Evening Star Newspaper, August 12, 1929, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair, not n}ulte S0 morrow pa Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 No. 31,149, ly cloudy. ‘Temperatures: Highest, 91, at 4 pm. yesterday; lowest, 73, at 6 am. 3 Full report on page 11. warm tonight; to- today. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, % D. C WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 1929—TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. MORGAN IN LONDON 10 HELP MEDIATE DEBT DIFFICULTIES Report Confirmed That U. S. Captialist Is in British Banking Office. SNOWDEN ASKS PARLEY DELAY UNTIL WEDNESDAY MacDonald Gives Chaneellor Back- ing in Demand for Plan’s Revision. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, August 12.—J. P. Mor- gan was authoritatively stated to be in the offices of his London banking house this morning. The Associated Press learned this after investi- gating reports he was at or en route to The Hague to mediate in the deadlock between the British and other allied delegations at the reparations conference. THE HAGUE, Netherlands, August 12 () —A crisis in the reparations con- ference was averted today by adjourn- ment of the financial committee meet- ing until Wednesday and rumors were rife that the delay was intended to give J. P. Morgan, American banker, an op- portunity to exertise mediating in- fluence. Louis Loucheur, French delegate, had been listed to speak at today’'s meeting of the financial committee, which was to have taken up the proposal of Philip Snowden, chancellor of the exchequer of Great Britain, looking toward re- vision of the Young plan. Chancellor Snowden, after several minor speeches had been made on the question of payments in kind, suggested that the meeting be adjourned until Wednesday. This was rather a surprise in view of the desire he had expressed Saturday to leave The Hague as soon as possible. Gives Morgan Time. Reparations circles were alive with rumors that Chancellor Snowden's pro- posal was intended to give Mr. Morgan, who was one of the can represent- atives at the Paris experts’ conference which framed the Youong plan, time to exercise mediating influence. It was even reported that the Amer- ican banker-already was at The Hague or had been here in consultation with the delegates secretly. Thus far this afternoon no delegate - could be found who would confirm the reports, while Edwin ©G. Wilson, first secretary of the American embassy in Paris, and American observer at the present conference, stated that he was unaware of Mr. Morgan's whergabouts or _intentions. ' Chancellor Snowden today made pub- lic the text of a cablegram received by him from Ramsay MacDonald, British prime minister, indorsing his stand at the reparations conference. MacDonald's Message. ‘The cablegram said: “The financial committee of the rep- arations conference will make a most serlous mistake and may wreck imme- diate prospects of settlement unless they understand quite finally that the experts’ report (that adopted at Paris embodying the Young plan) requires readjustment to meet the just claims of this country, “Irrespective of party or section, the eountry supports the case you have made. Every newspaper as far as I have seen backs you. All parties in the House of Commons stand by you. “Hope _most sincerely your colleagues on the financial commission will see that they have to face a position when the most elementary consideration of fair play as between country and coun- try compel reconsideration of some of the Lrecommcndl!lom of the experts’ re- por “Our actlon hitherto in promoting settlement of Europe on a basis of good will is proof we wish this conference to succeed both on its political and its financial sides, but we have reached the limits of inequitable burden bearing.” Tension Lessened. Although outwardly there was today & slight lessening of tension between Brit- ain on the one hand and the delegations of France, Italy and Belgium on the other, particularly France, in the light of developments few believed the crisis in the affairs of the conference, averted Saturday, could be long postponed. ‘There was little doubt Mr. Snowden would demand immediate consideration of his resolution seeking revision of the Young plan once general discussion of that plan was completed by the finan- cial committee of the conference. The discussion, continuing today, was ex- pected to be terminated within a few hours. Inevitable rejection faced the resolu- tion, after which few could see how the British delegation could remain at the conference. Mr. Snowden has remarked he wished to know promptly what the nations intended doing about it, since | mp, he did not intend to spend the rest of e, sion of & possible date ning of evacuation of the U. S. FLYER HOPS OFF FOR AGUACALIENTE By the Assoclated Press. LOS ANGELES, August 12.—Munici- pal airport officials today announced that Tex Rankin, American aviator, had hopped off ‘at Vancouver, British Columbia, at 4:48 o'clock this morning, on an attempted -non-stop flight to Aguacaliente, Mexico, . is 80-horse) T e ed to reach his objective some time this afternoon. 7 “Rankin was frustrated by mist and smoke from starting on the 1,300-mile .air journey early, yesterday. . IShhlkm,hn-lludlll EASILY OBTAINED BREWING PERMITS HELD SOURCE OF ‘SHOT’ AND ‘NEEDLED’ BEER Mrs. Willebrandt Tells How Tactics of Government Have Allowed Another Big Dry Law Leak. (In. this article Mrs. Willebrandt, discussing another type of “leak” in the prohibition dam, tells how bungling tactics on the part of the Government played into the hands of the yy-by-night brewers and en- couraged originally homest mear-beer manujacturers to evade the law. She describes how beer is “needled” and describes the magic “wort.”) BY MABEL WALKER WILLEBRANDT. T have attempted to describe to some extent up to this point sev- eral principal sources of supply for the bootleg fraternity, including leaks through the Canadian border and from privileges exercised by holders of permits to manufacture, sell and use denatured alcohol. There has been persistent leakage, too, from breweries scattered about the country. Under existing law, brewerles or cereal beverage plants, as they are commonly known, are permitted to manufacture and sell “near beer,” containing not more than one-half of 1 per cent of alcohol. In order to manufacture near beer, however, the process involves the creation, first, of regular beer with an al- coholic content or 5 or 6 per cent, or in some cases, even more. The original prod- uct is then dealcoholized—that is, the al- cohol is drawn out to one-half of 1 per cent, as established by law. Constant leak- age of “high-powered” beer has presented enforcement authorities with an ever- present problem. Needle Beer. Alcohol also is “shot” or “needled” into near beer. During the past year an extensive drive against breweries was launched in Pennsylvania. Much avail- able evidence was brought to light con- cerning the methods in which breweries in that locality “shot beer,” as the saying goes among the beer barons, but, due to injunctions granted by the Federal court from interfering with the privilege once Mrs. Willebrandt, granted, some of these establishments still hold permits. The method they use in Pennsylvania is interesting. Most of the old barons have been driven to cover and forced to operate through (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) GRAF SET T0 LEAVE TOMORROW NIGHT Eckener Announces Every- thing in Perfect Order for Tokio Flight. By the Assoclated Press. _FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany, August 12.—Dr. Hugo Eckener, com- mander of the Graf Zeppelin, this after- noon ordered the dirigible “cleared for sailing” on the Tokio stage of her flight around the world at 3 a.m. Wednesday (9 pm. Tuesday, Eastern standard time). He admitted the departure of the big air liner might be delayed by unfavorable weather until the same hour ‘Thursday morning. In any case, the start will be made in the early morning hours, as the low temperature then permits a maximum load of gas. Dr. Eckener made the announcement after getting one of the closest haircuts in his life. The barber who was groom- ing him tonsorially persisted in go! over the hero of Friedrichshafen’s hair again and again despite Dr. Eckener’s insistence that the haircut was already i “Everything is in perfect order for the entire flight around the world s0 far as fecessary permits, visas and other governmental _requirements are con- cerned,” Dr. Eckener declared. Route Suggested by Soviet. “The Soviet government has been most obliging in every respect. At the beginning of negotiations the Soviet authorities suggested a certain route over the vast Russian territory to us. We immedjately asked them whether this was a prescribed or an optional Toute. “The Soviets replied this was m a suggested route based on the meteorological experience. They did not in the least wish to prescribe my course.” Dr. Eckener declared rumors current in Friedrichshafen that the Zeppelin's departure would be delayed by procras- tination of Russia in granting permits to fly over Russian territory were ‘arrant nonsense. “There is not the slightest string attached, not even as to where we must enter Russia.” Two Courses Plotted. ‘Two courses have been plotted by Dr. Eckener for the trip, which probably will be the hardest the it Graf has been called upon to make. One is a northern route across Siberia and the other a southern route. The distance for each is about 6,600 miles. = This distance Dr. Eckener expects to cover in about 120 hours, or 5 m days, or at an average speed of 55 an hour. e .average speed on the just com- pleted eastward crossing of the’ Atlantic ‘was more than 75 miles per hour. Both and southern- routes, (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) ing | jocal and national co-operative groups. BIG SCALE FRUIT MARKETING STARTS Barnes Heads $50,000,000 Organization to Have Na- tion-Wide Scope. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 12.—A_$50,000,»4- 000 co-operative marketing organiza- tion was preparing today to place the merchandising of fruits and vegetables on a “big business” basis. ‘The new organization, the Nation- wide scope of which is indicated by its corporate name, United Growers of America, is the second such combina- tion of agricuitural co-operatives to be formed since the new Federal Farm Bonrd began to function. The first was g:fn Farmers' National Grain Corpora- Efforts to Be Co-Ordinated. Announcement of the creation of the organization said its initial work would be the’ co-ordination of the efforts of The National Growers of America will serve 60 subsidiary organizations in 21 nouncement said. by Julius H. Barnes, chair- nationally known men ide agriculture and co-operative marketing activities. Board of Directors. The board of directors includes Wil- M. Jardine, former Secretary of Agriculture; W. Bingham of Louisville, ‘Arthur R. Rule, Vice president of the Federated Fruit & Vegetable Growers, a national co- operative; Henry W. Jeffers, president of Walker-Gordon ‘Co., milk producers, of New York; John Burgess of Minne- apolis, banker for Northwestern co-op- erative associations, and Gray Silver of Martinsburg, W. Va., Heutena g;zvemof and loc in Congress. ‘The announcement G int . of the farm said fl,;‘a Uni'flfl rowers had been o compii~ ance with the agricultural marketing act and the Capper-Volstead co-opera- tive marketing -act. CHINESE BAN.DITS SEIZE AMERICAN_ MISSIONARY | calls ro Authorities Are Requested to Make Every Effort to Obtain His Release. The United States Minister at Peip- ing lodl;l informed the State Depart- ment that bandits under Wang Chin when driven out of Tung Chang last L 4 t time, the main tremor lasting OVER THE BORDER The futility of periodic * while corruption; "drives” in the border towns of ‘the officials and stupid departmental jealousies exist is pointed out by Mabel Walker Willebrandt —former A of Prohibition, gling across the Canadian frontier, nt United Statos Attorney General in chargo in her remarkable revelation of legal smug-- . “The Border Leak” —appearing in tomorrow’s issue of The Evening Htar - $113,000,000. ‘Treasury _Radio Progr @The Foen WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C. BOARD ORDERS PROBE OF CHARGES AGAINST GALLINGER Investigation Decided Upon After Conference With Welfare Officials. JUDGE’S COMPLAINT CAUSES INVESTIGATION Results of Inquiry to Be Made Public as Soon as Facts Are Available. After a lengthy conference with public welfare officials today the Board of Dis- trict Commissioners ordered a sweep- ing inquiry into conditions at Gallinger Municipal Hospital as revealed in public charges made by Judge Katheryn B. Sellers of the Juvenile Court. Assurances were given by the Com- missioners that “prompt and full con- sideration” would be given to general conditions at the city hospital, partic- ularly with reference to the men's psychopathic ward, in order that a “definite and full reply may be made” to public criticism which has been aimed at_the institution. The action of Commissioner Sidney F. Taliaferro and Col. William B. Ladue, engineer commissioner, was taken after an executive conference with James S. Wilson and John Joy Edson, director and chairman, respectively, of the Board of Public Welfare, which has jurisdic- tion over Gallinger L. At the same time the Commissioners coupled with their announcement of an inquiry a word of confidence in the personnsl of the Gallinger staff. Meet for Two Hours. For upward of two hours the public welfare officials were closeted with the two Commissioners, and submitted to them much information bearing on the specific charges made by Judge Sellers and information about conditions at the hospital from other sources. With the explanation that the situation at the hospital could not be further discussed at this time, the Commissioners made public the following statement: o:{‘:buc )c‘r‘:fiwcm has been made of ger pal Hospital, and par- ticulariy of the men's division nlvt.;e psychopathic ward. “The matters specifically referred to, as well as the general condition of the institution, will be given prompt and full consideration in order that definite # taff of Gailinger Hos- pital is made up of distinguished physi- cians and the m-nnvspmmt is under the Board of Public Welfare, composed (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) 1 EARTHQUAKE ROCKS 5 EASTERN swzs' | Western New York Gets Worst of Tremors Also Felt in Canada. By the Assoclated Press. A series of earth tremors, varyi considerably in intensity and lflua“;'r duration, rocked portions of five East- ern States and one Canadian province . Quakes were reported at intervals from as far east as Springfleld, Mass.; P! th | west to Ashtabula, Ohio; south to vari- ous points in Pennsylvania ‘and north to ‘Toronto. In most cases the effects of the shocks were confined to the awaken! of sleep- ers and the violent rattling of windows and dishes, but in Western New York, where the tremor appeared to have reached its maximum intensity, con- siderable damage was done. Shocks Last 6 Minutes. selmlm“;hle readings at Canisius Col , Buffalo, fixed the time of the pring 1 shock at 24 minutes 55 seconds after 7 am., - Eastern dayll‘ht;;nln‘ g 12 sec- onds and being followed by minor shocks at intervals throughout the next 6 minutes. Peports of shocks from other points, however, fixed the time as early as|i 3am. In Cananda! , where the tremors lasted nearly minutes, large apart- ment houses were sald to have ;wuyed ) ring the shock, Binghamton reported the earliest ce of the fixing I .m. Sleeping dents ke et : I serious damage was reported from Attica, where one of the walls of Church was ‘New York ‘clearing’ house'‘exchange; New - York clearing house balance, balance, am,ut.al:u. s—Page 18 ny Sfar. AND GEORGE, | WANT 00D! 0| PICKING MOSES. CRASHES TAKE TOLL OF 31 DEAD IN'US. 13 in 2 Texas Families Are Killed at Crossing—Air Accidents Claim 6. Thirty-one were killed and seven in- jured serlously yesterday in airplane, grade crossing and automebile crashes in various parts of the United States. Two familles, totaling 15 members, were almost wiped out when a crack Texas & Pacific Railroad fiyer crashed into the truck on which they were rid- ing at a grade crossing near Dallas, Tex., killing 13, Six were killed in two airplane acci- dents, one in Mississippi and the other in New Mexico, with the pilot and two passengers in each plane perishing. Two were killed and five injured serl- Six Chinese were killed when their automobile collided with another near Sacramento, Calif,, turned over and . Two were injured. Four were killed in a grade-crossing accident in New York, when their car was struck by & Delaware & Hudson engine. TRAIN KILLS 13 TEXANS. All Were Returning From Holiday Jaunt in Dallas en Truck. By the Associated Press. nesses sald it stalled on the was . struck - broadside. Bodies of the truck’s occupants were found for sev- eral hundred yards along the track, (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) CHINA RECEIVES U. S. COURT RIGHT NOTE American Reply Is Believed Short of Nanking’s Requests in Extraterritoriality Move. By the Auochsted Press. China, U s '“: note of government /abolition of territorial “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Stars carrier system covers every city block and: the regular e tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. % ) LINDY WINS HORSESHOE GAME AT HOOVER MOUNTAIN CAMP Drives Car B:ck to White House, Getting in Ahead of President, Although Taking Late Start. Col. Charles A. Lindbergh won the horseshoe pitching honors over the week end at President Hoover's camp at the headwaters of the Rapidan River in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. The noted fiyer said that he had not indulged in this sport for some time, but, according to some of the runners-up in the tournament, he gave no evidence of being out of practice. He seemed to have his eye on the stake at all times and had little difficulty throwing ringers when they were most needed. The second honors are said to have gone to Secretary of Agriculture Hyde. Herbert Hoover, jr., and Lieut. Comdr. Joel T. Boone, the White House physician, divided ' the third honors between them. Some of the players blame their gflr showing on the fact that lugging ulders for the dam which President 30 ESCAPE DEATH IN HOTEL BLAZE Washington Woman [s Burn- ed as Fire Razes Braddock Heights Hostelry. One Washington woman was burned on the face and neck while fleeing from a fire which early this morning de- stroyed the Hotel Braddock, at Brad- dock Heights, Md., driving approxi- mately 30 scantily clad guests into the street and causing heavy property damage. The resort hotel had at- tracted Washingtonians for a num! of years. 5 Miss Gertrude Rouech, 1726 M street, returned to her home this morning after being treated in Frederick for the burns on her neck and face. Her purse, containing $100, and all of her clothing was destroyed by the fire. Miss Rouech said the fire started un the roof and burned for about an hour before causing the elevators in the hotel to crash to the basement. The extral ileges' was received at the Nanking| Mr. was ited States had /failed to ests. Tequests. Wi , however, was sald to have expressed its willingness to dis- cuss the subject further with the Na- tlonalist government. PLAN TAKE-OFF TODAY IN ENDURANCE EFFORT i ciner Three Chicago Flyers Want to Break Record of St. Louis Aviators. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, Atgust '12—Three mnnfi m ngntum Te- cently._made in { Louls by the St. RUSSIANS HOP AGAIN. Moscow-to-New York Plape Takes Off From Krasnoyarsk. VERKHNE UDINSK. U. 8. 8. R., g: Land of the Soviets, “: Moscow to New York, took from late yesterday. It flew over 3 over Verkhne Udinsk, headed for Chita, the city near where the Transsiberian Raflway branches into the Amur line sl ot 51 F i I r| Col for one of ‘The President himself did not play, but was an enthusiastic rooter on the sidelines. He has ing in_the streams, horseback and hiking about the mountain traiis. | of acted as chauffeur (Continued on Page ) SWEEPING BANKIN PROBE SEEN BY NYE Expects Senate .Committee to Act Scon Unless Abuses Are Corrected. A sweeping investigation of the whole financial, banking and speculative situ- ation may be undertaken by the Senate banking and currency committee within & short time, “unless the banking in- terests of the country correct the abuses that have grown up under the present system,” according to Senator Nye of North Dakota. In a statement given out at the office of Senator Nye today, the North Dakota Senator declared that “one of the most pite of he atiempta. ot the Federst 5] O Aaf Reserve Board to g gs L i1 i 1 (= -E STICKS OUT TONGUE AT POLICEMAN ‘Ahmed Mawdouch Mours!, the second stopped by Policeman C. L. Smith of the Trafic Buresu at Klingle Bridge on (#)_Means Associated Press. Saturday’s Circulation, 96,77 TWO CENTS. POTOMAC POWER PROJECT APPROVEL BY CEN. JADWI Retiring Chief of Engineers " Recommends Preliminary Permit Be Granted. SUBJECT TO PROTECTION FOR PARK DEVELOPMEN1 Report Holds Question Is Nof “Park Versus Power,” but What Kind of Park. Lieut. Gen. Edgar Jadwin, U. S. A, retired, recommended to the Federal Power Commission, just before he re- linquished the post of chief of Army Engineers last week, that the Potomag River Corporation of Wilmington, Del, be granted a preliminary permit, with & view to ultimate power development in the Great Falls area of the Potomaa River, “subject to certain provisions for protection of navigation and park des velopment.” In making this announcement today, the Federal Power Commission asserted that it is probable that its own report on the subject of power development at Great Falls, as well as those from the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, and from Gen. Jadwin, will not be made public until they are sent to Congress. In addition to the Jadwin report, the Pederal Power Commission has before it & report from Maj. Brehon Somere as are: which it is likewise holding in confl.: dence at present. It is understood, however, that the Somervell report is in line with the Jadwin report, and that both recommend that power should be developed at Great Falls, in- sisting that the question is not one of ‘.’?lrk versus er,” but is a question having & erent kind of park with additional recreational facilities from that desired by the National Capital Park and Commission. Both reports are said to take the view that mer and park development can go side by side. ‘Would Permit Inquiry. If the a] ucatlan.':%r ‘:‘ inary permi en. Jadw! Tecom= o be granted to the Po- tomac River cm;pommn. it \‘:uld u:l:lble the an investigation 3 wee. po m at Great Falls, u\ro'l:l Edgerton, the Power Com= mission’s chief , made it clear that the commission is precluded m:: granting even this, as E an to examine the subject further. Should Congress and the Federal Power Commission decide that a pre- was - explain not allow the Poto! tion to do any construction work, but would merely permit the firm to prove Mwer possibilities of that region. 8l power development at Great ::III be lwnd‘dufi'l;blepl: "culdialen necessary for the Potomac River to seek from the Federal for hydro-electric development. Commission’s Announcement. The Federal Power Commission’s an- nouncement today on the Jadwin re- port_follows: “The reports of the chief of engineers, ‘War Department, on application for preliminary permits for power develop~ ment on the Potomac River have been received. The applications involved are that of Messrs. Stineman and Quick for two dams, one at High Island and one at Plummers Island; that of the South Branch Power Co. for certain storage reservoirs and two power plants, one at Great Falls and one at Chain Bridge, and that of the Potomac River Cor- poraticn, which is substantially the same as that of the South Branch Pow- er Co., hm:p't t.}l;nt it lnpcbluda also & power plant at Harpers Ferry. ““The chief of el eers recommends that a preliminary permit be granted to the Potomac River Corporation, sub- ject to certain provisions for the pro- tection of navigation and park develop- ment and also subject to provision of public resolug:n Nufib::.t hfi:vemlflh Congress, which presc no per= mit shall be issued by the commission until further action has been taken by Congress after consideration of reports to be submitted by the National Capital Park and Planning Commission and the Federal Power Commission. has also been made to this by the National Capital (Continued on Page.2, Column 3.) STOCK PRICES GAIN DESPITE RATE RAISE Market Continues Recovery of Sat- urday, but Trading Is turn in prices of several leading stocks characterized the beginning of the new States Steel common & record price of a score of utilities,