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WEATHER.
(U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast).
Mostly fair, but with a slight chance
of local thundershowers this afternoon;
tomorrow fair, slightly warmer.
Temperatures—Highest, 83, at 3 p.m.
yesterday; lowest, 72, at 7 a.m. yester
day. Full report on page 4.
No. 1,376—N0. 31.869.
LINDBERGHS SILENT
ON HOLIDAY FLIGHT
TO NORTH CANADA
friends Entertain Little Fear
Despite Failure to Hear
From Flyers.
LAST MESSAGE RECEIVED
ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON
Famous Couple Left Ottawa for
461-Mile Hop—Hadio May
Be Out of Order.
NORTH BAY, Ontario. August 1
{/P). —A check up to 9.30 p.m. (East
ern standard time) tonight through
towns and settlements in Northern
Ontario, including Coral Rapids,
about 75 miles from Moose Factory,
failed to disclose any reports of
the sighting of Col. and Mrs. Charles
A. Lindbergh. The check was made
also at Cochrane, Hunta, Fraserdale
and Moose River Bridge.
By th« Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August 1. —The fast
ness of the timber-studded Canadian
northland tonight veiled the where
abouts of Col. and Mrs. Lindbergh, but
several circumstances attending their
holiday flight toward the Orient kept
friends here from entertaining any
great anxiety.
At 8:30 p.m. (E. S. T.) no word had
been received from their plane, bound
from Ottawa to Moose Factory, 461
miles distant, since 1:15 p.m., when
Mrs. Lindbergh messaged the station of
the Department of National Defense at
Ottawa that they still were "traveling
north.’’
Although at that time they should
have been close to their destination, lo
cated on the southern tip of Jame« Bay,
the message gave no position. Flying
conditions were reported ideal
Shortly after noon the Lindberghs,
in a radio message intercepted by a
Chicago amateur, gave their position
as 15 miles northeast of "Lake Expand. ’
There is a Lake Expanse about 150
miles from Moos? Factory.
Friends Not Alarmed.
The couDle's desire to proceed toward
the Orient at a leisurely pace, without
maintaining a fixed schedule, the pres
ence aboard the plane of a radio which
several times before ha* given troub’e
and the numerous lakes affording land
ing places were reasons advanced by
friends for not becoming alarmed.
Should the' Lindberghs’ radio, the
only set by which the arrival at Moose
Factorv might be reported, have failed
them it would be many hours, perhaps
days, before news of the couple reaches
the Outside world. I
The nearest telegraph office is 75 i
Ihiles distant and it may be reached
only by boat up the Moose River.
An Ontario forestry patrol plane
made the trip from Remi Lake to
Moose Factory this morning and re
turned later in the day. The pilot
did not sight the Lindberghs and no
aviator would take the risk of night
flying to Moose Factory tonight.
Left Ottawa at 9:49 A.M.
The Lindberghs took off from Otta
wa at 9:49 a.m. (Eastern standard
lime) for the isolated settlement. The
government radio station at Ottawa
established communication with them
at 11 a.m. and again at noon; They
reported they were on a direct course
and making good time. It was as
sumed that by then they were safe
ly over the Gatineau Hills, although
at no time was their position given.
For the first time since starting their
vacation journey, the Lindberghs wore
life preservers in addition to their
parachutes. They were pneumatic
vests, which could be inflated quickly in
case of need.
at Ottawa they added to their
aupplies a fishing net, a long knife, a
coil of rope and a small quantity of
food in addition to their 50 pounds of
emergency rations. The rations are
of the Regular Army and Navy type,
including "bully beef,” chocolate and
other concentrated foods. Their camp
ing equipment consists of a machete
for cutting wood or cutting a path
through bush, a .38-caliber pistol, warm
Army blankets, waterproof blankets,
emergency medical and surgical sup
plies, and even mosquito netting.
Morrow Hears Nothing.
A collapsible boat which will be re
leased from the rear of their plane in
the event of a crash on water also was
carried by the Lindberghs.
Col. Lindbergh also had said he
would notify his office here by radio
in the event of an intermediate sand
ing in an isolated territory, and this
fact served to allay concern.
No word had been received at his
office nor by his father-in-law, Sena
tor Dwight W. Morrow, whom the
Lindberghs visited at North Haven.
Me., when they bide their young son
good-by before leaving for Ottawa.
MORROW "NOT SURPRISED.”
Mrs. Lindbergh's Father Says Couple
May Not Report for Some Time.
NORTH HAVEN. Me.. August 1 (A 5 ).
•-United States Senator Dwight W.
’Morrow of New Jersey, father of Mrs.
Charles A. Lindbergh, tonight said that
£e was "not surprised” that the JV.ing
(Continued on Page 2, Column 5.)
SCRIP TO BE USED
BY WEST PALM BEACH
Stl 7 Plan Due to Tax De
linquencies—Moratorium on
Other Expenses.
By the Associated Press.
WEST PALM BEACH. Fla., Aug. I.
Practically without funds, because only
63 per cent of the past year's taxes
have been paid, this city prepared today
to pay at least a month's salaries In
scrip and declared a 90-day morato
rium on other running expenses.
Many department heads and em
ployes will ge given vacations without
pay. it was announced, and the publicity
director was dropped from service for
an indefinite time. A 10 per cent cut
In firemen's salaries is being discussed.
The financial emergency was expected
to end at the beginning of the new
fiscal year October 1. when the city
may be ab'- tn l-arrow against antici
pated 1932 taxes. . *
Entered as second class matter
post office, Washington, D. C.
J .Critically 111
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WORLD FLYERS HOP
FOR CHITA, SIBERIA
Herndon and Pangborn Re
sume Flight Eastward After
Forced Landing.
By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, August I.—The American
round-the-world flyers, Hugh Herndon.
Jr., and Clyde Pangborn. arrived at
Omsk. Siberia, at 2 p.m. (4 a.m. Eastern
standard time) today and left for Chita
three hours and 15 minutes later, re
ports to the Tass Agency here said.
11l fortune dogged the flight East
ward frem Moscow across the spaces
of Siberia.
Civil aviation authorities were advised
that the flyers had made a forced land
ing at Jietiegari, about 150 miles Irom
Kustanaisk, in the Cossack Autonomous
Republic, earlier in the day. Jietiegari
is about 1,700 miles short of Irkutsk,
which was the goal the flyers had set
when they t:ok off from here.
1,000 Mile* from Irkutsk.
Omsk is more than 500 miles north
east of Jietiegari, but still more than
1,000 miles short of Irkutsk.
They landed at Jietiegari at 8:30
a.m., Moscow time (12:30 a.m.. Eastern
standard time), the message said. Al
though the details available were
sketchy, it was indicated the Americans
I had landed on premises occupied by the
! Metal and Gold Trust. Officials here
telegraphed representatives of the Civil
Aviatlcn Society in that vicinity to give
all possible assistance to the flyers.
The flyers left Moscow at 5:20 p.m.
yesterday (9:20 a.m. Eastern standard i
time), and intended to make only two !
stops—at Irkutsk and Khabarovsk —be-
fore attempting a non-stop hop across
the Sea of Okhotsk and the Bering Sea
to Nome, Alaska, from where they j
planned to make a non-slop flight to ;
New York.
The forced landing at Jietiegari, sub- !
sequent mesages said, was due to bad
weather.
Plan One Hop to Chita.
The flyers were approximately 10 j
hours behind the time of the record
holding round-the-world aviators. Wiley I
Post and Harold Gatty, when they left 1
Moscow.
The airmen hoped to make the dis
tance of approximately 1,700 miles to
Chita in one long hop.
At the time of the take-off from Omsk
the flyers were 97 hours and 20 minutes
out of New York, where they hoped to
arrive again in less than eight days and
16 hours required by Post and Gatty.
The fragmen ary advices received here
did not indicate exactly what caused the
flyers to descend at Jietiegari, which is
in the heart of the non-ferrous mining
section of the East Urals, but it was as
sumed a northeast wind forced them far
southward off their intended course.
Betwen the time they landed at Jie
tiegari and their descent at Omsk there
is a gap in the reports to Moscow, but
the fact that they were able to take off
so soon again for Chita was taken to
indicate that neither the plane nor the
flyers suffered from the forced landing.
HUGE GASOLINE TANKS
WRECKED BY FLAMES
j Flash From Exhaust Pipe of
Truck Blamed for Fire Caus
ing $20,000 Loss.
ROWLESBURG, W. Va„ August 1 OP).
—Fire, believed to have been started by
a flash from the exhaust pipe of a gas
oline truck, today destroyed two 28.000-
gillon storage tanks of the Standard
Oil Co. of New Jersey, a lumber yard,
a planing mill and a storage ware
house nearby. Property owners esti
mated their losses at $20,000.
Fire first attacked the gasoline stor
age tanks, the explosion of which scat
tered burning gasoline over the nlgh
borhood. forcing 25 familes to move
their belongings to safety.
WALES WAS KIND IN CAR CRASH,
| INJURED ACTRESS DECLARES
■ Stage Star Returns Home With Beautiful Bouquet After
Collision With British Heir.
I
j By the Associated Press.
I LONDON, August I.—Miss Beryl
Riggs, young actress, who was injured
r when her car collided Thursday with
i one driven by the Prince of Wales,
’ drove today from the hospital at Wind
i sor to London to resume rehearsals.
With the actress in the car was la
large and beautiful bouquet sent by
the Prince.
I She had a small bandage on her head
' and drove the car herself all the way.
• “It was the only way I could be sure
, I had recovered my nerve,” she said.
Miss Riggs was full of praise for the
I efficiency of the Prince in attending
the injuries of herself, her sister and
her cousin after the accident and in
making arrangements for sending them
to the hospital. He arranged for
©he Pumlmi Jitaf'.
V WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION
EDISON’S CONDITION!
IS CRITICAL AFTER
COLL APSE AT HOME
Famed Inventor’s Health Has
Been Failing Since His Re
turn From Florida.
RECOVERS FROM ATTACK,
THREE PHYSICIANS SAY
Doctor Makes Air Trip to Bedside
of Patient—Retirement Was
Recently Rumored.
By the Associated Press.
WEST ORANGE, N. J„ August I.
Thomas A. Edison, who has been fall
ing in health since his return
Florida six weeks ago, suffered a sudden
-collapse late today, but recovered and
was said to be resting quietly shortly
afterward.
The condition of the aged inventor,
who Is in his 85th year, was such that
one of his physicians. Dr. Hubert S.
Howe, who had been swimming at
Sands Point. Long Island, hurriedly
chartered an amphibian plane and flew
from Manhasset Isle Airport to Newark,
N. J., where an automobile and a police
escort speeded him to the Edison home
to join two other doctors.
Doctors Issue Statement.
After a consultation the following
statement was issued by the physicians:
"Mr. Edison has been falling in health
since his return from Florida six weeks
ago. He is suffering from chronic
nephritis and diabetes. The diabetic
condition is now under control, and the
kidnev trouble seems improved as com
pared with a week aRo.
"This afternoon he suffered from a
sudden collapse, but at present he has
recovered from this and is resting !
quietlv. (Signed.)
"DR. FREDERICK M. ALLEN.
"DR. HUBERT S. HOWE.
"WILLIAM R. WILLIAMS.”
Earlier in the day Dr. Howe had
gone to Long Island after a visit to
the Edison home and it then was un
derstood he would not return until to
morrow morning. >
Charles Edison, son of the snowy i
haired creative genius, told intimate as- !
sociates during the afternoon that his j
father was "critically ill," and it then .
was learned that Mr Edison's usual i
afternoon automobile ride had been i
canceled. I
John Sloane, son-in-law of Mr. Edi
son. said the inventor had been up and (
about "a few hours” each day recently,
but neighbors said when he had gone
motoring during the last 10 days it was
necessary to carrv him to the machine.
News of Mr. Edison was carefully
guarded at his home, situated in
Llewellyn Park, a restricted and private
residential district.
Upon arriving irom Fort Myers, Fla.,
in June the inventor appeared r.oic
feeble than usual. The lack of his
customary visits to his laboratory was
the basis for the reports that he had
decided to retire. Denials were made.
! with the explanation that Mr. Edison
was indisposed because of the heat.
Uses Wheel Chair.
However, shortly before he left Fort
| Myers, Fla., it became known that he
| wa.s using a wheel chair to travel a
j short distance from his home there on
the Caloosahatchee River to his Winter
laboratory, scene of exhaustive experi
ments into the possibility of producing
rubber in the United States.
Charles Edison went to Fort Myers
! and accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Edison
j home, and the Inventor's old crony,
I Henry Ford, visited him here last week.
Until the doctors statement was re
leased tonight the exact nature of Mr.
Edison's ailmehts was not known. For
several years past he has been on a
self-impo ed diet of milk, designed to
remedy stomach trouble.
His indomitable will, however, has
kept him active in recent years and he
has continued to maintain long work
ing hours and short periods of rest.
On his last birthday, February 11, he
participated in a public celebration in
Florida.
Harvey Firestone, one of Edison’s
closest friends, telephoned tonight to
learn of the inventor’s condition and
talked with Mr. Sloane. who told him:
"Mr. Edison suffered a nasty collapse
but recovered and is resting quietly.
His condition is not satisfactory, how
ever.”
Lapses Into Semi-Coma.
The collapse occurred while Mr. Edi
son was sitting in a chair in his library,
off a bed room. He lapsed into a semi
coma.
Among those at the Edison home to
day were his sons Charles of Llewellyn
Park, Theodore of East Orange,
Thomas of Orange, and Mrs. Sloane.
Two other children, William Edison
of Wilmington, Del., and Mrs. Marion
Oser of Danbury, Conn., were notified
that Mr. Edison’s condition was not
serious enough to warrant their making
! a trip to the home tonight.
Woman Leaps to Death.
CHICAGO. August 1 (;P>. —A woman
tentatively identified as Pearl Grecly,
30, killed herself late today by JumD
ing from a Thirty-fifth floor window in
the Pittsfield Building, on the edge of
the loop. A note found in the woman's
pocket said she was despondent over ill
health. A library card in her purse
bore the name "Pearl Greely.”
sending their damaged car to a repair
shop, she said.
Coincidentally, the actress, who
plays the part of a stenographer in
"The Love Game,” is rehaarsing at the
Prince of Wales Theater.
At the hospital, also, the girl testi
fied to the competence of the Prince
in administering first aid.
"I saw the Prince carrying my sister,
who had fainted, into the club house of
the golf club where the collision oc
curred,” she said. “Her face was cov
ered with blood.
“The next thing I remember was
the Prince bathing my forehead, and
so competently, too. He stayed bathing
our wounds and talking to us for an I
hour until we were brought to the hoe
; pitaA”
WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 2, 3931-108 PAGES. *
!SIX MILLION FARES
LOST IN G MONTHS
BY TWO CAR LINES
People’s Counsel Keech Re
ports to Utilities on Study
of Situation.
CAPITAL TRACTION RIDERS
DROP OFF 3,520,443
W. 31. & E., With More Trackage,
j Is 3,006,082 Behind—T9xi War
Effect Not Shown.
Washington's two street railway com
panies, the Capital Traction and Wash
ington Railway it Electric, lost 6,526,-
652 revenue passengers in the first six
' months of this year In comparison with
the total number carried in the corre
sponding period of 1930.
This was disclosed in a statistical
report prepared yesterday by Richmond
B. Keech, people’s counsel, before the
Public Utilities Commission In connec
tion with his study of the street car
situation.
The report showed that the Capital
Traction was the greater loser, though
it has less trackage than the Wash
ington Railway it Electric. In the first
six months of 1931 the Capital Trac
tion carried 24,267,432 revenue pas
sengers, or 3,520,443 less than in the
same period of last year. The Wash
ington Railway it Electric showed a
loss of 3.006,082 for the six months,
carrying 31,120,706 passengers in the
first six moftths of 1930 and 28.146,624
in the same period of this year.
Taxi-Rate War Effect. ’
| The decline, in the case of both
companies, dwindled in each succeed
ing month from February to June.
The recent taxicab rate war had a
serious effect on the companies in
July, but the actual loss in revenue
passengers will not be known before
j August 20, when the July reports are
filed with the Utilities Commission.
The companies, however, estimated
their loss in revenue during the rate
war at about SI,OOO a day each.
On a percentage basis, the Capital
Traction's decrease in passengers in
the first six months of this year in
comparison with the same period last
year was shown in Keech’s report to
be as follows: January, 14.2 per cent;
February, 15.1 per cent; March, 13.4
per cant; April, 12.5 per cent: May,
12.3 per cent, and June, 10.2 per cent.
For the Washington Railway it Elec
tric Co., the decline in these months
was shown to be as follows: January.
12.1 per cent: February, 12.9 per cent:
March, 10 per cent: April. 8.3 per
cent: May, 8.7 per cent, and June 5.3
per cent.
Parking Ban Effect.
The prohibition against parking in
the downtown congested zone in the
morning rush hour, which went into
effect in May. is believed to have been
responsible for the low June percentage
loss. The car companies, however,
contend that the full effect of the
parking ban on their business will not
be shown until the August report is
prepared. The July report, it was
pointed out, would have been a good
gauge had there been no taxi war to
upset the transportation systems.
Despite the continued loss in passen
gers, the financial condition of the
companies has been improving, due to
the higher rate of fare which went
into effect last July. Tn fact, the Wash
ington Railway it Electric showed an
Increase in revenue in April. May j.nd
June in comparison with lest year, and
the Capital Traction reported an in
crease in June.
From January to May, inclusive, the
Capital Traction showed a loss in net
operating revenue as follows: January,
3.1 per cent: Februaiy. 4 6 per cent;
March. 2.7 per cent; April, 2.4 per cent,
and May, 1.8 per cent. In June the
1 company showed a gain of 3.1 per cent.
1 The Washington Railway it Electric
showed losses from January to March,
inclusive, as follows: January, 1.8 per
cent; February, 2.8 per cent, and
March, 1.5 per cent. In April there
was an increase of 0.1 per cent, which
jumped to 0.4 per cent in May and to
0.7 per cent in June.
TODAY’S STAR
PART ONE—24 PAGES.
General New’s —Local, National and
Foreign.
District of Columbia Naval Reserve—
Page B-5.
PART TWO—B PAGES.
Editorials and Editorial Features.
Fraternities —Page 4.
Disabled American Veterans—Page 4.
The Home Gardener—Page 6.
PART THREE—I 6 PAGE&.
i Society Section.
American Legion—Page 13.
Veterans of Foreign Wars —Page 14.
Marine Corps News —Page 14.
PART FOUR—B PAGES.
Amusement Section—Theater, Screen
and Radio.
In the Motor World—Page 3.
Milady’s Motoring—page 4.
Army and Navy News—Page 4.
Aviation—Page 5.
District National Guard—Page 5.
Spanish War Veterans —Page 5.
Radio —Page 7.
PART FIVE—4 PAGES.
(Pages B-B—B-ll.)
Sports Section.
PART SIX—I 2 PAGES.
Financial News and Clajsified Adver
tising.
News of the Clubs—Page 11.
Public Library—Page 11.
Serial Story, "Moon of Delight*'—Page
12.
Organized Reserves —Page 12.
PART SEVEN—2# PAGES.
Magazine Section.
The Bridge Forum—Page 15.
News of the Music World —Page 16.
Reviews of the New Books —Page 17.
Cross-word Puzzle—Page 18.
The Boys’ and Girls’ Page—Page 19.
Those Were the Happy Days—Page 20.
GRAPHIC SECTION—* PAGES.
World Events in Pictures.
COLORED SECTION—* PAGES,
i Moon Mullins: Mr. and Mrs.: the Timid
I Soul; Reg'lar Fellers; Little Orphan
Annie: Highlights of History: Tarzan
and Mutt and
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CHANCC X
PRESIDENTIAL HORSESHOE PITCHING.
i -
U. S. JOINS STATES
! IN DROUGHT RELIEF
I
II
i
Survey Started in Areas Hit
i by Insects and Dryness.
$15,000,000 Available.
i
!
By the Associated Press.
State and Federal forces were close
ly associated yesterday in efforts to
extend relief in Northwestern and
Central States where drought and
hungry hordes of grasshoppers have
taken a costly toll.
At the direction of President Hoo- -
I ver, a survey was in progress to de
( termine the extent of damage and the j
| need of Government funds for the pur
j chase of live stock feed and control of
, the insect invasion. j
The assistance o the Governors of
; Montana. North and South Dakota.
| lowa, Nebraska and Minnesota in the
I survey was enlisted today by the Agri
culture Department.
About $15,000,000 Available.
It is to be completed within a week
or 10 days, and then department offi
cials will decide upon the character of
financial relief to be extended. Sec
retary Hyde, now vacationing in the
Far West, will return about August 15
and participate in the final action.
About $15,000,000 from the $20,000.-
000 "farm rehabilitation” fund quoted
i by the last Congress for drought relief
in more than 20 States is available for
loans in the present emergency.
A request for loans was received from
the State of Washington today. Lack
of rainfall has caused some damage'
and hardship there. The department
directed a similar survey in that State
; by county agents.
i Drought throughout the Northwest
has caused serious losses to Spring
, wheat and other grain. North Dakota
. and Montana have been particularly
, hard hit. This whole area has been de
ficient in rainfall for several years.
Insects Result of Drought.
I
Grasshoppers, appearing in large
1 numbers throughout the country as k
result of the 1930 drought, have devas
tated thousands of square miles in
South Dakota. Minnesota. lowa and
; Nebraska. Need for money to combat
them is said to be acute, especially if
a similar outbreak next year is to be
averted.
Recent rains in Montana. North and
South Dakota have brought consider
! able cheer to department officials. They
believe frequent showers will restore
pasturage and make immediate loans
for livestock feed unnecessary.
! The text of the telegrams to the Gov
ernors follows:
“Directors of extension your State
requested make survey with regard to
present conditions resulting from grass
hopper infestation and drought condi
tion. Please have proper officials your
State instructed to render such assist
ance in the survey as may be necessary
and furnish directors with such infor
mation and surveys which you may now
i have. Your co-operation in this matter
will be appreciated.”
1918 BANK SLAYING
SUSPECT IN IRONS
1
Prisoner Returned to Brooklyn
From San Francisco Happy
to Face Trial.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. August I—Thirteen
years after a notorious gunman and a
nervous accomplice killed two men in a
Brooklyn bank robbery. Elton Wing was
brought back here from San Francisco
in shackles tonight to stand trial for his
part in the crime.
With a flood of spotlights playing on
him he stood in a semi-circle of police
officials and recited his confession be
fore a battery of motion picture cam
eras and microphones.
He admitted he had been a nervous
young bandit 13 years ago. He ex
pressed relief his fugitive days were
over and said: “This is the happiest
day of my life.”
Wing's partner in the hold-up was
! Gordon Fawcett Hamby, described at
his trial as “the most hardened crook
alive.” Hamby boasted of his killings,
but went to the electric chair still re
fusing to name his accomplice.
From an unrevealed source police
learned thing’s identity and the long
search began. It led into many re
mote parts of the country and finally
terminated two weeks ago in San Fran
cisco with the arrest of a man who had
been a few jumps ahead of his pur
suers for 13 years.
Tonight police told two versions of
circumstances leading to the capture.
One was that Wing revealed his identity
to an acquaintance when he was chal
lenged to prove he was an American
citizen and the other was that a girl
reported him to authorities.
Man, 56, Is Injured
Saving Three Girls
From Speeding Car
Driver Passes Red Light.
Vehicle Abandoned;
Search Futile.
A 56-year-old man was injured last
| night when he ran into the street and
pushed three small girls out of the
path of an automobile which had sped
past a red traffic light, only to be
I struck by the car himself.
The girls ran in front of .the ma-
I chine as it passed a light at Ninth
| street and Mount Vernon place. Al-
I though a check-up of the license
number revealed the name and address
! of the owner of the automobile, police
were unable to locate him.
The number was traced after the
driver, pursued by several pedestrians,
abandoned his car at Ninth and L
streets and fled.
Standing on the sidewalk, Abdeanes
De Kaiser. 29 Tenth street, saw the
machine bearing down on the girls. He
dashed into the street and shoved the
; girls out of the path of the speeding
automobile.
Unable to leap to safety himself, how
ever, De Kaiser was struck by the
car. He was taken to Emergency Hos
pital. where he was treated for minor
| body injuries.
The girls disappeared immediately
after their rescuer wvs hit, and police
were unable to learn their names.
RUM SHIP SHELLING
DEFENDED DY 0. SJ
•
Fatal Shots at Josephine K.
Upheld in Note Replying
to Canadian Protest.
j By the Associated Press.
The shelling of the Canadian rum
runner, Josephine K. off Ambrose Light
in January by a Coast Guard boat was
defended by the American Government
yesterday in a note to Canada.
The Ottawa government had pro
tested the attack upon the craft which
resulted In the death of her master.
Capt. William Cluett.
The American note upheld the Coast
Guard contention that the Canadian
vessel was within an hour's sailing dis
tance of the coast when commanded
by the patrol boat to stop. It indicated
the American Government will pursue
Its pending court action in New York
to force forfeiture of the captured j
vessel.
The note was the third sent the Ca
(Continued on Page 2. Column 8.)
GOTHAM PUBLISHER WED
Charles Beni and School Teacher
Married in Bay State.
i VINEYARD HAVEN. Mass.. August 1
(/P). —Miss Margaret Bradford. 38. New
York City school teacher, and Charles
1 Bonl, 36. New York publisher, were
married here today by William Smith,
justice of the peace.
DUST RAISED BY RAZERS IRKS
RAIL LINE; WETTING IS WORSE
Wreckers’ Chief Faces Protest Riddle—Second Complaint
Says Water Floods Train Station Cellar.
The president of Hugo Herfurth, jr„
Inc., is hunting an answer to the latest
riddle in house-wrecking circles.
The problem that Mr. Herfurth has
to solve, if he should bother to write it
down, would run something like this:
"If a wrecker is right when he’s
wrong and wrong when he’s right, how
in the world is Uncle Sam going to get
the buildings torn down which are noW
standing on the site of the Mall Tri- |
angle development?” , j
The riddle grew out of the following
situation:
Mr. Herfurth’s concern has been
wrecking buildings for the Government
in the 1200 block of Pennsylvania ave
nue. Yesterday an indignant police
officer approached the wrecking com
pany’s president.
"You may be doing a good wrecking
lob. but you’re raising too much dust in
the projjjw,” the officer stated. "The j
FIVE CENTS
IN WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS
PAIR ARE BEATEN j
IN REVENGE ATTACK
Larceny and Attempted As-:
sault Charged Against Two.
Third Also Held.
After being beaten with & blackjack,
said to have been wielded by a man
seeking revenge for an alleged attack on
a woman, William P. Dermott and
Howell R. Bouldin, both 23 years old,
were charged with larceny and attempt
ed criminal assault last night.
The charges were made in warrants
sworn out by Chief Deputy Sheriff
Thomas Garrison of Prince Georges
County, who declared the men forced
Mrs. Anna Noble Sparks, 40 years old,
from their automobile near Lanham.
Md.. Friday night, causing her to be
struck and seriously injured by another
car.
Mrs. Sparks, who lives at 1101 Clifton
street, was pushed from the machine.
, Garrison said, after Dermott and Bould
in. thwarted in an attempt to assault
I her. seized her pocfketbook.
Found In Room.
The purse, w hich contained a diamond
ring and a wrist watch valued at more
| than S3OO. is said to have been found in
! Bouldin - s room at 2140 N street by De
; tective Sergt. Howard Ogle.
Meanwhile, the man who is said to
; have wielded the blackjack—William H.
; Gordon of Wheaton. Md.—was being
held at the tentb precinct police sta
tion. but no charge had been placed
Bgainst him. Dermott and Bouldin.
according to Inspector Frank S. W.
Burke, chief of detectives, will be taken
i before United States Attorney Leo A.
! Rover tomorrow, when they will be
given an opportunity to charge Gordon
with assault with a deadly weapon.
Visits Friends.
Dermott told police he W’as visiting
the home of a friend in the 2100 block
of H street yesterday morning when
: Gordon and three other men called for
him. Gordon jammed a revolver into
his ribs, he said, and ordered him into
a machine parked outside. Bouldin was
in the car, he declared, having been
forced into it by the four men a short
time before.
When the car reached the first block
cf M street, Dermott continued, Gordon
parked near an alley while one of his
companions left, presumably to call to
see Mrs. Sparks at Sibley Hospital, Just
around the corner.
Seeing a chance to escape. Dermott
leaped from the machine, he said, but
Gordon caught him. drew a blackjack
from his pocket and began beating him
ovey the head.
As Dermott fell screaming to th
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FIVE OF FAMILY KILLED
Train Smashes Automobile at Cross
ing Near Rhome, Tex.
RHOME. Tex., August 1 OF).—Five
members of one family were killed four
miles south of here late today when
their automobile was struck by a Fort
Worth <fc Denver City passenger train
at a grade crossing.
The dead: J. W. Keene. 49. Burleson.
Tex.: his three daughters, Eventa, 17:
Lewellen. 15, and Marie. 10, and his I
father, John Keene, 67, of Rhome.
department has received complaints
from the Mount Vernon, Alexandria A
Washington Railway Co., and you’ve got
to do something about it.”
Somebody from the railroad sug
gested that a stream of water turned
on the buildings might do away with
the offensive dust. The water was
turned on.
For the moment everybody was satis
fled and the wreckers went merrily
about their -work. Then a representa
tive of the railroad hurried up to Mr.
i Herfurth.
’ See here,” he cried, "you’ve got to
! turn off that water. It’s flooding the
| cellar under the station.” Somebody
threatened to file a suit or something,
and the water was turned off.
Mr. Herfurth is going to spend the
week end doing research work on rid
dles. because the wrecking job must
be finished Monday.
If Monday happens to be a rainy
day, Mr. Herfurth won’t car#. At least,
1 they can't su4 him ip r that.
k
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Sunday morning to Washington homes by
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GERMAN REACTION
SEEN FAVORABLE
TO OFFER OF GRAIN
Consensus Says Chance for
Selling Cotton Better Than
for Wheat.
LIBERAL CREDIT TERMS
DRAW WIDE COMMENT
Possible Profit to U. S. Cited, But
Reich Fanners May Produce
Surplus Crop.
Br tft- Associated Press.
BERLIN, August 1. —The suggestion
from the Unitxi Statrs that Germany
might buy wheat a:'<l cotton there on
liberal credit terms has attracted aide
attention, as would any business prepo
sition which might be construed as in
the nature of a long-term credit.
More than that, the suggestion is re
garded as a gratifying sign of America's
sustained interest In keeping up Ger
many's purchasing power and as open
ing a prospect of further business in raw
materials which Germany lacks but
America has in abundance.
The consensus seems to be that busi
i ness could be done in cotton, since cot
i ton stocks at Bremen, the chief import
] ing poit, have been reduced to 357.320
! bales because of the recent financial re
' itrictions.
Need 250,000 Tons.
1 Acceptance of the American sugges-
I tion would tend to ease the markets
! here and at the same time have a re
j vivmg effect all around. The cotton
I market needs are placed at about
j 250.000 tons.
As for wheat, the situation is dis
; ferent, because this year Germany ex
pects crops well above the aveiage and
is in fairway to become self supporting.
The wheat acreage increased this year
by 837,500 and a yield of 4.570.000 tons
is expected. There probably will be a
surplus for export.
German wheat is soft and the Amer
ican variety is hard, so the latter could
still find a maket here, but the im
portable quantity is placed at 500.000
tons at the most, and some say only
200.000.
Taking these facts into consideration,
the whole transaction is figured here as
amounting to about 150,000,000 marks
• about $35;ooo,oooi.
Copper Stocks on Hand.
Copper also has been mentioned in
conection with the proposal, but it is
said that becausp of the depression in
the metal working trades there are
still large stocks of material on hand
with a good many delivery contracts
running.
Assuming that, as suggested. Amer
ican wheat could be sold to Germany at
70 cents a bushel while the German
price is *1.50 a bushel, the government’s
profit on a transaction which would
include as much as 20.000.000 bushela
would be $16,000,000.
CREDIT OFFER APPROVED HERE.
Chairman Stone Savs Farm Board Will
Favor Easy Term Sales to Germans.
Br the Associated Press.
Purchases of wheat and cotton from
Farm Board agencies has been suggest
ed to Germany by the American Gov
ernment as a means of extending fur
ther assistance to that country and
giving relief to American agriculture.
Ambassador Sackett at Berlin, with
full approval of President Hoover, has
advanc'd such proposals to German offi
j eials. but as yet they have not been
j accepted.
The sales would be made on liberal
I credit terms, which Germany in her
I financial crisis has been seeking from
j banking quarters.
i At the same time the administration
; feels the disposal of their surplus crops
l in tnls way would redound to the bene
i fit of American agriculture by their r*-
I moral from depressed markets.
Approved by Stone.
I The suggestion has the full approval
I of Chairman Stone of the Farm Board,
j In a formal statement today he said:
‘'The Farm Board has no definite
proposals before it from the German
government, but if it would aid Ger
many and if it would increase con
sumption of American agricultural com
modities. the Farm Board would author
ize the stabilization corporations to sell
to Germany on credit terms.”
In an attempt to maintain falling
domestic prices during the last two
years these corporations have acquired
more than 200.000.000 bushels of wheat
and 1.300,000 bales of cotton.
Market traders assert their existence
tends to weight down prices and that
their removal would stimulate an up
ward trend.
Wheat farmers are engaged in har
vesting a bumper crop. They joined
Vice President Curtis and Senator Cap
per. Kansas Republicans, and trader*
in demanding the board agree to hold
the surplus stocks off the domestic
market for a fixed period.
Subject Discussed.
At the State Department it was said
l that German officials had not yet acted
in accordance with the suggestion for
I purchase The board, however, has
| »ald recently • unofficial discussions'* had
taken place with German representa
tives.
The White House said Ambassador
Sackett had advanced the suggestion
"on his own initiative” but with the
full approval of the President.
The President, now at his Rapidan
camp, discussed the question today with
his secretary, Theodore Joslin, by tele
phone.
IL DUCE PROCLAIMS
DESIRES FOR PEACE
Fascists Ready, However, to Over
throw Obstaclet to Italy’s
Revolution.
By the Associated Press.
RAVENNA. Italy. August I.—The
Fascist regime wants peace. Premier
Mussolini said in an address at the
opening of an aqueduct here today, but
it is ready to overthrow and destroy
anything which may hinder the march
of the Fascist revolution, he added.
"We wish peace with all states." he
said, "with those afar and those near—
those very near. We wish it not be
cause we fear the risks of war, but
because we are intent upon a great
work and wish as soon as possible te
extricate the Italian people from th<
present depression."
The reference to states "v«*ry near’
was assumed to be to the Vatican.
TEN CENTO