Evening Star Newspaper, January 25, 1933, Page 1

AWEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Rain this afternoon, ending early to- night; tomorrow fair and colder; lowest temperature tonight about 40 degrees. Temperatures—Highest, 54, at 4:00 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 38, at 7:20 a.m. today. Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 12 & 13 “From Press to Home Within an Hour” ‘The Star’s Carrier system coversev: city block and the regular edltlon“l: delivered to city and suburban homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 120,798 ¢ Foening S WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION @b No. 32,411, -Entered as FRANCE'S DEFAULT 10 CONTINUE ON DEBTS LEADERSAYS Italy Studies Bargaining Points Looking to Reduction in Return for Trade. FARIS TO LET BRITISH BREAK ICE FOR PARLEY Chamberlain Says Chief Aim Will Be “Final” Agreement Without Renewing Reperations. By the Associated Press. Sir Ronald Lindsay, the British Ambassador, delivered today to Sec- retary Stimson Great Britain's reply to the word from this country that its request for a hearing on war debts would be granted early in March. The text probably will not be made public until tomorrow. Meanwhile, Senator Johnson, Re- ‘publican, of California, attacked the statement of Neville Chamberlain, British chancellor of the exchequer, that the coming discussions of debts must lead “to a final settlement.” He called it a display of “superior- ity complex.” By the Associated Press. PARIS, January 25.—The French government expects to continue in de- fault on the American debt, a spokes- man said today, while the British break the ice in the negotiations which are to take place next March. There is no anticipation, he said, that the Chamber of Deputies, its members | with their eyes on their constituents, will assume the unpleasant responsibil- ity of urging the government to pay or | even to negotiate. He expressed the opinion that talk in | the Chamber lobbies to the effect that | Parliament might be induced to recon- | sider in view of the pending discussions | of the debts, may be attributed to a de- sire to push the government into taking | the lead. Discussions of the debts in today’s newspapers was reserved. i ITALY WANTS TO BARTER. Considers What Concessions Can Be Made to Get Debt Reductions. ROME, January 25 (#).—Bartering poinis by which Italy may obtain in ‘Washingion a reduction of her war debts to the United States were studied here today. Tals activity is belng pur- sued in the belief President-elect B velt desires trade concessions for the s‘gwed States as a premise to debt re- on. e The foreign office issued’a statement that nothing had bzen “decided re- garding a lump sum offer of settle- ment to the United States and flatly denied reports that a settlement of $100,000.000 was contemplated. | Premier Mussolini’s Milan ncwspaper, | Popolo D'Italia, asserted Italy would prepare for the conference, lending credence to the belief I1 Duce has ap- proved Italy’s participation in the| ‘Washington conference. Trade experts pointed out the like- lihood that the United States and Italy would reach a trade agreement sypple- menting the debt settlement. They said, however, although Italy ht make certain concessions, the ited States must reciprocate in kind, particularly by lowering tariffs. | Italy has been swinging from “most | favored” naticn treaties to special agreements, particularly with Russia, Austria and Hungary. Commercial re- lations with Russia now have fallen down and Italy did not desire to make a new trade agreement. The United States might take the place of Russia, supplying Italy with wheat. Although reports from Washington indicate uncertainty on how the debts | conference was suggested to Great Britain, Italy regards Secretary Stim- son's conversation with Ambassador Rosso as a “direct invitation” to send representatives to Washington after | March 4. Newspaper headlines and editorials continue to speak of Italy being “offi- (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) MRS. BELMON.T, SOCIETY LEADER, IS NEAR DEATH | Former Consuelo Vanderbilt Is Only Member at Mother's | Bedside in Paris. PARIS, January 25.—Mrs. Oliver H. P. Belmont, leader of New York society for many years, was in a critical con- dition today at her residence here. She was 80 years old last week. Her daughter, Mrs. Jacques Balsan, the former Consuelo Vanderbilt, was with her. W. K. Vanderbilt and Harold Vander- bilt, her sons, were in America. Mrs. Belmont suffered a paralytic stroke last Spring and in November a relapse occurred after she had proved considerably. She has been @a resident of France since 1924. Mrs. Belmont was reported sinking this morning and physicians feared she would not survive the day. Her condition, complicated by bron- chial and heart ailments, b2came worse overnight. Her secretary said she was semi-conscious late this forenoon. Entered as second class matter ‘Washington, D. C. Fears Need of Increased U. S, Tariff as Influx of Goods From Europe Shows Big Rise Last ’ By the Associated Press. President Hoover feels the United States is faced with the necessity either of increasing its tariff walls or action to gain stability in foreign currencies, and today he was considering possible moves for speeding up the approach of the World Economic Conference. It was stated in a high administra- | Ition source that the Chief Executive |gold standard more than a year ago. | desires to avold major increases in the | tariff, Lut feels this may be necessary unless the World Eccnomic Conference, n, t quickly to bring ton of foreign becn in President-elect WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1933—THIRTY PAGES. HOOVER SPEEDS PARLEY ON ECONOMIC PROBLEMS Months. Roosevelt since their White House con- ference last week was not made clear, but intimation was given that Mr. Hoover will' continue to urge speedy a tion, looking toward the earliest possi- ble convening of the world parley. The Chief Executive, it was stated, believes that only in the past four or five months has the United States felt the full reaction from the departure of various Europesn countries from the Fizures have been placed befcre the | President designed to show that goods | from countries of depreciated currercy | are flowing into the United States with incressing_ intensity, wi'h the full load felt during the past f>ur months. Mr_Hoover has been informed that | "(Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) ROOSEVEL SEEN SPONSER F PLIN TODEVELCP VR Project Would Include Huge Power and Navigation Pro- gram in Tennessee Basin. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. | Development on a huge scale of the | valley of the Tennessee River and its tributaries, affecting perhaps seven States cirectly, and many others indi- | rectly, will, it is believed here, be part of the Roosevelt program. The President-elect will, if this sur- | mise is correct, recommend to the Con- gress a bond issue reaching to the half billion doliar mark to get this develop- ment program into high gear soon after he enters the White House. | The program, while it includes the further operation and development ot the Muscle Shoals power and fertilizer plants now owned by the Government, goes far beyond. It contempiates further development of the Tennessee River and its tr'butaries for navigation, | additional power development cn the | Tennessee River and its tributaries, flood control and reforesiation. “Back on the Map.” It looks o the putting to work of perhaps 200,000 nien, the de of industries in the e Valley, and the expenditure of much of the money derived from the bond issue in_ro-called self-liquidating projects. While reforestation will proceed to a certain. extent in the valley, it may be carried further into Georgia, South Car- olina and otier Southern States that have been largely denuded of the pines. “With the help of Congress,” Presi- dent-elect Roosevelt told a crowd at De- catur, Ala., during his visit last Satur- day to Muscle Shcals, “we are going to put the Tennessee Valley back on the | map of the United States.” | The full significance of the state- ml:mi it is ndlfl here, was not imme- diately grasped. A comprehensive plan for the devel- opment and ultimate use of the waters of the Tennessee Basin by the United States and its citizens is contained in a special report transmitted to Congress by the chief of Army engineers, Maj. Gen. Lytle Brown, less than two years | ago, in accordance with acts of Congress | calling for this information. Outlined No Policy. This report shows the uses to which the waters of the Tennessee Basin may t; gives an estimate of the total mounting to $1,200,000,000, ard a | olumn 7.) " (Continued on Page 2, 254 PERSONS SAVED ON RUSSIAN VESSEL| Japanese Radio Staticn Hears | Message Telling of Rescue From Ice-Bound Steamer. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, January 25.—The Ochiishi government wireless station intercepted wireless messages today reporting the | Soviet steamer Sakhalin, ice-bound | since January 12 in the sea of Okhotsk off the Northeastern Siberian coast, was reached yesterday by the Soviet ice- breaker Dcbrynia Nikitch. The rescue ship was said to have found all the passengers and crew safe. ‘Two of them were reported ill. There were 254 Russians aboard, 200 of them passengers. Although partly burned, the Sakhalin was reported able to proceed under its own power with the powerful icebreaker cutting a path. A distress message reported a fire | aboard the Sakhalin two weeks ago. She gave her position as 53 degrees north, 146 degrees east. 1 6LDEST PRACTICING PHYSICIAN CELEBRATES HIS 100th BIRTHDAY Dr. Merritt H. Eddy of Middlebury, Vt., Is Credited With Ushering More Than 2,000 Babies Into World. By the Assoclated Press. MIDDLEBURY, Vt, January 25.— Dr. Merritt H. Eddy, America’s oldest practicing physician, ceiebrated his 100th birthday anniversary today. Since 1865 Dr. Eddy has’ cared for the wants of & host of patients in the surrounding countryside. He has shaken sleep from his eyes to trudge through snow-blanketed roads to a sufferer's side and he has driven his horse and carriage through flooded streams to usher a new baby into the world. To- day, the feebleness of age upon him, be advises his patients from his bed. Besides being America’s oldest prac- ticing physician, Dr. Eddy also is the oldest graduate of Middlebury College. the oldest member of Chi Psi Fraternity the oldest Methodist and Mason 4n Vermont, He first studied medicine during the Civil War when he expected to be- come an surgeon. He was gradu- ated from the Burlington Medical Col- lege in 1865 Those were the days, he told interviewers, when nurses were uninown; there were few hospitals; ether was not in general use; the steth- oscope was not included in a physi- cien’s equipment, and the fingers were used to dstermine fever. Dr. Eddy charged 55 cents for his first call after becoming a doctor. He said he would have charged a dollar but the man was poor. Dr. Eddy probably has ushered more babies into the world than any other doctor in New England. He lost count some years ago but the number would run considerably over 2,000, Radio Programs on Page B-12. | ham, Capper, | ley, Black, Bratton, Broussard, Bulk- WHEELER BLOCKS BANK MEASURE BY - TALKING ONSILVER | {Senator May Cause Night Session by Discussing Plan Already Defeated. By the Associated Press. Hopes for Senate action by nightfall on the Glass bank bill were somewhat dimmed today as Senator Wheeler, | Democrat, of Montana, took the floor } | with a threat to talk “at some length” | on his amendment, which was rejected ; | yesterday, for the remonitization of silver. Sponsors of the long-discussed bank-; | ing revision measure planned to hold the Senate in night session 2gain to- | | night, however, to obtain a vote if pos- | sible. The Senate met an hour earlier than | ual to allow more time for considera- | tion of the bill, but Wheeler soon took i the floor to answer the arguments made against his proposal yesterday. Says Debate Was Cut Off. The Montana Senator asserted that debate on his amendments, proposing | the free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 with gold, had been cut off by the Senate's 56 to 18 vote tabling the amendment. “By reason of the ignorance of this! body on the subject,” be said, “I pro- us I pose to taik at some length on it to- day. The Montanan added that he would use any amendments offered as a ve- hicle for his discussion, in order to: | get around the prevailing limitation ! on_debate. | Denying his proposal was for the | benefit of silver producers, Wheeler | said “the great mining companies are | openly opposed to the remonitization of silver because most of them are con- trolled by the big banking interests of New York.” Sees Bankers' Hand. “If the Guggenheim interests would | take their heavy hand off the bill I've introduced,” he added, “if thcy would cease their partnership with the bamk- ers that are opposed to it, then this legislation might have a chance of passage.” ‘Wheeler contended his bill would help American manufacturers by stop- | ping the flood of cheap importations from foreign naticns. Roll Call on Motion. The roll call Jast night on the motion to table both silver propositions follows: For tabling: Republicans—Austin, Barbour, Bing- Carey, Couzens, Dale, Davis, Dickinson, Fess, Goldsborough, Grammer, Hale, Hastings, Hatfeld, Hebert, Kean, Keyes, McNary, Metcalf, Moses, Oddie, Patterson, Reed, Robin- son of Indiana, Smoot, Steiwer, Thomas of Idaho, Townsend, Vandenberg, Wat- son and White—32. Democrats—Bailey, Bankhead, Bark- | ! ley, Byrnes, Connally, Coolidge, Cope- land, George, Glass, Gore, Hayden, Hull, Kendrick, McKellar, Pittman, Robinson of Arkansas, Swanson, Tram- mell, Wagner and Walsh of Massa- chus:tts—24. Total—56. Against tabling: Republicans—Blaine, Frazier, beck, Ncrris, Nye and Schuyler—6. Democrats—Ashurst, Bulow, Lewis, Long, McGill, Reynolds, Russell, Shej pard, Smith, Thomas of Oklahoma, Walsh of Montana and Wheeler—12. Total, 18. Pairs on the vote were announced as_follows: Costigan, Democrat, Colorado, against, with Walcott, Republican, Connecticut, (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) PR THREE DEAD IN HOME AFTER PAIR QUARREL Man Kills Wife and Daughter and Turns Gun on Self—Son Es- capes to Summon Police. Nor- By the Associated Press. ERIE, Pa. January 25.—A man, his wife, and their 2l1-year-old crippled daughter were found shot to death in their home early today. Police, summoned by Leonard Shaf- fer, 27, the only remaining member of the family, described the case as “double murder and suicide.” The youth, who ran to police head- quarters in his pajamas, told the of- ficers, they say, that his father, John Shaffer, 64, shot his mother, Margaret, 53, and then fired on his siter, Vir- “He was going to shoot me, but I ran,” police quote Leonard as saying. The woman threatened her husband with separation, police were informed. POST OFFICE OPPOSED Palm Beach Taxpayers Ask Gov- erament to Delay Edifice. PALM BEACH, Fla., January 25 (#). The board of gov:rnors of the Paim Beach Taxpayers' Association has adopted a resolution asking that con- struction of the new post JAPANESE CABINET POSTPONES ACTION ONLEAGUE STATUS Tokio Ministry Awaits Draft of Recommendations Being Made at Geneva. WITHDRAWAL REGARDED AS PROBABLE COURSE Critic of Present Policies as Being Threat of War Against U. S. Is Asked to Retract. { By the Associated Press. TOKIO, Thursday, January 26—It was authoritatively stated today that the decision of the Japanese cabinet concerning withdrawal from the League of Nations had been postponed until the nature cf the report being framed in Geneva concerning recommendations on the Sino-Japanese situation becomes known. Under bold headlines—"Grave De- cision Confronting Empire” and “Great Danger Ahead"—Japanese newspapers of Wednesday rep:rted a special cabinet session which heard Foreign Minister Uchida’s report on the League's virtual abandonment of efforts to conci:iate the dispute. The foreign minister werned his colleagues they must prepare shortly to make a decision cf grave import. Withdrawal Expected. It was generally believed the govern- ment holds Japan compelled to with- draw from the League if crarges are made against Japan of territorial aggression cr violation of the League cu\‘innm, anti-war pact, cr nine-power pact. Reports that blunt questioning of the government's Manchurian policy in the Diet Monday caused a sensation n League of Nations circles in Geneva called forth the demand in the Diet today that Hitoshi Ashida, the inter- pelatcr, retract what he said on that occasion. Ashida, the Seiyukai party's spokes- man on foreign policies, failed to retract his statements, but expressed regret, that owing to a fallure to make himse'f j clear, he apparently had been misunder- stood. shida said Monday that “a gloomy situation™ Japanese relations and that unless they were improved they surely would pro- duce renswed armaments competition and possibly a world war. - This ke i blfmed on the methods, and not t! substance, of the government's Man- churian policy. Urges Prompt Action. While, homever, asserting he meant to uphold the government's policy to- ward th: League, Ashida deglare today that as the Manchurian Was vital to Japan, the cabinet to strivé with utmost effort to a solution. But in his opinion, Ashida said, Foreign Minister Uchida hagd failed to bend his energies to this Count Uchida lacked the negessary initiative, Ashida asserted tre foreign minister should guide the na- tion's foreign policy and assist i ef- forts to break the deadlock. He urged Poreign Minister Uchida 10 take action accordingly. _Among other things, Ashide cid- (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) CRASH IN MANEUVERS DAMAGES DESTROYER Vessel in Collision 300 Miles Off California Coast Limps to Port With Escort. By the Assoclated Press. SAN PEDRO, Calif, January 25.— Badly damaged in a collision during maneuvers 300 miles off the California Coast, the United States Navy's first line destroyer Dahlgren limped toward San Diego today in convoy of the de- stroyers Sands and Lawrence. Radio_advices to the United States | Flect’s flagship Pennsylvania indicated the vessel was in a precarious condi- tion. The Dahlgren carries 105 of- ficers and men. The, Dahlgren, en route to Honolulu for the annual war games, was engaged in maneuvers with other of the knife- like 310-foot greyhounds of the sea when it was struck by the destroyer Tarbell. Navy officials here were informed the collision was caused by the jamming of the Dahlgren's rudder. The bow of! the Dahlgren was damaged. Slight damage was done the Tarbell. Radio advices made no mention of any injured. Although complete details were lack- ing, Navy officials here said undoubt- edly the ship was shipping water. They based their statement on the fact that two destroyers were convoying the ves- sel. ‘The Dahigren left San Diego Monday to take part in the exercises of the “Black ” which has been assigned the task of “conquering” the Pacific Coast. Ships of the Scouting Force make up the main body of the “Black Fleet” which is scheduled to start on “offense” on the coast from Hono- lulu February 16. Resident of Alexandria. ; Lieut. W. R. Gaines, executive officer of the Dahigren, lives in Alexandria, Va. Lieut. Comdr. H. W. Von Hasseln of Brooklyn is commanding officer of that vessel, while Lieut. Comdr. Carl F. !r{:r‘%:llll of Bangor, Md., commands the The Navy De an- FOUND DEAD ON TRAIN Chicago Insurance Executive: Dis- covered at Birminghsm. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., January 25 —Ben I president -of the Chicago, was found dead in his drawing mmumn'-halrflulo(n'm:h bound 1 and Nashville train here to- . rules American- | | i PO i \ \ - K;‘lulml (®) Means Associated TWO CENTS. Press. WILL INVOKE PACT INLETICIA DISPUTE ™ | Stimson to Send Note to Peru | Reminding Her of Kel- logg Treaty. By the Associated Press. With Colombian gunboats two days distant from Peruvian troops at Leticla, on the upper Amazon, Secretary of State Stimson said today the United States would send an immediate note {to Peru reminding her of her duty un- | der the Kellogg pact to settle the dis- ! pute peacefully. was moving to marshal world opinion ! against the impendng conflict over pos- session of the tiny jungle port. Stimson multgnhn night with the Ambassa- dors of at Britain, Japan, Italy, Ger- any and Prance, urging support of | the Kellogg pact in response to a plea from Colombta. Contacting Diplomats. Stimson said Assistant Secretary White {was getting in touch with-diplomatic | representatives of as many as possible iof the countries adhering to the pact !in an effort to avert a fight. The United States through Ambas- sador Dearing at Lima has already notified Peruof support of Brazil's pro- ! posal before settlement of the dispute | through negotiations at Rio de Janeiro. Stimson said today the new note invok- ing the Kellogg pact would back up this announced support. {Al Capone Loses \ | | | At the same time, the United States | | | Last September Peruvian Nu&omh( seized Leticia, which was ceded to Co- lombia by treaty in 1922. Peru Will Defend Nationals. Peru has indicated her intention to defend her nationals, asking meanwhile for a revision of the 1922 treaty. Co- lombia has steadily insisted the gques- tion was strictly an internal one. Secretary Stimson's marshaling world powers to support the Kellogg- Briand pact in connection with the dis- pute is similar to actions taken twice before, the first time in 1929, when Soviet Russia and Chines¢ forces clashed in Northern Manchuria as a result of railway disputes. He at that time asked representa- tives of Japan, Great Britain [Italy, j Germany and France that they call attention of Russia and China to the fact that both of the contending powers Iwere signatories to the pact. China and Russia later made formal | statements that neither would resort to war unless attacked. Articles Stressed by U. S. The article of the pact stressed par- ticularly by Stimson then and later in connection with the outbreak of hos- tilitles between Japan and China. m Southern Manchuria reads: “The high contracting parties agree that the settlement or solution of all disputes or conflicts of whatever nature or of whatever origin they may be which may arise among them shall never be sought except by pacific means.” In the threatened clash between Peru and Colombia, in which Colombia has now invoked the Kellogg-Briand pact, Secretary Stimson is again endeavoring to rally world opinion in support of outlawry of war, so the battle which threatens in the Upper Amazon to oust the Peruvians from Leticia may be averted. The League of Nations also has the Leticia_case under consideration and it seems likely that a general movement will be inaugurated on the part of signatories of the Kellogg-Briand pact to bring about peaceful settlement. BRAZIL INTENSIFIES EFFORTS. Seeks to Avert Hostilities at Leticia On Border. RIO DE JANEIRO, January 25 (#).— Brazil today intensified diplomatic ef- forts to avert hostilities at the border city of Leticia over which Colombia and Peru are in dispute. Brazil was basing its hope for a peace- ful settlement of the situation on pres- sure by American nations, similar to ac- tion which was taken recently concern- the conflict of Paragusy and Bo- l‘fi-mth!unncmm. , per=- HINDENBURG SEES 0TTO iSon of Last Austrian Emperor Calls on President. BERLIN, January 25 (P). Hapabure. wby ad fust Wi Potsdam, where he had - visited Pried- rich Wilhelm Hohenzollern, former Ger- man Crown Prince. . —President ved Otto of | 50 lhflhope vailed that a tempo- vania. rary tmmldbtvubh mitting Colombia and Peru to negotiate | been the entire boundary question at Rio de Janeiro. Eight for Freedom abeas Corpus . S. Judge at Atlanta Rules Limitations Plea Trouble Sprouting All Over: Can Not Be Applied. | By the Associated Press. | ATLANTA, Ga. January 25—Federal | Judge E. Marvin Underwood today dis- | missed the petition for a writ of habeas corpus whereby Al Capone, notorious | former Chicago gangster, sought his re- | leaze from the Atlanta Federal Peniten- tiary under the statute of limitations. Capone was convicted of violating the income tax laws of 1926, 1927 and 1928, and was sentenced to serve 10 years in the Atlanta Penitentiary. The gangster in his bid for freedom alleged the three-year clause under the statute of limitations had expired be- ?unu of fore he was indicted on the c which he was convicted. Judge Underwood held that a habeas corpus proceeding would not be the proper remedy for Capone's contention (Continued on Pege 4, Column 3.) D. &H.BUYS BLOCK OF CENTRAL STU[}K; e Loree Announces Purchase of Ten Per Cent Interest in Open Market. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 25—L. F. of | Loree, president of the Delaware & i Hudson Co., announced today that that | company had acquired an interest of approximately 10 per cent in New York Central Railroad. “Delaware & Hudson Co. has ac- quired in the open market through J. P. Morgan & Co. approximately 10 per cent of the capital stock of the NL:W York Central Railroad Co." said Tee. Directors of Delaware & Hudson took | no action on the quarterly dividend payment of $1.50 due at this time. In a formal statement. Delaware & Hudson directors said thet purchase of central stock had been made “as an in- vestment, feeling confident that with revived pro!rer\ty New York Central will be one of the first railroads to show a return of earning power and sound and intrinsic value. The acquisition of this substantial interest has been with the knowledge and approval of those already largely interested in ownership and all parties contemplate board repre- sentation of the new interest.” ‘While it wes not revealed whose for- mer holdings of Central stock the Dela- ware & Hudson acquired, there have been rumors in Wall Street that Loree was negotiating for a block of Vander- bilt stock, as well as buying shares of Central in the open market. Although the Loree-controlled Delaware & Hud- son now becomes one of Central's largest single shareholders, it was un- derstood that the J. P. Morgan-First National Bank group, with their asso- ciates, still retained control. Announcement of omission of the quarterly dividend by Delaware & Hud- son caused a drop of more than $3 a share in the company’s stock. “In view of reduced earnings due to general business conditions,” said Loree after the directors’ meeting, “the board of managers decided to take no action with reference to the dividends normally payable on March 20 and which dividend is ordinarily declared at the January meeting of the board.” For some time there have been ru- mors that the Loree-controlled rail- road was acquiring a substantial in- terest in New York Central. reported that Loree associates would seek representation on the board of Recent New York Central. tly the Union Pacific sold a large block of New York-Central stock, switching its investment into Pennsyl- It was said that some of the former Union Pacific' hol may have transferred to the \ware & Hudson. Vincent Astor, the Delaware & Hud- son directors announced, has been elected a member of the board of man- ager and directors of the Delaware & Hudson Railroad tion to fill the vacancy caused by of E. H. Outerbridge. Campbeil, I1l, Sails for U. S. and motored for New York on REVOLUTION SEEN ~ BYE Country, 0’Neal Tells Sen- ate Committee. | By the Associated Press. Warning of revolution in the farm | 1t unless Congress enacts aid for ag- | el riculture was served on the Senate Ag- | ricuture Committee today by heads of two big farm organizations, as hear- ings opened on the domestic allotment price-boosting measure. | Meanwhile a huge program of farm credit legislation including & billion dollar - Federal corporation to lend | money to farmers on second mortgages | was introduced by Senator Robinson, | Democrat. of Arkansas, party leader. Other features of the legislation ad- vocated by organized agriculture and | presented by the D:mocratic leader are designed to strengthen the Federal Land Banks so they can take over pri- vately-held mortgages, grant extensions and lower the interest rates. “Unless something is done for the American farmer, we will have revolu- tion in the countryside in less than 12 months,” Edward A. O'Neal, president of the American Parm Bureau Federa- tion, told the committee. “The biggest and finest crop of revo- lutions you ever saw is sprouting all | | over this country right now,” said John A. Simpson, president of the Farmers' Union. Sees Court Revelution. In a trip through the West, from | which he has just returned, Simpson said, he had seen * | the courts.” O'Neal indorsed the allotment bill passed by the House, although con- ceding it might be “simplified,” and saying he could see no reason for the lcx‘l’fl\;lnn of peanuts llon‘:e with wheat, . tobacco, hogs, rice an = ol it same time, O'Neal said he thought the bill might be applied to “all major agricultural products.” | _ He minimized objections that have | been raised to the acreage control | provisions, saying the farmer can be trusted to tell the truth in his am- davit, and hence no huge force would be necessary to check up on the re- ductions. Simpson urged two amendments. One would make cost of production the basis “revolutions against ¢ | for fixing the price the farmer would receive for his share of domestic con- sumption, rather than the pre-war lewel. Would License Buyer. His other proposed change was to abandon attempts to ‘“regulate the farmer” and instead to license the cost of production. This first _hearing on the much-dis- cusced bill lasted little more than an hour. It had been planned to head a representative of the National Grange, but Louis J. Taber, its head, was unable to be present. He is expected to be heard tomorrow, after which producers, processors and manufacturers are ex- pected to testify. HUGE WOMAN BURIED FRANKLIN, Ind., January 25 (#).— Private funeral services were held today for Mrs. Graham Smith, 40, who at the time of her death weighed 608 pourds. A special casket was built for body and a portion of a wall of her home was removed so the casket could be brought into the house. ARM GROLRS buyer, requiring him to pay at least the | cent. her| Originally the companies pr« D.C. WILL BORROW 10 HELP JOBLESS; AID BILL RUSHED Private Sources to Provide Funds Until Congress Can Act. APPEAL 1S PREPARED AFTER HOOVER’S VETO Legislators Hope to Modify Defi- ciency Measure With Vital Funds to Meet Objections. The District Commissioners, at a spe- clal board meeting today, decided to borrow money from private sources to continue providing relief for unem- ployed and destitute persons in Wash- ington. The work relief program will not be curtailed. The pay roll of approximately $23,000 will be met Saturday by borrowing from private funds. Meanwhile, the Commissioners went before Congress to urge speedy enact- ment of some measure to furnish $625,- 000 for relief needs for the first six months of 1933. Today’s action was made necessary by President Hoover's veto late yester- day of the first deficiency bill, which carried among its items the $625,000 for District unemployment relief. The President’s veto, which was quick- ly sustained by the House, was not based on the rellef appropriation, and in his veto message Mr. Hoover stated that his action was taken with regret, as the relief item was urgently needed. The veto was based on a section of the $31,000,000 bill providing for legis- lative determination of tax refunds. The veto, however, killed the whole measure. Fears Starvation. « “We cannot let these people starve,” said Dr. Luther H. Reichelderfer, presi- dent of the board, after the meeting today. “We are going to Congress to impress upon them the urgency of the situation, and to ask them to meet it. We will not urge them to adopt any special method, but will leave the choize to them.” Later Dr. Reichelderfer and Gen. Herbert Crosby, accompanied by District Auditor Daniel J. Donovan, conferred with Chairman Byrns cf the House Appropriations Committee and Chair- man Hale of the Senate Apnoghm Committee, impressing upon them the urgency for making ilable the Dis- trict relief fund. These conferences were said to be satisfactory. ‘The $350,000 appropriation for une employment relief carried in the regu- lar appropriation act for the current fiscal year is completely exhausted, as is a donation of $100,000 from the Community Chest for the same purpose. There are 3,352 persons now at work on projects under the supervision of the Committee on Employment, who will receive the $23,000 in next Satur- day’s payroll. Approximately 6,500 “cases” are on the rolls of the emerg- ency relief administration, being sup- ported in part through the issuanee of work cards and in part through direct aid in the form of orders for fuel, groceries and the like. Since both houses agreed on the relief appropriation item, and the Presi- dent expressed the hope taat the bill could b. speedily amended, the Com- missioners feel reasonably certain that the appropriation will be made i a short time. McKellar Plans Action. Some of the members of the Senate and House Appropriations Committees, including Senator McKellar of Ten- nessee, conferred informally during the day in an effort to expedite re-enact- ment of the deficiency bill. It was McKellar's amendment regarding _the review of tax refunds by a Joint Con- mt:noml Committee which led to the el Senator McKellar indicated today an effort would be made to work out a provision on this subject that would meet the objections raised against the original amendment and at the same time provide for a review of tax re- funds. _ Senator Bingham, _Republican, of (Continued on Page 3, Column 4) COMPROMISE SCORNED British Rail Employes Refuse Plan for Smaller Cuts. LONDON, January 25 (#).—Employes of the major railroads of England today announced that they would not accept wage reductions recommended by Sir Harold Morris. chairman of the Na- tional Wages Board. The recommendation of Sir Harold Morris, chairman of the Wages Board, was that wages be reduced 41-6 per - cut of 10 per cent, with a provision that that minimum wage would not go below 38 shillings a week. By the Associated Press. A mere matter of four days back in 1912 has entangled eight Army officers War Department has asked Congress technical knots. ‘The eight men, then first-year cadets, 1912. Mot of thelr fellow classmen already had entered the academy, but these eight had been in training else- where and were acting under orders. Since the |2t the - FOUR DAYS IN 1912 INVOLVE EIGHT ARMY OFFICERS IN RED TAPE MAZE War Department Asks Congress to Free Group From Technical Knots by Special Act. in such a mesh of red tape that the | fd M9 O to pass a bill to slash the tightly-tied | money they had reported to West Point on August 28, |the Controller of the 1916 class. The officers are % F. . Cabell, St e Victor W. B, Wales, - ¢ F 1," g, e - '