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Evening star., 1934-12-25
NUISANCE TAXES
MAY Be SHIFTED
Bank Check Levy Expires
January Some May
Be Continued.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
People who pay by check will get
a break next Tuesday when the 2-cent
tax on checks expires.
This tax produced SAL 3S3,198 last
fiscal year, but the opinion is ex-
pressed in many quarters on Capitol
Hill that it will not be revived.
Some House members, however,
have received intimations that Con-
gress may be asked to levy new taxes
on other things-though decision
on their nature, these Legislators un-
derstand. will not be made until the
administration completes its budget
and relief plans.
Others May Expire.
More than q score Of taxes expire
or change six months hence unless
they are re-enacted. After a recent
conference with President Roosevelt,
Chairman Doughton Of the House
Ways and Means Committee said he
feared it would be necessary to extend
the expiring nuisance" levies.
Estimates by committee tax experts
say these temporary levies will pro-
duce $4l6. 6.000, 900 in revenue in the
present fiscal year, ending next
June 80.
This does not include the bank
check tax or the extra cent on first
class postage. Incidentally, reduc-
ton from 3 to 2 cents in such postage
becomes effective automatically next
July /.
Gas Tax Included.
Levies that will expire June 80,
and the revenue they are expected to
bring in during the present fiscal
year are:
Lubricating oil, 5,23s, 900; brew
ers wort and grape concentrate, ST.
2S3,000; matches, $3,216,000; gaso-
line, $185,043,0 600; electrical energy,
$50 1856 900; toilet preparations, $10,-
4s3 5000; fur articles, $4,000, 900; jew
elry, $1,50O,000; radios and phono-
graphs, $3,782, 900: mechanical re-
frigerators, 81, ,s83 600; sporting goods,
$4,831 900; firearms and shells, ST.
485, 900; chewing gum, $500, 600;
telephone, telegraph and cable, $780,
e81 900; transportation Of oil by pipe
line, $9,388,000; import excise taxes
on coal, copper, lumber, malt and
petroleum, $10,000,0 900 to $11 200, 600
Autos and Tires Taxed.
Those that expire July 81 and the
estimated revenue:
Tires and inner tubes, $50, ,056, 900;
automobile trucks, $4.882. 600; auto
mobiles and motor cycles, $31, 600, 900;
automobile parts and accessories, S.
l2S, 900.
In addition, some other levies cease
Or their rates drop Jul1 !.
Evening star., 1934-12-25

bringing the seasons total up to IS
inches for a local record.
The cold spell ran through the
Middle West and along the Canadian
border. Snow has been falling within
the past "a hours in parts Of Indiana
Ohio, Michigan, several Rocky Noun.
tain States and the Northern States
Of Minnesota and the ,Dakotas.
Bemidji, Mimi, wasn't Dragging
about its 21-below-zero climate, but
Southern California was pointing with
its usual pride to Thermometers read
ing in the 70s. Florida was depend
ing up Miami to beat of the California
challenge with an 80-degree Christmas
day.
New England, New York and Penn
sylvania were warned to expect snow
before the day is over, the tempera-
ture in Maine being around the zero
mark.
No serious storm disturbance Is in
the vicinity Of the Capital, the Wealth.
.r Bureau said, and any unpleasant-
Iness today Is not likely to be long lived.
Evening star., 1934-12-25
SISTER Of BANKER
KILLED IN FLORIDA
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Sid.
dons lasher Fatally Hurt
in Auto Crash.

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Siddons Lasher,
wife Of Prof. George Starr Lasher,
head Of the University of Ohio School
of Journalism, and daughter of the
late District Supreme Court Justice
Frederick L. Siddons, died in a Day.
tona Beach, Fla, hospital early today
OF injuries received in an automobile
accident near Cocoa, Fla, yesterday.
Prof. Lasher was seriously injured
in the crash and was being treated
for brain conclusion. a broken nose,
broken ribs and multiple cuts and
bruises, according to the Associated
Press.
Their two daughters, Mary Eliza
beth, IL. and Dorothy Siddons Lasher,
s, suffered only minor cults and
bruises.
En- Route to Miami.
Mrs. Lasher, a sister of Frederick
P. H. Siddons, secretary of the
American Security g. Trust Co. and
president Of the District of Columbia
Bankers Association, was en- route to
Miami with her husband and two
daughters. Prof. Lasher, who is presi-
dent of Theta Chi fraternity, planned
to attend a convention of the Greek
letter society in the Florida city.
The Associated press reported the
Lasher car collided with an auto
driven by man listed by police as
Carl Martin of Merritt, Fla. He was
held by county authorities pending
investigation. He suffered internal in
juries and cuts.
Prof. LaSher has not yet been ad-
vised of the death of his wife, ply
Sicians apparently believing the shock
would be too great for him at this
time, according to Siddons. The two
children also are unaware of their
mothers death. Siddons said he was
leaving for Daytona Beach this aft
ernoon to be with his brother in law
and nieces.
Married Here in 1922.
The Lashers were married here In
April, 1922. Before moving to Athens,
Ohio, 20 take his present post on the
faculty of the University of Ohio,
Prof. Lasher was a professor at the
University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor.
Mrs. Lasher was born in WASH
ington May 81 1894, the daughter of
the iate Jusrce Siddons and Mrs.
Harriet c. (Van Auken) Siddons. She
was educated at Western High School
here and New York finishing school.
Her father died June 10, 1881, after
Is years on the District Supreme
Court bench.
In addition to her husband and
two daughters, Mrs. Lasher is sur.
vived by her mother and brother.
Evening star., 1934-12-25
Congressman Invited to Aid
in Reaching Agreement
on Objective.
1926 PRICE LEVEL HELD
LIKELY HARMONY BASIS
Treasury Officials Blame Low
Output of Mines for U. S.
Failure to Buy Silver.
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
A conference to unite infationists
behind so-called rational program
has been called for January Is in
in Washington.
Senator Thomas, Democrat. of Okla
homa, one of those behind the move,
said farm organizations, the Sound
Money League, the Committee for the
Nation, Father Charles E. Coughlin of
Detroit and members of the Senate
and House would participate In the
conference. In the evening there will
be banquet for imitation advocates in
Congress.
Thomas said the aim would be an
agreement "on an objective"
Il think that will be the 1926 price
level" he added. These groups are
not for cheap money or uncontrolled
imitation. They are for a sound and
adequate dollar of the buying power
OF 1926, wholly controlled and rational.
They have the conviction that the
high-valued dollar must be cheapened
to help people pay interest and taxes"
Several Measures Cited.
Thomas pointed out several meas
ures designed to put more money into
circulation and to raise the price level
already have been indicated for in
PRODUCTION at the coming session. He
included the Frazier-Lemke agricul-
tural refinancing bill. the Wheeler free
silver coinage measure and the Pat
man bonus proposal.
Low output of domestic mines was
blamed meanwhile by Treasury Of
f1cials for the Governments failure to
purchase the amount of silver it had
agreed to acquire during the first year
Of the London silver agreement.
At the same time it became known
that United States holdings of the
white metal were approximately one
billion ounces short of the quantity
needed to establish a 25-75 ratio with
the gold monetary reserve. the goal
set by the last Congress. Present hold
ings were estimated unoficially at one
billion ounces.
20,759,000 Ounces Purchased.
Treasury figures disclosed that sill
yer purchases under the London ac-
cord, signed during the economic con-
ference in 1888, amounted to 20, 900
ounces for the year. A White House
proclamation promulgating the pact
had said the United States would abb
sorb an annual minimum of 24,421 ,410
ounces produced in the country.
The Government pays a premium of
about Is cents an ounce over world
market prices for newly mined metal.
Silver now brings 64la cents per ounce
at Federal mints.
Evening star., 1934-12-25
HAUPTMANN TRIAL
DELAY IS IN DOUBT
Question of Calling New
Jury Panel to Be Decided
Tomorrow.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PENNINGTON, N. j., December 2s
The question of whether the State
will seek new jury panel for the
trial of Bruno Richard Hauptn ann
because of the circulation If a PAM
phlet parodying the Lindbergh kid
nap case investigation, will be de-
termined tomorrow at a conference Of
Attorney General David T. Wilentz
and other prosecuting officials in
Trenton.
The pamphlet, entitled mo. 23l0
Criminal File Exposed Aviators Baby
Was Never Kidnapped or Murdered,
was mailed from Chicago to some Of
the $50 persons in the jury panel
called to appear here January 2 for
the trial of the Lindbergh kidnap-
Staying suspect.
I'VE do not want a new panel" said
Edward J. Reilly of Brooklyn, chief
of Hauptmann's defense staff. I'VE
are ready to go TO trial tomorrow
Delays in bringing the case to trial i'm
pair our effectiveness.
Might Delay 80 to 40 Days.
Defense attorneys, however, will ask
Supreme Court Justice Thomas w
Trenchard to hold a conference to dis
cuss selecting a new panel, although
such action, in the opinion of County
Judge Adam o. Robbins, would de
lay the start of the trial from 80 10
40 days.
The prosecution attorneys, meeting
tomorrow, will decide whether to join
the defense in the proposed discus
sion. At first it was indicated the
State would not seek new panel
but an authoritative source disclosed
late yesterday that there was 'evi-
dence the pamphlet had impressed
prospective jurors.
One woman member of the panel
it was revealed, has expressed to a
county official fear of bodily harm
if she should vote for conviction of
Hauptmann.
Prejudice Effort Alleged.
Lloyd Fisher, associate defense
counsel, said the announcement by
Prosecutor Anthony M. Hauck, jr.,
that the pamphlet had been mailed
to some prospective jurors clearly
indicates a desire on his part to
create an unfair prejudice against the
defense" and added that he knew
the persons on the panel would "re-
sent any attempt to influence them. u
Judge Robbins, who with Justice
Trenchard will preside at the trial
said it was his belief Justice
Trenchard would not order a new
panel drawn because of the delay
which would ensue.
Fisher said the defense was willing
to waive any legal technicalities "to
the end that no time need be lost
in commencing the trial through
drawing of a new panel"
No Reflections Offered.
He said the defense did not intend
that this statement should in any
manner, shape or form be a reflection
on any of the legal staff connected
with the prosecution in this matter.
There are many, many people
vitality interested in the outcome of
this case" Fisher said, "for one reason
or another, and any number of people
might be responsible for the mailing
of these pamphlets. We sincerely
trust that the State and Federal Gcv-
ernments will make very thorough
investigation of this situation and
report the facts to the public generally
as they develop"
The pamphlet was written II 1882
by Mary Belle Spencer, Chicago at
torney, as satire to poke fun
at the asininity of our police and court
system as a whole" she explained.
Evening star., 1934-12-25
Byrd Party Dogs Eat Turkeys,
So Men Get Beefsteak Today

The banquet of beef was described
as one of welcome anticipation after
the unchanging cycles of seal steaks,
corned beef, salt horse and ancient
mutton.
Chief Cook Carbone dug up the beef
and it has been thawing out for three
days under the eyes of the watchman.
Along with the beef, which will be
steaked and fried, the members of the
expedition will have vegetable soup,
creamed corn, potatoes, cranberry
sauce. apple pie and ice cream, and
some sherry.
The Sherry disappeared for q time,
giving rise to thoughts about hijackers.
Finally 1t was found. x
Evening star., 1934-12-25
MOB BEATS DRIVER
OF HIT-RUN MACHINE
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, December as
Taken from a mob of angry citizens
who had beaten him after he had al
legedly figured in hit-and-run acci-
dent, Bert O'Leary, 81, was treated for
cuts and bruises at the Police Emer-
gency Hospital early today. Later he
was removed to the city jail and
booked for failure to render aid after
an accident.
OTeary was chased for several
blocks after two women were knocked
down and injured slightly.
Evening star., 1934-12-25
TWO CHINESE CONFESS
ESPIONAGE IN RUSSIA
News Agency Says They Admitted
They Were Carrying out In
structions of Japanese.

BY the Associated Press.
KHABAROvSK, U. S. S. r., De-
cember 25-Two Chinese from Man
choukuo, arrested at Turirog, $50
miles north of Vladivostok on Soviet
territory, confessed today, according
to a Rosta (Russian) news agency
report, that they were carrying out
orders of japanese officers to inves-
tigate the district east Of the city.
Their reported confessions admitted,
it was said, they had been ordered to
make reports on roads, barracks and
troop movements.
Han Min-Fa, commander of the
18th Regiment Of the Sd Infantry
Brigade of Manchoukuo, was the name
given for one of the prisoners, both OF
whom are held on espionage charges.
Evening star., 1934-12-25
CHILD DEAD, SIX BURNED
IN CHRISTMAS TREE FIRE
Flying Matchhead Ignites Tinsel.
Parents and Boy Believed
Fatally Injured.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SEDALIA, Mo-, December 25.-A
flaming Christmas tree, ignited by a
flying matchhead, kindled a fire that
brought death today to child and
serious burns to six other persons.
Virginia Miller. 3, died this morning
In hospital of burns. Her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Judson Miller, and a 6-year-
old brother, Jack, were believed to be
fatally burned. A sister, Barbara, and
Henry Gumm and Miss Thelma Will
liams, who were calling on the Millers
last night, were seriously burned
The match head flew into the tree
as Gumm started to light a cigarette.
The children were in their beds up
stairs. The house was destroyed.
Evening star., 1934-12-25
SOVIET DEBT PAYMENT
SEEN BY TROYANOVSKY
Ambassador Predicts Barrier to
Trade Expansion Will Soon
Be Removed.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
YOKOHAMA, Japan, December IS.
Alexander Troyanovsky, Russian
Ambassador to the United States, ex-
pressed confidence today that the
Russo-American debt problem would
soon be settled, shortly before he
sailed for San Francisco.
This would allow a large expansion
of trade between the two countries,
the Ambassador predicted.
Troyanovsky, who discussed the
debt situation with government lead
ers recently in Moscow, departed on
the s. 8. President Cleveland and viii
meet his wife In Honolull..
Evening star., 1934-12-25
THREE HURT IN BLAST
IN Tenement HOUSE
Debris Is Scattered Over Wide
Area in Newport-Cause of
Explosion Undetermined.

BY the Associated Press.
NEWPORT, r. l., December 25-
Three persons were slightly injured
early today as an explosion of un-
known origin leveled a three-story
wooden tenement and damaged sur
rounding buildings.
Salvatore Raffa, owner Of the
wrecked tenement, was away with his
family for the Christmas holiday.
The injured were neighbors, who
were thrown from their beds by the
explosion.
Windows of homes within a radius
OF 200 feet were shattered and debris
was scattered over wide area.
The cause of the blast was not i'm
mediately determined.
Evening star., 1934-12-25
BY the Associated Press.

A5sUCldCcU Co6s
LITTLE AMERICA, Antarctica, De-
cember IS (via Mackay Radio) "A
half-dozen turkeys, artfully put aside
for Christmas dinner, were carried
of and eaten by the dogs last Winter,
hence the Byrd expedition will feast
today on the last quarter of beef.
A merry Christmas way down at
the bottom of the earth is forecast,
however. All are joyous in the an
ticipation of the fact that two days
later the supply ship, the venerable
Bear Of Oakland, will stand out from
Dunedin, New Zealand, with the mail
The simple word mail Is one of
great import here. !.
Evening star., 1934-12-25
Actress Given Divorce.

LOS ANGELES, December Is R.-
Edith Moore, former New York stage
actress, now in the films, obtained a
divorce yesterday from James Moore,
film technician, whom she charged
with drinking to excess and staying
away from home for days without
EXPLANATION.
Evening star., 1934-12-25
BOMB HURTS NEWS MAN
Associated Press Correspondent
Among Six Injured in Cuba.

SANTIAGO, Cuba, December IS
R).-Alberto Garcia, Santiago CORE
Spondent of the Associated Press, was
seriously wounded shortly after mid
night, together with five others, by a
bomb which exploded in the home of
Enrique Comas here.
They were in the midst of a Christ
mas eve supper feast.
The others wounded Included
Comas, three of his sons and Pedro
Guerra. Police arrested Luis Colas.
No motive for the act was given.
Evening star., 1934-12-25
Father Killed, Son Injured.

LEXINGTON, N. c., December 25
R).-Luther Walser, 55. Lexington
furniture worker. was killed and his
son, william, II, hurt when the
fathers car overturned near here to-
day,
Evening star., 1934-12-25
No $50
Today

Because of the holiday
there will be no $50 or
Night Final editions of
The Star Today. Night
Final subscribers will
receive the Regular
Edition.
Evening star., 1934-12-25
WIFE SHOT TWICE,
BROTHER WOUNDED
Christmas Eve Shooting in
Alexandria Occurs at
Hotel Entrance.
BY a staff Correspondent of The Star.

BY staff Correspondent Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, December 25.-
Shot through the back and chin by
her estranged husband as she stepped
from her brothers automobile to at
tend an employees Christmas eve party
at the George Mason Hotel here last
night, Mrs. Virginia King Jennings,
%, attractive part-time waitress at the
hotel, is dying at the Alexandria Hos
pital today.
The brother, Robert Morris King,
"a, of Franconia, who stepped in the
line of gunflre to prevent his sister
being hit third time, was wounded
in the thigh. His condition is not
critical. Doctors said today there is
no hope for Mrs. Jennings, who is
partly paralyzed from a spine injury
With the aid of former Alexandria
High School foot ball star, George r.
Fletcher of 1907 Russell road, who
tackled the assailant as he started TO
run after the shooting, police arrested
Raymond Jennings, 33, automobile
mechanic of the 400 block South Fair
fax street, and disarmed him.
Assault Charge Filed.
Police said Fletcher was wrestling
with Jennings when Officer Frank
Stover and Detective Corp. Joseph
Butler, who were near the scene of
the shooting, came to his assistance.
A charge of felonious assault was
lodged against Jennings pending the
outcome of his wife's injuries.
The shooting took place on the
sidewalk at the front entrance of the
hotel. Mrs. Jennings was bringing
her 4-year-old daughter and her
brother to the party, being given by
the hotel for its approximately 70
employees and their families. The child
ran screaming into the lobby of the
hotel as Jennings stepped from behind
a front column and began shooting
witnesses told police.
Police stated today that Jennings
admitted the shooting, but would
make no further statement until he
consulted an attorney. He said that
he purchased the gun, .38-caliber
revolver, at a secondhand store in
Alexandria yesterday afternoon, De-
tective Butler said. .
Many See Shooting.
Several people. including City Treas
urer Roger c. Sullivan, were standing
near the hotel entrance at the time
They carried Mrs. Jennings into the
lobby pending the arrival of the Res
cue Squad ambulance, which removed
her to the hospital. The brother was
carried to the hospital by police.
Friends said that the couple had
been separated for about six months,
Mrs. Jennings going to live with her
mother, Mrs. Grace King, near Fran
coma. Jennings has been employed
at different times at the Ford Motor
Co. plant here and at the Carter
Motor Co.
Evening star., 1934-12-25
Many See Shooting.
JOURNALIST DIES

DR.. Ammi L. Bixby, 7S, was
Editorial Paragrapher.
LINCOLN, Nebr., December Is P).
DIR. Ammi L. Bixby, 78. editorial
paragrapher on the Lincoln Journal
for years and a member of the Jour-
nal staff since 1892, died in his sleep
last night at his home here. A son
and three daughters survive.
Evening star., 1934-12-25

%. 9. Weather Bureau Forecasto
Partly cloudy tonight; minimum tenn
perature about 80 degrees; tomorrow
cloudy followed by snow or rain; mod
crate winds. Temperatures-Highest, 46,
at noon yesterday; lowest, 35, at $3.50
am. today. Full report on page AS.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-01-31
Today's Contract Problem
Solution in next issue.

II was useless for West to bid three
ceart-his proper bid was Jump to
four hearts to take the strain off the
hand. Is partner had done q great
deal IN bidding two suits.
The Play
SoNth cashed the king and queen
II clubs and then, rather than set the
club suit, led small club. OF course,
II North had trumped in with the jack
Of hearts. he would have won the
trick.
When the hand was played, how
ever, North trumped with the eight
ard Mrs. Hoffmeier In the East over
trHmped with the ten. She then led
q small heart and finessed the queen.
The ace Of hearts was led in the
hope that the hearts were split, as
they were.
The king Of spades was cashed and
small spade led. The third spade
Was ruffed In dummy with the seven
Of hearts, the nine Of clubs was ruffed
by Mrs. Hoffmeier with the five 81
hearts.
She cashed her two good spades, dis
carding two losing diamonds from
dummy. and the dummy's ace OF dia-
onds and nine Of hearts were boil,
good.
On what looked like : very veal
It'd. Mrs. Aoffrneier had made ftvt
cddl
tcopyrisht, 1884. NEA servlce. Inc
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-01-31
Tribut,e's Grain, Livestock and
Market Report for Wed, Jan. 81
PROFIT. TAKING IS
RULE AND SECURITY
PRICES TAKE SLUMP
Declines Are Not Severe, How.
ever, as Trading Owindlss
on Declines

New York, Jan. 3l.-(R)-The lively
antics Of Tuesdays boom-time stock
market gave way Wednesday to eau
tious contemplation which found
profit-taking quite popular.
The fast-moving equities OF the
previous session showed resistance ia
! the cashing-in process during the
early hours but some OF these turned
a little heavy later. At the same
time. the volume of transactions
dwindled appreciably on the declines
Bonds also were subjected to mod
Z crate realizing. The dollar was firm
in relation to sterling notwithstand-
ing indications of further American
gold purchases In London. Wheat
lost about a cent a bushel, cotton was
barely steady and other commodities
q trifle hesitant.
Some Of the utility and alcohol
shares held small gains and Union
. Pacific and Douglas Aircraft got up
about q point each. u. 8. Steel. on
the other hand, was off point OF
more, as was Bethlehem. while Allied
Chemical. Case, U. s. Smelling and
Delaware & Hudson lost 2 or more
each. Most Of the motors were only
mildly lower. and American Tele-
; phone gave but little ground. The
rails were bit easter, as were the
tobaccos.
The close was rather heavy. Trans
fers Appropriated 100000 shares.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-01-31

strong to shade higher: better grade
medium weight and weighty bullocks
fully steady: in-between grades and
overweight kinds slow: early top CTS;
medium weight and weighty bullocks
4.50-6.OO: others fully steady: slaugh-
ter cattle and vealers: steers. good
ard choice $4,000 lbs, 6.25-7.35; 600
100 lbs. 550-725: 11OO-1300 lbs, 500
ITO; 1900 800 lbs. 4O0-6.50; common
and medium 550-l3O lbs. 3.50-5.5O;
keifers good and choice 55O-75O lbs,
5.O0-6.75; common and medium 3.25-
500; cows. good. 3.25-4OO: common
end medium 2.75-3.25: low cutter and
cutter 1.50-275: bulls (yearlings ex-
cluded good (beef 3.O0-25; cutter,
common and medium 2.25-3.lO; veal
orc good and choice 6O0-750: medium
5.o0-6OO: Gull and common 1905. 90;
stocker and feeder cattle: steers. good
ard choice 500-1O50 lbs., 3.50-5.O0;
common and medium 2.5O-35O.
Sheep 5000: fat lambs active; OPEN
i':g sales lois higher at 9O0-l5; best
held we'll above 9.25: undertone firm
on aged sheep: feeding lambs scarce:
lambs, 30 pounds down good and
choice 8.40-9 IS: common and medium
S.5O-865; 90-98 pounds good and
choice 80O-9l5; ewes, 90-15O pounds
good and choice 2.50-450: all weights,
common and medium 2.00-3.25.