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HOBSE BLOCKS FIVE (DISTRICT INCREASES Wild Confusion Marks Fight | by Holaday to Amend Measure. (Continued From First Page) of being an éxpense it really s sav- fl. thousands of dollars a year and making money. Representative Simmons emphasized t Mr. Holaday had served notice to | the full Appropriations Committee that | this item had not been agreed upon when the bill was being marked and | that he reserved the right to oppose the committeé now before the House. Mr. Stmmons pointed out the Holaday amendment to restore this laboratory really would save money for both the Federal and District Governments. He stated the Bureau of Standards does | not want to do the work and should not | be called upon to do it at the expense of the Federal Treasury, when it is| not doing the same kind of work for | sny other city in the couatry Representative Cannon said it would not cost a dollar to have this worl done by the Bureau of Standards and declared it was the first time in his experience in Congress that he had séen the District refusing to take some- thing for nothing from the Federal Government. Mr. Simmons chal- lenged him on this statement and said those who did the testing in the Bu- | reau of Standards were being paid | from the Federal Treasury. Representative Holaday called at- | tention to the fact the Federal Govern- | ment last year had pald $10,122 to the | District for work done for it by this District laboratory and that up to the present time it has paid $9.632 during the present fiscal year. ‘The amendment by Representative Holaday to increase the appropriation for the office of register of wills from $60.000 to the budget figure of $68.490 failed Yo carry on a standing vote, by 65 to 64. Representative Griffin, Democrat, of New York, demanded a teller vote on the amendment, which was voted down, | 89 to 86. Representative Smith, Democrat, of Virginia, made a futile attempt to get an increased appropriation for the office of recorder-of deeds. His amend- | ‘ment was ruled out of order on the| {mund it had been submitted too late, | he paragraph in the bill relating to this office having been already read when he proposed the increase. Tax Increase Eliminated. | street; SCENE OF CLASHES 7 3 BETWEEN COLOMBIA AND PERU. PERUVIAN aerial bombardment of a Colombian gunboat in the Putumayo River touched off the long predicted clash between the two countries for possession of the upper Amazon port. Leticia. Colombian troops captured the 80 miles north of Leticia. to Colombia by treaty in 1920. SIX PERSONS FINED IN PAPER THEFTS Arrested by Agents Watching “Honor System” Racks at Ninth and R Streets. Six men and a woman arrested last night on & charge of stealing newspa- gers from an “honor system™ rack at inth and R streets, were assessed a total of $60 in fines and forfeited col- lateral in Police Court today. The seven defendants, were arrested by special been watching the ne rack since it was reported that only 5 or 10 cents was collected from the change box on & day when the rack contained 32 papers. Marian Falr, 45, 1900 block Fifth Alexander Toliver. 37, 1800 In response to appeals by several|pi,ci’Ninth street; Richard Davis, 36, members yesterday to be “fair” to the 1000 block Rhode Island avenue; John District, the House eliminated from the | M. Watson, 37, 5000 black Ames street bill & provision to increase the tax on|Dortheast, and Lillian Jones, 24, 900 ntangible personal property by 20 Per| ers] each after cent to create an emergency unemploy- | while John Brisco, 40, of the 1700 ment relief fund and defeated three | block Ninth street, and Herbert Hollins, different moves to reduce the Federal| 20, of the 900 block R street, were fined lump sum contribution below the $6,-'$5 each by Judge John P. McMahon 500,000 recommended by the Appropri-| this morning ations Subcommittee. | collateral. All the thefts took place be- The intangible tax increase provision | tween 6:45 and 8:15 pm. last night, was knocked out on a point of order | police said. et raised by Representative Wood, Repub- S Yevaiation not germane. o an appropei: | ZERO HOUR NEARS FOR SINO-JAPANESE “BATTLE OF JEHOL” ation bill. ‘With the tax-Increase provision strick- (Continued From First Page.) en from the bill, Representative Smith, Democrat, of Virginia made an attempt to have $625,000 appropriated out of the general revenues of the District for unemployment rellef, but his amend- | ment was held to be out of order at the He -anpounced, however, he would ofter ti he amendment again &t the proper time, whep.the items for welfare | and relief work: ,filnuplorm-J "E“" 4 fight to reduce the Federal con- |~ e trjbution was J8d by Representative | ;¢ tye Blanton, Demu ocfet, of 'x‘:m-a¢ .bfiided b{ Representative Japes, Republican, o Michigan, who f'n?fs &8 chairman of ofimittee which several #go investigated fiscal relations mm Ui tates and the Dis- srict. ‘Blanton’s move was an amend- from other parts of Manchuria to lead the drive. The modern mechanical branches of Japan's powerful war machine, air- planes, tanks and armored motor cars, are bemg fully mobiliged. Japanese assert that the wife Chinese Governor of Jehol, Gen. 1 Tlnge‘lud..ln. is being held as a hostage in iping to make him offer fierce | resistance to their troops. | cuse Marshal Chang Hsiso-Liang, the | North China war lord, of holding Tang's | wife at his headquarters in the ancient | Manchu imperial capital, which is | block French street. posted $10 collat- | they were aerrsted, | e other five forfeited | ‘They ac- | ment to reduce the contribution from $6,560,000, as cafried in the bill, to $1,- 500,000. Defeated, 23 to 16, he later sought to have the contribution fixed at | $3,000,000, but Wwithdrew this motion. S Makes Other Attempts. Z His second attempt to cut the con- bution came as' the House was con- lering an amendment by Representa- five May, Democrat, of Kentucky to B the amount at $4,000,000. Blanton's endment, calling for a $3,000,000 tribution, was offered as a substi- jite to the May amendment, which was woted down, 42 to 26. i Earlier in the debate, the House elim- ted, on a point of order by Smith, grgulnli\'e limitation which prevented Commissioners {from reducing the isting $1.70 levy on real and personal operty. As the bill now stands 1t | rgstores to the Commissioners authority ranted them in organic law to reduce | tax rate. Since 1928 the District | has carried a legislative provision tricting the Commissioners from re- cing taxes. 1 Taxi Meters Discussed, FAfter the fight over fiscal relations and taxes, the House engaged in a pro- ffacted debate over & provision in the QI which would prevent the Public Gtilities Commission from enforcing its drder requiring the installation of me- trs in taxicabs. A point of order raised zlinsl the provison by Representatve rlan, Democrat, of Ohio was over- ruled and he then offered an amend- ment to strike the provision from the Bl It was defeated by s vote of 71 t 10. Debate on the bill was bitter and was marked by the active participation for the first time in many years of mem- bers of the District Legislative Com- mittee, including Representatives Holmes Republican, of Massachusetts, and Smith, JOBLESS PASS 5,000 IN SEATTLE BUILDING Beoond Day of “Encampment” Marked by Insistance on Pro- visions and Money. By the Associnted Press. SEATTLE, February 16-—A patient, determined army of unemployed demonstrators, augmented almost hour- 1y, saw their numbers pass the 5.000 mark as they held the County-City Building in a state of virtual siege today. Little more than standing room re- mafned on the second and seventh floors, which the unemployed had taken over for their passive demonstration. They entered the second day of their encampment without showing signs of weakening in their insistence they would not leave until their relief de- | wbout 100 miles south of Tang's capital | at Jehol City. Long Cenflict Seen. After heavy fighting town of Tarapaca, Putumayo River port In above map the cross-hatched area shows k territory in dispute. Dotted section indicates the corridor to the Amazon granted [} BRAZIL SHUTS OFF | WARRING ARMIES IN LETICIA DISPUTE | __ (Continued From First Page.) | that the Colombian fleet of five ships, which “attached” Peruvians at Tara- paca, on the Putumayo River, were re- maining in Brazilian waters. Tarapaca is directly on the border. PERU CLAIMS VICTORY. Aserts Colombians Were Defeated at Tarapaca. LIMA, Peru, February 16 (#).—The Peruvian _government claimed victory in an official statement yesterday on the battle fought Tuesday at Tarapaca in the disputed Leticia reglon. An official announcement said Peruvian artillery and airplanes defeated the Colombian river flotilla after the Co- lombians had shelled Tarapaca for 50 minutes. Meanwhile a squadron of amphibian sirplanes, bound for the front, ar- rived at Iquitos and was enthusi- astically welcomed. One of the ships was slightl; made quickly. In its first version of the cutbreak of hostilities, the government said: “The Columbia flotilla opened with artillery against Peruvian planes on a | reconnoitering flight. Then shelled the Peruvian position at Tarapaca for 50 minutes. | _“The land batterles, supported by the | planes, answered the fire, defeating the attacking flotilla, which fled into sheltering neutral waters. The Tarapaca troops remained in position “The Peruvians, through this gallant action, obtained a decisive victory in this first stage of a fight which they did not provoke. The Colombians at- tacked early yesterday, Tuesd: using five ships and two seaplanes It was understood Peru was taking up with Rio de Janeiro the question of the retirement by the Colombians to Brazilian waters after the Tarapaca fight. Tarapaes 1is just across the | boundary line from Brazil. The newspaper El Commercio said | the gquestion presented an international | problem, as a neutral country must | disarm a belligerent crossing its frontier. The paper expressed the hope Brazil would act impartially. PASSPORTS DELIVERED. | Colombia Takes Steps to Bresk Off | Relations. | BOGOTA, Colombia, February 16 (#) { —The Colombian government today de- | livered the passports of the personnel | of the Peruvian legation, and the coat of arms of Peru immediately was taken | down from the legation building, pre damaged but repairs were | ON, BRITONS DENY HINT OF CABINET CRISIS Downing Street Disclaims MacDonald-Chamberlain Split on Debts. By the Associated Press. LONDON. February 16.—Reports of & serious split in the British cabinet over war debts involving Premier Mac- Donald and Neville Chamberlain, with a threat of possible ministerial resig- nations, were emphatically denied in highest Downing street quarters today. Neville Chamberlain is chancellor of | the exchequer. Such reports, which it was stated had been sent to the United States by some | newspapers in recent days, have dis- turbed leading cabinet members be- caus¢ of damage which might be done to the forthcoming debt talk in Wash- ington. Lindsay En Route Here. sador to the United States, route to that country, will arrive in Washington, it was revealed, empow- ered to make arrangements which will have the full and undivided support of the British national government. His consultations with the big five of the cabinet proceeded according to plan in London, and the whole cabinet, without dissension, gave the final stamp ‘Washington. ' _(Sir Ronald, who conferred with President-elect Roosevelt concerning the forthcoming debts conference in Washington, made a quick trip to Lon- don to consult with the cabinet about arrangements for the meeting. He sailed this week to return to Wash- ington.) Misleading View Feared. For Washington suthorities to ze( the impression that the Ambassador represented divided British opinion and that anything like a cabinet crisis is in- | volved in the war debts question here. it was stated, would be to give the United States a misleading view of the political situation in Great Britain. It is admitted that what are termed misleading reports to some American newspapers are based on political oppo- sized that the government policy is the approval was intrusted to him. [FLORIDA NEWSPAPER | Fort Lauderdale Daily News Urges Summarily Dealings Aguinst Zangara. | By the Associated Press. | FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., February | 16—The Fort Lauderdale Daily News. |owned and published by Robert Gore, | host of Democratic leaders in Florida. |in a front page editorial today insisted | that Guisippe Zangara, gunman who | wounded Mayor Cermak of Chicago be promptly and summarily dealt with by the State of Fiorida. “Prompt, drastic action is de- manded.” the editorial recites, “that the people may not view lightly an attempt to destroy autherity set up by a vote of the people.” “In addition to being & crime of the highest magnitude, Zangara’s act is an affront to the whole people of Florida. Zangara should get justice, but prompt justice. Florida is shocked and grieved that this terrible thing should have happened within the confines of tnis fair State.” Gore invited Mayor Cermak to Miami and arranged a place for him on the 8ir Ronald Lindsay, British Ambas- | now en | of approval to the program of arrange- | menfsp‘\hich Sir Ronald will launch in | sition to the Government’s negotiations | for the debts talks, but it is empha- | one which the big five worked out with | Sir Ronald and which after full cabinet | | short order. P Russian Cavalry SOVIET WAR MACHINE MOLDS MANEUVERS AT MOSCOW. D. C. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1 ART of the mighty Russian war machine—cavalry engaging In maneuvers recently in Moscow. | consists of 650,000 conscripts, but Soviet officials claim they can put in the field a force of several millions in on Parade i | | | | | ‘The Red Army —A. P. Photo. QUICK DRY REPEAL Garner Forecasts Action Monday if Senate Passes Blaine Resolution, 0K, INHOUSE SEEN =2 the United States, which id to all intents and pur- rt of the Constitution when the conventions of three- States: | tion of the United States is hereby re- “Section 2. The transportation or importation into any State, Territory, or possession of the United States for de- livery or use therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws there- of, is hereby prohihited. “Section 3. This article shall be in- operative unless it shall have been rati- fed as an amendment to the Constitu- tion by the conventions of the several States, as provided in the Constitution from the date of ' ASKS PROMPT ACTION| within seven y¢ the submission | the Congress.” Robinson Capitulates. Senator Robinson. while successful in his fight for the two changes in the (Continued From First Page) eteof 1o the States by just before Congress adjourned last | Summer. | ; have nt\'ekr voted ll;l{mthlx‘l-[ubut a prol on ticket when e was | | mlive.” sald_Senator Glass. 1 have | measure, capitulated on another change voted when I could to banish intoxicat- | that he and others seeking to bring the ing drinks. However, I realize that the | Blaine measure into conformity with experiment of national prohibition has the Democratic platform wanted. 4 proved a failure. | To “simplify the controversy,” he “There has been a reaction against | withdrew an amendment which would national prohibition and a termendous | have removed also a provision intended | demand for the resubmission of this|to protect dry States from liquor im- question to the States. I believe there portations. After the balloting and ora: is just as much equity in the demand tory were over for the night, he pre- for resubmisssion as there was in the | dicted that the repealer as it now stands original demand for submission of the would command the two-thirds ma- prohibition question. | Jority necessary. “Reluctantly I have joined with the| The drys, meanwhile, were silent, forces which demand resubmission. I their filibuster, which carried throug! was on the Platform Committee of the afternoon and evening Tuesday had | the Democratic National Convention.| wilted in the face of & threat to There was no division in that commitgee the Senate in continuous session un on the question of resubmission. e | a vote was reached. | Democrotic convention of my State also | A recapitulation of the three roll calls declared for resubmission, but at the | during yesterday's eight-and-a-half- same time it denounced return of the :m%mnon showed : old saloon and by implication advocated ; e motion of Senator Blaine to con- resubmission of the prohibition question | sider’ his repeal resolution, approved in the form of a prohibition against re- | 58 to 23. turn of the saloon. Robinson’s amendment to provide the | “The Democratic national platform, | convention method of ratification, as I view it, did not preclude the sub- 'adopted, 45 to 15. mission of the question with a ban Congress Power Eliminated. | | against the saloon. The Republican national platform demanded a reserva- | The Arkansas Senator's amendment |tion against the return of the saloon | to strike out the section giving ess in the event of resubmission of the power with the States to ber the sal | prohibition question.” Naked Repeal Never Issue. | Senator Glasd said “naked repeal” lpflo\‘ed. 33 to 32. ughter and merriment swept the chambef, as the last vote was announced. | Senators' Hayden and Ashurst, Arisona ONE DIES AS POLICE BATTLE 4 BANDITS Three Others Are Captured and $50,000 Is Recovered After Bank Hold-up. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, PFebruary 16— Within an hour after they had held the | cashier prisoner and looted the Pirst National Bank of suburban Ambler, four bauk bandits today fought a thrilling pistol battle with police, armed with sub-machine guns. One man was killed, three others captured and three women held as suspected accomplices. About $50,000 was taken from the bank, | 81 of it being recovered. | Detective Lieut. James Malone sald the surviving bandits confessed to three are suspected of two additional bank rabberies in Philadelphia besides the one at Ambler. The dead man was identified by police o Willilam Ferguson, 35, who only recently was released from prison iln Baltimore after being held there in connection with a jewel robbery, Identified as Gangsters. The other three wére identified as lo- cal gangsters. One of the women said men and & second was said by police to | the was staged. The third said she was a friend. bank hold-ups in New Jersey. They also | stan she was the wife of one of the captured | have rented the automobiles in which | cipitating & demonstration from a Tang has served as Governor of | crowd which packed nearby streets. reviewing platform in Bay Front Park. | was never the commanding issue in the | national campaign of 1932; that eco- ously he and his wife had been held | prisoners in their home all night. They | Democzats, had voted agalnst it and | oore®ioyon' t5°the bank before then switched before the result was an- | Jehol under Marshal Chang, both be- fore and since the latter was driven out of Manchuria by the Japanese. (Chil- nese reports said his allegiance to Chang has been unmoved by Japanese over- tures.) ‘The Japanese confidently predict the Jehol campaign will last less than one | month after it is definitely under wa Independent military authorities, how- | ever, predicted a much longer conflict unless the Chinese are stampeded by the first heavy shocks. Japan declares she s not at war with | China and describes the Jehol drive as merely a “policing” operation. Its aim is to bring Jehol under the control of the Japanese-maintained goevrnment of Manchukuo. STOCKS RISE AT TOKIO. Exchanges, Closed by League Situation KReopened. ‘TOKIO, Pebruary 16 (#).—The Stock Exchange, closed yesterday afternoon because of a slump in prices resulting from the strained relations between Japan and the League of Nations, re- covered strongly today. Exchanges In Osaka and Mag Tlm closed yesterday, recovered simi- arly Most of yesterday's losses were wiped out. The market'’s blue ribbon stock, Kanegafuchi Spinning Co., closed at 189 yen today, 23 yen above yesterday's closing. ~ (The yen is equivalent to about 21 cents) $16,500 HOLD-UP FAKED, BANK EMPLOYE SAYS Detective Announces Arrest and Confession After Partial Re- covery of Property. By the Associated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn. February 16.—De- | (By diplomatic usage the delivery of passporis to the representatives of a foreign nation is the equivalent of breaking off diplomatic relations.) “Our flag floats on the hills of Tara- ca, captured in battle by the artil- lery, supported by planes,” said a mes- sage recelved by President Olaya Herrera from Gen. Alfredo Vasques Cobo, the Colombian commander in the fleld. “Troops have been disembarked. Congratulations. All's well.” The gefleral informed the President that strong entrenchments were found in Tarapaca Hill after the occupation He reported his men captured six .75 Krupp guns, eight mountain guns and | numerous machine guns, as well as a | store of ammunition. | A cabinet minister asserted the pos- | bia control of the whole Putumayo River, The disputed area extends from | the Putumayo southward to the Ama- zon, along the Western border of Brazil. Pabio Lozano, jr., Colombian Minis- ter to Peru and son of the Colombian Ambassador to the United States, was instructed to make a formal protest to the Peruvian government against the “attack” yesterday on the Colombian flotilla “while In neutral (Brazillan) waters, which continued in Colombfan waters in which the flotilla was navi- gating in order to accomplish its police mission in Colombian territory.” The Colombian Minister at Lima was ordered to demand his passports and return home after he had lodged his protest. It was estimated that materials of | war worth $250,000 were captured by the Colombian troops at Tarapaca. WOMAN IS MISSING . FROM COAST LINER | Body Sought After She Disappears From M. & M. Ship Out tective Inspector Will T. Griffin an- | nounced yesterday that Sidney M. Bird, | 22-year-old former bookkeeper of the Columbiana, Ala., Savings Bank. made a written confession to faking a $16.500 hold-up of the bank Novem- be 16 Griffin_also said Bird revealed that most of the money was buried near his | home. in Columbiana Bird confessed after Memphis and Birmingham police had recovered $3,800 in United States Government bonds that Bird had placed in a safe deposit box of w Memphis bank. Bird was quoted as saying he purchased the bonds with some of the stolen money. He was ar- rested Saturday in St. Louis. Bird's confe said that on the evening of November 14 “they let me see the time lock on the bank's vaull but instead of setting it L open in 16 hours, 1 set it to open in 12 hours. When it_opened the next morning at 4 | o'clock, T took the money out and hid it under my home.” He then detailed how he had hit him- self on the head with a hammer had | mands were granted by King County | “lightly,” so that it would appear the Welfare Board or Gov. Clarence D Martin. | The requests of the group, the King | bank had been robbed of Boston. By the Associated Press. NORFOLK, Va. February 16.—Coast Guard stations between Boston and Norfolk have been requested to keep a lookout for the body of a woman missing from the Merchants & Miners steamer Alleghany when it docked at | Norfolk February 6. Nothing was known publicly of the disapearance until yes- terday. The woman, who registered as Mrs. Charles Hall, apparently was between 45 and 50 years. She boarded the steamer just before she sailed from Bc ton the afternoon of February 4. She was without baggage and went immedi- ately to her stateroom. | In m conversation with a maid, she |is said to have intimated she intended |to take her own life and is said to | have told the maid she had informed relalives of this intention in a tele- gram which. she had instructed, was not to be delivered until after the ves- session of Tarapaca insured to Colom- “EVERY MAN NECESSARY” TO GUARD ROOSEVELT New York Police Commissioner to Take All Precautions to Pro- tect President-elect. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Fepruary 16.—Police Commissioner Mulrooney said today that “every man necessary” will be signed to guard President-elect Roose- velt when he returns to New York. Miami shooting, Mulrooney said it was proof that “in these times too many precautions cannot be taken.” “It shows anything can happen,” he ! added. “I had that in mind when I assigned 700 or 800 men to guard Presi- dent Hoover on his recent v we'll | uSe as MANy men as are necessary to take care of the President-elect when he returns. We know we can't be too careful.” Commissioner Mulrooney expressed | deep anxiety regarding Mayor Cermak of Chicago, who is a personal friend. DAUGHTER OF CERMAK FLIES TO BEDSIDE Mrs. .Helen Cermak Kinlay Takes Plane to Miami From Atlanta. | By the Associated Press | y ATLANTA. February 16.—Mrs. Helen | Cermak Kinlay, youngest daughter of | Mayor Anton Cermak of Chicago, left | | here early today by plane for Miami | to at the bedside of her father, seriously wounded last night by an ssassin who fired at President-elect Roosevelt Mrs. Kinlay heard of her father being shot while stopping in & hotel at Chat- | tanooga, Tenn. last night, while en | Toute by automobile from Chicago to the Cermak Winter home at Miami. She took the next train for Atl and after arrival here with her 2-y old daughter Mary Alyce and her com: | panion, Mrs. Edward Gates of Chicago, !took the plane while her daughter and | Mrs. Gates went on by train. General Election Ol;dered. ‘THE HAGUE, Holland. Pebruary 16 (A»—A general election on April 26 was ordered yesterday as a result of the cab- | inet crisis which arose last week from defeat of the government on a question | of confidence in the lower house of Par- | liament. | & = = BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Home | Band this evening, at Stanley Hall, at| 5:30 o'clock. John 8. M. Zimmermann, bandmaster; Anton Pointner, assistant. March, “The Invincible Eagle”...Sousa Overture, “Meistersingers of Berlin,” Linel Buite Espagnol, “La Fete de Seville.’ Tavan “Bolero.” “Sierra Morena.” “Jota,” ke Expressing shock and regret at the | | nomics was the commanding issue of | that campaign. T attach no sanctity to the platform deciaration on prohibition,” he said, “and the Senate Judiciary Committee, | in reportis this resolution, demon- strated it also attaches no sanctity to the platform declarations of the two parties, Republican and Democratic. “It is my considered view that, un- less the declarations of both party plat- forms are disregarded, ‘t will be im- Ppossible to submit this question to the people. I do not intend to permit my party platform ever to come in oppo- sition to my judgment or my con- science. and it's because I do believe in sub- mission that a want to pass a resolution that will stand a chance in getting a two-thirds' vote in both houses of Congress. I am willing to make any concession that will assure submission of this- question to the States.” Senator Glass sald the anti-saloonites “rode to their downfall because of their offensive ways." “Some of these gentlemen now sup- porting resubmission had better beware lest they make the same mistake and | make it impossible to have the prohi- bition question submitted,” he added. “You will never get the prohibition question submitted on earth unless there is a constitutional restriction against return of the saloon.” With a vote drawing near, & motion by Senator Reed of Pennsylvania to reconsider the vote by which Section 3 tion, further complicating the situa- tion The vote last night was 33 to 32 for adoption of the change. which brought the resolution close to straight out re- peal. Senator Reed's motion to re- consider may carry. If the ban is left out of the resolu- tion, some of the Senators who voted to take up the repeal resolution will vote against its adoption. On the other hand, if the ban is restored to the resolution some of the wet Senators say they will not vote for it. and House must approve such & reso lution and then submit it to the States for ratification by three-fourths of their number. Meanwhile, the House Rules Com- mittee granted legislative right of way to the Celler bill relaxing medicinal liquor restrictions, meaning that it likely will be brought up next week. 100 Prescriptions in 90 Days. It would repeal the provisions of law that limit prescriptions of whisky to one pint each 10 days to any one person and that let each physician make only 100 such prescriptions each 90 days. The power to issue regulations restrict- ing prescriptions would be given to the Justice Department. Representative Celler, Democrat, of New York, told the committee the legislation was sought by physicians, and that Amos W. W woo.!locg. pro- hibition _director, ' said the measure “would be an aid to enforcement” by overcoming resentment physicians now feel toward the rest: Volstead act. The Senate took three roll calls in the long prohibition debate yesterday that and the I am a genuine submissionist, | | nounced’ by Senator Fess, Republican, |Ohio, who was presiding. Ashurst smilingly remarked he had “voted under | & misapprehension.” Robinson maneuvered several drys in line when he withdrew his amendment to strike out the dry State protection | clause. Senator Borah, Republican, of Idaho, | dry champion, had begun a long legal rgument for the clause, saying the Webb-Kenyon act does not provide sufficient protection against liquor im- | portations into dry territory and its | constitutionality had been questioned in | several court decisions. Senator Wagner, Democrat. of | York, a straight-out repealer, also | withdrew opposition to this clause, say- ing if the “dry States wanted this ad- ditional protection® they could have it. [ Borah Backs Robinson. Borah supported Robinson's amend- | ment to eliminate the section giving to | Congress power to legisiate against the He said it would be “imprac- ticable” and many States already had shown a disregard of concurrent Fed- eral power by repealing their enforce- ment statutes. | Adoption of the convention method of ratification conformed to both party platforms, although the complete reso- | lution is a sort of compromise of the two planks on repeal. The Democratic plank called for flat repeal with no s, the Republican | provided for su on of repeal with protection for dry States and ccngres- sional power to bar the saloon. LONG SEEKING END " OF OVERTON PROBE Louisiana Senator Sends Wire to Howell for Holding Up ef Appropriati To make repeal effective, the Senate | By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, February 16.—A halt of the Senate subcommittee’s investiga- tion of Representative John M. Over- ton’s election to the United States Sen- ate will be sought by his political friend Senator Huey P. Long. by shutting off | further appropriations for prolongation- of the inguiry. Senator telegraphed Senator John G. To'l’::d' chairman of the Senate Committee on Audit and Con- trol and member of the Special Senate Committee appointed to investigate the Louisiana election, to hold up the re- quest for additional funds until he reached Washington Monday. Senator Robert B. Howell, chairman of the subcommittee that has been conducting an investigation for 11 days in New Orleans, had asked Senstor Townsend to present a resolution to the Senate for an appropriation of an ad- dition $25,000 to continue the inguiry. In Washington Senator Townsend |6 am, under threat of death if they 1 mad_n: an outery. | ¢ money was scooped into a bag | and the robbers hastily left, first up Horst and his wife. b They reached their headquarters in - in an outer section of the city | before police heard of the theft, but ‘n: \ihemselves away w:::. they saw man pass. Thinl they had | been trailed, they opened nr: on him. Police Close in on Bullding. An alarm was turned in and police | with machine guns closed in on the building, firing through windows, Members of the band meanwhile took :.pldp:n:‘.’s of vlnll on the second floor | ired several shots at the polics | | and detectives. T | ‘The gunfire of police was too wither- |ing for the bank bandits to stand and thell‘rn nl;wls soon were silenced. ‘erguson refused = |and took Tefuge in the bath roome" ‘Come on out,” Malone shouted. “You know where you can §0,” an- swered the man behind the closed door. “Let him have it, boys,” was Malone’s quiet comment. Door Panels Torn Away. Instantly three machine guns went | into action, almost knocking the wooden idoor to bits as the bullets ripped away two panels. Perguson had thrown himself flat in the bath tub, but apparently had lifted gt:heumm.m.m;m-tm A bullet caught him. He was dead when police entered the room. was sentenced in 1919 to n the Eastern Penitentiary ting in the robbery of the tional Bank here, and was on a detainer follow- | Perguson five years i for | Overbr sent to !ing hie e. |Man Takes Poison And Seeks to Die | In Police Stntion} Succumbs Soon Afler‘; Reaching Hospital in Ambulance. | By the Associated Press. | KANSAS CITY, FPebruary 16— Charles H. Bray, 27, ex-Marine from the National Military Home at Leaven- worth, entered police headquarters yes- terday and asked for a pencil and paper. As he wrote, Patrolman W. B. Horo- witz glanced over his shoulder and read: “I am tired of living. I've been mar- ried three months, but my wife left me six weeks ago and came to Kanses City and got & job in & restsurant, I—" “Say,” interrupted the patrolman, PRUDENTIAL HEAD 10 DISCUSS DEBTS Insurance Leader Says He Will Tell Senators Sanctity of Contracts Must Stand. By the Assoclated Pr E. D. Duffield, president of the Pru- dential Life Insurance Co., heavy holder of farm and urban mortgages, today told newspaper men he would insist be- fore the Senate Finance Committee that there be “no legislative impairment of the sanctity of contracts” He made no reference, however, to any pending measures, The insurance executive, who ap- m-red before the committee this morn- g in its survey of ways to bring back better times, will resume his statement this afterncon and go into the phase of private debts in detail Senator Couzens, Republican, of Michigan, and other committee mem- bers had just started to ask him about the debts when Chairman Smoot ad- journed the session until afternoon Prior to this, Duffield had contended & restoration of confidence was neces- sary to restore prosperity. He said as long as fear of what may happen pre- valls. “it will be impossible for business to advance, industry to recover or agri- culture to receive the fruits of its labor.” He advocated a sound money policy just after the committee heard from John F. Hylan, former mayor of New York, a plea for inflation of the cur- rency through legal tender notes; the | addition of silver to the monetary base, or reduction of the gold content of the dollar should it be found there was sufficient gold in the world to make this possible. Hylan Hits Reserve System, Hylan, appearing as president of the Monetary Reform League, included in his statement a sharp denunciation of banking policies and the Federal Re- serve System. He said: “The irresistible conclusion must be reached that, fundamentally, the present industrial and trade de) was caused and still exists by reason of an insufficient and inadequate world and national medium of exchange and by the attendant circumstances of the de- flation of curreicy and credit resulting from the control which the Federal Re- serve Board has exercised over currency and credit. Hylan assailed loans of the Recon- struction Finance Oorporstion, which he said the banks “rode for billions,” and added: “The banks thus were enabled to unload on the Government many un- desirable loans and get rid of a big burden of frosen assets or unprofitable To e: d the currency, he proposed either mnldflltlon of lnwheg mpgzll, such as silver, to the monetary base, or reduction of the gold content of the Hylan attributed to the bankers s policy of “utter seifishness in control ml: ‘manipulation of the currency.” sald: the world, | made all mankind its vie- | tims, has been the plan of inducing foreign governments to adopt the gold , and under the pretense of stabilising their currencies, making them large loans at high rates of in- “This has already brought many of | Fuptey S Greatly -spateimues. to ke | con our | present rutnous pgcm In & tel terday, a budget 3 ] tic nominee in 1924, as a way to lift the | country out of depression. o country in my Jjudgment is more in need of surgery than of opiates,” | he said. Outlines His Program. “To my mind the most helpful thing Congress can do is to devote itself to the obvious things that lie close at hand, trusting the future for further guidance. “Among these things I, put: “l. Balancing the budget by radical and drastic economy and general taxes including a sales tax if no better plan is offered. “2. Reducing the swollen and ex- a) tions to veterans. ppropria . Revising the tariff with a delib- erate purpose of promoting foreign trade. “4. Readjusting the foreign debt set- tlements. 5. Repealing the eighteenth amend- m 3 “6. Abolishing, consolidating and re- ducing Government agencies and Gov- ernmental activities.” Balancing the budget and no tamper- ing with the currency were urged earlier by Myron Taylor, chairman of the board of the United States Steel Cor- poration. Daniel Willard, president of the Bal- timore & Ohlo Railroad, in & letter put into the committee record by Senator Harrison, Democrat, of Mississippi, sponsored cancellation of war debts and & balanced budget. Jackson Reynolds, president of the First National Bank of New York City, urged that the country's expenditures be reduced to the level of its income. Vanderlip Backs Silver. Frank A. Vunderl&, former presis dent of the National City Bank of New clous doocs yestenda mn:aab'm cl loors yesterday, - ing silver to the metallic base of the currency and balancing the budget. He ;:‘l;m not tell newspaper men what he proposed, but some committee members said these were the main points he brought out. The committee also released letters from Alfred P. Sloan, jr., president of the General Motors Corporation, and Alvan Macauley, president of the Pack- ard Motor Car Co., each of whom had been invited to appear, but asked to be excused. Your Income Tax No. 18. Losses from Casualties and Theft. ‘To be deductible, & loas arising from “fires, storms, shipwrecks or other cas- ualty” need not be connected with the taxpayer's trade or ess. 1f his home or his automobile is destroyed by fire or his Summer bungalow damaged by flood or storm, he may claim a de- duction for the loss sustained. Loss ef property by theft or bu?hry’ not Hen is an allowable deduction and n be incurred in trade or business, ce, the loss occasioned by the theft of jew- eiry or an automobile used for pleasure and convenience is deductible. It must be estab! , however, that the prop- erty actuslly was stolen. Should cor- cumstances af the loss leave the owner in doubt as to whether it was stolen or lost, the claim would not be allowed. ran far into the night. By these votes, it was agreed to take up repeal for | debate, provided for ratificstion con- Kern | ventions instead of State Legisiatures |and remove the provision giving Con- | Cobb | gress power to legislate against return For taking part in tribal disturb- Waitz Buite, | of the saloon. ances, 2.500 natives at Weenan. Natal. Waldteufel | The Blaine resolution as od by were marshaled by armed police into a Pinale, “Scattering of the Roses, the Senate last night. reads: | wire-netting inclosure for & mass trial Ring snd Hager | “That the follow! and each was fined $10. “The Star flpm(hflngnw." proposed as an ' ? County Welfare Board declared, were | Complete Officer's Uniform. “impossible " Among the things asked | POTLAND, Oreg. (#).—Traffic Sergt were $13.50 worth of groceries per Fred C. Short of the Portland police family per week, continuation of the | came to work with his No.9s surrounded King County commissary system. & dole by a pair of spats. Fellow officers de- | of $10 & week per man and $3 for each |cided the picture had best be com- department, .and 5.000 gallons of gaso- |pleted, so they presented him with a line, ”‘“3' motor cavalcade to the turkey-headed cane and & monocle. State capital; when the Legislature ulser Short threatens to wear the in session, wm%. outfit on duty. sel had sailed. Relatives were informed of the occur- rence end at their request the radio ENNRE. WAS 15 OuL. Pizzioato Intermeszo, *f 8 Laughter” e » A loss is deductible only in the year D. | “what are doing?" “T've j\u{“:nm polson,” Bray ex- o & |in which it was sustained, even though, as in the case of & theft or casualty, Carey of Wyoming, who with Chair- plained, “and 1 didn't wan An ambulance was summoned. ‘The |it may not be discovered until & later man Howell form the subcommittee in< vestigating in New Orleans, would reach | the street sc I came here.” | driver, Alex Costello, offered Bray a | year. Losses com | cigaret and, as they smoked , | surance or otherwise, of course, Washington Monday. | inquircd when he had taken the . | deductible. However, in the e the Hearings of the subcommittee will go forward today with Julius Long. Ob. - little while ago,” the former | smount of insurance is not sufficient to for the loss sustained, the | older brother of Huey, scheduled to take | the stand. The committee aiready has v ¢ minutes after he reschod the of the loss u exoess over th Bray died. the insurance % ded !mountd? ! v “Sevillianos,” “March des Torea- dors.” Excerpts from “Sweet Adeline”. | ipensated for by in-