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WEATHER.
<U. S. Wei'her Bureau Forecast.)
Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow;
little change in temperature.
Temperatures: Highest, 81, at 2:50
nm yesterday; lowest, 63, at 6:30 a.m.
today. Full report on page 7.
Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 10 and 11
Entered ns sooond class matter
post office. Washington. D. C.
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O. 01,1 JU,
DRIVER IDENTIFIES
MAN HE SAYS WENT
ID PARK LANE ON
NIGHT NURSE DIED;
Garnett M. Frye, Taxi Chauf
feur, Goes Before Grand
Jury to Support Affidavit
Concerning Charges.
REPORT TO BE MADE
SOMETIME MONDAY
“Startling Are;
Hinted by Official—Mrs. Brown j
Gives Version of Her "Quarrel"
With Husband and Reported
“Screams."
The grand jury investigating
the mysterious death of Mrs. Vir
ginia McPherson called a halt to
day in its questioning of witnesses
and prepared to make its report
Monday, after receiving last-min
ute testimony reputedly of a most
sensational nature. '
The sensation was provided by
a surprise witness, Garnett M.
Frye, youthful taxicab driver, who
last night signed an affidavit iden
tifying a man, already know'n to
police in the case, as a passenger
he drove to the Park Lane Apart
ments late on the night Mrs. Mc-
Pherson strangled to death there
with a pajama cord knotted
around her neck.
Frye was closeted with the
grand jurors for nearly an hour,
this morning, and he is under- j
stood to have repeated to them
startling statements made in a
paper sworn to before Assistant!
District Attorney Collins. The
affidavit was introduced as evi
dence today.
The jury also questioned Ed- j
■ward Dyer, Frye's employer, and
Mrs. William Brown, occupant of
an apartment in the Lombardy, j
just across the areaway from the
McPherson apartment. Mrs. Brown
corroborates previous testimony
that a woman’s screams were I
heard between 2 and 3 o’clock the ;
night cf the tragedy. .
After summoning newspaper men to !
whom Frye first made his disclosures 1
the grand jury decided it would not j
need their testimony and indicated that |
no more witnesses would be questioned !
unless there were further developments.
The jury must hand down it* report
some time Monday, as its term expires
automatically Monday night.
Tells of Passenger.
The affidavit by Frye alleges he took
the man in his cab at Fifteenth and
New York avenue after midnight and
carried him to an alleyway between the j
rear of the Park Lane and the Westend
Market. The paid ths i
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17 CONVICTS ESCAPE.
Texas Prison Farm Inmates Dig
Tunnel 75 Feet; Hounds Trail.
HUNTSVILLE, Tex.. September 28
(fp). —Seventeen convicts at the Wynne
State prison farm for tuberculars near
here, escaped last night, Warden G. F.
Hanell reported today.
The men dug out through the kitchen
floor 6 feet into the ground and
tunneled 75 feet to the surface behind
a building outside the confines, and. out
of sight of the guards.
Fifty men, every guard and prison
official available in this section, fol
lowed a pack of bl°°dhounds today on
the trail of the escaped convicts.
ADM. ROBERTSON ILL.
llth District Commandant Is Con
fined in San Diego Hospital.
SAN DIEGO. Calif.. September 28
(/Pi. —Rrar Admiral Ashley H. Robert- |
son. commandant of the eleventh anval ;
district, Is seriously ill at the local naval.
hospital.
Admiral Robertson was successfully j
operated on recently, but complications |
subsequently developed. I
HOOVER’S OWN PICTURE GALLERY
MAY GIVE MACDONALD CHUCKLE
Naval Conversations Expected to Take Place in
President’s Study. .
By the Associated Press.
Full masculine prerogatives at the
White House will mean for Prime Min
ister Ramsay MacDonald a glimpse of
President Hoover’s own, very Individual
art gallery.
Reflecting a very hi man side of Her
bert Hoover, the little gallery, a very
recent growth, is fast gaining fame in
high official circles. It gives a whim
sical flavor to that mellow after-dinner
moment while the men have their
cigars in the President's study.
The same quiet humor which
prompted the President to make his
speech on how humble a man must be
in the eyes of a fish also prompted the
picture gallery. It covers the walls of
a small room adjoining the study, and
consists of pencil, pen and oil portraits,
sepia studies, and etchings of the
President as conceived by widely scat
tered artists, mostly amateur.
Posed for None of Group.
All have arrived at the White House
as gifts since Mr. Hoover took office In
March. None was posed for. and sev
eral apparently had none too lifelike
photographs as inspiretion. Several,
done with Impressionistic flourish and
little attempt at likeness, are excellent.
Denver Man Is Killed
For Using Fountain
To Wash False Teeth
DENVER. September 28 i.P).—
John Stoltz 67, is dead because
he chose to wash his false teeth
at a public drinking fountain on
a downtown street.
James D. De Losier. 66. who saw
him. became angered and struck
Stoltz in the face, knocking him
down and fracturing his skull,
i De Losier is held by police.
Arrest suspected
SLAYER OF LAWYER
AFTER LONG HDNT
J. A. Wood, Missing 6 Weeks,
I Taken as He Applies for
Compensation Check.
i
Sought by police since the fatal
shooting six weeks ago of Charles N.
Joyce. 56-year-old Arlington County
lawyer, James A. Wood, 57 years old,
alleged to have shot Joyce, was arrested
at the Veterans’ Bureau this morning
when he called for a compensation
check.
Although admitting his name. Wood
refused to answer any questions con
cerning the shooting of the lawyer, who
had obtained his release from St.
Elizabeth’s Hospital and then had let I
him have a room at his home in Claren- j
don. Wood said he would return volun- |
tarily to Arlington County. *
Wood, who is an ex-Army officer, i
came to the Veterans’ Bureau about
10:30 o'clock this morning from Roan
oke. Va.. where he had been staying
at the Salvation Army. He was dressed
in a chauffeur's uniform. He was rec
ognized by a man who saw him come
in the I street entrance. Detective
I. P. Mclnerney, assigned to the Vet
erans' Bureau, was summoned. Mc
lnerney walked up to Wood and in
quired'if he could assist him. Wood
replied that he came for his check.
The detective escorted him to his office,
where he left him. telling him that he
• would go for the check.
Find Pistol in Pocket.
Instead Mclnerney hurried toward
the street, but found Policemen James
; P. Miller of the Traffic Bureau and j
W. T. Tass of the third precinct before |
he reached the door. Miller and Tass
placed Wood under arrest and took
him to the third precinct, where he
I was lodged in a cell to await the
' arrival of Arlington County authorities.
The policemen found a 32-caliber '
automatic pistol of foreign make in 1
Wood's pants pocket. The gun was
loaded.
When notified today of Wood's ar- ;
rest. Commonwealth Attorney William
G. Gloth immediately Issued a warrant ;
charging Wood with murder and turned
it over to County Policeman Raymond •
j Crack and Deputy Sheriff Archie
! Richards for service.
Return Wood to Arlington.
Crack and Richards, accompanied by j
E. Bruce Green, Gloth's associate, went j
to the third precinct shortly before noon
to return Wood to Arlington County. 1
An effort will be made to talk with
him as soon as he is safely lodged in ;
the Arlington County jail.
Because of the fact that Wood was
formerly an inmate of St. Elizabeth's j
Hospital, it was considered doubtful ■
whether he would ever be tried on the
murder charge, even if he confesses to j
the shooting. Authorities consider it j
probable that he will be examined by !
a sanity commission, and found to be '
insane, returned to St. Elizabeth's Hos
pital, from which he is now said to be
on parole.
BANDITS GET PAY ROLL.
Dash Into New Orleans Office and
Escape With $8,500.
NEW ORLEANS. La., September 28
i/P). —Three hooded raincoat bandits
with pistols and sawed-off shotguns
today dashed into the Todd Shipbuild
ing Co.. Howard avenue and Fulton
street, and robbed the paymaster of the
weekly pay roll, amounting to $8,500.
The robbery was carried out so quietly
that a score of workers in the office
section hardly knew that the bandits
had jammed a gun into the side of
Raymond Kirkpatrick, the paymaster,
until the trio had made their exit.
Getting the money, the robbers es
caped in a stolen automobile.
Fare Jumps Taxi on Long Ride.
ROCHESTER. N. Y„ September 28
i/P). —W. J. Ewen. Detroit taxi driver,
is disillusioned. It looked like velvet
when a fare in Detroit ordered him to
drive to New York. The fare jumped
the cab in Yonkers, near the largest
city in the country. Ew'en, doubling
back home on his 700-mile trip, stopped
here to wire for money.
Appreciating the work that went into
them, and the spirit in which they were
sent. President Hoover accords equal
honor to all. It is not a gallery where
a stern judge decides before a picture
is hung.
The largest canvas, from South
America, depicts a full-length President
standing behind four conventional
flower pots, equally spaced along the
front foreground. The smallest is an
old-fashioned medallion, framed in
woven raffia, red, white and blue.
As Others Se- Him.
The President walks into his gallery
and chuckles to see himself as others
see him. The gallery may thus become
his Winter-time substitute for Rapidan
fishing, which gave him opportunity to
see himself as he must appear in the
eye of fishes. He tells his* guests it is
his "one-man show.” *
It is probable the President's study
will be the scene of many of the Presi
dent's conversations with Mr. MacDon
ald. If so, the adjacent gallery may
afford a few light moments in a very
serious talk.
Announcement of a formal dinner
the night of the 7th is taken to
indicate that the men will, as usual,
have their cigars in the study, with
the picture gallery providing that after
dinner chuckle prescribed for good
digestion.
Mhe Mietiitm Site.
' J V WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION
WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1929-THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. , **
M’DONALD BOARDS
LINER FOR AMERICA:
GETS BIG SEND-OFF
Demonstrations Given Pre
mier at London and Again
at Southampton.
GOOD WISHES EXPRESSED
IN MESSAGE FROM KING
Hopes to Be Able to Do Something
to Narrow Atlantic,
He Declares.
BY HARRY HOUSTON ROMER,
Associated Press Correspondent.
S. S. BERENGARIA, September 28
Ramsay MacDonald, prime minister of
Great Britain, sailed into the West from
Southampton this morning on a mis
sion of peace and good will. His physi
i cal destination Is Washington. His
spiritual goal is the achievement of a i
I unity between the two great English
; speaking peoples which might lay the
I foundation for a really universal era of
1 peace and good will among all the na
tions of the earth.
MacDonald's barque is the palatial
Berengarla, formerly the liner Impera
tor, upon which the British messenger
!of peace occupies the imperial suite |
i originally intended for the use of the j
j war lord who is in exile at Doom.
The prime minister, his daughter and
his official party spent restful hours
aboard the liner after being the center
of farewell demonstrations in London
and again in Southampton.
"I am off in the hope of being able
to do something to narrow the Atlantic,"
Mr. MacDonald said.
Great Day in London.
It was a great day in London, where
arrivals and departures of notable mis
sions and royal envoys are not unusual. :
But rarely has the departure of a Brit-1
ish statesman on a mission abroad ever ;
attracted such widespread attention or
evoked such universal approbation as I
the Journey of this Scots Labor leader, j
whose rise from obscurity to the most
powerful political post in the empire is |
1 one of the romances of modern Eng-
I land.
Shortly after 10 p.m. last night the j
busy program of the day ended as the ;
special train bringing the prime min
ister and his party rolled into South- j
ampton. Almost immediately the travel
i ers came aboard the liner, and soon
I sought their cabins after a gratifying
but trying day. All day long at No. 10
i Downing street the primejmlnister_was
; (Continued on Page 2, Column 4j
FIRE COMPANY 21
WINS STAR TROPHY
No. 5 Truck Also Fastest in
Its Division in Annual
j
| * Speed Tests.
Supreme in their respective classes, :
, No. 21 Engine Company and No. 5 j
Truck Company were adjudged the win- :
ners today of the annual speed tests of
the District Fire Department.
Its record of 6% seconds, made yes
terday, untouched by 14 other com
panies competing early today in the j
concluding tests, No. 21 company comes
into permanent possession of The Eve
ning Star Cup by reason of previous
victories in 1926 and 1927. Although
several other companies gave it a close
call. No. 21 came within two-fifths of
a second of equaling Its 1926 record of
clearing quarters on a fire alarm in 6
seconds fiat, the greatest burst of speed
ever shown by a District engine com
pany during the five years of the of
ficial tests.
Wins Merchants' Cup.
In establishing a time of 7 2-5 sec
onds also yesterday No. 5 Truck is the
winner of the cup awarded annually
to the fastest truck company by the
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Associ
ation. This snappy outfit from George
town crushed the hopes of Truck No. 14,
winner in the two preceding years.
Official confirmation of the records
set in this year's tests will be forwarded
to Chief Engineer Watson by the com
mittee. of which Chief Engineer Thomas
O'Connor, drillmaster of the Fire De
partment, was chairman.
Today's sharpest competition was
furnished by Engine Companies No. 14,
No. 2 and No. 4, the latter a colored
company. They tied in the fast speed
of 7 seconds flat.
Although it had little hope of win
ning, the steady fire tug cleared the
mark at the stroke of the gong in
23 2-5 seconds. Considering the climb
that Pilot J. B. Raleigh had to make
into the pilot house and the difficulties
of starting, this time was considered
nearly a record.
Makes Perfect Start.
No. 14 Engine crew dashed clear
across Eighth street in its effort to set
a new' record. Except for a slight
skipping motor, it is believed the com
pany would have succeeded. Lieut. H.
Buhler was In command. Driver F.
Litteral. and W. P. Bateman at the
crank, performed an excellent job In
getting under way.
No. 2 engine. Twelfth street between
G and H streets, got away to a perfect
start. Sergt. N. S. Bradford was in
charge of the crew. The driver, J. H.
liennig, pressed his foot on the self
starter and the engine roared imme
diate response. These two companies
easily demonstrated their superiority in
the speed tests involving half a dozen
companies today.
Truck Company Leads.
While tests conducted yesterday aft
ernoon at 14 engine and truck houses
failed to smash any of the records
made earlier in the day, No. 11 Truck
Company came very near doing it. It
showed the greatest speed of the after
noon, 7 3-5 seconds, just a fifth of a
second behind No. 5 In Georgetown.
In a number of cases in the afternoon,
when the men had done their utmost,
the motors failed, with a result that
an otherwise good job was spoiled.
Among the engine companies No. 26
and No. 22 were the stellar performers
.(Continued on Page 2, Column 2J
P
:NATS BEAT YANKS,
6 TO 4, IN IST GAME
Myer Knocks Home Run With
Two On in Fifth to Take
Decisive Lead.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.
Washington defeated the Yankees in
j the first game of the double-header
j here this afternoon.
! The score was 6to 4.
FIRST INNING.
; NEW YORK —Combs filed to Goslin.
! Cronin threw out Lary. Ruth singled
j sharply to right. Gehrig forced Ruth,
; Myer to Cronin. No runs.
WASHINGTON—Judge walked. Du
i rocher got Rice's low liner and doubled
i Judge off first. Sherrid tossed out Gos
j lin. No runs. •
SECOND INNING.
NEW YORK—Durst took a third
: strike. Koenig doubled to right center. •
Dickey took a third strike. Cronin
threw out Durocher. No runs.
WASHINGTON—Koenig threw out ;
Myer. Koenig went back for West’s
looper. Lary threw out Tate. No runs.
THIRD INNING.
NEW YORK—Jones tossed out Sher
rid. Coombs singled to center. Lary
doubled down tne right-field line.
Coombs stopping at third. Ruth singled
to right, scoring Coombs; Lary trying
to score from second was out at the
plate. Rice to Judge to Tate. Gehrig
singled to center, sending Ruth to third.
Gehrig overran first and was retired, !
West to Cronin to Judge. One run.
WASHINGTON—Cronin walked. Lary
made a fine one-handed pick-up of ,
Hayes’ grounder and threw him out, I
i Cronin taking second. Jones walked.
I Durocher picked up Judge's grounder
I and threw wildly to second trying to
: force out Jones. Cronin scored and
! Jones stopped at second. Rfce grounded
!to Gehrig, both runners advancing,
j Coombs came in for Goslln's high one. I
i One run.
FOURTH INNING.
NEW YORK—Durst flied to Goslin.
Koenig walked. Dickey forced Koenig.
! Cronin to Myer. Durocher singled past
i Haves to left, sending Dickey to second.
Sherrid walked, filling the bases. Coombs '
singled to center, scoring Dickey and!
Durocher. while Sherrid stopped at
second. Lary forced Coombs, Cronin
to Myer. Two runs.
WASHINGTON —Durocher threw out
Myer. He glso threw out West. Tate
flied to Durst. No runs.
FIFTH INNING.
NEW YORK—West got Ruth’s hoist
in deep center. Gehrig popped to
Cronin. Cronin threw out DurA. No
runs
! WASHINGTON —Cronin lined a single
over Lary’s head for the first hit off
Sherrid. Hayes grounded to Gehrig.
Cronin going to second. Jones singled
to left, scoring Cronin. Judge singled
to center, sending Jones to third. Rice
singled to right, scoring Jones with the
tying run and sending Judge to second.
Ruth came in for Goslin's hoist. Myer
hit a home run to the angle back of
right center, scoring Judge and Rice
ahead, and putting the Nats in front.
Heimach, a lefthander, relieved Sherrid
for New York. Koenig threw out West.
Five runs.
SIXTH INNING.
NEW YORK —Koenig took a third
strike. Dickey popped to Cronin back
of second. Durocher filed to Goslin.
No runs.
WASHINGTON—Spencer batted for
Tate and Koenig threw him out.
Cronin singled to center. Cronin tried
to steal, but was turned back by Dickey’s
throw and was retired. Dickey to Du
rocher to Gehrig. Hayes fled to
Coombs. No runs.
SEVENTH INNING.
NEW YORK—The crowd has now
grown to 10,000. Spencer now catching
for Washington. Jones tossed out
Heimach. Combs walked. Lary got a
single with a bounder that Jones
knocked down, Combs stopping at sec
ond. Ruth singled to right, scoring
Combs and sending Lary to third. Geh
rig fanned. Cronin got Durst's liner
with one hand. One run.
WASHINGTON —Jones double to cen
ter. Judge dropped a single in short
left, sending Jones to third. Rice was
hit by a pitched ball, filling the bases.
Goslin’s looper aws dropped *y Koenig.
Jones tried to score, but was forced at
the plate. Koenig to Durocher to
Dickey, and Rice, trying to go to second,
was out, Dickey to Durocher. Goslin
was caught stealing, Dickey to Durocher.
No runs.
EIGHTH INNING.
NEW YORK—Myer threw out Koenig.
Cronin threw out Dickey. Cronin also
threw out. Durocher. No runs.
WASHINGTON—Myer popped to
Koenig. Koenig threw out West.
Heimach threw out Spencer. No runs.
NINTH INNING.
NEW YORK—Paschal batted for
Heimach and grounded to Judge.
Cronin pulled down Combs’ high bound
er and threw him out. Lary flied to
West. No runs.
U. S BEAUTY DISAPPEARS.
Mrs. May France, London Husband
Fears, Victim of Tragedy.
BRIGHTON, England. September 28
Mystery surrounds the disappear
i ance of Mrs. May France, beautiful
| American wife of Ernest France, an
I antique dealer, after her return to Eng
land from America recently.
She landed at Liverpool from the
liner Scythia on September 6. bringing
with her more than $5,000 worth of
jewelry and money. Since then noth
ing has been heard of her and there
are no clues to her whereabouts. In
the United States she visited her parents
in South Richmond, Va.
“I’m afraid something terrible has
happened to her,’’ her husband said
today.
HOOVER APPROVES
PARTIAL BUDGET
$656,571,234 Allowed for
Executive and Independent
Functions in 1931.
The first 1931 budget figures to be
revealed show estimates of $656,571,234
for expenses of the executive and in
dependent establishments of the Fed
' eral Government have been approved
| oy President Hoover.
In announcing these partial estimates
late yesterday the White House called
■ attention to the fact that this total
; represents a decrease of less than
! $1,000,000 from the appropriations for
the current fiscal year ending June
j 30 next.
No Farm Estimate.
The total does not include any esti
mate for the Federal Farm Board, for
which $151,500,000 was included in the
current appropriations and which
brought the total expenditures for the
current year to $808,689,123. It was
I explained by the President that the
j Budget Bureau did not include an esti
mate for the Federal Farm Board for
I next year because the board has been
unable to determine how much money
It will need to operate.
The largest item in the estimates for
| next year is $606,225,000 for the United
i States Veterans’ Bureau, which Is about
$8,000,000 more than the amount avail
| able for the current year.
Executive Office Slash.
The amount estimated for the execu
tive office is $402,320. compared with
i $611,944 for the present year. This re
| duction. however, is brought about by
, several special items, such as the re
building of the interior of the execu
tive office. $43,000 for remodeling of ;
Mounts Weather, to be used as a rural
retreat for Presiderts. and $5,000 for
the purchase of an oil portrait of Calvin
Coolidge.
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THREE ARE ACQUITTED
IN MINE MURDER TRIAL
Former Coal and Iron Policemen
Were Accused of Beating
Borkowski to Death.
By the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, Sepember 28.—Three
former coal and iron policemen today
were acquitted of a charge of murder
in connection with the death of John
Borkowski. a miner.
The death of Borkowski last Febru
ary, which the prosecution claimed re
sulted from a beating given him by
the officers at the private police bar
racks at Imperial, brought about wide
spread protests against the private police
system that had their echoes in the
State Legislature. A measure was intro
duced in the Legislature to abolish the
private police, but the move was not
successful.
The defense contended Borkowski was \
beaten by one of the defendants, Harold j
Watts, in self-defense. The other offl- i
cers, Walter Lyster and Frank Slapikis,!
had no part in the beating of the miner, j
the defense asserted.
The prosecution refused to quash
charges of involuntary manslauthter,
and the defendants were taken back to j
jail pending arrangements for bail. ;
LADY MURRAY IS SLAIN.
Scottish Baron’s Widow Believed
to Have Been Shot Accidentally.
INVERNESS. Scotland, September 28
UP). —Lady Murray, widow of the first
Baron Murray of Ellbank, was found
dead with a gunshot wound in her head
on a hillside near her home at Easdale,
Argyllshire, last night.
Lady Murray had been in the habit
of frightening off a herd of goats which
sometimes strayed into her garden, and
in doing so traversed a treacherous and
slippery path. It is believed that she
fell and shot herself accidentally.
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FLEXIBLE TARIFF i
VOTE DUE TUESDAY;
j
Ballot by 4 o’Clock to Be!
Sought by G. 0. P. Leaders*
in Senate.
A vote by 4 p.m. Tuesday on reten- j
tion of the flexible principle in the pend- ,
ing tariff bill will be sought by Senate
Republican leaders.
Chairman Smoot of the finance com
mittee said it was present intentions 1
to carry out this plan if all absentees !
could be rounded up by that time. i
The prospect of a vote on the flexible I
issue made today's recess merely an op- j
portunity for leaders of the contending j
sides to work harder than ever to line
up their forces.
After four days of debate, enlivened :
with vigorous attacks by Democrats and
Republican independents upon the ad- !
ministration’s proposal to continue the I
: flexible principle in effect with little ;
change, the issue appeared so closely j
' drawn that leaders of each group, while
! claiming a majority, predicted a very
i close vote.
Both Sides Confident.
Senator Simmons of North Carolina. |
ranking Democrat of the finance com- '
mlttee and leader of his party's attack |
on the Republican proposal, expressed j
a willingness to have the roll called !
before the week end recess was taken, j
but Chairman Smoot, leading the ad- !
ministration forces, preferred to have j
it go over.
Countering Simmons' display, of con-
I fidence In the result. Smoot said he i
i believed at least six Democrats would I
vote with the Republican regulars for
j the amendment he sponsors, under
i which the President would continue, as !
he desires, to hold authority to raise
or lower tariff rates as much as 50 i
per cent upon recommendation of the j
I Tariff Commission.
Whether the Smoot proposal will be
given priority in the voting was not |
| clear today. Simmons, who had an j
amendment looking to repeal of the j
I flexible provision of the existing law |
I pending, has introduced a substitute I
I with » view to having it brought to j
i a vote first. HLs substitute amendment I
I would take away the President's power '
I to change rates and authorize him
merely to transmit recommendations of ]
the Tariff Commission to Congress. j
i An idea of the significance which ;
| some of the Republican regulars jt- j
tach to the outcome of the issue, mean- i
while, has been given by Senator Sack- |
ett of Kentucky. Saying he would :
rather see the rates of the present law
continued than have a new law’ en
acted without continuing the flexible
policy, he predicted;
“As goes the flexible provision, so
| goes the bill.”
Norris* Contention.
His objection that the Simmons sub
stitute proposal, if adopted, would open
up the whole tariff question every time
a rate change was recommended to Con
gress by the Tariff Commission was
countered with a suggestion by Senator
Norris, Republican, Nebraska, that the
law be made to stipulate no amendments
could be introduced under such circum
stances unless they bore directly on the
rate or rates under consideration.
The NorrLs suggestion made a favor
able impression on Senator Gillett. Re
publican. Massachusetts, who had been
arguing in favor of the Smoot proposal,
on the ground that “some machinery
is necessary to correct inequalities in
herent in every tariff law.” a point
stressed in President Hoover's statement
on the subject.
Support of the flexible principle by
dairying interests, which the President
cited as having obtained valuable re
lief under its operation, has been called
to the attention of Senators, meanwhile,
by A. M. Loomis, Washington repre
sentative of the American Dairy Feder
(Continued on Page 2, Column 5.)
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SAAR PARLEY TO OPEN
IN PARIS OCTOBER 17
I
j Beturn of Mines to Germany or
j Economic Collaboration to
Be Determined.
1
! Bv the Associated Press.
PARIS. September 28.—Formal ne- I
gotiations between France and Ger
many over the future of the Saar Basin j
and its important coal mines will begin !
in Paris on October 17.
The discussions, which are expected ;
to be long and intricate, will seek to
determine whether the mines which j
are now held by France shall be re- I
turned to Germany at the valuation .
price or whether some sort of economic I
collaboration can be worked out be- I
tween the two countries so that the
products of the basin shall be available
to both.
The Germans are understood to be
asking the immediate return of the
mines, while the French take the posi
tion that unless collaboration can be
worked out, the Interests of France
demand that the status quo remain
until a plebiscite, w’hich is scheduled
for 1935 under the treaty of Versaille
can be held.
*
“Frcfm Press to Home
Within the Hour**
The Star’s carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi
tion is delivered to Washington homes
•s fast as the papers are printed.
Yeiterday’s Circulation, 105,793
<£’) Means Associated Press.
?
Clocks Go Back
Tonight for End
Os Daylight Saving
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September 28
The daylight saving time, which
has been in effect during the
Summer in this and hundreds of
other cities in the country, will
end at 2 a.m. tomorrow with a
return to standard time. Under
daylight saving timepieces have
been an hour fast since April 28.
Most persons will set their clocks
an hour back as they go to bed. ,
WATER RIG ISSUE
IN CONSERVATION
Secretary Wilbur Finds Old
Covered-Wagon Region
Awake to Progress.
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE.
“Economy as a watchword for the
country seems to have served its pri
mary purpose. The people have set their
eyes in the direction of constructive
progress. They demand an economic!
status that would have been luxury to :
a king of a hundred years ago.”
Such is the impression gained by Dr,
Ray Lyman Wilbur, Secretary of the
| Interior, who has just returned to
Washington after practically an all- j
i Summer survey of the transmississippi i
country. He spent his time studying at
J dose range the vast variety of problems
which within the sphere of the In
terior Department. All and sundry
connected with oil conservation, the
public domains, Indian reservations, na
tional parks, reclamation and irrigation
! engaged his attention. Secretary Wil
j bur declares water is the overwhelm
j ingly outstanding question confronting
' the West. He found it responsive to |
| “forward-looking progressive measures
for the common good’’ and ready to
practice “communal living and think
ing” in a spirit of “rigid co-operation i
and fair play.”
Building Spirit Omnipresent.
“You cannot help but be struck.” said
: Secretary Wilbur in a special interview
| with this writer, "by what may be called
1 the building spirit’ now omnipresent
| throughout the old covered-wagon
| country. It is, of course, nothing else j
i than the traditional American pioneer
i bent finding new expression. To no j
i other problem is the constructive spirit;
■ being applied with more determination
| than to the West’s water necessities, i
i There has been a good deal of con- J
! servation. The real conservation prob-
I lem of the West is the conservation of
; water. Plant life demands water. We
! must have plants suitable for our ow n J
! uses or we can have no civilization,
j Prom Nebraska west, water and water
alone is the key to our future. We need
I the mountains and the hills and a great
j protected back country, or we cannot
! have sufficient water for our valleys. I
We must replace homestead-thinking
I with watershed-thinking, since water
l sheds are primary to Western homes.
I We can no longer afford to think only j
' in terms of immediate uses and selfish
interests. There must be a great West
-1 ern strategy for the protection of our |
j watersheds and the plant life on them.!
| however undesirable and unimportant
! some of it may seem to be.”
Importance of Water.
' It is because of water’s paramount
importance to the West that Secretary
; Wilbur approves of the public land pol
icy advocated by President Hoover. A
j commission is to consider a plan where
iby there will be transferred to those
States willing to accept the responsi
bility control of the surface rights of all
! public lands not included in national
j parks or monuments or in the national
; forests. "These States of the West,”
■ says Secretary Wilbur, “are water-con
-1 scious. They can more readily build up
| these wise water conservation measures
i upon which their very life depends than
| can the distant Washington Govern
! ment. It would be fair, too. for the cit
j izens of Western States to have the |
privileges already in possession of those
lof the East. With sound State policies,
based on factual thinking, it may event--j
ually develop that it is wiser for the j
i States to control even the present na
ional forests. Such a policy will need to
I be worked out so as to hold the oil. !
| coal and mineral rights of public lands,
subject to some form of proper Federal
; prospecting law. with development on_a
i (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.)
LOS ANGELES POLICE
GRAFT QUIZ STIRRED
New Indictments Returned in
County Grand Jury’s “Protec
tion” Probe.
By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES. September 28.—In
vestigation of charges of corruption and
bribe-taking by Los Angeles policemen !
was stirred up yesterday after the re
turn of additional indictments by the
county grand jury.
The jury yesterday returned indict
ments againtrr M. B. Sheffield and A.
T. Lanahan, colored police lieutenants.
They were accused of taking protection j
money from bootleggers.
The grand jury also returned addi- j
tional indictments against W. E. Evans,
M. H. Ledbetter. H. M. Hill, O. L. Peter
son and L. F. Sale, vice squad police
men. who previously had been indicted 1
for bribe-taking. W. B. Westman, con- 1
lessed bootlegger, told the grand jury
he had paid protection money to offi- I
cers for six years.
GOVERNMENT WORKERS TO ASK
YEAR-’ROUND HALF HOLIDAYS
Today Marks End of Short Saturdays, Granted Employes
During Summer.
While Government workers today
were bidding good-by to the last Sat
urday half holiday for this year,
j Luther Steward, president of the Na
i tional Federation of Federal Employes,
I came forward with the promise that his
organization will make a determined
effort at the next session of Congress
to get the half holiday all the year
round.
Backed by a resolution passed unani
mously by the federation at its bi
ennial convention at Sault Ste. Marie,
Mich., this, month, the national officers
here are determined to push their cam
paign for legislation to accomplish the
purpose.
“To grant the short Saturday all
year to Government workers,” said
TWO CENTS.
KEY WEST REPORTS
WIND OF DO MILES;
CENTER OF STORM
SOUTH OF MIAMI
j*
Expected to Pass Midway
Between Island and Main
land; Matacumbe Message
Tells of Velocity of 90.
HURRICANE TAKES TOLL
OF 20 LIVES AT NASSAU
•
West Coast Warnings Ordered From
Tampa Southward — Storm Un
abated After Eaging All Night
at Miami—Train Marooned at
Homestead.
MIAMI, Fla., September 28
(rP). —The hurricane will move
across the straits north of Key
West, R. W. Gray, Miami
weather man, said at 10:45 a.m.
Mr. Gray said gale winds would
continue here for two more
hours, after which there would
be an abatement at Miami.
By the Associated Pies.v
KEY WEST, Fla., September
28.—Whipped by a wind that in
creased from 40 to 60 miles an
hour between 8:30 and 9:30 o’clock
this morning, a heavy sea was
j breaking over the sea wall here,
! endangering small craft anchored
close to shore and flooding the
lower end of the streets running
to the waterfront. The Govern
ment barometer reading at 9
o'clock was 29.42.
The wind was reported as shift
ing slowly from north to west,
indicating that the storm center
would pass approximately mid
way between here and the main
land. The center of the disturb
ance at 9 o’clock was placed by
H. B. Boyer, Government mete
orologist. as 95 miles east north
east of Key West and 80 miles due
: south of Miami.
Unofficial reports received here by
the Pan-American Airways said an esti
j mated wind of 90 miles an hour was
sweeping across Matacumbe Key. 80
miles northeast of here. The report
did not state whether there had been
' any damage to the fishing camps located
on the key.
1 Shortly after the receipt of the mes
| sage from Matacumbe Key, telephone
communication between Key West and
the mainland was cut off at No Namf
Key, 40 miles south of Matacumbe. All
telegraph lines were out with the excep
tion of the cables from here to Havana,
Miami and Punta Rassa.
HURRICANE WARNINGS RENEWED.
Storm Is Unabated After Raging All
• Night in Miami.
MIAMI, Fla.. September 28 (jP).—
Southeastern Florida today renewed its
vigil against approach ol a furious
West Indian hurricane in the face of
renewed hurricane warnings from the
United States Weather Bureau at Wash
ington, extending from Miami to Key
| West. The westward movement of the
, storm brought for the first time since
its approach was indicated the direction
;of northeast warnings on the west
coast of the State, from Key West to
Tampa.
The threat of the storm, which thrust
Us fury upon Nassau during a 48-hour
period to exact a toll of at leats 20
lives and unestimated property damage
vas felt in winds of gale force and
moderate gale force along the lower
I east coast from West Palm Beach
i south.
With Key West cut off from tele
phonic communication in the face of
j murky weather and a 7:30 o’clock read
j mg of 29.49. accompanied by winds of
moderate gale force. United States
Weather Forecaster H. B Bover pre
dicted an increase in wind velocity up
to hurricane force there unless the dis
turbance changes its direction within
the next few hours.
Richard W. Gray. United States mete
(Continued on Page 2, Column 1.)
MAN RACERS TAKE LEAD.
PHILADELPHIA. September 28 (AY
—Speeding up their slow pace of the
; past two days, the men swung into the
! lead in the six-day endurance race be
tween man and beast at the arena here
I today.
As the contest entered the 103 d hour,
the team composed of Joie Ray, Chi
cago. and Johnny Salo, Passaic. N. J..
1 led the horses by almost 6 miles with
! a score of 440 miles and 2 laps,
j The score of the leading horses. Red-
I wood and Fleetwood, was 434 miles 9
laps.
j President Steward today, “will only be
following the trend in industry and
business and we expect to see a bill
| introduced early in the regular session
to bring the Government into line with
the progressive movement in the world
of affairs.”
The Saturday half holiday was estab
lished several years ago as a three
month proposition, but about two years
ago President Coolidge extended it so
as to run through the entire Summer
! from the first of June to the last of
September. It formerly extended from
; the middle of June to the middle of
| September.
Government workers planned to take
; full advantage of the last half holiday
today and there was an early exodus
from the city to the Capital's play
grounds at nearby golf courses, beaches
and mountain resorts.