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SERIES OF PARLEYS PLANNED AT ROME Other Government Chiefs Are Due to Follow MacDonald to Italian City. __ (Continued From First Page) party will drive to Rome from Ostia and will be received by Premier Mus- solini shortly afterward. This will be the first time Il Duce and Mr. MacDonald have met as premiers. Baron Pompeo Aloisi, Italian dele- gate to the League of Nations, will ar- rive in Rome tonight to participate in the discussions. DISCUSSIONS WIDENED. Daladier and MacDonald to Confer on Debts and Gold Standard. PARIS, March 17 (®).—A full dis- cussion of inter-governmental debts and the gold standard will be held in Lon- don next week by Premier Edouard Daladier and Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald. . The French premier, after his talk with the British statesmen at Geneva, decided to go to England Tuesday or Wednesday. continuing—but widening— the discussions started by Finance Minister Georges Bonnet of France and Chancellor of the Exchequer Neville Chamberlain of England. While Edouard Herriot and other gov- ernment leaders are trying to generate sentiment in the Chamber of Deputies for pagment of the overdue debt to the United States, Daladier is anxious to coordinate efforts with the British. He is particularly interested in the gold standard situation in America and the reaction of England to American efforts for British stabilization on the same basis The appointment of Norman H. Davis as chairman of the American delega- tion to the World Disarmament Confer- ence with the rank of Ambassador pleased French official circles. A government spokesman praised his tact and understanding of European afrads and expressed satisfaction with the activity on world questions of Presi- dent Roosevelt. 3 BRITISH PRESS DOUBTFUL. Plan Called Bold, but Skepticism Out- weighs Approval. LONDON, March 17 (#).—Doubts concerning its achievement outweighed expressions of approval of the disarma- ment plan presented by Premier Ram- say MacDonald at Geneva yesterday in Commands Cadet SON OF CONFEDERATE GEN- ERAL GIVEN HONOR. LIEUT. COL. S. B. BUCKNER, JR. Lieut. Col. Simon Bolivar Buckner, ir., son of the Confederate general who surrendered Fort Donelson to Gen. U. S. Grant in the Civil War, is the newly appointed commandant of ca- dets at West Point. He will relieve Lieut. Col. Robert C. Richardson, jr., the change being effective June 13. Col. Buckner will return to command the Cadet Corps from which he and his_gallant father, who was Governor of Kentucky and a candidate for Vice President of the United States, both were commissioned in the United States Army. The new commandant is well known in Washington, having served here during the World War for a period and at different times since then. He is a distinguished graduate of the Command and General Staff School and a graduate also of the Army War | College in Washington. Ih 1928 and| 1929 he served as executive officer at| the War College and is now on the | staff at West Point. ACCEPTABLE ARMS - FORMULA SOUGHT Roosevelt Wants Substitute Plan That Will Please Al Nations. | ROOSEVELTS MARK Z8TH ANNIVERSARY Old Friends Asked lo‘ Dinner Tonight Took Part in " Brilliant Event. (Continued Froma First Page.) Dall, the Roosevelt’s son-in-law and daughter; Mrs. David Gray of Aiken, 8 C. an aunt, and Mr. Roogevelt's aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Prederic A. Delano, there were included Mr. and Mrs. Henry Parish, in whose home the wedding was held, and Mr. and Mrs, Warren Delano Robbins. Mr. Robbins, who was an usher at the wedding. is a cousin of the President and was White House social arbiter for the Hoovers, Chances are that there were many reminders to the new White House family, because of the surroundings if nothing else, for it was President ‘Theodore Roosevelt, who on March 17, 1905, gave his niece, Anna Eleanor, in marriage to her distant cousih, Franklin, Shared Limelight. ‘The wedding occurred on Friday, too, and shared the limelight New York gave & St Patrick's day parade and a resident. Many another will remember the Roosevelt wedding day, well preserved in_print in the Library of Congress. t was the March 17 when the Japanese cut off the fleeing Russians; when maps showed routes of the re- treat; when Gil girls paraded through the ads; when an editorial was titled “Mr. Bryan and the Primaries.” “'Twas a great day for Iréland and Roosevelt!” the old New York World headlined, not hesitating to remark that the presence of the President “almost "n‘l‘:de the bride & secondary considera- n.” The Sun, too, stressed the White House angle, in the breathless and dashing way of headlines of the day: “President Gives Bride Away; Cere- mony at the Home of Mrs. Henry Parish—Alice Roosevelt a Bridesmaid— Her Mother and Sister There.” A trifle more prophetic was the Times, which led off its story with: “One of the most notable weddings of the year—-" In the twin homes of Mrs. Parish and her mother, Nos. 6 and 8 East Seventy-sixth street, with the partition dividing the two drawing rooms knocked out to make one large hall the ceremony was held. All accounts agreed that the Roosevelts were mar- ried in front of a shower bouquet of 450 pink roses, with a background of palms, President Cheered. At “3:30 to the moment,” the World's | PLANS T0 BE GIVEN Col. Cooper Calls Meéting of Depositors Tomorrow Night. Announcing & call for & mass meeting of depositors tomorrow night at the Mayflower Hotel, to “consider four or | five plans” in connection with reopen- ing of the bank, Col. Wade H. Cooper, | president ' of the Commercial National Bank, today refused to discuss before the meeting what these plans are. In the statement calling the meeting it was declared: “Col. Cooper promises to tell the whole story regarding the closing of the Commercial National Bank and says he will t tl - -, point the way, to & speedy re ry. ere are about 20,000 depositors of the Commercial National Bank, and Col. r says he will entertain them by & series of meetings if it becomes nec- letermined that they I know the story if they desire. 'Col. Cooper has two thi In mind, some of which are o0 but has one of his own which is new and which he says is absolutely sure and safe for lpeed{. recovery. He will disclose his new n 1o th oyt ml:“ e e depositors Saturday orrow night to the ball reom of the ngm. there would be & series of t heard the stor .M A el too many people are get :lg\:l.d n hand to while away in- Commercial National Bank closed its doors on February 28, and it was taken over by the controller of the currency on March 1. {HOUSE CLEARS WAY TO RUSH BEER BILL INTO CONFERENCE —_(Continued From First Page) Senate was unwilling to turn down the amendment, its members not wishing t0 g0 cn record as favoring the sale or mo{ the pro drinks to children. House members may be influenced to vote as the Senators did on this ques- tion, although the House stocd out for the principle that the sale and distribu- tion of the beer should be left entirely to the States. with the Federal Gov- ICOMMERCIAL BANK into | T Bureau Turns Out Millions in Bills SECRETARY INSPECTS WORK ON RUSH CURRENCY ORDER. RY to match the delighted laugh of William H. Woodin, Secretary of the Treasury (second from right) as he picks up & bale of brand-new money at the Bureau of Engraving. but not evg~ >wv can get it cut of there. At Woodin's left is James H. Douglas, Assistant Secretary of the | Treasury. At 13xtht is Alvin W. Hall, director of tife bureau. On the extreme left is Robert B. O'Hara, super- intendent of examming division. That's hundreds of thousands of dollars, | —A. P. Photo. stz BIG GAININ GOLD RESERVES SHOWN Combined Statement of 12 Banks Indicates Quick Re: sponse to Roosevelt’s Call. | By the Associated Press Huge sums of gold and currency re- turned to their normal depositories during the week ending March 15 as President Roosevelt’s initial measures to stabilize banks and credit conditions went into effect. BANK OFFICER SUES FOR FUNDS PLACED IN SAFETY<DEPOSIT ___(Continued From First Page) requiring the receiver to show cause why the money should not be turned | over to him as executor and to decide whether the bank or the society is en- titled ¢ the funds. Justice Daniel W. O'Donoghue set March 28 as the date for the hearing oh the petition. The will directed that $20,000 be paid to a hospital at Fort Yukon, Alaske, but the hospital was not in- corporated and could. not accept the money. Withdrew Funds. ‘The court ordered it with interest turned over to the soclety which op- | erates the hospital. | After drawing the check Smith trans- | ferred the amount it called for from ROM BANK BOARD HARRIMAN RESICNS Accused of Misusing | $1,661,170. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 17.—Joseph W.| Harriman, who was arrested Tuesday on | a charge of making false entries in | books of the Harriman National Bank, | which he founded in 1912, resigned last | night as chairman of the board of the | institution. Former Head of Institutionit BOMBERS REPUL CHINESE AT PASS Five Japanese Flyers Feared Lost—50 Passengers Die in Train Wreck. By the Associated Press TOKIO, March 17.—Heavy punish- ment by bombing planes of Chinese troops attacking the Japanese positions at Hsinfengkow, most important pass in the central section of the Great Wall along the Jehol border, was re- ported today in Japanese dispatches. A crew of five Japanese aviators were feared lost when one of the bombing planes falled to return to the military base at Chinchow, Manchuria, near the Eastern Jehol frontler. Large Chinese concentrations were trying repeatedly to fecapture Hsifen- kow, Japanese sources said. The Jap- anese brigade under Maj. Gen. Heijiro Hattori has encountered considerable heavy fighting in the past week. “Big Swords” Active. Chinese reports sald it was feared the Japanese would sweep into the Chinese territory south of the Great ‘Wall because of the continued activity of the Chinese at Hsifenkow, 100 miles northeast of Peiping. They claimed 30,000 so-called “big swords,” fighting under Gen. Sung Cheh-Yuan, have made several night raids on the Japanese. Stripped to the waist, despite the intense cold, the swordsmen were T d to have driven the Japanese off the wall to a hill out- side the pass in one attack. Ship Agreement Scouted. Vernacular newspapers said that Japanese private shipbuilders had re- celved informal inquiries ifrom the Brazilian government concerning the construction of 30 naval vessels, cluding smail cruisers, destroyers and transports. Brazil, the newspapers said, proposed 0 make payments in goods over a :e‘n(zgdor }12 yrs. but the Japanese nted cash, making an agreement ap- pear_unlikely. - A Official quarters of knowledge of scouted the being made. professed ignorance the inquiries and likelihood of an agreement PEACE MOVE INDICATED. Japanese and Chinese Officials Confer At Peiping. By Cable 1o The Star. PEIPING, China. March 17.—The editorials in morning papers today. account stated, “the President. with!ernment keeping hands off. The weekly condition statement of | Ple tavings sccount as executor to his| T lolionation was accepted by the | JAPanese charge daflaires here today ‘The Times warmly praised the pro- posals as bold, comprehensive and pre- cise and as indicating a real effort to |~ do justice to the \'h’;“s'ul both France and Germany. Appreciation also was voiced in other pers, but two or three were cold to Bae proposals, while fear was expressed that neither Prance nor Germany likely would be satisfied. Some hope, however, was based on the conferences to be held thls week end in Rome between Premier Mac- Donald and Premier Mussolini of Italy. BERLIN STUDIES PLAN. Alr Disarmament Proposal Meets Ob- Jections, ‘BERLIN, March 17 (P .—The dis- symament plan of Premier Ramsay MacDonald of Great Britain as set out at Geneva yesterday was welcomed in official circles today as opening new Eomlbflmn for early results at Geneva, ut until the text can be carefully studied, it was pointed out, definite Jjudgement must be withheld. It already was clear, however, that Mr. MacDonald’s plan concerning air disarmament was unacceptable to Ger- many, which demands the right to have an air fleet. In a number of details, the plan was regarded as unclear; TOKIO MILDLY CONCERNED. TOKIO, March 17 (#).—Government quarters were only mildly interested to- day in Prime Minister Ramsay Mac- Donald’s disarmament proposals in which Japan’s concern is considered slight. It was emphasized that the empire’s primary interest is the maintenance of Manchukuo, the Manchurian govern- ment, and its preparedness against the menaces of its huge neighbors, Russia and China. Therefore Japan is unable to accept committments hampering its strength to deal with these problems. Instead of reductiony in the army Japan is planning early strengthening of it and reorganization. S RECESS OF SENATE DELAYS FINAL ACTION ON ECONOMY BILL (Continued From First Page), Hoeppel, Keller, Murdock, Schrugham, Somers, Studley and White. Republicans against: Brumm, Focht and Lemke. Farmer - Laborites against: Arens Lundeen, Shoemaker and Johnson, As revised by the Senate, McDuffle estimated that savings from veterans' expenditures would amount to about | ___ (Continued From First Page) by Mr. Davis, &t Geneva, that the rules contained in the international law con- cerning the indisputable rights of the belligerants should be reverscd, in & way whereby the belligerantse should have no longer any rights at all, but be merely considered as outlaws. Would Abrogate Rights. ‘Today the warring nations have the right of search and the right to blockade the coasts of the enemy coun- try. The general idea is to deny all these rightr ta the fighting nations. | This would, in & way, implement the | Kellogg pact, which provides that the aggressor nation becomes an outlaw, but contains no provisions as to what | measures should be taken against such | a nation. By denying the present ad- | ventages given to belligerents by inter- national law the question of deciding as to who the aggressor may be—one | of the main drawbacks of the Kellogg pact—does not come under discussion any longer. The belligerents would simply have no rights at all. This alone, however, will not solve | the Geneva deadlock and. in the course | of the next few days, it is expected that | the President. assisted b: tarles of State, War and Navy and Mr. | Davis, will be able to frame a more comprehensive plan for Mr. Davis to take to Europe. | The main French objection to the| British plan is the figures proposed by the British premler as the maximum regular army the various nations can maintain, According to the British plan the French would be permitted oniy 200,000 &s metropolitan troops and 200,000 for the colonies. These figures are re-| ported unacceptable to the French gen- eral staff. France must always bear in mind the fact that she may be compelied to wage war on two fronts. Her main strength lies in the fact that she can with her railroad network concentrate her armies on either or both fronts | within a short time. The present regu- | lar army is barely sufficient, it is said | to cover adequately her frontiers and permits a mobilization to follow un- disturbed. | The other 200,000 soldiers MacDonald | proposes for the colonies, which are dispersed over the seven seas, cannot be | brought to France easily. Consequently, | it is said the figures suggested by Mr.| MacDonald are considered inadeguate especially when the British prime min- ister suggested that Germany should | have the same number of men while | Italy, also being given parity in number, | is permitted to have 50,000 men in her | North African colony, Tripolis. The French feel, consequently, that the $350,000,000, while approximately $100.- | 000,000 is expected from reductions in salaries, and the balance from miscel- laneous retrenchments. ‘When the bill was brought back to the House from the Senate yesterday, McDuffie explained that most of the amendments were clarifying of lan- guage, while a few were vital. ‘They were, briefly: To prevent interference in veterans' insurance suits pending in the courts; to leave to the discretion of the execu- tive whether to make hospitalization available to mon-service connected disability cases; to bar removal from the rolls of any veterans suffering ac- tual service-connected disabilities; al- lowing no Spanish-American veteran over 62 years old to be removed from pension rolls, ahd to provide domicilary care for tuberculous or neuropsychit tric veterans not traceable to war service. The President, however, was empowered to reduce the rates of pensions. BILL ASKS $65,000 Warehouse and Garage for Bolling Field Sought. A bill authorizing an appropriation of $65.000 for construction of & quar- termaster warehouse and & garage at Bolling Fleld was introduced in the House yesterday by Representative James, Republican, of Michigan. The limit of cost is $40,000 the ware- house and $25,000 on the garage. FLIES TO BOSTON Secretary Dern Leaves to Address Charitable Irish Society. Secretary of, War- Dern left Bolling Field in an Army plane today for Bos- where he is to make an address tonight before the Charitable Irish So- clety. He was accompanied by James Roosevelt, & son of the President. Piloted by Lieut. Frederick von H. Kimble, the plane was expected to reach Boston in three and a half hours. Their take off, at 10:25 am. was delayed somewhat by adverse weather reports @orth of New York. ! British plan instead of bringing about an equilibrium of power in Europe, | places France at disadvantage in regard to her potential foes. It is true that France's_sllies, Poland and the little entente have been liberally treated by | the British, but France is relying mainly on her own strength for her security. Germany Cold to Plan. | ‘The French government is reported as not being opposed to an eventual | slashing of some of the superguns and supertanks. She is reported to be quite willing to consider favorably this pro- posal. Germany, on the other hand, is re- | ported to have received MacDonald’s | plan with little favor. It is not man- power that Germany is after, but war materials, which would enable her to make good use of the manpower. MacDonald, while granting the Reich equality in men with France, has not suggested anything to satisfy the Ger- man demand for parity with the other nations in armaments. ‘While Germany might build a few light tanks, the military value of which is doubted by the German professional soldiers, she is not permitted by the British plan either to fortify her fron- tiers, as the French and the Poles hatve done. nor is she granted the right to build for herself a heavy artillery, which is considered essential in modern warfare, nor a military aviation, which is still more essential. Probable Action Forecast. Under these circumstances, it is not surprising that in spite of the friendly Geneva speeches in Paris and in Berlin | the MgcDonald plan had been received coldly. As a foreign diplomat of an important power expressed the whole situation today, “Europe is reluctant to accept the MacDonald plan as it stands | because it does not give the interested | nations the possibility of carrying on a | war with the proper equipment.” The forecast in well-informed quar- ters as to what is going to happen to the MacDonald plan is that after a number of speeches will'be made by the various delegates, the interested nations will make “just a few amendments” which will be sufficient to nullify the whole thing; the amendments will be | | born that day while Teddy Roosevelt, Mrs. Roosevelt and ‘little Miss Ethel Roosevelt’ arrived in an open landau, was cheered, half arose from his seat | and waved his silk hat—and a huge bunch of genuine Shamrock hung at the President’s buitonhole, and al- though the leaves looked sadly with- ered, he tontinued to wear them.” Fro & fence top “black with small boys’ came cheers for Teddy, and one boy | fell over backward when the President playfully shook his fist at them. The Sun specialized on a word-pic- ture of the bride. “Miss Roosevelt wore & white satin gown with long court train, covered with point lace that belonged to her mother. Her vell was also point lace and had been worn by her mother and her grandmother. She had a wreath of orange blossoms, and for jewelry wore a diamond crescent that had been her mother’s, a pearl collarette, the| gift of Mrs. James Roosevelt, and a diamond bow knot, the gift of the| bridégroom. She carried & bouquet of lilies of the valley.” The Times gave & wealth of detail: “The bride, walking with the Presi- dent, and preceded by fer six brides- maids, came down the wide flight of st dlias First in the bridal procession came | Douglas Robinson” in white faille | silk frocks trimmed with lace and sil- | ver,” with “Tulle veils attached to white ince of Wales ostrich feathers, tipped with silver” and “large bouquets of pink roses. { “The bridegroom’s mother, Mrs. James Roosevelt, was in white silk covered | with black lace.” “Mrs. Henry Parish wore s change- able pale blue and pink silk crepe with lace sléeves and yoke.” Stealing some of Franklin and Elea- nor Roosevelt’s spotlight was a baby “with & vim surpassing strenuous.” was | addressing the Irish at Delmonicos— Patrick McDonnell whose father sent a | telegram to T. R. “No race suicide in this family.” and Roosevelt, reading it to the banqueters, toasted the infant in wine. SEEKS LOCATION HERE | OF PEACE COLLEGE Representative Celler Introduces Joint Resolution for Local Establishment. Representative Celler, Democrat, of New York, introduced today a joint resolution providing for establishment of a Peace College in the District. ‘The resolution declares that only through education will the American public attain the “will to peace,” which 18 necessary for the prevention of war. It further recites that the proposed col- lege “will go a great way in training future citizens in the paths of peace.” The President would be authorized by the resolution to appoint a committee of five to discover the best plan for, estab- lishment of the institution. Two mem- | bers would be drawn from Congress, one would be the president of a well recog- nized university, another an industrial- ist, and the fifth a member of the armed forces of the United States. ‘The resolution authorizes am appro- priation of $100,000 to be used by the committee in its study and research. 193,551,723 EARNINGS SHOWN BY FIRM IN 1982 Large Check for Income Tax Re- turned by Unnamed Corporation in Cleveland District. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, March17.—An income tax on 1932 earnings of $3,561,723.52 has been filed with the Internal Reve- nue Bureau here, and the ¢ tion filing it sent a check for $887,930.13 for the first quarterly payment. Carl F. Routzahn, internal revenue collector for the 22 Northeastern Ohio counties, disclosed the hufi: Ppayment, but would say only tnat the corpora- tion was “resident in this internal reve- nue district. Np other return, he said, has been received for so much as $1,000,000. OFFUTT PETITION FILED Democrats and Republicans Ask Appointment as Commissioner. Col. Robert N. Harper brought to the White House today a_petition, signed by a group of prominent Republi Democrats, urging ident Rodsevelt to appoint . Offutt, lawyer and nxnm city, as a District sent to the Committee of Experts, and | Commissions then the conference will adjourn to per- | mit these subcommittées to study the British proposals and the amendments | at their Jeisure, er. ‘This petition, which set forth Mr. Offut’s lifications, was left, with Col. M. M. Maclatyre, gue of the Pres- ident’s secretaries, 2 . . Wine Causes No Flurry. So far as the wine amendment, offered by Senator McAdoo of Cali- fornia, and adopted by the Benate, is concerned, House members were not in- clined to become excited, except sev- eral from California who have heard from grape growers in their State. They will support & separate wine bill with @ greater alcoholic content, declaring that it is impossible to have naturally fermented wine with a per cent of al- cohol s0 low as 3.2 or 3.05 by weight. The beer bill was passed by the Sen- ate late yesterday by a vote of 43 to 30. Thirteen Democratic Senators voted against the measure and five more were “paired” against it, while one, Senator Gore of Oklahoma, was excused from voting. An even dozen Republican | Senators voted for the bill and 17 op-=| posed it. Thirty-one Democratic Sena- tors cast their votes for the measure. A change of seven votes would have de- feated the bill. Democratic Opposition Discussed. The large number of Democratic Senators opposing the measure, not- withstanding their party's pledge to modify the Volstead act 5o as to legsl- y the Secre- | the Misses Alice Roosevelt and Corinne | ize the manufacture and sale of beer and other beverages “of such alcoholic content as is permissible under the Constitution,” pending repeal of the eighteenth amendment, was the sub- Ject of comment today. Borah amendment prohibiting gift or sale to persons under 18 years of age was adopted by a vote of 50 to Dill of Washington, designed to prohibit the advertising of the proposed béer and wine by radio announcement. where the radio message would be carried into | dry States, States where the new beer and wine was prohibited, was defeated, 38 to 8 The bill was pushed so near final passage by what constitutes almost & minimum of time for the Senate on such a question. It debated the measure jonly six hours before a roll call vote Ppassed 1t shortly after 6 p.m. yesterday. The debate was heard by crowded galleries that included for & few min- utes Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, wife of the President. She heard the bill denounced by friends of prohibition as “nullification” of the Constitution and defended by its advocates as a step toward “‘good government.” Mrs. Roose- velt did not stay for the fimal vote. As the roll was called, Senators Cara- way, Democrat, of Arkansas, and Long, Democrat, of Louisiana, sat side by side and smiled at each other as they cast | differing votes. Mrs. Caraway shouted an emphatic “no” when her name was | called. A few moments later Long, who aided her in her campaign for re- election, voiced an equally firm “aye.” Senators Borah, Republican, of Idaho, and Sheppard, Democrat, of Texas, long ardent defenders of the dry laws, led the attack on the constitutionality of the measure. The mild-mannered Texan. who sponsored the eighteenth amendment, said 1t would bring “untold waste and ruin to this Republic.” Borah warned it would not prevent return of theé saloon, which he branded as “the most hideous institution with which civilized society ever had to deal.” Senators Walsh, Democrat, of Mas- sachusetts, and Tydings, Democrat, of Maryland, led the defense of the meas. ure, with the Marylander asserting the eighteenth amendment did not give Congress the right to prohibit beer. Half a dozen Senators made explana- tions of their votes just before and after the roll call. Senator Connally, Democrat, of Texas, sald he was voting against the bill because he regarded 3.2 per cent beer as intoxicating. - “The bill has been changed to 3.05 per cent,” Senator Robinson, Demo- cratic leader, interjected. “Then I'll also change my remarks,” Connally said. Continuing then on the basis of 3.05 per cent, Connally said the Constitu- tion prohibited it, and announced he would not vote “for any measure nulli- fying orievading the amendment.” ator Smith, Democrat, of South Carolina, announced he had voted for submission of the eighteenth amend- ment, but had “taken sn oath to sup- port the Constitution.” Senator Haslings, Republican, of Delaware, said he felt the bill was nst the spirit of the Constitution, if not technically in violation of it. Senator Bailey, Democrai, of North Carolina, said “my opinich is that 3.056 per cent beer is intoxicating and I will Vote agains_ this bill.” “In my judgment, after thi= bill is L demonstrated to the country that 3.05 per cent beer is intoxicating,” Balley concluded. Scouis Beer Amendment. .NEW YORK, March 17 (#).—Repre- sentative James W. Wadsworth hgl the State Committee. ‘Wadsworth expressed the belief the ufiemu wine House would reject the amendment to the beer bil gold reserves were augmented by $327.- 000,000 of the yellow metal on the President’s call for its segregation. An abated fear on the part of indi- vidual bank depositors contributed to make money in circulation shrink to the extent of $269,000.000. ‘“Money in circulation” is that part which is out- side the Treasury, the Reserve banks and their agencles, and hence cannot be accounted for by the Government. Gold Reserves Increase. Total gold reserves of the 12 regional institutions amounted to $3.010.777.000 on March 15, compared with $2,683.- 539,000 the week before. All of the Reserve banks except Dallas contributed to the gaib. this in- stitution showing a loss of $3,000,000 for the week. The total gold reserves of the Pederal Reserve bank of Boston rose to $195,.- ‘gu,m from $160,149.000 the week be- ore, $697,611,000, Philadelphia’ to $150,292.- | 000 " from '$148,087.000. Cleveland to | $257,245,000 from $226,383,000, Rich- mond to $172,821,000 from $127,867,000, | Atifnta to $111,080,000 from $95,170,- | 000, Chicago to $658,143.000 from $601 .- | 683,000, St. Louis to $156.046,000 frcm 1 $129,569,000, Minneapolis to $78,297,000 from $67,721,000, Kanszs City to $140.- 582,000 from $124,698.000 and San | Francisco to $251,197,000 from $222,- 720.000. | _Total gold reserves of the Federal 123, An amendment offered by Senator | Reserve banks of Dallas slumped 0 1$78,508,000 from $81,881,000 the wezk before. ! Reserve Notes Gal | Pederal Reserve notes in actual cir- culation increased only $77.000,000 to 1$4,292,702,000 on March .. At Bosten the amount in actual 1 | amounted to $264,J37.000 as compared | with $242,827,000 the weck before; New | York ‘showed a gain irom $969,626,000 to $994.150,000, Fhiladelphia from $423,218,000 to $423,845.000, Rich- mond from $196.152,000 to $214.448.000, Atlanta from $158,045,000 to $177,085.- 1000, Minneapolis from $112949,000 to $116,554,000, Kansas City from $148.- 1340,000 fo $149.699.000, Dallas from 5,000 - and San 337,000 to $344,- ‘The Chic:go and St. Louis Reserve banks had an actual decrease in Re- | serve notes in circulation during the former to $1.067.754.000 | perfod. tiae 000 the week before and | from $1,113,258, 366,000. Total deposits of the 12 banks showed a charp increase during the | week, to total $2.123,739.000 on March | 15, compared with $1951.222.000 the week befcre. All banks shared in the increase with the exception of Boston which lost approximately $3,000,000. — JOB AID EXPECTED | Permanent Banking and Rail Legislation Follow in Roose- velt Program. By the Associated Press. Having set Congress to work on legis- lation to 1lift the farmers’ income, President Rooscvelt planned todsy to dispatch Lis employment plan next, and then perhaps his permanent banking and reilroad plans. He conferred with Senators Byrnes of 8:uth_Carolina and Bulkley of Ohio, both Democrats, on the desirability having Cungress go right on through without a Fecess until the entire special session program is enacted, wfll&; in eztly May. The outlook is for the employment plan, under which the jobless would be housed in camps and be used on reforestation and similar public projects, 1o be sent to the Capitol Monday. The Preeident has made it clear to his congressional callers that he lists the farm and employment bills in his emergency program. Once those reach him. the word is, a final decision can be reached on whether to go into the rest of his “putting first first” plan right away. 8enators Byrnes and Bulkley talked qver procedure with him. Permanent banking and railroad leg- islation top the list of the regular pro- gram. Bulkley predicted- hhfl reporters that , of Roosevelt banking plan. He sald the main issue now appeared o be on o BT e, £ eral propositions al ve been offered in the Senate. New York to $161,548,000 from | circulation | from | $300,271,000 to $329,639.000, Cleveland | the latter to $173,870,000 from ‘l‘“v-‘ T0 BE PUSHED NEXT | checking account : the 12 Federal Reserve banks, made | kgl e public early today, showed that their | In his petition, Smith said: “For ‘many ;elrs your petitioner has | been employed by the bank in charge of the savings department with the title of assistant cashier. He had knowl- edge of the fact that banks in several | States had been closed, and was in- | formed that there had been abnormal | withdrawals from certain banks in the | District and had personal knowledge | that there had been adnermal with- | drawals from the Commercial National Bank. On the morning of February 27 he became apprehensive thaf ail | banks in the District might close and | | in order to protect the interest of the | beneficiaries " of the estate withdrew about $9.000 in cash, the same being the entire balance to his credit s ex- ecutor in & savings account. and later on the same day withdrew the $20.- 23342 from the checking account.” Both rums were placed in the safe deposit box which already contained variovs notes and other property of the estate. Found Bank Closed. Smith told the court he was not a general executive officer of the bank. that he was not a member of the board of directors, that he was not informed as to the bank's policies and that on the day of the withdrawals he did not | know the bank was insolvent, nor that its_closing was in contemplation. On the morning of February 28, he | said, he went to the benk for work as usual, and found it closed by order of the controller of the currency. Scme time later, he said. he learned that the check had been returned un- paid to the missionary society. On March 13, he applied to Baldwin | for access to the box, but this request | was refused. The refusal was on the theory that the transfers violated a | board at a special meeting. Announce- ment of Harriman's withdrawal was made by the president, Henry E. Coo- per, who was made conservator of the bank earlier in the week under the new national banking act. $1,661,170 Allegedly Misused. Arthur H. S8chwartz, assistant United States attorney, continuing his exami- nation of the bank's depositors, said the misuse of $1,661,170 of the depositors’ money by Harriman was indicated. United States Attorney George Z Medalie placed the figure at $1,393.000 Tuesday, when Harriman was arrested in his apartment, where he is ill of co- ronory thrombosis. #The charge in the warrant was making false entries to- talling $320,145. Among the witnesses questioned yes- | terday were Alfred Hofman., head of Alfred Hofman, Inc.: Dr. Preston P. Satterwhite, a reprosentative of the Union Pacific Railroad Co.. whose name | was not learned, and Charles A. Stone- ham, president of the National Exhibi- tion Co., which owns the New York Giants. McGraw to Testify. Schwartz said John J. McGraw, vice president of the Exhibition Co., and re- tired manager of the base ball team ‘would return from St. Petersburg, Fia., Monday to appear before him. The bank now is in the hands of & conservator. A group of depositors formed a Protective Committee yester- day with Jacques Braunstein as tem- porary chairman. Braunstein said the depositors plan to conduct an independ- ent investigation of the activities of Harriman, RICHMOND NAMES sectlon of the United States code relat- | ing to transfers made in contemplation of insolvency, or with a View to pre- ferring one creditor to another. Smith says the transfers were made. not with any intention of violating the law, but to carry out an order of the court to safcguard the trust funds. | The petition was filed through At- torneys G. B. Crajghill and B. D. Boteler. MINISTER SUSPENDED - ON ATTACK CHARGE ‘Indiun Pastor Removed for Year by Church Jury—Court Trial Pends. | | By the Associated Press. | MUNCIE, Ind, March 17.—Suspen- | sion from ministerial duties for a year was imposed on Rev. G. Lemuel Con- | way, pastor of the Madison Street M. E. | Church here, by & jury of 12 clergy-| men, who found him guilty of im- prudent ministerial conduct. The jurors at a secret ecclesiastical trial heard charges that Mr. Conway attempted to attack an 18-year-old girl member of his congregation last cember 20, and that he pushed or knocked his choirmaster, Willard Au- rand, over- the chancel rail at evening church services last January. who attributed the , after the trial contending he “would have had a better chance of vindication before a jury of farmers and ‘laymen.” | He still faces trial in Delaware Cir- | cult Court on the attack charge made |by Miss Helen Huffman and on an | assault and battery ch in connec- | tion with his clash with the choir- master. o | ANCIENT SPANISH CITY IS BELIEVED DISCOVERED Statuary Thought to Belong to Arcubala, Destroyed by Han- nibal, Found. By the Associated Préss. ZAMORA, Spain, March 17.—The Zamors Herald said today that arche- | ologists working' ch the shore of the | Duero River near here had discovered the ruins of ‘What they thought might be the ancient city of Arcubala, which was destroyed by gin! Gen. Hannibal in 220 B.C. Prof. Virgilio Sevillano, who has t.h:t the excavation work, has loration. said a few monuments of statuary had been Hannibal, born in Carthage in 247 . his father to government to aid in further | and master in 22 CONSERVATORS 14 Maryland and 2 Virginia Mem- ber Banks Affected by Appointments. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND. Va., March 17.—Official of the Federal Reserve Bank of Rich mond announced today they had been advised by the controller of the cur- rency of appointment of conservators for 22 Federal Reserve member banks in the fifth reserve district. ‘Two of the banks are in Virginia. three in West Virginia, three in North Carolina and 14 in Maryland. Conservators were appointed as follows: Virginia—Joseph E. Healy, First Na- tional Bank at Hampton: S. H. Plum- anr. First National Bank at Newport ews. | West Virginia—C. E. Boone, First Na- tional Bank at Ronceverte: D. M called on Gen. Ho Ying-Ching. Chinese | war minister commanding the North China area, for what is balieved to be the first of a series of conferences with l(?:lnele oflz;‘iuilx paving the way to er negotiations over ino- | Japanese conflict. i | _While matters of no great moment were discussed. the Japanese feel con- fident that means were established for ‘::t.lifl friendly conferences, declaring | “we are now getting | peaceful ln'erl\'}ursr.'g i This is the first occasion since the ?g;bré;l'( of !ge Jehol hostilitles that | hinese have receiv Japanese officials e Future meetings between the two parties will be held with Chinese Vice | Foreign Minister Liu Chuang-Chieh. | (Copyright, 1933.) 50 KILLED IN WRECK. 70 Hurt as Trains Crash in Manchuria. MUKDEN. Manchuria. March 17 (#). —Fifty passengers were killed and | more than 70 others injured last mid- | night. when a freight train crashed | Into the rear end of a passenger train between Changchiatun and Supingkal. The passenger train had been de. ayed by a partial derailment. = The majority of the victims were Chinese, | The rest were Japanese. | _The freight was eastbound from | Changchiatun, or Liaoyuan, which is less than 100 miles east of the north- ern Jehol border and about the same | distance north of here. The passens ! train, which had been headed in the | same direction, was stopped. More Than 'KIDNAPED GIRL GETS THREATENING NOTES |Death Is Promised Stafford, Pupil if She Identifies Two Men Hunted. By the Associated Press. STAFFORD. Va., March 17.—Com- monwealth’s Attorney G. B. Wallace of | Stafford County has in his possession |two notes which he says apparently |were designed to frighten Caroline | Musante, 14-year-old school girl, and prevent her from identifying two men | sought for abducting her and keeping |her tied to a tree for several hours while they questioned her about plans to kidnap the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Porter, neighbors of the | Musante family. | While declining to give out the texts (of the notes, one of which was found | at Stafford High School a week ago and | the other discovered on a window of the school Tuesday, Mr. Wallace said c- |they were signed “United States Kid- Gee, First National Bank at St. Albans; | naping Gang” and threatened the lives J. A. Freeman, , First National Bank West Union. North Carolina—Charles O. Robinson, | First and Citizens’ National | Elizabeth City; Allen H. Sims, Citizens’ | National _ Bank, Gastonia; H. P.| | Brandis, First Natfonal Bank, Satisbury. | Maryland —D. Raymond Jamison, | | First National Bank, Aberdeen; Rob- |ert H. Archer, Second National Bank, Bél Air; George W. Grubbs, Peoples National Bank, Brunswick; W. B. Cooper, Third National Bank, Chester- town; G. Mileton Brooks, National Bank of Cockeysville, at Cockeysville; Orval A. Welch, Pirst National Bank, Friendsville; E. G. Hitchins, Citizens| National Bank, Frostburg: R. Annan, First National Bank, Frostburg; Harry K. Mumma, Second National Bank, Hagerstown; W. N. Coale, First Na- C. Ort, First National Bank, Midland; L First National Bank Parkton; D. W. Newcomer, Washing. ton County National Bank, Williams. : H. S. Owings, port. ‘Woodbine N . - e National e WALKER LAWYER AGREES ON DIVORCE HEARING| Testimony Will Be Taken Before Miami Attorney and Master in Chancery, Circuit Judge Rules. By the Associated Press. in the uvnre; Marel suit alker alker, Dowell. 3 ‘Walker, now in Cannes, Prance, communicated with Cohen by cable, attorney said, brief tions 83 to his wishes In case, . | measure and at | of Caroline and the Porter infant. The |note found this week was addressed to ,| Caroline Musante and contained the Bank, | statement “this is your last chance.” This note threatened her with death unless William Kendall. a seamen held in jail at Baltimore and identified by her as one of her abductors, is not re- leased. The previous one mised death if she identified Harvey Otis, an- other seamen now on a voyage but whose movements are being checked. Since the girl's seizure on February 2 she has been guarded by relatives Whenever she has left hey home and & constant vigil at the Porter home has been maintained by members of the family. JULIAN REPORTED HIDING Mexican Police Asked to Search for 0il Promoter. LAREDO, Tex., March 17 (£ —C. C. Julian, Oklahoma oil promoter who refused to appear in Federal Court in Oklahoma City for trial recently in connection with transactions of the C. C. Julian Oil & Royalty Co., was re=~ ported to be hiding in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, across the Rio Grande from Laredo. American authorities asked Mexican police to search for him. Sureties on_Julian's $25,000 bond asked to be released several weeks ago. representing to the Oklahoma Federal Court that Julian was “spending too much time in Canada.” SALES TAX PASSED SPRINGFIELD, IIl, March 17 (#).— A 3 per cent State tax on retail sales between next April 1 and July 1, 1935, became almost s certainty yesterda: when the State Senate voted coneur- rence in House amendments to the tax companion bills. Gov. Henry Horner, who advocated the bills, 1s expected to sign them in a few days. ‘The tax will apply to all retail sales ex- cept those of gasoline, which is already taxed, and agricultural products when sold by the producer.