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A—2 ¥% FARM BILL BACKED BY INDEPENDENTS Northwestern G. 0. P. Groupl Will Vote for Democratic Relief Measure. By the Associated Press. Northwestern Republican independ- ents today stood almost unanimously behind the emergency farm relief bill being pushed by Democratic House leaders. The large Eastern city vote still stood in doubt After a day of speechmaking yester- day, during which the name of Presi- dent-elect Roosevelt was bound more closely to the domestic allotment plan for fixing minimum prices, a score of Republican independents found them- seives virtually agreed in favor of the measure. “We are nearly united in our plans, announced Representative La Guardia (Republican) of New York, chairman of the group. “With a few perfecting amendments, most of our men will sup- port the bill.” La Guardia is one of the few from big metropolitan districts who openly has advocated the bill. There was a large question mark over the ballots of the large Tammny delegation, and most of the North Atlantic Seaboard mem- bers of both parties were expected to vote “no” on the final roll call in pro- test against what they consider an ag- gravated sales tax. Jones Confident. | | But Chairman Jones of the Agricul- ture Committee, author of the bill, con- | tinued confident of its ultimate success, though declining to predict what amendments may be made. Remarking off the floor on the upturn in Chicago | wheat prices in anticipation of expected | price fixing, the Texan said: | “And they say this bill wouldn't help | the farmer.” Representative Nelson of Missouri Was the first Democrat to link Roose- Velt with the relief plan. He told the House he would “like to go along with | the next President of the United Btates. 1 “I'm told that this is the plan that ‘has been sold to Mr. Roosevelt,” Nelson | said. “If it has been, I am going to do the best I can to see that he must | never pay for it, that my party must Dever pay for it, for this plan, like all other artificial plans, must fail.” Representative Beck, Republican, of | Pennsylvania suggested that “some in- | Quential Wall Street financiers sold | this plan to Gov. Roosevelt,” and later | In the day Representative Kopp, Re- bublican, of Iowa remarked: “It is generally understood that | Roosevelt favors this plen and if it is | not passed this session, it will be in the next. That being the case, is it not a ood idea to pass it now and give it a | air and early trial?” Amendment to Be Offered. Representative Andresen, Republican, of Minnesota said he would offer an amendment to place a 5-cents-a-pound bepefit on butter fat. He explained this would mean 4 cents more a pound to the consumer and $171,000,000 more spending power to the dairy farmer. Andresen, who voted against the bill in committee, indicated his support if the dairy amendment is adopted. Representative Glover, Arkansas Dem- ocrat, said he will seek the addition of rice. Committee amendments will be offered to fix the minimum price of wheat, cotton and hogs during an in- | itial marketing period at 75 cents a| bushel, 9 cents and 5 cents a pound, respectively. Representatives Ketcham of Michigan and Hope of Kansas, who supported the bill in committee, spoke for it on the floor. Ketcham said that on last year'’s prices it would have required | 1,430,000,000 bushels of wheat for farm..| ers to pay the interest on their mort- gages. Hope also said it was essential to raise prices. “I've always been taught it's good Republican doctrine that when you make possible higher wages in indus- | try through a tariff you benefit all sec- | tions &f the country,” Hope said. “This | ture here. U. S. ELECTRIC LIGHT INDUSTRY THREATENED WITH EXTINCTION istmas Tree Lamps Are Torch~ Japanese Chr lights of Despai Factory Workers. The following article is the third of a series showing how industrial conditions in foreign countries affeet American workmen. Merwin H. Browne the writer is a_member of the Washington bureau of the Buffalo Evening News. BY MERWIN H. BROWNE. Christmas tree lights, shining gayly from festive trees in thousands of American homes during the past holi- day season also were torchlights of despair for thousands of American work- men who lost their jobs through the importation of cheap Japanese bulbs, and glistening threats to thousands more whose jobs may be taken away from Japanese trade. One hears the question asked: “Why can Japanese 1 only a few cents a day, drive out of business American electric light con- cerns which pay a living wage? Do we not have a tariff to protect our workers?" And the answer comes back: “The Japanese yen, or standard of currency, is depreciated in value and off the gold basis, The Japanese worker toils at starvation wages. This cheapens the cost of the Japanese product and en- ables Japanese manufacturers to land their product, duty paid, in the United | States at below the cost of manufac- There might as well be no | tariff wall, and the success of the Christmas tree light invasion is spread- ing the Japanese competition to the | larger 15 to 60 watt house lamps.” | ‘The picture presented to the Ameri- | can consumer is that when he attempts to buy the Christmas tree lights, he | must pay ss high as 10 cents each for | the American product, whereas the Japanese product is offered him as low as 5 cents each, and sometimes at half that. This is because the Japanese | lamps are landed here, duty paid, at only from 1 to 2.5 cents each, whereas | the American cost of manufacture alone is about 4 cents. When American consumers purchase | the Japanese lights, it has the effect of driving _some American warker, who earns about $1,500 a year, from his | work bench and putting in his place a | Japanese workman whose salary ranges | from $100 to $300 a year. At first blush, the Ameriean eon- sumer would seem to be saving by pur- chasing the cheaper light. According to 1931 imports, the American buyer saved $1,900,000 this way. But the ac- curate tests show the Japanese lamps consume 20.5 per cent more electricity mps, whose makers earn | i THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1933. . . r for American to produce a given light and the excess bill to the users of these Jamps last year was $11,000,000. Thus, instead of saving $1,900,000 in 1931, the Japanese bulb users actually lost™ $9.100,000. The influx of Japanese lights to this | countrv began during the war, when | the demand was great. By 1928 it had | grown to 37.000,000 bulbs of all kinds and in 1991 totaled 70,000,000. The | figures for 1932 are expected to go over | | the 115,000,000 mark. i | . More than 54,00:,000 Christmas tree lights from Japan were sold here this | | season. In 1928, when the Japanese | |imports equaled 27 per cent of the| them through expansion of the | total domestic consumption, General| jobs Monday. | Electric supplied more than 34,000,000 lights and Westinghouse upward of 12,~ 000,000. | Today the Japanese and American | manufacturers have changed positions. | The Japanese have usurped the Amer- | ican market and American manufac- | turers have millions of bulbs on their | | hands, which, if they sold at the Jap- | anese price, ' would " represent terrific losses. ‘The General Electric has closed | its miniature electric light plants at | Buffalo and Cleveland and consolidated its now restrioted activities at its New- ark, N. J, factory. This transaction threw 900 persons out of work. Actual imports of all classes of elec- tric lights from Japan between January and August, 1931, totaled 29,038,769, at | prices from 2.4 cents to 35 cents a| uni | In a similar period in 1932, imports of Japanese lights totaled 73,523,258, at 1.1 cents each, According to officlal Japanese importations deprived 1,240 American workers of employment in 1931, and this number is expected to | be 1595 for 1932. The 1931 loss in | wages to Americans because of these | importations was $1805,000, and the loss for 1932 is expected to be as high | as_$2,320,000. | Success of the Japanese, it is report- | ed, who have even gone so far as to| imitate familiar American trade marks, | has spurred the Chinese and Soviet | lamp Industries, and experts declare it computations, | will only be a matter of time, if Amer- | icans continue buying the foreign in preference {o the American made lamp, that the United States will face a flood | of lamps from these countries. | Thus an industry which began in | America slightly more than half a cen- tury age today is threatened with ex- tinction because of foreign pressure. (Copyright. 1933, by North American News- paper Alliance, Inc.) PAY [TEM DELAYED BY SENATE GROUP Treasury-Post Office Supply| Bill Before Committee Prob- ably Monday. SAYS “INTERESTS” BLOCK R F. . LOANS Highway Firms Charged With Bringing Pressure on Governors, With a subcommittee working on the urgent deficiency appropriation bill, the Senate Appropriations Committee has carries the general economy program. e g week is almost certain to see the beginning of Senate consider- | ation of the program, which, according to Chairman Bingham of the Economy | subcommittee, means new savings of approximately $37,000,000 over the House provisions. Approximately $30.- 000,600 of these new savings would be in addition to sevings under the present economy law during the current fiscal | By the Associated Press. | Paul V. Betters, executive director of the American Municipal Assaciation | postponed until next week, probably |Ohicago, asserted in a Senate hearing | Monday, a final meeting to act on the |today that pressure has been brought | Treasury-Post Office supply bill, which | to bear by highway interests to prevent some States from applying for unem- ployment loans from the Reeonstruction Corporation. Does Not Disclose Names. Without naming them, he said he knew of three States where “road inter- ests” have “descended on the Governor” to induce him not to seek a loan. This | |p | | week at Shanhaikwan, ENGINEERS OPE | TOAVRTSTRKE 560 Jobs Jeopardized as! Hoisting Workers Threaten to Quit U. S. Buildings. The threatened strike of hoisting en- gineers on the new Department of Jus- tice B..lding, jeopardizing the jobs of 560 men, is still scheduled for Monday, but both sides were hopeful today of ; averting such a drastic step. James J. McCracken, head of the local union of hoisting engineers, said he believed an agreement would be reached today which would make it un- necessary for his men to leave their Claim Elevator Work. “Unless some such agreement fis reached, however,” he said, “every hoist- ing engineer on the job will walk out Monday. We feel that our claim is just and we intend to enforce it.” The holsting men claim that elevator workers have been using hoists to lift elevator machinery for installation. They claim this work should go to them, but'the elevator men have refused to surrender it. Mr. McCracken said he had no inten- tion of calling a strike on any of the other Government construction jobs. It had been reported yesterday that & strike on the Department of Labor Building was under consideration. 560 Jobs Jeopardized. Norman Barrett, superintendent of construction for the George A. Fuller Co., which has the contract on the De- partment of Justice job, said he did not intend to take the initiative in effecting , a compromise with the hoisting engi- neers. “They have announced they are going to strike, and the next step is up to them,” he said. “I hope there will be no strike and we are going ahead with plans for working Monday, If they do strike, however, we'll close the job down | lock, stock and barrel.” He sald a strike would throw about 560 men out of work. TROOP MOVEMENTS PRESAGE SPREAD OF JEHOL_CONFL\CT clals charge. its height from the roof of ‘The ahove pi Scene of Spectacular I. C. C. Blaze Officials were conducting several investigations today in an effort to determine whether the spectacular blaze at the new Interstate Commerce Commission Building last night was due to a cigarette or “sabotage,” as some construction offi- The loss was estimated at from $50,000 to $100,000. an adjacent building. cture was taken when the fire wes at —=8tar Staff Photo. ___ (Continued From First Page) lanned to begin the drive no earlier than late February, but that a Chinese “offensive” may cause the Japanese to act sooner. They said Marshal Chang Hsiaollang, North China war lord, was continuing to mass large forces in the‘ province, former Summer playground of Chinese Emperors. At the same time the army head- quarters made a sensational disclosure | of an alleged Chinese plot to assassinate Gen. Nobuyosh! Muto, Japan's supreme representative in Manchuria, which it slfd was responsible indirectly for the outbreak of the three-day battle this INQUEST STARTS IN TRIPLE SLAYING Survivors of Family Attacked by Donaldson to Give Story. Marshal Chang Accused. It accused the highest Chinese au- thority in the north, Marshal Chang himself, of financing the scheme, which allegedly included the killing of other powers in the Japanese-fostered Man- chukug government in Manchuria. The Jap2nese headquarters asserted a Korean, Kigyo S8on, member of the alleged terrorist organization commis- sioned to carry out the plot, was cap- tured at Tientsin and was being trans- ported to Changchun just before the Shanhaikwan battle started Sunday. Chinese tried to rescue him at Changli, southwest of Shanhaikwan, | the Japanese siid, and failing in thi: later threw three bombs in the Japanese police headquarters at Shanhaikwan on the Manchurian border. This provoked the Shanhaikwan battle. (Chinese mili- tary leaders accused the Japanese of placing the bombs themselves.) - The Japanese said the Chinese | Presentation of evidence against | Charles C. Donaldson, 48-year-old night fireman at police headquarters, who is alleged to have shot and killed his ! brother and the latter's son and daugh- | ter, was begun today at an inquest into the three deaths. With three other inquests scheduled, the morgue was thronged with witnesses, newspaper representatives and the curi- ous when Acting Coroner A, Magruder MacDonald opened the inquiry. Thé witnesses, under questioning by both Dr. MacDonald and Deputy Coro- ner Christopher J. Murphy, were ex- pected to tell the jury how Silas O. “PEANUT POLITICIAN”, } IS ELECTED SPEAKER Presiding Officer of Minnesota House Says He Has Right to Title by Virtue of Early Farm Life. By the Associated Press. | _ ST. PAUL, January 7—Charles E. Munn, first Farmer-Labor Speaker in the Minnesota House of Representa- tives, styles himself a ‘“peanut poli- tician.” | “But,” he explained today, - “there | really is some truth to that. When I was a youngster we lived on a small| farm near some dismal swamps in Vir- ginia and my father raised peanuts. That makes me a peanui politician of | long standing.” | Munn, 45 years old, is a supporter | of Floyd B, Olson, only Farmer-Labor Governor in the country. | | ~ Speaker Munn expects to be a hard- | | fisted ruler of the House, but with a temperirg philosophy. | "“T'm going to let every one have his | say in the House, baloney and all,” he said. “I believe in the right of free speech.” 133 MILES AN HOUR | | CAPITAL HONORS COOLIDGE MEMORY Church to Pay Silent Tribute Tomorrow—Press Club Group at Funeral. As the funeral cortege for Calvin Coolidge moved into the Vermont hills today, Washington friends of the for- mer President joined in a final tribute to his memory. Dr. Allen A. Stockdale, pastor of the First Congregational Church, where Mr. Coolidge worshiped while in Wash- ington, announced the former Presi- dent's pew would be unoccupied Sun- day and decorated with flowers. The congregation will pay him a silent tribute, ‘The National Press Club sent the fol- lowing representatives to the funeral: From the board of governors, John F. proposes to give farmer " higher | TO0 ces and on that doctrine it should | Y**™ Estimate of Savings, efit industry.” Measure Denounced. | Representative Burtness, Republican, | of North Dakota, called the plan | “economically far sounder than the egricultural marketing act”; but Snow | of Maine, a Republican committee member, said that if enacted it would | prove ‘“the most outlandish piece of legislation that ever was.” “I was asked if I wanted potatoes in the bill,” Snow said. “Even if you in- | cluded every possible farm cemmodity I could not vote for it. If we did put potatoes in, half the potato farmers would be bankrupt within a year.” Representative Flannagan, Democrat, of Virginia, said the minority com- | mittee report had been signed by “three regulars and five lame ducks.” “I don't believe the people are going | to fellow lame ducks,” Flannagan said. SABOTAGE CHARGE DOUBTED IN BLAZE AT I. C. C. BUILDING Under the existing economy law, which established the 8!4 per cent pay- less furlough for Federal workers along with various other retrenchments, sav- ings for the current Joar i variously estimated frem $120,000,000 up to $150,- 000,000. Senator Bingham's latest figures on probable savings under the changes now being recommended by his commitiee are From the new pay cut of 133 per cent on top of the present 813 per eent furlough, $16,000,000 | Applying the pay cut to enlisted per- | sonncl of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, in the next fiscal year, §5,500,000 Continuing the ban on the filling of vacancies, which the House eliminated, $10.000,000. Changes in travel allowances, be- | tween $75,000 and $100.000. Travel expenses saved by extending | the length of service of personnel in foreign posts, $750.000. Changes in travel basis for Army and Navy, $500,000. Abolishing the Bureau of Efficiency, $150.000. Reduction in pension and compensa- tion payment under the Veterans' Ad- | was done, he said, on the theory that | since the loans are to be repaid out of | future Federal aid highway funds, it was thought there would be fewer rural roads built after 1935 if the advances ‘were received. | _ Questioned by Senator La Follette, Republican, of Wisconsin, Betters said he knew these influences had ac- counted for delay in applications and {in one or two instances had led the | Governor to compel cities to borrow di- rectly on their own securities under another clause of the relief act, rather than out ef Federal road fund ad- vances. Federal Aid Bill Indorsed. Indorsing the La _Follette-Costigan $500,000,000 direct Federal aid bill, | Betters said some States have failed to | apply for aid from the Reconstruction | Corporation because of unwillingness to take a “pauper’s oath,” which he said the present law requires. Perticularly is this true, he said, “of the conservative New England States,” and “while this delay is occurring peo- pile are starving to death in Boston and some of these other cities.” The corporation authorized relief loans for use through February to six States today, as follows | Oregon, $742,200; Washington, $193,- thought the Korean was being held at the police headquerters and sought | Donaldson, 42; George Donaldson, 1 and Mary Donaldson, 14, were slai: Charles Donaldson is alleged to ha | ’Chu(er and George E. Durno; from the active membership, John O. Her- | rick and Coleman B. Jones; from the WINS MIAMI RACE either to rescue him or seal his lips as|killed the three Thursday night during a result of the bombing. Two other al-| g drunken rage in their home, 933 leged conspirators, whose confessions | Maryland avenue southwest were sald to have led to the Korean's < cacu A Survivors to Testify. arrest, were held here. Financed From Abroad. Among those expacted to be called to the stand were the dead man’s The Japanese sald money raised in S the United States and other mum;,..;‘ygg"gi M Dousiien, ad where Chinese were residents was for- | V] wly o i warded to Marshal Chang and used to| Allen, 8, Who narrowly escaped belng finance the scheme. Russians and Jap- S . = Charles Donaldson, who, when grilled anese Communiats were reported 8MONE | ror more than two hours at headqua Alton B. Sherman of Hyannis, Mass., Takes Curtiss Trophy at Air Meet. | | By the Associated Press. associated membership, C. Bascom Slemp, Senators George H. Moses, 8im- eon D. Fess and Royal S. Copeland and Representatives Bertrand H. Snell and George H. Tinkham. Memorfal Considered. The club also adopted a resolution expressing the sorrow of its members at Mr. Coolidge's death and directing that it consider the advisability of placing a memorial in the club rooms, upon which shall be inscribed the names of Mr. (Continued From First Page.) ministration, $8,570,000. | 000; North Dakota, $57,000; South Car- | three years and 80,000 Japanese sol- the conspirators. Gen. Muto's headquarters here re- iterated that Japan sought to “local- ize” the Shanhaikwan outbreak—unless the Chinese “made it impossible.” Ten thousand Chinese troops march- ing from Pinchuan, about 100 miles into Jehol Province from the border city of Shanhaikwan, toward the Peipiao Railway Station were bombed yesterday by Japanese Army planes. While China, torn by internal dissen- sion, has held a feeble grip on Jehol as | well as the rest of inner Mongolia, the Japanese chief of staff, Gen. Kuniaki Koiso, declared it was necessary to put Jehol under Manchukuo's control in | order “to maintain peace and order.” He had predicted it would take two or ters yesterday, refused to make a de-| MIAMI, Fia, January 7—Alten B.|Goolidge and four other Presidents who tailed statement regarding the killings, | Sherman of Hyannis, Mass, flying at | were members of the club. was not expocted lo take the stand.|133.968 miles an hour, yesterdsy won | Everett Sanders, lcm(l:rmln‘::f the Re- ccording to Detective rgt. John s v Vi publican ational ommittee, an- Dalglish, however, he told members of | th® Curtiss trophy, prize event of the |y ;004 the following represented the the homicide squad, while being ques- | Miami all-Amer: alr races and em- | committee at the funeral: Charles D. tioned yesterday, that he hoped he| blematic of supremacy for planes of | Hilles, Earl Kinsley, John Richardson would be “either electrocuted or hanged” | 500 to 800 cubic inches' displacement. and Mrs. Worthington Scranton. for the crimes. ’ A cash prize of $200 went with the | M. Paul Claudel, French Ambassador Tne police version of the shootings, | trophy, raced for over a 15-mile three- |and dean of the diplomatic corps, rep- | based on the statements of Mrs. Don- | cornered course befcre 5,000 spectators |resented his country at the services. | aldson, Luttrell and Allen, was as fol-|at the second day of the meet. Art| Justice Alfred A- Wheat of the Dis- lows: | Carnahan of Bloomington, IIl, at|trict Supreme Court, vesterday an- Charles Donaldson, with & gun in|124.783 miles an hour, was second and | nounced an adjournment of that court each hand, went to Mary's bed room, | Neil McCray third. until after the funeral as a mark of iat the front of the second floor. The Adding an unscheduled thrill to the | respect to the former President. An- rest of the household was awakened by | program, Lieut. Glenn M. Britt of the | nouncement of the death was made at the girls' screams, as she leaped from | Marine Oorps climbed out of his dis- | & Meeting of the court in general term ran to the rear bed room, bed and abled plane 200 feet above the field and | by Acting United States Attorney John | olina, §1,247,600; Nevada, $5,600, and Stewart Co.. Inc., contractors, was in- dignant at what he charged was delay on the part of the Fire Department in reaching the flames with water. It was a fire of “general alarm” proportions, he sald. contending there should have b2en much more apparatus on hand to check the flames Acting Fire Chief Charles E. Schrom, who was on the scene, said he was sorry to hear of any criticism of the fight put up by his men against odds presented by the height of the and the incom- pleted building Called Much Apparatus. “We had six engine companies, three truck compinies and the rescue squad. a total of 19 pieces of apparatus” he said, “enough under ordinary con tions to fight a fire twice the it was unusually difficult to get to the blaze. We had 10 streams of water on it as soon as possible.” A suggestion put forward by an offi- cial of the construction company for protection of buildings under way was that fire companies = sonel surveys of the pla ermin the method of attack in case of fire This plan is used in New York it was explained Possibility of “sabotage” was raised by H. D. Watts, vice president of the Stewart Co. He said he thought it pos- of the Stewart Co. and representatives of the Government were positive in their bellef, however, that the pending labor controversy between | the hoisting engineers and the elevator constructors_had nothing to do with the blaze. 1If the fire was started de- liberately, one official said, it was more likely to have been set by some dis- gruntled workman who had been un- able to get a job on the building Suspicion wes rajsed by fhe strange actions of a man in shabby clothing, who was seen by Watchman T Burke on the first floor not long before the fire started. Burke said he was attracted by a noise in the semi-dark- ness, and looked up to see a dark figure slinking away through the partly completed building. Burke took up the chase, he said, but the man disappeared. P | Princess’ “Jewels” Cost 8 Cents. When an Italian princess recently visited London, she left all valuable Jewels in Rome and bracelets of va m\;'.m e:‘l;hce | dliln -z‘),us hme lnedrxux uts. 1 e _serv icn it hid made m’- 55t | toe"Bourd of Baucation. Bulocy of 8 cents, | Sherman & $41,500,000 Gross Total. This makes a gross total of new sav- ings of more than $41,500,000 From this grcss must be deducted ap) mately $4,000,000 for additional expense through restoring automatic promotions in the Army, Navy, Postal Service, Customs and Immigration Field | Service, District police and firemen, | Coast, and Geodetic Survey and Public Health Service officers. There is another offset of $350,000 through liberalizing the deduction from the pay differential of night workers to one-third instead of one-half. Senatcr Bingham sald this produces the net figure of new savings These figures do not take into ac- count indefinite savings which may result from the reccmmendation that the Budget Bureau be authorized to pass on a list of so-called permanent annual appropriations. Neither does it incluce savings which may follow adop- tion of any Government recrganizaticn plans during the next fiscal year. | CLOTHING PLANT BOMBED IN LOUISVILLE STRIKE By the Associated Pr LOUISVIL] Ky, January 7—An explosion attributed by pelice to a | dynamite bomb partially wiecked the Sons clothing manufac- plant early today. Windows broken end doors blewn from r hinges for two blocks in each ction, but only three casualties were reported. Their injuries were slight. Willlam Stewart, night watchman, was_bruised when thrown to the floor. A half-block away, Foliceman John Meeks was hurled from his automobile. Aln unidentified man was cut by broken glass Officials of the company blamed labor troubles. The Amalgamated Clothing | Workers have been on strike at the Ellnt for about three months, and it as been operafing with other labor. turing were, NOTED ARCHITECT DIES NEW YORK, January 7 (#).—Milton Duflocq, @narchitect | as an expert on fireplaces, died yester- Queens. I born in Baltimore in 1870. and recognized | ‘was constitutional,” Tennessee, $52,500. These brought to beyond $143,650,000 the total advance to date out ef the $300,000,000 available. 3.2 BEER ATTACKED AS INTOXICATING | AND AGAINST LAW | __ (Continued From First Page.) | | tsin, about half way from Shanhaik- brewers do not make this bill constitu- tional in fact, nor can the bill be legalized until the eighteenth amend- ment is repealed. “In case you declare 4 per cent beer non-intoxicating, there would have to be an agreement or understanding with the interstate commerce act which would allow such a beverage to pass through any State border. Under the | Webb-Kenyon act intoxicating liquors would be prevented. States which still | maintain one-half of 1 per cent, or less, as the alcoholic content allowed would have no protection from 4 per cent beer should you declare it non-intoxicating.” Mrs. Bannerman said in the state- | ment written by her that she repre- sented the National Congress of Par- ents and Teachers and that “we believe that the,_ 30,000,000 school children of America have a Tight to the protection of the eighteenth amendment.” Citing in his prepared statement a long 1ist of court decisions and other authoritics, Wilson, a director of the Anti-Saloon League, said, “The history | | of constitutional and statutory enact- ment, the decisions of the courts both | with imperative and persuasive author- ity based upon facts of common kncwl- edge declare that the beverage referred | to in this bill is intoxicating—and that means hurtful and death-dealing, not | only to the person who drinks it, but is | also dangerous to society.” Wilson asserted it is the Jack of pro- hibition—not prohibition—which “causes the criticlsm.” | “This condition,” he said, “is brbught about by nullificatfonists in high places | and low places. Yet the director of prohibition reports that enforcement is |about 92 per cent effective—better en- forced than any other law of the United States against crime. “As the effert of this bill would be to D.\u'gf.y::: aol to em. it is contrary THErelore un- | | conscious” that international complica- | seaport. Tientsin “BOYS” 75 YEARS OLD | occupied by George, Luttrell and Alle With her uncle close behind her, she slammed and locked the door, then climbed into bed with her brothers, A moment later, her uncle threw his body against the door, breaking it open. Mumbling to himself, he stood in the doorway for a few moments, then turned and staggered out. George rose and locked the door for a second time. He had hardly slipped | the bolt into place, however, when his uncle broke open the door again, and shouted: “If you're going to move, you'd bet- ter do it now! As for you'—and he turned toward Mary, who cringed on the” bed—"you're going to die!” Defender Shot Dewn, stepped forward, diers to suppress banditry in territory west of the Manchukuo boundary. Realiza Complications. Concerning Chinese fears that Ja-| pan’s occupation of Shanhaikwan would lead to movement along the railroad Into Tientsin and Peiping, Gen. Kioso said Japanese leaders were “fully tions would ensue if this was done. He cited the large foreign population of the ancient capital, Peiping, and its An advance of 60 miles toward Tien- wan, would put the Japanese on the Great Lwan River, whence they could swing northward up its valley, the eas- fest route into Jehol. Access would not be difficult northwestward from Shan- haikwan. This would avert an advance south of the Great Wall, which stretches westward from Shanhaikwan. Gen. Kioso said the Japanese would not push farther south of the wall un- less the Chinese “incited” such sction. AGREE TO NEGOTIATE. George and his into her abdomen. Another shot was fired as Allen ducked behind the bed and Luttrell climbed through an open window, siid down the sloping roof of & one-story shed and dropped to the ground. Barefoot and clad only in his night clothing, Luttrell ran to the home of a neighbor. Meanwhile, Allen, from his hiding place behind the bed, saw his uncle stoop and kiss Mary, who lay still on the bed. Awakened by the shots, Mrs. Donald- son, who had been asleep on the first floor, started up the stairs. Half way up she met her brother-in-law, the guns still in his hands. who had been citting beside her bed, trimming a corn with a penknife, was close behind her, She screamed, and her brother-in- law demanded to know what “all the screaming” was about. Then, catching a glimpse of the knife in his brother’s band, he fired once more, and his brother, a bullet hole through his head, tumbled down the steps. Charles Donaldson, according to members of the family, was fond of his niece, often buying her clothes. Re- cently, however, he burned her clothing to prevent her going out with boys. Shortly thereafter, Mrs. Donaldson told him she was going to move as soon as her husband, & Water Department em- ploye, drew his next pay. Silas Donaldson and his two children will go to their_graves together Mon- day morning. Burial—in Mount Oli- vet Cemetery—will follow a requiem gfiss ;l, 8%: D'il:;k in St. Dominick’s urch. e/ podies, meanwhile, are in the P. A. Taltavul homs, Seventh street -anhw!{:w S. Minister Says Japanese and Chinese to Discuss Peace. By the Assaciated Press. Nelson T. Johnson, American Minis- ter at Peiping, advised the State De- partment today that American Army authorities at Chinwangtao informed him the Japanese and Chinese mili- tary authorities have agreed to enter negotiations for a settlement of the Shanhaikwan incident. Johnson's me:sage said Gen. Ho Chu-Kuo, Chinese commander at Chin- wangtao, has agreed to meet the Japanete commanding officer to discuss sett'ement cf the incident. The Minister said conditions were quiet at Tientsin, but there was still considerable uneasiness among Chinese residents. ADOPT BOXING IN CLUB By the Assoclated Press. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., January 7.— Four of the “boys” of the Three-quar- ters of a Century Club, which has as members only those more than 75 years old, zre going right ahead wil % some Tor omight, “Fegardiess Sof protest: drifted safely to the ground in his para- | W. Fihelly, uncle shot him down, then leveled one | of the guns at Mary, sending a bullet | Her husband, | . chute. The plane, falling crazily, | crashed in view of the stands. Five other Marines, who had been | stunting with Lieut. Britt under com- | mand of Lieut. Sandy Sanderson, con- | tinued their maneuvers after he fell | out of the formation, landing later as | the crowd cheered. | | The highect speed of the present air meet in competition was touched yes- terday by Doug Davis of Atlanta, when he won a free-for-all 25-mile race at 155 miles an hour. Art Davis of Or-| lando was second, 144 miles an hcur, | | and Sherman third, 141 miles an hour. | Army fiyers from Langley Field, Va., | put on a demonstration of planes in | maneuvers under remote control. The direeting officer was in a new 200-mile- an-hour bomber. Betty Lund, flaxen-haired aviatrix, gave a brief exhibition during the after- | noon. Today’s program called for stunt flying by Mrs. Lund, the widow of Pred die Lund, stunt fiyer killed in 1931. Flkin Floyd of Brooksville, Fla., won | the bomb dropping contest, missing the mark by only 30 feet. | of Asheville, N. C., was second, 60 feet, and Harold Neumann of Moline, Il | third, 77 feet Clipping off 130 miles an hour in a | | snub-nosed _speedster, William Rausch | of White Plains, N.' Y., won the 15- | mile race for open cockpit planes. Art Davis of Orlando was second and Joe | Musleh of Jacksonville, third | "W. H. C. Seward of Arcadia, Fla., n won the dead-stick landing con- yesterday, just as he did on the day of the meet. This time he | stopped 5 feet from the mark; Thurs- day. 2 feet. Art Davis was secand and L. Heard of Miami was third. BROTHERHOODS TO MEET The Men's Brotherhood of Lincoln Congregational Temple will meet Sun- | day morning at 9:45. The devotienal | exercises will be conducted by Mr. J. | H. Williams. The inspirational address | will be given by Dr. Ambrose Caliver, | United States Department of Education, ‘The men of the chureh and community are urged to attend. At the regular 11 o'clock service Dr. | R. W. Broaks will speak on “Following the Advice of Jesus Today.” Special | evening services will by held at 8 o'clock, ‘The guest speaker will be Dr. Russell J. :mnehy. pastor of the Mount Plea: e is efldm invited. Bishop Freeman Holds Service, The Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington, conducted a service of memorial music and prayers in the choir of the Washington Cathe- dral at noon yesterday. This service was broadcast over the Columbia Broad- casting System. The music was ren- dered by the Cathedral choir of men and boys, under the direction of Edgar Priest. Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity, to which Mr. Coolidge belonged while at- tending Amherst College, was repre- sented at the funeral by Ceeil J. Wil- kinson of Wesley Heights. R. F. C. IS PREPARING REPORT FOR HOUSE List of $1,054,814,485 Loans to Be Published Despite Board's Objections. By the Associated Press. Officials of , the Reconstruction Fi- nance Corporation, in response to a ing today to submit a report showing was loaned between February and June of last year. This information will be made public by the House, although the corporation has opposed such pub- | eity. Soon after word of the House action yesterday reached the corporation, its | officers went into conferences on steps | to be taken. If the data rquested has | not yet been compiled, a week or two | will be needed to get it together. Due principally - to insistence by | Speaker Garner, loans since July hnve‘ been made public. He and supporters of the position he took encountered strong opposition from President Hoover and from members of the corporation itself. Yesterday's House action was taken at the urging of Representative | Howard (Demoerat, of Nebraska), who | had the backing of Garner and other Democratic leaders. Howard's resolution directed the corporation to give full data loans made in the first five ment A&lho un-.l‘. includipg “the | in DOSEVELT BREAK DENIED BY GARNER ISpeaker Declares He Would Like to See Income Tax Base Broadened. (Continued From First Page.) were numerous evidences yesterday that party leaders felt encouraged over the prospects for enacting its program at this session and thus avoiding an extraordinary assemblage of Congress early in the Roosevelt administration However, the leaders conceded that if any one of their four propositions fail before March 4, an extra session is inevitable. Confidence in any tax plan supported by Mr. Roosevelt was expressed by Senator Long, Democrat, of Louisiana, advocate of decentralization of wealth, who said he would follow the incoming Executive on the proposal Senator Piliman of Nevada, one of the Democratic conferees, said his col= leagues agreed that the additional in- come taxes would not be pushed until it was found the extent of the deficit warranted Advocating a sales levy and attacking the Democratic proposition, Represen- tative Snell of New York, Republican, floow leader, sald “thé only fair and equitable way to make up the deficit” was to “levy a moderate manufacturers” sales tax, exempting food, clothing and some other actual necessities.” Smoot Tor Sales Tax. Chairman Smoot of the Senate Finance Committee, in expressing op- position to raising income taxes, sald he preferred “a small sales tax.” Representative Rainey of Illinois, Democratic floor leader, who attended the Roosevelt parley, said that with economy, the beer-revenue bill and the gasoline tax, he did not believe “it would make much difference whether the additional $130,000,000 is raised, be- cause a slight upturn in business would take care of that through present levies.” He added: “It is my understanding that we are not going to do it (pass the income tax) any sooner than we have too. “In my personal opinion, if the beer bill and the farm relief measure fail of enactment there is no doubt there will be an extra session of the new Con- TURNS TO WORLD AFFAIRS. Roosevelt to Confer With Seeretary Stimson Soon. HYDE PARK, N. Y, January 7 (#).— Presidert-clect Roosevelt after making it clear that he is satisfied with the Democratic program for this session of Congress, is turning zgain to the task of forming & new Government. Foreign affairs are to receive early attention at a meeting soon between Mr. Roosevelt and Henry L. Stimson, President Herbert Hoover's Secretary of State. The date has been fixed for this conference but has not been made blic. wl.envin( the busy New York City home yesterday afterncon Mr, Roosevelt motored to his estate here. ‘This week end and the next will be spent here, A visit from Gov. Gifford Pinchot of Pennsylvania, Republican independent, who was silent on the campaign but critical of the Hoover administration before and after, is on the program here. Mr. Roosevelt says this meeting does not involve palities. Sandwiched between all the confere ences of the President-elect are fre- quent and very secret discussions about the make-up of his cabinet. In this connection the apeparance of Swager Shirely of Kentucky at the Roosevelt meetings on finance is regarded signifi- cantly. He is a former chairman of the House Appropriations Committee and is believed to rank high up among the possibilities for Secretary of the Treasury. Dr. Cary T. Grayson, chairman of the Inaugural Comission, also is am the visitors expected for the week en |EX-SENATOR GOFF | EXPIRES AT WINTER ‘ HOME IN GEORGIA ntinued From First Page.) States Senate. He won the nomination and was successful in the general elec- tion. He took his seat in the United States Senate for the term commenc- ing March 4, 1925. Senator Goff was born at Clarksburs, W. Va, September 13, 1866, son of Nathan and Laura E. (Despard) Goff. His father was Secretary of the Navy for a short time in the Hayes cabinet and served as United States Senator from West Virginia from 1913 to 1919. Senator Guy Goff married Anita Baker of Wheeling, W. Va., in_ 1906. They had one daughter, Mrs. Louise Goff Reece, wife of B. Carroll Reece, Representative in Congress from the first_district of Tennessee. " Mr. Goff was educated at Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, and at Harvard University. He received his law degree from the Harvard Law School in 1891, and began the practice ‘of law in Boston, Shortly thereafter, however, he moved to Wisconsin and established himself at Milwaukee, where his rise in the legal profession was rapid. A four-year term as prosecuting at- torney of Milwaukee County was fol- lowed by appointment in 1911 by Presi- dent Taft as United States district attorney for the eastern district of Wisconsin. He was summoned to Wash- ington in 1915 by President Wilson, who appointed him special assistant | to the Attorney General of the United | States. From that time on he held | & marked position in rational affairs. DOLLAR HOME GUARDED AFTER EXTORTION THREAT Residences of Late S ping Mag- nate’s Sons Also Watched After Note to His Widow. | By the Associated Press | SAN FRANCISCO, January T.— Guards continued to watch the home of the late Capt. Robert Dollar in San | demand from the House, were prepar- | Rafaeil and the 11-story Dollar Build- ing here today as police sought the | the reciplents of $1,054,814.485 which |source of an extortion letter addressed to the widow of magnate. Careful search of the home and building, it was announced, failed to disclose ‘any trace of dynamite which the letter stated had been placed in the two structures. Natividad Peres, the former shipping fell into a police 5:‘;3 Jgep, who sel writer of the" letter, wis t\l‘mg?ir e to immigration authorities who claimed he was lllegally in the United States Fallce ‘expressed belief Perea was in- nocent of any connection with the extortion threat and by mere chance picked u A dummy package a: a spot designa or € y de:mndm in the l!tu‘:.m e Rty e_two sons of the nate, R. Stanley Dollar m Dollar, ‘admitted, after by authorities, the letter bhad ceived but denied ready had been m; San Franeisco ang - Fledmant, ping mag- J. Harold announcement