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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and colder tonight and tomorrow; lowest temperature tonight about 44 degrees. Temperatures—Highest, 65, at 7:00 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 55, at 7:20 a.m. today. Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 Entered as seco: post _office, No. 32,409. Washington, ss matter nd class Lt he £p WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION § % ening %im’. WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 1933—THIRTY PAGES. ROOSEVELT LEANS T0 LIBERAL VIEWS OF DIRECT RELIEF La Follette and Cutting Get “Sympathetic” Hearing at Warm Springs. PRESIDENT-ELECT HOLDS CABINET CONFERENCES New Mexico Progressive and Young Mentioned for Interior and State Portfolios. By the Associated Press. WARM SPRINGS, Ga., January 23.— Proposals of Republican independents and Democratic liberals for direct Fed- eral appropriations for unemployment relief are regarded sympathetically by President-elect Roosevelt. In the first of his meetings here to arrange his Cabinet and fix national policies, Mr. Roosevelt conferred last night for three hours with Senators La Follette of Wisconsin and Cutting of New Mexico, Republican independ- ents, who supported him in the cam- paign. As the chairman and a member respectively of the Manufacturers' Com- mittee which has been holding hearings on a bill for $500,000,000 unemployment | appropriations, they took up this sub- Ject and reported Mr. Roosevelt, “attentive and sympathetic.” Each | declared himself “very gratified with the meeting.” Liberal May Join Cabinet. Coincidentally, it has been learned that the President-elect is surveying the | field of Republican independents who supported him in the campaign for a member of his cabinet. Senator Cut- ting is prominently mentioned for Becretary of Interior. Both La Follette and Cutting said the cabinet was not discussed last night Meanwhile, Mr. Roosevelt is believed | to desire a free hand in putting through | his international program on economics, tariff reciprocation and war debts Telief. He is reliably reported to be looking at Owen D. Young, the man who headed the Commission on War Reparations, as his Secretary of State in the negotiations he intends to con- duct largely through this office and by himself. _The Republican ard Democratic Liberals are opposing Young for the cabinet post. There is not the slightest intimation of any deal. but of course, if this group gets its own prcgram on power and unemployment relief it is entirely pos- sible that Mr. Roosevelt will be unop- posed in handling the foreign affairs in the way and with the men he has in mind. Relief Bill to Be Pressed. Prof. A. A. Berle of Columbia, and Charles W Tausig, president of the American Molasses Co., who have just Teturned from Cuba, were down for conferences with Mr. Roosevelt today. There is little information on just whom else the President-elect intends to confer with here before boarding & yacht for & week's fishing vacation at_Jacksonville, Fla,, about February 4. Without committing Mr. Roosevelt on the pending $500,000,000 unemployment &ppropriation bill, Senator La Follette stated after the conference last night he was going ahead with it at this session, and if unsuccessful, again in the prospective extra session of the new Congress “We regard it is a critical and des- perate situation,” he said. *“‘Mr. Roose- velt gave us a very attentive and sympatheic hearing. We are both very gratified.” The La Follette bill calls for a $500,- 000,000 appropriation of which 40 per cent would be distributed to States ac- cording to pcpulation and 60 per cent on the basis of demonstrated needs. SEVEN CRUISERS ADDED TO U. S. PACIFIC FLEET Assignment Shifts Dominant Strength From Atlantic as Time for War Games Arrives. | | | | | | By the Associated Press. SAN PEDRO, Calif,, January 23.— Cruiser Division 2, consisting of seven 6-inch-gun cruisers, has been perma- nently assigned to the battle force here, Admiral Richard H. Leigh, com- mander in chief of the United States Fleet, announced today. The assignment gives the Pacific armada dominant fighting strength of the entire United States Fleet. The Scouting Fleet, based on the Atlantic Coast, will thus hereafter have as its chief combatant strength only the eight 10,000 “treaty class” cruisers. The fleet was to sail from the harbor today for the annual war games. More than 125 vessels will take part. MAY DISSOLVE CHAMBER ATHENS, January 23 (®.—The Senate was called to meet this after- noon when it will be asked to dissolve the Chamber. Elections probably will be held March 5. | The opposition, while maintaining the | government should first ask a vote of | confidence from the Chamber, will not | | body of experts from all parts of the ! ally, each claiming successes, but com-| | muniques, which gave little information, | MILLS FEARS CURRENCY INFLATION WOULD DELAY RECOVERY INDEFINITELY Cabinet Member Suggests Removal of Barriers to Production and Trade as Remedy for Falling Prices. BY OGDEN L. MILLS, Secretary of the Treasury of the United States. (Copyright, 1033, by North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) The precipitous fall in prices nomic maladjustments. but for rents, services, etc., are so so that fronted Ogden L. Mills. Since so manipulated as to relieve the the world is suffering. This is the basis for the talk of in-| flation of which we hear so much these days In its crudest form inflation is| visualized as the process of pumping out | that has taken place during the course of the 'ast three years has given rise to all manner of eco- The price levels, not only for commodities, out of line, both in domestic and world markets, a to reduce to a mini- mum the exchange of commodities, out of which the civilized world makes a liv- ing and derives its wealth. As price relationships become distorted exchange of goods does not pro- ceed freely, production soon exceeds con- sumption and is increasingly dammed up. Prices fall further. dustrial stagnation follow and we are con- Commercial and in- with the paradox of poverty in the midst of plenty. In the meanwhile with an enormously contracted volume of business and a very much lower price level the burden of pay- ments of debts piling up during the pre- ceding period of expansion and high busi- ness activity becomes unbearable. ors of all classes, governments, corpora- tions and individuals seek relief from a weight that has become crushing. Debt- depressed, disordered and declin- ing prices appear on the surface at least to be the most disturbing factor affecting trade and industry, and since prices are expressed in terms of money, which is the medium through which the exchange of goods is effected, there is a very natural tendency to look upon our currency system as the key to | the situation and to jump to the conclusion that currency can be only too obvious ills from which currency in one way or another, the assumed effect of which rests on the simple conception that_the level of (Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) HOLDING OF WORLD PARLEY HERE URGED American Chamber and Eng- lish Leaders Favor Shift From London. By the Associated Press. LONDON. January 23.—The Ameri- can Chamber of Commerce in London through Francis E. Powell, its president, today announced its advocacy of a plan to hold the projected world economic conference at Washington. Sir Evelyn Wrench, founder of the English-Speaking Union, and Mr. Pow- ell, indorsed this plan at a luncheon today, “because we feel that nothing which might be done at any European capital would have the effect on the American people which would be ac- complished if the debts conference be- tween England and the United States were followed by one between a wider world, who with America would try to find a solution for the problem which has so bothered the world in the last few years.” Sir Evelyn predicted that the pro- posed Anglo-American cbnference would be “a great move forward, and in the years to come may be regarded as the turning point in the slow march toward prosperity.” He expressed the hope that Mr. Pow- ell's suggestion for a world conference at Washington would be adopted. 6PPOSED BY HOOVER. British Wanted Washington Conference Several Months Ago. ‘The suggestion of Francis E. Powell, president of the American Chamber of Commerce in London, that the World Monetary and Economic Conference be held in Washington after the British debts discussion, was first advanced by the British government several months 8g0. gg’he idea did not meet with favor | from the Hoover administration. After long diseussion representatives of the various powers selected London, but as | yet have not fixed-any date. No authoritative word has been avail- able as to President-elect Roosevelt's view on the question. FORT EXPEC'i'ED TO FALL Capture of Paraguayan Stronghold by Bolivians Believed Near. BUENOS AIRES, January 23 (P)— The fall of the Paraguayan stronghold, Fort Nanawa, in the Gran Chaco, to the Bolivians, appeared a matter of hours today as a battle that has been| raging since Friday gathered intensity. Evening newspapers in Asuncion and La Paz featured the fighting sensation. indicating uncfficial reports that there | had been hundreds of casualties were | exaggerated. Mud on the battlefleld | abstain from taking part in the election. was handicapping both armies. TEMPERATURE OF BRINGS MAY WEATHER TO CITY Untimely Conditions Expected to Be Followed by Cool Days Later If Washington were to awaken about May 2 or 3 to be greeted by the same weather that shed warmth over the city today, there could be no cause for wonder—it would be normal. But to awaken on January 23 to find | temperatures of 60, like those regis- | tered today, is decidedly not normal— | for January 23. Weather Bureau officials said the pleasant, though untimely, weather re-l sults from southerly and westerly ai currents at almost all levels above the earth. Airplanes and observation bal- | Joons which each day gather data on ‘onditions in the upper in alr for the bu- 60 DEGREES in Week. reau have found during the past few | weeks that the breezes above the earth almost all have a southerly or westerly component, which, the bureau points | out, makes warm wWeather. | But, the weather men continued, the temperatures are in a fair way to re-| verse the order of the seasons, all within | this week. It will get cooler tomorrow, | probably, they seid. Wednesday may “oring temperatures which would be | normel for March; Thursday for en-lyl March or late February, and the last| days of the week may have returned to January normal—which is around 33 _degrees. ‘The thermomenter today seemed likely to go a point or s0 over the 60 degree mark, after having gone no lower dur- ing the night than 55. [TALY AND BELGIUM INQUIRE ABOUT DEBT Rosso Seeks Information on Prospective Parleys. May Visits Castle. By the Associated Press. Ambassador Rosso of Italy called at the State Department today to make inquiries about prospective war-debt discussions, but said in leaving that he had had no instructions from his government to take up the matter. At about the same time, Ambassador May of Belgium called upon Undersec- retary Castle to inform himself of the status of the debt discussions. Italy paid its December 15 debt in- stallment, but Belgium defaulted. DEBT SPLIT DENIED. Hoover and Roosevelt Officiaks Insist. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. In high cfficial quarters it was denied today that therp were any differences of opinion between President-elect Roosevelt and the present administra- tion regarding the handling of the war debt question. It was indicated that there can be no differences of opinion since the actual negotiations with the British government will not begin until after the Hoover regime is out, and whatever pourparlers may take place between now and March 4 will be purely in- formal and tending merely to fact finding. In order to facilitate these, the entire State Department machinery has been placed at the disposal of the President-elect. ‘The verbal note handed on FPriday afternoon to the British Ambassador, whereby Great Britain was invited to begin discussions with the United States, was drafted by Secretary Stimson and his assistants, in consultation with Mr. Roosevelt’s representatives, Profs. Moley and Tugwell The note, although described as verbal, was actually a written memorandum, but because of its informal character and because the Secretary of State verbally informed the British Ambassador of its contents, was designated as “verbal” in diplo- matic language. Britain's Reply Awaited. . The State Department has had no intimation yet when the British gov- ernment is going to act or whether it Will demand an official note of invita- tion. Should this be the case, it is probable that after consultng Mr. Roosevelt, the State Department will send a formal invitation to Great BflAtgin. “ cording to reports received from London it appears that the British gov- ernment is inclined to prefer this in- formal communication and is willing to send an unofficial representative to begin the spade work preliminary to the opening of formal negotiations, soon after March 4. Whether a similar invitation to other nations which have complied with the terms of the various funding agree- ments will be sent, depends entirely on Mr. Roosevelt. So far he has given no indication that he wishes to increase the sphere of discussions to other na- ticns. His point of view is reported to be that the best policy to be followed is to try to reach a settlement with the most mportan‘ Ludebbor xl!:tm Ugm such an agreement is possibl ratifies it in April or May, it would be comparatively easy to apply the funda- mentals of the new British-American agreement to the other debtor nations. The presence in Washington of dele- gates of too many countries it ser- iously complicate the issues and it is conceivable that a general discussion, as a number of debtor nations seem to desire, would bring the debt queston from its economic into a political field. In the same authoritative quarters (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) in Accord, Sims on Contract BRITAIN PUTS OFF DEBTS DISCUSSION; PLAN CLOSE STUDY Cabinet Members Will Take Time for Thorough Preparations. RETURN TO GOLD BASIS OPPOSED IN EDITORIALS Bids to Other Debtors Urged. Speculation on Personnel of B Mission Discouraged. By the Associated Press. LONDON, January 23.—The Anglo- American conference at Washington proposed by President-Elect Roosevelt for early in March has been widened in scope to such an extent, according to the British interpretation of an aide- memorie given by Secretary Stimson to the Ambassador at Washington, that the British government has decded to devote the utmost care to preparations for it. So important do Prime Minister Mac- Donald and his colleagues of the na- tional government consider Mr. Roose- velt's proposals that it was decided at today’s cabinet session not to give for- mal consideration to the American pro- als until the individual cabinet mem- have had an opportunity to study the situation fully. Linking debts to general world eco- nemic problems, as Mr. Stimson’s in- vitation on behalf of Mr. Roosevelt does, is considered a major development in Anglo-American problems. ‘The first problem arising is the exact nature of the mission which Mr. Roose- velt desires to be sent to Washington, whether it shall be made up of cabinet members or economic experts, or both, and further communication will be nec- essary between the foreign office and the embassy at Washington. Special Meeting Called. The first stage of the British ap- proach to the Washington conference will be a detailed study by a special cabinet committee, including the chan- cellor of the exchequer, of the whole problem of the American war debts in relation to the general world ec6nomic situation. Only after this is completed | will there be a cabinet discussion and a decision on the general British policy at Washington. Opposition to the idea of Great Britain returning to the gold standard was strongly featured in today's news- paper editorials after the week end’s digestion of the proposed negotiations. Comments were based on Washington dispatches suggesting the United States may use the British debt as a bargain- ing weapon to force this country back on & gold basis. The London Times cordially welcomed the American action. but nev shied at the idea of restoring the go! standard. It said: “The hope of thereby providing & remedy for the evil of fluctuating cur- rency exchanges to the relief of inter- national trade is to confuse cause and effect. Gold, being only a counter. can- not be freely exchanged in international finance uniess there is a freedom of exchange in international trade * * * grave risks would be incurred by any attempt to mask the symptoms of the real disease, the breakdown of trade, before finding effective remedies for the causes which produced it.” Bid For All Debtors Urged. ‘The conservative Morning Post de- clared making the stabilization of the pound the subject of bargaining would be a most unfortunate development. It further saw “little hope for a useful result of the conference unless condi- tions are first established for final ratification of the Lausanne agreement and it is clear these conditions cannot be established by a settlement of the British debt alone.” It urged the United States to invite all its other debtor nations to new negotiations of their debts. (The allies in Europe agreed at Lausanne to reduce German repara- tions to the equivalent of about 1 cent on the dollar providing they received similar concessions from the United States.) Lord Rothermere’s so-called “imperi- alist” Daily Mail and the “Labor- Socialist” Herald, favorably commenting on the American action, both insist that it is impossible for Great Britain to returm to the gald standard on the old basis. Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald was still considered one of the most nlkdy glolcvi}sulg‘ head the British m}!‘l‘; sion ington, providing health and affairs here permit. Neville Chamberlain, chancellor of the ex- chequer, may be kept here because of budget problems and Stanley Baldwin, president of the council, because of the unpopularity of the debt agreement he negotiated in 1923. These and Walter Runciman, president of the Board of Trade, however, were believed in line for appointment to the mission. Intricate Problems Faced. The cabinet was not sure whether it would be necessary to send two mis- sions to the United States, one to deal with debts and the other with general economic problems. It was expected the Ambassador at Washington might (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) ATTACK DICTATORSHIP Serbian Radicals Join Demand for Federal Government. SOFIA, Bulgaria, January 23 (P).— The newspaper Bulgarie printed a dis- patch today from Belgrade, Jugoslavia, to the effect that the Serbian Radical party—representing a large section of the Serbian ition—has issued a manifesto join! Croat and Slovene leaders in a demand for abolition of the dictatorship and reorganization of J vhon-p!edenlbuh. A —_— Steamer Reports Safe. HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, January 23 (#). —The steamer City of Delhi, which sent LAN'SAKES ! THEY LOOK LIKE MERE'S 060 INEM, WISH | CouLd SEND’EM 7o THE _OLLADY( IN THE SHOE o ./’ /47 [ “LAME DUCK" BAN IS RATIFIED. MISSOURIANS SEIZING HONOR| Legislature Beats Massachusetts and Ne- vada to Final Approval of 20th Amend- - ment, Mceting Earlier Than Usual. By the Associated Press. The twentieth amendment, elimi- nating defeated legislators from partici- pation in the Government henceforth | and hastening inauguration of President and meeting time of each new Congress, today became a part of the Constituton of the United States. Submitted to the States by Conm‘ on March 3 of last year, it was ratified jin near-record time, the State of Mis- | souri winning the distinction of being the thirty-sixth and last needed State to approve this modernization of the Federal machinery. Proclamation of the ratification will not take place until all the 36 State approval resolutions are deposited at the State Department here. The amendment will become operative Octo- ber 15 next. After that each regular session of Congress will begin on January 3, every yegr, with no fixed adjournment date, ' | come today with the statement: and each new President will be inaugu- rated January 20. Had it been in force now, Franklin D. Roosevelt would have been President since last Friday. The new, overwhelm- ingly Democratic Congress would have | been in session since January 3. instead | of the filibuster-ridden and night help- less present short session which must | adjourn March 4 and can not possibly dispose of its big tasks in that time. The ratification was victory climax- | ing 10 years of patient effort for the veteran independent, Senator George | Norris of Nebraska. He hailed the out- | “The enactment of this amendment | is a great step toward placing the con- trol of our government in the hands of the chosen representatives of the American_people.” In ratifying as thirty-sixth, Missouri h to beat Massachusetts and Ne- vada, both ready to act today. The Mis- souri Senate having already acted, the House managed to meet ahead of the scheduled 2 o'clock convening hour, so (Continued on Page 4, Column { COMMITEE BAGKS TRADEAD INQURY Two Proposals Sent to Sen- ate—Mills Offers Program to House Group. By the Associated Press. The search for ways to economic bet- terment. progressed on both sides of | the Capitol today, with the Senate | contemplating studies to aid the new administration and the House Ways and Means Committee getting sugges- tions from Secretary of the Treasury Mills. ‘Two proposals approved by the Sen- | ate Finance Committee would allow it to make broad research, and call upon the Tariff Commission and other Fed- eral agencies to indicate how the tariff might be used to bargain with foreign countries for trade concessions. Senate approval is predicted. Secretary Mills told the House com- mittee economic rehabilitation should begin with a balanced budget and in- clude a vigorous Federal Reserve policy toward easing credits and lending American assistance to the stabilization of foreign exchanges. The two Senate investigations were expected by their Democratic sponsors —Harrison of Mississippi and Gostigan of Colorado—to supply the material for the incoming administration to work out a plan for all-around relief. Declares Deflation Halted. Mills T“ his testimony in speaking in behalf of continuing for another year the Glass-Steagall act which per- mits the use of Government securities as collateral for Federal Reserve notes. “We consider it imperative,” the Treasury Secretary said. “With it, we (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) LONDON’S BUS STRIKE SHOWS SIGNS OF WANING Many of 13,000 Operators Who Joined Unofficial Walkout Re-¢ turn to Work This Morning. By the Associated Press. LONDON, ' January 23.—The un- official bus strike which forced into idleness many hundreds of busses and .shore under their own power, the seizure TWELVEMILE LiMIT LAW 15 HELD VOID U. S. Supreme Court Rules Searches lllegal Beyond Hour’s Sailing. By the Associated Press. ‘The Supreme Court ruled today that British or Canadian rum-running ves- | sels can not legally be boarded, searched | and seized by Coast Guardsmen when | more than one hour’s sailing distance from the shore. The decision was handed down in a case brought by Frank Cook, a Cana- dian. - Unusual interest attached to the de- cision because of frequent friction aris- ing from the search and seizure of Canadian and British vessels by Coast | Guardsmen on the lookout for rum runners, The court held the treaty with Great Britain in 1924, which authorized the boarding of British vessels sus- pected of liquor smuggling, is found within one hour's sailing distance of American shores had superceded con- fglgzlve provisions of the tariff act of The United States had contended that under the 1930 tariff act, Coast Guardsmen were authorized to board British vessels within four leagues of the coast. The Mazel Tov took on important interna- tional proportions when last December 5 Canadian Minister W. D. Herridge handed to Secretary of State Stimson a letter protesting in the name of his gov- ernment against the seizure of British vessels more than an hour’s sailing dis- tance off our shores. He Canada refused to recog- nize the United States had any au- thority under international law to en- force the provisions of the tariff act providing for the boarding of foreign vessels within 12 miles of shore. Canada took the position, that United States jurisdiction extended under in- ternational law only 3 miles off shore, and that while the British government to aid in suppressing rum running had by its convention of 1924 agreed it would not protest should British vessels be boarded within one hour’s sailing of of the Mazel Tov 11'2 miles off shore, when it had a speed of only between nt case involving the vessel | P& “From Press (P) Means Associated Press. UCHIDA EASES FEAR OF U. 3. ATTITUDE Foreign Minister Denies Diet |, Warning of World War Voiced in Tokio. ‘TOKIO, January 23 (#).—Reports in Shanghai that Chang Hsiao-Hsu, Premier of Manchukuo, had been killed, and Gen. Muto of the Japa- nese Army wounded in a bombing at Changchun last week are without foundation in fact, it was established today. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, January 23.—Foreign Min- ister Count Yasyua Uchida countered a Diet interpellator's declaration today that “a gloomy situation” rules Ameri- can-Japanese relations with the blunt statement: “There is no uneasiness concerning our relations with the United States.” The interpellator was Hitoshi Ashida, Seiyukai's party's spokesman on foreign | policies, who delivered the boldest criti- cism of the military domination of Jap- | anese diplomacy heard in Parliament since the Manchurian strife began, in September, 1931, Pointing out that Count Uchida’s speech on Saturday did not mention American relations, Ashida declared these “were not in a condition war- ranting contentment.” Warns of World War. He said unless they were improved they surely would produce renewed armaments competition and possibly a world war. Questioning the desirability of the army’s domination of diplomacy, Ashida declared the public was fearful that “we are being dragged blindly in an un- charted, pitch-dark abyss.” “Where is the ernment lead; us? What is to Be 's future?” he asked. Asida urged Gen. Sadao Araki, min- ister of war, to “forsake the notion that the army is almighty.” Uchida replied that the foreign polley was conducted “in_accordance with thé will of the people and in co-operation with the army.” “The army is not dragging the for- eign office along,” Gen. Araki said. “The army has never been arbitrary” concerning foreign policy, he said. Meanwhile the question whether Japan will withdraw from the League of Nations will depend on the “degree of wickedness” with which she will be blamed in a report the assembly is ex- pected to render in accordance with paragraph 4, article 15, of the League covenant, a foreign office spokes- man said. Paragraph 4 of article 15 stipulates that when other methods have failed in settling a dispute “the council * * * shall make and publish a report con- taining a statement of the facts of the dispute and the recommendations which are deemed just and proper in regard thereto.” Jehol Invasion Awaited. Japan considers that efforts under ragraph 3, which provides for arbitration, have ended and that there will be no attempt to prevent the com- mittee from making a report nor to (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) to Home Within an Hour” ‘The Star’s Carrier system coversevery city block and the regular edition is delivered to city and suburban homes as fast as the papers are printed. Saturday’s Circulation, 117,457, Sunday’s Circulation, 128,554. TWO CENTS. SENATE COMMITTEE VOTES FAVORABLY ON BEER-WINE BILL Collier-Blaine Measure Now to Be Considered by Fi- nance Group. HOUSE PROVISIONS ENTIRELY REWRITTEN Borah Proposal to Forbid Selling of 3 Per Cent Brew to Minors Adopted. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The Collier-Blaine bill authorizing the manufacture and sale of beer and wine containing 3.05 per cent alcohol was favorably reported to the Senate by the Senate Judiciary Committee. Approval came after an attempt to limit the alcoholic content to 2 per cent had been rejected. The measure goes now to the Senate Finance Committee, which is to con- sider the revenue provisions of the bill. The measure provides for levying a tax of $5 & barrel. As soon as the report was filed, Sena- tor Borah, Republican, of Idaho, in- troduced an amendment to levy an excess profits tax, ranging from 10 to 30 per cent on brewers of beer. The amendment was sent to the Finance Committee along with the bill. Borah proposed to exempt the first dollar of profit on each barrel of beer from the excess profits tax, but to 10 per cent on profits over that up to $1.50; 20 per cent from $1.50 to $2, and 30 per cent on profits of more than $2 a barrel, Chairman Smoot of the Pinance Committee said his committee “might meet toward the end of the week to consider the beer bill.” Y The Utah Senator added that un- doubtedly there would be hearings be- fore his committee on the bill and he said that it might be some time before the bill was reported back to the Sen- ate. If he is correct in his surmises, the hopes of those Senators desiring early action on the beer bill in the Senate may be dashed. The Judiclary Committee voted 8 to 6 to report the bill favorably. The meas- ure differs materially from the Collier bill passed by the House, as it reduced the percentage of alcohol from 3.2 per cent by weight, the House provision, to 3.05 per cent. The Senate committee bill also authorized the manufacture and sale of wine of the same alcoholic content as beer. The House bill does not permit wine, Two Amendments Voted, Two amendments to the bill were content of the beer and wine to 2 per cent was defeated by a vote of 8 to 6. This proposal was offered by Senator Bratton, Democrat, of New Mexico. The vote on the beer bill today was as_follows: For the bill: Blaine, Wisconsin; Hebert, Rhode Island; Schuyler, Colo- rado; Ashurst, Arizona; Walsh, Mon- tana; King, Utah; Dill, Washington, and Norris, Nebraska. Borah, Idaho; Column 4.) ing| LEHMAN REFUSES PROBE OF VOTE FRAUD CHARGES New York Governor Declines In- vestigation of Attorney General's Office. By the Associated Press. ALBANY, N. Y. January 23.—Gov. Lehman declined today to order an in- vestigation of the attorney general's office, in accordance with a request of State Republican leaders. The Repub- lican leaders, including State Chair- man W. Kingsland Macy, claimed that the law department had failed to check registration and voting frauds at the last_election. Gov. Lehman said he believed that both Attorney General Bennett and | District Attorney Crain of New York County, were “doing their duty,” with regard to the prosecution of alleged election frauds. Gandhi Plans Newspaper. POONA, India, January 23 (P).— From his prison cell at Yeroda, Ma- hatma Ganchi will guide the policy of a new weekly newspaper to be published here, devoted exclusively to the removal of the stigma of “untouchability.” He is not to be the editor, for he realizes his limitations as a political prisoner. COAST GUARDSM EN DEFY FOG TO HUNT MISSING FISHERMEN Many Rescues Reported as Patrols Answer Greatest - Number of Distress Calls in Years. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, January 23.—With 8 and 9 knots an hour was illegal, in | Perl suggested tha of international law was accepted it would be forced to stop its assistance in_ suj rum running, which it declared had been so effective as al- most to eliminate the contraband traffic. TEN AWAIT DEATH COLUMBUS, Ohio, January 23 (#).— men await death in the electric lifted somewhat, visibility was enough to employ airpianes in cue work. not good the res- As fog shrouded the waters during | fog. the Vagabond would pound to pieces. Shortly before midnight last night a patrol boat crept into Boston Harbor y | with the schooner Cambridge in tow. reported in The Cambridge had been distress. Despite the thick fog, seven Coast Guard craft continued their search for Salvatore Calandro and Thomas Frae- A Coast Guard patrol boat rescued Alfred Letourneau, 19, and his brother Willlam, 17, about 18 miles off Marble- head. hac