Evening Star Newspaper, August 22, 1929, Page 1

L WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Partly cloudy; possibly thundershowers tonight or tomorrow; warmer tonight. ‘Temperatures—Highest, 83, at 4 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 64, at 6 a.m. today. Full report on page 9. The only evening paper in Washington with the Augciated Press news service. | WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Foening Star. b Yesterday’s Circulation, 101,587 Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 31,159, vost office, Wa: Entered as second class matt. er shington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 96 -y 1929 —FORTY-EIGHT PAGES. F¥ ¥ (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. CHINESE SOLDIERS | MASSED T0 CHECK SOVIET INVASION Troops Ordered to Repel A\nyI Raid—Army Movement Is Taxing Railroads. FROM MUKDEN TO BORDER | China Improves Conditions in In- terned Camps—Japanese Rail Guards Are Active. By the Associated Press. PEIPING, China. August 22.—Chinese | authorities in Manchuria appear to have undertaken heavy troop concen- | tration to prevent Russian troops from crossing the frontlers of Manchuria. | A military conference in Mukden | called today by Gov. Chang Hsueh- | Liang of Manchuria decided that all| Chinese troops along the border should | be instructed to remain strictly on the[ defensive. They were ordered, however, to repel any Russian invasion or raid. Three brigades of cavalry and two of | infantry now in the Shan Hai-Kuan |an extended tour through the East and |shortly before 10 a.m., Eastern standard | West, Senator Brookhart of Towa, one | time) |of the Republican independents, who country folk who had left their fields region were sent to the border. Government Salaries Cut. The conference further decided to de- | government for the purpose of purchas- | ing war material. Manchurian ral crowded with troop trains moving up | toward the border. One division of | troops left Kirin City yesterday for Harbin, followed a few hours later by a machine gun corps, and several batteries of_artillery. ‘These troops were understood to be destined to the northeastern section of | the frontier, in the neighborhood of Pogranichnaya. | Mukden moved 50,000 soldiers from ; Feng-Tien province through Tonan to- ward Manchuli on the northwestern border. Gen. Chang Tso-Hsiang, nominally | gecond in command in Manchuria to Gov. Chang Hseuh-Liang, but really the strong man of Manchuria, left Kirin City with the troops for Harbin. He will direct the Chinese military opera- tions. Japanese residents remained in the! Manchuli area, but. hundreds of Chinese Jeft for Harbin, frightened by the war-, like preparations. Better Interned Camps. 1 Reliable sources in Harbin reported | today that after protests by the consu- | Jar corps the Chinese authorities had | improved the conditions under which | several hundred arrested Russian citi- zens had been intered there. Pive hundred Russigns interned in & crowded camp in the Harbin suburbs have been placed in ew encampment with better facilities. The Russians complained of the quality of the food. but the Chinese authorities permitted | friends and relatives to take food and other comforts to them. The Chinese defended their admitted- 1y bad treatment of the interned Rus- sians by claiming it was in reprisal for cruel Russian treatment of Chinese ar- | rested in Vladivostok. i Thirty-nine Russians who were ar- rested when the Harbin consulate gen- eral was raided on May 27 and who have been on a hunger strike in an at- tempt to get a trial have been informed that they will learn this week whether | the Chinese will set them free or hold | them longer for trial. Most of the pris- I oners are in a precarious state of health. HARBIN MARCH IS FORECAST. British Correspondent Says Soviets Plan Early Offensive. LONDON, August 22 (#).—Tokio cablegrams to the Daily Mail today, purporting to be based on official Japa- nese information, sald that Soviet troops | had completed mobilization on the| Manchurian frontier and shortly would march on Harbin, the provincial rail- road center. | The cablegrams, whose .autfior was| Sir Percival Phillips, widely' known British newspaper man, said that the Soviet Union government “has deter- mined to force China to comply with its demands regarding the Chinese Eastern Railway by warlike operations, but without a formal declaration of war. It was said the advance of the newly organized Far Eastern army would be a “punitive expedition” and it was not believed the Chinese soldiery would of- fer serious opposition to the Russian advance, but instead would adopt delay- | ing tactics. It was unknown whether the Russian advance actually had al- ready begun. Japanese Troops Active. ‘While it was stated in Tokio that Japan did not intend to interfere in Manchuria unless her interests were threatened directly, it was declared in Peiping that Japanese military. guards on the South Manchurian Raliway were very busy and were preparing for the arrival of reinforcements. There were continued reports here of alleged Russian violations of the Man- churian frontier, but dates of the al- leged occurrences and precise details were lacking. A Peiping dispatch to the Express under yesterday’s date said that “official dispatches from several foreign sources” confirmed previous re- ports of a 24-hour engagement near Manchuli in which the Chinese had casualties. It was r:-mned this had reference to the Dalainor el ement. At Misanhsien, on the Muling River, the Russians were said to have been re- pulsed after two days’ activities. Many-| corpses were seen floating down the Sungari River after the engagement, these, according to the Chinese reports, being bodies of peasants killed and tossed in the water by Russian invaders. SOVIET TROOPS NUMBER 30,000. Chinese Authorities Make Estfate of Budenny’s Strength on Border. NANKING, August 22 (#).—Based on reports from Harbin, Chinese National- ist government authorities estimate 30,000 Russidn troops are stationed along the Manchurian borders, all of them under the command of Gen. Bolshevik cavalry Jeader. The announcement of the appoint- men of Budenny. as commander of the Soviet government's Far Eastern army corps came rn;m Hl;l‘slln, but tnhll 1;ew| ‘was reported from European Russia & month ago when dispatches told of (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) Zeppelin and Coste Are Both Delayed; Racers Over Texas ‘The Graf Zeppelin again today postponed its departure from Japan to the United States when unfavorable winds developed after repairs had been made of broken gondola struts. Departure was expected within a few hours, probably tonight. In Paris the famous pilot, Caste, moved his plane from Le Bourget Field, which was inter- preted to mean that his contem- plated flight to the United States in a race against the Graf Zep- pelin has been called off. ‘Women pilots taking part in the air derby to Cleveland were crossing Texas today in easy hops between refueling stations. Hope has virtually been aban- doned for the two youthful Swiss fiyers who have been missing in the Atlantic since Saturday, but a look-out for them has been or- dered by American naval craft. BROOKHART TOPUSH DEBENTURE PLAN Believes Proposal Has “Ex- cellent Chance” in Both Sen- ate and House, He Says. By the Associated Press. Upon his return to the Capital after last Winter unsuccessfully sought incor- ing tariff bill. ““There is not only a chance,” he add- ed, “of the debenture being adopted by | the Senate, but also is a good chance of | ¢ its being adopted by the House.” BAD WINDS FORGE ANOTHER DELAY IN TAKE-OFF OF GRAF |Broken Gondola Repaired When Eckener Decides on Postponement. |NEW PASSENGERS TAKEN | ABOARD CRAFT AT TOKIO ‘Big Crowd Disappointed Because Departure for America Is Again Put Off. [ By the Associated Prees. | KASUMIGAURA, Japan, August 22— The departure of the dirigible Graf | Zeppelin for her transpacific flight to | America was postponed shortly before ! midnight tonight because of unfavor- able winds. At the same time it was announced that the dirigible might |leave early in the morning. A vast crowd was waiting to watch the Graf's departure when the post- ponement became known. The late hour of the postponement (shortly be- fore midnight, Japanese time, would be disappointed great numbers of | and farms to be present on the historic Struts Are Broken. Two broken struts on its rear gon- dola had previously delayed the start of |the Grat Zeppelin's flight. | , The two struts were broken before dawn today as the Zeppelin was being | taken from the hangar here preparatory | to beginning the long flight to Los The Senate membership, which will | Angeles. For some unexplained reason the tail of the giant ship dipped, allow- enter upon its debate September 4. ng ‘the rear gondols to strike the will have the larger part of the next|ground and smash the wooden supports, two weeks to study the House measure ‘Three minutes later and the Graf ¢ _ | would have been in the air, on its way as revised by the Senate finance com- | TG TALE BOeh 40 (he AI%, o B8 WY mittee Republicans in preparation for | Eckener hastily gave orders delaying the long struggle to come. | withdrawal from the hangar and him- The committee majority had only a | S¢If stepped out of another gondola to 4 : 5 the ground, where he examined the few minor administrative provisions o | damage. He recognized at once the ne- act upon today before completing its | cessity for repairs and announced de- task of rewriting the bill. Meanwhile, | predictions were increasing that final | congressiondl action on the measure | could not be completed before the end | of the special session and that the de- | bate would extend into the regular sesslon beginning in December, with | prospects that final enactment would be further delayed in that event. The rate sections of the bill already have been made available to the Demo- cratic members of the committee, who hgd no part in rewriting the measure, and the administrative sections will be ready for their consideration at the meeting called for tomorrow to begin planning for the contest that will | get under way two weeks from now. Presidential Power Upheld. | In its revision of the administrative | section, the committee majority, after | approving House provisions to enable the tariff commission to consider com- | petitive conditions as well as production | costs in determining bases for imposts, | voted to retain the presidential power | to advance or reduce rates as much as | 50 per cent, but rejected proposals to | increase the commission membership | to seven and to eliminate the present | law's provision that not .more than three could be members of the same party. It also inserted an amendment by | Senator Reed, Republican, Pennsylvania, to base ad valorem rates on American instead of foreign values, which, he said, “would not change the measure of pro- i tection in the slightest degree” but would merely speed up the commission's work of determu;nng‘valgu and elimi- | te undervaluation frauds. msen-wr Simmons of North Carolina, | who, as ranking minority member, call ed the Democratic committeemen's meeting tomorrow, explained that ‘“we do not contemplate offering a substi- tute for the entire bill,” but intend to prepare a number of amendments and substitutes for amendments to be spon- sored by the majority members. Amend- ments offered in the Senate by commit- teemen have priority, and substitutes must be disposed of before they can be voted on. Speculates on Time. The Democratic tariff leader is among those who have begun to wonder wheth- er the bill can be cnacted before the end of the special session. .“I thought at first that we may get it out of the way by mid-November,’ he observed, “but I doubt now whether we will complete it at the special session unless some restrictive or revision lim- itation resolution is adopted.” Several resolutions intended to limit revision of the present tariff act to ag- ricultural and related products have been prepared, but the extent of sup- port they will command has not been lose d. Rejection of the House provision placing the power in the Secretary of the Treasury to act as final arbiter of ngpelh from customs appraisals as they affect valuations was voted and the committeemen approved restpration of this power to the jurisdiction of the| Customs Court. | Los Angeles has been calculated to be | lay of at least 8 or 10 hours in de- parture. Passengers Go to Tokio. Passengers disembarked ‘and left by automobile for Tokio, while workmen at the naval airport here immediately be- | gan to repair the damage. The motor contained in the gondola was not in- Jured, the harm being confined princi- pally to the gondola’s superstructure. Crowds had stayed all night long st the outskirts of the air fleld with the hope of witnessing take-off of the| Graf. The last-minute accident disap- pointed them, but at least half remained in their places with true Oriental pa- tience trusting the promised thrills would be fulfilled in due course. Although the accident was in every sense minor, it was recalled that it was the first of its kind in the life of the Zeppelin. On the Graf’s first westward transatlantic crossing a gust of wind ripped’some of the fabric from a rear fin and on its unsuccessful westward crossing attempt last May three of five crankshafts were broken. Landings and take-offs heretofore have been without incident. 5,470 Miles Ahead. | The course of the Graf Zeppelin to | over a mileage of 5470. The flight probably will occupy about 100 hours, putting the Graf into Los Angeles about Monday noon. Pacific time. About 2.-' 500 miles will remain ahead of the | Zeppelin before it can complete its | I'Nflul;d-!h!-world venture at Lakehurst, ‘The damage was found to be entirely | superficial and was easily repaired. envelope of the gondola and the basket underneath, both were sl'ghtly damaged, | but were easily mended. | ‘The engineers in charge of the work expected to finish the last of their work, connecting of the gas line to the en- gine in the damaged section, shortly after sunset. ‘The majority of the dirigible’s pas- sengers, after motoring to Tokio, spent the day abed, return‘ng to the airport|. here at sunset, and going on board the dirigible at 9:30 p. m, today (7:30 am. | Eastern standard time). | Has New Passengers. Nineteen pusenflers and a crew of 42 were aboard the airliner for the voyage. | In addition to the 16 passengers| whose tickets read from Lakehurst to Lakehurst. a Japanese naval officer and another officer from the general staff of | the army, and a newspaper man from nh.gmnese news agency joined the air- ship. They replaced Prof. Karklan, Rus. sian geographer: a Japanese naval of- ficer and two newspaper men who came from Friedrichshafen to ura. The new passengers are Lieut. Comdr. Ryunosuke Kusaka of the Japanese naval general staff, Dofu Shiral, corre- spondent of a Japanese news agency, and Maj. Shinichi Shibata of the gen- eral staff of the army. The officers and crew were increased to 42, including Dr. Hugo Eckener, by the addition of Chief Engineer Karl (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) %| MRS. HOOVER DRIVES OWN CAR { BACK FROM CAMP ALONG RAPIDAN Plans to Return Late This Afternoon or May Accompany President and Party Tomorrow. Mrs. Hoover returned to Washington last night from her husband's camp at the headwaters of the Rapidan, in ‘Virginia, where she had been for nearly three weeks. Allan Hoover, the younger of ths Hoover boys, who has beem in the mountain camp for three weeks re- cuperating from an intestinal disorder, did not return with his mother. *Mrs. Hoover motored back to the city with. Miss Roberta Braddock, one! of her secretaries, and drove the big! ‘White House car She indicated herself. on her return that she might go back to the camp late th's atternoon. If not, Maj. Gen. Neville, commandant of the Marine Corps, and & member of tae ex- ecutive commfttee of the general board of the Navy to spend the week cnd with him in the ntains suggests that he is anxious resume his dis- cussions with the Navy heads regard- ing the proposed reducticn -of naval rmament. Others who will be in the week end party are James R. Nutt of Cleveland, treasurer of the Republican national commiltee; Clarence Wooley, marufac- turer, who was mentioned in connection with appointment to the cabinet. as Secretary of ,“while the Pres- o Washintite. coreeapondent. of fernon, correspon the Chicago Daily News, and Mrs. Ver- however, she would wait to go back with President Hoover and a party of friends he will uked':hv,: :A::\k morrfl after- noon t8 spen L The fact that the President has in- vited Secretary of the Navy Adams and non; Leroy Roberts, managing editor of the Kansas City Star, and Mr. and Mrs. Louis Straus of New York. Mr. Straus was Mr. Hoover's dur- ing the time he was food administrator. SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADERS HAVE A OF N THE NEW TARIFF BIL LILOWED TWO WEEKS FOR PERUSAL 2 DERBY LAPS WON duct 20 per cent from the salaries of POration of the export debenture plan occasion of the first airship flight from | all official employes of the Manchurian ! in the farm relief act, said today he be- the Orient to America. lleved there was “an excellent chance” | flways today were | for Writing that proposal into the pend- | BY RUTH NICHOLS {Many Woman Pilots Meet| With Trouble in Dash Over Texas. PECOS, Tex., August 22 (#).— Mrs. Florence Lowe Barnes of San Marino, Calif., who was forced back shortly after taking off from El Paso today in the Woman's Aerial Derby, crashed her plane into an automobile in landing at the Pecos Airport to- Both wings were smashed and it appeared she would be definitely out of the race. Mrs., Barnes was not injured. | Bv the Associated Press. MIDLAND, Tex., August 22.—Flying over the rugged terrain of far South- western Texas, five of the entzants in the national woman's aerial derby shortly before noon today had success. fully reached the Midland Alrport, thi midday stopping point. Miss Ruth Nichols of Rye, N. Y., who | landed first at Pecos, Tex., first refuel- ing point of today's lap. also was the first to arrive in Midand, bringing her craft down at 9:44 am. She was followed by Phoebe Omlie of Memphis, Amelia Earhart of Boston. Gladys O'Donnell of Long Beach, Calif, and Opel Kunz of New York. Several in Troub'e. Several of the flyers encountered trouble on the EI Paso-Pecos leg of the aerial race. Shortly after taking off from El Paso Florence Lowe Barnes of San Marino, Calif., had trouble with her plane and returned to the El Paso Airport, She again took the air for Pecos at 10:20 am. Miss O'Donnell in landing at Pecos “overshot” the air- port and smashed the landing gear of her craft. She was able, however, to continue in the race without great delay. Blanche Noyes of Clevela Foltz of Portland. Ore,; a The | their planes in landing and were not expected to leave that place for several hours. Mrs. Noyes landed about 10 miles west of Pecos aftr she discov- ered a fire in the cockpit of her plane. She said she found a lighted cigarette in a spare fiying suit. She suffered slight burns in ex- tinguishing the fire. In landing her plane’s under gear was damaged. Go on to Fort Worth. The fiyers were to take off from Mid- land at 2 p.m. for Abilene, the after- noon refueling point, and then continue to Forth Worth, night stop. While in | Midland the asrial visitors were guests of the Midland luncheon. Thea Rasche, the German aviatrix, who caught up with her competitors yesterday when they were delayed in El Paso by storms, safely negotiated the mountainous country between EI Paso and Pecos and after refueling started for Midland. Mrs. Keith Miller of Australia was delayed at Pecos by a broken gasoline gauge. With the exception of Miss Barnes the other 16 entrants had checked in at Pecos. Later, Louise Thaden, Ruth Elder, Vera Walker, Neva Prtis, Margaret Peery, Ruth Miller and Mary Von Mack landed at the Midland Airport in the order named. OVER TEXAS TODAY. Rotary Clyb at a Women in Derby Leave El Paso in Flight Across State. By the Associated Press. EL PASO, Tex., August 22.—The 17 contestants in the women's air derby from Santa Monica, Calif., to Cleveland took off here this morning for Pecos, the first control point on today's 600- mile flight to Fort Worth. The fiyers will pause over Van Horn for their time to be checked and then proceed to Peccs, where they will make their first stop for refueling, inspection of the planes and. luncheon. Midland was the only other stop scheduled be- fore they reach Fort Worth. where the derbyists will spend the night. Ruth Nichols ot Rye, N. Y., led the fiyers at 6:10 o'clock, followed at 2- | | Wife of Importer | Makes Collection Of Speed Tickets By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. August 22.—With some it is postage stamps, with others first editions, but Mrs. Margaret Moser, 22-year-old wife of a jewel importer, collects tickets for speeding. She pald $25 in Traffic Court for one when a friend, Carl Disch of Switzerland, was haled in for speeding in her car. She asked to retain the ticket, explaining she already had them from Spain, Switzerland. Prance, Germany, Austria and Italy. “This will be my first in the United States,” she sald. BRITISH PREMIER - COMES IN OCTOBER Id Expected to Ar- | ; MacDona rive for Visit With President Early in Fall. By the Associated Press. Prime Minister MacDonald of Great | Britain is expected to arrive in the United States for a visit with President | Hoover between October 1 and 10, | | effect that Mr. MacDonald's contem- plated visit had either been postponed | or canceled, a spokesman for the Presi- | dent at the White House today made it clear that the visit is to be made. | This informal confipmation of the | premier’s coming to the United States 1s sufficiently official to set at rest con: | trary reporis. It is understood that | preparations for the trip already are | under way, although it has not yet | been revealed just where the distin- | guished visitor will stay in the Capital. | It is not thought likely that he will nd and Edith | be a house guest. at the White House | 1so damaged | during that period. No doubt a dinner | or a luncheon or so will be given | his_honor at the White House, but | is thought he will most likely be a guest in it of Sir Esme Howard at the British em- | bassy. U. S. AGENT IS SHOT BY DRUG PEDDLE ;l‘edenl Officer May Die From Wounds—Two Narcotic Sellers Escape. | By the Associated Press. | NEW ORLEANS, La. August 22.— Clarence U. P. Moore, Federal narcotic agent, wes chot and dangerously wounded - here today by one of two narcotic peddlers he sought to arrest. Moore, narcotic officials sald, was responsible for some of the most ex- tensive narcotics ralds and arrests in New Orleans in recent months. Before coming to New Orleans, he was a mem- ber of the San Francisco police force. Accompanied by Agent Peiper, Moore sought to arrest two alleged peddlers in Bourbon street near Esplanade avenue. The two men were spotted in their au- tomobile and Moore jumped from his car and ordered their surrender. In- stead, one of the men pulled a gun and fired. ' Moore fell in the street with a bullet wound in the héad. His condition was pronounced grave. His companion of- ficer gave chase to the men, but y cscaped. | In spite of recent news reports to the | POLICE CHIEF KILLS 2 IN RUM SEARCH ‘Officers Say They Were Fired | on When They Stopped | Alleged Bootleggers. | | By the Associated Press. WEST FRANKFORT, IIl, August 22. —Earl Kreiger and Albert McDonald were shot to death by Police Chief Leroy | Sisk at about 10:30 o'clock last night |after the chief and Patrolman George ipper stopped their motor car in the | downtown district to search it for | 1iquor. Kreiger is said to have fired first at the officers. Sisk fired four shots from a sawed-off shotgun, hitting both in the head and killing them instantly. | | _An inquest is scheduled here today.! | Sisk_ was placed under arrest and heid !in jail at Benton. Kreiger and McDon- ' ald were. 35 years old. | Police e dead men were Hoot- leggers. Both had police records. In | | the pockets of one was found a list of the delivered prices for case lots of whisky and beer. i Sisk sald two shots were fired at | Nipper, and the policeman dropped in | | the car, calling. “Look out, chief.” | Sisk then fired at close range. Both men were badly torn by the slugs and the steering wheel was blown off the sedan, a window was shot out and the windshield and body of the car were filled with holes. 1 McDonald's wife, from whom he was separated, committed suicide in Gary, | Ind., a few days ago and was buried | here yesterday. 'SUPPOSED MADMAN | | SLAYS POLICEMA Second Beaten in Mysterious As- | sault in Montgomery—*"I Did It All,” Says Suspect. By the Associated Press. 1 | A policeman was shot to death and | another seriously’ wounded in what ap- | parently was an aitack by a maniac as they patrolled a beat near the down- DEBT ENVOYS TURN T0 PRIVATE TALKS 10 END DEADLOCK Decide Further Efforts to Reach Agreement in Committee Useless. CONVEHSATIONS_HAVE THREE MAIN OBJECTS | Allies Line Up Against Germany| on Young Plan Payments After September 1. By the Associated Press. THE HAGUE, August 22.—The dele- gates to the reparations conference, still stubbornly trying to reach some sort of agreement, today turned to private con- versations after deciding that there was no longer any use trying to settle their differences in committee or in groups. Premier Jaspar of Belgium, at meeting of the six powers this morning, was making no progress whatever. He | proposed that the delegates adjourn for | gicate that it the present, leaving the rest of the work of the conference to be done in pri- vate conversations. This was readily agreed to. ‘Will Have Three Objects. These conversations, which will prob- ably go on this afternoon and tomor- row morning, will have three principal objects: Agreement of the other creditors with | the British as to the distribution of an- | nuities. Agreement between the French, Bel- glans and Germans as to the date for final liberation of the Rhineland from militarg occupation. In cfse the two others fail, how to break off the conference so that it can be resumed under conditions permitting hope of success. During today's meeting Premfer | | Briand of France showed some optim- | ism, saying. “This cpnference is t | dead, we must do all we can to save it.” | Replies to Suggestion. | The premier was replying to a suj gestion by Foreign Minister Strese- mann of Germany that if no agreement were reached here a sort of partial moratorium _might be accorded Ger- | many which would permit her to pay under the Young plan instead of the Dawes plan after September 1. The fact that all the allies were lined up against Dr. Stresemann on the ques- tion of reparations payments under the Young plan after September 1 gave rise to reports that the British and Prench ! had come together. | Philip Snowden, British chanceilor of the exchequer, denied these reports. saying that the fact that the allies we against abrogation of the es plan | was simply incidental. ! Dr. Stressmann himself declared that he pleased with the attitude of . Chancellor Snowden in the matter since it conformed to the position of England as one of the reparations creditors. Herr | Stresemann was much milder than yesterday, but still pleaded for some sort of arrangement that would enable the German delegation to go home with- out facing a cabinet crisis. He urged an intense effort to reach a compromise and proposed that failing agreement a full public session of the conference be called Saturday to enable the dele- gates to set forth their views on the situation before the world. 1 Opinion respecting the changes of | finding a com- | | the creditor powers’ promise for their differences is prepon- derantly adverse. There were reports this morning, however, that the French | were getting closer to the British on {he question of British annuities, but | {hat there was still important contention | between them as to the amount of | money due Germany from Great Britain | as the balance arising from the sales of sequestered property. i CUSHENDUN BACKS SNOWDEN. MONTGOMERY, Ala., August 22.— Says Conservative Government Wovld!'axes, and Have Taken Same Position. i LONDON, August 22 ().—The policy | pursued at The Hague reparations con- | ference by Philip Snowden, chancellor | of the exchequer, was defended today by Lord Cushendun. internationalist and | | Rapid Transit .Bu: Lof fare, ion this point. however, umtil he has HARTMAN PROBES W.R. & E. METHODS -~ IN BOOKKEEPING | Questions Apparently Would Show System Fails to Give True Rate. CARFARE HEARING HELD TO BE NEARING CLOSE W. R. T. Case to Be Next, With | Patrick Hopeful Sessions May i End Within Week. Bringing out his “little black book"” again today, Commissioner Harleigh H. Hartman subjected President William F. Ham of the Washington Railway & | Electric Co. to a searcaing examination {of the company's methods in handling |its depreciation and capital accounts | at the carfare hearing before the Public | Utilities Commission. | Mr. Hartman's questions seemed to | be designed to show that a nigher rate | intervened when he saw the discussion | of return is being earned by the com- | pany than is disclosed by its bookkeep- | ing methods. The comp}fl,ny's books '»5. now Is earning 4. [ cent on its claimed minimum \‘alnl‘ep;; $19,280,000. It estimates that the re- | uested increase to a 10-cent, cash fare with four tokens for 30 cents would give it a return of 6.25 per cent In apswer to Mr. Hartman's ques- Srlons. Mr. Ham continued to insist that the accounting methods of the ecom- pany were correct. including its method handling its depreciati - ‘l!ll accounts. 2 SR Hartman Attacks Bus Price. Mr. Hartman specific the inclusion in thl:com;’: '"v‘acxt:d tion of $5.500 for the purchase of R. | L. May's right to operate the Hyatts- | ville bus line. He asked Mr. Ham whether the company had not obtained the right to operate busses over that line prior to \ihe purchase of Mr. May's chise. 2 am sal .. was_partly true.” SR There were indications today that the car farc hearing is reaching its final stages. The evidence of the Wash- ington Railway and Electric Co. is near- ly all in. This will be folllowed by evi- dence submitted by the Washington s Line, which has E::;l made a party to the present rate William McK. Clayton. counse the Federalion of Citizens As.-ocll]tin’nn; indicated after the hearing adjourned for lunch, that he might not consider it necessary. in view of the develop- ments at the hearing. to present evi- dence on behalf of the Citizens Asso- ciations attacking the application of the two car companies for an increase He will not decide definitely studied the evidence already in. Fleharty May btnit Evidence. It is expected that evidence will be introduced against the companies’ appli- caton by Ralph B. Fleharty, people’s couns When all the evidence is in, the lawyers representing the car com- panies. the people. and the Citizens Associations will present their argu- ments before the Commission. Gen. Mason M. Patrick, chairman of the commission. expressed the hope dur- ing the recess that the hearings might be brought to a close by the end of next week. but this was regarded as an “‘optimistic” view of the situation by the attorneys present. There were stronger evidences today that the commission is moving toward & new valuation of the street car prop- | erties in the District. at least of the Washington Railway & Electric Co., to be used as a basis for determining the proper rat> of fares which the eom- pm‘;;rs should be allowea to charge the public, Mass of Statistics. Today's hearing got away to & slow art, the reason being that officials of the Washington Railway & Flectric Co.. began reading into the record a mass of statistics, bearing on costs of material, wage comparisons, income other items entering into the company’s previous statement of operat- ing expenses. These were supplied by Mr. Ham in answer to questions submitted by Mr. Hartman and other members of the commission several days ago, the figures | town area here early today. | _The attack occurred as the officers, | chief of the British delegation to the | Rex C. Wright, 38, and William W. | reparations preparatory conference at Smith, 48, emerged from their auto- Geneva in 1928. mobile after drawing up to a curb. Lord Cushendun said Mr. Snowden Wright was killed instantly by a bullet | was merely insisting upon conditions thro e his chest after he had b2en fellea by a blow on th: head from a heavy iron instrument. Smith was stunned by two blows over the head from the instrument. Both were plain- | clothes men. Joseph Dodton Choate, 26, Was ar- rested at the scene of the attack after calmly informing officers that he “did it all.” He had Wright's pistol in his| pocket when he was taken into custody. He_was docketed as a “suspect.” Choate, officers sald, was standing near the rear of a crowd that had been | attracted to the scene when they ar- rived. Before inquiries could be made. they said, he stepped up and admitted the attack. A short time later Choate’s fath Charles E. Choate, 64, an ar- chitect, also was taken into custody as a suspect. He said his son had been mentally deranged. The father said that he had missed young Choate about | 2:30 a.m. from their home across the street from where the attack took place. Powell Commands Pittsburgh. Capt. Halsey Powell of Lexington, Ky., former naval attache at Peiping, China, today was placed in command of the cruiser Pittsburgh, flagship of the Asiatic fleet. which he himself postulated at the con- ference in Geneva when he laid it down as an essential preliminary to the estab- | Mishment of a committee of financial experts that it must be understood the British government based its policy on the Balfour note and on the Spa per-| centages from which there could be no departure. “The Conservative government, of course, would have maintained the same | position had we remained. in power,” he continued, “but I think we should have succeeded in doing so without putting up the backs of our allies as Snowden has by his peremptory language. “He made the profound mistake of conducting international negotiations with an eye to party politics at home. He has fluttered the dovecotes at The | Hague with a view to proving himself | & strong man at home, and it is quite true that bluster is often taken for| strength by the unthinking.” i Car Bombed in Argentine Strike. | ROSARIO, Argentina (®).—A strike | ormmnng here yesterday thus far has been confined to port workers. Two ' street car passengers and a passing | motorist were injured when a bomb, exploded in the tram car. | BIRD DOG TRAPS OWNER. LOUISVILLE, Ky. August 22 (#). Prank Cook is sorry he bought tha bird . When_ officers raided k's property yesterday they found a still, 18 barrels of mash and 15 S:‘- lons of moonshine, but they didn’t find minute intervals by the others. The | Cook. last plane left the fleld at 7:30 o'clock. ‘Weather reports indicated that flying conditions over the rout: were excellent. The fyers were warned before the start, however, that they would have “to hunt (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) “:v.mnm clearing house, $3,730,- New York clearing house exchange, $1,451,000,000. clearing house balance, New York $148,000,000. * Treasury balance, $107,593,183.64. Then Cook’s pointer trotted out of the house and “made a point” at a Officers kicked up the T, “That dog has its points,” said Cook, “but tha wasn't one. of Burton Calls on Hoover. Senator Burton, Republican of Ohio, and L. C. Sabin, vice president of the Great Lakes Carriers Association, called on President Hoover M;L to discuss the appointment of & chief of Army Engineers to succeed Maj. Gen. Edgar Jadwin, retired. They did not indicate ‘whom they had recommended for the “Victims” Are Amazed as By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 22.—The bandit was very sleepy. - He could hardly keep his eyes open as, with a revolver in eath hand, he walked into an eatiug place just south of West Chicago last night and ordered 35 customers to put up their hands. “Line up against the { to search them for De observed,a cushy #red | wall,” “he He was valuahles' when . ' bench at one #ide of the dining room. SLEEPY BANDIT FORGETS HIS CARES GIVES IN TO YAWN WHILE AT ‘WORK’| Having Lined Them Up for Haul. He Starts Snoring After; He went over and laid down. keeping his guns pointed at the others. “I am very tired.” he apologized. His eyes closed. The customers, hande over heads, looked His breathing became regular and noisy. ‘The pistols clattered to the floor. The it ‘'was sound asleep. / Someone called police. They arrived and shook the sleeper with vigor. They told him he was under arrest. “All right,” said the man, whose name he later revealed as Chestep Kopisksi, “but come back in the morning, will you? TI'm sleepr.” / on in surprise. | P2 i for which had required an exhaustive | search of company records. Mr. Hartman supplanted these tech- nical answers with other questions of an involved nature designed to bring | out ®omputations made by the company in arriving at its estimates of depre- ciation. Some of these questions were so long and ponderous the commissioner was required to read them and the proceed- ings were held up from time to time as Mr. Ham and his assistants busied themselves poring over pages of rec- ords in explaining how various items of trackage and other betterments were chnrgl;d to operating and expense ac- counts. Boilt Costs Double. Information was gained from the an- swer supplied by Ham to the first of Hartman’s questions that the cost of machine bolts, in various sizes, had nearly doubled from 1914 to 1928 and rh?t trolley poles were $2 more per ole. Mr. Hartman had asked for a com- parative statement of wages in 1919 and 1921. Except in the case of office em- ployes of the wage department and common laborers, the wages indicated a slight general increase. The rallway executive pointed out that nine hours of labor was a working day in 1919, compared with eight hours in 1921, in both the wage and mechanical depart- ments. @ Wages for foremen ranged from $3.80 to $5.30 in 1919, to $4.40 and $5.90 in 921. Common laborers received $2.97 to $4.20 in 1919 and $2.40 to $3.60 in 192! ‘Top wages for skilled labor was $5.30, the same for both years, but the minimum wage had increased from $3.50 to $4.40 per day. In the case of general machinists the minimum wage had increased from $3.20 in 1919 to £4.56 in 1921, but the top wage of $5.52 in the latter year was only 8 oents-a day higher than previously. Depreciation Figures Are Given., Mr.. Hartman previously had called for information regarding the amount of depreciation included in operatin, expenses for various years as contal in a former statement filed by the com- ny. Mr. Ham, reading from his rec- ords, included the amounts of depre- ciation from 1922, which was $488.210, to the 12-month period endlnz’:pfll 30, 1929, that showed » depreciation charge o ,400. jation charge in 1928 was $637.141. These figures (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) Radio Programs—f'_nge 3