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PARTY 15 ON TRIAL ' DECLARES N'ADO November Election Resuits Interpreted as “Great Progressive Revoit.” By the Assoclated Pre SACRAMENTO, Callf., January 5.— William G. McAdoo declared yesterday the velt landslide in November was ‘a party victory,” and volced fis opinion that the Democratfc party Is on trial. Speaking before Californians dele- gated to vote yesterday as members of the electoral college for Pranklin D. Roosevelt for President, the former Tre Secretary and Democratic United States Senator-elect interpreted the general election result as a “great progressive revolt.” He predicted destruction of the Dem- ocrtic party unless it relieves conditions which he attributed to a “diseased eco- nomic system” and “stupid, stand-pat, reactionary leadership of the Repub- lican party.” Political Responsibility. “Our responcibility as s political or- ganization is no less than our oppor- tunity, for the vote of November 8 was in no sense a party vote, nor was the victory a party victory,” McAdoo said. “Any intelligent analysis shows plai iy that it was a great progressive re- volt—an uprising of the people against the stupid, stand-pat, reactionary le: ership of the Republican party, that persisted in preferring the privileges of the few to the rights of the many.” Describing its functions as a for- mality, he said the electoral college should bs abolished, and the President and Vice President should be elected by popular vote. He attached more than ordinary significance, however, to this meeting of California electors, because, he said, “it was California’s _delegation that nominated Franklin D. Roosevelt.” Confidence in Man. “This action was not even remotely eonnected with trades or secret agree- ments,” he asserted, “but proceeded solely from our sincere conviction that Roosevelt had in his heart and in his Boul those progressive principles—the assion for real democracy—that are lieved to be the need and the hope of the Nation.” He said he never viewed the depres- slon as “an act of God, like cloud- bursts, tornadoes or earthquakes.” “Studied honestly,” he contended, “it 4s seen to be the result of a distorted end diseased economic system, long and steaithily developed by powerful finan- cial and industrial groups that have put profits above human welfare—pro- moting and perfecting an economic system which defied the shining prom- ises of the Declaration of Independence at every point. * * ¢ “Wiit is expected of us is the cour- age to blaze new trails that will lead the country out of its pit and back to high ground.” SENATE GROUP TO MEET Plans for Resuming Stock Probe to Be Discussed. The Senate Banking Commttee will meet tomorrow to make plans for re- suming the stock market inquiry begun last year, The_session will be executive, ¥Em- ployment of counsel to conduct the in- qQuiry is expected to be discussed. There have been some demands for commttee members to drop the inquiry, but Chalrman Norbeck has insisted that it go forward. Agents have been work- ing on the Insull Utilities crash and cases of tax evasion. e el P LIQUOR SMELLERS LOSE U. 8. Commissioner Frees Man Seized During Raid. SAN FRANCISCO, January 5 P).— Federal prohibition sgents engaged in <umping liquor cannot at the same time | sniff liquor appr g from else- where, United States Commissioner E. E. Williams ruled here in freeing Albert ‘Williams of Daly City of transportation, nuisance and possession charges, cnm;‘ge:, The agents were in & club dumping liquor when Williams approached with 2 quantity of spirits under each arm. ey arrested him, asserting they smelled his liquor. The commissioner ruled that what they smelled was the liquor they were dumping. PUIG GIVES.BECEPTION New Mexican Foreign Minister Re- celves U. 8. Envoy First. MEXICO CITY, January 5 (#).—Dr. Jose Manuel Puig y Casaranc, new for- eign minister, an official reception for ihe dipiomatic corps. Ambassador Clark of the United Btates, dean of the corps, was the first o be received by the new minister Thus far there has been no indication who will succeed Dr. Puig as Ambassa- dor at Washington. American Dies in Paris. PARIS, January 5 (#)—Mrs. Susan ‘Arabella We 3, a Tesident of Paris, who formerly lived in Hollywood, Calif., has died here. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs, Aledaide P. Crombie. Mrs. Wecks was the widow B. Week nnouncement of her death was made in the Paris edition of the Chicago Tribune Rich di;nge Used In Dark Room for Coldgst Pictures Usual Black Discarded for Films Under Low of Chester Temperatures, > instead of the for the is one features of the new cr tary at the Norman of Physics here. The laboratory is being built to pro- duce temperatures as low or lower than sclence has ever recorded, within one degree of the absolute minimum where all heat vanishes. “Is this really a dark room?” Dr Alessnder Goetz, in charge of the lab- oratory, was asked. “Why, yes, I thought we would make it a bit cheer- ful,” he replied. “Photographic film is Just about as insensitive to this shade of color as it is to black. Don't you think it looks much better to work in than somber black?” Dr. Goetz is completing for liquidizing helium to produce & tem- tigrade. L w of the unusual ogenic labora- ge Laboratory ture of 272.3 below sero cent F evaporating the liquid helium he expects even lower temperatures. The first experiment, scheduled about the end of the month, is on the super- eonductivity of metals, merely as a st of equipment. i e Uh of Leyden, Holland, At the Universit Jast year similarly were held for six hours. It was there found that metals lost practically all Tesistance to eleccx.lc.‘cunmc at these low' temperatures became super- conductors, Goetz explained. ) low~ temperatu\; | At Moskowitz Funeral Henry Moskowitz. AL SMITH ATTENDS RITES FOR DEAD POLITICAL ADVISER. LFRED E. SMITH is shown leaving the Temple Emanu-El, New York, after attending the funeral services for Mrs. Belle Moskowitz, his life- long friend and political adviser. With him are Mrs. Smith and Dr. —A. P. Photo. HOWARD BRUCE - | Financier and Munitions| Maker Mentioned by Wise Ones. Is Father-in-Law of Mellon’s! Daughter and Owner of ‘Billy Barton. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, January 5.—The wise men of the town are whispering with | increasing assurance the report that Howard Bruce, Baltimore financier, | munitions maker and head of a distin- guished fox-hunting squirearchy, will be the next Secretary of the Treasury. Mr. Bruce, now 53 years old, became | & director of the Baltimore & Ohio | Railroad in November, 1931, to replace the late Delos W. Cooke of New York. He is chairman of the board of the Bal- timore Trust Co., and of the Bartlett- Hayward Co. the latter firmg having been one of the leading makers of mu- nitions in the United States during the war. His various directorates inciude a long list of banks, utilities and indus- trial concerns. He is a nephew of former Senator | Willlam Cabell Bruce of Maryland. His son, D. K. Estes Bruce, married Miss | Allsa Mellon, daughter of the former Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mel- | lon. Personable, friendly and distin- guished, he moved easily into politics and was a member of the Democratic | National Comamittee from 1921 to 1929. | OF BALTIMORE MAY BE TREASURY SECRETARY HOWARD BRUCE. —Underwood Photo. | Graduating in civil engineering from the Virginia Military Institute, he be- came assistant engineer for the East River Gas Co. of Indiana. In 1907 he became general manager of the Bait- lett-Hayward Co., its president in 1917 and chairman of the board in 1928. He is still in the ascendant as an indus- trialist and financis but he has had other triumphs as well. In 1928 his 8 to 1 on Billy Barton to place, but Mr. Bruce didn’t have a bet on him. (Copyright, 1033.) | | | CALL AIDS SEARCH FORLELLI SLAYER Italian Tried Hard to Reach| Friend by Telephone, Police Reveal. Julio Lelli, 28, Itallan laborer, who was murdered and left lying beside the | lonely Jones Mill road in M?n(gnmrry‘ County New Year eve, made an excited telephone call to a friend in Washington a few hours before he was slain, De- | tective Sergts. George Darnall and | Dennis Murphy of the Washington { homicide squad revealed today as they { continued their investigation of the case. | The man who talked to Lelli Saturday | night was questioned by police yester- | day, the detectives said. He said Lelli seemed very excited when he called at | 'lbouv. 8 o'clock and asked for a friend. | | Informed the man was not there, Lelli | hung up at once, the informant stated. | Police also have questioned the person for whom Lelli asked, they said. | Location Undetermined. | Where Lelli was when he made the telephone call has not been established, | but discovery that he was alive and| {apparently free at that time gave in- | vestigators their first indication of his | activities after he left hi: friend Philip Adams at a Fourteenth street hotel at 2 | pm., presumably to joir & New York | celebration party | Aithough Sergt. H. K. Wilso the homicide squad, insisted ing the Washington investig: | case had been dropped and “all our in- | { formation is turned over to Maryland ! because they have the body, and they have the c nspector Frank 8. W. Burke, head of the Det Bureau, said the local inquiry will be continued until it is established definitely where Lelli died. Four Questioned. we know where he was killed,” Ins Burke announced, “we will f o on the theory the murder oc- | curred in the District d investigate it j if we knew that | s s attorney’s office in Mont- gome also will go forward with its inquiry in the case, officials there an- nounced today wced the four men questioned had no conr with the crime, police have 1 d Adams. Agitino _ Restifo, Alfredo Mori and Robert E. Delay, who had been beld for mvestigation The men were freed last night after they had supplied all information de- tectives wanted from them. chief of Burke, | Co yeste LA GANGS PLAY POLICE | | . DETROIT. January 5 (#).—Two near |downtown speakeasies yesterday were |raided by hi-jackers masquer: as | police officers. The hi-jackers, believed to be from out of town, entered two er*sblishments | and carried off cash registc -, slot ma- {chines and quantities of lguor and | \(becr. Other blind pig operators bar-« | ricaded their places. | 2P ARl Gale Hits Samoa Islands. APIA, British Samoa, January 5 () —A heavy gale which has lasted five | days continued yesterday to lash the Samoan Islands, where it has done some ‘:‘wmm and ococoa Fas o Teporied StruCk by e WindA Bandit Thanks Girl Who Gave Him§ Her Last 50 Cents Says He Got Job as Result: of Kindness of Nurse He Slapped. By the Associated Press. SEATTLE, January 5—Miss Kath- leen Lee, a graduate nurse, was held up | December 5 while she was hurrying to | a hospital for work on a case, her first employment in & long time. In a letter yesterday, signed with the initials, “R. E. L,” the robber delivered his| | thanks to her for aid in finding a job “I'd like her to know how much she helped,” he wrote to a newspaper. “On| & filled stomach one has a saner view-| point; also she should know she is too | little and too beautiful to be going along | dark streets alone late at nigl on Monday five weeks | wrote, “I held up & girl e. I slapped her and ver her mouth none ago.” and to held m s too gently. “The purse h everything in 1t but | DEBT REPRISALS BY SENATE SEEN Johnson’s Views Heid No Mere Empty Talk in Urging Ban on Loans to French. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. The Senate has stood aside for three weeks to let diplomacy work out a solu- tion of the French default of December 15, but since the government at Paris shows no signs of reversing its atti- tude the guns of Senate denunciation now are let loose. It is not mere words either. Senator Johnson of California has a sympathetic audience on both sides of the chamber. His suggestion that legislation be adopt- ed prohibiting all loans hereafter to countries which have refused to honor their obligations is not an empty threat. In the mood of Congress today it can be ed. This would me.n that French cities as well as French com- panies would find it difficult to get financed in America. Whether it would go to the extreme of prohibiting finan- cial intercourse with France is doubt- ful. Such a step would be as injurious to American commerce as it would be to France, Would Restrain Bonds. But the flotation of bonds would be restained by the Johnson proposal and there appears little doubt here that such a step would be constitutional. It was fully discussed at the time that various foreign governments were en- gaging in what seemed to be monopo- listie practices in products consumed in America and for which financing was desired. Mr. Hoover as Secretary of Commerce and Mr. Kellogg as Secretary of State endeavored by diplomatic means to secure a compliance with the American viewpoint, contending in thei conferences with American represe:ia- tives of financial interests that this would be the only way to stop legisla- tion imposing an embargo on foreign loans. These informal arrangements, where- by the State Department and interna- tional bankers were to consult before any loans were floated, have been criti- cized by the Democrats, particularly Senator Glass of Virginia, as implying a guarantee by the American Govern- ment when loans are permitted to be floated. It is a discretionary power for which today there is no authority of law. The bankers themselves did not like it and there have been in the past sharp differences of opinion be- tween them and the Department of State. If Mr. Johnson's threat is carried out, some Government agency would be vested with the power to decide whether a loan should be banned under the law designed to bar loans to countries which had dishonored their signatures. Some of these foreign loans are fre- quently floated in London and parts of the issue are purchased in the United States by investment houses. The law would have to cover this point in order to prevent any retail distribution of such bonds, and there arises the ques- tion also as to whether it would be un- lawful for individuals to buy directly such bonds abroad, perhaps in Torento or Montreal. Legal Question Complex. The question of enforcing laws on foreign loans is complex and it has been debated ever since the investiga- tion conducted by Senator Johnson into the whole matter of foreign bonds. Certainly the French default has complicated the fereign bond situation | considerably in so far as remedial legis- | lation is concerned, and now that Sen- ator Johnson has been given the added | ammunition of the French government's | refusal to pay, the export of American capital resources comes once more into the picture as likely to bring compre- hensive legislative restrictions, some- thing which at the moment reflects pique over the French position, but which may be embarrassing as economic Tecovery proceeds and France and America are forced into a common po- sition in defending the gold standard. ‘The effect of the Semmte speeches may be to hasten a French payment. Senator Reed of Pennsylvania predicted that the French press would not pub- lish the criticism _expressed by the American Senate. But it is a safe as- sumption that the Prench embassy is ' the possibility of legislative reprisals, (Copyright, 1933.) —_— UNIVERSITY ACCEPTS PIGS AS TUITION FEE Oklahoma Baptist Institution Votes to Acquire Land to Aid Students. By the Associated Press. SHAWNEE, Okla, January 5.—Stu- dents may pay their tuition at Okla- | homa Baptist University with pigs, chickens, hay, corn, cows, wheat or ferm implements The board of trustees has voted to set in motion the program of Dr.| Hale V. Davis, president, for establish- ment of a 40-acre farm on university land neer the campus, to give students | employment. A canning plant or gar- reporting every detail to Paris, including | D. C, THURSDAY DEBT CONFERENCE SUPPORT 1S SEEN Senate Leaders May Back Talks With Nations Which Met Obligations. By the Assoclated Press. Indications were seen today that some Senate leaders might support pro- posals to renew war debts discussions with those nations which have met their payments, particularly Great Britain. Such evidence was found in speéches | by Senators Robinson of Arkansas and | Reed of Pennsylvania, during the course of the Senate's first wide-open airing of international relations this session. ‘Touched off by Senator Johnson of California, who arraigned Franc: and other defaulting nations, the sharp de- bate reached its height yesterday when Senator Borah, Idaho Republican, de- terminedly asserted that President Hoover had asked congressional leaders to approve any agreement made with Premier Laval in 1930 for debt revision. | Denied by Others, | Republicans close to the administra- | tlon were quick with denials, but it was | addresses by Robinson, the Democratic | leader, and Reed, a stanch supporter | of Mr. Hoover, that gave indications of a more friendly attitude toward Great | Britain. Both, however, agreed it would be ~impossible to' treat with France, at least until she has settled | her account. due December 15. Robinson said * * With re- spect to the British government, con- ditlons may arise by which it would | seem to be justified to enter into dis- cussion. The British government paid its debts. * * * But as to the other governments, and _particularly the French government, that was in a strong financial position, but declined to meet its obligations * "¢ * I do not see how it i3 possele to comply with the re- quest for the creatidn 5¢ n commission.” Reed said: “I honor Great Britain for the way she has kept her engage- ments under great difficulties.. I hope that we will meet them half way be- fare or after March 4, hear what she has to say and meanwhile reserve, of course, the freedom of action as to what we might do.” He added: “That France should be met in the | same way it scems to me preposterous.” Will See Roosevelt. Robinson is among the Democratic | leaders who will meet President-elect | Roosevelt in New York tonight and, inasmuch as a wide fleld of problems is to be discussed and since the war debts problem has reasserted itself, the ques- | tion of how the incoming administra- | tion will approach it may be consm-l ered. Senator Watson of Indiana, the Re-| publican leader, disputed Borah's state- ment that Mr. Hoover had sought a pledge from congressionel leaders for any debts revision agreement, and with other Senators being drawn in, the question went unsettled. Borah again| stated his position of being willing to | reconsider debts only if such & recon- | sideration would include a program to adjust all post-war problems, such as disarmament, restoration of farm prices and sounder money. Johnson, a Republican who supported Mr. Roosevelt in the November elec- tions, denounced the nations which de- faulted in their December installments and demanded enactment of his resolu- tion under which American resources' would be kept from those countries. Refers to Hoover Parley. Borah's speech reached its high point | when the Idaho Senator asserted that | | “on the night we (congressional lead- | ers) met with President Hoover before | the session of 1931 the President asked | that we approve any agreement reached with Premier Laval for a readjustment of the debts.” Watson, just then entering the cham- | ber, quickly contradicted and asked if he had heard aright. “Yes,” Borah said. “And I objected | that night. I said I would not consent | | to any agreement that would bind me.” { . “The proposition was not advanced by | the President,” Watson retorted. “It | was some one else.” | “Oh, no! The President called the conference with a view to getting co- ogeration for a certain program. There | were five proposals. He started with the Reconstruction Corporation and went down the line to the fourth, which was the question of discussing with Laval the debts problem.” Dispute Ends in Impasse. Other Senators quickly were drawn into the controversy. In the face of | emphatic _denials, Borah held his | ground and the dispute ended in & com- plete fmpasse, Charting the C ourse of Crime NEW FIELDS MAY BE SOUGHT BY RACKETEERS. BALTIMORE , BOSTON, CLEVELAND, No support for the belief that an immense crime wave has engulfed the |Pect that the debt question will Nation is found by the President’s Rese: charts above show fluctuations in arrests between 1900 and 1931. ARRESTS IN 7 CITIES arch Committee on Social Trends. The “Major offenses” include, among others, felonious homicide, robbery, burglary, aggravated assault and auto theft. and motor vehicle laws, and drunkenn arrests for drunkenness and violating considerably reduce the minor offense The President's Research mittee on Social Trends sees possibility 3 u dictatorial system unless the social forces dan de in- tegrated. The recent tremds in some of these forces are discussed in a series of three articles, of which this is the first. BY HERBERT YAHRAES, JR. EW YORK (#).—What would happen in the field of crime if the sale of Jiquor should be legalized? The report of the President's Research Committee on Social Trends, published after three years of work by more- than 500 investigators, many of them eminent sociologists, has this to say: “If the huge sums acquired by ore ganized criminals from the illegal liquor traffic are shut off two immediate effects may be expected. “Pirs anized criminals will pur- sue their professions more vigorously in other flelds of crime, such as the drug traffic, burglary, racketeering and kidnaping and, in addition, they will develop new types of organized crime. “Second—They will probably secure less profit than they ve from the liquor traffic, and because of lack of funds will be less successful in secur- ing immunity from the police and the courts, Consequently the large scale | organizations will tend to break down.” Dictatorship Possible. The section of the report dealing with crime and punishment was written by Edwin H. Sutherland of the Uni- versity of Chicago and C. E. Gehlke of ‘Western Reserve University. The whole study was under the direction of a committee named by President Hoover in 1929, The committee’s main conclusions were that the varied directions and | forces of the social trends now affect- ing American life must be integrated or else the nation will face greater difficulties with the possibility of a dictatorship. “Organized crime,” the authors state, “will probably continue.” “No reduction is in sight in the num- ber of crimes, either major or minor,” they say, “but the fact that the major | crimes reached an approximate level in 1925 which has been maintained since that time indicates that we need | expect no great increase in them in the | immediate future.” No Crime Wave Seen. The report finds no support “for the belief that an immense crime wave has | engulfed the United States. “The number of arrests and of court cases per 100,000 population increased moderately from 1900 to 1930,” it 'S, _ In his argument with Borah, Watson insisted that the congressional-Hoover | meeting “didn’t have a thing to do| “with a tendency to rise more rapl after 1920 than before. “A large part, however, of the in. crease in the decade is explained “Minor offenses” include violating drug, liquor, traffice ess. It is pointed out that eliminating traffic and motor vehicle laws would curve. port asserts, but with a tendency to- ward a decreased rate, perhaps because of “a growing public sentiment against regulations, which seems to be an off- shoot of the prohibition issue, and to he substitution of flexible administra- tive regulations for rigid criminal laws.” It says the increase in criminal laws between 1900 and 1930 was at the average annual rate of from 1 to 2 per cent, which it does not consider star- tling. | ———— FATAL AUTO ACCIDENTS ARE LOWEST SINCE 1928 Decline of 13 Per Cent During 1932 Estimated by Safety Council. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 5.—There were mobile accidents during 1932 than in the previous year, the Natlonal Safety Council estimated yesterday. Total fatalities were given as 29,000, deaths were reported. Less traffic and more effective safety efforts were given as the reasons for the decline in fatali- ties. Pittsburgh reported a 29 per cent decrease in deaths; Baltimore, 21 per cent; Cleveland, 17 per cent; the State | of Indiana, 22 per cent, and Wisconsin, 17 per cent. NORTH CAROLINA HOUSE VOTES SALARY SLASHES | Lame Duck Amendment Ratified and Invitation to Roosevelt Approved. By the Assoclated Press. RALEIGH, N. C., January 5.—House approval of & measure slashing of the Gevernor and other elective offi- cers 15 per cent marked the opening yesterday of North Carolina’s biennial session of the General Assembly. Both branches went to work without delay. The so-called “lame duck” amendment to the Constitution was ratified without s dissenting vote, 2s was a resolution asking President-elect Roosevelt to address a joint session later this month. Watches Ship, Never on One. NEW YORK, January 5 (f).—James | Gould, a telegraph operator in the look- out tower at Quarantine, has spent 37 years watching the ships come in from 13 per cent fewer persons killed in auto- | the lowest toll since 1928, when 27,996 | with debts or Laval's visit,” Senator whereupon | by traffic cases, which increased at ap- | Europe, but has never been aboard one | charges, the non-issuance of tax: SECOND MONETARY MEETING T0 BEGIN Committee on Which U. S. Is Represented to Prepare .Agenda for Parley. GENEVA (#).—The Preparatory | Committee for the World Monetary and Economic Conference will begin its second session here January 9. At this sitting the committee, on which the United States is represented, will tackle the most important phase of the task assigned it—the preparation of an annotated agenda for the con- ference. At its November session the commit- tee confined itself to general discuse sions of world problems and to an ex- planatory exchange of views. It ad- journed to permit members to establish further contact with governments before a definite drafting of the agenda. Two From United States. Prof. Edmund E. Day and Prof. Joha H. Williams again will represent the | United States i the committee. An- | other American, Leon Fraser, vice - |dent of the Bank for International Settlements, will be one of the repre- | sentatives of that institution. Dr. L. J. | A. Trip, a director of the World Bank and governor of the Bank §f Holland, | is president of the committee. The impression prevails among eco- nomic authorities at Geneva that some adjustment of the international debt problem should precede the holding of the canference. The more hoj %Ael e:- ad- justed in March or April and that the warld conference will assemble in May | or June. Topics Discussed. Topics discussed by the committee of experts at its first meeting, and which will form the basis of discussions at the approaching session, included: The standard, measures for better functioning of the gold standard, re- establishment of confidence, freer trade, measures for better functioning of the mechanism of international payments, measures to improve the financial con- ditions in each country and high whole- sale prices. In addition to the members from the United States and the World Bank, the preparatory committee is composed of axperts from Argentina, Belgium, Czech- afi;\'fl!l, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Poland, Switze: land, Great Britain and the Interna- tional Labor Office. GERMANY TO DELAY PAY DUE MARCH 31 g g ;. g Second Postponement Announced by Secretary of Treas- ury Mills. By the Associated Press. Secretary Mills announced today that |the Germa had made known its i ap- proximately $7,000,000 States on March 3. X e 1 on account of pay- ments for the Mixed Claims Commis. sion and costs of the United States Army of occupation. Germany last September payments of approximately $4,000,000 due under these agreements. Both postponements were made under treaties which permit two-year in pay- ments upon 90 days’ notice of intention to_postpone them. In September the German govern- ment did not exercise its privilege until the day before the nts were due, on September 30, but had asked the Treasury on June 30 to waive the 90- day clause in the treaties, which See- retary Mills agreed to do. Secretary Mills’ announcement said: “In accordance with the agreement the mixed claims award portion will bear 5 per cent interest and the occupation costs will bear 33; per cent int | Under the treaties, the debtor nations are given the privilege of postponing principal payments, but cannot post- pone Interest payments.” FERGUSON FOR SALES TAX Suggests Also That Farmers Or- ganize a Trust. DALLAS, Tex., January 5 ().—Ex- Governor James E. Ferguson, husband |of Gov.-elect Miriam . Ferguson, ex- | pressed approval of a general sales tax, yesterday. In addressing a farmers' meeting Fer- guson also proposed abolition of interest -exempt Robinson, who earlier had Joined Johnson in opposing a new debts commission, expressed regret that what | happened at the White House confer- | | ence more than a year ago should be debated in the Senate. “Apparently the memory of Senators differs about what transpired, and 1| wouldn't like to testify,” he asserted. | ment factory also will be constructed. | ceroong ! cere, WaS comment con- | money. roduced 50 cents from some ‘‘You look hungry,’ s I gave it back and let her 0. | I expected her to yell, but instead she | he sald. place ‘Take A milling company has agreed to pay 10 cents a bushel above the market this. It's all I've got, borrowed at that, but I don’t need it.’ “She gave me an address where I| might find work “Will you print this letter in your paper? I'd like her to know how much she helped.” ANDREW MELLON SAILS Returns to Post at London After Holiday at Home. NEW YORK, January 5 (#).—Ambas- sador Andrew Mellon sailed early to- day on the White Star liner Majestic | tc resume his post at the Court of St. James after a holiday at home. A fellow passenger was Gates W. Mc- | Garrah, president of the Bank of In- ternational Settlements, who was re- turning to his post in Basle, Switzer- | Loans | pupils at the “school also have taken | their lives. One shot himself on the stage of the school auditorium. The terms of Mor}isr Plan are simple and prac- tical—it is not necessary to have had an account at this B For each $60 bor- rowed you agree to deposit $5 a month in an ac- count, the pro- ceeds of which may be used to cancel the note | Amt. of “Note monthly or monthly basis as you prefer. MORRIS PLAN BANK Under Supervision U. S. Treasury 1408 H Street N. W., Washington, D. C. ““Character and Earning Power Are the Basis of Credit” $120 $180 $240 $300 $360 £540 $1,200 $100 $6,000 $500 ank to borrow. Monthly t For 12 ‘Months $10 $15 $20 £25 $30 $45 Loans are pass- ed within a_day or two after filing uf;;llijcat on— with few ex tions. ek MORRIS PLAN notes are usually to 12 months. | did happen, as my friend f | cerning the coming of Laval and that | there were objections to any reopening | of the debts question.” | . Watson smilingly replied “Even if it | rom Arkan- that's no justification for Prance’s default.” price for the university’s wheat. | sas _says, FOURTH PUPIL SUICIDE | Hempstead, N. Y., Boy Follows| Example of Brother. | HEMPSTEAD, N. Y., January 5 (#).— The fourth suicide in five years among Hempstead high school pupils puzzled authorities today. Stewart Zipp, 17, a senior, hanged himself yesterday from a pine tree on a farm. His father, Willam G. Zipp, well-to-do rsal estate man, could not account for the suicide. “He was on the foot ball team, popu- | lar, and an excellent student,” said the | principal of the high 1. | _ Robert. Zipp, brother of Stewart, shot himself two years ago. Two other TIRE OFFICIAL DIES | Harry B. Hamlen Was Assistant Treasurer of Goodyear. AKRON, Ohio, January 5 (#).—Harry B. Hamlen, 68, assistant treasurer and |credit department manager of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., died sud- | denly at his home today, the result of | a heart attack, One of the most widely known credit | men in the rubber industry, Hamlen | has been with Goodyear since 1905. | "Born in Jeffersonville, Ind., he was | associated with Armour & Co. at Louis- proximately the same rate as automo- bile registrations. “Arrests and prosecutions for major crimes increased even less rapidly than | the rates for minor crimes * * * Prose- | cutions in Federal Courts were fairly | constant from 1900 to 1917, after which an enormous increase occurred, but this was due principally to the large num- ber of liquor cases, * * * “The record of crimes known to the police, which is potentially the best index of the number of serious crimes, shows a slightiy lower rate in 1931 than in 1030. “These figures do not indicate that crime has swept over the country like a tidal wave.” “Politics Balks Law Enforcement.” ‘Though there is no expectation of a great increase in crime in the imme- | diate future, neither is there an encour- aging prospect “for greater efficlency on the part of the police, the courts and the other agencies for dealing with criminals.” “A principal limitation on the in- creased efficiency of these institutions 1s ‘politics,’ ” says the report. “A sec- ond limitation is the unwillingness of the public to pay taxes sufficient to make ‘efficlency possible. 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