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tions from broken hip. received IN q
fall in December. For q number OF
years the Harmons lived at 13 Cleve-
land avenue, Takoma Park, but re-.
Gently have resided at AIS Butternut
street, where Mrs. Harmon was living
before she went to the sanitarium.
She long had been active with the
churches of the Disciples of Christ.
In addition, she was active in inter-
UNCONVENTIONAL work through the
woman,s Council. Federation Of
Churches.
For six terms Mrs. Harmon served
as president of Missionary Society Of
the Columbia Heights Christian
Church. She also had served on COM
mittees Of the National Federations
Of Churches and the Washington Fed
Grafton Of Churches. For 26 years
she was on the State Board Of the
Missionary Societies Of the Disciples
of Christ. Mrs. Harmon long had
been active in the Women,s Christian
Temperance Union.
A native of London, Tex, Mrs. Har-
mon was married on December 81,
1891, to Henry F. Harmon Of Wau-
seon, Ohio, and came to this city in
the Fall of 1898.
She is survived by her husband, q
son, Frank II. Harmon Of New York;
q daughter, Mrs. G. A. Hill Of College
Station, Tex; three sisters. Mrs.
James Bright of Abilene, Tex; Mrs.
William Wilson Of Dallas, Tex, and
DR.. Daisy Allen Of Fort Worth. Tex,
and two brothers. Arthur and Cid
Emery, both of Dallas. She also
leaves four grandchildren.
Evening star., 1936-01-18
BINGHAM SAILS
F0RU.S VACATION
Departs as Four Large
Naval Powers Move To-
ward Agreement.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, January 18-With the
International Naval Conference again
moving forward. after six-week
stalemate, Ambassador Robert w.
Bingham sailed aboard the Bremen
today for q belated Christmas vaca-
ton in the United States.
He will be gone about two months.
He postponed his customary trip
in December because Of uncertainty
over the naval conference, from which
Japan has now withdrawn. as well as
the international situation.
Progress Is Being Made.
Meanwhile four large naval powers
are making rapid progress toward an
agreement upon q plan for advance
notification of annual building pro-
grams and the exchange Of construc-
ton information.
A technical subcommittee was ap-
pointed by Great Britain, France.
Italy and the United States to work
out details Of the plan and to COM
promise the slight differences between
suggestions advanced by Britain.
France and Italy.
There was no repsonse from the
Japanese delegation, which withdrew
from the conference two days ago, to
letter from the four powers asking If
Toxic wanted to appoint observers.
The subcommittee began work i'm
mediately and expected to report next
week. The conference adjourned un-
til Tuesday, when it will take up an
effort to limit the tonnage and gun
calibers of all types of warships-but
in any agreement an escape clause
will be inserted because of uncertainty
as to what Japan will do.
The subcommittee Is considering
whether the exchange of information
should be preceded or followed by a
joint consultation of powers, whether
the announcements should be made
simultaneously or whether, once made,
they cannot be modified.
Would Eliminate Secrecy.
Adoption of the plan would elimi-
nate secrecy from building and &c
far, in the opinion of delegates, tc
maintain confidence. Each power
would keep the other fully advised as
to what she is doing every year.
Once adopted. the plan will be laid
aside while other points Of possible
agreement are threshed out. Then
all angles will be incorporated in q
draft of treaty.
Soviet Russia, Germany and others
will then be invited 10 London to con-
slider the conferences work and pos
sibly to seek notifications or extern
sions. After this, the treaty would be
framed and Japan would be permitted
to adhere if she wishes.
The United States Is represented on
the subcommittee by Capt. Walter
S. Anderson, naval attache here, and
Noel Field, representative of the State
Department.
Evening star., 1936-01-18
NEUTRALITY BILL
. ACCORD REPORTED
Discretionary Embargo Clause
Held Only Phase Disputed
in Committee.
BY the Associated Press

BY the AsSociAted PreSs.
The House Foreign Affairs Commit
tee was said authoritatively today to
have reached virtual agreement on all
major provisions of the administration
neutrality bill except that authorizing
discretionary embargoes on shipments
of war materials to belligerents.
Because serious differences of opinion
foreshadowed a major battle over the
war materials section, the committee
skipped over it yesterday to iron out
minor disagreements over other pro-
visions.
In addition to the discretionary en-
bargoes on commodities and articles
that might be used for war purposes,
the bill would place mandatory en-
bargoeS on actual war implements and
restrict credits to belligerents.
Although Chairman McReynolds
said he had hoped to report the bill
out today, committee members baked
at Saturday session, saying they
needed the week end to catch up on
office routine. Some said it might be
Tuesday or wednesday, therefore, be-
fore the bill would be approved, and
perhaps the following week before it
could be brought to the House floor.
Evening star., 1936-01-18

The league will have stenographers
take it down in five-minute relays
There will be no formidable presiden-
tial movement for AL. Both he and
his friends agreed that he should put
his foot down against any such ac-
tivity. He will make that clear in his
speech.
What is behind the current Federal
Communications Commission row Is
the fact that the son of commits
Sioner listened at the keyhole of q
hotel room and overheard some fancy
remarks 'bout the commission from
radio h.cn. One thing he overheard
was a remark that one commissioner
could be bought for two bits" or
something like that. He did not see
the smiles on the faces of some of the
radio men when they used those big,
long words disrespectfully describing
the commissioners.
Creel Breech Doubted.
You may accept it as fact that
the new benefit payments to farmers
will not be financed by new income
taxes, but through excise taxes, per-
haps on farm implements. Several
friends of George Creel Democratic
gubernational candidate in California
last time) have the idea that he has
turned against the New Deal because
he is privately criticizing so many of
its features. A competent authority
on that subject is certain that Creel
does not intend to break publicly with
the administration.
Cabinet foporites at the White
House not0 are Morgenthdu, Wal
lace and Ickes. They frequently
are limited to luncheons at the
White House. Morgenthdu yegu-
larly euery Monday. Wallace and
Ickes usually come together. Roper
brings in many delegations to the
erecutiDe Offices. He still is the
co-ordinGtor, co-operator and COL
Iustonist ,Dith buSineSs-in Day.
Secretaries Dern, Swanson and
Perkins seldom come around.
During the first two weeks that
Congress was in session 1t received
not a single specific Recommendation
for legislation from the President,
aside from the budget. Such a situ-
alton Is unprecedented. This congress
sional session may rival the old lame
duck session for inactivity.
To- - ~ CoIi
fornia, who introduced the Townsend
plan bill, has split with DR.. Townsend
on the question of a third party in
California. McGroarty, q Democrat,
is advising Townsendites to boycott
the State convention, but DR.. Town
send insists on going ahead. What
Democrats fear Is that q Townsend
third party will take votes from Mr..
Roosevelt.
Evening star., 1936-01-18

will be turned over to Western Re-
serve UniverSity's Medical School for
study.
DR.. Macdonald, familiar figure on
Capitol HILL attracted Nation wide at
tention several years ago when he an
nounced he had weighed the brains OF
55 living members Of Congress-lS
Senators and II Representatives. This
was done by measuring the dimensions
of the skulls, and disclosed the average
Senator's brain was 2 ounces heavier.
Interested in many lines Of scientific
research, he once made a study OF 400
persons while on q sea voyage to de-
termine whether any had one eye
higher than the other. He had also
made a careful study Of inebriates.
Born In Caledonia, N. Y, he was the
son of former Representative and Mrs.
Angus Macdonald. He entered the
University of Rochester, receiving his
A. B. and M. A. degrees there. He had
studied also at the Union Theological
Seminary, Harvard University. Johns
Hopkins, Clark University and uni
Versities of Leipzig. Berlin, Paris and
Zurich. From Clark University,
Worcester, Mass, DR.. Macdonald re-
ceived q decent criminol, described in
his biography as a distinct advance
beyond the doctorate.
DR.. Macdonald came to Washing
ton in 1892 to accept post with the
United States Bureau of Education as
Q specialist in education relating to
the abnormal.
In 1904 he married Margaret J..
Porterfield of Williamsport, Nd. re-
signing from the bureau the same
year to carry out anthropological
studies.
DR.. Macdonald was the author of
normal Man" Juvenile Crime and
Reformation" Emil zolla," Expert
mental Study Of Children" Men
tality of Nations" Death in Man."
"Old Age" Study of Man After
Death" Education and Eugenics"
and Brain Weight and Legislative
Ability in Congress, with Measure
ments of Pain"
He also was the inventor of several
devices used in psychiatrical studies.
including the temple algometer, and
auriculometer.
DR.. Macdonald Is survived by his
widow and two sisters. Mrs. Dudley
Hodgson Of County Galway. Ireland,
and Mrs. William B. Osborne of Vic
tor, N. Y.
Evening star., 1936-01-18
BY the Associated Press.

BIsBEE, Arix.,> January 18.-The
possibility that 4-year-oId Roy Rogers
was in the hands Of renegade Indians
was considered today as Indian track
ers, aviators and soldiers hunted the
missing boy In the wild Guadalupe
Mountains near the Mexican border.
Search for the boy was centered
near the boundary today after natives
reported that band of outlaw
Apache Indians sometimes crossed
the international boundary In the
vicinity Of the L. w. Mcdonald ranch.
from which the child disappeafed last
wednesday.
Ofacers, however. were more In
clined to believe the child had fallen
into one OF the many nase-like can.
yons In the rugged area or had sue
cumbed to cold.
Evening star., 1936-01-18
MANY JOIN FIGHT
FOR HEALTH FUNDS
Score of Organizations Stress
Need for Increased Appro.
priations Here.

A score of civic and health organiza-
tions. embracing the membership of
the Council of Social Agencies, have
joined in the campaign to demand OF
Congress adequate funds for the Dis
trict Health Department
The Health Committee of the Com-
ell, meeting yesterday at its headquar-
ters. ll0l M street, declared current
funds for necessary health work are
Inadequate" and unless the sum re-
quested by the Commissioners is re-
stored to the budget conditions will
be deplorable."
The Health Committee voted to
recommend that the council as a whole
support the demands Of the District
Of Columbia Medical Society and the
Washington Board of Trade that the
$542, 900 asked by the Commissioners
be appropriated. This sum was cut to
$505. 900 by the Budget Bureau.
More than 40 representatives of the
health organizations and hospitals
attended the meeting to urge the
larger fund. Included were the medi-
cal society and Board of Trade and
the Hospital Superintendent Asso-
citation, Social Hygiene Society, WASH
ington Heart Association, District Of
Columbia tuberculosis Association,
Instructive Visiting Nurse Society,
Society for the Prevention of Blind
ness, Community Chest, Family Serv-
ice Association. Central Admitting
Bureau for Hospitals, Jewish Charities
and the Georgetown, Garfield. Colum-
bia, Providence, Childrens and George
Washington University Hospitals.
Action is expected to be taken by
the whole council within the next few
days, DR.. Loren B. T. johnson, health
chairman, said today.
Evening star., 1936-01-18

more sympathetic toward the New
Deal. Secretary Morgenthau is known
to regard him highly, and many OBJ
servers believe he will be asked to
take the post.
Though Coolidge has been in charge
of the large financing operations of
the administration, he did not men
ton Government spending or any
other policy in his letter Of resigna-
ton. He said simply that "circum-
stances have now arisen which make
it advisable for me to tender you my
resignation"
President Appreciates" Reason.
Mr.. Roosevelt, addressing him as
MY dear JEFF" said he appreciated
"the validity of your reasons as you
have expressed them to me-"
Informed sources indicated Cool
idge's tacit protest was directed, not
so much at specific points of policy
as at things in general. The resig-
nation, it was said, was designed TO
save him embarrassment in the fu.
ture.
At a time when he believed emer-
gency measures were warranted, it
was said, he was content to remain
at his post, but now he believes the
emergency is over and many meas.
ures should be scrapped.
No Personal Break Involved.
It was known that Coolidge felt
strongly on the question of States
rights and individual rights, as against
those of the Federal Government.
1t was made plain that there was no
personal break. President Roosevelt,
Coolidge and Secretary Morgenthau
all expressed regret at the departure.
Coolidge entered the Treasury in
May, 1894. He is generally given a
large share of the credit for the sue
cess that has attended the marketing
of billions of dollars OF securities.
Evening star., 1936-01-18
S79,43,9D5 BILL
PASSED BY HOUSE
Veterans Administration
Chief Among 200 Establish.
ments Provided For.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The sessions first appropriation
bill carrying $s7s,743, ,90s for some
two dozen Government establishments
was passed by the House and sent to
the Senate.
The independent Offices bills big
gest item was $753, 727,0 900 for the
Veterans Administration.
A $956.000 allowance for the Tariff
Commission for 1867 was seized
upon by Republican foes OF the ad-
ministration's reciprocal trade agree
ment policy as q vehicle for their
censure.
Sum Opposed by Taber.
Representative Culkin, Republican,
of New York proposed to trim sl78.-
600 off the commissions ALLEGATION.
Representative Taber, Republican, of
New York, followed up the 67-to-l 100
defeat of Culkin's amendent, on q
teller vote, with proposal TO strike
out the entire Tariff Commission ap-
preparation, declaring there was no
use appropriating any more money
tor 1t.
Taber's amendment went down on
scattered voice vote, but when the
big bill came to the final voting point
a while later. he forced roll call vote
on a motion to send the measure back
to committee with instructions to lop
of the $4,000 proposed by Culkin.
His motion was rolled down. 80 to 265,
and the measure then sent along to
the Senate without a record vote.
Independent Ofiices Bill.
Unchanged from the form in which
it came from the Appropriations Com
mittee, the independent offices bill
called for new appropriations totaling
s47, ,6Ol, 1851 less than budget estimates.
but $74,509,747 higher than the cur
rent years appropriation. This in
crease represented mainly added sc-
tivities, such as the utilities control
and motor vehicle acts.
The actual funds available will be
well above the $500, 900 900 mark, how
ever, because the committee substi-
tuted for cuts reappropriations from
unused funds.
Evening star., 1936-01-18
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utterly fantastic" the Italian claims
Of defenders casualties and said the
territory through which the invaders
had advanced was only lightly held.
In addition to claims OF Ethiopian
casualties, the official communique at
Rome reported 5000 more had been
taken prisoners.
Decisive Battle Promised.
While the southern forces pushed
forward, the Duke of Pistoia promised
his warriors on the northern front
decisive battle will be unleashed."
The position Of Gen. Rudolfo Graz
iani's troops in the south was placed
rea' Ringl.
"The victory of Gen. Graziani's
troops on the Ganale Dorya proved to
have yielded increasingly more de-
cisive results" the oficial communique
stated.
The pursuit continued all day yes
terday without meeting any real re-
sistance by the fleeing adversaries.
At noon January II our armored car
columns had advanced altogether
about 200 kilometers frum their base. u
A new French cabinet crisis ap-
peared to be in the making as VIII
liam Bertrand, French minister Of
merchant marine, declared only new
instructions from the Radical Social
ist party would prevent partisan cabi-
net members from handing In their
designations.
The merchant marine minister de-
clared he would resign at the same
time as Minister Of State Edouard
Herriot, whose purpose IN leaving the
government would be to take back
command OF the party in the ap-
preaching elections.
It was predicted cabinet crisis was
unlikely until Laval returns from
Geneva.
Although Herriot promised not to
present his resignation until Laval's
return. he was determined to with
| draw.
The announcement last night Of
his forthcoming resignation was in
terpreted by informed sources as q
disciplinary move by the veteran
leader to restore quiet to his party
before the March elections.
Duty Regarded as Fulfilled.
Although loyal to Laval to the point
| where he resigned the presidency Of
the powerful organization because Of
party criticism against the discred-
ited Franco-British plan for Italo-
Ethiopian peace, he was regarded as
having done his duty toward the re-
| construction cabinet.
In Europe, diplomats turned toward
Geneva, where the Council Of the
League Of Nations meets Monday to
consider the question of war settle
ment.
Evening star., 1936-01-18

impeachment attempt would founder
on the rocks of Republican majorities
in both branches of the State Legis-
lature. The Governor is a Republic
can.
Although Hoffman announced his
intention to order the State police to
continue their search for ans other
person or persons involved in the
crime" no order had been issued to-
day. as far as could be learned.
Among reports current was one that
police of several Midwestern cities
had been asked to be on the watch
for a suspect, not identified. An.
other said New York police were on
the trail of woman believed to have
been an accomplice in the crime.
There was no comment here on either
report.
The investigation Of the Governor,
who says that he never has expressed
an opinion on the guilt or innocence
of Hauptmann. sought to answer these
questions:
Could this crime have been COM
mltted Dy any one man?
Was Hauptmann in the Lindbergh
nursery the night of the crime?
What part did passion and prejudice
play in his conviction?'
Were some of the States chief wit.
nesses untruthful and mentally IN
competent?
Were law enforcement agencies
over-eager to close the books on
great crime mystery?
Believe Questions Answered.
officials concerned with investiga-
ton of the kidnapping and the prose-
cution Of Hauptmann felt that all
questions raised by Hoffman had been
answered in the Pennington trial.
which resulted in the death penalty
for Hauptmann.
Eight o'clock last night, which was
to have been the moment Hauptmann
started the six-pace walk from his
cell to the chamber of electrocution.
passed without tension.
The prison radio blared, and
throughout the prison cell blocks, with
lights blazing, many of the more than
1900 inmates lounged on their hunks.
read. smoked, sang or stood at the
barred doors.
Had Hauptmann been going to his
death the radio would have been
silent. the prison would have been
hushed.
cuApn TNCpFASr prp0pTED
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it. So that's the end of it so far as
I am concerned"
Fisher said if any new evidence
should be uncovered during the period
OF the reprieve, the logical thing to
do" would be to present it to the
Court of Pardons in an appeal for
clemency. He said he did not con-
template further action in the Fed
eral courts
Hoffman Sees Roosevelt.
Gov. Hoffman turned for a few
hours today from his investigation of
the case to go to Newark and put be-
fore President Roosevelt some Of New
Jerseys relief problems
The President was to spend two
hours in Newark to hear what various
State executives and Federal Emer-
gency Council executives had to say
Gov. Hoffman. a Republican, and
United States Senator A. Harry Moore,
Democrat. who while Governor offered
a S25. 900 reward for the capture of
the Lindbergh baby killer, were on
the program as speakers.
From his Office here Gov Hof1man's
press aide, William Conklin, said
That he had no knowledge of any
letters being received by the Governor
threatening his life;
That no police guard was at the
Governors home and that none had
been asked;
Confidential Letters"
That he knew nothing of any "con-
fldential letters" having been sent to
police chiefs of various Midwestern
or other cities asking for the arrest
of man in the Lindbergh case:
That so far no request had been
made to the State police to continue
their investigation of the case.
The Governor in his statement yes
terday said he intended to ask them
to take such action. 1t was pointed
out in other quarters that since the
conviction Of the Bronx carpenter the
State police had constantly checked
anything that appeared to be new
information.
Reports that the life of the Gov
ernor may have been threatened were
based in part on his statement yester-
day that Impeachment proceedings
represent only one of the threats
leveled against me-"
Much mail has come to the 39-
year-old executives desk. especially
since his visit to Hauptmann's cell
last October. All principals in the
case have received threatening and
crank letters at one time or another.
Hoffman's political foes declined to
discuss the possibility of impeachment
proceedings. They realized that an
Evening star., 1936-01-18

The new budget provides for IL
more White House police, making IS
in all to guard the executive mansion.
Their salary allowance will be $14e, 700
q year.
A Massachusetts, Republican Con-
gresham is privately bemoaning the
deluge Of "silk stocking" candidates
on the Republican ticket in his area.
He thinks 1t would be better to de-
velop some candidates with holes In
their shoes.
Controller 0'Connor, whose re-
port lauds the great JOB done in
reopening closed banks, has quietly
dropped his assistant, pho did it,
and has employed q personal
friend from California.
A competent authority at the
Democratic National Committee
hints that the bills of the radio
broadcasting companies ($42 2,960.04
to Columbia and $99,55410 to N.
B. c. may not be paid for q long,
long time. There are too many other
bills to be handled first, but none
bigger.
Du Points Look Ahead.
The Du Points, who are financing
the Liberty League, are beneficiaries
Of much New Deal legislation-for
instance. the spending program has
helped their General Motors stock;
also their cellophane. Their friends
say they take the long-pange view
and figure that the tax cost In the
long run will ruin whatever tmme-
diate benefits they may gain.
The Treasury must be expecting
lot OF litigation. The budSetary
allowance for tts general counsel
has been increased from $4,000 10
sf0S,760. II Is hiring Is neso EN-
ployes. Including ttDo -Gss.stasts.
Evening star., 1936-01-18
Boy Feared Held by Renegades
As Indian Trackers Join Hunt

The boy, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ira
Rogers, was dressed only in q thin
undergarment and overalls when he
disappeared from his grandfather's
ranch.
Three Army pursuit planes from
March Field, Calf, were summoned
and Gen. Alberto Espinoza. military
commander Of the State OF Sonora,
Mex, ordered his private plane to
join the search.
A detachment Of Indian scouts from
Fort Huachuca, 100 soldiers Of the
25th Infantry and IS men from q
Federal transient camp threaded
through the rugged country yester-
day.
The only traces Of the child found
since bloodhounds lost the trail are
q safety pin and Q few strands OF
hair. These clues were found more
than . mi|A from the ranch.