Evening Star Newspaper, March 9, 1933, Page 2

ERAIN CONFERENCE AWATTS ROOSEVELT Morgenthau Partey Adjourns, | . Expecting New Presiden- tial Proclamation. By the Associated Prese. | The conference on grain exchbanges. ealled by Henry Morgenthau, jr., Farm Board chairman, recessed this morning until later in the day, explaining that s presidential proclamation was ex- pected with which the conferees de- sired to acquaint themselves before Pproceeding. The conference has sought to work | out a plan to reopen the -exchanges. gought by millers and by Peter B Garey, president of the Chicago Board of Trade, who also is representing the ‘Minneapolis changes. . Meanwhile, eight farm organizations urged President Roosevelt to recom- mend action by Congress to guarantee in full all bank deposits in nation: banks and other banks which may place themselves under Federal super- vision. Urge Money Reforms. They also urged & program “of monetary Teform to definitely raise price levels, increase employment. pro- tect property values, and to preserve equities and bank assets.” Congressional action to suspend domestic pavments in gold specie and to provide an embargo on gold exporta tiom “until, in the opinion of the Chief Executive, the ban can be lifted.” also was suggested. The group opposed the issuance of clearing house scrip, asserting “the powef that controls the lever to inflate and deflate should be in the hands of the Government rather than in the hands of private interests.” Organisations submitting the letter included the National Grange, the Na- tional Co-operative Milk Producers’ Federation of Covington, K the National Live Stock Marketing Assocla- | tion, Decatur, Ili; American Cotton Co-operative Association, Raleigh, N.C. National Wool Marketing Corporat Boston; the Dairymen's League C operative Association, Susquehanna, Pa.; the Poultry Producers of Central Cali- fornia, San Francisco, and the Pacific Co-operative Poultry Producers, Port- land, Oreg. New Fatm Plan Asked. As the ftst seasion of Congreas under the Roosevelt administration got under way, it was indicated that it, like the special session called by President Hp;over four years sgo, would be asked to pass on a new planto help the farmer. The prime purpose of the session, though, is emergency financial legisla- tion, so Secretary of Agriculture Wallace and other framers of the proposed farm relief program will not seek action until thdt is out of the way. As: Wallsce and the new Assistant Becre of Agriculture, Dr. Rexford Tugwell, sought unified support of farm organization representatives, there were indicat! receive for its comld:nuon - mflr: onsiderably different from on rellef messmire en: MANCHUKDO RULE ESTABLISHED OVER JEHOL PROVINCE (Continued From First Pagg) brigade and several thousand Chinese 25 miles south of Wukungfu. The Chinese were reported to have fled after suffering heavy casualties. | The Hattori brigade has been “mop- | p south of Lingyuan since cap- tu that central Jehol city last week. | It was ed to have seized Fanchia- kow and Lengkow, two passes in the Grest Wall of China on the Southern Jehol border, in the past. few days. BUILDINGS FOUND UNOCCUPIED. American Flags Save Mission and Chi- nese Children. ! JEHOL CITY, Jehol (With the Japa- mese Army), March 9 (®).—A 3250-mile Journey across Jehol with the advane- ing Japanese force during the past week disclosed a serfes of practically deserted | villages with 95 per cent of the build- | ings shuttered and only the aged and children visible when the Japanese troops arrived. Closely in the wake of the victorious army were Manchukuo's “publicity | wagons,” loaded " with quaint, gaudy | posters proclaiming the Japanese-ad- vised government of Manchukuo an sarthly paradise. City walls were placarded while troops were still marching in and pro- fessional Chinese-speaking propagand- ists harrangued the remaining populace, urging it to support Manchukuo and promising liberation from what was termed the corruption and exactions of Chinese war lords. “The conduct of the Japanese was ex- smplary. They paid for whatever they ' used and were biileted in only unoc- cupied buildings. | The lightning Japanese drive scat- | tered the Chinese armed bands | throughout the countryside and it may take months to eradicate this menace. Behind the troops came groups of Manchukuo officials, taking over offices in the towns and cities deserted by the Chinese. The utmost confusion prevails in the administration of the conquered territory which is to be a state in the year-old Manchurial nation. ‘The Japanese drive. which began 15 days ago, was completed in the nick of e. Roads and rivers already are hawing and shortly they will be im- passable. Two American flags over a mission at an and a nearby underground shelter possibly saved an American missionary and & number of Chinese children from being victims of the Japanese aerial attack on that town Jast week. i{ The missonary, Miss Harriet F. Minns of Buffalo, N. and two British co- Wworkers made the fiags by hand. They mmarched the Chinese children to the | “ghelter. * Japanese bombing planes spared the mission and shelter. Miss Minns was the only American fn Jehol Province. S PE - ! Darrow Hits Money-Madness. TORONTO, March 9 (#)—Clarence Duarrow, noted Chicago criminal lawyer, . artived here yesterday for a lecture and -madness the and Kansas City Ex-| ions the present Congress wm: Warlords in APPY (over their army's success, mander in chief of the Japanese chief of staff, Maj. Gen. Nelji Lieut. Gen. Kuniaki Koizo (right), photographed on the roof of | headquarters at Changchun, Manchuria. THE EVENING Jovial Mood JAPANESE LEADERS HAPPY OVER ARMY SUCCESS, Gen. Nobuyoshi Muto (center), com- ies in Manchuria, with his assistant amura (left) and the chief of staff, Japanese P. Photo. Ol CERMANY REGRETS 1S, INDIGNITIES | | Replies to American Note FRANCE CONSIDERS 1.5, DEBT PAYENT Daladier Is Believed Giving|ssts Protesting Violence Involv- | Serious Thought to Over- ing Citizens. By the Associated Press. The State Department disclosed to- day that protests have been made to, the German government through Ambassador Sackett against reported | indignities and violence involving American citizens. In reply, the German government expressed its keen regret and gave as- | surances every measure would be taken to prevent similar occurrences. The cases were understood to have arisen from disorders in connection with the recent election in which the National Socialist or Nazi party, headed by Adolf Hitler, was given command- ing power. Incidents Reported. Four incidents were reported involv- ing American citizens. The individuals | named were Henry H. Sattler, Edwin | P. Dakin, Nathaniel S. Wollf and Max Schussler. Their plates of origin or residence in the United States were not given in the dispatch from the Berlin embassy and were not imme- diately available at the State Depart- ment. Two distinct protests were made and after the second the German foreign office said the matter had been called to the personal attention of the Chan- cellor and each member of his cabinet. ‘The cases of Sattler, Dakin and Wollf were the subject of a protest by Am- | | | bassador Sackett on March 7. Sattler and Dakin, described as Amer- ican citizens, temporarily residing in Berlin, were sald to have been subjected to violence or intimidation by armed | National Socialist groups. | | Wollf contended he had been vir- tually kidnaped, bound and held in. ’| communicado for three hours. Fourth Protest Made. On the day after the German foi eign office expressed its regret and in- tention of acting to prevent similar | occurrences & protest was made in the fourth case, that of Schussler, who said | he was forced at the point of a pistol |to sign an order revoking an eviction proceeding against one of his tenants | who was a year in arrears in his rent. | Schussler charged that his home was | invaded and his wife subjected to mA‘ | dignities, and this likewise was made |a subject of the protest. It was in| response to these second representa- | tions yesterday that the foreign office disclosed the matter had been brought to the attention of the chancellor. Similar cases. the State Department was informed, have been brought to the attention of the German government by other diplomatic missions in Berlin. | GRAN CHACO TRUCE | PROPOSAL CONFIRMED | Efforts of Four Nations Reported Well Received by Bolivia | and Paraguay. | By the Associated Press. BUENOS AIRES, March 9 —Foseign | Minister Saavedra Lamas of Argentina | confirmed reports yesterday that Argen | tina, Braszil, Chile and Peru had pro-| posed an armistice in the Gran Chaco border warfare between Bolivia and Paraguay pending negotiations to solve the controversy. | Diplomatic representatives of the two | warring nations and Chile conferred with the foreign minister, présumably ute. Reports from the presidential man- sion indicated that the armistice pro- posal had been well received by Bolivia | and Paraguay. | | == | | LOOMIS OPERATED ON SAYRE. Pa., March 9 (#).—The Rob- | ert Packer Hospital today said that the | condition of E. E. Loomis, president of | the Lehigh Valley Railroad, “seems sat- | isfactory.” Loomis underwent an operation for appendicitis yesterday after being stricken while on an inspection trip. Staff physicians said they would be | “anxious” about him for a day or two, but that no complications had devel- | oped. | ist si due Instaliment. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Radio'to The Star. PARIS, France, March 9.—The possi- bility was revived today that France may soon make its delayed December war debt payment of $19,261,432 to the United States. It is believed the government, headed by the Radical-Socialist Edouard Dala- | dier, is thinking seriously along these lines. France would thus attempt to demonstrate by a concrete gesture its friendliness toward President Roosevelt and the American reople, as well as|PO% its desire to co-operate closely with the United States for world peace and eco- nomic restoration. New Argument Available. The difficulty will be to find a way to convince the French Chamber of Deputies to reverse its attitude, conse- quent on which the previous cabinet under Edouard Herriot fell. It is believed. however, the fact that President Roosevelt is not excluding France from the forthcoming war debt negotiations can be presented here as a new fact justifying 4 new attitude on France's part £ Among other things France earnestly hopes and believes the United States will find a way to remain on the gold standard. The Bank of France seems | willing to co-operate with the Federal [Reserve Bank unrestrainedly to this end. Vast Short Position. Estimates indicate there is now a vast short position on the dollar in Europe's three principal exchanges— Parls, London and Amsterdam. This position in Paris alone, which, of course, includes orders from sll over Europe, is estimated at around $120,600.000. It is believed, therefore, that if Pres- ident Roosevelt's energetic measures re. sult in a sufficlent restoration of confi- dence in the United States, the combi- nation of French and American banks can easily keep the dollar at gold par abroad and give the shorts a bad time. (Copsright. 1933.) HERRIOT URG PAYMENT. Confidence in U. S. Ability to Overcome Troubles Expressed. PARIS, March 9 (#)—Former Pre- mier Edouard Herriot, who advocated payment of the American war debt when he was head of the government, proposed today .that France pay the $19,000,000 instaiment due last Decem- ber, as a gesture of friendship and con- fidence at this time of financial crisis. In an interview with the newspaper L'Intransigeant, he expressed complete confidence in the ability of the United States to overcome its present troubles. “Now that President Roosevelt has shown a desire to discuss the debt sue” he said, “it is necessary by a ngle gesture to make the United States know and understand that we would be happy to aid them in overcoming their present difficulties. America is going through a temporary crisis and will emerge with its customary energy.” SALESMEN WILL MEET National Electric Supply Co. Present Professional Dramas. ‘The annual Spring sales convention of the National Electrical Supply Co. will be held in the Roosevelt High to ! in connection with the Gran Chaco dis- | School auditorium Saturday, with pro- fessional actors presenting playlets and skits emphasizing the saliept features of the 1933 sales drive. Previous conventions of the company have employed playlets in a similar manner, but this year will mark the first time professional talent has been used, according to C. L. McCrea, head of the distributorship. The actors will bring with them theatrical stage equip- ment to make the presentation more effective. About 300 salesmen are ex- pected to attend the convention. P.-T. A. to Meet Tomorrow. ARLINGTON, Va., March 9 (Spe- cial).—The March meeting of the Parent-Teacher Association of the Patrick Henry School will be held this evening at 8 o'clock in the school house. MEN 'CAN GROW BEARDS TO KEEP MASCULINITY, SAVANT SUGGESTS Sees Feminine Styles Eliminating Other Traces and Predicts Race of Albinos. By the Assoclated Press. PHILADELPHIA, March 9.—Visions of men growing beards to preserve their masculinity and the white race eventually becoming one_ of absolute wrinkled fedors trousers, the only monopolistic symbol of mnulh;u‘.len for mere ‘lun to -8 m-' and better olloge of Pharcaacy sod Belence night, . He said the “evolutionary process that produced the white race eventually will s0 depigment man as to result in & race of sheolute albinos.” X gray as na ent stage of evolution, about 'nlcr—- said nothing can be done. lemurs, “Monkeys. -m and nh‘l’l and ticker tape or worried STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, MARV(‘H 9, 1933. BY AUSTRIAN NAZS Hitler Following Views New Regime as Step Toward Union With Reich. By the Associated Press. VIENNA, March 9.—The Austrian dictatorship was viewed today by the fast-growing Hitl ing the day" of 0 % following as bring- lerman union closer | hand. | The Socialist party voiced a threat of civil war, while the National Social- | ists scoffed at any attempts by Dictator- | Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss to sup- | press their demonstrations. | o Whatever may be the motive of the | government, Alfred Frauenfeld, the| Nazi leader, declared its action in es- | tablishing a dictatorship was certain to help the Hitlerites. The Soclalist party, cut off from power, although it had the largest rep- ! resentation in the suspended Parlia- | ment, warned that it would use consti- | Parliament, but, unless success was achieved quickly, other means would be Crucial Hour Foreseen., In an appeal to its membership, it sald: “The hour of decision may call | you very soon.” The immediate goal of the Hitlerites, | Frauenfeld said, was a common foreign | policy with Germany. The Socialist majority has, seized every opportunity to expose and attack any indications of a Fascist alliance of Germany, Hun- gary, Austria and Jtaly, reviving the triple- alliance of pre-war years. ‘hancellor Dollfuss’ Christian Social party has been the target of the Soctal- ists whenever it showed signs of favor- ing such alliance. A bid for Chris- tian Soc! support of the movement for the uniting of Germany and Austria was made by Prauenfeld in declaring | the willingness of the Nazis to join in | a Rightist coalition against the Social- He declared the dictatorship must have popular support to survive, and the easiest way to decide this was through new elections. It has been more than two years since & parliamen- tary election, when the Nazis gained only eight seats, but last year they made great gains in the provincial elections. tutional means at first to re-establish | | thers Mouney Not Yet Received. ‘The question of “Anschluss.” or union with. Germany, would be a matter for action after Austria and Germany achieve a common forelgn policy. Frau- enfeld said. Last year the Austrian Parliament ratified acceptance of the $43,000,000 Joan offered by the League of Nations with the proviso that it least 20 years. The text of the loan agreement, how- ever, provides this, condition will not be binding until Austria actually receives the money. It is still unreceived. (The t-war treaty with Austria also pro- vides that it must retam its independ- ence.) | However, the pulling up of boundary | posts between the two countries was re- ported at Innsbruck. The town of Krambach, where Dollfuss's own party is in control, named Hitler an honorary citizen. Putsch Is Rumored. A Nazi attempt to hold & mass meet- ing at Graz last night resulted in a riot in which police used their pistols, wounding 10 persons. Nazis this morning fought with So- cialists in student riots at the Vienna Institute of Technology. | Rumors being circulated included one that the Nazis were planning a putsch | with the aid’of German Brown Shirts | to be smuggled over the border. and another, that Chancellor Dollfuss was | planning to end an argument with Burgomaster Karl Seitz of Vienna by | appointing & federal commissar for the city. (Burgomaster Beitz yesterday refused | to accept notification of & government decree forbidding political gatherings. | He returned it with the notation, “Un- constitutional.”) The Dollfuss government this morn- ing struck a violent blow at the So-| cialists by confiscating the party news- | papers, Arbeiter Zeitung and Kleines Blatt. | Both newspapers published a party appeal calling for preparation to de- fend the constitution and a statement by Karl Renner, president of the na- tional Parliament. in which he empha- | sized the fact that he was still the, Parliament’s President and as such was | entitled to call the next parliamentary session. ! Declare Diet Called. They also announced that the Vienna Diet had been called for a special ses- sion this afternoon and told their read- | ers the Socialists had arranged 73 closed party meetings for tonight. The confiscation was carried out with | extraordinary thoroughness. Policemen | waited at every news vending agency | throughout the city and seized the newspaper bundles as soon s they were | delivered, to make sure that no sub-| scribers received copies. | Under the government's new press decrees, the chancellor now can demand | that all future editions of thene So-| cialist organs be submitted for censor- ship two hours before distribution. OIL COMPANIES REACH | AGREEMENTS ON PATENT | | i 8inclair Joins With Universal and Gasoline Products in Deal to Stop Legislation. By the Assaciated Press. | CHICAGO, March 9.—Oil companies interested in the licensing of oil crack- ing patents announced an agreement had been reached today by officials of the Universal Oil Products Co.. the Gasoline Products Co. and the Sinclair Refining Co. H. H. Halle, president of the Uni- versal, said the agreement reached aft- er extended negotiations gave Uni- versal and Gasoline Products Cos. the authority to grant their licenses the right to use Sinclajr patents. In re- turn, he said, Sinclair Refining was privileged to use patents of the other two. Payment of & “substantial” sum of money by Sinclair was reported by Uni- versal officers. In addition Sinclair was sald to have assigned & number of its cracking patents to Universal. Halle said law suits threatened by Sinclair against Universal and Gasoline Prod- ucts licensees would not be prosecuted as a result of the agreement. GIFT MADE- PRESIDENT President Roosevelt yuunh{ was the recipient of an oil painting of his own likeness, the gift of the Central Greek Committee of California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, and s, which organization was active in the interest of the Democratic ticket in the recent campaign. The portrait was accepted on behalf of the President by Col. M. H. MeIn- ng paign organisa- tion had a membership of more than a tremendous would renounce the “Anschluss” for at | { Llnthe IDIGTATOR HAILED |CONGRESS SPEEDS IT5 ORGANIZATION Mrs. Rooseveit Among Throngs Crowding Galleries for Opening. The Seventy-third Congress convened in extraordinary sessior at noon today and immediately proceeded with the formalities of organization, which in- cluded the elevation of Representative Henry T. Rainey of Illinois to the speakership of the House and the selec- tion of Senator Key Pittman of Nevada as president pro tempore of she Senate. The galleries in both the Senate and the House were fllled to overflowing. ‘)ln. Roosevelt was among the distin- guished visitors during the opening cere- monies in the House, occupying & seat in the executive gallery and knitting al- most continuously during her stay First Lady Applauded. When Mrs. Roosevelt's presence was called to the attention of the House, the entire membership arose and applauded. | 8o did the spectators in the galleries. The First Lady acknowledged the rec- ognition with a siight bow of her head and a smile. The First Lady was accompanied by her son James, Mis. Henry Morgen- thau, jr.; Miss Melving Thompson, her secretary, and Mrs. Nancy Cook. As soon as Vice Pres.uat Garner con- vencd the Senate, the chaplain, Rev. Ze Barney T. Philips. offered the prayer. Then after the organisation procedure, President Roosevelt's procla- mation, calling the special session, was | read. The Senate then adjourned until 1:30 p.m. pending completion of the emergency banking bill. Other Offices Filled. In addition to Pitman, the other Senate offices filled were: Secretary of the Senate, Col. Edwin A. Halsey; sergeant at arts, Chesley W. Jurney; secretary to the majority on the floor, Leslie Biffie, and secretary to the minority on the floor, Carl A. Loeffer. ‘The selection of Democratic chair- men and the appointment of Senators o approved as previously announced by party leaders. While routine organization steps were being taken, there was a drone of con- versation with occasional laughter in the galleries. Senator }kwl‘ ot Illinois, new Democratic whip, ‘made a point of order and suggested that the galleries be requested not to permit their voices ;‘o drown out the proceedings on the oor. Vice President Garner said”the point of order was well taken and told those in the galleries they are weicome to | the proceedings but should respect the rules of the Senate against demonstra- tions. Following the routine steps of organ- izing, the ;rulden!'l message was rea: Rainey Gets 302 Votes. ‘When the speakership nominations had been made in the House, Rainey received 302 votes, as against 110 for Representative Snell, Republican, of New York, the minority leader. All the Farmer-Labor votes were cast for Rep- resentative Kvale of Minnesota. Announcement of the vote on the election of Speaker Rainey provoked a protracted ovation. The entire m bership of the House rose and appl Rainey Emphasizes Crisis. In the House, Rainey, in assuming the speakership, sald that “today we; are erigaged in another war—more seri- ous in its character and presenting greater du%n to the Republic” than . | the World The white-haired veteran of many congressional battles said the country was undergoing a rebirth and would emerge happier and more prosperous in “the new era which now dawns.” “We are going to call on the entire membership of the House to support the relief measures which will again be suggested by a Democratic adminis- tration,” he said. appealing to the Re- publicans to co-operate. Backed by People. “In the serious business which is ahead of us, we are already assured that back of us are the people of the entire United States, exhibiting a patience and fortitude in the midst of their difficul- ties unparalleled in the history of this or any other nation,” Rainey said. ““This country is only undergoing now 8 rebirth; the suffering we are endur- ing now is, we confidently hope, merely birth pains.” “From the troubles of the present we will emerge a greater and happier and more prosperous Nation. We must pro- ceed now with the readjustments nec- essary in order to enable us to func- tion in the new era which now dawns on us and all the world. “Ladies and gentlemen of the Sev- | enty-third Congress, I appreciate to the fullest degree, I assure you, the great honor which has been conferred on me."” Committces Delayed. House, organization through the appointment of the five committees necessary to handle the emergency leg- islation had been temporarily delayed. Neither the Democratic members of the Ways and Means Committee nor the Republican Committee on Committees reached & decision and were ready to announce their respective sssignments to the five committees—appropriations, banking and currency, accounts, Tules. ‘These four, with the Ways and Means Committee, make up the five commit- tees first to be inted, with the prospect that sgricviture will be next selected. Not Notified of Members. The trouble in the Republican Com- mittee on Committees rose over the fact it had not been officially notified how many members it was to be allowed on the various committees as a result of the big increase in the Democratic majority which forces a change in the relative proportion of y_assignment to the committees. e Republicans. however, can promptly announce their assignment as soon as this question of how many they are to be allowed on each committee has been offici settled. ‘The Democratic membership of the Wlty‘lu and Means Committee, which acts as % . is to meet again in the office of the chairman of the committee adja- cent to the House Chamber as soon as the proceedings on the floor have been CURTIS ADMITTED TO BAR OF D. C. APPEALS COURT Former Vice President's Applica- tion Approved by Chief Jus- tice Martin, various standing committees were! Auto Plunge Fatal NEW YORK SOCIETY WOMAN KILLED—HUSBAND INJURED. s idy. injuring her husband. ‘water. after filling stal Insets: Leidy managed to extricate himself, but Mrs. Leidy di tion attendants pulled her out. VERTURNED car in the Bronx River, in the Bronx, New York, sfter ing through wall at Gunhill road, killing Mrs. Carter Randoiph socially prominent Rye, N. Y. and Phlladelphia woman, and ‘The sedan settled in mud in a fathom of ed shortly —A. P. Photo, JURY INDICTS TWO True Bills—16 Cases Are Dropped. ‘The District grand fury today re- turned 24 indictments, including first degree murder charges ‘Wibur both colored. as s result of the death fatally wounded recently in an argu- ment at 1234 Sixth street. ] declined to indict in 16 uding that of Clarence S. Branham, whose truck struck snd fatally injured Gregorio Segreti at Con- stitution avepue and Second street January 19. Branham had been bound . | over for grand jury action by a coroner’s Jury. Other Indictments. indictments were , Green, Leroy Brent, Philip (two cases). Richard Everett ‘Woodside (alias Barber), Troy M. Moore and William Thornton, housebreaking and larceny: Howard Dawson and Charles Alexander, robbery, and John | W. Taglor, assault with a dangerous weapon. Ray Moore and William Miller, viola- tion of national prohibition act Elwood O. Stevens, Will Tierney and Melvin Ahmay. violation Harriscn narcotic act; Evelyn Dixon, abortion; ‘Theodore Roosevelt Grant, violation section 151 United States penal ecode; returned N, Brasswell, William Coeyman and | James Carroll joy-riding, and Philip Davis, Edward 2. Shaw, Nathaniel B. Lewis, Richard A. Jackson and Philip H. Lyles, Tnd larceny. Those whom the grand jury refused to indict were: igene Rose an Wallace Elliott, joyriding: Charles E. Poe, grand larceny; Emmitt Hicks, housebreaking; Thomas Simms, Edward PFleming and Ernest Smith, robbery; Leow K. Warren, Almond D., Lovett, Butsey Harris, Anna Harvey, Edward Tucker and Louis erx." - ; Jol Dorsey, mayhem: Grant, violation national motor vehicle theft | act; Karl Belorlavek (alias Karl Bello) and Johanne Barclay (alias Joanne Phillips), violation Harrison narcotic act, and Milton Stocks, homicide. INDIANS TO MAKE PLEA Will Ask Voice in Roosevelt's Se- lection of New Commissioner. SHERIDAN, Wyo., March 9 (®).— President Roosevelt will soon receive a plea from representatives of American Indians to extend his “new deal” to in- through here on their way to petition to President Roosevelt asking that the Indians be given & voioe in the selection of & new commissioner of In- dian affairs and his subordinate in the field. ‘The petition has been d&l‘ by tribal euuneur representing all 14,000 In- dians in Montana. “DECIDEDLY IMPROVED” Senator Robert B. Howell of Nebraska, ill for two weeks at Walter Reed Hos- ally | pital, was Efifldfllly improved” today, estion | Suit for divorce was filed here yesterday ysicians . thG only has th Briscoe and William Spencer Johnson, | of Jesse Wood, also colored, who was | (TILITY RATE DROP ON MURDER CHARGE ~ HELD DISTRICT AID District Body Returns 24 Record of Changes Since| 1925 Compiled by Chief Accountant. The record of changes in the nh-‘ of public utilities here since }36. when high prices generally prevagied, hes been compiled by Byers McK. Bach- man. chief accountant of the Public Utilities Commission, at the request of William A. Roberts, special counsel of the commission. The several reductions in rates since that time have brought large savings to customers of the utilities, according to data made public by James L. Mar- tin, commission secretary. Since 1925, the record shows, there have been con- sistent reductions in rates of two local ANGARA PLEADS GULTY AT M mmses and Prisoner Tell . of Shooting as Judge Weighs Penalty. By the Assoclated Pross. a MIAMI, Fla, March 9.—Giuseppe Zangara today pleaded guilty to charges of murdering Mayor Anton J. Cermak of Ohicago when his mad attemp! to Sasassinate President Roosevelt here Pebruary 15 falled. Zangara's plea was entered by Louis P. Twyman, chief of the counsel ap- pointed for him after Zangara himself had sald, in response to a query as to guilt by State Attorney N. Vernon Hawthorne: “I want to kill the President. I want %o kill all kings and presidents,” Zan- gars apparently started on a lengthy discourse but was halted by Twyman. ‘The latter sald his client would plead guilty to the first count of an indict- ment returned Monday by & special conyened grand jury if the second count was dropped. ‘The first count charged Zangara with Mayor Cermak as he tried to kil President. The second charged premeditated murder of Mr. Cermak. Witnesses Testify. ‘Tom Armour of Miami was called as the first witness as Judge Thompson heard evidence according to- Florida law, before passing sentence on the Zangara already has been sentenced to 80 years imprisonment on his plea of gullty to charge of attempting to murder the President and three of the his bullets struck. Armour told his story of attempting to divert Zangara's aim when the latter Mflnd his pistol five times in Bay Front The second witness, Miss Dixie Her- m‘l court reporter, testified about Zangara's statement, de! she said, “in a reasonable calm wa . | night of the shooting. Sheriff Dan Hardie of Dade County, the third witness, described the shoot- ing and Zangara's capture and asald the Istter stated he wanted to kill President Roosevelt because he was “a member of the capitalist class.” Dr, R. C. Woodard. superintendent of Jackson Memorial Hospital. described treatment of Mayor Cermak up to his death and said the bullet wound caused gx:dm, Two other doctof's also testi- Prisoner Takes Stand. Zangara himself took the stand after the State closed its case. “I'm 33" he testified, “born in Italy. I came here first September 10 years 8go and live in New Jersey. I live hers three four months—since July. “I want to kill all capitalist. Because of capitalist le get no bread. That's important g—not money. I feel this way since I 14 years old. “I go %o work when I € years old. I work with farm people. “¢ @ * My father's in Italy. mother died when I 2 years ol I got six sisters and a step-mother. “I have stomach pains since I 6 yearg old. I not mad at my father, but I ::l st capitalists. They got edilca- "¢ & * T don't smoke, drink be- cause % makes my stomach on fire, “e * ¢ I don't belong church. I don't believe in God.” tried utilities, & minor cut in another and |in higher rates for a fourth, the street railways, o' >r commission protests. The heaviest cuts were made in the Tates of the Potomac Electric Power Co. Since 1925 the domestic power rates | have fallen from 7.5 cents per kilowatt | hour to 3.9 cents. From 1925 to 1930 gas rates remained at $1 & 1,000 cubic | feet for the first 50.000 cubic feet. The {rate then was changed to $1 for the | first 1,500 cubic feet and 90 cents for | greater amounts. In March, 1932, the Tate was cut to $1 for the first 1,000 | cublc feet, 90 cents for the next 3,000 | feet and 85 cents for the excess. ! During the past eight years telephone | rates were reduced once, on May 13, 1925, when the flat rate was cut from | 85 to $4.75, with me:sages allowed on the two-party $2.50 incressed from 38 t0 40 in number per mcnth. Last Sep- tember a 10 per cent cut was ordered by the commission, but the case was taken to court by the telephone com- pany. 4 $12,403 PAID BY U. S. FOR FOUR PIECES OF LAND Tract Lies at Foot of Anacostia Hills Overlooking the New Bolling Field. ‘The Department of Justice yesterday announced the payment of an award of $12,403, determined upon by condem- nation, for four more small parcels of land in the building section of the new Bolling Field. The tract lies at the foot of the Anacostia hills overlooking the new landing fleld area and is one of a few remaining small parcels for which condemnation g5 were instituted. With the completion of the condem- | nation cases, all land for the new field, which will be one of the Nation’s model military flying centers, will have been completed. Construction of s large bar- racks building for enlisted men, a of houses for commissioned person: operations and headquarters bu! and three warehouse bulldings is under way and grading of a portion of the landing area has been completed. No funds have been provided for hangars or other “technical” buildings, however. The barracks and quarters will be occupied during the Summer, officers and men ‘“commuting” between the old and new fields, which are about a mile apart between building areas. There is no prospect of flying operations being transferred to the new fleld this year, 1t is said. EE N et ‘Wife Sues Army Officer. SAN FRANCISCO, March 9 (#).— by Mrs. Stella McClure inst Lieut. Col. Charles W. McClure, U. 8. A., re- tired, whom she married in Washington, D. C., March 26, 1924. The complain- | ant eharged cruelty and asked for “suit- sble alimony.” There are no children. “CONSCIENCE” BRINGS $35,000 GOLD FROM HIDING INTO BANK ' Empire Trust, New York, Receives Largest Individual Deposit Since National Holiday. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, March 9.—The flow_of gold out of hoarding today had brought 635,000 from one person into the vaults | " * * I feel I have a right to kill him. I feel that many years. “s e e It was right. I know give me electric chair, but I don' care—I'm right.” ' “No, no, I not cragy,” he said in re- sponse to a question by Twyman Zangara's excitement as he talked o his plot caused him to shout in high- pitehed tones. CHURCHGOING DROP IS DEPLORED BY PAGE | Author of ‘“American’s Creed” Speaks to Father-Mother-Son Banquet. | William Tyler Page, author of “The American’s Creed” and suthority en good citizenship, believes one of the troubles with the world todey is the ing of the custom of saying grace at the table and holding “family worship.” the annual father-mother- for Boys at the Central Y. M. C. A. last night, Mr. Page, now minority clerk of the House. called for a return to spir- itual traditions of several generations 8go. He declared more than 20,000,000 boys and girls in this country receive no religious training of any kind and quoted & New York Juvenile Court Judge in support of the contention that Sundsy achools and similar organiza- tlons for religious instruction are pre- ventives of juvenile crime. As a tribute to the speaker the stue dents recited in unison the patriotic creed by the former clerk of Parents and sons exchanged compli- ments at the banquet. Thomas Todd, A dramatic sketch de- comradeship that should ex- parents and sons was pre- sented by a student cast. COLORED CLERK GIVEN WHITE HOUSE DUTY Pyesident Remembers Man Who Served Him as Assistant Navy Secretary. President Roosevelt today had at his service at the White House the colored olerk who served him when he was Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Tuesdsy afternoon, Louis McHenry Howe, ene of the President’s secretaries, who was also at the Navy Department with the Chief Executive when he was aasistant to Secretary of the Navy ’ ears Pryor was a ice of the Assistant the Navy. There Mr. BAND CONCERT. By the United States Band this evening at Stanley 8:30 o'clock. John 8. M. Zi bandmaster;