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RAINEY FORECASTS - PASSAGE OF BEER Says Bill Authorizing 3.2 Per Cent Content Will Be Passed by Tonight. ' b (Continued From First Page.) Constitution,” Ashurst told reparters at the White House. “Indeed, I think I could say 3.05 per cent is permissable. As to a 3.2 per cent. bill we will have to consider it. However, I am ready to listen to the arguments.” Senator Ashurst had just conferred with President Roosevelt at the White House, but declined to comment on his conference. ‘The bill' re| d to the House leaves the matter of distribution to be regu- lated by the States. An amendment offered by Representative Vinson of Kentucky, providing & method of regu- lation, was voted down. No Advertising Provision. No provision was made in the bill against advertising of beer. The Senate Judiciary Committee wrote into the bill, reported to the Senate at the last ses- sion, & provision limiting advertising and prohibiting it in dry States. The Sen- ate committee also included in that bill s prohibition against sale to minors. That matter also was left by the Ways and Means Committes today to the States. The beer bill was ordered reported to the House without a roll call vote in the committee. The committee, how- ever, i3 overwhelmingly “wet” in senti- ment. ‘The title of the bill is “to provide revenue by the taxation of certain non- intoxicating liquors, and for other purposes.” “We've got the votes,” Speaker Rainey said, in discussing early passage. He explained that he meant the Demo- cratic Jeadership could muster a two- thirds’ House majority if necessary to pass the bill under a suspension of the rules. Asked whether the bill before the Ways and Means Committee met the approval of President Roosevelt, Rainey replied: “It meets with White House ap- proval.” It is provided that the bill shall take effect 15 days after enactment. How- ever, permits for the manufacture of the beer may be issued at any time after the date of enactment. Penalties are provided for the ship- ment of the beverage into dry terri- tory, except for scientific, sacramental, medicinal or mechanical purposes. Fines of not more than $1,000 or imprison- ment for not more than six months, or both, may be imposed. A second offense would bring imprifonment for not more than one year, Act Quickly on Request. ‘The new beer bill ‘was reported less than 24 hours after Mr. Roosevelt's re- quest to Congress- to legalize the bever- age for the purpose of obtalning about $150,000,000 & year in Federal revenue. The Senate expects to send it to the White Mouse before the week end. In predicting the measure’s speedy enactment in & speech last night, peaker Rainey said it was not a “cure- all,” but the revenue to flow from it would play a part in balancing the budget, along with economies to be ef- fected, without “resorting to additional Trritating taxes.” As presented to the Ways and Means Committee, the bill was along the lines of the Collier-Blaine bill, passed by the ‘House last session and kiiled in the Sen- ate. The Blaine measure reduced the alcoholio content from 3.2 to 3.05 per cent, but Senatar Robinson said the new Senate would accept the House measure, - 31 SABOTAGE PLOT SUSPECTS RELEASED 8ix Britons Are Among Group For- bidden to Leave Moscow on Gaining Freedom. By the Assoclated Press. MOSCOW, March 14—Six British subjects and 25 other employes of the British Metropolitan-Vickers Electric Co., who were arrested by the secret gcliae ‘were released from custody today ut were forbidden to leave Moscow and ‘were directed to report to the police every day. ‘The Telegrafen Union News Agency said there was an investigation of charges that the Englishmen were par- ticipating in sabotage damaging to the interests of the state. ‘The company, which has been in the service of the Soviet government about 10 years, was reported to be within a few months of completion of its con- ct. An offiicial announcement said some of the British subjects arrested took an active part in the “wrecking activities.” The secret police disclosed a number of “unexpected and consecutive mis- haps” at large electrical stations in 'Dggscow, Cheliabinsk, Zuevo and Zla- st. MILLIONS OF BARRELS OF BEER ARE AVAILABLE Editor of Change in’ Process Alone Is Needed. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 14.—Joseph Du- bin, editor of Brewery Age, said today millions of barrels of beer, properly aged and having alcoholic content in conformity with the amended Volstead act, would be available at retail within 24 hours after legalization. “There are 146 licensed near-bear brewerles,” Dubin said. “These breweries have in storage from one to five million barrels of brew. To place this on sale merely would involve a slight change in the dealcoholizing process used now to Brewery Age Bays produce gear bear. The dealéoholizing | process follows the aging period. a result, there would be at least 1,000,000 barrels properly aged which could be distributed immediately through existing retail outlets.” SUSPECT IN .KIDNAPING AWAITS MURDER TRIAL | Formal Charge Made in Slaying | i | of California Patrolman and Garage Man. By the Associated Press. EUREKA, Calif., March 14.—George Manning, alias Hall, alleged kidnaper of a!United States customs officer, ‘waited trial on a murder charge here today for the slaying of Stephen Kent, California State traffic patrolman, and Lester Quigley, Eureka garage man. Because of wounds received during the gun fight in which the two men were ki}.l , Manning twu t:rnd?]e to appear for arraignment yest Y. formal murder -charge was placed against him. Officials said investigation had failed |- to link Mann| with the kidnaping of Charles Boet! 3 in Denver & d, month ago. ‘He allegedly confessed the | a store kidnaping of E. C. Ballinger, the cus-}1100 block of Seventh street, were held toms officer, at Bellingham, Wash. Bal- wr was found tied to a tree in Calif- near the Oregon line, ,counafl. where the group 1 | Ex-Hoarder Brings In Three Cameras Filled With Gold By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, March 14.—Three cameras full of gold were poured back to the Government. They were carried by a brisk gentleman who entered the Fed- eral Reserve Bank yesterday with a camera and tripod. “You can't tal tures in There,” policemen told , where- upon he disclosed he was an ex- hoarder and that his camera was full of gold money. After that he came back twice, each time with & camera full of the precious metal. » “Just camouflaging it from rob- bers,” he said. PERUVIAN REVOLT LEADER ENDS LIFE| Lieut. Col. Gustavo Jiminez Com- mits Suicide When Loyal Troops Act. By the Associated Press. LIMA, Peru, March 14.—Lieut. Col. Gustavo Jiminez, leader of a series of revolts in Peru, committed suicide today, the government announced. Loyal troops are assisting the gov- ernment in supressing & mutinous gar- rison at the town of Cajamarca. Of- ficials said if the rebel leaders hoped to extend the revolt throughout the coun- try their plan will fail. A small group from Cajamarca oc- cupled the town of San Pedro, not far from the Ecuadorian frontier, yester- day, but abandoned the town when they learned the first division of the regular armny was on the way. The government's official announce- ment said: “Rebels commanded by Lieut, Col. Gustavo Jiminez have evac- uated the town of San Pedro. The first division, under Brig. Gen. Manuel Ruiz Bravo, is marching against the revelutionari ‘Troops sent from Lima are c ting in suppression of the revolt, Elsewhere there is com- plete orde: QUALIFYING TO PLAY BRIDGE STARS URGED Movement to Give Protection From Dubs to Champions Gains Momentum. By the Associated Pross. NEW YORK, March 14.—A movement dubs is gaining momentum. Proposed by Willard Karn, a plan for automatic qualification of champions, 25 in tennis and golf, has received the indorsement of George Reith, executive vice president of the United States Bridge Association. Karn suggested that future pair cham- pionships be limited to 28 pairs, half of whom would qualify automatically on the basis of previous tournament records. The other 14 pairs would be survivors of & preliminary round. Reith in approving the suggestion noted that care must be taken not to establish a bridge aristocracy or to discourage new and unproved experts. In Karn's opinion s jinx seems to operate against defending champions and tournaments are thereby robbed of much of their color. He cited the re- cent Eastern championships, when vari- ous outstanding players were eliminated early in the tournament. A dub pair, he said, may seriously affect the scores of experts under the present arrangements. His point score plan for automatic qualification has been approved by vari- ous other experts besides Reith. LUKE LEA AND SON HELD IN TENNESSEE Pair Is Jailed on Requisition of North Carolina Governor to Serve Terms. | By the Associated Pres CLARKSVILLE, Tenn., March 14— Col. Luke Lea, Nashville publisher and former United States Senator, and his | son, Luke Lea, jr., facing penitentiary sentences in North Carolina for viola- tion of the State banking laws, were arrested here today. The arrests were made on & Warrant signed by Gov. Hill McAlister, who sev- eral weeks ago honored a requisition from the Governor of North Carolina. Sheriff Willlam Beaumont of Mont- gomery (Clarksville) County arrested the Leas at the request of Sheriff Lawrence E. Brown and Deputy Sherift PFrank Lakey of Asheville, who accom- panied the local official. were at the home of a friend, Allen Brown, & few miles outside the city. Later the officers brought the Leas to the law office of Collier Goodlett, | local attorney and member of the Leas’ was in con- ference. FLORIDA CHAIN STORE TAX HELD UNCONSTITUTIONAL Supreme Court Majority Opinion Finds Levy Unjustly ! Discriminatory. By the Assoctated Press. The United States Supreme Court yesterday held the Florida chain store tax unconstitutional. The majority opinion found that the tax, which in- creased in proportion to the number of counties covered by the chain, was unjustly discriminatory. Three justices, Brandels, Cardozo and Stone dissented. ‘The minority opinion of Justice Bran- deis held that the tax was in reality | aimed at giant corporations, and that| if a State wanted to tax such corpora- tions heavily, even to the point of put- | ting them out of business, the Supreme Court should not interfere. Justices Cardozo and Stone followed this rea- soning only part of the way. | ‘The Florida law was assailed by 13 corporations, including the Louis K. K. Liggett Co., Paxson’s, Inc.; the Nunally Co. and the Melville Shoe Corporation. CHINA DOWNS REVOLT ; OF 50,000 NATIVES By the Associated Press. CANTON, China, March 14—An of- |ficial report today said government troops had suppressed an -uprising of 50,000 natives who- had been mas- sacring persons near Kwangsi and Kweichow in Hupeh Province and in Hunan Province. The natives, it was alleged, had been supplied with arms by Reds. SRR oL T TWO HELD IN THEFT Arthur Johnson and Jesse Johnson, o, e 7 el et wi op:ynted by Max Cohen, in the to protect contract bridge stars from | | insure payment. | spite of his wife's announcement of a f |reconciliation and her plea that the | about 2,000 farmers ask the passage of 'When taken into custody the Leas| for the grand jury under $300 each on housebreaking charges lice Court bond e BROWN TESTAMENT FILED FOR PROBATE Owner of Endless Cavprnsl Gives Major Interest in Property to Son. The will of Edward T. Brown, owner of the famous Endless Caverns, was filed for probate today in the District Supreme Court. Mr. Brown, who died March 9, directed that a 60 per cent interest in the cor- poration owning the caverns be given his son, Edward M. Brown, and 20 per cent each to Gordon E. Brown and Hoyte B. Evans, nephews. These be- quests, however, were made subject to the payment of $6,000 a year to his daughter, Marjorle Brown King, end $2,500 annually to a niece, Kathlene Evans. Printing Company Divided. Sixty gr cent of the stock in the Bastern Printing Co. of New City, was given to Hoyte Evans and 40 per cent to his son. These bequests were made subject to the game cash payments to the daughter and niece as in the case of the Endless Caverns. P. J. McCormick was given & 60 per cent interest in the Southern Printing Co. of Atlanta, Ga. The rest of the stock was divided equally between his son and Hoyte Evans. Grottoes Go to Son. The will directed that the entire in- terest in the Blue Grottoes of Virginia 80 to the son and the Cyclopeian Tow- ers, in Augusta County, Va., go to Gordon Brown. A sister, Mrs. Minnie Brown Smith, was bequeathed $250 a month for the Test of her life. The will was witnessed by Henry M. T. Cunningham, M, M. Marston and R. E. Hamill. ACTOR COLLAPSES AT COURT HEARING Non-Support Action Against James Hall Is Dismissed by New Haven Judge. By the Associated Press. NEW_ HAVEN, Conn.. March 14— James Hall, motion picture actor, col- lapsed in the corridor outside the Com- mon Pleas Court yesterday during a hearing on his appeal against a de- cision in & non-support action insti- tuted by his wife, Irene Gardiner Brown. After a recess, Judge Walter M. Pickett reversed the decision of the City Court and ordered the action dis- missed. The court said the affidavit on which _the actor had been extradited from California was shown by the test- imony to be fraudulent. Hall, in private life James Brown, was taken to a hospital for treatment, but was discharged later. In January the actor was ordered in City Court to pay his wife $100 a week for a year, or go to jail for six months, and was placed under $5000 bond to He had been arrested in Los Angeles on a complaint of his wife, who has been here under a tuberculosis spe- clalists treatment for several years, charging non-support. After the case had been continued several times, he failed to appear and his bond was ordered forfeited. He was arrested in New Orleans as a bond-jumper and again extradited to Connecticut, in case be dropped. —_— FARM PRICE-FIXING IS URGED IN IOWA Resolution for Congress Is Drafted for Introduction in Gen- eral Assembly. By the Associated Press. DES MOINES, March 14—A con- current resolution asking Congress to set the cost of production prices for farm products has been drafted for introduction in the Iowa General As- sembly to meet relief demands voiced by Iowa farmers. The proposed resolution was prepared after the Legislature, in a joint session yesterday, heard representatives of additional agricultural measures. The farmers, clad in overalls or working clother, were members of the Farmers’ Holiday Association, which has been in session in Des Moines. They shouted approval of the demands made upon the Legislature by their leaders. A resolution adopted by the farmers demanded a full and complete mora- torlum on_ mortgage foreclosures; Te- vision of the tax laws on the basis of ability to pay; repeal of mandatory levies; discontinuance of the issuance of tax-free securities and the adoption of pending agricultural legislation. The Assembly was told by the spokes- men that the farmers believed they were entitled to the same relief they said banks and insurance ~companies Teceived. ‘The resolution asserted that if Con- gffess failed by May 3 to enact legisla- tion “providing justice for the Ameri- can farmer, we shall then prepare to strike and hold our products from the market.” SENATE CONFIRMS FOUR ASSISTANTS TO FARLEY O’Mahoney, Howes, Eilenberger qnd Evans Approved Without Debate. By the Associated Press. ' Without debate or objection, the four men nominated by President Roosevelt for Assistant Postmaster Generals last night were confirmed by the Senate. They are: Joseph C. O'Mahoney of Wyoming to be first assistant; Willlam W. Howes of South Dakota, second assistant; Clinton B. Eilenbe ger of Pennsylvania, third assistant, and Silliman Evans of Texas, fourth assistant. Chairman McKellar of the Post Office Committee submitted favorable reports on the four nominations and obtained unanimous consent for their immediate consideration. MOFFETT’S TERM NOT UP Remains at Naval Aviation Helm Until April 22 Under Law. Rear Admiral Wiliam A. Moffett, who heads naval aviation, was surprised today when the Navy’s lawyers told him he is legally chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics, Navy until April 22, He had expected that his four- year term as bureau chief would ex- B e Savy's legal talent, dug up & Tul avy's b ing of the Attorney General more than 80 years old which held that a bureau chief hoids his post during a term_be- ginn th Senate confirmation. For- mer t Hoover ggve Admiral Moffett a recess a] it and this fl":sm" by Senate April 23, HUGH R. WILSON, NON-VOTING ENVOY TO ACT FOR'U. S. AT PARLEY ON JAPAN (Continued Prom First Page.) accuracy in exchange of information and views; * * * and that the pro- cedure thus suggestcd will contribute toward the serving of * * * the United States and of all other countries con- cerned.” Even before the Roosevelt administra- tion took office it approved a note to the League expressing general accord with the action of that agency in con- | demning Japan's military policy in| Manchuria. As a result of the vote of condemna- tion, Japan withdrew from the League's Assembly and since then has pushed its military operations southward to the Great Wall around China proper, only about 50 miles from the old Chinese capital of Peiping. Similar Step Last Year. In naming a representative to sit with members of the League “as a prac- tical measure toward facilitating ef- fective co-operation,” President Roose- velt and Secretary Hull went farther in the matter of co-operation than their predecessors except on one oc- casion. Early in the Manchurian controversy —more than & year ago—the United States named a representative participate in the League Council's dis- cussions so far as they embraced the Kellogg-Briand anti-war treat; this Nation is & signatory. ‘The American note given out here today and handed to Sir Eric Drum- mond, secretary general of the League of Nations, ai Geneva yesterday by Wilson, said “the American Govern- ment is prepared to co-operate with | the Advisory Committee in such manner e be found appropriate and feas- ible.” “As it is necessary that the American Government exercise independence of judgment with regard to proposals which may be made and’'or action which the Advisory Committee may recommend, it would seem that appoint- ment by it of a representative to func- | tion as a member of the committee would not be feasible. Message Signed by Hull. “However, believing that participa- tion by a representative of this Gov- ernment in the deliberations of the committee would be helpful I am inc structing the American Minister to Switzerland, Mr. Hugh R. Wilson, to be prepared so to participate, but without right to vote, if such participation is desired.” ’ll'lhe message was signed by Secretary Hul The United States will be the only non-member working with the com- | mittee. It comprises Belgium, Canada, Co- | lombia, Czechoslovakia, France, Ger- Great_Britain, Guatemala, Hun- Irish Free State, Italy, Mexico, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Nethef- lands and Turkey. ‘Wilson, an experienced career diplo- mat, is 48, a native of Evanston, Ill, a Yale man, and has been Minister to Switzerland for six years. Three Ambassadors Named. This momentous declaration of policy marked a day in which foreign affairs bulked large. New Ambassidors were named for three highly important posts, and the administration decided to send Norman H. Davis, diplomatic trouble-shooter ex- traordinary, abroad without delay in the hope of turning the world toward peace through disarmament at a time when military activity is seething on three continents. Named as Ambassador to Great Bri- tain was Judge Robert W. Bingham, Louisville lawyer and publisher. Jesse Isidor Straus, New York -department store head, was appointed Ambassador to France, and Josephus Daniels, war- time Secretary of the Navy was definite- ly chosen for the Mexico City embassy. Senate confirmation of all three was ex- pected shortly. DANIELS AND. ROOSEVELT ARE REVERSED BY YEARS Former Chief Greets President Now as Subordinate, but Executive Protests. By the Associated Press. The years have switched the relation- ship of the war-time Secretary of the Navy and his associate, but the man who sits in the presidential chair at the White House still regards that sta- tus kindly. In the old days Franklin D. Roosevelt, as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, used to go into the office of Secretary Josephus Daniels, with the ; salutation, “Heillo, Chief.” Yesterday at the White House, it was Mr. Daniels, newly-named Ambassador to Mexico, who saluted Mr. Roosevelt with “Hello, Chief.” In good natured protest President Roosevelt held up his hand a: this un- accustomed grecting. But Mr. Daniels countered witl “The people have made you the chief now and I am just a subordiriate.” SQUIRREL GEILF HAZARD Taxicab Also Handicaps Player on Springfield, Mo., Course. SPRINGFIELD, Mo., March 14 (#).— The newest hazards io be included in & Springfield golf course were a squirrel and s taxicab, A golfer who started to swing his club at the squirrel hit his companion on the back swing, gausing & gash in the latter’s head. An out-of-bounds ball hit the passing cab, breaking the windshield and caus- ing & passemger to suffer cuts, to| ¥ to which, AUSTRAN DICTATOR FIGHTS HITLERITES Chancellor Dolifuss Says He Will “Take Wind Out of Nazis’ Sails.” By the Associated Press. VIENNA, March 14.—Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss, who for a week has ruled Austria as. a dictator, definitely established himself today as the lead- ing force fighting any attempt toward | & Hitler “putsch” in this country. He took s firm stand against the Hitlerites for the first time, dissipating the oft-repeated charges of Socialists that he and his Christian Social party have been flirting with the Nazis and their ideas, such as union with Ger- many. Chancellor Accused. When the strict decree against public assemblages and the rigid censorship were im) a week ago, immediately after celebrations of Hitler's electoral victory in Germany, they were believed directed against his Austrian followers. But the Socialists, numeérically the largest party, accused Chancellor Doll- fuss of rsvmg the way for Hitlerism and the Hitlerites believed their opportunity was at hand and talked of a “Rightist coalition.” Spurning this suggestion, the chan- cellor last night bid for Soclalist tol- erance of the dictatorship by warning them against the Nazi threat. “I doubt whether the Socialists would enjoy what would come next if the present efforts of the Christian Social ormomer government parties said. “What 1s good and sound in national | Socialism (the Nazi program) is really the old Christian Social program. What is & hollow phrase or demagogy, how- ever, does not interest us,” he said. He declared frankly his purpose was to “take the wind out of the Nazis' sails.” Scheme Held Impractical. The ban on Austro-German union imposed by the victorious allies by treaty and as a condition to the new restora- tion loan to Austria was viewed by opponents of the Hitlerites as making | | their scheme impractical. | Meanwhile, however, the Kaisertreue Volkspartei, Monarchist Soclety, sent Chancellor Hitler a message urging “a | real pan-Germany” with a future | | Danube federation under the Hapsburg |scepter. But it warned him against making s “great Prussia” and discrimi- | | nating nst South German states. | | __Rumors of both imminent Hitler and | Hapsburg “putsches” has led to mobili- zation of the Schutzbund—the republi- can guard. ‘There were rumors that Archduke Otto, 20-year-old claimant to the thrones of Austria and Hungary, | was returning or had already arrived | in Austria. 'SUIT AGAINST DOHENY | IS ORDERED BY COURT| Pan-American Petrolenm Receiver Will Try to Recover Money for Elk Hills Lease. By the Assoclated Press. LOS ANGELES, March 14.—Instruc- | tions were issued yesterday to W. C.| McDuffie, oil company receiver, by the | Federal Court, to institute a suit against | E. L. Doheny, oil magnate, in an at-| tempt to recover money he was alleged | to have received from certain leases in |the famous Elk Hills navol ofl re-| serve. | Counsel for McDuffie said the amount sought would range between $13,000.000 and $14,000,000. McDuifie is receiver for the Pan-American Petroleum Cor- poration and the Richfield Oil Co. of iClLlfomh. Doheny was former presi- dent of Pan-American. | A Federal court previously had held | that Doheny “by fraudulent conduct | induced the Government to enter into | leases” for certain sections and subse- | quently a judgment of $9.277.666.17 | was obtained against Pan-American. | In suing for this amount, plus the | value of the leases, McDuffie will con- | tend “that by reason of the miscon- | |duct of E. L. Doheny Pan-American | was deprived of essets of a very valua- ble character.” | 'HOOVER CONTINUES 'EARLY-MORNING WALK Breakfasts With Friends, Accom- panied by Son and Sec- retary. By the Associzted Press. | NEW YORK, March 14—Despite an ! | overcast siy and a threat of rain, for- | | mer President Herbert Hoover had his usual early morning walk today. | He was accompanied by his son,| Allan, and &Qis secretary, Lawrence Richey. ‘The trio left the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel at 7:30 and walked briskly up Park avenue for breakfast with friends in East Seventieth street. Mr. Hoover set the pace along the entire route. He talked with his com- panions and several times paused to do some window shngpln[. He was particularly attracted by a display in a pet shop and by an automobile show room. He nodded pleasantly to those who recognized him and smiled broadly when a dimunitive cab driver, standing beside his car, pulled "himself into a rigid salute as the former President Mr. Hoover expected to spend the re- mainder of the day attending to per- sonal matters. He expects to leave some time this week for his home in California. SHROPSHIRE FOUND GUILTY BY JURORS Faces' Priton Sentence on Charges of Bringing Roanoke Girl Here. Homer B. Shropshire was convicted in District Supreme Court today on charges of violating the Mann act. He faces a penalty of five years' imprison- ment. The jury which retutned the verdict before Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat had been told by Della Wills that Shrop- shire brought her here from Roanoke, llgewd & life of Va., and force immorality. sald Was com- Shropshire nesses in his The case was United States wwacu by Assistant Attorney John J. Sirica. SHOE WORKERS STRIKE HAVERHILL, Mass.,, March 14 (#)— Officials of the Shoe Workers’ Protective Union said last night that approxi- ‘mately 10,500 employes of shoe manu- facturers in Haverhill, Newburyport and ! CANTOR SIDES WITH VOTELESS DISTRICT Trade Body and “Forgotten Man” Pay Tribute to Comedian at Luncheon. The Washington Chamber of Com- merce and the so-called “forgotten man*” (the voteless District of Columbia) Hotel yesterday. ‘The well known star of stage, screen and radlo recelved on behalf of the voteless citizens a souvenir of the inauguration “of a President of the » million American citizens were barred by constitutional disfranchisement.” The souvenir, addressed to Mr. Cantor from “the forgotten man,” was bound with wood removed from the White House during recent repairs, after be- ing part of that famous structure for more than a century. In accepting the tribute, Mr. Cantor remarked: “It seems to me there was something said back in 1776 about tax- ation without representation. It's about time something was done about ®.” In a toast read by Thomas P. Lit- tlepage, presidert of the trade body, Mr. Cantor was lauded as a “good citizen, good husband and father, and tune creative artist, who has brought new courage as well as laughter into our world.” Approximately 400 guests crowded the small ball rocm at the Willard to honor the comedian. They included two members of the Roosevelt cabinet— Secretary of Commerce Roper and Secretary of the Interior Ickes—as well as several other distinguished guests. Among the latter were Col. Marvin H. Mclntyre, one of the President's secre- taries; Soseph P. Tumuity, presidential secretary in the Wilton administra- tion; Dr. Luther H. Reichelderfer, Dis- trict Commissioner; Admiral Cary T. Grayson, Inaugural Committee chair- man; Ben T. Webster, ‘president of the ‘Washington Board of Trade; James A. Collifiower, president of the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association, and others. The business session of the meeting, which occupled a brief few minutes, included a summary of action by the chamber board of directors since the last meeting of the group. e DR. VON PRITTWITZ RESIGNS AS ENVOY OF REICH REPUBLIC ___ (Continued From First Page.) sentation of a government to which he cannot be reconciled. ‘The retiring Ambassador expects that President von Hindenburg will prompt- ly relieve him of duty at Washington. There may be a brief period of delay incidental to winding up his official call, but Dr. von Prittwitz thinks his career here will be terminated almost at once. many, but his future activities are as yet undetermined. The Ambassador is a lawyer by profession, but has spent his entire life in the German diplo- matic service. It is not impossible, his friends understand, that eventually Dr. von Prittwitz may enter journalism in Germany and through it public life. Whatever he turns his hand to, it is certain that he will remain a valiant defender of the republican idea, which Hitlerism, in his opinion, has at least temporarily demolished. Dr. von Prittwitz, during five and one-half years in the United States, has enhanced the reputation with which he arrived in Washington, after some 20 | years at other diplomatic posts, which included an earlier assignment to Washington. As a junior attache, in 1908, he came to the German embassy when the late Baron Speck von Stern- berg was its chief, and served later under the ambassadorship of Count von Bernstorfl. Dr. von Prittwitz was not on duty in Washington either immedi- ately before or during the World War. After two years in United States, he was at the embassy in St. Petersburg, had a brief period of service with the army. later was assigned to the Ger- man foreign office, and then became counselor of the embassy at Rome, the position from which he was transferr to Washington. At Rome, his ambas- sadorial chief was Baron von Neurath, now German foreign secretary. ‘Whole-Hearted Republican. Although Ambassador‘von Prittwits, whose full name is von Prittwitz und Gaflron, is & scion of one of Germany's oldest noble and military families, long associated with the fortunes of the Ho- henzollern dynasty, he identified him- self whole-] with the German republic from the day of its foundation. His uncompromising loyalty to it and the constitution on which it Tested in- curred the enmity and bitter criticism of the Hitler and Hugenberg press. In- termittently in recent years it has called for his dismissal {rom the Washington post, President von Hindenburg, how- ever, held Dr. von Prittwitz in high esteem, the Berlin authorities recognized the merit of his service in the United States, especlally in connection with Secretary of State Stimson’s visit to Berlin in 1931 and the negotiations which resulted in the Hoover morator- ium of that year. Ambassador von Prittwitz made him- self a national figure in the United lic addresses throughout the country be- fore universities, trade bodies and else- where, interpreting medwmnummumwcmm dundmuumwfi-m own h years he was the guest of D. Ro:c‘eovelt at Albany, when the Presi- dent was Governor of New York, . (Copyright, 1933.) Committee 0. K.’s Holliday. Jointly honored Eddie Cantor, comedian, | at & luncheon tribute in the Willard | United States from whose election half | status and presenting his letters of re- | He plans to return to Ger- | ed | to care for the injured and the problem | Eddie Cantor, stage, screen and radio comedian, is shown in the center of the | | above photograph as members of the| ‘Washington Chamber of Commerce | honored him at a luncheon yesterday. At the left is Secretary of Commerce | Roper and at the right Thomas P. Littlepage, president of the trade body. | Lower photo shows the inscription on | the White House-wood binding of the “voteless Washington” souvenir present- {ed the comedian. —Star Staff Photos. |QUAKE-RIDDEN AREA | BANKS REOPENED; | TREMORS CONTINUE ___(Continued Prom Pirst Page.) who had planned to remain here for the Winter were returning to their homes in the East and Middle West. | The death list for the city, after a | careful check and recheck by police and the coroner’s office, stood at 55. A check by the Associated Press today re- | vealed 62 bodies in morgues, but under- takers sald seven of these had died from natural causes. Sixty more died in other communities. Relief officials had a list of more than 2,000 missing persons. but due to thou- nds fleeing the city after the first ock this was not considered out of e ordinary. Approximately 500 per- sons were in hospitals, latest compila- tions of the centralized relief agency \ revealed. l No Food Shortage. One of the greatest fears, that of a | i contaminated water supply, has been | | removed after chemical tests by health officers. Officlals said there was no shortage of food. - Social welfare work, such as feeding, housing and clothing the destitute, will be put under central organization to- | morrow headed by the director of State welfare. This work is now directed by | | the Salvation Army, American Legion | and the State militia. ! ‘Two school buildings will reopen Mon- | day and approximately a half dozen of | the institutions will be opened within a | week, Charles Henderson, chairman of the Rehabilitation Committee, an- nounced. The loss to the school buildings alone was placed at $5,000,000 by officials who | sald the estimate was extremely con- | servative. ‘The school system was the | hardest hit of all institutions in the | city. ~ Oliver Peacock, chairman of the Public Construction Committee of the | City Council, said it was likely an in- | vestigation will be made later of the | Teasons why the school buildings suf- fered so greatly. There are 42 public | school buildings in the city with a total | valuation of nearly $15,000,000. | Permitted to Leave City. Shortly after the severe shock yester- day noon, which did no additional | damage as far as could be detemined, | many of the lafger employers of the city informed their employes they were at liberty to leave the city if they deemed their lives in danger. Henderson, after receiving reports from various {nm of the city, said $50,000,000 would be a conservative esti- mate of the damage done the com- munity, Scores of engineers thoroughly ex- amined buildings. Structures that ap- peared to be inhabitable were given at- tention first so that the work of making minor repairs might be started at once. Pirst funerals of the earthquake vic- tims were held yesterday. They were attended only by relatives as the city | as a whole was occupled in its efforts | of reconstruction. Legion to Homer Girl. Taps will be sounded over the tiny flag-draped casket of 4-year-old Dolores Miller, one of the victims of the earth- quake. American Legion posts of Long Beach will accord her the honor of & full military funeral, the organization’s tribute to all the children who, perished inr the disaster. Little Dolores was chosen for the military honor because her mother, Mrs. Evelyn Spliner, lies critically ill ™ &} hospital and there are no family funds on which to draw. | | ANOTHER SHOCK IN LOS ANGELES. | Probe to Be Made of Construction of | Schools. H LO8 ANGELES, March 14 UP—A Slighe arin shock. - the . thirty-nioth tremor since the present series started at 5:55 p.m. last Priday, was felt in Los at 4:19 a.m,, today. Criticism of asserted weak construc: tion of many Los Angeles public schobls accom] an order today for an engineers’ investigation of rouglt by earinquaKes in 36 atric- e it qui ruc- :\‘IM of the city’s educational system. 35 sch Board of Educa- DOUBTS INVASION OF CHINA PROPER Japanese Minister of War Declines to Grant Assur- ances, However. By the Assoclated Pre TOKIO, March -Minister of War Gen. Sadao Araki, Japan's Nationalist leader and dominant figure in the cab- inet, said today he did not think Japan would extend its military operations into North Ghina proper. But the general, whose power rests on the current supremacy of military elements in government councils, would make no assurances of what course would be taken. Concerning all the various projects which reports have sald Japan may take up, now that its armies are poised on the northern frontier of undisputed Chinese territiry, he had the same laconic reply: Questions Propounded. “I do not think so.” ‘Written questions presented him by the Associated Press, each answered in_thess words, were: Does it appear necessary that the Japanese Army extend operations south of the Great Wall into the Peiping- Tientsin international treaty districts? Does the Japanese Army intend to assist Manchukuo to extend its boun- daries south of the Wall? WIl it assist in reseating Henry Pu- Yi, now the nominal head of the Man- chukuo government, on the throne of his forefathers at Peiping? Wil it assist Chinese leaders in North China to establish an independent state similar to Manchukuo and, perhaps, affiliated with that state? May Cross Short Distance. Last indications from the front were the Japanese would at least decide it was necessary to cross a short distance over the wall to break up Chinese con- centrations on that side. The Chinese put up much stiffer resistance in fight= ing to retain their ancient garrisons in the Great Wall than against the Jehol Province invasion, and Japanese re- ports today said 5000 Chinese were slain in recent battles at Kupelkow, the pass leadirig to Peiping. Even before the conquest of Jehol, the Japanese claimed that territory, held for centuries by the Chinese, was “in- tegrally” part of Manchukuo. But the plan to press farther south and revive the Manchu empire at Peip- ing is not meeting with popular support among Japanese. The native Man- churians affillated with the Manchukuo government were repol urging_the plan. But Japanese heretofore have thrown cold water on the idea. Henry Pu-Yi, deposed as the “Boy Emperor” of China when the Peiping government was overthrown in the revo- lution of 1911, has not been honored with an imperial title as head of the Japanese-advised Manchukuo regime, He is “Ching Cheng” in Manchukuo, meaning merely regent or administrator, SHIPS ANCHOR OFF TAKU. Presence of Squadron Near Tientsin Causes Uneasiness. TIENTSIN, China, March 14 (#).— The reported arrival of a Japanese naval squadron off Taku, at the mouth of the Hun Ho River leading to Tient- sin and Peiping, was causing uneasiness today in Chinese circles. Japanese sources reported the squadron's arrival. Meanwhile a third Japanese note pro- testing the presence of Chinese troops within the treaty area of Tientsin was expected by Chinese to be followed by |an ultimatum setting a time limit for this withdrawal. The 1901 Boxer pro- tocol barring Chinese troops from the area has not been strictly enforced in recent years. Chinese officials said if the Japanese attempt to occupy Tientsin, which is the port city of Peiping, they will be resisted as they were at Shanhaikwan, where a three-day battle preceded that city's fall last January 3. detachment of Japanese from the squadron was reported to have landed at Taku, which is 25 miles from here, EARTHQUAKE RELIEF ACTION IS DELAYED Senate Committee Quorum Lacking, but Approval Is Expected During Afternoon. By the Associated Press. Lack of a quorum today prevented the Senate Appropriations Committee from acting on the $5,000,000 McAdoo earthquake relief resolution to help California, but members predicted it would be approved this afternoon at & special second session. Senator McAdoo, Democrat, of Cali- fornia, and his Republican colleague, Senator Johnson explained the purpose of the measure. It was approved by Lewis Douglas, director of the budget, who suggested minor revisions which were accepted by the California Senators. AID QUAKE VICTIMS 500 Blankets Made Available by Secretary of Navy. Pive hundred blankets were made available late yesterday, on orders from Secretary of the Navy Claude A. Swan- son, for earthquake victims in the San Diego, Calif., area. The Navy Department announced that the cabinet officer approved the request of Brig. Gen. Frederic L. Bradman, United States Marine Corps, command- ing the Marine Cerps base at San Diego, for this authority. The request was made to Gen. Bradman by the American Red Cross, for use in the hospitals handling cases of injured from the quake area. WILL REBURY DIPLOMAT Mexican Envoy Takes Funeral Urn to Madrid. MEXICO CITY, March 14 (A.— Francisco A. De Icaza left for Berlin last night to assume a secretarial post in the Mexican embassy, and took with him an elaborate funeral urn. ‘The urn is to be delivered to the em- bassy at Madrid, and in it will be gl‘lctd the ashes of Gen. Vincente Riva lacios, & Mexican historian and statesman who died there while serv- ing as Minister nearly 50 years ago. The ashes will then be returned to Mexico for memorial before in- terment in the Rotunda of Dead in Dolores Cemetery, BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Band this cvening at Stanley Hall at 5:30 o'clock. John 8. M. Zimmer- mann, ban” “aster; Anton Pointner, assistant. ' Home trawley shock last PFriday = Stray Waltz suite, “Roses From the South, P'lm.l.:l "Wz‘ mn‘t You-r". J Df?y?v:l