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The Washington times., 1932-12-22
RAIL LEADERS
. PUT D. K. ON ]
MERGER
BIaine'S FiIibuSter Ends As
A Companies Make Many
Concessions to Foes

The Senate deadlock on the
District street railway merger
was broken shortly before
noon today. ~
Traction officials gave way
to the demands Of Senator
John j. Blaine (R.), Of Wis
consin, and agreed to accept
his terms for a Scent fare
for school children, Public
Utilities Commission regula-
tion of all electric power, and
made many other concessions.
Senator Blaine will discontinue
his filibuster against the reSolu-
tion of Senator Warren r. Austin
(R.) Of Vermont, providing for
consideration of the merger bill
and the Senate is expected to pro-
ceed to delibcration Of the plan
lated in the day.
The concessions made by the
street car companies were not
entirely satisfactory, according to
Blaine, who has held out for
amendments designed to safe
guard public interest. He said,
however, that he was willing to
step aside and allow considera-
ton Of the bill.
Accept School Fare
Traction officials agreed to
charge no more than a three-cent
fare for school children, prom
ised they would make no appeal
to the courts on this matter,
and would drop litigation pend
ing in the courts to have a
three-cent fare regulation set
aside.
Concessions were made on the
question Of power disposal and
the companies agreed to permit
the Public Utilities Commission
to determine how all power
should be disposed of and at
what reasonable rates.
They also agreed not to oper-
ate subsidiaries in the District,
although they obtained permis-
sion to operate such companies
outside of Washington.
Left To Congress
No indeterminate franchise was
granted HIT the c0nnnanieS said
they were willing to permit Con-
gress to retain the right to alter,
amend or repeal.
On the question of free trans
fer, it was decided that it would
not be mandatory to give free
transfers between street cars and
buses, but left the matter with
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The Washington times., 1932-12-22
House Returns
To Work on
Tuesday

Speaker Garner won his
fight today against a long
Christmas recess.
On motion of Majority Leader
Rainey CD.) of illinois, the
House agreed to adjourn from
tomorrow until Tuesday next.
Assurances was given by
Rainey that the conference re-
port on Philippine independ-
ence would not be considered
until after the New Year, but
that the House would go ahead
only with the regular appropria-
tion bills.
The Washington times., 1932-12-22
Coast Guards Seize
.HOIidUu Rum Boat

NEW LONDON. Conn, Dec. %
QNS0-The motor boat BODY,
of New York, caught after o half
hour chase by four Coast Guard
patrol boats, will be towed to the
customs house at New York to-
day with a $4,000 cargo of holi-
day liquor. Her captors said she
surrendered only after consider
able fire from machine guns and
one!pounders. .
The Washington times., 1932-12-22
Senate Differences
Menace Stock Quiz

Sharp differences between men,
bers Of the Senate Banking and
Currency Committee regarding
the future course Of the New York
Stock Market investigation today
threatened to halt this major in
quiry. Considerable opposition
was manifest to the proposal that
the collapse Of the insult holding
companies, with the consequent
loss Of hundreds Of millianS to
American investors, be investi-
gated,
The Washington times., 1932-12-22
ROOSEVELT
REVEALED
BACKING
FACT BODY
President Bares Suggestion
Of House and Young; Veto
Voiced by. Governor
By GEORGE R. HOLMES


President elect Roosevelt
having considered it "unde-
sirable" to cooperate on for
eign problems arising between
now and March 4, President
Hoover announced today that
his Administration would con.
tinue to deal with such situa-
tions as develop in matters
of foreign policy, but in such
a way as not to commit the
new DemocEAtic Administrar
tion. s'
With the announcement, Presi.
dent Hoover made public the cor.
respondence that passed between
himself and Governor Roosevelt.
H0Over's Preface
Mr.. Hoover prefaced the cor
respondence with this brief state
ment:
Governor Roosevelt considers
that it is undesirable for him
to assent to my suggestion for
cooperative action on foreign
problems outlined in my recent
message to Congress. will re-
spect his wishes.
Situations will no doubt de-
velOp and will be dealt with by
the Administration as they
arise, but of course no commit
ment will be made for the next
administration"
The tone of finality in this
statement was accepted as ending
any further moves for joint &C
ton between the incoming and
outgoing administrations in deal
ing with intergovernmental debts,
the proposed world economic con.
ference, or the disarmament con-
ference at Geneva.
Solutions Must Wait
It means, in all probability, a
fairly stagnated international sit
uation for the next two months,
for scarcely any line of interna.
tional undertaking can be fol-
lowed that will not extend be.
yond March 4.
The correspondence between
Mr.. Hoover and Governor Roose.
velt, conducted entirely by tele.
graph, revealed a wide divergence
Of opinion as to methods of pro-
cedure in international affairs at
this time.
In one communication, Mr..
Hoover invited Governor Roose-
velt to designate Mr.. owen D.
Young, Col. e. M. House, or any
other men of your party possessed
of your views and your conf
dence and at the same time
familier with these problems, to
sit with the principal officers of
this Administration in endeavor
to see what steps can be taken
to avoid delays of precious time
and inevitable losses that will en-
sue from such delays"
Beyond Fact-Finding
To this invitation the Presi.
dent-elect replied that "the desig.
nation Of a man or men of such
emlnence as your telegram sug.
gests would not imply mere fact.
findings; it would suggest the
presumption that such represen.
tatives would be empowered to
Continued on Page 2, Col. y
The Washington times., 1932-12-22
WILL ROGERS Says:

LOS ANGELES, Dec 22.-I don't know why Mr..
Hoover is all excited over the debt yet. That's all
The Washington times., 1932-12-22

arguing over the debt now is just like arg,
the last election.
Copyright. lsSa BY McNauEht syndicat.)
The Washington times., 1932-12-22

over now. he QlQ d mlgHCy
good job. We were owed about
$125,OOO,OOO on December Is,
and he collected over $100,OO0,-
900. Anybody who can collect
four-fifths nowadays is doing
mighty good job.
Besides, France is going to
pay. So it looks like the debt
thing is all settled until next
June, when it will be Mr.. Roose-
velt's chance. The time to
worry over a debt is before you
get it, not after you have col
lected four-fifths of it. So
The Washington times., 1932-12-22
FOrestatiOn Work
Will EnapLOy 10000

Forestation activities of the
Department of Agriculture will
provide work this winter for 10000
men, it was revealed today when
the Agriculture appropriation bill
was reported to be House.
The Washington times., 1932-12-22
HOOVER APPOINTS BATES

President Hoover today selected
Sanford Bates, superintendent Of
Federal prisons, as the American
representative on the Interna-
tional Prison Commission to sue
ceed Mrs. otto H. Wittpenn, de-
ceased.
The Washington times., 1932-12-22
KIDNAPPED AND ROBBED

WESTMINSTER, Nd, Dec. %
Q.N.S) After hailing d taxi in
Waynesboro, Pa, Harvey Glass,
IS. told police he had been kid.
naped and robbed Of S23 and
then thrown cut Of the car near
here, =" '.-'...
Evening star., 1932-11-07
HOOVER is CONFIDENT OF VICTORY.
SEEING TURN in EAST AND MIDI EST;
ROOSEVELT GIVES FINAL TALKS
Both Parties Confident
Leaders Voice Conyict;ons Of Victory at Polls To-
morrow-Thomas Expects Big Vote.

political had voiced convictions
election Their predictions
follow:
President Hoover I'VE will the country
Roosevelt Il believe that the best interests OF the country
administration Every sign points to that
change
Chairman Everett Sanders: a cold booded
workers and precinct
convinced there vertabe stampede of voters
to which his reelection"
manifest that change of
political American political history has
occurred in the last three weeks"
Norman Thomas The Socialist party will poll greater vote
than before"
The people Tuesday will relieve
Republicans of their responsibility and will put 1t
capable hands of Roosevelt Garner and Democratic Con-
gress"
Farley: that Roosevelt due to
electoral college majority unprecedented
Upshaw: will poll by far the largest vote any
received"
States Senator Felix Hebert of Rhode Island Eastern
campaign the Republican National Committee
Roosevelt The States conceded Ar
solid South
Evening star., 1932-11-07
H|TLER|TES SUFFER
LOSS IN VOTING
Question of Power Is Un-
solved, However, as No Party
Is Given Majority.
BY the Associated Press.


BERLIN. November 7.-German vot-
ers threw Adolf Hitler and his FaScistS
for a decisive less in Sundays general
election. but at the same time their bal
lots failed to lift the huge political
question mark that has hung over five
such elections this year
Just how effectively was turned aside
the rush of the brown-shirted Nazis is
told most adequately by the final figures
of the tabulators.
Whereas Hitler commanded 23O seats
in the Reichstag chosen on July 81. he
failed to muster more than 1875 yester-
day, a drop of 35, his percentage of the
popular vote suffered accordingly, going
down from 37.7 to 33.
What little drift there was went to
the Extreme Left or to the Extreme
Right, the Communists winning 100
seats against their previous 80. and the
Nationalists taking 81 against their for
mer 81.
Papen Still at Helm.
But the Junker chancellor. Franz Won
Paper, remained at the helm with the
support of the veteran President Won
Hindenburg The Nationalist gains were
as nothing toward controlling the
Reichstag. but left him the hope that
he might bargain for a Reichstag
tolerated government.
The following table shows the COM
plexion of the next Reichstag and the
power of parties which polled more than
per cent of the vote:
Evening star., 1932-11-07
HURRICANE VEERS
CLOSER TO CUBA
Storm Heading Into Gulf
Recurves Away From
YuCatan Path.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
HAVANA. November THE tropical
storm heading into the Gulf of Mexico
from the Caribbean Sea was placed by
the national observatory $50 miles
northeast of Cape Gracias a Dios. Mic
aragua. and leo miles east and south
east of Swan Is'and, shortly before noon
today.
The observa tory. which previously
said the storm normal course would
be a westward carve toward 4ucakan.
announced it vas recurring.
Swan Island is about 300 miles south
of the western end CT Cuba. The latest
report placed the stDlm closer to that
section of Cuba
Earlier reports said it was increasing
in intensity ari area and that meteo-
rological conditions indicated 1t would
head for Western Cuba tomorrow.
The hurricane destroyed one vessel
and hid the fate of another as it
snaked its way up the Caribbean toward
Cuba.
The American schooner Abundance
was wrecked off Eastern Jamaica by
high winds apparently attending the
storm yesterday, but its crew OF SIX
was saved.
The blue funnel freighter Phemius
was not so fortunate She radioed that
she was struck by the storm $50 miles
east of Cape Gracias a Dios, Nicaragua.
The liner Ariguani went to the rescue
but could not find the Phemius in the
position given.
Evening star., 1932-11-07
STUDENTS ARRESTED
AT SOCIALIST RALLY
Violation of Ordinance Charged to
Oberlin College Sextet Seized
in City Park.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LORAIN, Ohio. November AR
rested while quoting their constitutional
rights of free speech and peaceful as
sembly," six prominent students at
Oberlin College today faced charges OF
violating a municipal ordinance by
holding a political meeting without a
permit.
A squad of Lorain policemen made
the arrests in a city park here yester-
day when the six students and about
80 other undergraduates opened rally
in behalf of Norman Thomas, Socialist
candidate for President. The students
said they applied for a permit several
days ago. but that they were refused
by Mayor Joseph G.. Conley.
Friends of the mayor explained he
had refused to allow a Communist
meeting in the park several months
ago and had to treat all parties alike. "
The mayor, they said. had been willing
to grant a permit had the students ar
ranged their meeting in private hall.
William G. Chamberlain. president OF
the Oberlin Thomas-for- r-PreSident Club,
opened the meeting by reading aloud
from the Ohio constitution.
People have the right to assemble
together in a peaceful manner to con-
suit for their common good" he quoted.
The students said five policemen
sprang out of automobiles parked
nearby. ordered Chamberlain to halt,
and told the crowd to disperse.
Evening star., 1932-11-07
DAVIS, IN ROME, HOPES
FOR ACCORD ON ARMS
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ROME, November Norman Davis,
the American disarmament conference
representative, arrived here today from
Geneva and expressed the hope that a
disarmament compromise reconciling
the French and Italian positions might
be reached
Mr.. Davis was accompanied by
Augusta Rosso, Italian delegate at
Geneva and new Ambassador to Wash
ington. Allen Dulles, the American ex-
pert, was also in the party.
The American delegate had an en-
gagement with Premier Mussolini this
afternoon, and will dine with II Duce
tomorrow night.
The American charge d'affaires here,
Alexander Kirk, and Italian foreign
office officials met the Geneva party
Mr.. Davis was taken Immediately to
the Italian foreign ONCE to confer with
Undersecretary. Suvich.
Evening star., 1932-11-07
COMMUNITY CHEST
ARMY PREPARES.
Final Instructions for Drive
Next Week Being Given
by Field MarshaIs."

With an army Of approximately 5000
workers already enrolled and the Com
munity Chest campaign for s2,4l9.787
Just a week away, field marshals' Of
the drive, under the direction Of New
bold Noyes, commander in chief Of the
campaign forces this week are giving
the army" its final training before
sending it forth to battle against poverty
and privation in the National Capital
during the coming year.
The first unit of the army to get its
final instructions before going forth 10
battle will be the group solicitation unit
which will meet this evening at the
Raleigh Hotel At that time the group
Of between 300 and 400 workers. under
the direction of Lloyd B. Wilson. chair
man Of the unit, will complete its flnal
organization from Chest leaders and
be fully informed Of the task that is
before it.
There will be talks by Mr. Noyes
discussion of the work to be done by
five area chairmen, w w. Everett, S.
Percy Thompson. Ben T Webster, Will
liam Montgomery and George O. Vass.
There will be songs by George O'Con-
nor and closing talk by Elwood Street,
director of the Chest The benedlc
ton will be said by Rev. John OGrady.
During the week the entire Chest
campaign organization will be drilled
on the work to be done, with the spe
cial gifts unit. headed by Clarence A.
Aspinwall, meeting Wednesday night at
the Mayf1ower Hotel; the metropolitan
unit. headed by H. L. Rust. jr., on
Thursday evening at the MayfoWer and
the Government unit, headed by Gov.
Thomas E Campbell, president of the
Civil Service Commission. will get final
instructions at a meeting at the Willard
Hotel beginning at 545 O'Clock, Friday
evening.
Chairmen of the various groups have
reported that their organizations are
Continued on Page q, Column -
Evening star., 1932-11-07
CURTIS RELEASED
IN L|NDBERGH CASE
Freed of Year in Jail as He
Pays $1,000 Fine for OBJ
structing Investigation.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PENNINGTON, N. J., November =
John Hughes Curtis who was convicted
of obstructing justice in the Lindbergh
kidnapping case. was freed today Juog1
Adam o. Robbins suspending operation
OF his one-vear sentence.
When the prison term was suspended
Curtis paid the $1,000 fine which was
imposed on his conviction and walked
from court with all charges against
him lifted. He had been cut on bail
pending appeal from the original SEN
tence,
Curtis was convicted of obstructing
justice by giving false information to
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and the po-
lice concerning his alleged negotiations
with the kidnapers of the Lindbergh
baby. who was later found dead.
Today's hearing lasted but min
utes. Defense Counsel Lloyd Fisher
asked the judge if he would not recon-
slider the judgment in the interests of
justice"
The State concurred in the defense
motion and consented to a review The
judge then announced his suspension of
the prison term and the fine was i'm
mediately paid
Curtis. a Virginia shipbuilder. played
a prominent part in the kidnap case, an
nouncfng that he was in touch with the
kldnapers and negotiating with them
for return Of the infant son of Col
Lindbergh.
He directed Col Lindbergh and police
on numerous efforts to make contact
With the kidnapers. and Col. Lindbergh
was on one such errand when word
came that the child had been found
dead
1t could not be definitely learned on
what grounds the Curtis prison sent
ence was commuted, but there was
one report that this action was taken
because of the valuable informations
given the authorities by Curtis since
mis- trial.
Evening star., 1932-11-07
MACDONALD SCORES
TRADE PARLEY DELAY
Every Nation in World Depending
on Success of Conference,
Declares Premier.
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
LONDON, November Prime Min
lister Ramsay Macdonald vehemently
criticized leisurely preparations for the
projected World Economic Conference
in the House of Commons today.
Anybody who understands the issues
at stake and then talks about Spring or
early Summer as a date for that con-
ference deserves the strongest censure,"
he said.
He declared that every nation in the
world is depending on the success of
the meeting and that Great Britain
will not be a party to its postponement
A preparatory commission outlining
program for the conference ad-
journed on Saturday at Geneva with
the intention of meeting again in jan
uary.
Mr. Macdonald insisted that the
conference ought to open before Christ
mas, and he painted a gloomy picture
of the economic situation in Europe
Agreements must be secured for .Hs
interchange OF goods with all its rami-
fications and complexities" he said,
otherwise there is very little hope for
return Of really healthy international
trade or. for the return of real prosper
ity to any European country"
Evening star., 1932-11-07
Visits Scene e
Of First
Campaign
GOING TO CITY
FOR RETURNS
Winds Up Campaign
With Tour of Towns
Along Hudson.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
HYDE PARK, N. Y, November
Twenty-Five years ago, Frank
lin D. Roosevelt, known chiefly as
a young man with an interest in
politics, chugged down the Hud-
son River Valley in a none too
reliable automobile to make his
first campaign speech at Beacon.
Few Democrats and no Repub
licans believe he would be elected
to the Office he sought, a seat in
the State Senate. The district
which included his home county
of Dutchess had always been over
Whelmingly Republican.
Today he visits Beacon again,
the Democratic candidate for the
presidency. Tomorrow the voters
of the Nation weigh that candi-
dacy at the polls.
Beacon is one Of several Hudson
valley cities he will visit on a motCr
trip, scheduled TO leave his Krum
Elbow home AZ O'Clock He will speak
in the Beacon public square, the scene
of his maiden effort as a campalgner
Will Go to Newburgh.
He will cross the river on the ferry
at Beacon to Newbur2h. on the west
bank of the river He will stop also
at Kingston before re-croSSlng the
river at Rhineback
Mr. Roosevelt will speak tonight at
Columbus Hall in Poughkeepsie He
has been speaking regularly in Col
umbus Hall on the night before cleo
ton for more than two decades. II
will be the candidates last public
utterance of the campaign. On Tues
day afternoon, after voting at the
frame meeting place in Hyde Park,
which once was church, Mr. Roose-
welt will drive to New York to receive
election returns at national head
quarters in the Billmore Hotel
Yesterday, after returning to Krum
Elbow from a week end in New York
City. Roosevelt appeared more con-
gray felt hat than with the momentous
events ahead Of him.
Locks Hat in Safe.
Take that old campaign hat and
lock it in the safe he instructed Nc
Duffie. his colored valet The old hat
has been with him throughout the
campaign. He has refused to replace
il, admitting changing hats is his one
superstition Souvenir hunters have
repeatedly tried to possess it. several
of them boldly attempting to snatch
it from Mr.. Roosevelt as he rode
Continued on Page 5, Column ID
Evening star., 1932-11-07
LIBERAL CANDIDATE
AHEAD IN NICARAGUA
With Nearly Half the Returns in
Dr.. Juan B. S2casa Has
10000 Lead.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
MANAGUA, Nicara qua, November l.
Nearly so per cent Of the returns today
pUt the Liberal candidate, Dr.. Juan
B. Sacasa. more than 10000 votes in the
lead for President Of Nicaragua.
The vote was 1856 for Sacasa and
his ticket mate, Rodolfo Espimosa. and
29,6C4 for the Conservative presiden-
tl2l candidate. Adolfo Diaz, and his
vice presidential running mate, Gen.
Erliliano Chamorra.
Returns at midnight we're more than
10000 votes ahead of the count four
years ago, but slow communications
may delay the final results.
There was little disorder in the cleo
ton. held under the supervision of a
United States commission. United
States Marine planes patroled the areas
not connected with the outside world by
telegraph.
The patrol reported seeing six men
dart out of a house on the outskirts Of
Yale. but did not report the incident
further
Evening star., 1932-11-07

Almost 355O0.OOO of Germany's "A
100000 qualified voters went to the
polls, but the total was measurably
under the vote mustered July 81. Yes
terday only enough votsrs to make a
Reichstag Of 532 seats came cut. while
in July the electorate set up SOB seats,
on the basis under German law of one
seat to each $4,000 votes.
The Communists made consistent
gains throughout the nation. and they
carried greater Berlin overwhelmingly
by winning almost one-third of the
2,772,000 votes cast. Their vote was
almost two to one ahead of Adolf Hit
ler's Nazis in the capital.
See Hitlers Distintegration.
This was the state of affairs that
greeted Chancellor Won Papen today,
and a spokesman for the cabinet said
the junker leader was gratifled. The
cabinet read into the figures the dis
integration of Hitler's power, and a
new lease on life for the middle parties
that lost so heavily in July and pre-
viously
But even so, the chancellor had no
hope of forming government with
Reichstag support unless he could
maneuver the situation so as to set up
a tolerated cabinet Independent of
parties.
The Hitlerites announced they would
continue to oppose the Van Papen re-
Continued on Page 2, Column 81
Evening star., 1932-11-07
INSULTS BAGGAGE
MOVED FROM HOTEL
Accused Financier, Seeking Rest
in Hospital, Refuses
- See Any One.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ATHENS, Greece, November T.
Samuel insult, who will remain In a
hospital while lawyers argue about his
extradition to the United States, had
his baggage moved over from his hotel
today and sent out word that he would
see no one until he har had time to
rest.
On Saturday the c.drt of appeals
ruled that he must remain under de-
tention until it IS decided whether he
is to be returned to America to answer
an indictment arising from the col
lapse OF the Middle West Utilities Co.
which he controlled.
Premier TSaldariS said today that Mr..
insult has not been convicted of any
crime yet and until he is the Greek
government vii not act on the pre-
sumption of = guilt
I'VE don't XIV whether he is guilty
or not" he said. "and the only thing
to do now is to leave the matter of his
extradit:on to Greek justice on the
basis of the Greek treaty with America.
For the time being Greece IS responsible
for him. Since he is i'll we have Or
dered his transfer to hospital where
he will be well guarded"