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Hi Local Cloudy Wednesday night and Thursday; probably light snow; colder Thursday, Iowa Cloudy Wednesday night and Thursday; probably snowi much colder. (Additional weather Information In Almanac, editorial page.) Bes THE PAPER WITH THE PICTURES 24 PAGES DES MOINES, IOWA, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 13, 1932. VOL. 51, NO.

127. Driver's License Campaign Opened 200 Given Summonses While Driving Autos Without Their Permit Mellon Gives Tax Program To Committee Seeks Balanced Budget at End of Fiscal Year 1934. On Capitol Hill Probe Looms By Assembly In Honolulu Are Fined $1, Even If They Forgot Will Be Raised Later to $5, Officials Advise. Enforcement of the state driver's mrsgr -us, Ely, Heywood May Conduct Book Contest NEW YORK Ely Cul-bertson may engage in a novel-writing contest. Culbcrtson is planning a trip abroad in June and has Invited Broun to go along, the novels to be written during the journey.

The bet would Involve two points, the first work of 70,000 words to be completed and the one having the greatest sale. Each novel would, be Estelle Not "To Put Head, Neck in Cast HOLLYWOOD, CAL. Estelle Taylor, screen actress, refuses to put her neck in a cast The former Mrs. Jack Demp-sey, injured in an automobile accident Christmas, is disobeying a physician's orders. He told her to place her neck and her head in a cast until she recovers.

Instead, she plans an early departure for Chicago to open rehearsals for a New York musical play. "Und your license or I'll have to give you a ticket, Mister Sarrone," said Deputy Sheriff Harry dayman to Anthony Sarcone, publisher of The American Citizen. I Mellon presents adminls- gram to house ways and means committee. Undersecretary of Treas-ury Mills defends tax proposals at committee hearing. Senate works on land bank bill house on Reconstruction corp.

proposal. A Mellon impeachment mo-tion hearing opens before house committee, with Representative Fatman Tex.) leading attack on treasury secretary. PT Representative a Ia.) introduces bill to prevent manipulation of grain exchanges. WASHINGTON, D. C.

The senate Wednesday amended the Federal Land bank bill to allocate 25 million dollars of the 125 million dollars it would provide to the specific purpose of extending the time within which hard pressed farmers may pay their instalments to the land banks. WASHINGTON, D. C. A balanced budget at the end of the fiscal year 1934 is the goal of the administration's tax increase program submitted Wednesday by Secretary Mellon to the house Ways and means committee. Appearing as the principal witness at the opening of hearings before the Democratic-controlled group that will formulate broader revenue raising legislation, the veteran cabinet member of three republican administrations said: "We are in the midst of a grave emergency.

It is essential to raise additional revenue, not just to cover current expenditures but to maintain unimpaired the credit of the United States government. "Indispensable," "This last objective is of paramount importance to every citizen in the land. It is an. indispensable step in our progress toward recovery. "The losses that will be suffered bv everv individual and every In dustry through a continuation of the depression will exceed many times over the amounts to be contributed in additional taxes.

"It is not only the patriotic duty of all to insure the financial stability of the government in times Continued on Page Three. NAMES. MAKE NEWS Briand Aristida Briand, veteran French foreign minister, "peacemaker of Europe," is going back to his Normandy farm in Cocherel. He resigned from the cabinet Tuesday because of ill health, but he hopes to continue with lighter tasks, especially as permanent French representative in the league of nations. Norbeck-Connally Single mind-de senators are bothered sometimes when quo- rum calls come richt after de BRIAND.

Woman Shot, 4 Are Held Martha Allison, 29, Wounded in Leg. Four persons, inculding the one wounded, are being held in the city jail following a shooting at 600 Hillside Wednesday afternoon. Ray Laughlin, 20, who gave his address as 1212 Woodland told detectives he encountered a woman running and screaming near the Hillside address and, finding that she was suffering from a gunshot wound in her right leg, took her to Polyclinic hospital. Arrested. The woman, who gave her name as Martha Allison, 29, and the Hill side address as her home, was taken into custody at the hospital, as were Laughlin and Ray Reeves, 58, who also said he lived at 600 Hillside ave.

Lea Barker, 25, who also said she lived at 600 Hillside said she did the shooting, Detective Sol Goldenson reported. She is the fourth being held for investi gation. Her Sister. The Barker woman said Martha Allison was her sister, Goldenson said. Detectives had not learned the motive for the shooting.

Killings Stun Social Circle Pretty Widow, 32, and Maid Slain. VA. (U.P.) Murder of Mrs. Agnes Haley, beau tiful society widow and one of the leading members of the cloistered colony which rides to the hounds over the Virginia hills, and her maid, shattered the quiet of the social colony Wednesday. Arthur Boeing, brother of Mrs.

nsley, found Mrs. Hsley lying beaten to death on the floor of her room. In a nearby room he found the body of her maid, Mrs. Anne Buckncr. 65.

said to have been from Milwaukee. A hatchet and a blood-stained boot jack were in the house. Mrs- nsley was tne widow 01 me 'at-e MaJ- Spencer Ilsley. She was Members of the driver's license patrol stationed at Fifth ave. and Center st.

counted their summonses Wednesday. Left to right, S. W. Harvey, deputy sheriff; T. D.

Gaddls, state, inspector, (in back) Max H. Studer, state Inspector, and Sid Fearce, city traffic policeman. Slaying Case Affects Tourist Trade on Islands. HONOLULU A request for a special session of the territorial legislature to consider Honolulu's crime situation and the sen sational murder case which culminated it has been decided upon by legislative conferees. While they prepared to present their recommendation to Gov.

Lawrence M. Judd, cancellations of tourist reservations for the winter social season just starting were received by Honolulu hotel men. Commercial leaders forecast these were the forerunners of a flood of cancellations which would result from publicity following the lynching of Joseph Kahahawai, one of five men accused of attack ing the wife of a naval officer. Plans were speeded for the trial of the accused, Mrs. Granville Fortescue, society leader and mother of the attacked woman; her son-in-law, Lieut Thomas H.

Massie, and two enlisted men, E. J. Lord and Albert O. Jones. The prosecution already has taken deputations of 23 witnesses.

Mullins Case Nearing End Man Says Wife Charged Cigarets. The divorce contest between George Mullins, 65, Dallas county farmer, and his wife, Adah, 38, neared completion in District Judge Joseph E. Meyer's court Wednesday with both principals taking the stand for rebuttal testimony. Mullins told the court he gave his wife $20 once to stop smoking cigarets, but she failed to quit He said he knew she smoked before they were married. After the marriage, she charged cigarets on the store bill, Mullins said.

Denies Proposing. Mullins also said his wife proposed marriage to him. This was denied by Mrs. Mullins, who said her husband never really proposed to her but bought a license and spoke to her about marriage. Mrs.

Mullins said she assumed from Mullins' actions during the courtship that he was a nice man. She denied ever serving near beer "spiked" with alcohol at -her home, but said Mullins brought some wine on one of his calls. Corn Worth Less. When questioned regarding corn belonging to him which was seized on a writ of attachment obtained by Mrs. Mullins, Mullins told the court the corn was worth 65 cents a bushel at the time of the at tachment, while it is worth only 26 cents a bushel now.

Mr. and Mrs. Mullins were married in May, 1929. Both previously had been married and divorced. Married Women Lose North Dakota Jobs BISMARCK, N.

D. CD Married women employes must go from two state departments Feb. 1, their chiefs announce. In the attorney general's and treasurer's office unmarried women will replace them, due to unemployment conditions. The state highway department has a policy of replacing married women not supporting families.

Story of New Is Tale of Before Roads Were Laid, Resources Untouched. This is the third and last of a series of articles dealing with Manchuria, storm center of the east, where Japanese and Chinese are in armed conflict. By Tarker Mize, Jr. The story of modern Manchuria is a story of railways. Before the Japanese laid the rails for their South Manchurian -ad and the Russians placed a 'steel band across northern Man Petty Named As Potentate The line of cars at Twenty-eighth st.

and Grand ave. at times grew to three blocks long Wednesday morning when officers started the drive for enforcing the driver's license law. Cold Wave Heads East Storms Kill Several in U. S. Blizzards whistled through western states Wednesday as a cold wave, which sent temperatures to below zero, swept eastward from the Rocky mountains.

Snow was general in the mountain states. In some sections winds approximated tornado velocity. Three persons were killed and more than 100 injured by storms in Alabama and Mississippi. They followed tornadoes which killed two persons and injured 17 in southeast Texas Tuesday. High Winds.

High winds that swept in from the desert stretches rocketed through Las Vegas, and Boulder City, near the site of Boulder dam. Roofs were blown from houses in Las Vegas and small buildings toppled in Boulder City. Walls were blown down, and tents housing dam workers and their families were carried away. Heavy snow was reported falling in the Sierra mountains. Air traffic in northern California was at a standstill.

Freaks. Numerous freak storms were reported in Montana, Colorado and Wyoming. In Helena, Mont, a statue on the capitol dome was twisted askew. In southern Colo rado a mining camp boarding house was destroyed. Roads were piled high with snow in Utah.

Trains were behind schedule and airplanes were held to the ground. Ranchers herded range stock to safety and Wyoming authorities warned against unnecessary motor travel. In Dakota, Northwestern North Dakota was hit by a blizzard which residents described as the most severe In two years. It was zero in Minot, N. Wednesday morning, and 6 below in Great Falls, Mont In Iowa.

The lowest temperature reported in Iowa during the 24 hours ending Wednesday morning was 20, in Sioux City, and the highest was 54, in Keokuk. Rainfall was general over the state during the 24 hours with Charles City reporting .40 of an inch. Davenport and Dubuque reported .16, Des Moines .12 and Keokuk .10. Sparks Einstein Learns His Aura from Psychic. PALM SPRINGS, CAL.

(I.N.S.) Blue electric sparks are the aura of Dr. Albert Einstein, the scientist. Dr. Einstein and Frau Einstein spent several hours with Gene Dennis, a psychic, who delighted the physicist. "She told me things no one pos sibly could know," Dr.

Einstein said of Miss Dennis, "and she demonstrated to me she had a power to do things I can't explain at this time." Miss Dennis told Dr. Einstein his aura was pure electricity. 'Crazy. Quilt' Friends You Remember That Unfortunate Hen, for Example. By Walter Graham.

Those who saw "A Night In Spain" here in 1928 must have been somewhat disappointed in "Crazy Quilt" Tuesday night at the Shrine Auditorium. Not that "Crazy Quilt" wasn't a pretty good show. It was. But those words "pretty good" are about as far as a conscientious reviewer can go Crazy Quilt" doesn't have tne beauty, the glamor, the fine license law started in earnest at 7 i. Wednesday.

Patrols of state, county and city officers issued approximately 200 polic court summonses to drivers without licenses. The patrols, stationed for two hours Wednesday at Twenty- eighth st. and Grand at Fifth ave. and Center and East Eighteenth st. and Grand will operate daily at various locations until authorities are satisfied all Des Moines motorists have mad applications.

Whole State. Although attention was centered on the Des Moines drive, W. A. Stevens, superintendent of th state motor vehicle department, said expiration of the period of grace on license applications applied to the state as a whole. Similar steps will be taken in other points in the state, he said, to enforce the new law.

Stopping every car, officers found all drivers except about 5 per cent were prepared with a license card or application receipt Most of those who failed to produce cards insisted they had forgotten them "at home" or in "ths other car," officers said. No Excuse. Forgetting their licenses proved no excuse for drivers and won no leniency from Judge J. E. Mer- shon, criminal judge of the mu nicipal court.

In imposing his first fin Wednesday, Judge Mershon exacted $1 from David Grund, 641 Forty-ninth He had received a summons at Twenty-eighth st. and Grand ave. He proved he had made application and received a license and said he had it at home. "Every driver will have to show his license," Judge Mer shon said. Others fined $1 during the day were: George Lajko, 1717 Twenty-eighth st; Clarence M.

Haynes, 2602 East Walnut st Martin Witzenburg, R. F. D. No. 5, and Herbert Sweeney of Adel-phi.

$5 Soon. The summonses issued Wednes day ordered court appearance Wednesday and Thursday. Judge Mershon declared he would impose a $1 fine on those arrested Wednesday who had not yet made license application. With in a few days the fine will be increased to $5, he said. Inasmuch as drivers' license are new in Iowa, leniency is being shown in imposing penalties.

The law provides a fine of not more than $100, a imprisonment not exceeding 30 days for driving without a license, The patrols jammed traffic In the heavily traveled streets In which they were stationed Tuesday. In order to keep an open flow of the traffic, officers paid scant attention to assertions of "I forgot it" To Curb. The drivers were ordered to th curb while a summons order was written out. Ten inspectors of the state motor vehicle department, four traffic policemen and four deputy sheriffs were assigned to the drive, T. J.

Hubbard, traffic inspector of the police department, said. Elsie Janes, 42, Takes Husband Bridegroom of Sweetheart' 'A. E. Is 26. F.

TARRYTOWN, N. Y. (U.P.) Elsie Janis, internationally famou stage star, known as "the Sweetheart of the A. E. for her war work, was married here New Year's eve, it was learned Wednesday by the Tarrytown Daily News.

The bridegroom was Gilbert Wilson, 26, Los Angeles business man. Miss Janis gave her age as 42. Miss Janis, reached at her home at Philips Manor, issued a statement She said: "This being my debut on th stage of matrimony, some may wonder why I took a husband 16 years younger than myself. Well, I've never had a child. Now I have a husband and now I can hope to have a child.

Don't forget I was married before leap year." Chinese Seek To Flee City Japanese Riot; Burn Newspaper Plant. TSINGTAO, CHINA W) Japanese marines from the warships in the harbor patroled the streets Wednesday and thousands of Chinese, including many officials, sought means of leaving the city. This followed a riot Tuesday in which Japanese residents attacked and wrecked a Chinese newspaper office and burned the head quarters, the Kuomintang. Tuesday's clash occurred after the Chinese newspaper Ming Kuo Jih Pao had said that the recent attempf by a Korean to assas sinate the Japanese emperor revealed Korea's desire for inde pendence. Fire Revolvers.

Japanese residents, incensed at the reference to the emperor, stormed the building, tried to burn it but failed and attacked a number of Chinese newspaper men They fired revolvers as they thronged into the building, and the Chinese fled. Tuesday night the Japanese be gan a more threatening demon stration. Several thousand of them formed a Parade, waving Japanese flags and demanding further ac tion against the newspaper. Flame. After the parade, several hun dred Japanese again swooped down on the newspaper's offices wrecking and burning the build ing and then burned the Kuomin- tang headquarters also.

The Chinese offered no resistance and Chinese fire brigades made no at tempt to save the buildings. Tientsin newspapers, comment ing on a transfer of Japanese troops from Tientsin back to Shanhaikwan, said the situation about Chinchow is growing acute for the Japanese and that Chinese volunteer militia bands "all over Manchuria" are renewing "war fare." Girl Slain By Convict Was Daughter of Prison Doctor. ROCKVIEW PENITENTIARY BELLE FONTE, PA. Betty Hickock, 18-year-old daughter of Dr. A.

L. Hickock, resident psy chiatrist at the Rockview penlten tiary, was stabbed fatally Wednes day by a Negro prisoner. The convict, whose name was withheld, was a patient in the psychopathic ward of which Dr. Hick ock has charge. He was captured soon after the discovery of the killing.

Warden Stanley P. Ashe was called from Pittsburgh and was Joined at the prison by Coroner W. R. Heaton and County Detec tive Leo Boden of Centre county. Manchuria Railway Lines churia for the Chinese Eastern line near the turn of the century, the vast resources of China's richest province were virtually untouched The Russian-dominated Chinese Eastern stretches from Manchuli on the western border of Manchuria to Pogranichnaya, on the border of the maritime province, giving the Russians access to their port of Vladivostok.

This line is 925 miles long and, with its branch to Harbin and a junction with the South Manchurian line, the system's total surpasses 1,000 miles. Greater Total. The South Manchurian railway runs straight north from Dairen Continued on Page Four. Nye Re-elected Temple Recorder. C.

C. Petty, 1518 Eighteenth st. widely known Des Moines Mason and Shriner, was elected potentate of Za-Ga-Zig temple at the annual meeting Tuesday evening. C. C.

Nye was re-elected re-: corder, and the following addi tional of ice rs; were named: Ford a Hoesen chiefjthe former Agnes Boeing of Mil- rabban: C. E.iwaukee. Tornado Leaves 11 Dead in South Scores Injured in Alabama and Mississippi. MOUNDSVILLE, ALA. (IP) Eleven persons were killed and scores injured in a tornado which whipped across five counties in Alabama and Mississippi late Tuesday.

Thousands of dollars of property damage was done. Nine Negroes were killed and more than a score of persons were injured in the vicinity of Mounds-ville. Between 30 and 40 homes were destroyed. New Hamilton, one of the first towns struck, was virtually demolished. It reported one of the dead and approximately 100 of the injured.

The fatality there was Mrs. Frank Simmons, killed when the windstorm razed her home. Con siderable damage and several in jured were reported at Oklahoma, Miss. A Negro was killed and 12 per sons injured in Faunsdale, Ala. Police Fund Short, Crime Gains Hold MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA HP) Unable to provide extra police protection because of a shortage of funds, Victoria state is experiencing a crime wave such as has not been before recorded.

Jokes Old of Show-Goers dancing, and the rip-roaring comedy that "A Night in Spain" had. But "Crazy Quilt" does have some of the same gags. Exhibit in 1928, Ted Healy told about a trip to Montreal, saying "They told me I was there a month." Tuesday night Phil Baker used the same gag. That CeUo. Exhibit B.

There was reference to somebody's ability on the "fruit cello" and the "dill piccolo" in "A Night in Spain." We heard it again Tuesday night And that crack about the hen "aying "ouch" when she lays a I Continued on rage seven. bates. In Washington, D. such a call was being made. The name of Senator Norbeck, South Dakota Republican, was called.

"No," he shouted, instead of the conventional "here." Senator Connally of Texas, a Democrat, voted an emphatic "aye." Alger Horatio Alger, might be surprised If he were here to celebrate his hundredth birthday anniversary. "Ben the Luggage Boy, or Among the Wharves," one of i his masterpieces, with the original Crowell, assistant rabban; John B. Ford, high priest 4 and prophet; Alex Miller, or-iental guide; B. II Vrtroa tronfl. A urer, ivay ncn- c.

c. petty. ton trustee. Petty, Earl Mills, W. R.

Back-man, retiring potentate, Harry Haskins and Percy Hoak were chosen representatives of Za-Ga-Zig temple to the imperial Shrine conclave in San Francisco next June. Little Change In Skirt Length May Be Trifle, But Not Much Shorter. NEW YORK An erroneous impression prevails in some sections of the country apparently about skirt lengths for the spring. Although the skirt lengths In lines perscnted at this time are a trifle shorter, they are however, not short enough to be noticeable, according to Tobe and Breath, two of the outstanding fashion bureaus of America. Evening dresses are ankle length.

There are no reports, according to fashion experts, that they will be shorter. It is just a matter of opinion, as some women prefer the dress heel length. Paris openings will take place the end of January, but Weill Hartmann have no information that the skirts will be very much shorter. Middleburg is the center of the "gentleman jockey" activities of society. Jock Whitney has an estate near that of Mrs.

Ilsley. Col. (Billy) Mitchell, of aviation fame, is a member of the Middleburg set. The Thaws and many other families widely known throughout the country, have farms here where hunters are bred and trained. Steck Is Seen As Candidate Expected to Seek U.

S. Senate Seat Again. MARSHALLTOWN, IA. LV Daniel F. Steck, former United States senator who recently was considered for a place on the federal tariff commission, is expected to announce his candidacy for his former post at a Democratic rally here Friday.

It was likewise indicated in pre-rally political gossip that L. W. Housel of Humboldt will announce himself as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the Iowa governorship. The third district rally will open in the afternoon with a public meeting in the Memorial coliseum. At this session Gov.

W. H. Murray of Oklahoma, an avowed Democratic candidate for the presidency, will be the principal speaker. be giv Houi and several others will speak. i i 1 1 'Martin's binding slightly rubbed, but with an "extremely interesting three-page autographed letter Inserted," is held for $7.50 by a book collector.

Among other Alger books lauding the rewards of virtue were "Pluck and Luck," "Phil the Fiddler," "Sink or Swim," "Tom the Bootblack," "Rough and Ready," "Dan the Newsboy," "Frank Fowler, the Cash Boy." Kenyon nnria Kenvon has returned to Tyis Aneeles on the concert stage. The successful debut there of the film actress followed others in Munich, Baden-Baden and New York. Miss Kenyon studied concert work for diversion while her late husband, Milton Sills 111 Start Reading Vicki Baum's Romantic Novel, Summer in The Tribune Today.