Evening Star Newspaper, April 7, 1929, Page 2

. BONNG 07 SO STES 5 ELAYED McCarl’s Opinion Blocks Im- mediate Purchase at Prob- able Saving. 2 . Efforts of the District Commissioners to effect & possible ssving in the pur- chage of public school playground and building sites were blocked yesterday by Controller General J. R. McCarl. The Commissioners had sought authorisation from McCarl to make available immediately an appropriation of $517,000 contained in the appropria- tion act for the fistal year beginning July 1 for the purchase of school sites, | pointing out that the acquisition of certain property in advance of that date | pyobably would result in a substantia! ving to the District. The controller gelyral ruled, however, that the use of any Portion of the appropriation before July 1 would be contrary to established Tules. Opinion Causes Surprise. McCarl’s opinion was received at the Distriet Buil with some surprise, in view of the precedent he established in 1923 by permitting the Commissioners to use before the beginning of a new fiscal year an appropriation contained in the appropriation act for that year for the purchase of a site for the Mount Pleasant branch of the Public Library. The $517,000 appropriation was pro- vided for the acquisition of sites for the | new 16-room building in the vicinity of Connecticut avenue and Upton street, a new jumior high school, a new platoon school and a colored health school and sanitarium in Northeast Washington, as well as land for playground Tposes in the vicinity of the Banneker and Stevens Schools. As the result of Mc- Carl’s ruling, none of these sites can be purchased before July 1. Immediate use of a portion of the $517,000 appropriated was needed, ac- cording to the District officials, to sup- plement current funds before the be- ginning of the new fiscal year to com= plete negotiations now under way for [ the acquisition of certain sites. These sites can be purchased immediately, it was pointed out, and it has been found that when a property owner agrees to sell to the District he will give a better price than if he has to wait a number of months to obtain settlement. One site in icular, if juired | at this time, McCarl was told, would re- sult in a substantial saving in cost over the price than if acquired at a later date., The location of the property was not disclosed, however. - Donovan Gives Views. Daniel J. Donovan, District auditor and budget officer, also informed the controller general that although the language in the text of the appropria- tion for the $517,000 does not include a provision making it immediately available, he believed such treatment of the appropriation would be proper and authorized by the decision of 1923 when the use of an appropriation got immediately available was allowed for acquisition of the branch library site. McCarl replied, however, that the established rule applicable to appropria- tions made in annual appropriation acts for purchase of real estate in general is. that unless otherwise specifically provided for in the act making the ap- «propriations, such appropriations have been considered as available for the in- curring of obligations dugping the fiscal year covered by the act only. There have been exceptions to this general rule, the controller general said, in cases in which the appropriation contained provisions which clear! cated the. funds lated were in- tended to be available without refer- ence to the fiscal year limitation, and the library case was one of them. In the case of llée 31531.300 re:ld‘ml site appropriation, McCar] ared, no pro- | \zfcnp:u made for its immediate avail ability or its availability until expen and it must be considered as an aj propriation made for the fiscal year, be ginning July 1 next. “Accordingly, yo are advised,” he wrote the commission- ers, “that the setting up of the said ap- propria &S & NO year aj tion immediately ized.” available i not' author- it B pridg 3 e v?ifl delay somewhat the negotiations for the ible sav- r:hmmgl mb! lhr}v’l L‘e “ME‘ sites being ca: on aj. Layson E. Atkins, Assistant . Engineer Commis- sioner. Atkins, however, will complete his negotiations as far as fhle and if he closes contracts for the acquisi- tion of the property desired, the owners will be required to wait for payment until July 1 or later. BERES b sl REPRESENTATIVES NAMED FOR HERRICK SERVICES War, Navy and State Departments | Belect Men to Assist in Ceremonies. By the Associated Press. The War and Navy Depngmmu 8] Maj. Gen. Hanson E. Ely, commander Area, with head- at New York, will represent the armed forces of the Nation. Representative of President Hoover and the State Department at the cere- monies are to be appointed later. Mr. Dunn will reach New York Monday to make advance arrangements. “Swat the Fly” on also | g THE NEW ADVISORY COUNCIL MAKE-UP Scheer and Charles 1. Stengle. Richardson. ADVISORY COUNCIL ADDS 3 MEMBERS; RE-ELECTS 3 OTHERS (Continued From First Page.) the result of the first ballot was being ge a heated discussion that threatened to result in fisticuffs. Dele- gates who surrounded Gelbman, how- ever, prevented further developments. ‘The result of the election was not sur- prising to delegates who had engaged actively in the campaign of the 16 can- didates, one of whom, Charles H. Spen- cer, withdrew. at the eleventh hour. The defeat of Roberts was snticipated in some quarters in view of his vigorou: opposition to the transit merger plan in its present form, but others had fore- cast his re-election. 2 Ninety-seven votes were cast on the first ballot, when Campbell, Frampton, Scheer and Stengle were elected. nine votes were ne« for a choice. Campbell received 49; pton, §5; heer, 64, and Stengle, 61, Roberts, who received 45 votes on the first ballot, was the only candidate who did not lose on the second, but on the third his total dropped to 42, and he continued to slip until the eighth and final ballot, when' his total vote was 20. Virtually all of the oflgi‘nrmwl for Raberts went to Dr. Ric gradu- ally, and on the final ballot he received 37 of 68 votes cast, two more than nec- essary to elect, Lodge won with 51 votes of 90 east. The variance was due to delegates dropping out during the night. . CHICAGO’S GANG WAR REOPENED BY BOMBS Beer Runner Is Slain as Hostili- ties Are Remewed by Ratketeer Rings. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, April 6.—The roar of bombs and the death of & beer funner and former convict marked the re- opening today of ch\tlgfl gang war- fare, quiet since the St. Valentine's day massacre of seven men. Two explosions rocked the stock yards. | district on the South Side after Frank i assass) Warning Is Issued By Health Office tabulated that Gelbman and Riegel en- | indi- | ga Upper: F. Tracy Campbell and Hugh M. Frampton. Center: Andrew F. E. Lower: Thomas E. Lodge and Dr. Edward | | | & IS TPLEY SHELDVNDEATED I. T. & T. World Merger Reqarded as Epochal. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. With law enforcement and: law ob- sgrvmmu s major policies o e i | Business humd{‘n:ud that it intends watching its step. Though it has escaped general public notice, the ac- tion of the Radio Corporation of Amer- ica and the Internationsl Telephone & their proposed world-wide jthey're sure they can effect it the law, is looked upon in Washington as an -making event. ‘The projected consolidation would create the greatest communication sys- phone ane o8, an wireless into one vast, centrally-con- trolled consolidation, girdling both tain things as soon as they are assured they can proceed strictly within the statutes. The particular statutes in their case are comprehended under the White law, - restricting the extent to which consolidations may take place among i individuals or tions engaged in !the fleld of electrical communications. Principle Recognised. . The White law may or may not be changed by the next , viz, t m:aunm nowadays need to look before 'y leap. Under the late administra- tion of William J. Donoyan, Assistant Attorney General, in charge of the anti- trust division at the Department of Justice, the Government carried out the policy of helping corporations to joperate in accordance with the Sher- man law. “In administering - the anti - trust laws,” said Mr. Donovan in his recent report to Congress, “the Department of Justice has it to co-operate with those desirous of conducting their busi- Without abating the insistence thal statutes must be obeyed, it has tw'gt /4 | comed the opportunity to aid those en- CUTTER REPORTED FIRING UPON SHIP Skipper and Master of Ba-! nana Boat Coming Up Bay s Alleged Protest. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Md., April 6—The Baltimore Bun in a copyrighted story tomorrow will say that two of six shots fired on the Norwegian-registered banana boat Jjan by a Coast Guard boat narrowly missed striking the ship as it steamed up Chesapeake Bay Fri- day morning. Capt. Carl Anderson, the master of the vessel, and Paul E. Kesterson, the pilot, who brought the Juan from out- side the capes into port in Baltimore, have protested to the Norwegian con- sul, the newspaper will add, Kesterson is quoted as saying that the last shot fired by the boat marked ©. G. 189, passed over the stern of the ship and struck in the water about where the Juan would have been had the pilot not swung sharply to star- after hearing the preceding shot. “Followed an Hour.” He saw the cutter when he boarded the Juan outside the capes, and at one time it was within tall distance, said, but gave no sign or made no effort toward bo-nung the ship while follow- ing it for about an jour. The pilot said he had forgotten about the Coast Guard boat by the time he turned northward to go up the bay, and little attention to three shots which he heard, because there e to w] e Jan T in line behind the vessel. 4 Two Men Sent Aboard. Kesterson said the ficer of ths Coast G distriet. » | such of- standpoint. To aj ted _three {:m in "H\urst;l:f commerce to main- | lawful con resort Htigation ™ lons without to | “The value of this policy o | operation is reflected (1) in lhye prompt | application of the law to new business tion by business units of their condi- tions and their plans, (3) in gener:l economic stability resulting from conf. dence in rather than fear of govern- ment, and (4) in securing tI full effect of the public policy of this coun- try as expressed in the anti-trust laws cost to the Govern- lo the prospective defend- “As has been stated in previous re- Dom,uhubnn,llnmw:! ‘r:_ partment {0’ meet” &° thefr ' in n more effective enforcement ticipating and hmr1 cmr;'w‘:: involved, enables industry 1d to be guided the Spre by‘ decisions of the Expect Voluntary Move. This writer understands that the Radio-International Corporations do not at present plan directly to seek such | amendments to She White law as would permit ipt ratification of their mer- ger. seem confident that either Congress or the Hoover administration may move volustarily in the direction of remedial legislation. Their position is that competitive: conditions st the time the 1’1" ].A'm was enacted no prevail, erica’s _principal m: rivals in various parts of the world have gone in for such extensive that th eUnited States’ position in fleld of electrical communica- tions is today radically altered. It is the British radio-cable merger, now about to become operative, that is of chief importance to this country. Nothing short of a joining of American forces, such as is contemplated by the | Radio-International deal, can, its pro- | moters assert, equip Uncle Sam to meet the impending world-wide communica- tions competition of John Buil. 0il Curtailment. ‘The oil industry, ac through the | American Petroleum oStie, gly an the rposes because “turning off ofl at the m.or- would restrain output and ‘automatically tend to raise . | Prevention of ar ".nrg.EIu fi of course, one of the purposes the Sherman act. It i not generally known that s le of years ago, When the problem :‘rmgu enn:::vm:: was first broached, the oll industry projected just some co-operst Federal Ofl Canservation = Board, Ser I vas axvanged to Have the whole , it was ve studled from a purely legal that end t‘h:umm ves; o & gn of the reparations debt she would nesses in conformity with those laws.| with experiments, (2) in the frank revela- | {; represen ¢ | tions in opposition to any move to re- 'SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. DEBT SETTLEMENT IS BELEVED NEAR, Calling of -Plenary Session " Will Be Indication of Definite Results. B the Associated Press. PARIS, April 6~The. sir was full | | of figures and rumors of figures tonight | | at the end of the eighth week of:work | by the second Dawes committee to’ ar- rive at s new settlement of German ! reparations,” Some, based apparently on | excellent authority, contradictsd. others | based on equally gopd authority, which | was taken to show that all figures thus | far mentioned are tentative and not yet near their final form. | What is known for a certainty is that the allied financial experts on the com- mittee have told the Germans what they are going to demand. Taking into / consideration the known elements of ¢ | the allied claims, these demands may | safely be sald to be in the neighbor- | hood of $14,000,000,000 or £6,000,000,- 000 gold marks. France Is Biggest Creditor. ! France, the biggest and perhaps the | est of reparations er&‘ltfig;,: asks | of S T be nearly $14,000,000,000 without reckoning anything for the Prench outlay on reconstruction work in her devastated 3 France has it $4,000,000,000 to restore these ns. It is known thad in consderation for some such induce. ments as a considerable amount of ready cash from commercialization of willing to sacrifice of what she claims for reconstruction. If she were willing to eut these claims in two, ti=ie would remain $2,000,000,000 more to by demanded of Germany. .But, on the other hand, the British claim under the Balfour note would be reduced in the final settlement so as largely to com- pensate for that amount, Agreement Thought Near. As the discyssion stands today, there is reason to believe that the French claim much more than $7,125.000,000, Dr., Schacht, delegation, talked M. Moreau of the Banks of France again this morning and all the experts had rivate conversations. ‘These were said in well informed quart- ers to have brought the Germans and their creditors nearer together. ‘The private talks wil continue Mon- day. A pl session of the commit- tee will probably be called only when mhlnl tangible has resulted from QUOTA SYSTEM LAUDED. | NEW YORK, April 6 (#).—Approval| the national quota system | of the immigration law was H today by official representatives of 500 and civic organisations at a! luncheon at the Hotel Roosevelt given by the national immigration Testriction conference. The tatives adopted resolu- 1 the operation of the law and unan- o red T that i lmrmigration countries to the strued as & forward step, they sald. sfation. One of the Government's repre- sentatives was Walter P. ral. It was the final | usion of this special | eonr:.muue!‘d nine that nfl-wndumvy be & violation of the Sherman anti-| trust law, They expressed the view that at re- times of oil ove: uction, curtaliment. ht be m"fi‘m the | blic interest, but the commitiee was no doubt that, until the Federal statutes were alterad, curtailment could not be legally un 5 A recommendations were made in favor of citooally clre’ that wech. agree- uivocal sucl - :enu would not be in violation Me national anti-trust laws.” The specific bill recommended was a conservation measure which would grant relief to oil operators from the Lot :; v !etulrdfin ?fi; com] sa puhmmmw The committee said: “Such agree- ments on the part of ofl operators at the present time, no matter what the necessity for them, would be tion of the anti-trust laws of some, if not all, of the oil-producing States, and, oF ihe aws. of Heonibiting a ws activities in restraint of interstate lnz foreign commerce.” ‘The lawyers who joined in the veraity ot Mishigan. Jazase. . Yensay, of h 3 I general counsel of the Carter Ofla‘a,.. and William Olney, jr. of San Pran- - ition of the committee g: oll matters, is the attitude promul- gated by Attorney General Mitchell as the standpoint of the o and - another three were | guch Asso- ted by American Bar EARLY DISCOVERY If You Tire Easily —if you should also have a persistent light cough, loss of weight,” some chest pai ins or hoarseness you may be developing consump- tion and you should lose no time to g ' See & Docter or Have Yourself Examined at the Fres ’ H (Continued Prom First Page.) | tural surpluses adequately are provided in viola- | the inis- | indorsement of the Coolidge administra- sum fixed The annual Good (left) delivering an patriotic or| chief of stai of the Military Order.of the MNARY SAYS FARM BILL WILL BE READY Measure Can Be Put Before Senate as Soon as Mes- sage Is Read, He Says. orld War. legisiation to permit to qualify properly as farm relief. They are: “1. It should make the tariff effective on all farm crops so that surpluses will not be permitted to depress the domes- tie ?flu %0 the world level of prices. “3. It should be of such nature that the control and disposition of agricul- for. “3. It should contain provisions, which are automatic in their operation, to check (wel?mducfion. . ‘4. It should provide for farm owner- ship and control of marketing organiza- tions with due consideration to the co- operative associations already estab- | ho urm" 54 The letter was signed by C. E. Huff., resident .of the Farmers’ Union; L. J. ber, master of the National Grange, and 8. H. Themj president of American Farm u Federation. Committetmen Left in. Doubt. ‘While the representatives of these :mnnnnom have agreed on what they in their letter the “fundamentals” and offer their services to the Senate and House committees, there is omitted the important detafls of how these fundamental " requisités are to be car- ried out, which leaves members of the committees in some doubt. As it was | the surplus problem, in all pmbchlmy.g while the Parm Bureau Federation | would stand for the old equalization | fee principle to do the same job. ‘The heads of the farm organizations in their letter also urged that Congress should “make a tariff adjustment suf- ficient to give the farmers of our Na- tion the domestic market,” although they said that they realized the tariff was & matter. which would not come within ;the jurisdiction of the commit- | tee on agriculture. Without any definite - suggestions, therefore, from the farm organization leaders, the congressional committees are likely to deal with the problem be- fore them in the manner they deem best and most rnctlul from the point of view of getting through as legisla- tion. The McNary bill authorizes the purchase of farm crops when necessary to bring about more orderly marketing and to prevent a glut of the market and a lowering of prices. To that‘ex- tent it may be considered as mem requirement, - that provision be included in any farm aid bill for dealing with the surplus problem. Fund Size to Cause Discussion. ‘The size of the rovélving fimd which shall be set up by the Federal® ment out of the Federal o hall be an indepe: an ndent board or shall be “within the - ment of Agriculture” are matters which are likely to be the subject of con- siderable discussion in the committeees. As Senator McNary originally wrote the bill, which he offered in the last session of Congress and which had the tion, the for the revolving fund “was ‘That - the proposed Federal Farm Board would be an independent board, has been. the, tmfrefihn But t should be observance of Army ‘li this year found Secretary of War izations before the War Department. -Gen. Charles P. Summe; of the Army (right), also spoke. The exercises were -nde::u’gnlen“' Photo. |fanned by a 40-mile-an-hour wind, LC.ORANISRAL MERGER AUTHORTY | y 1o representatives of Washington —=Star Staff KANSANS HENACED BY PRARE FIRES Three Are Reported Burned as Flames Destroy Several Farms. By the Associated Press. ATWOOD, Kans, April 6.—Fleeing | for their lives before a raging prairie | fire, called by old timers the greatest | in a quatter of a century, farm fami- | lies in the wide, thinly populated stretches of northwestern Kansas again have experienced the hardships of covered days. H ‘Tonight two men and 3 woman were | in a hospital here, the woman fight- | ing for life against serious burns. At/ least one other person was recovgring | from minor injuries, two families had lost_their homes and their farms wers § reduced to smoldering acres, while a | third had lost everything except their | use. A blazing strawstack near Brewster, made’ & féry”path 10 to 12 miles wide and roared through 30 miles of Rawins and Thomas County farmland to be halted at a highway a quarter mile south of Atwood last night. Loss of personal property, live stock, :\nxi'. ‘pasture grass and farm crops was ated at more than $100,000. gsln‘ plows, tn;'sg teams, hfronn‘: and gunny sacks 1,000 persons foug! the blase béfore it was brought under control. Strong winds again swept this part of the State tonight, and a careful watch was maintained against another possible outbreak of fire. AUSTRIAN BEAUTY IS TOLD| TO STAY OUT OF CONTEST| Texas Bishop Advises Her Not to Take Part in World Revue, to Be Held at Galveston. By the Associated Press. VIENNA, April 6.—Local newspa) today printed ‘l:l‘li wlsod A be a photographic reproduction of a letter written by Right Rev. Christopher E. Byrne, Catholic Bishop of Galveston, Tex.,, advising Miss Lisel Goldarbeiter not to participate in the eoming world beauty contest in his city. Miss Gol- darbeiter recently was judged to be the most beautiful girl in Austria. The bishop was reported to have ! TS written: “The pageant is an. uncouth, vulgar display for the purpose of advertising, 1f you come here you. will be asked to parade in only a bathing suit before a motley erowd who will scrutinize you at close range as they would a beauti- ful animal. I cannot see how any self- | respecting or decent young lady would enter such a contest.” ‘The bishop’s letter said that no Gal- . veston lady would enter such a contest. 'ada, Mexico, for example, all are keen- ly interested. There has been more than a hint from Canada that if the tariff wall is. raised against her farm products to o height which makes export to this country impossible, Canada may retal- iate by declining to negotiate finally the treaty for the construction of the Great Lakes to the Atlantic waterway, via the St. Lawrence River. This waterway has been urged as & great boon to the American farmers, since . it .would reduce materially the freight rates on from the Middle West and the Northwesi to the Atlantic seaboard. Some of the farmers lnd"éntx Tep- Wl re” Eae | resentatives might be fice increased rates in some of the tariff duties affecting Canada to obtain '.hanterwuflz. On the er hand, there is a group :hg':‘h believes that the better way ‘Waterway Closed in Winter. This latter group points out that navigation over the waterway would be closed for Q%m dur- ing the Winter and that continuous to| Van Sweringen Interests to Complete C. & 0. and Pere” Marquette Deal. 3 the Chesapéake & Ohio Railway with' the Pere Marquette System upon terms satisfactory to the Van Sweringen in- terests was granted yesterday by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The Chesapeake & Ohlo Co. was gifen authority to pay $133.33 a share for-all Pere Marquette stock held hy the Nickel Plate Rallroad, to pay that price ‘for any other Pere Marquet's stock obtainable during the coming year, and to finance the transaction by sell- ing $30,000,000 of its own common stock to its present stockholders at par. Obstacles Cleared Away. The decision cleared away several obstacles to the merger of the two roads, and complied with petitions pre- sented in behalf of the carriers and in | behalf of O. P.-and M. J. Van Sweringen of Cleveland; who dominate the affairs of all three systems. By the commission's original decision, the Chesapeake.& Ohio, whose common stock is now selling above $200 a share on the open market, would have been required to finance its Pere Marquet'e acquisition by selling 200,000 shares of its own stock to its stockholders at $150 a share, The road protested the fixing of a price above par and yesterday's order will allow stockholders to acquire 300,- 000 shares instead of 200,000, of new Chesapeake & Ohio stock and to pay but $100 per share for it. 174,900 Shares Purchaseable. behnlu ed ul‘:nurchse. kl"ub Noom&.vm Jowe , ires of Pere Ma ‘tte_common st ffom the Nickel ite , which now owns it, for $133.33 a share, the ds to $110. The Chesapeak: was given authority to pay $133.33 for any other Marquette shares that might be_available. ‘The commission in rescinding the order fixing $150 as the Chesapeake & rice declared that it was hl'm'sfiuud with the ad- g new stock at E:r rather than at $150 per share.” it that “latitude in action must be pre- served to. private_management.” mers Eastman, McManamy and Taylor dissente], Eastman declar- ing himself “somewhat at loss to know what it is thought will be accom in the public interest by this transfer.” W. P. MARTIN DIES AT HOSPITAL HERE Body of Louisiana Representative Will Be Sent to Home at Thibodaux for Burial. The body of Representative Whit- mell Pugh Martin, Democrat, of Louis- iana, who’ died at Garfleld Hospital yesterday following an operation for a stomach disorder, will be taken to Thibodaux, La., his home, neat New Orleans, ovér the Southern Railroad. leaving Washington at 8:55 o'clock this. evening. Burial will be Tuesday. At the hospital whem Mr. Martin died were his daughter, Mrs. Willlam D. Tabor of Washi Miss’ Eleancr Johnson, & friend of the family, and Jacob S. Landry, his secretary. Mrs. Martin died in 1923. Two sons, Mar- shall L. and Robert C. Martin, are ex- to arrive here today. mnhmh to the Sixty-fourth and Bliax- ty- Congresses as a Progressive, Mr Martin was nominated by the Demo- | crats. and elected without opposition to the Sixty<sixth and succeeding Coh- gresses. He was in his 62nd year. . SUB TRIP T0 POLE DELAYED FOR YEAR Wilkins ‘Decides Time -Element Does Not Permit Start This Year. i By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, April 6—Capt. Sir Hubert Wilkins, polar explorer, has de- cided to postpone this Summer to next his gropoud submarine trip across the Arctic !euu". lw.o.\’lge!m!nt by a represent ve L. George Palmer Putnam, Sir Hubert's publisher, who has been making some of the arrangements for the voyage. said the expl had. communicated with him from Los Angeles asking him to make the mnordne:;mc. A Mr. Putnam sai el 's de- Jl:& the time element. He said that submarine Defender would have to be ready to de- .part June 1 if the voyage were to take place this year, and that Sir Hubert decided that a longer period was needed for reconditioning and testing the ves- sel, providing a final decision was made to use Simon Lake's craft. YOUTH DIES BY POISON ON COLLEGE CAMPUS By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, April 6—~The body of a well dressed youth, who 8] itly had swallowed several kinds of willing to sacri- | o) the cam versity in Evanston late today by two co-eds. and rapid transportation in these days is important for the farmers as well as tel “Accuse no one. For pe Health Department Clinic 6th and I Sireets N.W. Tuesday, Thursda; myuldm,~ y evening from 7:30-9 > To Prevent Consumption dust and impure or close alr, day or night. . :O’ul-fiho’ldlhfllnhu A n---um;-num for the Yest of the people. g ‘The House subcommittee of the ways s mmm now is ARKANSAN' DENIES BUYING PLACE AS POSTMASTER|. Press. wn life. 1 have no one in { eofi-:xytr; Both were unsigned. - BAND CONCERT. ited States Marine Band (o in the auditorium » & EFE 558y T 2 H £ 5 e o |