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WEATHER. (U S Weather Bureau Forecast.) Snow flurries tonight, followed by gen= erally fair tomorrow; colder, lowest tem- perature tonight about 26 degrees. Tem- peratures—Highest, 45 at 2 p.m. yester- day; lowest, 39, at 5 a.m. today. Full report on page A-11. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 21, 22, 23 Entered as second class matter post office, Washington. D. C. No. 33,469. ah WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1935.—SIXTY PAGES. s## BALDWIN ADMITS ERROR, REPUDIATES PEACE PLAN; ETHIOPIAN FIGHT RAGES . ¥y Premier Takes Dodecanese Likely 1 153, |Base of Attack on| Re.sponSlblllty |British War Fleet| in House. By the Associated Press. HOAARE ST}\’I‘EG | ters 15!‘1”51:'“ }f;?; eArgenE)_' in l:a &pe: PLAN REASONS cial dispatch from Alexandria, Egypt, today said well-informed observers be- lieved “if war should be declared in the Mediterranean an attack would | be made on the British fleet from the direction of the Dodecanese Islands.” “Submarines would play the most prominent part in the attack in crder to draw off the fleet from the North African coast to give the army ad- vancing from Libya (an Italian col- ony), a better chance of breaking through from the desert,” the dispatch | stated. | “It is generally agreed that as long | as the British fleet is able to main- | tain command of the Egyptian coast- |line from the sea, an attack from | Libya would be avoided.” The dispatch said that large con- signments of British planes were ar- riving, “and it is known that Briitsh air strength in the Near East is far greater than the present Italian air | force in Libya.” | Many steamers are arriving daily | from England loaded with military | cargoes of every description, it was | reported. while British warships ex- | ercise and practice gunnery datly. LEAGUE SHELVES PEACE PROPOSALS Council Charges Committee of 13 to Probe Entire African Situation. By the Associated Press Denies Fear Italy Tay Attack Was Motive. BACKGROUND— Sir Samuel John Gurney Hoare, eabinet member continually except for few months since 1922, became foreign secretary Jume 7, succeed- ing Sir John Simon, ousted for “lack of firmness.” He sought through parley to prevent Ethiopian invasion until Italy struck in Octo- ber, when he began move to invoke League war-prevention machinery. After elections of November 14, Hoare changed policy. On Decem- ber 9 he and French Premier Laval submitted peace plan which gave Ethiopia corridor to sea, Italy more of Ethiopia than she has conquered. Ethiopia, League and British populace protested. To save cabinet, Hoare had to quit. (Copyright, 1935, by the Associated Press) | LONDON, December 19.— Prime | Minister Baldwin told the House of Ccmmons today that the Franco-Brit- ish peace plan for Italy and Ethiopia was “absolutely and completely dead” and the British government would make no attempt to resurrect it. His statement followed an appear-| ance by Sir Samuel Hoare. who re- | signed as foreign secretary because of the public protest against the peace plan. Sir Samuel told the crowded cham- ber that he did not entirely approve of the plan himself. but that it seemed the best aid to Franco-British rela- tions. | Had No Fear of Italy. The resigned foreign secretary as- sured his audience that, in any case, | Great Britain had not advocated the plan from fear of Italy, stating: “We had no fear as a nation what- | ever of any Italian threat. If the talians attacked us, we would retali- ate and, judging from past history, we should retaliate with full success.” | Baldwin declard he felt himself chiefly responsible for the plan, ad-| mitted he had made an error. and pledged the legislators that he would never get himself in such a position | again | The prime minister said a lesson to be drawn from the situation was the danger of the present practice of | sending ministers to the continent to | reach conclusions without maintain- | GENEVA, December 19 (#)—The | Council of the League of Nations for- mally shelved the Franco-British plan for peace between Italy and Ethiopia | at a meeting late today. The project, which had created a | storm throughout the membership of the League, was sent @ the archives | by resolution. In a public session, the League mem- | bers adopted a statement which read: | “The Council thanks the delegates of France and the United Kingdom for the communication which they have made to it concerning the sug- gestions which they have put before the two parties (Italy and Ethiopia) | with a view to conciliation. | Opinion Not Put Forth. ! “In view of the preliminary char- acter of these suggestions as em- phasized by the two powers, which in the first case took the initiative of | announced a major victory | Ayale Reports Defeat of Italians. FOLLOWS ROME VICTORY CLAIM Two Offensives in Makale Area Repulsed. B4CKGROUND— When Gen. Badoglio succeeded Marshal de Bono as Italian com- mander in Ethiopia month ago he changed Italian tactics by planning to turn Ethiopian flank through conquest of northwest. De Bono had operated in Oumahil Province, where !Makale is located. Badoglio concentrated on Gondar, avoided previously because in it is located Lake Tsana, source of Blue Nile, Jugular vein of Egypt and developed by Britain, whom Mussolini hesi- tated to displease. Takkaze River is in northwest Gondar. Below it lies lowlands sweeping up to plateau running almost to Addis Ababa. By the Associated Press. ADDIS ABABA, Dedjazmatch Ayale, commander of the Ethiopian forces on the west | bank of the strategic Takkaze River, reported today that his army had de- feated the Italians in a major battle. His message read: | “I defeated the Italians in a major engagement near Aksum (the holy | city captured several weeks ago by the Italians). Field Strewn With Dead. “They fled in great disorder, leav- | ing the battlefield strewn with dead. | I will inform you of the casualties later.” | His report was made directly to Emperor Haile Selassie at Dessye. His majesty relayed it back to the capital. | (The Italian government yesterday | in the Takkaze River Valley following a suc- | cessful advance by the Ethiopians in | the preliminary engagement. Ayale's | communication did not indicate whether the Ethiopian claim of vic- | tory concerned the complete three- day battle or merely the preliminary fight.) Retreat Order Rescinded. A high Ethiopian official disclosed that the Emperor had rescinded his orders for a strategic retreat in the north. . He said the royal order against of- fensives still stood. but the Ethiopian | commanders were no longer to permit Italian advances. Large Ethiopian forces were moving south today from Sasa Baneh and December 19.— | ing a close contact with London | putting them forward, the Council S i | does not consider it is called upon tc Anele, on the Somaliland front. iaison Absent. | He said thore s et aison be. | CXPFESS an opinion in regard to ther ““tween the London government and | Hoare in Paric on the Sunday the peace agreement was reached. “I hope,” said Baldwin, “that other governments will profit from this les- | son of lack of liaison.” | He asserted the cabinet felt it necessary to stand by Hoare after the peace plan had been drawn up. Op- position members cried angrily: “Stand by your country!” After declaring to the House that the British did not fear Italy, Hoare explained: “We had no fear as a nation what- ever of any Italian threat,” said the man whose peace agreement with Pre- miere Laval of France has brought the British government to the face of a crisis. “If the Ttalians attacked us,” he de- | clared, “we would retaliate and. judg- | ing from past history, we should re- | taliate with full success. Dissolution Feared in Attack. “What was in our minds, however, was that an isolated attack of this | kind, launched on one power without | the full support of the other power, would almost inevitably lead to a dissolution of the League. “When the election was ended the war had been in progress some weeks. I had done everything in my power to mobilize world opinion against it | in the Assembly at Geneva. “Despite our efforts, war had broken out and every day it continued it involved the world in greater and more dangerous problems.” The Prince of Wales was present to hear Sir Samuel's statement. Prime Minister Baldwin had come before them without any of the ap- plause which usually greets the ap- (See LONDON, Page 3.) PUBLISHER INJURED BY BURSTING BOMB Explosion Wrecks Apartment House in Fashionable Section of Los Angeles. By the Assoclated Press. LOS ANGELES, December 19.—A bomb wrecked an apartment house ‘n the fashionable Wilshire district early today and injured Lyndon (Red) Foster, publisher of a monthly pam- phlet, “The Equalizer,” which has contained bitter attacks on various politice] figures of the city. Explosion of the bomb, which was | hurled through an open window in Foster's apartment, shook an area of several squaré blocks. Foster's arm was injured in the blast. The injured man was a friend of | District Attorney Buron Fitts, and a few years ago was present at the prosecutor’s home when g robber held up Fitts and his party. | at present. “The Council instructs the Commit- tee of 13 (charged with the Italo- Ethiopian discussion). bearing in mind the provisions of the (League) Cove- nant, to examine the situation as a whole as it may appear in the light of information which the committee may | procure.” Following a two-hour secret session | previous to the public meeting, a| member of the council told the Asso- | ciated Press there was no immediate | question of imposing an oil embargo | on Italy, meanwhile, to reinforce pres- | ent arms, financial and economic sanctions. The general Geneva impression was that the existing sanctions system would be permitted to continue fun tioning against Italy pending stabili- zation of the political situations arising in Britain and France as a result of the unsupported Franco-British project for peace and military developments in the war area. & Peace Efforts Collapse. Complete collapse of efforts to settle the war through the Franco-British peace plan was indicated when several (See GENEVA, Page 3.) PLANE WING.S TO RESCUE Craft to Hunt Ellsworth Near South American Tip. BUENOS AIRES, December 19 (#). —The French Airline, Air France, re- ported from Bahai Blanca today that Dick Merrill, United States aviator, was on his way from that point to the southern tip of South America, 1,000 miles away. Merrill is flying the plane south for | Sir Hubert Wilkins, who will use it in an Antarctic flight in search of the missing _explorer, Lincoln Ellsworth. Merrill said his actual flying time from Kansas City to Bahai Blanca was only 26 hours. | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 19.—The 2,376-ton barge Marie de Ronde burst into flames off Long Island’s Atlan- tic Coast today and Coast Guards, fearing that it might be & passenger vessel, sent 16 rescue craft racing to her side. Identification was made by the {reighter Suffolk, first wireless-equip- ped ship to reach the scene. The Suffolk arrived more than three hours after Coast Guards on shore, getting only a glimpse of the fire when the fog lifted momentarily, had sent out an emergency call for all available rescue craft. Because of the size of the burning vessel and the density of the smoke, The ‘identity of the bomb hurler Jres not known. ' the observers had later concluded it probably was a tanker, ‘ 16 Vessels Speed to Rescue Five Men on Flaming Barge TWO ASSAULTS REPULSED. Ttalians Throw Back South of Makale. 1935, by the Associated Press.) | ASMARA, Eritrea, December 19.—| Italy’s northern army repulsed a sec- ond Ethiopian assault south of Ma- kale affer balking the first offensive in | the Takkaze River sector and retali- | ated today with vigorous counter | movements against the attackers. Fascist fiyers pursued the Ethiopians below Makale, machine-gunning them | as they retreated, while Italian officers Ethioplans (Copyright, said the native warriors who att.acked} b on the Takkaze River front were sur- rounded and in danger of almost “total | annihilation.” The two battles, coming in quick succession, aroused a belief among | military experts that the Ethiopians charged on the Makale front, hoping to profit from a diversion of the Ital- ian troops to the conflict northwest along the Takkaze. Mountainous barriers between the two sectors, however, apparently pre- | vented proper co-ordination for a de- cisive double blow. TROOP CENTERS BOMBED. 1,000 Warriors Expected to Be Killed on Takkaze River. ROME, December 19 (#).—The Italian government announced today that Italian planes bombed Ethiopian troop concentrations along the Tak- kaze River, while quiet prevailed else- where in the East African war zone. Italian sources predicted that Ethio - pian losses would reach 1,000 before | the native warriors, caught in an| ambush in the Takkaze River sector of the northern front, escaped the Fascist forces. The Rome advices indicated the Italian troops were striking back vigorously, to repay the Ethiopians for their sudden, violent attack along the Takkaze. The barge, carrying coal, was in the tow of the tug Wellfleet, out of ‘Wilmington, Del. The Suffolk reported that it feared to approach the burning barge be- cause of the possibility of a boiler explosion. It did not say whether it referred to the tug’s boiler or its own. Coast Guards who returned to their stations on Fire Island, some 55 miles east of New York, reported that the crew of five had been saved. There was little prospect, however, of saving the barge or the 2,000 tons of soft coal which it carried. Coast Guards received a report that Capt. C. B. Sutton of Philadel- phia, the skipper of the tug, had cut the burning barge adrift use it carried explosives as well as| | mind the susceptibilities of the Senate | event of another conflagration, efforts | which would reconcile this | ate to give such vast powers to the DID You EVER SEE SUCH REA L ENTHUSIASM? RAWMATERIAL BAN INCLUDED IN BILL Permanent Neutrality Law| Being Drafted for Submis- sion Before February 29. BACKGROUND— To distaste of President and Sec- retary Hull, Congress, in August, passed neutrality act making it | mandatory on President to declare embargo on “implements of war” | to all nmations involved in a war. White House wanted right to desig- nate aggressor nation and to order embargo on shipments to that nation of all materials which might aid warfare. Disagreement with Senate, which threatened to hold Congress in session until Christ- mas if Roosevelt plan were pushed, led to acceptance of the com- promise neutrality plan. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN, 500 Wild Ducks | Trapped in Hea Yy Oil on Lake Erie Game Officials Begin At- tempt to Rescue Birds Near Cleveland. By tha Associated Press. CLEVELAND, December 19 —At-/| tempts to rescue 500 wild ducks. dis- ! covered stranded in heavy oil on Lake Erie, a few miles west of here, were under way today. Six of the birds were rushed to Brookside Zoo late yesterday, where attendants experimented for removal of the sticky coating. A few, washed with soap, showed signs of recovering from the illness caused by the oil, of- | ficials said | Most of those in the water were able to swim, but could not dive or fiy, N. M. Cannell, county fish and game protector, said. Others had been washed up on the beach and were un- | able to walk. | All were ill from the effects of the oil, which Cannell said had been COMPROMISE WINS ON JOB INSURANGE Degree of Report Detail Is Agreed—Summary Re- turns Admitted. Revised rules for operation of the! District unemployment compensation act, under which the first pay roll assessment of 1 per cent on employers must be paid on or before February 15, were adopted in final form today by the directing board. consisting of the District Commissioners and John Locher and Daniel J. Callahan. A compromise was reached by mem- bers of the board on the degree to which employers would be required to make detailed monthly reports as to the number and classification of their employes, number of hours worked and wages. It was ordered that employers of eight or more persons would be re- quired only to file a summary state- A permanent neutrality law, with dumped from lake steamers cleaning /ment showing the number of em- its provisions extended to prohibit ex- | out their holds on the last trips of the ployes and the total wages paid them, ports to belligerents of important raw | materials such as oil, copper and| scrap iron, besides the actual war im- plements, is being prepared by the State Department and a group of Senators, working independently. | ‘The proposal will be presented at the next session of Congress before | the present hastily drawn neutrality | law becomes obsolete on February 29, 1936. It is uncertain, as yet, whether the new neutrality bill will be urged in President Roosevelt's message to Con- gress. It may be offered as a resolu- tion on the floor of the Senate by some of the Senators of the Nye Munitions Committee. Measure Being Drafted. | Secretary Hull, Assistant Secretary Moore, other State Department offi- cials and well-known international | lawyers like Allan W. Dulles, a former member of the diplomatic service and at present a partner in the New York | law firm of Sullivan & Cromwell, are giving serious consideration to the drafting of the new law, bearing in 1 and the needs of the country. While the State Department is still of the opinion the President should have discretionary powers to decide hen and on what kind of materials an embargo should be placed in the are being made to find a formula logical policy with the reluctance of the Sen- Chief Executive and his subordinates in the State Department. Agree on Raw Material. There is no divergence of opinion between the State Department and a number of Senators interested in this matter, regarding the advisability of placing on the embargo list raw mate- rials necessary to the prosecution of War. But the State Department is of the opinion that only the executive branch of the Government can determine when an embargo on raw materials should be placed on the belligerent nations. ‘The recent developments in Europe have proved this contention of the | State Department. Had oil been on the embargo list and had that embargo been put into effect in the United States, we would have been put in the unpleasant sit- uation of watching at the present mo- ment the Russians, the Rumanians, the British, the Dutch and the Mexi- cans supplying Italy with all the oil she needs, while the American oil exporters watched the other nations making money at their expense. Consequently, the trend of thought in the State Department is that while raw materials ought to be included in the future embargo list to protect (See NEUTRALITY, Page 3.) year. GRAND JURY PROBE DUE IN TODD CASE Wife of ‘Best Friend” West Confident Actress Went Out With Mystery Man. BACKGROUND— Thelma Todd, 30. Lynn, Mass., school teacher who won a beauty contest and became a leading Hollywood comedienne, was found dead in her automobile in her ga- rage Monday morning at 10:30 by her colored maid, Mrs. May White- head. Autopsy indicated she died 4:30 a.m. Sunday, after gay party, of carbon monoride poisoning. Mrs. Wallace Ford told police she talked with actress 4:30 p.m. Sunday. Mrs. Carmen West claims she saw Miss Todd 11 pm. Sunday. Her face was bloody and a tooth crown was dislodged when she was found. George Rochester demanded in- vestigation by county grand jury, of which he is foreman. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, December 19.—The plus the pay roll assessment of 1 per cent of the wages. Those employing eight or less em- ployes will be required to submit n detail form statements as to the num- ber, classification, wages, hours of work and length of employment and other data. Defer Detail Ruling. The board deferred until later de- cision as to requiring all employers to file monthly detailed registration state- ments, which would give a complete picture of the status of all employes in the District eligible for benefits un- der the act, if and when in future years they become unemployed for certain periods. The board did not at once make public details of numerous decisions said to have been reached at the ses- sion which lasted from 10 am. until noon. Corporation Counsel Pretty- man, called in to assist the board, said he had been forbidden to discuss the board's actions until after he had stated the decisions in writing, made numerous changes in wording of tenta- tive regulations formerly prepared and had the whole document in final type- written shape. After the meeting ended all board members and Prettyman and Director John A. Marshall adjourned for lunch, stating Prettyman would be the spokesman for the board. It was reliably reported the board definitely rejected the suggestion that (See INSURANCE, Page 2.) enigma of Thelma Todd's death and the strange puzzle of how long the blonde actress lived after leaving a gay Hollywood party Sunday morning will be placed before a grand jury. As sensational new developments deepened the mystery that was dis- closed with the finding of the 30- year-old actress’ body in a garage last Monday, District Attorney Buron Fitts ordered 20 witnesses summoned before the county grand jury. A coroner’s jury returned an incon- clusive verdict that her death “ap- pears to have been accidental,” as- cribing the actual cause to carbon | monoxide poisoning. But Fitts announced, “There are | circumstances that do not satisfy us. | ‘We intend to clear them up.” Time of Death in Doubt. ‘The chief question, Fitts said, was— ‘When did Thelma Todd die? The answer was hidden in a maze of conflicting circumstances and state- | ments. Hours after the inquest- yesterday Mrs. OCarmen West, estranged wife of Roland West, copartner and “best friend” of the dead actress, told police (See TODD, Page 5.) TEMPERATURE DROP, WITH RAIN FORECAST Readers’ Guide Amusements Cross-word Puzzle _ Editorials - Finance Lost and Found. Radio Mercury Expected to Fall as Low as 26 Degrees Over Night. Freezing termperatures accompanied by light rain and snow will strike the Capital today or tomorrow, the Weather Bureau predicts. ° Overnight the mercury is expected to drop as low as 26, and the average temperature tomorrow will probably be considerably under 40. The precipitation will give way to clear skies tomorrow afternoon, the forecaster says. Saturday morning will be very cold, witjj & minimum near 22 degrees. CONTROL OF SEAPORT CLAIMED BY JAPANESE Chinese General Has Withdrawn His Troops From Tangku, Says Tientsin Official. By the Associated Press. TIENTSIN, December 19.—A Japa- nese military spokesman said today Gen. Sung Cheh-Yuan, chairman of the Hopeh-Chahar Semi-autonomous Council, has withdrawn his troops from the vicinity of Tangku, Port of | Tientsin, as a result of Japanese me- | diation. The spokesman said this action left forces of the East-Hopen autonomous state in undisputed possession of the important seaport which they seized recently from Central Chinese authori- ties. Langer Freed With 2 Others In Third Conspiracy Trial By the Associated Press. BISMARCK, N. Dak., December 19. —A Federal Court jury today ac- quitted former Gov. William Langer and two other former North Dakota officials of conspiracy charges. The verdict was returned at 9:50 am. (Central standard time). Freed with Langer were R. A. Kinzer, former relief secretary, and Frank Vogel, for- mer State highway commissioner. They were charged with conspiracy to obstruct Federal relief legislation by soliciting political contributions from workers paid with Federal relief and highway funds: A fourth defendant, Oscar Erickson, publisher of the Leader, for support of which the contributions allegedly were sought, was freed two days ago on & directed verdict. The jury received the case late yes- terday afternoon. The trio found innocent today were on trial for the mt time, They were and Wirep Some Return: (#) Means Associated Press. The only evening in Washington wit Associated Press aper the News hoto Services. Yesterday’s Circulation, 132,223 s Not Yet Received 'TWO CENTS. FOUND TRUSSED " N DITCH, MILNE SUPPLIES CLUES Family Payment of Ransom | Is Denied by Federal Officers. VICTIM’S CONDITION DECLARED SERIOUS Motorist Tells of Discovery as G-Men Press Search for Abductors. BACKGROUND— Caleb J. Milne, 4th, disappeared from his New York apartment five days ago, left a note for his room- mate and brother Frederic that he was off to Philadelphia with “Dr. Green of Gracie Square” to see his grandfather, wealthy retired textile magnate, Calib Milne, jr. Investi- gation proved Dr. Green was mythical. Sunday Frederic received note saying his brother was held in the country. New York police listed him as “missing.” G-men entered case Sunday and scored police for lack of co-operation. Monday re- ported family received ransom de~ mand for $50,000. Last major kid- naping was that of George Frederic Weyerhauser, 3d, 7, in Tacoma, Wash., tn May. (Copyright, 1935, by the Associated Press.) DOYLESTOWN, Pa., December 19. | —A picked detail of Pederal agents sprang today to a grim search for | abductors of Caleb J. Milne, 4th, scion of a wealthy textile family, who was found dazed and trussed in a roadside | ditch, his eyes and lips sealed with tape. A Government operative. declaring the case “positively” was a kidnaping, said G-men already “have a line” on the identity of the abductors. Harold O. Nathan, chief of the G-man squad investigating the kid- neping of Caleb J. Milne, 4th, said | today the young actor's condition is | “so serious that no attempt has been made as yet to question him.” Nathan added that no effort will be made to move Milne “until late today, if then.” Milne’s family was reported hav- ing paid a $25.000 ransom at almost | the very hour—midnight—that a motorist spotted the 24-year-old actor-mystery writer, who vanished | from his New York apartment Satur- | ! day. But Federal officials denied any ransom was paid. Becomes Unconsciotis, “They ditched me.” Milne moaned | in reply to the motorist who asked | how he got into the road. Then he | became unconscious. | | On the way to a hospital he revived | and cried: “Don't stick those needles | in me.” Milne wore no socks, he had but: one shoe. The bare foot was swollen, | his wrists were bound to his knees | with hemp. Several layers of adhesive | tape were over his eyes and mouth. | His overcoat, thrown about his shoulders, formed a straitjacket, the sleeves being pinned in front of him. | His hair was disheveled and his beard was heavy. At the hospital it was said-that his right upper arm showed apparent needle wounds as though he had been | subjected to narcotics. | Doors of the hospital were locked soon after he arrived and no one save | relatives was permitted to see him. S. R. Gerhart, Philadelphia sales- | man, first saw the prostrate victim by the glare of his auto’s headlight. He sprang from the car and halted another machine, and the occupanis, | Robert Keaser, 26; his brother John, 16; Max Riskin and Lance Smith, 29, all of Philadelphia, helped him remove the half-conscious boy to the home of | George Cadwalader, postmaster of La- | haska, and later to the office of Dr. | Bradford Green. They removed the strips from Milne's | eyes and mouth. Admits Identity. Riskin @sked: “Are you Milne?” Yo “Is your home in New York?" oo “Do you have a grandfather living in Germantown?" xe" Warren Milne, uncle and a central | figure in the entire investigation, ar- rived at the hospital a short time later and identified him. Edward Strickland, State policeman, (See MILNE, Page 2.) Caleb Dictator Held Near. RIO DF JANEIRO, December 19 (#).—Three amendments to the na- tional security law were promulgated | today in & move generally interpreted | as paving the way for a military dic- | tatorship under the direction of Pres- ident Getulio Vargas. | convicted at the first trial, in June, 1934, but won a new trial upon an ap- peal. A second trial, last month, ended in a jury disagreement. Langer was removed from office as Governor following his conviction in June. Subsequently renominated as| Republican candidate for office, he withdrew in favor of his wife Lydia, who was defeated by Thomas Moodies| Democrat. Moodie subsequently was disqualified for failure to fulfill a con- stitutional requirement and was suc- ceeded by the lieutenant governor, Walter Welford, a Republican. No announcement was made imme- diately regarding sentencing of two | who have pleaded guilty to the con- | spiracy charges—Oscar Chaput, for- mer business manager of the Leader, and Harold McDonald, former solicitor | for the publication, a Langer adminis- | tration organ. Shortly before the start of the third (See MTE. ‘Page 5.) | delphia, BONUS BILL IS SEEN AT NEXT SESSION BY SPEAKER BYRNS Back From Philippines, He Expresses Confidence of Passage by February 1. LEGISLATIVE COMMENT DECLINED BY GARNER House Speaker Expresses Opinion Congress Should Complete Work Before May 1. | BACKGROUND— Legisiation granting immediate cash payment of adjusted service certificates, or soldiers’ bonus, was vetoed by Presidents Harding, Cool- idge and Roosevelt. President Hoover vetoed one for partial pay- ment. Dissension among its back- ers over method of payment killed chances last Spring of overriding veto. Patman bill provided special paper money totaling $2,000,000,000 for payment. American Legion ob= jected and backed Vinson bill. Legion recently swung its support back to Patman proposal. BULLETIN. After a visit to the White House, during which he explained the pro- visions of the Byrnes-Steiwer bonus measure to President Roosevelt, Senator Byrnes, Democrat, of South Carolina said he believed the bill would pass at the coming session even if vetoed by the President. He would not say whether he thought a veto likely. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. Speaker Byrns said today he be- lieved both Senate and House would dispose of the cash bonus issue by February 1 Returning with other congressional leaders from a trip to the Philippine Islands, Byrns told reporters he thought it “very clear” both Houses would pass bonus legislation. Vice President Garner, another member of the delegation that went to the Philippines to observe inaugura= tion of the new commonwealth gove ernment, said he was “glad to be back on land again.” but declined to com- ment on legislative questions. He was scheduled to have lunch with President Rooseveit. Chairman Doughton of the House Ways and Means Committee, another member of the delegation, also was back at the Capitol. Type of Bill Uncertain. Speaker Byrns was unwilling to name the type of bonus bill he believes will be enacted, nor would he predict that it could be passed over a veto. He said, however, that should the in- | flation element be removed, the bonus would have a better chance of over- riding a veto in both House and Sen- ate. Byrns said he saw “no reason on earth” why Congress should be in ses- sion after May 1, but added, with a grin: “Of course, nobody knows what is going to develop after Christmas.” Meanwhile, Senator McKellar, Dem- ocrat, of Tennessee, ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Come mittee and long a bonus advocate, said payment of the $2,000,000,000 bonus would be “no threat” to a “re- turn of a balanced budget.” He also said he thought it could be paid “without taxing the people to any great extent.” He said he looked forward to such an increase in business that the Gov- ernment’s income, under present laws, will be sufficient to take care of the bonus. It was indicated an attempt may be made to put through the Byrnes- Steiwer bonus bill in the Senate before the House takes any bonus action. Byrnes Seeks Compromise. Senator Byrnes of South Carolina, cosponsor of this measure, was at the | White House today, presumably try- ing to work out some compromise on the bill that would meet the approval of the President. This measure pro- vides for issuance of bonds that could be cashed at a reduction if the holder needed money. Speaker Byrns has been told Sen- ator Byrnes has promised to bring his bill 'up in the Senate 10 days | after the session opens. The House is expected to act Jan- uary 13 on a motion to discharge the committee considering the inflation- ary Patman bonus bill. Speaker Byrns indicated his belief the House might act favorably on the Vinson bonus bill if it is supported by the American Legion. Byrns expects to confer rext week with the President on the bonus question. - The Byrnes-Steiwer bill kas the support of the Veterans of Foreign ‘Wars. Terms Bonus “Legacy.” W. Richardson Blair, jr., of Phila- National Economy League officer, today called the bonus a “legacy” and opposed immediate pay- ment. In a letter to Ray Murphy, commander of the American Legion, Blair said there were 29,000,000 young men and women between 21 and 35 who would have to “pay the bill.” Questioned about the Townsend pld- age pension plan, Speaker Byrns said passage by the House was unlikely. “Personally, I have no objection to a vote on the plan,” pension to those over 60 years old. THINKS ACT INVALID Judge Refuses to Pass on Farm Bankruptey Cases. OKLAHOMA CITY, December 19 (#).—Federal Judge Edgar S. Vaught said yesterday he felt the amended Frazier-Lemke farm bankruptcy act, passed by the last Congress, was un- constitutional. He refused to act on 20 bankruptcy cases filed under the act until the United States Supreme Court makes & decision on g test case.