Evening Star Newspaper, January 13, 1933, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Porecast.) e e tobotrow TRLY, rising tempera ‘Tempera- tures—Highest, 36, at 1:00 p.m. yester- 28 slowly day; lowest, 28, at Full report on page B-9. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages 13,14&15 about ‘with ture. 7:20 a.m. Y. ch ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star. “From Press to Home Within an Hour” The Star’s Carrier system coversevery city block and the regular edi tion is delivered to city and suburban homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 120,228 | NO. 32,399. post office, Wa: Entered as second class matter shington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1933—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. S ¥EP (#) Means Associated Pret o ——— TWO CENTS. B —— ' HOUSE OVERRIDES PHILIPPINE BILL " SENATORS MODIFY HOUSE BEER BIL T0 INLUDE ¥ flcoholic Content Reduced to 3.05 Per Cent by Judi- ciary Group. TAX CLAUSE IS LEFT AT $5 PER BARREL [Results of British Parliament Study Taken in Arrving at Figure on Strength. By the Associated Press. A modification of the House beer bill was agreed upon today by a committee of Senators, to provide a 3.05 per cent brew instead of 3.2 per cent and also to allow wines. The House bill was drastically re- written to make it airtight against con- stitutional objections, ‘The committee now will report to the full Judiciary Committee, which must pass on the proposition befcre it reaches the Senate. The new alcoholic content represents 88 per cent by volume as compared with the House figure of 4 per cent by volume. Definition Is Avoided. The committee attempted to remove ionstitutional objections by avoiding a definition of what constitutes an in- toxicating beverage, but limiting the penalties of the Voistead act to those beverages above 3.05 per cent alcoholic content. Senator Walsh, Montana Democrat, explained the subcommittee adopted this percentage becatise it had been ar- rived at after a sclentific study by & commission sppointed by the British mmittee’s action, said NM: would be submitted to the full Committee at its regular onday. 's subcommittee 1s the one 'h‘;cl?lm:!eenfly drafted the prohibition repeal resolution now pending before the Senate. intends to make an effort to hanl:m:hlt resolution up within the ays. nefie:;:hfia“me Republican wet bloc in the House took emphatic exception %o the provisions of the Senate repeal amendment which would give the Gov- ernment pow\er to control retail dis- n of 1 T, m;“eg:!senufive Beck, Republican, of Pennsylvania, chairman, said wet Re- ublicans in the House would oppose rhc amendment, if it reached there con- taining the controverted section. Speaker Garner and several other Democrats have said the measure did not conform to the Democratic plat- !orsx;xme of the members of the group were not present for adoption of the ‘resolution, but Beck said those who did attend were unanimous in their ition. 'W“”?‘;e Republican wet group believes that any repealing amendment should fully vindicate the principle of local self government and should not canlal,n any police power in the Federal Gov- ernment to regulate or prohibit the methods of retail distribution of in- toxicating liquors. “This gwul‘l‘}d perpetuate the evils of the present prohibition system and would not restore local self government the States. w“wnne reserving to each member of this group the right, if the Senate resolution _should come before House of Representatives in its present form, to determine for himself how he thould vote, it is the consensus of this group that this compromise of the principle of local scif government ghould not be accepted by the House of Representatives.” Hoover Veto Expected. ol Strong. Democratic support is of the %efl' bill, which the party has made an integral part of its budget- balanc rogram. Prulxdfnxt’ Hoover’s views have not been announced, but his friends on Capitol Hill are confident he would veto the bill The subzommittee also redrafted the it provisions of the Volstead act, repealing them and rewriting them to permit the manufacture of beer and wine above 3.05 per cent, provided they gre reduced before sale to that figure, or whatever alcoholic content is per- mitted by State law Senator Walsh, explaining the action of the committee in changing the alco- Tholic t to 3.05 per cent, said: “A _commission _appointed by _the “(Continued on Page 2, jumn 5.) ROOSEVELT AND GARNER CONFER HERE THIS MONTH President-elect Will Democratic Leaders, Including Senator Robinson. By the Assoclated Press. Speaker Garner today said he would confer with President-elect Roosevelt here either on January 19 or 20. ‘The Vice Pmldenb-alle‘c't,h:t 8 press the | See Other |Labor Agents’ Clash l Annoys Senators; i Black Asks Guard{ | Alleged Communist and| A. F. of L. Spokesman ‘ in New Altercation. By the Associated Press. A new altercation before a Senate Committee between an alleged Commu- nist and a representative of the Ameri- | can Federation of Labor today brought | a request from Senator Black, Demo- | cret, of Alabama, for the presence of a | sergeant at arms at future hearings on | his five-day week bill, W. C. Hushing, legislative agent of the federation, and Bill Dunne, repre- senting the Trade Union Unity League of New York, were the principals, Hushing reiterated a statement he made yesterday that Dunne was a Com- munist representing Soviet Russia, and that his organization was using Senate committees as “sounding boards” to poison the minds of the werkers. ‘When Hushing finished, after repeat- ed warnings from Chairman Norris to | stick to tl subject of the hearing, Dunne jumped up, and, over the pro- test of Norris, proceeded to enter cate- gorical denials of Hushing's charges. A similar incident took place yester- day between the two men. “I request the right to enter a formal denial of these charges,” Dunne shouted. “No, mot here,” Norris began. “I don’t think—" “I can’t help that,”” Dunne went on. “I've been charged with being a repre- sentative of Soviet Russia and as favor- ing the overthrow of Government, which is tantamount to treason.” Still continuing, despite Norris' at- tempts to stop him, Dunne said the Hushing testimony was an “effort to cover up the delinquencies of the Ameri- can Federation of Lebor.” ‘When Dunne sat down, Senator Black said: “We want to have orderly hear- ings and so far as I am concerned I want to have the sergeant at arms here at future meetings to stop any one from forcing testimony on this committee.” R. F. . 1S CLEARED Couzens Committee Reports It Has No “Criticism” of Corporat?on Loans. By the Associated Press. The special committee created by the Senate to investigate loans by the Reconstruction Corporation reported today that it had no “criticism” of the relief organization’s conduct, but as- serted the committee's inquiry had been “limited” because of lack of funds. The formal report submitted to the Senate today by Chairman Couzens was signed by all members of the Investi- gating Committee. Confining its Te- port to the loans that have not been made public, the committee said: “From the data at hand your com- mittee is unable to make any criticism. ‘The loans all seem to have been made in accordance with the law, except that we have not been able to deter- mine whether loans were made as re- quired by section 5 of the law, namely to aid agriculture, industry and com- merce. “Your committee does not recom- mend that the loans be made public, in view of the fact that when the loans were made the act did not require that they be made public.” Among the loans investigated by the | committee was the reported $80,000,000 advance to the Dawes bank of Chicago, which was criticized in Congress and during the recent political campaign. The report sald securities back of the loans had not been examined by the committee because, “with !tlhe llmflf‘d opportunity presented to the commit- 'e? no (urth’e’r examination could have | been made.” “No funds having been provided.” it | said, “an examination of the records of | the corporation was not made nor the securities checked. To have done this would have required a substantial stafl to not only check the records of the corporation, but to have gone to the 12 Federal Reserve Banks to make an ex- amination of the securities, the same having been deposited in those Federal Reserve Banks for convenience. “If the Senate desires to direct that a more exhaustive examination be| {made,” the committee added, “it should | do so after discussion as to the extent| of the task, the expense which would | be involved and the benefits which would be derived from that work.” o= . = Bermuda Politician Dies. HAMILTON, Bermuda, January 13 (#)—J. P. Hand, a member of the Colo- nial Parliament, died today. He was one of Bermuda's leading politicians and also a worker for the development of Bermuda tourist business. INSENATE INQUIRY = THOMAS RESUMES FBUSTER ACAIS BANKIG MEASLRE Says Reserve Board Took $80,000,000 From Circula- tion and ‘Canceled Money.’ CHARGE BRINGS DENIAL FROM AUTHOR OF BILL Suppo!ers of Glass in Move for Cloture Rule Pessimistic Over Chance of Success. By the Associated Press. Resuming the filibuster against the Glass banking reform bill, Senator Thomas, Democrat, of Oklahoma, today charged in the Senate the Federal Reserve Board had taken $80,000,000 out of circulation in the past week and “cancelled the money.” Senator Glass, Democrat, of Virginia, author of the bill, immediately chal- lenged the assertion, saying the board did not have authority to “take a dollar out of circulation.” He said Thomas must have meant that “the member banks of the Reserve system paid $80,000,000 of their in- debtedness to the Reserve Banks be-| cause the patrons of the member banks had paid their notes and the member banks no longer required the loans.” Demands Inflation. Starting the fourth day of the fili- buster against the bill with no agree- ment in sight, the tall, white-haired Thomas demanded legislation to im- prove existing conditions, especially urging currency inflation. He picked up the opposition fight where Senator Long left off yesterday and announced at the outset he would 1d only for what he regarded as legitimate business. “I can see but scant hope that this Congress will do anything even to in- vestigate conditions,” Thomas said. ‘The Reserve Board, he added, bought 1,100,000,000 of Government bonds in the open market during the past year, but in the end there was less money | in circulation than before because banks used it to pay off their obliga- tions to the Reserve banks. “The financial powers in New York City are against any inflation. That w‘; controls the Federal Reserve “What the Nation needs is not a new banking act, but a new Federal Reserve Board.” Board Held Powerless. Glass said the board was powerless to issue any currency and that Thomas was trying to “censure the 7,600 mem- ber banks for their omission or refusal to extend credits to commerce and in- dustry.” “I'm not - critizing these member banks,” Thomas replied. *“I reserve that to the Senator from Virginia, who calls them pawnshops.” Thomas declared ‘“reflation” of the currency was needed. “If not reflation, then revolution,” he said. Thomas contended that in 20,000 banks in the country there was $45,000,~ 000,000 on deposit, adding: “Yet when these banks close their doors tonight, there will not be in their vaults a total of $800,000,000 in actual money.” He said that in the last 12 months the Reconstruction Corporation had " (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) SNOW, SLEET, RAIN THREATEN CAPITAL Storm Moving Up Coast From Florida—*Fair and Warmer"” Forecast Tomorrow. A storm moving up the coast frem Florida probably will bring snow, sleet and rain to within a few miles of the Capital late today or tonight, the Weather Bureau said today, adding that its edge might even bring some form of | wintry precipitation into the city itself. The bureau’s forecast, however, pre- dicted the disturbance probably would follow the coast closely enough to miss ‘Washington, although the skies will re- main cloudy throughout the day and tonight. Tosmorrow. though, will be “fair and ‘warmer,” it was.forecast. The thermometer, which dropped to 28 degrees above zero during the night, accompanied by a chill northeast breeze, was still around the freezing point at noon. AVAILABLE TO By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va, January 13.—An| order that all finished police business, such as that appearing on police blot- ters and executed warrants, must be available at all times to all persons applying for access, was issued today in Hustings Court by Judge John L. In- o The judge's ruling was made after a two-hour hearing on a petition of the Times-Dispatch Publishing Co. for a f mandamus to compel Chief of Foties. Robert B. Jordan and Director COURT ORDERS POLICE RECORDS NEWSPAPER MEN Richmond Times-Dispatch Wins Fight to Gain Access to Documents. which the police would be justified in withholding some information and that his ruling did not apply to unfinished business, but that as soon as an arrest was made and recorded information regarding it should be available at precinct stations as well as at police headquarters. Brought in the name of the publish- ing company and two reporters for the Times-Dispatch, the petition presented | to the court this morning held that by an order, issued January 3, Chief Jor- dan had denied reporters access to pre- cinet station blotters, murder and as- sault reports and criminal warrants. It charged that this action was “wholly “DOUBLF DOUBLE TOIL AND TROUBL URGE PROGRESSIVE. ATTORNEY GENERAL Leaders in Both Parties De- mand That Roosevelt Name a Liberal. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Pregressive Democrats and Republi- cans alike who supported Franklin D.| Roosevelt for nomination and election | in the lact campaign are demanding that a progressive be appointed Attor- | ney General in the Roosevelt cabinet. Some of these progressives on both sides of the Senate chamber today expressed the view that the office of Attorney General is the “key” position in the Roosevelt cabinet. In the opinion of the progressive leaders, a man with pregressive leanings should and must be named for Attorney General. The Republican progressives of the West who foliowed Roosevelt or who did not support President Hoover in the campaign are hopeful that Mr. Roocsevelt will give at least this much consideration to the progressive forces which helped to elect him. So far, it is understood, the progressives have not undertaken to get back of any cne par- | ticular candidate for the post of Attor- ney General. They are only seeking to impress upon the President-elect the type of man with the type of background and the type of principles which they favor. | Cite Four as Type Preferred. Four men at least have been used by the progressives to illustrate the type of man they wish to see selected tor Thomas J. Walsh of Montana, of !Tcapm. Dome fame; Donald Richberg, Felix Frankfurter, professor at Harvard University, and Huston Thompson of Colirado, former Federal Trade Com- missioner. The progressives say that any of these gentlemen would be emi- nently satisfactory. But they hasten to add that they have not urged upon the President-elect any particular indi- vidual, The type of man to whom the pro- | gressives are particularly opposed for appointment to the office of Attorney General, they say, is exemplified in the persons of John W. Davis of New York, | former Solicitor General, Ambassador to Great Britain, and in 1924 the com- promisc candidate of the Democrats for President, and of Newton D. Baker of Ohio, Secretary of War in the Wilson administration and last groomed as a “dark horse” candidate for the presi- dential nomination. The progressives regard both Mr. Davis and Mr. Baker as tarred with the corporation stick; attorneys for big interests, whose in- clinations would not be to follow along in the path of progressivism in the ad- ministration of the Department of Justice. Much has been said and written re- garding President-elect Roosevelt and the wing of his party with which he will “train” when he enters the White House —the conservative or the progressive wing. The progressives look on selection of the cabinet officers, and more particularly on the selection of an Attorney General, as the first big test (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) FIRE CHIEF IS KILLED IN BURNING BASEMENT Trapped Under Clothing Store as Smoke and Flames Drive Rescue Parties Back. By the Associated Press. OMAHA, Janu: 13—Homer S. life in a three-alarm fire which de- stroyed the interior and stock of & three-story clot] Chief Provisions Of Farm Measure Passed by House By the Associated Press. Chief provisions of the emer- gency farm bill passed by the House and sent to the Senate are: Establishes minimum prices approaching the pre-war parity | | ratio of seven commodities— wheat, cotton, tobacco, hogs, rice, dairy products and peanuts. Levies a processing tax to make up the difference between this level and actual farm prices, distributing the proceeds to farm- ers on their percentage of the domestic consumption. Requires beneficiaries to re- duce acreage and production, or, in the case of en, not to increase their output. Increases tariffs by the amount of the pi taxes. Levies the amount of the cotton tax on silk and rayon. Provides for administration by the Secretary of Agriculture and continues for a second year only by presidential proclamation. DNARY MAY BACK - HOUSE FARMY BILL Would Bring Plan “Within Constitution”—Committee Meets Monday. By the Assoclated Press. Support for the Democratic farm bill “if we can simplify it, make it prac- ticable and bring it within the Consti- tution” was promised today by Chair- for Attorney General. They are Sena- |Mman McNary (Republican, of Oregon) | |of the Senate Agriculture Committee. | His comment was in an informal had called the committee to meet Mon- day to consider the bill. “I would guess,” he said, “that with some simplification of language and description of fair exchange values and | the probable inclusion of all agricul- | tural commodities, subject to the de- cesion of the Department of Agriculture, with respect to which commodities the bill shall operate on, the bill would be reported out favorably by the com- mittee. “I am going to support it if we can simplify W, make it practicable and | bring it within the Constitution, because in theory, the quickest economic re- covery the country could make would be through increasing the purchasing power of agriculture.” McNary said_he personally did not (Continued on Page 5, Column 5. 'TSALDARIS IS OUT AS GREEK PREMIER Government Defeated, 109 to 91, as Support Is Withdrawn by Venizelos. | By the Associated Press. ATHENS, Greece, January 13.—The government of Premier Panayoti Tsal- daris was defeated in parliament by a vote, 109 to 91, this morning, and thus was removed from power after existing 10 weeks. : Former Premier Eleutherios Venizelos had withdrawn his conditional tolera- tion of the government headed by the Howes, a fire battalion chief, lost his | parties HOUSE PREPARES [0 BAN REGROUPING Committee Votes Special Rule for Vote on Disap- proval of Merger. | The House Rules Committee after . | brief executive session today favorably reported the resolution by Chairman Cochran of the House Expenditures Com- mittee for a special rule for s vote on “disapproval of. President Hoover's plan for reorganization of the administrative | branch of the Government under a | series of executive orders.” The special | rule provides for only ane hour's debate | on _each side before the vote is taken. Chairman Cochran of the Expendi- tures Committee, Chairman Wilson of the Flood Control Committee, who is also & member of the Expenditures Committee; presentatives Overton, Louisiana; tington, Mississippi, and others emphasized that the only reason for reorganization is to get greater effi- ciency and economy and that the hear- | ings produced no testimony or estimate of any economy that could be effected. Those suppo the resolution stressed the statement made by Col. J. Clawson Roop, director of the budget, that he believed it would be unwise to | order such & reorganization with a new administration coming in. ‘The opposition to gruntlng the spe- cial rule was voiced by Representative Colton, Republican, Utah, a member of the Expenditures Committee, and Representative Williamson, Republican, South Dakota, former chairman of the committee. They both argued that it would be extremely helpful for the incoming President to have such a groundwork prepared for him by Presi- dent Hoover whom they claimed knew | more about the organization of the Federal departments than any one who has been in an executive position for many years. Those speaking for the supporters | of the Hoover program said that tre- attorney for labor interests in Chicago; | Statement to newspaper men after he|mendous savings could be made through | co-ordination, redistribution and elimi- | nations within departments after the | regrouping had been made to the sev- | eral departments as President Hoover | proposed. \GANG VICTIM FORCED TO STRANGLE HIMSELF Youngstown, Ohio, Man Found | Bound ‘With Slip-Knot That | Tightened When He'Struggled. | By the Associated Press. | _YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, January 13.— | The body of a man found strangled, beaten and stabbed near Hubbard, Ohio, yesterday, was identifled today as that of Prank Scartino, 30, of Youngstown, a friend of “Peaceful Sam” Lapolina, slain here recently in a gang shooting. Scartino's body was doubled up by a new clothes line which had been tied to his feet and in a shp knot around his neck in such fashion that an attempt to straighten out would choke him. Po- lice believed that after tying him up, him into strangling himself. ured ' Argentine. Text of Veto President’s Message Says the Philippines Are Not Ready for Freedom. The text of President Hoover's veto message on the Philippines Independ- ence bill sent to the House of Repre- sentatives today follows: “To the House of Representatives: “I return herewith, without my ap- proval, H. R. 7233, entitled ‘An act to enable the people of the Philippine Islands to adopt a constitution and form a government for the Philippine Islands, to provide for the independence of the same, and for other purposes.” “The Philippine people have today as great a substance of ordered liberty and human freedom as any people in the world. They lack the form of separate nationality which is indeed their right- ful spiritual aspiration. They have been encouraged in this aspiration by every President of the United States during the years of our association with the Philippines and by declarations of the Congress. Cites Triple Responsibility. “But in securing this spiritual boon to the 13,000,000 people in these islands the United States has & triple respon- sibility. That is responsibility to the Philippine people, responsibility to the American people, and responsibility |to the world at large. Our respon- | sibility to the Philippine people is that in finding a method by which we consummate their aspiration we do not project them into economic and social chaos, with the probability of break- down in government, with its conse- quences in degeneration of a rising lib- erty which has been so carefully nur- tured by the United States at the cost of thousands of American lives and hundreds of millicns of money. Our responsibility to the American le is that we shall see the fact of VETO MEASURE’S BACKERS ' SCORE TRIUMPH BY MARGIN OF 28 VOTES {President Urges 15 to 20 Year Delay in Freeing Islands. DANGER OF WARFARE SEEN BY EXECUTIVE Roll Call Reveals Tally of 274 to 94 on Island Plan. The House voted today to override President Hoover's veto of the Philippines inde- pendence bill. The vote was 274 to 94, or 28 votes more than the two-thirds necessary to override a presidential veto. By the Assoclated Press. A flat veto of the Philippine independence bill was placed by President Hoover today before a House of Representatives primed for an attempt to override it. Asserting the measure invited “grave dangers of foreign inva- sion and war,” the President con- tended in a lengthy message that its terms would lead to the eco- nomic downfall of the islands. The United States, he said, would be given the responsibility, with- out authority for maintaining or- der, “in a degenerating social and economic situation,” The vetoed measure provided for the creation of an intermedi- ate government after about two action | YE8TS, if approved by the Filipino 1 already It invites all these dangers. It toes not fulfill the idealism with which this task in human liberation was un Summary of Bill. “The bill provides for a constitution of a specified character to be framed b~ a Philippine convention, for the submis- sion to the Filipino people and for the incidental determination as to whether or not they desire independence. In the event of a favorable vote, dnd after probably about two years, an interme- diate government of the Pl Islands is established, the office of Gov- ernor General is abolished and all im- portant civil authority of the United States is effectively abrogated, except for certain incbnsequential powers which are vested in a High Commis- sioner. The United States retains also during the approximately 10-year period (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) 'WISCONSIN HOLDS UP ALL FORECLOSURES Governor Asks Judges to Stay Pro- ceedings Pending Relief Legislation. By the Associated Press. MADISON, Wis, January 13.—Gov. A. G. Schmedeman today issued a proc- lamation calling upon circuit judges of the State to hold in abeyance all mort- gage foreclosure proceedings until the Wisconsin Legislature, now in session, has an opportunity to enact relief legis- lation. ‘The proclamation followed introduc- tion of a bill to carry out the admin- istration’s plan of investing in the courts power to extend the period of redemption of foreclosed property from one to three years. ‘The Governor's proclamation also urged the courts to be as lenient as possible in the execution of deficiency judgments against foreclosed property to the end of alleviating distress among the “honest debtor” class. Dancer Denies Divorce Report. MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, January 13 (#)—Antonia Merce, Spanish dancer whose stage name is “La Argentina,” today denied reports she came here to divorce her husband, who is an She said she came here to found a dancing school. By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, January 13—Denver M. GIRDS AGAIN FOR LION HUNT STAGED NEAR ST. LOUIS HOME Manufacturer Picks Mississippi Island This Time to Prevent Sheriff’s Interference. t to & sudden end when a killed i 2Rz f i g § . people. A 10-year period of eco- nomic and political weaning would follow, during which Amer- ican authorit - would be curtailed. Complete independence would be established in the-eleventh year, On Road to Danger, Pointing to a “chaotic” situstion in the Orient, and to the “immense neigh- bor populations” near the islands, the Chief Executive suggested that there be no immediate curtailment of Ameri~ can power and that the plebiscite on freedom “Be taken 15 or 20 years hence.” “This legislation,” the President said, “puts both our people and the Philip~ Ppine people not on the road to liberty and safety, which we desire, but on the Path leading to new and enlarged dane gers to liberty and freedom itself.” Soon after the reading of the message, debating under a sharp time limitation, the House swept toward a quick de- cision on whether it would override President Hoover’s veto. Under the House rules, an hour of debate was permissible fore a roll call begins. A two-thirds vote is neces- sary to override the objections of the Chief Executive. Members Called In. A quorum call had summoned the members to the floor and most of them were there to sit in quiet attention while the clerk read the message, re- citing the provisions of the bill and the objections of President Hoover. The message excited an stream of comment. Manuel Roxas, speaker of the Philippine House of Rep- resentatives, said the action of Presi- dent Hoover was disappointing and that the arguments nted by the Chief Executive had 'n debated be- fore the bill was passed. “The message apparently was com- piled from written and spoken views of the Secretaries of the War and State Departments,” Roxas said after hearing the reading from a seat in the Hcuse gallery. After the necessary formalities had been cleared away, the first call for the House to override the veto was sounded by a Republican—Thurston of Iowa. “For one-third of a century,” Thurs- ton said, “the United States has en- deavored to care for the Philippine people. At first, including their tariff advantages, it cost us about $50,000,000 a year. “But each year for the last 10 years, the Philippine Islands have had a $60,- 000,000 to $90,000,000 favorable trade balance against this country. “Now in this time of terrific disloca- tion we should consider these aspects of the situation, “These islands are 6,000 miles away and under the Washington treaty they are not fortified and cannot be forti- fied. Our capital ships are limited by treaty and it is unlikely that we ever will have any considerable portion of our fleet or land forces over there, “Our people do not care to take s chance on becoming involved in a war on the other side of the globe.” Dyer Pleads for Measure. Calling upon the Cong: your promise to give inc the Philippines,” Repre: Republican, of Montana “The President of the . When the war came that brought about our control of the islands, Presi- dent McKinley said we had not taken (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) . 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