Evening Star Newspaper, September 19, 1929, Page 1

WE (U. 8. Weather Bureau t Fair and continued cool, with lowest temperature about 45 degrees tonight: increasing cloudiness with slowly rising temperature. Temperatures—Highest, 67, at 3:30 p.m. . 45, at 6 am. tomorrow yesterday; lowest. ATHER. Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 Forecast.) today. ch post No. 31,187. Fntered_as second class matter office, Washington, DiEC WASHINGTON, ¢ Foe mn WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION & D. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1929—SIXTY g Star. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the pap ers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 105,534 PAGES. b () Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. FRANCE MAY BALK AT ENTERING NAVAL REDUCTION PARLEY Participation, Even if Decided Upon, Might Be Limited to Inconclusive Role. STIFFENING OF OPINION AGAINST MEETING SEEN Fears Expressed That U. S.-Anglo! Accord Will Be Mainly to Their Own Advantage. B the Assaciated Press. PARIS, September 19.—1If the opinion expressed in the well informed after- noon newspaper Le Temps today proves | to be the official French view, France may never participate in the projected five-power naval conference except to|served, the guests at the church serv- platform used by union speakers, latest discuss naval principles which would be embodled in a later general disarma- | mént treaty at Geneva. This influential newspaper, close to the Quai D'Orsay, asserts that just as any Anglo-American naval accord can only be tentative, so by the same token | any five-power agreement would be. French apprehension regarding the character of the prospective accord is| increasing to such an extent as to con- stitute a real threat to the complete guccess not only of the preliminary agreement between the United States| and Great Britain, but of the III’ZPI’\ issue of a general move for reduction of armament. Fears Widely Stated. French fears voiced on public plat- forms, in the press and by authorita- tive circles are echoed from other parts of the continent, chiefly Geneva. From Germany has come full-hearted ap- proval of the trend of affairs regarding armaments, but French spokesmen inti- mate lesser continentai powers share | concern regarding developments which | 1t is feared might be beneficial to former enemy nations of the World War or which would, by means of a far-reach- ing Anglo-American political entente, strengthen British political power in Europe and other parts of the world, at; the expense of legitimate French de- velopment as a great world power. French observers are watching Gen- | eva as closely as London and Wash- ington for moves likely to work out unfavorably for France. One is seen in | Viscount Cecil's proposal before the | League of Nations that the question of | trained army reserves, always a deli- | cate point on the continent, must be ultimately considered in the general disarmament scheme. In forceful language the Temps asks exactly what America and Britain are drlgng at in the proposed naval ac- cord. | | | Some Confusion Seen. The disarmament situation is devel- oping in confusion, says the newspaper, and the Labor government intends giving an entirely different character ! to the general foreign policy of Great Britain. Similar alarm was expressed by the mewspaper L'Intransigeant, which char- acterized Lord Robert Cecil's move at Geneva to reopen the question of limi- tation of trained army reserves as a bold effort to weeken French national defense. “On the sea there is an Anglo-Saxon supremacy which it is now planned to render legal and definitive. But on land England desires an anarchy which | will permit her to reign supreme | though dividing others,” says L'In- | transigeant. Supports French View. The French view is enthusiastically supported by the Journal de Geneve, which goes £0 far 2s to express doubt whether a five-power conference will take place, saying it is not at all sure that France and Ifaly, which refused to participate in the 1927 Geneva éon- ference, will agree to be represented. The Geneva paper says that in France, and no_doubt in Italy and Japan, Great Britain and America in expressing the desire to eliminate | submarines from naval armaments are | trying to reach an agreement at the | expense of their partners. i From Germany, 2s indicated by the gemi-official Diplomatische Politische | Korrespondenz, the opposite view is ex- | pressed: “the remaining difference be- tween the two Anglo-Saxon powers need not be regarded too seriously,” says the newspaper. “Complete security, how- ever, lies only in complete disarmament. ‘The governments and the press should | do their utmost to convince their peo- | ples of this fact. America and Great | Britain have set an example.” POTTERY Pl..ANT BURNS. | $125,000 Loss by Fulper Company, Oldest Firm of Kind in U. S. FLEMINGTON, N. J., September 19 (#). —The century-old plant of the Fulper Pottery Co., said to be the oldest con- cern of its kind in the United States, was destroyed by fire today. Toe flames | consumed five buildings, machinery, records, and patterns for art pottery of great value. The loss was estimated | at $125,000. The company has another plant in| Flemington and a third in Trenton.| It was founded in 1805 by Abram Fulper | for the manufacture of stone ware.| Later the factory was devoted to the| making of art ware, while the more! common utensils were made at the other plants. BRITAIN SIGNS CLAUSE. Compulsory Jurisdiction of World Court Recognized by Act. GENEVA, September 19 (#).—Great ‘Britain's signature was officially affixed to the optional clause of The Hague Permanent Court of Internationa! Jus- s by Forelgn Secretary ~Arthur Henderson this afternoon. Delegates of India, South Africa and New Zealand also signed the clause, which recognizes the compulsory jurisdiction of the court. Mine Fire Kills Foreman. ‘BELLAIRE, Ohio, September 10 (#). —Lawrence Lurch, a foreman, was killed and three other perscns were overcome by smoke when fire of un- known origin broke out today in the Coolidge - Trumbull Wedding to Be Told InPicture andWords Requests Cause Governor To Place Picturization With Representative. By the Associated Press. PLAINVILLE, Conn,, September 19.— The story of the marriage on Monday Gov. John H. Trumbull, to Maj. John Goolidge will be told in pictures as well as words. So many requests for permission to attend the church service and the re- ception for the purpose of taking pic- tures have been received that the gov- ernor has placed the details of pic- turization with a personal representa- dve. Mrs. Trumbull, has followed the same plan in having arrangements macde for giving out advance informa- tion regarding the wedding plans. Mrs. Trumbull had desired that the wedding of her elder daughter might has found herself in a bewildering in- rush of requests for interviews and for information about the arrangements. With the decision of the governor and herself to have whatever publicity is sought looked after by their representa- | tives they are hopeful that the family | atmosphere of the wedding will be pre- |ice at 4 pm. will be about 65 in num- | ber, of whom many will be members of the immediate families of the bridal couple. The number at the reception on the lawn of the executive home will be somewhat larger, possibly about 100. And efforts will be made to see that no uninvited person is present. BRITISH ARMY CUT Sharp Debate Flares at Ge- neva Over Issue of Trained Reserves. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, September 19.—Sharp con- flict of opinion flared up in the League of Nations disarmament committee to- day when the British delegation moved to reopen ths question of considering trained army reserves in seeking the basis for general disarmament. Lord Cecil presented the British pro- posals and was supported by the Ger- man delegation, but encountered quick opposition from the delegations of France, Italy and Japan. Lord Cecil described the question of disarmament a3 the corner stone of the edifice of world peace, and insisted that limitation of land forces, both per- sonnel and material, especially ma- the disarmament problems. French Recist Move. Rene Massigli, French deiegate, de- fended the position that the question of trained land reserves had been defi- nitely set aside at the last Spring meet- ing of the preparatory commiss.on, and pleaded that it was unwise to_discuss the subject of military forces while the Anglo-American naval discussions were proceeding. France, said Massigli, rather unfair of Great Britain to re- open the trained reserves question after the declaration by Lord Cushendun at the Spring meeting, agreeing with Hugh S. Gibson, the American member, that this must be left for settlement by the continental powers. British May Be Esaten. The youthful French spokesman de- plored that a change of government in Great Britain should result in a change of policy and suggested that at some time in the future tnere might be an- other change of government in Great might be found to carry different sug- gestions. The debate was adjourned this after- noon until tomorrow without a vote be- ing reached. It was understood that Lord Cecil and his colleagues hoped attitude clear and to leave her hands free to press consideration of the lim- The ultimate defeat in the committee of the British resolution is generally fore- cast. Text of Resolution. ‘The resolution reads: “The Assembly, being convinced that a progressive and general reduction of armaments is urgently needed through- out the world. expresses its hope that the preparatory commission will finish its labors at the earliest possible mo- ment and considers that in completing a draft disarmament convention it should consider how far the following principles have been or ought to be adopted: “(a) Application of the same princi- ple to reduction of limitation of per- sonnel and material, whether of land, sea or air forces. “(b) Limitation of strength of a force whether by limiting its numbers, or period of training, or both. “(c) Limitation of material either di- rectly by enumeration, or indirectly by budgetary limitation, or_both methods. = S ntinued on Page 2, Column 5.) of Miss Florence Trumbull, daughter of | be “a quiet family affair.” instead, she| PLAN STIRS FRANCE terial, was the most important part of | regarded 1t} Tritain and another British delegation | only to make Great Britain's change of | itation of military forces and stores. | TEXTILE FLOGERS ORDERED ARRESTED BY GOV. GARDNER Carolina Prosecutor Told to| Make “Diligent Search” for Band Members. {SPECIAL COUNSELLOR NOW IN KINGS MOUNTAIN Baltimore Victim of Lashers Un- able to Give Good Description of Assailants, By the Assocliated Press. | KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C., Septem- | ber 19.—Four separate investigations of | the flogging of Cleo Tesenair of Balti- more, organizer for the National Textile Workers' Union, and dynamiting of & of many acts of violence accompanying strikes in North Carolina textile centers, | were in progress today. The flogging was the second within 10 days, three union members having been kidnaped and one of them lashed | by a mob early last week. i Gov. O. Max Gardner sent his execu- tive councilor, N. A. Townsend, here to make an inquiry and also requested L. S. Spurling, solicitor of the district, to! make “a diligent search and prosecu- {tion” in the flogging and dynamiting here. Sheriff Irvin M. Allen of Cleve- {Jand County launched an investigation yesterday. Sheriff J. F. Wright of Gaffney, S. C., | also began an investigation upon evi-| | dence that Tesenair was carried across the State line into South Carolina be- fore the actual flogging. Officers ad- mitted there were no definite clues to the identity of Tesenair's assailants. Brief Description. ‘The union organizer could give but a brief description of the three men who, he said, took him from his home in the | Bonnie Mill village shortly after mid- night, carried him across the State line ‘and flogged him. Cleveland County officers expressed | belief that the destruction of the union | speaking stand was not the work of the same men who kidnaped Tesenair. It! | was destroyed by an explosion, which | shook Kings Mountain about 20 minutes | after the time Tesenair sald he was taken from his home, and officers said | there was no cvidence a time fuse had been set, The platform was on a lot rented by the union and used as a meeting place. STRIKE VOTE IS ORDERED. | Tennessee Union Claims Unfair Work- ing Conditions at Rayon Plants. ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. September 19 (/).—A vote on a proposal to strike will be taken next Monday night by the | Elizabethton Textile Workers' Union, unless differences of the union with the American Bemberg and Glanzstoff rayon { mills, which the union charged with I maintaining unfair working conditions ,and discrimination against former strikers, are settled by that time. _ After voicing an appeal for in‘erven- tion of the United States Department | of Labor in the dispute, a mass meeting [cf union members voted unanimously | |last night to decide finally Monday whether a walkout will pe called. The local union set forth to the De- partment of Labor its claim that the | textile corporation has not fulfilled the | | agreement which ended last Spring's strike and that “the Government should see to it that the company honors the agresment.” The mill officials have issued 2 stata- ment denying the contentions of the unionists and asserting they were unin- terested in the accusations of “outsids | organizations.” CHANGE OF VENIRE ORDERED. Carolina Rioting Case Jury Is Hard to Obtain in Marijon. MARION. N. C., September 19 (#).— | Special venire, from another county, 75 in number, from which an effort will be made to select a jury to try Alfred L. Hoffman, Southern organizer for the United Textile Workers of America, aad five union members charged with riot- ing and rebellion against the State, was summoned to appear in Superior Court here todey. Judge John Harwood ordered the change of venire yesterday, after deny- ing another defense motion which sought a continuance in the case. Hoffman and 59 unior. members were indicted Monday on the rioting charges after the grand jury had heard details of a clash August 31 between sheriff’s officers and strikers from two textile mills. The officers were stoned and driven from the Clinchfield Mill village. So far only the cases against Hoff- man, Lawrence Hogzn, J. Hugh Wall, Wess Fowler, Will Russell and Dell Lewis have been called. The strikes which precipitated the disorders were settled last week. U. S. EXACTS TWO Radical Departure at Kelly By the Associated Press. A shortage of nearly 300 #lying offi- cers in the Army Air Corps, under the five-year expansion program, has caused the War Department to issue regula- tions requiring graduates of the Ad- vanced Flying Sthool at Kelly Field, ‘Tex., to remain in service two years. ‘This drastic departure from the pre- vious practice of permitting graduates either to coniinue in the miiitary serv- Ice or enter the commercial field was considered necessary to assure comple- tion of the program, which calls for 1,650 Regular and 550 Reserve officers Powhatan Mining Co. mine, the largest in the State. More than 500 m'ners ‘were prevented from entering the mine while fire-fighting crews fought to subdue the underground blaze. ~ —_ by June 30, 1932, The great demand for Army-trained aviators in commercial flying and the comparative scarity of cadets who -aduate from the rigid course have ght about an acute situation in the Army pregram at the gnd of its 7o~ (BA OF FLYING SCHOOL GRADUATES; Nearly 300 Officers in Air Corps. YEARS’ SERVICE Field Due to Shortage of In announcing the new War Department said it no desire to compete with civilian flying schools in providing pilots for commercial avia- tion. - It also recognizes that the better grade flying schools, patterned after the Army schools, will form a great reser- voir from which trained pilots may be drawn in event of future wars, and be- lleves they should bs given encourage- ment by the knowledge that their graduates will face no serious competi- tion from flyers who obtained - their iraining at Government expense. The War Dng:rl:mcnt takes the posi- ton it should entitled to some serv- ice from 'rndnltu after training them, particularly in view of the limited funds provided for this purpose. Under the new rcgulations, cadets will enlist for a riod of three years, one of which will licy, the e N NS il RGN IN THE DEMOCRATIC POULTRY YARD. PLANTO LSE SUGAR TOCUTVINE K" Government Officials Report- | ed Probing Into California Grape Situation. Medicine with a grape wine base in all probability will be further adulter- | ated by harmless ingredients, probably | sugar, to make them perfectly safe as| medicine, but v-drinkable as alcoholic liquor. i This development loomed today as a | result of the protracted study of the | grape situation in Celifornia made by Prohibition Commissioner James M. Doran and his experts, who found cer- tain gbuses and violations of the prohi- | bition law. ‘The old-fashioned theory that some sugar is mighty sweet, but too much will make you mighty sick, thus will likely be hrought to the aid of the Gov- ernment in further enforcing the law. Just how this will be brought about has not besn definitely determined, but | it is known that the matter is receiv- ing serious consideration of both the Government and the manufacturers of grape wine base medicine, and some | definite procedure will develop shortly. | Other ingredients besides sugar have been considered as possibilities in the campaign to stop drinking of medicine for the “kick” there is in it, but sugar | appears to have been decided upon as | the most successful. An overdose of sugar is known to have most definite and unwelcome effects, CHILD KILLS HIMSELF BY ACCIDENTAL SHOT 5-Year-0ld Alexandria Boy Was, Playing Alone in Room—In- quest to Be Held. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., September 19.— Otis Caporaletti, 5-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Caporaletti, acci-| dentally shot and killed himself here this morning while at play in a back room on the second floor of his parents’ home 2t 418 North Fayette street. A few moments before the shooting the boy had gone into the room of his uncle, Alle Caporaletti, and was playing on the floor when last seen by his mother. A few moments later the mother heard a report and ran into the rear room, where her son was lying on the floor with blood gushing from his_mouth. ‘The gun was held in the child's right hand, while a .38 caliber bullet had entered the child's face near the nose, ing through the head and lodged n_the wall. Dr. O. A. Ryder was summoned and pronounced the boy dead. Dr. T. Marshall Jones, city coroner, will hold an inquest here late today or tomorrow. The child is survived by his parents, one brother, Victor, 3 years old, and a sister, Estelle, 6. Earlier in the morning the mother had refused the child permission to plav in the back yard, fearing that the cold with which the child was suffering might develop into pneumonia. PREVANIN ot R FIND CANCELED CHECKS IN GOTHAM BANK PROBE Officials Say $12,000 in Vouchers Made Payable to Chairman of Defunct Firm. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 19.—Dis- covery by officlals of about a dozen canceled checks for $1,000 each pay- able to General Sessions Judge Francis X. Mancuso, who was c! of the Defunct City Trust Co., and ed by F. M. hrr]lel:. late president of bank, was revealed today. The checks were dated in 1927 and 1928 and were found in a safe t hox in the Atlanfic State , A Brooklyn branch of the City Trust. The deposit box was one of ‘two in the Brooklyn bank controlled by Geor{; Ziniti, former vice president of the Cil Trust, who has turned State's evidence in the investigation of the City Trust 1 afe deposit box also contained other checks made out to “cash” and signed by Ferrari, {le dates and amounts _corresponding, devoted to training at scl and the remainder active duty Regiier af R officers with T a1 Metemant, as the | i under indictment City Trust fattn |'band will give its first public concert. it was said | Truckman, Father Of 24 Children, Drops Dead in Ohio By the Associated Press. ALLIANCE. Ohio, September 1 Mike Goodren, 75. Alliance truck driver and father of 24 childrem, dropped dead here last | | night. Goodren, the father of 23 children by his first wife and 1 by his second. married twice, was The second wife also is the mother of 9 other children by another marriage, making a total of 33 children in the family. TWO PERSONS HURT IN BUS ACGIDENT Machine Crashes Into Tele-| phone Pole in Attempt to Avoid Collision. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, September 19.—Two persons were treated at a hospital here | and several others reported bruised to- | day when a Washington-Baltimore- | bound bus left the Washington Boule- vard in attempting to avoid a collision near Waterloo and crashed into a tele- graph pole. Immediately after impact some of the bus' 20 pasengers broke windows in es- caping from the vehicle, Louis Wilcox, | 65 years old, one of the injured, brought | to the University Hospital, said. No| one was reported seriously nart. | Miss Lillian Shaw, 30 years old, of | Elkridge, Md., was treated at St. Agnes’ Hospital. Miss Shaw told the police that she was waiting at Waterloo for | the Baltimore-bound bus when suddenly the big intercity vehicle struck and knocked her in a fleld. A passing motor- ist picked her up and took her to the hospital, where she was treated for shock, a possible fracture of the wrist | and cuts and bruises about the legs. She | remained at the hospital for further ob- servation. The other persons reported hurt did not require hospital attention, it was sald. and continued to Baltimore in another bus. ‘The accident, it is reported, was swerving sharply toward the bus, caus- ing the driver to swing his heavy ma- chine toward the edge of the road where Miss Shaw was standing. The bus hit the telegraph pole with considerable force and was knocked partly into a 5-foot ditch alongside the road. Passengers then began to scram- ble from the damaged bus and aided | those who were injured. Mr. Wilcox was injured when he was thrown up against a seat in the bus, he said. His home is in St. Louis. 1,200 HARMOfiICAS BLARE Pennsylvania State Freshmen in First Foot Ball Band Practice. STATE COLLEGE, Pa, September 19 (#).—What is planned to be the “world's | largest harmonica band” swung into | action today when each of 1,200 fresh- men at Pennsylvania State College tuned up a mouth organ and ran up the scale to set a new style in “Col- legiana Musicana.” The mouth organs blared out in the college auditorium in the first practice thering today. When the first home oot ball game is played here, Septem- ber 28, the freshman's harmonica If the band is a success it is planned to use it to relieve the saxophone and its relatives from some of the respon- | sibility hitherto invested in them (or] musical encouragements of athletes. PLANE CRASH HURTS 3. MIAMI, Fla, September 19 (A).—| Three crew members were hurt when a large amphibian plane of the Pan- American Alrways crashed in taking off from the airport here today. Edgar Fatrouse, radio operator, suffered a broken arm and possible internal in- juries. The others were not badly hurt. The plane, bound for the Canal Zone with mail, crashed from a slight alti- tude, landing on its tail and right 'InJ The mail was loaded into a substi- tute plane, .which took off less than an hour after the crash. On the second plene as passengers were Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Dunn of New York, bound for Havana. MRS, CALHOUN SUES TOGET SL00NOTE Files Equity Bill to Enjoin Men From Collecting on Alieged Canceled Paper. Seeking to enjoin two men from pro- ceeding with a civil suit on a $2,000 note signed by her County, Md., Mrs. Daisy B. Calhoun, wife of Capt. C. C. Calhoun, of Chevy Chase, Md., today filed in the District Supreme Court a bill in equity to secure the return of the note on which she says she got nothing. George A. Gorm- ley, 4349 River road, and Joseph R. Harris, 1213 Third street southwest, are named defendants. Mrs. Calhoun maintains that in July, 1928, Gormley called at her home to arrange a $2,000 loan which she needed. and that he suggested that she pre-gdate the note by al 30" days to make it more easy to discount. This she did, she says. Note Not Indorsed. Advised by Gormley that it was neces- sary to obtain her husband's indorse- the court that she called her husband. her that other arrangements could be telephone conversation, she says, Gorm- not discover until his departure. Later failed, she says. Mrs. Calhoun insists that Gormley turned the note over to Harris with the understanding that when collection was made Harris would deduct $1.400 Gormley is described as owing, and the balance was then to be paid to Gorm- ley. She says that when informed by a Washington bank that it had the note for collection she communicated with she maintains, the Maryland suit was instituted to enforce collection. Not Note Holder. er of the note in due force, Mrs. Cal- houn asserts that he paid nothing for it, the note being given in payment of a’prior obligation. Likewise, she holds that Gormley is similarly situated, pay- ing nothing for the note. compel return of the note to Mrs. Cal- houn and restrain further action in the Maryland case. ° and Mrs. Calhoun, May 2, and that the case is docketed for the November term. Mrs. Calhoun is represented by At- torney W. Gwynn Gardner. FORD NOT TO BID Interested in Seeking Power Project. Henry Ford is not interested in again bama, who recently wrote the Dstroit manufacturer, requesting that he do so. Ford, wrote: “The writer has been instructed to advise you, that we have no plans at this time where the power at Muscle Shoals could be utilized and that it would be beyond the question for Mr. Ford to again make an offer. “He also suggested that in his opin- jon other interests are in a better posi- tion to develop and utilize the power and it might be more practical to solicit an offer from them.” in Montgomery | ment on the note, Mrs. Calhoun tells | the bank and with Harris. Despite this, | | | | | | | { FINAL ESTIMATES OF 1931 D. C. BUDGET TOTAL 48,460 88 Figures Forwarded Include $2,123,212 to Buy Mu- nicipal Center Site. PROPOSE CONTINUANCE OF TAX RATE OF $1.70 Federal Contribution of $9,000,000 Assumed—Other Sources of Revenue Detailed. Another plea to the Budget Bureau to allow the District a financial budget of $48,460,968 for the 1931 fiscal year was made by the Commissioners today in & letter transmitting the final esti- mates to the bureau. Although the Commissioners obeyed the order of the Budget Bureau and reduced the original amount requested to $46,337.656, the final budget as sub-; mitted, ‘the letter revealed, contained | supplemental items totaling $2.123312, making the figure the same as asked | for in the tentative estimates, Municipal Center Ttem. The $2,123312 in supplemental esti- mates represents items for the pur- chase of additional ground for the municipal center which were trans- ferred from the regular budget. The Commissioners, it is known, felt that a | possible delay in_acquiring funds for | completion of the purchase of the municipal center site, as may happen | as a result cf the shift from the reg- | ular to the supplemental estimates, would not jeopardize the development of the center project. When the Commissioners sent the tentative estimates to the Budget Bu- reau in July they urged that the $48.- 460,096 called for be approved on the | ground that the District could support a budget that size in 1931 on the exist- ing tax rate with the use of a certain amount of the surplus revenues to the credit of the District in the Federal Treasury. In their latest tppeal, how- ever. they maintain that the financial showing of the gasoline and water rev- enue funds warrant the approval of a 48,460,096 budget. Tax Rate Statement. Donovan explained the Commissioners | propose to continue the present tax rate | of $1.70 in that vear, and have included no more than $9,000,000 as the propor- tion Lo be paid by the Federal Govern- ment. Donovan's letter of transmissal classi- fled the total of $48,460,868 as follows: General expenses and improvements, | $42.680,068. Gasoline tax fund. $1.800,000. but he declined to sign and informed | £g> 580 made 0 obtain the money. During the | o ley pocketed the note and this she did | ¢34 540 068, he promised to return the note, but | Maintaining that Harris is not a hold- | | Mr. Donovan stated in his letter: glnler service, $1.498,300. 'ermanent and indefinite appropri- ations (including trust !und?r'? psl- The estimates are portioned as to venue charges as follows: | Payable by the District of Columbia, | Contribution by the Unit ey y ted States, | Pavable from the gasoline tax fund, $1.800.000. 0gsvlble from the water fund. $1,498,- | able from trust funds, Total, $48,460,868. WESR LAz Mr. Donovan's Letter. | “In the letter of your bureau ad- dressed to the Commissioners they. weve | | informed that the President had allo- | cated to the District of Columbia $46,~ 337656 as a_ tentative maximum | amount of the budgets cf the District | for the fiscal year 1931, this total to | include $2,482,500 for permanent and | indefinite appropriations. Pursuant to | this action the regular budget of the | ‘The District Supreme Court is asked to | Court records in Rockville show that | caused by a Washington-bound motorist | Harris filed suit in the Montgomery | County Circuit Court against Gormley | ON SHOALS AGAIN, Magnate Notifies Heflin He Is NotI bidding for the gigantic Muscle Shoals, | Alabama power project, and has so ad- | vised Senator Heflin, sDemocrat, Ala- | In reply to the Alabama Senator, | E. G. Leibold, general secretary to Henry | District of Columtbllltor 1931 s for e exact amount of th o | namely, $46.337,656. S “As this amount does not, in the! judgment of the Commissioners, pro- | vide for absolutely necessary require- | | ments for 1931, nor as large a sum as | the available revenues for the District | for that year justify, the Commission- ers have according included in their lzudget 2 supplemental item of $2,123,- 212, which, together with the amount carried in the regular item, will be re- quired to complete the purchase of land for the municipal center. “In {raming their bu 1931, continue the tax rate of year and have included no more than $0,000,000 as-the proportion by the United States. il Estimate of Revenues. “The accompanying statement relat- ing to the general revenue fund of the District for the fiscal years 1929 to revenues of the District for the fiscal year 1931 (including a surplus of $6,- 806,073.25 brought over from total $46,554,073.25. The estimates sub- mitted by the Commissioners in their supplemental item of of the District total $43.540,068. This Leopold of Belgium Visits Sweden. STOCKHOLM, September 19 (#).— Crown Prince Leopold of Belgium has | arrived in Sweden incognito to visit | Prince Carl and Princess Ingeborg, his | wife's parents, at Pridheim, their Sum- mer_residence in the central province | of Vestergothland. His wife, Crown Princess Astrid, and their young daugh- ter, Josephine Charlotte, arrived at Fridheim. By the Associated Press. Controller General McCarl has au- thorized Lieut. Gen. Edgar Jadwin, re- tired, to receive the pay of a lieutenant general on the retired list, amounting to Plane Kills Two Army Officers. i and Leut.! death. .| chief of Army $8,250 annually. Gen. Jadwin retired August 7 as hi 1d nk of major eral, i the I;tlfi ;"lrcl! 4, 1915, which under provided , that officers appointed as mb!u‘ol the Tethmian Ganal Gom- but | retired list. The pey of M’CARL l_lULES JADWIN RATES PAY OF RETIRED LIEUTENANT GENERAL Former Chief of Army Engineers Is Authorized to Receive $8,250 Annually. mission be advanced one grade upon re- tirement, he was retired as a lieuten- t general, the only one in this coun- dget total for the Comimissioners propose to | $1.70 in that | 1931 shows that the estimated available | final budget for 1931 (including the | $2,123,212) | chargeable to the general revenue fund | Commercial Solvents Corporation; Coty ~(Continued on Page 2, Column 6) | Gu® | publican lead:r, call e ———— SENATE T0 HASTEN VOTE ON TARIFF BY LONGER SESSIONS Republicans Agree on Change in Daily Schedule to Dispose of Issue. 37 MEMBERS OF PARTY ATTEND CAUCUS TODAY New Arrangement to Become Ef- fective When Upper House Convenes Monday. By the Associated Press, To speed up action on the pending tariff bill Senate Republicans decided at a conference today to begin meet- ings of the Senate, starting Monday, an hour earlier than the usual noon hour convening time. Rate changes and other aspects of the tariff bill were not taken up at the conference, the first to be held by the majority party to ascertain the atti- tude of its members toward procedure. ‘The Republicans are anxious to dis- pose of the bill before the regular ses- sion, and if sufficient progress is mot made under the present plan night sessions may be started. There were 37 of the 55 Republican Senators present. They included Nyve, North Dakota, and Howell, Nebraska, members of the Republican independent group opposing the tariff bill. Senators Borah, Idaho: Norris, Nebraska, and LaFollette, Wisconsin, of the inde- perdent group did not attend, while there were absentees from the Senate on account of other business or illness. Another Meeting Held. Before the jon, another meeting was held by the Far Northwestern Re- publicans, who are campaigning for pro- tection for logs. lumber and lumber products, including shingles, which the finance committee voted to keep on the free list after the House made them dutiable. They met in the office of Senator Johnson, Republican, California. The group also included Senators Steiwer. Oregon; Oddie, Nevada; Jones, Wash- ington, and Thomas, Idaho. At the Republican conference some discussion was understood to have taken place on the question whether the Re- publicans should let the bill speak for itself and not attempt to reply to all opposition argument, but no decision was reached. The attitude seems to | have been taken to let each individual Senator make any answer he desired at any time. Simultaneously with the conference of Senate Republicans today it was learned that the finance committee ma- jority had agreed to eliminaie two controversial provisions in the hope of diminishing prospective oppesition. Provision Dropped. One provision to be stricken cut would have changed the old system of equalizing differences in cost of pro- duction in determining duties and made “differences in conditions of competi- tion” the formula to be followed. This section, approved by the House and revised by the finance committee Republicans to include transportation costs to ports of entry of competitive foreign and domestic articles as a fac- tor in consideration of ccmpetitive con- ditions is involved in the disputed flex- ible provisions against which Demo- crats and Republican independents have announced opposition. The second provision would have barred from entry into the United States articles manufactured abroad b2aring trade marks owned by citizens of this country. It was agreed to re- stors the House language, which would permit importation of such articles with consent of the owner of the trade mark. As this action became known the finance committee made public a list of an additional 130 names of corpora- tions about which it desires informa- tion from the Trzasury as to tax re- turns. The list follows: Air Reduction Co. of California, Air Reduction Co. of Michigan, Air Reduction Co. of Massa- chusetts, Air Reduction Co. of New Jer- sey, Air Reduction Co. of Virginia, Minnesota Air Reduction Co., Alr - duction Co. of Ohio. Others on List. Niagara Oxygen Corporation, Superior Oxygen Co. of Illinois, Superior OXygen Co., Inc. of New York. Superior Oxy- gen Co. of Missouri, Superior Oxygen Co. of Pennsylvania, Searchlight Co. of Illinofs, National Carbide Corporation, Compressed Carbonic Co., Dayton Oxy- gen and Hydrogen Products Co. of Day- ton, Ohio. New England Compressed Gas Co. Carclina Standard Gas Products Co. California Cyanide Co., Inc., of Del ware; By-Products Coke Corporation, Columbia Carbon Co., Southern Carbon Co., Columbian Carbon Co. (West Vir- 1930, | ginia), Western Carbon Co., Southern Gas Line Co., Teton Gas Products Co., Piney Oil & Gas Co., Monroe Gas Co., Pineville Gas Co. Columbian Gasoline Corporation; Inc.; Union Powder Corporation of nia; Yaryan Rosin & Turpentine Virginia_ Cellulose Co., Hopewell, Va.: Hercules Explosives Corporation of New York; Aetna Explosives Co., Inc. Union Carbide & Carbon Corporation: Beacon Electric Co.; Canadian National Carbon Co., Ltd.; Electro Metallurgical Co.;: the Linde Air Products Co. of Texas; Clendine Gasoline Co.; Michigan Northern Power Co.; National Carbon Co., Inc.; Oxwell Acetylene Co.; the Prest-O- en Co.: Union Carbide Co. of Canada, Ltd. United Carbon Co., Crystal Carbon Co. Elk Oil & Gas Co,. Wal of New York, Algreen Co. of Tennessee. Dow Chemical Co., Virginia-Carolina Chemical Corporation, E. I. du Pont d= Nemours & Co., Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation, Aluminum Potash Co. of America, American Solvents & Chemical Corporation, Great Western Electro- Chemical, Merrimac Chemical Co. Sherwin-Williams Co., the Newport Co. United Dye Wood tion, Amer- ican Dyewood Co., British Dye Wood ; West Indies Chemical Works, Watson Called Party. Senator Watson of Indiana, the Re- ed the gath- try. The question arose whether he was entitled to the retired pay of that grade, which was abolished by an act of March 2, 1907. Controller McCarl ruled that the act did not affect the a lieutenant general on the active list was $11,000 a year und on the retired ligt three-fourths of that amount. ering today with a view to 501 out his strength in the aj con- tests and with an eye to lining up his forces for the more immediate issue— on the flexible provisions of the tariff act. Two split-ups in the Republican ranks this week on the tariff are some concern to majority leaders. (Continuad en Page 2,