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’ —_— WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and continued cool tonight; to- morrow fair with slowly rising tempera- ture, followed by showers at night. Temperatures: Highest, 94, at 1 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 68, at 7:30 a.m. today. Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Market s, Pages 14 and 15 Che No. 31,139, Entered as second class matt vost office, Washington. D. er ey WASHINGTON, D. C, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Foening \ Sta “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 * * as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 101,810 FRIDAY, AUGUS 92 “~y 1929—-TWENTY- EIGHT PAGES. (®) Means Associated Press. T WO CENTS. GRAF ZEPPELIN, 600 MILES OUT FROM IBRALTAR, MAKING GOOD FLYING TIME Continuance of Favorable Weather and Present Speed Expected to Put Big Ship in Lakehurst by 9:30 Sunday Morning. DR. ECKENER IS SILENT ON STOWAWAY ABOARD Passengers Enjoy Champagne and Bridge, but Messages State Tem- cerature of 91 Degrees Too Hot for Comfortable Travel—Woman on Craft Overcome Fears. By the Associated Press. The huge air liner, Graf Zep- pelin was hitting a rapid clip as she sped acrcss the Atlantic on her second voyage to the United States today. At 17:30 o'clock this morning, Fastern standard time, she re- ported to the radio station at Casablanca, Morocco, that was 600 miles west of Gibraltar. She was headed toward the Azores, but it was not certain whether she would pass over them or would skirt them on a northwesterly course. The last previous report was at 2 o'clock this morning, when the dirigible reported about 265 miles west of Gibraltar and said that weather conditions were “good.” In covering this leg of her flight the Graf was speeding along at.! an average of from 65 to 70 miles an hour. ‘The Zeppelin had encountered strong head winds over France and parts of the Mediterranean, but began to pick up speed in accordance with Dr. Hugo Eckener’s expectations as soon as she reached the Atlantic. 3,000 Miles to Go. ‘The air liner at 7:30 a.m. had more than 3,000 miles to cover before reach- ing Lakehurst. If she could maintain 2 speed of 60 to 65 miles ah hour, 1t would take her about 50 more hours of flying or a total of about 85 hours. This_would bring her into Lakehurst about 9.30 a.m., eastern standard time, Sunday. Dr. Eckener had planned to make the trip in from 80 to 85 hours. At the Azores Dr. Eckener was to choose between two routss for the American continent. The southerly route would take the airship in the general direction of Ber- muda, which skirted on her original successful flight to America. On the northerly course, she would head as nearly direct as possible for Lakehurst. | Believed to Be Frisoner. | Conflicting reports current today in Berlin as to whether a stowaway was sboard the Graf Zeppelin were ex- plained there on the theory Dr.; Eckener did not wish to make a hero of the man who so endangered the lives | of passengers and crew. Hence it was so_little was said about him. He was believed here to be a prisoner aboard the ship. Messages from aboard the Zeppelin indicated & . was well. In passing Cape De Gata, the craft radioed “all well on board, only a little too warm. The temperature is 33 degrees Centrigrade (about 91 degrees Fahrenheit).” Another message from Herbert S. Seibel, special correspondent of the As- sociated Press aboard the Zeppelin, confirmed the existence of a stowavay | aboard, the message said. Endangered Ship. “A stowaway was found just after | the Zeppelin left the hanger. He jumped from the hangar down into the Zep. If he had jumped between the girders he would have endangered the ship. Dr. Eckener said he would be returned from America by the next steamer and be severely punished.” The reference to jumping between the girders was taken to mean that the stowaway. in dropping several feet to the fabric had landed on a girder. If he had dropped between them he would have pierced the thin fabric and she | her position | | tically and 100 feet horizontally?” most | ]slruct a long incline and use levers. But | Ward P. Earley of Utah remarked, Wilbur B. Huston Selected Over 48 Other Youths | in Competition. Wizard’s Questionnaire Is Described as “Tough” by Candidates. By the Assoclated Press. | WEST ORANGE, N. J, August | (#)—Wilbur B. Huston, a youth from Port Madison, Wash.,, was named the winner today of the Thomas A. Edison competition for choice of a protege and follower in the footsteps of the in-| ventor. The 49 contestants—one from each State and the District of Columbia— were lined up on the lawn of the Edi- son home in Llewelyn Park as the an- nouncement was made by Dr. S. W.| Stratten, president of the Massachu- | | setts Institute of Technology, who was | | chairman of the committee of judges. Dr. Stratton was high in his praise of the boys, who yesterday participated in a gruelling examination on suh]e:u\ | ranging from morals and ethics | science. Huston is the son of Bishop S. A. Huston of the Episcopal diocese of | Lympia, Wash,, according to an As- | sociated - Press dispatch frbm Seatile. He is 16 years old. The boy was the youngest of nine | | youths chosen for the finals of the| State contest and was named State | winner by Dr. N. D. Showalter, super- intendent of public instruction. Huston was graduated from high in Seattle last June, just a was named as this| 2 school week before he 'Slale's representative in the national | | contest. | Four Finish in Five Hours. | Al but four contestants required more | | than the alloted five hours to answer | the series of questions propounded by " the inventor—many of the queries be- ing of a nature that would have stump- ed many an elder. John Lowey of Brainerd, Minn., was | the first to finish. Soon after. Llovd | | Mitchell of Florence, Ala.. Albert F. | | Kunze of Columbus, Ga., and Lyle Strub | Lutton of Laurel, Md., emerged from | the examination room. | Describe Quiz as Tough. The comment of all four was: “It was pretty tough.” Some of the boys were secretive about | their answers to the questionnaire, while others discussed them freely. | To the question, “If I were alone on | a tropic island without tools, how would | I move a three-ton boulder 15 feet ver-| of the boys offered proposals to con- “What a foolish question. My answer | was: Why move the rock?” Organization Planned. The committee of judges were Mr. Edison, Henry Ford, Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, George Eastman, President S. W. Stratton of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Dr. Lewis Perry, headmaster of Phillips-Exeter Academy. The boys have made plans to form an organization to be known as “The Edison Forty-niners,” of which the win- ner of the scholarship will be president and Mr. Edison the honorary president. CHINESE PRINCE SHOT BY FORMER WAR LORD Chang Tsung Chang Claims Wounding of Hsien Kai Was Accident. By the Assoclated Press. | TOKIO, August 2.—Chang Tsung Chang, former war lord of Manchuria, | early today shot and seriously wounded | Prince Hslen Kai, cousin of the former | Boy Emperor of China, P'U-Yi. Mysterious circumstances surrounded the affair, which Chang claimed was accidental. Chang's version of the shooting of | the young Manchu was that a revolver which he was handling upstairs at his hotel at Beppu, Island of Kiushiu, ex- ploded, hitting the prince, who was | standing in the garden below. Hsien Kal was 21 years old and was | graduated from the lemege Military Academy in July. He was Spending a vacation in Beppu and had visited Chang on the evening of the shooting. ‘The authorities are investigating the accident story. Bandit-Murderer Hanged. QUETTA, Baluchistan, August 2 (#). —Persian troops in the neighborhood of Meshed, it is ugoned here, have cap- tured and hanged publicly: a notorious brigand, Zulful. The bandit is said to caused _damage which would have re- (Continued on Page 3, Column 1.) have killed 30 persons recently, includ- ing 3 subordinate officials. SEARCH FOR FAMOUS PAINTING, “PURCHASE OF ALASKA,” VAIN| Canvas by Leutze, Formerly Made in 1868. By the Associated Press. After searching eight years for the famous painting “The Purchase of Alaska,” by the noted German artist, Emanuel Leutze, Delegate Southreland of Alaska has about despaired of find- ing it. ‘Through art collectors and connois- seurs,, Mr. Sutherland has sought the picture, which was painted in 1868, to present it to the people of the territory, as it was the only original canvas de- picting the drafting of the treaty that resulted in the transfer of Russian America to the United States. Artist’s Varied Work. 1t was one of the last great works of the artist, who put on canvas pic- tures depicting many of the outstand- ing historical events of this and other countries. He painted “Washington Crossing the Delaware.” “The Emanci- pation,’ and the at work, “Westward the Star of Empire Takes Its Way,” which graces the staircase wall of the House Cchamber and is more commonly known “Columbus Before the Queen” | tary in' Riggs Hotel Grill Room, palatial grill room in the long-since demolished Riggs Hotl, near the Treasury Building. When the hostelry made way for a| theater, the painting, said,to have been about 10 feet long and 8 feet high, disappeared. A copy had bsen made by another artist and reproductions have been obtainel from this. Personages Are Shown. ‘The painting showed the Russian Ambassador, Baron Stoeckle; the Rus- slan charge d'affaires, Bodisco; Secre- | tary of State Seward, Assistant Secre- taries Hunter and Frederick W, Seward, Chairman Summers of the Senate | foreign relations committee and Chief Clerk Chew preparing the treaty for the transfer of the territory from Rus- sia in the Secretary’s office on the night of May 30, 1867. The dignitaries were grouped near a terrestrial globe, with Ambassador Stoeckl standing in front pointing “at the Northwestern territory Seward later named “Alaska” from the long peninsula 5 July 27, 1868, when Congress finally appropriated funds to complete the transfer, $7,200,000 was paid to the Czar's representative. However, s “Westward Ho!™ “The Purchase of For many years Alaska” hung above the bar of the ~ the American flag had been raised some months earlier. PORT MADISON, WASH., BOY WINS - IN TEST FOR EDISON MANTLE WILBUR B. HUSTON, CHINA GIVEN TERMS T0 END SOVET ROW | he Management of Railroad De- manded in Conditions Of- fered From Moscow. By the Assoclated Press. MOSCOW, August 2.—The Soviet | Union government, taking its first pub- | Mic notice of quasi-official efforts to reach a peaceable settlement of the Chinese Eastern Railway controversy with China, today announced three drastic conditions as a solution of the problem raised by Chinese seizure of the railroad. The conditions were: 1. Liberation of Soviet workers and civil service men held in Manchuria. 2. Appointment by the Soviet gov- ernment of both manager and assistant manager of the disputed raliroad. 3. A conference to be called immedi- | ately for negotiating questions arising out of the conflict. Must Admit Change. In addition it was said both China and Russia would have to agree to admit that the status of the railway has been changed as a result of its seizure and subject to further change in accordance with the Peking and Mukden agreements of 1924. The conditions were made public in | a foreign office statement, which listed in detail conversations between B. N. Melnikov, former consul general at Harbin, and Tsai Yun-Sheng, Manchu- rian commissioner for foreign affairs. ‘The negotiations apparently began July 22 and continued until July 29, when CI Hsueh Liang, governor of Manchuria, remained silent on a pro- posal that the Soviet government name both manager and assistant manager for the railroad. L. M. Karakhan, vice commissar for foreign affairs in the Soviet Union gov- ernment, said there was no prospect of settlement of the conflict except on the basis of Chinese acceptance of the stipulations. Terms Offered Before. With slight differences involving mutual recognition by the United States Soviet Russia and China of the post- conflict status of the Chinese Eastern Railway, M. Karakhan's formula for peaceful settlement of the controversy was the same as that offered by Tsai in proposals made to Melnikov July 22. ‘Whereas Tsal said that the Soviet government might declare it did not recognize any existing post-conflict status of the railroad, M. Karakhan in- sisted that “the negotiating sides ac- knowledge a post-conflict status on the Chinese Eastern Railway in accordance ;vgm; the Peking-Mukden agreement of Chang Hsueh Liang answered with a note, remaining silent on this point, which proved unacceptable to M. Karak- han. It proved that: (1) The Chinese and Soviet govern- ments appoint representatives to call a conference on the Chinese Eastern Rail- way. (2) The existing status of the rail- way be acknowledged as temporary, subject to regulation by a conference on BRITISH STRIKE STEP EXPECTED MONDAY Delegates of Operatives and Spin- ners May Give Executives Power to Negotiate. By the Associated Press. MANCHESTER, August 2.—The great stoppage of work in the Lancashire cot- ton industry continues with but small chance of mediation this week. This is indicated by inquiries today among leaders of both sides of the dispute. which directly affects 500,000 textile workers. Some step toward negotiations is ex- pected from the meeting of delegates of the Operatives and Spinners Amalga- mation next Monday, when it is hoped they will give the executives power to negotiate the best terms possible. In the meantime there appears to be no change in the attitude of the weav- ing on of the cotton industry, Thomas Ashurst, general secretary of the Cotton Spinners and Manufacturers Association, today reiterated readiness to reopen negotiations on hearing from the operatives’ organizations. —— | Wounds Girl Ward, Kills Himself. ELIZABETHTON, Tenn., August 2 (#)~—John Durnette, 27, prominent Elizabethton . attorney, accidentally wounded seriously his 17-year-old ward, Virginia Amaral, last midnight, and after calling a physician killed himself. Washington clearing house, $4,765;- called “Russian America,” which Secre- | 523 New York clearing house exchange, $2,01 00. ,086,000,000. New York clearing housc balance, $210,000,000. | | ginla, President Hoover this week end | ! personally in charge of all the prelim- | | wanted this legislation to help agricul- HOOVER T0 STUDY TARIFF BILL WITH ~ SMOOT AT CAMP: Progress of Senate Commit- | tee in«Rewriting Measure to Be Scanned in Detail. SUGAR RATE EXPECTED TO BE FULLY COVERED President Wants to Know What | Course Finance Group Is Taking in Revision. | At his mountain retreat on the head- | waters of the Rapidan River in Vir- will be advised in detail of the progress of the Senate finance committee in re- writing the Hawley tariff bill, As was the case last week end when had the heads of the military establishments of the Government as his guests for the purpose of discussing the possibility of Army retrenchments, Mr. Hoover intends to mix business with pleasure. It is not his purpose, | however, to devote all of his time to| the serfous business of the Govern- ment, as he is looking forward to rest | and recreation as well as an oppor- | tunity to discuss businecs affairs. At any rate, when Mr. Hoover returns to the White House next Monday morn- ing he will have a more definite idea of | just what the Senate tariff bill will look like when it has been whipped into | shape by the finance committee. For this purpose, he has invited Sen- | ator Reed Smoot of Utah, chairman of | the finance committee, who has been | Sugar May Be in Fore. ~ | inary work preparatory to putting this legislation in shape for presentation to | the Senate. Senator Smoot will not | leave Washington with the President and other members of his party this afterncon, but will make the journey tomorrow morning. The controversial question of sugar | tariff is expected to be to the fore of | the discussions, particularly in view of | the fact that the rates of the propored | sliding scale plan backed by Senator Smoot were just made public today. | | Attitude Not Publicly Known. | ‘Mr. Hoover is represented as being | especially anxious to know just what| course the finance committee has been | following in reaching its conclusions | and wants to be advised as to what he may expect when this committee has| put the finishing touches on its bill. | Other than to say that he did not want a general tariff revision, but mere- | ly changes to assist agriculture and other industries which have suffered, | Mr. Hoover has made no public com- | ment upon the Hawley tariff bill as it passed the House, There is every rea- son to feel, however. that the President | looks upon the Hawley bill as too gen- | eral in its scope and some of the sched- ules too greatly increased. The feeling generally has been that he was look- ing to Senator Smoot's committee to eliminate some of the features that were not approved by him. Wanis Adequate Protection. Mr. Hoover has advocated a tariff bill| that would afford adequate protection | where it was most needed, and while he | ture, he did not want the revised schedules confined to agriculture. The latest information is that the disposi- tion of the Senate finance committee is| to hold the agricultural schedule up to| the level of the House rates and to make | increases in some of the duties, and that a rather limited number of de- creases have been decided upon. It will be the details about which he and Sen- ator Smoot are expected to talk over the week end. Besides Mrs. Hoover and Allan Hoov- er, the youngest Hoover son, the party to'leave Washington for the camp today will include Attorney General Mitchell, Postmaster General Brown and Mrs. Bfown, Lawrence Richey, one of the President’s secretaries, and Mrs. Richey. Mark Sullivan, author and correspond- ent; Brig. Gen. Hines, director of the Veterans’ Bureau, and Mrs. Hines. and | Lieut. Comdr. Joel T. Boone, White House physician. | Expects to Reach Camp by Dark. | ‘The President expects to get away | from the White House shortly after his conference with Washington newspaper correspondents at 3 o'clock this after- noon, which would make it possible for him to arrive at the mountain camp before dark. The amusements during the outing include horseback riding, tramping over the trails along the streams, hofseshoe pitching and buiid- ing dams along the creeks. Already three dams have been constructed by the President and his guests and he has indicated that he proposes to build several more. The President’s purpose is to create a series of swimming and fish pools in the streams. Also the President derives pleasure in this brief resort to engineering and from the physical exercise the work provides. ‘Word has been received at the White House that the dirt road from Criglers- ville, the point where the route to the camp leaves the main highway, has been improved during the week. With the arrival of the engineer contingent from Fort Humphreys, with its complete roadbuilding equipment, the President anticipates a good road in a short time Preparatory to getting away from Washington this afternoon, the Presi- dent made few engagements teday. He (Continued on Page 3, Column 2 ER /Youd DROPA OL'CHAP, IF FEW OF THOSE S i LK €S0 MUC| ‘LET BRITAIN SCRAP SHS, BORAHSAY England Should Follow U. S. Example {7 Reach Parity, Idahoan Declares. By the Assoclated Press. Unlike many who have expressed their views on means of attaining parity be- tween all branches of the British and American navies, Chairman Borah of | the Senate foreign relations committee apparently would rather see British serapping of ships than American build- ing or a combination of the two. “If Great Britain will follow our ex- ample at the Washington conference and sink somé of her ships and thus come to parity,” he suggests, “it will not only save the taxpayers, but reduce the incentive to war—for huge armaments are always an incentive to yar, parity or no parity. But if we have to build up to parity, it vastly increases the burdens of the taxpayer and augments the in- centive to war.” Confers With Hoover. His statement, issued 24 hours after a White House luncheon at which he and President Hoover discussed the general naval situation and, presumably, the Britich-American parity agreem<nt reached in London by Prime Minister MacDonald and Ambassador Dawes, re- vived curiosity as to the Chief Execu- tive's opinions as to various means of attaining the desired end. No indica- tion was given, however, that the Idaho | Senator, who usually expresses his own ideas in his statements, might be re- flecting those of the President as well. Mr. Hoover himself, meanwhile, seems to have said all he intends to say on that subject, for the time being, at any rate, in his letter to Paul V. McNutt, com- mander of the American Legion, who, protesting against the suspension of con- struction of three cruisers, suggested “continued cruiser building by America | or extended cruiser scrapping by Great Britain,” or a “combination of these methods.” President Cites Intricacies. ‘To that, the President replied that the problems presented “are far more in- tricate and far more difficult than can be solved by the simple formula which you suggest,” and expressed confidence that the Legion would be “sympathetic (Continued on Page 2, Column 4) FORMULA ON NAVY ARMS IS REPORTED Tentative Agreement Reached by | MacDonald and Dawes, London Paper Says. By the Associated Press. LONDON, August” 2.—The Evening Standard says today it is able to an- nounce that Prime Minister MacDonald and Ambassador Dawes have reached a tentative agreement or formula with regard to naval disarmament, Authoritative quarters in London were c] to minimize the importance of the Evening Standard’s story. It was said no decisions had been reached as yet between London and Washington, although the. conversations were pro- ceeding satisfactorily. The Standard said that the following proposals were included in the reported " The “battleship progra e battles! ms 1 restricted. s At (2) The size of future battleships to be decres (3) The life of battleships now in| commission to be prolonged. (4) A declaration by both countries ‘of their willingness to cease building submarines. tells n STARTLING—INTERES Be Sure and Read Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt “Inside Story of Prohibition” The Evening Star—The Sunday Star . Beginning Monday, August 5 the TING—INFORMATIVE the Entire Series 'SCIENTIST, DEAD, SEEN VICTIM ONECONVICT SLAIN, THREE WOUNDED IN LEAVENWORTH RIOT Officials Deny Reports That | Second Outbreak Was Made at Breakfast Time. |RING LEADERS HELD | PENDING FULL PROBE Word of Clash Is Kept From Town. | Warden Refuses to Call on Troops for Aid. Br the Associated Press. UNITED STATES PENITENTIARY, LEAVENWORTH, Kans, August 2.— Official announcement was made here lwday that the mutiny in which one *| convict was killed and three injured was definitely at an end and that the prison was quiet. | Denial was made that a fresh out- | break occurred among prisoners in the mess hall this morning. Reports had | been circulated outside the prison that a large group of convicts refused to eat | breakfast and hurled tableware about | the dining room. Ringleaders of the mutry, it was un- | OF “RADIO” FURNACE RESEARCH b vr e v svstner ‘Bureau of Standards Chemist| | Believed Affected by Mercury Particles. Apparently Lodged in System When He Stopped Work on i Device Six Years Ago. Dr. James R. Eckman, 40 years old research chemist at the Bureau of Standards and lecturer at George | Washington University, died Wednesday at the home of his mother, in Leech- | burg. Pa.. apparently the second victim of pioneer researches into the gas con- tent of metals carried on by means of a device known as the “radio” furnace. ‘This device, before it had reached its into the atmosphere of minute amounts of mercury. ably less than one part of mercury to| a million parts of air—less than would | escape {rom an open dish of mercury in | a room—and ordinarily it would have | no noticeable effect on the human sys- tem. Eckman did his last work on the mer- cury furnace six years ago, but pre: | sumably at that time the insidious mer- | cury particles were lodged in his sys-| tam, which was especially susceptible to | | them, ready to combine with other causes to kill him. Others working in the same laboratory suffered no ill ef- | fects, but Dr. Eckman presumably had | just the right sort of constitution to fall | wvictmito the subtle metallic poison- ing. Pioneer Metal Gas Student. | Dr. Eckman, a graduate of Johns| Hopkins University, was a pioneer in America in the study of the difficult but extremely important subject of gases | in metals, which has been of vital | significance to almost all metallic in- dustries—especially the steel industry. For years it had been ted that | some of the unexplainable behavior of | steel which affected its reliability in in- dustry was due to gaseous elements | and molecules concealed in the structure | | of the metal. The Bureau of Standards. simulta- | | neously with similar work in Germany. | | set out to perfect a method by which | these gasses could be detected and this, | | according to Dr. George K. Burgess, | | director of the bureau, constitutes one ! The proportion was prob- | — of the institution's greatest contribu- tions in recent vears to American in- dustry. Just about the time the bureau’s work started the “radio” furnace was |invented by a physics professor at Princeton University, and became the most effective instrument for the study. “Radio” Furnace Operation. It consists of throwing an electro- magnetic fleld through space, the field running as high as 300,000 cycles, or the equivalent of a 1,000-meter wave length. In the path of this field is placed the metal to be studied, en- closed in a glass or silicon tube. The metal can be heated to almost any de- sired temperature, but at the same time the containing tube remains cold. A mercury cup is one of the termi- nals in the spark gap, a part of the mechanism for creating the high fre- quency current. A liquid metal is es- sential for this purpose, because of its combination of physical and electrical properties. When Eckman started his work the device was considered per- fectly safe. Later it was discovered that the mercury was escaping and one of the men working in the same room succumbed to tuberculosis probably superinduced by metallic poisoning from this source. Then the bureau of physicists set to work on means to clear the atmos- phere and after several experiments succeeded. The air of the laboratory is (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) OBSERVER NAMED | | FOR DEBT PARLEY, iEdwin C. Wilson to Go to Hague as Unofficial Delegate | From U. S. e | Secretary Stimson announced todny; that Edwin C. Wilson, first secretary | of the American embassy at Paris, had been designated unofficial American ob- server at the forthcoming conference at ‘The Hague, to consider the Young reparations plan. An invitation for the United States to send an observer, either official or unofficial, was extended by the powers interested in the reparations question, Mr. Stimson said. Wilson was acting American observer of the rcparations comtission in 1927. At the Paris experts committee meet- ing, at which the Young plan wasi evolved, the United States as a Gov- ernment was not represented, as the four American experts were unofficial representatives. ~ Mr. Stimson (561!.! however, that an American observer at | the conference at The Hague would| serve the dual purpose of informing the delegates of other nations the at- titude of the American Government and to report fully on the meeting's progress to the Washington Govern: ment. ‘The only questions in the reparations ; settlement in which the American Gov- ernment is interested directly are a proposed 10 per cent reduction in the | bill to Germany for the cost of the American Army of occupation on the | Rhine and-a spreading over a greater | period of the World War claims of | private citizens against Germany. Since these claims are so small in character as compared with the size of the war indemnities allotted to the other allied | nations, the United States is main- taining a hands-off with regard to the new plan for ection of the future payments from Germany. | Secretary Stimson already has m-' nounced that the United States Gov- ernment will not permit the participa- officials in the work- ings of the international credit bank contemplated under the Young plan to assist in the German payments. PRSI {Radio Programs—Page 12 { | | LONE GANGSTER SLAYS “BIG ARTHUR” CALLEN Philadelphian Who Had Escaped by Using Armored Car Is Shot With Dumdum Bullets. | By the Assoclated Press. PHILADELPHIA, August 2.—“Big Arthur” Callen, 38, who escaped gang- sters’ bullets several times through the use of an armored automobile, was shot to death early today by a lone gunman at Parkside and Memorial avenues. Six “dumdum” bullets were found in Callen’s body. He was shot by a man who pursued him along Memorial avenue. After the shooting, the killer walked to a parked automobile a short distance away and was whisked away by an accomplice. Callen was identified by fingerprint experts from the detective bureau. Although arrested many times, Callen was never convicted, and always pro- tested he was now “out of the racket.” ment today, pending a ti~<ough inves- | tigation of the outbreak. It was reported Deparin.int of Justice agents were en route to the prison to conduct an inquiry. | Situation Is in Hand. Officials indicated that the situation was well in hand and that no further trouble of a serious nature was antici- pated. The outbreak yesterday is said to have started when the narcotic inmates rebelled at the noon meal against Spanish rice, which is frequently served at the prison. | As the convicts marched into the mess hall there were mutterings against | Spanish rice. A few of the bolder | spirits hurled bowls of rice at dining room guards and the demonstration | then became general. About 900 con- | victs are fed at one time. The riot at the prison here yesterday lasted more than a half day before it was_quelled. Mike Martinez, a Mexican, who had served cne year of a 30-year term, was shot to_d Another prisoner’s leg was so badly mangled by gunshot that it was amputated at the prison hospit: Three others were in the hospital su fering from severe gunshot wounds, while severai were injured only slighuly. The last of the rioting prisoners was | in his cell and the prison was quiet last {last night. Guards with machine guns mounted on the prison walls prevented any escapes during the disturbance. | There were numeious reports as to the cause of the outbreak, but prison of- ficials declined to confirm or deny any of them. The hurling of food and the porcelain | dishcs marked the beginning of the riot shortly after 2,200 of the 3,758 pris- | oners in the institution, entered the | mess_hall after they had listened to a | plea by Capt. P. J. Kearny in command | of the hall. to return to their cells. An- other demonstration was staged and the convicts armed with knives and forks | and clubs obtained by bresking furni- | ture, flocked into the jail yard. Riot Inside Cell Houses. Armed guards arrived several minutes later and with a command to the con- | victs to return to their cells, fired a | volley of shots from their riot guns. | Several prisoners fell and the others | went to their cells. | " Inside the cell houses. the riot began {in earnest. The convicts using the | knives and forks and crow bars and | other tools obtained in the jail yard, | tampered with triplicate locks on the cell tiers, broke down cell doors and shattered windows. The riot extended in the afternoon to | all sections of the prison, but the entire | prison was not in a state of mutiny at | once. It ‘was reported that (he last disturi- | ance was in the middle mess hall at the evening meal, the prisoners “milling | about.” The leaders were quickly taken into custody and all the convicts sent | to their cells. ! \Warden Refuses to Call Troops. | None of the prisoners had firearms during the disturbances and none of the prison officials was injured. Warden Thomas B. White refused to call on_soldiers at Fort Leavenworth | nearby for assistance, although guards | of hte United States disciplinary bar- | racks at the fort were held in readiness for any emergency. News of the outbreak did not reach the public at Leavenworth until 4 | o'clock in the afternoon, the prison per- sonnel handling the situation with striet secrecy in compliance with orders | from Washington. The discharge of | riot guns, breaking of glass and the 1 shouts of the convicts attracted the at- tention of residents in the northern part of the town. The noise was at its height about 5 o’clock. Archhishop Keane Dies. DUBUQUE, Iowa, August 2 (#).—The | Most Rev. James A. Keane, 72, Arch- | hishop of the Dubuque diocese of the ! Roman Catholic Church, died today. U. S. DOMESTIC RELATIONS CLINICS ARE URGED BY CHILDREN’S BUREAU Staff of Psychiatrists, Psychologists and Social Investi- gators Would Aid All By the Associated Press. Domestic relations clinics, staffed by psychiatrists, psychologists and social investigators, are recommended in the findings of the United States Children’s Bureau after a study of family and do- mestic relations courts of 26 cities in 16 States. “These domestic relations clinics should be available to any person desir~ ing help in adjusting troubles growing ou:dsn( marijtal relations,” the report reads. ‘The proposed clinics are but one phase of “the new technique of investi- gation and supervision” urged by the authors of the report, Bernard Flexner and Reuben Oppenheimer, attorneys, and Katharine F. Lenroot, assistant to the chief of the Children’s Bureau, who also advocate physicians, psychologists |and psychiatrists attached to the courts, The report, just completed, stresses the vast distinction between old court procedure and the methods used in the new family courts. “The old courts relied upon the learning of lawyers; the new courts depend more upon psychiatrists and so- cial workers,” it says. “Justice in the old courts was based on legal science. In the new courts it is based upon so- cial engineering.” The family court movement is de- scribed as an outgrowth of the juvenile court, the result of practical experience, which has demonstrated that child wel- fare and famiy welfare are inextricably interwined, and as establishing the need for a new technique in dealing with family problems. “The new socialized procedure is gaining ground steadily,” the report (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) Y, N -