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Y/EATHER.
(V. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast*.
Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow;
not much change In temperature.
Temperatures—Highest, 91. at S p.m.
yesterday; lowest, 72, at 7 son. today.
Full report on page 3.
Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 9,10 &11
No. 31,868.
GLOBE PLANE DOWN
1,1 MILES SHORT
OE GOAL IN SIBERIA
Herndon and Pangborn Halt,
in Cossack Town Because
of Bad Weather.
WORLD-GIPDLERS LEFT
ROUTE VIA SVERDLOVSK
Flyeri Will Have to Go to Xus
tanaisk or Omsk to Resume
Hop to Irkutsk.
By tha Associated Press.
MOSCOW, August I.—Civil aviation
authorities were advised today that
Clyde Pangborn .y*id Hugh Herndon, Jr.,
round-the-world flyers, made a forced
landing today at Jietiegari, about 150
miles from Kustanalsk, in the Cossack
autonomous republic.
They came down at 8:30 a.m. Moscow
time (12:30 a.m., E. S. T.), the mes
sage said.
Details Are Lacking.
Only sketchy details were available,
but these Indicated that the Americans
had landed on premises occupied by the
metal and gold trust.
Officials here telegraphed represen
tatives of the Civil Aviation Society in
that vicinity to give the flyers all pos
sible assistance.
Subsequent messages said the airmen
had detoured from the direct route to
Sverdlovsk and came down because of
bad weather.
They have been advised by telegram
to take off with a small quantity of
fuel and fly to Kustanalsk or Omsk,
•bout 450 miles away.
1,000 Miles From Moscow.
The town of Kustanalsk is a little
more than a thousand miles from Mos
cow and about 425 miles southwest of
Omsk. It is some distance to the south
of the Transsiberian Railway line,
about midway between Omsk and
Ekaterinburg.
It is about 1,100 miles west of Irkutsk,
which the flyers had hoped to make
their first stop after leaving Moscow.
They got away from Moscow at 5:20
p.m. yesterday <9:20 am., Eastern
standard time) and intended to stop
only at Irkutsk and Khabarovsk before
attempting a non-stop hop across the
Sea of Okhotsk and the Bering Sea to
nome, whence they planned a non-stop
flight over the last leg to New York.
Took Off Easily.
They were approximately 10 hours
behind the Post-Gatty round-the-world |
mark at Mosoow, but with fewer and i
shorter stops they hoped to reduce their j
disadvantage.
At the take-off from Moscow the
weather over their route was unusually ;
good, with light headwinds in the first j
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300 CENSUSBUREAU
EMPLOYES LET OUT
100 More to Go in August, With
Expiration of Temporary
Period.
Since June 30, approximately 300 em
ployes of the Census Bureau have been
Set out as their period of employment
for one year expired. During August
approximately 100 more must go. as
their appointments expire. This was
explained today by William M. Steuart,
director of the census.
There are about 1,000 temporary em
ployes in the card-punching section of
the census, and as that work is nearing
completion and there is nothing further
for the employes to do they will be dis
missed In small lots over a period of
three to four months.
Director Steuart pointed out that
there are now some 5,000 persons on
the census rolls, who are paid from the
special appropriation made by Congress
for taking the decennial census. The
normal roster of the Census Bureau be
tween the census enumeration periods
is 700, so that it Is necessary to cut
down the pay roll from approximately
5,000 to 700 before the end of the cen
sus period, December 31, 1932, when
the appropriation expires.
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MEXICAN REVENUE OFF
$9,825,000 SINCE JAN. 1
Treasury Announces Decrease of
82,000,000 Pesos, Blamed on
High TJ, S. Tariffs.
Br the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, August I.—The
treasury department today announced
the government's Income for the first
five months of this year was 32,000,000
pesos (about $9,825,000) short of what
had been expected.
One of the principal causes of the
deficit, the announcement said, was a
decline In exports, blamed principally
on high tariffs in the United States.
LLOYD GEORGE HOLDS UP
Condition of Ex-Premier After
Operation Held Satisfactory.
LONDON, August 1 (£■).—David Lloyd
George, who was operated on Wednes
day for a kidney ailment, was reported
today to be In satisfactory condition.
"Mr. Lloyd George has had a restful
night,” said • bulletin Issued at his
home, "and his strength Is well main
tained.’’
DIVORCED ARMY OFFICERS MARRY
FORMER WIVES OF EACH OTHER
Maj. M. C. Berry and Lieut. F. B. Dodge Exchange
Spouses in Ceremonies Conducted at Fort Monroe.
B r the Associated Press.
HAMPTON, V*., August I.—Mil
riages in which two Army officers at
Port Monroe claimed the divorced wife
of the other aa his bride took place
yesterday.
The contracting parties were Maj.
Morgan Clinton Berry and Mrs. Da I*l
- Hutchins Dodge and First Lieut.
Frederick Bradstreet Dodge. Jr., and
Mrs. Watsie Darden Berry.
afinz M* mbs. Dodga pare.
Entered as second class matter
post office, Washington. D. C.
MRS. HENDERSON INCOMPETENT
TO MAKE WILL, LAWYER SAYS
Arnold Guardian Declares She Was “Incar
pacitated” Mentally Last March at
Time of Interview.
v Charles W. Arth, guardian ad litem
for Augusta Arnold, whose father was
one of the principal beneficiaries under
the last will of Mrs. Mary F. Henderson,
today filed a report In District Supreme
Court stating that Mrs. Henderson was
“wholly Incapacitated mentally for the
transaction of business” on March 2
list, a little more than a month before
the will was drawn.
The report has no direct bearing on
the will, but was filed by Mr. Arth as
a result of a suit brought by Mrs.
Beatrice Wholean, reputed granddaugh
ter of Mic. Henderson, to have Mrs.
Henderson removed as trustee of the
estates of her husband and son.
Mrs. Henderson’s last will, drawn on
April 8, left the bulk of her $8,000,000
estate to Augusta’s father, Henry Ar
nold. and his sister, Frances Arnold.
The report of the guardian ad litem,
however, It was pointed out, tends to in
validate the will, under which she would
have benefited materially.
Mr. Arth also asserted that Mrs. Hen
derson had no conception of the aver
ments of the suit brought against her
by Mrs. Wholean.
Called Shima Her "Lawyer.”
During a visit to the Henderson home,
Arth tells the court, her Japanese sec
retary, Jesse S. Shima, was present and
sat Immediately In front of Mrs. Hen
derson and Mr. Arth. Mrs. Henderson
referred to Shima as her "lawyer ’’ and
declared he was responsible for her
being alive. Shima admitted to him,
Arth said, that he Is not a lawyer, but
had been a gardener and chief butler
In the Henderson household until about
six months previous, when Mrs. Hen
derson made him her secretary. Mrs.
Henderson then pointed to a paper In
her hand and said: "This man may
LINDBERGHS HOP
FOR JAMES BAY
460-Mile Flight to Cross
Canadian Wilds on Way
to Orient.
By the Associated Press.
| OTTAWA, August I.—Col. Charles
A. Lindbergh and his wife hopped off
l at 9:49 (E. S. T.) this morning on
j their vacation flight to the Orient.
1 Their Immediate destination was the
Isolated port of Moose Factory, on the j
! southern tip of James Bay, 480 miles
from here.
The Lindberghs arrived here two days
ago to confer with Canadian airmen
concerning conditions over the bad
lands of the Northwest. Their flight
today was almost due North. They had
perfect weather.
Check Radio and Motor.
The famous flyer and Mrs. Lindbergh
arrived at the Rockliffe Airport an hour
before their take-off and spent the
intervening time In checking over the
motor and radio. It was expected Mrs.
Lindbergh would continue her wireless
communication with New York as soon
as the plane was < n Its way.
Although conditions were Meal aloft.
Col. Lindbergh had the same cro3swlnd
to contend with at the take-off that he
had on his arrival.
He took only a short run over the
choppy waters of the Ottawa River and,
rising easily, headed off over the Gati
neau Hills.
Radio Message Received.
The government radio station estab
lished communication with the plane
and at 11 o’clock. Eastern standard
time, Mrs. Undebrgh reported they
were making good progress and were
on a direct course to Moose Factory.
Their equipment Includes 50 pounds
of rations and a tent, which would
make It possible for them to subsist for
several weeks if they were forced down
on land and unable to rise. The plane
is equipped with pontoons for water
take-off and landing, but Col. Lind
bergh said It would be possible to land
it on the ground.
The plane carries a powerful radio
set, which operates on a series of fre
quencies of 333, 500, 3,130, 5,815, 8,450
end 13,240 kilocycles. Its call letters
are KHCAL. With this set, on which
Mrs. Lindbergh will do most of the
operating, they plan to keep In touch
with American and Canadian commer
cial stations, or with amateurs if they
lose contact with the larger stations.
ESKIMOS PLAN WELCOME.
Old-fashioned Walras Hant May Be
Staged for Flyers.
POINT BARROW, Alaska, July 31
(JP). — Eskimos, stirred to excitement by
the approaching visit of Col. and Mrs.
Charles A. Lindbergh, today talked over
plans for a real old-fashioned walrus
hunt for their entertainment.
With the ice conditions right, they
said, and with the visitors able to spend
time to see such sport, a hunt similar
to those of years ago will be re-enacted.
The old crude equipment will be
brought forth for use. „.
Should such a hunt not be possible,
however, a spokesman said, the Eskimos
will make presents to the famous aviator
and his wife.
Plans for other entertainment were
made by the few white settlers of this
northernmost Alaskan town. Wild
gees, killed in the early Spring end
kept frozen In Ice cellars, are ready to
be popped Into ovens.
married by Magistrate R. H. Sweeney,
while Lieut Dodge and Mrs. Berry
were married by Capt Ivan H. Ben
nett post chaplain. Maj. Berry is at
tached to the Medical Corps in the
Fort Monroe Hospital and Lieut Dodge
was a student officer in the Coast
Artillery School during the past year.
Radio Prograau os JJagc B-4
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know someth Inf about it.” The paper
bore the name of Attorney George E.
Edelln. her lawyer, Arth stated.
Arth tells the court that he is of
the opinion that some fit and proper
person should be appointed to conserve
until further order of the court the
real and personal property of Mrs. Hen
derson, to collect the rents of both es
tates and recommend that a new trustee
be named in. the suit of the grand
daughter against Mrs. Henderson.
Arth Tells of Recent Visit.
In the course of his report to the
court, Arth savs:
"February 28, 1931, I attempted to
interview Mrs. Henderson at her then
residence, 2437 Fifteenth street, but
was informed by a Japanese whom I
later learned to be Shima, that she was
out and would not return until later in
the day. Thereafter, March 2, 1931,
I again endeavored to interview the de
fendant. On this occasion I was ad
mitted to her home by a Japanese
servant, and shortly thereafter Shima
came into the room and informed me
that Mrs. Henderson would be present
in a few moments. After Mrs. Hen
derson appeared and I had introduced
myself, I informed her that I had been
appointed guardian ad litem for Augusta
Arnold and that my object in calling'
upon her was to ascertain the facts
within her knowledge regarding various
phases of the case, so that I might re
port to the court. Mrs. Henderson and
I sat upon a large davenport in the
center of the room and Shima sat upon
a chair directly in front of us. He re
mained present and participated actively
in the conversation during the entire
period of my visit.
"Mrs. Henderson said that she had
done a great deal for the Arnolds; that
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DETROIT ANTI-GANG
DRIVE SUCCESSFUL
Seven Imprisoned, Score Ar
rested, 30 Indicted in>
18 Months.
The claying of Gerald T,. Buckler, a
radio announcer, In Detroit, focused
national attention onsans activities in
the Mich!can city. The extent of an
IS-month offensive asalnat vice In Amer
ica's fourth larcest city la told In the
following story, the fourth of a aeries:
BY HERBERT A. HALL.
By the Associated Frees.
DETROIT, August I.—An 18-month
offensive against vice, official corruption
and racketeering In the Detroit area
has resulted In the imprisonment of
seven men, the arrest of a score of
others and the issuance of 30 indict
ments.
Police, prosecuting officials and a spe
cial grand jury have directed the offen
sive and their work has led them Into
four general oaths. They are: The In
vestigation of an elaborate plumbing
and heating racket; a search for the
perpetrators of 14 gangster assassina
tions, which culminated in the slaying
of Radio Announcer Gerald E. Buckley;
the rounding up of a gang of big-time
kidnapers, who are believed to have
collected more than $40,000 In ransom
from wealthy citizens, and the investiga
tion of vice and crime In the suburban
community of Hamtramck.
The series of gangster slayings end
ing in the killing of Buckley on July
23, 1930, paralleled the overthrow of
the administration of former Mayor
Charles Bowles and brought the grand
jury Into existence. The 22 members
of the Jury have questioned more than
200 witnesses in their efforts to ap
prehend leaders in the city’s under
world.
Six Under Indictment.
Six officials and employes of the
so-called Master Plumbers dc Steam
fitters' Association have been Indicted
as a result of the Jury’s investigations
of a racket which is said to have coat
Detroit heating contractors more than
$lOO,OOO in property damage and "pro
tection money.” The defendants have
not yet been tried.
The Jury's investigations of the
Buckley slaying and killings re
sulted in the indictment of Ted Pizano,
Joe Bomm&rlto, Angelo Livecchi, Pete
Licavoll and three unnamed persons on
charges of assassinating the radio an
nouncer. Pizzino, Livecchi and Bom
marl to were tried and acquitted. A
few months ago Ptolno and Livecchi
were convicted of the slaying of Wil
liam Cannon and George Ctollixta,
Chicago narcotic racketeers. *>
1930, and were sentenced to life lm
prlsonment.
Llcavoli and the three unnamed per
sons indicted for the Buckley slay
ing have not been found. “Black Leo
Cellura, indicted with Pisano and
Livecchi for the Cannon-Collins slay
ings, also is missing.
Long Terms for Kidnaping.
Five leaders of the notorious "Legs"
Taman kidnaping gang have been
sentenced to long terms, and prosecut
ing officials believe the ring has been
broken up. Laman, Stanley De Long
and Henry Andrews, the three most
prominent kidnapers, have been kept
in police headquarters since their con
viction for frequent questioning by the
grand Jury, which is endeavoring to
round up the remaining members of the
gtng.
Several months ago eight officials of
the suburb of Hamtramck and a half
dozen keepers of alleged disorderly
houses in the community were indicted
by the grand jury on charges of graft.
Tire defendants included Mayor Ru
dolph O. Tenerowlez. Their trials will
be in September.
The grand Jury continued in session.
WAVY MAN HELD MISSING
Thomas Kerr of Norfolk Bass Map
Have Hired Bap Boat.
NORFOLK. Va., August 1 UP).—A
man believed to be Thomas E. Kerr,
36 years old, food supply superintendent
at the naval operating base here, was
reported missing today after hiring a
boat and rowing toward Chesapeake
Bay Thursday afternoon.
The oars have been recovered on a
beach and a ear belonging to the man
was found yesterday near the boat club
from which he hired the boat In the
car was some clothing and paper, which
police said they had learned was used
as wrapping for a 50-pound weight.
Quake Shakos Colombia.
SANTA MARTA, Colombia. August
1 UP). —Earth shocks, which lasted for
10 seconds, shook this city yesterday
evening
GOVERNORS CALLED
TO AID 0. S. FORGES
IN DROUGHT CRISIS
Agriculture Department Asks
Executives of Six States
to Help Relief.
CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST
AREAS SUFFERING MOST
Surrey Begun at President's Be
>!
ij quest to Determine Needs From
Federal Funds.
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> By the Associated Press.
Governors of Northwestern and Cen
, tral States, stricken by drought and
, grasshoppers, were called upon today
1 to aid in marshalling State and Federal
! forces to relieve present and future dis
i tress. •
George L. Hoffman, director of the
.1 Agriculture Department's Seed Loan
Office, dispatched telegrams to the chief
; executives of Montana, North and South
, Dakota, lowa, Nebraska and Minnesota,
enlisting their assistance in determining
their needs for Government funds to
meet the situation.
At the request of President Hoover
the department already has begun a
survey, through county s gents, which
Is expected to show what relief Is
necessary for the rest of the Summer
and next Winter.
Drought in North Dakota and Mon
tana brought about reopening of Gov
ernment emergency drought loans In
those States on July 1. More than
SBO,OOO has been loaned, chiefly in North <
Dakota.
Will Use Farm Fund.
The sum of $20,000,000 was set aside
by Congress last session for "farm
rehabilitation’’ and It is from this fund
that aid will now be extended into the
Northwestern and Central States. About
$19,000,000 remains. However, previous
requests for funds to combat the grass
hoppers have been met with the reply
that none is available.
President Hoover yesterday directed
Agriculture Department officials to un
dertake, in co-operation with local and
State authorities, the formation of an
organization to meet the situation
caused by the drought and grasshoppers.
He took this action before departing
for his Rapldan Camp to spend the
week end. It was made public through
a White House statement after bis de
parture.
The Agriculture Department, the
Chief Executive said, was engaged in a
resurvey in the light of the changes
in the last two weeks, during which the
drought situation and the grasshopper
plague have become more serious. The
area affected embraces sections in Mon
tana, North and South Dakota and
portions of lowa, Nebraska and Minne
sota.
Hoover Take* Hand.
An apparently optimistic view of the
situation was taken by Mr. Hoover. He
said that the problem was minor com
pared with that of last year and added
it would be taken care of.
The President said:
"I have directed officials of the De-
Sartment of Agriculture to undertake,
l co-operation with local and State au
thorities, such co-operation as may be
necessary to meet the situation created
by local drought and grasshopper de
struction in the Northwest and Central
States.
"While suffering within the areas af
fected is acute, the extent of the
drought and damage is comparatively
minor to that which we confronted and
surmounted last year. The Federal Gov
ernment has already extended assist
ance in some portions of tbe afflicted
localities and the Red Cross is actively
engaged in relief work.
"Secretary Hyde Is in touch with the
situation.
"National and local resources are
available and the problem will be taken
care of."
The surveys being made by extension
directors in the various affected States
probably will be completed within a
week. Further action will follow when
a comprehensive report is made.
COOL WEATHERDUE
TO LAST TWO DAYS
Mercury Expected to Climb Again
Monday After Pleasant
Week End.
Washington’s hot spell is broken,
according to the Weather Bureau, with
' prospects the lower temperatures and
cooler breezes of last night and early
I today will probably continue at least
over the week end.
There is a probability, however, it
was explained, that it will "warm up"
, again on Monday.
In sharp contrast to the almost in
-1 sufferable heat and humidity Thursday
' night, it began to cool off yesterday
1 when the temperature maximum of 91
was reached at 3 p.m., as compared to
’ 97 of the day before.
From the 91 high yesterday the mer
cury began to slide downward. By mid
-1 night it had touched 78 and this morn
' tag between 7 and 8 o’clock it droppad
1 to somewhere between 71 and 72 de
, grees. With cool breezes blowing early
this morning the temperature stayed
■ comfortably low and by 10 o’clock had
reached only 78 degrees. The prospects
were that the maximum today would
not be more than or 87.
Several persons sought the comfort
1 of the city parks last night to sleep
in the open, but these were only a
scattering compared to the large num
ber who had slept out-of-doors Thurs
day night.
MOTHER PLEADS GUILTY
IN CHILDREN’S SLAYING
‘ Woman Bays She Killed Boy and
Girl Because of Family
Poverty.
By the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, August I.—Mrs.
Bernice Foley, charged with killing her
two small children with an anesthetic,
unexpectedly halted her murder trial
1 in Superior Court here yesterday and
pleaded guilty.
Sentence was set for August 4.
Meanwhile a Jury will pass on the
woman’s sanity. Mrs. Foley repeated
• her assertion that she killed the chfl
r dren, Patricia, 8 years old, and Bobbie,
' 8, because "they would be better off,”
due to her povergu
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WOMAN RUN DOWN;
REFUSES 10 TALK
Will Not Identify Companion.
Police Probe Story Girl
Is Thrown From Car.
Seriously injured last night when she
either ran or was thrown into the
path of an automobile on Defense
highway, Mrs. Ann Noble Sparks, 40
years old. who said she was employed
in the office of a local college, refused
to tell questioners at Sibley Hospital
today the name of her companion just
before a passing automobile ran her
down near Lanham. Md. Police also
were investigating the story of an 18-
year-old girl who said she was thrown
from an automobile on Georgia avenue
near Ingraham street last midnight.
Mrs. Sparks, who lives at 1101 Clifton
street, told attendants at the hospital
that she knew the name of her com
panion but refused to identify him or
to answer further questions. Prince
Georges County police, who investigat
ed, said Mrs. Sparks had a gag in her
mouth when run down by the auto
mobile.
According to the officers' report, Mrs.
Sparks suddenly appeared in the path
or a car in which Jesse Cobb, automo- ]
bile mechanic, was returning to his |
home in Bladensburg about 11:45
o’clock.
Arm and Leg Broken.
Cobb said there was no time to avoid
the woman. He stopped and helped 1
place her in the machine of another
motorist who drove up just then, Jo
seph H. McCauley, of 1812 Southern
avenue southeast. McCauley took the
injured woman to Sibley Hospital,
where she was found to have a frac
tured right arm and leg, possible in
ternal Injuries and severe cuts and
bruises about the face and body.
Claude Reece, county policeman, said
the woman either ran or was violently
pushed from another machine into the
path of Cobb's car. They were unable
to learn if she had sustained' any in
juries prior to the time she was hit
by the mechanic's automobile.
On the way in to Washington Mrs.
Sparks told other occupants of the
automobile that a man had thrown her
from his machine, according to Police
man William E. Clifton, who came to
Sibley Hospital early today to question
Mrs. Sparks.
Girl’s Escort Sought
At that time Mrs. Sparks was in a
semi-conscious condition, and Clifton
was unable to obtain any information
from her. Clifton said it was his un
derstanding that Mrs. Sparks was thrown
from tn automobile parked alongside
the road. The machine drove off, he
said, a moment later.
Police today were seeking the escort
of 18-year-old Rita Mullinix of 2710
Ontario road, who said the young man,
whom she knew by last name only,
struck her several times in the face and
threw her from his automobile.
The girl was taken to Emergency Hos
pital by Policeman R. T. Talbert of No.
13 perclnct and treated for minor cuts
and bruises. Miss Mullinix said there
was another couple in the automobile
who were strangers to her.
WOMAN TESTING MICE
FINDS OANCER RECESSIVE
Holds Inheriting of Freedom From
Disease More Likely Than.
Susceptibility.
Br th* Associated Frees.
CHICAGO, August t.—After follow
ing four generations of laboratory mice
through sickness and health for four
years, Dr. Maud Slye, associate pro
fessor of pathology to the University of
Chicago, said today she concluded that
inheritance of freedom from cancer is
likely than the inheritance of sus
ceptibility to it.
Mating a disease-free male with a fe
male of cancer-ridden parentage, the
first generation revealed no pathologic
growths, she said. Os the second gen
eration 27 were non-cancerous and •
cancerous. The third generation, she
said, showed even less than a 3 to 1
non-cancerous ratio, which demon
strated t 6 her satisfaction that cancer
is a recessive rather than a dominant
mendellan trait.
BRIAND TAKES AUTO TRIP
Obeys Dec tor’s Orders With Ex
ception of Sending for Papers.
COCHEREL, France, August 1 (**)■—
Aristide Briand began the second day
of his vacation by leisurely motoring to
his favorite haunts along the River
Eure today.
Obeying doctors* orders, he dM not
Kt out and Walk, as he ordinarily does,
t harbored bis strength. The only
infraction of orders consisted of send
ing his valet to the nearest railway
station at Pacy for the morning pepers.
All of the few rooms at Cocherels
only hotel are occupied by secret service
men.
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Court Upholds Right
Os Base Ball Player
To Jump on Umpire
By the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, August I.—The in
herent characteristic of a base
ball player "to relieve pent-up
emotions every now and then at
the expense of some umpire’’ was
judically recognized here yester
day by City Recorder John L.
Cone.
The recorder delivered the opin
ion to dismissing disorderly con
duct charges filed against Johnny
Dobbs, manager of the Atlanta
Crackers, after he had hung a
right cross on the chin of Umpire
Ed Goes to a dispute during At
lanta’s first night base ball game,
May 25.
GERMANY OFFERED j
EXCESS U. S. WHEAT
Government Suggests Deal
for Farm Board Holdings
on Liberal Terms.
, Br th* Associated Press.
I The American Government has sug- ,
gested to Oermany that it buy wheat
and cotton now held by subsidiaries ofj
the Farm Board on liberal credit terms. ;
Ambassador Sackett at Berlin has
suggested to the German government
that it might be of assistance to Ger
many If the board sold it substantial
amounts of its holdings in wheat and
cotton on easy credit terms.
It was said at the State Department
today, however, that neither the Farm
Board nor the American Government
has yet received any request from Ger
many to accordance with the sugges
tion.
At the White House It was said Am
bassador Sackett had made the sugges
tion to the German government "on his
own initiative" but with the full ap
proval of President Hoover.
The suggestion that the American
Government might aid Germany con
veying some of the Farm Board’s price
stabilizing stocks to that country at a
fair price and on long terms first was
hid befor# President Hoover some
time ago.
Ambassador Sackett first proposed the
matter during the preliminary mora
torium negotiations on intergovernment
debts. It has since been brought again
to the attention of the administration
by newspaper reports to Germany.
Cotton Pledge Expires.
While Germany undoubtedly would
be benefited through the carrying out
of the suggestion, the attitude here is
that disposal of large portions of the
stabilising stocks would relieve appre
hension among farmers and traders
that the Farm Board might unload Its
holdings and thereby further depress
the market prices.
The board has nearly 200,000,000
bushels of wheat and 1,300,000 bales of
1929 cotton on hand. Its pledge to
withhold Its 1929 cotton from the do
mestic market expired last night.
Sanwnnded by Conjecture.
Tt has not decided on how it will
handle the 1931-32 crop. It has ceased
to purchase wheat fbr stabUzatlon pur
poses.
On June 30, the board agreed to hold
its sales of stabilisation wheat difring
the new crop year to a cumulative maxi
mum of 5,000,000 bushels a month. In
making the announcement the board
also said:
"This limitation, however, shall not
apply to sales to foreign governments
or other agencies now being considered.”
(Continued on Page 2, Column 8.)
EX-HOOVER AIDE DIES
W. Howard Ramsey Served in Rus
sia With Relief Association.
NEW YORK, August 1 OP).—Funeral
services for W. Howard Ramsey, mem
ber of the editorial staff of the Metro
politan Life Insurance Co., who died
of a heart attack, were held yesterday.
Ramsey served to Russia with the
American Relief Association under Her
bert Hoover for a few years after the
World War. Before joining the insur
ance company, he served to Japan as
publicity representative of the American
Red Cross to Its earthquake relief
work.
■•'' ■ ■ ■
• Gnarda Wound Five Strikers.
BARCELONA, Spain, August 1 CP).—
Five persons were wounded here yester
day when civil guards charged a group
of strikers attempting to Intimidate
workers factory.
The only evening paper
in Washington with the
Associated Press news
service.
Yesterday’s Circalstion, 108,231
Maana Associated Press.
BOMBING PRECEDES
KING’S GENOA VISIT
Panic Follows Explosion in
Heart of City—Hundreds
Put Under Arrest.
By the Associated Press.
GENOA, Italy, August I.—A bomb
exploded in a street In the heart of
the business section today a few hours
before King Victor Emanuel and Queen
Elena arrived for the launching of the
! ocean liner Rex.
The bomb shattered windows and
panic ensued.
i It was believed that the bombing had
some connection with the visit of the
King and Queen.
They arrived in Genoa only a short
time before the launching, however,
coming by train from Sant’ Anna di
Valdieri, their Summer residence.
The bomb exploded at 1:40 a.m. and
the launching took place at 8 a.m.
Fourth Recent Explosion.
The bomb was planted in front of
the Italian Transatlantic Society Build
ing, where most of the damage was
done.
Adjoining the building are two ho
tels, in one of which Undersecretary of
State Allieri was staying.
Gov. Somalia Rava, the Duke Abrux
' zi and several deputies were in one of
' the hotels and windows of their rooms
were shattered.
The city was subjected to kind of
' martial law immediately after today's
i explosion.
Everybody in the neighborhood was
searched and hundreds of persons were
arested. Apparently no one was in
jured by the blast.
When the King and Queen were due
to arrive at 7:30 o'clock, the train
yards were placed under guard of
hundreds of soldiers.
This was the fourth bomb explosion
in Genoa in recent weeks. A consign
ment of fountain pens, loaded with ex
plosives and addressed to the Fascist
party headquarters, was delivered
several days ago.
The liner slid into the water at 8:02
a.m. in the presence of a great cheer
ing crowd and while Queen Elena
waved Godspeed.
Dedicate Sailors Home.
After the ceremony the King and
Queen dedicated the new sailors’ home.
Then, instead of going into the city,
they had lunch on their trajp, intend
ing to leave immediately for their
Summer residence.
The Rex is a 50,000-ton vessel with
accommodations for more than 2,000
passengers and capable of 27 knots.
She will be the flagship of the Navi
gazione Generale Italians Line de
signed for service to the United States,
making the crossing from Naples to
New York in seven days. She will be
ready for her maiden voyage before the
end of the year, it is expected.
FLYER OFF WITH SERUM
OTTAWA, August 1 C4*).—Acting on
appeals conveyed through a trading
company, Flying Officer Jack Bryans
took off yesterday in a Royal Canadian
Air Force seaplane with serum for a
settlement of 700 Indians along James
Bay stricken with infantile paralysis.
Bryans was directed to pick up a
doctor at Moose Factory before proceed
ing to the settlement.
CAPITALISM DOOMED, SAYS SHAW;
MORE OF COMMUNIST THAN EVER
Plan in Present State Is Not Suited to Rest of World,
Irish Sage Adds.
By the Associates Press.
BERLIN, August I.—George Bernard
Shaw arrived at Schlesiacher Station
today, bringing the message from Rus
sia that ''capitalism is doomed.”
As he descended the steps of his
sleeper Shaw remarked it was "torture
to get back.” "After having observed
Communism on the spot, there isn’t a
chance left for capitalism,” he declared.
It won’t be long, he said, before Rus
sia will get on her own feet.
"She is training her own men now,”
Shaw explained, "and soon she will be
entirely independent of foreign help
from such person as architects and en
gineers.”
He thought, however, that in its pres
ent state Communism was not suited
to the rest of the world.
Most of the theaters were closed
when the Irish playwright was in Rus
sia, but he saw a few movies. He
liked them, he said.
Shaw and Lady Astor spent about a
week In Russia.
"I was a Communist before Lenin,
. and now that I have seen Russia I am
TWO CENTS.
CRIME COMMISSION
GIVES INDICTMENT
OF POLICE SYSTEMS
Forces Widely Filled With
Graft and Incompetence,
Report Says.
SIX CHARGES ARE MADE;
CITIZEN SEEN HELPLESS
Subjection of Chief to Politicians
and Short Term Blamed
as Main Evils.
By the Associated Press.
A blanket Indictment against the po
lice forces of the country as a “general
failure" was handed down today by the
Wickersham Commission.
In its eighth report to President
Hoover, the commission charged that
with few exceptions units in the sys
tem were shot through with graft and
incompetence and too often were under
the direct control of dishonest poli
ticians.
It asserted without qualification that
major criminals in almost every large
community are “well known to the po
lice, but, by reason of the sinister in
fluence exerted by corrupt politicians
over the chief and his force, are allowed
to continue their criminal careers.”
Citizens Helpless.
The report concluded, In short, that
defects in present police administra
tion “too generally leave the cjtizen
helpless in the hands of the criminal
class.”
Six major charges were brought. They
follow in brief:
1. “The chief evil lies in the inse
cure, short term of service of the chief
or executive head of the police force
and in his being subject while in office
to the control r.f politicians in the dis
charge of his duties.”
2. "The second outstanding evil of
such police administration is the lack
of competent, efficient and honest pa
trolmen and subordinate officers.
3. “The third great defect is the lack
ot efficient communication systems
whereby Intelligence of the commission of
crime and descriptions of the criminals
may be quickly spread over a wide ter
ritory, and as part of that, the necessary
equipment in motors to pursue traces
of the criminals making their escape.
4. "The well known and oft-repeated
alliance between criminals and corrupt
politicians, which controls. In part, at
least, where It does not wholly do so,
the police force of our large cities,
might well be taken as a primary cause
of inefficiency, since it rules the head
and every subordinate and lays a para
lyzing hand upon determined action
against such major criminals.
5. “There are too many duties cast
upon each officer and patrolman.”
Sixth Charge Made.
A sixth charge was one of failure to
make proper provision for the policing
of millions of immigrants and of the
Influx of large numbers of Negroes to
the Northern cities.
Only 10 of the II commissioners
signed the report. The signature of
Monte Lemann. N:w Orleans attorney,
(Continued on Page 2, Column~27j
BACALL
FOR GENERAL STRIKE
Walkout Set for Monday to Aid
Capital Trolley Men Affects
40,000 in Havana Alone.
Br the Associated Press.
HAVANA, August 1. —Cuba was •
threatened today with a general strike,
called by unions affiliated with the Na
tional Labor Federation and scheduled
to start Monday.
Representatives of the unions, meet
ing secretly last night, issued the strike
call. In Havana alone the federation
has 40,000 members.
The objects of the strike, labor
leaders said, are to protest the con
tinued imprisonment of certain work
men, to demand liberty of speech, the
right to meet openly and the reopening
of several closed labor halls.
Among the groups affected are ciga
rette makers, motormen and conductors,
cigar makers, tailors, store employes,
case workers, hospital employes, hat
and shoe makers, typogtaphers, fisher
men and textile workers.
Plans for the general strike were
initiated after motormen and conductors
walked out yesterday in protest against
wage cuts contemplated by the Havana
Street Railway Co., because of economic
conditions.
Moted British Journalist Dies.
ZIB3T, Holland, August 1 (A 5 ). —Fred-
erick A. Mackenzie, prominent British
journalist, died here yesterday after a
long illness. He was 61 years old and
became known as “the man with a year
to live” by writing a newspaper article
of that title after doctors had informed
him he bad only 12 more months to
live.
more of a Communist than ever,” said
Shaw.
Lady Astor declared herself enchanted
with Russia, “the best run country
on earth.”
Shaw said there was no shortage of
food in the Soviet and he described
the workers there as happy and toil
ing for the common good.
He saw good progress in the carrying
out of the five-year plan, and de
clared there was no indication the plan
would collapse.
Lady Astor averred Russia would not
act aggressively against other coun
tries. but was motivated by the desire
for peace.
Shaw, a vegetarian, was immensely
satisfied with the Russian diet "Food
was good and there was plenty of it.”
he said. “The black bread and cab
bage agreed splendidly with me.”
The American-born Lady Astor said
she was dismayed at the state of affairs
in America, referring in particular to
the sentence of death Imposed on eight
colored men in Alabama convicted of
. attacking two white girls.
Shaw and Lady Astor left for Lon
, don byway of the Hook of Holland this
i aiteraoon. ,
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