Evening Star Newspaper, January 24, 1934, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and slightly warmer, with lowest temperature about 36 degrees tonight; tomorrow rain and warmer; much colder by Friday. Temperatures—Highest, 55, at 1:30 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 32, at 7:30 aqn. today. Full report on page 9. ClosingN.Y.Markets,Pages13,14,15,16 — No. 32,775, Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. JAPAN PLANS NOTE T0U.S. ONFUTURE NAVAL ARMSISSUE Hirota Tells Parliament He Hopes to Facilitate Friendly Agreement. TREATY ON ARMAMENTS . [TO EXPIRE IN TWO YEARS Foreign Minister Also Makes Bid to Remove Forces on Siberian Border. By the Assoclated Press. ‘TOKIO, January 24.—Foreign Minis- ter Kokl Hirota told Parliament today he was “communicating with the Amer- ican Government” in an effort to facil- itate & friendly solution of “difficult problems likely to arise one or two years hence.” He referred to naval issues expected to come to & head in 1935 and 1936, when the present naval limitation trea- ty expires. Replying to questions of representa- tives, the foreign minister said he hoped eventually to agree with Soviet Russia on removal of military establishments from both sides of the Siberian-Man- chukuo border. JAPANESE MOTIVES DOUBTED. Retarding of U. S. Naval Building Seen Purpose of Peaceful Speeches. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. The efforts of Foreign Minister Koki Hirota and of the Liberal members of the Japanese Diet to smooth over the bad impression_created in the nited States by the Japanese talk adout the possibilities of an armed conflict with this country are fuily appreciated in responsible quarters here. But, 1t is authoritatively stated the Japanese have to do more than make such state- ments in order to convince this coun- try of their pacific intentions. It 15 noted in responsibie quarters| that the friendly advances cf the Jap- anese have occurred only when they realized that the present administra- tion is determined to go ahead with the naval building program whicn will | bring the United States fleet to the| strength agreed upon at the Londcn Naval Conference within the next few years. While this country has never har- bored any aggressive intentions toward Japan or any other country, the ad-| ministration is determined to proceed with the naval construction plans re-| gardless of what other nations do or| 8ay. Optimism Not Justified. President Roosevelt realizes that the world situation is extremely tense and knows from his own past experience how costly it is to build the defensive forces of the country in a hurry. Consequently, it is stated in high quarters, while America is willing to accept the olive branch any nation wants to offer her the Navy will be built up as long as the present uncer- tain conditions continue to exist. On the other hang a careful analysis of the situation in Japan does not justi- ty_too much optimism. i It is true that the Japanese prime minister and Foreign Minister Hirota have made plepsant and friendly speeches. It is also true that the fire- eating var ~minister, Araki, has re-| signed. But his successor, Gen. Hay: shi, while less talkative than Araki, is said | to share completely the former war | minister’s opinion regarding the sacred Japanese mission in Asia. There is not a single tangible proof, observers of the Japanese situation in this country say, to indicate a desire for a change in the present policies of the Japanese emplre. The enly thing that has hap- pened is that the navy, instead of the army, has the upper hand at the pres- ent moment. And the navy is anxious that the United States shall not build the ships the President and Congress intend to build. Aimed at Naval Program. Consequently, the opinion of authori- ties in Washington is that the Japa- nese advances in the last few days have 85 a primary object the slowing down, if possible, of the American naval con- struction program. : The basic foreign policy of President Roosevelt is peace. He is willing to msake any sacrifices to promote peace 4n the world, and he is concerned over the situation in the Far East not only (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) TRAYLOR L0§ING GROUND, FAMILY IS SUMMONED Physicians Report Chicago Banker Has Relapse in Fight Against i Pneumonia. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 24—Melvin A. raylor, 55, president of the First Na« tional Bank was reported by his phy- sicians today to be losing his fight against pneumonia following an all- night vigil at his bedside by members of his family. Mr. Traylor, who in 1932 was men- tioned prominently as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Presi- dent, was stricken a fortnight ago, but his condition did not become critical until last Monday, When he was placed in an oxygen tent to ease his labored reathing. . His reaction was favorable and yes- terday his four physicians abandoned their daily consultation. But late last night Dr. N. Clarke Gil- bert on a visit to the sick room noted & decline and hurriedly summoned members of the family to the bedsids, where they remained. EGYPTOLOGIST STRICKEN Albert M. Lythgoe, Who Was Pres- ent at Tut Tomb Opening, Il ‘BOSTON, January 24 (#).—Albert M. , 66, curator emeritus of Egyptian art of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, today was a patient at the Massachusetts General Hospital, but hospital authorities said Mrs. Lyth- goe had requested that information as to his illness or condition ke not made public. Lythgoe, prominent Egyptologist, was one of those present at the opening of the inner chamber of the tomb of the anclent Egyptian King, Tut-Ankh- Amen, more than 10 years ago. Ship Brings Gold In Three Kegs to Test Price in U. S. MetalFromFranceV alued at $150,000, but Con- signee Is Unknown. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 24—Three kegs of bullion gold, said by steamship officials to have been sent by French bankers to test the price attitude of the United States toward foreign gold, arrived on the Mauretania today. An official of the ship said the metal was valued at $150,000, but declined to_name the consignee. ‘The United States has been paying more for gold newly mined in America than any price available in Europe. In financial circles it was believed the gold was destined for the New York Federal Reserve Bank, but officials of that institution declined to comment and referred inquiries to the Treasury in Washington. Pending word from the Treasury it was generally supposed in Wall street that the only price obtainable in this country for the gold is $20.67 an ounce, the old gold parity figure. The United States is paying $34.45 an ounce, how- ever, for gold newly mined in domestic mines. ‘The gold price in London is close to this $3445 fiure. The purpose of sending the gold here was not immedi- ately apparent. NAVY SUPPLY BILL PASSED IN HOLSE Measure Carrying $284,747,- 000 Appropriation Is Sent to Senate. By the Associated Pr ‘The appropriation bill. carrving $284,747.000 for the Navy next fiscal | year, was passed today by the House | and ‘sent to the Senate. Although the measure appropriates | $33.619,33¢ for ship construction to bring the fleet up to treaty limits, it does not provide for the replacement of ships which now are or will be over useful age when the London treaty expires December 31, 1936. There was no roll-call vote on pass- age of the bill. | Earlier the House Naval Committee had abandoned plans to seek enact- | ment of the Vinson bill as an amend- | ment to the regular supply bill for the Navy Department. The Vinson bill would provide for a construction pro- | gram to bring the Navy to treaty limits. Chairman Vinson told the House he will ask the Rules Committee to give legislative right of way to his bill, which is approved by the administration, so it soon may be brought up for passage. He made that statement just before the House approved a section of the pending appropriation bill allowing $33,- 619,000 for construction necessary to bring the fleet toward treaty strength. This section would permit construc- tion to begin in the next fiscal year— after July 1—on one 10,000-ton. 8-inch gun and three 10.000-ton, 6-inch gun cruisers. It would not, however, per- mit repiacement of the 101 other vessels which will be over the age considered satisfactory when the London Treaty expires on December 31, 1936. The Vinson bill would authorize those replacements, which the Navy estimates would cost about $76,000,000 a year for five years, enabling the fleet to be up to treaty strength in modern ships by 1940 or 1941. A single objection could have kept | Vinson from offering his bill as an| amendment to the pending appropria- tion measure. It was understood that he had heard a member or two would | object despite administration approval of the plan NEW POWER RATES . EFFECTIVE FEB. 1 ¥ Reduction of $379,000 in Con- sumers’ Bills Is Expected Here. ‘The Public Utilities Commission to- day set new electric rates for 1934, to become effective on bills sent out after the first of next month and designed to reduce consumers’ bills by $379.000 if the Potomac Electric Power Co. sells the same amount of current this year as last. ‘The rates the commission adopted were the same offered by the company at a public hearing last Friday. The principal new departure is a rear- rangement of schedule A to make it possible for residential customers to use electric ranges or other heavy-duty appliances without the expense of an extra meter under the old schedule K. The benefits of the cut were extended to Maryland customers of the company living near the District by the exten- sion of the suburban area considerably further than it now exists. ‘The primary rate of 3.9 cents per kilowatt hour in most schedules is left untouched, and reductions are accom- plished largely by reducing secondary rates. Minimum bills for Maryland customers have also been reduced from $1 to 75 cents a month. @h WASHINGTON, D. C, sin_avenue. PROBE OF GRAFT INC. W. A. BRINGS ARRESTS OF TWO Supervisors Held—Roosevelt Prepares to Ask $850, 000,000 Fund. EXTENSION OF WORK UNTIL MAY SOUGHT Larceny by Trick Is Charged to Joe George McAlwee and Thomas E. Archer. While President Roosevelt prepared to ask Congress for $850,000,000 to carry on the Civil Work Administration until May and to provide additional relief, Federal and local authorities throughout the country joined today to protect the vast employment and relief program from grafters and unscrupu- lous politicians. Meanwhile, police here made their second arrest in less than 24 hours in connection with complaints that C. W. A. rent survey supervisors have ac- cepted money from C. W. A. employes under them as insurance against the workers’ discharge. Police were expect- ing a third arrest later in the day. Joe George McAlwee, 37, of 1735 Park road, C. W. A. supervisor, was arrested today and is being held on a charge of larceny by trick. Thomas E. Archer, 47. of 1631 Euclid street, also a C. W. A. supervisor, was taken into custody yes- terday, and still is being held under $1,500 bond. There are three counts of larceny by trick filed against him. Jacop Baker, assistant administrator {of the C. W. A, and Louis R. Glavis, chief of the Interior Department spe- cial investigating force, conferred this morning with Joseph B. Keenan, As- | sistant Attorney General in charge of | the Criminal Division of the Depart- ment of Justice. It was said the whole subject of graft in the C. W. A. and | P. W. A was being reviewed in the conference, with a view to determining whether criminal proceedings should be instituted in certain cases. Pleas Pour In. Besieged by letters and telegrams pleading for continuance of the C. W. A. until Spring or later warning of petty corruption and politi- cal preferment alleged to be creeping into the program in scattered locali- ties, the administration was determined to carry on the emergency employment enterprise until May, and to keep it free of all scandal, petty or large. Out of the $500,000,000 relief fund, the President is prepared to use money for continuation of a part of the Civil Works Administration beyond May 1 if necessary. However, he is asking only the $350.- 000.000 necessary to continue the C. W, A. until May, confident that a vast ma- | jority of the 4.000.000 workers now on the Federal pay rolls will have been absorbed by that time by private in- dustry and the normal seasonal pick up on the farms. He wants the $500,000,000 relief fund flexible enough to be available for ex- tended C. W. A. work in the Autumn if it is found to be required. The President and his aides have been studying the numerous complaints, described as being mostly from political sources, about the use of C. W. A. funds in various communities. Several hun- dred protests a day are received at the | White House and probably as many more at C. W. A. headquarters, it was said. Both Parties Protest. The complaints were described as charging in most instances that local agencies are using funds to build up political parties. It was said at the White House that the complaints are about equally divided between Demo- crats and Republicans. The President has asked that the protests be investigated so far as pos- sible and he is seeking to get the idea abroad that Federal funds must be kept out of politics. The arrests here have led to a thor- ough investigation of the rent survey and other C. W. A. projects in Wash- ington by order of Commissioner Allen, District civil works _administrator. James Ring, in charge of the rent sur- vey, instituted the inquiry today with the announced determination to clean up the situation—first brought to his attention by several alleged victims of the “job insurance.” Detective Sergt. A. D. Mansfield, who made the arrests here, expected to take a third man into custody by early after- noon. Mansfield had not placed formal charges against McAlwee late this morning, but he announced _that charges of “larceny after trick” would be filed. According to police, the scheme in which the men are alleged to have par- ticipated involved the collection from C. W. A. employes of a “small con- sideration” in cash, for which the coz tributors were to regeive “protection’ in the form of “high ¢fficiency ratings.” Complaints against the scheme made to Ring led police to an upper Connecticut avenue apartment house where they found Archer and Jack D. Countryman, a C. W. A. employe, of 2715 Wiscon- Countryman, police had (Continued on Page 3, Column 5.) VICTIM GAVE WRITTEN PERMIT TO KILL HIM, WOMAN TESTIFIES By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 24.—Mrs. Millie Prince, on trial for murder, avers that in killing Charles J. Wolfert she had the special permission of Wolfert him- self. “He took a card from his pocket,” she testified yesterday at her trial, “and asked me how to spell ‘deserve.” I told him. Then he wrote on the card and handed it to me. He had written: “‘Millie Prince, you can kill me. I deserve it.’” He was dead a few minutes later. In his body were 19 stab wounds from a knife Mrs. Prince carried in her hand- bag and which her husband had bought for her as a souvenir of their trip to Miami. Mrs. Prince, 31 years old and mother of & 10-year-old boy, told in consider- able detail of the conversation that led to the slaying of her 56-year-old ad- mirer. He had “pursued” her for five years, she testified, with avowals of love. On September 6 last, she said. he confronted her on the street and com- pelled her to go to a wooded place not far away. She obeyed his command in ¢ the belief that his concealed right hand gripped a pistol. A strange feature of the conversation that took place just before Wolfert's death was that, despite its tragic por- tent, it was carried on (according to Mrs. Prince’s testimony) most formally. Parts of her testimony were: “He said, ‘Mrs. Prince, I'll kill you,” and I said, ‘Mr. Wolfert, how could you be so cruel?’ “He grabbed me and kissed me, and I said, ‘Get away, you rat. Your Kkisses are poison.” “He picked up a rock and said, ‘I could smash your brains out, Mrs. Prince, with this rock.” I said, ‘If I had any brains I wouldn’t be here.’ She said Wolfert “grabbed me and threw me around” and that he then wrote the “permission to kill” card. As she opened her handbag to put the card away she saw the knife and drew it out. “That knife won't stop me,” she tes- tified Wolfert said as he grabbed her. “I stabbed him with the knife,” she “I stabbed him again and again.” Two hours later she walked into 2 police station, tossed the knife on the sergeant’s desk and announced she had just killed & map. { ¢ Foenin ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION and also | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1934—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. o Star %k kK TREASURY-POSTAL | BILL GUT G MILLION | Fund of $820,693,270 Asked | | or Reduction of About 50 | Per Cent Under 1934, | | The Treasury-Post Office appropri- | ation bill was reported to the House today carrying a total of $820,693,270, or $403623.327 less than the current | appropriation, and $6.683,839 less than | the budget recommendation. | Of this total, $149.842330 is for Treasury Department. This is $358.640, | 889 less than the current appropriation and $685539 less than the budget The recommendations for the Post Office Department total $654.446.094, which is $61.387.284 less than the cur- rent appropriation and $5.998.300 less than the budget recommendation. For public building maintenance, the bill carries an increas. of $16.404,846. Included in the recommended appro- priations is $4,568.060 for salaries and expenses of the Burecau of Engraving | and Printing. which is | recommendation. ] | | | i $492,620 less | than the current appropriation. | There also is included an item of $335,000 for the addition to the city post office here. | Debt Increase Cited. The report also showed an increase in annual public debt service require- | ments of $185420.629 in view of the increase of the public debt to $23,534,- 000.000 as of November 30, 1933. ‘This brought the total annual debt service requirements to $1.350,087.850, including $525.738,850 for the sinking | fund and $824,349.000 for interest. While the public debt and other | permanent annual and indefinite ap- | | propriations amounting to $1.363.494,000 are reported in the supply bill, the| | money is withdrawn for payments automatically and Congress does not pass on them. 1n reporting the bill Chairman Arnold, | Democrat, of Illinois, of the subcom- mittee in charge. said the group was “not inclined to make any increase in the present rate of expenditure until all investigations and studies of airmail contracts and practices have been com- pleted.” Present Rate Adopted. The Post Office, as well as a Senate Committee, he said, are inquiring into the air and ocean mail subsidy con- tracts. However, the report said: “Alr mail service should be provided where it is justified, the contractors should be fairly compensated and the interests of the Government should be amply protected. | “The committce has no means of knowing what the right sum to ap- propriate may be, and until the results (Continued on Page 3. Column 2.) WIND BLOWS BYRD'S | SHIP FROM MOORING 20 Members of Party Are Marooned on Shore, While Others Remain Tdle on Vessel. ABOARD ADMIRAL BYRD'S FLAG- SHIP, Bay of Whales, Antarctica, Jan- uary 24, Via Mackay Radio (#).—An ill wind blew part of the Byrd expedition into idleness today. Springing up suddenly, it drove Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd's flagship from her berth along the low shelf of crum- bling ice—so that none of those on board could go ashore. Some took turns at a glass, watching the men marooned on shore laboriously towing supplies on the bay ice, the dog teams hurrying loaded sledges to a transfer depot a mile and ahalf to the southeast. Of the 20 on shore 3 were in the old Winter camp at Little America, the others distributed among empty caches 415 miles south of the edge of the bay ice and the unloading station at its_edge. The turns at the glass were expected to be replaced by real work again soon. The ship was cruising slowly and all indications pointed to the probability of an early mooring. Guide for Readers Amusements Comics Features Society Sports .. Congressmen Cost Citizens $1,019,621 By Franking Mail By the Assoclated Press. Members of Congress cost the taxpayers $1,019,621 a year in franked mail. This was_stated by former Assistant ~ Postmaster General O'Mahoney in testimony released teday by the House Appropria- tions Committee Government departments as a le escape paying $14.315.414 annually because of free postage. O'Mahoney, now a Democr: Senator from Wyoming, is get- ting his official mail franked. D. . LIQUOR BILL wh President Announces He Will Sign Measure as Soon as He Can Get to It. Fresident Roosevelt expects to sign the District liquor control bill some | time today. As he he pointed to the liquor bill reposing on his desk. He said he had not yet had time to get to it inasmuch as it had just come back from the Treasury De- partment, where it was reviewed fol- lowing a study of it made by the Justice Department and the Federal Alcohol Control Board. When Mr. Roosevelt attaches his signature, he will do so without cere- mony. It is known that several mem: bers of Congress who have been in- strumental in getting the bill enacted have expressed a desire to be on hand | to witness the signing and if possible to obtain pens used by the President, but Mr. Roosevelt made it plain he will dispose of the matter without any such incident. The bill requires liquor applications to be displayed and advertised for two weeks, which makes it doubtful if the legalized sale will actually start in the District within three weeks. Regulations Delayed. The Commissioners as vet have not announced their selection of the three members of the Alcoholic Beverage Con- trol Board, but it became known yester- day that the board will consist of George W. Offutt, lawyer and banker, a former president of the Board of Trade; Mrs. Willlam Beverly Mason, wife of a Washington physician, who was active in the Women’s Organization for National Prohibition Reform, and Isaac Gans, now chairman of the Dis- trict Board of Indeterminate Sentence and Parole, a veteran District civic leader. It was reported today that Offutt would be designated chairman of the board and would be appointed for a term of four years. Mrs. Mason is to be named to a term of three years, and Gans for a term of two years. The Commissioners have given tenta- tive approval to a series of regulations governing the licensing of liquor estab- lishments and their operation and these will be promulgated shortly after the liquor measure becomes law. Until then, however, the regulations are not to be made public officially. The Commissioners now have before them the question of the appointments of members of the staff of the Liquor (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) JUDGE GIVES WARNING Informs Ex- Speakeasy Proprietors Barred. PRINCETON, N. J,, January 24 (#)— Federal Judge William Clark warned today against granting liquor licenses to former proprietors of speakeasies. Granting that “outraged public opinion” brought the end of prohibi- tion, Judge Clark said in a letter to Mayor Hoff, “It hardly seems necessary to argue that the licensing of former violators will lead us to a similarly outraged public opinion and therefore similar results.” —_— YUGOSLAVIA CABINET OUT Fall of Srshkich Ministry Reported in Vienna Press. VIENNA, January 24 (#)—The Frele Press correspondent at Belgrade reported today that the cabinet of Premier Milan Srshkich resigned. No further detalls were given. Dr. Srshkich became premier of Yugo- slavia July 2, 1932. The original cabinet which he formed resigned November 3, 1932. Two days later he formed & new government, which King Alexander accepted. Princeton Mayor made this known at his bi-| "6 3 haif of the previous year. | weekly press conference this morning, | | | | » | TREASURY HOPEFUL “From Press to Home Within an Hour” ‘The Star’s Carrler system covers every city block and the regular edition is delivered to city and suburban homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 121,784 (®) Means Associated — TWO CENTS. Press. —_—_————— RUN-OFF PRIMARY LIKELY IN LONGS MAYORALTY DEFEAT Walimsley, Senator’s Foe, Leads His Candidate by 14,000 Votes. SWEEPS OLD COUNCIL BACK INTO OFFICE Py | Leader's Total Apparently 9,000 Short of Clear Nominating Majority. | By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, January 24.—Sen- ator Huey P. Long’s political machine today had apparently met its first| major defeat at the polls in six years, | as unofficial and incomplete returns from yesterday's mayoralty prithary continued to send the Walmsley old | regular faction far out in front in a | four-cornered race for City Hall control. | The Long candidate for mayor, John | Klorer, was running more than 14,000 | votes behind Mayor T. Semmes Walms- | ley on the face of returns from 240 of | the city’s 262 precincts this morning, | | but Klorer headquarters and Senator | Long continued to withhold a statement | lon whether the issue would be forced |iato a second run-off primary. ! ‘The Walmsley total at 9 am. wns; IN' FINANGING PLAN [Morgenthau Expects Books Poments: to Be Closed Today on Billion-Dollar Issues. By the Associated Press. Secretary Morgenthau today indi- cated hopefulness that the Treasury could close its books before nightfall on the billion-dollar securities issues announced last night as the first slice | on a $10,000,000.000 borrowing program. TOGET0.K TODAY Officials pointed out that the last issue—one of $900,000,000 in 2'y one- year certificates—was thrice oversub- scribed the first day. ‘The two issues bcth dated January 29. st announced are One is for | $500,000,000 of Treasury notes paying |, 2'; per cent interest and maturing March 15, 1935. The other is for $500,- 000,000 of 1!, per cent certificates ma- turing next September 15. Simultaneous with announcement of available a statement showing $1.215.- 545,550 had been collected as internal revenue for the first half of the 1934 fiscal year, an increase of nearly a | scme 9,000 votes short of a clear nom- | inating majority over his three op-| 240 Precincts Counted. hen the weary polling commission- | | | | wr ‘m. up all night, suspended counting | ‘Uus morinng to take a three-hour rest, | | the unofficial returns from 240 pre- | cincts showed: | | ‘Walmsley, 41,066. | Klorer, 26854. | Francis Williams, independent anti- | | Long campaigner, 23,682. | | Herbert B. Homes, independent non- | factional candidate, about 500. These figures included 192 precincts officially canvassed by the Parish Democratic Committee, which gave | Walmsley 31,910; Klorer, 20.803; Wil- liams, 18131, and Homes, 248. Walmsley broke up a three-year po- | litical alliance with the Long machine | just_before Christmas and sought re- | | election on a straight anti-Long issue. The mayor carried into a command- |ing lead with himself the entire in- | cumbent City Commission Council, | whose votes from 112 precincts, semi- | official, ranged between 18,000 and 19.- { 000, as against 11.000 for the next high man, Alfred Danzinger, a Long candi- | | cluced 12 candidates. | | Stanley Wins Easily. | The incumbent district attorney, Eu- PRESIDENT TAKES STAND OPPOSING MONETARY BOARD Willing to Accept Time Limi« tation, Congress Leaders Are Told. VIEWS COMMUNICATED FOLLOWING PARLEY, # Democratic Leader Robinson, After White House Call, Says Limit to Operating Fund May Be Accepted. By the Associated P: President Roosevelt sent word to cone gressional leaders today that he was willing to accept 2 time limitation on his monetary legislation, but urged re- Jection of the proposal to have a board administer the huge st The Chief Executive’s decision was passed along to his lieutenants on Cape itol Hill as the S tion of the money bill. One of the chief objecti against the monetary bill was that it was permanent, rather than temporary legislation, and should, erefore, ree ceive more thorough consideration. Republicans, together with some Dem= ocrats, were determined, however, to continue their battle for management of the $2,000,000,000 stabilization fund by a board of five rather than the Secree tary of the Treasury alone. Robinson at Parley, The President’s views were passed along to congressional leaders after a conference at the White House with Senator Robinson, Democratic leader. Robinson would not discuss his visit, but on leaving the White House said the board plan was “obnoxicus and im- practical.” At the Capitol, he said the amend- ment adopted by the Senate Banking Committee yesterday to limit the opera= tion of the fund and the President's power to devalue the dollar to two years, with provision for extending them to three, would “in all probability be accepted. Under this amendment, the President could declare the emergency period over before two years, if he desired, and can- cel the grant of power, or he could ex- tend them: for the third year. The other amendment, which the ad- ministration opposes, would have a board composed of the Secretary of Treasury, the governor of the Federal Reserve Board. the controller of the currency and two others appointed by the Senate run the stabilization fund. Insist on Original Terms. Administration leaders said they | the new issues, the Treasury made |date. The field for commissioners in-| would insist upon the original terms of the bill, providing the Secretary of the Treasury with sole jurisdiction over the fund. contending that it can only be handled by a single power. and that a half-billion _dollars over returns for |gene Stanley. a militant anti-Long | hoard would endanger what was called Processing Taxes Swell Total. Largely accounting for the increase campaigner, who prosecuted vote and | registration’ fraud charges here during | | the past year, was apparently an easy | first primary winner, piling up more | the fundamental necessity for secrecy. Chairman Fletcher explained the committee amendments to the Senate. Most of the Senators were in their were $140,563,000 in agricultural process- | than 46,000 votes, against a combined | seats and the galleries were comfort- ing taxes which were not effective last | year; $8,651,000 from legal liquor dur- ing December, the first month of re- peal; and increase of $98,905,000 in manufacturers’ excise taxes, $79.339.000 in capital stock levies, $27.981,000 from | dividends and $34,024,000 from estates. All in all, taxes on beer and liquor | totaled $94,817.000. There was speculation today that the Treasury would come forward with new | issues shortly after enactment of the President’s dollar revaluation bill, with its_stabilizing fund provisions. Not only must the Government bor- row $6.000,000,000 for recovery expendi- tures, but $4,000.000,000 of outstanding obligations mature in months of 1934. March 15 is the date of the first large maturity, when $460,099.000 in certifi- cates must be met. Then on April 15 approximately a billion dollars in called fourth Liberty bonds falls due. A con- version issue probably will be offered in exchange. Deficit is $1,727,617,000. A $174,905.000_certificate issue ma- tures June 15. The remainder of the $4.000,000,000 in maturities is com- posed of three-month Treasury bills, which turn over rapidly and sell at (Continued on Page 3, Column 7.) MAYOR LA (;UARDIA ILL Chance Visit of Physician Sends New York Leader to Bed. NEW YORK, January 24 (P —A chance visit by a physician nipped what might have been a serious illness for Mayor F. H. La Guardia. Dr. S. Goldwater, commissioner of hospitals, visiting the mayor yesterday, noticed he looked ill and found he had a slight fever. The mayor left City Hall shortly afterward and spent the rest of the day in bed with a mild case of grippe. Arkansas Debt Bill Passed. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. January 24 (®).—The Senate’s $155,000,000 highway debt funding bill, with amendments, was passed by the House today by a vote of 81 to 15. There was no debate. the first six | vote of 29.000 for his two opponents, Augustus Williams and Richard Dow- ling. 5 Mayor Walmsley this morning said he | | had no formal statement vet. | “I would prefer to hear what Prancis | | williams has to say before I make a statement,” he commented informally. <Williams' headquarters at that hour | was_still insisting that the final tab would find Williams in second place and eligible to enter a run-off with the mayoer)., Walmsley expressed satisfaction that the returns indicated victories for the | old regular assessor candidates. In a reference to Senator Long. he said: “After all, those were the jobs that man wanted.” “T think the most important thing now is to check the tabulation care- | fully. It is important because of the | second primary,” he added. “Then you think there will be a sec- ond primary,” he was asked. “Ordinarily I would say no, but you can never tell what that man is going to do,” he said. JOHNNY WElS.SMULLER AND LUPE VELEZ PART “We Fight and Cannot Get Along Together,” Screen Actress Tells Newspaper. By the Associated Press. HOLLYWOOD, January 24.— The Examiner said today that Johnny Weiss- muller, swimmer-actor, and Lupe Velez* Mexican film actress, who were married | secretly last October in Las Vegas, Nev., had decided on a separation. “I guess it's Hollywood,” the actress was quoted. “It's no use. Johnny andI, we fight, we fight, we fight. It's fifty- fifty. I don’t put the blame on him. I don't put the blame on myself. We just cannot get along together.” The couple had given no prior indi- cation that their marriage was ap- proaching difficulties, having been seen in_public together constantly. Found at the ringside of a prize fight last night, the actress said she didn't believe she would “take Johnny back.” Weissmuller said nothing. MONTREAL-VANCOUVER AIRMAIL SERVICE EXPECTED TO OPEN Special Dispatch to The Star. OTTAWA, Canada, January 24 (N. A. N. A).—There are signs Canada is getting ready to spring a big surprise on the postal world by opening a trans- continental airmail service to bring Montreal within 18 hours of Vancouver. It will probably be done without any loud fanfare of trumpets, as it has been Canada’s consistent policy to avoid the deliberately spectacular in aviation. Groundwork has been pushed forward steadily in recent years, how- ever, to complete the chain of landing fields across Canada’s 4,000 miles of continental expanse, from ocean to ocean. Ever since the end of the war Can- ade has been equipped with virtually everything needed for continental fly- ing but -the necessary landing flelds. Canadian airmen ranked high in the British fighting forces during the war. Many were afterward recruited into commercial air enterprises, but Cana- / dian airways have so far been regional, with missing links in the chain. Gaps without commercial revenue had to be bridged between the maritime gateway and the more populous com- munities of Quebec and Ontario, thence around the north shore of Lake Supe- rior—where there is nearly a thousand miles of bush country—to Winnipeg. ‘Westward across the prairies from Winnipeg to Calgary and Edmonton a network of airways has been operated on sound business lines for several years, with branch lines northward be- yond the Arctic circle, where there is rare treasure, including precious metals, minerals and radium. But the biggest alrway bridge to be built before airmail can be carried - ularly across Canada is west of the Alberta cities, where the path is barred by the Rockies and the k Range. Beyond the mountains is Vancouver, Canada’s thriving Pacific port, whence more wheat is shipped annually than from any other port in North America. (Copyright. 1934, by North American News- ¥ paper Alliance, Inc.) ably filled. Fletcher could hardly be heard in the galleries, however, and even the Senators strained their ears to_catch his words. Notably missing was Senator Thomas, Democrat, of Oklahoma, long an ad- vocate of dollar devaiuation and seizure of Faderal Reserve gold. He was ill at_home. Reaching the controversial amend- ment substititing a board to administer the stabilization fund. Fl that should be rejecte “Taere ought to source of mi)xgrnl." he contended, add- ing that exp&ience had shown board: of 10 developed “conflicts of whica led to delays. Expeditious Administration. Single control, he said. would make for expeditious administration and pro- tect the “confidential” fund. Senator Vandenberg, Republican, of Michigan, suggested it “might be use- ful” if there were occasional conflicts in administration of the fund to show that its operations were being given close consideration. Fletcher opposed an amendment by the committee to confine operations of the fund to the “sole” purpose of sta- bilizing the value of the dollar. He said he did not fecl the word “sole” Was necessary. Voicing the administration attitude on the time limitation, Fletcher told the Senate it was “not a vital amend- ment,” adding that “as far as I am concerned it may be wise to accept it.” Fletcher added that he would make no ‘“contest” on the time limitation, either as applied to the stabilization fund or the President’s power to de- value the dollar. Early congressional approval of the (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) St AMERICANS’ PARDON ASKED BY OFFICIAL Attorney General of Spain Recom- mends Freedom for Four U. S. Citizens. By the Associated Press. MADRID, January 24¢.—The attorney general of Spain recommended to the Supreme Court today a pardon for four Americans held in jail at Palma, Mal- lorca. for assaulting a civil guard. The four Americans are Mr. and Mrs. Clinton B. Lockwood of West Springfield, Mass.; Roger F. Mead of New York, and Edmund A. Blodgett of Stamford, Conn. They have been held in custody at Palma since last Sunday, when they were arrested following a Supreme Court reversal of a military tribunal verdict. The military court had ac~ quitted them of the charge, but the Supreme Court found them guilty and sentenced them to six months and a day in jail. Intercession for their pardon was made directly to the Spanish govern- ment by Ambassador Claude G. Bowers of the United States. The question of whether the Amer- icans shall be set free now rests with the sixth section of the Supreme Court here. A decision favorable to the pris- oners was expected to be handed down tonight or tomorrow. >