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The Washington times., 1932-02-18
De VALERA WINS
LEAD IN Dali.

DUBLIN, Feb. 18 G.N.S).
Eamon de Valera's Fianna Fail
party surged ahead in the Irish
general elections this afternoon.
At 4:30 p. m, De Valera's can
didates had won % seats in the
Dali Ereann, against 13 for
President William T. Cosgrave'S
Government party. Independent
candidates, who are expected to
vote with the government, had
won six seats, Laborites two and
Farmers party candidates one.
The final result may hinge
upon the election in the Leitrum
and Sligo constituency, post
poned to March 3 because Of the
assassination Of one of the cam
didates during the campaign. The
government postponed assembling
of the Dali from March 2 to
March 8,
The Washington times., 1932-02-18
CARDOZO FOES
GET HEARING

The Senate Judiciary subcom-
mittee, charged with investigat-
tng the fitness" of Judge Ben
Bamin Nathan Cardozo for SER
vice on the Supreme Court, will
hold a public hearing tomorrow,
Senator Robinson (R0 of In
diana, chairman, announced to-
day.
The chief complaint against
Cardozo's confirmation was made
by William H. Anderson, former
superintendent of the New York
Anti-Saloon League, who served
a term in prison. Anderson pro-
tested that Cardozo had con-
tributed to "the Tammany con-
troll and prostitution of the
courts" of New York. He said
he would furnish proof if given
O hearing.
There. were several other COM
plants of a minor character,
which have not been made pub
lie. The hearing will be con-
Quoted by Robinson, Schall (R0
of Minnesota and AShurst CD
of Arizona.
The Washington times., 1932-02-18
Phoebe Hearst ExtolIed
For Her Beneu0lence

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 10 e.
N.S0. - Mrs. Phoebe Apperson
Hearst, whose charities were "as
broad as the sea and as silent
as the night" was paid a notable
tribute over the radio today by
Hugh Barrett Dobbs, familiarly
known as Captain DobbSie" to
millions of listeners.
The broadcast, which originated
from the studios of KFRC, San
Francisco, and was sent out
simultaneously from stations from
Canada to Mexico, was in com
memoration of the anniversary
of Mrs. Hearst's founding of the
nationwide parent teacher asso
citation 35 years ago.
DobbS declared:
"The late Mrs. Phoebe Apper-
son Hearst was the greatest
mother California ever pro-
duced. She was the greatest
woman California ever pro-
duced. Her charities were as
broad as the sea and as silent
as the night. She gave and
gave and gave, and with every
loving gift, no matter how
humble, went loving thought.
LOVED HER HOME
"Mrs. Hearst knew little about
religion but her whole life was
q prayer.
Acquainted as she was with
the world and the great and
mighty of the earth, she was a
simple, hOme-lOving woman,
with nothing to think of but
her home and her children"
Perhaps there is no one in
America today who accom-
plished more to foster education
and elevate the youth than did
Mrs. Hearst in her day with
her widespread generosity and
philanthropy.
"And if Mrs. Hearst were
alive today to hear this humble
tribute am sure she would
answer thus:
VISION COMES TRUE
"'The day I lit my taper,
prayed that you would keep 1t
burning. Now see the love 1
The Washington times., 1932-02-18
More Funds SOught
For Social HuQiene

Expansion Of the municipal
social hygiene clinic, of which
Paul L. Benjamin is executive
secretary, was discussed yeSter.
day at the agencies meeting. Ef.
forts are to be made to obtain
an enlarged appropriation from
Congress. DR.. William A. White,
superintendent of st. ElizabethS
Hospital, presided at the meeting.
The clinic gives courses in family
life and maintains a social by.
giene library for use Of the
public.
The Washington times., 1932-02-18
TWOATFUNERAL
FOR MRS, F|SKE

NEW YORK, Feb. 18 G.N.SO.
Without an audience, as she had
willed it, Mrs. Minnie Maddern
Fiske, one of Americas greatest
troupers, today left Broadway
forever.
The stage idol of two gener-
ations was given an unpreten-
tious funeral service. Only her
husband-manager, Harrison Grey
Fiske, and her secretary, Mae
Cox, were present.
The remains were taken to
Long Island for cremation.
Davey Danville, 11-year-old or
phan, adopted secretly by Mrs.
FiSke 10 years ago, was not told
of his godmother's death.
The Washington times., 1932-02-18
HOOVER SHOALS
. PLAN DOOMED

President Hoover's effort to
break the long-standing Muscle
Shoals deadlock by appointing a
commission to make recommends
tionS will suffer an initial defeat
in the Senate next week, it was
indicated today.
With one perfunctory hearing
concluded and another in pros
pect, the Senate Agricultural
Committee apparently will ap-
prove the Norris resolution, which
the President vetoed last year.
Senator Norris R0 of Ne
braSka stated today that in view
of exhaustive hearings held at
past sessions, he will not offer
witnesses in support of his
measure.
Senator Bankhead ID. of Ala
bama is leading the fight in
favor of the Administration plan
to lease Muscle Shoals for ferti
1izer production.
The Norris resolution allows
fertilizer production. but also
authorizes sale of hydro-electr1c
power under control of a govern
ment board.
The Washington times., 1932-02-18
international Photo

have visiOned, true. With spirit
glad I have watched your labor.
1 can see the child running
with eager feet, and unafraid
to meet the years ahead.
Never will you give up your
vigil, for beyond the years there
are crossroads to meet; where'er
the crossroads meet, / see you
standing guiding the steps Of
youth, the talisman of love and
service clasped in your heart.
ct somehow knew that you
would keep the faith and guard
the child; far greater than all
the gold are the returns; the
taper I lighted with prayer has
now become the soft illuminant
glow of myriad candles, lighting
up the world"
The Washington times., 1932-02-18
SALES TAX LEVY.
ASSURED

Recommendation of a general
sales tax on all commodities ex-
cept staple foods was indicated to-
day by Representative Rainey Of
Illinois, chairman of the House
Ways and Means subcommittee
considering methods for balancing
the budget.
He expressed certainty the COM
anittee would rely chiefly on a
sales tax on manufactures as a
means of relieving the Govern
ment's present pinched finances.
He estimated approximately $780,
100000 could be raised by gen.
eral sales tax Of less than 2 per
cent, as suggested by Secretary Of
the Treasury Mills.
This sum would approximate
about so per cent of the sum
necessary to balance the budget
for the fiscal year of 1898. Added
TO increases on income, estate,
and gift taxes, the estimated de-
ficiency would be about 5000, 0,000,-
900, which would be raised by
1evies on electricity, gas, gasoline,
and oil, according to the plan out
lined by Rainey.
The Washington times., 1932-02-18
FLEE
COSTA RIGA

COLON, Panama, Feb. 18
G.N.S0 Evacuation of all non
combatants was ordered today by
the Costa Rican government as
artillery bombardments and ma
chine gun fire broke out with
fresh vigor between rebels and
loyalists in San Jose.
The refugees, who left precipi-
lately with the first booming Of
the artillery, are said to be con-
fronted with a dearth of food.
The U. S. S. Phillips was fueled
this morning and is standing by
at Cristobal, awaiting orders to
proceed to Costa Rica.
Reports received here shortly
before noon said many rebels had
been killed and wounded in the
attack on Fort Bella Vista.
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica. Feb.
18 GN.S.).-Minor skirmishes to-
day kept the streets of the capi-
tai in turmoil as the revolt
against the government con-
tinued.
A toll of 10 lives and firing
upon the United States Legation
marked the outbreak yesterday.
The government ordered evacu.
alton of the legation, while some
circles reported two secretaries
were unable to get out because Of
the danger.
Efforts of Charles c. Eber.
hardt, American minister, to
effect q peace were fruitless, and
followers of Manuel Castro
Queseda, defeated candidate for
president. continued their at
tackS,
The Washington times., 1932-02-18
REICH SUBMITS.
COUNTERPLAN
At GENEVA
Draft Convention Rejected
BY Germans Who Urge
End of War Aircraft

GENEVA, Feb. 18 (I.N.S.).
Rejecting the draft convention
of the Disarmament Prepara-
tory Commission because of
omissions and defects" Ger
many today presented its pro-
posals to the Disarmament
Conference, advocating wide
spread reductions Of arms of
all types.
A striking feature of the Ger
man plan was the demand for a
total abolition of all military air
craft and the destruction Of all
existing air ornaments.
Peace Treaty Attacked
Rudolf Nadolny handed a
memorandum containing the
German proposals to officials of
the conference shortly before it
convened.
The German views were a bitter
attack on the Versailles treaty
and its provisions specifically
limiting Germany's army while
allowing larger forces to be main
tanned by other powers. The
draft convention of the disarma-
ment commission also was roundly
asSailed.
Equality Demanded
An Introductory remark at
tached to the proposals memo
randum stated the German plan
is based on the principle that
there is but one rule of disarma-
ment equally applicable to all ma.
tions and that Germany is unable
to accept any convention not
equally applicable to Germany as
well as other nations.
Reich'S Proposals
The German disarmament pro-
gram follows:
Land Armaments Complete
abolition of conScription, prohi-
bition of use of police conStabu-
larry for military purposes. pro-
hibition of heavy artillery out
side forts as well as the limita-
ton of high-caliber guns. prohi-
bition of tanks. and abolition of
forts when their proximity to
the frontier constitutes direct
menace to neighboring coun-
try"
Naval Armaments-Maximum
tonnage of 10000 tons, maxi
mum caliber of naval guns of
eight inches, prohibition of air.
craft carriers and submarines,
and voluntary enlistments only.
Air Forces - Total abolition,
including complete destruction
of all existing air forces.
General-Prohibition of bac.
THEOLOGICAL warfare, prohibition
of importation and expectation
OF arms, and control of public
or private arms manufacture.
The Washington times., 1932-02-18
CUTS
BANK RATE

LONDON, Feb. 18 GN.SO.
The Bank of England reduced the
bank rate today from 6 to S per
cent.
The reduction in the bank rate
surprised but pleased financial
quarters, which had been press
ing for lower rate for months.
The reduction was interpreted
as meaning the Bank of England
has confidence in the improve,
ment of the general internal
situation. The Bank of England
was> thought to be satisfied the
reduction would not mean a with
drawal of foreign balances.
The Washington times., 1932-02-18
French Poodle. GiUen
Ceremonial Burial

Funeral services for the f. 2nch
poodle, Daisy Morgan Grimes,
pet of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel C.
Grimes, 2402 Fourteenth st.
S. E., who died Tuesday, were con-
Quoted this morning at II O'Clock
from the Grimes residence. Inter
ment followed in Aspin Hill Gem
eterY.
The Washington times., 1932-02-18
TlUO RundlUdy Boys
Held in Alexandria

Bernard Gibson. 16, of 500 Shell
ton st. N. W.. and William King.
Is, of 214 Rittenour ST., N. W.,
were picked up by Sergeant Pad
gett of the Alexandria police
early today. They had started to
Florida. they told the officer.
They were turned over to their
parents.
The Washington times., 1932-02-18
SILVER SPRING DINNER

Silver Spring Chapter No. 66,
Order Of the Eastern Star, will
give a turkey dinner this evening
in the Masonic Temple at Sill
yer Spring for the benefit of the
Masonic Temple and Library AS
Sociation. Mrs. Ernest Sayer is
chairman of arrangements.
The Washington times., 1932-02-18
Short Ballot Issue
Killed at Richmond

RICHMOND, Va, Feb. 18.-The
house yesterday KILLED the short
ballot issue in the current general
assembly by voting. 68 to II,
against a motion by Berkley O..
Adams, of Charlotte, to discharge
the committee on privileges and
elections from consideration of
his anti-short-ballott bill.
The Washington times., 1932-02-18
Roosevelt to Win,
Mediun1' FOreteLLS

ALBANY, N. Y, Feb. 18 QN.SO.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt was
smiling today because a spirit
medium told her Governor Roose-
welt probably will receive the
Democratic presidential nomina-
tion and be elected.
Evening star., 1932-01-31
BY JOHN GUNTHER.

VIENNA, AuStria-In Vienna there
exists an instrument about the size of
fat dime-the 10-groSchen piece
Many are the uses of this instrument
1t is the tenth part of a schilling, but
if you look at it closely you will see the
number 1000" engraved on one side
just to remind people that once it was
worth 1000 crowns.
Thus the 10-groSchen piece once
bought 5000. 1t is now worth just un-
der IL cents. Many are the lessons
that Vienna draws from this tragic re-
suit of the most dreaded word in Gen.
tral Europe, initiation"
To the foreigner the manifold uses
of the 10-groSchen piece are sometimes
obscure. 1t is much more than merely
a coin. 1t is the standard tip for very
small services, and these in Vienna are
unumerable.
Multiplied by three and fraction, the
10-groschen piece pays your carfare, or,
by five, your fare in the excellent
cept that it happens to run above
ground. 1t buys you a small glass of
beer in an automat; it purchases two
of the cheapest cigarettes, which are
usually sold in bulk in Vienna, and it
saves you climbing stairs.
You may think, being an innocent,
that elevators in Vienna are to ride in.
So they are, but only after a Compli-
Gated initial process. And even then
they are to ride up in only, not down.
Even in modern office buildings you will
find on the elevator door a neat box,
locked, containing a slot In the slot
you insert two 1O-groschen pieces. The
elevator then workS-SometimeS More
often you have to call in the services of
the Misunderstanding "hausbesorge," or
porter, and it costs 10 groSchen more.
Tips in Vienna are an almost exact
science. 1t is not generally known
abroad, for instance, that a guest at a
private meal in friends home is sup
posed to tip the cook. This is ritual.
To ignore it constitutes a fairly grave
breach of etiquette.
Two techniques have been evolved to
deal with this problem. One is for the
guest, on leaving the table, to slip a
1-schilling piece ia cents) under his
plate. or two if the dinner has been
Evening star., 1932-01-31

BERLIN.-German parents who can
not decide upon a name for their baby
bv the time its birth must be registered
are now allowed a tWO-month period
for reflection and are given suggestions
from which to choose. The latter IS
provided by the German Language So
Cietv. which feels that the good old
names of yeSteryear are losing grouno
and should be repopularlZed.
ForenameS in Germany, as every
where else. have gone modern. Much
less today than formerly is the father S
name given to the son, the mother
name to the daughter. Parents now are
lust as likely to choose names out OF
the newspapers as out Of the family
Bible.
When Max Schmeiing became heavy
weight champion Of the world scores
of fathers hit on Max as the only fitting
handle for their newborn sons, ana IN
years to come many youth VII! learn
that the Hitler boom OF the early ,3oS
was responsible for his being called
Adolf. In feminine names there Is
heavy drift nowadays to movie queens
ayiatriXeS and women athletes.
This may be considered all right as
long as the athlete or film diva has a
solid German name of the sort that
makes one think of a Wagner opera.
When the foreign influence enters, how
ever and a generation of little Olays,
Jurgens, Lilians, zitas and Juttas
springs up, then, thinks the Language
Society, it is time to get back to Hans,
KLAUS, Bruno, Karl, Ernst, Wilhelm,
Gunther, Hildegard, Hertha, Elsa,
Frieda, Gretchen, Gertrude and Lotte.
There is no ban, in fact, on picking
out a handful of names, as in the
time when German youngster had to
have at least four to be properly equip
ped In one patriotic family today
there is a pig-tailed fraulein who, If she
Evening star., 1932-01-31
EUROPEAN COOPERATION
BLOCKED BY POLITICS
France Is Alarmed by Germany's Debt
Reputation and Effort of Former
Allies to Aid Enemy.

gOCd-by to reparations and dismissed
the notion of debt payments.
The fundamental difference between
the French and American positions,
however, arises from the fact that while
the United States stands to lose money
and nothing else by reputation OF the
allied Cebt, for France the reputation
of reparationS appears as only detail
in a general program to destroy all
portions of the treaty of Versailles, ter
ritorial and military, as well as flnan'
cial. Behind the facade of temporarily
bankrupt Germany France sees organ
izing a new German attack like that OF
1914. Freed of foreign burdens and re-
armed, France believes Germany will at
no distant date resume her position OF
power and menace.
Security Central Issue.
Thus behind the problem of repara-
tions turks the eternal question Of
French security. Feeling her security
again is imperiled, France is again
moved by profound sense of isolation.
Her former associates of war, Great
Britain and the United States, seem
engaged upon policy of saving Ger
many financially without regard to
political consequences, while Italy ap-
pears to be striving to create an anti
French alliance with the Reich. Thus,
along with the French uneasiness, goes
a manifest desire to find new basis
for accord with Great Britain and a
less well defined longing for Franco
American understanding.
Feeling herself endangered, France Is
considering her former friendships in
this relation. This is the explanation Of
the recent attempts to find a new basis
for a common German policy with Lon
don, but SO far these have failed, while
parallel gestures toward America have
been equally futile. If, however, she
is left to herself in her present mood,
which is, l repeat, one of anxiety far
more than defiance, France is almost
certain to long for the time to come to
follow policy which will be obStruc-
tive. If she does not attempt to enforce
her rights, which she deems sacred, she
will not consent to waive them, and the
whole clearing up of the financial mess
in Europe thus will be postponed in
definitely.
In this field it would be mistake to
imagine that French opinion would be
affected by any American gesture in
the matter of debts. Cancellation would
not at bottom affect French policy, for
France has no intention of paying
America if Germ any defaults. The sin
ole American action which could intlu-
ence French policy would be totally
impossible-that is, the renewal of the
old treaty of guarantee of the Peace
Conference era America is still talk
ing of debts; France is concerned with
security.
Given this French state OF mind, the
practical- minded American will ask
CONTINUED on Third Page)
Evening star., 1932-01-31
BY THOMAS H. HEALY, Phi. D.,


Professor of Foreign Relations and Assistant
town University.
There have been recently a number
of illustrations of the vital role that
the press is playing in foreign affairs
The "Stimson Episode" involving a
press release, brought Japanese-Ameri-
can relations to critical stage Sec
retary of State Stimson in introducing
American newspaper men to Signor
Grandi, the Italian foreign minister,
said that They form a great factor in
our national life, and in the last resort
we depend on them for the public opin-
ion which is to control the Govern
ment." Mr.. Pierre Boal of the State
Department recently said that IF any
one ever writes book on the new
diplomacy, they should properly devote
at least quarter of it to the press
can conceive OF no greater aid to
progressive government in its efforts to
ind way to peace and prosperity than
that which the press renders by lay
ing the facts of every question daily
before the people"
At no time in our history have our
foreign relations even approached the
Importance that they have assumed
today. Never has general public in
tereSt been greater Within the last
several years there has sprung up in
every corner Of the United States count
less societies and organizations devoting
their major attention to these matters.
perfect flood of literature has issued
from the printing presses throughout
the United States. The radio is devot-
ing more and more time to these mat
terS, In sharp contrast to the situation
existing only few years ago, practically
every f1rSt-class college and university
in America has more or less extensive
courses on foreign relations.
Value of Press Recognized.
The value of the press in keeping the
general public informed on interna-
tional developments is rather generally
recognized. Its role in their scientific
study would seem to be ineScapable and
yet in certain quarters it does not ap-
pear to have received the full recog-
milton that it merits
While the use of the daily press is
spreading rapidly in colleges and uni
versities, in some quarters this has
caused criticism or even open hostility
The criticisms are many and varied.
Newspaper accounts cannot be consid-
cred as scientific documents; their ac-
curacy Is seriously open to question:
newspaper writer's have neither the
Evening star., 1932-01-31
CrOschen, Once Worth 1000 Crowns.
Meets Many Demands in Austria

especially formal or notable also, an
extra sChilling for each member of his
party. This involves some risk. how
ever No one is absolutely sure who
gets the tip. Maybe the host is hard
up. The second technique is to wait for
departure, then slip the schilling or
Schillings into the palm of the maid
opening the door. PeSsimists and ad-
venturers go straight to the kitchen and
deal with the cook direct.
1t is well known. of course. that in
restaurants and coffee houses three diff
ferent walters should be tipped. The
sum is very small, amounting as
whole to 10 per cent of a modest bill.
The herr Ober," or head waiter who
does nothing but accept payment and
who did not work gets fiat half The
waiter who did the actual service is
given two-thirds of the half remaining.
The 10-grosChen piece usually still on
hand is left for the "piccolo," or boy
who serves the drinks.
In an apartment house it is an iron
rule that the porter who laboriOusly
unloCkS your dOOr-all proper Vienna
houses are barred and bolted at 9 pm.
gets SO groschen for the labor of let
ting you out
For larger monetary transactions the
Vtennese. who use or accept checks only
very rarely have an odd business known
as the postal "schein." You buy a
green slip of paper, inscribe it with the
proper amount, discover the register
number of your payee, and deposit the
sum due at the nearest post Office. The
money eventually reaches him, but no
one has ever found out exactly how.
There is an amusing tradition in
, Vienna that in buying coal you must
send trusted servant, or go yourself,
to the coal dealer, and then walk be-
hind his wagon escorting the coal home.
Otherwise the driver seems to be en-
titled by Viennese custom to pilfer a
bucket for himself, as commission for
the drive.
Messenger boys, too, are realistS. The
lad who comes to an office every day for
cable messages (for which he duly gets
three 10-groschen pieces as tip) does
not lock his bicycle for the period he
leaves it standing at the curb. Far
| from it. He takes a wheel off.
(Copyright, 1892 - j
Evening star., 1932-01-31
Movies in Germany Fail
To Cause Stage Decline

BERLIN Statistics covering the
theatrical season in Germany from
September, 1880, to August, 1881, show
that the movie has not as yet made any
serious inroads on the legitimate stage.
On an average, 278 theaters played
eyely month during the period covered
This is but 10 fewer than in the pre-
ceding year. About 5000 new manu-
scripts were submitted by dramatists,
but only $40 were played for the first
time, against 4O2 in 1929-30. OF these
only from so to TO- according to the
estimate of the leading German the
atrical organ, are likely to be seen in
the present season.