Evening Star Newspaper, January 9, 1933, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and somewhat colder, with lowest temperature about 32 degrees tonight; to- morrow fair, with slowly rising tem- ‘Temperatures—Highest, 50, at perature. 3 7 Closing N. Y. Market: m. yesterday; lowest, 37, at 6 am. Full report on page 9. 5, Pages 14,15&16 Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. ¢ ch WASHINGTON, D. C, ¢ Foen ~ WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION iny Star, MONDAY, JANUARY “From Press to Ho Within an Hour” The Star’s Carrier system coversevery city block and the regular edition is as fast as the pape: delivered to city and suburban homes rs are printed. Saturday's Circulation, 116,814 Sunday's Circulation, 128,062 9, 1933—TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. #%% (#) Means Associated TWO CENTS. Press. - CHNESE REPORTED READY T0 DISCLSS TRUE T Tokio Commander Is Said to Have Named Major to Meet With Gen. Ho. AVIATORS DROP BOMBS ON TROOPS IN JEHOL Rumors American Agents Have Been Seeking to Settle Con- troversy Are Denied. By the Assoclated Pre TOKIO, January 9.—Marshal Chang Hsi ang, military ruler of North China, was reported today to have in- timeted his readiness to negotiate an armistice between Japanese and Chinese Jorces at Shanhaikwan. The Rengo Agency and other Jap- @nese news dispatches from Tientsin, i China, reported the marshal's apparent i readiness and said Japanese expected ¥ the parleys to be opened shortly. A Rengo dispatch from Chinchow, Manchuria, said the Chinese have ex- pressed their readiness to negotiate an grmistice and that Gen. Nakamura, Japanese commander, named Maj. Chu- jiro Niura to meet with Gen. Ho Chu- XKuo, the ousted Chinese commander at Shanhaikwan. The parley will open near that city, the dispatch said. (After the battle of Shanhaikwan, Chinese official reports said, Marshal Chang served notice on the Japanese that he did not care to deal with them and requested that they send any eommunications to the Nanking gov- ernment.) Watch Chang’s Troops. Japanese military leaders, however, were closely watching movements of Marshal Chang'’s troops south of Shan- haikwan and in Eastern Jehol Province. Despite Japan's professions of eager- ness for a localized settlement at Shan- haikwen, a foreign office spokesman indicated that Japan intends to insist on terms likely to have a far-reaching effect in North China, involving treaties to which other powers, including the United States, were parties. Any settlement, said the spokesman, must_include a revival of restrictions on_Chinese military movements em- bodied in the military provisions of the Boxer protocol. These were contained in identical notes exchanged between Japan, France, Britain, Italy and Ger- many and China from July 15 to 18, 1902. A They denied the Chinese the right to station or march troops within seven miles of Tientsin, port of Peiping, and gave commanders of foreign garrisons along the Peiping-Shanhaikwan rail- way the right to exclude Chinese from a zone two miles on eithe: of the railway. A Trke United States did not partici- pate in these notes, although it signed the general protocol, sharing the right to station troops along the railway. Investigator Dispatched. Although authoritative non-Japanese quarters believed it was impossible to enforce these long ineffective provisions without military force, the government spokesman declared Japan had no in- tention of invading North China for this purpose. He expressed the hope that other powers would agree with Japan con- cerning “the need” of reviving safe- guards by which the powers three de- cades ago sought a common shield against Chinese disorders. ; The spokesman said he was certain, had the provisions been respected, that the Shanhaikwan clash would have been avoided, since the Chinese would have been barred from the zone where the trouble began. The general staff dispatched Ma Gen. Nijiro Umezu from Tokio to Tien- tsin to investigate the Shanhaikwan clash. It was officially announced he would investigate the present military situation and attempt a localized settle- ment. A foreign office spokesman said: “We are confident Liang (military ruler of North China) does not desire to fight and that his warlike statements of troop movements are for domestic Chinese consumption. Despite_the fuss made by the Chinese the situation actually is quieting and we are optimistic concerning prospects for peace in the immediate squadron dropped Chinese _troops at ince of Jehol, lo- anhaikwal shal Chang th Brigades g for the pparently to cut ops which have oc- A Japanese air bombs today on Peichangyingtze, Pr cated 60 miles nort They were identified Hsiao-Liang's 16th and were repor cupied Shar Regiment Sent to China. Gen. Nobuyoshi Muto, preme represi in preparation for eventualities and an- other cavalary brigade was reported to arived at Chinchow and taken on supplies, after wh Chinhsi and Shan Japanese milit ~(Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) ECONOMIC AGENDA STUDIED AT GENEVA Preparatory Committee for World Parley Reconvenes in Private Session. kwan. The prepara- one! reconvened and Prof. John H. Williams represented the United States. The committee was to prepare an annotated agenda for the conference planned for London in the Spring. At its November session the committee confined itself to a general discussion of world problems and an explanatory exchange of views. In addition to the members from the | United States and the World Bank, the preparaicry committee is composed of experts from Argentina, Belgium, c;ecmsgvnkh. Finland, France, Ger- many, Hungary, Itajy an, Poland, Ewitzerland, Gmtunl;i'u‘fipmd the in- 1 labor Office, " e | Chang Hsiao- | h it proceeded toward | leaders previously { Coolidge Vacancy_ On Rail Committee Won’t Be Filled Report Will Go Much Further Than Group Had Planned. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 9.—The vacancy on the National Transporta- tion Committee resulting from the death of former President Coolidge will not be filled, Alfred E. Smith, a mem- ber of the committee said at the con- clusion of its meeting today. The committee held hearings last month at which the viewpoints of expressed, together with recommenda- tions for legislation and regulation. In- cluded in the various groups which met with the committee were the railroads, roilroad equipment manufacturers aviation industry, water carriers’ asso- ciations and the automobile industry, ber of commerce. not the end of m STINSON CONFERS IInformal Discussion Is Held Over Luncheon Table at Hyde Park Estate. | By the Associated Press. HYDE PARK, N. Y, January 9.— Over the luncheon table President-elect Roosevelt received today from President Hoover's Secretary of State, Henry L. Stimson, a picture of the complicated international situation. The very informal conversation was understood to relate to confidential in- formation on America’s foreign affairs, with particular emphasis on the im- pending economic and disarmament parleys. Mr. Stimson reached Poughkeepsie, nearby, by train shortly before noon and was driven to the Roosevelt estate on the Hudson River near here. Will Motor to New York. Despite a blinding snowstorm, the President-clect held to his prcgram to motor late today to New York City and he invited Mr. Stimson to accompany him there to complete the discussion. Just Mr. Roosevelt and the Secretary of State participated in the meeting. The President-elect, if he has de- termined upon his own Secretary of State did not have him nt. Facts, rather . were searched for by incoming President. He will make his own policies. A newspaper interview was arranged for later in the day before Mr. Roose- v:ltkand Mr. Stimson departed for New York. | Confers With Walsh. | Yesterday Senator Walsh of Mon- |tana, a ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Roosevelt discussed international af- | fairs. The Senator later predicted that {the World Court protocol and the St. Lawrence waterways pact would be taken up by the Senate in the special session to be called on March 4 for | consideration of nominations. | Walsh is a hearty advocate of both propositions, and he was confident of Senate ratification of the revised ‘World Court protocol pledging Ameri- can adherence with reservations. He said it was too early to predict the outcome of the St. Lawrence ques- | tion. The Senator, 1 who is also assistant port behind the budget-balancing pro- |gram agreed upon at last week's con- | ference of congressional leaders. This plan calls for an increase in income taxes. Pinchot Is Visitor. As a member of the Judiciary Com- this session of both the prohibition repeal resolution and the 3.2 per cent beer bill. He reserved judgment on { the constitutionality of the latter. Gov. Pinchot of Pennsylvania, a Re- publican independent, also was a Hyde Park visitor yesterday. His call was i ( sire of Mr. with and listen to the Republican in- dependents whose leaders joined in sup- porting him in the campaign. 3 | " Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, chair- | man of the Inaugural Commission, was | another week end visitor. Tonight | Roosevelt will go back to his New York | City home, where conferences will be | continued this week. | Smile Is Answer to Rumor. Asked if he was going to be the At- rey_General in the Roosevelt cab- | inet, Senator Walsh, the ‘Senate inquiry into the oil leases of the smiled. It is likely that Mr. Roosevelt will | keep close contact with the congres- sional m ments at this session through continued conferences with the rty leaders will resume these in New York tomorrow. Conferences also will | eld next week in Washington, when | Mr. Roosevelt stops over at the Capital City for a day en route to the South. through its national automobile cham- | The final report of the cnmmntc?lls‘ the | | WITH ROOSEVELT floor leader for the party, put his sup- | mittee, Walsh predicted disposition at| regarded as fresh evidence of the de- | Roosevelt to keep contact| who prosecuted | Harding administration, merely | RECOGNIZE. RUSSIA 70 SENATORS URGE: DSLENT, ISAY N0 |Growing Sentiment for Rela- tions With Soviet Gov- ernment Is Voiced. POLL OF 51 RETURNING MEMBERS IS TAKEN various forms of transportation were | Issue Won't Confront House—16 | of Those Who Favor Move Are Democrats. BY WILLIAM W. CHANCE. With recognition of Russia by the | United States virtually certain to be considered seriously during the Roose- | velt administration, there is a growing | disposition among leaders of the next | Democratic Congress to favor diplo- matic relations with the Soviet govern- ment. In the Senate, particularly, a strong feeling for recognitjon exists, an im- portant indication, since the Senate alone may determine whether this country shall renew the relations termi- nated upon the overthrow of the Kerensky government by the bolsheviki in 1917 and the failure of the Soviets to settle satisfactorily debts owed this country by the old czarist and Kerensky governments. Confirmation of Envoy. By simply confirming the presidential appointment of an Ambassador to Mos- cow the Senate automatically would re- establish diplomatic relations with Rus- sia. House concurrence is not neces- sary in such a case. Of the 51 Senators who will return |to the Seventy-third Congress, and whose views on the long-controverted Russian question were sought, 22 defi- nitely went on record for recognition, |20 declined to commit themselves and | only nine expressed opposition, some of | these attaching reservations. | The House, apparently destined to | have little or nothing to do with the issue, was not so extensively polled. Representative Riiney of Illinois, pres- ent majority leader and a leading can- didate for the speakership in the next Congress, is in favor of recognition, however, and his opinion may be re- garded as influential in the lower House of Congress. Borah May Revive Issue. In years past Senator Borah, present chairman of the powerful Foreign Re- lations Committee, has been the cham- | | pion of the Russian recognition cause in the Senate. Although in the next Congress he will be just another mi- nority Republican, he’ may be counted upon to revive the issue in the event the Democrats fail to take the initiative. However. a greater sentiment favor- able to Russia was found among the Democrats than among the Repub- licans. Sixteen of the 22 Senators who went on record in behalf of recognition are Democrats, while virtu- ally all of the remaining six are “in- surgents” or “progressives.” In this group are Senators La Follette of Wis- consin, Cutting of New Mexico and | Norris of Nebraska, all of whom sup- | ported Roosevelt for President, and | Borah, who refused to come out openly | for either Roosevelt or Hoover. The | other two—Lynn J. Frazier and Gerald | P. Nye of North Dakota—have voted fre- | quently against Republican dictates. | Of the nine known oppositionists, four are Democrats—King of Utah, Cope- |land of New York. Sheppard of Texas | ~(Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) INDIANANS IN ROW OVER GOVERNORSHIP Outgoing and Incoming Executives Differ on When Authority Changes | to Make Appointments. By the Assoclated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, January 9.—Harry G. Leslie and Paul V. McNutt both in- sisted today they had the authority to make appointments as Governor of | Indiana. Leslie, a Republican, is just complet- | ing a four-year term of office. McNutt, a Democrat, takes over the guberna- torial office. Formal inauguration of | McNutt was scheduled for noon. Leslie came to the executive office this morning and began making ap- pointments. He ordered appointment of his secretary, Gaylord Morton, to a four-year term as member of the State Tax Board to succeed John J. Brown, who died suddenly Saturday night. Pleas Greenlee, secretary to the in- coming Governor, immediately chal- lenged the right of Leslie to make ap- | pointments today, contending McNutt's | | term began at midnight last night. An appeal was made to Philip Lutz, jr., | the attorney general, for an opinion. Fred Weicking, deputy attorney gen- eral, said court decision had held the day begins at midnight. It was pointed out McNutt last week took the necessary steps to obtain the gubernatorial office by being sworn in at the county clerk’s office in Bloom- ' ington i By the Associated Press. | farmers have for years thought of the { Jerusalem ertichoke, commonly known | as the wild sunflower, merely as a per- tent weed. Sl now the golden glint of this plant is regarded in a different light, for agricultural workers in Iowa State College see in it the basis for producing levulose, a very sweet sugar. On the roots of this giraffe-like plant are tubers—resembling small sweet potatoes—that store up the valuable sugar. Through the perfection here of a “semi-commercial” process levulose is now being marketed at one-sixth to one-twentieth of what it cost a year ago, - |LEVULOSE, EXTi{A SWEET SUGAR, MADE FROM WILD SUNFLOWERS Product of Semi-Commercial Process Marketed at Sixth of Cost Year Ago. AMES, Iowa, January 9.—Corn belt These, who for the last seven years have conducted research in the proj- | ect, predict that if the process were | enlarged and put on a commercial) | scale, the sugar perhaps could be pro- duced at 20 cents a pound. Levulose, the scientists say, 1s readily digested and is more than one and one-half times sweeter than cane | sugar. | . Tests show that a yield of about 130 { tons of tubers per acre can be ob- | tained from the wild sunkower. Re- sults based on the project show that a | | ton of tubers will produce about 130 | pounds of refined cellulose. By-products of the refining process, | particularly the residue from the press- | ing operation, which is high in nitro- ]gcn content, have possibilities as 8 {fertilize: ALL FOR THE NEW DEAL. SENATE RECEIVES | NEW PAY-CUT PLAN Treasury-Post Office Bill,I Carrying Added Slash, Is Reported. The Treasury-Post Office appropria- | tions bill, carrying the general economy | program, was reported to the Senate | this afterncon by the Appropriations Committee, following an unsuccessful effort made in committee today to have | the proposed additional pay cut of 125 | per cent for Government employes re- | considered. | The Appropriations Committee ap- | proved the pay cut, which is in addi- | tion to the present 8!3 per cent fur-| lough, last week. When the committee met today to take final action on the | Treasury-Post Office section of the bill | Senator Davis, Republican, of Penn- | sylvania, urged the committee to recon sider the additional pay cut in the gen- | ‘eral” economy “section of the bill.” He was supported by Senator Oddie, Re- publican, of Nevada, but no change was made by the committee. May Open Fight on Floor. ‘There were indications this afternoon, however, that a fight against the addi- tional cut would be made when the economy program is taken up in the | Senate later in the week. Although they are attached to the Treasury-Post Office bill, the pay cut and other gen- | eral econom features will apply to the | entire Gove nment service. | The plar is to take up the deficiency | appropriat on bill tomorrow because of | the urgen. need of some of the items it cont. s, with the economy program likely to come up about Thursday. | The Treasury-Post Office supply bill | carries approximately $961,400,000 for the two departments for the next fiscal | year. Only a few changes were made by the Senate committee in the items for these departments, except as they may be affected by the general economy program. | SECOND DAVIS TRIAL POSTPONED TO FEB. 13 Crowded Condition of Fedem]i‘ Court Docket Causes Delay at New York. By the Associated Press. | NEW YORK, January 9.—The second | trial of United States Senator James J. | Davis on charges of violating Federal | lottery laws in connection with charita- | ble enterprises of the Loyal Order of Moose was called today and postponed | until February 13 Senator Davis was tried alone at his first trial, which was ended by a mis- trial, but now three co-defendants are to be tried with him. They are Theo- dore G. Miller, Bernard C. McGuire and Raymond Walsh. Postponement was taken today be- cause of the crowded condition of the | Federal Court docket. LANDON INAUGURATED; | G. 0. P. CONTROLS KANSAS | Holds Slight Majority in Both | Houses of Legislature Con- vening Tomorrow. { By the Associated Press. | ‘TOPEKA, Kans, January 9.—Thej Republican party returned to control in | Kansas today with the inauguration of Alfred M. Landon as Governor. I The 45-year-old oil producer succeed- | ed Gov. Harry H. Woodring, Democrat, | who was defeated for re-election. T. Markham, superintendent of | public instruction, is the one Demo- | cratic State official who holds over. | He was appointed recently by Gov.| Woodring to succeed George A. Allen, | jr. Republican, killed in an automobile accident several weeks after his re- election last November. 7 ‘The Republicans hold slight majori- ties in both hotises of the Legislature, which convenes tomorrow. Robbers Take Weapons. ELIZABETH CITY, January 9 (#).— J. K. Palmer, watchman for the Griffin Coppersmith Feed Co., was slugged and bound early today by three young white men who robbed the company’s cash drawer of $337.50. The robbers escaped with two shot- guns and a pistol in addition to the money. Ra Programs on Page B-12. | and Sarah Eiseman Straus. | e Jeweler Ends Life SIDNEY W. STRAUS. SIDNEY W. STRALS DS FROM POISON Head of Jewelry Firm Had Worried Over i Health for Months, Friends Say. Swallowing a chemical he had used all his life in cleaning precious stones, Sidney William Straus, 52, president of R. Harris & Co., jewelers, ended his life early today at his hem 05 Cali- fornia street. His body was found, lying on a bed in his room, about 8 o'clock by his wife. Mrs. Alma Prince Straus. Beside an empty box nearby was a note which read, “Don't kiss or touch—deadly poison.” Acting Coroner A. Magruder Mac- Donald issued a certificate of death by suicide. He fixed the time of death at about 7 o'clock. Worried Over Health. Intimate friends of the family said Mr. Straus had been in ill health re- cently and had been brooding over his condition for the past six months. He had been particularly melancholy at night, it was said, his business having kept his mind off his troubles during the day. This morning, when Mrs. Straus went into her husband’s bed room to call him at the usual hour, she found him lying across the bed, the empty box nearby. She called Dr. Edwin B. Behrend, who ascertained that Straus was dead and summoned Acting Coroner 1\13':Dcu’ufld.l Born in Baltimore, Mr. Straus was born in Baltimore on December 29, 1880, the son of William He had been a resident of Washington fer 27 years and for a quarter of century had been connected with R. Harris & Co. | He had been president of the company for about 18 years, since the death of his father-in-law, A. D. Prince. Besides Mrs. Straus, the jeweler is survived by four daughters, Victoria, Sylvia, Alice and Fleur. other relatives, it was said. Straus was a member of the Rotary Club, Congressional Country Club and the Woodmont Club. He attended the Eighth Street Temple. Funeral arrangements have not been made, but it is expected services will be held at his late residence. AWAKENING SOUGHT Attempt Arouse Sleeping Sickness Victim. CHICAGO, January 9 (#).—Science going to make another effort this Science to to is we auty. Physicians announced they planned to give a blood transfusion to Miss Patricia McGuire, 27, who has been in a stupor at her home in the suburb since last February—the victim of sleeping sickness. ‘The blood is to be given by her step- father, Peter Miley. M’LEAN LEAV.ES HOSPITAL Washingtonian Going Away to Rest, Lawyer in Paris Says. PARIS, January 9 (#).—Edward B. McLean of Washington today left the Al American Hospital, where he has been convalescing from influenza. His attor- ney sald he would go away for a rest. ‘The lawyer declined to discuss reports from Washington that Mrs. McLean would contest a divorce her husband obtained recently at Riga, He had no| ek to arouse Oak Park’s “sleeping | DENIES AGREEMENT 0N DEBT REVISION |Stimson in Letter to Senator Reed Declared Hoover Made | No Promise to Laval. | Denial that President Hoover had | made any commitment whatever look- | | ing to debt cancellation or revision to | M. Laval, prime minister of France, at | the conferences here between Mr. Hoo- ver and Laval, was made by Secretaries R.F. . HEAD URGES FEDERALAID PLAN 70 REVIVE TRADE |“Kent Proposal” to Make In- dustry Begin Functioning Normally Described. IMILLER AND POMERENE DEFEND LOAN POLICIES| President and Chairman of Corpora- tion Testify in Hearing on Relief Bill. By the Associated Press. A plan designed to make industry be- gin functioning on a normal basis im- | mediately with the Government agree- ing to reimburse it for any losses in- curred, was advanced before the Senate Manufacturers’ Committee today by C. A. Miller, president of the Reconstruc- tion Finance Corporation. The committee is holding hearings | on the $500,000,000 La Follette-Costi- gan direct Federal relief bill. Referring to his proposal as the “Kent plan” and saying it has been proposed by a noted economist, Miller told the Senators he thought it comes the nearest to a solution of ta= unem- | i ployment problem. He said he did ngt want to be under- stood as committing other officials¥of the corporation to this plan and ex- pressed the view that he might be Tegarded as a “Socialit” for indors- ing it. Upholds Loan Policies. Miller joined Afice Pomerene, chair- man of the board, in upholding the pelicies »on the unemployment relitf loans. . Some of these policies have been sharply criticized at previous hearings on the relief bill. “The loans have been administered,” Miller asserted, “on a business basis, but on a business basis that has behind it a very warm-hearted desire to help. “If 1t hasn't behind it a warm- hearted desire to help, for goodness sake take it away from us. This relief should be administered on a business basis rather than a sentimental basis, but if you want it sentamentalized, then perhaps you are in the wrong st Stimson and Mills in letters to Sen- |shop. ator Reed of Pennsylvania, made pub- lic today. Senator Reed had inquired of Sec- | | retary of State Stimson as to the de- | tails of the discussions between the | President and the former French prime | minister, after Chairman Borah of the ign Relations Committee charged on the floor of the Senate that Mr. | Hoover had given some kind of com- | mitment or understanding to Laval 1[ regarding revision ‘or cancellation of the Letter Dated January 5. ‘The Stimson letter, which Senator Reed placed in the Congressional Rec- ord; was dated January 5. The letter | from Secretary of the Treasury Mills was placed in the Record by Senator Moses, Republican, of New Hampshire, acting oen behalf of Senator Reed. The Stimson letter follows: “My dear Senator Reed: | “I have received your inquiry as to | the discussions which took place last ear between President Hoover and M. According to my recollection, | |and that is quite clear, so far as these | | discussions touched upon the subject | | of debts and reparations they were lim- | |ited entirely to temporary steps which | | might be taken to offset the effects of the depression | “M. Laval's position was that any | such steps, if taken by France, as to reparations should be limited entirely | |to steps taken within the provisions of | the Young plan, which he insisted must | continue in full force and effect. This |in itself indicated that any remedial proposals would be of a temporary na- ture. | Based on Capacity to Pay. | “The President based his own posi- tion upon the long-established Ameri- | can position that the payments of our war debts were not in any way con- tingent upon German reparations and | | " (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) |NO REPORT R.ECEIVED OF PROGRESS OF HINKLER —_—— | | Lack of Has | Caused No Alarm by Avia- tion Officials. News, However, | By the Associated Press. BRINDISI, Italy, January 9.—Bert Hinkler, British aviator, who is seeking | a new ‘speed record from England to Australia, has failed to report his prog- ress since the take-off at Fletham, England, on Saturday morning, but the lack of news has caused no alarm. Officials here said they believed that, although Brindisi was to have been his | first stop, Hinkler may have landed at | some other airport and requested that | his arrival be kept secret. He is flying | jthe same small plane in which he| crossed the South Atlantic in 1931. It| carries no wireless equipment. The present record for the flight, es- tablished last year by C. W. Scott, is 8 days 20 hours and 49 minutes. ——e Akron Circles Over Havana. HAVANA, Cuba, January 9 (#).—The U. S. S. Akron circled over the city | early this morning, launched and picked up two planes, then swung about for a return flight to Miami. Under the La Follette-Costigan bill, the relief would be handled through a new Federal board. Closely questioned by Senators in the light of heavy criticism of the corpo- ration by previous witns , Pomerene told how a substantial “oan was made to Illinois upon information that new State taxes for relief were not possible Jjust before the election because down- State members of the Legislature would not consent to a new tax burden at that time. Pomerene said this information was put before the corporation by a dele- gation of Illinios and Chicago officials who came seeking funds. Hoped for Later Relief. “We were told,” Pomerene said, “that the elections were coming along and members of the Legislature outside of Cook County wouldn’t hope to place any burden on the people generally, and that there would be a new session after the election and they hoped to get the relief through then.” Pomerene was accompanied by Mil- ler, Gardner Cowles, a director ,of the corporation, and Fred Croxton, an as- sistant in charge of unemployment re- lief details. . Senators La Follette, Republican, of Wisconsin; Costigan, Democrat, of Colorado, and Wheeler, Democrat, of | Montana, questioned him. Pomerene pointed out that under the law a Governor must certify to the necessity of Federal aid and declare that State resources have been ex- | bausted, before loans may be granted. “How many States have applied for | loans?” asked Senator Wheeler. “Thirty-six and Pomerene replied. “How many have been granted?” asked Wheeler. “They've all been granted.” Nearly Half Loaned. He said nearly half the board’s $300,- 000,000 relief fund has been loaned, two territories,” | and vehemently denied, in-reply to a question from Senator Costigan, that he had ever said distribution of the $300,000,000 sum should be spread over two years. Pomerene would not say whether he regarded the $300,000,000 as sufficient. If the Winter is not a severe one and if industrial conditions improve, he pointed out, “the need for Federal re- lief will be lessened.” Pomerene asserted that when State and local authorities are not “doing their duty” and suffering results, the corporation has adopted “the rule of reason” in administering the law so as to relieve destitution. “When a human being is in distress,” Pomerene asserted, “I am not for ask- ing the why and wherefore.” At the same time, he said, care must be taken lest local charity cease its efforts when public funds become available. MRS. CARRIE CATT IS 74 Big Celebration Will Be When She Reaches 80. NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y, January 9 (#).—Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, noted suffrage leader and peace worker, cele- brated her 74th birthday anniversary quietly today by having a few friends to luncheon. “When I reach 80 it will be time for a big celebration,” she said. Held “I Wanted to Show Her I By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, January 9.— Fred Rebell, 47, who learned to follow a true course on blue water in a three-weeks’ study in a public library, rested here after a single-handed cruise in an 18-foot sailing from ustrali MARINER, ALONE IN SKIFF, IS YEAR | MAKING PORT FROM AUSTRALIA| Had Real Stuff,” Says Dis- appointed Lover, in Boat Named Elaine. The Elaine came to anchor within a few yards of another craft of adventure, the tiny yawl Islander, in which Harry Pidgeon, Los Angeles photographer, sailed around the world several years ago. Rebell's small craft, with only an oiled canvas canopy over the open cock- pit, has a beam of but 5 feet and a 20- inch freeboard. Nnmfilmumusflnzy | repeal | It will be laid before the Senate as soon MODIFIED REPEAL RESOLUTION WINS FAVORABLE REPORT Judiciary Committee Votes 10 to 4—Early Action in Senate Sought. CALLS FOR SUBMISSION TO STATE LEGISLATURES More Than 40 Meet This Winter. Constitutional Convention Plan Meets Opposition. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The Senate Judiciary Committee to- day reported favorably a resolution for of the eighteenth amendment. as possible and an effort obtain a vote at an early date The repeal resolution follows closely the form recommended by a subcom- mittee and gives Congress authority to enact legislation to prohibit consump- tion on the premises on which it is sold. It also seeks to protect the States which will remain dry from an inflow of liquor. Seek Vote This Week. The committee approved the subcom- mittee’s recommendation fhat the re- peal amendment be submfited to State legislatures instead of constitutional conventions called particularly for pass- ing on the question of repeal. Senator McNary of Oreghl., assistant Republican leader, sVid the resolution probably would be taken up for consid- cration in the Senate at the end of this week. The Glass banking bill is the unfinished business of the Senate and McNary said he hoped a vote might be reached on it tomorrow. e Two appropriation bills also are awaiting action, but the Oregon Sena- tor said he thought they could be dis- posed of quickly. After their passage the repeal resolution is to be given the right of way. Vote Is 10 to 4. The vote on the resclution for repeal was 10 to 4, with three absent. Those Senators voting for favorable report of the resolution were: *3laine, Wisconsin; Hastings, Delaware; Hebert, Rhode Island; Austin, New Hampshire, Re= publicans; Ashurst, Aeizona; Walsh, Mcntana; King, Utah; Dill, Washing- ton; Bratton, New Mexico, and Nee! West Virginia. ¥ Those voting against were: man Ng;]s; INebuskr Robinson, In- ana; Schuyler, Colorado, Republicans, m'\xi_hslack. h:exaraml, Mmmr&. : X ose absent were: Borah, Idaho; &chall, Minnescta, and 8tephens, ML‘:- cissippi, = ; by the Senate made to The resolution reported . Committee differs widely from the reso- lution for “straight-out” repeal of the amendment, which came before the House on the opening day of the present session of Congress and which failed of adoption by an extremely narrow margin, Some members of the Judiclary Com- mittee opposed sending the = repeal amendment to State constitutional con- ventions on the grounds that it would cost millions of dollars to provide for the election of the delegates and to pay their expenses. Also more than 40 of the State Legislatures meet this Winter, The resolution reported by the com- mittee was virtually the same as that recommended by the subcommittee, ex~ cept that it contains an additional sec- tion providing the proposed amendment shall be moperam;e unless ratified with~ in seven years after its submi the States by the Congress. b Other Sections of Measure. The other sections provide: “That the following article is hereby proposed as an amendment to the Con- stitution: “Section 1. The eighteenth amend- ment to the Constitution is hereby repealed. “Section 2. The transportation or im- portation into any State, territory or possession of the United States, or the use therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited. “Section 3. Congress shall have con- current power to regulate the sale of in- toxicating liquor to be drunk on the premises where sold.” There were contests in the committee over several features of the resolution as finally adopted. Senator Bratton proposed that State constitutional con- ventions be substituted for State Legis~ latures as the bodies to which the re- peal amendment would be submitted for ratification. His motion was de- feated, 8 to 6, the vote being as fol- lows For—Hebert, Austin, Schuyler, King, Bratton and Black. Against — Borah, Blaine, Hastings, " (Continued on Page 4, Column 4) TWO MORE LINERS OF FRANCE DAMAGED Fire Breaks Out on Ship at Le Havre—Propeller Blade Lost at Saignon. By the Associated Press. PARIS, January 9—Two more French passenger ships were reported damaged today, one by fire, as prepara- tions were made to dry dock the burned Atlantique at Cherbourg. An investigation into the mysterious fire on the Atlantique Wednesday, which took the lives of 18, was under vay. The 23,000-ton transatlantic liner France was damaged yesterday by & fire at Le Havre. Officials said it ap- parently was caused by a short circuit. The Angkor, in the Mediterranean and Far East service, was reported held up today at Saigon by the breaking of a propeller blade. Marseille steam- ship officials denied the accident was sabotage. Nationalist newspapers have insisted the burning of the Atlantique was a criminal act and have pointed to other mysterious fires which destroyed four French merchant ships in four years. The Georges Phillipar, which burned last May off Arabia with a considerable loss of lives, was believed a victim of incendigrism. Lloyd George Has Influenza. building contractor, Rebell is en route to the rest of his life with in native Latvia. He will to New York and thence to u by steamer, BIRKENHEAD, England, January 9 (#).—David Lloyd George, wartime prime minister, was ordered to bed to- day by his physician. He is suffering from influenza,