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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Cloudy and much warmer tonight; minimum temperature about 42 degrees; tomorrow rain and slightly warmer. Tem- peratures—Highest, 52, at terday; lowest, 24, at 7:00 a.m. today. Full report on page 9. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages 13,14&15 0 p.m. yes- — ch ¥ No. 32,378. post_office, Entered as second class matter Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star. 23, FRANCE LAUNCHES FOR REMAINING $4.624 NEEDED TO PROVIDE ‘OPPORTUNITIES TRACTION MERGER DEBT DISCUSSIONS | Dcsen Fumiticr Lt om Lis s Hilé-wWa| PASSED BY SENATE, WTH L. . ENY Paul-Boncour Makes Per- sonal Visit to Edge at Embassy in Paris. ROOSEVELT REGRETS HOOVER’S STATEMENT| Denies Refusal to Co-operate, De- claring He Submitted Definite Offer to President. By the Associated Press PARIS, December 23.—Premier Paul- Boncour suddenly and dramatically virtually launched debt negotiations with America today by personally calling upon United States Ambassador Edge at the embassy. He asked that Mr. Edge take the matter up with Washington so that France may help in reaching a solu- tion of the debts question. Mr. Edge had let it be known to M. Paul-Boncour that he would be pleased if the premier could receive him so that he, Edge, might convey his re- spects to the new premier and foreign minister. The foreign office sent no reply to this request during the day. Confer for Half Hour. Suddenly and without giving any notice beforehand. M. Paul-Boncour, accompanied by Pierre de Fouquieres, director of protocol, arrived at the em- bassy chancellory in the Rue Chaillot and asked to see Mr. Edge. For half an hour M. Paul-Boncour and Mr. Edge thrashed out the entire debt problem. Information from American sources indicates that M. Paul-Boncour frankly expressed a desire to receive any as- sistance possible from the embassy and the Washington Government which would enable him to take up the debt question with the Chamber of Deputies and enable the government and the chamber to reach a solution of the «question as soon as possible. It is stated there was no mincing of words throughout the conference, which was characterized throughout by the finest spirit of good-will on both sides, and that the conversations did a great deal to clear the atmosphere. Refraias From Prediction.. Apparently M. Paul-Boncour refrained from making any prediction as to when the chamber might alter its attitude concerning postponement of the Decem- ber interest t. However, it was understood, he did intimate to Mr. Edge his fervent hope that Mr. Edge would take the matter up with the Washington Government, s0 that negotiations might be continued uninterrupted. Without a battle or even a skirmish, % Fund Is ‘The Star’s Christmas Opportunity families left on the list of opportunities lief. i Mark Toward Goal of Star Passed. Fund for 20 needy Washington homes today was well over the half-way mark toward the goal of $10,717.20, but a total | of $4,624 remains to be raised between now and Christmas day if 12 distressed are to receive Yuletide assurance of re- With the closing overnight of Opportunity No. 7—a case of destitution in a newspaper man’s family—the number of poor families whose needs have been fully | taken care of was increased to eight. The check which sent the fund for No. 7 “over the top” came from 2 young woman Wwho is a stranger to Washington, but whcse sympathy was aroused when she read of the opportunity cases in 5 SENT 10 HOLS Lower Branch May Accept Changes or Send Them to Conference. AGREEMENT EXPEDITES PASSAGE OF MEASURE | The ster. | Telephoning The Star from her hotel | | room, this woman, who prefers to be listed as “Miss L. L.” expressed ufl‘ interest in the newspaper man’s plight | | and advised she would send her check | | for $424 before catching her train for | | home. ~Receipt of the donation is| acknowledged in today’s list of contri- | butions, published herewith. | The closing of Opportunity No. 7| automatically voided the challenge to | newspaper men made yesterday by | a prominent news correspondent in a | letter to The Star. He asked for 19 | other newspaper men to join him in| contributing $29 toward this case. Surplus donations to this opportunity | will be prorated among the other worthy cases. Another poverty-stricken professional man and his wife, listed as Opportunity No. 12, were the beneficiaries today of substantial gifts. This is the pathetic case of an aged, blind artist and his frail wife, who are struggling to exist in one small room. Sums totaling $150 were received for this destitute couple, and the Arts Club of Washington noti- fied The Star' of its appropriation of $100 toward this case. The appropria- tion, part of the one-half share of the Arts Club's profit on its last Bal " (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) CHRISTIIAS EIVING LEDBY ST LADY GAS CONPROME Distribution of Baskets Be- Final 0. K. Given Arrange- | gun at Mission Early i Because of Trip. ‘ e i The task of providing a “merry Christmas™ for the thousands of needy Washington families was given impetus | this morning when Mrs. Hoover b-gan the distribution of Yuletide baskets in the Central Union Mission. Smiling and gracious, Mrs. Hoover arrived promptly at 11 o'clock and was | | escorted to the stage of the small hall by Mr. and Mrs. John S. Bennett. who conduct the mission. In introducing the First Lady to the throng of men, women and children, Mrs. Bennett told of her yearly participation in cheer- spreading Christmas activities. Until this year, Mrs. Hoover has at- tended the misslon’s Christmas rarty | for children, where b:gs of toys and | clothing are distributed. Her trip South | this Christmas, however, makes it im- | possible for her to celebrate the Yule- | tide with the youngsters, who will be ! entertained tomoirow morning at the | Fox Theater. | Years of Enjoyment. ‘ “I nave enjoyed your children all | COURT APPROVES ment of Utilities Rody and Stockholders. District Supreme Court Justice Pey- ton Gordon today signed orders ap- proving a compromise between the Public Utilities Commission and the present owners of the stock of the | Washington Gas Light Co. Under the compromise, the Washington and su- burban companies, a Boston common law trust, is permitted to vote the stock of the local corporation and the Cen- tral Public Service Corporation of Chi- cago and its associates are barred from exercising any control or management of the local utility. Jurisdiction Retained. The court retained jurisdiction for such further orders and decrees as the parties may deem necessary, or to the court may seem proper. Corporation Counsel W. W. Bride and Assistant Corporation Counsel William A. Roberts appeared on bshalf of the | commission. Attorney Arthur Dean of New York and J. S. Flannery appeared for the Washington and Suburban companies, while the gas company was represented by Attorney Wilton J. Lambert. Appeal from orders of the Public Paul-Boncour obtained a substantial | these years,” Mrs. Hoover told the needy | Utilities Commission requiring the pres- majority in the Chamber of Deputies. As far as was ascertainable, however, | mothers and fathers waiting in the hall | tor their baske.s of food. “I am sorry | ent owners to dispose of their stock holdings had been pending for somc few, if any, deputies knew of the Hoo- | I will be away from them tomorrow. but | weeks in the District Supreme Court. ver-Roosevelt correspondence made pub- lic_yesterday, before they voted. The good impression made by M. Paul- Boncour in the Chamber was echoed in the press generally today, but it was observed the real test will come when Henry Cheron, the new minister of finance. produces his financial “medi- cine” in January, for which Socialist support was considered doubtful. The newspaper Le Journal summed up the situation thus: “M. Paul-Bon- cour wished to form a comprehensive union of the forces of the Left. He succeeded—for the present, at least.” The Hoover-Roosevelt correspondence was given certain prominence in the morning papers, but there were no com- ments published. The life of the Paul-Boncour govern- ment was prolonged by a vote of 365 to 215, cast last night after six hours’ de- bate on the premier's program. Premier Paul-Bancour’s position was atill precarious because loss of Socialist support at any time would easily wipe out his majority. Socialists have 131 wvotes in the Left blec of 376 Deputies which backed up M. Herriot until he demanded the debt payment. Younger Envoy Sought. A movement was under way today to have the new cabinet replace Ambas- sador Claudel at Washington by a younger man with a knowledge of changing conditicns in the United States. Powerful influences were work- ing to have M. Claudel, now 64 years old and Ambassador since early in 1927, removed by the time President-elect Roosevelt takes office Count Charles de Chambrun, Ambas- sador to Turkey, has been mentioned. The count was born in Washington, gerved at the embassy there during his (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) CAVE-IN KILLS TWO Bodies Reccvered From Lacka- wanna Mine of Coalbrook Colliery. SCRANTON, Pa., December 23 (#).— | Rescue gangs today removed the bod- ies of two men from workings ot the YLackawanna mine, a branch of the Coalbrook Colliery, at Simpson, where a cave-in and squeeze occurred last night. A third man was seriously hurt and three other miners escaped. 1 have a family of my own, and on= | member has worked so hard and for so long he reallv needs a litt'e attention | from me at Christmas time more than any one else. | ‘He needs. more than any one el-e I know, to get away from his desk and work for a fcw days. He is the onlv | | member of my family hore. My chil- (dren are 3.020 miles away. “Tomorrow, when ycur children havinz their party, I will be away on the Atlantic Ocean. or on a lift'e is'and, and I hope it will be warm and the sea smooth.” Mrs. Hoover gave the first basket t5 9-year-old Percy Jackson, 1108 Fourth | street southeast., who acccmpanied his | mother. Mrs. Ethel Jackson, to the mis- | sion. His father is in a hospital. Adina Carlo, 13, 521 M street south- | west, received the second basket. Shz | is the daughter of Frank Carlo. | Secretarv of War Hurley and Mrs. | Hurley will attend the mission’s party at the Fox Theater. in the absence of | Mrs. Hoover, and will help give out the hundreds of Christmas bags to the boys | and girls. The mission also will distribute gifts to all white persons in the District Home for the Aged and Infirm. Blue Plains. Dinner will be served to 750 " (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) i MAN WITH BROKEN LEG AVERTS POSSIBLE WRECK Flags Train After Spike Between Rails Causes Crash of His Speeder. | By the Associated Press | VINCENNES, Ind., December 23— Lying becide the track with a broken leg. Paul White, a railway employe, flagged a train to a stop near Emison DEMOCRATS PLAN SENATE ECONOMY Senator Walsh Suggests Appoint- ment of Special Committee to Reduce 1933 Expenditures. By the Associated Press. A plan of Democrats to create a Spe- cial econcmy committee to reduce sena- torial expenditures was announced to- day by Senator Walsh, Democrat, of Massachusetts, after a party caucus. He said he had “called the attention of the Democrats in the conference that the party would take over control of the Senate March 4 and might show a few economies, beginning now.” The caucus, he said, had agreed that such a committee should be named, and he added that it would be appointed around the 1st of January. The expenditure reductions inquiry by the committee, Walsh said, would cover the field of Senate employes, sup- plies, costs of investigations, funerals of members and all items in every agercy of the Senate. The Senate’s_appropriation for run- ning expenses for the fiscal year 1933 | was $3,095,490, slightly less than the preceding year, and the figure has ranged around that sum for several years. TWO WORKERS DEAD IN $1,000,000 BLAZE |late yesterday, averting a possible wrecl | White’s leg was broken when his speecer was wrecked by a spike which was between the rails at a switch on the Chicago & Eastern Illinois tracks. His ories for help were heard by a nearby | resident, Mrs. William Tindall. She helped him from the wreckage and re- | covered a red flag which White waved as the train approached. PREACHERS ARE HELD FOR MURDER IN ‘DEVIL CHASING’ DEATH OF GIRL Two Alleged to Have Confessed Choking Child as Cure for Partial Paralysis. By the Associated Press. LINDEN, Tex., December 23.—De- spite a purported confession, officers today continued an investigation of the death of a 5-year-old girl, allegedly € the hands of two itinerant preachers who sought to “drive out the devil” they believed responsible for her par- tial paralysis. Murder charges were filed against the two—Paul Oaks and his brother, Coy Oaks—and precautions taken to revent possible mob vengeance. Sheriff at Curtright said the two accused men, described by him as of the Apos- tolic faith, admitted they had choked ;he child to death in an attempt to cure er. « TZcers said the prea~hers came to ,Cass County several months ago from another section of Texas, had been | holding meetings in rural communities |and had preached on the subject of }mth healing. The child, daughter of |Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Clayton, allegedly | pas killed last Tuesday at the Clayton ome. | "From George Wilson, a neighbor of the Claytons, officers sald they received information as to how the child died. | Wilson'said he found two men kneeling |over the prostrate form of the child. | They ordered him to leave, declaring {he was a “devil.” He said the child’s father was in the room. | Dr 0. R. Taylor, Cass County health | officer, said the child had been choked to death. A preliminary hearing for the broth- | ers was set for December 26. @ Six Others Hurt as Flames Destroy | Huge Chicago Elevator—More Bodies Hunted. | By the Associated Press. | CHICAGO, December 23—Two men | were burned to death and several others | were injured today es a six-story eleva- tcr crammed with grain was destroyed by flames. The blaze ruined the elevator and | probably a million bushels of wheat and other grains at a loss estimated at $1,000,000. A dust explosion in the cupola atop the structure apparently touched off the granary and it became a flaming torch. In le:s than an hour the blaze had swept frcm top to bottom, menacing nearby structures. One man was car- ried, fatally burned, from the elevator and another's body was thrown to & dock on the nearby Chicago River by an_explosion. Five tugs and motor apparatus brought by & half dczen special alarms ured a tremendous volume of water E'w the burning building from a snarl of hose lmes'h?ut‘mck ::“ u;omed to be uceles e two_ tugs move to safer lccations when the west wall of the elevator threatened to collapse. The dead were Walter Brazel a laborer, and an unidentified man. Wit- nessés said they believed Charles Duval, another worker, had been killed. ‘There were 34 men in the structure. Police Ceared several bodies might have been buried in the ruins. Consolidation of Street Car Lines Now Nearer Accomplishment Than Ever Before. Consolidation of the street car lines | of the District is nearer accomplishment | today than ever before, as the resolu- " tion carrying the terms of merger went | back to the House for action on the | changes made by the Senate when it passed the measure yesterday afternoon. These amendments, which the House may either accept or send to confer- ence, embody most of the important changes Senators Capper of Kansas and Blaine of Wisconsin contended should be made in the public interest. Once these adjustments had been agreed upon at a conference early yes- terday between Senators, railway offi- cials ‘and a delegation from the Citi- zens’ Joint Transportation Committee, the merger resolution went througn the Senate quickly, with Senator Austin of Vermont, in charge of the measure, ex- plaining the agreement. House Adjourns. No action on the merger bill will be taken in the House until after the Christmas holidays, the House adjourn- ing shortly after the measure was re- | celved from the Senate today. { Ciairman Mary T. Norton of the | House District Committee, before leav- | ing the Capital for the holidays, had reached an agreement with Speaker Garner that the bill would not be i brought up until later. Chairman Black of the House sub- | committee which conducted hearings on | the bill, said there was a probability | that after the House committee has | considered the Senate amendments an agreement may be reached to accept i the bill as passed by the Senate with- out sending it to conference. It would thm 80 to the White House for signa- | ture. | The only remaining step then required | under the resolution is for a majority of | | the stockholders of the companies to ap- prove the terms of merger. The ques- | tion would have to be submitted to them | | within six months and would have to be acted on within two years. These are '};’ylg‘.:hmflh:‘:n:l limits and do not | a | fmaty ong a period will The Essential Changes Made. | o The essential changes made In the final conference yesterday, whieh ‘::yhz all parties’ into agreement, ) Power clause—the Utilities Commis- sion was given authority to regulate | hished by the Poiomac Electric Power Co. for operation of the merged car system. The old power clause, to which Capper and Blaine objected, provided that for 15 years 63 per cent of the power would be paid for under terms agreed upon by the companies, with the | commission regulating only the remain- | Ing 37 per cent. Under the new power | clause ‘the Washington Railway and { Electric Co. would turn over to the Po- i tomac Electric Power Co. its existing { contracts for the sale of power to other railway companies. Three-Cent School Fare, School fares—The present three- cent fare for children going to and from school was written in as one of the terms of merger. The resolution |already had conferred general author- ity on the commission to establish a reduced rate without specifying the amount. The companies have been contesting in court the present three- cent school fare law, but if they ac- cept the merger plan as now worded the three-cent school rate is carried in as one of the conditions of the agree- | ment. Transfers—The resolution originally { provided for universal free transfers be- | tween street cars, and left to the com- | mission the power to decide how trans- i bus or from one bus to another. This was not changed, but the following pro- vision was added to the transfer sec- | ton: “Provided, That this shall not be | interpreted so as to prevent the Pub- |lic Utilitles Commission from establish- ing special fares lower than the basic | rate without transfer privileges.” This | anticipates the possible establishment of special reduced rates for short hauls |when the merger has been brought about, as a means of attracting more |car riders, and means that such rates jcould be put into effect without carry- | ing the transfer privilege which would go with the basic fare. Power of Congress. Power of Congress—The saving clause was rewritten to provide that Congress reserves the right to alter, amend or repeal not only the resolution authoriz- ing the merger, but the certificate or ncorporation under which the merger would be brought about. It further provides that any or all rights of fran- chi: > created e resolution would by tl ferminate one year following its repeal by Congress. Subsidiaries—The right of the merged company to operate through subsidiaries was modified to_confine this authority 19 DEAD, 32 MISSING i IN TOKIO TENEMENT FIRE 20 Houses Housing 92 Families, Mostly Korean Coolies, De- stroyed in Blaze. By the Associated Press. ‘TOKIO, December 23.—Nineteen per- sons were dead, 18 injured and 32 still unaccounted for¢as police continued a Search for bodiés In ruins of a fire | which razed a tenement section today in the Pukagawa slum district of Tokio. The majority of the casualties were Korean es. coolles. Twenty tenements housing 92 fami- lies ;ere destroyed within half an hour after the blaze started, before dawn. $4,000,000 Gold on Way. CHERBOURG, France, December 23 (P)—The movement of gold to America is continuing, the steamer Albert Ballin taking 135 cases, valued at nearly $4,000,000, today. Radio Programs on Page A-12 I the price of all the current to be fur- | | fers shall be issued from street car to 1932—THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. “From Press to Home Within an Hour” ‘The Star’s Carrier system coversevery cufi' block and the regular edition is delivered to city and suburban homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 118,409 FXF () Means Associated Press. o e TWO CENTS. | MUST TAKE MY ONE ELEV OF YOUR WAGES. GIVE \T To ME IN PENNIES TH OUT POPE WINS TRUCE N CHACOFGHTING Bolivia and Paraguay Agree to Stop Hostilities for Christmas Day. By the Associated Press | VATICAN CITY, December 23.—Pope { Pius XI obtained today a pledge of a Christmas 24-hour armistice on the Gran Chaco battle front from the gov- | ernments of Bolivia and Paraguay. i Both agreed to Vatican proposals that | hostilities cease in compliance with the | Pope’s desire that there be no fighting 'on’ Christmas. ‘The Pope thanked the governments and expressed the hope that the armis- | tice would lead to peace. BOTH NATIONS ACCEPT. | Truce Will Extend From Midnight To- morrow for 24 Hours. LA PAZ, Bolivia, December 23 (#).— The foreign ministry announced last night that Bolivia and Paraguay have |agreed to a Christmas day truce on the ; Gran Chaco battlefront. The truce will extend from midnight December 24 io midnight December 25. The truce was suggested by Pope Pius XI, it was announced. The suggestion was transmitted to the foreign ministry here by the papal nuncio. Paraguay was informed of the pro- posal and upon receipt of her ac- lcepum:c. the ministry explained, the | Bolivian government agreed. {ROOSEVELT WIDOW HONORED BY JAPAN Visit Occasion for Tribute President Who Promoted Friendship for Isle. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, December 23.—Japanese leaders seized the occasion of the visit of Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, sr. in Tokio today while en route to Manila, President and its gratitude for his ef- forts toward Japanese-American friend- ship and his understanding of Japn/n's problems. The nation’s spokesman to this effect was Gen, Sadao Araki, minister of war, i who was guest at a luncheon Ambassa- dor and Mrs. Joseph C. Grew gave at widow. The premier, Viscount Makoto Saito; the. foreign minister, Count Yasu: Uchida, and the naval minister, Ad- miral Keisuke Okada, also were present. The war minister, in a long conver- sation with Mrs. Roosevelt, lauded her husband and referred feelingly %o the soldier’s death of her son Quentin in France. After spending the day in Tokio, Mrs Roosevelt continued her voyage to Manila to join her son, Gov. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt of the Philippines. 'LIST OF PENSIONERS Veterans' Administration Calls for Names of U. S. Employes Receiving Benefits. At the request of the joint congres- ! sional Committee on Veterans' Relief. the Veterans' Administration has asked for a complete list of all Federal em- ployes receiving benefits of any kind through the administration. Officials explained that compilation of these figures was “for the purpose of the record.” Asked if the material might be used for purposes of more economy or a reduction of Government workers' income or benefits, they ex- plained the information was being ‘ob- tained for the use of the joint congres- sional committee. This group is work- ing on establishment of a national pol- icy for treatment of veterans of all wars and is not primarily an economy commit Some time will be required to a cumulate the information, it was said, because of the fact the field records of many departments are scattered around the world. Wins New Trial Fight. SPRINGFIELD, I, December 23 P).—Russell McWilliams, 17-year-old to| to stress Japan's veneration for the late | the embassy in honor of the President's | Woman in Mad Lea From Roof Saved as She Claws Rescuers H pital Aides Grab Her Wrists and Hang on as She Dangles. | By the Associated Press. | . CHICAGO, December 23—Dangling | from the roof of the Psychopathic Hos- pital for 20 minutes, a woman patient gave a crowd of spectators a thrill and g: ve attendants a furious battle as they tried to rescue her today. The woman, Mrs. Mary Miller, 44, had fled to the roof and dashed to_the edge, attendants in pursuit. They grasped her wrist as she leaped and held her determinedly despite her ef- forts to breik free. She bit and slashed the hands of the attendants. Firemen arrived in time to raise lad- ders and take the woman down A young woman, identified as Mrs. Gertrude Watt. horrified workers in a | downtown office building by leaping from the seventeenth floor to the screen over an inner court at the ninth floor. Engineers had to cut the screen to re- | move her. She was taken to a hospital, still alive with fracturad limbs and skull, but lived only half an hour. DRVETOEND U, S, RESEARCH CHARGED ‘Chemists Accuse Chamber of | Trying to Abolish Orig- inal Work. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. That “a campaign of tremendous proportions is under way all over the United States to have Government re- search abolished” is charged in a re- | port just made by a committee of the | Washington Chapter of the American | Institute of Chemists. whose member- | ship is composed largely of professional chemists in Federal laboratories. Much of the blame for this is placed by the committee on the United States Chamber of Commerce, which, it is claimed, has made misleading state- ments and issued misleading reports to | the effect that it would be economical for the Government to abandon many pressing research problems, leaving | them to private and university labora- | tories. | The report was drawn up by Dr. | James F. Couch and Dr. A. L. Mehring, ‘bolh Department of Agriculture chem- ists. In discussing the report teday Dr Mehring displaved a recently is- |sued report of the United States Chamber of Commerce on the findings | of its “Committee on Government P CAPT. EBLETOQUIT CUSTOMS POSITION Commissioner Will Return to Post as Treasury At- tache in Berlin, Capt. F. X. A. Eble. commissioner of customs, will resign some time after the first of the year, it was learned today. He plans to return to his for- mer post as Treasury attache at Berlin about February 1, Commission having authorized his re- transfer to the classified service. Frank Dow, assistant commissioner of customs, will become acting com- missioner upon resignation of Capt. Eble. The commissioner, it was learned, has received several attractive offers to leave the Government service, but de- cided to continue. Appointed to Lis first post under President Wilson in | the Treasury Department. Capt. Eble thus continues as a career man, as others who have headed the customs service in the past have done before | him. Capt. Eble in going to Berlin will | take over the post now occupied by Erwin May, who is being transferred January 1 o Milan. Italy, where he will take charge. At Milan, May will be as- sisted by Samuel Brummer, who is now acting Treasury attache there. At Ber- lin Capt. Eble will be assisted by Paul Hermes. Appointment to Be Made. The post of ccmmissioner of cus- toms is to be filled by an appointment by the Secretary of the Treasury. though it is not a presidentiaily ap- pointed office. the post has been con- sidered in with a change in administration. In accepting promotion from the ranks of the customs service, Capt. Eble left the classified civil service, but during his incumbency as commis- (Continued dh Page 2, Column 3.) SIX JAPANESE FLYERS SLAIN IN MANCHURIA By the Assoclated Press. CHANGCHUN, Manchuria, Decem- ber 23.—Six Japanese aviators were killed and another was sericusly wound- ed today when Chiness irregulars shot down a bombing plane near Wan Pao- Shan, 20 miles northwest of here. The plane was bombing a concentration camp of irregulars. The Chinese re- turned the fire with an eanti-aircraft gun, scored a direct hit and the engine exploded. ROOSEVELT FREES 23 the Civil Service | Al- | the class which changes | Competition With Private Business.” New York State Prisoners Given SOUGHT FOR RECORD | This committee included three college | professors in the fields of government | | and “economics, besides a_number of | business leaders. But, Dr. Mehring | pointed out, only in the interior of the | pamphlet, where it was likely to be | overlooked, was there a brief state-| ment that the three professors had re- | fused to sign it. Funds Held Lacking. “The Chamber of Commerce of the United States,” says the report, “claims that research not necessary for func- | tions of government should be carried | on by our universities. Who will pro- | vide the funds if this is done? If they | are not provided from some source outside the universities this class of | research probably will not be carried | on at all. ‘The Government cannot depend on " (Continued on Page 5, Column 5.) CITY TAKES .FORD LOAN INSTEAD OF R. F. C. AID Dearborn Withdraws $112,000 Ap- | plication and Gets Money From | Automobile Manufacturer. t By the Associated Press. | DETROIT, December 23.—The Dear- born City Council yesterday withdrew the city’s application for a $112,000 loan from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and accepted an offer of a similar loan from the Ford Motor Co. Mayor Clyde M. Ford said the terms of the loan from the Ford Co. duplicate those offered by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and that officials of the company had expressed a tentative willingness to negotiate further loans if necessary. The mayor sald the money sought was intended to meet welfare e: for December and that the Ford Co. ad- vanced the funds because they were needed immediately and because Henry lrord erred that the city not ask or = Christmas Treat. ALBANY, N. Y., December 23 (#)— | Christmas gifts for 23 prisoners in State institutions, in the form of commuta- | tion of their sentences, were announced | yesterday by Gov. and President-elect | Franklin D.” Roosevelt. Among those released at once on the | Governor's order was Napoleon Monet, who had been in prison nearly 23 years. Monet, convicted of murder in the first | degree, was sentenced to die. The sen- | tence was commuted to life imprison- | ment February 14, 1911, Monet Was one of several prisoners rewarded for | aiding the State duri the Auburn | prison riots. e | ‘} — — SENATE DECLINES BINGHAM BID FOR UICK BEER VOTE Democrats, in Caucus, Turn Down His Proposal for Immediate Action. ROBINSON INSISTS ON COMMITTING BILL Norris Calls Judiciary Session for Monday, but Quorum of Com- mittee Is Unlikely. The Senate today adjourned until next Tuesday, foregoing the regular 10-day holiday recess, after post- poning action on the beer bill. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The Senate, by a vote of 48 to 23, today declined to take up the beer bill for immediate consideration Senator Bingham of Connecticut made the motion during the morning hour. Earlier the Democrats of the | Senate, in party caucus, decided not to | support the Bingham motion, although several wet Democratic Senators re- tained the right to vote for the motion. Senator Bingham has on the calen- dar two beer bills, reported adversely from the Committee on Manufictures. His motion was to take up one of these bills, and Ne announced that if it were taken up he would move to substitute the major portion of the House beer bill recently passed. authorizing the manufacture and sile of 3.2 per cent Robinson Objects. | When Senator Bingham made his motion to take up the beer bill, Senator Robinson of Arkansas, Democratic | leader of the Senate, obtained unan- | Imous consent to make a statement. This was necessary because a motion to take up a bill in the morning hour is not subject to debate. “Does the Senator from Connecticut,” began Robinson, “cxpect to have the beer bill disposed of now?" Senator Bingham replied he hoped the measure might be disposed of, and Senator Robinson continued: a day or two ago the passed a beer bill lmpofim‘ g ae(:g(ou:: | the manufacture of beer and increas- ing the alcoholic content permitted in beer. By action of the Senate this measure was referred to the Judiciary Committee. That committee is ex- pe‘ctgd to make a prompt report. “There is no disposition on the part of any one for whom I speak to delay disposition of this measure. However, the legal question involved should be passed upon by the committee. 1f the Senator persists in his motion I shall vote first taking the bill up for consideration, and if his | motion should prevail I shall move to commit the b . | commit, the bil to the Judicary Com Senator Bingham, also having ob- ::fl'd consent to make a statement, | .“When the House passed the Collier bill, T hoped that there would be early consideration and prompt action on & beer bill. I understand it is the pur- pose to refer the bill to two commit- tees, first the Judiciary Committee and then the Committee on Finance. Un- doubtedly this course would lead to con- | siderable delay and probably would make it impossible to get action during the short session of this Congress. Cites Request to Norris. “I do not desire to make any re- marks derogatory to any commiitee, es- specially to the Judiciary Committee. However, a year ago, I expressed a wish | to the chairman of the Judiciary Com- | mittee, Senator Norris, that hearings | should be held on my resolution pro- | posing repeal of the eighteenth amerd- ment, and ou similar resolutions. The | chairman courteously replied that he |would refer the measures to a subcom- mittee and that subcommittee was ap- | pointed. No hearings were held by that :flxtl)cummltwe until April, four months er. | = Now the Judiciary Committee has had resolutions before it proposing re- | peal of the eighteenth amendment and | has never reported any of them out. | The subcommittee to consider my reso- | lution and others was composed of two | wet Senators and three who have been | considered dry. The drys did not at- tend meetings of the subcommittee and |it was impossible to get a quorum, so | the subcommittee made no report and | none has yet been made. Is it strange, | under the circumstances, that I should | want to get action on this beer bill now? | “The House has acted with extraor~ | dinary_ premptness on this beer bill, (Continued on Page 2, Column 6. Premier of Peru Resigns. LIMA, Peru, December 23 () — Premier Carlos Zavala Loayza resigned today. The resignation had been ex- pected for some time because of his poor health. He became premier last September and also held the post of foreign minister. Spanish Unemployed ;nnde. GRANADA, Spain, December 23 (#). —Several hundred unemployed paraded streets here today. One group rushed a grocery store, breaking windows and carrying off foodstuffs. Two rioters were wounded when guards charged the mob and dispersed it. ' “PRINCE” ELUDES IMMIGRATION OFFICERS SCREENED BY ACTRESS Notorious Harry F. Gerguson, Stowaway, Ju;t Walks Down Plank Hiding Behind Marilyn Miller. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 23.—“Prince” Michael Romanoff, known as Narry F. Gerguson to the immigration authori-|P ties, who wish he would stay on the other side of the Atlantic, arrived on |lef. the Europa yesterday as an unnoticed way. He said he walked off the gang plank behind Marilyn Miller and pretended to be indignant when an official asked for his landing card. “I have been asked twice for it and L‘l:‘nve given it up once,” the “prince” The official let the matter drop. ‘The “prince” bobbed up in a night club and related his latest exploit. He still is at was 3 away, last April. tion authori- tes hldmcommnmmémmny holding ch-\:?lu Peoria—it was with a lllhml;mfi re France gave him si~ months in the jail, much to the “prince’s” and then !nvited him to stay as away from France as possible. fresh from that e: ice.

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