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WEATHER.
CD. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.)
Fair tonight: tomorrow partly cloudy;
not quite so warm tomorrow night.
Temperatures—Highest, 101, at 2:45
pm. yesterday: lowest. 77. at 4 a.m. yes
terday. Full report on page 12.
Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages 10 and 11
t.» Q-i Ell Entered as second class matter
.>O. O-ljcJ-IJ.. post office. Washington, D. C.
TRADE DEPRESSION
AT END, NATIONAL
! SURVEY INDICATES
Industrial Leaders of Many
Sections Point to Increase
in Employment.
MANY LINES REPORT
ADDITIONAL ORDERS
Signing of Anthracite Wage Agree
ment Means Steady Output
for Nearly Six Years.
"ndustrial leaders in increasing num
bers are stating their belief that de
pression has touched bottom and that
business is now on the upturn.
L. M. Klinedinst. vice president of
the Timken Roller Bearing Co., is
lunong those to hold this conviction,
*nd in proof he offers the return of
5,000 workers to the company s plant
In Canton, Ohio, next Monday. /
Thousands of workers have gone back
to the automobile factories in Detroit,
*nd R. W. Woodruff, president of the
White Motor Co. and the Coca-Cola
Co. which, together, employ 24,000 per
sons. believes the business slump has
been exaggerated and is "largely psy
. chological anyhow.” . . ,
To determine to what extent busi
ness may be improving, as evidenced
in part by the return of w °J
their jobs, The Star and the North
American Newspaper Alliance have
made an inquiry throughout the coun
, try, and present the following reports.
Improvement in Syracuse.
CVRACUSE N. Y. —With several of
toe important industries rehiring
5d employ** who hadn't been working
!“ ™nths and otto <•?»«“
nouncing increases in orders, it is leit
here that ft general improvement in
hniiin£ss is not f&r &w&y»
The H H. Franklin Manufacturing
Co. automobile builders, during the
last week rehired scores of ,
who had been laid off since last Win
ter. They announce that conditions in
their organization are showing constant
business in Detroit auto
mobile factories is reflected here.
Large Syracuse companies making
seam are operating nearer normal
capacity than in months.
With importations of foreign-made
pcttery curtailed by the new tariff,
officials of the Onondaga Pottery Co.,
large producers of all kinds of pottery,
believe condition® in their industry are
pure to Improve.
Textile MW* Resume.
CHARLOTTE. N. C lmpressive
evidence of an improved business out
look in Charlotte is resumption of
work in textile and knitting mills
closed for short periods this Summer
Two plants in Charlotte idle recently
are back in* operation. __ . ...
One, the Atherton Mills, textile
manufacturers, had been closed six
weeks. It employs 200 operators. The
. Charlotte Knitting Mills closed two
months, is again hi
100 operators. The Nebel Knitting
Mill Co., manufacturers of fine hosiery,
is running on a 24-hour day schedule
to meet trade demands. This company
I operates two plants and employes 600
,( Those in close touch with the tex
tile situation throughout the Piedmont
reaion say the Charlotte situation is
characteristic of the textile activities
and outlook in that district.
Harold D. Leslie, manager of the
Charlotte Industrial Bureau, says: I
believe we have turned the corner.
Renewed manufacturing activity is
taking place in many lines, and I be
lieve we will see a sound and steady
return to normal, although I do not
look for any great expansion of produc
tion facilities for some time.
‘‘There has not been much more
than a seasonal curtailment in manu
facturing. Most of the unemployment
has resulted from slackening in dis
tribution and transportation agencies,
which are dependent on national rather
than local conditions, and which will
Improve as soon as the upward trend
has definitely asserted itself.
William Nebel, president of the Nebel
JKnitting Mill Co., says:
"Conditions in the trade apparently
are much better now than even a few
weeks ago. The market has hit the
bottom and now is going back up slow
ly. That probably means business will
be brisk for us hereafter."
Milwaukee Little Hurt.
MILWAUKEE, Wis.—Preparing for
Fall and Winter business, Industrial
activities in the Milwaukee area show
4 distinct signs of holding at the present
level most of August, but with increases
probable in September.
Diversification has enabled Milwaukee
to pull through the first half year
i period with few shutdowns. Half-year
reports by leading industries show as
many gains in sales and net profits
as losses, as compared with the 1929
(Continued on Page 2, Column 6.)
PACT LEAVES U. S. BIG
CONTROL OF NITRATE
Sherman Anti-Trust Law Bars This
Country From Monopoly of
Other Nations.
( Br the Associated Press.
BERLIN. August 9—Negotiations of
European and Chilean nitrate producers
begun in Ostend in June and later con
tiued at Paris, came to a successful
conclusion today with an agreement
binding virtually all countries in the
world* excepting the United States.
The countiles represented at the con
ference Included Germany, Prance, Eng
land, Belgium, Holland, Italy, Norway,
Poland, Czechoslovakia, Ireland and
Chile.
The trade compact, which sets up
world-wide control of production and
prices of nitrate other than in the
united States and its dependencies,
where the Serman anti-trust law
operates against monopolies, will take
' effect as soon as formalities have been
settled, after which the syndicate will
issue a statement setting forth Its scope
and plans.
The combine, it is said, leaves the
United States in control of about 50
per cent of nitrate production through
the recently formed Chilean Nitrate Co.
y padio Programs Pago B-10
HOOVER TO OBSERVE BIRTHDAY
IN SIMPLE CAMP CEREMONY
President Appears Tired on Leaving Capi
tal on Eve of Fifty-sixth Anniversary,
hut Boone Praises Health.
BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG.
The Rapidan Camp tomorrow once
again will be the scene of a birthday
party for President Hoover.
Mr. Hoover tomorrow will reach his
fifty-sixth year, and in honor of the
occasion Mrs. Hoover and some of the
old friends who are members of the
[ week end party at the lodge have ar
ranged for a happy celebration of the
great event.
There will be nothing elaborate or
suggestive of a festive occasion. The
event will be observed in the same
simple fashion which marked the birth
day anniversary at the camp last year.
Os course, there will be a birthday cake
and candles. But there will be other
interesting and novel features. As a
' matter of fact, there has been planned
all sorts of fun.
Also the celebration will be void of 1
-1
INDIANS DEFEAT
NATIONALS, 13-7
Tribesmen Hit Five Griff
Pitchers Hard to Win
;
First Game.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.
Hitting five National pitchers hard the
Cle\ eland Indians took the first game of
a double-header at Griffith Stadium to
day.
The score was 13 to 7.
FIRST INNING.
CLEVELAND—Myer went into short
right for Montague’s high one. Porter
singled to left. Morgan tripled to right
center, scoring Porter, and West made j
a poor return, which Cronin barely
knocked down and the error let Morgan
score. Cronin threw out Hodapp. Aver
ill went out, Judge to Liska, covering
first. Two runs.
WASHINGTON Myer walked.
Bluege flied to Porter in short right.
Manush forced Myer with a bounder to
Montague. Morgan made a nice stop
of Cronin’s grounder. No runs.
SECOND INNING.
CLEVELAND—FaIk singled to left.
J. Sewell singled to right, sending Falk
to third. Myatt, singled to left, scoring
Falk, J. Sewell stopping at second.
Liska was taken out and Burke was
sent to the pitcher’s box. Miller put
down a sacrifice bunt and when Burke
threw wildly past first. J. Sewell and
Myatt scored and Miller reached sec
ond. Montague got a single with a
bunt to Burke. Miller going to third-
Burke was relieved by Child. Myer
went back for Porter’s high one. Mor
gan walked, filling the bases. Hodapp
drove into a double play, Cronin to
Myer to Judge. Three runs.
WASHINGTON Harris flied to
Averlll. Judge flied to Porter. West’s
grounder down the right-field line
bounded into the field boxes for a
ground-rule double. Ruel got a single
with a hit which Joe Sewell knocked
down back of third. West going to
third. Campbell in trying to get out of
the way took a spill. Miller tossed out
Child. No runs.
THIRD INNING.
CLEVELAND—AverIII fanned. Falk
walked. Harris made a good running
catch of Joe Sewell’s foul. Myatt dou
bled to center, scoring Falk. Myer
threw out Miller. One run.
WASHINGTON—Myer bunted and
was thrown out by Miller. Bluege drop
ped a single in right. Miller picked up
Manushs grounder and threw to Mon
tague to get Bluege, but Bluege was
safe when Montague dropped the ball.
Cronin walked, filling the bases. Harris
forced Cronin, Montague to Hodapp,
Bluege scoring and Manush going to
third. Kuhel batted for Judge. Har
ris stole second. Kuhel fanned. One
run.
FOURTH INNING.
CLEVELAND—KuheI now playing
first for Washington. Montague walked. I
Porter bunted and forced Montague,
Child to Cronin. Morgan tripled
against the left field stands, scoring
Porter. Hodapp doubled to left, scor
ing Morgan. Averill hit a homer over
the fence in right beside the score
board, scoring Hodapp ahead of him.
Falk fanned. Joe Sewell drove a
double past Harris in right. Myatt
got his third consecutive hit, a triple
to deep right center, scoring J. Sewell.
Myer threw out Miller. Five runs.
WASHINGTON—Morgan picked up
West’s grounder and threw wildly past
Miller, who covered first, allowing West
to go to second. Ruel walked. Childs
singled to left, filling the bases. Myer
singled to right, scoring West and Ruel,
and sending Child to third. Miller was
withdrawn and Bean, a right-hander
was sent in. Myer stole second on the
first pitch Bean made. Joe Sewell
threw out Bluege, runners holding
their bases. Manush grounded to Bean
and Child was caught at the plate,
Bean to Myatt, Myer taking third.
Cronin singled to center, scoring Myer,
Manush stopping at second. Harris
singled to left, scoring Manush and
sending Cronin to second. Kuhel forced
Cronin with a bounder to J. Sewell.
Four runs. |
FIFTH INNING. /
CLEVELAND Montague fanned.
Ruel went to the infield for Porter s
pop. Morgan filed deep to West. No
runs. . , .
WASHINGTON—Wfest singled to
I center. Ruel drove into a double play,
J. Sewell to Hodapp to Morgan. Mon
tague threw out Child. No runs.
SIXTH INNING.
CLEVELAND—Hodapp beat out a
grounder that bounced off Child’s glove.
Averill dropped a single in right, send
ing Hodapp to third. West came in fast
for Falk's high one, Hodapp was held
at third. J. Sewell grounded to Kuhel,
Hodapp scoring and Averill taking sec
ond. Cronin threw out Myatt. One run.
WASHINGTON—Myer singled to cen
ter. Bluege sacrificed to Morgan, unas
sisted. Manush doubled to right center,
scoring Myer. Cronin /lied to Palk in
deep left. Montague threw out Harris
from deep short. One run.
SEVENTH INNING.
CLEVELAND —Fischer now pitching
for Washington. Bean Hied to West.
Montague walked. Porter was safe
when Myer fell and fumbled his
grounder, Montague reaching third.
Morgan filed to West Montague
e lEtijcnina ifef.
WASHINGTON, D. €., SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 1930-TWENTY-TWO PAGES. **
any expensive birthday gifts from Mrs.
Hoover or any one else. The President
• always has frowned on that form of
1 birthday reminders. But there will be
no end of small, inexpensive presents
and other knicknacks, selected because
’ of their suggestiveness of something ap
■ propriate in connection with the char
• acter and activities of not only the
, President himself but others in the
party.
The President, with members of the
party, left the White House about 4:30
o’clock yesterday afternoon, arriving at
the lodge just as night was falling.
Mrs. Hoover, with several friends who
had gone to the lodge last Wednesday,
were on hand to greet the late arrivals
and to escort them to the evening meal.
The party included Secretary of War
Hurley, George Horace Lorimer, editor
of the Saturday Evening Post, and Mrs.
Lorimer: Ogden Reid, editor of the New
York Herald-Tribune, and Mrs. Reid;
Jeremiah Milbank and Mrs. Milbank of
New York. Miss Gertrude B. Lane,
Frederick S. Snyder of Boston. Edgar
(Continued on Page 2, Column 8.)
I
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Box Score
FIRST GAME.
CLEVELAND.
A.B. R. H. O. A. E.
Montague, ss 4 11 1 6 1
Porter, rs 5 2 1 3 U O
Morgan, lb 3 2 If 10 L I
Hodapp, 2b 5 a a 4 1 b
Averill, cf 5 1 a 3 O 0
Falk, If 3 a 1 a O 1
Seeds, If 1 O O- l O w
J. Sewell, 3b.... 5 a a 1 3 0
Myatt, c 5 1 3 a O 0
Miller, p a O O O 3 l)
Bean, p a O O O 1 O
40 13 14 27 14 3
WASHINGTON.
A.B. R. H. O. A. E.
Myer, 2b 5 2 2 4 4 1
Bluege, 3b 4 11 11 »
Manush, If 3 11 O O O
Cronin, ss 4 1 2 1 3 0
Harris, rs 5 0 11 O 0
Judge, lb 1 O O 3 1 t
Kuhel, lb 4 O 1 5 O O
West, cf 4 1 « 7 O I
Ruel, c ..4 1 H 4 0 0
Liska, p O O O 1 O O
Burke, p (i O O O O 1
Child, p 3 O 1 O 1 O
Fischer, p O O O O O 0
Brown, p O O O U O O
Rice < O O 0 O 0
Shires 10 0 O O O
40 ~7 13 27 10 3
Bice batted far risrher In the seventh.
Shires batted far Brawn in ninth.
SCORE BY INNINGS:
12846678 8— B.
Cleveland ..23 1 st» 11 OO— 13
Washington 00140 10 1 if — 7
Summary:
Bum halted In—Mersan (*). Myatt (»).
Harris <2>. Hodapp. Arerlll (2). West (*).
Cronin (2). J. Sewell. Manush.
Two-base hits—West, Myatt, Hodapp, J.
Sewell. Manush.
Three-base hits—Morean (2), Myatt.
Home runs—Averlll, Cronin.
Stolen bases—Harris. Myer.
Steriflces—Miller. Bluer*. Morsan.
Double plays—Cronin to Myer to Judse.
J. Sewell to Hodapp to Morran.
l,eft on bases—Cleveland. <; Washington, 12.
Base on balls—Off Miller, 3; off Bean, *.
oft Child, 3; off Fischer, 1.
Struck out—By Miller, li by Child, 3.
lilts—Off Miller, li in 3 innings ! non *
in 4th)! off Liska. 5 In 1 nnlng (none
out In 2nd)! off Burke. 1 in 0 Inning,
off Child, 8 in 5 innings; off Fischer, 0 In
l mpl""^— Messrs. Dinneen. Nallin and
Campbell.
FOREST FIRE RAGES
NEAR RAPIDAN CAMP
Marines Augment Volunteer Fight
ers Who Battle Blaze Seven Miles
From President's Lodge.
By the Associated Press.
ORANGE. Va., August 9.—Busy
studying the drought situation today.
President Hoover had it brought more
sharply to his attention by a sweeping
forest fire just seven miles from his
lodge.
As a wind blew the flames toward
the Rapidan camp a detachment of
Marines turned out to supplement the
efforts of forest rangers and volunteer
fighters. There was no immediate
danger at the lodge, however. The
blaze broke out in Pine Grove Hollow
during the night.
The smoke from several smaller fires
also was clearly visible from the ob
servation tower above Mr. Hoover’s
cabin. On his way to the camp yes
terday parched fields and dusty roads
were vivid evidence of the long dry
spell and at the calnp a flower garden
planted and tendeo by Mrs. Hoover
was brown and seared.
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Dies in Saving Woman Autoist.
KONAWA. Okla, August 9 UP). —
Fltzhugh Elledge, 28, plunged his truck
over a high embankment to death
yesterday to avoid a collision with a car
driven by a woman, witnesses said.
scored after the catch. Hodapp filed to
West. One run.
WASHINGTON—KuheI bounced a
single by Morgan. West forced Kuhel,
J. Sewell to Hodapp. Ruel’s loft to
short left fell between Falk and Averlll
for a single and when Falk kicked the
ball West reached third and Ruel sec
ond. Rice batted for Fischer and
walked, filling the bases. Myer filed to
Falk in short left. Bluege forced Rice,
Montague to Hodapp. No runs.
EIGHTH INNING.
CLEVELAND—Brown now pitching
for Washington. Averill flied to West
in deep center. Seeds batted tor Falk
and flied to West. Joe Sewell popped
to Bluege. No runs.
WASHINGTON—Seeds now playing
left for Cleveland. Montague threw out
Manush. Cronin hit a homer into the
open stands back of center. Montague
threw out Harris. Kuhel flied deep to
Averlll. One run.
NINTH INNING.
CLEVELAND—Myatt popped to Myer
back of second. Myer threw out Bean.
Bluege threw out Montague. No runs.
WASHINGTON West walked.
Ruel filed to Seeds. Shires batted for
Brown and flied to Porter. Myer holst
ed to Averlll. No runs.
HAT AND SATCHEL
MAY THROW LIGHT
ON sl,l ROBBERY
Victims Unable t<r Identify
Suspects Held in McCrory
Hold-up Case.
POLICEMEN FIND TWO
BITS OF THEFT EVIDENCE
i
, Alibi Is Defense of All Three Pris
oners Now Being Held
for Investigation.
A valuable lead, which detectives
hope may bring about an early solu
tion of the McCrory Five and Ten Cent
Store hold-up, was uncovered today
with the finding of the money satchel
taken from Earl D. Flory and Harvey
W. Smith and a hat worn by one of
the three gunmen who accosted the
messengers as they walked from the
store at Seventh and E streets late
Thursday alternoon.
The hat, bearing the label of a Balti
more manufacturer, and the money
satchel were found lying on Talbert
street southeast this morning by a po
liceman of the eleventh precinct, a short
distance from the spot where the auto
mobile used in the robbery was found
yesterday.
SUII Held Cash Box.
Efforts are now being made to de
termine w'hether the hat is owned by
one of the three suspects being held
in connection with the hold-up. The
money satchel, its lock smashed, still
contained the cash box in which the
two runners were taking $1,200 to the
bank for deposit. Seventy cents and
several postage stamps were in the coin
box when it was picked up by the
policeman.
Along with efforts to establish the
ownership of the hat, detectives were
planning an attack on the alibi offered
by John Irvin, 24 years old, who is
said by police to be the owner of the
automobile used in the hold-up; Elmer
Bennett, 28, and James Callan, 23, who
were arrested in nearby Maryland and
Virginia yeSferday and brought here
for questioning.
Flory and Smith said they had never
seen the three men before, but one of
the crowd of passers-by who witnessed
the daring robbery “partially identi
fied’’ one of the men last night at po
lice headquarters, according to de
tectives. Other witnesses were to look
the men over today.
All Claim Alibis.
The release of Callan, who was ar
rested by a squad of Washington de
tectives at his home, near Alexandria,
yesterday morning, is virtually assured,
police say, but he will be held until the
last vestige of doubt as to his location
at the time of the crime has been re
moved. Callan has established what
police regard as an air-tight alibi.
Irvin and Bennett, who surrendered
to Baltimore police early yesterday
when they learned they were being
sought, told detectives they were in
sw’imming at a beach near Baltimore
on the afternoon of the hold-up.
__ The two Baltimore men said they
(Continued on Page 12TCoTumn 2J
SENTENCED TO DIE
IN ELECTRIC CHAIR
Irene Schroder and Glenn Dague
Must Pay Penalty for Slaying
of Officer.
By the Associated Press.
NEWCASTLE, Pa., August 9.—Mrs.
Irene Schroder and W. Olenn Dague,
bott of Wheeling, W. Va.. today were
sentenced to die in the electric chair
for the killing of Highway Patrol Corpl.
Brady Paul, near here, last Decem
ber 27.
Judge R. L. Hildebrand sentenced
the pair after refusing to grant them
new trials. The date for the execu
tion will be set by the governor.
With the passing of sentence the
fates of the woman bandit and the man
who deserted his wife and children to
accompany her on a cai»er of crime
passed from the hands of the Lawrence
County courts. The two were convict
ed last Spring after prolonged trials
following their capture in Arizona in a
gun battle in which a deputy iheriff
was wounded fatally.
The condemned pair heard their
doom pronounced without change of
expression. Neither had a word to say.
Corp. Paul was slain on the Butler -
Newcastie road as he and a fellow offi
cer stopped an automobile bearing a
woman, Dague and another man and
Mrs. Schroeder’s 4-year-old son from
the scene of a grocery store robbery at
Butler.
Both Paul and his companion, Pvt.
Ernest Moore, were shot down when
tlie robbers opened fire on them.
‘Moore lived and was one of the
State’s principal witnesses at the trials.
sevendFe,'i6Tnjured
IN ACCIDENT IN MINE
Three Who Escaped Collapse of
Timbers May Not Survive
Severe Injuries.
By the Associated Press.
POTTSVILLE, Pa.. August 9
Caught in a fall of timbers and debris
in the Gilberton Colliery of the Phila
delphia Reading Coal & Iron Co.
last night, seven miners were killed and
16 others injured.
Three of those who escaped with
their lives were injured so severely they
may not recover, hospital physicians
said today. Twenty-three men were
working in the third level, about 1,900
feet below the surface, when the acci
dent occurred, due, investigators be
lieved. to a sudden collapse of timber
ing. The dead and severely injured were
buried under tons of silt, coal and dirt,
while the others escaped the full force
of the avalanche
The crash of breaking timbers and
falling debris warned workers on the
surface of the accident, and rescue
crews set to work immediately to save
their comrades. Thirteen of those taken
out required only first aid treatment.
The colliery, 10 miles from Pottsville,
has been closed for several months and
new rails were being placed in the
slope preparatory to resuming opera
tions Monday.
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THE SENATE’S SLUSH SLEUTH.
YOUTHFUL BANDITS
FACE INDICTMENTS
Embrey, Beck and Davis
Admit Taking $3,900
From Messenger.
Three youths, who admitted holding j
up and robbing Gilbert Hyatt, runner
of the Mount Vernon Savings Bank, of
a $3,900 pay roll last Friday, were held
for grand jury action in Police Court
today by Judge Ralph Given a
preliminary hearing.
Paul C. Embrey, 20, also charged with
16 cases of housebreaking in the Dis- ;
trlfct, as well as several in, Maryland
and nearby Virginia, was held under I
$20,000 bond. Carl Davis and Morris
Beck, the former having another charge
of robbery agaihct him, were also
locked up. not being able to post
SIO,OOO bail.
Hyatt Recounts Experience.
Hyatt told the court how, while de
livering the money from his bank to an
insurance company, he was accosted by
Embrey on M street near Fifteenth.
"One move and you’re gone,” Hyatt
quoted Embrey as saying, sticking some
thing in the boy’s back, which Embrey
afterward declared was his finger.
Hyatt was forced into a small road
ster and, with Davis driving and Beck
in the rumble seat, was driven out Six
teenth street to Walter Reed Hospital,
down Sherrill drive into Rock Creek
Park, where Hyatt was thrown out and
told to "kepp going.” On the way to
the park, Hyatt declared that he talked
with the youthful trio concerning the
way the stick-up had been accom
plished.
“We spotted you at the bank, of
.course,” Embrey told him. “I sat be
side you in a drug store and drank an
orangeade right after you left.”
Davis, the first arrested, was taken
into custody that night in the 300
block of Fourteenth street northeast
by Detective Howard Ogle. The po
liceman said he had a “hard fight with
the boy.” Davis proved the key man,
and, according to police, yeilded the
identity of his two companions. Beck
was arrested the following day, while
Detective Dennis Murphy apprehended
Efnbrey last near tile place
where Davis was found.
Upon his arrest. Beat declared that
Embrey had asked him to go on pre
vious jobs, police testified, but added
that he had never had the nerve to do
It.
Embrey, according to evidence sub
mitted today, boasted to police about
the number of robberies and houses he
had broken into. He estimated the
number at 40 in the District and sev
eral in Maryland. *
He further testified that his ambi
tion had been to get enough money to
go to Chicago and form a gang there,
and ultimately to return to Washington
and engage in hold-ups.
Embrey Counted Out Loot.
Embrey informed the court that
after releasing Hyatt in Rock Creek
Park they returned to an apartment
in the 1600 block of Euclid street and
divided the money. Beck watched
while Embrey counted the loot. He said
Beck was afraid to take his share at
this time because his sister might no
tice it when he returned to his home
in the 2500 block of Fourteenth street.
Other police who figured in the ar
rest besides Ogle and Murphy were De
tective Sergts. H. E. Brodle and T. C.
Bragg.
Embrey was represented in court by
Attorney James Reilly, while Attorneys
Milton Barrett and Robert H. Wynn
appeared for Beck and Davis.
STOCKPRiCESWILT
UNDER FRESH ATTACK
Declines Run From $1 to $3 a
Share in Day’s Trading.
Sales Heavy.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August 9.— Renewal of
short selling in the last 15 minutes of
today’s stock market broke prices of
leading shares $1 to $3 below Friday’s
close after a covering movement had
eliminated an earlier decline of $1 to $6.
Brokerage gossip had- it that the bull
leaders had completely abandoned the
campaign for the time being. One of
the most prominent traders in the
group became a heavy seller. A few
Middle JVestern operators, usually as
sociated with bull stock markets, were
said to have withdrawn completely
from activity in the market, interesting
themselves by dabbling with grains.
United Btates Steel closed $1.50 lower
and there were losses of $2 to $3 in
Vanadium Steel, Columbian Carbon.
Houston Oil, New York Central, North
American Warner Bros. Pictures, J. I.
Case, Auburn Auto and United Air
craft.
Carriers Authorized
To Reduce Rates in
Drought Districts
I In response to a request made
by President Hoover, the Inter
state Commerce Commission to
day issued an order giving au
thority to the railroads throughout
the country to put into effect
special rate schedules in the
drought-stricken areas.
The commission asserted an
emergency had been created by
the long dry spell and that all
interstate carriers were authorized
to lower tariffs “on live stock,
feed and water and upon such
other articles of traffic as may be
found necessary to and from
stricken areas,’’ without observing
the usual requirements as to
publication and notice in rate
changes. The authorization ex- |
| pires October 31.
SCORES METHODS
OF DRY AGENTS
Woodcock Plans to Hold Men
Accountable for Their Of
ficial Conduct. *
By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Md., August 9—The
promise that prehibition agents who
halt motorists without adequate reason
to believe that the law is being violated
will be held to strict accountability is
made in a letter made public today
from Amos W. W. Woodcock, prohibi
tion director, to the Automobile Club
of Maryland. He said he hoped to make
the dry agents “the best-trained group
of officers in the world.”
Mr. Wodcock's stand was given in
reply to a communication growing out
of the incident near here July 17 when
two officers were said to have fired two
shots at a car containing E. G. Duncan,
State roads engineer, and his wife.
“I do not propose that prohibition
agents shall stop automobilists except
as the law gives them the right so to
do,” said the letter. "That is upon
probable cause that the motorist is
violating the law. I shall hold all pro
hibition officers to strict accountability
for the carrying out of this principle.
“Motorists, however, must recognize
the authority of prohibition agents to
stop and search their cars where there
is proper cause to believe that the law
Is being violated. * * *.
“I hope that the efforts of prohibi
tion agents, under my regime, will make
travel safer and more comfortable for
the public. I intend that this force
shall be the best-trained group of offi
cers in the world, and that they will
keep on a parity with their duty to de
tect the guilty and their obligation to
protect the innocent.”
GROOM R-100 FOR TRIP
OVER CANADIAN CAPITAL
By the Associated Press.
ST. HUBERT AIRPORT. Montreal,
August 9. —The British dirigible R-100
was groomed today for her flight over
the Canadian capital and the St. Law
rence River Valley.
Repaired, refueled and regassed, the
biggest airship afloat will take off from
this airport tomorrow afternoon, cruis
ing to Ottawa, where she will arrive
late In the evening. After journeying
over the seat of the Dominion govern
ment, she will head for Toronto and
then follow the St. Lawrence up over
Hamilton and Niagara Falls and then
back to St. Hubert Airport.
Although there were reports that the
R-100 probably would take off on her
return flight to Cardington. England,
as soon as she had returned here and
refueled, the official take-off time has
been set for August 15, and there has
been no definite anouncement of a
change in these plans.
PRINCE OF WALES ON STRIKE;
WILL ENJOY INFORMAL VACATION
Throwing Off Heavy Ceremonial Yoke, Will Be Boss of
Own Time.
By Cable to The Star.
LONDON, August 9.—The Prince of
Wales has gone on strike. For the next
seven weeks he intends to enjoy a holi
day of his own devising, uninterrupted
by any formal engagements.
An indication that the Prince meant
to be boss of his own time for a brief
interval was seen in his sudden trip to
Le Touquet for a week’s golf after an
official visit to the Belgian exhibition
at Antwerp. It was not surprising that
he has thrown off the ceremonial yoke,
because he will have many engagements
* •
“From Press to Home
Within the Hour 99
The Star’s carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi
tion is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
Yesterday’s Circulation, 105,499
UP) Means Associated Press.
NO RELIEF IS SEEN
YET FORHEAT HERE
Prospect for Today Is That
Mercury Will Probably
Soar to 100 Again.
With every prospect that the mercury
! in Washington will duplicate this after -
| noon and tomorrow the 101 degrees in
I temperature registered at the Weather
Bureau station yesterday, hundreds of
Washingtonians were preparing today
to seek temporary relief over the week
end at nearby mountain and seaside
resorts.
Reluctant at the Weather Bureau
was to admit It, there was no promise
of train or even light showers to cool
sizzling city pavements or quench the
thirst of seared suburban lawns. To
those who will remain to swelter in the
city from the unprecedented heat en
durance record the only comforting as
surance the Weather Bureau could give
was the prediction that tomorrow night
! "would not be quite so hot.”
i Considering local weather conditions
as a whole, it was said there would be
no change in the hot temperature of
ihe last few days. It was not believed,
however, the mercury would exceed
yesterday’s high mark, which caused
Government departments to close at
3 o’clock. But Weather Bureau officials
say that at least 101 degrees is in sight
for this afternoon.
Forecast for Week.
With partly cloudy skies tomorrow-,
the humidity will tend to make people
feel as warm even if the mercury
doesn’t register quite so high.
The weather outlook for next week,
beginning Monday, issued today by the
Weather Bureau here, predicts for the
Middle Atlantic States "showers Tues
day night or Wednesday and again
toward the end of the week. Cooler
weather will prevail the first naif of
the week with moderate temperatures
Last night’s general discomfort was
blamed on the humidity. Many per
sons were mistaken for this reason in
believing it was the hottest night
Washington has experienced during the
present heat wave.
With a humidity of only 19 per cent
at 3 o’clock when the official thermome
ter was registering 101 yesterday after
noon, the heat was not so disconcert
ing as it might have been. But at 8
o’clock last night, the humidity had
risen to 59 per cent, caused by clouds
that blanketed in the heat.
Temperature Only 87.
The mercury stood only at 87 degrees
though it felt much warmer. It re
mained at that point for three hours
and at midnight, while many persons
were seeking refuge in Potomac and
Rock Creek Parks, it hovered around
84 degrees with a high humidity.
By early morning, however, the at
mosphere began to cool. The mini
mum was reached at 4 o’clock, the
mark being 77 degrees. This was one
degree cooler than yesterday’s mini
mum.
With the sun shining brightly, the
temperature rose steadily until at 8
o’clock, with a humidity of 62 per cent,
the mercury was registering 82 degrees
By 10 o’clock it had touched 90. For
tunately, however, the humidity had
dropped to 49 per cent. At 11 o'clock
the reading was 93 degrees, the same
i as yesterday at that hour and at 2:30
it had gone to 99.
SKELETONS* EXCAVATED
By Cable to The Star.
PRAGUE, August 9 (C.P.A.).—The
Harvard and University of Pennsylvania
archeological expedition has excavated
near the village of Horovice, in Bo
hemia, 20 well-preserved skeletons, dat
ing as far back as the first and third
centuries. It has also unearthed bronze
daggers and vases, while one grave
yielded 30 pieces of primitive statuary.
in the Autumn and Winter, and next
Spring he will undertake a trade-boost
ing pilgrimage to Brazil and the Ar
gentine.
This is not the first occasion on which
Prince of Wales has suddenly gone
on strike. Two years ago he decided to
cut down his banqueting engagements
to a minimum, and has rigorously ad
hered to this policy ever since.
The Prince will entertain a number of
house parties at his country residence,
Port Belvedere, near Windsor, and will
play golf and fly.
(Coprricht, 1950.>
TWO CENTS.
HOOVER SUMMONS
12 GOVERNORS FOR
DROUGHT RELIEF
Conference Here Thursday to
Determine Method of Bring
/ ing Agencies Together.
CALLS HYDE AND STONE
TO CAMP IN MOUNTAINS
Animal Feed Mainly Affected, With
Human Supply Reported
Abundant.
By the Associated Press.
President Hoover's organization tal
ents were concentrated today on the
task of welding together an effective
campaign for relieving the sufferings of
the drought-stricken country.
As a first step the Chief Executive
has called on the Governors of the
most seriously affected States to meet
with him here next Thursday to de
termine a method of bringing into play
all available State and county agencies
S for relief with the co-operation of
' j various Federal branches and the Red
j Cross.
Meanwhile, from his Virginia fishing
; camp, Mr. Hoover today summoned
J Secretary Hyde and James C. Stone,
■ Farm Board member, to his Virginia
' camp for further conferences on the
t ' drought situation.
The Agriculture Secretary and Mr.
i Stone arranged to leave immediately for
[ the Rapidan River lodge. Stone has
i just returned from a survey trip in the
| Middle West and South, particularly
in Kentucky, and he will lay the new
I information before the President.
, Secretary Hyde will supplement
I Stone’s reports with any additional ad
j vices from the Weather Bureau as to
. prospects of relief.
As soon as he received the word that
he was wanted at the camp, he speeded
i the tabulation of reports from county
■ agents in the drought areas. He
, planned to carry these with him.
Many reports, he said, undoubtedly
1 would show no relief is needed. This
would simplify the problem by local
izing it, he added.
Indications today were Wiat the Gov--
ernors’ conference here next Thursday
i would proceed along the lines adopted
j in the Mississippi flood disaster, with
I the State executives being asked to set
, I up local relief agencies in the affected
{ areas to serve as liaisons between the
II States and the Federal Government.
1 1 The conference will be held in the
. cabinet room of the White House, in
i addition to the Governors, Secretary
! Hyde, members of the Federal Farm
1 1 and Farm Loan Boards and possibly
other cabinet officers will attend.
i The White House announced today
; , the replies of Govs. Reed of Kansas
; and Parnell of Arkansas, saying they
would be on hand for the conference
between the President, Government
officials and Governors of the States
affected Thursday. Associated Press
dispatches say Gov. Cooper of Ohio and
Gov. Caulefleld of Missouri have an
nounced they would attend the con
ference. Additional replies were expect
ed during the day.
Announcing his decision to call the
Governors late yesterday the President
said preliminary reports indicated ap
proximately 1,000.000 farm families
were affected, together with live stock
amounting to 12 per cent of the total
animal population of the country. In
a lengthy statement surveying the situ
ation, Mr. Hoover said the situation
; was one to cause a great deal of con
cern.
“But it must be borne in mind,” he
added, "that the drought has mainly
affected animal feed, the bulk of the
direct human food production of the
country being abundantly on hand.
“Nevertheless, there will be a great
deal of privation among families in the
drought areas due to the loss of income
and the financial difficulties imposed
upon them to carry their animals over
the Winter.
People Will Be Cared For.
“The American people will proudly
take care of the necessities of their
countrymen in time of stress or diffi
culty. Our first duty is to assure our
suffering countrymen that this will be
done, that their courage and spirit shall
be maintained, and our second duty is
to assure an effective organization for
its consummation.”
At the same time the Chief Executive
asked Acting Chairman Bicknell of the
Red Cross to have his organization pre
pare to relieve any human suffering.
On the basis of the Agricultural De
partment survey of conditions as of
August 1, the President said the most
acute shortage of animal feed crops was
in Southeastern Missouri, northern Ar
kansas. Southern Illinois. Southern In
diana. Southern Ohio, Kentucky, North
ern West Virginia, and. Northern Vir
ginia, with smaller areas In Montana,
Kansas, lowa and Nebraska. However,
a reduction of feed crops in the other
States also was noted, and the Presi
dent said Governors of one or two other
States may be asked later to attend.
“In any event,” he said, “in the most
acute areas we should now lay the
foundation for effective local and State
organization, the object of which is to
prevent suffering amongst farm families
deprived of support and to prevent the
sacrifice of live stock more than is
necessary.”
More detailed information on con
ditions in the drought areas is expected
to arrive from agents of the Depart
ment of Agriculture in time tor study
Thursday. The livestock affected was
placed at 2.250,000 horses and muleß,
6.000.000 cattle and 12,000,000 hogs and
sheep.
Experts to Attend Conference.
At the conference with the 12 gov
ernors will be officials and experts of
the Agricultural Department, the Farm
Board and other Federal agencies.
The report of Secretary Hyde to the
President emphasized that there was no
serious problem of human food supply at.
this time, in view of the ample wheat
crop, good potato prospects in the com
mercial sections of the Northern States
and a fair rioe crop. Bean acreage,
he pointed out. is mostly outside the
drought area, while the Winter vege
tables (rom Southern States will not
be planted for some time.
Canning crops: Tomatoes, peas and
(Continued on Page 2, Column 4.)
Bandits Get $12,000 Fay Roll.
DAYTON, Ohio, August 9 (if).—Forc
ing H. S. Milligan, foreman of the H. R.
Blagg Construction Co., and C. M.
Wadsworth, an employe, to the curb,
three unmasked robbers seized the
company’s $12,000 pay roll and escaped
here today.
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