Evening Star Newspaper, February 11, 1933, Page 2

70 BODIES TAKEN FROM DUTCH SHIP Some Mutineers Blown to Atoms in Air Attack on Cruiser. the Associated Press. "'BATAVIA. Java, February 11.—The Dutch destroyer Piethein arrived here early today carrying the bodies of 22 men killed by an aerial bombing which ended the five-day mutiny of the native crew of the Dutch cruiser De Zeven | Provincien. ' On board also were 25 injured men, hurt when the 100-pound bomb struck the deck of the Zeven and in the re- sultant fire, Men on the Piethein confirmed pre- | vious reports of the bombardment—how the mutineers remained defiant to the end, although they were pursued by a fleet, of war vessels and a half dozen airplanes, how during the brief en- ment the rebels did not use the eavy armament of the Zeven, and how some of the natives took to life boats when the fire broke out. They told, besides, many more de- tails of the De Zeven's renegade career, started last Sunday when the crew stole the ship when the commander was ashore because of a dispute about pay cuts, White Flag Hoisted. ur planes had taken off and were | qulrcokly plbove the runaway cruiser, on which e%:;t officers were held as hos- tages. o ships, the Orion and the Goudenleeuw, approached the cruiser e circle. D e e Pisthein, nearby. the ac- tual fall of the bomb could not be seen, but suddenly men aboard saw an en- veloping cloud of smoke which hid her funnels. Twelve minutes later the radio oper- ator informed the commander of the Zeven of the surrender and a White flag was hoisted and then a distress sign Was run up. 'l'l:lreupon, the squadron of pursuit advanced. mgx'ie of those present on the ships, & npewspaper man, gave this account of ubsequent events: 4 “A?D:is am. (Friday) we saw boats around the Zeven and men jumping into - them, while bamboo rafts were being thrown into the sea, Survivors Picked Up. “Native sailors were struggling fran- tically to reach them. The boats from "the were soon mla\mched and icking uj vors. were sy peking p USRS | Zeven, on which was noticed a Dutch ensign fiying. A little later the ad- miral received the request that six men, seriously wounded, be taken immediately to Batavia. “The Piethein was instantly ordered | at full speed to the Zeven to comply | with the request. As the Piethein was | alongside, we could see the unrecog-| nizable bodies and a pile of knives which had been thrown on the deck. “One of the officers aboard the Pie-| thein hailed an officer aboard the| Zeven, exchanging greetings. They were brothers. e from the squadron were around with revolvers in their , searching the crew, who were standing with hands above their heads. “Meanwhile, the admiral had sig- nalled the Buropean ringleaders (of the mutineers) to be taken aboard the Evertsen and the native ringleaders aboard the Java. Wounded Put in Boats. A emer; stretchers of sail clotg.n'.he "o{\e:geyd were being lowered into wl:‘gn‘; boats and were put aboard Piethein. wfi'x‘he Dufch officer, Baron De Vos Van Steenwijk, aboard the Piethein, told me that the bomb had an awful effect. 5 2 “It fell just aft of the bridge on the port side, which was blown away. The | native commander of the mutineers was | standing on the bridge. He was seri- wounded. mfilflye died two hours later on:the Pie- thein.) “Some mutineers were blown to atoms. The Zeven's funnels were shat- tered and the deck armor was pierced. The signal station was completely de- stroyed. “Flaies quickly burst out. “The baron duz:nbed the start of the mutiny. He was on watch when he saw | Ships the European engineer and some of the native crew hauling in‘ the boarding ladder. | “He rushed toward them, he said,| asking, ‘What the devil are you doing?’ Thereupon they ceased hauling imme- diately. Petty Officer Threatened. “Soon afterward he turned in, he . ..inued, but he was taken from bed and taken before a group of natives, who stated they would offer no violence to the officers if the latter would be peaceable. “Two young officers and several Eu- Topean tty officers who also were Telehed from thelr beds were threatened with instant death if they showed any fight, the baron said, adding that the officers were powerless to prevent it. “Steenwijk said they saw the ship put_out to sea. Life continued nor- JOHN D. RYAN. —Harris-Ewing Photo. HARRIS T0 PREACH ON LIFE'S TRIALS Pastor of Foundry M. E. Church to Be Heard Twice Tomorrow. “Life’s Trying Tests” is the subject of the sermon by Dr. Frederick Brown Harris, in Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church, at the 11 a.m. service tomor- row and in the evening he will preach on “Christ Measures Himself.” The choir will sing some of the old hymns, ‘The Fellowship class will meet Mon- day evening at the home of Mrs. Arthur C. Adams, 1521 Webster street. The ‘Woman's Guild and Home and Foreign Missionary Societies will hold a joint meeting at the church Tuesday from 10:45 am. to 3 p.m. Mrs. Louise Chase, formerly connected with the college of the Method!stw%?)laco Church South at Shanghai, 1 review a part of the study book, “Lady Fourth Daughter of China,” and Mrs. E. L. Harvey will tell of the work of missionaries in China. Luncheon will be served by the guild at 1 o'clock. The North-Columbia Heights Group of the Woman's Guild will meet Thurs- day at 2 pm. at the home of Mrs. Thomas M. Milligan, 6705 Fourth street. At 8 p.m. the pastor will conduct the midweek service and speak on “The Door of Purity,” continuing the discus- sion of “Portals to Life’s Inner Shrine.” ‘The Georgetown Group of the Wom- an's Guild will meet at the home of Mrs. Porter L. Gaddis, 3802 T street, at 2 pm. Friday, and at 8 pm. the Men'’s Club will met at the church, with addresses on “Child Welfare Work of the District of Columbia” by Miss Patricia Morss of the Board of Public Welfare, Earl W. Cassie, superintendent of the Industrial Home Bchool, and Miss N. , Juvenile Court worker. mksmwullmnmpof spirituals. T ALY SRR NATIONAL DEFENSE CRIPPLING ALLEGED BY NAVY SECRETARY __(Continusd From First Page) Coast; close certain East Coast navy yards; slow down'the work on ships now building and modernizing at great loss of time and increase of cost. This would necessitate the discharge of about 4,500 civilians and would save approxi- mately. $7,500,000. “2. Res Reserve activities, at a cut of about $1,500,000; stop now fur- ther regular Navy enlistments reducing Navy enlisted personnel by 9,000 men by the end of the fiscal year, 1934, re- sulting in a cut of approximately $5,- 000,000, This would’ result in puf out of active commission as shown in column 2 in the fol- lowing table which refers only to com- batant ships. Col. 1 15 Battleships ... 4 Aircraft carriers§ 5 Heavy crutsers | 1Col. 2 tco% 3 1Col. ¢4 e [SEPS AN | 8l ochZiuse Light mine Dirigibles** 33 *Total number of ships in claes. Number additional to be placed out of active commissibn. 18nips siready out of commission. fTotal to be ion. §Includes one under construction. [iIncludes six under construction. **Includes one under construction. This leaves in full commission about 66 per cent of the number of British and 56 per cent of the number of Jap- anese ships which are in full commis- sion or fully manned. mally aboard it, he went on. Euro- pean officers carried on their duties aS‘ usual. “Asked why the officers did not take | concerted action, Steenwijk replied, ‘I had tried to get in touch with both| Sourabaya and Scheveningen, for we| were allowed freedom of movement, but | neither station could get my signals | and as soon as the mutineers found us in the wireless room, we were chased | out of it “‘Circumstances also were against us, ‘Ther was no leadership, and. 1o | contact with each other. Each officer tried to do something on his own. We did try to start a little counter mutiny, but the mutineers fired their revolvers. although they did not hit anybody. Officer Pledges Word. “‘Moreover, one officer had nego- | tiated with the mutineers and had pledged his word that we would not! resist with arms. Only those who have | gone through a similar experience can understand our position. “‘I learned Monday that the squad- ron was after us. The section of mu- | tineers then wavered and began to change their views, but the others hard- ened_their resistance. “‘We eagerly watched for the squad- Ton, but when it hove in sight, we had o idea of what was in store for us. And when we saw the planes coming, we expected only & warning bomb. ““The mutineers thought the same and their attitude was more derisive than anxious. They thought the mo- ment had come when they presented demands, but almost immediately the ‘bomb fell and the whole sorry story was ended’ " Capt. Eikeboom was relieved of com- mana or the De Zeven Provincien to- day. A naval commission of inquiry has begun an investigation. BAND CONCERT. By tne United States Soldiers’ Home Band this evening at Stanley Hall at 5:30 o'clock. John S. M. Zimmerman, bandmaster; Anton Pointner, assistant. March, “Stars and Stripes Forever,” Sousa Overture, “We Live but Once”..Wagner Entr'acte— “Harlequin and Columbine. “Hot f'oot" R um, “Puccinianna,’ s Von der Mehden (Fariious melodies from Puccini’s operas) # original Irish dance, “Lily”..Severn ‘altz suite, “On the Beautiful Hud- son” . Hermann Pingle, "'rhe Star Spangled Bai 3. Reduce Marine Corps by about 1,150 men, resuiting in a cut of about $1,000,000. Our Navy is already 20,000 men short of the number necessary properly to man our ships in commission. It is evident that this further cut of 10,150 enlisted men would cripple our national defense for years, seriously in- jure the morale of the service, and, taken altogether with the discharge of 4,500 civil employes, result in an Jn- crease of 14,650 unemployed. Sincerely, C. F. ADAMS. Supported by Pratt. Secretary Adams' position was forti- fied by his chief naval adviser, Admiral William V Pratt, chief of naval opera- tions, who told newspaper men yester- day the cut of 5 per cent would be “drastic” and seriously cripple opera- tion of the service. The major savings, the admiral asserted, would come out of the fleet and the reduction of en- listed personnel. The Navy now has 79,900 enlisted men. Admiral Pratt denied the decision to keep the fleet on the West Coast was | dictated by consideration of the politi- | cal situation in the Far East. He in- | sisted it was purely an economy move. The laying up of American warships |at any time is inadvisable, he asserted, but declined to be drawn into a dis- | cussion with ne per men, linking | this with the Japanese aggression in Manchuria. Asked about the probable closing up Fot naval shore stations to effect econo- mies, Admiral Pratt said that while | this eventually would give some gains, |he doubts if an appreciable saving | could be mace at once. Any money !saved by this method would come over a period of years, he asserted, although the Naval Secretary indicated that some East Coast Navy Yards would have to be closed up. Admiral Pratt estimated that the cost of returning the Scouting Force, which orcinarily belongs in the Atlantic, to the East Coast would be $400,000. The Naval supply bill is still before | the House Appropriations Committee and has not yet been made public. COTTON FUNDS VOTED penses for Relief Work. Cross for relief distribution. kept out of active commis- | OF HEART DISEASE REPORTED IN HOUSE Chairman of Anaconda Cop-! per Mining Co. Sud- denly Expires. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 11 —John D. Ryan, chairman of Anaconda Copper {Mining Co., died today of heart disy ease. Mr. Ryan, born in Michigan in 1864, had been ill only about a day. He had long been prominent in the copper industry. He was anofficer or director of sev- eral Anaconda subsidiaries. He was chairman of the boards of Andes Cop- per Mining Co., Chile Copper Co., and Chile loration Co., and held direc- torships in American Brass Co., Ameri- can Power & Light Co., Consolidated Gas Co. of New York, the National City Bank of New York and Postal Tele- graph and Cable Corporation, He was president of the Montana Power Co. and of United Metals Selling Co. Ryan, one of the best known nfu.re- in the copper industry, had been iden- tified with Anaconda and its predeces- ;2:." Amalgamated Copper Co., for many He one of the young men “dis- covere?. by the late H. H. Rogers, Standard Ofl ate, who also was credited with holding the controlling interest in the old Amalgamated Cop- per Co. properties. Another is Cornelius Kelley, now president of the Anaconda. Was Oil Salesman, Coming to Montana as an oil sales- man in the 90s, attracted the attention of Rogers shortly before the time the Amalgamated people engaged in their memorable legal battle with the late Augustus F. Heinze and asso- clates for control of seversl valuable copper properties. For several years Ryan looked after the Anaconda-Amalgamated interests in Butte, later c to New York to fill the chief executive office. An acute heart attack caused his death il his home, on East Seventy- eighth street. He had been in his usual good health recently, business associates sald, although he was not at his office yesterday. On Thursday-he was at his desk most of the day. Prominent in War. Ryan was Second Assistant Secretary of War and director of the Army Air Service during the World War. Prior to becoming an assistant to Secretary Newton D. Baker and dire?- ing alrcraft produetion, Ryan was di- rector general of military relief for the Red Oross, succeeding Col. Jefferson R. Kean, United States Army. In April, 1918, when the aircraft ac- tivitles of the Army were reorganized, he was made director of aireraft pro- duction, and later was made second as- sistant to Secretary Baker and director of the Army Air Service. Ten days after the signing of the armistice he resigned from his Federal positions and returned to the produc- tion and distribution of copper. Located in Butte, For a brief time after he located in Butte, Ryan was an_executive of the Daly Bank & Trust Co., formed by the late Marcus Daly, another of the Mon- tana copper mining pioneers, From this position he stepped into that of managing director of the Amalgamated Co. In the formation of the Amal- gamated, Rogers was associated with Daly and the late J. B. Haggin, a color- ful figure of the industry in those rough and ready days. Ryan was in the thick of the Amal- gamated-Heinze conflict which had widespread repercussions in the Butte litical situation and was followed with 6 Ryan wes clocied, wih having 'yan was P, ving brought about settlement with Heinze after both itigants had spent many millions of dollars in legal fees and incidental costs. The Heinze fight, forming one of the most dramatic chapters in the history of American copper mining, was pre- cipitated by Heinze's claim of ore and property rights alleged to extend from veins in remote property which this prospector controlled. Cause of Rise. Ryan'’s rapid rise in the Amalgamated Co. was due to Roger’s confidence, not only in his ability as & mining man, but also because of his pflfihflly with the miners. Labor troubles could be quickly smoothed over by wholly amicablé means. His -ability to pacify discontented miners and his grasp of the intricate phases of the business finally rompted Rogers bring him to New ork as president of Amalgamated. He remained in that office until about the start of the World War, when he was elevated to the chairmanship. He was active in the Nation's movement for national defense during the .war, espe- cially in aircraft production, and was called to Washington shortly after United States entered the war. e WEATHER MAP SEEMS TOPSY-TURVY WITH MANY RECORDS FALLING (Continued From First Page.) an almost perfect heat radiator, allow- ing no accumulation of warmth to gather on the surface of the earth. The nearest large body of water is Lake Superior, to the east. Most of the cold waves come from the West, s0 that they pass over the frigid strip without being modified by the water. Contrary to expectation, it is colder in the valleys than on the mountain tops, due to the fact that cold air drai downward into the depressions. The sky usually is almost cloudless, allowing heat radiation to proceed without inter- ference. True in General Way. The idea that cold increases with latitude, it was explained at the Weather Bureau, is true only in a general way. The further north one goes, as a rule, the colder it gets in Winter when passing over compara- tively level country without the modi- fying influence of large bodies of water. When there are mountains in the way the picture becomes very complicated. No such extremely low temperatures are | recorded for the Canadian Northwest | above Uncle Sam’s frigid strip, and as one approaches the Arctic Ocean its modifying influence begins to offset the effect of latitude. The great influence of large bogdies of water is apparent in temperature | reports from day to day, it is pointed out by J. B. Kincer, head of the cli- matological section of the Weather Bureau. There will be several degrees ! difference, for instance, between the west and east sides of Lake Michigan at the same time and Northern New England, with its proximity to the ocean, never comes close to the most extreme cold of the Montana region. In this frigid strip the average Jan- | | | | House Approves Farm Board Ex- ‘The House today voted to appropri- ate $8,690,000 to pay the Farm Board | is for expenses incident to alloting 350,000 bales of stabilization cotton to the Red uary and February temperature is slightly below zero. Such sudden and extreme cold fall- ing upon a large part of the continent, it was explained at the Weather Bureau, 1s due to conditions in the Arctic basin as yet not clearly understood. In some way an enormous surplus of cold air is piled up. This breaks loose and comes rushing down through the McKenzie Valley with irresistible force. MORATORlU.M OPPOSED TRENTON, N. J, February 11 (P.— A general farm mortgage moratorium opposed by the New Jersey Emer- Ency Farm Mortgage ttee, which dicates trestment of ‘infividual cases ‘would prove more eff ; | " | holder is being taxed in excess purposes, from Carries $34,451,565 — In- cludes $1 Intangible Prop- erty Tax, Minority Report. (Continued From First Page.) such minority views have been filed on a District appropriation bill. Representative Simmons’ minority rt is as follows: “I have had no part in the prepara- tion of this report. I regret that I can- not join in it. I am not in accord with & number of its proposals. I mention only two. Large Surplus Shown. “The report shows a plus of several millions of obligated, in the District treasury. sur- dres | suming that the bill makes adequate ion for the fiscal needs of the ict of Columbia, it then becomes a) t that the District rty amount needed to operate the city gov- ernment. If that is true, the com- 51 tangibie. persona] and ‘real. estate of e e taxes. But, in the face of the surplus of several millions of dollars, the com- mt:uehWend:“n; mcrun' . of in- tangible property o per_cen T cannot justify increased taxes with an unobligat@ surplus in the treasury. & increased taxes are to pay the cost of unemployment relief. The com- mittee, however, recommends the elim- ination of approximately $1,000,000 of construction work on highways, sewers and other classes of work where hand labor is & material part of the cost. I cannot justify the elimination of items that will, if ieft in the bill, create em- ployment, and at the same time, levy increased taxes to provide unemploy- ment relief, “For these and other reasons, I ac- cordingly wish the record to show that I do not join in the recommendation of the committee.” The determination of the Appropria- tions Committee to prevent the order of the Public Utilities Commission re- quiring taxicabs to be equipped with meters was shown in a specific provi- mn of the bill reported today as fol- /S “No part of the appropriations shall be for or in connection with the preparation, issuance, publication or en- forcement of any regulation or order of the Public Utilities Commission requir- g S ot €t e The committee, however, specifically states that this prohibition “shall not |y be construed to affect any order of the Public Utilities Commission other than with res) to the requirement of the installation of such meters.” In his report on the bill, Chairman Cannon of the subbommittee which considered the District budget explained the $2,969,205 decrease from the budget estimate as “made notwithstanding the addition of new schools, an increase in hospital facilities and a general rise in the population supported in the various institutions coming under the Board of Public Welfare.” Park Areas Affecied. This bill provides regular annual ap- propriations not only for all strict! municipal aétivities of the District of Columba, but it includes also appropria- tions on account of park areas under the jurisdiction of the director of Pub- lic Buildings and Public Parks, the Na- tional Capital Park and Planning Com- mission, the Zoological Park and for certain ;vork rb:;!ng r{:rmedbe um:‘e;‘ u“t su] on of the Engineer Departmen u!pgr"Amy. In discussing the Federal contribu- tions in his report, Chairman Cannon says: “The committee recommends a Federal contribution of $6,500,000, which is $1,275,000 less than the amount of such contribution for the current fiscal year and a like amount under the budget recommendation. The action proposed by the bill is the same taken in reporting the District appro- Eflnlon bill to the House last year and in harmony with the policy adopted by the House in the passage of the legislation recommended by the select committee of the House n{)polnwd by the Speaker under the -authority con- tained in a House resolution of the Seventy-first Congress.” The financial condition of the Dis- trict Government is in Chair- man Cannon’s report. The committee was advised that the estimate for 1934 for this bill as submitted in the budget would result in a surplus amounting to ?proxlmnely $3,366,000 at the end of the fiscal year 1934 on the basis of a contribution in the sum of $7,775,000.. In decreasing the contri- bution’ of the Federal Government by $1,275,000, the committee proposes to increase the amount to be charged to the revenues of the District to that ex- tent, but it has also recommended de- duction in a) riation in the sum of $2,969,205, h resulted in an actual net increase in the estimated balance on hand at the end of the fiscal year 1934 0f $1,694,205 and a total estimated surplus of $5,060,205. Street Work Provisions. Of this latter sum, $580,000 may be expended only for street improvements under the ggsoline tax fund and $151,- 000 is available only for expenditures in connection with the water service, leaving a total surplus for the general | fund estimated at $4,329.205. In explaining why all salary appro- priations in the bill reported today ugow a substantial reduction below the cur- rent year, Chairman Cannon points out that in the economy .act last year, savings were not cut from the individual appropriations, but wére required to re- main unexpended and to lapse at the end of the year, while in the estimates for the coming fiscal year, these savings were taken out of the individual items of appropriation. “It is estimated” Cannon, “that during the fiscal year 1933, the savings under the economy act will amount to $2,235,463, of which $2,053,688 is due to the legislative fur- lough and compensation deductions au- thorized in the economy act; $140,435 is chargable to the section in the economy act requiring & 10 per cent reduction on construction and $41,350 is due to the operation of the section | regarding fees of jurors and witne: ol The bill reported today contemplates a total savings of $2,200,000 under the proposed continuance of certain pro- visicns of the economy act. In explaining the emergency fund and the new legislation f creasing the tax on intangible personal property, Chairman Cannon said that “in order to comgly with the recom- mendations made by the District Com- missioners that the unemployment re- lief fund should be provided wholly from revenues of the District, the com- mittee has included a provision in- creasing the tax on intangible personal property by $1 per thousand and pro- vided for the deposit of the receipts from such tax in a special relief fund. Employment Situation. “For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1932, the levy on intangible personal property was $509,408,462, which, under the proposed tax of $1 per thousand, would raise $509,000 for relief purposes. The committee realizes that an limited sum could be expended for re- Hef purposes in any large community at any time. However, the employ- ment situation in Washington is better than in any other city of comparable size in the country, as it is not an industrial city and there has been no wholesale discharge of employes from industrial plants such as have swelled the ranks of the unemployed and in- creased the need for relief in other cities. The committee, therefore, is of the oplnion that unless the taxpayers of the Dlxm%t“ne to be burd?;d with s anni iture Tellef . it will be difi- relief or in- said Chairman | than cult to free itself in years to come, this item should be retained at a minimum granting & 10 per cent discount on all water bills paid within 15 days after they have been rendered. commit- tee estimates that this position will re- sult in a saving of nearly $200,000 to the uxmyers during the next fiscal year. Chairman Cannon explained that the committee has been advised that at the end of the fiscal year 1934 there will be an estimated balance in the water fund exclusive of unobligated bal- ances of 1933 appropriations of more than $700,000. As the money in this fund cannot be used for general mu- nicipal purposes, the committee consid- ered the advisability of recommending & reduction in water rates. However, it was informed that a study is being made of the financial and physical condition of the water service with a view to adjusting rates, and that such report would be available by the time the 1935 bill is taken up for consideration. Pend- ing completion of this study and in the submission of specific recommendations as to the reduction in rates, the com- mittee has provided such temporary re- lief as it deems advisable by inserting language authorizing the Commission- ers to allow a 10 per cent discount. Test Laboratory Opposed. ‘The ‘bill includes legislative provisos at: _ “No part of the appropriation shall be used for operation of a testing laboratory of the Highway Department for making tests of material in con- nection with any activity of the Dis- trict government.” This is a result of a discussion during the hearing between Representative Blanton and those in charge of a small number of employes in the testing J)mvho states that no part of thel f\m' ;‘u‘:l;ll be .Vl“lbhmg;gme operation of temperature Ta- tors for the di 1 of combustible refuse.” This is the result of a pro- posal made by Chairman Cannon dur- ing the hearings that the two new incinerators, one in Georgetown and one in Southeast Washington, should be shut down. Another legislative proviso prohibits the use of appropriations for the pub- lic schools, “for the free instruction of pupils who dwell outside of the Dis- trict of Columbla. This limitation does not apply to pupils who are en- rolled in schools of the District on the date of approval of this act.” A limit of cost of $1,000,000 is also directed in a legislative limitation on the construction of a school building in .the Reno section. Another legisla. tive limitation is in connection with the widening of Thirteenth street northwest, which directs that 40 per cent of the entire cost shall be col- lected from the owners of abutting property who shall also be required to modify at their own expense the roofs of any vaults that may be under the sidewalk or parking on Thirteenth street if it is found necessary to make such to permit the roadway to be widened. $292,548 for Library. For the Public Library the bill car- ries $202548 for personal services, whicn is $26,892 less than the current appropriation and $2,478 more than the budget estimate. This increase over the estimate will not increase the number of employes and was found necessary, Chairman Cannon explained, to correct an error in computing the 8!3 per cent deduction when the estimates were pre- pared. The Library authorities hav- ing deducted 8% per cent from all posi- tions, including those receiving at the Tate of $1,000 or less a year. ! For the purchase of books, periodi- cals and so forth, there is recommended $54,500, which is the same as the cur- rent appropriation, and $14,500 more than the budget estimate. Chairman Cennon’s report points out “that the public library is being used more at the present time than at any period in its history, there having been an in- crease cf 60 per cent in. circulation | since 1920, and the committee believes | it is sound policy to maintain the sup- ply of books on & basis equal to that of recent years, which will be provided by the amount recommended.” Budget estimates of $19,140 for bind- ing is recommended, this sum being an increase of $4,140 over the current appropriation. This increate is also attributable to the large increase in circulation of library books, making a g;o rtinate increase in repair of such essential. ‘The total amount recommennded for public schools for the coming fiscal year is $10,181,569, which is $1,981,161 less the current appropriations and $498,051 less than the budget figures. $100,000 FOR OCCOQUAN ASKED IN ESTIMATE House Subcommittee Requests Commissioners to Submit Sup- plementary Estimate. The House Subcommittee on Appro- priations, it was disclosed today, has asked the District Commissioners to submit & supplementary estimate of $100,000 for continuing construction of permanent building at Occoquan and Lorton. Capt. M. M. Barnard, superintendent of District penal institutions, asked for $125.000 for the construction work in his 1934 estimates, but when the item reached the subcommittee it had been trimmed_to. $46.000. cm Barnard convinced the commit- tee t the construction work is nec- essary to keep the prisoners occupied. A portion of the money will be used to repair the Occoquan wharf in Wash- ington. | DENIES HEFU&EES INU.S. PLAN RETURN TO CUBA By the Associated Press: MIAMI, Fla., PFebruary 11.—Reports from Havana that some 150 members of the Cuban political refugee camp here plan to leave today to join rebel forces ip their homeland are denied by Gen. Mario Menocal, former Presi- m of Cuba and u leader of those |gi Joe Bryant and Norman Harvey (I in an effort to chief of detectives, who masqueraded as about the arrest of the men. in Roanoke and ehlrnd‘:.}m threatening extort $50,000, exchange of notes left in the hollow stump above. addressed to Col. Lindbergh and to Robert C. Johnson (upper left), Tepresen! SUSPECTS GRILLED INLINDBERGH PLOT U. S. Agents Submit Two Men to Stiff Questioning at Roanoke, Va. By the Associated Press. ROANOKE, Va., February 11.-Nors man Harvey, 26, today was having hig turn before Federal agents in their ine vestigation of the Roanoke plot to exy tort $50,000 from Col. Charles A. Lind« h. bergh. He was being questioned in the dise trict attorney’s office by T. N. Staplee ton, district agent. ‘The whereabouts of John M. Keith, ent of Justice expert, who are rived here last night was not disclosed, Stapleton earlier today questioned Joe Bryant, 19-year-old suspect for more than two hours. and Harvey's wife, with conspiracy and ling communications threatening the safety of Lindbergh’s second son unless $50,000 was left in a hollow stump here. Keith had checked out of the hotel where he refmnd upon arrival from ‘Washington late last night. It was thought possible that the Fed- eral officer had gone to_the Harvey home to quenhlm mgn{ H-S;y.d Etwht: yesterday was release rom en« tion home cell under $5000 bond. Keith said his first move was to estab lish to his own satisfatcion that the Roanoke prisoners had nothing to do with the kidnaping of he first Lind- bergh son, March 1, 1932, or left in a cemetery on April 2,+1832. He sald from testimony given by Bryant he could not link them in any way. ihiniai CONGRESS SEEKING ower, left to right), who were arrested to kidnap the second Lindbergh baby carried on their negotiations by an shown ‘The notes were Roanoke tative and brought P. Photos. Lindbergh's SMITH COTTONBIL REPORT APPROVED Senate Agriculture Commit- tee Unanimously Favors Production Cut. By the Associated Press. A unanimously favorable report on the Smith bill, designed to cut 1933 | cotton production by 3,500,000 bales, was voted today by the Senate Agri- culture Committee. Less than 20 minutes after the com- mittee met, Senator Smith, Democrat, of South Cerolina, emerged to an- nounce that the emergéncy measure {had been approved without a dissent- ing voice, Smith and other Southern Senators hoped to push it through to enactment at the present short session in time to apply to this year’s crop, altho realiz- ing that the tlmerulg Bhonu:;ld the chances are problematical, Result of Vote. h?:i%mgutunmtnrm le vote it was expected ton would be taken out of e that cot- Members had before them a vigoro protest from President Edward A. O'Neal of the American Farm Bureau Federation, against the proposal under consideration by the committee for re- stricting the bill to wheat and cotton. Under the Smith bill, the Govern- cotton board created in the Department of Agriculture, would concentrate in a pool the approximately 3,500,000 bales of cotton controlled by the Farm Board or other Government agencies. 30 Per Cent Cut. Cofton producers agreeing to partici- pate then would be allocated an amount of this cotton equal to the quantity by which they would cut their 1933 pro- duction below their last year's total. This cut must be at least 30 per cent. The producer would be crcdrteed with purchase of the allocated cotton at the present market price and allowed to sell it after August 15, collecting the difference under the theory that the reduced production would drive the price up, producing a profit. Besides Senator Smith, active backers of the bill have included Senators George of Georgia and Connally of R. F. C. BILL FOR D. C. TO COME UP AGAIN Senate Postponed Action Yesterday on Measure for Local Relief. Although the Senate postponed ac- tion yesterday on the bill to enable the District Commissioners to borrow from the Reconstruction Pinance Corporation for relief work, it is expected there will be other opportunities to consider the measure before the session ends. In asking that the measure be laid aside temporarily, Senate King, Demo- crat, of Utah, said he was doing so be- cause of the absence of Senators who wanted to be present when it is con- sidered. Senator King sald: “We will have an opportunity to consider it a lit- e wathorit e authority contained in is intended to be used only mm:m?}lf gency situations, such as might arise if existing funds should become exhausted while Congress was not in session. The Commissioners would be authorized to empowered to borrow C. for relief work. o A F. of L. Head Honor Guest. William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, was guest of honor at & card party and dance held at the Carlton Hotel last night under joint auspices of the Em- ployes’ Compensation Lodge 39 and the Tariff Commission Lodge 34 of the | American Federation of Government Employes. MILITARY QUESTION LEFTTO CONFEREES Senate Cuts Appropriation Bill Item Affecting Time of Service and Longevity. By the Assoclated Press. Action by the Senate yesterday in striking out a House provision in the War Department appropriation bill prohibiting counting service at military academies prior to 1916 and in the ranks and the National Guard in com- puting the longevity pay of commis- sioned officers, leaves the final de- termination of that question up to the conferees on the bill. It was regarded as probable that the vexatious pay-cut clause, which would have affected nearly half the officers in the Army, would be dropped from the bill in its final stages. Almost $500,000 was added to the Army supply bill by the for operation of Reserve House figure 000, A committee recommendation for an increase of $500,000 in the fund for | Army clothing also was voted by the Senate, 38 to 26, opposition of Senaf crat, of Texas. following the recommendation of its committee, the Senate without despite the vigorous tor Connally, Demo- debate struck from the bill a House | Wi amendment to prevent retirement pay from going to any officer earning more than $3,000 a year. - FRENCH TAX INCREA PROTESTS RENEWED Demonstrations Are Resumed as Chamber of Deputies De- bates Finances. —_— By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, February 11.—Throughout the countryside taxpayers' protests were renewed today as the Chamber of Deputies began debate on the finan- cial measures on which the new cabinet faces a fight for existence. All garages in Metz were closed to- day and meetings were announced in many places. Most small Paris stores agreed to close Thursday afternoon as a protest demonstration. Committees are visiting and sending messages Premier Edouard Daladier that any increase in taxation would throttle already critical busine . DRIVER PAYS $100 FINE IN HIT-RUN ACCIDENT Injury of Capt. John H. Turner of Steamboat Macalaster Similar to Previous One. John E. Redmiles, 1000 block of eighth street, was fined $100 in Police Court today on a charge of being the hit-and-run_driver who injured Capt. John Tumer of the steamboat at Third and H streets northeast Novembedr .éd o Redmiles was orgders Judge John P. McMahon to pay the fine or serve 45 days in jaill. The defendant chose to pay the fine. cygt. ‘Turner suffered a broken leg in the accident and was tsken to Casualty Hospital. He had been run down on a previous occasion by a hit- and-run driver, and the same leg was broken on that occasion. MRS. MACOMB DIES Widow, of Former General Was Once Resident of This City. Mrs. Caroline Luce Macomb, widow of Brig. Gen. Montgomery Meigs comb and & former resident of Wash- ington, died yesterday at the home of her sister, Mrs. Boutelle Noyes, Chest- nut Hill, Philadelphia. Following her to Gen. Macomb Mrs. Macomb lived here and | was active in social and welfare circles. | Funeral arrangements have not been COMPROMISE PLAN ON MERGER POWER§ (Continued From First Page.) million dollar bill to conference and we find ourselves engaged in a political dise They point over here and say, ‘you Democrats took such and such sition in the past, what are you going to do about it now?’ “I do not think ts. “With 12,000,000 people idle, with the price of commodities far below the cost of production, with huuhI people walk« ing the streets begging for something to eat, we ought not to be q about what the majority did or what the ‘minority did or what position some one took in the past. Mapes, iblican, of he favored giving limited President to wer to the consolidate and Executive agencies, without an powet en the part of X Representative Amlie, Republican, of . cast the single vote against send! the Treasury-Post Office bill to conference, Speaker Garner appointed as cone ferees Byrns of Tennessee, Arnold, Illi nois, and Ludlow, Indiana, Democrats, and Wood, Indiana, and Thatcher, Kentucky, Republicans, Blames Republicans. At his press conference Speaker Garner “‘nwi:‘g thM.d e months behind in passing appropria= tion bills, and then charged: “It looks like that there is not only & conspiracy on the part of the b= lican-controlled Senate to sage of the appropriation bills, but that the Republican leadership of the House: has joined it.” to Snell's objection to_sending the Treasurys Post Office Department bill to confers ence, delaying action one day. ‘Turning to his proposal for unlimited power for Mr. Roosevelt, the Vice President-elect said: ;p%:]bmmty velhuc:gxzru:.w take the T an ought to be willing to give it to him. I am for anything to cut down the expenses of to | this Government.” Your Income Tax No, 13 | | Deductions for Professional | Expenses. A professional man may deduct all necessary expenses incurred in the pur- suit of his profession. These include the cost of supplies used in his prac- tice, expenses paid in the operation and repair of an automobile used in mak! professional calls, office rent, cost light, water, fuel and telephone in his office and the hire of office assistants. Many physicians use their residences both as their offices and their homes. In such instance the physician deduct as a business expense the rmm value of the rooms occupied for omez | purposes if he actually pays rent ant | also the cost of light and heat furnished these rooms. Also, he may deduct & portion of the wages paid domestic serve ants whose time is partly occupied in caring for these rooms. M dues in professional societies are de= ductible. Physicians and dentists who keep in their waiting room magazines and newspapers for benefit of their patients may deduct the item as a busi. ness m The cost of vmtem.;: Jurn lor taxpayer's own use is a deductible item. ‘The cost of technical books is not & deductible item, being a capital exe penditure, but a proportionate amount for each year's depreciation of the books may be deducted. Insurance premiums on office equipment and liability insurance may be deducted. Automobile liability in- surance may be deducted only when the automobile is used wholly in pursuit of completed. yes. Others attending were: Dawd R. Clarke and Gen. Macomb died in Washington 192¢ at the,age of 71, the taxpayer's profession, and the cosh of the entire