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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Cloudy and colder today; tomorrow fair; moderate north and northwest winds, Temperatures—Highest, 56, at 3 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 36, at 3 a.m. yes- Subscriber or Newsstand Copy terday. Full report on Page A-9. (®) Means Associated Press. No. 1,561—No. 33,164 tered as second class matter E:Sl office, Washington, D. C. ~ MUSSOLINI ROUSES NATION AS TROOPS . LEAVE FOR AFRIGA Calls for Preparedness for Any Eventuality in Ethi- opian Crisis. SECURITY PLAN BACKED BY FASCISTS’ COUNCIL Thunderous Cheers Greet Duce's Statement 70,000 Blackshirts Have Volunteered. By the Associated Press. ROME, February 16.—Premier Mus- solini broke his silence on the Ethio- pian controversy tonight by urging all mobilized Italians to be ready for any eventuality. In an address to the Fascist Grand Council II Duce for the first time made & definite reference to a “front.” He congratulated the “viril- ity of the men leaving for the African front.” His statement, to which deep sig- nificance was attached, was made sev- eral hours after the first detachments of Italian troops sailed for Africa. Mussolini's Council in a four-hour session approved his measure “for the security of peace” in East African pos- sessions and those considered neces- sary “for control over Italian inter- ests.” Cheers Greet Statement. Thunderous cheers greeted the dic- tator's statement that 70,000 Black- shirts have volunteered for service in East Africa_since February 1, and also thousarfs of other citizens and war veterans. The Grand Council's communique said certain types of workers must hold themselves in readiness for mili- tary discipline and for organization at a moment’s notice. Rome was excited and buzzed with | talk of Mussolini's characteristically militant speech. A statement from him had been eagerly awaited for days. "K‘he council voted a national “week end of education” for political and mil- itary training of men and boys from the ages of 6 to 56. Every week end will be devoted to the new measure It also decreed a workers’ 40-hour ‘week as a permanent measure. Advance Reports Unconfirmed. Reports in unofficial Italian circles that Ethiopian troops had advanced along a wide front in Somaliland could not be confirmed tonight. The Ethiopian Legation could not be reached for comment, but these Italian sources understood Emperor Haile Selassie's troops had moved for- | ward in the vicinity of Ualual and Afdub, scenes of recent fatal conflicts between Italian native troops and Ethiopian tribesmen. A battalion of Blackshirts em- barked at Naples this afternoon, it was officially revealed. after being re- viewed by Crown Prince Umberto, and Il Duce reviewed two other bat- talions preparatory to their departure for Eritrea and Italian Somaliland. In the face of the embarkation of the Italian troops, Negradas Yesus, Ethiopian charge d'affaires, through whom Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia has stoutly disclaimed re- sponsibility for Italo-Ethiopian hos- tilities along the border, declared. ‘Will Defend Homes With Lives. “We will defend our homes with our lives. If Italy comes against us, her blood will be on her own head.” While hundreds of troops moved into Rome from northern points, wearing new uniforms and ordinary trench caps, but dangling with hel- mets for tropical wear at their backs, Mussolini, in company with Fascist and army officials, gave his several thousand militiamen an inspection before their departure. Newspaper men and photographers were barred from the review, which took place in the grenadiers’ bar- racks here, but the official statement sald II Duce addressed the troops briefly. He was cheered as he de- parted, it said. The militiamen, who volunteered for service in Eritrea and Somali- land, leave this evening for Sicily, whence they will sail for Africa. Hundreds of reservists, meanwhile, were receiving mobilization cards in- structing them to hold themselves in readiness for mobilization orders. New Denial Reported. Reports said Emperor Haile Selassie had sent Mussolini still another mem- orandum denying Italy’s charges that Ethioplans were the aggressors along (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) FRENCH FLYERS PASS CAPE VERDE ISLANDS Codos and Rossi Speed on Toward Buenos Aires on Non- Stop Flight. By the Associated Press. PORTO PRAYA, Cape Verde Is- lands, February 17 (Sunday)—The Prench airplane Joseph Lebrix, seek- ing a new non-stop flight record, passed over Porto Praya at 3:24 am. today (10:24 p.m. Saturday, Eastern standard time). ‘The pilots, Paul Codos and Maurice Rossi, wirelessed that all was well on the projected hop from Istres, France, to Buenos Aires. The plane, which flew from New Yorkto Syria in 1933, on the basis of hourly radio bulletins appears to be averaging about 105 miles an hour. Officials at Le Bourget Field be- lieved the plane might well complete the crossing in 85 hours. With the same lack of concern that has characterized their previous flights, the two old hands at long-dis- tance flying limited themselves to brief, unadorned reports to radio sta- tions, [ \Betty Gow to Nurse 'Jon Lindbergh on 'Her Returnto U. S. ‘Plnns to Accept Position Held at Time of Kidnaping. By the Associated Press. ENGLEWOOD, N. J, February 16. —Friends of Betty Gow today said she will return to the household of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh as nurse- maid to his infant son Jon in “about two months.” Donald Grant, cemetery caretaker, at whose home Miss Gow was enter- tained last night before she sailed for her home, in Scotland, said his guest told him she had definitely been in- vited to work for the Lindberghs and had made up her mind to accept. “She didn't say just when she was coming back,” Grant said, “but I gathered that she plans to return in a couple of months.” Miss Gow cared for Charles A. Lindbergh, jr., who was kidnaped and murdered March 1, 1932, and was & Stale witness in the trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, who was con- victed of the crime at Flemington ‘Wednesday. PHARMACIST HELD INPATIENTSEATH Wrong Label May Have Led to Poison Injection at G. W. U. Hospital. A District grand jury will decide whether Miss Blannie Bennett, 34, registered pharmacist at the George Washington University Hospital, must stand trial for manslaughter as the result of the death last Tuesday of Mrs. Ruth Loomis, 28, of formalde- hyde poisoning. Mrs. Loomis, it was testified at & | coroner’s inquest yesterday, died in the maternity section of the hospital nine days after her baby was born. apparently as the result of injections fof a formaldehyde solution, mis- takenly administefed as paraldehyde, | prescribed for an anesthetic in { childbirth. Mrs. Loomis, who lived at 1735 P street, was the wife of | Charles N. Loomis, an agricultural economist in the farm economics division of the Agricultural Adjust- ment Administration. Second Case Reported. Shortly after the coroner's jury returned the verdict directing that Miss Bennett be held it was disclosed that Mrs. Cecilia Hollander, another patient in the same section of the hospital, was suffering from what physicians said was the same poison- ing. Mrs. Hollander was declared out of danger last night. At the inquest, conducted by Dr. A. Magruder MacDonald, coroner, Miss Helen Cortwright, the hospital ward supervisor, and other witnesses testi- fied that Miss Bennett had filled an almost empty bottle labeled paralde- hyde in which Dr. John B. Reed, Dis- trict chemist, reported he found a mixture of paraldehyde and formal- dehyde, with the formaldehyde pre- dominating. Dr. Reed also produced an exhibit from the post-mortem which he said showed signs of formaldehyde. Miss Bennett, warned that her testi- mony might later be used against her, testified she Zlled the bottle handed to her by Miss Cortwright from a five- pound bottle which bore a paralde- hyde label. She said the paraldehyde was in & five-pound bottle and the formalde- hyde was in a five-gallon bottle. She said, however, that the five-pound bot- tle from which she poured the solu- tion was new and bore a paralde- hyde label. Testifies to Prescription. Dr. Howard P. Parker, Mrs. Loomis’ physician, testified that he prescribed the injection of paraldehyde and alco- hol benzyl for the anesthetic in child- birth. He said Mrs. Loomis complained of severe pains and discomfort following the first injection, but that he did not suspect that paraldehyde had been replaced by formaldehyde in the solu- tion until Miss Cortwright called his attention to the peculiar odor of it after the third injection had been ad- ministered. He immediately admin- istered antidotes, he said, but his pa- tient steadily grew worse until her death. Dr. Howard F. Kane, associate of Dr. Parker, testified that he asked Dr. Roger M. Choisser, pathologist at the hospital, or one of his assistants, to keep everything as it was until he had notified the coroner. Dr. Choisser testified he performed an autopsy soon after the death of Mrs. Loomis at the request of hos- pital authorities. Asked if he was given a history of the case before the operation, he said he had “heard a lot of rumors for an hour before the autopsy.” Coroner MacDonald asked l)im if this case history contained any information that was unusual. He replied that it did not. He said he had heard “rumors” that the patient (Continued on Page 6, — HE DOESN’T REMEMBER Wilentz Fails to Recall Where He Was March 1, 1932. MIAMI BEACH, Fla., February 16 () —For six weeks Attorney General David T. Wilentz of New Jersey heard auptmann trial witnesses testify as to their movements on the night the Lindbergh baby was kidnaped. “Where were you, Mr. Wilentz, on the night of March 1, 1932?” he was asked here tonight. “I don't remember,” he replied. Column 2.) Guide for Readers General News. Editorial . Society .. RAAI0 . .00 vooss Sports ....Pages ! WASHINGTON, D. BRUNO 1S BOOED ONENTERING CELL NEAR CHAIR ROOM Asks for Bible, Pictures and Cigars as He Begins Wait. THREAT TO OFFICIALS DISCREDITED BY POLICE Letter Mailed to Gov. Hoffman From Washington Is Believed Work of “Crank.” By the Assoclated Press TRENTON, N. J., February 16— Bruno Richard Hauptmann was booed by inmates of the New Jersey State Prison today as he entered the death house to await the outcome of efforts by his attorneys to save him from the electric chair. ‘The condemned man, who entered the prison still protesting he was in- nocent of any part in the kidnaping and murder of Charles A. Lindbergh, jr. and who heard some one in the qrowd answer “We know you're inno- cent, Bruno,” found the prison at- mosphere tense. ‘Three prisoners saw him as he was being examined in a small room off the center corridor and started to boo. Immediately 600 in the mess hall joined in. It was several minutes before guards restored order. The three were taken to their cells and will be disciplined, Col. George L. Sel- by, acting principal keeper, said. Wants Wife's Pictures. After being led to the death house, Hauptmann, who has said he would go to the chair “like a man,” made three requests. He asked for a Bible, and a new one was given him. He asked for a picture of his wife and baby and was informed he could have it. He asked for a box of cigars given him by Sherift John H. Curtiss of Hunterdon County, but was promised another box instead. Several hours after the prison doors closed behind Hauptmann at 10:33 am., Gov. Harold G. Hoffman made public a letter threatening death to himself, Supreme Court Justice Thom- as W. Trenchard and the jurors who found Hauptmann guilty of murder in the first degree. The letter, post- marked Washington, D. C, was mailed at 8 p.m. Jast night. Written in a long scrawl, and bear- ing a crude skull and bones, the Jetter, sent to Hoffman, and addressed to him, Justice Trenchard and the jury, warned “you may all meet the death of revenge” if Hauptmann's sentence to death is not commuted to “life sentence” by February 27. The Governor said he would turn the letter over to the Department of Justice. “I want to have this mark (the skull and cross bones) removed from Hauptmann,” the writer of the letter said. “and at least give him life sen- tence till the kidnaper is found. not, so may you all meet the death of revenge, not even all the Army or the State Militia can protect you. If you do not make the move mentioned by February 27. “Frame-up” Charged. The letter was signed “8-26 and ! 15,000 people of the U. S. A” In a paragraph beneath the signature, the writer charged the case against Hauptmann was a ‘“frame-up,” spoke disparagingly of Attorney General David T. Wilentz, chief prosecutor of the one-time German machine gun- ner, and said New Jersey was “guilty of breaking the Federal law.” It was generally believed the letter was the work of a crank, but Gov. Hoflman’s action in referrjng it tc Federal authorities added & serious note to its receipt. As Hauptmann—now prisoner 17,- 400—sat in cell 9, six steps from the death chamber which he has been sentenced to enter the week of March 18, his attorneys continued plans to appeal from the conviction and delay the execution of the sentence. Egbert Rosecrans of defense counsel set Tuesday as a tentative date for his appearance before Justice Trench- ard to ask that the State bear the expense of appeal. Hauptmann yes- terday signed a petition asserting he Was & pauper. Today Hauptmann left Flemington under a guard as heavy as that which accompanied him the night he was brought to Hunterdon County Jail from the Bronx. Five cars, containing troopers, con- stables, Sheriff Curtiss and Warden “(Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) GIRL’S BODY FOUND IN COUNTRY LANE Mother of Long-Missing Child of 3 Insists She Was Kid- naped. By the Associated Press. JEFFERSON, Ohio, February 16.— A widespread search for 3-year-old i Rita Margaret Lent ended today with the finding of her body in & muddy country lane a mile and a half from her home. The cause of her death was not immediately ascertained. A boy, Everett Gosnell, 16, came upon the decomposed body as he was making his way to a wood-cutting camp, ‘The mystery created last November ‘when Rita wandered away from the farm home of her mother, Mrs. Oliva Lent, 34, accompanied by her police dog, was heightened with the finding of the body Deputy Sheriff Roy Ritter said the child appeared to have been dead about six weeks. Photographs were made of the body | ing before it was removed to Jefferson for an autopsy. Those who viewed the body said they could not discover traces of vio- lence. The body was flilly clothed. ‘The Gosnell boy said the clothes were those the child wore when she dis- appeared. The mother was brought to Jeffer- son for questioning. She Jchild had been kidnaped. b - nsisted the WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION C., SUNDAY HITLER STUDYING DEATH SENTENCE FOR WOMAN SPIES Three Social Lights and Baron Sentenced for Espionage. USING PLACE TO AID POLAND IS CHARGED Nazi Chief Rumored Awaiting Parley With Pilsudski, Polish ‘War Minister. By the Assoclated Press. BERLIN, February 16.—Adolf Hit- ler tonight studied death sentences for espionage passed by the People’s Court on three women and one man, de- scribed as of aristocratic birth. A responsible official at the propa- ganda ministry said the women, Frau von Berg, Frau von Natzner and Frau- lein von Jena, and the man, Baron Sosnowski, were sentenced for using their high social and Reichswehr (regular army) connections to get German military secrets. ‘These secrets, it was charged, they divulged to Poland through Baron Sosnowskl. Members of Society. ‘The three women were said to be young, attractive and members of the best social circles. Efforts to identify | Frau von Berg as the Baroness Benita von Berg met an evasive reply. | As the spy plot burst upon Berlin and reverberated in the very head- quarters of the German army, the propaganda ministry official admitted that recommendations concerning the quartet had been submitted to Hitler. Pending Der Fuehrer's decision, sev- eral other ministries either denied flatly, or evaded discussion of detalls | of the alleged activities of the as-! serted spies, the charges against them | or their arrest and secret trial. It was believed, however, that the sentences would be carried out soon. Government officials were represented as believing that the alleged plot might involve not only Polish-German rela- tions, but also many persons high in German social and official life. Sosnowsky, it was said, is accused of gathering secrets in high Berlin | society in which he moved freely be- fore his arrest about a year ago. Exchange Offer Reported. Reports, unconfirmed, were that Germany had offered to return the baron to Poland in exchange for some ! German spy there, but that the ac- cused man had declined. He was re- ported to be accused of furnishing military secrets to Poland. One reli- able quarter expressed the opinion that government authorities had re- fused to announce the progress of the trial because of fear of upsetting German-Polish relations. One of the women who appeared before the High People's Court in Ber- lin was said to be a Berlin baroness of great social prominence and per- sonal beauty. Asked about published reports that she was identified as the Baroness Benita von Berg, a spokesman for the propaganda ministry repli~d that “the name Von Berg has often been heard in this ministry. but I cannot say whether she is invoived." He added that when the verdicts were handed down and when punish- ment was meted out there would be & public announcement like the one on February 9 when flaming red bill- board posters announced that heads had rolled again with the execution of two men branded as spies. The arrest of Sosnowski was said to have followed information laid against him by a young earl whose name was not announced. There were varying reports that three more young women secretaries “(Continued on Page 6, Column 5.) PRINCE, CAUGHT IN RAID, MUST LEAVE FRANCE Cousin of Alfonso Involved in Morality Squad Charge in Nice. By the Associated Press. NICE, France, February 16.—Prince Louis Ferdinand of Bourbon-Orleans, once Infante of Spain and a cousin of former King Alfonso, was given three days in which to leave France under a suspended deportation order police announced today. Police said he was among those caught in a raid by a morality squad. Prince Louis is the son of the In- fanta Eulalia, Alfonso’s aunt. A sen- sation was caused in aristocratic cir- cles by his marriage in London in 1930 to the elderly Princess Marie Charlotte Constance de Broglie, of French house who inherited a sugar MORNING, fortune. He was 42 at the time and she was 73. FEBRUARY 17, undiy Shar 1935—-100 PAGES. Tue Five BiLLION SPECULATION REPRESENTS FOUR OR FIVE BILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF LOST LIBE RTY ! (A I" 250 Not for Sale by Newsboys FIVE CENTS IN WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS CENTS *_ELSEWHERE TEN poT @W%@ BYB6LY SENATOR VANDENBERG VISUALIZES THE WORK RELIEF BILL. DECISION ON GOLD TOMORROW SEEN Court’s Silence Convinces | Observers Verdict Is Due Soon. By the Assoclated Press. The Capital was firmly convinced | last night that the long-awaited Su-| preme Court gold decision will be | handed down tomorrow. | The last two Saturdays had brought | announcement that the verdict would | not come on the following Monday | opinion days. Yesterday the court departed from that newly-established | precedent. It met, consulted, and | left the Capitol without authorizing a statement of any kind. The absence of what had thus be- come a customary announcement was quickly interpreted as meaning the decision would surely come tomOITOW. This belief had raot in official quarters also. Attorney General Cummings late yesterday canceled railroad reservations for Florida. He had planned to leave today for Paim Beach for a brief vacation, but upon learning that no announcement on the cases had been made, he quickly changed his plans. In the business world, too, prepara- | tions were based upon the expecta- | tion of a Monday opinion. The gov- ernors of the New York Stock Ex- change were advised to hold them- selves in readiness for a hurry-call meeting before the market opens. Market Closing Talked. ‘There has been much talk of clos- | |ing the exchange when the verdict is announced so traders may analyze | the opinion and avoid hysterical deal- ings in the event the decision goes | against the Government. However, among the governors, sentiment is understood to be that the market should remain open for business as usual, but with all deal- ings subjected to the strictest regula- tion. If the decision is not announced tomorrow, it probably would be with- held until at least March 4, since the court's schedule calls for a fort- night's recess beginning after the an- nouncement of opinions tomorrow. ‘The Capital kept close watch on the court throughout yesterday look- ing for another Saturday statement. Newspaper men congregated in the office of the court clerk, Charles El-| more Cropley, who, too, was waiting for Chief Justice Hughes to author- ize an announcement. The members of the court, mean- while, were in conference upon the cases on which argument has been heard. For nearly five hours they ~(Continued on Page 4, Column 5) PARAGUAYANS ROUTED Two Battalions Cut to Pieces in Attacking Bolivian Fort. LA PAZ, Bolivia, February 16 (#).— Two battalions of Paraguayan troops were cut to pieces in two successive onslaughts at Villa Montes, Bolivian Army base, Thursday, the war min- istry reported today. A mass of Paraguayans charged the fort'’s defenses only to flee in dis- order, leaving many dead, as Bolivian machine guns cut into their ranks, the ministry said. Two hours later the Paraguayans, attacked again, it reported, but fell back after 20 min- utes of fighting. Two Men Sentenced to Death In India’s “Germ Murder” Case By the Associated Press. ALIPORE, India, February 16— India’s “germ murder” case—the strangest in the country’s legal history —ended today as two of the four de- fendants were sentenced to death. The two convicted included the step- brother of the dead man and one of three doctors charged with conspiring to murder him through the injection of plague germs. The other two doctors were acquitted. The murder, termed by the presid- judge “one of the most cold- blooded” he had ever encountered, oc- curred last year. Amarendra Nath Pandey, wealthy landowner, was walk- ing along a street on his way home. Suddenly he felt the sharp stab of the injection. He cried out that he had been poisoned, as his assailant fled. ‘The man's step-brother, Benayendra Nath Pandey, took him under his care. Septic pneumonia developed, snd he Dr. Taranath Bhattachra, who was accused of securing the plague bacilli from a hospital in Bombay, was the other man sentenced to death. Of the two acquitted, Dr. Sivapada Bhattachra faced, in addition to the charge of conspiring to commit mur- der, charges that he suppressed evi- dence in failing to inform police of the crime. A false certificate he issued made possible cremation of the body, the prosecutor charged, thus disposing of the main evidence in the case. ‘The four defendants were arrested last May. In the trial, 85 witnesses were examined, while more than 300 exhibits were introduced. “Doing away with the victim through the introduction of bacteriological cul- ture was an act of diabolical ingenuity the like of which has never been heard before,” the prosecutor asserted. The slain man, evidence indicated, owned property to which the m-‘ brother was heir, { Napping in Hospital ! Costs Man Hair in Mistake by Barber By the Associated Press. NEWARK, N. Y, February 16.—Charles Anderson laid down for a few minutes’ nap in a private room in a hospital while awaiting an X-Ray examination. | | Tired out, he slept well. | In the next room a patient awaiting a head operation also awaited a barber called from out- side to have his head shaved. When Charles awoke his head was shaven. | ‘The barber got the wrong room. | | i HULL AND BENNETT HAIL TARIFF AMITY Secretary of State Says Economic Co-operation Is U. S. Policy. By the Associated Press, NEW YORK, February 16.—Prime Minister R. B. Bennett of Canada, and | Secretary Hull of the United States joined tonight before the Canadian Society of New York in “rejoicing” over the United States’ broader policy of international trade. . Bennett asserted the prospect of BORAH RESUMES ATTACKONN.R.A Monopoly Effects—Presi- dent Busy on Message. By the Associated Press. An assertion that “ample evidence” already is available that Recovery Administration codes have been “pro- moting monopoly” was thrust by Sen- ator Borah, Republican, of Idaho, yes- terday into the widening debate over ! N. R. A. continuance. Even as he spoke, President Roose- velt worked on a special message to ing a one-year extension of the re- covery act, with authority for extend- ing it another year if necessary. Borah, one of the original critics of N. R. A. on the ground it tended to intrench monopoly through sus- pension of the anti-trust laws, made his statement in an interview after & Senate Judiciary Subcommittee, of which he is a member, opened and quickly closed the doors on an un- official inquiry into charges that codes have oppressed independent business. Inquiry Not Authorized. It was described only as a “pre liminary cancellation.” The investi- gation has not been authorized by the better trade relations has “gladdened | the hearts” of Canada and promised | that “in economic co-operation, will not find us laggard.” | Hull replied that modern conditions | “condemn to futility any endeavor | to induce this Nation to again with- | | draw into ‘splendid isolation.'” Pledges Co-operation. In an atmosphere of utmost amity, | Hull said that the United States might | easily be led into a course of “im- | perialist expansion and aggression to the detriment of others,” but he hastily added: “The alternative course open to us is to make our influence felt through a policy of political, economic and cultural co-operation to the advance |of all and in an atmosphere of trust |and peace. The latter is our | policy. * * » » | Reviewing the imposition of suc- cessively higher tariffs by the two | countries immediately aften the de- pression began, the prime minister lauded the United States’ policy of ixubsequemly turning toward embrac- ing the “sustaining benefits of inter- | national association” through recipro- | cal trade agreement. Says Tariff Too High. Expressing a life-long belief in tariffs, the prime minister added, however: “I do not say they are inviolate, or that they should not be modified. I say that tariffs in many countries are much too high. I say the tariffs in Canada are too high. But I must be candid and, if you will permit me, again remind you that it is not pri- marily our fault that they are too high. “When, in 1929, the United States saw fit to raise its tariffs, the Domin- icn of Canada had no other course omn to it but to raise its tariffs also.” TEAMSTERS STRIKE CHICAGO. February 16 (#).—Most of Chicago’s 5,000 coal teamsters were theoretically on strike tonight. Letters from the Chicago Coal ‘Teamsters, Chauffeurs and Helpers’ Union instructing its members not to report for work Monday unless a 10 cents an hour pay cut was re- stored reached the union men at the same time snow flurries and colder weather struck Chicago. Behind the strike, officials declared, is the long-standing squabble between the coal teamsters’ union and a rival organization, the Internationel Broth- erhood of Teamsters. Big News - for Washington See Page A-13 for the Details | Senate. “Of course, I am glad the investi- ‘We cannot have too many facts, but there is already ample evidence at hand that monopoly under N. R. A. is draining the pockets of the man through price-fixing. “If the farmer gets a raise, he also gets an increase in prices for the things he has to buy. If the laborer gets a raise in wages, he more than pays it out on account of the increase in price for the things he has to buy. | “The anti-trust’laws ought never to have been suspended, and in the interest of humanity they ought to | be restored and enforced.” President Roosevelt cut down his | calling list and devoted most of yes- terday to preparing his N. R. A. mes- sage. The Executive, in addition to the | extension, definitely has decided to fundamental provisions of the act, in- cluding those abolishing child labor, fixing minimum wages and maxi- mum hours and guaranteeing the right of labor to bargain collectively. 7-A Expected to Stand. It was thought by administration pose changing the controversial section 7-A, the collective bargain- ing clause. However, some strong labor Democrats in the Senate would “(Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) 0SAKA POLICE ACCUSED BY U. S. BUSINESS MAN Former New Yorker Plans Pro- test, Claiming He Was Mistreat- ed, With Two Other Americans. By the Associated Press. OSAKA, Japan, February 17 (Sun- day) —R. 8. K. Irvin, American busi- ness man, said today he intended to file a formal complaint with the United States consulate at Kobe to- morrow alleging he and two other Americans had been mistreated by Osaka police. Irvin, formerly of New York, is the managing director of the Nippon Corn Products Co., & subsidiary of the American Corn Products Co. Three days ago, he said, he and two other Americans were roped by police, marched through the streets and detained for four hours. Two Koreans who had been at- tempting to extort a small sum from him for several months, the American said, visited his office and threatened violence unless he paid. When one Korean seizéd him, Irvin said, he struck the man with his fist and called in police. In the presence of the police, he continued, the Koreans made another attack upon him. Two company employes, he said, also were mistreated. — Ellsworth Leaves Peru. LIMA, Peru, February 16 (#).— Lincoln Ellsworth, explorer. left by plane today en route to New York after being balked by bad weather in an attempt to climb Mount Misti. Ellsworth returned from the Anfarctic two weeks ago. Says Data Already Show | be transmitted tomorrow, recommend- | rage | seek permanency for some of the leaders the President would not pro- | ROOSEVELT FAGES REAL TEST IN FOUR MAIOR PROPOSALS End of “Honeymoon” Looms as Bills Approach Con- gress Mills. RELIEF MEASURE UNDER SENATE’S FIRE ALREADY Security, N. R.A. and Holding Firm Projects Due for Fights in Legislature. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Four major legislative proposals of the Roosevelt administration will be “in the works” before the close of the week. All four face real fights. They are the $4.880,000,000 work relief bill, the economic security measure, the bill extending the Jife of the N. R. A. and the bill to out- law holding companies. Although President Roosevelt has declined to say whether the Rayburn-Wheeler bill dealing with holding companies was an administration measure, it at least deals with a matter that has had the President’s attention. Only one of these measures has reached the floor of either house—the work relief bill—which is now under fire in the Senate, having passed the House. “Honeymoon Is Over.” The resistance to the administra- tion's work relief bill which has developed in the Senate, plus two or three reversals which the White House already has experienced in that body since the opening of the session, has given rise to the suggestion that “the honeymoon is over,” and that the ease with which the administration has dominated Congress is lessening perceptibly. Congress has been in session & month and & half. Outside the pas- sage of regular annual appropriation bills, which are usually quickly dis- posed of, the program has made slow progress. The unexpected delay of the work relief bill in the Senate Appropria- tions Committee for more than two weeks was something of a shock to the administration leaders. The chances that it will be passed by the Senate and sent back to conference | with the House before another two | weeks have expired are not bright. ‘The adminisiration is anxious to get this measure out of the way as ! quickly as possible so it may proceed | with its work relief plans and have ready money for direct relief. It also wishes to ease the legislative log jam. President Roosevelt is expected to send a message to Congress tomor= row making recommendations for ex- tension of the life of the National Re- covery Administration, which goes out next June 16 unless Congress acts. Two Probes Pending. With two proposals for investiga- | tion of operation of the N. R. A. and ‘the codes of fair competition pending | before two Senate committees, early action on the measure to extend the R. A. can scarcely be expected. The d I~ you | gation is going forward.” Borah said. | genate Judiclary Committee, through a subcommittee headed by Senator King of Utah, began outlining its ine | quiry at a meeting vesterday. | Senator King said last night the | inquiry would be wide and would cover | the effect of the N. R. A. on the anti- trust laws and their enforcement. | He said the committee would seek to | learn whether operation of the re- | covery act had fostered monopoly, as has been charged, and whether it had | been detrimental to the small busi- | ness man and labor. | “Will your inquiry be completed be- | fore the proposed law extending the | life of the N. R. A. has been put | through?” he was asked | “I don't know, but it should be | completed before that law is enact- | ed,” Senator King replied. The Nye resolution seeking an ine | quiry into the N. R. A. has been re- | ferred to the Senate Finance Com- | mittee, which probably will have | jurisdiction of the new N. R. A. bill | when it is introduced. Security Bill Hearings, The Senate Finance Committee has been holding hearings on the eco- nomic security bill. It hopes to close those hearings by Tuesday. The House (Continued on Page, 3, Column 5.) DOUMERGUE WARNS OF EASTERN THREAT Says Oriental Restlessness Offers European Menace to Civilization. By the Associated Press PARIS, February 16.—Gaston Dou- mergue, former premier and President of France, broke a long silence today to warn that European civilization is in danger from the East. Doumergue, who returned to his books and flowers at Tournefeuille after his cabinet fell last November, cited the danger “of a billion men in Asia, who are restless for expansion.” “It is worth paying attention to, for when the awakening comes it will be brutal and terrible,” he told a cor- respondent of the Echo de Paris. “Already Japan is victoriously com= peting with Europe in economic flelds,” Doumergue said. “The economic ine vasion has already begun. We cannot use too much thought on that. Our horizon is too small.” BOY, 17, SHOOTS SELF DELANO, Calif., February 16 (#).— When his mother spoke sharply to him on his late return from a high school basket ball game and dance, ‘Wayne Ray, 17, put a small rifle to his head early today and killed himself. The boy's twin brother, Wayman, who witnessed the shooting, said his brother had been drinking. He added he felt sure his brother did not know the gun was loaded and meant only 5 male ¢ dramatic gesture,