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Evening star., 1933-01-13
VETERANS FIGURES
HELDEXAGGERATED
Hines Ordered to Eliminate
Overestimates, Walsh
Tells Committee.
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
A charge that Frank T. Hines, vet
erans administrator, grossly exag-
perated" some estimates Of future vet
erans' expenditures was put before the
Joint Congressional Veterans Committee
TODAY by Senator Walsh, Democrat of
Massachusetts,, member. -
Walsh said the exaggeration "in one
case amounted to $500 ,000,o0G but
as Hines gave the figures to the COM
mittee in an executive session he de-
clined to say definitely what item was
involved.
New Figures Prepared.
1t was indicated, however, that Hines
had estimated the peak of expenditures
for World War veterans would reach
approximately $4,000, 100000 a year
within the next is years, and that he
had subsequently told Walsh, in answer
to a question of the Senator some days
later, that this peak would be around
81 SOC, ,ooo, 900.
t1ulSS l4ON 10 PlNE0A LIS "N~A~ SN'A0f
a new set CT figures "th2t we can stand
on"
The committee heard today more
spokesmen for Spanish War soldiers IN
pleas against reducing their pension
payments.
Rufus E. Foster of New Orleans,
United States Circuit Couts Judge, and
William j. Often of EniA Oklahoma,
United Spanish War Veteran COM
mander in chief, appeared.
Dislikes Being Goats.
"If a 10 per cent cut is applied 10
everybody" Foster said, we'll accept
without q whimper. But If we're to De
made the goats and no one else reduced,
naturally we'll resent it"
Chairman McDuffie, Democrat, OF
Alabama told him the cof%mittee had
no intention of making "a saat of any
bcdy" in its recommendations.
Often said totally disabled veterans
of the war of 1898 got S72 monthly
pension, while Civil War veterans In
ike circumstances get slo0,
"It you should apply to him lthe
Spanish American War veteraD q ~
per cent cut. picture the condition con-
fronting him." Often said, You could
not in justice to these men Ssy any cut
should be applied"
Evening star., 1933-01-13
TOXIC TROOPS TAKE'
TOWN ON INVASION
Chinese Driven Out of Yum
qanpao on Japanese March
Through JehoI.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHINCHOW, Manchuria, January l3.
japanese forces were reported today
in control of another strategic town in
Southeast Jehol as they pushed their
lines farther into the ancient Chinese
province.
japanese land and air forces turned
their attack upon Yunganpao, about $50
miles southwest of here, yesterday, and
claimed q swift and decisive victory
against q large force of Chinese de-
tenders.
Bombing planes laid siege to the
town to aid the advance Of a column
Of japanese cavalry. Japanese sources
said the Chinese troops were driven in
hasty retreat. Reports were received at
the Japanese military base here that
the town was a stronghold of the
Chinese commander, Cheng Kuei-Lin.
May Cut Off Chinese.
The move was expected to strengthen
the Japanese attempt to shut off Chinese
troops in Jehol from possible reinforce
ments from south of the Great Wall
over the coast level routes.
The Japanese army, which began ac-
tivities In that section with the occu-
patton of Shanhaikwan, where the
Great Wall tumbles down to the sea,
10 days ago, was carrying its advance
northWard from there along the Jehol-
Manchuria border. Following occupa-
ton of passes through the wall at
Chiumenkow, IL miles north of Shan
haikwan, on Tuesday, the japanese
force pushed northeastward to Yum
ganpao.
Meanwhile, Japanese forces in the
north and east OF Jehol continued move
ments In the direction of Tungliao.
Freezing weather was hampering activi-
ties in that region. but the Japanese
we're bent upon anticipating what was
described as raids" planned by the
Chinese on railroad centers.
Resistance Expected.
Japanese estimated there were 130,-
900 Chinese troops in Jehol. About TO-
900 got through the passes at Chiumen-
kow, sent north under orders of Mar
shall Chang HsiaoLiang, before the
Japanees closed that pass. A large part
of the Chinese force in the province
was under Tang Yu-Lin, head of the
special administrative regime in the
province set up by the Chinese.
Stiff Chinese resistance was predicted
for a Japanese force advancing toward
Lingyuan, about 100 miles north of the
City of Jehol, the provincial capital.
BRITON CALLS ON UCHIDA.
Evening star., 1933-01-13
SMEEMAN RETURNS
TO COLORADO PRISON
Cleveland Business Man, Refused
Respite, Indicates Formal
Appeal for Pardon.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DENVER, January 13.-Glenn Since
man, prosperous Cleveland business
man, began settlement of his account
with the law which he had evaded for
Is years, when he returned to the Colo
rado State Penitentiary from which he
escaped in 1918.
Riding In the luxurious motor car
Of his brother and business partner,
George A. Bronson, Smeeman, also
known as Harry Stanley, started for the
prison shortly before noon yesterday on
a 120-mile trip to Canon City. Warden
Roy Best followed in his own car.
Refused a 90-day respite, Smeeman
indicated he would make a formal ap-
plication for a pardon. Gov. Edwin G.
johnson said he will give it sympathetic
consideration.
Mrs. Margaret Smeeman, 20, smiled
bravely as her 36-year-old husband
bade her good-by. She was in a hos
pital recuperating from a nervous
breakdown.
Bronson said he would return to
Cleveland and resume management of
the music publishing and guitar busi-
ness operated by him and his brother.
Smeeman has 81 months to serve, but
by gaining good time can be released
in Is months.
Evening star., 1933-01-13
ABATEMENT SCORED
FOR MILLS ESTATE
Norris Urges Congressional
Check on All Sums Ex-
ceeding S. 900.

(From the $50 Edition Of Yesterdays star.)
By the Associated Press.
Asserting that Secretary Mills or his
appointees apparently approved a tax
abatement of $500, ,951 to the estate of
Mr.. Mills father, Senator Norris, Re-
publican. of Nebraska, in the Senate to-
day called for a change in the law gov
erning tax refunds. .rt
Norris brought up the matter as the
Senate considered a measure proposed
by Senator Mcclellan. Democrat, of
Tennessee, under which tax refunds
OF more than $4,000 would be passed
upon by the Joint Congressional Com
mittee on Internal Revenue Taxation.
There may be nothing wrong with
this transaction" said Norris as he read
q newspaper account Of the abatement.
i am not charging that by any means"
Senator Hale, Republican, of Maine,
quoted from a memorandum Of the
Treasury Department explaining the
transaction, which in substance was
that the bulk of the abatement in
VOWED transfers made by the senior
Mills before his death.
To my mind this is no explanation"
Norris countered. 1T is a memorandum
signed by the acting deputy commits
sioner (of internal revenue), one Of the
under officials Of the department.
Who made the investigation?" he
asked.
AN appointee of the man who has
q personal interest In the case investi-
igated it."
McKellar, Democrat Of Tennessee, re-
marked the matter needed passing on
by some one with an impartial stand
point" and Senator Barkley, Demo-
crat, OF Kentucky, said he would like TO
know whether the application for abate-
ment and the investigation were made
before or after Mills became Secretary
Of the Treasury.
Evening star., 1933-01-13
FAMILY Threatened

SAN FRANCISCO, January IS tP.-
The Chronicle says second extortion
letter, similar to one which had
threatened dynamiting Of the home of
the late Capt. Robert Dollar at San
Rafael and the Dollar Building here.
has been received by members of the
Dollar family.
As related in the paper today, the
received before Christmas. Members OF
the Dollar family were reported TO have
turned the second letter over to police
with q request for secrecy.
Evening star., 1933-01-13
LIONS CLUB TO PROBE.
CHAIN GANG "WHIPPlNGS"
Greenville, S. c., Group Pledges
Thorough Study of Brutalities
Claimed by New Jersey Youth.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GREENvILLE, s. c., January iS-
The Greenville Lions Club, which has
as its major project the maintenance of
humane conditions In prisons and chain
gangs Of this section, today called for
an investigation of the charges of David
Kraft. 14-year-old Newark. N. j., youth,
that he was mistreeted while serving q
sentence for hoboing In this county.
Rev. j. Edgar Stocknlan, president Of
the club, In asking for the investigation,
said 'the entire facts in the Kraft case
should be ascertained."
Kraft returned to his home in Newark
this week, where he told relatives he
was whipped. forced to wear leg
shackles, given poor food and poor
sleeping accommodations while On the
chain gang here.
J. Ed Means. county supervisor, who
y In charge Of the chain gangs. denied
the charges.
Evening star., 1933-01-13


British Parliament made an exhaus-
tive and scientific inquiry Of the amount
Of alcohol in beer necessary to intoM-
cate, and arrived at the conclusion
that sos per cent was non-intoxi-
eating"
Committee Favors Bill.
The full Judiciary Committee, where
the bill meets its next test, has shown
itself preponderantly for the beer bill.
Chairman Norris is in favor of the
measure, and its speedy approval has
been predicted by committee members.
The House when acting on the bill
rejected proposals for including wine
This might lead to dispute between
the two houses, but senatorial sponsors
of the wine provision believed today 1t
would be accepted.
Blaine said the committee vote was
4 to in favor Of the modified bill, with
only Senator Borah Republican, Idaho
opposing Several members made rescr-
vations, however. on specific amend
ments.
Besides Blaine and Walsh, Senators
Hebert Republican, Rhode Island) and
Dill Democrat, Washington) voted for
the bill.
Evening star., 1933-01-13
SCORES DIETING "FADS"
DR.. Chapman Gives Second Address
in r M. G. A. Series.

Dieting "fads" were denounced last
night by DR.. o. N. Chapman of the
Health Education Council OF the Young
Mems Christian Association, in the sec
ond OF series of health forums under
auspices OF the council at the Central
Y. M. C. A.
Discussing diet and Weight Con-
trol. DIR. Chipman said exercise should
play an important part in any plan Of
weight regulation.
Dr. Chipman answered a number of
questions from the audience in the pub
nc forum which followed his talk. He
was introduced by Ralph w. Foster, di-
rector Of physical education Of the z.
Evening star., 1933-01-13
DENIES NEGOTIATIONS.
Yen Says No One Is Authorized to
Talk Peace at Saskatchewan.

GENEVA, January 13 CP).-Dr. w. W.
Yen, chief Chinese delegate at the
League of Nations, notified that body
today that reports that the Nanking
government had appointed some one to
negotiate with japanese authorities re-
garding Sf1anhaikwan hostilities were
false.
Evening star., 1933-01-13
BRIToN CALLS ON UCHIDA.
Foreign Minister Told Of Threat ia
British Interests.

TOXIC, January IS R.-Sir Francis
Lindley, the British Ambassador, visited
Foreign Minister Uchida today and, act
ing under instructions, according to an
authoritative statement, called atten-
ton to the threat to British interests in
Northern China as result of the tense
situation which followed the clash at
Shanhaikwan.
Their interview was of the friendliest
nature.
Evening star., 1933-01-13
Mathewson Improves.

SHANGHAI, January i3 lP1.-Doctors
today considered the recovery OF Christy
Mathewson, jr., injured in an airplane
accident Sunday in which his bride was
killed. as assured. barring unforeseen
complications. A leg infection was
reqding.
Evening star., 1933-01-13
SCHALL ELECTION UPHELD
Senate Committee Votes to Dismiss

contest.
The Senate Elections Committee to-
day voted unanimously to dismiss the
contest of Einar Hoidale Of Mime
apolis against the election OF Senator
schall, Republican. Of Minnesota. In
1880.
Evening star., 1933-01-13
SENATORS MODIFY
HOUSE BEER BILL
TO INCLUDE WINE

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1933-01-13
LIBBY HOLMAN READY
TO GIVE UP FORTUNE
Willing to Drop Claim to Smith
Reynolds Estate, Says
Father.
By the Associated Press.

WILMINGTON, Del, January 13.-
Alfred Holman, father of Libby Holman
Reynolds, in a statement today said his
daughter is willing to relinquish except
for comparatively modest sum her
right to part of Smith Reynolds
estate.
Holman said: Mrs. Reynolds has
offered to relinquish her childs right
to the inheritance as far as she legally
is able, and her own share as widow
save comparatively modest sum in
each case (and these because she is
now deprived of her earning power)
hoping the remainder may be devoted
to public uses through an endowment
established in her late husbands and
.iis fathers memory"
Evening star., 1933-01-13
Baby Kept Secluded.

PHILADELPHIA, January IS R.-
The three -day-old son of Mrs. Libby
Holman Reynolds was removed to
another room today where he cant be
reached except with an acetylene torch"
the Pennsylvania Hospital, said this
precaution was taken because I'VE can't
have people trying to see him all the
time"
The baby Is still in its "hot-be the
modified incubator. Mrs, Reynolds has
not yet seen her son.
Evening star., 1933-01-13
ROOSEVELT URGED
TO NAME LIBERAL
ATTORNEY GENERAL

Continued From First Page.l
Evening star., 1933-01-13

WtHVus uxHFy D
"The income of the Philippine gov
ernment has never in the past been
SUFFICIENT to meet, in addition to other
expenditures, the cost OF supporting
even the Filipino Scouts, much less an
army or navy. The United States ex-
pends today upon the native and Amer
ican military forces for the protection
and assurance OF internal order and for
the maintenance of the minimum re-
ouirements OF external defense O sum
amounting TO approximately 28 per cent
of the entire revenue of the Philippine
government. II the naval expenditures
Of the United States In the Philippine
Islands are included, this figure is IN.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-06
THE BANK HOLIDAY

The President has acted with his promised speed
to protect bank depostors and to conserve the ma
tons gold supply That is the significance of his
proclamation of a modified banking holiday until
Thursday when congress will meet in special session
to pass protective bank law
Under the circumstances the President had no
choice Runs and boarding were pulling down even
strong banks and the gold raid from abroad threat
ened to drain the national reserve State and local
moratoria had fed public fear to the point where
runs would have been multiplied with the unpro-
tected opening of banks.
BY ordering nationwide issuance of clearance
house certificates under federal reserve regulation
the President has provided form of temporary
currency with which to transact business That
wipes out of the worst features of the situation
during the last few days. in which nothing took the
place of frozen money and checks and in which
business was being parayzed for lack of a medium
of exchange.
The best evidence that the President and his
advisers have not succumbed to panic is that the
banking moratorium is modified carefully to per-
NIT the government at any time during the next
four days to lift any part of the restrictions for
any or all banks.
1t seems that the major necessity of the moment
is to prevent foreign gold Withdrawals and to pro-
vide temporarily form of emergency currency for
general domestic use, pending bank reform legis-
laton, rather than embark on any extreme cur
rency initiation.
Put III the form of a paradox, the purpose seems
to be to go off the gold standard for the moment
to strengthen the gold standard for permanent use
Obviously, it would be unwise for the public to
accept the many rumors regarding unlimited print
ing press money which are being spread as a result
of the proclamation,
There is nothing in the declaration or acts of
Mr. Roosevelt to date to indicate that he favors ex
IRENE imitation. 1t is long jump from an en-
barge on gold exports, such as the President now
has laid down, to such imitation
This is no time for filters. The important thing
is that the government and the nation have passed
out of the stage of do-nothing defeatism, that we
at last are taking the offensive, that basic reform
plan for our inefficient banking system is being per-
fected and that congress has been called in special
session to act on it quickly, that the President has
decreed temporary system to protect the patriotic
publics money from unpatriotic raiders until the
new and stronger system can be put to work
If you have money in the bank it is safer TODAY
than it was yesterday because the government has
tied it up until the banks are prepared to protect
it. Meanwhile, the country can do business as usua1
and successfully clearing house certificates inst
as it has in other emergencies.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-06
MONDAY. MARCH 6 1888
NOW a CIGARET TAXl

Every individual and organization in the country
is counting pennies and planning economies today
The Indiana legislature, however, is proposing more
taxes This time it is a cigaret tax Our awmak-
ers about to charge cent for every ten Gig
arets sold in the state.
Apparently they have not heard Of the law of
diminishing returns. They do not realize that there
is point to which taxation may be pushed that
makes it unproductive Yet they rapidly are ap-
preaching that point in this state.
Thrift is the most difficult thing in the world
for a politician to learn. He comes to look upon
the taxpayer as some distant and mysterious horn
OF plenty which needs only to be tapped to yield
a never-ending golden stream.
Taxpayers are tired of this They are pointing
out forcefully to their elected officials that there
is only way to and that is by cutting costs.
These are singularly inappropriate times to be
talking about taxing cigarets which are one of the
few luXures left to the poor If the legsla-
tors would use the ingenuity in reducing the
operating expenses Of government as they have in
thinking up new taxes Indiana would be a whole
lot further along on the road back to prosperity.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-06
SHINING EXAMPLE FOR DRYS

One of the most interesting discussions Of the
current fight to repeal the eighteenth amendment
comes from Stanley High former editor of the
Christian Herald.
Speaking in Brooklyn not long ago, Mr.. High
warned the drys of the land not to block ratifca-
ton of the repeal amendment. BY concentrating
in certain states, he said they might be able to do
it; but the only result would be a thoroughgoing
notification, which would just as effectively re-
lease the country from the provisions Of the pro-
hibitory amendment as outright repeal"
But he went on to add that this does not mean
that the fight against alcohol should end. On the
contrary, he asserted that this is the moment
when the drys, once again. should declare war on
liquor and make that declaration too apparent to
be overlooked"
This declaration, he added, should involve the
drafting of an educational plan aimed not at the
nations legislators, but at its young people.
Then remarking that what the dry cause needs
is not pressure in Washington and at the
state capitals, but more conversions among the
constituencies" he closed with this assertion:
IF such a program comes out of the present
situation, then I believe the drys will one day look
upon the defeat of prohibition as a victory for
temperance.
Here truly is anti-liquor agitation of a kind
we have not heard for years; and in the long run
it is possible that it will prove about the only kind
worth having.
1t recognizes the Importance of reaching the in
divdual and persuadng him to do something instead
of trying to compel him to do it.
The man who refrains from drinking only be-
cause the drinking places have been closed is apt to
start again as he meets his first bootlegger
But the man who lays off because of his own re-
solves is an abstaner of a more trustworthy sort.
Mr.. Highs call for an educational campaign as
to the values of temperance and moderation opens
new field to the organized drys-a field in which
they can render extremely useful service.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-06
Just Plain Sense
BIZ MRS. WALTER FERGusON

a NY student of history can see that the decline
L a of the American man dates from the disap
pearance Of the mustache. With the bristIng beard
there departed something aggressive dominant
cocksure from the masculine makeup that has left
the male but faint shadow of his former glorious
self.
For the real old-fashioned American mustache
was an aweinspiring object far different from the
thin weak, Intellectual specimens we see occasionally
today 1t not only protected from public gaze GER
tain facial Weaknesses but it added to the counte-
nance an individuality that gave to each man his
own particular claim to attention.
No two nlustaches were exactly alike in any COM
munity. Some were long, silken, flowing Others
were belligerent, pointed, fierce There were the
luxurious bushy opulent and the weary, faded and
respondent kinds. Some fell in rich waves over
both lips, some went sideways some drooped lam
guidly like twin falls to the chin some brstled some
staggered some were funereally sad.
a ND each fellow could choose the sort best fitted
to his face and his ambition You could guess
mans profession trade by the sort of trim he
affected. individuals expressed themselves through
their mustaches. There was a type for every
temperament, model for every mood
And IN those days the men were something to
look at. AS small girl, living in a land where
both men and mustaches were wild, used to stand
entranced, gazing at the mustache stroking which
was then developed into fine art.
1t lent an air Of majestic power to the least i'm
portant man. The cups made especially to keep
these lovely hirsute decorations from drowning in
the coffee fascinated me. They were much larger
than the ordinary cups from which the ladies slipped
About them fingered some of the power, the ex-
panSiveneSS the vast self-asSertiveness that made
the male OF that day so incontrovertbly right
Yes mourn The downfall Of man and deplore
bitterly the passing Of the magnificent American
nustache.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-06
THIS IS ACTION

The Presidents call for special session of con-
gresS to attack the depression is action That is
what the public wants-action
When in his inaugural address, he declared war
on Wall Street domination, he expressed the bitter
ness of millions who have been sold out by selfish
and false leaders.
Not since Woodrow Wilson has there been man
in the White House with sufficient courage and
vision to stand up in public and tell the truth about
the money power. Instead, during the last twelve
years, administration officials and the political
hangers-on have taken most OF their ideas and
policies from Wall Street
We have had government by money changers
The real government was not in Washington, but in
New York.
The new deal, if it means anything, must mean
moving the government back to Washington
Since the bankers gambling orgy collapsed in
1929, the financial magnates have been suspect
The insult revelations, leading into Chicago and
New York banks. turned public sentiment to posi-
tive dstrust With the recent senate expose of the
National City bank came public contempt for
bankers who have betrayed their trust.
So President Roosevelt, in his pledged crusade
to clean up banking, is not voice crying in the
wilderness. If he follows through on this program
he will have a united nation behind him.
Under public pressure, the new congress, when
it meets Thursday will pass any legislation he sug-
gests give him any power he requests for the pur-
pose of building out of the wreck banking system
that will work.
During the last month there has been something
worse than bank failures and moratoria and unem-
ployment Worse than what had happened was the