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<U. 8. &jr«^Forecast.) . T*® °"1/ evening paper partly cloudy, not so cool tonight; in Washington with the tomorrow Increasing cloudiness and »_• ._■ n _ warmer, followed by rain. Associated tress news Temperatures—Highest, 63, at noon today; lowest, 39, at 6:30 a.m. today. Full report on page 5. _ __Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 12 & 13_ _Yesterdays Circulation, 117,424__ No. 32,309. p;?Jterodrii?es “Cva^hingfon. Tucr WASHINGTON, 1). C., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1932—THIRTY PAGES. *** * <*> M.an. Associated pre.*. TWO CENTS. PRESIDENT SPEAKS FROM TRAIN ON KIS WAV TO CLEVELAND Chief Executive Greeted by Crowds at Cumberland and Martinsburg. REED SAYS ADDRESS WILL BE ••HUMDINGER” Hoover Had Not Completed Text of Address When He Left Capi tal This Morning. By the Associated Press. ON BOARD PRESIDENTIAL SPE CIAL. en route to Cleveland. October 15.—President Hoover, speaking at Cumberland. Md„ from the rear plat form of his train bearing him to Cleve land for a campaign address tonight, told Maryland voters their “first inter est lies in sustaining” Republican pro tective tariff rates and asserted the Democratic party “proposes to reduce" them. Cumberland was the second of 10 scheduled stops in the President's swift one-dav dash through four States, be tween 10,000 and 12.000 people by police estimate, were at the station to greet him. The talk here was his first discus sion of election issues on this, his sec ond campaign trip. “Use the Big Stick." At the first stop in Martinsburg. W. Va„ the Chief Executive smilingly agreed when one man in the crowd, estimated by members of the Presi dent's party at 2.500 people, shouted: "Use the big stick. Mr. President.” "All right.” the President replied, waving his bandaged hand which was bruised and cut from shaking hands with thousands at a White House re ception Thursday night. The President spoke at Cumberland, the biggest city in Western Maryland, from a microphone placed on the rear platform of the train. He told the crowd that not only the industries of Maryland, but “a large part of her agriculture as well,” were "dependent on protective tariff.” He asserted that without it, "p:ac tually every farm article produced in the State of Maryland could be im ported for less than the present price, depressed as those prices may be.” Leaders Join Party. Three Maryland Republican leaders accompanied the President to Cumber land aboard his special train. Galen Tail. S'ate chairman; Wallace Williams, senatorial candidate, and John Philip Hill, former Repi“sentative and chair man of the State Campaign Committee. Tait and Hill tcld newspaper men aboard the train that all factional dif ferences among Maryland Republicans had been ironed out. and they said the party would "work together for the ticket." Mayor George Henderson and Nelson Itussler. chairman of thp Alleghany County Republican Committee, led the reception for President and Mrs. Hoo ver at Cumberland. A band v.a; play ing as the tint: drew in. Rustler in troduced Mr. Hoover as "the nex; Presi de:.t of the Jil ted States.” lire cn «d, which extended into a nearby park, cheered. The text of the President s speech at Cumberland follows: "Even if no other reminder were need ed. the mills of Cumberland would re call the import .nca of the protective tariff. If it were not for that Republi can policy these udtir.ese mill , would be closed down this minute. "The people of Maryland are vastly interested in maintain ng the protective tariff. You have taken a:i ac'lvc in terest in it ever since the founding of this republic. First Petition to Congress. "The people of Maryland had a large part in the passage of the first protec tive tariff in our country. On April 11, 1789, a group of manufacturing works and others of Baltimore joined in a petition to President Washington and the first session of th» First Congress. It was indeed the first petition filed with the Congress. "They prayed that the new govern (Continued on Page 2, Column I t TWO MORE SOUGHT IN BOGUS BOND PLOT Engraver and “Insider" Regarded as Key Men in $10,000,000 Counterfeiting Plan. Bv the Associated Press. CHICAGO. October 15—An expert engraver and an "insider" in a bond house were sought by polioe today as they attempted to round up a gang accused of plotting to dispose of more than $10,000,000 in bogus securities. Four men were held, three of them charged with conspiracy and possession of counterfeit bonds. Police also ar rested Mike Di Laurentis, suspected of participating in a $70,000 bank robbery in that State September 19. Morris Hill, a lawyer; Jacob Keno, former office manager of a perfume company, and Leo Goodman, were booked on the charges of conspiracy and possession of counterfeit bonds. Lieut. Frank Johnson said they were arrested yesterday shortly after they left $100, 000 in forged gold notes in a safety de posit vault. Charles Fried also was held. Four others were arrested for question ing. but later released. Johnson said success of the alleged plot depended upon connivance of an expert engraver and an "inside man." He said the "inside man”—likely an em employe of a bond or insurance house— would be depended upon to put the bogus securities in safety boxes or vaults to replace genuine securities. BRITISH PAIR SAFE Two Held by Manchurian Bandits May Be Beleased Soon. NEWCHANG. Manchuria, October 15 (/P).—The safety of Mrs. Kenneth Paw ley and Charles Corkran. British sub jects. who have been held by bandits near here for more than a month, was considered assured teday. British Vice Consul Clarke and a I Capt. Staples returned today and said negotiations for the release of the two evtives were now taking shape. Hoover Uses Left Hand in Greeting West Virginians By the Associated Presi. MARTINSBURG, W. Va., Oc tober 15.—President Hoover used his left hand for handshaking as his train stopped here for a few moments this morning en route to Cleveland. The President's right hand was bandaged, due to a cut inflicted by a woman's ring while shaking hands in Washington. Mr. Hoover, introduced by Mayor Chris H. Dailey, responded briefly, expressing pleasure at being back in West Virginia and saying the size of the crowd, esti mated by the President's aides at 2,500, encouraged him in his campaign. A basket of apples was given the Chief Executive by local growers and several bouquets of flowers were presented to Mrs. Hoover | I J I I - Tomorrow’s Election of 116 Senators Expected to Strengthen Hand. By the Associated Press. PARIS, October 15.—Premier Her riot's radical Socialists predicted today their position would be strengthened by tomorrow's election in which 32 depart ments will choose 116 members to the ! French Senate. In other political quarters, however, j the opinion was expressed that the elec | tions will make little difference to the ! party complex of the Upper House. The radical Socialists said they were i confident, however, that the leftward swing which swept Andre Tardicu's Right-Centrist government out of power last May would be repeated tomorrow. Vacancies to Fill. Of the 116 Senators elected 111 will, j fill vacancies caused by retirement of incumbents at the conclusion of their! regular nine-year terms. The remain ing five will fill vacancies caused by death. The radical Socialists professed to I see as favorable to their cause the fact I that of the 111 Senators whose terms are up 50 are Left Wingers, while 61 belong to groups of the Right and Cen ter. They recalled a'so that recent municipal elections tended to accentu ate the movement toward the Left. In some departments as many as six or seven candidates are contending for one seat. Antony Ratier. who holds the record for 38 years continuous service in the Senate, announced his retire ment. Leon Gambetla Recalled. The political recollection of “Pere Ratier,” who never suffered a defeat, goes back to the stormy days of the one-eyed Leon Gambetta. who pro claimed the republic at the Hotel de Vilie after the fall of Sedan in the war with Germany in 1870. The new Senators will be named by electoral colleges of Deputies, depart mental and municipal councillors who are entitled to hold three ballotings be tween 8:30 a m. and 8 p.m. For election on the first or second ballot, candidates must secure more than 50 per cent of ! the votes cast, but on the third ballet it is only necessary that they head the poll. -• SPEEDY END OF MINE VIOLENCE FORECAST Pickets Absent for First Time Since "March on Taylorville" by Strikers Began. By the Associated Press. TAYLORVILLE. HI., October 15.— j Pickets were absent from Christian ! County mines today for the first time ' since the "march on Taylorville" by j strikers in mid-August and National 1 Guard officers predicted a speedy end to the violence of shootings, riots and bombings that resulted in the death of one man and injury to several others. The last of the out-of-county pickets, except two men held in jail, were shoved 1 across the county line last night shortly after the military tribunal investigating the fatal shooting of Andrew Ganis, a Tovey miner, adjourned until next Wed- ; nesday. Corpl. Russell D. Meyers. Peoria, is under military arrest for the shooting. Throughout the night State highway i police roved roads and Guardsmen tramped beats to gur-antee order and 1 to prevent entrance of new pickets. i Capt. Carl Mecham of the National Guard said he anticipated no trouble as i miners were convoyed to and from the ; pits today. -• Zeppelin Reaches Pernambuco. PERNAMBUCO. Brazil. October 15 I i/Pi.—'The Graf Zeppelin, German dirig ible, arrived here today from Rio de Janeiro SHULER THREATENS MW AND TUBBS Colorful Evangelist Draws G. 0. P. and Democratic Back ing for Senate. EX-SECRETARY BIDS FOR JOHNSON SUPPORT Praises Statement Expressing Op position to Hoover, But Prob ably Vainly. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Staff Correspondent of The Star. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.. October 15.—No race for the Senate is creating more interest in this campaign than the triangular duel here involving Tal lant Tubbs, Republican wet; Rev. Bob Shuler, evangelist candidate of the Prohibition party, and William Gibbs McAdoo, Democrat, and the principal figure in the ‘'agreement" which gave Roosevelt the presidential nomination. Despite the prominence attained bv Mr. McAdoo at the Chicago Demo cratic National Convention and prior thereto, despite the remarkable victory of the youthful Tubbs in the Repub licen senatorial primary. It Is the spec tacular and colorful Bob Shuler who Is particularly In the limelight today. Shuler's chance for victory Is the main topic of conversation among the politicians and those Interested in the campaign—next, of course, to the presidential race. It is astonishing how many Democrats and Republicans both say that Shuler Is the man to watch, and that he has a good chance to land a winner. California has a flair for producing everything from fruit to fortunes on a large scale, including evangelists. His enemies, and he has plenty of them, describe the Rev. Bob Shuler as an evangelist with a taste for scandal. On the other hand. Shuler has a let of admirers, who lock upon him as the friend of the underdog, a great leader. His Foes Handicapped. Notwithstanding Shuler's eloquence— he is a far better talker than either Tubbs or McAdoo—he probably would not have a look-in if Tubbs did not have a lot of enemies in the Repub lican camp and McAdoo was not de tested by many of the Democrats. Be cause both the Republicans and Demo cratic candidates for the Senate bear these handicaps, Shuler emerges as a possible victor. Shuler is a rabid dry. a ranting drv. although he is not saying so much about prohibition in thLs campaign as he did in the primary. He is "soak-the rich" Shuler. He Is promising the vot ers. many of whom are in distress, to bring about a readjustment of the wealth of the country, to cure all their ills. He is a magnetic speaker, solid of frame, rich of voice and clever. Apparently he loves a scrap. He boasts in his literature of fighting patties for the poor as a preacher in - (Continued on Page 3, Column 7.) LYTTON BOARD ASKED TO LEAGUE MEETING Explanation and Defense of Far East Findings Expected at Season November 14. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, October 15.—Members of :he Lytton Commission who recently submitted a report on the situation in :he Far East have been invited to at end a meeting of the League of Nations Council, at which the report will be :onsidered on November 14. It was un derstood the commissioners had ex pressed a wish to attend so they would lave an opportunity to explain and de 'end their finding. Gen. Frank R. McCoy of the United States Army was a member of the com nission and is now in Europe. The possibility of his participation in the :ouncil's deliberations is regarded here is of the highest importance and sig lificance. Today the council was obliged to post pone the nomination of a new secretary ;eneral succeeding Sir Eric Drummond, vhose resignation has been accepted. Germany’s opposition to a tentative igreement by which the representative pf some small state would be made ;enior deputy secretary general delayed settlement of this matter. De Castellane Unchanged. PARIS, October 15 MP).—The condi ion of Marquis Boni de Castellane, who s ill of bronchitis and the effects of a paralytic stroke, was reported un rh-nged today. INVESTMENT BANKERS TO SEEK TO DEBRUT ALIZE DEPRESSION _I | Re-establishment of Credit Market Held Important Need of Present. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 15—How best the power of the investment banking strength of the Nation may be thrown into the widespread effort now being made “to debrutalize the economic forces of the depression,” will be a basic consideration at the investment bankers’ convention next week, Robert E. Christie, jr., partner in Dillon, Read & Co., said in an interview. "Investment bankers.” he explained, “are aware of the criticism which has been directed against them. As is gen erally the case in all forms cf economic activity, part of the criticism is justified, part of it unfair. "Investment bankers are the issuers of practically all of the stocks end ( bonds sold in the United States. This means considerable flnancirlbinfluence and it means also a difficulRjob. Not one of the least difficult portions of that job is explaining to the public the com plexities involved in borrowing money for others. Right now the re-establish ment of the credit market is tremend ously important, as witness govern mental and semi-official efforts to in crease the flow of it. "It is common knowledge that a vast amount of unnecessary loss and hard ship is inflicted on many productive and essential businesses and individuals in periods of this kind, and the sound efforts of organized business and of Government to prevent it is the most immediately interesting end practical thing in the process of business re covery. ‘‘The Investment Bankers’ Association , is a fact-finding institution that main tains intimate contact with the Nation's major business and financial problems, and its reports this year, just as busi ness stability seems approaching, should be of particular importance.” The convention will be held at White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., October 32-26. /^v/iSrnfN /^.vour. party^i / looks like ] ( Always wins ( Irs ALL OVER i \ IN OCTOBER, 7 V_NOW! 7 V J'M DESCENDANT OF J. Q. ADAMS s DIES IN HUMBLE HALL BEDROOM Miss Annie Teller, 92, Sp urned Relatives to Live Alone—Disappointing Ro mance Believed Cause. ______________________________ _ By the Associated Press NEW YORK, October 15—An old gold cuff link, worn thin by caressing fingers, told better than words today why Miss Annie Teller, descendant of President John Quincy Adams, chose 1 to live and die at 92 in a hall bed room on the humble East Side. . She died yesterday of gas that leaked from a heater hose. When the neighbors heard of it, they crowded into the dingy halls, weeping, wringing their hands and saying: "Mother is dead." They said she had been good to them. They were awed when told her story: That she was the descendant of the sixth President: that her grandfather William Teller, was killed by Hessian j troops while carrying a message for George Washington from Pcekskill to Newburgh: that her father. Elisha Teller, served on the frigate Constitu tion when it bombarded the pirates at Tripoli. Some of the women cried again when they heard another part of her story. Relatives said that almost three-quar ters of a century ago. when she was a girl, she met a ycung man and he pro posed marriage to her as they strolled among Westchester County apple trees fragrant with blossoms. She rejected him—and found, after (Continued on Page 2. Column 4.) NEW INSULL MOVE ING E DENIED Statement Follows Report of Second Request for His Detention. By the Associated Press. ATHENS. Greece. October 15.— Officials at the American legation said today they had made r.o representations to the Greek government in c:nnection with the extradition of Samuel Insull since the letter teveral days ago con firming a verbal request for his arrest. This statement followed reports that a new request had been made that Insull be detained pending extradition pro ceedings to take him back to Chicago, where he is under indictment for em bezzlement and larceny in ccnnection 1 with the collapse of the utilities inter ests he formerly controlled. The only reply the legation has had from the Greek foreign ministry, it was raid, was a verbal acknowledgment of the original request for Insull's deten tion. At that time, it was understood, the foreign ministry said it did not consider any further answer would be necessary. Athenians, who have been getting out of the Insull case the greatest thrills they have had in a long time, today were awaiting eagerly the arrival of his son. Samuel, jr.. who was reported on his way from Paris. Insull said this morning, however, he had no information about his son's plans. He maintained his attitude of t affability, but refused to discuss his situation here. Insull is said to have reserved a suite at his hotel for his son, who is expected today or tomorrow. Insull. after refusing yesterday to sur render his passport to the American legation, spent much of his time on the | verandas of his hotel. Mrs. Insull is still convalescing in Paris. CONFERENCE HELD HERE. Chicagoans and U. S. Officials Discuss Means to Get Insull Back. By the Associated Press. Two aieistant State's attorneys from Chicago talked with State Department officials today about the best way to get Samuel Insull, sr., back into the United States to answer charges of larceny and embezzlement. Neither the State's attorneys—Andrew Vlachos and Charles A. Bellows—nor the men with whom they talked were communicative about their discussions. Besides conferring with Joseph R. Baker, assistant legal adviser of the department, who is an expert in extra dition laws, the Chicagoans met other officials of the legal division. Vlachos and Bellows reached the Capital this morning, going immediately to the department. It was said befere they left Chicago that they intended to obtain a warrant for Insull's extra dition from Greece and rail for Athens. Department officials declined to com ment concerning its proceedings or reports that the American legation in Athens had asked the Greek govern ment to detain Insull and seize his passport, Bellows and Vlachos told newspaper men thev will remain in Washington indefinitely to complete records for ex tradition proceedings and will not sail for Europe on the 19th as planned. It has been founts necessary to have a number of adgaional depositions from witnesses In CMlcago. These will be prepared as rapidly as possible. OF ECONOMIC EVILS Marquess of Reading and M. Reynaud Address As sociation Meeting. The American Ear Association today neared the er.d of its fifty-fifth meeting, only the annual dinner tonight at the Mayflower remaining before adjourn- i ment. As the 1.700 lawyers, who had at tended the sessions, were concluding their first gathering here since 1914. they heard two distinguished represent atives of allied nations recall this coun try's participation in the World War 1 and bespeak its assistance now that the world is at grips with another enemy— economic evil. I’p to All Nations. "No one nation can hope to achieve alone the improvement we desire; only by nations working together—striving together—shall we see the return of that prosperity so necessary." his fellow members of the bar were told last night by the Marquess of Reading, often hon ored by the British government. "If at one time they (the nations! have entertained doubts about their solidarity, today, facing the world crisis, they must admit solidarity at least in misery," Paul Reynaud. French states man. said in an address at yesterday afternoon's session. The Executive Committee of the Bar Association held a session this morning and set the Midwinter meeting of the committee for January 24 at Tampa. Fla. At that meeting the committee will receive reports front association groups and will select the time and place for the nqxt convention. The ex ecutive officers were also re-elected by the committee this morning. At the earlier meeting also the asso ciation ratified the selection by its gen eral council of Clarence E. Martin of Martinsburg. W. Va„ as president; be stowed Its medal of honor upon John Henry Wigmore, noted law professor, and adopted a resolution urging the Senate against opposition to nominees for the Federal bench based on judicial decision "rendered in accordance with precedent." Mr. and Mrs. Hoover Thanked. There, too, the association extended its thanks to President and Mrs. Hoo ver for participating In the meeting and for the hospitality offered at the White House. _Last night's session, at which the (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) LIBERAL PARTY TO BACK SCOTLAND HOME RULE Pledge Is Made by Sir Herbert Samuel in Address Delivered at Glasgow. By the Associated Press. GLASGOW. Scotland. October 15.— Sir Herbert Samuel, who resigned as home secretary in the national govern ment because he was opposed to in creased tariffs, has pledged today the support of the Liberal party to the cause of home rule for Scotland. The pledge was made in an address here. Sao Paulo Prisoners Returned. RIO DE JANEIRO. October 15 (VP).— The Brazilian government started send ing back to the state of Sao Paulo to day the prisoners which were taken during the rebellion which recently ended in that state. A contingent of 700 left Hha Grande, near Rio de Janeiro, lor Santos. NEW ZEALAND PUTS 0. K. ON TRADE PACE Canadian Tariff to Affect Exports of U. S. by $75,000,000. Closely following issuance of a state ment summarizing the reused Canadian tarifl. the items affected comprising nearly one-third of the total list, the Commerce Department said today it had Been advised the New Zealand Parlia ment had ratifled the Ottawa trade agreement by which the margin of preference for British Empire products is greatly increased. After working two days on the sum mary of the revised schedules the de partment's tariff division made no men ;ion in its statement of the amount af American exports involved nor the extent to which this country's sales to Canada may decline. However, it was said in official quar ters that the export trade of the United States will be affected by approxi mately *75.000.000 annually on the basis pf the trade statistics of 1930. In about half of the 262 Canadian items on which the British preference is increased, an added advantage is gained by a reduction in the duty ap plicable to the British Empire, while for the rest the same effect is obtained by raising the duties applying cn im ports from the United States and other countries. Changes in Duties Listed. The action of the New' Zealand Parliament was communicated to the I department by Julian B. Foster. Amer ican trade commissioner at Wellington The changes in the duties approved along general lines were as follows: "The removal of the customs surtax and a reduction In both the general and preferential tariff rates (in most rases by the same amount) on wearing apparel, silk and artificial silk piece goods and confectionery; the imposition of duty under the general tariff on cer tain paper, asphalt and bitumen, all formerly duty free; an increase in the general rate and reduction in the pref erential rate on cigars, as well as the imposition of duties under the general tariff in the cases of certain tropical colonial products, mainly cocoa beans, coffee and spices.” In regard to the Canadian tariff, the department said of 262 changes in the 807 items, all but 37 involved duties designed to increase the margin of preference enjoyed by the products of ; the British Empire in the Canadian ] market. “On about half of the products or - classes of goods involved in the tariff changes.” the statement continued, "the increased margin of preference to Brit ish products is accomplished primarily through reducing or removing the ex isting British preferential duties (57 items reduced. 76 made free). Additional Advantage. “On over half of the items, additional advantage to British goods is arranged through increases in either the imme diate rates of the Canadian tariff, which apply primarily to products of: foreign (non-British) countries having commercial treaties with Canada, or in | tne general or highest scale of the! Canadian duties, which applies to the , products of the Uniteo States and other ; non-treaty countries or in both these j columns. On only three items were the rates of duty against non-British goods reduced, one of which applies only to treaty countries. "The principal schedules affected are :hose covering iron and steel (includ ing machinery and electrical goods), chemicals and textiles, with a broad scattering of the remainder. In the case of some commodities, the increased measure of preference to British goods n the Canadian market is substantial, ranging up to 25 per cent ad valorem pr more. In the case of other com modities, the change made in the pres ent competitive situation Is slight.” GERMANY REJECTS GENEVA AS SITE OE ARMS PARLEY Refusal Regarded as Lessen ing Prospects of Early Four-Power Meeting. BRUENING-OWNED PAPER IS SUPPORTING CABINET City Declared “Charged at Outset! With Francophile and League Influences.” By the Associated Press. BERLIN, October 15.—Germany re jected today the plan for a four-povrer conference on her demand for arms equality which, as agreed to by Premier * Herriot of France and Prime Minister MacDonald of Great Britain at London, called for a meeting at Geneva. The German government's objection. Foreign Minister von Neurath told the cabinet last night, was to the place selected. It was also learned unoffi cially that Lausanne. Switzerland, near j Geneva, would also be unacceptable to ! Germany as a place for the conference, j Because of this refusal, prospect for j "a disarmament conference materializ- | ing soon" was looked upon by officials ! here as still further lessened. Germany | would be willing to go to London, un- j doubtedly, for she accepted London when the four-power conference orig- j inally was proposed by Great Britain, but France would not agree to holding it there. The Catholic newspaper Germania, organ of former Chancellor Heinrich Bruening, supported the cabinet in its refusal. "It is an impossible presumption." it said, “to invite Germany to a place charged at the outset with Francophile and League of Nations influences." Official quarters said Germany took the position she might find herself pushed through the back door into the Disarmament Conference" before the point of her equality was settled. “A French Maneuver.” A government communique reiterated the German contention that since the proposed meeting is in the nature of a preliminary parley the attempt by France to fit it into the framework of the League of Nations is "contrary to common sense" and "plainly a French maneuver to get Germany back to the conference table at Geneva." This, said the communique, is unac ceptable so long as the German claim to arms equality is not granted. This new { invitation to Geneva "cannot but be j felt as a humiliation" in Germany, the j statement said, adding that a speech | yesterday by Rene Massigli, in an Arms Conference Committee, at Geneva, "shows plainly which way the wind is blowing." M. Massigli asserted that the German ! security police must be taken into ac count as well as the German standing ! army in reckoning Germany's effective armed forces. It also was reported that 1 he had submitted documents to support I the French charge that Germany is violating the Versailles Treaty restric tions on her arms. Report cnucizea. Today's communique also criticized a report that the arms conference would I not decide until its deliberations are | completed whether the agreements j reached would apply to Germany. This . would indicate, said the statement, that j "France expects us to co-opcrate in the disarmament negotiations without know - J ing where we stand. But Germany can wait. Our standpoint has been made very clear.” The statement added: "We have no I objection against participation by the League of Nations or by other powers so long as the others are not exclusively the allies of France. But under those circumstances the parleys would assume an entirely different character. The powers should have laid down methods of negotiation before this, but prob ably because France realized the sit uation she insisted no further." FRANCE SEES AFFRONT. Spokesman Considers German Attitude as Almost Defiance of League. PARIS. October 15 </P>.—The French foreign office regards Germany's refusal to participate in a preliminary arms conference at Geneva as an affront not only to France but to the League of Nations, a government spokesman said today. The German attitude almost consti tutes defiance of the League, he said. He indicated that France is not likely to accept the choice of any ether place for the proposed meeting. The spokesman expressed satisfaction that the British "apparently realize "ow the real portent of Germany’s demand for equality in armaments—namely,' complete rearmament and the creation of a newt army.” BRONX BANK ROBBED Five Men Fire Shots Into Air and Escape With $15,000. NEW YORK, October 15 OP).—Five robbers held up the branch of the Pub lic National Bank at 275 East 169th street, the Bronx, today, subdued eight employes by firing four shots in the , air, and escaped with $15,000. j FUGITIVE DROWNS IN TIDAL BASIN WHILE TRYING TO ELUDE POLICE Colored Man Leaps or Falls Into Water After Flight! in Stolen Auto. Running from an allegedly stolen automobile in an effort to escape po lice, Daniel Childas, colored, 20, was drowned last night when he Jumped or fell into the Tidal Basin. Childas, who lived in the 2.500 block of E street, failed to grasp a life preserver police said they threw to him. Officer Carl Hestiklnd of the United States Park Police, said he was pursuing a car occupied by Childas and another colored man when the machine left the drive around the Tidal Basin and both men jumped out. He had pur sued the autonahile, he said, from the rear of the WUe House, where tt had almost collided with another our. j Childas, according* to the policeman, ran along the basin wall near the foot of Seventeenth street and then suddenly plunged into the water. Hestlklnd said he threw the man a life preserver, but he made no effort to use it. The body was recovered at 11:10 p.m. Police said Childas, who was driving the car, had been released from Lorton Reformatory last September 1. The other occupant of the car, Jesse McDonald, 300 block of Twenty-second street, was apprehended and booked at the third precinct for investigation. The automobile in which the men werj riding had been reported stolen about 10:30 o’clock by Samuel Shub, 500 block of Twenty-third street, 1 _._ STARVATION HERE Emergency Committee Tells Commissioners “Extraordi nary” Efforts Necessary. 4,181 FAMILIES NOW RECEIVING ASSISTANCE Relief Pared Almost to Point of Futility, Says Report Citing Dire Conditions. The District of Columbia is faced with the spectacle of deaths by star vation and many cases of ' destitute, homeless and hopeless families.” unless additional public funds are made available by some "extraordinary means,” the District Commissioners were informed today by a report of the Emergency Relief Committee to the Ecard of Public Welfare. The report, signed by Sidney F. Taliaferro, chair man of the Emergency Relief Commit tee, was forwarded to the Commission ers bv W. W. Millan. chaiiman of the Board of Public Welfare. In one ci the most startling appeals for public charity r,'.ade in Washington since the advent of the depression, the Emergency Relief Committee points out that there are in Washington to day 4,181 families receiving assistance of one sort or another from the Emer gency Relief Ccmmittee charged with spending the Congressional appioptia tion of $359,000 for unemployment relief. Fared to Extreme. Relief given to families has been M pared almost to the point of fuUJpTIty, the report added and concludes: g “1—Additional public funds mwst be provided by some extraordinary rnnearm to adequately continue the work m>f the division of emergency relief of the BBoard of Public Welfare, or J "2—Private relief agencies musft take over the major portion of the! work now being done by the Board o# Pub lic Welfare, or ’ ”3—During the next six /months there will be in Washington qases of destitute, homeless and hopeless fam ilies and the special committee believes there may actually be deaths by star vation.” Concurrent with the presentation of th? alarming reports to the Commis sioners, Leroy A. Halbert, supervisor of the Emergency Relief Fund, declared he was receiving 30 to 50 new appeals for aid each day since he made his re- ^ port to the Board of Public Welfare. The 4.181 families cited in the report as recipients of relief aid, he said, rep resent 12.724 individuals. Continuing, the report asserts that the Special Committee on Emergency Re lief deems it unwise to expend the en tire balance of the $350,000 emergency relief fund pricr to November 15. and urges immediate request by the Board of Public Welfare that the Commission ers apply “at the earliest possible date fer additional congressional appropria tion for relief.” Recommendations Made. The recommendations of the com mittee to «he Beard of Public Welfare follow in full: "1. To absolutely limit expenditures for all purposes between October 8 and November 15 to the rate of $60,000 a month. “2. To discontinue any payment on account of rents. ”3. To recommend that the Board Df Public Welfare appeal to the District government, the Federal Government and private owners of real estate for free quarters for the housing of persons who may find themselves without other shelter. ”4. To recommend that the Board of Public Welfare request the Commis sioners of the District of Columbia to apply at the earliest possible date for a congressional appropriation reasonably adequate to meet that portion of thr burden of unemployment and distress in the District of Columbia, due to the depression, which it would appear can not be reasonably met by private charitable agencies. "5. That pending an additional appro priation by Congress for emergency re lief. the Board of Public Welfare re quests the Commissioners of the Dis trict of Columbia to cauvass the pos sibility of obtaining by extraordinary means from some temporary source, or by the creation of a deficit, additional funds to be expended by the Board of Public Welfare to continue its present emergency relief work.” Work Started August 1. The report cites that the emergency relief work commenced August 1 and that from that date to October 8 there was expended $141,606 of the $350,000 appropriated. On October 8. the day Leroy Halbert, supervisor of the emer gency relief fund, made his report, tjie iContinued on Page 2, Column 5.) -• CARLOADINGS GAIN OVER PRECEDING WEEK Iotal for Period Ending October 8 Is 625,636, Decrease From 1931 Figures. By the Associated Press. The American Railway Association today announced that car oadings fer the week ending October 8 totaled 625,636 cars, an increase of 3,561 cars above the preceding week, but 138.182 under the same week in 1S31 and 329, 146 under the same week two years ago. Miscellaneous freight loaded during the week of October 8 totaled 224,427 cars, an increase of 3.053 over the pre ceding week, but 64,222 under the cor responding week in 1931; merchandise less than car lot. 179,641. decrease 158 cars below preceding week and 37.910 under same week last year; coal, 132,947, increase 3.509 over preceding week, de crease 6.808 below same week last year; live stock, 22,554, increase 409 over pre ceding week, decrease 5,562 under same week last year; grain and grain prod ucts, 36,013, decrease 3,504 under pre ceding week and 677 under same week last year: forest products. 18.425, de crease 704 under preceding week and 6,208 under same week last year; ore, 6,645. increase 597 over week before, de crease 16,632 under same week last year; coke. 4.984, increase 359 over preceding week, decrease 163 under same week last year.