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, TO DEDICATE BUSTS
Delegation Representing llli*
nois University Hall of Fame
Visits Executive, / f
My the Associated Press.
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Bien today invited President Hoover to j
dedicate the Hall of Fame at the Uni
versity of Illinois School of Journalism,
on a date to suit his convenience.
In the delegation were J. E. Det-
Tinger, president of the Illinois Press (
Association; H. L. Williamson, secretary!
of the association; Charles Eichenaucrf
of Quincy and Carl Sloan of Peoria.
The group was presented to the Presi
dent by Roy Vernon, Washington cor
respondent of the Chicago Daily News,
and Arthur W. Crawford of the Chi
cago Dally Tribune.
The President took the Invitation un
der advisement.
Members of the croup said it was
hoped that IP busts would be In the
Hall of Fame at the time that it was
dedicated. Included among those to be.
honored, they said, ‘are Melville E*
Stone, a founder of the Associated Press,
and Joseph P. Medill. editor for many
years of the Chicago Dally Tribune.
“BETTY” CARSTAIRS*
SPEEDBOAT MAKES 90
Choppy Water and Pleasure Craft;
Halt Practice Trials , j
on Lake. |r
Mr the Associated Press.
GHAVENHURST, Ontario, July 17.
The speedboat Estelle IV, driven by Miss
Marion B. “Betty” Car stairs, British
hope in the international rs/ces for the
Harmsworth trophy at Detroit the last
of next month, churned the waters of
Tiake Muskoka yesterday at 90 miles an
hour.
This speed is just short of that at
tained by Sir Henry Segratve in the trial
that cost his life in England recently,
although conditions for Cast going yes
terday were far from good.
Miss Carstalrs' tests were handicapped
by choppy water Tnd the presence of
many pleasure craft on the lake, carry
ing crowds of spectators.
"You can't see a boat until you’re
right on it,” the English ffjortswoman
said Anally and abandoned. 1 further at
tempts to demonstrate the speed of her
craft yesterday.
The Esteaie IV had her throttle wide
Open for about three-quarters of a mile.
Driven by two 900-horsepower engines,
the speedy craft kicked up a great cloud
of spray and Miss Carstalrs appeared
to have all she could do to retain her
hold on the wheel as the rudder was
buffeted by the waves. The mechanic,
Joe Harvis, sat low in the cockpit, man
aipulating the throttle.
The speedboat’s performance was sat*
kf&ctory, Miss Carstalrs said afterward,
and she feels ready for her third at
tempt to wrest the Harmsworth Trophy
from Gar Wood of Detroit, who has
held it since 1920.
GERARD FEARS WAR
Conflict Between Fraruce and Italy
Prophesied on Return.
NEW YORK, July 17 (A*).—James W.
Oerard, Ambassador to Germany under
President Wilson, expressed *the belief
today, upon his return from France,
that “a new war is brewing, between
Italy and France.”
“It is imminent,” he said. “It is In
Cie air ”
He talked to no diplomats on his
visit, he said. Asked if France were
the aggressor, he answered, “I should
not say so. She has too much to re
member of the last war. I think France
fears it.”
Execution Appeal Denied.'
BUENA VISTA SPRINGS. Pa., July
17 UP). —Justice Pierce Butler of the
, United States Supreme Court yesterdav
1 denied an appeal presented on behalf
of three convicted bandits, who are
under sentence to be executed at Kan
•as City, July 25. The appeal was pre
sented to Justice Butler at his Summer
, dome here yesterday afternoon by Frank
Lingqulst, Kansas City, attorney for
the men.
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a Pennsylvania Senator probably
has to be. To insinuate that a
Senator should keep a secret waa
perhaps unparalleled in those legis
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PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECT OF CAROL S COUP SEEN
BENEFICIAL TO RUMANIA'S ECONOMIC WELFARE
FOLLOWING HARD PROBLEMS OF RECENT YEARS
Prosperity of Entire Country
Dependent Upon Improved
Crops and Markets.
KING HELD STABILIZER
i
j Reorganization of Govern*,
ment Administrative Agen
cies Regarded as Need.
This is the fifth of a series of six
articles describing the events leading to
and subsequently developing tn the
restoration of Carol on the throne of
Rumania. The final article will appear
tomorrow.
BY LELAND STOWE.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
BUCHAREST, July 17.—America's
interest in Rumania has been largely
romantic. In fact, young America is
indebted to Rumania for vindicating
George Barr McCutcheon and his glit
tering procession of princes, princesses
and kings. When Carol came flying
back from exUe to the throne little
more could be said than that Rumania
once more had out-Graustarked Grau
stark.
Actually, however, the United States
has a, more important, If less glamor
ous, Interest in Rumania of today. We
have a commercial and financial inter
est of considerable moment. The com
mercial interest, a matter of American
-exports to Rumania, is well founded.
Arrive in Bucharest today and nine out
of ten taxis waiting for the Orient
Express are American cars of a great
variety of makes. Between B 5 and 90
per cent of all automobiles bought in
Rumania in a year are of American
manufacture. This is but one exam
ple of the open trade door Rumania
presents to us.
More American Loans Likely.
As to our financial Interest, it is now
constituted of only a few American
loans. Including one just completed for
telephone modernization by the Inter
national Telephone St Telegraph Co.,
but other such loans will undoubtedly
follow in the next few years.
We have reason, then, to regard re
cent events in this Balkan kingdom
with something more than delight at
romanticism having a last glittering
tilt against the twentieth century’s
matter-of-fact armor. Rumania rep
resents what, since the war, has been
an economic tragedy and what for the
future ought to be an economic op
portunity. As a result, the American
business man and banker has a right to
know what has been happening in re
cent years to Rumanian economy,
where it stands today and what its
prospects are. ,
It is not a simple matter to meet
these inquiries adequately in a brief
survey, nor has it been a facile task!
to gather all the data one would like,
to have on the subject. Nevertheless,
one remark should preface even ,a
boiled-down resume of Rumania's eco
nomic situation and Its relation 'to
King Carol's regime. This is that the
information herewith presented lias
been gleaned from independent sources,
much of it from business men and'ex
pert observers who have lived in Ru
mania over a period of years, and that
the great portion of the data cited
here does not represent what is jknown
as “official inspiration.” A one-sided
report either of Rumanian politics or
Rumanian economics would be of no
i value.
Population Greater Since War.
With that idea in mind, one can
turn from the engrossing personal prob
lems of King Carol and the new gov
ernmental order associated wiUh his
ascension to the throne and consider
this outpost between Europe and Rus
sia and the Orient as an economic
entity. ■
Rumania, as a result of thql war and
the ensuing treaties, sprouted from a
little nation of 8,000,000 to ta country
of 17,000,000. Its area is almost 114,-
000 square miles, or two and one-third
times that of New York State. Its
broad plains represent a tremendous
agricultural richness, it has thousands
of miles of great forests and oil deposits
of vast importance. These are natural
resources still tapped to only a frac
tion of their potentiality. /
When one considers that almost tone
fourth of Rumania's area is covered
with beautiful forests: that its 200-
mile strip of 25,000 hectares (ft oil
bearing land is only one-sixth exploit
ed; that the country’s cereal production
is enormous in comparison with its size,
it seems incongruous Indeed bo recall
that Rumania has been the victim of a
grave economic crisis for th'» last two
years. Since the death of Bvudugan in
October, 1929, and with the wabbling
uncertainty of the revised regency, con
ditions went from bad to - worse eco
nomically. The eve of Carol’s return
found Rumania concluding -m disastrous
six months, • with relief difficult to
foresee.
Poor Crops at Poor Prices.
What were the aspects tof this acute
crisis? For two years the budget had
suffered heavy deficits —52582,000,000 lei
In 1928 and 1.338,000,000, in 1929. For
two years Rumania suffered an unfa
vorable balance of trade, close to these
same figures. The extremely bad crop
of 1928 helped to precip'ttate this condi
tion; the reduced prices of wheat, bar
ley, etc., accentuated them in 1929,
largely nullifying the promised gain of
the biggest crop in five years.
Lack of confidence in the regency
swiftly extended to lack of business con
fidence. Money became dearer and
dearer until, at the * present moment,
Interest rates on short-term loans are
so high as to be almost unbelievable.
On the authority of a leading Ruma
nian economist, whose figures are con
firmed by qualified resident Americans,
the rate for open market discount from
big Bucharest banks is now from 14 to
18 per cent, and from provincial banks
It is between 20 and 30. Whereas in
1913 there was In circulation S2O worth
of lei for each inhabitant of Rumania,
there is now in circulation only $7
worth.
An eloquent incident in the matter
of short-term loam of from one to six
months in Rumania is this: The Na
tional Bank recently issued a manifesto
stating that it would not discount paper
of banks which charged customers more
than 18 per cent interest. In other
words, the National Bank indirectly In
dicated that it considered 18 per cent
a reasonable rate.
Railroads Losing Money.
In addition to these pinches of eco
nomic crisis, the Rumanian railroads
for years have operated, at a loss. They
are Improperly organized, in need of
modernizing and the country's trans
portation faciltles are Inadequate.
These were some of the outstanding
major difficulties at the moment when
Carol assumed power. Admittedly, the
change in regime oould not make mat
ters much worse. Psychologically, it
gave promise of Improving the situa
tion. and for that reason many Ru
manians and foredgns hope for im
provement.
Studying the economy more closely,
it is necessary to recognise Rumania
as essentially an agricultural dountry
with more than 80 per cent of its
population living from the land. There
are only about 200,000 factory workers
among the 17,000,000 inhabitants.
Therefore, # the whole welfare of the
country rests on its crops. Production
4 of cereals lor the last four years has
4 been:
I 1926 12,230,748 tons
1927....... 8,792,355 tons
1928 8,927,800 tons
1929 13,101,000 tons
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THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D- C.. THURSDAY, JULY 17. 1930.
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Types of Rumanian peasants, who make up a large proportion of the popu
lation of King Carol’s realm. It Is to Carol the peasants are looking to improve
their economic condition.
Prices for cereals were so low in 1929
that there still remain 2.500,000 tons,
mostly corn and oats, which it has been
Impossible to export. Last year 6.000,000
tons of corn alone were produced. This
year bumper crops of wheat and barley
are indicated, but Rumania’s prosperity
will depend in considerable measure
upon the ability to market them at a
fair profit. This, however, gives some
idea of the country’s agricultural po
tentialities—and likewise of Rumania
as a held for tractors and other modem
farming equipment.
Oil Production Increases.
Rumania's second great national
assets is oil. In 1913 its production was
1,885.619 tons from 79,000 meters of
borings. The years up to 192* were
required to bring Rumania back to its
pre-war level, but in 1926, production
had risen to 3,241,329 tons from 260.485
meters of borings. Last year Rumania
reached the peak of its oil production
with the sizable amount of 4,827,000
tons, making Rumania the sixth oil
producing country in the world. This
from approximately one-sixth of its oil
bearing territory, as the remainder is
still untouched.
Coming down from the Transylvania
hills, one sees from the train the cease
lessly rolling black clouds from a well
atfMorenl which took fire when blown
a''year ago last March and has burned
steadily ever since. It is estimated,
j although I do not know upon what
authority, that enough gas has been
destroyed there to illuminate New York
City for 40 years. In any case, this
well is a mute witness to Rumania's
great oil riches, as yet but partially
touched. King Carol has reason to
speak with pride of his country’s re
sources. A similar story could be told,
if space permitted, of the Rumanian
forests.
Turning to the country's financial
condition, the fluctuations of the cur
rency command attention. After the
war the lei stood at 35 to the dollar.
During 1926 its downward march be
came dizzy. In January, 1926, it fell
to 260 to the dollar. In June of the
same year it touched 250 to the dollar,
then recovered in December to 180.
After slight improvement during 1927
it was pegged at about 165 lei to the
dollar and in February, 1929, by grace
of a loan of $102,000,000, it was stabil
ized at the rate of 165—168 to the dol
lar, or 807—817 to the pound. Before
the war the let was five to the dollar.
Bank Rate Advances.
Meanwhile the bank rate, fixed at
6 per cent at the beginning of the war,
was raised to 8 per cent in March,
1929, and to 9 per cent last December.
Simultaneously the cost of money had
risen to the astonishing heights al
ready cited.
Examination of the government rev
enues emphasizes the difficulties under
which Rumania has labored in recent
years. For the last four years they
have been as follows (in leisj:
Year. Receipts. Surplus.
1926 31,224,000,000 2,974,000,000
Deficits.
1927 36,000,000,000 1,367,000,000
1928 32,767,000,000 5,582,000,000
1929 33,738,000,000 1,338,000,000
The surpluses and deficits here indi
cated represent the excess or shortcom
ing over government estimates, and in
the last two years these deficits have
obliged the government to increase
taxes heavily. The additional load on
the taxpayer, plus the economic crisis,
swiftly made the situation serious, and
it has not yet emerged, although there
are promises of Improvement.
Trade Balance Has Varied.
In 1928 Rumania had an anfavorable
trade balance of approximately five
billion lei, and in 1929 the excess of
Imports over exports was still about one
billion lei. For 1930 a favorable trade
balance is anticipated. From 1922 on
the country has had a favorable bal
ance during five years, with three years
in the minus column.
As to Rumania’s national debt, this
table will give some light:
Internal debt
-1926 26.139,000,000
1827 21,397,000,000
1928 20,189,000,000
1930 14,000,000,000
Foreign debt—
-1926 7,224,000,000
1927 7,750,000,000
1928 5,225,000,000
1929 22,000,000,000
By the stabilization loan of $102,000,-
000 the foreign debt was increased in
1929 by 17.000,000,000 lei and the in
ternal debt reduced by 6,030,000,000
through the revaluation of gold Jn the
national bank. The annuities of the
foreign debts were paid by the tobacco,
salt and match monopolies, the first
two organized with a sinking fund and
the last ceded to the Swedish match
kings, Krueger & Toll.
It is worth remarking that Rumania
has met and is meeting promptly the
annuities of her war debts to England,
the United States, France and Italy.
The cost of service on the Rumanian
national debt in 1929 was 6,123,000,000
lei. opposed to a cost of 3,654,000.000 in
1925, but it must be remembered that
the currency had depreciated badly and
has been stabilized in the interim.
Even as the debt stands today—and it
has long been extremely difficult to ob
tain absolutely authoritative figures in
this matter—it is said by competent ob
servers to still be comparatively small
and much less per capita than among
the nations of Western Europe.
Railroads Mismanaged.
The railroads constitute a serious
problem. Today there are only 3,688
kilometers of main railroad lines in all
Rumania and 6,724 kilometers of branch
lines, many of them in bad condition.
During the war the railroads were sub
jected to severe strain, and since then
have been unable to cover expenses.
Part of this is due to abnormally heavy
lists of employes, to mismanagement
and need of reorganization.
The system of free nm»« on rail
roads in Rumania is carried to the
point of the ridiculous, and, as in other
realms, stories of graft and exploitation
are heard. In any case, the railroads
expended 12.300,000.000 lei in 1929, reg
istered an Income of only 11,450,000,000.
and accordingly had a deficit of 850,-
000,000. The economic crisis following
the bad crop of 1928, the stabilization
'of the lei in 1928 and the distinct fall
of prices for all cereals and oil in the
same year reduced railroad traffic dras
tically. Their situation is made worse
by the fact that the railroads need cap
ital to Invest in rolling stock and new
lines, which are essential to Rumania’s
dreamed-of economic development.
Long-Term Credit Needed.
In response to my query as to Ru
mania’s most pressing needs, one banker
and economist, who is outside the
realm of politics, replied:
"The most serious economic problem
of today is to And long-term credits for
agriculture and industry, so as to in
crease the currency circulation to the
normal rate of S2O for each Inhabitant
of the country. The money in circu
lation should be 60,000,000,000 lei in
stead of the present 21,000,000,000.
“After bringing the circulation to its
normal plane, the second thing for the
King and the government to do is to
reduce the number of officials who are
doing nothing but living at the expense
of the Rumanian taxpayer. Most of
these officials, who today are little more
than parasites, could be useful to the
country as workmen, agriculturists or
tradesmen. These are the two big
economical problems which demand
solution as soon as possible.’’
There is also the testimony of Dr.
Virgil Madgearu, eminent Rumanian
economist, former finance minister and
a member of the present Maniu cabinet.
He says: "If the United States have
been able to stabilize their economic
prosperity they have done it by raising
the purchasing power of the workers
through the direct means of high wages
and the indirect means of the install
ment system. In the same way, Eu
rope's Industrial states will emerge out
of the unemployment crisis only by
creating new groups of consumers in the
agrarian countries of eastern and south
ern Europe. That end cannot, however,
be achieved by artificially stimulating
consumption through the system of ex
port credits, but only by co-operating
financially and technically in the
economic reconstruction of the eastern
and southeastern European states.’’
American Expert Is Confident.
Again there are the words of an
American expert who has resided in
Rumania for a number of years. “I
see no fundamental cause fbr lack of
confidence in Rumania.’’ he told me.
"Rumania’s trade balance is Improving,
her budget is balanced, her currency
is stable and she is meeting all her
foreign obligations. I believe the
economic situation should now be on
the upgrade. It is largely a question
of confidence, as is always the case.
Carol’s return should be a considerable
help, because it has increased confidence
within Rumania and because it prom
ises governmental stability.”
It seems evident that the above re
view of Rumania's economic situation
that the nation, despite discouraging
years, is confronted with a new oppor
tunity for prosperity and expansion.
This depends clearly upon at least
three factors. Upon the quality «f
leadership and the earnestness of the
king’s endeavor: upon the honest re
organization and control of Rumania’s
agrarian and commercial enterprises,
and upon the availability of foreign
capital. But foreign capital in large
amounts will scarcely be forthcoming
unless these first two provisions are
complied with from within, and that
is a condition almost exclusively posed
to King Carol, his advisers and co
administrators in political and economic
Rumania.
Rumania so long has been a fluctuat
ing quantity that it still needs to prove
itself in foreign eyes. If influential
and intelligent Rumanian leaders will
supply this element of sound business
effort, it is scarcely debatable that
Rumania offers a rich field for foreign
capital. This one factor offers another
man-sized challenge to Carol.
GEN. SMITHER BURIED
Was Veteran of Two Wars and
Legion of Honor Member.
WEST POINT, N. Y., July 17 UP).—
Brig. Qen. Henry C. Smither, veteran
of the Spanlsh-American and World
Wars and member of the Legion of
Honor, was buried yesterday in West
Point Cemetery in the presence of his
family and former classmates at the
Military Academy.
The honorary pallbearers were Col.
C. O. Hall, Col. J. R. Young, Col. Beth
M. Milliken and Madison Marine, all
members of the class of 1897 at West
Point. Rev. E. M. Van Note of High
land Falls officiated.
Members of the family at the funeral
were Mrs. Hdhry C. Smither, the widow;
Henry C. Smither, jr., a son, of Law
renceville, 111.; Capt. and Mrs. George
W. Gering of Indian Head, Md.. son-in
law and daughter, and Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Armel of Washington. D. C.,
another son-in-law and daughter.
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
TODAY.
Lawn fete, Ursuline Sisters, 519 Fourth
street, 5 to 10 p.m.
f Pree study class, United Lodge of
Theosophlsts, Hill Building, Seventeenth
and I streets, 8:15 p.m.
Meeting, Association for a Home for
Widows and Orphans of Veterans of all
Wars, Soldier, Sailor and Marine Club,
Eleventh and L streets, 8 p.m.
_, s * l p on . “The Handwriting on the
Wall, Vermont Avenue Baptist Church,
®- 30 P m - Rev. A. Will banks, pastor of
the Tenth Street Baptist Church.
Card party, Washington Review, 1750
Massachusetts avenue, 8:15 p.m.
FUTURE*
Luncheon. Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity,
Hotel Gordon, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m.
I*wn party, Joseph H. Mila ns Lodge
Chapter No. 41, o. E. 8.. Eighth and H
streets northeast, Saturday evening.
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Four Quakes in Four Day«. .
THREE FORKS, Mont., July 17 UP).
—The fourth light earthquake in four
days was felt last night. The move
ment, lasting four seconds, was re
ported from Bozeman, Lombard and
Gateway. No damage was reported.
93 CITIES IN GLASS
over loam now
25 Added to List by Census,
With Los Angeles Among
Biggest Five.
Twenty-five more cities hmve Joined
the 100,000-population class during the
past 10 years, bringing the total num
ber of municipalities with at least that
many residents to 93.
The completed Associated Press census
compilation shows that there is a total
of 36,393.321 persons, or more than a
fourth of the Nation's, total estimated
population, dwelling in these larger
cities. Led by New York with its nearly
7,000,000 persons, flke of these cities
alone boast of more than 15.000,000 of
the total residents of the larger
municipalities. The other four cities
in the million class, in order of their
populations, are Chicago, Philadelphia,
Detroit and Los Angeles.
Los Angeles is the newcomer to the
“largest city” group, for in the last 10
years it has Jumped from tenth place
on the list by virtue of a population
increase of 113.59 per cent over the 1920
census.
Newcomers to the 100,000 class gener
ally were shown to have grown consid
erably faster than the 68 cities already
within the select group through the 1920
census.
45.5 Per Cent Increase.
Showing a total) 1930 population of
52,928,405, the 25 "new” cities increased
at a rate of 45.5 par cent since the last
' census, while tha larger group of 68.
j with a present population of 33,464,816,
increased by 22 per cent.
Although the latter figure is smaller
. than the increase of this same group
of 68 cities from. 1910 to 1920—the early
rate being 23.8 *per cent—the combined
growth between! 1920 and 1930 of all the
93 munlcipalitiei; now within the 100,000
' class stands at f 32.6 per cent.
Largest Cities Table.
The complete Associated Press tabu
lation of the Nation’s largest cities
follows: \
L Per cent
• Increase
1930 since. Rstinc
Cttr. population. 1920. In 1920.
New York 6.959.782 24 0 1
Chicago 3,973.763 24 8 3
Philadelphia ...... 1.961,459 7.5 3
Detroit , 1,564,397 57.4
Los Angelas 1,231.730 113.59 10
Cleveland j 901,482 13 1 5
St. Louis 822.032 6.36 6
Baltimore 801.741 9.3 8
Boston 783,451 4.7
Pittsburgh 669.631 13 8 9
San Francisco 625.974 23.5 12
Buffalo 572.913 13.0 11
Milwaukee 568,962 34.4 13
Washington 486,716 11.0 14
Minneapolis 464,674 33.0 18
New Orleans 456.793 17.7 17
Cincinnati 449.331 11.9 16
Newark, N. J 444.170 9.3 15
Kansas City. Mo . 393.640 31.9 19
Indianapolis. Ind. 364.073 16.8 21
Seattle, Wash 363.134 15.1 30
AtUteta. Ga 347,991 73.4 33
Rochester. N. Y... 325,019 9.9 23
Jersey City. N. J.. 316,914 6.4 22
Louisville, Ky 307.808 31.1 29
Portland. Oreg.... 399.133 15.8 24
Toledo. Ohio 290.787 19.5 26
Houston. Tex 289.428 109.3 45
Columbus. Ohio.. 389.056 22.0 28
Denver. Colo 287.644 12.0 25
Oakland. Calif.... 284.313 31.4 31
St. Paul. Minn.... 370.883 15.4 30
Dallas. Tex 360.397 63.8 43
Birmingham, Ala. 257.657 44.1 36
Akron. Ohio 366.353 22.9 32
San Antonio. Tex. v 294.563 57.7 41
Memphis. Tenn... 252.040 55.2 40
Providence. R. 1.. 351.029 5.3 27
Omaha. Nebr 214.175 11.7 34
Syracuse. N. Y.... 309.377 20.5 37
Dayton. Ohio 200.763 30 0 43
Worcester, Mass.. 196.395 9.2 35
Richmond, Va.... 183.983 6.5 38
Oklahoma City.... 183.845 100 3 80
Youngstown. Ohio 170.004 28.4 50
Orand Rapids 168.234 22.3 48
Hartford. Conn... 183.849 18.7 46
N. Haven. Conn.. 163.660 0.07 39
Port Worth, Tex.. 160.893 51.3 65
Flint. Mich 156.433 70.8 77
NaahvlUe. Tenn.. 153.193 39.4 56
Springfield. Maag. 149.161 15.5 51
San Diego, CanF. 147.897 88.4 93
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Tulsa. Okla 141,291 96.0 97
Jackson villa, Fla.! 12lj]g82 4L6
Norfolk. Va 127.808 10.3 59
Albany. N. Y 137.358 12.3 60
Trenton. N. J 132.610 3.8
Kansas City, Kans 122.327 13.4
Chat nooga. Tenn. 119,539 106.4 133
Camden. N. J 117.172 0.07 98
Erie. Pa 115.975 31.1 75
Spokane. Wash... 115.514 10.6 66
Fort Wayne. Ind.. 115.121 33.1 83
Elisabeth. N J ... 114.561 19.8 72
Fall River. Mass.. 114,349 *9.3 54
Cambridge. Mass. 113,650 3.6 6.1
N. Bedford. Mass. 112.804 *6.9 93
Reading, Pa 110.289 1 3 64
Miami. Fla 110.025 273.1 355
Wichita, Kana.... 109.332 53 4 96
Takoma. Wash.... 106.837 10 2 71
Knoxville. Tenn... 105.797 36.0 98
Santon. Ohio 109.934 31.1 82
rilmington, Del... 105.191 4.5 63
Peoria. HI 105.156 39.1 91
South Bend. Ind.. 103.694 46.0 100
Somerville. Mass.. 103.604 11.3 76
Evansville. 1nd..., 103.151 30.9 84
Utica, N Y 102,633 9.0
Lynn, Mass 102.327 3.3 69
El Paso, Tex 101,975 • 31.5 99
Duluth. Minn 101,391 2 5 70
Waterbury. Conn.. 101.107 10.3 79
Tampa. Fla 100.910 95.5 137
Lowell. Mass 100,300 11.0 91
•Decrease.
BIG LIVE STOCK GROU|PS
GIVEN GREATER VfOICE
National Marketing Association
Membership Expected .to
Grow as Result. \ /
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July 17.—Directors of the
National Live Stock Marketing Associ
ation Tuesday tendered the olive
branch to the larger co-operative mar
keting groups of the country In noting
to give more voice In the policies of
the association to the larger unltsj
The larger houses, delegates said* have
been seeking this concession and pend
ing a decision have taken no moves
toward accumulating any stock nec
essary for membership in the national
combination, formed under the auspices
of the Federal Farm Board. i
Although no definite pronouncement
was made, some of the delegates said
a number of large co-operative groups
would petition for membership in the
national body as the result of the con
cession.
Officers elected Tuesday were C. A.
Ewing. Decatur, 111., president; H. L. ,
Kokernot, San Antonio, Tex., vice f
president, and H. H. Parke, Genoa, 111., t
secretary. F
NEWARK POLICE RAID f
COMMUNIST MEETING!:
n i
Lack of Permit Prevents Talks byfl:
Instructors of Columbia ,
• Economics Faculty.
By the Associated Freu.
NEWARK, N. J., July 17.—A street
meeting of Communists and members
of the American Civil Liberties Uni-rm .
was broken up by police here list night
and two were arrested. The meeting ;
was Intended to test the right of free ;
speech and free assemblage, but police
said no permit was obtained. i \
The first interruption occurred when J
a policeman pulled William Nunn >of
the economics department of Columbia
University from the chair on which (he
was speaking. Paul F. Brtesendten.
assistant professor of economics I at |
Columbia; Carl Raushenbush and Collis
Stocking, economics instructors of ;the
same Institution, were scheduled, to
speak. >
‘A. A. Taylor, Newark organiser of the ,
Civil Liberties Union, and Paul Stark, I
local Communist, who were arrested,
were released on SIOO bail.
Hail Kills Seven.
SOFIA. Bulgaria, July 17 (/P).— Seven
persons were reported killed yesterday
in terrific hailstorms prevalent through
out Southern Bulgaria.
Numerous fishing smacks were miss- 1
ing in a hurricane in the Black Sea.
BOY, HURT PLAYING WITH DOG,
SHOWS SOMfc IMPROVEMENT
Robert C. Jones, Jr., in Hos
pital With Serious Frac
ture of Skull.
Youth Conscious at Times,
but Condition Remains
Undetermined.
Although somewhat improved today.,
Robert C. Jones, Jr., the 7-year-old iSonf
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Jones of
4801 Indian lane. Spring Valley, suf
fering from a fractured skull, sustains i
while he and his younger brother were
playing with a large dog Tuesday nigh t,
was still in a serious condition in Emer
gency Hospital today.
The boy was conscious at times today,
but his condition was said to be a» yet
undetermined. Dr. Harry Kerr/per
formed an operation for the skull tfrifc
ture yesterday morning. I
Robert’s father said he believed the
dog with which the two boys were {play
ing must have knocked Robert ova: and
as he fell he struck his head against a
rock. The first Mr. and Mrs. Jones
knew of the accident was when Ken
neth, the younger brother. 6 yeans old,
ran into the house saying Robert was
MOUNTAINS YIELD
BODY OF GRAHAM
Airmail Pilot Found Dead Six
Miles From Wrecked Plane
in Long Hunt. /
Br the Associated Press.
CEDAR CITY, Utah, July 17.—The
long search for Maurice Graham,
Western air express air mall pilot, miss
ing since January, ended yesterday,
when his body was found six miles from
where his wrecked plane was discovered
late in June.
Maj. Richard N. McDonald, war-time
flying companion of the dead air mail
pilot, led a small searching party that
discovered the long-sought body in un
derbrush along a stream in the Ka
narra Mountains, 22 miles southwest of
here.
Identification was made through two
personal cards, his revolver and food
stuffs taken from the plane. Maj. Mc-
Donald said he believed Graham died
from exposure, apparently while sitting
down to eat.
In his left hand resting across his
chest was a knife and beside the body
a can of tomatoes. In his right hand,
lying over his head he held his revolver,
fully loaded.
Empty Can Beside Body.
An empty can of foodstuffs also lay
beside the body. /
The discovery climaxed an intensive
search of the vicinity which has been
under way since discovery of the plane.
The clue that is believed to have been
mainly responsible for ending the mys
tery was found last Saturday in the
discovery of a burned-out camp Are
and articles identified as from a kit
carried by the flyer 3 miles south of the
scene of the wreckage.
In addition to McDonald, the men
who found the body included Jimmy
Allen of Los Angeles, a cousin of the
pilot, and Glen Beal, George Edwards,
Leo Currier and Prank J. Bartlett, all
of Cedar City. McDonald and Allen re
turned to Cedar City, leaving the other
four men to guard the body.
McDonald immediately notified the
Western Air Express officials in Los An
geles of the discovery.
Graham was flying the airmail run
from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City. It
was on the last leg of his flight that he
became lost in a storm over Nevada and
Utah.
On Regular Run.
Graham left Las Vegas, Nev., late at
night on January 10 for Salt Lake City
on his regular airmail run. At the time
of his take-off a blizzard was brewing,
but the flyer, noted for his daring, be
lieved he could battle through it.
The odds were against him, however,
and before he had flown far the bllz
sard had increased in intensity. At St.
George, in the southwest corner of
Utah, residents heard his plane circling
over the town and believed he Intended
to land, but was unable to do so because
of snow that had covered the lights on
the emergency landing field.
Graham apparently gave up the ef
fort to land and again headed for Salt
Lake City. Along the route between
Cedar City and St. George farmers and
residents of towns said they heard a
plane believed to have been Graham’s
flying low, as if looking for a place to
land. His plane is believed to have
crashed high in the Kanarra Moun
tains early in the morning of Janu
ary 11.
Immediately a search was started by
air and land over most of Western
Utah and Eastern Nevada. No trace,
however, was found of the flyer until
his plane was found by two shee4p
herders 22 miles southeast of here last
month. I
ADMIRAL ROBERTSON’S
j FUNERAL SATURDAY
Body Being Brought From San
Diego by Sister and Brother
f for Arlington Interment.
Funeral services will be held Satur
day morning at 10:30 o’clock for Rear
.Admiral Ashley H. Robertson, U. S. N.,
(at Arlington National Cemetery. Ad
miral Robertson died July 13 at the
[Naval Hospital in Ban Diego, Calif., and
rhis body is being brought here, accom
panied by a sister, Mrs. B. H. Pinnell.
and a brother, Dr. L. C. Robertson.
The funeral party is due to arrive here
at 8:35 a.m. Saturday. There will be a
funeral escort of one battalion of In
fantry, Including Marines and blue
jackets. Capt. Sydney K. Evans, Navy
chaplain, will officiate.
Three volleys of musketry will be fired
by the escort as the body is lowered to
its final resting place ’and a 13-gun
salute will be fired from Port Myer.
The following officers will officiate as
honorary pallbearers: Admiral Charles
F. Hughes, Rear Admiral 8. S. Robi
son, Rear Admiral Jehu V. Chase, Brig.
Gen. Ben H. Fuller, Marine Corps: Rear
Admiral H. O. Stickney, retired, and
Rear Admiral R. E. Koontz, retired.
TARIFF TOOK 745 VOTES
Senate Record of Controversy Fills
369 Pages.
Br the Associated Press.
It required 745 roll call votes to dis
pose of controversies over the tariff
while it was before the Senate.
The “yea-and-nay” record was com
piled by C. A. Loeffier. secretary to the
majority, and published today in a
369-page public document.
Figuring the Senate met an average
of five hours a day and a roll call
usually requires about seven minutes,
the record votes alone used up 87 hours,
or 17>4 days of the marathon debate on
the Hawley-Smoot measure, signed one
month ago today,
V'
ROBERT C. JONES, JR. .
hurt. Mr. Jones found the boy in a
semi-conscious condition and rushed
him to the hospital. Mr. and Mrs.
Jones, with their children, were visiting
outside the city when the accident oc
curred.
Mr. Jones is co-manager of the firm
of G. M. P. Murphy, member of the
> New York Stock Exchange.
DENIES COACHING
MOONEY WITNESS
San Francisco Police Captain
Says MacDonald Iden
tified Suspect.
Br the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 17.—Police
Capt. Charles Goff, accused by John
MacDonald of having coached him to
identify Thomas J. Mooney and Warren
K. Billings following their arrest for the
Preparedness day parade bombing here,
today gave his own version of the af
fair.
Goff said his recollection of the 14-
year-old occurrence was MacDonald
came to him and made a statement
saying he had seen men place the
bomb.
“I then gave McDonald what is
known as the rogues' gallery book,”
Goff said, adding that when MacDonald
“came to the picture of Mooney, in
which Mooney wore a moustache, he
sAid ‘this looks like the man, but he
did not have a moustache and was
dressed differently.”’
"I did not at any time coach Mac-
Donald or ask him to identify any
particular person, either Mooney or
Billings,” said Goff.
MacDONALD EN ROUTE WEST.
Attorneys State Witness Anxious to
.Undo Old Wrong.
Br the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 17.—John Mac-
Donald was on his way to California to
day to retract his testimony ..which was
largely responsible for sending. Tom
Mooney and Warren K. Billings to
prison for life in connection with the
San Francisco Preparedness day bomb
ing in 1916.
MacDonald was accompanied by three
attorneys with whom he conferred here
after his release from custody in Bal
timore.
The attorneys issued a statement say
ing MFcDonald admitted having per
jured himself in his testimony at the
murder trials and that he was de
termined to right the wrong even
though it may lead to severe punish
ment.
“He fully realizes his .danger,” the
statement said, “but insists he prefers to
relieve his conscience by undoing this
wrong than to do anything else in the
world. He knows this can be done only
by going to the Governor of California
and convincing that executive of the
honesty of his present purpose.”
Jo the party with MacDonald were
Frank P. Walsh, Charles Ruzicka and
,na Mw *" l
ARMY-NAVY TENNIS
MATCH IS SATURDAY
Seventh in Series for Leech Cnp to
Be Played at Chevy Chase
Country Club.
The annual Army-Navy tennis match
fbr the Leech Cup will be played on the
courts of the Chevy Chase Country
Club, beginning at 2:30 o’clock Satur
day afternoon, It was announced at the
Navy Department today.
Thto year’s match will be the sev
enth. In the first two matches, in 1924
and 1925, the Army team waa victorious,
but in the matches since then the Navy
has won out.
Both services are making great efforts
to win this year. The Navy team will
Include the following officers. Comdr.
C. C. Gill, Lieut. C. 8. Seely, Lieut. D.
C. Redgrave, Lieut. R. M. Watt, jr.:
Lieut. R. W. Dole, Lieut. G. W. Smith,
Ensign W. E. Howard. Jr.; Ensign J. M.
Farrim, jr.; Ensign M. Halstead and
Ensign F. C. Lucas.
The Army team is as follows: Maj.
T. D. Findley, Maj. R. C. Van Vliet,
Maj. W. M. Robertson, Maj. L. 8.
Hobbs, Maj. J. H. Hills, Capt. C. W.
Christenberry, Lieut 8. K. Robinson,
Lieut. E. R. Mathews, Lieut. D. D.
Hadekln and Lieut. M. Lewis.
All officers of the Army and Navy and
their families and friends are Invited
to attend the match. No ticket will be
necessary.
BOUNDARY PACT SIGNED
Guatemala-Honduras Dispute Goes
to Arbitral Tribunal.
Br the Associated Press.
Secretary Stimson announced today
that a treaty had been signed here by
Guatemalan and Honduras delegates
submitting the boundary dispute be
tween the countries to an arbitral trib
unal over which Chief Justin Hughes
will preside.
Secretary Stimson said the delegates
also signed a supplemental convention
providing for fixing the boundary after
a decision is made by the arbiters.
The sign used to mean “and.”
is only a contraction of “et,” the Latin
word for “and.”
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CAMPAIGN INQUIRY
AWAITS WITNESS
Nye Body Recesses Until
Mrs. Mabel Reinecke
Can Be Found.
CHICAGO, July 17 UP). —Senator
Gerald P. Nye, chairman of the Sen
ate Campaign Funds Committee, an
nounced today he would recess his in
quiry into Ruth Hanna McCormicks
campaign expenses after today's hear
ing until Mrs. Mabel Reinecke, former
internal revenue collector, could be
found and brought before the commit
tee.
Mrs. Reinecke was mentioned in tes
timony as the contributor of $2,500 to
Mrs. McCormick's campaign, but fur
ther testimony indicated the $2,500
had been given by Col. R. R. McCor
mick, publisher of the Tribune, and
listed under her name instead of Col.
McCormick's.
Tells of 936,968 Donation.
Robert E. Crowe, former State's at
torney of Cook County, told the com
mittee today that he had spent about
$30,000 of his own funds during the
last Republican primary campaign in
the county In which he supported can
didacy of Ruth Hanna McCormick for
senatorial candidate.
Crowe said he used virtually all Uis
funds to carry on the campaign for
various county and State legislative of
fices. only incidentally mentioning Mrs.
McCormick in a few minor bits of ad
vertising. He said he had no association
with her candidacy other than his vol
untary indorsement of Mrs. McCormick.
The former State’s attorney explained
that he favoren Mrs. McCormick against
Senator Charles S. Deneen because she
opposed the World Court.
Senator Gerald P. Nye, chairman of
the inquiry, announced he would make
known later in the day whether he
would summon James' Hamilton Lewis.
Democratic senatorial nominee, to ques
tion him about his remark that “the
JfPUjplican senatorial campaign cost
$1,000,000 and It increasingly appears
Mrs. McCormick used the most of it.
Holds Check for November.
Mra. McCormick was recalled and
“**6 when and where she voted on
election day. "Os course you voted,”
Senator Nye asked. “I sure did,” Mrs.
McCormick replied, laughingly, "at my
home In Byron, 111.” v
•,5^£ toi L N ? e then “ked her about the
$lO,OOO check she received shortly be
,r ° r * “** SP - . o !.***? P rlmar y campaign
from Col. R, r. McCormick, her brother-
She s ? lc * Bhe ha< 3 it indorsed
» i L™* cashed by some one of her
staff, the money being placed in a vault
in her office, where the money now is.
She said she wanted to keep it separate
from her own funds which she used to
her campaign, and had not returned tt
to Col. McCormick, since he told her
to keep it for use in her Fall campaign.
Mrs. McCormick said she had several
similar contributions not used in the
primary with which she would open an
account for the Fall campaign against
Lewis. She could not recall just when
the $lO,OOO check had been cashed or
who cashed it.
She said these funds would be ac
counted for In her Fall report “down
to every lead pencil and postage stamp.”
NO LIMIT SET.
Amount Properly Spent on Campaign
Depends on Candidate.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
Just how much money is it per
missible for a candidate for the United
States Senate to spend? The investi
gation into the Illinois primary reveals
that about as much money was spent
there as in Pennsylvania, not only by
the candidates themselves, but by their
friends.
There is no law limiting expenditures
in the primary and no prospect of any
limit being set. Nevertheless, the Sen
ate has taken cognizance from time to
time of what It deemed excessive ex
penditures. In the case of Truman
Newberry in Michigan much less money
was spent than m Illtnois or Pennsyl
vania, but the Senate at that time dep
recated the expenditure of even a quar
ter of a million dollars. The conten
tion made by candidates who spent
than that sum is that the size of
the State makes a difference in the cost
of the canvass.
As a matter of fact, the investigating *
committee examining the Illinois ana
Pennsylvania primary elections does not
need to make a report until the Decem
ber session of Congress; hence it could
make an Inquiry after the November
election if it so desired. At present the
regular Republicans here are saying that
the only value the Investigation will
have is to furnish ammunition to the
Democrats, and that, strictly speaking,
none of the candidates who were suc
cessful at the primaries are as yet with
in the jurisdiction of the Senate, since
nobody has been elected to thak body.
In other words, the question of whether
a seat shall be granted does not actually
come up until and after the November
elections. This is one reason why Re
publican leaders here think the Senato
committee might Just as well make its
investigation after November as before.
Tho charges and countercharges are
being made in Illinois as to the total
amount spent by Mrs. Ruth Hanna
McCormick, the successful nominee,
and Senator Deneen. who was defeated.
The question raised is how much money
the candidates spent as contrasted with
the amounts expended by the Stato
organizations and factional groups.
There is no Federal jurisdiction, of
course, over what the State groups
spend. In fact the whole question is
one of morality in politics, with the
Senate itself the final Judge of whether
a seat was really bought or whether it
was legitimately obtained.
There seems to be no doubt that if
Mrs. McCormick is the victor she will
have to appear before the Senate Com
mittee on Privileges and Elections, iq
order to satisfy the Senate as to her
moral right to a seat. In the Vars
and Smith cases the Senate was influ
enced by a belief that corrupt forcoi
were at work and that group interest
were back of the candidates. The spec
tacle of a candidate spending personal
funds for almost all of the campaign
expenses, as was the case with Mrs.
McCormick, is not new. as Oiffor<|
Pinchot spent approximately $290.00f
in fils unsuccessful effort to land g
place in the Senate two years ago.
Although there is much debate as tg
how much money constitutes a legiti
mate expenditure, the real issue if
where the money came from and thf
purposes behind the contributions.
(Copyright, 1930.)
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Son of Composer Wagner 111.
BAYREUTH. Germany, July 17 OP).—
Siegfried Wagner, son of the famous
composer, collapsed here today under
strain of rehearsal for the Wagner
festival, which opens here July 22. His
physician said he was not critically ill,
Put was physically and nervously ex
hausted and would require weeks of rest,
The festival opening is not affected.
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