Evening Star Newspaper, September 7, 1927, Page 1

WEATHER. (U S Weather Burean Forecast.) Generally fair tonight and tomor- row; slightly warmer tonig! Temperature—Highest, 85. p.m. yesterday; lowest, 61, at 5:30 a.m. Ful Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages 10 and 11 Entered_as second class matter Washington, No. 30,444, Dor"oine report on page 9. D. OLD GLORY FLASHES SOS; SHIP FAILS TO FIND TRACE; TWOMORE PLANESSTART Lost 500 Miles | at Sea. LINER MAKES FUTILE SEARCH Other \—'essels Speed | to Aid Hunt in | Midatlantic. By the Associated Press, YORK, September 7.—The liner Transylvania reported reach- ing the position where Old Glory was thought to have come down and scarched a 30-mile area with- out resul Capt. Bone said he was proceeding further with the scarch “Have searched area 30 miles this position without results. Now proceeding toward point in which plane was sighted by California s morning. Have advised all hips,” he reported. Capt. Bone gave his po.ition as 4033 north latitude, 41.10 west longitude, which is about 500 miles oif Newfoundland. The California sent a message at 11:57 o'clock last night, saying she had sighted the plane about 250 miles east of Cape Race, with wverything appearing to be all right. | | the Associated Press An SOS call from the Rome- bound, le-motored plane Old Glory, and then silence, leit a situa- tion where there was nothing to do| but wait and hope. The terrifying distress cry of the sea and air came in the early morning from the Oid‘ Glory, when she was believed to be | 50 miles east-northeast of New-| foundland on her 4,000-mile flight to Italy, and ail seemed well with the plane and three occupahts, Lloyfi W. pertaud and James D. Hill, pilots, and Philip Payne, passenger. 1t was pointed out that the silence :ht not he so ominous as lack of Jews in disasters suggests. The plane could be emptied of its great load of fucl in a matter of seconds and de- seend to the sea, where jt was be- lieved the craft would float for a time, giving opportunity for the air- men to seek additional safety in their yubber heat. an adjunct to transat Jantic fiying that saw Comdr. F end his companions safely p<hoy Tance when they were forced to lan in the sea. SOS Picked Up by Ships. 01d Glory's cry for help, as picked several transatlantic ships and d to the Radio Corporation of a, was sent out at 8:30 o'clock , Greenwich mean time. Lieyuuu the fact that her crew of three ad- venturous aviators were in the grip me tragedy over the trackless of water, no details were given in a few minutes of receipt of | the § several ships, obeying the| fmmutable law of the seas, were rush-| under full steam toward the es ited position of the transatlanti liner Transylvania, ar ppeared to be near- Glory than any other ship amer reported that she was 6 m al of wi Withi miles aw ! “The Transylvania is now 65 miles from the plane 3 i davkness it will be difficult to see the plane,” read a laconic message from the captain of the steamer. “As soon | as picked up will report to you. Fresh | wosterly winds and sea.” 2 t the same time the steamships lifornia, Carmania and Lapland, all tward bound to the S up the SOS nd the Lapland were be- | in the general vicinity of dlthough further away ransylvania c we ed pickin Ciurmar Ticved to b O Glory than the Heavy Seas Running. It was evident that the emergency | confronting the flyers was sudden, perhaps due to squally weather, some sudden twist of wind and fate disar- ranging all their well laid plans with- out many moments’ mnotice. Such a development would account for the | foundland, heading e: | 7.—Tweni }and Monday. l LOG OF THE OLD GLORY | | By the Associated Press Tuesday, September 6. 12:23 p.m. (Eastern standard time)— Took oft from Old Orchard, Me., for Rom 12:45 p.m.—Passed over Coast Guard station at Popham Beach, 40 miles east of starting point. 1 p.m.—Passed Monhegan Island, Me.. and entrance to Penobscot Bay. 254 p.m.— Sighted by Canadian hter Empress 10 miles off Digby, | Nova Scotia 3:15 p. va Scotia 1:30 p.m.— Passed Truro, Scotia, flving east by southeast. | 6 p.m.—Sighted over North Sydney | and South Bar, Cape Breton. | £:30 p.m.—Sighted over Burin, New- | { Harbourvlille, | | 1. — Passed N Nova 10:15 p.m.—Heard in clouds over Cape_Race. 11557 p.m.—Sighted by steamship California aigput 350 miles east of Cape Race. | Wednesday. 4 a.m.—SOS call from OId Glory re- ceived by steamers Carmania, Lapland and_Transylvania. 4:30 a.m.—Steamers Transylvania and Carmania on way to search for Old Glory. Transylvania, estimating herself 83 miles from, plane, reports: “Have altered course 150 (degrees) in search of plane. Fresh westerly wind and sea.”” The Carmania said: “At | 5:09, G. M. T., Old Glory gave SOS. Am steering for her estimated posi- tion, which is about 170 miles north- ward."” BROCK AND SCHLEE ARRIVE INRANGOON Round-the-World Flyers Plan| Next Hop to Bangkock. Hit Monsoon. By the Associated Press. RANGOON, Burma, September 7.— William 8. Brock and Edward F. Schlee arrived here this afternoon from Calcutta, India, on their round- the-world flight. The Pride of Detroit landed on the race course at 2:18 o'clock this afternoon. She covered the distance from Calcutta at an average speed ot 100 miles an hour. The aviators reported that haif an hour after their departure from Calcutta they encountered bad mon- soon weather, with strong cross- winds and continuous heavy rains for hours. Later they found the | weather pretty good. The machine | behaved well. H The fiyers plan to continue their | Journey tomorrow. The world flyers, according to plans | announced in Calcutta yesterday, in- tend to fly from Rangoon to Bangkof, | Siam, and thence to Hamoi. Frencu Indo-China. From then on their stons | will be Hongkong, Shanghai, Tokio | and Midway Island and Honolulu on | the way back to the United States. 1 wal end ac Harbor Grace, N ind, where they took off on August Schlee told the newspapermen in Calcutta that they had hoped to cir- cle the world in 22 days, but that they believed this no longer possible, in view of the delays that they have en- countered. They hoped with luck, however, to better the record round- the-world trip of 28 days 14 hours. 22 DIE, 100 HURT IN RIOTS IN INDIA. Troops Take Charge After Hindus and Moslems Battle in Nagpur. By the Associated Press. 1 NAGPUR, British India, September | r-two persons are stated by the authorities to have been killed and more than 100 injured as the result of Hindu-Moslem rioting here Sunday An official communique states that communal trouble broke out Sunday evening when a Mohammedan proces- =ion came into conflict with Hindus. aquickly sent appeal for help and then possible descent to the ocean. With ships reporting heavy s running, the prospect below was prot ably not inviting. The task of pick: jnz the plane out of the wa would not be easy for the rescue ships seek- inz (o aid, and in bad weather no hope could be held out that the plane itself or its lifeboat could live long. The experience of Ernest Smith and Emory Bronte, transpacific flyers, was held out as a ray of hope, for they sent an SOS when they found their gasoline supply was almost exhausted but reached land under their OWn pow- er. An SOS call, however, was the last word from Willlam and hwaldt, who bravely set out two lost planes in the v to Honolulu. However, i Eichwaldt were able to ex- plain their danger in the SOS from the plane, saying they were in a tailspin, Princess’ Fate Mystery. There was no SOS from the St. Raphael, twin sister of the Old Glory, which disappeared between England end Canada, with the Princess Lowen- stein-Wertheim and piloted by Capt. Hamilton and Col. Minchin. The fate ©f the woman and two men remains e mystery with that of Nungesser and Coli, who flew out of sight, bound from Paris to New York. The experince of the late Comdr. John Rodgers and his crew of four men, who spent nine days in a plane in the open sea. forced down on a flight from San Fi in September, 1925, and lived to tell the tale, held out hope for all voyagers forced to forsake the air for the bosom of the ocean. 1f Bertaud, Hill and Payne have per- fehed, victims of transatlantic flying this vear has been increased to 13. “(Continued on Page 2, Column 49 Iorwin 1 ncisco to Honolulu | Sticks and stones were used by the combatants, and a number of small | | riots followed in various parts of the | city. | "The rioting recurred yesterday. { Armed police and troops were called {in. There were more than 20 cases |of arson and one Mohammedan, in i the quarter where most of the arson | occurred, is said to have fired on a | Hindu crowd, killing three. Insulters of U. S. Sued. Rhenish Prussia, Sep- tembey 7 The public prosecutor has entered suit against a number of Communists who, at a mourning dem- onstration for Sacco and Vanzetti, | ch 7 TR TR i | London-to-London Plane Hops Off WASHINGTON, D. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER ¢ Eoening Star. | { { London Flyers Leave Harbor Grace. WINDSOR PLANE ALSO HOPS OFF Both May Pass Spot Where Call for Help Was Sent. By the Associated Pres: HARBOR GRACE, Newfound- land, September 7.—The Royal Windsor arrived here at 12:50, Eastern standard time. | | By the Associated Pross. NEW YORK, September 7.—Avia- | tors saw the possibility today that | other transatlantic planes might ef-| fect the rescue of the crew of the monoplane OId Glory, which sent a distress signal this morning from a point about 500 miles off Newfound- land. If ships at sea had not salvaged Old Glory from the waves in the nieantime, it was believed possible that the Sir John Carling, Canadian monoplane, which left Harbor Grace at 7:25, Eastern standard time, this| mort ing, might lead them to the rescue. Expected to Pass Spot. Flying at a cruising speed of 100 miles an hour, the Carling was ex- pected to pass the spot where Old Glory sent out its SOS at about 12:30 o'clock this afternoon. The Royal Windsor, which took off from Maine before daylight, was also bound along Old Glory's trail, but more than six hours behind the Carling. Even if the intended stop for fuel at Harbor Grace only lasted an hour it could not reach the nlace where Old Glory came into distress before 7 o'clock tonight. Although ships were expected to reach the region where Old Glory sent her SOS before either of the trans- atlantic planes, it was believed they might have difficulty in sighting the plane in the water. The silver fuselage of the plane with its red, white and blue markings, would be submerged and all that would be visible would be the dull gold wing | which could easily be hidden by spray. | Could Direct Rescue Ships. For this reason it was thought the ships might have to circle around the district until the Carling, flying over- | head and with therefore better vision, | could spot the plane and direct the rescue. Against this theory some aviators | recalled that Old Glory carried a scarlet distress kite. If the flyers were able to launch this kite after landing in the water, they said, ships near the scene should have no diffi- culty in spotting them. The transatlantic flights of the Carling and the Royal Windsor were in effect a race, it being known that keen rivalry existed between the crews for the honor of being the first Canadian plane to fly to England, but all agreed that no thought of per-; gonal prestige would interfere with a search for the missing aviators. CARLING OVER ATLANTIC. From Harbor Grace. HARBOR GRACE, Newfoundland, September 7 (#).—The plane Sir John Carling, bound from London, Ontario, to London, England, hopped off from the airport here at 7:25 a.m. today, Eastern standard time. The flyers had not been informed of the Old Glory’s SOS when they took off. Local authorities, however, had inserted a memorandum describing he details of the Old Glory’s distress all in the flyers’ map case, where it would be found when they opened the case to use their charts. Capt. Terry Tully is pilot of the Carling and Lieut. James Medcalf the navigator. The plane on its first at- tempt to hop from London, Ontario, was forced back by bad weather. On the second attempt she reached a point estimated by the aviators as well beyond Prince Edward Island, but encountered such heavy fog that they feared they could not locate Har- | bor Grace, where they had arranged to stop for a new supply of gasoline. They flew back over New Brunswick and finding clear weather in Aroostook County, Me., landed in a hay field in the town of Washburn last Thursday night. The fiyers went to the nearby large town of Caribou in the heart of Maine's great potato-growing region. There they waited for favorable weather reports until Monday, when they flew to Harbor Grace. Plane Has Narrow Escape. Monday night the plane narrowly escaped destruction when a lantern set fire to a barrel of gasoline as publicly burned the Stars and Stripes. The charge is “an affront to a for- eign flag.” By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, September 7.—The Examiner says today that Archduke Leopold of Austria, now playing bits in the films here, has withdrawn his challenge of Count Laszlo Szechenyi, Hungarian Minister to the United States, to a_duel. The archduke took this action, he | said, because Count Szechenyi, now | touring rope, had refused to pay | any attention to the challenge. The rchduke sald he had taken the mat- ter up with the Hungarian govern- ment in an attempt to have the count removed from office because of what he said was the latter's disinclination to fight. . 1 Archduke Withdraws Challenge to Fight Duel With Hungarian Envoy to U. S. luborers were refuelling the Carling. The plane was pulled away from the (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) The challenge was hurled by the archduke after an exchange of tele- grams with the diplomat, which Leo- | pold interpreted as the equivalent to tossing gloves in the face of each other. The archduke's ire was fired when, after he had asked the Hun- garian representative to handle loans which Leopold proposed to raise, th request was rejected as ‘tactle This, the archduke replied by te gram, was an adjective which no one could apply with impunity to a mem- ber of his royal family. U S WORKERS GET el CANT GIMME ANOTHE =\ CHANCI PLEA FOR AGTION Stronger Organization Held Necessary by Speakers at San Antonio. Special Dispateh to The Star. , September 7. —Strengthening of the ranks of or- ganized Government workers so as to achieve even greater benefits for Federal personnel was given special emphasis in deliberations which oc- cupied the ninth convention of the ational Federation of Federal Em- ployes as it entered its second day of sessions here today. It was pointed out by leaders of the organization that to be even more successful in| obtaining legislative advantage from Congress for those who compose the Government service stronger organ- ization must be effected in the point of numbers, Accordingly, the dele- gates are pledged to do all in thelr power during the two years which will elapse before their next conven- tion, to bring many more thousands of Federal workers into the organiza- tion, which is dedicated to advance- ment of working standards for the Government employe. Plea for Organization. The proposal to redouble efforts to organize those who remain outside the ranks of the federation was placed before delegates assembled here by Luther C. Steward, president of the federation, who called upon them to make the utmost endeavor to upbuild the organization so as to be able to make it still more representative of the rank and file of men and women who transact the Nation's business. Mr. Steward predicted that event- ually all Federal workers will be or- ganized and® affiliated with the body that is working in their behalf. He views organization as essential to further success in a legislative way, pointing out that as the federation ins in prestige and numbers, its ef- fectiveness and the power of its voice in the legislative halls will be in-| creased proportionately. The conven- tion at yesterday's session was occu- pied largely with matters of internal anization character, committees working diligently meanwhile on the larger problems affecting the entire Government personnel, on which re- ports recommending definite action ! will be forthcoming during the re- mainder of the sessions. Time was taken, however, to listen to inspirational addresses by two War Department officials of this 8th Corps Area—Lieut. Col. James A. Mars, in charge of the central depot at Fort Sam Houston, and Lieut. Col. Peter J. Hennessy, chief co-ordinator of the area. Wage Scale Needs. Col. Mars urged members of the tederation to utilize their opportunities to the fullest to effect improvements in conditions in the Government serv- ice. You need a wage scale which is simple, adequate, just and graded, and which offers reasonable opportunity for advancement, he told the dele- gates. “Only by a full and frank dis- cussion of all phases of the wage problem can a satisfactory solution be possible.” Col. Hennessy likewise indorsed organization as an effective agency, paralleling it with examples of how much more effectively the busi- ness activity of the Government be- | comes as a gesult of co-ordination of the work of handling supplies. Delegates yesterday were taken on a sight-seeing trip, visiting the old Franciscan Missions, dating back two centuries or more, and Brooks, Dun- can and Kelly aviation flelds and Fort Sam Houston. Washingtonians were given important committee assign- ments. Lena Bailey, Local No. 2, is | came as a climax to | night | murder, was | chairman of the resolutions commit- tee; others serving on this committee include Belle A. Trouland, Local 103, and Lee R. Downs, Local No. constitution; E. C. Hooper, No. j i Borland, No. 249, and William inney, No. 61, organization; Mrs. Mattie Boston, No. 71, resolutions; Gertrude M. Mec- Nally, national secretary-treasurer and delegate from Local No. 105, legisla- tion, and Henry Nolda, No. 2, cre- dentials. HOOVER NOT TO RESIGN | Hls POST IN CABINET | Takes Off on Training Flight With% Denies Rumor and Declares He Is Thoroughly in Accord With Coolidge Administration. By the Associated Press VICKSBURG, Miss., September 7. —Secretary Herbert Hoover last night denied that he was contemplating re- signing his post as Secretary of Com- Leopold then entered the films with the avowed intention of earning pas- sage money to Europe in order to fight merce in the Coolidge cabinet. Mr. Hoover said he was thoroughly in accord with the policies of the Cool- idge administration., i FALLS CHURCH MAN IS VICTIM IN TRAGEDY Robert McGroarty Fatally Hurt by Body Plunging From Ninth Floor Scene of Double Slaying. By the Associated Pre: NEW YORK, September 7.—The fourth death from a shooting, which a conference over a $500 real estate transaction in a law office on West Forty-fourth street, just off Fifth avenue, yester- day, occurred today when Robert Mc- Groarty, 20-year-old stage manager, died in Bellevue Hospital. McGroarty formerly was of Falls Church, Va. His death was due to injuries re- ceived when he was struck by the body of Victor J. Steinberg, as it hurtled from the ninth floor to the street. Police_said that Charles M. Bern- stein, Baltimore dress and waist goods manufacturer and real estate operator, accused the other conferees of swindling him, then drew a revol- ver and shot Charles Herskovitz, 38, real estate broker, and Henry C. Cohen, Herskovitz's lawyer, both of whom died of wounds. Steinberg either jumped to the street or fell while trying to get out of range by walking along the window ledge. Pending an autopsy, it was not known if Stein- berg had been shot. Bernstein, who surrendered last and was held on charges of questioned at police headquarters today, but told the offi- Yov 7 | COSTING 4 LIVES cers he did care to talk now, as| he wished to protect his wife and children. Before he died Cohen named Bern- stein as the killer and said a dispute | over a real estate deal was responsi- | ble. Bernstein came from Baltimore yes- terday afternoon to meet Steinberg, Herskowitz, who had ed two Sixth avenue loft buildings him, and Cohen, counsel for Herskowitz. The conference was sup- posed to be an attempt to settle a suit for $500 commission by Hers- kowitz, The men gathered in Steinberg's | private office in the suite of Bijur, Herts & Steinberg on the ninth floor of the 16-story building. Shooting Begins. Bernsteln ~as quarrelsome from the start of the deliberations, Cohen said, and suddenly whipped out a pistol and began to shoot, picking Herskowitz as the first target. Herskowitz was found dead in the hallway. Cohen was pinned in his chair by a bullet wound in the back and died several hours later in a hospital. Steinberg, attempting to escape the storm of bul- plunged headlong out of a win- | | _Attracted by the shots and falling (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) GREENVILLE FAGES ECONOMIG FAILURE Hoover Serves Notice on Mortgage Holders Not to Foreclose on Farms. BY REX COLLIER, Staff Correspondent of The Star. VICKSBURG, Miss., September 7.— The world’s richest cotton land, in Washington County, down in the Mis- sissippi Delta, has emerged from its worst flood to find staring it in the face the danger of complete economic collapse. Washington County and its once thriving city, Greenville, is crushed in epirit and in body. Last year the cot- crop netted the county $10,000,000 This year it will be lucky to come out with a half million dollar harvest. That means a crop loss from the flood of $9,500,000. Worst of all, every planter and ten- ant farmer in the county is over his head in debt. Mortgage companies are threatening to foreclcse. These companies hold mortgages totaling $50,000,000 to $60,000,000 on farm land | in the delta. Hoover Takes Hold. Into such a desolate picture has | come secretary Hoover, humanitarian and economist, to tackle the problem from two directions. Sympathetic to the farmers and, at the same time, cognizant of the situation confronting the mortgage firms, insurance com- panies and banks, the Commerce Sec- retary has taken decisive steps de- signed to solve the problem. That it is a problem of the gravest sort is shown by the fact that Mr. Hoover intimated that unless the fore- closures are deferred until the emer- | gency is over, the Red Cross may tind | it useless to continue its aid and will | recommend that the ruined planta- tions be abandoned. “There is no justification for the expenditure here of further public donations if our work is not going to get us anywhere,” Hoover declared emphatically to a group of mortgage and financial interests in Greenville. “If these people have no prospect at (Continued on Page 3, Column 3 i LOS ANGELES MAKES TRIP. Nine Student Officers. LAKEHURST, N. J., September 7 (). 'he naval cirigible Los Angeles took off at 10 o’'clock this morning for a training flight, which was scheduled to take her down the coast over Atlan- tic City and Cape May. Forty-five men, including nine stu- dent officers, were aboard the vessel vhich was commanded by Lieut. Comdr. Charles E. Rosendahl. Radio Progrz;ms—l’age 1 DELUNEBUSLINE STIRSFAREFIGHT {Ham Opposes Service to| | Cleveland Park Saying Com- panies Are “Starving.” | | | Another intimation that the street car companies of the District are plan- | ning to seek an increase in fare was heard by the Public Utilities Commis- sion today during a public hearing on an aplication of the Capital Traction Co. for authority to establish a new 25-cent de luxe motor coach line, op- | ating from Cleveland Park to the | heart of the business area. William F. Ham, president of the | Washington Railway & Electric Co.. who appeared before the commission to oppose the creation of the new line, took advantage of the opportunity to point out that the public is desirous of improved service, regardless of cost, but that the rate of fare now is too low to enable the “starving com- panies” to give better service. Three different routes for the pro- posed bus line were considered. The terminals, however, would be the same | should the application Le approved. The one in Cleveland Park would be at Thirty-fourth and Ordway streets. | The downtown terminal would be at | Tenth and E streets. A number of residents of Cleveland Park supported the company's appli- cation and a group from Chevy Chase testified to the popularity of the pres- ent de luxe service to that section. Roy L. Neuhauser and Ernest S. Johnstone, however, protested the op- eration of the busses over Kalorama road, which is on one of the alternative routes. Those who spoke in favor of the new line included J. Francis Moore, president of the Chevy Chase Citizens’ Association; Fred S. Lincoln, nrad H. Syme, Leo R. Sack, Edwin . Hege and G. H. Powell. Mr, Ham's chief objection to the i establishment of the new line was { that it would “gravely compete” with | the Washington Railway & Electric Co.’s bus line 1n Cleveland Park. He declared that the line has suffered a | loss of $38,000 since its establishment. | | | | | i By the Associated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn., September 7.— Close watch was being kept today on land “sinks” along a strip of the river front bluff here as a possible fore- runner of a cavein similar to a drop in the earth which last year destroyed property valued at approximately $350,000. The present sink affects a strip of land about 800 feet in length and 10 feet wide, which is was estimated was sinking at the rate of about 14 inches an hour. So far the only property damage reported was the destruction “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes HIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. - Broken Leg Gives Victim Big Kick; | Proves to Be Wood By the Associated P SUPERIOR, Wis., September —Peter Fronski's leg was broken last night, and he got quite a kick out of it. After an automobile had passed over the leg, Fronski was taken in an aEhumee to a hospital. At- tendant® could not understand why he grinned throughout the trip. Doctors did, however, when they found the broken leg was made of ‘wood. Fronski was uninjured. FARMERS, MARKET MUST YIELD SITE Government Needs at Least One-Half of Space Be- fore November 15. i | | Construction of the new Internal Revenue Building will begin Novem- ber 15 and at least one-half of the site now occupled by the farmers’ produce market will have to be va- cated by that time, the District Com- | missioners were advised today by representatives of the supervising architect’s office of the Treasury De- partment. The information caused a stir at the District Building and resulted in a special conference of the Board of Commissioners to consider what steps could be taken to provide temporary accommodations for the farmers who will be forced out of the portion of the site to be vacated. No definite ac- tion was taken, but the Commissioners took under advisement a suggestion that these farmers be located at the curb on B street opposite Center Market. The Federal agents apparently be- lieved that all arrangements had been completed for rehousing the farmers who use the produce market and told the Commissioners that the purpose of their visit was to ascertain where the sheds that are to be dismantled should be moved. The Commissioners replied that this question was still puzzling them, but that a definite answer would be given the Treasury Department some time next week. As soon as Commissioner Proctor L. Dougherty returns fro mhis vacation in Massacuhsetts his colleagues plan to give serious attention to the prob- lem of relocating the farmers’ market. Mr. Dougherty is scheduled to return Thursday. PARLEYS ON CHINA BEGUN BY KELLOGG Secretary and Other Department Officials Discuss Developments With MacMurray. While Secretary Kellogg and State Department officials have commenced conferences which are expected to last several days with Minister Mac- Murray, called home from Peking to discuss developments of the last few months in China, Admiral Williams, commander of the Asiatic flees, re- ported to the Navy Department an- other instance of firing on American vessels. The admiral advised that the mine sweeper Pigeon had been heavily fired upon by machine guns at Sishan Shang, 12 miles above Nanking, and had replied with machine guns and 34 rounds from the main battery, silencing the Chinese fire. The Pigeon was hit many times, but there were no_casualties, he added. MacMurray was under orders to re- turn here for conferences and had started for the United States when the impending Nationalist attack on Shanghai caused a change in his In- structions _and sent him back _ to Peking. Not until within the iast month could he be spared from his post for the conference. CAROL CONTESTS WILL OF KING FERDINAND Starts Court Action to Get Biggest Slice of Estate Left by Late Ruler. By the Associated Press. BUCHAREST, Rumania, Septem- ber 7.—Prince Carol, one-time Crown Prince of Rumania, but now living in virtual exile, wants the biggest slice of the fortune left by the late King Ferdinand, and has begun a court action to get it. A power of attorney to act for Prince Carol in contesting the will, was presented by the former Adjt. Gen. Condesku, before the Court of Appeals. This set forth that Prince Carol was not agreeable to what others considered an equitable divi- sion of the estate. It was stated that the Prince intended to request an impartial court judgment. The local press says that Prince Carol has requested several Buchar- est attorneys to represent him. Rains Damage Thrace. CONSTANTINOPLE, September ‘7 (#).—Torrential rains in Thrace have inflicted great damage to the Turkish city of Ouchak. Fifty dwellings are reported submerged and extensive sugar beet fields flooded. Heavy loss of live stock is also reported. Memphis Watches River Front “Sinks™ In Fear of Another Disastrous Cavein of about 40 feet of St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad trackage and the twisting of a coal conveyor. The earth crevices, which preceded the sinking of the iand, extend vir- tually to the point where the cavein occurred last year, near the location of & number of warehouses and indus- trial plants. In the previous cave-in the yards of the West Kentucky Coal Co. and a Frisco railroad roundhouse tumbled. The cavein was attributed to the crumbling of a soft strata of earth some distance below the surface caused by the falling of the abutting Mississippl River to low stage. ) as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 96,681 TWO CENTS. COUNCIL OF LEAGUE ASSAILED FOR LACK OF MEDIATE ACTION Swedish Foreign Minister De- nounces Failure to Act in Recent Disputes. FEARS GENEVA ASSEMBLY WILL LOSE HIGH MISSION Demands Impressive Dictum That Disarmament Must Be Brought About. By the Associated Press, GENEVA, Switzerland, September 7. —An attack on the Council of the League of Nations for its failure to in- tervene in the differences which broke out among the powers during the vear, delivered by Foreign Minister Erich Lofgren of Sweden, caused a sensation at today's meeting of the Assembly of the League of Nations. The criticlsm was interpreted by most delegates as an allusion to the fact that the Council did not take up the controversy between Italy and Jugoslavia. Mr. Lofgren said that the Locarno accord and the entry of Germany into the League had inspired the worlde wide hope that the League had in- creased in strength and prestige. How- ever, the League's recent attitude, con- tinued the foreign minister, had caused disappointment, impatience and the conviction that the great powers were settling political problems outside the League. He said he belleves that it this policy were persisted in, the Coun- cil and the League would be exposed to the danger of losing their high mis- slon of safeguarding world peace. Demand for Disarmament, Referring to the failure of the for the reduction of armamente. he foreign minister declared that this was due to the divergencies between the great military powers, who should immediately Ind a basis for agree- ment. He demanded that the Assem- bly impressively manifest its will that lsTa;mamen:l must be achieved. e second outstanding develo, today was Poland's lnld‘rrml pl'x’&‘iecr: ltah::(]?zi‘ lbpmfi?ul for a general dec- , branding . w. e t;lrimeA g Wwar as an interna- As the Polish draft of a - demning war and all anresl:f:n = handed Briand and Chamberlain toda representatives of Nordic lands like Esthonia and Finland were speaking from tl.e rostrum of the League of Na- l!m“ mbly vigorously advecating the necessity of reviving principles of the Geneva protogol, which call for ex- tension of arbitration securit - duction of armament. i g Plea for Arbitration. The Polish text emphasizes a pres- ent difficulty in defln":lg penal!le’:’s t.u be imposed on aggressor nations and defining aggression. Under the un- ratified Geneva protocol the agressor power was proclaimed to be one which refused arbitration, this formula being largely based on ideas advanced by anmesvT. Shotwell and David Miller of New York, who came to Geneva in an effort to advance the international movement to outlaw war. The Polish project advances the thought that the best way to attain the goal of peace is by developing a policy of arbitration. Speakers at today's assembly in. (‘!nded Rafael Erich, former nremier of Finland; Frederich Akel, foreign minis- ter of Esthonia; Felix Cielens, foreign minister of Lativa; Jonas Lofgren, for- eign minister of Sweden. The League assembly would be com- mitted to a new study of the arbitra- tion, security and disarmament prin- ciples of the “Geneva protocol” of 1924 under a resolution introduced by the Dutch foreign minister, Jonkheer Beelaerts Van Bloklands. This de- velopment increased the probability of an early debate on disarmament. The resolution reads: “The assembly, convinced that without reopening dis- cussions of the Geneva protocol of 1924, it is desirable to ascertain if the moment has not come to resume study of the principles which formed the basis of that protocol—considering it of the highest importance that the assembly stimulate the labors of the preparatory commission for general disarmament—decides to turn over a study of the fundamental principles of the Geneva protocol and the con- clusions of the report of the prepara. tory commission to the appropriate committees.” Urges Protocol Plan. M. Paul-Boncour of France, one of the framers of the protocol, told ihe newspaper men: “This proposition is more concrete than the Polish one.” It tends to back our contention that disarmament will not be accorn- plished until security is first assured,” he continued. ‘“Moreover, it shows that many people hostile or luul warm to the Geneva protocol are be- ginning to see that the internation: organization of security is the only way olt of the present difficultiss.” The new development supports the previous forecast that a “full dress” dehate covering what has already been attempted and what it is hoped to accomplish in the way of arms limitation, will be an outstanding fea- ture of the present assembly. The Dutch propoesal, characterized by observers as simple and concrete, has been put up to the assembly be- fore the tentative Polish project for a non-aggressive pact could be re- duced to black and white, and before the somewhat analogous finish pro- posal, first raised in the League's pre- paratory disarmament commission, cxuld be retouched and again present- EXPLAINS TACNA-ARICA STATUS LIMA, Peru, September 7 (#).—The Peruvian foreign minister, Jose Rada Y Camio, declared yesterday to the Associated Press correspondent, that it would be impossible to submit the Tacna-Arica problem to the League of Nations. He made this statement in connection with the recent declara- tion of the Chilean Minister, Senor Villegas, president of the League of Nations council at Geneva. The foreign minister made refer- ence to a recent Geneva dispatch car- rying the pronouncement by Senor Villegas, that he saw no reason why the League should fail to become in- terested in political problems outside of Europe, and also to the fact that it the opinion of Senor Villegas was approved, it was possible that the League would acquire new political force, and perhaps would undertake the settlement of the Tacna-Arica problem.