Evening Star Newspaper, March 16, 1935, Page 1

WEATHER. (U S Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and warmer tonight; tomorrow cloudy, followed by light rain and colder in afternoon; much colder tomorrow night and Monday. Temperatures—Highest, 74, at noon today; lowest, 52, at 5:30 a.m. today. Full report on page A-16. Closing N.Y.Markets, Pages 13,14 & 15 No. Entered as second class matter post office. Washington, D. C. 33,191 The WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1935—TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. F¥P GERMANY FORCES ARMY! TRAINING; HITLE R TELLS WORLD TREATY IS ENDED Army of 480, Full Stre 000 Decreed by Reich. FUEHRER HITS OTHER NATIONS By the Associated Press. PARIS, March 16.—France was assured a full strength army today Arms Pacts Failure Confidence in Government Thrice Voted i When Flandin Appeals for Unity in Face of German Moyes. | Releases Berlin, He Says. BULLETIN. PARIS, March 16 (#).—Offi- cial circles today said Ger- many’s open defiance of the military clauses of the Ver- sailles treaty threatens to toss the whole suggested scheme for European peace into the discard. By the Associated Press BERLIN, March 16.—The German cabinet in secret session today decreed compulsory military training in the Reich, and Reichsfuehrer Hitler de- clared Germany is released from fur- ther obligations under the Versailles treaty. o The cabinet decreed that the Ger- man peace army of the future will consist of 12 army corps of 3 divi- sions each, totaling 36 divisiois, with a total of 480,000 men. (The treaty of Versailles allows Ger- many a total of 100,000). In a flaming denunciation of the armaments policies of other nations, Hitler appealed directly to the people of Germany, saying the Reich is com- pelled to take her own military fate in hand. Appeal to Berlin. He had rushed back from Berchtes- gaden and issued the appeal in Berlin, emphasizing that failure of other na- tions to live up to the reductions of armaments called for in the Versailles pact releases Germany from treaty obligations. He emphasized that Germany is | to face the “growing threat of a re- armed Germany.” Harkened to the appeal of Premier | Pierre-Etiene Flandin that “today 40.- 000,000 Frenchmen learn on awaken- ing that there are no two opinions | here when the security of the country | verdun.” | is at stake,” the Chamber of Deputies | vesterday thrice voted confidence in | the government and approval of fmeasures to maintain military de- fenses. ‘The triumph of the premier was | clinched by former Premier Edouard | Herriot, who overbore the opposition |of his radical Socialist party by a | threat to resign and swept the House with an impassioned appeal. The government was given a free hand to increase military service by decree from one to two years. Herriot, minister without portfolio, | declared there was information, n:g;h French Army Assured by Assembly Action | stressed as certain, about German re- | armament “which, if you knew, not |one of you, not even the Extreme | Left, would hesitate to vote what is asked of you.” Adter a first vote of confidence of 389 to 190 Flandin said: “The world will know the country has discovered the France of 1914, the France of | | | The new measure is designed to keep the army at full strength during | the lean years of the “war baby" | classes. The service period extension, | and the lowering of the conscript age | from 21 to 20 years, is expected to ac- | complish this. | The premier said French conscripts would drop from 230,000 to 118,000 in ening Star WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION You CANT KEEP UP THAT 1940 under the former system, when the German Army, “as everybody knows, will have 600,000 men.” Jean Fabry, president of the Cham- ber’s army commission, said the Ger- man Army had been increased from 1100,000 to 600.000 in one year. CRIME WAR TOTAL Value of Property Seized May Hit $2,000,000. Drive Continues. New overnight arrests in the Treas- FINANASKSP A MAY REACH 300 FOR 4 NEW POOLS Swimming Tanks and Rec- | reation Areas Budgeted at $1,000,000 Total. An aftermath of the tempest Daughier of Peer Fined for Keeping | Queer ‘Menagerie’ | | |Dogs “Bald as Billiard | Will Filed Disposing of About| Balls” Confined in $560,000—Radcliffe Is Bed Rooms. Beneficiary. By the Associated Press BROMLEY. Kent, England. March | 16—The story of a “surprising me- nagerie,” including dogs “as bald as | billiard balls,” which was kept in a mansion by the daughter of a peer was disclosed yesterday in Police | Court. | Mrs. Alice McLaren Morrison. elder- |1y daughter of the late Baron Pir- | bright, was convicted on a summons alleging she caused unnecessary suf- fering to 48 dogs, 17 monkeys, 27 cats and 100 birds and wes fined £10 ESTATE OF WIFE LEFTTODAVIDSON BULLETIN. RALEIGH, N. C.. March 16 (®). —J. M. Broughton, an attorney for the Statler interests, today sald he would lodge a caveat pro- test against the purported will of Mrs. Elva Statler Davidson filed at Carthage. ury's latest war on Nation-wide crime | raised over the proposed demolition encouraged officials to predict today of the old municipal swimming pools that total arrests probably will reach | near Seventeenth street on Consti- 3,000 with property seizures exceed- tution avenue, came today when C. y the Associated Press, CARTHAGE, N. C.. March 16.—A | | B | ;purpnmd will of Mrs. Elva Statler (about $50) and costs. The presecutor for the Royal So- ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to | Animals, which brought the case, said The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. Yesterday's Circulation, 130,428 Some Returns Not Yet Received SENATE BATTLES OVER PLAN TO CUT WORK-RELIEF FUND Roosevelt Forces, Elated by Wage Victory, Seek to Block Reduction. TWO CENTS. BEAN DETERMINED 10 STAY ON FORGE AFTER CRIME QUIZ Police Inspector, Marked for Retirement in “Deal,” to Retain Post. FINAL VOTE EXPECTED MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK BROWN AND HEADLEY TAKE STAND MONDAY Administration Leaders Confident House of Preventing Bonus and Inflation Riders. Committee Expects to Delve Deeply in Scheme Involving Blanton. By the Associated Press Elated over the defeat of the Mec- | Carran prevailing-wage amendment. Roosevelt forces in the Senate sought today to turn back a bi-partisan at- tempt to chop the $4.880.000,000 work and relief bill down to a fraction of its present size. To maintain the momentum of last APT:l 1 night's drive, in which they beat the | The reports grew out of a confer- McCarran amendment, 50 to 38, and | ence Bean held late vesterday with passed an administration compromise. | Maj. Ernest W. Brown. superintend- 83 to 2. the leaders summoned the |ent. at which he is said to have dis- | Senate to its first Saturday meeting ' cussed his early retirement. Maj. | since this Congress began Brown told him, it was said. it would | They were intent on sweeping the | be 2 “mistake” for him to leave the | giant bill, center of a debate which ! department at this time. Overnight | Inspector Thaddeus R. Bean, marked victim of a “deal” to force him out of the Police Department, today emphatically denied rumors that cropped out in the last 12 hours that he planned to retire voluntarily INCOME TAY GAINS SATISFY TREASURY |Receipts Estimated Well i Line With Budget Program. n Secretary Morgenthau wore & satis- fied smile today as his advisers re- ported that income tax receipts were well in line with budget estimates. They estimated that taxes reported today and yesterday would approxi- | mate $100,000,000. Officials would not attempt an esti- mate on the first day’s receipts alone, declaring forecasts were always made on a two-day basis because reports | from many collectors are delayed. has delayed the whole Roosevelt pro- Bean changed his mind and told Maj. gram, to the White House in a form Brown this morning he intended to acceptable to the President. | remain on the job indefinitely. g " . Bean admitted his present intention Note Due Next Week. is to remain until July 1, at least, ‘They were confident they could do so he can round out 40 years of serv- this, though a final vote is not ex- jce, but declared that his future | pected until the middle of next week. course would depend entirely on how | Republican regulars and a sizeable | he felt bloc of Democrats were ready to at- | tempt to cut the bill. For instance, | Senator Byrd, Democrat, of Virginia The so-called “gentleman’s agree- and Adams Democrat. of Colorado'ment” between Representative Thomas want to slash it to $1.880.000,000 and ' L. Blanton. Democrat, of Texas, and $2.880,000,0000, respectively. Maj. Brown to elevate Bean and then The Democratic leaders were de- bring about his retirement from the | scribed as confident these efforts department to pave the way for the would not get very far—despite the promotion of Inspector Albert J. fact Senator Glass, Democrat, of Vir- Headley, has developed into one of ginia, who is in charge of steering |the sensations of the House Crime the buffeted measure as chairman| Committee investigation of the Appropriations Committee, is | With Bean's determination to re- known to be in sympathy with the main on the force, the Crime Com- idea of a smaller appropriation. mittee arranged to delve more deeply Other attempts to change the |into ramifications of the Blanton- measure lay ahead. Senator La Fol- | Brown “deal” The foundation for lette, Progressive, of Wisconsin, who | continuation of the inquiry was laid would like to see the total boosted at conferences between John R. Fitz- to $10,000,000,000, plans to propose [pamck. committee counsel, and offi- | Row Creates Sensation. an increase. Bonus and inflation riders are in the offing. also, though cers of the Police Department who are said to have had some knowledge the administration leaders express |of the incident. Davidson, leaving the bulk of her i ! | no worry about them. After its tumultous session yester- . inspectors found the animals living in | The two-day estimates, however, would G | 1 Labor Deplores Defeat. day with Blanton on the stand. the rsonal estate to her husband, H.. i gimky D-v‘?dmn‘ jr., 42, of Pinehurst | b’fll n}oms of L’;‘”' Mf"‘”“;‘ h""’;‘fd- i be an increase of $25,000,000 over the ] | committee rested today, allowing Fitz- land Washington. was on file today | Including goats, guinea plgs comparable period of last year. The American Federation of Labor | patrick time to gather up the loose with the clerk of Moore County Su- T2PPits: | 5 deplored today the defeat of the Mc- | ends of information he intends to use [ $47,000,000 Turned in. | Carran amendment, which would have | when Maj. Brown and Inspector Head- ?:;L’;"’;:? u:‘:':’r’;;%n::;ct'g‘le&:;a':l! ing $2,000,000. § Marshall Finnan, superintendent of to safeguard the Reich's territorial | The Alcohol Tax Unit, which has | the National Capital Parks, revealed integrity and to command interna- | led six Treasury agencies in number | that he has asked the P. W. A. for tional 1espect as a co-guarantor of Of Arrests. and the Narcotics Bureau, four new swimming pools for the European peace. which took into custody 11 of the 14 | District. While one estimate placed the | number of men in Germany's new | army at 480,000, another source in | the propaganda ministry said the number would be only 325,000 for the present. - Second Treaty Violation. Germany'’s reported action in estab- lishing compulsory military training, an apparent open violation of the treaty of Versailles, follows by 6 days the Reich’s action in publicly announc- ing her possession of an air force, also forbidden her by the treaty. | Last Sunday Gen. Hermann Wil- helm Goering, minister of air, an- | nounced that the German sport air associations henceforth would be under the direct orders of the Reichswehr (regular army). He himself, he added, | would head the “official” air force. Today’s second swift move in ap- parent contravention of the treaty also comes just 10 days before Reichs- fuehrer Adolf Hitler is to receive Sir | John Simon, British foreign secretary to discuss with him the inclusive European security plan drafted at London early in February. The security proposals, drafted with the co-operation of British and French statesmen, provided for abolition of | certain of the military clauses of the | Versailles treaty, but contemplated | leaving intact the provision that the} left bank of the Rhine be demili- | tarized. Maximum Ts 100,000. The Versailles treaty’s military clauses, designed primarily to destroy Germany's capacity for offensive war- | fare, set the future maximum of the German standing army at 100,000 men and limited ammunition, guns and war | supplies in strict proportion to that | igure. Under the treaty, signed at the little | French town of Versailles June 29, | 1919, and brought into force through exchange of ratifications January 10, | 1920, Germany consented to abolish conscription for army service and to adopt. long-period voluntary enlistment of at least 12 years for the men and 25 for the officers. Military training outside the srmy | was forbidden and Germany denied a large general staff. The veace ract also sharply cur- tailed Germany's Navy, limiting its battleships to six of the Deutschland type, light cruwsers to six and com- | pletely abolishing submarines. Most rastic of all were the air provisions, which, in the French view, at least Goering’s pronouncement last | Sunday annulled, since they absolutely | prohibited naval or military air forces and arranged for the destruction of all | military or navy air material. __The ngzlo-French proposals drafted (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) —_——— LOVE FOR HER HUSBAND IS BLAMED FOR 4 SHOTS Woman's Aim Proves Faulty in Plan to Nurse Him to Health. Both Jailed. By the Associated Press. BROOKLYN, N. Y., March 16.—Be- cause she loved him so much, Mrs. «Gertrude Sjoberg, 41, told police yes- terday, she fired four shots at her hus- band, John Sjoberg, 51. “I wanted to win his love back,” she said. Sjoberg, salesman for a sporting goods firm of St. Paul, was uninjured, but one shot narrowly missed his wife’s prisoners rounded up in Washington, showed substantial gains in official reports shortly before noon. Alcohol tax arrests mounted to 1.175, with the value of seizures total- ing $158,953, The Narcotics Bureau showed a total of 584 arrests, with the value | of confiscated narcotics running into | large figures. Officials declared the round-up of drug peddlers and addicts | throughout the country to be one of the most important simultaneous1aids ever conducted by the bureau. Secret Service Nets 55. Other agencies had made arrests as follows: Customs Bureau, 258; Secret | This is embraced within a projected | public works program for the city, 5!!(1!’!&“0!’1 areas and swimming pools | runs between $800,000 and $1,000,000 | The swimming pools, costing aroundi | $150,000 each, would require about | $600,000. The park chief declined to reveal the sites proposed for the new swim- | The parks organization | ming pools. | has constructed four of the six pools authorized by Congress some vears | ago. No funds are now available for constructing the remaining two. Leeway Seen in Set-Up. numbering 62 projects. The item for | Under the P. W. A, set-up, how-‘ | ever, additional pools can be con- | structed, in the opinion of the park | authorities, just as the Mall improve- ment is going forward out of public Service, 55; Coast Guard 1, and the Internal Revenue Bureau's Intelligence Unit, 1. | perfor Court. | The only bequests other than to her husband were $5,000 to Radcliffe Col- lege, Boston, and $7,000 to the Dwight School of Englewood, N. J. Attorneys familiar with Mrs. Dav- idson’s financial affairs said the es- tate was about $560,000. Provides Scholarships. | The bequest to Radcliffe and $5.000 | of that to the Dwight School stipu- | {lated that the money be used for | “one or more” scholarships. There | | was a $2,000 gift to the Dwight School | gy (he Associated Press. | library. = The will was filed by Herbert Sea- WILKES-BARRE. Pa.. March 16. well, Carthage attorney. It was dated Twenty-nine officers of the United February 15, 1935, and was witnessed | Anthracite Miners of Pennsylvania by W. Barton Leach. Weston, Mass.: o for contempt of Livingston Hall, Weston, Mass.. and | “c'¢ "‘,’lf;"w"’rd::"m s CONTEMPT JAILS 29 LEADERS OF STRIKE | Officers of United Anthracite Miners Defy Court Order to Rescind Call. The Alcoholic Tax Unit made 1,583 cases, with seizure of 899 stills, having a capacity of 219,866 gallons. Agents confiscated 769,340 gallons of mash, 40,204 gallons of liquor and 119 auto- mobiles. In Chicago, the Herald and Ex- aminer said today that information received from suspects taken in the ! Government’s drive on narcotics vi- olators is expected to lead to the ar- rest of Alvin Karpis, No. 1 public enemy. ‘The newspaper place of Karpis, suspect in the kid- naping of Edward G. Bremer. had been revealed in questioning of the 134 seized in Chicago suspected of drug peddling, drug addiction and liquor law violations. Raid Being Planned. A raid on the hiding place is being planned by Federal agents, the news- paper stated. In Washington those in custody be- sides the 11 charged with violation of the Harrison narcotics act, included one held for alleged income tax evasion, and two on charges in con- nection with Government checks. Arraigned before United States Com- missioner Needham C. Turnage late yesterday, all the narcotic prisoners were held in bonds ranging from $200 to. $10,000 for later hearings. Turnage fixed March 22 for preliminary hear- ings in the cases of eight. The raids here netted narcotics val- ued at $20,000. Fifty-four retail liquor stores here were cited by the Alcoho} T!x lln_lt (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) —_— BIG LIQUOR PLANT DESTROYED BY FIRE 200,000 Gallons of Whisky Ex- plode as Blaze Sweeps Peni-Maryland. By the Associated Press. PEORIA, Ill, March 16.—A $250,- 000 fire destroyed the rectifying plant of the Penn-Maryland Co. here to- day, sending plumes of biue flame 50 to 100 feet in the air as 200,000 gal- lons of whisky exploded. More than a million bottles and an undetermined amount of revenue stamps were believed destroyed, as was all the plant’s equipment. The plant was one of the five largest in a piece of great luck. They were trapped in & 30-foot space in front of the wall by a high wire fence. But eight feet of the wall remained stand sister, Kitty Coleman, 29. Police arrested Sjoberg on a charge ion of a revolver without a of license and Mrs. Sjoberg on a feloni- ous assault charge. “I intended to wound him and nurse, %im back to health,” his wife told the police. | ing, shortening the range of the shower of bricks. 3 The plant was built a year ago after repeal revived the whisky business t ‘this city, one of the country’s - important distilling centers. said the hiding | | works funds, although no specific act of Congress has authorized this work. ‘This, in the opinion of the park offi- cials, gives them leeway to con- | struct more pools than are actually authorized by congressional edict. The $1,000,000 appropriation sought as part of the city-wide public im- provement program, now being con- sidered by the National Resources Board and Secretary Ickes. would | finish up the larger and more im- portant recreation areas in the city, according to Finnan. It would not, however, care for all the prospective playgrounds and recreation centers, for which the Federal Government has purchased land here. pools would serve as a replacement for that on the Washington Monu- ment grounds over which so much discussion developed when Finnan proposed to start tearing down the old buildings yesterday. The new swim- ming pool would®not likely be built on the same site as that nmow oc- cupied by the old municipal swimming pool, but would be built somewhere in that region. Finnan estimated today it would take around $150,000 to replace the Washington Monument pools, 1nas- much as the foundations in that zone are costly, due to the marshy char- acter of the subsoil. At present, there are swimming pools at the Takoma recreation center, Fourth and Van Buren streets; the McKinley pool at First and Lincoln road northeast, the Francis pool at Twenty-fifth and N streets and the pool at Banneker recreation center near Howard University. The last two are for colored persons. The Ta- koma and Banneker pools were con- structed last year with the aid of Civil Works Administration funds, as part of the emergency work set up. Other Districts Apply. There are no pools, under the Na- tional Capital Parks, in the southwest or southeast sections, nor are there facilities 'in the Georgetown area. Some of the citizens in northeast and northwest have felt that they need addjtional pools. Finnan conceded the justice of these claims, but de- clined to state in what sections the new pools would be built. Finnan and his advisers propose to seek the assistance of Congress also in_getting new swimming pools as thére is no assurance from Secretary Ickes that P. W. A. funds would be allotted for pools here. Finnan said today that if he can get a sympathetic ear on the Hill he will attempt to have Congress appropriate money for the two pools authorized by law. New Swedish Cabinet to Form. OSLO, 'Norway, March 16 (P).— Johan Nygaardsvold, a leading mem- ber of the Norwegian Labor Party and once a laborer in America, was authorized today by King Haakon tc form a new cabinet. ‘The government of Johan L. W had been in office since March, 1933, re- signed yesterdag, One of the four new swimming | Victoria Mercer, Cambridge, Mass. Davidson Executor. Davidson, whom she married early this year, was named executor. Mrs. Davidson, 22-year-old adopted | daughter of the later E. M. Statler, | hotel magnate. and heiress to a part |of his millions, was found dead of | carbon monoxide gas in her garage at Pinehurst on February 27. | solicitor Rowland Pruette said he | suspected foul play and the Statler | family had an investigation made by | private detectives. After a lengthy inquest, a coroner’s jury returned a verdict of death from carbon monoxide | gas under unknown circumstances. BABY BECOMES MILLIONAIRE. Fortune of Joan Statler, $1,275,000. By the Associated Press. Joan Statler, 3, of Tucson, Ariz., today had joined the circle of millionaire death of her aunt, Elva Statler David- son, adopted daughter of the hotel magnate, at Pinehurst, N. C. early this month, The child received $900,000 in her own right January 2, 1935, in a com- promise settlement of a legal action to construe a living trust created by her grandfather, the late E. M. Statler, who founded the hotels that bear his name. This was the child’s share in the trust, plus interest. Through the death of her aunt, Joan received approximately $375,000 more to increase her fortune to $1,- 3, Now | BUFFALO, N. Y. March 16 (A.— | bakies as the result of the mysterious | | court. | strike call at the Glen Alden Coal ‘Co.'s operations as decreed by Judge W. A. Valentine. 2. The company obtained the fa- junction which prohibited interfer- ence with miners wanting to work and ordered that the strike call be abrogated “forthwith.” Glen Alden officials instituted the contempt action when the union failed | | to rescind the strike vote. Judge | Valentine cited the officers for di- rect contempt and cited 15 others for acts of alleged interference. The latter group were granted jury trials and bail was fixed for their ap- pearance, Coal company officials contend the new union ordered the walkout in a demand for recognition. Union offi- | cers answered that the present walk- out is not for that purpose, but is a protest against alleged assaults upon their members at a Glen Alden col- liery where workers affiliated with the old union, the United Mine Work- ers of America, had called a strike. RIGHT ARM IS STOLEN HAVANA, March 16 (#).—Thieves, not content with tearing down part of the wall from the house of Tulalio Xiques, stole his right arm, he com- plained to police yesterday. Xiques' arm was amputated several years ago, he explained. A substitute, the stolen one, was made by an in- genious friend and worked so perfectly that few persons noted its being false, | he assured the desk lieutenant. | | | 2175,000. At Trial Prov A number lifted from the midst of a gambling trial “hit” yesterday for three colored attaches, whose faitt: in hunches now knows no bounds. The winning number, incidentally, | was given the court attendants by a policeman placed on the witness stand by Assistant United States Attorney Roger Robb. The prosecutor was trying a case against five alleged violators of the numbers law. Members of the jury seemed to have come difficulty in com- prehending the intricacies of numbers play and Robb 1sked the policeman to illustrate the procedure for them on & ‘The officer wrote out three horse races and finally arrived at the number 3325, “That number,” he tola" Jury, “would have won if the race returns Explanation Number Given es Lucky Hunch had been the same as those I selected for this demonstration.” ‘The officer then left the stand and | the three attaches rapidly, but un- | obtrusively, left the court room. - When Attorney Charles E. Ford, who represented the defendants, walked into the court house today, he was received with open arms by three jubilant_colored men. “Mr, Ford,” they exclaimed in uni- son, “you remember that 325 number the police wrote on the blackboard | yesterday—well, we played it in a combination and it hit.” Despite this inadvertent tip-off tc the numbers players, Assistant Dis- trict Attorney Robb convicted four Nicholas Jimroglou, Walter G. Bethea and John R. Forte. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty against Peter C. Coyle. ‘Trial Justice James M. Proctor or- $1,000 The strike was called last Februery | Individual incomes are expecte show a considerable upturn because of the net effect of changes in the rate structure and in the capital gains and | losses provisions incorporated in the revenue act of 1934. Corporate in- come taxes, likewise, are expected to increase over last year, officials said, because of the higher level of earning and the effects of eliminating consoli- dated returns, the changed provisions with regard to reorganizations under the revenue act, and the Treasury ad- ministration of depreciation allow- ances. Reports up to yesterday disclosed that more than $47,000,000 had been returned to the Treasury in income | taxes thus far in March. An addi- | tional $120,000,000 is expected to be | reported during the first four days | of next week, measured by past per- formances. In his annual budget message, President Roosevelt estimated $1,051.- 000,000 would accrue from income taxes during the present fiscal year, ! which ends June 30. A total of 1 $503.183.000 of this amount had been collected up to March 14. Gain Over Last Year. Only $397,918,000 had been returned on the comparable date last year. | During the entire fiscal year 1934, the income taxes totaled $817.961,000 As for tax receipts in general, Guy T. Helvering, commissioner of inter- | nal revenue, handed President Roose- velt a report yesterday saying levies from all sources had shown an in- | crease for the first quarter of this fiscal year. Up to the close of busi- | ness Thursday. he said, this increase was $393,000,000. Jouett Shouse, president of the American Liberty League. declared the income returns filed yesterday led many persons to realize “how sub- stantially their tax burden has been increased in recent years. “But despite this increase,” he said, | “it should be pointed out that we are not paying half the bill for our pres- ent governmental expenditures.” Crowds Break Records. Records for crowds filing taxes here were broken yesterday as 7,361 in- come taxpayers passed through the office of the deputy collector of in- ternal revenue before the bell tolled midnight, the closing hour for filing returns. Today a penalty of 25 per cent of the tax will be assessed on taxpayers failing to file on time. A huge pile of mail was being ovened by C. C. Keiser, deputy col- |lector and his aides. All mail in the hands of the collector at Baltimore, | or of his deputy here, before midnight will be considered as having been filed on time, and will escape the tax | penalty. HEART, SIX INCHES OFF, RETURNING TO POSITION 414 Quarts of Fluid Taken From | Left Chest to Relieve Pres- sure on Organ. By the Associated Press. TEMPLE, Tex., March 16.—Walter Baker, 28, whose heart was pressed 6 inches out of position against the right chest wall three days ago, was given more than an even chance yesterday to recover. Dr. A. C. Scott, jr., has removed 412 quarts of fluid from the left chest to relieve pressure. He said Baker's heart was more than halfway back to the the to the right, the left lung . Scott said. | wage rates prevailing in private in- | | dustries to all the 3,500,000 “employ- | ables” to whom the administration | says it will give work. “The working people of the nation,” | President William Green said, “will feel that Congress failed them in this crucial test.” The successful compromis to which most of the McCarranites ral- lied after the defeat of their amend- ment—was proposed by Senator Rus- | sell, Democrat, of Georgia. It leaves| the President free to pay “security wages,” estimated by officials at $50 a month. provided they do not “affect | d to | required President Roosevelt to Pay | jey take the witness stand Monday. Brown to Testify Monday. Maj. Brown will be the first witness called Monday. He will be followed by Inspector Headley. Both of these officials were prepared to take the stand yesterday. but Blantons pro- longed discussion of the part he played in the case took up the entire dav. Whether Bean's early retirement would result in the elevation of Head- ley to the rank of assistant superin- tendent—the motive behind the Blan- ton-Brown arrangement—is now a matter of conjecture as a result of the expose. There is serious doubt, adversely” the wage scale In private | even in the minds of those close to industry. On all permanent Federal|Maj. Brown, that Headley would be building projects, however, he must |given the post with its $500 a year in pay the prevailing rate. added compensation. Long Refuses to Vote. flung taunt after taunt at the admin- istration in a lengthy fight, shouted ‘aye” for the McCarran amendment nd then left the chamber so he was not recorded on the Russell com- promise. Only two Republicans—Hale and Metcalf—voted “nay” on the Rus- sell compromise. The Roosevelt forces succeeded yes- | terday in taking six votes away from | the McCarran forces, who nearly a month ago wrote their amendment into the bill by a 44-to-43 margin. ‘Those who shifted were Black of Ala- bama, O'Mahoney of Wyoming and Wagner of New York, Democrats; Austin and Gibson. Vermont Repub- licans, and La Follette, Wisconsin Progressive. They called the compromise an “honorable one.” La Follette said it offers “substantial protection” to wage earners. “They will be much better off if it is adopted.” he said during debate. He and Wagner contended it was abvious the McCarran amendment could not win finally. Long called Wagner a ‘“‘maverick” and said “no one except the Senator from New York knows where he stands.” Senator Cutting. Repub- lican, of New Mexico, said that “if we (Continued on Page 2, Column 8) SEVEN FEARED LOST IN JUNGLE CRASH French Official and Wife Missing in Africa's Cannibal Region. By the Associated Press. BRAZZAVILLE, Middle Congo, March 16.—Down in an airplane somewhere in the Congo's swampy cannibal-infested jungles, Governor- General Edouard Renard of French Equatorial Africa, with his wife and five French companions, were feared today to have perished. Mme. Renard, a native Hollander, was the widow of Michael Winburn, wealthy American soap manufacturer and phlianthropist, and prominent in Paris society. Military airplanes from Bangui, air- liners from the Belgian Congo and aircraft from Algiers searched the jungle area without finding a trace of the missing plane, which disappeared in a fog after reporting being buffeted in a storm. The last heard from the plane's wireless was at 10 am., G. M. T, Fri- day. The party had started out on a long air tour of inspection. In addition to the aerial search, a tug steamed al the Congo River banks, joining tha hunt. Slight hope was maintained that the plane might have landed in. an isolated clearing. Senator Long of Louisiana, who had | May Contradict Some Testimony, When Maj. Brown takes the stand Monday he is not expected to deny Blanton’s story of the “gentlemen’s agreement.” but is likely to contra- dict certain phases of the Texan's statement relating to .he promotion of Bean to assistant superintendent. Blanton told the committee that while he indorsed the promotion of Headley at the outset, he, at the re- quest of Bean's friends, withdrew it temporarily so Bean could get the position with its extra compensation in view of the fact that he planned to retire about January 1. Maj. Brown will insist, however, i(hat Re intended to give Bean the promotion despite Blanton's indorse- | ment of Headley because he felt Bean | was entitled to it because of his | seniority of service. | Conferred With Hazen. When Blanton wrote to Maj. Brown from Texas last August, reminding him of the “gentleman’s agreement.” the police superintendent will testify he took the matter up with Com- missioner Melvin C. Hazen and told him as far as he was concerned. Headley could have the position when Bean retired. The Commissioner, at that time, is said to have told Maj. Brown the plan was agreeable to him. The committee proposes to ques- tion Maj. Brown particularly about the reported threat of Blanton to cut off the appropriation for the salary of the assistant superintendent if the arrangement for the promotion of Headley was not carried out. Blanton is a member of the subcommittee on appropriations of the House which controls the annual District supply bill. However, on the witness stand. he ridiculed the idea that he was powerful enough to take such actton, If Blanton made a threat of that | (Continued on Page 2, Column 7. _ (Reproductions of Blanton-Brown Letters on Page A-3.) Arliss Sails for England. NEW YORK, March 16 (#).—George Arliss, veteran English actor, and Mrs. Arliss sailed last night for England on the liner Olympic. Arliss -vill make two pictures in England and return to the United States next December. Guide for Readers Amusements Churches . Comics .. Features Finance . Serial Story . Service Orders Short Story. ... Society .. Sports