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PROTEST HITS NEW PLAN FOR INCOME TAXES Eli Lilly Cos. Official Asserts Burden Will Be Great on Business. SUBSTITUTE IS OFFERED Small Levy on Intangibles, Another on Earnings Is Suggested. Proposals for a small intangibles 1 tax, with heavy penalties, and a small gross income tax were offered to the house of representatives ways and means committee Friday at a public hearing as alternatives to the administration income tax bill which the committee is considering. Nicholas H. Noyes, treasurer of Eli Lilly & Cos., was the first witness before the committee. He declared that the 1 to 6 per cent administration bill, taxing personal and corporation incomes, lays too heavy a burden on business, which already is staggering under a tax load. Recognizing, he said, that the committee is confronted with the necessity of raising money, Noyes suggested the most equitabfb means of revenue raising would be an intangibles tax on a one-half of 1 per cent basis, with heavy penalties. With the tax small enough and the penalties heavy enough, such law would bring out a great deal of sequestered wealth, he said. No Burden on Business Asa second alternative, Noyes suggested a similar scale for income taxation, pointing out that such a small tax would not impose a burden on either the individual or big business. Business, he said, would ' absorb a small tax rather than pass it on to the customer. The increasing tax load, Noyes asserted, tends to drive industry from Indiana into nontaxable securities. Wisconsin, he declared, is losing big industrial firms because of its income tax laws. Another unfortunate feature of an income tax law, Noyes pointed out, is that it is unreliable, producing heavy revenue in fat years and not much in lean years, tending to bring governmental deficits. Others Offer Objections W. A. Hanley, also from the Lilly company, offered the same objections, as did William H. Book, representing the Chamber of Commerce. Arguments for the measure were advanced by Lewis Taylor, tax and legislative representative of the Indiana Farm Bureau, and O. S. Boling "of the same organization. Taylor declared the income tax is one that never causes a business failure, because it is based solely on income. Noyes was questioned by members of the committee on his statement that many men of large wealth now are paying 75 cents on every dollar they make, for taxes. Noyes retorted that large incomes pay 55 per cent federal income tax after corporations from which the income is derived have paid a 13 '2 per cent tax. Add to that personal property taxes, said Noyes, and the 75 per , cent tax figure is approximated. Hearings Are Planned Boling offered a formula which has been worked out to avoid the staggered scale of tax payments which arises from the fact that some incomes fall just below or just over an income tax base for assessment. The ways and means committee intends to hold several public hearings before taking any steps to amend the bill or report it out to the house m its present form. The bill, as now drawn, provides a deduction of $6 from the amount of tax paid by a single person, sl2 by a married person, with $2 additional for each dependent under 18. NORTH SIDE PHARMACY IS HELDJJPM.OOT $53 Bandits Snip Telephone Wires, Escape in Automobile. Three bandits Friday night robbed the Reed pharmacy, Nineteenth strete and Central avenue, of $53. clipped wires on two telephones and escaped in an auto. Charles Reed. 1817 Central avenue, proprietor, told police that a few' minutes before the robbery one of the bandits entered the store asking for change for a ten-dollar bill. He returned with two companions and the trio drew revolvers, threatening Reed. Louis Keller. 611 East Twentieth street, clerk, and a customer. Ray Rosenmeyer, 1432 Central avenue. Loot was removed from a cash register. GOV. ROLPH HAS FLU “Case Treacherous.” Say Physicians Attending California Chief. Pij L nited Press SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. s—Governor James Rolph continued to “rest easily” at St. Francis hospital today while physicians treated him for a severe attack of influenza. His case was described as "treacherous” due to "considerable pulmonary congestion.”

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Defense of Jehol b Chinese Is ‘lnvasion,’ Japan’s Warning

BY MILES W. VAUGHN United Prens Staff Correspondent TOKIO, Jan. 21. —China was warned by the Japanese government today to stay out of Jehol province, scene of impending conflict between Japanese and Chinese armies, which Japan regards as an integral part of the new state of Manchoukuo. Outlining the government's policies before the imperial Japanese diet. Foreign Minister Count Uchida said Japan could not look upon Chinese military activity "W'ithout the gravest apprehension.” He declared the "constructive force of Japan” to be the mainstay of peace in the far east. Count Uchida made it clear that Japanese policy in Manchuria would not be changed, despite international efforts to end the Japanese-Chinese dispute. Count Uchida said Chinese troops were concentrating on the borders of Manchoukuo and that

4 Kiss of Death’ Girl’s Spell Again Is Over Hospital Cot Eighth Sweetheart Fears His Doom Is Sealed; His Seven Predecessors All Were Killed. BY SAM KNOTT United Press Staff Correspondent CHICAGO, Jan. 21.—The spell of “kiss of death” Mary Collins hovered over a hospital cot where gangster Sol Feldman lay fighting for his life today.

DULL SKIES AND RAINTO STICK Little Change in Weather Is Forecast for City by Bureau. Motorists expecting to enjoy another spring-like week-end are due for disappointment, according to the forecast today of J. H. Armington, weatherman. Today’s condition of overcast skies and showers will continue Sunday with another marked temperature rise, according to the forecast. After light rain fell intermittantly during the night, the city awpke this morning to find daylight suddenly turned to darkness about 8 when a dense cloud condition and excessive rain reduced visibility to near zero in the downtown area. Armington said the condition was due to smoke being held close to the ground by heavy cloud formations overhead. Light returned within a few minutes, however, before a strong wind. During early morning hours a heavy pall of fog and smoke hung over the south section of the city, making driving hazardous. The unsettled condition and rain prevailed in an area extending from Texas to Ohio, according to the weather bureau. Rainfall was recorded in all parts of Indiana, but downpours were reported from the lower Wabash river valley during the night. Temperatures were from 15 to 25 degrees higher than Fridav. The mercury rose to 47 here early today, marking a 15-degree rise over temperatures early Friday. TWO JAIL-BREAKERS' ARE ARRESTED HERE 30 Have Escaped in 18 Months, Is Report. Two of thirty prisoners who have escaped from the Hopkinsville (Ky.) jail in the last eighteen months were arrested here Friday on request of Kentucky authorities and will be given into custody of a Hopkinsville jailer today. The men are James Giles of 2310 Cornell avenue and Webster Campbell of 360 West Fourteenth street, Negroes. Information for their arrest was provided local police by George McCray, representative of H. L. Gore, jailer at Hopkinsville. Giles ;s one of nine men who escaped and Campbell broke from the jail in company with ten others. “You don’t have a jail down there; that’s a sieve,” McCray was chided. "Thirty prisoners have escaped in the last eighteen months,” McCray replied. "Somebody smuggled a bunch of saw' blades into the jail and w r e haven't been able to find w'here the prisoners are hiding them.” Foundation Trustee Named Appointment of Walter Myers, attorney and former Speaker of the house of representatives, as trustee of the Indianapolis Foundation for a six-year term, was announced Tuesday by Circuit Judge Earl R. Cox.

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Chances are that you’ll be paying 'em this year, even if you never did before. And if you paid last year, chances are you’ll pay more this year, even if your income has been cut. The law has been changed in many ways. Uncle Sam puts it up to you to find out how, and to make a proper return. That’s

Feldman is Mary Collins’ eighth sweetheart. His seven predecessors died of bullet wounds. Most of them were killed in the gang wars. Feldman got his wounds last Nov. 29, w’hen he tried to escape after he was caught robbing a fur shop. Gangdom gave him up then as lost. Sol didn’t fear superstition, however. He fought to recover, and did. "Kiss of Death” Mary cared for him, except for a few days w'hen police dragged her away on a larceny charge, which w 7 as dropped. Sent Home as Well Several w’eeks ago, physicians sent Feldman home to gain back strength and await trial on the robbery charge. Reports are that after he w'ent home gangster friends taunted him with reminders that any one who kissed Mary was sure to die. Feldman laughed, but after the friends left, he recalled details of his sweetheart's career. While “Kiss of Death” Mary sat beside him, quietly awaiting any opportunity to help him, the gangster recalled tl*it probably she was just as attentive once to Johnny Sheehy, her first sweetheart, who was shot to death in 1923. "Sweetheart of O’Banion After Johnny’s death, Mary became the sweetheart of Dion O’Banion, a gangster, who owned a flower shop on North State street near Notre Dame cathedral. With her encouragement, Feldman remembered, O’Banion made slot machines and beer peddling pay him "big” money. One night in 1924 O’Banion’s enemies left him a corpse among his flowers. History records that slaying as the real start of Chicago's gang wars. Mary wept over O’Banion’s coffin and rode in a limousine to his funeral as roses showered from airplanes soaring overhead. She promptly became the sweetheart of Johnny Phillips. The same year he, too, became a victim of the gang wars. In 1925, Gene McLaughlin was her sweetheart. He, too, was killed by gang bullets. She went to Jerus (Jew) Bates, dark-haired gangster who could not resist the allure of her blond hair and bewitching smile. He was shot and killed in 1926. Fear Is Blame Irving Schlig was her next lover. In 1928 he was killed. Next was Sam Katz. He kissed Mary and W'as shot to death in 1932. By that time Mary had become known as the "Kiss of Death” girl. Gangsters shunned her, until Feldman defied superstition and became her lover. Feldman was pronounced practically well several weeks ago. Today he was back in the hospital. Rumors said he was suffering from fear. Hospital authorities said he would recover again. Rumors said gangdom doubted he could. COURT REPORTER DEAD William S. Garber, 79, Is Taken at North Side Home. Funeral services for William S. Garber. 79. veteran court reporter, whp died at his home, 1228 North Nett Jersey street, Friday, were to be held in >.he home at 3 this afternoon. Burial w’ill be in Crown Hill. Mr. Garber had been ill two months. Mr. Garber was a member of Mystic Tie Lodge No. 398, F. & A. M„ the Indianapolis Literary Club, the Century Club and the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity.

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"some of them have invaded the province of Jehol.” (China regards Jehol as Chinese territory; the troops were concentrated along the Manchoukuoan border after the Japanese penetrated Shanhaikwan, below the great w'all.) "The Japanese government can not look upon such a state of affairs in China without the gravest apprehension, he said. "We are compelled to warn the government and the people of China against the unfortunate eventualities that may arise from the situation and to invite them to think seriously before proceeding further in that direction.” Count Uchida advanced for the Orient a doctrine similar to the Monroe Doctrine. “It is needless to say that the fundamental principle of Japan's foreign policy is to secure the peace of the Orient and, as corollary, that of the world,” he said.

8 ARE INJURED IN AUTO SPILLS Poor Visibility and Rain Are Blamed for Accidents on City Streets. Poor visibility and rain caused traffic accidents resulting in injuries to eight persons Friday night and early today, according to police. After he is alleged to have walked away from his auto after it collided with another car at Laurel and Orange streets, Archie Paufson, 21, of Bemidji, Minn., was arrested at the home of friends on charges of speeding, reckless driving, failing to stop after an accident, and \agrancy. He was suffering from lacerations on the face and hands. Allison Davis, 43, of 247 East Raymond street, driver of the other car, was cut and bruised. Fracture of the right leg was incurred by Elmer Haines Jr., 11, of 205 North Keystone avenue, when he was struck by a car driven by Gilbert Little, 2236 Ralston avenue, while playing in an alley in rear of his home. The child is in the Riley hospital for children. Others hurt in accidents: Andrew Alexander, 57, Negro, of 2242 North Talbot street, body bruises; Charles Crowder, 21, of 237 North Arsenal avenue, bruises on the legs and arms; Hugh Hook, 50, of 1459 North Delaware street, bruises, and Mrs. Horace Oldham, 34, of Greenfield, body bruises. Charles Saunders, 73, of 615 East Fifty-fourth street, was admitted to city hospital Friday night for treatment for a leg fracture, suffered Wednesday night when he was struck by a truck at Meridian and Ohio streets, he informed police. Saunders said he would not prosecute Henry Hufford, 601 East Sixteenth street, driver of the truck.

GIRL, 7, IS BURNED IN LIGHTING STOVE Child ‘Housewife’ Is Badly Hurt at Home. Temporarily taking over household duties while her mother lay in bed recovering from an appendicitis operation, 7-yea A-old Martha Lynch, 1402 East Minnesota street, used kerosene to hasten a fire in a kitchen stove and received severe burns early Friday night. Patrolman James Senteney of the police first aid squad, who treated the girl, said she had severe burns on her face, neck and arms. After the blazing oil had set her dress afire, Martha succeeded in beating out the flames, police were told.

By United Press Paraffine Companies, Inc., reports net income for last half of 1932 of $199,567, against net loss of $127,058 in preceding six months. Dome Mines. Ltd., declares two extra dividends of 10 cents each in addition to regular quarterly dividend. Detroit board of commerce industrial employment index rises to 52.2 as of Jan. 16, against 48.0 on Dec. 31. American Cities Power & Light Corporation dividends on Class B stock with a payment of 15 cents a share. Baltimore & Ohio railroad reports revenue freight loadings during first half of January averaged 5,762 cars daily, increase of 162 cars over corresponding period of December. Otis Elevator Company receives $228,000 elevator contract from United States government.

SALES TAX IS OPPOSED - Bert S. Gadd Speaks at Joint Meeting of Florists, Undertakers. ! The general sales tax, now before the legislature, was opposed in a speech by Bert S. Gadd in a joint meeting of Allied Florists of Indianapolis and the Funeral Directors’ I Association Friday night in the Coj lumbia Club. The funeral directors were guests of the florists. Clarence R. Green had charge of the meeting. New York Stocks Opening Bv Abbott. Hoobin <fe Cos. Amer Can 60 V Kroeer 17 Allied Chem 86V Lie A- Mvers B . 62'. Air Red fin. Mont v Ward ... 13 V Atchison 43V Nat Biscuit 40V Anaconda 7 V N Y Central 19*4 Am For Per 6 V N America 29 Am Tel <fc Tel.. 105 V Natl Cash Rest.. 7 V Auburn 48V Penn R R 18V Cons Gas 59V Packard 2V Bvers A M 13 Radio 5 Case J 1 46 V R K O 2 V Ches & 0hi0.... 28VCons Oil 5 V Cities Serv 2V Std of Ind 21V Duoont 40 V Std Oil of N J.. 30V Fox Film A 2 Texas Coro 13*• Gen Foods 24V U S Steel 29 Gillette 18 United Coro .... 9V Gen Mot 13V Un Aircraft .... 26V Gen Elec 14V Un Carbide .... 27V Goodvear 16 s . anadium 12V Gold Dust 15 Wesfinehouse .’. 29V Gen Am T Car. 18 Woolworth 22V Int Nickle jv West Union |6V Johns Manville. 21 i f

why you’ll want to read the series of stories that starts Monday in The Times. It tells you the things you want to know about the new taxes, what you can deduct and what you can’t, who files a return, and when, and how. Watch for this series. Find out the things yoif want to know about your New’ Income Taxes.

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JUDD KILLINGS SELF-DEFENSE, SAYSJUDGE Labels Deaths of Two Girls ‘Justifiable Homicide,; Ruling Due. PROVIDES NEW HOPE Halloran to Be Set Free, Court Indicates in His Statement. BY GALE D. WALLACE United Press Staff Correspondent PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan. 21.—With the words "justifiable homicide” ringing in her ears, Winnie Ruth Judd, condemned "blond tigress” today grasped at anew ray of hope which may save her from death. The startling statement of justification for the shooting of Agnes Ann Leroi and Hedrig Samuelson came from Judge J. C. Niles Friday in the fourth day of the preliminary hearing of J. J. (Happy Jack) Halloran, charged as her accessory. The unexpected statement came after the prosecution had rested its case against Halloran, based almost entirely on four days of testimony by Mrs. Judd. Continued Until Today Judge Niles indicated this would be his attitude in making a final ruling on Halloran’s motion to strike out all of Mrs. Judd's testimony on the grounds she is ‘‘mentally and physically incompetent.” The hearing was continued until today, when he said the county attorney will be heard in opposition to the motion, on which the whole case against Halloran rests. Mrs. Judd, sentenced to hang Feb. 17, charged that Halloran aided her in disposing of the two bodies. She said she shot in self-defnse when the two women attacked her. “No Crime of Murder” "Evidence presented to date in the hearing,” Judge Niles said, “leads me to believe the killings apparently constituted justifiable homicide. "So far no evidence has been introduced to show the crime of murder has been committed. The conviction of the accusing witness, Winnie Ruth Judd, of the crime of the murder of Agnes Ann Leroi, is not binding on the defendant in this case. " "This case has been tried on the theory that the fact Winnie Ruth Judd was convicted of murder binds the defendant, John J. Halloran, the testimony of Mrs. Judd in the present action has been that her act of killing the two women was purely one of self-defense. Will Carry Weight , "If so, the killings were justiable homicides, and no crime has been committed. If no crime was committed, then Halloran could not be an accessory.” The judge’s statement was taken to mean that unless county attorney Renz L. Jennings can not show a stronger case, Halloran will be freed. While the attitude of the municipal court will have no legal bearing on the state board of paroles, it believed the decision will carry great weight with the members when they consider Mrs. Judd’s application for a commutation of her sentence to life imprisonment. DEMOCRATS FEAST AT VICTORY DINNER State Chairman Earl Peters Given High Praise. One thousand Democratic organization workers attended a victory banquet to honor the state committee Friday night at the Claypool. High tribute was paid to R. Earl Peters, state chairman, by H. Nathan Swaim, Marion county chairman. "His leadership was the greatest single factor in forming the Democratic organization,” Swaim said. "We acknowledge the debt of the party to him.” Governor Paul V. McNutt and state organization officials also spoke. Chicago Stocks Opening ißy Thomson & McKinnon) —Jan. 21— Borg Warner.. 8V Cont Chl-pfd.. 17V Cent So Wst.. 2 3 , Comm Edison.. 76 Cord Corp ... 6 1 a Swift & C 0.... BV* Cont Chi com.. IV,

For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow,’ Audience Sings as Scotti Makes Last Bow in Opera

BY LOUIS F. KEEMLE United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK. Jan. 21.—The semiribald, but heartfelt strains of "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow” rang from orchestra pit to roof of the Metropolitan opera house Friday afternoon while a graying old man bowed and smiled between tears at his valedictory. Antonio Scott, who has sung for thirty-three years to the hallowed Golden Horseshoe, made his farewell appearance before retiring, at the age of 67, to a peaceful twilight in his native Italy. An audience of nearly 4.000, packing the old house from wall to wall, cheered, shouted, sang, applauded and heaped flowers on the stage in honor of the grand old man, "beloved villain” of American opera. Scotti, whose memory always will be inseparable from that of the great Caruso, made his last appear-

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22 Men Are Saved Just Before Freighter Sinks in Thrilling Mid-Sea Drama

Battered Hulk Slips Under Gale-Tossed Waves as Men Leave Vessel. By United Press NEW YORK, Jan. 21. Twenty-two men, hauled from the shattered decks of the sinking British freighter, Exeter City, were safe today aboard the S. S. American Merchant, after one of the most thrilling mid-Atlantic rescues of recent years. Battered by a gale and torn by waves that washed away her bridge and drowned her captain, another officer and two men, the little British ship rapidly was sinking. The rescue was effected in a dramatic battle against storm and time. Hardly had the rescued crew been brought, exhausted, to the decks of the rescue ship, than the hulk they had abandoned began slipping beneath the pounding waves. Rescue in Mid-Atlantic The scene "of the grim fight was 650 miles off Newfoundland. Its progress was announced in terse messages from the master of the American Merchant, Captain Gyles C. Stedman, hero of a sea rescue eight years ago, to his company ashore. Captain E. D. Legge, in command of the freighter, which was bound for Portland, Me., from England, was one of the storm’s victims, presumably washed away together with his third officer, an apprentice, and a seaman, when the waves tore his bridge from beneath him. At 5:30 a. m. Friday, Legge had signed an SOS signal, sweeping the seas for some nearby, friendly ship. The American Merchant responded. Bound for New York, Captain Stedman—who was once first officer of the Leviathan—altered his course and proceeded into the furious storm to the side of the stricken vessel. Lifeboats Are Smashed Over mountainous waves, a line was shot to the Exeter City. Her decks were awash, and she was wallowing helplessly, every lifeboat smashed. By means of the line, the American Merchant succeeded in sending over her No. 3 lifeboat to the side of the sinking ship, and after prodigious labor, the twenty-two remaining members of the crew were brought to safety. Captain Stedman’s laconic message to his owners read: “American Merchant. 9:43 Oct. (443 E. S. TANARUS.) Lat. 46.48 north; Long. 48.11 west. Twenty-two men composing crew Exeter City aboard. Rescue made in heavy sea. Expended our No. 3 lifeboat. Vessel abandoned in sinking condition. Settling rapidly. Advise Bristol lines, Bristol. Eng.” Pounded for 24 Hours The Exeter City had been pounded for nearly twenty-four hours while her crew attempted to keep her afloat. Not until he saw she was doomed did Captain Legge send cut his appeal, and then only because his last lifeboat had been crushed, and the hatches stove in under the thunderous hammering of the water. The American Merchant picked up his message, fifteen miles away from the Exeter City. Those fifteen miles, however, were through mountainous seas, directly into the teeth of the howling gale. By the time Captain Stedman reached the scene, Captain Legge and his three men had fallen prey to the storm, and a howling gale, in which the American Merchant itself reared and plunged, prevented an immediate rescue. In the Air Weather condition at 9 a. m.: Southeast wind, 5 miles an hour; temperature, 46; barometric pressure, 29.85 at sea level; general condition, overcast, light rain, moderate fog; ceiling, estimated 1,500 feet; visibility, M mile; field good.

l ance on the same stage where he | first appeared in America thirtythree years ago. Then it was the title role in the light-hearted “Don Giovanni.’’ Friday it was in his favorite part of Chim-Fen, villainous opium-den keeper of San Francisco's Chinatown in Zanoni's '“L'Oracolo.” It was whispered around the Metropolitan that with Scotti’s departure, it would be many years, if ever, before “L'Oracolo” is heard. There has seldom been such a demonstration as occurred on the dying notes of “L'Oracolo.” The vast audience rose to its feet and began to applaud and cheer. Men’s hots and women’s gloves fluttered in the air. Flowers rained down on the stage' apron, where Scotti stood, half-overcome and beckoning his fellow-singers to join in receiving : the ovation. They refused, ana for most of the

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Colonel Zach Miller, famous proprietor of the 101 Ranch and its Wild West show, is in another Mix-up, this time with Tom Mix, movie cowboy. Colonel Miller is suing Mix at Erie, Pa., for $342,000, which he claims due him because of Tom’s alleged failure to appear as an attraction with the Wild West show. This latest picture of Colonel Miller was made in court at Erie.

FILIPINOS MAY JOINJ.EAGUE Move Would Relieve U. S. of Much Anxiety, Heads Stress. By United Press GENEVA, Jan. 21.—Agitation to get the Philippine islands membership in the League of National following independence was revealed here today. The move was described as “unofficial.” but the United States learned that responsible officials already have started negotiations with both the Philippine government and the United States. Members of the league pointed out that entry of the islands into the organization would provide the United States with the necessary safeguard on maintenance of their territorial integrity when complete liberation is effected. Officials were uncertain at present whether membership could be voted the Philippines before the ten-year period elapses, but it was emphasized that America would be freed of considerable anxiety if the islands were protected under the league covenant. Certain jrqminent Filipinos and members of congress already have approached the league regarding the proposed membership, it was learned. It was asserted that if the United States fears Japan’s intentions in the Philippines, the best solution would be for the islands to have membership in the league. DUVALL HITS UTILITIES G. O. P. Mayor Candidate Addresses Workers at Musicians’ Hall. Advocating municipal ownership of utilities and opposing repeal of the direct primary law, John L. Duvall, candidate for the mayoralty nomination on the Republican ticket, addressed ward workers at Musicians’ hall, 143 East Ohio street, Friday night. He urged passage of an old age pension law by the legislature, declaring “the present system of administering poor relief is inadequate.” A resolution opposing any change in the primary law or its repeal was adopted at the meeting. HOURLY TMPERATURES 6 a. m 46 9 a. m 47 7 a. m.... 47 10 a. m.... 49 8 a. m.... 47

time he stood alone before the tumult, accepting with unaffected modesty the tribute. When he could still the noise for a moment, he made a simple speech of thanks, the appeal of which started the demonstration all over again. The enthusiasm reached its height when Lawrence Tibbett, baritone of the eMtropolitan, arose in an audience box and sang “For He's a Jolly Good Fellow.” The audience joined in the old song and u fresh rain of flowers poured on the stage. Twenty-five minutes after the start of the ovation, the audience still lingered, reluctant to disperse. Floral tributes were borne in procession into his dressing room ranging from a modest bunch of violets to elaborate w'reaths six feet high, decorated with the rarest flowers and gold inscriptiohs.

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Britain Disappointed That Six Weeks Must Elapse Before Work Starts. PREPARE IN WASHINGTON Administration in Hope Roosevelt Will Name His State Secretary Soon. BY W. G. QUISEXBERRY United Press Stall Correspondent LONDON, Jan. 21.—The British debt mission to the United States will be headed by Prime Minister J. Ramsay MacDonald, well informed political quarters believed today. MacDonald is credited with personally achieving the settlement reached at the Lausanne reparations conference, and is expected to lead efforts to finish ‘ the other half of the job.” The prime minister regards the debt question as the outstanding problem of Britain. He wants to give his personal attention, as much as possible, to efforts to reach a debt settlement. Chancellor of the Exchequer Neville Chamberlain was expected to be a member of the mission, although he will be busy on his budget in March and April. Stanley Baldwin was mentioned as a possible member. He negotiated the original debt funding agreement with the United States. Pending receipt of State Secretary Henry L. Stimson’s formal invitation no official action will be taken. Well informed circles said, however, that the government was disappoint that six weeks must elapse, before the British and American representatives can begin work. The government was said to still hope preliminary negotiations could be carried out through diplomatic channels, before the change in American administrations. The British reply to the American invitation was expected to be drafted at a cabinet meeting Monday. Preparations Are Begun BY JOSEPH H. BAIRD United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.—Washington and London were preparing today to revise downward Great Britain's $4,500,000,000 war debt to the United States. State Secretary Henry L. Stimson called Sir Ronald Lindsay, British ambassador, to the state department Friday night and gave him the eagerly awaited news that the United States would be ready to discuss debt reduction shortly after March 4. The British were invited to send a commission to Washington to carry on the negotiations. Stimson’s assurance was based on an agreement made at the White House conference Friday by President Hoover and President-Elect Roosevelt. They decided that the Hoover administration should prepare for the debt discussions so that they may begin promptly after Mr. Roosevelt enters the White House. While the British commission is being formed, Stimson and Treasury Secretary Ogden Mills will help Roosevelt prepare for the negotiations. Beginning this co-operative program, Stimson discussed the situation Friday night with Professor Raymond Moley, one of Roosevelt’s advisors. The administration is hopeful that Roosevelt soon will name uis secretary of state. Some officials here expect that Norman H. Davis will succeed Stimson. Davis, although a Democrat, has represented the Hoover administration at Geneva for the past year and is on intimate terms with many European statesmen. PORKER PRICES SCALED DOWN ON LIGHT DEMAND Cattle Range for Week Steady to 25 Cents Lower. Slackening in demand at the Union stockyards this morning provided incentive fro a scaling down in hog prices. The average sold around 10 cents lower than some weights Friday. The bulk, 120 to 210 pounds, made the market at $3.35 to $3.50; 210 to 250 pounds, $3.15 to $3.40; 250 to 300 pounds, $3.05 to $3.15. Heavier weights sold for $3 to $3.10. Receipts were 5,000. Holdovers were 168. Cattle for the week showed steady range with heavy steers weak to 25 cents lower. Heavy cows were weak, plain light cows strong to a quarter higher. Top yearlings brought $6.75, best kinds around 1.230 pounds, selling for $6.60. Bulk of slaughter steers and yearlings sold for $4 to $5. Butcher heifers made the market at $4.75, fed kinds $6 to $6. Fat cows brought $2 to $2.75, a few up to $3 and $3.25. Low cutter and cutter cows sold for $1.50 to $2. Receipts were 100. Vealers were 50 cents lower, selling at $7 down. Calf receipts numbered 100. With only meager supplies available, porker prices at Chicago were undetermined in the early trading. Asking was fully steady at Friday’s average, with no early bids or sales shown. Bulk price swas not established. Receipts were estimated at 15,000, including 14,000 direct; holdovers. 2,000. Cattle receipts, 100; calves, $100; market unchanged. Sheep receipts, IfjOO; market stationary.