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WEATHER. 4 ~ (U. B. Weather Bureau Forecast.) " Cloudy with occasional rain tonight The cn!y e i JaluZlg paoer and tomorrow; slightly colder tomorrow • %\t 1 • . night; moderate southwest winds. Wasnlilgton With the Temperatures—Highest. 63. at 11 am. pr»«. today; lowest, 36, at 4 am. today. * nSIOCiaiefl rTCSS news Fhull report on page 16. Service. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 13,14 & 15 —. "■ • --- ■ ■ — Yesterday’s Circulation, 118,685 Vn QO OOA Kntored as Feennd class matter - " " -- - 1 u. o*j,uuo, post office. Washington. D. C. ——— =ZTT- -—-- ■ OP) Means Associated Pre... TUT) CENTS. WILL IELL CHINESE Time Limit to Be Fixed for Withdrawing Troops Within Great Wall. CHANG AND HIS AIDE TO RECEIVE WARNINGS Hcnjo Statement Will Threaten Drastic Measures if Orders Are JJot Obeyed. E.v the Associated Press. TOKIO, December 19.—A dispatch to the Rengo News Agency from Muk den, Manchuria, today said an ulti matum is to be sent to Chinese au thorities soon demanding withdrawal of Chinese troops at Chinehow to a point within the Great Wall within a Btipulated time. This Mukden report was virtually confirmed in authoritative quarters here. Will Send Two Warnings. Two warnings will be sent, it was said, one by the Japanese government to Marshal Chang Hsueh-Liang. through the Peiping legation, and the other from Gen. Honjo to Jung Chin. Marshal Chang's chief of staff. It is understood also Gen. Honjo will Lsguc a statement at the same time in which he will declare he will be com pelled to resort to drastic measures if the Chinese fail to comply with the notice to withdraw. Events shifted rapidly, diplomatically 8s well as miiitariiy. Chinese Minister Sees Inukai. On the heels of the Mukden dis patches telling of possible new military action by Gen. Honjo, the Chinese minister here. Chang Tso-Pin, spent an hour with Premier Inukai at the latter's official residence, the first con t ict between the Chinese minister and any high Japanese government official in nearly two months. Minister Chang is returning to Nanking tonight. After his last con ference with former Foreign Minister Shidehara nearly two months ago Chang conveyed the foreign minister’s principles on the Manchurian contro versy to the Chinese Government at Nanking and the government ordered him to have' no more conferences in Tokio. There was a report he had been recalled by his government, but his secretary announced that the minister was going back for a meeting of the Central Executive Committee of which he is a member, and will return to Tckio in about two weeks. Described as Courtesy Call. The meeting between Chang and the premier, said the secretary was in the nature of a courtesy call before the minister's departure, but in view' of the premier's acquaintance with. Chiang Kai-Shek and other Chinese leaders, it was thought that he might have given Chang a verbal message which might lead to direct negotiations be tween the two governments. The dispatches from Mukden told of fighting at various points between Japanese forces and bandits, and said prepartions were proceeding fast for n drive against bandits in the region of Hsinmintun where there has been more than one encounter. It was said that the ultimatum which Gen Hon Jo is expected to deliver probably would call for evacuation of Chinchow within a week. AGAINST OCCUPATION. I . S. Renews View to Japan That Tak ing Chinchow Would Be Unfortunate. The United States has informed japan an occupation of Chinchow wculd be viewed in Washington as very unfortunate. This attitude. Undersecretary of State Castle said today, has been expressed repeatedly to the Japanese foreign of fice by Ambassador Forbes. The last instructions to the Am bassador to Japan were on December 10 on- the basis of which he gave the. foreign office a renewed expression of American concern over Manchurian de velopments. The instructions were detailed and covered the American attitude toward the Manchurian dispute as pronounced bv President Hoover in a message to Congress and Secretary Stimson in a formal statement that day. The State Department today advis'ed the League of Nations it had no objec tion to the participation of Walker D Hines of New York, former director of railways, in the neutral commission of inquiry in Manchuria. -• DENIES M’LEAN ‘GIFT’ VIOLATES INJUNCTION Attorney Says Summons in Yule Box Must Have Been Sent by Court. B' the Associated Press. PARIS, December 19.—Counsel for Edward B. McLean, Washington pub lisher, said today his client had done nothing to violate an injunction forbid ding him to proceed with a divorce ac tion begun at Latvia, but had confined his efforts to having the injunction removed. Mr. McLean was cited for contempt of court in Washington yesterday for sending a summons wrapped in a Christmas box. directing his estranged wife to appear as a defendant in the Latvian court. The attorney said to day if a summons was served it must have been by the court and not by Mr. McLean. MORATORIUM PLANNED VIENNA. December 19 (>P).—A dis patch from Budapest to the Neue Preie Press? today said Hungary contemplated declaring a transfer moratorium next Wednesday. On Monday, the dispatch said, the cabinet will formulate the decree; on Tuesday it will be submitted to the Committee of 33 for publication on the following day. Radio Programs on Page B-12 TOYS FOR NEEDY BOYS AND GIRLS | PILED HIGH IN THEATER LOBBIES Children and Grown-Ups Join in Bringing Cheer to Unfortunate Children of Capital. It looks like a merry', merry Christ mas for upward to 2,500 youthful bene ficiaries of this morning's ‘'Toy Mat inee.” The turnouts at the Metropolitan and Tivoli Theaters, where a toy for some poor child was the only price of admis sion, fulfilled the fondest hopes of the promoters—Warner Brothers and The Star. Approximately 1,000 persons, more than half of whom were children, filled with toys the great Santa Claus hamp ers in the lobby of the Metropolitan Theater. At the Tivoli, where the bill opened two hours later, almost 1,200 men, women and children added their gifts to the great pile of toys in the lobby | and trooped happily in to see a revival of ''Skippy,” Percy Crosby's epic of ! American boyhood. I Something like 75 per cent of the I crowds were children, from tiny tots, scarcely able to toddle along, to boys and girls in their early ’teens, all bear ing a bright personal gift for some poor child. They came in shining limou sines. escorted by liveried chauffeurs; in taxicabs, on street cars, and hun dreds walked from their homes with packages under their arms. The gifts of those who saw the benefit performances were supplemented by several hundred others, contributed by persons who explained that they would not be able to attend the show, but wished to help make it a success. At the Tivoli, an elderly lady stood with a basket of Christmas packages in her hands, giving them to boys and girls who wished to attend the show, but did not have a present to leave with the doorman. Large moving trucks from a social welfare agency were col lecting the toys from the theaters to day for distribution before Christmas to the homes of the unemployed and needy. _At 8:30 o'clock this morning, half (Continued cn Page 2, Column-!!.) B. & 0. Presdent Tells Hoo i ver Agreement on Rail Pay Can Save $200,000,000. By the Associated Press. Sounding at the White House a re assuring note in the railroad situation, Daniel Willard, president of the Balti more & Ohio Railroad, today informed President Hoover he had "every confi dence" negotiations for railroad wage reductions would be settled peaceably. The railroad chief estimated $200, j 000.000 would be added to the carriers’ j operating coffers by a wage-cut agree | ment. and that, with the $100,000,000 | to be realized through the Railway i Credit Corporation, the situation would I be made encouraging. Holds Statement Misconstrued. He felt the statement put out by railroad executives last night after their meeting in New York had been "mis construed'’ by many newspapers. Press dispatches seem to Willard to have stressed the point that the rail road leaders had issued a 30-day ulti matum fora 15 per cent wage decrease. He contended it was made to appear that this point was the most important phase of the statement issued. Says Labor Suggested Notice. "Nothing of the kind.” Willard said emphatically. As he explained it, some labor leaders suggested the formal serv ing of such notice. Willard said it would not have been issued that way otherwise. “Our idea,” he said, ‘‘was that the negotiations should have been pursued without such a notice, since, if they should fail, we could always put it but then.” 15 PER CENT CL’T PLANNED. Nine Rail Executives Are Appointed to Negotiate With Labor on Pay. NEW YORK, December 19 UP]— Rail road managements of the East, West and South moved today to apply the brakes to $300,000,000 paid annually in wages to employes. That amount represents the 15 per cent which executives decided yester day to take from the workers' wages. A committee of nine executives, headed by Daniel Willard, president of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, was designated to "negotiate to a conclu sion” with representatives of the Rail way Labor Executives’ Association their intention to reduce pay. Meet Within Month. The meeting of the groups will be held within 30 days, when a notice of a reduction which the rail heads are expected to issue Monday will expire. Agreement before that time automati cally chancels the notice. Railroad of ficials anticipate a friendly settlement by January 15. Appointment of the Executives’ Com mittee was generally understood to mean that the managements expect employes will agree to a voluntary 10 per cent cut, which would result in a saving of $200,000,000 annually to the railroads. This, however, lacked con firmation. The Railroad Labor Association re cently rejected a 10 per cent reduction (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) BRITISH MILLERS FIGHT Oppose Wheat Quota Plan of Gil mour, Minister of Agriculture. LONDON. December 19 OP).—The Daily Herald said today a vigorous fight is under way between the British millers and Sir John Gilmour, minister of agri culture. over the proposed British wheat quota and that the millers have re fused to be associated with the quota plan ' The millers, it said, have put for ward a plan of their own, claiming to have the support of the farmers, and urging that millers be registered and a levy made on every sack of flour milled in Great Britain. From the proceeds of the levy they suggested the British farmer be subsidized on the wheat crop to the extent of the dif ference between the world price and the price guaranteed him. HOOVER PROMISED SPEED FDR RELIEF Reconstruction Bill Action to Be Forced in Senate, Walcott Says. By the Associated Press. Senator Walcott, Republican, of Con necticut, informed President Hoover to day there would be "a desperate effort” to bring the Emergency Reconstruction Corporation measure to a vote in the Senate before the Christmas holidays. The President has urged congressional leaders to act with dispatch on the half-billion-doliar agency proposed by him to distribute credit where needed. Yesterday he especially cited the need of help bv the railroads. Walcott, a member of the Senate Banking Committee, said he believed if Congress remains in session until Tues day a vote will be possible. Moves to End Delay. He intimated the Senate might, through agreement, reverse the cus tomary order of procedure and bring up the reconstruction corporation be fore it is voted on by the House. The House Banking Committee is at work on it. . ] "This plan is much needed. and*need ed fast, to meet the existing emer- i gency ” Walcott said Representative Rainey of Illinois, the 1 Democratic leader, and Representative Snell of New York the Republican leader, also agreed that the legislation would be the first major matter before the HouKt1 in January. Meanwhile, the President's aides went ahead at the Capitol with testimony on behalf of the corporation. Undersecretary Mills of the Treasury j told a Senate committee the agency! would "put the Government in position j to close almost immediately any gap1 which might appear in our credits structure." Predicts Great Benefit. He said it would be an "insurance” measure more than anything else and its very existence would have a very beneficial effect." In response to questions from Sena tor Glass, former Secretary of the Treasury, Mills said it was not his con ception that the corporation should take up assets of failed banks. With these indication of early action on his reconstruction corporation Pres ident Hoover renewed efforts today for even earlier help on the vexing railroad situation. i Bending every* effort to safeguard tr-,1 national transportation svstems their S9.000.000.000 in securities, and the numerous public institutions which hold a large slice of this total Mr Hoover turned a hopeful eye to ne gotiations between the railway execu tives and labor over wages. The President wanted immediate ap (Continued on Page 2, Column Tj MOTHER POISONS GIRL, THEN COMMITS SUICIDE! Daughter Not Expected to Live. Financial Reverses Blamed for Tragedy. By the Associated Press. EUREKA, Calif., December 19_De tectives said Mrs. Prances Burnett, wife oi Archie Burnett, prominent mining engineer, gave poison to her 18-year-old daughter Margaret last night and then committed suicide. Doctors said th'\y did not expect the girl to live The poison was given the giri in medi cine, investigators said, and after she drank it exclaimed, “Mother, you* have poisoned me!" Mrs. Burnett replied “That’s all right; I’m going, too ’’ Burnett has been employed by a min ing company near here. The family re cently suffered financial reverses. ---- Copper Agreement Reached. BRUSSELS, December 19 (/p)_ understanding between copper producers representing American, British Belgian and Rhodesian interests was virtually concluded today and it was expected that its provisions would be announced early next week and that it would be come effective on January l. TEMPERATURE RISES 27 DEGREES HERE IN FOUR AND HALF HOURS Reading of 63 at 10:30 O’Clock Surpassed Only Twice Since Winter of 1911. A rise of 27 degrees in four and a half hours this morning gave Washing ton a temperature of 63 degrees at 10:30 o'clock. This thermometer reading, the Weather Bureau reported, has been equaled or approached only twice since 1911, December 19, 1929, having re corded a maximum of 68 degrees and 1924 having shown 74 degrees. The 63 degree reading of 10:30 o’clock this mornirg probably will be shoved even higher before the afterppon is over, despite g forecast of cooler" for tonigth and tomorrow, th» bureau said. The “normal” highest tempera ture for December 19 is 42 degrees Weather Bureau officials pointed out that the unusual feature of today's warm weather is the fact that it was ushered in on a northwest wind which normally would produce lower tempera tures. They expressed the opinion however, that a warm area is coverin’' much of the country in that quarter of the compass. The forecast tor tomorrow is cloudy "aiisbUx fiooter,” COMMITTEE WILL HANDLE LAX BILLS Capper Group Will Study In come, Estate, Gasoline and Automobile Levies. CITIZENS WILL RECEIVE HEARING, SAYS CHAIRMAN Motor Car Tags Will Cost From $11 to $31.50 Under Pro posed legislation. All four of the House bills seeking to impose additional taxes on the peo ple of Washington will be handled by the regular District of Columbia Com mittee in the Senate, it was decided today. When the bills came over from the House yesterday the ones providing for a local income tax and a local estate tax were referred to the Finance Com mittee, which handles national legisla tion relating to taxation. The other two bills, raising the gasoline tax from 2 to 4 cents a gallon and imposing a tax on automobiles by weight, were sent to the District Committee. When the Senate met today, how ever. Senator Smoot of Utah, chairman of the Finance Committee, requested that the income and estate bills be transferred to the regular District Committee, and this was done without debate. The District Committee is headed by Senator Arthur Capper. Re publican.'of Kansas, who has become thoroughly familiar with District prob- j lems through a long period of service ui handling legislation for Washington. j Citizens Will Be Heard. All four of the tax bills will be sub jected to careful study and full inquiry at the Senate end of the Capitol. Sen- ( ator Capper announced this afternoon after the income and estate tax bills . had been referred from the Finance Committee to the District Committee I of which he is chairman. "Every one in the District who wants to be heard will be given that oppor tunity." Senator Capper said. He added that such an invitation would be ex- i tended especially to District officials, the citizens’ organizations and trade bodies. The Senator indicated, how ever, that he saw no need for hurried action on the measures. Senator Carey. Republican, of Wyo- | ming. and a member of the District Committee, also said today that he plans to make a thorough study of the several bills and that he also feels \ ample time should be taken to weigh them carefully before they are acted | upon. Trucks and Taxis Hard Hit. The cost of tags for passenger auto- ! mobiles will range from a minimum of $11 to a maximum of $31.50 under the new weight tax bill, according to compilations today by Washington motor dealers. Trucks and public vehicles, however, will be hit hardest under the weight schedule. Tags for light six taxicabs and one-ton motor trucks will cost $25. For trucks between two and three tons the price will be $60. Tags for trucks between five and six tons will cost $225. In excess of six tons the price of truck tags will be $300. The weight tax on pleasure vehicles ! under the bill will be 50 cents a hun dred pounds. A graduated scale is proposed for trucks and public ve hicles, the rate per 100 pounds in creasing with the size of the vehicle. Old Cars Hardest Hit. As the weight-tax schedule is in tended as a substitute for the present personal property tax on motor ve hicles, owners of old cars, especially those in the heavy class, will be seri ously affected. Owners of the old cars, regardless of their size, now pay a minimum personal property tax of 50 cents a year. Coupled with the present $1 fee for tags, the total amount paid (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) POSE AS DRY AGENTS Six Bandits B nsack Wealthy Home in Pittsburgh. PITTSBURGH. December 19 (£»).— Posing as prohibition agents, six men last night ransacked the Summer home of Mrs. Gordon C. King, prominent so ciety woman. “They evidently were looking for a large supply of liquor, but only found a small quantity,” Mrs. King said. “I know they weren’t prohibition agents.” She is the daughter-in-law of Willis L. King, vice president of the Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation. Investigation revealed that some liquor, a shotgun and a flashlight were taken. The mauraders first visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Campbell, care takers. Three men held the Campbells at bay with revolvers, while the other three robbed the King home, in the exclusive Fox Chapel district. It was unoccupied. Christmas Shopping Made Easy If you will plan your purchases in the comfort of your own home from advertisements in The Star. Every dav the merchants attractively display their mer chandise in The Star’s advertis ing columns and your Christmas dollar will go further if you will use these columns as your shop ping guide. Yesterday’s Advertising (Local Display) Lines. The Evening Star 92,921 2d Newspaper. 42,546 3d Newspaper .13,526 4th Newspaper.10,343 5th Newspaper. . . f. 6,369 Total newspapers).... 72,784 The Star, with its tremendous circulation, is the only medium necessary to reach this prosperous market, as 97% of its readers are within a radius of 25 miles of the National Capita^. Po 3 (n ve c Ru W*Tfr" • ^ £//HaveM4£>e\ \\^ \r^W rivunu/ SrlW^^^^tS^ftBSOLUrai 1 iSfi Asa15?™'*8 SusJ.,?^ Mvr^l—^TSoWk W PRESIDENTIAL —^ £ lX^S’ 1 /VWfAr aspirations I i.^AvE No iCVo«M ok mY part 2s»»«fe _ONE WAY OF AVOIDING ENTANGLING INTERVIEWS. COMMITTEE VOTES WHEAT FOR RELIEF Group Named to Draft De tails of Bill to Use Some of Farm Board’s Stores. By the Associated Press. The Senate Agriculture Committee j today approved a measure authorizing i the Farm Board to turn over some of its wheat for feeding the unemployed. Chairman McNary named a subcom mittee to draft details of the bill, with instructions to report it to the Senate this afternoon. Tr.e committeemen want to put the bill through before the Christmas re cess, which begins Tuesday night. Senators Capper, Republican, of Kansas and Wheeler. Democrat, of Montana, who introduced measures au thorizing the board to turn over some surplus wheat, were named members of the subcommittee together with Sena- , tor Thomas. Democrat, of Oklahoma. The wheat would be turned over to the Red Cross or any other charitable organization showing proper qualifica tions. The amount was left to the sub committee. Stabilization operations of the Farm Board have resulted in about 189.000,- \ 000 bushels of wheat now being stored j and held off the market. Senator Norris. Republican, of Ne- j braska insisted it be understood that the Farm Board flour would be avail able to striking miners in Kentucky who are not cared for by the Red Cross. The Farm Board has taken the posi- j tion that it cannot distribute its wheat j to the needy under present law. since it would have to be paid for. The Cap per bill provides for the Government to i meet the cost. This is the language: “The Federal Farm Board shall keep J account of all wheat furnished and de- ! livered as provided herein and snail report the average cost of such wheat to the board as a credit against its re- ; volving fund.” U. S. TO PROSECUTE HOLLY DESPOILERS All Persons Warned Against Tak ing Christmas Greenery From Mount Vernon Highway. — Residents of this area will get their holly and other Christmas greenery from sources other than the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, if the De partment of Agriculture knows anything about it. The Bureau of Public Roads of the department, which is supervising the construction of the magnificent water side boulevard to Mount Vernon, an nounced today that criminal prosecution for destruction of Government property will be brought against person taking Christmas greens along the route of the highway. Already numerous com plaints have poured in and the bureau said it is in possession of automobile license numbers of those accused of stripping greenery from along the boulevard. Guards have now been stationed along the route to prevent "such wanton i destruction,” the bureau asserted. "While the highway is not officially opened for traffic, nothing has been | done to prevent motorists from passing } over the section between Alexandria and Mount Vernon,” said the bureau announcement. "Those who take ad vantage of this condition are cautioned not to disturb any kind of growth." - — ^ ARMY OFFICER BREAKS TWO GLIDER RECORDS Lieut. W. A. Cocke Hopes He Set Third New Mark, for Altitude, in Soaring Over 21- Hours. By the Associated Press. HONOLULU, December 19.—Credited by officials of the Honolulu Chapter ol the National Aeronautical Association with having broken all existing glider endurance and distance records, Lieut. William A. Cocke, United States Army, today hoped another record would be added to his total. By his flight of 21 hours and 36 min utes yesteray Lieut. Coeke shattered the world glider endurance record of 14 hours and 7 minutes, held by Ferdinand Schulz of Germany, and officials said he had broken the distance mark set by Schulz of 283.22 miles. Only when his barograph is cali brated at Washington will Lieut. Cocke know whether he broke the American altitude record. HLs altimeter register ed 3,400 feet, which is 270 feet above the American mark set by Martin Schemmp, but is far below the world record. j Injured in Fall SENATOR ODDIE IS THROWN FROM HORSE. Senator Tasker L. Oddie of Nevada was thrown from his horse and injured while riding In Rock Creek Park about 9 o'clock this morning. It was said at the Naval Hospital where he was taken for treatment that his collar bone may be fractured. Senator Oddie was alone when the accident occured. He had just passed beneath Klingle Bridge when his horse. Lumberjack, stumbled and fell. A passing motorist took him to the Shore ham Hotel Ridmg Club, where Lumber jack is stabled. From there he was taken to the hospital. The Senator’s home is in Reno, Nev. During sessions of Congress he lives at 2123 Le Roy place. i APPEARS DEFEATED Oklahoma Voters Reject Re form Measures Asked by -Alfalfa Bill ” By the Associated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, December 19.— The voters of Oklahoma apparently have rejected the reform program of William H. Alfalfa Bill’’ Murray, whom they elected Governor by an unprece dented plurality November 4, 1930. Early returns on four bills the Execu tive presented for approval of the peo ple at a special election yesterday were in opposition by margins ranging from 53,000 to 73,000 votes. Foes of the bills claimed victory after the ballots from two-thirds of the pre cincts had been tabulated and Ira Fin ley, Murray's campaign manager, said that “it seems all the measures are lost, although the tax bill may have a chance.” Finley referred to a measure to in crease the taxes on large incomes and reduce the levies against small wage earners. The cities and oil towns of the State polled large majorities against the bills. Interest centered today on the returns from isolated rural communities, where the vote was favorable. Unofficial complete returns from 2,307 out of 3,346 precincts gave the income tax bill 150,950 votes for: 204,441 against. The count on the other meas ures, from 2.120 precincts, was: Bill providing for escheat of certain corporation land holdings: For, 132,971; against, 198,150. Bill to provide free text books and change the educational system: For, 131.722; against, 203,991. Bill to change the budget system: For, 129.287; against, 202,538. FURTHER U. S. AID ABROAD FAVORED Mitchell TeIIg Senate Inquiry Rebellion Might Result From German °ressure. By the Associated Press. An American banker told the Senate Finance Committee today this country very likely would conclude it wise to make some further extension or adjust ment of European debts. Charles E. Mitchell, chairman of the board of the National City Bank, ex pressed the opinion it would cause re bellion to force Germany to go through with her debt payments. Asked about the possibility of Europe being able to start paying again at tne ond of the moratorium, he agreed with questioner that "it would be a miracle if there was a sudden change by which Europe could resume payments.” Mitchell said the original plan was to pay the debts by the generation that created them, but the period had been changed from 35 to 65 years and now German youths face the prospect of paying on them for generations. "I am not preaching a doctrine of cancellation." Mitchell said. ”1 am mereiy trying to develop the psychology o' the people." Senator Reed. Republican, of Penn sylvania. asked why future generations ■n America should bear the burden "while those who started the war go ccot-iree?” "It is unanswerable.” Mitchell said At the conclusion of his testimony, committee took up the moratorium resclution in executive session. S13,000,000 12-Year Profit. Earlier. Mitchell had told of his com pany making $13,000,000 of profits in icreign bond transactions in the last 12 years. Mitchell gave the figure in testifying in the resumption of the committee's inquiry into the handling of foreign securities in this country. He said, how ever, it did not represent clear profit, but that general overhead expenses should be deducted from it. The figure was given in reply to a question from Senator Johnson. Repub lican. of California, a moratorium op ponent. who sponsored the inquiry. Johnson announced the next wit nesses would be representatives of Kuhn. Loeb & Co.. Dillon Read & Co. and the Chase National Bank, who will be called Monday. Mitchell said the profit was made on issues totaling $1,071,655,000 which have been floated since 1919. This did, not include Cuban and Canadian is sues. Nitrate Company Issue. Johnson questioned Mitchell about an issue of $32,000,000 for the Lauters Nitrate Co., Ltd., of England and Chile. The gross profit. Mitchell said, was $1,670,000 and the National City’s profit $809,000. "It was practically a million gross profit," Johnson said. "Yes." Mitchell replied. "That was a profit to your institu tion alone?" "Yes,” the banker replied. Johnson charged Mitchell with trying to “minimize" the profits, but the banker denied he was. Senator Harrison. Democrat, of Mis sissippi, brought out from Mitchell that the National City Co. had loaned money to the American I. G., <dye concerns, a subsidiary of the German I. G. Harrison asked if any of that money had found its way into Russia. “I am not sure" Mitchell replied, "but I believe so.” "I had understood it was in the neighborhood of $400,000,000," Harrison said. “I don’t know,” Mitchell replied. ‘‘I can’t say some of the money has not found itself in smaller amounts in Russia. It may have.” Mitchell said no European loans through his company had been de faulted. ---• 30 Bodies in Flood Found. TUNIS, Algeria, December 19 (A*).— Thirty bodies have been recovered in the flooded districts near here and the work of restoration continued today. A heavy fall of snow added to the diffi culties of the workers. BARRED FROM PICKETING WIFE’S DOORSTEP FOR RECONCILIATION I Chicagoan Must Stay Away, as Spouse Asks Injunction to Harden Her Heart. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 19.—Picketing, long a bone of contention in labor dis putes, has finally worked its way into domestic life. As a result Edward Skoda, 25, can no longer sit on his wife's doorstep and look sorrowful. Judge Joseph Sabath yesterday issued an injunction prohibiting Skoda from licketing at ^er doorstep to ask a rec- i ■Vi ‘ ' • onciliation. She also requested sepa rate maintenance. Mrs. Skoda said she sued her hus band for separate maintenance two years ago, but that he sat on the door step for two weeks, until she finally took pity on him and dismissed her ac tion. She asked the injunction tc harden her heart in case the doorstep sitter returned. BY ME GROUP Immediate Action Blocked by Senator Johnson—On Calendar Monday. HOLIDAY RECESS MADE DEPENDENT UPON VOTE No Change Made in Resolution Since Its Approval by House Last Night. The Hoover moratorium resolution was formally laid before the Senate to day after it had been reported favor ably by the Senate Finance Committee. Chairman Smoot of the committee asked unanimous consent to take up the resolution for consideration in the Senate soon alter that body met at noon. Consideration of the resolution, how ever, was blocked by an objection made by Senator Johnson, Republican, of California. Under the rule the resolu tion went to the calendar and is ex pected to be taken up on Monday. Recess Awaits Vote. No adjournment for the Christmas recess until a vote is had on the pas sage of the resolution was the word which went out from Senator Watson, Republican leader, this afternoon. Senator Watson said that it is planned to take up the moratorium resolution on Monday and to keep it before the Senate all Monday afternoon and Mon day night if necessary to get action. "There will be no Christmas recess resolution passed until we vote on this moratorium resolution," said Senator Watson. The House has already passed and rent to the Senate a resolution for a Christmas recess beginning Tuesday at the close of business. Senator Watson said that he did not expect the opponents oi the moratorium resolution would undertake a filibuster in the Senate. He said that they would be given ample opportunity, of course, to express their views fully. Resolution Unchanged. The resolution was reported to the ; Senate in the same form as it passed I the House last, night. 317 to 100. No ! effort was made to strike out section 5, j which declared the policy of Congress ‘ would be against cancellation or reduc i tion of the war debts owed this country. | No record vote was taken in the I Finance Committee on the motion to j report out the resolution. Smoot said the only vote against the resolution was cast by Senator Connaliy of Texas. However. Senator Gore. Democrat, of Oklahoma, also voted against the measure. How much debate the resolution will encounter before it comes to a vote in the Senate is problematical. Senator Johnson, a strong opponent of the mora torium, and Senator McKellar, Demo crat, of Tennessee, another opponent, are expected to discuss the resolution at length. There will be other Senators in opposition and undoubtedly many of the supporters of the resolution will ask to be heard. Short Executive Session. The Senate Finance Committee was in executive session only about 15 min utes before it took action on the resolu tion. Prior to going into executive ses sion the committee heard the testimony of Charles E. Mitchell of the National City Bank of New York in connection with the hearing on floatation of for eign securities in this country. The resolution went through the House late last night. 317 to 100. The vote found the Democratic majority split. 120 for. 95 against. All but five of the Republicans voting went on record for ratification. The House vote came after nine hours of intense debate, which saw re newed. with an offer of documentary support, the charge by Representative IvIcFadden of Pennsylvania, that Presi dent Hoover had violated his oath in the moratorium action. Rancorous per sonalities were exchanged over this, as McFadden bitterly denounced the stiff punishment of ostracism which the Re publicans, from the President down, have visited upon him for his attack. The Pennsylvanian said he had sub mitted some documents and had more to support his stand. He challenged the House to investigate his accusa tions. But despite all the tall: there never was any question of the final result. Well before midnight the roll was called and the moratorium approved. Anti-Revision Item Voted. The anti-revision of debts item In the ratifying resolution, inserted by a majority of the Ways and Means Com mittee, stayed in without difficulty. In view of the President's message to Congress urging re-establishment of the War Debts Commission to study anew' Europe's ability to pay. the ac tion constituted a rebuff to the ad ministration. It was one already fore tContinued on Page 2, Column 4.) -• MAIL FRAUD CHARGES ON WALTON DISMISSED Impeached Oklahoma Governor Calls It "Christmas Present.” Two Others Cleared. By the Associated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla.. December 19.—The "Christmas present" most wel come to J. C. i Jack) Walton, Impeached Governor of Oklahoma, was the dis missal of mail fraud charges against himself and two others in the Universal Oil <fc Gas Co. trial here. Eight others, including S. E. J. Cox, spectacular promoter, who, the Gov ernment claims, was the head of the company alleged to have swindled in vestors out of more than $1,000,000, remain on trial. • At the conclusion of the prosecution’* case. Federal Judge Edgar S. Vaught sustained demurrers as to Walton, Frank M. Ephland. salesman, and Wil liam F. Collins, attorney for Universal. Judge Vaught held that evidence showed Walton had severed connections with the company before its stock was printed and its sale begun. The Gov ernment had alleged misleading liter ature bearing Walton’s name had been distributed. Walton, thanking Judge Vaught and Prosecutor Herbert K. Hyde, said the dismissal was “the best and most wel- \ come Christmas present I could re ceive.” , I