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PACT INTIMATED
Presence of Troops “Pursu
ing Brigands” Confirms
Reports of Agreement.
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the lark of ability of the big powers to
force the Japanese out of that Chinese
territory have been closely followed by
the French government.
The leaders of France realize that
this is the moment to endeavor to es
tablish France as the great power to
take the place of the British Empire in
the world. Besides having a powerful
army and possessing more gold than
any other nation, with the exception of
the United States, the Flench believe
that they need an adequate colonial
empire. The French are not colonists,
but colonizers. That is to say, that
their population is very seldom emi
grating to France's overseas posses
sions, as was the case with the British.
The French are merely sending ad
ministrators to their colonies and arc
exploiting their colonial empire by a
perfect organization and administra
tion. With the exception of Syria there
is not a single French colony today that
does not pay the French people at least
in per cent on the sums expended bv
the government for administration and
on the investments of the French peo
ple.
Seeks Consolidated Empire.
France is not in quest of new terri
tories. but wishes to consolidate her
empire so as to make it impregnable.
The Province of Yunan was never seri
ously controlled by the Chinese gov
ernment. even in the days when the
authority of the Emperor of China
was unchallenged by the 400.000.000
subjects. Governors of Indochina have
suggested within the last 10 years to
the Paris government to make a clean
sweep in that province and put an end
to the existing banditry. The time was
not ripe then.
The French general staff figured out
that such a move, even if political con
ditions would allow It. would require
a large armed force of white troops,
and France was not in a position to
spare any of her metropolitan soldiers.
The occasion seems unique today,
however. The world, which has been
forced to accept the Japanese point of
view, that a country is entitled to send
troops into a foreign territory to de
fend either its treaty rights or the life
and property of its nationals will have
little to say when the French colonial
office Indicates that it has been forced
to send troops into Yunan to wipe out
banditry in order to protect the in
habitants of Tonkin.
FRENCH CAUSE ANXIETY.
“Doubtful” Canton Troops Sent to
Southern Frontier*.
HONGKONG. China. December 14
VPi.—Canton newspapers received here
today said considerable anxiety has
arisen concerning movements on the
southern frontiers, where French troops
were reported to have entered Chinese
territory at several points, supposedly
to pursue bandits.
Chinese troops are said to have been
aent to the frontiers from Canton, but
it is believed here this was done merely
to remove from the Canton area cer
tain Chinese forces classed as "doubt
ful.” These included Chang Fatka
Wals troops. Chang recently announced
his intention to take an army to Man
churia.
FREE MANCHURIA SEEN.
Plan to Set Up State Under Japanese
Auspices Forecast.
MUKDEN. Manchuria, December 14
UP!•—An autonomous Manchurian state,
under officials favorable to the Jap
anese, seemed to be taking form today
Sources close to the new regime said
Chang Ching-Hi and Hsi Hsia, heads
of the new governments in Heilung
kiang and Kirin provinces, are to ar
rive here December 20 to confer with
Yuan Chin-Kai. who was installed as
head of Fengtien province several
weeks ago under Japanese auspices, re
garding unification of authority.
Except in the Chinchow region, mili
tary conquest of the three Manchurian
provinces was virtually completed when
the Japanese under Gen. Jiro Tamon
entered Tsitsihar on November 19.
Chang Ching-Hl and Gen. Mali
Chan-Shan were reported to have
reached an agreement ove.r joint con
trol of Heilungkiang province at a con
ference last Friday. The control would
be under Japanese protection, it was
reported.
Japanese officially disclaim responsi
bility for the autonomy movement.
Four Japanese platoons occupied thf
village of Langchtpu, in the Mukden
area, yesterday after Chinese bandits
killed two Japanese scouts in a briei
clash, according to a Japanese com
munique.
CHANG WITHDRAWAL DEMANDED.
TOKIO, December 14 UP\.—Premier
Tsuyoshi Inukai declared tonight that
Marshal Chang Hsueh-Liang must with
draw his Chinese army from the Chin
chow district.
"As soon as he does this," the premier
told the Associated Press correspondent.
"Japan will evacuate occupied point';
outside the South Manchurian Railway
rone and peace will be restored to Man
churia
The premier hesitated a moment, ap
parently giving careful consideration to
what he was going to say next. Then
he continued
(Copyright, 1931 >
BECK GIVES ADDRESS
OVER RADIO TONIGHT
Will Discuss "Diminishing Rights
of States" in Taxpayers’
League Program.
Representative James M. Beck nl
Pennsylvania will be the speaker o
night at 6:15 o'clock in the weekly
radio broadcasting program sponsored
by the American Taxpayers' League
His address, which will be on "The
Diminishing Rights of State'." will be
broadcast from station WRC over the
network of the National Broadcast
ing Co.
The series of radio addresses, intend
ed to interest the public in the questior
of taxes is a new departure for the
American Taxpayers' T,ca(juc, which
was organized in Washington in 1924
at a convention attended by delegate;
from 34 States.
Theodore W. Noyes, editor of Th(
Star, will speak on "Taxation Without
Representation" in the next radio ad
dress of the series, on Monday night
December 21, at the same hour. It
was announced that other future speak
ers will be Representative Will R
Wood of the House Appropriation:
Committee, on December 28. and Sen
ator William H. King of Utah, on Jan
uary 4.
Radio Tower Wrecked in Italy.
FLORENCE. Italy. December 14 (/P)
— A storm which cost a toll of lives or
the Mediterranean yesterday and sev
erely damaged shipping struck t.h‘
Italian mainland also, knocking dowr
two large antenna towers at a nev
station her*. <
New D. C. Committee Members
THREE PARTIES IN SENATE BODY.
SENATOR BANKHEAD.
SKNATOK SlIirSTI-AI).
SENATOR GORE.
SENATOR LEWIS.
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SKNATOK Al'STIX.
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SENATOR GLENN.
iSIX NEW SENATORS
PUT ON ENLARGED
DISTRICT COMMITTEE
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| of South Carolina and the other two
| are new places.
Civil Service Group Named.
The Civil Service Committee, which
j handles important legislation of interest
j to the thousands of Government < m- i
j pjoyes here, will consist of the follow -
! ing members: Senator Dale. Vermont,
j chairman, Couzens, Michigan; Brook
hart. Iowa: Kean. New Jersey; Walcott.
Connecticut; White. Maine. Republic
| ans; McKellar, Tennessee: George.
] Georgia; Bulow, South Dakota, and
j Logan. Kentucky, Democrats.
! The last two in each group are new
members.
Mrs. Hattie W. Caraway, widow of
the late Senator Thaddeus H. Caraway
and the first woman to see active serv
ice as a Senator, was assigned to three
committees, agriculture and forestry,
enrolled bills and library.
There were only five committee chair
J manships to be filled. Senator Oddie,
! Republican, of Nevada, became chair
man of the Committee on Post Offices
| and Post Roads, succeeding Senator
! Phipps, Republican, of Colorado; Sen
i atcr Hatfield, Republican, of West Vir
| ginia, became chairman of Immigra
i tion. succeeding Senator Gould of
'Maine: Senator Townsend. Republican,
of Deleware. chairman of Audit and
Control of the Senate's Contingent
I Fund, in place of Senator Deneen: Sen
I ator Waterman. Republican, of Colo
rado. chairman of the Committee on
I Enrolled Bills, and Senator Steiwer.
| Republican, of Oregon, succeeding Sen
| ator Goff of West Virginia as chair
j man of the Committee on Expenditures
j in Executive Departments.
Two Republicans Lawyers.
The two new Republican members of
the District Committee are both law
yers. Senator Glenn was a State's ai
| torney and a State Senator before com
I ing to Washington. Senator Austin
1 gained his experience in municipal af
J fairs as the mayor of a Vermont city
I some years ago and also has been a
• countv attorney.
I Two of the three new Democratic
j members. Senators Gore and Lewis,
have served in the Senate on previous
occasions. Senator Bankhead of Ala
bama the third Democratic new mem
ber of the committee, is a new member
of the Senate, but lived in Washington
some years ago. He studied at the Uni
! versify of Alabama and at Georgetown
! University Law School before beginning
! the practice of law in 1893.
j When tlie resolution fixing the num
ber of members on all standard commit
j tees was presented for approval in the
| Senate. Senator Jones, Republican, of
I Washington, noticed that it provided
| for enlarging the total membership of
! a number of committees in addition to
the District Committee. He said he was
I not going to object to its adoption, but
I wanted to express his belief it was a
j mistake to keep increasing the size of
i committees.
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WILL HONOR TOSCANINI
i Italian Embassy to Give Dinner
! After Concert Here Tomorrow.
Arturo Toscanini, noted orchestra
leader, who v.as hooted from a Bologna.
Italy, theater last May for refusing to
play the Italian national anthem and
the Fascist hymn, will be the guest of
honor tomorrow night at a dinner at
tlie Italian embassy.
Before the dinner. Toscanini will lead
the New York Philharmonic Symphony
Orchestra in a concert at Constitution
Hall at 4 30 o'clock, making his next
to-last appearance in this country until
next Spring. He will sail from New
■ York next Sun:ay for Italy, where he
will undergo treatment for neuritis. His
last concert will be Wednesday night at
Baltimore.
TORNADO KII1S SIX
IN 2 DIXIE SHIES
Damage to Property in
Louisiana and Arkansas
Reported.
By the Associated Press.
SHREVEPORT, La . December 14.— '
Five colored persons were killed near
Hortman and Cotton Valley, La . by a
tornado that struck those isolated com
munities Saturday night, said belated
reports reaching here today.
There is no telephone communica
tion with the stricken sections and de
tailed accounts of the storm were not
available. The reports said, however,
two perished under the wreckage of
their home near Hortman and three
others were killed as the storm razed
their dwelling at Cotton Valley.
Heavy rainfall during the night has
flooded wide areas in Northwest Louisi
ana and considerable damage has been
done to railroads, highways and farm
property.
GIRL BURIED IN WRECKAGE.
Tornado Leaves Few Buildings at Waldo
Ark., Undamaged.
LITTLE ROCK. Ark.. December 14
(•■Pi.—One dead, nearly a score of in
jured and thousands of dollars of
property damage were left today in the
wake of a tornado that whipped across
Southwestern Arkansas yesterday.
Fivp-vear-old Helen Colvert was buried
in the wreckage of her home and fa
tally injured as the storm struck Cam
cen. Ark. Her father and a sister also
were hurt.
Dpspite heavy property damage at
Waldo, Ark., where but two or three
business buildings and a few- homes were
left undamaged, only two persons were
known Injured there, Mr. and Mrs. J. T.
King. Half of the railw-ay station where
King is agent was torn away.
Hundreds were forced from their
homes as the tornado dipped down,
ripped off roofs and overturned lighter
structures through the stricken regions.
The homeless were cared for in make
shift headquarters. Red Cross relief
workers were dispatched to the area
from St Louis.
The Methodist Church and court house
were among the buildings wrecked at
Camden.
HEAVY RAINS IN SOUTH.
Ilirdest Downpours Fall in Georgia
and Tennessee.
ATLANTA, Ga.. December 14 (A3).—
Torrential rainfall in portions of the
Southeast last night and early today
sent floodwaters racing through th"
beds of streams nearly dry for months
as a consequence of prolonged drought.
Apparently the heaviest downpours
fell in North Georgia and Southeastern
Tennessee. Chattanooga. Tenn., re
ported 2.70 inches of rain for a 24-hour
period. Gainesville. Ga.. had 2 inches
for a similar period.
North Carolina cities likewise report
ed deluges. Charlotte had 1.11 inches
in 24 hours and 1.16 inches were re
corded at Asheville.
Pickpocket Suspects Jailed.
PITTSBURGH. December 14 <>P).—
Four alleged professional pickpockets
\ were remanded to jail for five days in
Police Court today.
The magistrate warned the suspects,
; Louis Pastori, Baltimore: Edward
Woods. Kansas City; John Ellis, Cieve
i land, and Georg; Baker. Pittsburgh.
I that he would sentcn"e them to 90 days
in the work house if evidence was pro
duced that they had been operating in
Pittsburgh
Health Service Chemists Dis
cover Its Check on
Cell Division.
BY THOMAS B. HENRY.
That cancer may be associated in
some way with deficiency of copper In
the body appears from the results of
experiments just reported from the
National Institute of Health here.
It was found by the Public Health
Service chemists that when amoebas
were placed in solutions containing ex-^
tremely dilute copper salt solutions—
as little as 1 part in 500,000.000—the
process of cell division by which an
amoeba colony increased was almost
stopped. There was a great reduction
in the growth of the nuclei! of the
bodies of these one-celled animals, in
crease in the size of which causes the
tiny creature to split and become two
animals, each growing and splitting in
turn.
me kiuvmii oi a cancer is
roughly analogous to the growth of
an amoeba colony. It consists of the
splitting of the cells, making two where
there was only one before. For that
matter, all biological growth depends
on the same principle, but in malig
nant tumors the splitting Is accel
erated and unrestrained. Growth of
everything else in the body is under
some sort of delicate control, the na
ture of which is not understood, so
that it never can get out of bounds.
Discovery of the inhibitory action
of copper is especially important, be
cause of the other side of the picture,
previously worked out by the Public
Health Service chemists. One of the
cell constituents of human and ani
mal bodies is a complicated chemical
substance known as glutathione. When
minute quantities of this substance are
placed in a solution containing an
amoeba colony, it was found that the
rate of increase of the little animals
was greatly accelerated. It increased
tile growth of the nucleus and seemed
to facilitate division.
Body cells and amoeba are not very
far apart m their fundamental nature.
The essential difference is that the first
are citizens of such a closely-knit
society that, instead of being separate
animals, many millions of them com
bine to form one animal, while the
amoeba is an individual in its own right.
From its action on amoeba, it seems
that glutathione may constitute at least
an Important part of the fundamental
factor in living matter responsible for
the essential difference between the
organic and the inorganic—the capacity
tor reproduction and growth. Where
this capacity exists, matter is alive.
Where it does not exist, as in stones or
metals, matter is non-living. But in
such a delicately balanced society as the
body of a man or an oyster the prin
ciple that causes cell division must be
under close control, exactly propor
tioned to the growth requirements of
every part of the organism. Otherwise
one pait is going to get a corner on the
cell-dividing principle and increase at
the expense of all the rest of the body
This may be part of the fundamental
mechanism of cancer.
May Be Fundamental Bart.
Now analysis of living tissues shows
that nearly all of them contain minute
amounts of copper—so much so that it
recently has been recognized as prob
able a fundamental constituent of pro
toplasm. The amount varies somewhat
from organ to organ, presumably in
keeping with the requirement.. From
the National Institute experiments it
appears that copper and glutathione
may be two fundamental balancing fac
tors. one making the cells divide and
the other stopping them from dividing
too much. So the effect of the two
substances on each other was studied
The copper wa- found to markedly
change the properties of the other
material.
While the glutathione-copper balance
discovery has far-reaching implications
in physiology it is not considered, ac
cording to the National Institute of
Health report, as more than a new ap
proach to the cancer problem. It may
constitute, at best, a single factor in the
peculiar behavior of malignant tumor
cells which for centuries has baffled
medical science. Chemical analysis of
some tumor tissue, the repott says,
shows that it contains a relatively high
concentration of glutathione.
Glutathione also tends to inhibit, it
is shown in the report of other experi
ments, the action of arsenic on living
tissues. The effect of this poison is to
cause a marked reduction in the oxygen
consumption of tissue. The glutathione
enabled the oxygen consumption to go
on unimpeded.
Chemists of the National Institute, it
is announced, also are developing a de
vice which will make possible the meas
urement of the important hydrogen-ion
concentration in tumors and in normal
tissues. This may open up a new road
to the understanding of cancer action.
Hydrogen-ion formation is accom
panied by the formation of lactic acid,
and the theory has been advanced that
excesses of this substance may be re
sponsible for the ability of a tumor to
penetrate into other tissues.
These experiments have been con
ducted under the direction of Dr. Carl
Voegtlin, head of the Division ' of
Pharmacology of the Public Health
Service.
LIBERAL CLUB AT OHIO
RESUMES PUBLICATION
By the Associated Ptpss.
COLUMBUS. Ohio, December 14.—
The Free Voice, a paper published by
the Liberal Club at Ohio State Univer
sity, made its first appearance of the
year on the campus today.
President George Rightmire, com
menting two months ago, when it was
said the publication would reappear,
said all such pap rs should be approved
by university officials. It is understood
the Free Voice was not sanctioned by
the university heads.
In an editorial the editors said: "We
insist that we are loyal to this univer
sity -for loyalty consists not in blind
adherance to institutions, regardless ol
defects, but in a sincere effort to criti
cize and improve these institutions.”
The pap?r tlipn enumerated a long
| list of alleged abuses by the board oi
i trustees and faculty.
9 Shopping days
till Christmas
Audition Winners Receive Medals
OPERA STAR MAKES PRESENTATIONS.
GIOVANNI MARTTNELLIS. Metropolitan Opera star, photographed In New York City December 12. as he pre
sented Miss Eleanor Coryell of San Francisco, Calif. a medal given to the winners of the district contest for
finalist in the Atwater Kent Foundation's radio audition in New York Citv. She was a winner in the Far West.
The other winners look on. Left to right, sitting: Miss Saida Knox. Miss Lillian Meyers, Mrs La von Holden and
Miss Thelma Gaskin. left to right, standing: J. Alden Eokins, Eugene Morgan. John Metcalf, Austin Butner
and Andrew White. Miss Knox and Mr. Edkins won the grand prizes in the finals held last night. —A P, Photo.
Mills’ Debt Statement
Undersecretary Says Legislators Were Informed of
Postponement Declaration, but Were Not
Asked to Sign or Approve It.
Pull text of Undersecretary Mills'
i statement on war debt payments fol
I low s.
There seems to be some confusion as
| to the discussion of yesterday between
i several Senators and myself, accom
; panted by Mr Feis of the State De
partment. in respect of the postpone
ment of payments on foreign debts
during this fiscal year.
Installments are 'due on December
| 15 from a number of debtor nations
| Since the appropriate committees of
j the Congress cannot hold hearings on
the proposed legislation until next
week. It Is obvious that Congress can
not act by the 15th.
However, inasmuch as 68 Senators
and 276 members of the House have
already pledged themselves to support
the legislation, it is equally obvious
that when circumstances permit the
action of Congress will be favorable.
In the meantime some answer has
| to be given tj representatives of for
! eign debtor governments in response
to their inquiries as to the existing sit
uation.
State Secretary's Answer.
Should such inquiries be made the
Secretary of State proposed to sav
, verbally something along the following
j lines:
| "The President's proposal for a
debt suspension of one year has been
submitted to the Congress. Owing
j to the fact that the Congress only
met last Monday and that the ap
! propriate committees of the Senate
i and of the House of Representatives
] are not In a position to consider the
j proposed legislation prior to the 15th
i of December, it will be impossible for
the debt suspension legislation to be
enacted by that date. While recog
nzing that neither the President of
| the United States nor any of the ex
ecutive departments cf the Govern
I ment has power to alter the terms
, . -- - ---
of the debt agreements non In force.
I desire to advise you that under the
special circumstances in which the
proposal was made and ac< pud and
without intending in any way to
vary the legal rights of this country,
it appears to this Government that,
a postponement on the part of your
government of December 15 pay
ments pending action bv the Con
gress would not be subject to any
just criticism."
As a matter of courtesy, and in ord r
to keep members of Congress fully in
formed. this proposed answer was : hewn
by me to the Senators attending thp
meeting yesterday, as it had previously
been shown to some members of the
House.
No Objection Voiced.
No Senator or Representative was
asked lo sign or approv • such statement
yesterdav or at anv time. No Senator
was asked to commit himself, and this
seemed to b. fully understood. I simply
told them I was there to k"ep them in
formed and to ascertain whether any
one saw any objection to a statement
made verbally in that form. No objec
tion was voiced by any one present.
Subsequent to the meeting this was
fully explained to the representatives of
the press in the presence of Senator
Watson and Senator Smoot,
May I add that there has never at
any time been any intention of coupling
the President s proposal to recreate th •
World War Foreign Debt. Commission
with the proposal for a one year s sus
pension of payments on foreign debts.
The bill introduced by Senator Smoot
and Representative Collier covering th"
latter proposal was prepared In the
Legislative Drafting Bureau of th"
House at th" suggestion of the Treasury,
given by the Treasure to Senator Sni'-ot
and Representative Collier, and contains
no refer nee to the r creation of a
debt funding commission.
53 DIE IN STORMS
ON MEDITERRANEAN
Scores Rescued and Shipping
' Damaged Especially Off
North Africa.
By the Associated Press.
LONDON. December 14.—At least 59
lives were lost and scores of others
seriously threatened over the week end
in storms that swept the Mediterranean
and North Seas, damaging shipping,
especially off the north coast of Africa.
Thirty were drowned and more than
100 others rescued when the Italian
naval tug Teseo went down off the
coast of Sardinia. The survivors were
rescued from the fury of the gale by
the cruiser Trieste, which was rushed
from Italy.
Numerous other craft were capsized
cr damaged by the storm that raged off
the African coast, including a coast
guard cutter which was swept ashore at
Bone, Algeria, with a loss of 12 lives.
The City of A giers suffered consid
erable shore damage.
In the North Sea the captain and 16
members of the crew of the steamer
Venus were drowned off the Norwegian
coast after the ship, chased as a rum
runner. had been fired upon by a Nor
wegian coast guard vessel.
The sea was beaten by a gale at the
time and it was not determined defi
nitely whether the Venus went down
because of a hole shot into her side or
because she struck a rock. She lies in
15 fathoms of water, with numerous
barrels of liquor floating over the spot.
Two members of the crew who
reached shore, one of them an English
man, were arrested.
TWELVE VICTIMS ON CUTTER.
BONE. Algeria, December 14 (/P).—
Twelve men perished when a coast
guard cutter was swept ashore In a
heavv gale here early yesterday.
The boat broke away as it was being
towed into port during the storm which
had swept the coast for three days,
damaging ships and harbor works.
FOUR FRENCH SAILORS SAFE.
CONSTANTINE. Algeria. December
14 (7j>)_Four sailors attached to the
French submarine chaser No. 6, on
duty along the Mediterranean coast,
turned up today after having been cast
ashore from the wreckage of a ship that
broke away while under tow in a fierce
storm Saturday. _ . .,
The men were left on the beach by
the sea and made their way to safety.
The bodies of two members of the
crew who wore drowned, have been re
covered. Seven are missing.
Reports from Tunis said three fisher
men were drowned there and the city
was severely hit by the storm* which
Interrupted rnmmurj|tf*ti<io*T
English Press Doubts if Con
gress Will Concur in Stand
on Payments.
By the Associated Press.
LONDON. December 14. London
newspapers showed unusual interest
today in last week's statement of Sec
retary Mellon regarding war debt pay
ments to the United State*, but indi
cated some doubt about the attitude
ot the American Congress to debt post
ponement
The Secretary's statement led the
news in all morning palters today, un
der headlines, and it was an almost
general topic of editorial comment. It
was greeted enthusiastically in some
instances and everywhere with appre
ciation. although most papers pointed
out. the last word is with the Congress,
and the latter has shown no sign of
indorsing the Secretary's views.
Message Draws Comment.
President Hoover's message. the
Times said, “was not an inspiring doc
ument and had a disappointing recep
tion.” Congress, it said, fails to see
a close connection between the eco
nomic collapse in the rest of the world
and the difficulties in the United States
or to realize how impassible it is. un
der present conditions, for the rest of
the world to continue buying American
goods and paying American war debls.
"Some impression may be made by
the Mellon statement," it said, "but
the extent to which his arguments will
weigh with Congress will depend cn
how much the members can be brought
to realize that the whole world is now
facing tlie same problem and that no
one. not even the United States, 'can
solve it independently of the others."
"Secretary Mellon." the Telegraph
said, “has done us the service of net
merely admitting but insisting on the
major part of justice of our case.”
"Secretary Mellon,” said the Morning
Post, "is as good and shrewd an Amer
ican as any member of Congress and he
is bound to consider his own ccuntry
first, but he takes a broader view than
some do of his country's interest."
"The people of this country," said
the Daily Mail, “cannot thank Secretary
Mellon too warmly for his courageous
statement. The course he urges would
bring relief to the world.”
The Mail's editorial ends with thanks
to the Secretary for his "generous
gesture of friendship and good will."
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ASKS MEDAL FOR FLYERS
Horr Bill Would Honor Herndon
and Pangborn.
The round-the-world flyers, Clyde
Pangborn and Hugh Herndon. Jr., would
be awarded Congressional Medals of
Honor under a bill proposed today by
i Representative Horr, Republican. WasJo
1 ington.
i
I
IS ASKED By BECK
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Dill Attacks Revision Plan1
in Senate—House Takes
Up Question Thursday.
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b the executive branch of Government
pending ratification of the moratorium.
Mills made public a brief statement
which he said Secretary Stimson would t
deliver verbally to representatives of i
any inquiring nations. It explained the j
situation which prevents action in Con- I
gross by tomorrow and concluded that :
under the circumstances postponement j
of payments would appear to this Gov- 1
ernment not subject to any just critl- '
cism."
It was the Undersecretary who said
"no objection w as voiced by any one j
present" when he told the Senate lead-i
ers. The silence thereupon was broken 1
by Senator Borah of Idaho, the chair-i
nun of the Foreign Relations Commit- j
tee. v.ho observed that while he had not
voiced < bjection he had informed Mr.
Mills the action would not bind him
and that he would consider the foreign
debtors in "technical default "
Smoot to Offer His Plan.
But Borah is amcng the many lead
ers who predict tatification. ' Their
stanch opposition, however, appeared
to have sunk, for the tint” b'ing. Prcr-i- (
dent Hoover's proposal for further Eu
ropean debt relief Some in Congress
believe it is stink for all time.
The proposal by Senator Smoot to let
foreign governments pay their debts to
this country in silver was condemned in j
the Senate bv Senator Dill as "unfair ,
to the interests of this country "
H'- proposed instead that thp United
S ales monetize silver and make it a
bu is fir exchange.
' Either silver should be used to pay
all debts." Dill said, "or to pay none.
Tile proposal of Senator Smoot will re
suit in dumping large quantities of sil
ver in this country "
Smoot proposed to introduce his plan 1
a,day.
Smoot's bill follows:
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the United
Eiame ot America in Congress assembled,
that at the request of any foreign gov
ernment the Secretary of the Treasury
is authorized and directed to accept, in
payment of the whole or any part of
t ire indebtedness now or hereafter owing
to the Government of the United States
bv such foreign governments, silver at
the average market price in the United
fm.ics for the second calendar month
preceding elate of payment."
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PROTEST CHANGES
IN BATTLE MARKER
Gold Stur Mothers Object to Elim-j
ination of Regiment's Name
Near Verdun.
An alteration in an inscription on a
French memorial to American dead in
tile World War was protested today by
a group of Pennsylvania Gold Star
Mothers.
In a letter to Gen. John J. Pershing,
chairman of the Armriean Battle
Monuments Commission, Mrs. Mary F.
Hill of Philadelphia, president of the
Gold Star Mothers of the 316th In
fantry 79th Division, charged the in
scription had been altered by the com
mission without authority.
The petition said the inscription paid
tribute to the dead of the 316th In- !
fantry. It had been changed. Mrs. Hill
said, so that it did not mention this
regiment.
The memorial is at Sillon Fontaine.
France, where hundreds of Americans
lost their lives in defending Verdun.
INJURY WILL DELAY
GARRETT’S RETURN;
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Broken Bone in Foot Upsets Plan
of Ambassador to Italy to Sail
Before Christmas.
By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE. December 14.—An in
! jured foot will probably delay until
after the first of the year the return to
Rome of American Ambassador and
Mrs. John W. Garrett, who came here
October 13 on a 60-day furlough, it
I became known yesterday.
Recently Ambassador Garrett slipped
! on a rug at Evergreen, his home here,
and twisted an ankle, breaking a small
bone in the right foot. The foot had to
be placed in a cast.
At the home yesterday it was said
that his plans for returning were in
definite. and that, although he original
j lv had arranged to go before Christmas,
i lie and Mrs. Garrett probably would not
! sail until after the first of the year.
The Garretts entertained at their
1 home Dino Grand!, foreign minister of
Italy, and Signora Grsndi over a week
l end during the recent whirlwind trip
1 of Signor G'andl to the United States
to confer with President Hooves,
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CHURCHILL INJURED
BY NEW YORK IKK!
British Statesman Cannot
Work for Several Weeks,
Physicians Say.
Bv the Aesonated Preis,
NEW YORK. December 14 —Winston
Churchill, British statesman knocked
lown by a taxicab last night, under
vent lengthy examination today and
ioctors acknowledged that there was
ianger of pleural hemorrhage develop
ng.
X-rav photographs were taken to de
termine the seriousness of his condi
■ion, but in the meantime the phy
sicians in attendance announced that
it any rate the former British chan
cellor of the exchequer would be un
ible to do any active work for several
weeks.
Shoulder Wrenched.
First examination of thp visiting
British statesman, who arrived last week
[or an extended lecture tour, indicated
that the most serious injury was
wrenching of the right shoulder, which
it was said had long been weak.
Apparently, however, the injury to
the shoulder accompanied some dam
age to the membrane enfolding the
lung, giving rise to the physicians' fear
that hemorrhage of that membrane
might ensue.
During practically the entire fore
noon Churchill was under examination
by Dr Oito C Piekhardt and Dr Fas
ter Ketinedv who shortly after noon
issued the following statement:
Resting Comfortably.
"Mr Winston Churchil is resting
comfortably having sustained through
a taxicab accident severe shock and
concussion without any loss of con
sciousness.
"The’e are many large bruises on the
right arm and chest and legs together
with wounds of the soft tissues of the
forehead and nose, which have been
sutured.
"X-ray examination is proceeding N>
determine the chest condition. Mr.
Churchill will be unable to do active
work for several weeks."
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G. 0. P. CHIEFS ASK
63 NEW DELEGATES
TO '32 CONVENTION
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Chicago, which has guaranteed $150,000
required by the committee for conven
tion expenses The invitations of the
various cities however, will be care
fully scanned by the committee. Ed
vard N Hurley, former chairman of
the Shipping Board, is the head of the
Chicago committee, which will give the
invitation to the Republican National
Committee Mayor C'-rme.k of Chicago
is here in the interest of the city's bid.
Other Cities Seek Choice.
Several of the other cities are having
difficulty raising the required sum. Dr.
E B Clements, national committee
man from Missouri, said today that his
city has not yet been able to guarantee
th° full $150,000. but hopes to do so.
Philadelphia representatives are un
derstood to have said it appeared t ley
would not be able to guarant"" the
whole $150,000. but that netertheless
they would extend an invitation.
Hoover to Give Dinner Tonight.
Presideni Hoover will b"1 the host to
members of the Executive Commitme of
the Repub'ican National Committee at
dinner in the White House tonight. The
diner will be informal and no speeches
will be made.
It is expected that the National Com
mittee will be in session both tomorrow
and Wednesday. A meeting of the
Executive Committee at the Willard
Hotel, where all ;he committee sessions
will be held, is set for 2:30 o'clock today.
Chairman Fess is to appoint a subcom
mit ;ee on arrangements for the na
tional convention and a committee to
draw up resolutions of regret for deaths
of members of the committee since its
last meeting Dr Clements of Missouri
ts to be chairman of the latter sub
committee.
D. C. to Have Two Delegate*.
The District of Columbia's repre
sentation in the next National Conven
tion under the reapportionment plan,
which will be laid before the National
Committee will be two delegates, the
same as in the last convention.
Hawaii is agitating for a greater
number of delegates than two. but so
far, it is said, no request has been made
for greater representation in the Dis
trict of Columbia.
The Republican leaders who have
worked out a rrapportionment plan had
to determine whether they wished to
stand by the apportionment of the
members of the House of Representa
tives In the present Congress or the ap
portionment under the 1930 census,
which becomes effective in the elec
tions next year. They decided that it
would be fairer to make the allocation
of delegate strength for the National
Convention on the new House appor
tionment made under the 1930 census.
New G. O. P. States Get Bonus.
The Republican rules adopted at the
1928 convention allow a benus of three
delegates to States that had gone Re
publican in previous elections. The
overturn in Southern and border Sta'es
has made it necessary to increase the
size of the Republican convention con
siderably. Congressional districts in
which Republican pluralities were more
than 10.000 were allowed a delegate In
addition to the basic one for each con
gressional district in the United States.
Two delegates at large are allowed for
each Senator.
• ■ u dtii'in lilMTU.
The following tables show th" changes
in delegate strength proposed.
Table 1.
No change since 1928:
State. 1928 1932. State. 1928 1932.
Arizona ... 9 9 Nevada ... 9 9
Colorado ..15 15 N. H i^hire. 11 11
Delaware ..9 9 N. Mexico... 9 2
Georgia .16 16 Oregon .13 13
Idaho .11 11 Utah .11 11
Illinois .61 61 W Virginia. 19 19
Louisiana ..12 12 Wyoming ... 9 9
Maryland ..19 19 Depuden
Montana ... 11 11 ties.10 10
Total . 254
Table 2.
States whose representation will be
increased:
State. 1928 1932. State. 1928 1932
Alabama ...15 19 N. Carolina. 20 28
Arkansas ..11 15 Ohio .51 55
California . 29 47 Oklahoma.. 20 25
Connecticut. 17 19 Tennessee . 19 24
Florida _10 16 Texas . 26 49
Michigan .33 41 Virginia ...15 24
New Jersey. 31 35 Washing'n.. 17 19
New York.. 90 97 Wisconsin .26 27
Total .J4t)
TABLE 3.
States whose representation will be
reduced:
State. 1928 1932. State. 1928.1932.
Indiana .... 33 31 Missouri ...39 33
Iowa . 29 25 Nebraska ..19 17
Kansas ....23 21 N. Dakota . 13 11
Kentucky ..29 25 Penn. 79 75
Maine.15 13 Rhode Isl .. 13 8
Mass. 39 34 S. Carolina. 11 9
Minnesota.. 27 25 S. Dakota... 13 11
Mississippi.. 12 11- Vermont ... 11 9
Total . 358
Grand total.1.152
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Six British admiralty officials ap
proved a submarine film recently re
leased iH England.