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r A—2 wx» BORAH JOINS FIGHT ONLUMP PAYMENT Idaho Senator Insists That Currency Adjustment Must Be Included. GEN. SUZUKI PICTURED BEF! (Continued Prom First Page.) purposes collection of reparations was acknowledged to be impractical. | This international report was made public here through the Chamber of Commerce of the United States for the | American section of the international | chamber, with which it is closely 1denti- fled. | Of the 10 who signed the report,| only 1 represenied the United States. He was Dr. Leo Pasvolsky of the Brook- ings Institution of this city. France| and Germenw had two men each on | the commiitec. Great Britain, Belgium, | Ttaly, The Netherlands and Switzeriand, | each was represented. This report made ro mention what- | ever of the Roosevelt administration | debt conferences slated for early Spring, Its discussion was entirely of the world economic _conference. It did not men- | tion figures cn war debt scttlements, | either, nor the means of securing the cash, This engle d:d not figure in the firs® congressional reactions either, although | it eppeared plain that since France alone cutside of the United States pos- sesses any substantial stor of gold, the Jump sum to be pzid the United States would almost certainly have to be forked out by America}n buyers of Eu- Topean bonds floated here. Rince Congresstem the not distant past has been thoroughly wrought up about foreign bond flotations in _this country, there was every prospect of & new outburst of criticiem if the idea | of reising the funds in this country were pushed into the open $339,000,000 SUM PROPOSED. | British Commoner Suggests Lflflp‘ Poyment as Cabinet Convenes. | B the Assoclated Press. “LONDON, February 8.—Payment of £100,000,000. currently about $339,000,000, | in = lump sum to the United States as, fall and final settlement of Great Britain’s war debt was proposed in the House of Commons today by Geoffrey Mander, a Liberal. | A representative of Neville Chamber- | 1ain, chancellor of the exchequer, said| in the chancellor's absence that Mr.| Chamberlain was aware of various sug- gestions of that nature, but that he would express no-opinion upon them | pending the debts negotiations at Wash- | ington next menth, Great Britain’s debts to America now | stand at appraximately $4,499,520,000. ‘The payment proposed by Mr. Mander, therefore, would affect final settlement on & basis of something less than 10 per cent, approximately the scale on which the Lausanne Conference;settled the German reparations. Cabinet Sessions Begun. The first: of three cabinet séssions | which wili give- final approval in about a week to the British policy for negotia- tlons with President-elect Roosevelt and formal debt talks after his inauguration began today at Premier MacDonald’s Tesidence. ‘Ambassador Sir Ronald Lindsay will Jeswe.London for Washington in about a week. Final approval of the British program - was planned before his de- parture. “That England was considering present- ing a plan for a single payment in behalf of Italy, France and the smaller debtors was disclosed in informed quar- ters. (President-elect Roosevelt's in- tention has been to deal with each debtor nll"cn se;ann‘uelyl.) ks It was Jearned, 2 lump s - “ment of eb!!fihn $1,250,000,000 and $2,000,000,000 was considered by the British cabinet as settlement for the total European debt of about $11,000.- 000,000, which was to have been pai over a period extending through the next 50 years. M Shanghaikhan within the Great Japaneée Leader in Manchuria AJ. GEN. SUZUKI (right), leaving his temporary abode for en inspection of his forces which drove the troops of Gen. Chang Hseulian from THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, 'ORE TEMPORARY QUARTERS. ‘Wall of China. —Wide World Photo. | HULL SEEKS LEVY ON U. S. SECURITIES IN NEW PROPOSAL | (Continued From First Page) relatively rare under our modern stat- utes, “In the first “class, the contract is| clear. In the second class, there is probably a contractual exemption, de- pending upon the precise wording and intent of the law. In the third class, there is no contract, as it is neither ex- pressed nor intended. “A State can grant no contractual exemption from Federal taxation upon State bonds/ nor, so far as I recall, has | the Federal Government ever attempted | to grant a contractual exemption from | State taxation of Federal bonds. The ! courts hold that there is a lack of power | on the part of each to tax the obliga- tions of the other. Our only contractual | exemptions, therefore, are (1) exemption | from Federal taxation on Federal bonds, | and (2) exemption from State taxation on State and municipal bonds, “The exercise of any additional tax- ing power will, of course, b2 a matter of judgment of the Congress. The application of surtax to public securl- | ties will not materially change their relative price level. Those subject to income surtax find tax-exempt securi- ties correspondingly valuable to them- selves, but these surtax payers are relatively so few in number that the| demand for tax-free exemption by them | is not sufficlent to maintain a price level much above that of public securi- tles subject to surtaxes. Graduated Taxatien. “With graduated income taxation a permanent policy of the Federal Government, as it should be that of | the States, surtaxes on bond interest is | logical if the terms of bond sales are to be equal in their application to all classes of purchasers. The value of | the tax exemption depends largely upon the extent of the wealth of the holder. “The United States ought not to contract away its power to tax wealth by tax emptions. 'We have some $36,- 000,000,000 of Federal, State and local | securities largely exempt from all taxa- tion. t'x'n;o to':’llmnluemc( properties exempf r e Y ated $60,000,000,000. s iy, “It is unwise to create a class in the country which cannot be reached for | tax purposes. Such policy is uiterly | inconsistent and at’ war with any sys- % | ment not to foreclose for two years. Will Have Complete Plan. tem of graduated income surtaxes, and SENATE BODY 0.K'S .S, CREDIT PLAN Approves Principle of Hull Bill, to Stall Off Farm Fore- closures. By the Associated Press. ‘The principle of the Hull bill de- signed to use $500,000,000 of Federal credit to stall eff farm mortgage fore- closures for two years was approved by members of a Senate Banking Sub- committee today. although scveral de- tails remained to be worked out. After working on the problem all morning, the subcommittee agreed to mezt again this afternoon to perfect the bill sponsored by Senator Hull Demo- crat, of Tennessee. Senator Stizwer, Republican, of Oregen, sald Paul Bestor, Federal Farm | Loan commissioner, had been asked to| submit at thst time amendments in- tended to permit joint stock and Fed- | | eral land banks to postpone foreclosures | in accordance with the plan and still| protect the intcrests of their bendhold- ers. Under the Hull bill the Reconstruec- tion Finance Corporation could lend $500,000,000 to farm morigag? holders to pay dslinguent taxes, interest and | instsl'ments in return for their agree- | Stiewsr explained that this plan ap- | plies mo.t readily to individuals wl hold mortgages, but presents compiica- | tions when spplied to the Federal and joint stock land banks. A conviction that the Smith bill de- signed to reduce cotton production by | 3,500,000 bales will be reported faverably by the Senate Agricultural Committee | on Saturday was expressed today by | Chairman McNary and other attendants at a secsion of the committee. | Prompt. committee action on: the pro- | posal involving a big Government cotton pool was urged by Senators Gem‘{e (Democrat. of Georgia), Connally | (Democrat, of Texas), and Smith | (Democrat, of South Carolina), whose name the measure bears. Smith also expects the committee to approve the measure at the next meet- | B Bocall it wes ataiod, will eburn | (ESNTULL UIEA Sy Ghitioy he Matter. to the United States with a completed outline of the British debt policy, which is being formulated at conferences be- tween himself and the cabinet “Big Five” These discussions, with Premier Ramsay MacDonald and Ministers Ne- ville Chamberlain, Sir John Simon, ‘Walter Runciman and Stanley Baldwin participating, were to continue at least several days longer. The present activities of the six men were described as a preliminary survey of the debt situation and for this reason no official announcements .were ex- pected concerning the matters discused. unspeakable tragedy to have locked up in tax-exempt securities 40 to 75 billions of dollars owned by a privileged class, which could not be reached even for | the most urgent and emergency war “It is impracticable to undertake to| compute the net difference between the amount of revenue derived from the sur- | tax on bonds and the saving in reduced | interest from tax-exempt bonds, for the reason, as stated, that there is only a limited class of people to whom the | exemption from surtax is worth as much | as the differcnce between the price at | “In the event of war, it would be an |INg. Mr. Chamberlain and Sir John parried attempts in Parliament yesterday to learn how the cabinet members were attacking the problem. The plan Sir Ronald was expected to Make back to Washington would be in {the nature of a “new Lausanne agree- ment,” applylng to the nations ob- ‘ligated to the United States. . The provisional Lausanne agreement, “under which German reparations were scaled down 90 per cent to $750,000,000, | ‘was desired by European signatory na- ‘tions as a model for a final settlement | with the United States. Their conten- | tion is that since they have wiped out | most of the German reparations, th United States should provide them with similar relief. Dates Back to 1922. The British viewpoint goes back to! the Balfour note of August 1. 1922 Faced with the necessity of funding | her debt with United States in the | next year, Great Britain laid dawn a | principle 'for. dealing with her own | debtors. ‘This principle, as expressed in | the Balfour note, was that she would | be content with a total sum from her allies and Germany sufficlent to cover her own payments to the United States. | Although_Great Britain’s borrowings | which bonds could be floated with and | ing. | Consideration of the cotton measure prevented the committee today from getting faf in its effort to rewrite the | domestic allotment bill passed by the | House and designed to raise the price | of seven farm commodities—including | cotton—by taxing the processor and | paying the proceeds to participating | producers who would cut production. This bill also will be taken up on | Saturday, at which time McNary said it | is hoped to determine what commodities | shall be included in it. One suggestion is that it be confined to cotton and | ‘wheat. McNary hopes for a report early next without the surtax. The amount of tax | week. actually collected, therefore. gives but | one side of the picture, while omitting | even the more important side, 1 -. the loss of revenue which arises from the inability to tax the income from fully tax-exempt securities. | “Our tax-ex-mpt policy, Federal, | Explanation of the Smith cotton plan was given the committee by Southern | Senators | It provides far pooling the 3,500,000 | bales controlled by the Government and ailocating this to producers who would eut production by 30 per cent. | non-union men there may be a strike Jchlrzed. have done so | aged extravegant expenditures and un- | profit at the end of the crop year to | interested State and local, has not only encour- | The producer then theoretically would | necessary Increases of debt, but it is|the extent of the difference between driving ‘the Nation into a condition the present price and the price then | wherein there is gradually arising a | of the cotton allocated to him. great idle class living on tax-exempt All participants in the plan would be | incomes.” | required to cut their production at least | Senator Hull sald he was intensely | 30 per cent below the previous year and | in the proposed constitu- | Would participate in the pool by the | tional amendment and that he would Same amount by which they reduced | do all in his power to bring about its | their output. consideration. While that may not be | S NI P £ DAIL EIREANN possible during the present session of Congress, should the Roosevelt admin- NEw Bty Do e S bl ik ve s ran diimsie’ ot mdayaint. | ELECTS DE VALERA ekl L | SUB'.ETTING BAN TOpem‘ng of Free State Session Fea REJECTED IN HOUSE tured by Formality of Nam- | from the United States totaled more | than $4,000,000,000, her advances loi boitan oy oo ‘ the allies greatly exceed that amount.|Goes Bill to Prevent Subcontract- The full cabinet went into session at Premier MacDonald's residence, No. 2 ting U. S. Jobs Is Voted Dovwring street, this morning to hear | D own. the “Big Fiv report upon its con- ing President. By the Associated Press. DUBLIN, Irish Free State, February 8.—Eamonn de Valera, head of the | leader. UNION CARPENTERS PLAN SHOWDOWN Wage Cut Demanded by Gov- ernment Contractors Ef- fective Tomorrow. With 7:30 a.m. tomorrow set as the | hour for a showdown between union labor and contractors on six big build- ings here as to the wages of carpenters, organized labor today was endeavoring to avert either a lockout or strike, but stood adamant against a proposed wage cut. Subcontractors on six Government buildings have announced the wages of carpenters will be reduced from $11 to $8 a dey begining tomorrow morning, and the carpenters have announced | they will not accept the cut in the middle of the job. The Treasury Department, under which most of the work is being car- ried out, continues to maintain a “hands-off” policy and appears to be waiting watchfully for developments to- | morrow morning. | Meantime, indications came from union sources that at least one large | general contractor may be opposed to the cut, but there was no definite indi- | cation from any of the general contrac- | tors as to what they might do. Henry W. Elumenberg, international | representative of the United Brother- hood of Carpenters and Joiners of | America, was actively participating with local union officials in an en- deavor to prevent a tie-up of work. George Myers, business agent for the District Council of Carpenters, was un- derstood to be conferring with the gen- eral contractors with a view to finding, if possible, the position they will take in the matter. Blumenberg, in a statement today, £aid he was hopeful thcre would be no lock-out and that he felt the Treasury Department should -act to force con- tractors to gay the scale of $11 here- tofore in effect. He objected strenu- ously to the contractors attempting to cut wages in the middle of the jobs, but said that the union could not stop a contractor from asking for readjust- ment in wages “for future work.” Scale Here Held High. A representative of one of the con- tractors, in Indiceting his approval of the tubcontractors' move to cut wages, | pointed out the union wage scale here | was higher than in any other large | city. ‘What will happen tomorrow morning | is a matter of vital interest to organ- | ized labor throughout the Oapital. If| both lebor and the contractors refuse | to change their positions, it appears | certain there will be a “lockout.” while | if an aitempt is made to substitute | of all building trades, tying up six major ccnstruction jobs employing thousands of men. | At a meeting of the Building Trades | Council of the District last night, the whole question was taken up, but no formal action was decided upon, ac- | cording to John Locher, secretary to the council. Locher said, however, members of the building trades unions will not work on a building where non-union men are employed. The subcontractors, Blumenberg “without re- gard to the provsions of the prevail- ing wage law or the fact that they figured their subcontracts on the wagc rate that has been paid on the great bulk of the work now under construc- tion by the District and Federal agencies, and also on churches, ware- houses, business places, etc., in Wash- ington. These same subcontractors, Blumen- berg said, “have disregarded the Tieas- ury Department and the Department cf Lebor and their agreements with the carpenters’ local.” Company Is Criticized. The firm of Skinker & Garrett, which is erecting the inaugurai stand in front | of the Capitol and the reviewing stand | !in front of the White House, was criti- cized yesterday by W. T. Allen of In- | dianepolis, member of the General Ex- ecutive Board of the United Brother- | hood of . Carpenters and Jolners of | America. Allen has been investigating | the situation here concerning construc- | ticn of the inaugural stands: { In a formal statement following a | meeting of the District Council of Car- penters here, Allen charged that this| firm was the only one working on in- augural stands which was not paying the union scale of $11 a day to carpen- ters. Skinker & Garrett is paying $8 a day to union men on the job, Mr. Allen declared. But carpenters, he said, “are on the point of starvation, and, anxious to make some money, have taken the job at the price fixes These union men, Allen said, “who are now in the employ of Skinker & Garrett will be dealt with and penal- munder the laws of our brother- Holds Agreement Made. Allen declared there had been an “agreement or understanding” among | bidders on inaugural stands that they would pay $11 per day for carpenters. “However, it is plain to be seen,” he sald, “that at least one of the successful contractors has turned turtle by refus- ing to pay his men the union scale of wages as per the meaning and intent of the gentlemen’s agreement.” “It is plain to be seen,” said Allen, “that the only reason that Skinker & Garrett can have in bringing about all this trouble to the local committee and architect is for their own selfish gain to grind cvery dollar they can out of these unfortunate men, and at the same time try and break down the funda- mental issue of bringing back prosperity by paying their men a living wage that they are entitled to, thereby giving them chance to put what money they may earn back in circulation, the only way 10 help us out of this depression.” BAND CONCERTS. By the United States Navy Band at 8 o'clock this evening in the sail loft of the navy yard. Charles Benter, leader; Alexander Morris, assistant | B C, | the District Commissioners if they were 'PRESIDENT FEARS | and has also loaned, or better said, | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8. 1933. On the “Front” in the Iowa Milk War FARMER ll'ILD.l'N GUN BATTLE IN WHICH SEVERAL WERE INJURED. into Swux City, Towa. S stk BALLOU CONFERS WITHHOUSE GROUP 50-Minute Executive Session‘ Held to Review District School Situation. was hurt in the skirmish. The entire school situation here, es- pecially as regards personnel problems, was gone over today at a 50-minuie | executive session with the House Dis- trict Committee by Dr. Frank W. Bal- lou, superintendent of schools. Dr. | Baliou attended at the invitation of the committee | Althcugh it had been stated pre- viously that the purpos: of the meeting | was to question Dr. Ballou on, what has been termed by some, “czeristic meth- ods and attitude” in handling school questions, particulerly personnel, there was no ill feclng shown during the executive session. Chairman Norton, at whose suggestion the meeting was held, said the committee had reached several conclusions, but she declined to state what those conclusions are. The case of a Seaton school teacher was discussed in detail, having been under ccnsideration for some time. Dr. Ballou presented the committee with the entire record of this teacher’s nine years of service. The teacher in ques- tion recently was transferred. Problems regarding personnel, the question of appointm:nts, the prefer- ence given to local residents and the | question of dismissal or transfer, were generally discussed. Representative Gasque, Democrat, of South Carolina, a former county super- | intendent of schocls who has for years been sponsoring a bill for an elective school board, went over many ‘of the school problems with Dr. Ballou, Most of the members of the ccmmit- tee, after the session, exoressed them- selves as satisfied that the school sys-| tem is being well administered, and that Dr. Ballou does not have any dras- tic powers for discharge of teachers or other school employes. Chairman Norton said the committee | found Dr. Ballou “very co-operative” and | she believed a better mutual under- | standing between the superintendent and the House District Cemmittce would result. She intimated similar confer- | ences would be held in the next Con- Tess. ¥ “The most important thing that could be done to better the school situation,” | said Mrs. Norton, “is to have an elective | school board or some arrangsment by | which the people would have & voice | directly or indirectly in the school ad- | ministration, with school officials re- i sponsible to the people. This might e achieved by having the school board | and school superintendent appointed by | themselves elected offices FLOOD OF IMPORTS MENACE TO NATION (Continued From First Page) Pl £ | the “paramount question before the | American people at this' time is that of | providing comstructive jobs, not poor relief.” “My purpose,” he said, “in present- ing the amendment placing a surtax on imports from countries which, through debased currency, have made possible | the dumping of foreign made goods at total lapded costs less than American costs of production, is to make it pos- | sible for American labor to secure profitable and constructive employment. “The Congress has voted billions of dollars to relieve railroads and bankers, donated hundrecs of millions of dollars | for made work or poor relief. | “Unless speedy action is taken towards making it possible for American in- dustries’ to operate, we will soon be faced with a request from American industrialists for loans or donations from the national Treasury, which will be necessary if many of our existing industries are to continue to furnish | employment to American workers. “Letters indicating that such requests will _soon be coming, have already reached my office. It is my belief that the enactment of the legislation which I Officer in Famous British Regiment Mysteriously Held By the Assoctated Press. LONDON, February 8. —A country-wide sensation has been caused by the disclosure that an officer of the Seaforth Highland- ers, one of England’s most famous regiments, is a prisoner in the ‘Tower of London, chnrfed with having committed an alleged of- fense under the official secrets act. The war office, announcing this, offered no further explana- tion. ‘The act is applied where it is suspected there has been jeakage of secrst information. Most officers of the Seaforth Highlanders hold high social po- sitions. The officer in question is under n arrest and mingles freely with civilian visitors, but is in custody of another officer, who always is at his side. |COLDEST WEATHER FORECAST TONIGHT WITH 10 DEGREES ___(Continued From First Page) from Canada to Texas, the storm ruled with unabated fury. By nightfall, the weather man said, the Eastern seaboard would be feeling the full effects of the disturbance. In Chicago alone it was estimated that 11,000 homeless flooded charily shelters and police stations. At Jeast six Rersnm were dead from the effects of the storm. Schools were closed and surface car trancportation was badly | ] crippled. The mercury was near zero, with 10 below predicted. No immediate relief was in sight. Highways were lined with helpless automobiles, caught in snowdrifts, ‘ndi air, rail and bus trafic was crippled throughout “Middle Am= Along the Canadian border tempera- ture readings of 30 to 40 below zero were common yesterday when the cold snap began its eastward spread. Two persohs were reported dead in the wind- swept provinces of Cenada—one near Teulon, Manitoba, and another at Leask, in Saskatchewan. Unofficially it was 55 below zero, at | Moran, Wyo. Bemidji, Minn.,, had the! lowest tempcrature in tarce years, with 41 below. It was minus 23 at North Platte, Neba., and 18 belcw at Sioux City, Towa. Two died from the cold a. Des Moines. Reports from all sections of the Sunny South told of indications of b> low freezing tcmp-ratures. Nashvil'e, | Tenn., was prepared for near-zero con- | ditions. Nzw Orleans looked for a reading oi 29. Winter vacationists in Florida were swimming as far north as Jackseaville, but weathor fcrecasters rredicted tire Penincula State would re- celve a share of the cold today. Girl Frezen to.Death. The Rocky Mountain area, the Plains States, and Midwe:t, however, were ap- | OUTH DAKOTA authorities prepared to serve warrants on more than 20 men they said were connected with a sun fight in which R. D. Markeil and his two sons were wounded as they attempted to deliver milk past pickets Markell's bullet-battered truck is shown at left made to extradite Nile Cochran (right) of Moville, Iowa, on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. He also Dakota officers said attempts would be —A. P. Photo. NEXT MONDAY SET AS DISTRICT DAY PADEREWSKI BOOM STARTED IN PGLAND Pianist May Be Recalled to Offset Hitler Threat in Germany. By the Associated Press. WARSAW, Poland, February §.— Should the strained relations with Ger- many become more critical as a result of Adolf Hitler's activities as German chancellor in the next few months, it was considered today that Ignace Janm Paderewskl, famous pianist and states- man, has a good chance of being fa- vored as Poland’s next President. The election will be in June. Marshal Joseph Pilsudski, the republic’s consti- tutional dictator, was generally ex- pected to favor the recall of Paderewski if Hitier's actions cause trouble. (Pad- erewski is now in Providence, R. I.) A few days ago the Krakow news- Paper Gnos Narodu said Paderewski was the only man who has the sympathy of the entire nation. While Prof. Ignace Moscicki, who is now the President, is on most cordial relations with Marshal Pilsudski, political circles believe he will decline to run again because of & desire to return to his scientific career, Pilsudski May Back Him. One of the points against Pader ' return is the marshals position as’ ?\irf tual dictator. Paderewski is consid- ered too much an individual to serve merely as the marshal's tool, but in view of the musician’s popuiarity in Anglo-Saxon countries, Marshal = Pile sudski might be moved to r him. With a _pro-government majority in both the Upper and Lower Houses of Parliament, which join together in a National Assembly fo elect a President Rainey Agrees House Will Give Full Session to Study of Local Matters. Assurances that all of next Monday | would be devoted to consideration of District bills in the House have been given by Democratic Leader Rainey, of Tllinols, and there is a full calendar of bills ready for consideration, Mrs. Mary T. Norton, chairman of the House Dis- trict Committee, announced today. Chairman Palmisano of the Judiciary Subcommittee definitely declared the District beer bill will not be reported to the House until the Collier bill has been passed, but that as a result of hearings on the District beer bill it will b2 possible early in the next session to pass both the national and District beer bills and the repeel of the Volstead act. Quick Action Possible. Representative Black, author of the | District bzer bill, said that if the Collier bill becomes a law the District beer bill can be passed in 20 minutes. ‘The committee favor:bly reperted to- day a bill to provide an smendment to the incursnce code providing for a 1% per cent tax on the prerxium incmes of insurance companies. It Wwas ex- plsined by Chairman Harlan of the Subcemmittes on In-urance and Banks that this amendment {= merely to P Lu’y the law and to avold legal con- c | Error to Be Corrected. 2b e roport on the correztion of a cleri- errcr in the street raiway merger biil, which has pessed both House and | S:cnate. The Senate mace th's correc- tion yesterdzy. Mrs. Norion announced | the bill will be called up fct correction in_the House Mconday. Representative Smith, Democrat, of Virginia, again sought to gt commit- tes ‘appreval cf his blll which would suthorize the Court of C'aim: to hear the claim cf the W:chington, Alexan- dria & Mount Verncn Failway. Repre- entative G-soue of Scuth Caroiina The committce als> ordered a favor- ' by a stmple majority vote, Paderewski' ! election probably would be luured‘!‘(k{:: lis Jndorsed by Marshal Pilsudski, The feeling among the Nationalist opposition, however, 1s that the pres- ent Parliament does noi represent the nation’s ~sentiments. ‘The National Democrats have been threatening to :x;hsc:m {ro{n voting Iln the presidential lon unless a riiamen is held previous] _\p‘ P53, eckien Thus far the taciturn marshal has {remained silent on th e ad s e question of the | Served as Premier. Pgderewski, who is 72 years old, was active in the United States in the move- ment for the liberation of Poland dur- ing the World War, and in 1910 he Served as premier and foreign minister 11 months. He secured official recogni- tion of Poland by various powers. When he went to his native country after the war he was hailed as an in- dependent and formed the first colition cebinet. An attempt was made on his life, however, in 1918 by political foes. Paderewski resigned because of oppo- sition of military leaders and returned to his musical career. At Providence, R. I, last night Paderewski responded through a secre- tary to an inquiry as to whether he might become a candidate for the presi- dency of Poland with the statement that he “could not possibly deny the rumor.” S. Strakacz, the secretary, added that the rumor does not bring any news to Your Income Tax No. 10 | | Exemption Allowed Head | | of a Family. A head of a family is defined by in= come-tax regulation as “an A who_actually supports and maintains cne household one or more - who are clozely connected with "whoss right and wm blcod relationship, relations] for those dependent individuals is based 1 rizge, or by morttu:, and to exercise family control | | | vpan some moral or legal obligation.” The exemption allowed a head of & family is $2,500. The phrase “in one household” may be interpreted as mean- ing the taxpayer’s personal residence, en apartment, rooms in ‘ boarding MINSTREL TO BE GIVEN AT EASTERN STAR HOME | nouse, hotel, ete. Under certain citcumstances it is not ! necessary that the ta: is “Songlands Rcmance” to Be he'gd};pmd%fl Hv!bl!lnedtl‘ :%”r;olux’ - the eniire taxable year order that il Flay: Boing - 4 n;: taxpayer may (lzllr.lm thed;xempuon. Blair Road Institution. if, the common home g maine alr: Noa natiiten . talned, the parent is away on business, An entertainment for inmates of the ! Or & child away at school or on a visit, | Bastern Star Mascnic Home on B'air | the exemption is allowed. Moreover, if rcad will be held Priday evening, when |2 Parent is obliged to maintain his de- “Songlends /Romance,” a m'nstrel Pendent children with relatives or in cpposed this bill. parently bearing the brunt of Winter's | latest ouslaught. Zero and below pre- vailed in Utah and Idaho, and although cperetta, will be pres E. Marshall as master of ceremonies. >nied, with William ' 2 no additional snow fell yesterday, many roads were still blocked. Antonia Bar- rientos, a 9-year-old school girl, caught by the blizzard at Savage, Mont., was frozen to death, Two youthful com- panions suffered from exposure. Pikes The show will alo be given at the Elks’ Club Tuesday night and plans for this are being made by the Elks’ Enter- tainment Committee, hcaded by Johnny !ury of the lodge, reports a large ad- Reh, chairman. William Shelby, secre- | 1!::;1e Nest, N. Mex. Oklahoma had sub- | frosts in the southern section. vance sale of tickets. The Walter Reed Hospital, Penk, in_Colorado, regis.ered 20 below. Near Gallup, N. Mex., snow drifts 4 feet deep blocked Navajo Indian Reser- vation roads, and unofficial reports said the mercury dropped to 50 below at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, Soldiers'’ Home, Jewish Home for the Aged, Methodirt Home for the Aged, Home for Incurables and the District ja! DEFENDANT IN RUM CASE FOUND LOCKED IN CELL ‘Woman Awaiting Trial Is Arrested on Vagrancy Charge in Meanwhile. zero readings and snow, with one man frozen to death. Similar conditions ruled in Kansas. In the Ozirks the farm experts said the peach crop had been ruined. Kansas City, Mo, how- ever, resumed normal street car traffic after a long tie-up. Texas shivered with temperatures ranging from 6 above at Fort Worth to | zero in the Panhandle. Heavy frosts were forecast for Cali- fornia in the north section, with local The Pacific Northwest — Washington and Oregon—had sub-: readings. 40-Degree Drop. After attaches of one branch of Police Court_had searched for an hour for June Kent, 22, wanted for trial on an old liquor charge, she was located this aperetta has been prosented at| Hospital, Mount Alto Hospita', Naval| In the Midwest, Michigen had bitter cold in the upper peninsula, while De- troit was fighting a snow and sjeet storm, with 2,700 jobless hard at work digging .the city out from under the deluge, Overexertion while wading snowdrifts killed one man at Grand morhing figuratively “right under the noses” of the searchers, locked up in the Police Court cell on a charge of vagrancy. \ The woman was arrested December 2, on an accusation charging possession of boarding house, while he lives else- j where, the exemptior still applies. If, | however, without necessity, the depend- ent makes his home elsewhere, the | benefactor is not the head of a family. | The zame ruling applies to husband and wife “living together.” If ocea- cionally and temporarily the husband is away cn business, or the wife on a visit, the common heme being maintained, the $2,500 exemption still applies. The unavoidable absence of husband or wife at a sahatorium does not preclude the cxemption. But if the husband con- tinuously makes his hcme at one place end the wife at another, they ere not Uving together within the meaning of the revenue act. Missourian Has 0dd Zoo. Bettel W. Eisermer, Branson, Mo. postmasier, has a zoo filled with rae- coons, fox, wolves, opossums, :quirels and ground hogs, all of which he cap- tured with the aid of his two hound cozs. Jafiu;ry VCirC\Vxlaticn Daily... 117,647 Sunday, 125,282 District FLEM! NEWBOLD. Bu of Columbia. ss: ING sultations with Ambas=ade.r Lindsay. | Fianna Fail party, was re-elected presi- | | have proposed will make possible the | Rapids. liguor. The following day she was re< | o THE :vnux’u L s{‘r'fien':vl{sfl;m March, “The National Press Club,” HERRIOT HEADS COMMITTEE. | Sponsor of Payment Elected President of <oreign Affairs Group. PARIS, February 8 ser Edouard Herriot's advocacy (/). — Former | dent of the Irish Free State today by | The Goss bill to prevent general con- tractors on Government buildings from parceling out the work to subcontractors through competitive bidding was voted down yesterday by the House. The bill was taken up under con- of | sideration of the rules, which required | fortaple m ent of the Amnerican debt forged |# two-thirds vote for passage, and re- a fo vz foretront again with his expected | eleciion as president of the Chamber of | Deputies Foreign Affairs Committee to- | day. | He refused the nomination, other candidates withdrew @verthrown last December b: chamber refused to accede to his de- mand that the debt be paid, will be Jeader ¢t foreign affairs in the chamber while his disciple, Joseph Plul-Boncour,‘ directs the foreign affairs ministry, | ecause the Captains of % Whalers Charged With Entermg Closed Port. TOKIO, Feburary 8 (#)—The cap- tains of three Russian whalers were fined $300 each today for unsuthorized entry into the closed port of Futami, in the Bonin Islands, & fortified area. Reports that their ships would be | confiscated were not borne out. It was ' understood that pressure from higher authorities prevented issuance of a con- fiscation order by the District Court, to| avold the po-s'tility of Russo-Japanese | wr:lc t ceived 8 vote of 181 to 126. ‘The measure would have forced awards on contracts amounting to more than $5,000 to bidders, who furnished but all | the names of subcontractors, material | M. Herriot, | men and supply men they intended to | Representative Goss. Republican, of Connecticut, said the mocasure was de- | signed to put an end to “& viclous prac tice of bid shopping or bid peddling. After the general contractor gets a con- tract. he said, he invites bids from ma- terial and supplv men and others. “In their anxiety to keep their organi zations at work.” he sald, “the cut- throat competition between the sev- eral concerns makes the cost of the work much lower to the general con- tractor then he figured in his bid, the difference being additional profit. It is bri testified that these conditions often e i ly by Was 0] jorously by La Guardis, nepum of ew York, and Britten, Republican, Illinols. La Guardia said the penalties pro- | vided in the measure were ineffective and woul Governp ( about the failure of the sub-| gsult in larger cost to the ! (& vote of 82 to 54 as the new Dail Eireann convened for its first meeting. The galleries were packed to hear | President Da Valera's declaration of pol- | fey, indorsed in the recent elections, which gave the De Valera party a com- | najority in the Dail. This session may bring abolition of | | the oath of allegiance to the British | crown, for the President and other Re- | publican members of the Dail who took the oath as at present prescribed sev eral days ago, said at the time it prob- ‘nbly would be the last occasion on which | the ritual would be observed. The government's economic program also attracted considerable ~ intetest. The campaign platform called for de- centralization of industry and estab- { lishment of small industrial communi- ties in country districts, to serve as | i,]ubsldi‘?rle! to the primary industries ot | the soil. DUTIES ARE INCREASED | WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Febru- | | ary 8 (#).—The House of Representa- ‘uvec today approved an increase in | customs duties as one of several meas- | ures by which the government hopes to | reduce the national deficit of £9,500,000. ‘The gasoline tax will be boosted 3 pence a gallon, an additional half penny 1 levied on raw and re- | | “Melodies of Bygone Days,” tobacoo Fillmore Dedicated to the officers and members, | Washington, D. C. | Overture, “Egmont”. Solo for cornet, “Fan dolita” Birley Gardner, sol " Beethoven Man- Bellstedt Compiled by Benter f the Holy Grail,” from 2 .....Wagner . .Drumm ts Dr. Olaya Herrera, Presi- dent of Colombia. Conducicd by the composer. Waltz, “Tales From Vienna Wood: Strauss .Benter “Knights of | March, “Longwood Gardens’ “Anchors Aweig| “The Star Spangled Banner.” By the United States-Marine Band | at 8 o'clock this evening at the audi- torium, Marine Barracks. Taylor Bran- son, leader; Arthur 8. Witcomb, second leader. Overture, “Marriage of Figaro,” Mozart m_“La Romberg “La Partida” (“The Farewell”).Alvarez | “Danube Waves” Ivanovici | Hosmer | of American workers and permit Ameri- | tinue. | tion, we will be called upon to provide employment of hundreds of thousands can industries now operating to con- “Unless this is done, the National Treasury is faced with a further rising | deficit of many millions and, in addi- poor relief for hundreds of thousands of American workers who would much rather, as the American Federation of Lebor stated in their recent declaration, ‘have work than charity.’ ATTEMPT ON OWN LIFE ATTRIBUTED TO NOVELIST By the Associated Press. VIENNA, February 8—Under sus- picion of having made a “cowardly and senseless” attempt to teke her own life, Rose Meller, novelist and playwright, was questioried at length by police to- She was found on Saturday suffering from four knife wounds, which she teld police were inflicted by a youth who shouted a slogan of the German Hitler party and left behind & type- written list of members of the party. ‘There alo was a list of Viennese Jews, apparently targets for attack. Her story aroused a storm of new:. paper criticism condemning “Hit'erit brutality,” but pclice surgeons said | later that the woman's wounds were | I3 d end detectives said tl n ten en the novel- Valparaiso, Ind., had 12 inches of |leased on bond and the case continued snow and a 40-degree drop in tempera- ture. In Louisville, Ky., the tempera- ture was sinking at the rate of 2 de- grees per hour. Snow was in sight and all airplanes were held to the ground. Automobile mishaps, due to ice, snow and screeching winds, caused three deaths in Missourl and one in Southern until today. aldine, she was arrested on a vegrancy charge by Policeman R. L. Manning. She was sentenced to pay a fine of able to pay, was committed to jail for But last night, with her sister Ger- | $200 on the liquor count and, being un- | Lol | dpes solemnly swesr that the actual number | of conles of the vaper named gold and & tributed during the month of January, A.D. 33, was as follows: \ Days. > 4 60 days, while Judge Gus A. Schuldt! 2 ordered her to post a $500 bond or serve 30 days additional time for vagrancy. ‘The sister was given 60 days on the sim- ilar charge. Tllinois. In Northern Illinois the bliz- | 2ard was desciibsd as one of the worst | in many years. One man who left his | home in Chicago six days ago to roam | the streets in quest of employment, sud- denly went blind shortly after the storm struck. He was Duane Giesey, 23 and married. Police rescued him. Another man, Mathew Pohl, trudged 19 hours through snow drifts secking Geraldine, his 3-year-old daughter, only to find her home upon his return. She had been visiting at a neighbor’s house. EARTHQUAKE IN GERMANY Two-Minute Tremor Causes Many to Leave Homes. KARLSRUHE, Germany, February 8 (#).—An earthquake, lasting for two minutes today, shook houses, threw \obiocu to the floor and caused many living on upper floors to leave their homes. The quake was felt thrcughcut Baden, especizlly at Rastatt, where chimneys were rhaken down and show rindaw (;:n ‘ishad. It was the strong co 1011, OHIO CONSIDERS REPEAL House Judiciary Committee Rec- ommends Removal of Statute. COLUMBUS, Ohio, February 8 (#).— A proposal to repal the prohibition amendment to Ohio's constitution was recommended for adoption last night by the House Judiciary Co: | on the wet and dry question in & house committee, The resolution, if adopted by the Legislature, would provide for & voie of the people on the amendment next November. Imperial Hotel Destroyed. TISDALE, Saskatchewan. February 8 (). —Five persons were killed and sev- rel others injured. perhaps fatally. when fir> destroyed the Imperial Hotel Lére early today. mittee of the State Legislature by -’{au of 11| to 3. It was the first test of ‘Sentiment ' % L 0 (11 | {33 © i1 i 1 1 1 i i o | Less adjustments . Tetal net daily circu'ation L038.818 Average dailv nel pald circuietion 116.367 Dajly average number of copies for service, ete 2 1,080 17,647 Daily average net circulation. SUNDAY: Days. Copies. % 13RS | Less adivstments ... | Total Sunday net circulation. ... @ Average net pald Sunday circula- on A . 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