to the United States, with Ger- man government officials and interna- tional bankers and others, with intent to deceive and to injure the Govern- ment and the people.” Asked for Investigation. The resolution ended by saying: “Resolved, That the Committee on the | Judiciary is authorized to investigate the official conduct of Herbert Hoover, President of the United States, and all matters related . thereto, to determine whether in the opinion of the said com- mittee he has been guilty of any high crime or misdemeanor which, in the contemplation of the Constitdtion, re- quires the interposition of the constitu- tional powers of the House. “Such committee shall report its findings to the House, together with such resolution of impeachment or other recommendation as it deems proper in order that the House of Rep- resentatives may, if necessary, present its complaint to the Senate to the end that Herbert Hoover may be tried ac- cording to the manner prescribed for the trial of the Executive by the Con- stitution and the people be given their constitutional remedy and be relieved of their present apprehension that a criminal may be in office.” ¥ House in Confusion. Representative Stafford, Republican, of Wisconsin interrupted the reading to ask whether the resolution could be considered immediately. Speaker Gar- ner replied: “Not until the reading of the reso- lution is completed.” U Many members, intensely serious when the resolution first was offered, relaxed as reading progressed. As page after page was read, the HouSe grew noisy with the buzz of con- versation about it. ‘The House was in the wildest con- fusion at the conclusion of the reading, but order was finally restored by Speaker Garner. e I cock of North Carolina, Patman of | Texas, Romjue of Missouri and Sweeney | The resclution was tabled on the mo- | Mildred Didrickson Ordered Suspended By Amateur Group By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, December 13. —Mildred (Babe) Didrickson, celebrated girl athlete of Dallas, Tex.. today was declared sus- pended from further amateur competition by the Registration Committee of the Southern Ama- teur Athletic Union. The action followed investiga- tion into her alleged indorsement of an automobile for advertising | | purposes. FURLOUGH SYSTEM APPROVEDBY HOUSE in voting against tabling the resoluticn. | They were Black of New York, Blanton | |Special Rule on Treasury- Post Office Bill Is 0. K.'d | by 220-145. | ! By a vote of 220 to 145 on a roll call, of Speaker Garner's dais as reading of | the House today adopted a special rule reported late yesterday by the Rules Democratic ma- | Committec waiving all points of order | | on the Treasury-Post Office appropria- the furlough - without - pay system throughout the Government service and all provisions of the economy act. i This includes also the proposed | $5,000,000 saving on re-enlistment al- llowanccs in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. | The action of the House declares decisively for continuation of the fur- Jough system and is an indication that tive House will not support proposals for a further cutting of Government salaries at this time. On a division vote demanded by Rep- | resentative La Guardia the rule was adopted, 82 to 62, and Representative | La Guardia demanded a roli-call vote. Sees Bad Precedent. | The New York Republican member insisted that it was setting a bad prece- dent for the House to turn over a legis- lative function to the Appropriations | Committee, thus waiving rights which the House itself should hold onto. He insisted that the putting of legislation into appropriation bills is not a function of the Appropriations Confmittee. Repre:entative La Guardia said he wculd like to join the happy party that | was generally ‘in favor of adopting this rule so as to expedite the pascage of the bill, but declared that he could not " (Continued on Page 2, Column 4) EMPLOYES REJECT RAIL PAY PROPOSAL Brotherhood Delegates Against Continuing 10 Per Cent Cut Indefinitely. v the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 13.—Railway Brotherhood delegates rejected today the proposal of the railroad manage- ments that the deadline next January 31 for termination of the present tem- porary 10 ‘per cent wage reduction of | rail employes be extended indefinitely. Alexander F. Whitney, chairman of 4he employes' representatives at the joint wage scale conference, presented executives at the opening of today's joint session. He made clear that labor would not accept any indefinite_exten- sion of the preset wages, but would be willing to discuss an extension if a definite termination were fixed. = way proposal made yesterday did not conform to the purpose of the confer- ence, as set forth in the invitation sent out by the carriers October 14. 24 ON STEAMER RESCUED Boat Grounded Off Britain as Fog Falls Over Large Sections. LONDON, December 13 (#).—Large sections of Eastern and Southern Eng- land today were hidden under a pall of °%he “blackout” extended from York- shire to Devonshire. ~London, Birmin, ham and Oxford were particularly af- fected. Reports of accidents due to the fog were being received with increas- ing frequency. There was one fatality when a railway worker was hit by a train. Off the Devon coast a lifeboat res- cued 24 men foveed. be with the majority when the ma-| the answer of the brotherhoods to the | His reply pointed out that the nfl: um‘ & small mlwflm WATSON BOOMED - ASG. 0. P. LEADER | | | 'Senator Mentioned Promi- nently for National Com- mittee Chairmanship. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. H Senator James E. Watson, Republic- | an leader of the Senate, is being boosted | for the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee by some of the G. O. P. leaders. Senator Watson retires ' from the Senate March 4. The Indiana Senator, however, is not the only prominent Republican whose | name is under discussion for this office, | now held by Everett Sanders, who, by the way, has not at all indicated that he intends to step out of the position. | Col. Frank Knox, publisher of the Chi- | cago Daily News, is another who has many admirers, and Charles D. Hilles, |Republican national committeeman from New York, is another. Vice Pres- ident Charles Curtis has been discussed | as a possible chairman, too, after he | lezves office. Reorganization Discussed. about, and it soon became apparent that | tion bill, including the continuation of | At present recrganization of the Re- | bublican party is in the air. That's as | far as it goes today, despite the large | amount of conversation that has taken | place in Washingtn on this subject | | within the last week. Nevertheless, it | |is very definitely under consideration. | | A group of Republican leaders met with Senator Hatfield of West Virginia | | and Mr. Hilles for luncheon last week, | and it is reported that they talked the situation over, discussing candidates for the chairmanship of the National Com- | mittee with the idea that Everett San- ders would retire after March 4. when | President Hoover goes out of office. In the group were Senators McNary of | Oregon. Watson of Indiana. Moses of | New Hampshire, Keen of New Jersey, Hastings of Delaware and Steiwer of Oregon. | ~ The lunch was given by Mr. Hilles. | Senator Hatfield, who is chairman of | | the Republican Senatorial Campaign | | Committee, denied today that the group talked over reorganization of the Na- tional Committee. He admitted, how- ever, that he had heard mention of the | | possible candidacy of Senator Watson | | for the office of chairman, Mr. Hilles | and others. | | Inquiry among the Republicans, how- ever, indicates that there ere several | | schools of thought on this subject of | | reorganizing _the Republican _party (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) LEWIS IS UNOPPOSED AS MINE UNION CHIEF | Murray and Kennedy Also Named for Re-election in Vote Taken on Two-Year Terms. By the Associated Press. | INDIANAPOLIS, December 13.—John L. Lewis of Springfield, Ill, was unop- posed for re-election as president of the United Mine Workers of America | when members of the union balloted | today on international officers. | Philip Murray of Pittsburgh, vice | president, snd “Thomas Kennedy of | Hazelton, Pa., secretary-treasurer, also| | had no opposition, and the three will | | serve for two more years. |~ The ballots contained the names of | eight candidates for three places on the Auditing and Credentials Committee | and seven candidates for three positions | as_international tellers. ACTION BY HOUSE EXPECTED SOON ON . ELEF FUND Plea for $1,250,000 Total Is in Hands of Committee on Appropriations. DEFICIENCIES GROUP TO MEET NEXT WEEK District Welfare Body Has Balance of $54,000 and $100,000 Given by Community Chest. Hope was held cut today for prompt Houcse action on a request for a $1,250,- 000 appropriation for emergency relief in the District to prevent a drastic cur- tailment in the work of the Board of Public Welfare among the unemployed of the Capital The board's appeal for funds, cut by the Commissioners from $1,500,000, was forwarded to the House by President. Hoover last Friday, it was disclosed to- !day fcllowing the decision of the Re- lief Committee yesterday to cut down the scale of its relief. When the de- cision was made, it was explained to- day, the board had not been informed that the request for the emergency ap- propriation was in the hands of the House Committee on Appropriations. The Subcommittee on Deficiencies of the House District Committee will be called together early next week to con- sider the welfare item. Subcommittee Members. The subcommittee is composed of Chairman Byrns. Representatives Bu- chanan, Taylof, Colorado; Ayres, Kan- _sas; Arnold, Ilinois, and Collins, Mis- sissippi, all Dethocrats, and Represent- atives Wood, Ihdiana; Wason, New Hampshi: phy. Ohio, and Hardy, Colorada, eNblicans. The Tgency relief item for the Disirf7t was explained by Col. J. Claw- € Roop, director of the budget, in the letter of transmittal as follows: “Under date of March 17, 1932, there was transmitted to Congress a supple- mental estimate of appropriation for the District of Columbia for the fiscal vear 1933 in the amount of $600,000 for relief to residents of the District of Co- lumbia who were unemployed or other- wise in distress because of the exist- ing emergency. The District of Colum- bia appropriation act for the fiscal year | 1933 provided $350,000 for this pur- | pose. “The total expenditures from this appropriation for the period August 1, 1932, to November 19, 1932, inclusive, amounted to $241,686, of which $223,925 was for relief purposes and $17.760 for administration, leaving a balance of $108,314. For the month ending Nov- ember 19, relief was furnished to ap- proximately 5.500 families at a cost of $25,208. At that rate the balance will be exhausted before Christmas. Through a temporary assumption. however, of & portion of this burden by the District of Columbia Committee on Employment, one of the member organizations of the Community Chest of Washington, it is expected that this balance will be |l sufficient to carry the relief work until the second week of January. “The Commissioners of the District of Columbia believe that $1.250,000 will be required for the continuance of the relief work for the following 12-month period, and the purpose of this esti- mate is to provide the necessary funds. $35,000 for Salaries. “The amounts for salaries in the above estimates include approximately $35,000. which will have to be im- pounded as legislative furlough under the provisions of Section 110 of Title 1 of Part 2 of the act making appropria- tions for the legislative branch of the Government_for the fiscal year ending) June 39, 1933, and for other purposes, approved June 30, 1932. “Approximately $41,000.000 of the expenditures contemplated under the appropriations for which the above es- timates are submitted have been in- cluded in the statement of expendi- tures fer the current fiscal year 1933 contained in the budget for 1934. “The foregoing estimates of appro- priations and drafts of proposed pro- visicns pertaining to existing appro- priations are required to meet con- tingencies which have arisen since the transmission of the budget for the fiscal years involved and their approval is recommended.” Following the meeting yesterday Sidney F. Taliaferro, ghairman of the (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) CONTINUES AFRICAN HOP Amy Johnson Quits Cameroons En Route to London. LAGOS, Nigeria, Africa, December 13 (®).—Amy Johnson, British flyer, who seeks a new Capetown-to-London record, today left Duala, Cameroons, at 9 am. local time (3 p.m. Eastern stand- ard time), according to an unconfirmed report received here. No news had been received of her progress since she passed over Loanda yesterday morning heading for Duala. Last night the airwoman was unre- poried for many hours after she was overdue from Benguella Angola, but little fear was felt for her safety, since there are numerous places along the The local unions have until January 1 to report the vote taken today. coast where she could land if she en- countered trouble. - S “An endless chain” scheme of dis- netted the originator $4,649,045,868 if it had progressed only 15 steps, with $10 prizes as the lure. was described yesterday evening by Horace J. Don- nelly, solicitor for the Post Office De- partment. in an address before the Georgetown Law School. The dizzy financial scheme which the solicitor described started out with one investor buying a coupon from another investor for $1 and returning it to the for three similar cou- mmmmnflo posing of hosiery that would have |8 $10 PRIZES ARE STAKE IN SCHEME : DEVISED TO NET $4,649,045,868 “Endless Chain’;\Proposifion, Broken Up by U. S., Described in Talk by Post, Office Solicitor. three new investors Yor etting back $3 for his Vestment. When these three investors each to the concern for three similar ‘vey- pons the original investor was to re-- ceive $10 worth of hosiery. Before the pay off, at the fifteenth link. the in- vestors ‘would total 1,549,681,956. The Post Office Department broke up this scheme. Solicitor Donnelly, who was grad- uated from Georgetown in 1909, cov- ered the legal work of the Post Office Department in his talk. Rev. Francis E. Lucey, regent of the Law School, ,,and Dean George E. Hamlls introduced the soliciton, each, thereby ORY LEADERSTEL CONGRESS T LAGKS BEER LAW PONER Cannon Declares Such an Act Would “Clearly Be Un- constitutional.” GARNER PREDICTS ACTION IN HOUSE NEXT TUESDAY Ways and Means Committee Hears Foes of Collier Bill at Session Today. By the Associated Press Prohibiticn leaders rallied behind Bishop James Cannon, jr., today to pre- sent to the House Ways and Means Committee the argument that Congress is without power to fix the alcoholic content of beverages. Speaking to the committee members grouped about their high horseshoe table, s;m Southern Methodist church- man stfod at the front of a crowd that pressed so tightly against the outer doors that one woman collapsed and had to be removed. “The mad rush of certain groups to legalize beer reminds one of Nero fiddling while Rome burns,” he said. “It is generally admitted by the men on the street that beer without a kick will not be sold.” He argued that if beer was intoxicat- ing, it wouid “clearly be unconstitu- tional.” Action Foreseen Tuesday. Meanwhile, Speaker Garner, at his press conference, said he thought the Collier beer bill probably could be brought up in the House next Tuesday. ‘“The Ways and Means Commiitee will thave this week end to complet~ tr bili” he said. “Of course, they 1nig.ic run into some difficulties, but I should think the bill would be ready for intro- duction Monday.” He added he thought it would be brought up under the regular House rules, allowing chances to vote on as many amendments as members wanted to offer. At the hearing Bishop Cannan pre- sented numerous resolutions by various church organizations protesting against ch;nglc‘ m[;he prohibition laws. arlier Deets Pickett, research tary for the Board of T?mpernnce.“lg;ol: hibition and Public Morals of the Methodist Episcopil Church, said there had been “some” s =3 e” change in prohibition Mrs. Boole Testifies. Mrs. Ella A. Boole, president of Nationa! Woman's Chlr’hllan melh! ance Union, told the committee en- :rcetzgmhof the Codllier bill would in- unger and incit and violence. = el Representative Treadway (Rej o can ot Massachusery Freation e since the eighteenth amendment was adopted “a new electorate has arisen and the women have been given the right to vote” and asked Bishop Can- non, “Don’t you think these new voters are_entitled to vote on it?" “They have a right to demand it clergyman replied. “Now, bishop.” Treadway continued, . h:recg;l?‘l;ld you put the conscience essman as compared wil the will of his cans!izuenls?g' o “I am a fanatic.” Cannon replied, as laughter arose from the jammed audience. “I am not balanced or reaconable, I suppose you have heard that.” : Treadway said, “I have.” ! would put my conscience before my constituents,” Bishop Cannon said. Hear Mills Tomorrow. “I am glad you say you would put your conscience before your constituents ! but how long do you think you would Tetain a seat in Congress if you go against your constituents?” Treadway asked. “My conscience is more important to me than a seat in the House of Repre- sentatives,” Cannon replied, as the crowd applauded loudly. { Other promment drys who were pres- jent were F. Scott McBride, superintend- ent of the Anti-Saloon League, and Canon William Sheafe Chase of the International Reform Federation. The testimony today followed that given by a score of woman dry leaders vesterday, who attacked proposals to modify the Volstead act, and completed " (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) PROBE OF STOCKS ORDERED RESUMED Senate Banking Committee Names Group—Norbeck Ready to Act. | By the Associated Press. The Senate Banking Committee to- day ordered a resumption of the in- quiry into the stock market and ap- pointed a subcommittee to conduet hearings. It is to be headed by Senator Nor beck, Republican, of South Dakota, and includes Glass, Virginia, and Fletcher, Florida, Demccrats, and Couzens, Mich- igan, and Townsend, Delaware, Repub- licans. Phe committee discussed investiga- tion of the Insull collapse, and there were indications this would be studied first. “We are ready to go ahead,” said Norbeck. The subcommittee was authorized to employ counsel and assistants. Pending a meeting, the program for further hearings will not be deter- mined. Norbeck expects the hearings to be started before the Christmas re- cess, however. CLAIMS VICTORY Paraguay Reports Capture of Sev- . eral Points. (CION. Paraguay, December 13 minister of war today is- sued & bulietin declaring Paraguayan forces had cabdkured several points on the Bolivian front-in the Fort Saavedra sector. e The announcement aisg said Paragu- ayan troops had repulsed. an attack near Fort Lachina in the Plgtanillos sector and that the Bollviang foAny