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TRADE GROUP ASKS CURB ON SPENDING Manufacturers’ Committee ‘Says Incentive to Save Sapped by Policy. Bf the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 20.—The opinion that “private saving is a bet- ter promoter of prosperity than public spending” was expressed in a com- mittee report made public last night by the National Association of Manu- facturers. The report, submitted by the Com- niittee on Government Finance. em- bodied a series of recomiendations designed to curb the cost of govern- nent, which will be considered at the annual Congress of American Indus- tiy December 4-5. 1“We believe that a large volume of employment, and especially continuing efiployment, can be furnished by in- creased private savings and invest- mént, than by. increased taxes .and government efforts to spend such taxes te furnish employment,” said the re- port. Tax Drain Cited. ¥When government spends more it | dPmands more taxes and the private citizen has less to spend. Private ex- pénditures are of three chief kinds— for living expenses, for luxuries, for savings, ““Increased taxes decrease the total which can be spent to maintain liv- ing standards, for luxuries and to in- crease savings—but they actually de- orease the incentive to save. This is taday an extremely serious effect of high taxes, since increased savings and their investment are necessary to sub- stantial re-employment.” Among the recommendations made by the committee were: 1. Use of Federal funds for abso- lutely necessary relief only where pri- vate, local and State resources are actually inadequate. Recognize State Right. +2. Cease using Federal funds for Jpcal purposes or for regulation of tters which the Constitution places exclusively within the domain of the States. - 3. Reduce, and as soon as practica- ble eliminate, Federal investment or 1gans to local governments and pri- vate enterprises. ”4. Discontinue all Federal grants or “matching” allotments to the States. 5. "Refunding of public debt obliga- tions where this will reduce annual interest charges. .6. Convert the R. F. C. into a lguidating agency—this would result in an estimated collection of $1,250,- 000,000 the first year. Oppose Soldier Bonus. 7. Cease the creation of public works for the primary purpose of pro- viding relief, since experience demon- strates that they provide relatively little additional employment, invite waste and defer balancing of the budget. 8.-Discontinue the use of public funds to establish or conduct enter- flbsu competing with private indus- #§y and labor. 9. Oppose immediate payment of the soldiers’ bonus. The committee was headed by A. L. Green. Legations Are Elevated. + BERLIN, November 29 (#») —Ger- Mmany has elevated German legations in Argentina, Brazil and Chile to the status of embassies. The three South Ametican nations similarly raised their respective envoys to Berlin to | the rank of Ambassadors. What’s What In Capital Big Estates Face Long Tussle Against Tax— Professionals Hit. P. MORGAN whistled & new note when he landed from Europe recently. He said no ¢ big fortune would remain 30 saw the end of philanthropies, such as endowed universities, Carnegie libra- ries, Mellon art collections, etc. Taxation authorities have been statement, and have concluded he was no more than 50 per cent right. That is, no large American fortune can last for two generations under existing in- be bullt up under existing inheritance taxes. No large fortune can be built up under existing income taxes. But the results will require 50 to 70 years one believes existing taxes will last that long. Take the Rockefeller fortune—if you can get even a line on it. John not collect much from his estate. He gave his fortune to his son, John D. jr. The son has created in- numerable trust funds, some of which are not. Junior will die within the next 30 to 50 years—he is 61. But philanthropy, not the Government, will receive most of Behind News BY PAUL MALLON. years under existing taxation. He studying the point since he made his heritance taxes. No large fortune can instead of 30 to effectuate. And no D, sr., is 96. The Government will which are tazable but most of his father’s fortune. ‘The senior Rockefeller evaded the new era by giving his fortune to his son before the present gift taxes went into effect. It could not be done now. Heavy Reductions Provided. If the elder Rockefeller fortune could be listed as $100,000,000 (for the purpose of analysis), the Govern- ment tax at his death would be $67,~ 000,000. That would leave Junior $33.- | 000,000. The tax at his death would| amount to $20000,000. That would | leave $13,000,000 from the original $100.000.000. This will not happen to Rocke- feller. Nor will it happen to Ford. You can ascertain from semi-offi- cial sources that Henry has passed the bulk of his estate to Edsel. He paid rather heavy gift tazes on it because he did not get in under the wire as did Rockefeller. (Don't tell any one, but Edsel now pays & larger income tax than Henry.) The man it has happened to is Will Rogers, the beloved national humorist, Those who know say Rogers' income prior to his death was about $25,000 a week. He was compelled to lay aside $15,000 of it to pay his Federal and California State taxes. In the contrast, you have the hidden earned his money. His employers paid him what they thought he was worth. | His income was right out on the bar- | rel head, where the Government could | snatch it. Most fortune holders buy farms| which they can operate at a tax deduc- | tion loss, or buy tax-exempt securities | mittees, too, has accentuated the bit- answer to the taxation problem. Rogers | L Ine&s men with respect to voluntary THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, BUSINESS FACTS DENIED ROOSEVELT Data Herctofore Furnished Administration Is Declared Misused. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. A hitherto unpublished fact is giving some officials of the Roosevelt admin- istration a good deal of concern. It is the growing unwillingness of manu- facturing companies and businesses of various kinds to co-operate with the Government in furnishing much of the statistical data that has been sup- plied voluntarily for the last decade or_more. These officials are reluctant to ex- press opinions as to the reasons for the coldness that has developed, but it is undoubtedly due to the hostile attitude of the Roosevelt administra- tion toward business in the last two years and to the misuse by the Gov- ernment bureaus of information given them in confidence. In one instance, data furnished gladly in response to questionnaires on a labor problem was compiled and converted into an argument against employers. Tan another instance, fig- ures given for one purpose were turned over to other agencies that are alleged to have used them to the disadvantage of those who had supplied the in- formation. Whatever the reasons, the fact re- mains that the multitude of question- naires are not getting for the New Deal the information desired in order to understand current economic con- ditions. This is all the more re- grettable because the original purpose in gathering most of the statistics was to aid business itself in understanding its own problems. Laws Could Be Passed. It is possible, of course, for laws to be passed requiring the necessary | data for Government surveys of vari- ous kinds, but this is the kind of statute that can be knocked out in the courts rather easily if the expense of supplying the material can be proved to be unreasonable and in the nature of an arbitrary tax on admin- istrative expenses. It would be most unfortunate if the present lack of understanding between Government and business were to de- velop more intensively as time goes on.. The root of the trouble is in the inconsistencies in Government policy and in the message and the acts of | the President in announcing last Sum- mer his intention to wage war on what he believes to be large and unwieldy units in business. When, for example, it is known that the President is on the war path against bigness as such, it is not likely that businesses will wish to put into the hands of the Government | ammunition with which to have a| barrage against itself laid down by the New Deal. The multiplicity of | questionaires, too, has created a bad | impression. Business men have for | vears been anxious to answer questions that could be helpful, but some of the recent questionaires they have received carry in them a spirit of accusation | and an impression that the Govern- ment is on a fishing expedition. Bitterness Accentuated. ‘The attitude of congressional com- | terness that exists today among busi- co-operation with the Government. At & time when business is straining every | nerve to build up a reserve to take care of future hazards, industry is being loaded by Congress with pay roll | taxes that grow progessively each year. | FISH-BORAH TALK STIRS SPECULATION venting Nomination of Old Guard Republican. By the Associated Press. ‘The praise that Representative Fish, Republican, of New York accorded Senator Borah of Idaho aroused spec- . ulation today as to what is in the political winds. The two men, both mentioned as possible can- didates for the Republican presi- dential nomina- tion, interrupted their Thanksgiv- ing holiday yes- terday to talk politics in Borah's uptown apartment Afterward Fish praised Borah as & man who could draw more votes in New England, New York and Penn- sylvania than any other prospect. Borah himself declined to com- ment, telling reporters: “I haven't anything to say now. may have in a day or two.” 0ld Guard Seen Target. ‘The conference led some observers to believe the two men were bent on preventing the nomination of an Old Guard Republican at next year’s na- tional convention. f “In his statement, Fish urged can- didates to enter the forthcoming presi- dential primaries to prevent a “hand- ful of Old Guard politicians” from manipulating the selection of a nomi- nee “in a back room.” He was asked if that was what he and Borah were thinking about. “It might work out that way,” he replied. The New Yorker went on to describe Borah as a “very able man who has great popular support in both the West and East.” He said Borah “corges nearer rep- resenting the policies of Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln than any man in the country.” As for himself, Fish said he had “not decided” whether to be a candi- date. He has been busy since the ad- Journment of Congress speaking on liberalism versus the “old order.” Frazier Borah Supporter. Other support for Borah came yes- terday from Senator Frazier, Republic- an, of North Dakota, who said: “I am quite anxious to see Senator Borah nominated. He is very popular out in our country. I think he would have no trouble carrying the whole West and Northwest.” Borah and Fish have arranged an- other conference for Monday. Some speculated that the Idahoan might speak then. There were some points of similarity between yesterday's conference and that last Friday between Borah and former Senator McCulloch of Ohio. After that meeting Borah himself handed out a statement by McCulloch saying “presidential politics” had been discussed and that he was “one of a great many who would like to see him (Borah) make the race.” —_— RICHBERG TO SPEAK FOR ADMINISTRATION Representative Fish. I | At & time also when business is strug- | Series of Lectures Starting After Mother Freely| Two Thought Bent on Pre-|- Livermore (Com_lnqed From First Page.) several fortunes running into the mil- I lions of dollars. At the age of 25 he entered Wall Btreet shortly after the turn of the century, and played a prominent role in the copper boom of 1905. He was reported to have emerged from the 1907 panic with $3.000,000. Steel and wheat drew his interest | &— NOVEMBER .29, 1935, of Shooting Son Mrs. Dorothea Livermore, divorced wife of the stock market operator, and her sons, On the left is Jesse Livermore, jr., 15, who is in a Los Angeles hospital with wounds in his head and back, which, police said, oc- cured at the Montecito, Calif., mansion of Mrs. Livermore. On the right is Paul.—Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. in the ensuing years, and shortly be- fore 1920 he was credited with having taken $10,000,000 from the Chicago wheat pit as the result of his brilliant | maneuvers. Although noted for his ability to switch from the “bull” to the “bear” | side of the market in the ebb and flow of finance, Livermore was re- ported to have been hard hit in the | 1929 collapse of stock prices. | Since then little has been heard of | him save for two days in December, 1933, when he mysteriously dropped from sight after leaving his Park ave- nue, New York, apartment for the offices of his broker. He returned safely home the next day, after fears that he had been kidnaped had been raised. Livermore has been married three times. In March of the present year Liver- more made application to return to the grain market in Chicago as a trader. He had been suspended more than a year ago after he had entered voluntary bankruptcy in New York. 1,300 REBELS FACE TRIAL IN BRAZIL Courts-Martial Loom After Government Breaks So- cialistic Uprising. | By the Associated Press. | RIO DE JANEIRO, November 29.— | The firm hand of Brazil's federal gov- | ernment fell heavily today on the rebel soldiers who enlisted in a short- lived socialistic uprising, at least 1,300 being gounded up for court-martial. With the entire nation apparently under control after the forceful crushing by the loyal army of the re- | volts early this week in northeastern | | states and in Rio de Janeiro, still| more plotters were hunted. Some reports circulated that the | total of arrests here exceeded 1,500. Escapes Prison Via Appendicitis Operaticn Ruse By the Associated Press. WORCESTER, Mass, Novem- ber 29.—Toive Heino feigned ap- pendicitis so realistically that he was taken from his jail cell to a hospital today, kicked & nurse in the shins and escaped The 18-year-old Fitchburg resi- dent, booked as an automobile thief, convinced nis guard that he needed an immediate opera- tion. He was left unwatched at the hospital by the police ambu- lance crew because he was “too sick to need a guard.” As Nurse Helen Hughes ap- proached to prepare the patient for the operation, he leaped from the stretcher, kickea her, slapped her face and jumped out a win- dow. NAVAL DELEGATES 10 SAIL TONIGHT Conference Postponed Until December 9 to Grant U. S. More Time. By the Associated Press. | Carrying a mandate to oppose in- creases in the world's burden of naval costs, the American delegation sails tonight for the London conference on | limitation of fighting fleets. Departing from New York aboard | the liner Aquitania, the delegation is due at Southampton at noon Decem- ber 6, the day the conference was to open. (In London the foreign office an- | nounced today the conference will |open December 9 to suit the con- venience of the delegates from the | gas right away. IRANIAN MINSTER - ORAFTS PROTEST Due Here Tonight, Djalal Will Complain Arrest Was Unjustified. Ghaffar Dialal, Minister from Iran, is expected to return .o Washington tonight from New York, and plans an “official protest” against his arrest and subsequent manacling in a traffic case at Elkton, Md. The Minister was in touch with the legation yesterday, it was said there this morning, and, while l.e announced his intention of protesting, did not say what form this action would take. Overnight a statement in his behalf, issued at the legation, venied any ill conduct by the diplomat at the time of the arrest. He was kept in custody only a short time. In New York yesterday the Min- ister and Mme. Djalal gave their ve: sion of the arrest, which was ampli- fled by the account of William Collier, their American chauffeur, the Asso- clated Press reported. The arresting officers, it was said, were Jacob Biddle, chief town officer, who accused the envoy of disorderly conduct and arrested the driver for reckless driving and speeding; Clayton Ellison, a constable, and George Potts, former police chief. Car Held Clearly Marked. Collier said the Minister's car had the usual diplomatic bplate marked “Diplomatic—195.” Above this was a metal tag from the State Department in large letters “Diplomstic.” “I was going about 40, Collier said, “when I saw a sign half a block away saying the speed limit was 20 miles an hour. I took my foot off the This police officer (Biddle) was standing on the curb when I passed. I had gone three- quarters of a block when I heard his | whistle and I backed up.” The chauffeur stated that Biddle | said, after telling him he was going double the speed limit, “Well, I'll put reckless driving against you anyway.” After an argument, Djalal made an effort to get out of the car, he said, telling the officer he wanted to tele- phone the State Department. He said | he was pushed by the officer and fell back into the back seat. Then Elli- son, he said, put the handcuffs on him. Mrs. Djalal denied she struck Bid- dle with a walking stick, declaring “It is absolutely untrue.” Dog Is Friendly Spitz. She also presented for inspection during a newspaper interview the dog which the Elkton authorities were reported to have said was “sicked” on them. It proved to be & friendly Spitz. Collier said he tried to explain the Minister's rights, but Biddle said, “Aw, this guy is nothing but a preacher.” The chauffeur quoted Biddle as saying all foreigners should be locked up, punctuating his words with profanity. When they reached the sheriff's office, Collier said, Djalal was again refused permission to telephone. He quoted Biddle as saying, “You shut up. You're drunk.” They were driven to the town of Northeast, 6 miles away, where a justice of the peace allowed Minister Djalal to communicate with the State Department. After getting on the line himself the justice dismissed the charges. ELKTON BEGINS PROBE. Mayor and Council Question Officers on Arrest, By the Associated Press which permit them to get away from | 81ing to find ways to increase its out- | Of the 1300 known arrested, 300 of United States.) ELKTON, Md., November 29.—Mayor New Year Will Support Germany Protests “Use of Hitler’s _‘gName in Play Cast Declares Scene in British Comedy Discourteous to International Usage. B: Cable to The Star. LONDON, England, November 29.— The German embassy here, sensitive even to mild jokes about Adolf Hitler, thas asked the producers of the play #Vickey,” at the Garrick Theater, to thamge the text to eliminate a char- ‘#oter named for the German Fuehrer. T"He is Hezekiah Hitler, and in the Ety is a page boy in a Vienna hotel. hen the heroine asks him, “Why do they call you Hitler?” He replies: ‘s my name. It's a nuisance. There are two of us, but he won't change his name and I'm dashed if Tl change mine!” Later in the play the page boy Bays: % * “We are the other branch of the Hitler family.” The German embassy considers the scene discourteous to international usage and contrary to the spirit of English fair play, it is announced. Its complaint is especially vigorous because of the suggestion in the page boy’s christian name that Hitler is of Jewish descent. » LC ight. 1935 the mouth of the Government's tax- collection gun. Good Parlor Game, The certain mathematical answer to these examples is that wealth-sharing is a good parlor game, but it does not add up to substance in the kitchen. Mr. Morgan's surmise is correct theo- retically but not actually. Existing for- tunes above 5 or 10 million dollars can- not possibly go through the tax wringer twice. But they probably will not have to. For one thing, the outstanding ex- amples have taken steps to guarantee other results. For another, the exist- ing system of taxation will unques- tionably not last for the 50 to 70 years required to make it punitive. Burden on Successful. The really onerous burden of tax- ation will continue to fall for some years on professionally successful men, the best doctors, lawyers, actors, where the real bulk of the money is earned. They are the unheralded boys who will carry the load. Congress has soaked the rich, but hit the professional men. Efforts to smoke out Gov. Lan- don have grown lately to an under- cover campaign. Word is being passed by his adversaries through- out the East that he had not suf- ficiently made known his position =) 2 ~ E-] “ S = g & tres civaksav :Centuries ago spicture mes- sages were sscratched on 2 REHISTORIC man recorded his earliest thoughts and historical vecords in the form of picture writ- ing on the walls of caves and other rock surfaces. Some of the most fa- mous and 'best preserved examples of picture writing may be seen today in caves in Spain and France. Picture writing later developed a ceremonial significance and also became a means of communication. Mauy parts of the world have produced examples of pic- ture writing, SHOPPING DAYS TO (CHRISTMAS on pending national problems. He has no program, they say. Repub- lican party leaders and their writers are cente of the din to make him speak. Also New Deal strategists have been coyly joining the chorus lately. They would like to have the Kansas Gov- ernor drawn out into the debating arena. ‘Word comes unoffically from his pals | in Washington that the chiming is useless. He will not take his wraps off until Spring, they say. Then the Su- preme Court decisions will be down, the course of the New Deal charted defi- nitely. $ The tactical weakness of his critical adversaries seems to be that they have taken too much of a record. President Roosevelt's right-hand boy was asked recently about Gov. Eccles’ boom statement. In reply, he gen- erated pseudo—excitement, waving his hands and saying, “go out and buy everything, boys; go out and buy everything.” The clear implication was that Gov. Eccles’ personal stock with the high command is being quoted at about 2 below zero. (Copyright, 1935.) Dies at Age of 105 Years. MEMPHIS, Tenn., November 29 (#). —George Henry Sanders, said by rela- tives to have been 105 years at the home of & son last night & brief illness. Born in ince, Canads, Sanders country as & boy of 17. put, which means more work for the unemployed, restrictive measures on the getting of new capital are not | removed. Notwithstanding all the talk about how well the securities and Exchange Commission has functioned, a look at the current figures will reveal that an insignificant amount of money is being made available for new capital and that all the financial operations in the capital markets today are either borrowings by Government or refund- ing of existing private debt. Declared Unhealthy Spirit. ‘The spirit that exists between the | administration and the business world is positively unhealthy and consti- tutes a bar to sound recovery. For if the sword of Damocles is to hang over the heads of business men who | otherwise would venture to borrow long-term money and thus make work for millioris now idie, there is bound to be in 1936 & lag in the recovery process. ‘The disposition of some people in- side the administration—the so-called conservatives—is to recognize these facts and urge Mr. Roosevelt to ac- cept orthodox philosophy in economics for the coming campaign year anyway. The argument made by opponents, however, is that, once re-elected, Mr, Roosevelt will set sail on & radical course once more. The other side of this, however, is that, if business can establish a good pace in 1936, the basis for sound re- covery will be laid. Before next year is over, too, some more decisions from the Supreme Court upholding consti- tutional principles of the past may be expected. And it is not to be for- gotten that the unanimous decision of the Supreme Court in the Schech- ter case last May did more to bring on the present stage of recuperation than anything that happened in the year 1935. \ (Copyright, 1935.) . Anti-Jewish Law Repealed. ATHENS, November 20 (Jewish Telegraphic Agency).—The govern- ment has repealed the emergency law prohibiting anti-Jewish incitement and passed a new measure forbidding publication of any “defamatory or in- citing” material in the press. $10,000 Accounts Saved by Camera After Store Fire MITCHELL, 8. Dak., November 29.—Fire that razed the Butter- field Department Store here re- cently was of no use to a big New Deal. By the Associated Press. Donald R. Richberg, former N.R. A. chieftain, soon will start a series of speeches supporting the New Deal and President Roosevelt's general ob- Jectives. Shortly after the first of the year Richberg will break the silence he has maintained since he retired as chair- man of the Recovery Board almost six months ago. He has accepted sev- eral invitations to discuss public affairs. In supporting the New Deal, Rich- berg will be breaking what amounts almost to a precedent established by retired administration chieftains. Half a dozen of them have been highly critical since departing from its staff. Although Joseph P. Kennedy, for- mer chairman of the Securities Com- mission, has maintained friendly re- lations with the New Deal, most of the others have not. CAPITAL RANKS SECOND IN RELIEF STATISTICS Washington ranked second among the larger cities of the country during October in the percentage of popula- tion on relief, according to data released by Elwood Street, director of public welfare. With 31,409 persons on relief here in October, it was figured the per- centage of population was 6.5 per cent. Louisville was lowest among cities between 250,000 and 1,000,000 popu- lation, with 4.6 per cent of its popu- lation on relief. The highest was New Orleans, with 239 per cent. The average for 32 cities was 16.8 per cent. In the District in October, the average cost of relief per case was figured to be $33.21, while the average for the 32 cities was $28.71, The highest was Rochester, N. Y., with $48.61, and the lowest, Houston, Tex., with $11.57. the most important were taken to the Isle of Flores, near the Rio harbor, for safekeeping. A search was directed from Natal, | capital of the northeast state of Rio | Grande Do Norte, and Recife, capital of the state of Pernambuco, for hun- dreds of rebels who fled those sec- tions. | Military precautions were still maintained to prevent any recur- rence of the rebellions, which officials estimated caused 138 deaths during | the four days of bitter fighting. | Political observers generally be- lieved President Getulio Vargas was in a stronger position than ever as a result of his government's strong ac- tion against the rebels and, his own | personal appearance in the federal district’s fighting zones. et PARK SERVICE FILMS TO BE SHOWN HERE Alumni of Big Ten Universities io Be Guests at Government Auditorium Showing. A showing of “Talking Motion Pic- tures in Geology” will be given in the Government Auditorium, Constitution avenue between Thirteenth and Four- teenth streets, next ‘Thursday evening af 8 o'clock with alumni of the Big Ten universities as guests of the Na- tional Park Seyyice and the Univer- sity of Chicago Club’'of Washington. The films were prepared by the Na- tional Park Service in co-operation with the club and were made possible through emergency conservation work funds. Illustrating principally scenes in the national parks, the films depict atmospheric graduation, work of rivers, underground water, mountain build- ing, geological work of ice and vol- canos. Iceland Nationalists. Iceland also has a Nationalist party. Alexandrians’ Chance to Save Tax Cash by Legal Quirk Halts By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va, November 29. —For three years taxpayers here were ahle to save money by not paying their tax bills on the day they became due, but only a handful were wise enough to take advantage of the sit- uation, caused by an oversight of City Council in 1932, Since 1932, Mr. and Mrs, Taxpayer, if they had only known it, could have come delinquent on November 15 each year, as paradoxical as that may To encourage use of the system, the council decided to pay warrant holders 6 per cent interest on their warrants until they were used to pay current year’s tax bills. By withholding warrapts when Fall tax bills became due onl November 15, taxpayers were able to save 3, per cent because the 6 per cent interest was being continued on the warrants until the end of the year, whereas the delinquent penalty for allowing the tax bills to remain unpaid between No- vember 15 and the end of the year is only 2%, per cent. City Council was informed of the situation a few days ago and imme- diately corrected it by ordering the 6 per t interest payments stopped on the date taxes due. k” given taxpay- years, only a few profited by it, according to City Collector Pur- vis Taylor. Most of the few were withholding their warrants through & | of a liquor store at misunderstanding of the system, Tay- lor sald, ELLSWORTH'S FATE REMAINS MYSTERY | Report of Explorer’s Signal| Proves to Be in Error. By Radio to The Star. | ABOARD THE MOTORSHIP WY- ATT EARP, DECEPTION ISLAND, Weddell Sea, Antarctica, November 29. —=Six days of constant listening have failed to reveal the position of Lincoln Ellsworth, who is somewhere on the Antarctic Continent between the Wed- dell and the Ross Seas. It can be assumed his main wireless | set is out of action, since his signals faded when he and his pilot, Herbert Hollick-Kenyon, were 1,000 miles from the Wyatt Earp. On a previous flight his wireless had been heard as far away as New York. A flurry of hope, aroused Wednes- day by reports that a radio message bearing the call letters of the Ells- worth plane had been picked up off | New Zealand, was dashed when a | check-up indicated the New Zealand listeners had picked up signals sent out from the Wyatt Earp in an effort to establish communication with Ells- worth. Nothing has been heard from the fiyers since eight hours after they took off from Dundee Island at 3:03 am. (Eastern standard time) Satuf- day on a flight across Antarctica to the Ross Sea. Ellsworth had a complete hand gen- erator set for both sending and re- ceiving, also bamboo poles for the an- tenna. The generator for this set, when lashed to a sled, could be treadled like a bicycle with very little effort. It could be kept going for an hour or more without fatigue. The range of this trail set varies with conditions, but normally its signals should be heard some time by some one in civilization. Apart from possible delay, there is no reason to believe that Ellsworth is in immediate difficulty or suffering hardship. He carried tools and spare parts for the engine and machine and ample food for more than two months, (Copyright. 1935, by the North AmPrican Newswaper Alljunce, Inc.. snd the New York Times.) e [CHANDLER INVITES BYRD Governor-Elect Asks Former Vir- ginia Chief to Inaugural. Gov.-elect A. B. “Happy” Chandler, who promised Kentucky a State gov- ernment fashioned after Harry F. Byrd's gubernatorial regime in Vir- ginia, has invited the Virginian to “see him oft.” Byrd said today he had accepted an invitation from Chandler to attend the ?ecember 10 inauguration at Frank- fort. Liquor Store Robbed of $111. An armed bandit last night held up and robbed Hyman Weger, In the Locarno room of the British foreign office, the world's sea powers will hold conversations that may de- termine whether there shall be a tre- mendous naval building race. U. S. to Seek Curb. Though frankly recognizing the difficulties ahead, the Americans were represented as determined on a strong effort to prevent the threatened race. They are expected to strive for reduc- tions in tonnage or maintenance of existing navies for another five or six years. President Roosevelt has enunciated & policy of opposition to naval in- creases that would pyramid the financial burden of sea armaments. Norman H. Davis, veteran of inter- national conferences, heads the dele- gation. Codelegates are Undersecretary of State Phillips, a career diplomat, and Admiral William H. Standley, chief of naval operations. They will be accompanied by Comdr. Roscoe E. Schuirmann and Lieut. Ar- thur D. Ayrault of the Navy and Noel Field and David M. Key, diplo- matic assistants from the State De- partment. Swanson Reticent. Secretary of the Navy Swanson has been reticent about this Nation's pro- | gram in the London discussions, say- ing merely: ° “The delegation will do everything | it can to secure an agreement ad- vantageous to the best interests of the United States.” Facing the delegation will be four powers which have announced pro- grams for increasing their naval strength. Japan seeks pquality with the United States and Great Britain instead of the short end of the present 5—5—3 ratio. The British desire to add 20 cruisers and 50,000 tons of de- stroyers to tonnage permitted them under present treaties. Roosevelt Guides Speech. France demands a navy equal to the combined fleets of Germany and Italy. The Italians seek one as strong as the French. Germany, Soviet Russia and other nations are expected to determine thejr naval goals on standards set in the conference. Davis, who has been drafting the address in which he .will set forth American aspirations for the. confer- ence has been guided by instructions from President Roosevelt. During the trans-Atlantic voyage Davis will con- fer on the final form of the address with the other two delegates. BURGLAR ALARM RINGS _ Guards Find Door Opener Is Reg- ular Senate Employe. The holiday stillness of Capitol cor- ridors was broken rudely yesterday by the clang of & burglar alarm. Capitol police and outside officers came rushing-—heavily armed—before the echo had died away. The result was discovery that the ularm in the Senate disbursing office works well. A member of the disbursing force was responsible for the revelation hecause of $111 register. which he [ ] he neglected to turn off the alarm switch as he opened the door to do s little holiday work. Henry Mitchell launched an inquiry today to get the “true story” of what happened when Ghaffar Khan Djalal, Iranian Minister to the United States, was arrested, handcuffed and taken to | the county. jail here on a speeding | charge. The mayor called a closed session of the Town Council to examine witnesses to make a report to the State Departe ment in Washington. | “Were doing it to give a true story of what happened here Wed- nesday when Mr. Djalal was arrested,” ! he said. “All the officers involved are | being questioned. We may call in jone or two other persons.” Summoned to the hearing were Town Officer Jacob Biddle, Constable Clayton Ellisor, Sheriff Eugene Racine and Deputy 8. Elwood Racine. Biddle made the arrest. Ellison handcuffed the diplomat, who was hurried to Sheriff Racine's office’ at the jail. An immediate hearing before a magistrate was arranged and the Minister was released promptly after communication by telephone with the State Department. Mayor Mitchell said the re- port would be submitted to Gov. Harry W. Nice for immediate forwarding to the State Department in Washington. Irvin S. Cobb Says: Fellow Who Is to Put “Anthony Adverse” Into 8 Reels Has Job. SANTA MONICA, Calif.,, November 29.—Have you ever read the novel, “Anthony Adverse,” or even held the book on your lap until your knees went to sleep? Some quit and went back to business after the fitth month. Others gave up ¥ everything else for the year and fought the good fight right through to the end. After that they were ready to tackle some- thing light and chaffy, such as the last six vol- umes of the en- cyclopedia. Anyhow, if you were not included among those who bought this work or borrowed it—and that yould put you in the minority, for it has sold close to a million copies—the above should give you a rough idea, so that | you may share with me in this tribute to an authentic genlus. I've just met him. He's the di= rector who has the job ‘of putting “Anthony Adverse” into eight reels of moving picture film. Alongside of him, I contend, the-fellow who en- | graved the Lord’s Prayer on the head of & pin was just a piker. (Copyrisht, 1035, by the Notth Americsn A