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HILSE DENOCRITS 10 VOTE REPEALER Party Action Seen as Assur- im Passage of Resolution £ %% on Monday. » & (Continued From First Page.) 3, 20 Republicans and 1 Farmer-Laborite voted for the repealer. Nine Demo- crats and 14 Republicans were recorded in opposition. Shortly after the Senate passed the repeal resolution it also approved the appropriation bill carrying $8.440,000 for enforcement of prohibition in the next fiscal year, the same amount pro- vided by the House. ‘This represents a 15 per cent reduc- tion under budget estimates. The appropriation bill as passed and returned to the House for acceptance of amendments forblds use of any money for wire tapping or for purchase of evidence. e bill includes funds for the State, Justice, Commerce and Labor Departments. Wil End Wire Tapping. Shortly ater it was approved, Amos W. 'W. Woodcock, director of prohibi- tion, issued a statement saying wire tapping would be discontinued immedi- ately instead of July 1, when the bill would become effective. He said wire tapping had been used only in a limited manner and only against “the large commercial gangster type of cases,” but it would be dropped to keep the bureau In line with the wishes of Congress. 4 A rapid-fire debate preceded the vote, with Senators limited to 10 minutes each. Dentocratic Leader Robinson, who gucceeded last night in striking from the resolution the section giving Congress concwrrent power to legislate against he saloon, said: ¥ 5! have grave doubt in whatever form this amendment is submitted whether 36 States of the Union will ratify it, but I believe there is sufficient sentiment in the country favor: change of present conditions as relate to control of the alcoholic bever- age traffic to justify this Congress sub- mifting the question to the people for their decision.” Saloon Ban lmpmue-ble.b of Idaho, Republican e Mho voted to strike the sajoon ban from the resolution in the belief it was “impracticable” said the only way to prevent the return of the saloon would be to “outlaw the llquor tr?‘?im of the opinion,” he said, “that under any possible amendment it would be practically impossible to prevent the turn of the saloon. I.e“When they are drinking on_the emises in 500 saloons in New York gty tonight when it is illegal to sell it, can we prevent it when it is legal to sell it?” Arizon: Senator Reed, Republican, of Penn- | Arkansas i 14, an amendment | Go5s #lyania, lost, 70 to ?‘;firike out the saloon ban, but this was not regarded a test on this issue. -Reed also proj the Blaine proposal the premises where liq this was rejected, 47 t “Two other amendment down without roll -calls—ons ings, Democrat, of ‘Maryland, to prevent the taxation of liquor prohibited in in- commerce, and another Gote, Democrat, of Oklahoma, to bar States from authorizing retail sale of liquor for private profit. Glass Offers Substitute. uor was sold, and 0 37. ey |5 jposed &n amendment to 1 to bar drinking on | £0rs by | M THE EVENING REPEAL FIGHT EXPECTED TO GO BEFORE STATES NEXT WEEK BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. With final and. favorable action by Congress on a Tesolution repealing the eighteenth amendment in sight, the fight over national prohibition is ex- pected to pass next week to the States themselves. ‘The House, which failed by a mere six votes to mdopt a “naked” repeal resolution on the opening day of the present session, i¢ expected on Monday to give its approval to the repeal reso- lution adopted yesterday by the Senate. This resolution, while it s not so “naked” as the Garner resolution which the House turned down, is sufficiently 50 to be accepted by the Spemker. It lays no ban on the saloon, but it does undertake to write into the Constitu- tion & measure of protection to States which' desire to remain “dry.” wets are not counting their chickens before they are hatched. They are preparing to move quickly into the States and to bring about action by their Legislatures favorabie to the cause of repeal. Five Meet Next Year. The only Legislatures of States Which do not meet in 1933 are those of Ala- bama, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi and Virginia. Alabama’s Legislature meets every four years and as it met in 1930, 1t is scheduled to meet next year. The other four also will meet in 1934, for they by law meet in the even-num- bered years. It will be necessary for the Legislatures of the States, as the matter now stands—or will if the House acts favorably on the repeal resolution Monday—to make provision for holding the State constitutional conventions specified in the repeal resolution to act on the proposed new amendment of the Constitution. Three-fourths of the tates must ratify to amend the Con- stitution, 36 States. Supporters of prohibition repeal are coun! on pt action by at least 20 States, thro their Legisla- tures and then through the State con- ventions. It is possible and not im- probable that the repeal movement in the States will grow in size, like a snow ball, as States continue to ratify. This may have its effect in bringing far more early ratification of the repeal amendment than is now even hoped for by the most ardent wets. On the other hand, the drys are preparing to make a last-ditch fight against repeal. Legisiative Dates. ‘The States, the meeting dates of their Legislatures, and the sessions limita tion, if any, are as follows: Sessil Meeting Date. Limital january 60 on tion. 5 SO T e ts were shouted | Kans: e by Tyd- | Maine Michigan innesota Montana Nebraska, Ne Ne 1n offering his substitute, the same | New Yori ring and’ last plan which he proposed e Bimine which formed the basis for proposal, Senator Glass, Democrat, of i o Tekt " ow. b rohibiti elt N :nx;‘éfl&em of national prohibition seems to-have proven an utter failure. His substitute was voted down. One reason for the failure, he 8s- t serted, was “the fact that moral lepers | w, and statutory criminals have had the effrontery to assume leadership of moral forces this eountry,’ “Thefle: are_some things worse than liquor,” he said, adding that “Anti-Sa- loon Leaguites rode to a precipitate downfall because of & spirit of intoler- ance manifested in many ways. Now some of these gentlemen who want to |t Tepeal better beware lest they also ride to a downfall” ° Glass cted repeal would never less constitutional guarantees saloon were adopted. tor Dill, Democrat, of Washing- ton, another dry, said he always had vated+forjprohibition measyres, but re- garded the votes of the people of his State in the last election s & mandate | to favor the resolution. He did. Tydings, wet leader, cailed attention that some Senators had contended re- peal would “bring back” liquor. “Where has it gone?” he asked and loud laughter issued from the galleries. ‘Women Drinking More. “The good women of this land,” he said, “are drinking more under pro- hibition than they ever drank before prohibition.” “Are there any Senators in ‘this chamber who have violated the eight- eenth amendment or the Volstead act? Are there any in the House of Repre- sentatives? I don't say there are. Sen- ators know themselves the answer to my question. If it can’t be observed in’ those places where can it be en- forced?” Bingham, Republican, of Connecticut, another anti-prohibition advocate, said prohibition was adopted to “keep young people from knowing the taste of n- toxicating liquor, yet in Cleveland the year before last 30,000 persons were ar- rested and we are told the average age was only 25.” Robinson, Republican, of Indiana, a gry, started off the day's three-hour de- ate “Whoever votes for this resolution now before the Senate votes directly and deliberately for the return of the saloon. Passage will be legalization of beer in the incoming ad- ministration. “That will mean a saloon on every corner. America will go on a spree the like of which has never been heard of before. It won't be safe to go on the streets with 32,000,000 automobile drivers, “The pendulum will swing back— | As soon as the back toward decency. people become thoroughly disgusted with the saloon they will rise again in their wrath and the saloon will go.” Blanton Plans Fight. ‘The. House at last night's session called for the consideration of private bills and got its first foretaste of pos- sible dissension in Democratic ranks over the proposal to bind them by party caucus to support the repeal resolution Blanton, Texas, Democrat and as ar- dent a prohibitionist as Senator Shep- pard, said he was convinced that “my party is selling its birthright for a mess of pottage.” “It is a long way from a Senate vote to repeal” Blanton shouted. “I sin- cerely hope that the Speaker of this House is never going to try by a caucus, as newspapers say, to bind good Demo- crats on & question of principle. “This i a_question of principle. No caucus can bind a man who wants to stand on that” Blanton said that he was “afraid” Democrats soon would find themselves | like the guests at the feast of Bel- shazzar, “sitting at a banquet and seeing | the handwriting on the wall.” A Republican who is just as ardent a wet—Schafer of Wisconsin—retorted that “Blanton believes a platform is only made to run on—then forget all ahout it.” He added that recently in the Benate he heard Robinson of Arkansas, the ‘Democratic leader, “speaking for naked Tepeal” and wondered whether Robin- Taambers. trom his State’ Who voted against. repeal on the da; 3 4 Yo followed by | 76 day: 160 days 60 days ione 60 days G0 days None I January 10 40 days Limitations Vary. ¢ Where there is no statutory limitation on the length of legislative sessions in the States, there are other factors which may shorten these sessions. In some of he tures resolutions are adopted fixing & date for adjournment. In the list the length of session as agreed upon up to Monday of this week is given. In several of the Lcgislatures there are provisions that no new legis- lation may be introduced within & fixed period prior to adjournment. Indiana places no statutory limitation on the length of a lcgislative session, but does provide that the per diem compensation of the legislators shall not run beyond 61 days. South Carolina has a similar restriction on pay, but the pay session runs only 40 days. Mis- souri also has a similar restriction re- garding pay. In calculating the length of the sessions of the Legislatures 60 days is construed as meaning week days or legislative days, exclusive of Sundays. It is obvious that a large number of State Legislatures are not only now in sessidh, but are likely to remain in ses- sion a sufficient length of time to take action for setting up the State consti- repeal resolution. | Fime is the essence, as both wets and drys realize. It had been the hope of | the drys that action on the constitu- | ticnal ‘amendment for repeal could be | postponed until at least the special ses- sion of the new Congress, probably in | April. By that time many of the State | Legislatures now in session would have | adjourned, some of them not to meet | for two years. But the action in the | Senate has changed all that. House Action Firal The repeal amendment, if it is adopted by the House by the necessary | two-thirds vote, will have received final | action so far as Congress is concerned. The President cannot veto it. It does not, as & matter of fact, go to the Presi- dent, but to the Secretary of State. The Secretary of St2te in turn certifies the proposed amendment to the Governors of the States to be by the Governors | certified to the State Legislatures. ‘When the repeal amendment passed to the States, and if some of or Legislatures or both, undertike to delay or put off indefinitely the calling of the State constitutional conventions to pass upon repeal of prohibition, the Congress may, if it sees fit, put through a law making provision for the calling of such constitutionsl conventions, The question of the constitutionality of such an act of Congress may be raised, and undoubtedly it would be so raised. However, there are eminent lawyers and constitutional authorities who insist that Congress has such power, among them former Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, who served in the Wilscn administration Mr. | Palmer holds that the ratification of constitutional amendments is a Federal function, even when it is performed by the States, and as such is subject to congressional action. May Cause Bitter Fight. siderable number of State executives and Legislatures not to give the people the opportunity to express themselves through State constitutional conven- tions, it is belleved that the Congress will be urged to consider seriously the such State conventions. Upholders of States' rights and of the contrary opin- ion that ratification of amendments is a Federal function will oppose vigorously such action by the Congress. Already there is serious consideration on the part of supporters of the repeal advisability of bringing into Congress & bill for holding of the constitutional conventions in the States, with certain methods of procedure laid down. voted | 'The repealists are particularly anxious that in the set-up of the constitutional ¢ days | vious rate had been 1 per cent. days | replacing them with cash, which has | | them, either throwen their Governors | Alal If there is a disposition by a con- | question of passing a law to bring about | of the eighteenth amendment of the | Legislatures Will Have to Act to Set Up Constitutional Conventions Provided in Resolution. conventions the delegates to the con- hall be b | cordance with ferritorial and political divisions of the State and counties. | Only by having the delegates represent | the peoule, they say, can a real ex- pression be had on this important mat- ter of repeal. Senator Kean of New Jersey, Repub- lican, said today that immediately after the Senate had voted yesterday to adopt the repeal resolution he had sent tele- grams to the Governor and to the pre- siding officefs of both houses of the State Legislature urging them to take prompt action and to pass the neces- sary legislation for the State constitu- tional convention to act on repeal. He pointed out there is to be a primary in May in New Jersey for the nomination of certain officers and that the Statc could save money and time by having the constitutional convention called and elected in May, AGTION GONTINUES EASY MONEY PLAN New York Reserve Slashes Acceptance Rate and Buys U. S. Bonds. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, February 17.—A two- pointed program was put into effect yesterday by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in order to provide ample currency for the needs of banks and to continue an easy condition in the money market, The bank cut'its buying rate on bankers’ acceptances in half and also furthered its purchases of Government securities, which is the keystone of the Federal reserve system’s easy money program. In banking quarters outside the Federal Reserve bank, which had nothing to add through its spokesmen to the bare announcement of the ac- ceptance rate reduction, it was esti- mated that some $70,000,000 in fresh cash reserves had been added through the reserve bank’s efforts. Indersed Doubly. Bankers’ acceptances are drafts in- dorsed doubly by business institutions or individuals and by banks. They are % | eligible to discount at the Federal re- serve banks which, by law, are restrict- s|ed to loan money on credits of the very highest rating. A reduction in rates on such acceptances, therefore, has a powerful effect on rates through- out the entire money market. The new acceptance rate is 15 of 1 per cent on maturities up to 90 days. The pre- No information was available as to the amount of Government securities which the Central Bank had purchased. The weekly statement, covering the period ended Wednesday, showed that $25,396,000 additional of these securi- ties had been aequired by the reserve system as a whole, of which $14,062,000 represented purchases by the New York bank.. Some commercial bankers es- timated that as much as $10,000,000 additional of Government securities had been purchased by the New York insti~ tution. The effect, they said, was to loosen up the money market still fur- ther, Three Levers Used. ‘The action was described as another evidence of the Federal Reserve Sys- tem'’s policy to keep the money market stabilized. The system's main levers for maintaining control of the market are the reserye bank’s rediscount rate, its_rate on bankers' acceptances and its day-to-day purchases of Govern- ment securities. The securities buying operation serves take over Govern- ment obligations from member banks, in | turn tends to build up member banks' €excess reserves, U. S. RELEASES SHIP IN LIQUOR SEIZURE | Brkitish Schoomer Miss C. B. Not ‘Within Hour's Sailing Distance, Records Show. | BY the Associated Press. tutional conventions called for in the | NEW ORLEANS, February 17.—The | United States Circuit Court of Appeals iy(fls{tel’diy ordered the British auxiliary schooner Miss C. B. returned to her | owners because she was not within an ihflur'x sailing distance of shore when captured by a Coast Guard cutter with | a liquor cargo aboard. | Records showed the Miss C. B. was captured in March, 1932, outside the 12-mile limit after a chase which started inside the limit. The Southern Alabama District Court condemned and forfeited the ves- | sel, imposed & penalty of $5,000, and | confiscated 1997 sacks of assorted liquors and 1,250 gallons of alcohol. The Court of Appeals affirmed a de- | cision of the Southern Alabama District Ceurt ordering forfelted the Spanish Honduran schooner Halcon, which was seized by & Coast Guard cutter off the Loulsiana coast on February 15, 1932, | with a liquor cargo aboard. The court held that the jurisdiction is properly in the southern distfict of ma. Penalties of $500, $18,813 and $5,000 against the master, L. Samuels, were also affirmed. COLORADO RIVER WATER CONTRACT IS REJECTED i Arizona Refuses Agreement to Take 2,800,000 Acre-Feet From Main Stream. By the Associated Press. PHOENIX, Ariz, February 17.—Ari- zona yesterday rejected a contract of- fered the State by Secretary of the In- | annually from the main stream of the | Colorado River. Rejection of the proposed contract was announced after the organization meeting of the new Arizona Colorado River Commisison. Gov. B. B. Moeur, ex-officio member |of the commisison, said Arizona will cppose construction of diversion dams {on the river and the delivery of water | to_california until mors favorable divi- | slon of the river's flow Is agreed upon. | Foil Australian Counterfeiters. CANBERRA (#)—Ernest C. Bid- dle, governor of the Commonwealth | Bank of Australia, announces that his experts after two years' effort, have evolved a fraud-prcof banknote. The bills will be placed in circulation this year, but whatever cunning is in their manufacture will be kept secret. = Al terior Wilbur, which proposed delivery | | to Arizona of 2,800,000 acre feet of water | STAR, WASHINGTON. D..C. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1933. | IHOUSTON SUPPORTS | FOES OF INFLATION Wilson Treasury Secretary Blames War and Boom for Depression. By the Associated Press. Like many - other witnesses preceding him, David F. Houston, Secretary of the Treasury under Woodrow Wilson, today outlined a program for economic recov- ery to the Senate Finance Committee which included maintenance of Federal credit and “no tampering with the currency.” Houston, head of the Mutual Life In- surance Co. of New York, laid the back- ground of current economic ilis to the World War and too rapid expansion since. He also proposed: Far-sweeping bank reforms intended to strengthen the banking system. Refunding of the public debt at low- er interest after the Government as- sures the country it will maintain its credit and not bother the monetary system. Urges Tariff Revision. Revislon of the tariff laws to break down “the water-tight compartments” into which he sald natiows were with- drawing. Legisiation to place transportation systems competing with railroads under Tegulation. John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, and L. J. Taber, national master of the Grange, also were to be heard today. The committee has summoned 250 national leaders to give their views on restoring industry and agriculture so that Preisdent-elect Roosevelt may have ample information for the basis of an anti-depression drive. In the background of present condi- tions, Houston said, were 30,000,000 killed or wounded in the war and ex- penditures aggregating $268,000,000,000. International exchanges were dis- rupted, he continued, and in the wake of the war there came an “upsettin; of governments, dismemberment of na- tions and the setting up of new ones.” He said this country’s public debt leaped from $13,000,000,000 to $26,000,- 000,000 in the three years following entry into the war, “or $13,000,000,000 more than the entire expenditures dur- ing our whole history.” State and local expenditures, like- wise, increased, Houston said. Lamont Is Absent. During the war, he said, farmers were urged to increase their acreage, adding, “they responded nobly.” =~ But, “instead of reducing their acreage after the armistice, as they were urged to do they continued the heavy production, particularly in wheat and cotton.” Desp! x‘:mrnlnqs that European na- tions, ai the war, would seek to re- cover world markets, Houston said, American expansion of agriculture and industry continued. ‘Thomas W. Lamont, New York finan- cler, due to appear today, was unable 10 be present because of an illness in his family. Committee members said they expected him at a future date. Men prominent in many flelds have appeared all week. Among those who presented programs yesterday was E. D. Duffield, president of the Prudential Life Insurance Co., who appealed for sound currency end restored public con- fidence. He also urged that Congress take no action that would impair the validity of mortgage contracts, and championed a balanced budget. e CANADA TO MAINTAIN BAN-ON RUM TO U. S. House of Commons Rejects Bill to Allow shipmentl of Liquor Across Border. By the Associated Press. OTTAWA, Ontario, Februsry 17.—A bill which would have lifted the ban on the export of liquor from Canada to the United States was defeated in the Houce of Commons last night by a non-party vote of 100 to 44. Prime Minister R. B. Bennett op- posed the measure, saying it would amount to a breach of international good faith to aswist the movement of prohibited alcoholic beverages into the United States. Raymend Moran, & Conservative, arguing for the bill, declared that the only effect of the export ban had been to deprive the Canadian treasury of a large income. It was, he said, a “noble gesture” which meant nothing. Mr. Bennett explained that the pres- ent legislation prohibiting liquor ship- ments to the United States would become inoperative the day the eighteenth amendment was repealed. He was jolned in opposition to the bill by MacKenzie King, leader of the Liberal party. Mr. King said repeal of the ban would place the Canadian ingly and openly aiding and abetting smugglers in the violation of the laws of a friendly and neighboring country.” 0DD JOB PROSPERS Oilcloth Flower Business Makes Rapid Strides in Four Years. John Pedersen of Racine, Wis, was out of a job. He and his wife went to work with their capital of 45 cents making oilcloth flowers. That was four years ago. His factory was and still is his home, but there are 14 girls at work for Pedersen and his business is estimated at around $6,000 a month. Al Smith Pleased By Senate Passage Of Blaine Repealer W. C. T. U. Leader De- clares Drys Ready to Fight Every Step. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 17.—Alfred E. Smith expressed himself as “much pleased” at passage yesterday by the United States Senate of the Blaine reso- lution for repeal of the prohibition amencment. His statement: “I am very much pleased to see the resolution passed. It is in the best in- terests of the country, and all thinking citizens are satisfied.” Mrs. Courtlandt Nicoll, acting chair- man of the Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform, in the absence of Mrs. Charles Sabin, sald: “I am glad that the United States Senate has at last acceded to the de- mands of the people and has taken the first step toward ridding the coun- try of the evils of national prohibi- thom & & *> Mrs. Ella A. Boole, president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, | sald: “We will fight every step of the way. I have been going around the country, and find our women more determined than ever to hold up total abstinence as the best means of living and to sup- port prohibition as the best means de- vised ‘of dealing with the liquor prob- lem."” The Senate’s action was “deplorable.” Mrs. Boole said, adding the W. C. T. U. would, if the House concurs, center its action to block ratification States. government in the position of “know-|{n Rom: | | | the him with gold crowns, Retiring Navy Secretary Dubbed “Old Salt” FELLOW KIWANTANS PROMOTE ADAMS TO SOLE CHARTER MEMBERSHIP IN NEW ORDER. HARLES FRANCIS ADAMS, Secretary of the Navy for the retiring administration, was presented with an engrossed log as the “old salt Secretary” at a meeting of fellow members of the Washington Kiwanis Club yes- terday. In front, left to right: M. O. Chance, 'l'!h‘:k J. Boobar, C. K. Berryman, Secretary Adams and Edwin C. Hi - . Standing in back is Ha a storek rold N. Marsh, eeper and an itinerant artist. : SOVIET MAY SEND ENVOY TO AMERICA Ambassador Troianovsky Leaves Tokio—Declared Slated for U. S. Post. BY JUNIUS B. WOOD. Special Cable to The Star. TOKIO, Japan, February 17.—One d; the largest outpourings of Japanese and | forelgn officials that ever honored a| forelgner thronged Tokio's big main | railway station this evening to bid fare- | well to Alexander Trofanovsky,' for the | last five years Soviet Ambassador to Japan and in recent months doyen of | the diplematic corps here. Troianov- | sky, with his family, catches the steamer Tsuruga tomorrow and returns to Mos- cow via Vladivcstok. Reported Going to U. S. Vernacular newspapers declare that he is returning to Moscow preparatory to going to Washington as the first Soviet Ambassador to the United States | when the incoming Roosevelt adminis- tration resumes diplomatic relations with Moscow. While the retiring Am- bassador has smilingly indicated his leasure at such a possible appointment, himself :ays that he expects an assignment with the commissariat of commerce and trade in Moscow. While Trolanovsky. was extremely active in literary, art and musical cir- cles, he handled numerous delicate diplomatic incidents during his Tokio career.- At the last unofficial affair he appeared with Joseph C. Grew, Amer- jcan Ambassadcr, and Mrs. Grew, who were patrons of the annual ball of the | Society for the Prevention of Cruelty|dustry, education and government, un- to Animals. Setties Diplomatic Issues. ‘While here the Ambassador smoothed | out several ruffied relations between Soviet Russia and Japan, the most im- portant being the fisheries qdestion, which he helped settle twice; the Chinese Eastern Rallroad controversy and the Manchurian incident. A non- aggression pact between the two ccun- tries is the only big iscue still pending. Censtantine C, Yurenev, 44 years old and lately Minister to Vienna, left Moscow on Wednesday and arrives in Tokio in March to succeed Trcianovsky. (Copyright, 1833,) MANCHUKUO ENVOY IN ROME. Representative of Pu-Yi Seeking Recog- nition of New State. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROME, Italy, February 17.—His ex- cellency, Ting Shih-Yuan, has arrived e. He is the special representative of Henry Pu-Yi, chief executive of Japan’s toy republic of Manchukuo, whom he describes as “my august chief.” His mission is to persuade the world that the existence of Manchukuo is the result of the spontaneous uprising of a ! great people and that Japan's part in| the affair was merely a negligible co- incidence.. Ting Shih-Yuan has visited most of the capitels of Europe, preaching the gospel according to the Japanese for- eign office. He is doing what he can| to encourage the recognition of Man- chukuo. He is also collecting evidence | of what he claims are recognitions in| fact, if not in law, such as the visas on | his Manchukuo passport. | ‘The Japanese delegation at Geneva has placed two advisers at his disposal. (Copyright. 1933.) JAPANESE ATTACK PENDING. Force of 50,000 Reported Concentrating on Jehol Province. MUKDEN, Manchuria, February 17 (#)—Along the frozen snow banked roads which wind south and west from this city soldiers are moving day and night in loose marching order toward the Jehol province border. Japan is getting ready to attack. Japanese troops and the armed forces of Manchukuo, probably 50,000 strong, are marching to the mobiliza- tion points from which the long-plan- ned Jehol invasion will begin. It will be a drive along a 200-mile front and it may become the most serious clash between China and Japan since their undeclared war began in September, | 1931, At least half of this force is made up of Japanese veterans who went through last year's Manchurian cam- paign. Against them China can throw 150,000 men, strong in numbers, but | weak in organization. Japan's headquarters predicts that the Jehol campaign, once it gets under | way, will last less than a month, but neutral military observers belleve it will last much longer than that unless the Chinese are stampeded at the very be- ginning. ‘The Japanese authorities justify their designs of Jehol by the contention that the province is & part of Manchukuo and that the drive now in preparation is a “policing” operation to bring the | province under the control of the Man- chukuo authorities, Lion Chews Up “Store Teeth.” CHATEAUROUX, France () — Prince, a big lion in the local 200, has | no use for “store teeth.” He broke three of his own and a dentist fitted but Prince | promptly chewed them up. ”r characters represent a justice of the peace, a lobster man, —Star Staff Photo. Dry Law History 18th Amendment Was Voted in Senate August 1, 1917. In brief, here is prohibition history since the Senate voted 65 to 25, on August 1, 1917, a resolution for the eighteenth amendment. December 18, 1917—House approved resolution by & 276-to-131 vote. January 8, 1918—The first State, Mississippi, ratified the eighteenth amendment. January 16, 1919—Nebraska, the thirty-sixth State, ratified the amend- ment and it became efTective. July 22, 1919—Volstead -act passed Senate. . October 27—President Wilson vetoed Voistead act. It was passed over his veto by the House and the next day by the Senate, January 16, 1920—National prohibi- tion became effective. * December 5, 1932—Repeal resolution failed in House. The vote was 272 for and 144 against, 6 short of the neces- sary two-thirds. February 16, 1933—Senate adopted repeal resolution, 63 to 23. o ADVERTISING HAWAII INDUSTRY IS URGED Legislative Commission Hits Pic- tures of Hula Girls and Half-Clad Bathers. | | | | | By the Associated Press. ¥ HONOLULU, February 17.—Hula girls and half-clad bathers would be erased from the outsider's picture of Hawail in favor of such things as in- der recommendations made to the Leg- islature yesterday by tme Hawaii Legis- lative Commission. Thrusting at methods of advertising Hawaii to tourists, the commission re- ported: “In appealing to the tired business man of the mainland, this advertising has so emphasized the lure of Hawail as a tropical resort as to give an en- ltlx!nly one-sided, misleading picture of e, “Its population has been {llustrated in various forms of nudity calculated to c:;x:ey the impression it is wildly for- an ‘The commission recommended the Legislature take steps toward advertis- ing to “emphasize the commercial, edu- cational and governmental development of the Territory.” The commission is a special body ap- pointed last year to defend the Terri- tory against proposals to change the government, curtailing home rule. STATE FETE TONIGHT Massachusetts Society Reception Will Be Given. Members of the Massachusetts con- gressional delegation and undersecre- taries of various departments whose homes are in Massachusetts will be en- tertained at a reception tonight at the Shoreham Hotel by the Massachusetts State Society of Washington. Entertainment at the reception, scheduled to begin at 10 pm., will in- clude numbers by the Hoffman-Hoskins Dancers and orchestra music. Frank E. Hickey, president of the society, is gen- eral chairman. ——— HIT EXTRAVAGANT IDLE Workers in Chile Complain Living Standard Is Too High. ANTOFAGASTA, Chile (#).—So acute is unemployment in the northern prov- inces that it is estimated that three- fourths of the population of this city lives off the government. Correspondents of Santiago news- papers found, however, that virtually | none of the unemployed would accept | Jjobs and that some ill-feeling was pres- | ent among employed workers who fel: the “cesantes,” or idlers, were living | ]:mm than they who earned their eep. CHARGES NOLLE PROSSED| Woman and Three Men Had Been; Indicted in Loss of Sum. | An indictment charging Mary Bolita, | Thomas, Steve and Louis Stanley with | stealing $490 from Tinker Demetro was | nolle prossed today by United States Attorney Leo A. Rover, after the com- | plainant had informed him she would not prosecute the defendants. The money was sald to have been stolen | February 1. SRR S WINE BILL REJECTED Arkansas Senate Votes Down Measure, 28 to 5. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., February 17 (#)—The Arkansas Senate yesterday defeated a bill by Senator Abingtcn to | | legalize the manufacture and sale of wines and brandy. There was no de- bate. The vote was 28 to 5. —_— Sales of automobiles in Argentina are increasing. HARTZELL FAGES CHARGES IN 10WA Will Be Returned for Fraud Trial Based on Mythical Drake Estate. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 17.—Oscar M. Hartzell, charged by the Government with taking an estimated $1,000,000 from Middle Western investors on fabulous stories cf billions they might collect from a mythical estate of Sir Francis Drake, will go back to Iowa to answer conspiracy and mail fraud charges. Deported from England as an un- lesirable alien, Hartzell arrived yecter- day on the liner Champlain, was arrested when the ship nosed into uarantine and later arraigned before United States Commissioner Francis A. O'Neill. He was accused specifically of com- municating with Oscar Hartsock of Laurens, Iowa, telling him he (Hartzell) owned the Drake estate and would offer shares to ‘“donaters.” Hartzell waived examination, bail was set at $10,000 and he indicated he would make no effort to obtain freedom until he reaches Iowa. Assistant United States Attorney Alvin Sylvester quoted Hartzell as say- ing “everything is 100 per cent above- board, the estate is 100 per cent okey and I will prove it.” Beyond that, said Sylvester, he re- fused to comment upon the Govern- ment’s charges that he described the estate to investors as aggregating $32,- 500,000,000 and promised them $1,000 for -every dollar they invested. ‘The British government, authorities such estate " exists, though Hartzell is charged with having told investors he once talked the mat- ter over with the King, who, he said, ‘was rendered ill by the thought of so much money leaving the Emp LONG BEACH NAVY BASE ‘DESTROYED' BY ‘BLACKS’ Pl Planned Assault on Bay Region of San Francisco Is Beaten Back by “Blues,” However. By the Assoclated Press. LONG BEACH, Cal, Feb 17— ruary | A naval air raid by the attacking Black Fleet theoretically des base here today, but a pi on the San Francisco Bay the naval region was beaten back by the Blue Fleet defending | the Nation's Western Coast line. Twenty-seven battle planes of the Black Fleet, which left Hawaiian waters 10 days ago, stole through the lines of the Blue Fleet and delivered a simu- Iated bombing of the herbor district| that was a complete surprise. The Blue Fleet had 111 naval vessels patrolling the Pacific Coast in one of the most extensive naval maneuvers of the kind ever held. q 120 A general engagement occurre miles west of San Francisco when the | Battleship Oklahoma and other ships | of the Blue Fleet contacted the giant| alrcraft carrier Lexington and three | heavy cruisers of the Black Fleet. Due to the effective action of the defenders, the attack on San Francisco was de- clared ineffectual. Greek Memorial for American. ATHENS (/) —Stephen Deltas, Greek philanthropist, has founded at Athens llege an annual prize for student 'ssays in honor of the late Charles P. Howland, a distinguished American | lawyer who served with Deltas on the Refugees Settlement Commission. The Morris Plan Bank offers the INDIVIDUAL the facilities of a SAVINGS BANK with the added feature of offering a plan to make loans on a practical basis, which enables the borrower to liquidate his ob- ligation by means of weekly, semi- monthly or monthlydeposits. Itis l';lo( nmh.d sary to have an account at this Bank in order to borrow. Amt. of Note $120 $180 $240 SEENINFRIENDSHP } Secretary of Navy Adams Is Guest at Farewell Meeting of Kiwanis, Secretary of the Navy Adams told fellow Kiwanians at a farewell meeting in his honor yesterday that the hope for world peace lies in friendship and understanding rather than compulsion. “We are all concerned in the clash of Nations,” the Secretary said. “We have tried a thousand means, artificial in their nature, of compelling peace. In the long run the only means of getting peace in the world is by the spirit of friendship—the spirit of Kiwanis. So long as nations fundamentally suspect each other, and fail to understand each other, so long those nations shall “But some day we hope that the spirit. of Kiwanis may reach around the world: make us know and trust and :;e'lmtlnn friendliness brings er.” The Secretary said that dogs and men and nations share an impulse to be hostile toward strangers. ‘“The Kiwanis Club represents something w_lh’!‘ch ruf:.:tc(m‘trn'rg't to that,” he said. “The spirit of ting together, Kknowing each other. because that 1n§.{ to friendship, the best thing that this world can know Secretary Adams has been an hon- orary member of the Washington Ki- wanis Club since December 3, 1931. The meeting was arranged in his honor in view of the approaching change in ad- ministration. . GARAGEMAN UNABLE ' TO OPERATE AUTO Kentuckian Has Not Slightest No- tion of How Engine Works. Can Fill Gas Tank. COVINGTON, Ky. (#)—Willlam C. Blenke is the prosperous operator of & Covington garage, but he cannot drive a car, he does not have the slightest notion of how an automobile engine works and, like many other motorists, his mechanical knowledge is just about limited to filling the gas tank. The garage was wished on Blenke. Forty-three years old now, he spent 29 years in the jewelry business. Auto- mobiles were just pleasant vehicles in which to ride. And then the former | operator of the garage falled to meet | terms of the lease and Blenke was per- | suaded to take it over, | . The garage is strictly business with the new owner. He lets others with | mechanical knowledge do the repairing. | BAD LUCK IN BUNCHES | Family of Policeman James Baker Has Series of Misfortunes. For Policeman James Baker of Quincy, Mass, bad luck comes in | bunches. First, all six of his children had the m . ‘Then all six had scar- let fever. that, the family phy- sician had t make three“calls at the ; Baker home one day—Louis had the 1 , Antrew cut his face in a tumble | downstairs and David required eight | stitches for & cut on the head m falling off a bicycle. ot LU T Labor Gone. s England has no hard labor * for | Ey“?:e“ any more, said White. 0ld Fruit Aids Birds. Last Fall the price of . berries and apples was so low many were not har-. vested in the Carson, Wash., lon. During a recent freeze the old it proved to be a'life-saver for thousands of birds denied their usual food because the ground was frozen. Repeal Roll Call | (Prom the 5:30 Edition of Yesterday's Star.) ‘The roll call for passage.of the re- | peal resolution by the Senate follows: Democrats for: Ashurst, Bailey, Bankhead, Barkley, - Black, Bratton, Bulkley, Bulow, ‘Byrnes, Clark, Con- nally, Coolidge, Dill, Fletcher, Harrison, Hayden, Hull, Kendrick, King, Lewis, McKellar, Neely, Pittman, Reynolds, | Robinson of Arkansas, Russell, Smith, Swanson, Trammell, Tydings, W: A Walsh of Massachusetts and Wt of Montana—33. Republicans for: Austin, Barbour, Bingham, Couzens, Cutting, Davis, Frazier, Glenn, Gi Hastings, I Reed, ige, Vandenberg, Walcott, Wat- son and White—29. Farmer-Labor for: Shipstead—1. Grand total for—63. Democrats lil.lnn-—Cll'l'\Ei Costi- gan, Glass, Gore, Logan, McGill, Shep- glrd. S;ephem! and Thomas of Okla- oma—9. Republicans against—Borah, Brook« hart, Capper, Dale, Dickinson, Golds- :zormsh,'mxt:dem. Norbeck, Norris, Rob- nson o , Schuyler, Steiwer and Townsend—14. izt Grand total against—23. Pairs announced, for which two for one were required, were Howell, Thomas, Idaho, and Fess, Republicans, against, and Long, George, Wheeler, Copeland and Broussard, Democrats, and Carey, Republican, for. This accounted for all but one Ben- | ator, Schall of Minnesota, Republican, whose position was not announced. The BANK for the INDIVIDUAL Loans are plass- ed within a day or two after filing application— with few excep- tions, Monthly Deposit For 12 Months $10 $15 $20 $25 $30 $45 $100 $500 MORRIS PLAN notes are usually made for 1 year; though they may be given for.any period of from 3 to 12 months. MORRIS PLAN BANK Under Supervision U. S. Treasury 1408 H Street N. W.; Washington; D. C. #Character and Earning Power Are the Basis of Credit”