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Evening star., 1932-02-25
ROOSEVELT STUDIES
FARLEY SUCCESSOR
Removal of Sheriff Brings Gov
ernor kilograms From All
Parts of U. S.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ALBANY, N. Y, February 25.-Tele-
grams expressing the sentiments Of
individuals and organizations on Gov.
Roosevelt's removal Of Sheriff Thomas
M. Farley, Tammany leader, of New
York City came from many sections Of
the country to the executive mansion
and capitol today.
Immersed in legislation, the selection
of Farley's successor and additions to
the Court Of Appeals, the Governor had
little time today to find out what his
correspondents thought of the custer
action yesterday.
Naming the Sheriff's successor in the
Nations most populous county is the
next development in the Tammany-
Roosevelt relationship, which many po-
litical commentators believe may have
an important bearing upon the Roose-
velt candidacy for the Democratic pres
idential nomination.
1t is understood John F. Curry, the
Tammany chieftain, has given Roose-
velt a list of names Of men who would
be satisfactory to the organization.
Evening star., 1932-02-25
URlBURU OF ARGENTINA
CHALLENGED TO DUEL
Exiled General, Just Returned,
Dares Him Fight With Swords
or Firearms.
Nv tha Aesocioted pre.s

BY the Associated Press
BUENOS AIRES, February 25.-Gen.
Jose Uriburu. who stepped out in favor
Of a constitutional President, after a
year and a half Of rule in Argentina
by force Of arms, was challenged to q
duel Tuesday by former Gen. Alonzo
Baldrich.
Baldrich was general when he was
arrested and exiled by the provisional
Uriburu government last year. The new
constitutional administration of Presi-
dent AuguStin Justo decreed that gov
ernment exiles could return, and many
have taken advantage of the lifting OF
the ban.
Earlier In the day Gen. Uriburu OBJ
tained a two-year leave of absence from
the army to go to Europe for a visit
Gen. Uriburu would be entitled to de-
eide II swords or firearms were to be
used in the duel, but his friends as
sumed that he would ignore the chal-
lenge. His experiences do not include
dueling, although President Justo and
former President Hipolito Yrigoyen
have dueled, but not with each other,
over political questions.
Evening star., 1932-02-25
$4,000 Saloons Join
Berlin Beer Strike
Against Tax Decree
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated FreSs.
BERLIN, February 25.-"Beer
strikers" today claimed that
$4,000 Berlin saloons had agreed
to refuse to sell beer until the
government price czar, Carl
Goerdeler, lowers the tax and
prices on Germany's favorite bev-
eraee.
Berlin saloons began taking up
the strike" about a week ago
after cities throughout the coun-
try had begun to feel the pinch
of anti-beer tax campaigns.
The Berlin Saloonkeepers' Union
last night decided, by a vote of
600 to $50, to strike in protest
against the high tax, which was
imposed in one of the Bruening
emergency DEGREES. Enforcement
was left to, the price czar.
Thousands of establishments
have shut off their spigots in
Hamburg, Munich, Kiel and
smaller cities.
Evening star., 1932-02-25
DRAFT CONVENTION
VOTED AT GENEVA
Accepted as Conference
Basis After Total DiSarm-
ing Plan Is Defeated.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GENEVA, February 25.-The British
resolution to make the draft convention
Of the preliminary Disarmament Com
mission a basis of discussion for the
World Disarmament Conference was
adopted unanimously today by the dele
gates.
(The draft convention Is the out
line of a general disarmament treaty
drawn up in 1880. It has generally
been regarded as providing in the main
for stabilization of present armaments.)
Action on the British resolution.
which was introduced by Sir John
Simon, came after the conference had
rejected the Soviet proposal to use their
scheme of total disarmament as the
framework of the present conference.
The great powers, including the
United States and France, accepted the
British plan yesterday, but met objec-
ton from Maxim Litvinoff, the Soviet
delegate.
Supports Draft Idea.
Litvinoff made it plain that he had
no serious plan to put obstacles in front
Of the British resolution, but insisted
that he wanted his own plan considered.
The conference deferred to his wishes
and agreed to let his scheme come up
as a substitute. Litvinoh then let it
be known that If his plan was rejected
he would support the draft convention
idea.
Litvinoff made long argument for
total disarmament today before he was
voted down.
Andre Tardieu, the new premier of
France and head Of the French delega-
ton, then moved that the conference
constitute a special political commission
to consider the French proposals on
security and their plan to arm the
League Of Nations.
Text Of Resolution.
With his proposal, Litvinod presented
the following resolution:
Animated by a firm desire for ef-
fective and solidly organized peace, and
actuated by determination to create
genuine security for all states and all
peoples by preventing the possibility Of
future wars; and
Convinced that the very existence
Of armaments and the tendency they
show constantly to increase, will in
evitably lead to armed international
conflicts which tear workers from their
peaceful occupations and bring in
Vulnerable calamities in their train;
and
Considering that military expendi-
ture, which imposes an intolerable bur-
den on the masses of the people, fosters
and enhances the economic crisis. with
ell its consequences; and
Noting that the states which it rep-
resentS have renounced war as an In
strument OF national policy; and
Seen As Only Peace Security.
Believing that the only effective
means of contributing to the organiza-
tion OF peace and the establishment of
security against war is a general, COM
plete and rapid abolition of all armed
forces; setting out from the principle Of
equality for all; and
Convinced that the notion Of general
and complete disarmament answers the
sincere aspirations of the masses to-
ward peace,
THE conference decides to base its
work on the principle of general and
complete disarmament"
Evening star., 1932-02-25

Kemp, superintendent of schools, and
T. ]. DeIashmutt, chairman Of the
school board, left early this morning
for Richmond to confer with officials
of the State Board Of Education over
the legality OF negotiating a special
loan to finance the school system.
Loan Needed by Tuesday.
The school funds Of approximately
$4,000 is declared to be one of the
items unaccounted for. The monthly
pay roll of the schools amounts to
$40, 900 and unless loan is negotiated
before Tuesday, 1t was said, 1t will be
impossible to pay teachers and other
school employees. The seriousness of
the situation also is emphasized by the
fact that other county activities will
have to be curtailed after March /
unless money is borrowed.
The actual cash on deposit in the
various banks serving as ofIicial county
repositories, 1t is said, has dwindled
from approximately $11, 900 to about
$4,000 as a result Of checks cashed
yesterday on warrants issued last Sat-
urday by the board OF supervisors.
Despite the seriousness OF the finan-
cial situation members OF the Board Of
Supervisors are said to be reluctant at
this time to negotiate loan until a
new custodian of county funds Is at
least temporarily appointed, pending
completion of the audit Of Balls books
A special meeting Of the Board of
Supervisors is expected TO be held
within the next few days TO consider
the banks offer Of o loan. The next
Evening star., 1932-02-25
MULTIPLE DIVORCEE
ACCUSED OF BIGAMY
Freed on Habeas Corpus After Day
in Jail-Had Two Reno De-
crees in Five Months.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RENO, New February 25.-Mrs.
Irene Renner Benner Meyers, who has
divorced two husbands and married a
third since last September. was re-
leased on writ of habeas corpus here
late yesterday after spending the day
in the county jail on a charge Of big
amy.
The bigamy complaint was filed by
her first husband, Melvin Renner, in
Winchester, Va. He charged that his
former wife's divorce was invalid. Judge
Thomas Moran ruled that 1t was not,
and ordered Mrs. Meyers release.
Mrs. Meyers divorced Renner here in
September. married Harry Benner at
Hagerstown, Nd, in November. di-
vorced him here February z, and mar
ried Fred W. Meyers Of Reno two days
later.
Evening star., 1932-02-25

regular meeting Of the board Is scheds
uled for Saturday, March S.
Ball continues to remain in ONCE
and has indicated that he will stay on
the job until the audit of his books is
completed by the State accountant. He
steadfastly declined, however, to make
any statement other than to express
confidence in the outcome Of the in
vestigation.
Ball, it was pointed out by county
of1cials, holds an elective office and
cannot be either removed or suspended
except by county action or by order Of
the Governor, and then only in the
event that State funds are involved.
Taxpayers, 1t is said, can take the
initiative and petition the Circuit
Court for the removal of a county
official.
Gov. Pollard is without authority to
remove a county treasurer under any
conditions, it was stated by the chief
executive in Richmond today In ref
erence to his inability to remove Mr..
Ball from Office even If he considered
such action advisable, Gov. Pollard
stated that the Supreme Court of Ap-
peals of the State had decided last year
in the case of the treasurer of another
county who was short sos 900 in his
moval was provided for was unconsti-
tutional, in that it did not require that
the treasurer in question be given a
hearing before the removal was ordered.
In this particular case, he said, the
treasurer was allowed to continue in
Office and to collect hundreds of thou
sands of dollars in county revenues until
the expiration Of his term of office.
Is Asking Such Authority.
In order to care for such situations,
Gov. Pollard declared he is having a
bill introduced today which will make
constitutional his removal of county
officers under certain conditions.
Yesterday, Delegate Hugh Reid Of
Arlington County succeeded in having
rushed through both the House of Dele
gates and the Senate Senate bill ap-
plicable to two other counties which he
had amended to include Arlington
County and which would have permit
ted the County Board of the latter To-
cality Immediately TO borrow money
to meet the pay roll and other pressing
expenses.
When the bill reached the Governor s
desk, however, he declared that the
provisions affecting the other counties
were unconstitutional, but stated that
he believed the Arlington COUNTY
amendment would meet all legal re-
quirements.
The Governor will attempt to have
the bill returned to the General As
sembly today for amendment to make
1t applicable only to Arlington County
and will then af1x his signature so
that the emergency can be met
The only difficulty, it was pointed
out, is that the bill which was amended
to include Arlington County is a Sem
ate bill which was designed for the
relief Of another county, and it will
be necessary, therefore, to gain the
consent OF the patron to have his own
county stricken from the bill. Gov.
Pollard declared that the population
provision with respect to Arlington
County was constitutional, but that
those with respect to the other counties
were not. In order to avoid a further
delay, Reid will confer with the patron
of the bill and offer his assistance in
working out some other measure that
will care for the similar emergency ex-
isting In the other counties.
Evening star., 1932-02-25
MRS. WINGO PLANS TO RETIRE
FROM HOUSE AT END OF TERM
Widow of Arkansan Will Not
Seek Reelection,
She Says.
Follows in Footsteps of Mrs.
0IdfieId in Quitting
Congress.

Arkansas famous contingent of wonl-
en- legislators will be further reduced
at the end Of the present Congress.
Representative Eff1egene Wingo has
decided not to seek reelection. She
filled out the term of her late husband.
Otis Wingo, in the last Congress and
was reelected for the present term.
BY retiring she follows the example
OF Mrs. Pearl Peden Oldfield, the other
ARKANSAS woman who served out her
deceased husbands term in the Seven
tieth Congress and served one full term
in her own right.
The third Arkansas woman In the
tradition Is Mrs. Hattie Caraway, first
woman elected to the Senate, who is
serving out the term OF her late hus-
band, Senator T. H. Caraway.
Evening star., 1932-02-25
U. S. PAYS $36,485
= TO RHEEM CREDITORS
Bureau Of Internal Revenue AL.
lows Rebate for an Over
assessment.
From Yesterdays $50 Edition.

T UII I ItSItIUHy . o oU EuIIIUN.
The Federal Government through a
tax refund today turned over $36, ,485. SO
to the creditors of the bankrupt Swart-
zell, Rheem g. Hensey Co.
The rebate allowed by the Bureau Of
Internal Revenue was for an overasSess-
ment of income tax in 1929. The
money has been paid to the trustees of
the bankrupt mortgage house. They
said it would be divided among the in
vestors who lost their savings when the
company collapsed.
The refund included $31, ,8902l for
additional losses on certain assets, $4,-
536.0l for decrease in reported gross
income: $5e.37 allowance for added de-
probation and interest.
Evening star., 1932-02-25
RAIL HEARING FOUGHT

SALT LAKE CITY, February rs (AP).
Public utilities commissioners and
shippers Of six Western States decided
in conference here yesterday to resist
application of Western railroads for re-
opening the Interstate Commerce Com
mission hearings on live stock rates in
the mountain Pacific territory.
The fear was expressed that II live
stock rates are increased those on other
commodities also will be raised
States represented were California,
Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Idaho
and Utah.
Evening star., 1932-02-25
BAND CONCERT.

BY the United States Soldiers Home.
Band Orchestra this afternoon at
Stanley Hall at $50 o'clock. John
s. M. zimmerman, bandmaster; Anton
Pointner, assistant, conducting n
March, "Our National President" Cello
Overture, "A Night In Granada" .Kreutzer
Two Hindoo pictures. .Hanson-Lotter
(a) Approaching and Passing A
Hindoo Temple"
(b) THE ShepherdeSs Of the
Himslayas."
Potpourri, Vienna Folk Songs" .Kounzak
Fox trot. Two Smiling Eyes. .Maens-
Valse espanole, Mercedes" 'Wiro
Finale. National Emblem" pssisv o
The Star Spangled Banner"
Evening star., 1932-02-25
FINED, NOT JAILED

Sentence of Two on Loan Law
Charge Was Erroneously Reported
In its account Of the trial on Febru-5
airy Is OF r. L. Some of Chevy Chase
and D. ]. McGill, 1902 Rhode Island
avenue, found guilty of violating the.
small loans law, The Star stated the
men were sentenced to pay $1o0 fines
and serve IS days in jail. va
The sentence was 500 fne or 4S
days in Jail. As the fines were paid
the defendants did not 60 TO jail. the
Star regrets the error. glG j
Evening star., 1932-02-25
GARNER WITHHoLDs DRY VIEWS
Declines to Comment on Nom Congres-
sional Questions.

b. the Associated Press.
AUSTIN, Tex, February 25-John
N. Garner, Speaker of the National
House of Representatives, doomed by
friends for the Democratic presidential
nomination. refused yesterday to de-
clare his attitude toward the repeal of
the eighteenth amendment.
He told Mrs. Claude De Van Watts.
president of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union of his native Lone
Star State. in a telegram that he had
mo intention Of making a declaration
with respect to any question with which
Congress does not have immediate con-
Germ"
Mrs Watts had wired the Speaker
that thousands Of prohibition women
are anxious to join Garner-for-Presi-
dent clubs, but first must know how
you stand on prohibition" and asked,
Are you for or against repeal of the
eighteenth amendment?"
Mrs. Watts said the w. c. T. U.
would not indorse the Garner candi-
dacy until assured of his position con-
corning the issue"
Evening star., 1932-02-25
NEW GOLD RUSH STARTS
IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
Deposits of Nuggets "Like Rice and
Beans" Reported North of
Burns Lake Region.

BY the Associated Press.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia. Feb
ruary 25.-A placer mining strike on
Mcconnell Creek, north of Burns Lake.
where gold was described as being
found like "rice and beans" TODAY
drew prospectors to the area. with air
planes being pressed into use.
Two carloads Of mining equipment
delivered by rail to Burns Lake were
to be flown to the scene, a message
received here said. A party of II men.
led by w. J. Brown Of Tulsa. Okla
also arrived there
Evening star., 1932-02-25

Continued From First Page.)
in frequent opposition to the policies
of President Hoover.
The country was treated today to the
contradictive spectacle Of Speaker Gar
ner's strongest supporters for the presi-
dency pleading against efforts to secure
for him the Georgia delegation to the
Democratic national convention.
Representative Rayburn. chosen lead
er OF the pro-Garner forces and
wired Judge G.. H. Howard of At
lanta a request that he withdraw his
Garner proxy candidacy in the Georgia
primary. The request was coupled with
the fiat assertion that the Speaker was
not candidate and would not file in
any State primary. Nevertheless word
from Georgia was that Judge Howard
would continue his efforts.
Move Differently Interpreted.
That Garner would not go into any
primaries requiring consent, direct or
indirect, of the candidate himself, was
a foregone conclusion in view of the
Speakers determined stand to have
nothing to do with the movement on
his behalf. The Rayburn move may be
interpreted as an effort to protect the
Speaker from any appearance Of tacit
consent to the proxy race. 1t might be
move to prevent decisive defeat,
since the States vote has been con-
sidered to be in the pocket of Gov.
Roosevelt Of New York
. Some observers saw in it a disavowal
Of any connection between the Garner
boom and the famed stop Roosevelt"
drive, and forecast that the efforts on
behalf of the Speaker henceforth would
be confined almost entirely to develop
ment Of such enthusiasm all over the
country as to make him the likeliest
choice in case Of convention deadlock.
Same Issue in California.
Substantially the same issue will be
along in California's primary, where a
Garner slate Of candidates is in the
making, along with groups for Roosevelt
and Alfred E. Smith. 1t remains to oe
seen whether Rayburn and the other
Garnerites will seek to squelch that
movement also.
Evening star., 1932-02-25
$4,000, 900 Oil Plant Fire.

AVON. Calf. February IS tR-The
St, ,0o0, 900 Associated Oil Co. plant here
was afire today as a result of an explo-
sion which occurred at am. The ex-
plosion was in the new $4,000, 900
cracking plant. There were no known
injured.
Evening star., 1932-02-25
MORE SHORTAGES
FEARED AS STATE
HELPS ARLINGTON

tcontinued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1932-02-25
PINCH0T DISCUSSES
CAMPAIGN AGAINST
HOOVER REELECTION

Continued From First Page)
The Washington times., 1932-06-23
ECONOMY BILL
VOTE DELAYED

Because Of the tendency in
the Senate of the Wagner un-
employment relief bill, Senator
Jones (RO of Washington, chair
man of the Appropriations Com
mittee, announced in the Senate
early this afternoon that he
would postpone for couple OF
hours or more his motion to take
up the conference report on the
economy bill.
Anticipating that the economy
bill, with it's furlough plan, would
come before the Senate shortly
after that oody convened at
noon today. hundreds of Govern
ment clerks, who are to be vitality
affected by the Senate action,
crowded the galleries of the Sen
ate and the corridors outside.
Under the announcement Of
Senator Jones, as g. vote on the
Wagner bill approached, it
seemed likely that the submis-
sion of the conference report
on the economy measure. al
ready approved by the House,
would not come up in the Senate
until quite late this afternoon.
The Washington times., 1932-06-23
Interest to Sap
Bonus to $50
By 1915

When 1945 rolls around each
member of the Bonus Expedi-
tionary Force still in Washing
ton at that time may count on
getting $50.
The Veterans Administration
pointed out today that COM
pound interest does terrible
things to loans, and that as
the veterans were adequately
warned when they first bor-
rowed against their bonus GER
tificates, if they don't pay back
the loans or at least meet in.
terest charges, the interest adds
to the principal and compound
interest does the rest.
The entire sums due many
veterans now will be entirely
eaten up by interest on what
they borrowed, it was added.
The average for the adjusted
service certificates was $1,000,
and the average sum borrowed
on them was $500. Interest will
cut down the $3.50 balance to
$50 by 1945, the estimates show.
The Washington times., 1932-06-23
u. S. to Demand
Open Vote on Plan

GENEVA, June % GN.S0.
The American delegation to the
disarmament conference will de-
mand an open vote on President
Hoover's proposal for a one-thlrd
reduction in all classes Of arms,
Senator Claude Swanson Of Vir-
ginia told International News
Service this afternoon.
The Senator characterized the
Hoover plan as a "bugle blast on
the battlefield of disarmament"
and served notice that he and his
colleagues would not allow the
proposal to die in committee.
Suggestions Welcome
Delegates of the ST nations rep
resented here today began a de-
tailed study of the plan.
All analyzed it for what it
might be worth toward develop
ing some definite agreement, but
only Italy Fundamentally ap-
proved.
But Ambassador Hugh S. Glib
son, in presenting the proposal,
declared it might be amended
and the United States would be
open to suggestion.
Backed-With Reservations
Just as frank as Foreign Min
lister Dino Grandi was in accept
ing the plan for Italy were
Tsuneo Matsudiara, of Japan,
and Joseph Paul-Boncour, repre-
senting France, in diplomatic re-
jections.
Between Italy on the one hand
and France and Japan on the
other stood 25 nations Eassuring
the American delegations of their
support, although with reserva-
tions and suggestions of amend
ment. Included among these were
Great Britain, Germany, Russia
and Spain.
The Washington times., 1932-06-23
VOTES
STATE LOANS
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poration through States to make
loans to cities, was rejected with.
out a record vote. This provision
was designed specifically to re
lieve the Chicago situation.
When the Senate, ST to 10, re-
jected an amendment of Senator
Moses (R0 of New Hampshire, to
remove the $500,0O0,00O bond
issue from the bill, passage of the
measure with the public works
provision in it was assured.
Since the Wagner bill is an
amendment to the Garner pro-
gram, which passed the House. a
conference will choose between
the alf-billion-dollar public works
bond issue in the Senate measure
and the $1,000, 900, 900 provided in
the Garner, program.
La Toilette Loses Fight
Senator La Toilette (RD of Wis
consin made a vigorous fight for
a $500, 100000 bond issue to in
augurate public works program
big enough to break the depres-
sion. It was defeated Sc to IL.
Before final passage, it was ex-
pected provision authorizing
$500, 600, 900 in loans to States for
unemployment relief would be ap-
proved. This fund was provided
in a separate bill which passed
the Senate but which has been
held up in the House.
Administration Scored
During his appeal for a huge
public works bond issue, La
Toilette scored the Administra-
ton for alleged mismanagement
of the unemployment problem.
He said:
"The President has habitualIy
distorted the facts regarding
the depression"
"The bipartisan coalition
"AACAA Has UCCu AVA ACSAAdNVWCN
in November, 1880, by the har-
mOny statement of seven Demo
cratic leaders co-Operated sue
cessfully with the President to
block effective relief legislation
in Senate and House.
"One Of the reasons for the
overwhelming Administration
defeat in 1880 was the OppOsi-
tiOn to the Presidents policies
on unemployment relief.
Il have never been convinced
that these bonds referring to
his proposed bond iSsue) could
not be sold If offered widely
under the plan used during the
World War"