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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-24
TREASURY EXPERTS
STUDY TAX PLANS
Decision on Whether Revision
Will Be Asked Is Due
in Six Weeks.
BY tie Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Whether the administration win rec
ommend tax revision is expected to be
decided within a month or six weeks.
This became evident in high Treas
ury quarters today. Progress is being
made on the study being conducted by
the departments economic experts, but
the stage has not yet been reached
when the final verdict has evidenced
itself.
II the decision turns out to be that
revision will be recommended TO Con-
gress In December, the tax experts will
have to draw the plan for submission
to the Treasury, the Budget Bureau
and the White House before President
Hoover could present it to Congress.
Seek New Revenue Sources.
The administration has sought to
avoid tax increases. Though some be-
Iieve revision OF the tax system Is sun-
ayoidable, others take the view the
Government could meet its deficit this
year, as It did last, through an increase
of the public debt, and delay tax re-
vision for another year.
Treasury experts have for several
months been canvassing possible sources
of new revenue to replace or supple
ment income taxes. because of the tre-
mendous drop in that source OF reve-
nue., which has formed the backbone OF
the Governments tax system.
Following a drop of $3.50, 000. 900 In
income tax collections in the last year.
the payments In the first quarter OF the
1882 fiscal year-which ends Septenl-
Der 30-tave shown a drop already of
$3.50, 900 ,000 or nearly half as much In
s quarter of the year as was shown in
the entire preceding year.
Collections Drop on.
At the close Of business September 20
income tax collections for the fiscal
year since July l have amounted to
S305, 594 ,578. as compared with $685.
353,9l4 in the same period Of the pre-
vious year.
For the first % days of this month
the collections have amounted to $751;
0l5,112, as compared with 1882, 468, 100
for the same number Of days last year
With the chief source Of Federal rev.
erue dropping of at an amazing rate,
1t seemed to key ofncials that the Gov
eminent would have to md some source
to yeplace the loss. At the close of
business September % it had q deficit
of 1864, 258,237. having collected from
all sources only $549, 962, 789 this fiscal
year and having spent $9l4,22l .O26.
The hope that had been held out that
an increase In business in the present
calendar year might bring greater re-
turns from income tax now seems for
lorn because Of the continued business
depression.
Secretary CT the Treasury Mellon and
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-24
MEXICAN GOVERNORS
REMOVAL REQUESTED
Expenditure of $1,000 for Monu-
ment Which Lasted Three Days
Charged by Deputies.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, September 24.-The
Chamber Of Deputies last night request
ed President Ortiz Rubio TO remove
Carlos Trejo y Lerdo de Tejada from
the governorship of the northern dis
trict of Lower California.
He was accused, among other things,
OF spending $1,000 on monument,
which fell to pieces three days after
its unwilling, and of using money as
signed to road construction for plant
ing cactus In Tia Juana.
Deputy Braulio Maldonado, address
ing the Chamber, charged that the
Governor Inundated the people of
Lower California by appearing in the
street dressed so ridiculously as to call
to mind the legendary Aztec god Quet-
zalcoatl, known as the plumed serpent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-24
EMERGENCY POWER
PASSED IN COLOMBIA
President Vested With Right to
Take ANY Economic
Measures.
By the Associated pr.ss

By the Associated Press
BOGoTA, Colombia. September "a
President Enrique olaya Herrera was
vested with power to take any eco
nomic or financial measures which are
indispensable to assist the country in
the present economic crisis" in an
emergency law passed by the Colombian
Congress today.
Inc law provides the President may
raise tariffs on foreign luxury and agri-
cultural products to whatever level he
considers necessary, or bar them Alto
getner. The authorization extends to
December 81.
Inc sole modification or the Presi-
oehts new power is a clause prohibiting
the establishment of new monopolies
not already authorized by law. A con-
Suiting board of three Senator's and
tnree Representatives also is established.
The legislation speedily followed q
decline Of 35-l00 of cent in the value
OF the Colombian peso yesterday. Con-
gress met shortly after midnight and
the emergency law was signed by the
President an hour later in his private
once. adjoining his bed room IN the
palace. ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-24
HYDE SEEKS FACTS
ON BEERS RETURN
Rumors Stirred Up by New
lnqulry--White House
Ignores Them.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Another official inquiry into the pos
sibilities of legalized beer, this time
directed toward the effect on the
farmer. is being undertaken by the
Federal Government.
Secretary Hyde disclosed today that
the Agriculture Department was seek
ing data on how resumption OF
legitimate brewing would be felt on the
farm.
It will determine how many farmers
might be employed IN raising hops and
barley and other gfist for the vat.
Among those who want TO see presi-
dent Hoover Come out for beer--and
many in his party have urged him to
do so-the news was received with hope
that II meant at least an open mind
toward their proposals.
Drys Also Speculate.
Among those who want the admin
istratiof and the Republican party to
stay as dry AZ overland they are
numerous, too--the result was just re-
newed speculation. to which there was
no authoritative answer.
Those who questioned Mr.. Hyde
directly got little more information
than that which came recently from
Walter Newton, one Of the Presidents
secretaries, when he recently said he
had asked, on behalf Of an outside
source. for Census Bureau figures on
the number employed in breweries be-
fore prohibition.
The Agriculture Secretary said he
had received many requests for infor-
nation on the much-debated point Of
beer as measure of farm relief. None
of the requests, he said. came from the
White House The President might
learn Of the result. he continued, but
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-24
PEPCO SEEKS RULE
ON consent DECREE
Utilities Body Notified Court
Will Be Asked to Con-
tinue Effect.

Court intsrpsution will be asked by
the Potomac Electsic Power 90. In ar
effort to continue in force the celebrated
consent decree Of Equity Court, under
which local electric rates now are fixed,
the Public Utilities Com rission was
notified today.
Formal notification was filed with
Earl B. Fisher. commission secretary.
by S. r. Bowen and John s. Barbour.
attorneys for the power company. They
Commission under which the consent
decree would be abrogated lis irregular
and defective ON its face"
The Utilities Commission decided last
June to disregard the consent decree
under which rates have been adjusted
annually since 1925, when they consid-
cred the 1881 rates. The attitude of
the commission Is that the power COM
pany has bsen earning more money than
was intended at the time the consent
decree was agreed upon.
Effect of Consent Decree.
The consent decree ruled the power
companysshould be permitted to charge
rates on which 1t could obtain return
of 7h per cent on its investment an
Aludlt, U4ScQ vi y IGNdAudtlO1l VI SoE.~
100000, plus net cost of betterments,
weighted but undepreciated to date.
Under the scale established by the
commission, effective January 1, 1881,
the power company was authorized to
charge a primary rate Of a. cents per
kilowatt hour with various secondary
rates.
After a public hearing the Utilities
Commission recently notified power
company officials the rates would be
fixed next year regardless of the con-
sent decree because the company al
most always had earned a return of
10 per cent or more regardless of the
71s per cent clause in the consent
decree.
Dissatisfied With Order.
The notice filed today read: THE
Potomac Electric Power Co. now gives
notice of its dissatisfaction with order
No. Gle of the Public Utilities Commits
sion of the District of Columbia passed
June 8, 1881, in the matter CT the result
of operations under the sliding scale
Advancement by which rates of the
Potomac Electric Power Co. have been
fixed since January /, 1925, and of its
appeal therefrom to the Supreme Court
OF the District of Columbia, which
order is irregular and defective on its
face and is contrary to law and violative
of the rights of the Potomac Electric
Power Co. under the Constitution OF
the United States"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-24

BY the Associated Press
CHICAGO, September 24.-Earl SAL
statistics
He used them yesterday to win q
dismissal of charges against him in
the court Of Judge Edward B. Casey.
When he was arrested by Policeman
Walter Balloon recently for making
left turn, he stopped to compile few
statistics. He wanted to md out:
First, how many Of his fellow citi-
zens made the same mistake?
Second, How many Of them were ar
rested?
Accordingly he stationed himself ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-24
i. s. APPEAL SENT
CHINA AND JAPAN
StimSon Asks Both Nations
to End HoStiIitieS in
Manchuria.

TOXIC, September "a (R.-The
japanese government issued a state
ment tonight explaining to the world
its position in Manchuria, and en-
phasizing that Japan entertained
absolutely no territorial ambitions
in Manchuria.
This position. said the government,
1t had often stated previously.
BY the Associated Press
The weight of the American Govern
ment has been thrown against further
hostilities in Manchuria.
Secretary Stimson not only has urged
. cessation Of lighting between Chinese
and japanese troops, but has asked
withdrawal "from the present Situation
Of danger"
This action Of the Government, pre-
sumably through the Diplomatic repre-
sentatives In Washington of the DISPUTE
ing nations, was made known in a note
to the League of Nations expressing
sympathy with its stand on the Man.
chur1an situation.
American Deaths Denied.
Ambassador De Buchi of Japan in.
formed Secretary OF State Stimson to.
day that published reports of japanese
activities In Manchuria have been, in
part, exaggerated and incorrect.
So far as he has been able to learn
there Is no truth in reports that
Americans have been killed there and
he Is at a loss to understand how the
rumor was started.
The Ambassador assured thai
japanese troops have not occupied the
important railroad city of Hardin. anc
have not advanced north of Chang
chun,
Assures U. S. Support.
The League, in resolution, had
called upon Japan to halt the advance
OF troops into the disputed territory. II
asked that the United States take :
similar position.
Replying yesterday to the resolution
the American Secretary OF State as.
sured the League OF this Government:
"wholehearted sympathy"
Il have already urged cessation O.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-24
GIRL Is SLAIN BY STEPFATE1ER
AS SHE SEEKS TO END QUARREL
Foster Parent Then Fires Five Shots Suicide Attempt
as He Flees Scene of Fatality.

instantly by Joseph Besnek. the STEP
father. who was arrested as he ned from
the house. He fred I'VE shots at him.
self as he ned, none Of the bullets
striking him.
Besnek, who said he was estraneed
from his wife, admitted the shooting.
He said he wanted TO kill HIS wife be-
cause she drove him from their home
Mrs Besnek said she hs, tNDarted from
her husband because he de heavily,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-24
DIR. SHELTON TAKES
STAND IN DEFENSE
Accused Pastor Refuses New
Passionate Before Clearing
of Charges Here.

DIR. William A. Shelton, pastor Of
the Mount Vernon Place Methodist
Episcopal Church South, took the wit
ness stand in Alexandria, Va. this
morning to defend himself against
charges of an unreyealed nature based
on complaints made by his former
secretary, Miss Carrie A. williams Of
1922 Forty-first street.
1t was learned from the accused
pastors friends that he had refused
to leave Washington under q cloud"
to accept . pastorate in another city
In preference to standing trial.
1t was said that Bishop e. d. Mouzon,
presiding oficer OF the Baltimore Con-
ference. had suggested to DR.. shelton
that he take a pastorate in Georgia.
DR.. Shelton IS reported to have said
he preferred not to leave washington
until the charges against him had beer,
thoroughly investigated by Trial Com
mittee.
Denials Expected.
Although the nature OF the testimony
could not be learned, it was expected
he would make a vigorous denial OF the
claim that he was guilty o. any mis-
conduct while alone in the church ONCE
with Miss Williams on November 1, 1880.
1t IS understood that Miss williams,
while on the witness stand two days
ago, complained Of Or. Shelton's conduct
while ne was in the study with her.
Her testimony was followed by that of
Miss Ada Lee Powell, a friend. who said
she went to the church once to See
Miss Williams on the afternoon of the
alleged incident.
Copies of letter, purporting to have
been written by Dr.. Shelton to his
former secretary, and anonymously
mailed to the newspapers, were turned
over to the defense and prosecuting
counsel today. 1t was admitted by both
sides that a photostatic copy of the
same letter had been introduced in evil
dence at the trial
When the hearing opened this morn
ing the Rev. H. r. Deal, assistant pastor
OF the Mount Vernon Place Church. was
called totEe stand to resume testimony
which had not been completed when the
committee adjourned last night. Rev
Mr. Deal has served as an assistant to
Or. Shelton and his predecessor, DIR. W.
A. Lambeth, now Of Durham, N. c.
DR.. Lambeth Is Heard.
The committee also heard DR.. Lam
beth yesterday. He has been regarded
as one Of the principal witnesses In
support of the charges brought against
the present pastor of the church.
AS the church tribunal completed its
second day of deliberations behind
closed doors, its personnel was an
nounced by DR.. w. s. Hammond of
Martinsburg, w. Va, the presiding
officer, as follows:
DR.. w. H. Bsst and Dr. L. s. Rudisill
OF Baltimore, the Revs. Charles L. De-
long Of Hinton and j. w. Fink Of
Mooreneld, w. Va, and the following
Virginia clergymen-Dr. John Paul
Tyler of Clifton Forge, d. l.. Snyder of
Alexandra, E. w. Aaron Of Fredericks-
burg. J. H. Smith of Lexington, Harvey
Marsh of Waynesboro, DIR. r. L. Fultz
OF Front Royal and Herbert Syden-
stricken Of Roanoke.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-24
BANS LOANS FOR DoLEs

LONDON, September "a tR).-The de-
termination of the British government
not to borrow to meet unemployment
insurance payments and other charges
was revealed today In supplementary
estimate for expenses Of E20. IOO,O0O:
Of the excheuiier for the dole. The re-
rnainder win Be applied TO the road fund
and win Sc repayable out Of the future
income Of the Sand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-24
BY WILLY RoDY.
Owner and Co-PiIot Of the Esa.


andCo Of the
the North World rights rssd
5y
sTAvANoERFJoRD tell with
chronck
death slowly sinking
Newfoundland
Our plane unkers Ws3 with LIS motor
intended
and fueed Juneau about 80 miles from
toward o'clock that evening the marine bureau
h - 4 malt 4ha L.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-24
Representative TAYLOR
TN NERVOUS BREAKDOWN
Tennessee Congress Member to Re-
main at Home for Week or Two
of Rest and Quiet.
By the Associated Press.

BY tina Associated Press
LAFAYETTE. Tenn, September "a
Representative j. VIII Taylor, Of the
second congressional district Of Tennes-
see, is i'll at his home here after .
nervous breakdown.
DR.. u. 8. Garden said his condition
Is not serious, but that he would need a
week or two of rest and quiet, He Is
not allowed to have company.
The Representative was stricken in
washington last week and came to his
home Tuesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-24
Treaty Negotiations Progress.

PARIS. September "a R1.-Negotia-
tions leading to commercial treaty
between France and Soviet Russia were
reported today to be progressing actively
and French extension of credit to Rus
STA against petroleum was regarded as
a possibility.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-24
STATISTICS ON TRAFFIC VIOLATION
WIN DRIVERS CHARGE DISMISSAL
Stree Corner Survey Made by Motofst Arrested for Left
Turn Softens Heart of Police Judge.

the corner, where he was arrested and
began to count Seven motorists made
left turns. AS no policeman was
around none OF them was arrested.
Eventually, however. Policeman Bal-
com passed again. He stopped TO IN
arrested him again. This time the
complaint was disorderly conduct.
Judge Casey listened to the story
and came to the conclusion that any
one as statistically minded as Solomon
shouldn't be punished.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-24

to the take-off point. Many automo--
biles followed ours to the field. And
Costa Vega, being Portuguese. was
surrounded by friends and relatives,
who wished him and his comrades well
on the long air journey over the sea.
We tested the engine and measured
our fuel for the last time. Practically
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-24

By the Associated Press.
DETROIT, September 24.1-A 2o-year-
old girl who threw herself between her
mother and stepfAther as they quar-
relied In their home early today was
shot and killed by the stepfather. who
then made futile effort TO end his
own life.
The girl. Rose Hohagyr. stenog-
rapher In downtown hotel, was killed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-24
Cotton Diet Saving
Life of Girl With
Nail in Stomach
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, September
PA diet of raw cotton dis
guised In spinach, the X-ray at
the General Hospital informed
physicians today, is saving the
life Of 5-year-old Marvella Dono-
van, who swallowed q nail last
Saturday.
She finished her fourth day Of
cotton diet and the latest pic
lures, attendants at the hospital
said, show the cotton has encased
the nail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-24
NEW Y0RK-HAvANA HOP
FOR RECORD CANCELLED
Reichers and D'Annunzio Find
Plane Tail skid Broken at
Miami.

By the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla, September 24.-Lou
Reichers, aviation editor OF Liberty
Magazine, and Capt. Ugo v. D'Anunzio,
son OF the Italian poet, discovered a
tail skid of their airplane was broken
here at o:40 am. e. s. T. and Cancelled
their attempt to lower Capt Frank
Hawks speed record from New York
to Havana.
damaged in taking on at Newark, N. J.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-24
Secretary Doak at War!

The Department of Labor is wagng merciless
campaign against the evils that have practiced by
racketeers in human lives who have Haunted our i'm
migration laws and made the United States dumping
ground for the scum Of the earth.
A real picture Of the true situation has
been written. The facts will amaze YOU
See The Evening Star Next Monday
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-24
NORMAN RUMoR OFFSET
Bank of England Denies Knowl
edge Governor May Resign.

LONDON, September ~ LR1.-Rumors
that Montagu Norman. governor Of the
Bank Of England, would resign were
current in financial circles today. but
II was said at the bank that nothing
was known there Of such reports.
Mr.. Norman. who returned to London
from Canada yesterday, was at his desk
in the bank today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-24
RODY DESCRIBES HORROR
OF Z DAYS BUFFETING IN
SLOWLY SINKING PLANE
Freezing, Starving, Thirsting Flyers See
Ship Pass by as Waves Tear at Frail
Craft-Then Came Rescue!


e. aid ESas9 to sY un @ % %
o1T gsS rns days they mere rescued BY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-24

On that day, Sunday, the 18th, the
weather reports had arrived. They were
fairly satisfactory. We got them very
early in the morning, and decided to
get away at once. We planned to head
direct for the Azores and from there to
follow the great circle course to our
distant goal. New York City.
At $50 that morning we went out
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-24

eminent here today.
President Enrique Olaya Herrera re-
Gently suggested to the Colombian Con-
eress that he visit the United States
for several weeks Of financial confer
ences,. by which he hoped to stimulate
CoIonbia's economic activity and to re-
Iieye some Of its financial difficulties.
His project met with some opposition
and subsequently he was said TO have
abandoned It.
The Colombia consulate at New York
today said It knew Of no Developments
of the censorship.
Unconflrmed reports reached New
York that the Colombia Congress yes
tertay passed o law forbidding importa-
ton Of al rnerohAndise. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-24
CENSORSHIP PLACED
ON COLOMBIA NEWS
Consulate a New York Unable to
Explain Action at,
Bogota.

BY the Associated Press.
BoGoTA. Colombia, September a.
A censorship was imposed by the gov
eminent here today.
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Radio Programs On Page DIS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-24

~. 8. weather Bureau Forecast.)
Fair and cooler tonight; tomorrow
fair with moderate temperature.
Temperatures Highest. 90, at pm.
yesterday: lowest, So. ct 4 pm. yesterday.
Full report on page 8.
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Continued on Page 2. Column 81
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-02-26

Mrs. Rueben Gest entertained a,
a party Wednesday in honor Of
Irene and Jean Lum, whose birth.
day it was. Twenty-four girls and
boys attended.
Miss Louise Albrecht, Miss Ell.
ma and Herbert Lentz took Hell.
muth Albrecht to Spokane Sun.
day. From there he went by train
to his home at Rolla, North Da-
kota.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Albrecht,
Miss Louise George and Helmuth
were guests at the home of their
aunt, Mrs. Carl Mergenthall .on
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. B. Swayze and
SON, Frank of Hermiston, Ore.
spent Monday at the home of j.
c. Swayze. The men are brothers.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. ]. Williams of
Milton, Oregon, spent the week
end at the w. B. Elliott home.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. C. Swayze had
as dinner guests Sunday Mr.. and
Mrs. A. A. Edwards of Horse
Heaven, Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Nc
Lean, Mr.. and Mrs. j. r. Ayers
and Miss Ruth Boutell.
Mrs. Lee M. Lampson and Theo.
spent the weekend with relatives
at Prosser.
Mrs. John Farthing of Vancouv-
er visited her sisters Mrs. w. B.
Elliott and Mrs. Holden last week.
Arthur and James Walker were
Prosser visitors Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Hunt have
gone out to the hills to do the
seeding. They expect to be there
about three weeks.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-02-26
Future Musicians Entertain

Future Musicians Entertain
A group of students from diff
ferent parts of the Yakima valley
gave a musical program in the
high school assembly Wednesday,
February 10. The program was or
iginally scheduled for 2:30, but due
to unavoidable difficulties the
players did not arrive until after
8. I'm spite Of their late arrival
they gave short program in the
limited time allotted them.
The orchestra consisting of both
members from the upper valley
from Pasco and Kennewick, gave
several numbers. Different groups.
classified according to the num-
bers of weeks of training, also
demonstrated their ability. A sax
ophone quartet and a flute and
piccollo duet were among the fea-
lures. For those who did not have
to depend upon the buses, long
er program was presented.