Evening Star Newspaper, September 12, 1929, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Mostly cloudy tonight and tomorrow; possibly showers tomorrow; slightly warmer tonight. ‘Temperatures—Highest, 75, at 3:30 pm. vesterday; lowest, 57, at 6 am. today. Full report on page 9. > Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 31,180. N Entered as No. post office. Washing he b enin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION The only e in Washington witl Associated service. vening paper the Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 104,050 WASHINGTON, D. €., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER (A Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. NAVAL OBSERVERS . WERE WARNED OF SHEARER N GENEVA Propogandist Was Barred at| First, but Later Admitted on Press Credentials, SENATORS TO START ON INQUIRY AT ONCE Shortridge Is Named as Chairman | of Subcommittee to Con- »d&im_be- B. R! BUCK. —Harris & Ewing. BY REX COLLIER. How did W. B. Shearer, “naval ex- pert” in the employ of American ship- | building corporations, gain entree to the 1927 naval limitation conference at | LJa Ila y y Geneva, and what did he do after he | REI-EASED UN BBND was admitted? ‘The Senate of the United States, ll; ' Accused of Embezzlement of $10,000 Intrusted to His the instance of President Hoover, is about to go to the bottom of these Office by Client. questions and others. The facts will be brought to light from official sources during the inquiry. In advance of the inquiry, however, The Star has learned from most au- thoritative sources just how Shearer first made his presence known to Amer- ican officials at the conference, how he | was received, and what his outwardly| B. R. Buck, proprietor of the broker- apparent activities were thereafter. 1;“1:‘”“ 1"‘;:;““ & Co,, In the Evans oo wardong | Building, ew York avenue, today Prom these sources it was learned‘]‘o::in.: :z":’;r:’;;dfi(:l':j:;‘:r::'v‘d; :";f :r::g :1:‘:: Eflnate probably will be ad- | oqrge of embezzlement of $10,000 in an | | alleged stock transaction with Z. Asbury 1. Shearer sought admission to the | 5" warsaw, Va., who says he has press section of the conference and was been a clent of Buck & Co. for some Tefused entry because he could produce | oo & no press credentials. a 2. Accepting this rebuff gracefully, he | returned several days later with appar- | Buck's arrest was precipitated yes- terday by the Better Business Bureau IBRITAIN EXPEC 13 ARMS CURB MOVE WITHIN 48 HOURS London Believes Important Developments Are Due in Negotiations. {MACDONALD TO RECEIVE U. S. REPLY IN THAT TIME | Nature of Answer to Determine ‘Whether Premier Will Leave for Washington Sept. 28. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, September 12.—Highly im- portant developments in Anglo-Ameri- can disarmament negotiations are ex- I pected here within 48 hours, according i to well informed circles. By that time | the American reply to Great Britain's {naval disarmament proposals will be in { Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald's hands. | The nature of this reply largely will | determine whether the Labor leader will leave for Washington on Septem- ber 28 or whether ‘his visit will have to be postponed until a much later date. Extreme reserve continues to be main- tained on this side of the Atlantic re- garding the Anglo-American negotia- tions. It is understood, however, that British proposals postulated a minimum cruiser tonnage of 340,000 tons. It is understood that the reaction of the American Government to these pro- posals, which is expected to be outlined in the reply Downing Street hopes to ill have 1 power | receive before the week end, important bearing on the na discussions. It is considered In authoritative quar- ters as extremely unlikely that Prime Minister MacDonald would go to Wash- | ington immediately unless agreement in principle had been reached. FRENCH CABINET APPROVES. | of Washington and C. V. Werne of the ently authentic credentials certifying ' . b inia Better Trade Association, who that he was the representative of a New | b esas 2 | - | was in Washington on business in con- | York newspaper. 3. Shearer thereafter was admitted to the press section as a duly accredited news correspondent, and, so far as The Star's informants noticed, seemed to condutt himself as did the other re- porters, numbering about 80. 4. American naval observers were “on their guard” against Shearer through- out the conference because of advices that the Navy Department was “investi- gating” him. 5. A British official inquired of an American official if Shearer were not in the employ of American steel inter- ests, and the suggestion was received with surprise by the American, who replied he had never heard of the re- Tt It is recalled here that charges were printed in some British newspapers at the time of the conference to the effect that American shipbuilding interests were conducting a “lobby” at Geneva. Shearer Was Barred by Tuck. Shearer, according t§ the informa- tion obtained by The Star, was barred from the press section of the confer- ence by American Consul Tuck, who was in charge of press arrangements. Under the rules of the conference, only gccredited news correspondents were to ve admitted, and Shearer was unable to show any credentials as such. When Shearer returned later with papers certifying he was a representa- tive of a New York newspaper, Tuck granted him the same privileges accord- ed all newspaper men at the parley. These privileges, it is said, included the right to sit in on certain sessions of the conference, and to make full use of the press headquarters—frequented also by conference officials. Prominent in Press Group. Shearer, it is stated, was prominent in the activities around the press section, and was regarded as an “‘easy conversa- tionalist.” He seemed to have a way of making friends, it is explained, and was seen frequently in a cafe which was a popular gathering place for newspaper men and others attending the sessions. While American naval officials had been “warned” to be on guard agairst Shearer, it is understood they saw noth- ing in his activities to justify a suspi- cion that he was other than a news- paper man reporting the proceedings of the parley for an American newspaper. ‘They are said to have received lightly and incredulously, the suggestion that he was »mployed by “interests.” It is clear from The Star's advices that if part of Shearer's work for the shipbuilding companies was to “influ- ence” American naval observers, he failed in that phase of his activities for the simple reason that the observ- ers had been “tipped off” to steer clear of him. s Printed in Star in 1927, In connection with the investigation the following dispatch printed in The Star on July 25, 1927, is of interest: “By Drew Pearson. “GENEVA, July 23.—When the history of the Geneva naval confer- ence is finally written, it will be found that the failure of the British em- bassy in Washington and the foreign office in London to keep informed on the state of American public opinion had much to do with the blunt and vigorous Anglo-American conflict at Geneva, with its inevitable setback of mutual good will in both countries. “Coupled with this, Anglo-Ameris harmony was seriously impeded at Geneva by the presence of a d American big Navy propagandist who disseminated the most violent anti- British propaganda among newspaper men, and who appeared ‘to be ‘en- couraged by some of the American naval experts.” At the close of the article are these paragraphs: “Almost equally to blame for ‘twist- ing the lion’s tail and making the eagle scream,” a condition which un- fortunately continued throughout the | nection with the dealings of two of the | | Virginia body’s clients with Buck & Co | Charges Delivery Delayed. | When Buck & Co. is alleged to have | put off the demand of Gill for the $10,- | | 000 he claims is due him, and when| | Werne is alleged to have been told at| | the brokerage office that the stock pur- | chased for the account of two other ! | Virginia_clients could not be delivered | | before 60, or possibly 90, days. Gill was| | advised to swear out his warrant. Deputy Marshals John J. Clarkson | and Harry Parker, armed with the war- | | rant, went to the offices of Buck & Co. | and were unable to locate Buck there. | They found him at his home, 729 Princeton street, and placed him under arrest. Brought before United States Commissioner Needham C. Turnage, Byck, through his attorney, Harry B rger, and Milton 8. Kronheim, put | up the necessary bond and was freed from custody. Commissioner Turnage set the date for the preliminary hearing of the charges against Buck at 10 o'clock September 23. Gill claims he has been dealing with Buck & Co. for some time, and that on August 15 he wrote the brokerage office to sell out his holdings and deliver him the cash due to him., which he claims amnunted to approximately $10,000. Says Letter was Acknowledged. Gill claims that the letter was acknowledged. but that this acknow- ledgement, followed by repeated tele- phone calls from his home, in Warsaw, Va., failed to produce the money. Gill claims $7,000 was his total investment with Buck & Co., and that $3,000 is his profit. Receiving no action, Gill came to Washington yesterday and sought Buck at his office. There he alleges he was told Buck was out of town, and was re- ferred to Barger. There he conferred with Barger on his claim. Then he went to the Better Business Bureau here and laid his case before that of- fice. In the office at the time was Werne, in the Capital in connection with the case of two alleged clients of Buck & Co. Immediately, Werne says, he took up | with Buck & Co. and later with Berger, to whom he was referred by the com- any, the matter of delivery of the stock he alleges was bought by his two clients in Virginia, and was told that delivery could not be made for from 60 to 90 days. He did not indicate what action would be taken in that matter. Office Open Today. The office of Buck & Co., with stock ticker, board and all the appurtenances of stock buying d selling, was open and doing business this morning. The firm is not a member of the New York Stock, Curb or Cotton Exchanges, nor of the Chicago Board of Trade. The charge against Buck is that he “did unlawfully, being the agent of one Z. Asbury Gill, wrongfully convert and secrete with intent to_ convert to his own use, money of the United States of ‘America of the value of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), said money being then and there the property of said Z. Asbury Gill, which money came into the possession of the said B. R. Buck by virtue of his employment as a stock . HELEN HICKS SPINS 320 FOR GOLF TITLE Completes 72-Hole Championship Play 14 Strokes Ahead of Virginia Van Wie. | | CHICAGO, September 12 (#).—Helen Hicks of Inwood, Long Island, N. Y., easily captured the first woman's 72- hole medal play golf championship to- conference, Was an extremely able | day with a total of 320, 14 strokes better American propagandist whose influence | than her closest rival, Virginia Van Wie with the representatives of two in-|of Chicago. Maureen Orcutt of White fluential American newspapers was such | Beaches, N, Y., and Mrs. Lee Mida of 1 ction on Briand's Td “United States of Europe. RAMBOUILLET, France, September 12 (#).—Premier Briand's idea of a| ~United States of Europe” was approved | by the French cabinet today at its first | meeting since The Hague Reparations Conference began on August 3. The meeting was held under the direction of President Doumergue and M. Briand ! at_the President’s Summer chateau. Premier Briand in a three-hour ses- sion reviewed for his colleagues every- thing he had done at Geneva, includ- | ing his conversations on the European | confederation, and his actions were fully approved. Minister of Finances Henrl Cheronl‘ explained the financial conditions of the | Young plan accord reached at 1E Hague, and the council discussed U wheat question in France at great length, deciding on several measures to avert a crisis. ‘The date for the re-assembling of Parliament was fixed for October 22, when the question of approving the Young plan will come up. HOOVER AND AIDES CONFER. Stimson Announces Dispatch of Com- munication to Dawes, By the Associated Press. A definite_announcement regarding Ramsay MacDonald’s proposed visit 10| the United States is expected within the next two or three days as a result| of conversations between Sir Robert Van Sittart, principal secretary to the prime minister, and British embassy of- ficials and Secretary Stimson. British sources in Washington today said the present “hope” is that the prime minister, if his visit to the United States is arranged, could sail about September 28. This would permit his arrival early in October, a date tenta- tively set some time ago. Sir Robert Van Sittart, who was in ‘Washington last week and talked brieily with American officials regarding plans | for the premier’s visit, canceled a pas- | sage which he had booked on the Aqui- | tania and returned to Washing'on yes- terday. Accompanied by Sir Esme Howard, the British Ambassador, Sir Robert to- day called on Secretary Stimson. While no information was available as to who had instructed Sir Robert to return to Washington, in diplomatic circles it was remarked that his return coincided with the dispatch to London of the latest American communication looking toward an Anglo - American naval agreement, Both Are Anxious. It is known that both President Hooc- ver and Prime Minister MacDonald are anxious -that an accord on the naval problem be reached before any definite announcement is made regarding the prime minister’s proposed trip, A revision of the American position on disarfnament facilitating an agree- ment with Great Britain and bringing such an accord very near is believed to have resulted from a protracted se- ries of conferences between President Hoover, Secretary Stimson, Secretary ‘plul by a committee of Government | THE WORLD RECORD-BRE KER FOR RESIGNING JOBS. Duce Yields Seven of Eight Portfolios, Remaining as Minister of Interior. Drastic Changes Follow Pre- mier’s Plan of Rotating Others in Offices. By the Associated Press. | ROME, September 12.—Benito Mus- solini, Italian dictator, today relin- quished seven of the eight cabinet posts he holds in the Italian Fascist government, He remains premier and minister of the interior. | A royal decree announcing the action | also contained the notice of replace- | ment of two other ministers, those of | public instruction and of natiohal economy. | ‘The undersecretary for the interior ministry, which portfolio the Duce re- tained, also was changed in the move, which comprised probably the most sweeping reorganization of the Fascist government since its inception. The cabinet officials taking the posts | held by Signor Mussolini are: | Dino Grandi, minister of foreign af- fairs; formerly undersecretary for for- eign affairs. MUSSOLINI RESIGNS HIS 1-MAN MAJORITY IN FASCIST COUNCIL| PREMIER MUSSOLINL Gen. Debono, for the Gen. Pietro Gozzera, minister of war; formerly undersecretary for war. minister Rear Admiral Gluseppe Siriani, min- | ister of marine; formerly* undersecre- tary for marine. Gen. Italo Balbo, minister of aviation; formerly undersecretary for a Michele Bianchi, minister of works. _ Gluseppe Bottal, minister of corpora- (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) ARMY WILL NOT AD GALLINGER INQURY Secretary Good Refuses to Allow Military Surgeons to Serve on Committee. Plans for the proposed impartial in- vestigation of Gallinger Municipal Hos- experts were halted unexpectedly today when Secretary of War James W. Good refused permission for any Army medi- cal officer to take part in it. Coming wholly as a surprise to the Board of Public Welfare, the action of the Secretary of War was said to leave immediate plans for the inquiry entirely in midair. A meeting of the medical service committee, which requested the Government Investigation, was hurriedly called to consider the situation. May Call Off Probe, Unless it is decided to do without an Army medical representative on the | board, 1t was explained today that the new investigation of Gallinger might be called off. Three of the four medical experts sought to serve on the hoard were ap- pointed yesterday and the Board of Adams and the General Bodrd of the Navy. Information from an authpritative source was that Ambassa Dawes had been kept advised of the trend of the discussions. which yesterday filled most of the day and evening. Sec- retary Stimson said today & communi- cation had been sent to Ambassador Dawes, but he would not comment on it, nor on a conference with President | Hoover this morning. Cruisers Believed Studied. Indications were that the President’s conferences had to do with a readjust- ment of the 15-cruiser consts don government. ‘The im) has prevailed in naval and diplomatic circles in Wi that a rebalancing of the cruiser - gram might be effective. in closer the positions of the States and Great Britain on the naval question. During the past week, the American naval experts have been engaged in & study of a possible shifting of the va- that he even read their dispatches be- 880 lace with 336. fore filing. Said to be in the employ | In winning her decisive victory, the of large shipbuilding interests, this gen- | husky 18-year-old New York girl carded tleman has been camping at Geneva | four of the most brilliant rounds ever ever since the meetings of the prepara- | scored by a woman golfer. She scored tory conference on disarmament. 78s on her first two rounds, 83 yester- “His propaganda, the writer can|gday and ended with an 81 today, 8 testify, was most violently and unrea- ]‘DL total, which equaled par fc sonably anti-British. He appeared 10| heavily traj Flossmoor be doing everything possible to prevent | course. the suceess of the conference, and,|the national championship last T, is no proof that he wasighot a 79, 1 under par, today to cnecouraged by American naval men, | from fourth to second plnce, with Re every indication from the'334 total, while mg“o"“n tock sn A A bR b Wiy Bern g ~ 72 ths rbusl elunenu'u::‘ncn hemflu;m u: | naval program as is con ; nder the 15-cruiser law. Naval circles have pointed out that ihe uz;mn = 'g'l:‘ program in addition 0 tonna; speed, armor, e Sower and other techical'and miricate Public Welfare had every reason to be- lleve that the Secretary of War would agree to the designation of an officer by the surgeon general of the Army. The denial of the request was trans- mitted to the Board of Public Welfare late yesterday by Surg. Gen. Ireland with ‘the mere explanation that Sec- retary Good had considered it “not ad- visable” to appoint any medical officer to take part in the investigation. Millan Out of City. Serg. Gen. Ireland explained later that he had' no knowledge of the rea- sons why the War tment head turned down his requu"{‘ur ltl::.horny to designate a representative serve on the board of inquiry with others reg- resenting the surgeons general of the Navy and Public Health and the tendent of St. Elizabeth’s Hos+ The other members of the committee, 2 meet probably today or B o conaider . Bext iep 10 “The committeemen aiready designated to' make the medical surve rcmc- Bervice, | 00~ | & crash METAL DIRIGIBLE 1 SHOT ON FLIGHT Bullet Pierces Main Helium Chamber—Believed to Have Been Over Mountain. By the Associated Press. LAKEHURST, N. J., September 12.— The metal dirigible ZMC-2, being de- livered to the Navy Department from Detroit, arrived shortly before noon to- day with a bullet hole in its main he- llum gas chamber. Capt. William Kepner of the Army, who flew the ship from Detroit, was unaware that he had been shot at until the ship was safely in the hangar and the bullet hole was discovered by a member of the landing crew. ‘The hole was immediately plugged with rags to prevent further loss of the valuable helium until permanent repairs could be made. It will be recalled that on the last leg of the Graf Zeppelin a bullet was found in the fabric covering when the ship landed at Lakehurst from Los Angeles. The Navy dirigible Los Angeles also has been fired at upon several occa- sions. Capt. Kepner said that he could not say definitely where the metal ship had been when it was fired upon, but from the angle of fire, which could be determined by the line between the hole where the bullet entered and the one where it left, he judged that the ship had been close over a mountain. He thought it probable that it had been somewhere in Pennsylvania. BEAR “BURGLAR” HELD. Intruder Captured in Kitchen of | Home Eating Cakes. MOBILE, Ala., September 12 (#)—A small bear, which enacted the role of burglar and forced his way into the resi- dence of E. M. Megginson, in Florence Iace: 1t by police today after Capture held by y r capture by%\ll)ln" of the home-and armed ho to screams neflhon who responded 3 inson, who awakened By "hoises made by the. unweicomed guest, ‘The bear, which: gained entrance to e {he house by climbing down a chimney. was captured in the kitchen, parked on the stove, eating & box of cakes. . LADY MARY IMPROVING. CLEVELAND, - September 12 o~ Lady Mary Heath, British aviatrix, suf- fering from a fractured skull received in during the national air races continues _to nh'emz on. | public | SAYS GRALSTEN HERAGED BY LOMS pany Vice President as Dissatisfied Over Notes. | By the Associated Press. | MACON, Ga., September 12.—Wil- liam Lavarre, testifying in th: Hall- Lavarre newspaper sult today, quoted an official of the International Paper Co. as saying A. R. Graustein might “lose his job” as president of the com- pany unless notes used in Southeastern newspaper financing were altered. Lavarre said he was quoting William H. Hurlbut, vice president of the com- pany, during a conference on the eve of the Massachusetts Trade Commission ' investigation early this year, during which Graustein testified. The ‘“alter§tion, Lavarre testified, . was required eeause Hurlbut said non- collateral notés for $870,000 in cash, furnished by the company for financ- ing newspapers, might make an adverse impression on the board of directors. Lavarre described his experiences with newspapers and said his gross income was $128,000 In the first seven months of 1928. He said he had worked out plans for purchase of newspapers for three years before he met Harold Hall late in 1927. Lavarre testified he ex- plained his plans in part to Hall in July, 1928, and said he asked Hall about coming South with him. He denied that Hall was the first to learn that ing newspapers. Lavarre said he broach- ed the subject to Hall and that Hall company official, first. His Original Idea. ‘The witness said the idea originated with him of coming to the Piedmont region, where sul ently four papers were purchased witlf money furnished by the International. Hall is suing Lavarre on the ground that he is a partner in that enterprise. Lavarre answered that Hall was an em- ploye. Ga., Chronicle, the Spartanburg, S. C. Herald and Journal and the Columbia, 8. C.. Record. Fearing Lavaree continued, took the two to A. R. Graustein, president of the paper company. The witness said Graustein said he would furnish $2,500.- 000 for the purchase of Southeastern newspapers. Handed Three Agreements. Lavarre testified that three proposed agreements with the International were handed him by President Graustei One he identified as the “proposed worl by Hall. Two others were introduced today by Lavarre and which he said were given him by Graustein. Lavarre had turned two arrangements down, the South with Hall. A series of. questions then revolved around what was termed ‘“the last draft” of thc three. ®Lavarre said he and Graustein both agreed to the terms of the “last draft. Graustein sug- gested, Lavarre said, that Lavarre and Hall go on South and not wait until the agreement was finally framed. When it was ready, Graustein was quoted as saying, it would be sent South. La- varre continued, that despite frequent Tequests on his part a final legally drawn agreement never was submitted to him by the paper company. Lavarre Quotes Paper Com-' the International Paper Co. was financ- | suggested seeing Joe Fearing, paper The papers were the Augusta, | ing arrangement” put into the record | he said, before leaving New York for NEW STEPS TAKEN BY BRITAIN TOWARD SOVIET RELATIONS Note Sent Through Norway| Expresses Desire to Re- sume Conversations. DEADLOCKED AUGUST 1 ON “AMBASSADORS” Russia Had Viewed Henderson Declaration Against Diplomatic Resumption as Barrier, By the Associated Press. LONDON, September 12.—Great | Britain today took new steps toward | resuming commercial and diplomatic | relations with Soviet Russia. The British government sent to the Nor- weglan government for transmission to the Russian government a mote ex- pressing the view that the time had come when it would be desirable to resume the conversations interrupted several months ago by the depar- ture of the Sdviet plenipotentiary Dovgalevsky. It is thought possible a meeting may | be arranged between Foreign Secretary | Arthur Henderson and a representative | of the Soviet government while Mr. Henderson is at Geneva. Begun July 29. r. Henderson and Ambassador | Dovgalevsky of Paris began preliminary | conversations for the resumption of | trade and commiercial relations and the renewal of diplomatic service on July 29. They reached a deadlock August 1, when Great Britain refused to accede | to the Russian desire for immediate | appointment of Ambassadors before questions in dispute were taken up, and | the Russian Ambassador returned to his post. The question has been in abeyance since then. Question of Normal Relations.. A ncte handed by M. Dovgalevsky to Mr. Henderson said Mr. Henderson's | deciaration that immediate resumption | of diplomatic service was impossible showed that the British government | was unwilling or unable to agree to the | restoration of normal relations between | the two countries. ! ! The 1ote added that Russia would | | have to devote special new considera- | tion to the question, and that the com- | missariat for foreign affairs would apply | for instructions to the central executive | committee of the U. S. S. R. Nothing ! has been heard on the Russian side i since. 'BOAT CARRYING 28 TWO DAYS OVERDUE/ | Check of Ports on Both Sides of Lake Michigan Bring No Information. | By the Associated Press. | CHICAGO, September 12.—The gravel carrier Andaste, with a crew of 28, was nearly two days overdue in Chicago, from Grand Haven, Mich., early today. | A check of ports on both sides of Lake Michigan into which the vessel may have been forced by storms brought no information. Officials of | the construction materials company, o | | whom the vessel's cargo was consigned, | expressed anxiety, but they said that | the ship's owners, the Andaste Steam- ship Co. of Cleveland, had not as yet become seriously concerned. They be- lieved the Andaste may have been forced by storm to change its course and await a change in weather before | | proceeding here. The Andaste, of steel construction and with a capacity of 2,200 tons, is a | | sister ship of the Clifton, which sank in Lake Huron several years ago. Capt. | A. L. Anderson of Sturgeon Bay. Wis., | is in command, and the crew of 28 was recruited from various lake ports. | _An_ airplane from the Great Lakes | Naval Training Station flew over the lake late vesterday, and 35 miles out sighted a craft which was thought to be the Andaste, but the pilot could not make out the name. ‘The Andaste left Grand Haven at 9:30 o'clock Monday morning. HOPS OFF FOR HAVANA. Air Liner Continues Journey to | South American Countries. TAMPA, Fla, September 12 (P).— | Carrying half a dozen mechanics, a Sikorski amphibian plane belonging to the New York, Rio & Buenos Aires Line took the air here at 6:30 am. to- day for Havana, Cuba, the next stop on the 7,000-mile journey through the West Indies and along the east coast of South America to Buenos Aires, Ar- gentina. The plane left Washington early yesterday and reached here about 6 o'clock last night. R. H. McGohn was in command. A curb on an alleged nagging wife is asked in a petition to the District Supreme Court for an injunction to prevent. Mrs. Hazel A. Davis, tempo- rarily residing at Youngstown, Ohio, fiom molesting her husband, Frank J. Davis, & salesman, residing at the Ox- ford Hotel. Davis also asks for & lim- jted -divorce, declaring his willingness o ‘provide for his two children, but asserting that his wife is able to earn her own living. - Through Attorney Vernon B. Lowery court that he estate business, collapse of the prostrate finan: { CURB ON NAGGING WIFE ASKED BY SALESMAN IN D. C. COURT Frank J. Davis Seeks Limited Divorce, Declaring Willing- ness to Provide for Two Children. during the Fall of 1928 nagged and op- o him to such extent that his ealth was threatened, his peace of mind destroyed, and he was unable to keep a position. He alleges that she | iled him as a failure and make- shift and taught the children that their father was worthless and could not make any money. The children re- | peated such alleged sayings, he says, | he neighbors. | Davis asserts that his wife spat in | his face, cursed him, threw a vase at | him and ordered him out of the house | last November. took the | children and returned to Youngstown, Iwhere they had been married. Since | her departure, he avers, being freed: | from domestic torment he has iy been able to recover “some of | financial respectability,” but still owes $3 He says he has bees mtk for the SIMMONS SPECIFIES NINE OUTSTANDING TARIFF OBJECTIONS Declares Republican Meas- ure Would Add Biltions of Tax on Consumers. CHALLENGES PRODUCTION COST MEASURING ROD Declares Amendments Were Deter- mined Largely by Appeals of Beneficiaries. By the Associated Press. Nine “outstanding objections” to the pending tariff bill were enumerated in a speech in the Senate today by Sena- tor Simmons of North Carolina, who opened fire on the Republican measure for the Democrats by declaring it would add millions of dollars to the annual tax burden imposed upon the consuming rhasses, Aiming his castigation not only at the administrative and special features of the bill but at proposed increased rates as well, the veteran minority tarift leader gave the following reasons why he could not support it: “It contains many rates and increases upon agricultural products that are use- less and ineffective. “It is replete with exorbitant rates on articles which farmers buy. “It contains numerous instances of higher rates on articles used by the masses than on articles of identical use but purchased principally by persons of wealth or of more than average means. Lacks Hoover's Request. “It doss not conform to President Hoover's request for increases on indus- trial products only when there has been a slackening of employment due to im- ports. In many cases increases have been granted to industries which have been Very prosperous under the present tariff act. “It is full of inconsistencies and un- fair discriminations. “It increases rates on many articles even though the imports under the pres- ent tariff act have been negligible. “It encourages inefficiency by many of increases in rates. Its excessive increases on many articles imperil our trade with European countries, “By its liberalization of the flexible provisions, enlarging the powers and discretion of the President. the latitude Illlnlfle;‘}))eufié.\l?:nl in the imposition of addition: uties is dangerousl; = panded.” S Declaring the amendments to the present law made by the House and :l:eoum):;:p%ua by the flngnce commit- rity were not fixed upon a basis of the difference in cost o?nnro- duction here and abroad, but were de- termined “largely in response to the appeals and demands of the benefici- aries of the high and excessive rates” proposed, the North Carolina Senator challenged the contention of the ma- Jjority that the cost of production meas- uring rod was no longer t of application. i Stand TIs Puzaling. He said the Democratic platform de- clared for equalizing differences in pro- duction costs and nothing more, and added he could not understand why the Republicans were so “anxious to scrap” this rule unless tariff commis- sion_investigations had shown that in many cases existing rates exceeded these differences and tnat there was need for downward instead of upward revision of duties. The new provision proposed in the bill to determine levies to equalize dif- ferences in competition, including trans- portation costs to ports of entry, would, in the Senator's opinion. “perpetuate the uncertain and elastic p; inciples and practices” that have heretq'ore and still prevail in the framing ¢f Republican tariff legislation. In the determining the spread between foreign and domestic pfaduction costs, he continued, the corfparison should be made with industriet In this country “that are efficiently aid economically managed and not wita industries that are inefficiently and uneconomically managed.” The flexible provisions enlarging the President’s powers to change import duties up or down within a limit of 50 per_cent were declared by the Senator to be unconstitutional. If adopted, he said, industries would no longer come to Congress for tariff relief, but would carry all their complaints to the Exec- utive and the tarift commission. Lists Useless Rates. Under the heading, “The Uselessness of Some of the Rates on Agricultural Commodities,” Simmons listed corn, mutton, lamb, pork, ham, bacon, rein- deer m barley, oats, buckwheat, rye, cereal breakfast foods, spices and spice seeds, chocolate and cocoa. ‘Whiting, watches, pocket knives, scis- sors, pliers, small arms, fishing tackle, saws, handkerchiefs, lace, wool wearing apparel, women's felt hats, leather gloves, brushes, pencils and pipes were enumerated as articles the farmer buys and on which the bill places “ex- orbitant rates.” Under an exhibit entitled “Higher Rates on Articles Used by the Masses ‘Than on Articles Used by Persons of Wealih” were listed wool rags, the rate on which would be raised from 7'; cents to 24 cents a pound under the bill, and wool blankets and Oriental rugs. The higher duty on wool rags, Sim- mons contended, “must materially enhance the price of the cheaper woolen fabrics.” With consideration of the 3-year- old question of seating William S, Vare as Senator from Tennsylvania post- poned until Dem.nber, the tai ill ~ (Continued on Page 2, Column e VICTIM REVERSES CAR, SPILLING HIGHWAYMEN Surprises Robbers When Told to Move On and One Is Cap- tured by Police. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 12.—Roy Hal- quist put his car into reverse last night, reby. taking the joy out of life for highway robbers. The bandits had relieved Halquist of $29 and were stand- one, but the other, with greater recup- erative pgr. ®ot away,