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FRENCH WIN POINT IN ARMS DECISION Geneva Committee Would Count 40,000 German Po- lice as Soldiers. By the Assoclated Press. GENEVA, Switzerland, May 1.—Some 40000 German state police will be counted as an integral part of the new German army if the disarmament con- ference ratifies a decision taken today by the Committee on Army Effectives. Germany abstained from voting, thus leaving the battle to the conference if it is impossible to reach an agreement in private negotiations. The American | delegate voted against inclusion of the | police, The police to be counted, under the committee's decision, include cadets and policemen living in barracks who have modern arms and armored cars. Germany says she needs this set-up because of internal political eondmonl.‘ ‘Wilson Confers With Nadolny. § Hugh R. Wilson, for the United | Btates, and Capt. Anthony Eden, for Great Britain, conferred with Count Rudoif Nadolny of Germany, and Rene Massigli of France, in an endeavor to smooth over the grave questions in dispute. Gpermmy'x refusal to abolish the Reichswehr and accept & short-term conscription army runs counter to one of the m.nlinll“pommu of. the French disarmament police policy. . Delegates .‘;: \mnl:imou.s about the desirability of reaching agreement main issues before the world ec conference convenes in June, American Would Count 20,000, While Col. George V. Strong of the United States voted against counting as soldiers the main body of state poiice in Germany, he advocated counting about 20,000 on the ground that they could be Tegarded as & military organi- zation. Determination of the status of Ger- .an state police by the disarmament conference is important in connection | with the British arms plan recenty presented by Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald. The British plan allocates home armies of 200,000 men each to France and Germany. Germany has been do- ing her utmost to prevent any decision which would put her police in the cate- gory of soldiers, and thus use up part of this quota. The present German army is limited to 100,000 men by the treaty of Versailles. — INFLATION DELAYED AS G. 0. P. BLOCKS HOUSE VOTE TODAY ‘(Continupd From First Page.) satisfactory ® the House and Senate Secrétary Wallace. and to “While the Senate has added a num- ber of amendments to the pending measure,” Jones said, “I feel that we will be able to iron out these differences. We hope to secure final action this ¥ favor the amendment which au- thorizes a controlled expansion of the Tency. cu:xetn vyvould mcreasbe]e t);:opc)gmgo:l‘t; level and enal mprlce which have been burdening the entire country.” Speaker Rainey plans to appoint Jones and Representatives Pulmer of South Carolina and Doxey of Missis- Sippi, Democrats, and Clatke of New York and Hope of Kansas, Republicans, all members of the Agriculture Com- mittee, to the Conference Committee. 1f the House should reject the inflation proposal today, Speaker Rainey would send Chairman Steagall and Repre- sentatives Goldsborough, Democrat, Maryland, and Luce, Republican, Mas- sachusetts, of the Banking Committee, to the conference. ‘Wallace Instructs Aides. wmleduw House discussed ?fl}\\:‘x: farm and currency e: ) Secretary Wallace instructed his aides to ask the Conference Committee to eliminate the Simpson cost of produc- tion amendment adopted by the Senate. Wallace delegated Frederick P. Lee, s Washington attorney, to represent him in discussions with the conferees. Lee is responsible for much of the phrasing of the administration farm relief measure as it was presented to Congress. He conferred with Wallace today regarding other provisions in the ‘measure. The Simpson amendment proposed that the measure seek to obtain farm prices which would guarantee farmers the cost of production plus a profit. The goal set in the original bill pro- vided that the measure seek the return of farm purchasing power to the pre-| war or 1909 to 1914 basis. Wallace also conferred today with @corge N. Peek of Moline, Ill, who is under consideration for the post of chief administrator of the farm meas- ure. No announcement of the selec- tion for this post will be made until congressional action is complete—prob- ably in midweek. BOND PAYMENTS WATCHED. Financiers Making Varied Arrange- ments Under Gold Embarge. NEW YORK, May 1 (#)—With gold payments prohibited under presidential edict, wide attention was focused today on the first announcement of how pay- ments will be made to holders of gold bonds. The “gold clause,” an important part of the indenture of most foreign and domestic bonds, states that interest and principal are payable in gold of stand- ard weight and value. Kuhn, Loeb & Co., on behalf of the French 'citles of Bordeaux, Lyons and Marseille, announced that in view of the impossibility of obtaining gold coin for payment here of the semi-annual interest due today on the municipal exterior loans of 1919, 15-year 6 per cent gold bonds, due November 1, 1934, holders are offered the option of the following three forms of payment: 1. Payment will be made here in Uriited States currency upon presenta- tion of the May 1 coupons at the office or the bankers, who are American pay- ing agents. gZA BPgnymenl will be made in United States currency in New York at the dollar equivalent of Prench francs at gold parity of exchange, 25.52 francs jor each dollar of coupons, the dollar equivalent to be computed by the pay- ing agents on the basis of their aver- age buying rate in New York or ex- change on Puh"z:f the day sieh cou- ns_are presen pos' Pnymle’:n.s will be made in francs in Paris at the good parity of exchange, 25.52 francs a dollar, upon presentation of the coupzm ;: th;‘nlflloe of Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas. The obligors reserve the right to re- voke thelr offer at any time without notice, it was announced. The New York Clearing House As- sociation informed member banks that counsel for the association had sug- gested, with reference to the collection and payment of bonds and coupons, that current funds be used as usual, where no special instructions are re- Junta Leaders SEEK ORGANIZATION O¥ ANTI- MACHADO FO! Dr. Miguel Mariano Gomez (above), former mayor of Havana, and Gen. Mario C. Menocal, former President of Cuba and conservative leader, who are lead; the newly organized junta formed in the United States to bring together anti-Machado forces and the Cuban government. They oppose the rule of President Machado and are re- siding in the United States. Despite strict censorship imposed by the Cuban government, reports have leaked out that there is fighting between federal troops and rebels on the southern part of the island. —A. P. Photos. JHHOUR WEEK HIT BY SUGAR REFINERS Crisp Declares Plan Would “Scrap” Industry in U. S. Before House Group. By the Associated Press. Opposition of American sugar re- finers to the 30-hour-work-week bill on the ground it will “scrap” American industry and unconstitutional was put before the House Labor Com- mittee today by Charles R. Crisp, a for- mer member of Congress from Georgia. Crisp told the committee: “This legislation if enacted into law will prove harmful to labor, will retard economic recovery and will not substan- tially increase the total purchasing power of employes. We believe it un- constitutional. It sails the Ship of State on uncharted seas full of rocks of legal and economic difficulties which may endanger our whole economic structure.” Cites 1907 Opinion. Referring to Secretary Perkins’ plan of including in the bill a minimum wage provision, Crisp recalled that in 1907 the House Judiciary Committee held that to enact legislation to restrict fe- male and child labor “would be a re- flection on Congress.” The minimum wage, Crisp said fur- ther, would “destroy the right of co- operative bargaining.” Of the Perkins proposal to give the Federal Government power to restrict production, Crisp said. “We believe this provision will destroy initiative, restrict the development of industry and prevent capital from en- gaging in industry.” ! If & 30-hour work week law is ap- plied to American products, the same restrictions also should be enforced as to imports, Crisp said. Sees Danger to Industry. “If American indusiry is not given such protection the influx of goods from abroad will literally destroy Amer- ican industry and millions of our citizens now employed will find them- selves unemployed. The sugar refineries of the United States will be scrapped and Cuba become the refinery of the United States.” “This bill,” Crisp told the committee, “seeks to do the very thing which the Constitution outlaws—to interfere with the free and untrammeled exchange of commerce between the States.” All the 30-hour-week bills before the committee, including those passed by the Senate and proposed by Secretary Perkins, would enforce the shorter work | iel week through & ban on interstate ship- ments of goods produced by workers on a loger than six-hour-day, five-day- ‘week schedule. Chairman Connery then said: “I feel that if this bill did not in- clude imports, it would be almost a crime to pass it. But the Secretary of Labor has been authorized by the Presi. dent to tell this committee that he, the President, is ageinst the inclusion of imports.” Coal Official Opposes Bill. Brice Disque, president of the Anthra- cite Institute, followed Crisp on the stand, asserting complete opposition to the bill. “I have read it hopefully to find a justification for this kind of an ad- venture, but there is none,” Disque said. “The bill is too arbitrary and inflexi- ble to be workable. To be workable it must be so flexible that it would re- quire an army to enforce it, and that means there would be industrial boot- “It cannot be made sufficiently flexi- ble to satisfy all industry.” Eighty Held as Radicals. GO, Chile, 1 P— SANTIAC May Eighty alleged Communists “:’enu ar-| strug rested during a recent Comm con- gress here, it was learned yesterday. Huge Size Marks Latest Inflation Text in Congress By the Associated Press. ‘The administration’s farm re- lief-inflation bfll‘h not_only “l; recedentedly far- 2flect, but a new text off the grw today shows it a competitor for_physical size, too. Seventy printed pages long, the ceived; that a messenger making a de- mand for payment in gold sign a state- ment to the effect that payment in gold was refused, and that refusal should be based upon the fact that wisting Government regulations)do not p(’ payment in the nmul.A measure as it comes up in the Houa:mmr cmslderldm;‘of su:g- £ nges, contains Sena :n!nndmenu, the last one—infla- tion—alone covering more than eight pages. JOWA COURTS KEPT GLOSED IN Ri0$ Gov. Herring Extends Order Until Troops Can Be Withdrawn. By the Associated Press. DES MOINES, May 1—Gov. Clyde Herring announced today that civil courts in the area under military con- trol would remain closed while Na- tional Guardsmen were on the scene. The governor's announcement fol- lowed a conference with Maj. Gen. M. A. Tinley of Council Bluffs, command- ing the troops stationed at Denison; Attorney General E. L. O'Connor and Chief Justice James W. Kindig of the Iowa Supreme Court. Herring indicated he did not belleve that the situation required the pres- ;xe:;emot Guardsmen for an extended Situation Is Quiet. Gen. Tinley sald it was his opinion that it would not be possible to have military control and civil courts in the same territory. He pointed out that the troops were ordered out because the civil court procedure had been tem- porarily disrupted by the action of a Le Mars mob last Thursday in drag- ging Judge C. C. Bradley from his ben]t(:h and looping a rope about his neck. The situation in the area about Den- ison is quiet, Tinley reported to thc governor, and added that the sentl- ment of the residents both at Denison and Le Mars was behind the troops in_seeking to restore order. Twelve men were arrested in Craw- ford County yesterday in connection with & farm riot at the Joseph Fields farm near Denison Friday. Three of the accused were released late last night after questioning. Meeting Blocked. Troops stationed at Denison moved into t{wo additional counties yesterday, arresting seven men in Shelby County and two others in Carroll County. At Carroll, Iowa, the militia dis) an attempted farm meeting. Iph Neisle and John H. Leichte were ar- rested but the latter was released after questioning by a court of inquiry. ‘The farmers had planned to hold a meeting at the court house, but a de- tachment of troops under Capt. B. W. ‘Williams broke up the meeting. 23 FARMERS ARRESTED Suspects Held for Trouble at Sale and Attack on Judge. PRIMGHAR, Iowa, May 1 (@).— ‘Twenty-three men were arrested by a National Guard detachment today in connection with the attempted halting of a foreclosure sale here Thursday and with a subsequent attack upon Judge C. C. Bradley at Le Mars. ‘Among those arrested were Simon T. Jossem, county chairman of the Farm- ers’ Holiday Association, and William Claussen, county secretary. ‘The men were brought to the O'Brien County Jail and the troops planned to rem]ove them to Le Mars for military trial. Last Thursday the farmers stormed the court house while Sheriff E. Lem- kuil was holding a foreclosure sale. While 22 deputy sheriffs beat back the mob with clubs, the sale was held on the third floor of the court house. Later some members of the group went to Le Mars, where Judge Bradley was dragged from his bench, taken to a lonely cross roads and threatened with hanging unless he upheld the constitutionality of Iowa's new mort- gage fore moratorjum laws. Bradley refused and was released after he had been choked and beaten and smeared with grease and mud. ABDUCTORS RELEASE TWO UNION OFFICIALS State Attorney’s Office Plans Questioning in Reported Gangster War. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, May 1.—Two kidnaped! union officials were released unharmed by their abductors early today and were immediately taken into custody by lice for questioning by the State attor- ney’s office investigating a reported war between for control of the Teamsters’ Union. ‘The men, Fred Sass, reputed business agent of the Ash Wagon Drivers’ Union, and Morris Goldberg, official of the Van Teamsters’ Union, were selzed last Friday by Roger Touhy and his %ol reputed former convicts. s morning they were pushed blindfolded from the kidnapers’ car and were picked up by a passing police squad car and rushed to headquarters. ‘The men told police they did not know where they had been held captive as they had been blindfolded the entire time by small sections of gauze, held in place over their eyes by spectacles taped tightly to their heads. Goldberg, brother-in-law of Willlam “Klondike” O'Donnell, associate of Mur- ray Humphries and William *“Three- Finger Jack” White, all three of whom a notorious police, ordered them held for additional quizzing on the belief that they had not told all they knew. SEVEN DIE IN TORNADO, 1,000 MADE HOMELESS Storm Sweeps From Arkansas Area Across Mississippi River to Edge of Yazoo City, Miss. By the Assoclated Press. 'YAZOO CITY, Miss, May 1.—Seven known dead, scores of injured and the ruins of hundreds of homes today th of a week end tor- nado which blew up around Lake Vil- lage, in Southeast 5, and leaped the Mississippi River to strike at Yazoo City and Greenville, in West Mississippi. The storm struck first southwest of Lake Village, late Saturday night. D. D. Boyd, 69, was killed as the blast car- ried his home nearly 200 feet and flat- tened it. Two colored men were killed in the same vicinity. MORE STATESMEN ARRIVE THIS WEEK Roosevelt to Hear Central Europe’s Side of Arms Controversy. (Continued From Pirst Page.) has endeavored to work in full harmony with the American delegates at Geneva and is lup?nr!ln' the idea of a real reduction of armaments. Italy is in & difficult economic and financial situa- tion and the burden of armament ex- gemmure is weighing heavily on her udget. But as long as her neighbors do not agree to disarm she feels com- pelled to carry on a policy of competi- tive armaments. Because Mussolini realizes that no conferences can achieve a positive re- sult unless the political problems are out of the way, he suggested last month to Ramsay MacDonald, the British prime minister, a revision of the most irksome clauses of the Versailles treaty. Ttaly has little to gain from such a re- vision, except that in the long run she may be able to claim certain conces- sions in the domain of the redistribu- tion of the colonies taken from Ger- many at the end of the World War. But this can occur in a more or less distant future. The principal which will be discussed in Wi on and which applies immediately to the political recovery of the world, is the Franco-Italian naval agreement. Differences Remain. The London naval conference ended in a three-power pact leaving Italy and France outside that important treaty. Ever since the end of that confererce in April, 1930, Great Britain and America have been endeavoring to get the French and the Italians to iron out their difficulties, but they have met with little success, Last December the American dele- gation at Geneva had found a satis- factory solution, which was reported to be ‘acceptable to Mussolini and Ed- ouard Herriot, the French premier, but the fall of the Herriot cabinet & few days after that solution had been de- vised by Norman Davis and Admiral A. J. Hepburn, prevented the two an- tagonistic governments from acting upon it. It is reported that President Roosevelt talked to M. Herriot about this matter and expects to resume these conversa- tions with Rosso and Jung. The Prench consider the naval matter as only a side issue of the entire political problem of Europe and as long as the French gov- ernment suspects Mussolini of support- ing the Germans, it will be difficult to find a partial solution to the disarma- ment problem. Talks With Schacht Important. ‘The conversations with Dr. Schacht will be far more important. is America’s debtor to the extent of some $2,500,000,000, and also the stumbling block at the limita- tion of arms conference. The question of the German private debt to the United States is for the present of only secondary importance. It goes into the framework of the In- ternational Economic Conference. But Germany's position at the disarmament conference is all important. The German government demands parity in armaments with all the other nations. She does not intend to build up at once to the strength of the other powers, it is said in Berlin, but she wants the right to do so, unless the former allies, and especially her neigh- bors, France and Poland, agree to re- duce to her strength. Furthermore, Germany insists on a speedy solution of the Polish Corridor question, which implies revision of the Versailles treaty. ‘Will Present Case in Full. Dr. Schacht is not only an able finan- clal expert, but also has a thorough understanding of the political situation. He will put before the President the German case in full, and point out the reason why Germany insists on the for- mer allies living up to the disarma- ment promises provided in the Ver- sailles treaty and also its contentions why the Corridor should be returned to Germany at an early date. Dr. Schacht's position will be some- what difficult. The political conversations between President Roosevelt, Mr. MacDonald and M. Herriot have been thorough. Both men have explained to Mr. Roose- velt the difficulties of the Geneva con- ference and the reasons why the Ger- man thesis is unacceptable to France. Furthermore, they have pointed out to po-| Mr. Roosevelt that while they both favor revision of the Versailles treaty to include a solution of the corridor question, such & revision, they said, was untimely and would more likely precip- itate a conflict in Europe than avert it. Herrlot and MacDonald have left Washington fully convinced that the President is in agreement with their point of view. It was reported in French and British quarters that the President had agreed to the MacDonald plan of quantitative disarmament and that he had accepted the French thesis that Germany shall disband the Reichs- wehr and replace it by a conscript army serving under the colors not more than 12 months. Davis’ Attitude Different. ‘The President also was reported to be in favor of setting up a permanent control to t the status of armies after the limitation of arma- has been agreed upon. reporte French thesis that Germany should not be permitted to build even ‘“sample” tanks and heavy guns, as the German government has been demanding. Some credence to these reports is given by the fact that in the last three days Am- Norman Davis has taken & much firmer attitude at Geneva. Whether the Germans will bow to these reported agreements is a ques- tion which will be announced soon, not lanrVuhlnmn but at Geneva. the German Ambassador at Washing- ton, will try to explain to the Presi~ dent the reasons why Germany is op- Pposed to this French thesis. It may be that the President will be able to induce the Germans to accept, at least E:rr; tially, what has been discussed between him and the spokesman of the French government, in order to hasten the conclusion of the limitation of arms conference before the economic confer- ence meets in London on June 12. Others to Arrive This Week. d to favor the | jury looting. A relief camp here gave ald to approximately 1,000 made homeless. ENVOYS ASK BLESSING ‘TOKIO, May 1 (#).—In preparation departure May 4 for Wash- participate in Presiden goddess and their mission. Previously the gave an audience o the envoys, 4 D. C, MONDAY, MAY 1, 1933.° Iowd National Guardsmen are shown mingling with townsmen at Le Mars, Iowa, after martial law was decla; Northwest Iowa as a result of outbreaks in which 'm sales were halted and a judge manhandled by a mob.— red in P. Photo. STOCKS PUSHED UP §170 §3 PER SHARE Advance in Commodities Also Continues in Rush of Buying. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 1.—Speculative markets opened with & new stampede of buying today and the dollar dropped to new low levels in relation to European gold currencies. ‘The stock market surged up $1 to $3 a share in the first half hour, as lead- | ing issues were traded in blocks of 1,000 to 20,000 shares, and the ticker fell nearly a quarter of an hour in arrears. The upsurge attracted profit-taking, however, and several issues soon slid off from the best. ities Gain. ‘The French franc rose to 4.66 cents in the early foreign: exchange dealings, in contrast to a gold parity of approxi- mately 3.92 cents, indicating a theoreti- cal depreciation in the dollar of a little more than 15 per cent, and several other leading foreign currencies were zgll-]r::wndl.nzly buoyant in terms of s. Buying swept through the cammodlty‘ markets as well, with cotton futures ris- ing about $2 a bale to the best levels since last September, wheat at Chicago opening up a cent and more a bushel and such staples as rubber, hides, sugar and others making substantial gains. By the end of the first half hour the stock tape was running 10 minutes be- hind the market and large blocks con- tinued to figure in the huge turnover. One of these transactions was 20,000 shares of General Motors common at $22, up $1, and an advance of 25 cents from the opening price. Silver futures jumped one-half to nearly 1 cent an ounce, while initial rubber a\lmutlon.s represented gains of one-tenth to about one-quarter of a cent per pound. Sugar was also higher. Decline in Dollar. ‘The advance in stocks and commodi- ties was again accompanied by a de- cline in dollar exchange. Sterling opened here at $3.92, up 53 cents, and later went higher. French francs ad- vanced nearly one-tenth of a cent to 4% cents, while Swiss francs jumped more than half a cent to 22.68 cents and Dutch gilders climbed nearly % cent to 47.4 cents. Transactions on the Stock Exchange in the first half hour totaled 1.400,000 shares, the heaviest volume for that pe- riod since May 5, 1930. —_— —————— MAN CLAIMING THREATS JAILED AT OWN REQUEST Witness in Maryland Murder Case Accuses Relatives of Suspect of Intimidation. Special Dispatch to The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., May 1.— Claiming he had been threatened by relatives of Ben Jackson, who is under indictment for murder, Wade Smith of Croome has been placed in jail here at his own request, it was learned to- day. Smith told Prince Georges county authorities he was on his way to tes- tify before the grand jury in the Jack- son case when the threats were made. At that time he was carrying a pistol, which he claimed was used in the kill- ing, and this was taken from him by a group of men, who he said are rela- tives and friends of Jackson, according to_police. Smith testified before the grand and then asked to be placed in jall. Jackson has been indicted for the murder of John Colton of Marl- boro, at a dance near that town on January 29. No date has been fixed for the trial, and Jackson is now con- fined in the same jail as Smith. in the period before the World Eco- nomic Conference, June 12, in London ‘The has not been settled because representatives who met at London Saturday as the g Committee for the conference lacked authority to commit their governments. As yet, he sald, no official word had been heard from Paris or London as to the attitude of those governments, thou dispatches reported The Organizing Committee to send out with the formal invitations to the conference. another Americ proposal which contemplates a tarift during the eonference itself. ‘The object is to prevent new obsta- trade which might hamper the conference in clearing away these ob- structions and reviving commerce. LE BRETON REACHES U. 8. “Fair and Practical Arrangement” Ac- ceptable to Argentina. sponding to island practical - cepted by my 2] Hi-jackers Buying Beer Barrels to Cut Brewers Out PHILADELPHIA, May 1.—Law- ful sale of beer has hit another snag. Brewers charge a $5 de- posit on barrels, but “hi-jackers” pay retailers as high as $7 for the privilege of carting them away. Brewery officlals, revealing their difficulties in keeping their own barrels—the cooperage trade is months behind the demand for new containers—said today they have no recourse against the re- tailers. “We ‘tannot charge the retail- ers more than a $5 deposit,” said one brewer. “It is all the trade will bear. It pays these wildcat brewers well to pick up seasoned barrels at prices up to $7.” The barrels cost lawful brew- ers from $7.50 to $11 each. RESENTS PROPOSAL - FOR SHOALS PROBE Brown Asks Senate to Make Own Inquiry After Norris | Urges Investigation. | By the Associated Press. | Irked by ihe Norris groposal for & | presidential investigation ty determine | whether the Government ha suffered 'at the hands of private interests in | management of Muscle Shoals, Maj | Gen. Lytle Brown, Army Engineer chief, | today petitioned the Senate to conduct |its own investigation and to start im- | mediately. The letter, addressed to Vice Presi- dent Garner, was read to the Senate shortly before it was to take up the Norris bill to cary out the administra- tion’s Tennessee River and Muscle Shoals development project. Brown said the proposed investiga- tion amendment cast “suspicion” o himself and other Government officiais responsible for the Government’s pow- er and nitrate plants at the shoals and asked to be heard. Norris, Republican, Nebraska, had the letter referred to the President and accused of anything, nor any other worthy citizens.” Not Particular on Agency. ‘The Nebraskan said it made no dif- ference who made the inquiry. If his amendment is not adopted, he added, he would ask that the letter not be re- ferred to the President. The proposed amendment authorizes ihe President to select attorneys to in- vestigate whether, in the control and management of Wilson Dam or any other property at the shoals, any unfair or undue advantage has been given by the Government to private interests. for all acts done on the Tennessee River improvement by Federal authority dur- ing the past three and one-half years,” has been done there. “Being conscious of no wrongdoing at all, and confident that I have person- ally and otherwise protected all the in- terests of the United States at Muscle Shoals and on the Tennessee at all times, I belleve that this amendment does great injustice to deserving and honorable public servants by bringing them into public suspicion and leaving them there at a critical time when their services are needed. “I am unwilling to wait for the in- vestigation that this amendment pro- poses; it may never happen and will not remedy the harm done. “Able Lawyers in Senate.” *“The Senate has able lawyers fully capable of handling this matter and of saving the Government the hire of lawyers and assistant lawyers. “It seems strange that at this late day those who have built this Wilson Dam, who have guarded it through 10 years of controversy, who have pre- served it in fine condition, free from any incumbrance whatsoever, and who have furnished every scintilla of data on which this much advertised Tennes- see development is based, should now, even though inadvertently, be brought under the suspicion of wrong doing. “The time to investigate is now. If mud there be to dry out, let it be dried while the fire is hot and I am here to assist. All of the facts of the case should see the light of day and before -nyt "trunher steps are taken in this matter.” LIST OF AILMENTS FAILS TO WIN NEW DELAYS FOR DAVIS (Continued From First Page.) very sick man. We have his phy- sicians’ word for it that if he had not operated on within an !wumur fol- that the case calendar for | told the Senate “Brown has not been | “Since I am individually responsible | Brown wrote, “I am well aware of what | CHINESE LEADERS SEEKING ARMISTICE Japanese Foreign Office An- nounces Negotiations Under Way in Peiping. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, May 1.—The Japanese for- eign office disclosed today that Chinese leaders were seeking through American and British Ministers in Peiping to ne- gotiate & Sino-Japanese armistice. Official Teports were received that | certain Chinese approached both Nel- ister, and Sir Miles Lampson, the Brit- ish Minister, proposing that they assist | in opening negotiations. Neutral Zone Desired. | A meeting between Sino-Japanese | military leaders for the purpose of de- ciding on an armistice and establishing a mneutral zone south of the Great Wall of China is desired. ‘The report admitted that these Chi- nese are not connected with Marshal Chang Kai-Shek, the virtual dictator of the Naticnalist government at Nanking, or his Peiping representative, Gen. Ho Ying-Ching. the triangular area between the Lwan | River and the Great Wall, extending 60 | miles along the coast and 100 miles in- land, and a 10-mile strip for another 100 miles inland, be made a neutral zone. This is territory in North China proper. The Japanese Army, which advanced as far as the Lwan River and has just | withdrawn again to the Wall on the coast, will make repeated drives over that area, military leaders said, until the Chinese agree to neutralize the zone. Held Joint Operator; Manchukuo became joint operator after Manchuria was seized from Chi- nese rule by the Japanese Army and the new state established. Li contended the agreements were un- fair because they were concluded in a period of China's greatest weakness, of :\'hlch Russia allegedly took full advan- age. 700 CHINESE KILLED. Japanese Attack 5,000 on Salient North of Great Wall KUPTIKOW, ON THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA, May 1 (#).—Five thousand Chinese remaining in a salient north of the Great Wall were attacked airbombers assisting them, the Rengo (Japanese) News Agency reported. The Japanese have occupied the city of Hinglungchen, the Rengo corre- spondent said, and have “nearly an- nihilated the enemy.” The attack was made by units of the infantry brigade of Maj. Gen. Yosh- imichi Suzuki. The Japanese reported that they had lost eight killed and estimated that 700 Chinese were killed. ing to the South in disorder. Maj. Gen. Adashi Kawahara yester- day resumed his attacks on the Chinese stronghold near Shishisiachen, 15 miles gl:g‘xwest of Kupeikow below the Great DOLONOR OCCUPIED. Japanese and Manchukuoan Troops Take Area in Chinese Province. PEIPING, China, May 1 (#).—Jap- anese and Manchukuoan troops were reported today to have occupied Dolo- nor (Tolun), in the Chinese Province of Chahar. (Chahar is a Mongolian Province wagi‘ Ll')l! Jehol)i ! ese telegrams from n, Chahar, said 10,000 Mflnchukunlil&{‘:& sisted by 400 Japanese, attacked Dolo- nor Friday. The city, which is 120 miles northwest of Jehol City, was re- ported occupled the next day. e MONTANAN MENTIONED FOR CIVIL SERVICE POST Harry Mitchell, in Newspaper and Political Circles, Believed Considered. Harry Mitchell of Great Falls, Mont., is understood to be under consideration for appointment as chairman of the United States Civil Service Commission. Mitchell, who has been prominent in newspaper and political circles in Mon- tana, was three times mayor of Great Falls and has the backing of Senator Wheeler of that State. Prominent ] 2 In the same well informed circles, the name of Mrs. Benton McMillan, widow of former Gov. McMillan of Tennessee, is being mentioned in connection with appointment to the Civil Service Com- mission to succeed Miss Jessie Dell. Mrs. McMillan, formerly Democatic national Sehive T the presiaential n of ve e ential cam Mr. Roosevelt. Pelen o Deaths Reported. ner Forbes, 82, 228 A st. it Colvocoresses, 81, Kei . 68 3 b7 Emersancy Hospital. S Ciay &' Briges. 87, 3101" Conn. ave s, 57, . ave. W, Zimmerman,” 86, Taberculosts A ith, 54, ‘Hospital. o Hehedst G Isaac Avayou, 47. Baae v, 47 ooy popans 1, Georse Adelaide Grant . 31, ‘Washington_Universit , Bucone Wilkinson” Kine 30, 522 Bu. % ) 'L' ‘White. 21, Gal Hospital. Blanche Tavlor, 16, G fal | T A, W e | son T. Johnson, the United States Min- | The Japanese have demanded that | | by the Japanese infantry today, with | The Chinese, they said, were retreat- | Police Advised That 500 Men Are Coming Here to De- mand Bonus. ‘Washington police were notified today of the movement from Chicago of & group of about 500 members of the Chicago Workers' Ex-Service Men's League, a Communist veterans’ organ- ization, heading for Washington to de- mand a bonus. The communication, received by Lieut. Horace Lineburg of the crime preven- tion division of the police, stated the group is on its way to the Capital to demand food and shelter from the Gov- ernment while it presses its demands for full payment of the bonus. The report from Chicago, Lieu*. Line- burg said. did not state how th. - ~-p was traveling, nor what time it would arrive in the Capital, Claims Termed False. Claims of so-called leaders of the B. E. F., who have been telling officials of proposed bonus marches on Wash- ington, were branded as bids for per- sonal publicity by Willlam Conley of Los Angeles, national commander of the Disabled American Veterans, in a radio talk over a Natlon-wide network of the N. B. C. last night. Conley sald “I think Wi is unduly alarmed by claims and counter- claims of alleged leaders of the so-called B. E. F. that they can_ send 50,000 veterans to this city on a bonus march. Leaders of what? Get any or all of them to give you names and addresses of the camps and posts throughout the country; try to locate these groups and the myth will be exploded. Charges Communism. “In my travels I am pretty close to the veterans, but officials here are being entirely misled by self-styled spokes- men. There is not one of these talkers Wwho can successfully order 50,000 men to come to Washington or stay away from here, and the whole publicity scheme will be exposed when officials refuse to waste time with those who are using veterans as sounding boards for personal publicity.” He branded present efforts to get vet- erans to come to Washington as bred by the Communist party. At the close of the talk he said: | “I plead with all veterans, disabled or otherwise, to have no part in the | Communistic drive, but present their | proposals through orderly channels rather than be caught on the slimy trails that lead to Moscow. I am in | no way alone in this appeal. Not only | the Disabled American Veterans, but the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion have pointed out the folly of these bonus marches, and even memlee;d:;s vgl the crowds that as- sem) ashington about s year ago have publicly declared that no such marches can avail anything at this time.” _— DAVIS PUSHES PLAN FOR TARIFF TRUCE; FRENCH BACK IDEA (Continued Prom First Page.) have met in vain,” said a Telegraph editorial. “A strong American delega- tion, already foreshadowed, will give real authority to the decisions of the conference.” ‘While welcoming the proposal for & tariff truce and interpreting it as clear indication of Mr. Roosevell eagerness to give a lead to the nations, the Telegraph declared that “for the time being it is impracticable.” In the opinion of this newspaper Britain could not pledge herself to the truce at a time when several important ‘tnde treaties are being negotiated, for | if she did she would lose a chance for | favorable bargains with some old cus- | tomers. FRANCE WEIGHS GOLD ISSUE. | Ability to Remain on Standard Is Discussed by Officials. PARIS, May 1 (#).—Premier Edouard Herriot, speeding home from the Wash- | ington discussions, will find himself on | arrival in the midst of a discussion of France's ability to remain on the gold standard. It is a problem which becomes daily more pressing, and it will form one of the points to be taken up at an ex- traordinary session of the cabinet im- mediately after Herriot lands. Government spokesmen declare the franc will weather the storm, but some | parliamentary experts frequently have | expressed doubt that France will stay on the gold standard long, with the United States off the standard. ‘The opposition has construed the borrowing of £30,000,000 by the French treasury from English banks as a sign of financial weakness. Paul Reynaud, former Premier Par- diev’s minister of finance, says in Liberte: “Restore finances or put an embargo on gold.” (A dispatch from the Ile de France, on which Herriot is ref . - closed that the French government had sent him a message approving his ne- gotiations on the tariff truce question. The radiogram said that immediate steps would be taken at London to delineate the truce's provisions. The idea of an economic truce, pending the outcome of the World Economic Con- ference, was suggested Saturday to the Conference Preparatory Committee at London by Norman H. Davis, Presi- dent Roosevelt'’s Ambassador at Larse.) The right to impose a tariff surtgx @ the dollar becomes too low has been reserved by the French government in adhering to the tariff truce by the United States, it was under- stood today. The surtax, which is 15 per cent for the British pound and the Japanese yen, is not expected to be invoked be- fore the return from the United States of Herriot. _— BANK TALK LIKENED TO GETTYSBURG ADDRESS By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 1.—Postmaster General Farley last night likened President Roosevelt’s recent statement to cements. In a “President’s day” talk at the Broadway Methodist Episcopal Church, the man who hel to start Franklte D. Roosevelt on the road to the White % deec Wuhlnm 1t ell ad: “ as n’s farews - dress has become one of our national traditions; just as Lincoln's Seims of, oratory: st aa the hrases gems of oratory; as of Wilson have become bywords for otk guidance, I predict that future tions will look back upon this Bm banking statement as a declaration which marked the turning point in ties depression. “We have begun to emerge from the valley and ascend toward the crest, where this time we may hope to find & reasonable prosperity that will endure, because it will be built upon funda- mental ideas which will consider rights of every class of our citizens.” Births Reported. C. and Helen lhfim'm. - ‘Willlam Annur D.’ and_Margaret