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Evening star., 1932-04-14
PRIVATE PHONE BILLS
RULED OUT BY M'CARL
Instruments in Ambassadors Res
idence Quarters Must Be Paid
For by individuals.

If officials and employees of the Gov
ernment, including American Ambassa-
dors abroad, wish to have telephone
service in their residential quarters they
must not expect Uncle Sam to pay for
such service, it has been ruled By Con-
troller General McCarl in a decision
concerning the American embassy at
Mexico City.
McCarl disallowed an item of 1851
for telephone service in the account Of
Arthur Bliss Lane. charge d'affairas at
Mexico City for the period from SEP
tember l to October 81. 1880. The
service was ''in the portion of the Gov
ernment-owned embassy building as
signed as residence quarters for the
AmbaSSa dor"
During most of the time in question
1t was explained there was no occupant
Of the residence quarters, the time be-
ing between the terms of the late
Dwight w. Morrow and j. Reuben
Clark
The same act upon which McCarls
decision was based has been the cause
OF several denials of Federal phone
service here in the District in the pri-
vate homes Of officers of the Govern
nlent, it was learned.
Evening star., 1932-04-14
COLORED PRISONER DIES
TUSSLING WITH GUARD
Man, Held in Murder of Woman,
Attempts to Drink
Poison.

Long Shot Red Wells. 80, coIored,
who was being held by police pending
trial for murder of Ruth Wells colored,
died suddenly IN Gallinger Hospital last
night while scuffling with a police Off
Ger who was trying to prevent him from
swallowing poison. Death was believed
due TO a heart attack
The prisoner collapsed in the arms Of
Policeman Charles E Addison, assigned
70 guard him Wells is said to have
grabbed a bottle Of poison from a table
in the hospital and raised the bottle
to his lips whc~ the officer grabbed him.
On March | Wells drove to police
headquarters and gave himself up after
stabbng Ruth Wells, whom he is said
TO have lured to his automobile. The
woman died the following day.
On the day he drove to headquarters
Wells narrowly missed striking a police
sergeant with his automobile and ran
into another automobile parked at the
curb.
Evening star., 1932-04-14
0CC0QUAN AND L0RTON
PRISONERS BUS ASKED
Superintendent Barnard of Penal
Institutions Tells House Sub
committee Needs.

Capt. NJ. NJ. Barnard, superintendent
of penal institutions of the District,
urged the House Subcommittee on Ap-
propriatiOns during recent hearings on
the 1888 District budget. to authorize
funds for the purchase of q motor bus
for transportation of prisoners to the
workhouse at Occoquan and the re-
formatory at Lorton
Prisoners now are transported by
train. but Capt. Barnard told the COM
mittee the railroad is not providing
suitable service. 1t costs the District A
cents a ticket for each prisoner, he
said, and in 1881 S4443.68 was turned
over to the railroad for fares.
1t was pointed out that bus service
would be more economical The cost
of operating the bus, it was estimated
would be S1.400 year, compared with
an annual railroad fare of approximate
ly $4,000.
Evening star., 1932-04-14
l24c Tea Towels
10 for ST

Half linen tea towels in serviceable
grade; very soft and absorbent. All
made with colored borders. Better lay
in supply at this price.
Palais RoyaI-Second Floor
Evening star., 1932-04-14
PARAGUAY MAPS REPLY

ASUNCION, Paraguay. April IA Gp)
The Government announced today it
would send fresh instructions tomorrow
to Paraguayan delegates at the con-
ference with Bolivia in Washington
The instructions would be a reply, the
announcements saic, to a recent Bo-
liyian memorandum
Evening star., 1932-05-04
HOPE IN WASHINGTON.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
HONOLULU, May 3.-Developments
in Washington today held the attention
of the four Americans found guilty of
manSlaughter in the Staying of ,JoSenh
Kahahawai, asserted attacker of Mrs
Thalia Massie These developments in
cluded moves for congressional pardon
Honolulu, although still buzzing with
comment on the sensational case. had
settled into outward calm while await
ing the sentencing Friday of Lieut.
Thomas H. MaSsie, Mrs. Granville For
tescue, mother of Mrs. Massie, and F
j. Lord and Albert o. Jones. enlisted
men of the Navy.
The first step toward escaping the
penalty on the manslaughter verdict
returned by the racially mixed iurv
will be motion for a new trial.
The defense, headed by Clarence Dar-
row, admits, however, this will be little
more than a technical step for the sake
of the record, with little hope it will
succeed
Should Circuit Judge Charles
Davis pronounce sentence Friday the
next act would be to take the case into
the Hawaiian Supreme Court. If the
action there is against the defendants
an appeal may be taken to the ninth
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
in California.
Judge A. M. Cristy, who was disouai-
fed in the trial Of the accused slayers
of Kahahawai on the grounds of
prejudice, will retry the four men who
with Kahahawai were accused of at
tacking Mrs. MaSie. The trial date
probably will be set late this month
Evening star., 1932-05-04
FALL EXPECTED TO END PRISON
SENTENCE IN NEXT FOUR DAYS
Good Behavior Time Be-
comes Effective on
Sunday.
500, 900 Fine Need Not Be
Paid Before His Re-
lease.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
Albert B. Fall probably will be re-
leased from prison by next Sunday.
BY deducting the time allowed of
for good behavior, May is the ex-
piration date for his sentence imposed
fer accepting bribe while Secretary
of the Interior under President Hard
ing.
Serving in the New Mexico State
Penitentiary because the climate at
Santa Fe was considered favorable to
his health. Fall is understood by Wash
ington officials to have behaved well.
The only cabinet officer ever to be
convicted on a felony charge, Fall was
also the only person indicted in con-
nection with the leasing of naval oil
reserves to be sent to the penitentiary.
H. F. Sinclair and Edward L. Doheny,
wealthy oil men, were tried and acquit-
ted
Fall appealed his conviction to the
Supreme Court and, after it refused
to review the case, tried to get a sus-
Evening star., 1932-05-04
AKRON DUE HERE
TODAY ON FLIGHT
Same Party That Missed Ride Feb
ruary % Because of Accident,
Aboard Giant Dirigible.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LAKEHURST, N j., May 4-The
Navy dirigible Akron, with members of
the House Naval Affairs Committee
aboard, took off at $50 am, Eastern
standard time, today for an inspection
flight.
The ship was expected to fly over
Washington, New York, Philadelphia
and Atlantic City, returning to the
Naval Air Station late in the day.
Among the congressman aboard were
Clark Burdick of Rhode Island, Roy
q. Woodruff of Michigan, Clarence E.
Hancock of New York, William r.
Coyle of Pennsylvania, William C.
Langford of Georgia and Paul J.
Kvale and Melvin J. Mas of Min
nesota.
Representative Carl Vinson of
Georgia had two friends on board, C.
N. DaVey and D. S. Carmichael of
Macon, Ga.
The same party waited to go aloft
on February %, but the Akron wrecked
its vertical fin as it was brought out
of the hangar
Evening star., 1932-05-04
OFFICIAL MISSING
IN SAN FRANCISCO
Wife of Public Defender Tells Po-
lice of Phone Message Indicating
He Was Taken for Ride"

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 4-Mystery
today shrouded the disappearance of
Frank j. Egan, San Francisco public
defender. He vani"hed Monday night
after Charles Dullea, captain of de-
tcctives, had received telephone call,
supposedly from Egan, saying:
These men have got me, captain. "
Deputy Coroner Jane Walsh revealed
Egan had been named chief beneficiary
in the will of Mrs. Jessie Hughes,
widow, whose body was found in a
street gutter several days ago. Police
believed Mrs. Hughes was either struck
by hit-run driver or killed and then
thrown from an automobile. She was
a friend of Egan's.
The missing mans wife, on the
verge of collapse, told authorities she
telephone call Monday night
from a man who said: We've just
taken Frank for a ride" She said
her husband had acted somewhat
recently. but she was unable
to account for his disappearance.
Egan's automobile was found yester-
day by police in a downtown garage
where attendants said he left it the
night before.
Evening star., 1932-05-04
Bingham Would Exempt
Treasury-PoSt Office Serv-
ices From SIashes.
SERIOUS DISRUPTION
OF SERVICES FEARED
Appropriations Committee Not Ex-
pected to Take Up Economy
Bill for Several Days.

The Senate plunged into renewal of
debate today over whether it should go
ahead with the policy inaugurated sew
eIal weeks ago of cutting all appropria-
ton bills 10 per cent in addition to
reductions already made by the Budget
Bureau and the House.
The issue came before the Senate
again on a resolution by Senator Bing-
ham, Republican, of Connecticut, seek
ing to modify the effect of the 10 per
cent cut order on the Treasury Post
Office bill by urging the Appropriations
Committee, in carrying out the 10 per
cent cut order, not to reduce the postal
and customs services to a point that
would seriously disrupt those services.
Economy Bill Waits.
Meanwhile, the omnibus economy bill,
which passed the House late yesterday,
will go to the Senate Appropriations
Committee, but it probably will not be
given any consideration for several days.
Chairman Jones of the Appropriations
Committee said today he had had no
chance to study the bill as 1t finally
passed the House.
Just before the Bingham resolution
came up today Senator Oddie, Repub-
lican, of Nevada, chairman of the sub
committee in charge of the Treasury
Post Office bill, introduced resolution
for the outright repeal of the 10 per
cent cut order on that bill. The Oddie
resolution must lie over one day, but
the Bingham resolution may be voted
on today.
Senator Bingham said he had been
in sympathy with the movement start
ed by Senator McKellar, Democrat, of
Tennessee, to cut the various appro-
priation bills 10 per cent, because he
felt there were too many Government
bureaus doing too many things of a
paternalistic nature that the Govern
ment ought not to be doing, and he
had hoped the 10 per cent rule might
lead to substantial reductions in some
of the bureaus of that type.
Fears Serious DisEocation.
He declared, however, that upon
listening to evidence that has been
presented recently, he has come to the
conclusion that the 10 per cent redue-
tion in the Teasury and Post ONCE
Departments would not only work a
serious hardship to large number of
postal employees and result in the clos
ing Of many custom houses, but would
cause a serious dislocation of two i'm
portant departments of the Government
For that reason, he said, he has con-
cluded 1t was wrong to order the 10
per cent cut on this bill.
The Connecticut Senator said some
reduction could have been made in the
public building program under the
Treasury Department, but that the
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Evening star., 1932-05-04
SOVIET ARMY SET,
CHIEF WARNS FOES
Speech Barred as Reports
Blame Japanese for
Hostile Moves.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, May 4.-Moscow news
papers today published May day
speech made by Gen. VASTLY Constan-
tinovich Bluecher, commander of the
Red army at Khabarovsk, in which he
warned that while Soviet Russia desires
peace, she stands ready to defend her
borders against any foe.
The publication of Gen. Bluecher's
speech was coincident with charges
that the Japanese had inspired Russian
white Guard" demonstrations in Man
churia as a prelude to seizing the
Chinese Eastern Railway. of which
Russia is co-owr1er with China.
,.s9yss Bridge Blast Probed.
A dispatch from Khabarovsk said
Soviet employees of the Chinese Eastern
at Harbin had been arrested and added
that an investigation of the dynamiting
of a bridge over the Sungari River alb
solved Soviet citizens of any connection
with the incident and established that
it was provoked by certain Japanese
military circles who aimed at aggra-
waiting relations between the Soviet gov
ernment and the new Manchurian and
japanese governments.
These provocations, the dispatch
added, were aimed at the arrest of
leaders of Soviet institutions at Man
churia and the seizure Of the Chinese
Eastern Railway, at the same time di-
verting public opinion from the grow
ing rebellion of Chinese groups.
The commander of the Far Eastern
department of the Red army. reviewing
the troops on May day. administered
the oath of fidelity to the soldiers and
said:
Warns Soviet Foes.
LET this oath sound like an iron
call to strength and to fight.
I'VE don't want war, We only want
to build our Socialist economy, but let
every one be assured the Red arrny is
ready at any moment to defend our
country"
Evening star., 1932-05-04
July I, 1884, Limitation Given
by House, Removed by
Finance Committee.
SIS EXEMPTION CUT OFF
OF 2-CENT CHECK TAX
Flat 4-Cent Levy Placed on All
Bond Transfers for Each
$100 of Face Value.
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
In drastic moves for new revenue. the
Senate Finance Committee voted far
reaching changes today in the House
tax bill.
The July 1, 1884, limitation given by
the House to the life of the multitude
nous new excise levies, was removed and
the rates made permanent.
The SIS exemption previously voted
by the committee for the 2-cent tax on
bank checks was eliminated, adding
more than $35, 900, 900 to the measure.
A fiat Accent levy on bond transfers,
applicable to each 500 of face value,
was agreed upon. The tax Is expected
to produce $4,000 900.
The extra 10 per cent tax on pistols
ana revolverS was removed so that these
articles and all other firearms will be
subject to the straight 10 per cent levy
given them under the 1925 revenue act.
$s5,OOO,OOO Yield.
In recommending the levy on all
bank checks, Secretary of the Treas
ury Mills had estimated 1t would yield
SOS, 200, 900. In previously voting such
tax with IS exemption, the COM
mittee had lost about one-half of that
sum, 1t was estimated.
The committee disposed of this prob
lem before plunging into another dis
pute which appeared impending put
ting tariff rates into the new revenue
bill.
The duties were thrown out by the
last change of sentiment of the COM
mittee.
Senator Jones. Republican, of Wash
ington. told newspaper men as he went
to the committee room he expected to
get lumber import taxes written into
the bill today. The Washington Sena-
tor Is sponsor Of several amendments
to put import levies on logs, shingles
and pulp wood.
Jones said he thought the import
levies on coal, oil and copper, stricken
from the bill by the committee, would
have chance" to be put back in.
Studying Other Duties.
The committee also is studying the
possibilities qf duties
on rubber, coffee, tea and cocoa
In diSposing of the bond sales tar,
the committee struck out of the House
bill the tax of one-quarter of / per cent
on loans of stocks. which was aimed at
curbing short selling. The argument
was advanced that the tax on stock
loans amounted to triple taxation on
the stock dealers.
Estimates on the amount of money to
be raised by the bond levy varied. The
Accent tax Is applicable to each 500
value of the bonds.
Senator Reed argued that most bond
transfers were outside the regular mar
ket and that the tax would merely
penalize those sold on the exchange.
In effect, he said, it would lead to bond
"bootlegging."
Evening star., 1932-05-04
NEW MUSCLE SHOALS
BILL REACHES HOUSE
Democratic House Expected to
Approve Private Opera
tion Plan.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A brand new model of the Muscle
Shoals bill reached the House today
for its annual political tryout.
Passage before night was expected
from the first Democratic controlled
membership ever to vote on disposal of
the huge wartime munitions plant.
Liberal provisions were offered for
leasing the $140,000, 900 property. with
Government operation made secondary
to private-operation contract.
BY inclusion of Goyernment-op
ton alternative, if no private lease is
written, the Hill bill corresponds to the
measure President Hoover vetoed last
session. But 1t extends from IL to 18
months the time allowed for securing
a private lease.
Then, if private negotiations failed,
the Government board of three created
by the bill would begin operation OF
the nitrate plants. Should satisfac-
tory private bio be made later. however,
it would be accepted and Government
operation stopped.
Evening star., 1932-05-04
100 GOTHAM SHOWS REVEALED
OPERATING WITHOUT LICENSES
Fight Against Closing of "Merry-Go-Round," Civic
Corruption Play, Causes Check-Up.

pointed out that it was notarized
May 8.
He saw no way in which the license
could be speeded up, since several city
departments must inspect the theater
before the license can be renewed
Police Commissioner Mulrooney said
police had prevented the uptown pre-
miere Of the show after having been
notified by the license commissioner
that the Avon Theater had no renewal
for its license.
Mayor Walker scoffed at rumors that
he had acted to have the show stopped
because it ''poked fun" at high political
figures in New York City. He said he
had taken no action, knew nothing
about the incident until he read about
it and thought the whole thing Is o
puhicity stunt
Evening star., 1932-05-04
CURTIS DISAPPEARS
ON ANOTHER TRIP.
Reports Persist That Lind
bergh Is With Negotiators
at Norfolk.
Ry the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NORFOLK, Va, May A. Another
secret trip by water was made by John
Hughes Curtis today as a negotiator
in the Lindbergh kidnapping case.
Participants in the last cruise, after
returning aboard the yacht Maroon
last night, were believed to have re-
manned at the naval base in readiness
for another trip. The Maroon came
through the Virginia capes late yester-
day and docked at the naval base.
Mr.. Curtis could not be located after
his return and there was no indica-
ton of the results Of the trip Neither
Rear Admiral Guy H. Burrage, retired.
nor Very Rev. H. Dobson-Peacock, the
other two Intermediates. had any COM
ment to make.
Lieut. George L. Richard, naval
pilot serving with the Intermediates,
returned to his home last night. only
to leave again in short time. Capt.
F. H. Lackmann, skipper of the yacht,
remained aboard last night.
Reports persisted that Col. Lindbergh
is with the negotiators, actively par
ticipating In the efforts to recover
his son.
Evening star., 1932-05-04
Tenement WRECKED
BY MYSTERY BLAST
Possible Loss of Life Feared in
Explosion and Fire in
Ohio.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
MANSFIELD, Ohio, May 4.-Four
persons were injured seriously and pos
sible loss of life was feared in a mys-
terious explosion which wrecked and
set fire to a two-story tenement here
early today.
Firemen believed occupants of the
tenement may have perished.
One man jumped from a second
story window and landed on his head.
Three other persons suffered burns, cuts
and bruises.
How many others lived In the brick
and frame structure could not be as
certained Windows for a block
around were blown out and the entire
nelghborhood was shaken. Firemen
were undecided whether the blast was
caused by dynamite or gas
Fire broke out at once and soon the
wreckage was mass of flames Debris
inside the building was 10 feet deep.
The front wall collapsed into a street.
Evening star., 1932-05-04
3-YEAR-0LD CHILD LOST
IN CALIFORNIA WILDS
Countryside Searched for Little
Girl Who Wandered From
Home to Pick Flowers.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, May 4.-Hampered
by gusty rain, driven by cold winds,
deputy sheriffs and ranchers continued
a search today in the wild, mountain
Gus area around Quail Lake for 3-year-
old Cecilia Mitchell.
Lured by hillsides Of flaming wild
flowers, the youngster wandered away
Monday noon from the home Of her
mother, Mrs. Geneva Mitchell, ranch
housekeeper, and disappeared.
She was lost In a section in which
there are known to be rattlesnakes,
coyotes, half-wild hogs and mountain
lions. 1t was feared also that rains
might cause her TO succumb to ex-
posure.
Evening star., 1932-05-04
MEMEL STARTS ELECTING DIET.
WITH EYE ON NLITHUANIAN ROW
Country Three-Fourths Large Rhode Island Seeks
to Preserve Germanic Tradition

The League OF Nations has deSig-
mated Memelland, which is three-ouar-
tiers the size of Rhode Island, as a sep
arate state under supervision of Lith-
uania. Lithuanian patriots are desirous
OF ultimately absorbing the country.
On the other hand, the natives are
German, or Of Germanic origin.
Conflict between these elements came
to head last February, when Otto
Boettcher, the president of the MemeI
Diet. German, was dismissed by the
Lithuanian governor. Boettcher was
charged with treating with a foreign
country and a Lithuanian was, ap-
pointed q his stead.
Evening star., 1932-05-04
GRAND| ATTACKS
GENEVA RESULTS
Too Many Words" DepIored
by italian Leader on
Return Home.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
ROME, May 4-Dino Grandi told
the Chamber of Deputies today that
there are too many words; too many
resolutions in principle at the World
Disarmament Conference "for the
modest results obtained"
He used plain language in review
of political and economic affairs in
discussing the budget of foreign
ministry which he heads.
Sees Impatient World.
The worlds peoples, anxiousl-' hoping
for peace and a new system of inter-
national living" he said, ARE not
concealing their impatience, and their
impatience is more than justified.
81 doubt" he said, eff the world
conscience can wait any longer, but
the success of disarmament is assured
if the smallest part of the good will
so often affirmed by the nations Is
translated into action.
Italy is not discouraged, but we are
aware that while Geneva discusses
cannons roar in the Far East. The
situation there still is not without
danger of further complications.
Pans Danubian Methods.
He affirmed his own belief and that
of Premier MuSsolini that common
sense methods are the best for
economic relief. He referred particu-
larly to the economic situation in the
Danubian countries, of which he said
little is known even to those who
described themselves as experts and
risk adopting remedies worse than the
evil itself"
Evening star., 1932-05-04
FOREIGN TRADE GROUPS
CONFER IN HONOLULU
United States, Canada, China and
Other Nations Represented at
Discussions.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
HONOLULU. May 4.-Business and
industrial leaders of the Occident and
the Orient met at a conference table
at this Pacific halfway station today
for three-dav discussion of mutual
problems and OF a program to stimu-
late trade in the Pacific area.
Mainland America, Hawaii, Canada,
Siam, Japan, China, the Philippines,
Australia and New Zealand were
represented at the National and the
Pacific Foreign Trade Convention.
The conference program opened with
a joint meeting of the National Foreign
Trade and the Pacific Foreign Trade
Councils. 1t was the first gathering
of the kind since the founding of the
organizations.
Evening star., 1932-05-04
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
MEMEL, Memel Land, May 4.-This
little country, which was stripped from
Germany's eastern flank by the treaty
of Versailles, today began electing
new Diet
Although no casualties have occurred
in the furious campaign. several dis
turbances were reported last night.
Native Memellanders were making a
strenuous effort to swell their vote, in
view of the recent settlements of Lith-
uanians in Memelland.
Evening star., 1932-05-04
BRITAIN TO ANSWER
install MENT PROPOSAL
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, May Sir John Simon.
the foreign minister, told Parliament
today that Great Britain expects to
reply soon TO the American note pro-
posing that debt payments suspended
under the Hoover moratorium should be
made in annual installments.
A member asked whether any state
ment could be made as to the answers
from other powers concerned. but Sir
John said he could not answer for the
others.