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A2 sas¥ " BONUS PAYMENT 15 HELD LOGICAL Appeal Declared Justified in View of New Deal Ex- penditures. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. The fight for payment of the sol- diers’ bonus has started in earnest, &nd it begins to look as if the veterans will wir. For logic—that is, New Deal spending logic—is on their side The issues drawn between the American Legion and President Roosevelt in the first skirmish on the | merits of the question are simple to understand and judge, if you can free | your mind from preconceived prej- | udices about the bonus question, so many of which have arisen in the last decade of controversy. But it doesn't require one to pos- sess a veteran's bonus certificate to| feel sympathetic with the veterans. | They may have been wrong in the past_in seeking cash payment when the Treasury could not afiord it, but they are logical today in asking for | payment when the New al s spending billions for all sorts of things that involve direct subsidies to different classes of ¢itizens. Recommendations Overlooked. This, indeed, is the hardest argu- ment for the President to overcome. ‘When he said, for example, that the veterans, if paid the bonus, would use it to clear up indebtedness and not | to stimulate business, he was over- | looking the recommendations of one of his own agencies a fortnight ago after an exhaustive study of credit | conditions in the seventh Federal Reserve district. This latter report made it clear that one of the thifigs | holding back business recovery is the | reluctance of the Government with | its industrial loans to permit the money to be used to clear up existing indebtedness. The principle is just as sound. whether it applies to the condition of the individual veteran or businesses generally. The weak spot in the Presi- dent’s armor is that he allowed him- self to discuss what the veterans would do with their money. If it were a loan, this might be a function of the Government. But when the 30 per cent doles, or gifts, are handed out through the Public Works Ad- ministration to projects that are ad- mittedly paying 1929 wages the Fed- eral administration doesn’t undertake to argue how the 30 per cent doles shall or shall not be spent. Two Propositions Raised, The real question is not how the veterans will use the money but| whether the bonus is owed to them and whether the Treasury is in a| condition to provide the funds. This| raises two separate propositions Now, there is no doubt that the money is owed to the veterans. The President’s letter to Comdr. G. R. Farmer of Henderson, Tex., admits that Congress a decade ago voted a sum equal to about $3.500.000,000, payable in 20 years from 1924. He also makes it clear that, of this sum, about $1,470,000.000 has actually been disbursed on account of loans, so that when an item of $220.000,000 for | interest on these loans is deducted from the unborrowed balance there remains about $1,810,000,000 as the sum owed by the Government to the veterans in 1944. The argument that Congress used 8 device of compound interest' and that the interest hasn't actually been earned would have been a lot more| convincing if the New Deal had not| embarked upon several adventures in which direct subsidies and gifts are made to various groups. Thus, for instance, the whole Tennessee Valley is to get cheaper electricity by means | of a Federal subsidy which is more or less confused by a system of book- keeping charges which permits many millions of investment to be regarded as being for “navigation.” Strong Sentiment Created. Under the circumstance, the aver- age ex-doughboy is going to repeat the philosophy expressed so often in American Legion meetings, that “if everybody else js getting theirs,” why isn't it proper for the doughboy to get his, too? It js this curbstone logic which has developed such a powerful sentiment in Congress for the payment of the bonus, and the bonus isn't thought of as it was orig- inally planned, namely as an insur- ance certificate, but as a lump sum figured out by Congress 10 years ago to be given the veterans some day as a gift from a grateful Govern- ment. The sum, therefore, of $1,810,000,- 000 is plainly due some time to the veterans. The veterans who are in distress want it now and not 10 years hence. For one thing, the New Deal has announced that it intends to raise prices and to make the purchas- ing power of the dollar less and less until an equilibrium is reached, when the dollar will be held at or as near a fixed point as possible. Thus, a dollar given to a veteran these days may buy more things, or, if invested in bonds or equities of various kinds, may bring him more Teturn now than 10 years hence. For, under the New Deal philosophy, the veterans plainly will not get as much purchasing power later on. Loan Power Unlimited. But can the Treasury afford a pay- ment of $1,810,0000002 Of course, under old deal economics, it could not. Under the New Deal, however, there | 1s no limit to the borrowing capacity of the Federal Government. If the ‘Treasury were to borrow $1,810,000,000 in, say four installments, during the next 12 months and pay the veterans about $450,000.000 each time, the op- eration would be scarcely different from what has been happening when immense funds have been placed at the Treasury’s disposal by the public to be used in unspecified objects, all the way from raking leaves to building | unneeded bridges or dams to make electric power when there is an excess of capacity today. 1f the New Deal, beginning with the forthcoming President’s message, should turn economical, and all the wasteful projects on which spending has been done are brought to an end, the veterans probably would have to be satisfled with an installment pay- ment to those who do not need the money and full payment to those in distress. Compromises of various kinds are being discussed. But the sequel to the orgy of public spending of the last 12 months is the payment of something to keep the veterans’ group satisfied. (Copyrigkt, 1935.) — EX-PUPIL GETS EVEN Young Palo Alto Officer Gives Speed Ticket to Professor. PALO ALTOy Calif, January 3 () —Ben Hickey, newest and young- est member of the Palo Alto Police Department, has realized the ambi- tion of many a schoolboy. He handed a ticket for speeding to William Carr MclInnis, professor of history at Palo Alto High School. Hickey recently graduated from the institution, | | What’s What Behind News In Capital Lawmakers Look to Elec- tion Two Years Hence With Roosevelt. O day and will continue to dominate them for the next two years. It is that they must next run for election at the same time as| President Roosevelt. This is not as simple as it sounds. You non-politically minded voters may not realize it, but that one factor probably will be the controlling in- fluence in this and the next session of | Congress. You cannot appreciate how | it is already worrying the legislators, Republicans and Democrats alike. To you, the next election may be something to start thinking about a year from now. To a Congressman, it is bread and butter and & career, things to be thought about always, BY PAUL MALLON. NE unmentionable thought dominates the minds of most assembling Congressmen to- | above everything else. G. O. P. Problem More Difficult. You can see what effect it will have. No Democratic Congressman can af- ford to incur the displeasure of the head of the ticket. His fate is entirely in Mr. Roosevelt's hands. He must cling to F. D.'s coat tails and rise or fall with them. No extraordinary in- telligence is needed to figure that out. The problem of the last guard Re- publicans is more complicated. The situations of good Senators like Bar- bour of New Jersey, Capper of Kansas and even Couzens of Michigan are typical. They must run on the ticket against Roosevelt. They will have to be careful. They must not offend the Roosevelt following in their States, and yet must look out for themselves. 1n view of the fact that the entire House and one-third of the Senate will face the electorate with Mr. Roosevelt. there are good reasons to suspect that the President will dominate this ses-| sion of Congress more completly than he did the last one. That is. he cer- tainly will, unless he encounters & | banana peel, and none is in sight yet. Except Bonus, of Course. It does not follow that Congress will do everything Mr. Roosevelt wants ex- actly the way he wants it. No Con- gress could be expected to do that. The boys will lock out for them- , selves with little political excursions for the bonus, old-age pensions and such things. They are essentially more radical than F. D. R. The broad predictions made in this column De- cember 18 will, however, hold good until the President turns the light on his intentions. | The truth is, you might say now, Congress is convening in the dark. Long and the Neweomers. . Kingfish Long is returning from the electoral wars more king than fish. The way his promise to let every one live without working went over in the canebrakes (coupled with the similar Sinclair utopian success in Califor- nia) has made a far deeper impres- sion on most of the new Congressmen, and some of the old, than they will { now admit For instance, the other day the reputedly solid new Senator Minton of Indiana was discovered walking through the Capital corridors carry- (ng a copy of Long’s book, “Every Man a King.” When a friend joshed Min- | ton about it, Minton said he had no intention of attaching himself to the overcharged battery from Louisiana. He merely was acquainting himseif with the Long doctrines at long range. Huey always goes to work person- ally on new members. He sold himself to Senator Bennett Clark of Missouri for a time after Clark came here, but only for a time. He will unquestion- ably start missionary work at once among the 13 new Democratic Sen- ators. The incoming crop of new Sen- ators and Representatives is about average in appearance. If anything, they look a little more intelligent than the last crowd. They present a falr cross-section of American life, with the legal profession naturally, having predominant representation. ‘The general scene of the two houses, however, is ridiculous. The Demo- crats have nearly twice as many Sen- ators as they can comfortably accom- modate. The Republicans have enough room on their side to bring in half a dozen billiard tables. They might as well do it, because no one will pay any attention to what they do, anyway. The Modest Mr. Minton. Mincon certainly followed the Long technique in one particular, by waiv- ing modesty in his biography for the Congressional Record. The Hoosier refers to himself as “oratorical fire- brand” “ace stump speaker.” He relates that Taft told him at Yale that he was the only student “ever to turn in a perfect thesis on constitu- tional law.” Maryland's new Senator Radcliffe was once Roosevelt's boss. He was president of a Baltimore bonding firm for which the President was New York agent. New Senator Truman of Missouri is listed in his biography as “a country boy who made good in the country and also in the city.” ‘The only sound effect missing for I the opening is the quacking of the lame ducks. There never will be any defeated Corgressmen serving any more. However, a few came back to stand around on the sidelines and watch the opening show. The man Bilbo, who threatened to make a dramatic Huey Long entrance into Washington, came in as quletly as a conservative. He wrote a mat- ter-of-fact biography about himself for the Record and otherwise gave promise of living up to what Missis- sipplans have prophesied. (Copyright, 1935, by Paul Mallon,) fi;emcn to Elect Tonight. SEAT PLEASANT, Md., January 3 (Special) —The Seat Pleasant Volun- teer Pire and Community Welfare As- sociation, Inc., will elect officers to- night at 8 o'clock. No opposition to the present officers is expected. r THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1935. ‘Scenes at Capitol as 74th Congress Got Under Way Upper left: The new Speaker and Mrs. Joseph W. Byrns and their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and BLACK OPENS FIGHT FOR 33HOUR WEEK Brookings Experts Dispute Benefits Claimed by Alabama Senator. By the Associated Press. The fight over a compulsory 30- hour week opened officially today with Senator Black, Democrat, of Alabama. offering such a measure and two technicians of Brookings In- stitution assailing the idea. With the support of the American Federation of Labor behind him and opposition by high officials of the administration in front, Black con- tended a new bill he had drafted would put millions to work and create the purchasing power necessary to enable business to stand the change. An assertion that a 30-hour-week | law would be bad for labor, industry and farmers was made in a statement by Harold G. Moulton, president of Brookings Institution, and Maurice Leven, techniclan. Black said his bill would permit few employers of labor to escape its pro- visions. Except agriculture, all busi- ness that engages in interstate com- merce deals with the Government or operates under codes would be for- bidden to work employes more than six hours a day or more than five days a week. Exceptions Provided. The only exceptions would be exec- utives or their immediate personnel and those whom the Secretary of Labor deemed necessary to exempt. While many business leaders have voiced protests at the idea, Black contended it would not harm industry. “Business can stand anything that givets it purchasers with money,” he said. “Too much of the proceeds from industry is now going for rent, in- terest and profit; too little to wages.” He did not predict how much sup- port his bill would gain, but pointed out the Senate voted about 2 to 1 for a similar measure two years ago and said he knew of no loss of votes since. That bill was blocked in the House when the national recovery act was passed. A major feature of the new bill is a prohibition against employers cut- ting wages until employes have had opportunity for collective bargaining. - Arguments of Opponents. The analysis of such legislation by Moulton and Leven said: It would not promote recovery and bids well to intensify the depression. “At best, its immediate effects would be a spread of employment at the expense of efficlency and produc- tive output. “In its long-run implications, the measure offers to the workers of the country merely a choice between more leisure and a more abundant con- sumption of goods and services.” Cutting the work week, the analysis said, would lower industry's efficiency by giving employment to workers less skilled than those now on the job. This, it said, would result in higher prices—probably higher in proportion than the increase in purchasing power. In the long run, the analysis found, the legislation would reduce standards of living. It said the white-collar worker, if exempt from the law, would suffer reduced living standards with- out the benefits of more leisure. As for the farmer—“although the farmer would not get any more leisure, he would find himself con- fronted with higher prices for all the commodities he’has to purchase.” — e MASSACHUSETTS PARTY ROW DEADLOCKS SENATE By the Assoclated Press. BOSTON, January 3.—A Democratic filibuster went on in the Massachu- setts State Senate late last night where the minority party sought to g8in_a promise of concessions from the Republicans. The stream of Democratic oral started when members of that party, willing to concede the presideney of the Senate to the asked in return that the chairmanships of some committess be awarded them. The Republicans stood firm in their contention that their margin of 31 to 19 votes in the body enti! them to whatever posts they wished and & stalemate resulted, 2 4 Mrs. Joseph W. Byrns, jr —Star Staff Photo. ,, ARCHITECT DIES WHILE IN TAXICAB | Thomas A. Mullett Was De- signer of Many Build- ings Here. Thomas A. Mullett, son of the archi- late Navy Building, died suddenly his office to his home at 1715 Eight- eenth street. Mr. Mullett, a prominent architect himself, was 66 years old. Except for in good health. He had worked all day in his office in the Union Trust Building and had not complained of feeling ill. At the time of his death, Mr. Mullett was engaged in the construc- |tion of the new Remington-Rand Building at Thirteenth and F streets. He had practiced architecture under the firm name of A. B. Mullett & Co. His father, Alfred Bult Mullett, an Englishman of the old school, had taught his son architecture by making him serve an apprenticeship under him. He did not believe in college education and insisted that his son learn the profession through practical experience. That the son succeeded well is evi- denced by his work. He was the architect of Visitation Monastery at Alta Vista, Md., the Capitol Park Hotel, the Union Trust Co. Annex and numerous other buildings here and in Charles Town, W. Va. His father was the campaign man- Cleveland. He had been supervising architect of the Treasury under Presi- dent Grant. He practiced first in Cincinnati, and the first building he ing on F street between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets. The son had practiced here, first under the apprenticeship of his father and later on his own, for a half cen- tury. He was a member of the Washinglon Board of Trade and chairman of its Municipal Art Com- mittee. He was a member also of the Amer- ican Institute of Architects. Funeral services for Mr. Mullett will be conducted at 3 p.m. tomorrow at the Epiphany Church. Mr. Mullett, a bachelor, is survived by his brother, Richard M. Mullett, and his sister, Mrs. Laurence P. Schmeckebier. The accom- panying picture of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh confirms the story he is car- rying a pistol at the trial of Bruno R. Haupt- mann, accused of killing Lind- bergh’s baby. The bulge, caused by the gun, may be seen clearly un- der the colonel’s coat, near his left armpit. Lindbergh has carried a gun for flve years as aresult of death threats, . The photowas taken yesterday as Lindbergh re- turned from the noon recess. At the right is Col. Schwarz- $ kopf of the New Jersey State police. | tect who designed the State, War and | yesterday in a taxicab en route from | a case of laryngitis, he apparently ¥%as | | ager for James G. Blaine in the 1884 | presidential campaign against Grover | executed here was the old Sun Build- | Upper right: The first session of the seventy-fourth Congress pictured during prayer offered by the Rev. Ja the House. mes Shera Montgomery, chaplain of —Star Staft Photo. "Halls of Congress Come to Life Lower: Mrs. Roosevelt photographed in the House gallery as Congress opened. With her is Miss Nancy Cook of New York.—Harris-Ewing Photo. PARRISH GIVES UP INSHOOTING CASE U. S. Worker Indicates Wounding of John M. Mears Was Accident. Henry B. Parrish, 45-year-old fleld | examiner for the Agriculture Adjust- | ment Administration, who had been sought by police in connection with {the shooting Tuesday of John M. | Mears, 30. Commerce Department em- ploye. surrendered to Inspector Frank | 8. 'W. Burke at police headquarters this afternoon Parrish had been sought for ques- tioning since Mears was found critically wounded in a rooming house at 808 Nineteenth street, of which Parrish is | proprietor. Burke would not divuige the nature | of a conversation he had with Par- | rish, other than to say the Federal worker had indicated the shooting was an accident. Parrish told Burke he had been in New York since he was last seen leaving the rooming house shortly after Mears was shot. Parrish admitted ownership of the .38-caliber revolver found near Mears as he lay wounded in the hallway of the house. It had been fired once. Following his surrender, Parrish was turned over to Detective Sergt. Joseph Shimon for questioning. Mrs. Myrtle M. Doolittle, 29-year- old landlady, who conducted the hcuse, who has been held for investi- gation, was released this afternoon. Police had expressed the belief that Parrish and Mears had quarreled over her affections prior to the shooting. Textile Improvement Seen. NEW YORK, January 3 (®).— George A. Sloan, chairman of the Cot- ton Textile Code Authority, reported today that indications were that the cotton textile industry is emerging from the long period of depression. Is He Carrying a Gun? BRAZIL T0 CEASE SERVICE ON DEBTS Default on Obligations Abroad Held Due to Lack of Exchange. By the Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO, January 3.— It was stated last night in reliable Brazil has decided to suspend serv- ices on its foreign debts, although it had been officially denied earlier that suspension had been discussed at the ministry of finance. It was said the government, faced with diminishing stocks of exchange abroad and with rising European de- mands for payment in gold, is advising foreign bankers that survices accord |in the Aranha funding agreement reached two years ago must be sus- pended. (Last April Brazil undertook to pay | the equivalent of $40,000,000 annually on a foreign debt amounting at that time to $1,250,000,000, of which about $670,000,000. had been incurred by the Federal Governnient.) Treaty Seen in Jeopardy. One of the framers of the Aranha debt agreement, which was made public by decree on February 5, 1934, said he considered the commercial treaty now pending in Washington between the United States and Brazil was “seriously jeopardized.” The Aranha debt agreement, per- fected by a former Brazilian minister of finance, provided for reduced an- nual payments of all Brasilian fed- eral, state and municipal obligations save one or two during the four years ending March 31, 1938. Its purpose was to insure equitable proportions of available devisen (bills of exchange) to all creditors. It was said authoritatively however, that Brazil in 1934 so badly its foreign exchange that now it is forced to disclose to creditors its empty pockets. Including the calculated value of unpaid interest on accounts owed in the United States, the total owed by federal, state and municipal govern- ments as of March 31, 1934, was placed at $410,818,885, Bankers Listed. North American bankers through whom these obligations were con- tracted, and the approximate sums gnmcw by each were given as fol- ws: National City Co. $8,500,000; Dil- lon Read & Co., $12,000,000 (balance due $7,680,000); White, Weld & Co., $60,770,000; First of Boston Corp., $5,900,000; Landenburg, Thalmann & Co, $29,750,000; Chase National Bank and the Chase, Harris, Forbes Corp., $13,360,000; Baker, Kellogg & Co., Inc., on account of Ulen & Co. and Bankers Trust, $1,750,000; Speyer & Co., $68,880,000. STRIKE DANGER AVERTED General Walkout in Anthracite Fields Is Checked. quarters close to the government that | As 74th Session BY JAMES E. CHINN. ’ Ladies and gentlemen! America's | greatest show is now on. The Seventy- fourth Congress assembled as an- | ticipated promptly at noon amid all| of the usual pomp and ceremony that | marks an event of this kind. ! The old Cepitol came back to life.| The long tiled corridors which all| Summer resounded only to the foot- steps of sightseers and an occasional | with a seething, exciting mass of | humanity. Senators and members of | the House just seemed to pop from everywhere. And the spectators—the taxpayers, | the lobbyists, the bonus-seeking vet- | erans and all of the various other elements that make life on Capitol Hill—popped in, too, to see the show. Byrns Busy. Excitement before the convening of | the new Congress was never more intense. Speaker Byrns, in a frock coat, perhaps, had the busiest day of his life. Friends jammed every avail- | -able inch in his office, photographers | made continuous demands on him for pictures. Upstairs and down he was kept on the run, shaking hands and holding informal conferences with leaders before the curtain went up. And merely to accommodate the news reel men Speaker Byrns called | | the House to order an hour and 45 | minutes before noon and spoke to an empty chamber. In fact, he twice rapped for order when there was np disorder. The news reel photographers | had called for a repeat. In the Speaker's office men ran | about with flowers, potted plants and | numerous gifts from Byrns' friends back home. One Capitol employe quickly slipped out with a bust of the | late Speaker Rainey that had adorned | & huge mantel in the outer office | throughout the Seventy-third Con- | | gress. By Card Only. Inside the House chamber itself the movie men and the radio men took complete possession until the gavel | fell at noon. The galleries filled slowly | with speetators because no one was admitted without a card and cards were hard to get. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt was among the first to arrive. She came in with two old friends, Miss Nancy Cook and Miss Marion Dickerman, and seemed to enjoy the preliminaries. The Republicans, although sadly outnumbered, were the first to reach the chamber. Seats on the Repub- lican side were well filled long before the Democrats began to drift in. ‘The new members, you could pick | them out easily, wandered around | aimlessly, gazing into the galleries and nervously looking for some one to shake their hands. Tom Blanton, the flery Texan, came in chewing gum as vigorously as ever. The debonair Sirovich of New York, with a traditional red carnation in his coat lapel, attracted attention, too. Women Beautifully Gowned. And the woman members of the House came in radiantly beautiful in new gowns and corsages. Mrs. Edith Nourse Rogers of Massachusetts, as at- tractive as ever, tripped around the chamber, giving her infectious smile and her affectionate hand to all she knew. Mrs. Florence Kahn .of Call- fornia did her best to greet every one she knew before the gavel fell. Mrs. Virginia Jenckes of Indiana sat down and smiled at those who L Pred Britten of Illinois, long an outstanding figure in the House, who turned over his seat to James Mc- Andrews, s newcomer, was there on the floor, too, but a little more solemn than is customary. He remained for the opening ceremonies, stopped to shake hands with such good Repub- licans as Snell of New York, Lehlbach ‘of New Jersey and Mapes of Michigan and then departed. spectators. Representative Mitchell, Democrat, from Illinols, who replaced Repre-| sentative De Priest, Republican, of colored “lame duck,” suddenly became filled | "} | lieved, will have a stro Opensin Pomp Senators and Representatives, Friends and Foes Scurry About as Curtain Rises on Greatest Show. Mrs. Edward Costigan. brought their children Holt “Duly Elected.” After the Senate prayer, Vice Presi- dent Garner presented the credentials of re-elected and new Senators. Eye- brows were lifted as deep-voiced John Crockett, reading clerk, announced Rush D. Hoit, W. Va., “duly elected Democratic leaders had prevailed on young Holt, however, to e taking the oath until he reaches the uired 30 years of age in June. Holt, in a blue suit, sat in a rear seat next to the new Senator from Mississippi, Theodore G. Bilbo, D.C. SUPPLY BILL READY NEXT WEEK Chairman Cannon Indicates $7,500,000 Lump Sum May Be Proposed. Several As Congress convened today. Chair- man Cannon of the House appropria- tions subcommittee announced that the 1936 District appropriation bill would be in shape to report to the House early next week. The subcommittee, Cannon sald, had made marked progress in the last few days, whipping the supply meas- ure into final form and he intended to apply the finishing touches over the week end. Still maintaining strict secrecy as to details of the bill. Cannon indi- cated, however, it probably would be reported to the House with a provision for a Federal lump-sum contribution to District expenses of $5,700,000. This is the same amount appropriated for the current fiscal year, from which was deducted 70 per cent of P. W. A, allotment, bringing the actual contri- bution under $5,000,000, the lowest in history. Cannon explained the subcommit- tee could not wait on the result of the tax study being made by Treasury experts at the direction of President Roosevelt before reporting the bill. since it is necessary to have it ready as soon as possible because of the House program. This study, it is be- influence in determining the amount of the Fed- eral obligation to the District, and Cannon pointed out changes could be made later in the subcommittee’s fig- ure of $7,500,000 if the President rec- ommends an increase. Reports from the Treasury indicate the study will be completed some time next week. This would enable the President’s recommendations to reach Congress before the House passes the appropriation bill. The independent offices appropria- tion bill will be the first supply meas- ure taken up by tne House. Accord- ing to the present program, it will b2 called up early next week, followed by the District bill. Heretofore, the Dis- trict measure has been the last of the annual supply bills considered by the House, but it was given precedence this year because the budget estimates of the Government departments were late in being approved at the Budget JAPANESE OFFICER TO EXPLAIN PICTURES Confers With Embassy on Ac- cusation After Making Film of U. 8. Harbors. By the Associated Press. Lieut. Comdr. Yoshio Matsuda of the Imperiai Japanese Navy arrived in the Capital today to explain why he made motion pictures of several Southern harbors and an American mnnhlp anchored at St. Petersburg, Matsuds, met at _Union Station by newspapérmen, hurried away to ean- fer with Capt. T. Yamaguchi, Jap- anese naval attache, who assured the Navy Department yesterday that the officer was not & spy. ’ Dressed In a dark blue suit and brown overcoat, the Japanese checked his baggage and left for the embassy immediat