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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) In cloudiness, followed by rain or snow late tonight or tomorrow; warmer “From Press 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. o - tonight, minimum temperature 32 degrees; colder tomorrow. Temperatures—Highest, 31, at 12:00 noon today; lowest, 15, at 6:00 a.m. today. Full report on page 9. b ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Fhening Star. Saturday’s Circulation, 116,639 Sunday’s Circulation, 128,981 Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 g RO S8 tty No. 32,423, Bottretias emningion. . C. WASHINGTON, D. €, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1933—TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. s Associated Press. TWO CENTS. REPORTWILL ADVISE LEAGUE MEMBERS NOT T0 CO-OPERATE WITH MANCHUKUO U. S. and Russia Also Will Be Asked to Join in Dec- laration Against Recogni- tion. 4,000 CHINESE ARE SAID TO HAVE ENDED LIVES| Ccmamitted Suicide Rather Than Fall Captives to Reds in Kiang-! to Newspaper Stories—Big Japanese Concen- trations on Jehol Border Continue. si, According By the Associated Press. GENEVA, Switzerland, February 6.—The League of Nations Com- mittee of Nineteen, which has been seeking a solution to the Manchurian dispute, has agreed | that the recommendations it is| preparing should be based upon a | declaration against recognition of | the state of Manchukuo, and upon other principles proposed in the report of the Lytton ‘ommls— sion. The work of drafting these rec- ommendations has been turned over to the same subcommittee of nine which drew up other parts of the report. Its members seemed inclined to proceed with the formulation of a firm policy. | It was egreed the report should rec- ommend that no member of the League should recognize Manchukuo and that moreover League members should re- {rain from any co-operation with that state. The subcommittee meets to- morrow and it was considered possible the draft report would be completed soon for submissicn to the Committee of Nineteen, and then to the League Assembly. Sanctions Provisions Out. ‘The parent committee is understood to hold the view the provisions for sanctions against an offending member in the League Covenant has no func- tional connection with the article of mletmeonmtuundgr w&ifl:h the com- mitt now cperating—an article which provides for the preparation of a report and recommendations in dis- putcs where efforts at concilation have Iailed. On the basis of this conten- tion, it was said, the sanctions clause would not be brought into action un- l2ss specifically invoked. The committee decided also to cir- culate recommendations to the United States and Russia with a view to gain- ing the support of those non-member countries. The recommendations, in effect, would be requests that Russia and America join in the declaration against recognition of Manchukuo. Favors Refusal of Financial Aid. Rene Massigli, the French member, emphasized that non-recognition should e both de jure and de facto, explain- ing that by de facto he meant re- fusal to give financial assistance to Manchukuo Another principle the committee ap- proved was that whichever party to the dispute declines to accept the re- port and participate in the negotiations shall be regarded as having rejected the League's verdict. The committee contemplates that after the assembly adopts the report it will constitute a small committee to supervise its execution. TROOPS MASS AT BORDER. Big Japanese Concentrations Continue at Strategic Points in Jehol. CHANGCHUN, Manchuria, February 6 () —Big Japanese concentrations at all strategi points along the eastern border of the Chinese administered ter- ritory of Jehol continued today. It was impossible to conceal the activities al- though orders were being kept secret. The Japanese military leaders were | confident the Chinese forces massing for defense of the province will retreat rapidly after the first heavy blow. While movements were speeded up, the authorities insisted the drive to bring Jehol under domination of the Man- chukuo government would not start until late February or early March, Tang-Yu-Lin, who was Installed as governor of Jehol in 1928 under a spe- cial administration subject to Marshal Chang Hsiao-Laing, North China mili- tary ruler, appears definitely committed to follow his old leader. Japanese ef- forts to persuade the Chinese to sur- | render the province apparently have | failed. It was said these efforts were | continuing, htwever. The Japanese are convinced Marshal Chang is directing Chinese concentra- tions in the province. The Japanese hzve turned the Mukden-Shanhaikwan | Railway, peralleling the Eastern Jehol border, over to military purposes ex- clusively, SUICIDE OF 4,000 REPORTED Chinese Farmers Said to Have Feared Capture by Reds. SHANGHAI, China, February 6 (®).| —An apparently extravagant story of how 4,000 Chinese farmers committed suicide rather than fall captive to Communists_in the southern interior ince of Kiangsi constituted today's ation in the Chinese newspapers The papers declared the tragedy oc curred in a village near Ningtu, south- cast Kiangsi, in the heart of the Chi- nese Soviet district. The ReCs were reported to have besieged the villagers for many months. When it appeared the former would soon gain entrance the farmers were said to have ended their lives. ‘The women and children, the stories said, had been sent to safety before the siege started. The farmers' food stores were reported replenished by air- planes which flew over the village, dropping food and salt. ‘When the Reds came into the town they found “nothing but 4,000 corpses.” said one account. The Communists were said to have blocked the farmers' water supply, writing their doom. The defeated forces were said to have taken their lives because they feared they would be subjected to tortures at the hands af the Reds. Radio Programs on Page A-16 | was afire. Litvinoff Defines Aggressor Nation .As Any Invader Similarity to Japanese| ~ | Policy Startles Arms Parley. By the Associated Press. | GENEVA, February 6.—Maxim Lit- | vinofi, representing Soviet Russia at | the World Disarmament Conference, today gave the ccnference a definition of an eggressor nation which caused a sensation in the meeting. Penalties provided for an aggressor nation, said he, should be applied against any state which attacks or in- vades with armed forces the territory of another State upon any pretext what- ever This detailed definition of an ag- gressor so closely paralleled many fea- tures of Japan’s policy in Manchuria (Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) lumn 3) | WARSHI IS SAFE, MUTINEERS RADID Surrender Promised, All Well, | No Violence Intended, Message Says. By the Assoclated Press. BATAVIA, Java, February 6.—Muti- nous native seamen who overpowered their officers and put to sea in the Dutch cruiser De Zeven Provincien early yes- terday sent out a wirelsss message to- day announcing they were heading for Sourabaya, Java, where the vessel would be delivered to naval authorities. “We, the ship’s hands,” the message said, “intend to steam to Sourabaya. We do not intend violence, but will de- liver the ship officially into the hands of the commander the day before we reach Sourabaya. Our object is to protest against an unjust wage.cut and against the arrest of those who protested last week. No one on board has been hurt. On_the contrary, all are wel Nine Dutch officers and several petty officers were prisoners aboard the vessel. Her position was not known, but the entire Dutch East Indies fleet was searching for her. Aboard the govern- ment steamer Aldebaran was the mas- ter of the mutinous cruiser. Should there be an engagement, the cruiser could blow the Aldebaran out of the water, but it was assumed from the wireless message that the mutineers in- tended to ‘2llow the Aldebaran to come alongside and to turn over the cruiser to its captfin. SANDINO FOLLOWERS .ACCEPT PEACE TERMS Nicaraguan Liberal Leader to Go| to Place of Disarming To- morrow, Aide Says. By the Associated Press. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, February 6. —The followers of Augusto Sandino have agreed to comply with a peace settlement the leader reached last week with President' Juan Bautista Sacasa | and other government officials, said a statement issued today by a member of & commission Sandino empowered to carry on preliminary negotiations. The statement issued by Dr. Pedro Jose Zepeda, said that after leaving | Managua upon the completion of the | conference last week Sandino went to his headquarters at Embocadero, in the mountains, and there told his forces of the agreement he had reached. His officers and soldiers then unanimously accepted the agreement. Dr. Zepeda said, Sandino, recovering from an attack of grippe, will go to- morrow to San Rafael Del Norte, where the troops will begin laying down their arms, In preparation for this action, Sofonias Salvatierre, minister of agri- | culture, will leave Managua tomorrow for San Rafael Del Norte by plane. Sandino delegated Dr. Zepeda to issue the following statement to Latin America: “Uppn the successful termina- tion of peacd negotiations, I send a cordial message of good will and ap- preciation to all Latin American coun- tries and to those which have morally | supported our cause in the past years, especially Mexico and Argentina.” | In preparation for the laying down of arms, the government is purchasing | farming implements and supplies for the Sandino troops. BOILER BLAST KILLS 8 100 Hurt in Paris Accident. Others Believed Trapped. PARIS, Febr..ry 6 () —Eight per- sons were killed and about 100 injured, some of them fatally, when a boiler ex- ploded today in the power house of the Renault Automobile Works at Billan- court, cn the edge of Paris. It was feared there were other victims trapped | in the ruins of the power house, which | VON PAPEN NAMED PRUSSIAN HEAD AS DIET 15 DISSOLVED Hindenburg Ousts Braun and Severing for Derelic- tion of Duty. MONARCHY RESTORATION AGAIN FINDS SUPPORT Rigorous Press Censorship, Includ- ing Foreign Publications, Is Es- tablished to Subdue Uprisings. BERLIN. Fcbruary 6 (#).—The Prussian Diet was Cissolved today by vote of the new “triumvirate,” consisting of Vice Chancellor von Papen, Hans Kerrl, president of the Diet, and Conrad Adenauer, presi- dent of the Prussian State Council. By the Assoclated Press. BERLIN, February 6.—Claiming that the Supreme Court’s verdict of October 25, 1932, charged him with establish- ing order in Prussia, President Paul von Hindenburg swept into the discard today the remnants of the Braun- Severing Prussian government, trans- ferring the powers of the two chiel officials to Vice Chancellor Franz von Papen. The vice chancellor, as commissioner for Prussia, will take Premier Otto Braun's place in the triumvirate ruling the Prussian Diet and together with Hans Kerrl, National Socialist presi- dent of the Diet, vote dissolution of that parliamentary body. Opposed Dissolution. Conrad Audenauer, president of the Prussian States Council and third mem- ber of the triumvirate, and Premier Braun had voted against dissolution, which was favored by the Nazi Herr Kerrl. The vice chancellor will meet with Herren Kerrl and Audenauer late today to take action. President von Hindenburg's decree stated that “through the attitude of the Prussian state toward the verdict of the Supreme Court on October .25, 1932, confusion resulted, endangering the state’s life.” Restoration of the Hohenzollern mon- archy was urged today by Friedrich von Winterfeld, vice president of the Prus- sian Diet, at a mecting of a Nationalist Party group. Taking issue with the point of view that the President of the republic should have greater authority, he de- clared: “A President dies, but the King lives forever. Therefore, the aim of the German Nationalists is establishment of a Pruullnh -German Hohenzollern mon- archy.” Af another. political meeting today Theodore Duesterberg, presidential can- didate in the last election, addressing 5,000 members of the Steel Helmets, demanded a law barring foreigners from employment in Germany and imposing the penalty of death “upon all traitors.” Censorship Imposed. A rigorous system of censorship, ex- tending for the first time even to news- papers and periodicals reaching Ger- many from other countries, became ef- fective today under a decree signed by President Hindenburg. In the future, even foreign publica- tions must conform to the Hitler gov- ernment’s press standards if they de- sire to circulate here. Furthermore, the Republican Reichs- banner, the forces which ardently cam- paigned for President von Hindenburg's | " (Continued on Page 2, Column 7. DECISION POSTPONED ON LEAS’ EXTRADITION | Tennessee Governor to Settle Fate of Convicted Publisher and Son Tomorrow. By the Associated Press. NASHVILLE, Tenn., February 6.— Gov. Hill McAlister today postponed until 3 p.m. tomorrow his decision on the request of North Carolina for the extradition of Col. Luke Lea and Luke Lea, jr. The Governor said he was deferring action at the request of North Carolina representatives who had written him a letter stating that “there is another aspect of the proceedings that we then desire to call to your attention.” ‘The Leas were tonvicted at Asheville, N. C, in the Summer of 1931 on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the now defunt Central Bank and Trust Co. of that city of more than $1,000,- 000. Col. Lea, Nashville newspaper publisher and former United States Senator, was sentenced to serve from six to ten years. His son was given the alternative of paying $25000 in fines and costs or serving two to six years. ST S Y TU. S. Shriners at Shanghai. SHANGHAI, February 6 (#).—Shrin- ers from Takoma, Wash., who are tour- ing the Far East, returned from Manila t Shanghai today. They remain here three days, and then proceed to Tien- tsin and Peiping. Stimson Signs Proclamation By the Assoclated Press. A simple formality at the State De- partment put the lame duck amend- ment officially into the Constitution today after a long and wearisome jour- ney through Congress and the State Legislatures. With a group of State Department officials and two other witnesses pres- ent, Secretary Stimson signed the proclamation announcing to the Nation that a sufficient number of Legislatures | had approved the measure to make it effective. Under the amendment, the first regu- lar session of the next Congress will open on January 3, as will each session thereafter, and the 1937 iguration will be on January 20 instead of March 4. shortening the time between Novem- ber elections and the opening of the terms of members of Congress and the Chief Executive. LAME DUCK AMENDMENT PLACED OFFICIALLY IN CONSTITUTION at Close of Long Journey Through Legislatures. the amendment in Congress, was un- able to attend the ceremony-.at the State Department. Besides State De- partment employes, present were Miss Belle Sherwin, presi- dent of the National League of Amer- ican Voters, and Clarence Martin, {‘epresemlng the American Bar Associa- on The Secretary had recelved official notification of the approval of the amendment by 39 States. In addition to those, however, six others have acted, leaving only Florida, Maryland and Vermont, which thus far have not approved it. The certificate proclaiming the amendment contained a copy of the joint resclution proposing the amend- ment, the names of the 39 States which had notified the department of rati- fication, and a statement that these States constituted more than the re- quisite three-fourths. It added that the Secretary of State dou"‘hereby certify that the amend- men Senator Norris of Nebraska, the Re- publican independent who sponsored and as a part of the purposes Consti- tution of the United States.” the only persons | 1 ELEGTRIC RATES WILL BE REDUGED HERE FEBRUARY 2 Cut of $562,000 Per Year Agreed Upon at Confer- ence of Attorneys. COMPANY WILL DROP ITS PENDING APPEAL Utilities Commission Agrees to Modify Rates Allowed in Jus- tice Luhring’s Decision. Electric light and power rates in Washington will be reduced February | 20. The reductions are designe to save consumers $562,000 in electric bills per annum, This result was reached today, when the Public Utilities Commission and the Potomac Electric Power Co. com- posed the differences which previously had led to litigation between the two. ‘The litigation was designed to test the power of the commission, without consent of the company, to set aside a decree of the District Supreme Court, under which electric rates previously had been governed and to substitute a new method of its own. Company Drops Appeal. ‘This question was settled in favor of the commission by Justice Oscar Luh- ring last July, and the company ap- pealed. " In the agreement today the company relinquishes its appeal and admits the power of the commission to deal with rates, whether or not a court decree exists. In exchange for this the commis- sion modifies the scale allowed in Jus- tice Luhring's opinion. Had the rates been fixed for the next year, under the old consent decree method, the reduction possible would have been $382,000. Under the method | T o | ment supply bill for the next fiscal year duction would have been $647.000. So that the cut of $562,000 agreed by comprcmise today comes somewhere between the two methods. Ask Court Ruling. Lawyers for both parties were put- | geed, ting the final touches on papers to be filed in the Court of Appeals this aft- ernoon, which will inform the court the parties now are in accord and ask it to send the case back to the District Supreme Court, where it will be settled by agreement. The company is en- titled to 10 days’ notice of m§ cbu*: In rates schedules, but waived its righ to notice. The 10 days between today and the day of the public hearing are those required by law in favor of the public. At the public hearing. it will be de- cided what distribution is to be made of the $562,000 cut among the various residential, commercial and industrial schedules. ‘The slicing scale set up by agreement today allows the company to earn 7 per cent on an agreed valuation. Where the return in any one year is more than 7 per cent and not more than 8Y, per cent, 50 per cent of the excess shall be used for rate reductions in the following year; where the return earned is between 814 and 9 per cent, 60 per cent of the excess over 8, per cent shall be used for the reduction of rates; and, finally, if the amount earned is in excess of 9 per cent, & further additional amount of 75 per cent of the excess above 9 per cent shall be used for reduction in rates. Seven Per Cent Assured. The decree also provides that if the rate for any two consecutive years falls below 63; per cent, or if it falls below 6'. per cent for any one 12-month period, the company shall be entitled to a prompt increase in rates, so as to assure it a return of 7 per cent. Present at the conference at which the agreement was finally reached ‘were members_of the commission, Peoples Counsel Richmond B. Keech, Assistant Corporation Counsel William A. Roberts and President William F. Ham, Vice President S. Russell Bowen and Con- troller A. G. Neal of the power com- pany. CONEY ISLAND SWEPT BY $100,000 BLAZE Several Amusement Places Burn. Southwest Gale Hampers Fire Fighters. By the Associated Press, NEW YORK, February 6 —Fire, per- sistent plague of Coney Island, struck again today at the seashore resort, rid- ing along the boardwalk on a biting southwest gale and destroying several amusement places. Twp hours before dawn and with thermometers registering 12 above zero, fire spurted from the wooden and papler mache “tunnel of love” in that sec- tion of the amusement place known as “the Bowery.” The gale swept the fire through the Ferris wheel, the kiddy park, the cater- pillar ride, the motordrome and two wooden concessions. Large bath houses were in the path of the fire, when suddenly the wind swung sharply to the north. The shift saved the bath houses and the portion of the boardwalk near them. A great part of the Brooklyn fire ap- paratus was called out. An accurate estimate of the damage was not imme- diately obtainable. A police officer placed the estimate at $100,000. The cause of the fire was sought in an investigation started as soon as the fire was brought under control. No one was known to have been in the amuse- ment place. WON'T CHALLENGE W00D Sir Malcolm Campbell Not to Seek Harmsworth Cup. DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., February 6 (@) —Sir Malcolm Campbell stated emphatically here today that he would not compete for the Harmsworth Trophy at Detroit later in the year. He said he had never given a thought to challenging Gar Wood, American speed boat record holder. “I don't say I never will try for the Harmsworth Trophy, for this comes within the realm of speed, my hobby,” the British driver not race this year, SH!/ STopP KICKING ADE OF WOODROW WILS N NN DR Y RN LRI RURRIRBRRT W\ ON'! S350516.351 ASKED IN ARMY MEASURE Senate Committee Increases House Estimates for Supply Bill. The Senate Appropriations Commit- tee today reported out the War Depart- with amendments raising the total to $350,516,351, a net increase of $1,660,630 over the amount allowed by the House. The bill was reported by Sehator Republican, of Pennsylvania, head of the War Department Subcom- mittee, Although the Senate Committee al- lowed more money for this department than the House, the bill still is $2,- 013,794 under the estimates. ‘The largest increase X s Sha 61 Quartermaster Corps, where $1,358, was added for supplies, clothing and equipment, Army transportation, horses and draft animals. The medical de- partment allotment was increased $175,- 495, and small sums added to several other bureaus. The only decrease made by the Sen- ate committee was the elimination of $25,000 for ordnance equipment for rifle ranges for civilian instruction under the National Board for Promo- tion of Rifle Practice. The committee recommended the striking out of a House provision under the item for the Army War College which would have prevented transfer of appropriations from one activity to another within the department for the purpose of making a larger amount evailable for personal services, or to increase the limitation on any appro- priation. ‘The committee also recom- mended striking out other House pro- visos, which dealt with restrictions in the pay of retired cfficers, 'IRISH WHITE ARMY MAY HURT DE VALERA Intensive Recruiting €ampaign Is Under Way by Opponents of Republican Forces. By the Associateq Press. DUBLIN, February 6.—Striking de- velopments'in connection with Ireland’s White Army, which is opposed to the Irish Republican Armay, may provide President Eamon de Valera with a thorny problem. An intensive recruiting campaign is now in progress and everything is be- ing done to put the White Army on a military footing. Con Brosnan, organizer for County Kerry, said: “I hold the rank of general and in- tend to enroll 4,000 men in Kerry. I have already formed six companies with a total strength of 450. “We are prepared to hand in” every gun we have if the Irish Republican Army will do the same. If the Irish Republican Army is allowed to carry arms and the White Army is pro- claimed illegal, then we are prepared to put up with whatever is coming to There is no antagonism between the two armies at the moment, he said. REJECTS IMF;EACHMENT OF JUDGE LOUDERBACK House Judiciary Committee Votes, However, to Censure Conduct of Californian. By the Assoclated Press, ‘The House Judiciary Committee today voted 10-to-5 against filing impeach- ment proceedings against Federal Judge | ‘Harold Louderback, but by the same ballot agreed to file in the House a censure of the conduct of the California Jurist. Representative La Guardia, Repub- lican, of New York, who sponsored the resolution for an investigation, an- nounced immediately he would file a minority report recommending impeach- ment. ‘The majority of the committee, how- ever, agreed to submit a resolution stating the evidence “does not warrant impeachment proceedings.” Accompanying this resolution will be a majority report which will state the committee did not approve of Judge Louderback’s handling of certain cascs. e a PEACE EFFORTS ENDED BOGOTA, Colombia, February 6 (#). It was reported in well informed cir- become valid to all intentslsaid, “but so far I never so much as'ment over Leticia, uj thought of doing it. I positively will which Ilhg in dispute cles today that Brazil had abandoned efforts to bring about a peace settle- Detween Peru and Secret Air Field For Liquor Planes Found in Florida | | By the Associated Press. ‘WEST PALM BEACH, February 6.—Discovery of a secret airport hidden in almost inaccessible woods several miles west of Stuart, from which sacks of liquor were transported by an overhead cable arrangement across a canal to & roadway, was revealed today by customs agents. The officers sald they arrested Ansel Pond and a man named Bridges and seized 40 sacks of whisky discovered on the field. They said a man standing guard | with a sawed-off shotgun gave a | | warning of their approach, which | enabled the pilot of an airplane i unloading & liquor cargo to | | escape with his ship. | The officers said the airport | | could not be reached by any vehicle and its existence could | | hardly have been discovered ex- | cept from the air. The two de- fendants were released on bonds of $750 each. NATION'S LEADERS HONOR COOLIDGE President Hoover and Others Attend Services in . House Chamber, By the Associated Press. Tribute to the memory of Calvin Coolidge was paid today by the Nation’s highest officials in a ceremony as simple as_the life led by the former President. Held in_the spacious chamber of the House of Representatives, the memorial service consisted of an eulogy by Arthur P Rugg, chief justice of the Massa- chusetts Supreme Court; two hymns, an invocation and a benediction. Led by President Hoover, who served in the Coolidge cabinet and succeeded him as Chief Executive, the procession of officials that wound slowly into the chamber included Vice President Cur- tls, members of the Supreme Court and the diplomatic corps. Members of the Senate, over which Mr. Coolidge presided as Vice President before the death of President Harding elevated him to the higher post, sus- pended proceedings and marched in a body to the House. Curtis Opens Services. After an opening prayer, Vice Presi- dent Curtis announced the memorial session had been called “to pay tribute to a great-man and a popular Presi- dent—a man who was loved and is mourned by all the people—Calvin Coolidge.” Chief Justice Rugg. who gradu- ated from Mr. Coolidge's college—Am- herst— and was a close personal friend, (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) ACCUSED OF PASSING COUNTERFEIT $10 BILLS Charged with passing counterfeit $10 Federal Reserve notes, Theodore Roose- velt Grant, alias John Bull, colored, 33, of the 300 block of R street was ar- raigned today before United States Commissioner Needham C. Turnage. . Grant was arrested Saturday night and held by police until this morning when Secret Service agents took him to the Treasury Department for ques- tioning. Shortly after noon he was taken to the commissioner's office where he was charged with violating section 151 of the criminal code, relat- ing to counterfeiting. BEARD RECEIVES TERM OF 18 MONTHS Washington Bookmaker Also Fined $12,500 and Costs as Tax Evader. Speclal Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., February 6— Fines aggregating $12,500 and costs, and a sentence of 18 months in a Federal penitentiary were imposed on Samuel R. Beard, Washington book- maker, by Judge W. Calvin Chesnut in Federal Court here today, following his conviction several weeks ago on charges of evasion of income iax payments for the years 1924 to 1928, and filing of in- adequate returns for the year 1930, ‘With Beard, as he appeared before the court for sentence, were his at- torneys, Willam Curran and Morton P, Pisher. Simon E. Soboloff, United States district attorney, and his as- sistants, Cornelius Mundy and Charles G. Page, who conducted rd’s prose- cution, also heard the sentence pro- nounced. Beard’s attorneys said they would not ask for » new trial. Judge Chesnut made a brief state- ment prior to passing the sentence, in which he pointed out that the “object of criminal punishment is not always merely to punish the individual; it is also to inform other people, and the public,” that such offenses are pun- ished, and thus act as a deterrent. “It is quite a problem to know what is the proper sentence to give you,” the judge said. ‘“There are several factors in the matter that I have tried to appraise. Of course, the funda- mental thing is that it is the obliga- tion of every man to contribute to the support of his Government. And that obligation you neglected and dis- regarded, not only for one year, but for five separate years. I bear in mind, however, that you probably did have some idea you were not obliged to file any returns. I take into consideration also in the case the fact that since this case has been on trial, and quite re- cently, I understand you have expressed a willingness to pay to the Government the whole of the back taxes as com- puted by them, and carrying a penalty of 50 per cent, which makes an antici- pated gross payment to them of some- thing like $108,000, which, of course, is a large sum. I take into considera- tion also the fact that your counsel did not file a motion for new trial' in his case, and have announced that they intended to take no appeal, and that you are regretfully acquiescent in the conclusion in the case.” Beard heard the sentence calmly, and quietly left the court room after its pronouncement. ARSON HELD TO BLAME IN FRENCH SHIP TRAGEDY Committee Report on Fire Costing Several Lives Calls for Pros- ecution, Says Paper. 3 By the Associated Press. PARIS, February 6.—The newspaper Le Nation said today that arson seems to be the only explanation for the burning of the steamer 1'Atlantique, which was destroyed by fire in the English Channel on January 4 with the loss of a number of lives. The report of the Investigating Com- mittee has been turned over to the public prosecutor of Bordeaux, with a view to criminal inquiry, the newspaper said. Capt. Schoofs of the 1'Atlantique tald Le Matin that the findings did not surprise him for he had noticed several strange circumstances in connection with the disaster. By the Ascociated Press. Pranklin D. Roosevelt and John N. Garner will be formally elected Presi- dent and Vice President day after to- morrow. ‘The event will take place in the chamber of the House of Representa- tives after the Senate in a body solemnly proceeds thither for joint ses- sion. ‘Two mahogany boxes will carry “cer- tificates of election,” sealed and sent in to Vice President Curtis by the elec- tors of each of the 48 States. One box will be Roosevelt votes and one will be Garner votes, and Garner will be sitting in the Speaker’s chair to hear each tally as told by the tell- ers. mwmmu FORMAL ELECTION OF ROOSEVELT AND GARNER WILL BE HELD HERE Electors’ Certificates to Be Counted at Joint Séssion Day After Tomorrow. the men who, picked in the November elections, cast these votes which in legal form do the real electing, never has met as a whole, but this year it has been invited to Washington for the first time—to attend the inauguration, March 4. The country would be stirred today over who was to be declared President ! and Vice President if developments un- foreseen by the Constitution makers had not cropped up. The first upsetting element was the | party system which made elections a two-man issue #nd bound the electors to vote for their party's choice. And the second was the swift dissemination of news through which every nook and corner of the land knew who won election night in November, "\ CHARGES OF GLASS AND NYE ON BRIBE CITED BY BARRY IN DEFENSEOF ARTICLE Declares Statement in Maga- zine Was Less Specific, but He Reiterates His Belief That Votes Have Been Sold. PREPARED TESTIMONY READ TO COMMITTEE Teaching of Senate Corruption in School Here Is Charged and Professor May Be Called—Officer of Senate Repeats His Intention to Save Body's Integrity. By the Associated Press, David S. Barry, veteran Senate sergeant at arms, cited state- ments of members of Congress themselves to the Senate Judici- ary Committee today in .support of his assertion in a magazine article that some Senators and Representatives take bribes. The committee postponed ac- tion on his case, but will continue working on it tomorrow. Appearing voluntarily, the 73- year-old suspended officer, calmly read to the committee a prepared statement citing several sugges- tions of bribery, including one by Senator Glass, Democrat, of Vir- ginia, in the Senate last Spring that bankers “hired some Con- gressmen to oppose banking leg- islation.” Holding a derby and cane in his right hand as he sat facing his inquisitors, Barry insisted the purpose of his article was to “proclaim the integrity of Con- gress as a whole,” but asserted it was “a falr inference that there are some men subject at least to influence.” Reiterates Belief in Sale, 'Through a running cross-examination by committeemen he reiterated his be- lief that some members of Congress sell “Do you believe there are any Sena- tors or Representatives who have or do sell their votes?” Senator Schuyler, Republican, of Colorado. “I'm bound to believe so when I read the statements of Senators Nye and Glass,” Barry said. “Aside from that, have you any knowledge of any Senator or Repre- sentative who has sold his vote?” “I have not.” The committee ordered him to return tomorrow morning with an original copy of his article and correspondence re- lating to it with the mggazine, the New Outlook. He also was asked to submit the name of a local college student, who he said told him his professor taught that members of Congress were crooked. The committee agreed to call the professor tomorrow if he could be located. Members of the committee indicated they would follow up the charge made by Barry. The veteran employe was suspended Friday after a public trial in the Senate. Magazine Also Involved. Involved also in the consideration given the case by the committee was whether it should point its investiga- tion toward the New Outlook, the magazine which published the article written by Barry. The magazine is edited by Alfred E. Smith. A resolution before the committee called for certification of the article to Federal authorities for possible libel proceedings. Barry testified a fair reading of the text of his article would have shown his purpose was to “proclaim the in- tegrity of the Congress as a whole.” Testifying in a calm voice as he sat near the middle of the long committee table surrounded by Senators and spec- tators, he contended he had said far less in his article than Glass and others had publiely said. “Within the past few days,” he as- serted, “a Senator has sald in the Senate that a certain measure would be enacted because ‘the interests’ were behind it and it is a matter of frequent comment that the halls of Congress are filled with groups of lobbyists and the lobbyist for special interests has always had a_ sinister name.” Barry said he would “unhesitatingly tender” an apology if his article was interpreted as “an attack on the integ- rity of the Senate.” If he were guilty of an attack on the integrity of the Senate, Barry said, he would resign. Text of Statement. 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