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Evening star., 1933-01-24
1OO,o)DFORECAST
IN RELIEF MARCH
Nebraska Farmers to Ask
Legislature to Approve
Foreclosure Ban.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LINCOLN, Nebr, January "a
A. Q. Rosenberg of Newman Grove,
Nebr., chairman Of the Call Commit
tee of the Farmers Holiday Associa-
ton of Nebraska, yesterday predicted
between $4,000 and 100000 Nebraska
farmers would march on Lincoln and
the Legislature February l6."
Rosenberg was here to make ar
rangements for meetings and housing
of farmers.
1.-The movement is spreading like
wildfire," Rosenberg said. Every day
new holiday groups are organizing. The
farmer is desperate and the Legislature
is going to be told to legalize our pres
ent'methods of forestalling foreclosures.
A definite program of the demands"
will not be drawn until delegates con-
vene, February Is, Rosenberg said.
At Ponca. Nebr., a one-year mora
torium on farm mortgage foreclosures
in Dixon, Dakota, Thurston and Cedar
Counties was declared by Judge Mark
Ryan. More than 600 farmers ap-
peared at the opening session of the
District Court and presented a formal
request for relief.
The judge continued all foreclosure
cases for year, but provided that own
ers of mortgaged property on which
foreclosure was sought pay reason
able rent during the year. If the two
parties to the action are unable to agree
on a rental. the court agrees to help
settle the dispute.
Evening star., 1933-01-24
OHIO HASTENS FILING
OF lame DUCK" @. K.
Ratification to Come Here by Plane
in Effort to Beat Missouri's
Resolution.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, January "a
Ohios ratification of the lame duck"
amendment to the Federal Constitution
was prepared for forwarding today to
the Secretary of State at Washington,
while the Legislature turned to other
important problems-relief of the un-
employed. aid for the weak school dis
tricts and old-age pensions.
Heeding the request of Gov. George
White. the Assembly last night adopted
the lame duck" resolution in record
time In less than two hours it came
out of committee, was adopted by the
House and then by the Senate.
Legislative leaders were hopeful of
filing the ratification before that of Mis-
souri,, the thirty-sixth and last State
needed to make the amendment op-
erative They rushed preparations to
send the certified records to Washing
ton by airplane as soon as resolution
Is printed, enrolled and signed this
afternoon.
A method of financing unemploy-
ment relief and creating permanent
system OF weak-school aid was pro-
posed by Gov. White in message
recommending enactment of new indi-
rect taxes totaling Sill 900, 900 annually.
The school financing proposed by the
administration calls for re-enactment
of the cigarette tax, bringing in an
annual revenue of $4,250,0 900, and the
imposition of a 10 per cent tax on all
manufactured tobaccos and cigars In
tended to raise $3,000,000 annually.
The Governor estimated the two taxes
would yield $l4,000,000 every two years.
Evening star., 1933-01-24
WORLD ARMAMENT
CONTROL IS ARGUED
Geneva Conference Bureau
Returns to Work Preparing
for General ParIey.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GENEVA, January 24.-The World
Disarmament Conference went back to
work yesterday, the bureau debating
proposals for international supervision
Of arms in an effort to clear the way
for the reconvening of the General
Commission on January 81.
The problem Of supervision and the
much discussed question Of gas warfare
will occupy the attention of the bureau
for two or three days. After that the
Steering Committee will attempt to
arrange an agenda for the General
Commission.
1t was expected that the French plan
will be given first consideration by the
commission.
The United States is being repre-
sented by Hugh Wilson, Minister to
Switzerland.
The French plan, published in
Geneva last November, proposed that
disarmament be achieved by reducing
electives and materials of war and at
the same time guaranteeing national
security by means of pacts. American
suggestions for reinforcing defensive
armaments at the expense of offensive
ornaments were embodied in the plan.
which proposed defensive national
armies, with short-term service based
on the principles of universal con-
scrfption.
Evening star., 1933-01-24
23 MORE INDICTED
IN ELECTION CASE
Total of Those Accused in New
York Now Exceeds 100.
Several Surrender.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, January 24.-Twenty-
three persons. including election in
spectors and Others were indicted by
the Fedral grand jury yesterday on
charges of returning false count at
last November's election and 1ntim1-
dating voters.
Forty-eight other persons are under
indictment in connection with alleged
irregularities at the polls, 7 having
been previously indicted by the Fed
eral grand jury and "A by the county.
Three of those indicted yesterday were
among the A named by the county
jury.
ber, were handed up to Federal Judge
John c. Knox about the same time
Gov Lehman, in Albany, decided
against a Moreland act investigation
into the attorney generals Office Tor
alleged failure to check election frauds.
The investigation had been sought by
State Republican leaders. ~
Meanwhile nine election inspectors,
including four women, who were in
dicted last Thursday by the county
grand Jury, surrendered at the district
attorneys office Each posted $1,000
bail.
Among those named in today's bills,
which were the first to charge intim-
idation OF voters, were Irving Simon,
Democratic captain in the twenty
second election district of the fourth
Assembly district, and Max Krasnoff,
who was temporarily attachehd to the
attorney generals office during the
election.
The grand jury continued its in
vestigatlon of the write-in vote for
Acting Mayor Joseph v. Mckee. In
vestigators announced they had found
that votes had been written in for
Mckee in at least % election districts
in the first and second Assembly dis
tricts, from which no Mckee votes
were recorded.
Evening star., 1933-01-24
DECEMBER TAXES
DROP $&,9D4,169
Incomes Yield Only SAL.
observation-disclosures
Levy Up $50, 984, 900.

BY the Associated Press.
Tie Government collected $780, ,995,.
057 In taxes last month. a drop of $84, I.
504,169 from the totals of December,
1881.
The Internal Revenue Bureaus re-
port showed that income tax collections
were only $l4l ,033, ,327, in contrast to
$3.50 ,522, ,095 for the same month a year
ago.
On the other hand, the miscellaneous
tax, including the levies in the new tax
bill. showed an increase of $50, 1884, 800.
Collections were s69,961, ,730, as COM
pared with $33,977,130 year before
For the first six months of the fiscal
year income tax collections have fallen
S272, ,l39,6Ol below the amount coll
lected in the same period of the pre-
vlous year. amounting to $342 ,167, ,459.
Miscellaneous taxes, rejecting the new
lev1es, have shown an increase of $134,-
479,152 in the same six months,
amounting to $401, ,270,035.
FL Taxes Show Increase.
Collections continued to be disap-
pointing from the new taxes, but it was
pointed out that the income taxes will
not reflect the increased rate levied in
the 1882 revenue act until the March
Is payments are made on 1882 income.
OF all the taxes levied by the Gov
ernment 21 showed increases and 20
declines.
Tobacco taxes for December totaled
s27,l32,597, a decrease of s2,054, 900
from November and a drop of 1926, 900
from December of last year. Cigarettes,
however, showed an increase of $72,-
600 over December of 1881, but a drop
or $784, 600, as compared with Novem-
Der.
The tax on bonds, capital stock is
sues, conveyanceS, ETC., was S1,374 536
IN December, against S1,155,136 in No.
vember, and the tax on stock transfers
was 81 ,677 1888, as compared with ST.
1854 in November Lubricating oil
tax was of approximately $3.50 to
S1.372.055, while the gasoline tax was
of $073,468 to s13,268,950.
Power Revenues Gain.
: Automobiles and motor cycles brought
in s462, ,796 against S756,470 the pre-
vious month, but electrical energy re-
turned $2,975,161, as compared with
S2,867, ,080 in November. The tax on
bank checks amounted to S3,642, $50,
against $685., ,995 the previous month
Admissions also were off in December
amounting to sl,871, ,243, against ST.
952379
The Christmas holiday sales were re-
fected in an increase in the tax COL
lected on toilet preparations furs and
mechanical refrigerators which re-
turned s1,112. 200, sl.5O5,51 and $1o3,-
344. respectively. all of which were
slight increases over the previous month.
The holiday spirit, however, did not
cause an increase in the candy tax or
the soft drink tax. Each was of slight.
ly to $419,140 and s275,43O.
The tax receipts on telegraph, tele-
phone and radio messages increased, re-
turning sl,906,040. as compared with
$l,372,6 900 the previous month.
Evening star., 1933-01-24
DENIES ExTORTION CLAIM
Rochefort Files Affidavit in Reply
to Stillman's Charge.

NEW YORK, January "a (P.-Luc
Rochefort filed an affidavit in Brook
lyn Supreme Court yesterday denying
he had attempted to extort money from
James A. Stillman. whom he is suing
on charge of alternating the affec-
tionS of Rochefort's wife, Marjorie.
Rochefort denied all charges made
by the former New York banker. in
Guiding an allegation that an attempt
was made to settle all claims for
$4,000, and asked that Stillman be re-
quired to submit himself for examina-
ton before trial.
Rochefort also demanded that an
affidavit by Astrid Haug, who allegedly
introduced Stillman to Mrs. Rochefort,
be disclosed. He said repetition OF
Miss Haug's statement charging con-
spiracy might precipitate another suit
against Stillman.
Evening star., 1933-01-24
LAME DUCK ACTION
AWAITS FORMAL|TY
Secretary of State to Issue
Proclamation When No.
titled of Ratification.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The twentieth amendment was writ
ton into the Constitution yesterday, but
the country may not know about it om-
cially for some time.
The amendment, advancing to Janu-
ary from March the date for newly
elected members of Congress to take
their seats, and changing the meet
ing dates of Congress, became effective
yesterday when Missouri became the
thirty sixth State to ratify the article.
The Secretary of State will issue a
proclamation when all of the 36 States
that have ratified the amendment no.
tify him of their approval. His procla-
nation, however, will simply declare
the necessary three-fourths of the
States have ratified and the amend
ment became effective on the date on
which the thirty-sixth State acted.
There is no necessity that the Sec
retary notify either the President or
Congress.
His proclamation enumerates the
States that have ratified the amend
ment and his proclamation, along with
the certified copies Of the State ratifi-
cations, goes into the State Department
archives.
The original documents are bound
into big, leather-covered volumes and
stored in guarded rooms in the base
ment of the State Department.
Evening star., 1933-01-24

whites, the cannibals were entirely
tractable. At the slightest opportunity,
however, the missionaries knew they
would revert to cannibalism. There
fore, it was absolutely essential that at
all times there should be no more can
nibals than missionaries together.
Preparing to cross a river. they
found that their small boat would hold
only two people None of them could
swim and, while all the missionaries
could row. only one of the cannibals
could. What dilemma!
After some thought, one of the mis-
sionaries arrived at the manner of get
ting them all across without permitting
there to be at any time more cannibals
than missionaries on the same side OF
the river. Oh, yes, the cannibal who
could row was named WhatSo.
Yes, you may use matches, pencils
or anything you like to represent the
cannibals and missionaries. Hop to it
fellows" concluded the professor with
a smile.
HOW DID YOU GET THEM
ACROSS?
(See Page A-10 for solution.)
Evening star., 1933-01-24
BY the Associated Press.



The text Of the twentieth amendment
to the Constitution is as follows:
Section /. The terms of the Presi-
dent and Vice President shall end at
noon on the goth day of January, and
the terms of Senators and Representa-
tives at noon on the 3rd day of jan
uary. Of the years in which such terms
would have ended if this article had
not been ratified: and the terms Of their
successors shall then begin.
Section 2. The Congress shall as
semble at least once in every year, and
such meeting shall begin at noon on
the 3rd day of January, unless they
shall by law appoint different day.
Section g. If. at the time fixed for
the beginning of the term of the Presi-
dent the President-elect shall have
died, the Vice President-elect shall be-
come President. If President shall
not have been chosen before the time
fixed for the beginning of his term. or
If the President-elect shall have failed
to qualify, then the Vice President ELECT
shall act as President until President
shall have qualified; and the Congress
Evening star., 1933-01-24
STATUES REMOVAL
AT CAPITOL URGED
Report of Engineer on Weight
Load in Statuary Hall Is
Given to Committee.

In order to relieve the crowded con-
dition of Statuary Hall and to tighten
the strain on the floor of that chamber,
the joint Committee on Library decided
today to ask the House and Senate for
authority to rearrange and relocate
the statues.
Although there are 65 statues already
In the hall. 81 more are entitled to be
placed there under the existing law
allowing each State to send two. I'M
mediate action was necessary because
three of these additional statues are
ready to be sent here in the near
future.
The crowded condition of the presen,
statues has been a subject of discus
sion in Congress for long time and
to this has been added a report of an
engineer who studied the condition OF
the hall from the standpoint Of the
weight load. At the meeting of the
Joint committee today, presided over by
Senator Fess of Ohio, Architect of the
capitol Lynn said the engineer recon-
mended that no more statues be placed
In Statuary Hall and that the major
part Of those now there be removed
as soon as suitable places can be pro-
v1ded for them. Mr.. Lynn read the
following excerpt from the engineering
report:
Not Actually Dangerous.
Il do not regard the floor as being
IN an actually dangerous condition. but
1T does not have the degree of safety
that Is demanded by modern rules and
practices. For this reason it should be
relieved Of part of its loading"
Members of the committee discussed
informally various suggestions for a
permanent solution of the Statuary
Hall problems by erecting a separate
Hall Of Fame Building, or giving the
statues outdoor location but no action
was taken on these proposals One
member Of the committee said that
since the statues are different materials
sizes and degrees of artistic quality. the
present crowded condition Of the hall
invites comparisons that are not de-
sirable from an artistic standpoint.
Although nothing was done regarding
permanent arrangement of the statues
elsewhere, the members agreed on the
necessity for immediate action by Con-
gress to relocate some of them either
in the Capitol Building OF in adjacent
buildings including the Library of Con-
gress and the new Supreme Court
structure
Curator Assists Lynn.
Charles Fairman, art curator of the
Capitol, assisted Mr. Lynn in describing
the present condition of the hall. In
addition to. Senator Fess, other men,
bers who took part in the discussion
were Senators Bingham of Connecticut,
Howell of Nebraska and Representa-
tives Luce of Massachusetts, Ruth
Pratt of New York, Gilbert of Ken
lucky and Keller of Illinois.
Mrs. Pratt suggested that, since each
State is entitled to two statues, it
might be possible to leave one statue
from each State in Statuary Hall and
relocate the others. Members of the
committee indicated a desire to place
the statues in appropriate and desirable
locations.
Evening star., 1933-01-24
Text of 10th Amendment
Provides for Inauguration of President and Vice
President on January 20, While Terms of Senate
and House Members Begin January 3.

may by law provide for the case wherein
neither a President-elect nor a Vice
President-elect shall have qualified, de-
claring who shall then act as President,
or the manner in which one who Is to
act shall be selected, and such person
shall act accordingly until a President
or Vice President shall have qualified.
Section 4. The Congress may by law
provide for the case of the death of
any of the persons from whom the
House of Representatives may choose a
President whenever the right of choice
shall have devolved upon them, and for
the case of the death of any of the
persons from whom the Senate may
choose a Vice President whenever the
right Of choice shall have devolved upon
them.
Section S. Sections and shall take
effect upon the 18th day of October
following the ratification of this article.
Section 6. This article shall be in
operative unless it shall have been rati-
fed as an amendment to the Constitu-
tion by the Legislatures of three-fourths
of the several States within seven
months from the date Of its submission.
Evening star., 1933-01-24
TRANSIENT GIRLS
GAINING IN NUMBER
Their Case More Challenging Than
Boys, Sociologist Tells
Senators.
By the Associated Press.

oy Ine ASSOCIATED HreSS.
The problem created by an increasing
number of homeless women, many of
them mere girls, wandering over the
country, was presented to a Senate
committee today by a sociologist as
much more challenging" than that of
the transient men.
For one thing it is much more recent
and there are not the facilities for
taking care Of them," said Nels Ander-
son, instructor in sociology at Columbia,
testifying on bill by Senator Cutting,
Republican. Of New Mexico, to make
available $4,000 900 of Federal funds to
the States for care of their transients.
On the basis Of a survey made with
the aid of various relief. agencies,
Anderson said a conservative estimate
of the number of transient men and
women was 100000.
OF 256.124 homeless persons covered
in the survey, he said, 1923 were
women, IS to 40 per cent of whom were
under 81.
The number of homeless transient
girls, he said, is increasing more rapidly
than the number Of men.
Evening star., 1933-01-24
THREATS OF DUCkING
HALT FARM BIDDERS
Owner Buys Most of Property at
Foreclosure Sale-Horses Sell
for rs Cents.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
OVERTON, Nebr., January "a
Threats of dousing in the icy waters
of a horse tank silenced prospective
bidders at a foreclosure sale on the
Mike Thinnes farm near here yesterday
and several hundred dollars worth Of
machinery and live stock sold for SIS.
Mrs. Thinnes bought most of the
property. The threats had been made
by approximately 200 farmers who
so cents, horses for Is cents to 81 and
mach merry for an average of so cents.
The foreclosure action was started
by q South Omaha bank, which had
taken the note from the Farmers State
Bank Of Overton. Thinnes said he
asked opportunity to take up the note
by a possible Federal loan. but the
bank declined to delay.
Evening star., 1933-01-24
WOMAN LEAVES $109,578

Petition Filed on Estate of Cornelia
Grayson Cress.
An estate. valued at $109, ,57899, was
left by Cornelia Grayson Cress, who
died January 9, according to the petit
ton of her sister. Margarita Cress
Hunt. and the American Security &
Trust Co., her executors, for the pro-
bate of her will. The entire estate is in
personal property.
BY the terms Of the will $4,000 is
given to Mary McNeal If still caring for
testatrix at time of her death. The
remaining estate goes to the sister,
Margarita Cress Hunt.
Evening star., 1933-01-24
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
TODAY.

TODAY.
Annual card party and dance, Joppa
Lodge Chapter, No. q, o. E. S., Ken
nedy- Warren, 9 pm.
Card and bingo party, Rathbone Tenn
Pile, Pythian Sisters, go M street north
east, $3.50 pm.
Dance, Massachusetts State Society,
Shoreham Hotel, 9 pm.
Supper meeting, Society of Colonial
Wars, Mayf1ower Hotel, pm.
Dance, Maria Montessori Society,
Mayfower Hotel. 10 pm.
Meeting, Alpha Chapter, Beta Gam
ma Phi Sorority, Hamilton Hotel, pm.
Meeting. Gold Star Mothers, Hamil-
ton Hotel, pm.
Meeting. Kappa Phi Fraternity, Hay
Adams House, pm.
Meeting and dance, Kentucky So
ciety. Willard Hotel, 8 pm.
Dinner, International Committee on
Wireless Telegraphy, University Club, Z
pm.
Buffet supper, Phi Beta Kappa Fra
ternity, University Club, 8 pm.
Card party, benefit St. Vincent de
Paul Society, st. James Catholic Church
Auditorium, Thirty-seventh street and
Rhode Island avenue northeast, 8 pm.
Card and bingo party, Hope Council,
Sons and Daughters of Liberty, Hall,
Fourth street and Pennsylvania avenue
southeast, 9 pm.
TOMORROW.
Luncheon. Rotary Club, Willard Hotel,
1880 pm.
Meeting, Washington Chapter, Del
phian Society, Willard Hotel, 10 am.
Luncheon. Lions Club, Mayfower
Hotel, 1890 pm.
Concert, Myra Hess and Hans Kind
Ter, Mayflower Hotel, 11:15 am.
Meeting, Executive Board, American
Women's Legion, Willard Hotel, II am
Luncheon, University of Missouri
Alumni, University Club, 1880 pm.
Luncheon, Veterans Administration,
University Club. 1880 pm.
Luncheon, Monarch Club, New Co
lonial Hotel, 1915 pm.
Evening star., 1933-01-24

BY the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD. January 24.-Injuries
received by Thelma Todd, film actress,
in a motor car accident Sunday, were
declared by her physician last night
to be much more serious than they were
at first supposed.
She is unSer treatment at the Cali
fornia Lutheran Hospital At first 1t
was believed she had suffered only
bruises and cuts about the face and
head
Examination has revealed" said
DR.. Edwin Larson, that three OF her
ribs on the left side were broken, that
her shoulder was broken and that she
received internal injuries. the exact
nature Of which has not been fully 6e-
termined."
Evening star., 1933-01-24
| mi / NuI t Is
| | NXSTERy
Can You, @3t
| |SOLWNgkT

Dr. Fordney is professor Of criminology
sought by the police OF many cities when
confronted with particularly banning cases.
This problem has been taken from his case
book covering hundreds Of criminal inves-
Try your wits on It'll 1t takes but ONE
MINUTE to read! Every fact and every
clue necessary to its solution are in the
story itself-and there is only one answer.
How good detective are you?
Evening star., 1933-01-24
Seaman Swept Overheard.

BALTIMORE, January "a (R.-The
battered Swedish steamship Trolleholm,
80 days from Gothenburg arrived here
yesterday. and her master reported that
MAX Svenson, a seaman, was swept
overheard by a wave in Midatlantic.
The seaman was at work on a deck
when a wave suddenly broke.
Evening star., 1933-01-24
DISSOLUTION DEBATED
Question Discussed for Six Hours
by Greek Senate.

ATHENS, January "a tP.-The SEN
ate spent six hours yesterday after
noon discussing proposal to dissolve
the Chamber. Elections are set for
March S.
The opposition contends Premier
Venizelos should first ask a vote Of
confidence from the Chamber, but as
he has an overwhelming majority in the
Senate the result is regarded as Ger
tain
Evening star., 1933-01-24

"a AAAAAAAoA AAA tSoGA-
gator is frequently
C lie d upon to
meet odd and un-
usual circu m =
stances and as his
S tory illustrates
the successful ham
ding of a perplex-
ing situation, I am
going to give it to
you as your prob
lem for t tod a y.
Listen.
Three mission
aries were taking
three cannibals to
missionary head
quarters. BY them
selves, or with an
equal number of
Evening star., 1933-01-24
Explosion Kills Woman.

MEXICO CITY, January "a R)-
One woman was burned to death and
five others were injured, perhaps
fatally. yesterday in an explosion of
gunpowder at San Juan Teotihuanan.
Considerable property damage resulted
Evening star., 1933-01-24
Village Changes Hands.

Virtually the entire village of Gilbert
Vile, Mass, changed hands recently
when a manufacturing company solo
three big worsted mills, $50 tenement
houses and the town water supply sys-.
tenn to Walter Holt of Gilbertville and
Leonard Campbell of Ware.