Evening Star Newspaper, September 19, 1929, Page 2

b EAST ROOM USED AS HOOVER STUDY President, in Radio Talk, Re- “'veals Shift to Old Scene in Peace Effort. Qy the Associated Press. Arhid the memories which crowd the Fresident's study, in the historic east’ 90m of the White House, Herbert Hoo- { ver daily is working out his hopes for riaval reduction and furtherance of world' peace. For the first time he has let it be known that this room—used as a study | by his predecessors from Adams to' Rodsevelt and then abandoned for five- administrations—has been restored to that use. Addressing a radio audience through a microphone in that chamber, where he proclaimed the Kellogg-Briand pact | policy to the world and where he is working out the naval angle of the same policy, as he views it, he expressed his belief that the current naval dis- cussions are in keeping with the “high aspirations and high accomplishments™ that have made it memorable. “The problems of our day,” he said, “today crowd for entry here. One prob- | lem has been ever constant with each succeeding President—that we should | maintain and strengthen the will of the | Nation and other nations for peace.” 1 Hope of Success. ‘The naval negotiations, he holds, are means to this end. “Daily in this room,” he related, “do I receive evidence of almost universal prayer that this negotiation shall suc- ceed.” Giving voice to his own op- timism, he said: “Some months ago I proposed to the world that we should further reduce and limit naval arms. Today we are engaged in a most hopeful discussion wi:lh other governments leading to this end. “These are proposals which would pre- serve our national defenses and yet ‘would relieve the backs of those who toil from gigantic expenditures and the world from the hate and fear which flows from the rivalry in building war- ships.” Asserting that ‘“never have we had a President who was either a pacifist or a militarist,” he recalled that “great aid” has been given by the Chief Ex- ecutives for the last half century to “the advance of conciliation, arbitra- tion and judicial determination for set- tlement of international disputes.” “These are the steps which prevent war,” he held. “Lately we and other nations have pledged ourselves never to use war as an instrument of national policy. And there is another step which follows with impelling logic from these advances. That is the reduction of arms. First Utterance on Subject. The President’s address was broadcast last night over’ the Columbia chain in connection with the dedication of its new studio in New York City. It was the first public utterance in which he has mentioned the arms reduction question since the negotiations with Great Britain were undertaken. The President said: “Of the untold values of the radio one is the great intimacy it has brought among our people. Through its mys- terious channels we come to wider ac- quaintdnce with surroundings and men. “The microphone for these few mo- .ments has been brought to the Presi- dent's study in the east wing of the White House. “This room from which I speak was the scene of work and accomplishment of our Presidents for over a century. Into this room first came John Adams, who had taken over the reins of admin- istration of the newly established re- public from George Washington. Each President in the long procession of vears down to Roosevelt worked at this fireside. In the refurnishing of the White House by Mr. Kcosevelt, the; President’s study was moved to another room, which was used by our Presi- dents from Mr. Taft to Mr. Coolidge. But recent extensions to the White House made it possible for me to re-| store the President’s study to this room, | where still lingers the invisible presence ©of 50 many of our great men. “It is here where the Adamse: and son; Jefferson, Monroe, 3 Grant, McKinley, Roosevelt and a score of other devoted men worked. Here worked Lincoln. In this room he signed the emancipation of the Negro race from slavery. It is a room crowded with memories of the courage and the high accomplishment of the American Presi- dents, It is a room in which have been marked many of our national triumphs. Peace Problem Persists. “The problems of our country today crowd for entry here as they have each day for more than a hundred and thirty ars past. One problem has been ever constant, with each succeeding Presi- dent—that we #hould maintain and strengthen the will of the Nation and other nations for peace. In this room have been take those reluctant steps which have led our Nation to war and those willing steps which have again led to peace. Never has there been a President who did not pray that his administration might be one of peace. | and that peace should be more assured for his successor. Yet these men have never hesitated when war became the duty of the Nation. And always in these yesrs the thought of our Presi- dents has been adequate preparedness for defense as one of the assurances of peace. But that preparedness must not exceed the barest necessity for defense or it becomes a threat of aggression against, others and thus a cause of fear and animosity of the world. Never: have we had a President who was either a pacifist or a militarist. ‘And there are other assurances of peace which have been devised in this | room, advanced and supported by our Presidents over the past half century. Great aid has been given by them to, the advance of conciliation, arbitration | and judicial determination for settle- ment of international disputes. These are the steps which prevent war. Lately we and other nations have pledged our- selves never to use war as an instru- ment of national policy. And there is another such step which follows with ( impelling logic from those advances. That is the reduction of arms. { “Some months ago I proposed to lhel world that we should further reduce and limit_naval arms. Today we are en- 4n a most hopeful discussion with r governments leading to this end. ‘These are proposals which would pre- gerve our national derenses and yet would relieve the backs of those who tofl from gigantic expenditures and the world from the hate and fear which flows from the rivairy in building war &l . And daily in this room do I re- ve evidence of almost universal prayer that this negotiation shal] suc- ceed. For confidence that there will be peace is the first necessity of human Guatemala Poilticians Held. By Oable to The Sta t TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, Septem- ( ber 19.—Many prominent Guatemalan politicians have either been expelled from the country or jailed, according ta reports reaching here. No details are availabl Partial suspension of constitutional guarantees in Guatemala was announced September 12 by the government, owing to reports of at- tempts to perturb public order. Novelist's Father Dies. PORTAG! E, Wis., September 19 (®). —Charles P. Gale, 87, father of Zuna, Gale Breese, t and novelist, diifl n ) Takes Own Life DR. GEORGE HEDGES GROVE. OR. GROVEFOUND SUGDE I HOVE Young Diagnostician, Subject to Despondent Moods, Ends Life With Shot. Dr. George Hedges Grove, diagnos- tician, last night terminated what his friends and associates regarded as a career of particular promise by shooting himself through the temple. Death probably was instantaneous as he sat before the office desk in his home at 2021 Massachusetts avenue. but 35 years old. ‘The body was discovered 15 minutes later, slumped forward upon the desk with the head pillowed on the right arm, by Terence Shone, first secretary, and-Ronald Campbell, counselor of the British embassy. The two men came in shortly before 8 o'clock to keep an appointment. Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt, who Issued a certificate of suicide, was informed that Dr. @rove was considered “tem- peramental” by his friends and subject to occasional fits of mental depression. Subject to Depression. ‘This tendency, they told Coroner Nevitt, had been particularly noticeable since the death, about a year ago, of his father, Clinton Grove. Relatives could assign no more direct motive for his act. ‘Two maids were in the home at the time the shot was fired, Addie Kinard and Naomi Edwards. They heard the report, muffied by an intervening door, and thought the sound had come from an adjoining alley. When the diplomats came in, they waited & few moments in the reception hall, and then Shone opened the door to the physician's office. They notified the maids, who, in turn, summoned Dr. Grove's brother-in-law, Emmons 8. Smith, jr. Meanwhile, Dr. Thomas A. Claytor of 1826 R street, & close per- 1 Iriend of Dr. Grove's, had been soni called in. He pronounced ;Dr. Grove dead. Mother Visiting Next Door. The doctor's mother, Mrs. Clinton Grove, was visiting next door, at the home of Rear Admiral William A. Mof- fett, chief of the Naval' Bureau of Aeronautics, at the time of the tragedy. She was summoned home by the servants after the body was found. Lieut. Edward J. Kelly, chief of the homicide squad, and Lieut. William E. Holmes of the third precinct went to the residence. They found the gun, a small-caliber automatic, lying upon the floor within a few inches of the fingers of Dr. Grove's left arm, which hung at his side. Dr. Grove was left-handed, police were told. Dr. Grove came to Washington and opened an office here about five years ago. A graduate of the University of Virgnia and Johns Hopkins and a native of Hagerstown, Md., he practiced first; in Baltimore, coming to Washington from that city. Dr. Grove was a member of the Metropolitan Club and the University Club. In addition to his mother, he is survived by a sister, Mrs. Emmons Smith, and an uncle, Dr. Frank Hedges of Prederick, Md. Funeral ngements were being completed today. FAHY HURT IN TEST OF BROMLEY PLANE Second Craft Built for Seattle- Tokio Hop Crashes in California. By the Associated Press. BURBANK, Calif., September 19.— Lieut. Herbert J. Fahy, test pilot, was in a hospital with serious injuries to- day, and the second specially construct- ed monoplane built for Lieut. Harold Bromley’s Tacoma-to-Toklo transpacific flight was in ruins as a result of a crash during a trial flight. Fahy suffered a fractured arm and gashes on the face. His skull may be fractured. Bromley cracked up his first ship in taking off from Tacoma last Summer, when gasoline splashed in his face and blinded him. Fahy had circled the test field once yesterday, and was pulling out of a figure-eight maneuver when the tail group fluttered loose and fell. Deprived of directional control, the pilot kept the plane out of a spin, and had descended to within a few feet of the ground in a long glide when one wing struck a tree and was torn off. The plane plunged into a city street, skidded against a house and flopped upon its back. Fahy was taken to the Burbank Emergency Hospital for treatment and later removed to Glendale when his in- juries were found to be serious. His wife, Mrs. Claire Fahy, entrant in the recent Santa Monica-to-Cleveland wom- an’s air derby, was at his ide. 'My flight,” Bromley said, “is o for this year. By the time I can get an- other plane built it will be too late to try for Tokio. I hope to attempt it next | year.” BAND CONCERT. Concert by the United States Soldier® Home Military Band, bandstand, this evening, 5:30 o'clock; John 8. M. Zim- mermann, bandmaster; Anton Polntner, istant leader: March, “Pride of America”...Goldman He was | THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. D. €, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19. 1929, ICHINA MAY NULLIFY| TREATY WITH U. 5. jLatest Note and Other Moves Held to Indicate Action by January 1. BY WILLIAM RUFUS SCOTT. Any doubt that China’s latest note to the United States revealed an intention of proclaiming the treaty between the | two countries on extraterritoriality rg- | voked, if an agreement to that effect | shzll not have been reached prior to January 1, is. being removed by an- nouncements and events at Nanking ,and in Genev: The note, made public last Friday, ! received generally scant attention be-' cause of the absorbing news of the| | probable Anglo-American naval accord ‘The full text of the note shows, how- ever, that it has a certain, peremptory | tone hitherto absent from Chinese notes, (and that it seemingly gives an ulti- matum to the United States to agree to end the treaty privileges before China arbitrarily abolishes them regardless of the treaty. Latest Chinese Action. From Nanking today comes news that a_“preparatory committee for abolition of extraterritoriality” has been appoint- ed. Whether this committee is to plan China’s course after January 1 is yet to be officially stated, though that infer- ence is one that might be drawn from the action. “The Chinese government requests,” says the concluding paragraph of | China’s note, “the American Govern-| ment to enter into immediate discus- | sions with authorized representatives of the Chinese government for making the necessary arrangement whereby extra- territoriality in China will be abolished, | to the mutual satisfaction of both gov- | | ernments.” The words “requests” and “immedi- ate” denote an imperativeness and urgency which seldom have figured in the diplomatic correspondence of other nations with the United States. Tribute to U. S. Idealism. But in preceding paragraphs of the note China, despite a flowery tribute {to the idealism of the United States, | argues with a trace of asperity that the granting of full equality to Turkey | makes a similar policy toward China its legitimate expectation. Incidentally, the Turkish treaty has not been ratified by | the Senate. “It has been perhaps brought to the knowledge of the American Government that the Chinese government has re- cently concluded treaties with seve | other powers, which have agreed to r | | linquish extraterritorial privileges on January 1, 1930, the note sa: and then gives what apparently is an ulti- matum: “There is no reason why the United States * * * should not act in unison | With these powers, thus removing the difficulty which the Chinese government might otherwise encounter in extending jurisdiction over all foreign nationals.’ What reply the United States will make is not known at this time. But the last preceding paragraph appears to be & clear intimation that if the United States does not veluntarlly accede to abolition of extraterritoriality before the end of this year it will be confronted with & situation wherein China will “remove” the difficulty by her single action. Nanking Reiterates Stand. As if to make sure that no doubt of this would be entertained in Washing- ton, China's ministry of foreign was quoted in an authoritative state- ment to that effect to the Associated Press this week in,Nanking. It was stated that Dr. C. ©. Wu would con- tinue at the League of Nations Assem- bly in Geneva to put China’s position before the powers on the issues of ex- traterritoriality. In. the event negotiations with the United States, the gue's efforts and other measures fail to bring abolition of the privileges enjoyed by treaty in| China, Nanking foreshadowed what its action on January 1 ‘will be. Thus the United States itself may be involved in the first real test of the, Kellogg pact, although for two months it has seemed that Russia and China | would furnish that test in the dispute ' over China's seizure of the Manchu-: rian rallroad. The aggressiveness of the | Chinese Nationalist regime: toward alli nations having treaty rights in China, it is noted, has been particularly marked since the Kellogg pact was signed. In some quarters this is held to be due to China’s belief that the big pow- | ers have tied their hands by the Kellogg | pact, making war improbable, and therefore giving China the epportunll.Yj to push its claims without fear of at- tack. Russia signed the pact as well as 60 other nations. Position of United States. The note of the United States to| China, dated August 10, had defined the ; American position as follows: | “The American Government would be ready to participate in negotiations which would have as their object the devising of a method for the gradual re- linquishment of extraterritorial rights, either as to designated territorial areas or as to particular kinds of jurisdiction, or as to both, provided that such grad- ual relinquishment proceeds at the same time as steps are taken and improve- ments are achieved by the Chinese gov- ernment in the enactment and effective enforcement of laws based on modern concepts of jurisprudence.” The jnese note, in rerly, declared flatly that no gradual relinquishment was necessary and that China already was able to guarantee justice to Ameri- cans accused of crime in China or seek- ing legal redress in courts. At present American citizens are tried in American consular courts. What China may do beyond proclaiming the treaty rights ended on January 1 is merely specula- tion now. Here again the unsettled point of ag- gression under the Kellogg pact bobs up. If China declares the treaty null and void, would that be considered an aggression against the United States? Or could China do as she has done re- garding the Manchurian Railroad, seize it and stand pat within her boundaries, thus making it appear that Russia or the United States is the aggressor ‘if either makes a move to protect its treaty rights? WASHINGTON MAN HURT IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT Roy Vecchioli, 42, May Have Fractured Skull as Result of Sideswiping Car. Roy Vecchioli, 42 years old, Wade Apartments, Thirteenth and M streets, was seriously injured about 9:30 o'clock last night as a result of the sideswiping of his automobile on th: road near Marlboro, Md., by another automcbile. He was brought to the city and taken to Casualty Hospital, where he was treated for numerous cuts, bruises and fractures. Vi oli, a barber, may fractured skull. His nose and face were cut. and several ribs fractured. The injured man was unconscious when brought to the city. He regained consciousness and his condition was reported slightly improved this morning. Accepts Help of U. S. Overture, “Franz Schubert”..von Suppe | ASCUNCION, Paraguay, September Piece de concert, “Rondo ppricioso,” | 19 (#).—It was officially announced here Mendelssohn | yesterd: Grand fantasia, “Russian Folk Songs,” Fox trot popular, “Broadway Melody,” Browr. Waltz suite, “The Flower of Italy.” | Stefano Pinale, “Arms’” @& Honor,” .Grabel ‘The Star Y i | tes ment accepted the good by the neutral members of the ndered by Bolivian-Paragu conciliation com- mission in Wi in an !emlm ;udéu all “;‘o boundary dhl; " G B S e i frontier last December. a | tha | dents that had claimed five Marine | Butler watched the forays from his au- have &) Mayor A. E. McInteer (left) of Quantico, Va., and Maj. Gen. Smedley D. | Butler, commander of the Marine base, who has ordered the Marines out of | beends in the business section of the city. -sterous to the business men, who have held protest meetings. The general will lift the ban when bootlegging iIs stopped in the town was his reply. and the mayor are seen here in eonference. BUTLER CONTINUES | BATILE ON BOOZE Extends Warfare From Little Town to Reservation at Marine Base. By & Staff Correspondent of The Star. QUANTICO, Va., September 19.—As- sured of co-operation from civilian of- | ficials in his campaign to stamp lawless- | ness from the Marine Area, Maj. Gen. | Smedley D. Butler, commanding the | Marire base here, today concentrated his attention on liquor law violations on the reservation itsell. | While Meyor A. E. McInteer contin- | ued a search of questionable establisn- | ments in the little gi/ilian communiiy of 300 population, th~ ¥anking non-com- | missioned officer at the Marine base was | in the brig, facing charges of sale of whisky, and at the Officers’ Club, where | several officers live, G Butler's_rule posted. More went about their du- | . Jaeir commander's words n 2,000 ties tod~ in ming: | “I'm going to make it so hard for you birds to get a drink you won't take the bother.” Talks to Men. | Gen. Butler delivered himself of an smphatic announcement yesterday after- | noon from the body of an open truck, with about 1,500 Marines gathered about him, and youthful | Mayor MclInteer, obviously nervous, | at his side. He had caused the “leath- | ernecks” to assembie aiter the regular | ‘Wednesday inspection to hear an expia- nation of why they were forbidden by | his order to cross the line into the town of Quantico. “Prohibition may be discussed among civilians,” Geén. Butler told his men, | “put what we think of it is not a ques- | tion among Marines. You men took an | oath to obey the Constitution and s long as you wear a Marine uniform you'll do it whether you like it or mot. Some of you men who don't pay atten- tion to the law are in the brig. { “We are not declaring war,” he as- serted, hoisting a foot to the side of the truck and pushing his cap to & rakish angle. “We are not at outs with the town of Quantico and I brought the | mayor along so there'd be no misunder- ‘ standing. Both of us are at war on a lot of bums. Will Head Band. “As soon as the town is cleaned up | we’ll go back in, and to show you there | hard feclings, I'll break out th band as soon as the place is cleane up and lead it to town myself.” Gen. Butler told the men that liquor was responsible for automobile accl- lives in & month. “Drunken truck driv- ers were cracking up automobiles right in the reservation,” he said. “Liquor | that is causing the trouble comes from Quantico.” Although Gen. Butler has no volce in | the affairs of the municipality, his word | is law on the reservation, and he has spoken on the liquor question. It was learned that a major has been court- martialed in the last two months, a first lieutenant recommended for court-mar- tial and a sergeant major placed under arrest. Action against the officers de- veloped out of “whoop:e” parties at the Ofcers’ Club and the finding of liquor in the officers’ lockers. The sergeant major's game was un- covered by Federal prohibition agents from Richmond, who came to the reser- vation about six weeks ago in answer to Gen. Butler’s request that the town be investigated. The agents reported to the Marine covmandant that condi- tions were bad: that several places in the town were cesspools of unwhole- someness. Raids Are Watched. “Round 'em up,” declared Gen. But- ler. The lgenunr:tur:fi :o“l}'lxchmmr\ld for a raidi party ant s ay con- d(:lcted th‘englflt of several raids. Gen. tomobile parked at the entrance to the reservation. As the agents came out of bootleg establishments they marched past his car and showed him bottles confiscated. One of the agents had evidence against the sergeant major, who was said to change to civilian clothes every afternoon and serve whisky across & bar to Marines in the town. While the raids were in progress and Gen. Butler looked on. the.agent went to the house where the non-commisisoned officer did business and came out shortly waving a quart hottle. “Can you beat that?” said the agent | to Gen. Butler. “The raids are going on and this guy sells me a quart over the counter. He must be dumb.” Dumb or not, he was in the guard house to- day. The man from whom he is sald to have rented the place he operated | called long distance from Toronto, Can- ada, to find out what it was “all about.” He had read in the newspaper some- thing about trouble in Quantico. Should Stay Away. “Huh,” grunted Gen. Butler, when Mayor McInteer told him about the call. “If that bird is wise hell stay away | Eh, mayor?” sir,” sald the mayor. he added, “the biggest ‘bootlegger in town is clearing out to- day. We told him to leave by tonight or face the music.. He's leaving.” “How about the little ones,” asked Gen. Butler. “They're too,” said the mayor. “They'd. better,” commented the gen- eral. Friendliness prevailed. Mayor Mc- Inteer and the energetic Marine com- mandant shook hands while on the truck and posed for news photographers. Butler told his men that nobody had any quarrel with the town. “They are our people, our friends,” he said, “and it is our town. Some things we have to do, but we do it in a spirit of liness; there's nothing personal about it, is there, » “Certainly not,’ Jeaving, CLEANING UP - QUANTICO ] . | tour, The past three days has been dis- | The general —P. and A. Photo. | PASSENGER LINERS FSCAPING NOTICE War-Time Commerce Raidersi Figuring Little in Present Naval Debate. By the Associated Press. One of the underlying causes of the disruption of the tri-partite naval lim- itation conference at Geneva in 1927 has recefved comparatively little con- sideration in the public discussions of the present Anglo-American negotia- tions. is is the question of naval auxil- | —swift peace-time passenger liners | capable of immediate conversion into 6-inch gun cruisers and commesrce raiders in time of war. Great Britain | has a preponderance of this type of | craft, totaling in excess of 1,000,000 tons, with a ratio of some four or five | to one as compared to the United States. It is well established that this po- tential cruiser strength for Britain was | the motivating influence on the mind | of American naval experts in demand- | ing for this country a large fleet of 8- inch gun cruisers, both during the 1927 parley and ths present Anglo-Amer- ican negot:ations. Basis of Contention. ‘While consideration of these auxil- laries never reached the point of open | discussion at Geneva, the American delegates always had this in mind and they were of the firm opinion that it was the same consideration which maved the British in their insistance ! upon limiting 8-inch gun cruisers to a very few, with the bulk of the crwiser | flest made up of 6-inch gun craft, i Since the small cruiser can carry only a limited number even of 6-inch guns, it would prove no match for a fast merchantman armed with half again or twice as many guns of the same caliber. Consequently the Amer- ican naval opinion held to the 8-inch gun ship as the only permissible type | under the Washington arms treaty that | fiould cope with the large and fast ners. May Meet Needs. Presumably the Navy general board believes that the fleet of twenty-one 8-inch gun cruisers for which the United | States now is contending will be ca- | pable of meeting American needs not | only in the matter of rounding out| the battle fleet, but also in keeping he seas fairly clear of the big auxil- lary raiders. | During the early days of the World | war, Germany clearly demonstrated | the value of the converted merchant-: men as commerce raiders by sending | forth the Prinz Eitel Priedrich and the Kronprinz Wilhelm as well as sev- eral smaller craft to prey upon British | commerce. They roamed the seas un- molested for several months, destroying | millions of dollars of British bottoms | and cargoes much needed in the prose- | cution of war against the central, powers. ‘These raiders were able to escape the vigilance of the British cruisers | and finally put into Hampton Roads, because of a shortage of fuel and stores. They were interned there and later! taken over by the American Govern- ment_after the United States entered the World War. BRITISH ARMY CUT PLAN STIRS SHARP RETORT BY FRANCE _(Continued From First Page.) “(d) Recognition of a competent in- ternationai authority to watch and re- | port upon the execution of the treaty.” ‘The British position received the sup- port of the German delegation, Count von Bernstorfl holding the opinion that if the preparatory commission did not revise its program so as to include consideration of the limitation of land forces and materials the general con- ference, when called, would be a flat failure, Gen. Albert de Marinis, representing Italy, supported the French position and disagreed with the pessimistic view of Count von Bernstorfl and Lord Cecil regarding the progress, or lack of prog- ress, in the preparatory commission. Japan also supported France, declar- ing through her spokesman, Baron Sato, that the present time was inop- portune for instructing the preparatory commission to change the scope of its program. want you men back in Quantico,” he told the assembled Marines. The men smiled. “We want you not only because of your business,” McInteer added, “but because we know many of you as friends. We are trying to clean up the town, and are confident it will be done soon.” Storekeepers along the _ Quantico streets, who spoke to Gen. Butler and smiled when he passed on an inspection hoped so too. Their cash reg- isters have clicked few times since the Marines were banned from the town last Saturday. More than 90 per cent of the trade in restaurants, poolrooms and soda fountains comes from the res- ervation. 1 el gi 4 :opzd' gl‘ienm'n.l'l only peace officer, 4 wil be better” and the merchlnun gen. erally were roused to action by n. Butler's promise to come to town at the head of his Marines, with band playing. The thought of ‘waking on September 30, which is Marine pay day, and doing a dull business while so much good money is bottled up in|a the reservation was painful to all the “Clean-up and we’ll ‘('nuul‘o::le y&\:.;: it we'll buy -’10' 'of extras just o show you we are gdod friends.” | concerned. ; Comdr. MACDONALD GUEST OF BRITISH KING Monarch and Premier Confer in Drawing Room of San- dringham Castle. By the Assoclated Precs SANDRINGHAM, England, Septem- ber 19.—King George and Ramsay Mac- Donald sat together in the drawing room of Sandringham Castle last nigh. and talked about whatever it is that a monarch and premier discuss when the i latter is on the eve of a historic jour- ney to the United States. ‘The Prince of Wales looked in for a short time before leaving the castle. The prime minister and his daughter Ishbel, were house guests last night of their majesties and probably will motor back to London tomorrow. g At the same time, it became known | officially that Lord Arnold, who is & closz personal friend of the prime min- ister, will accompany Mr. MacDonald to Washington at the end of this month. Lord Arnold was a companion of the Labor party leader on his pre-election tour of the country last May. He is paymaster general in the new cabinet, an office with few departmental duties, which enables him to carry a large share of the Labor government's work in the House of Lords. The Prince of Wales had been ex- pected to stay at the castle until Priday, but he flew back to London last eve- ning, landing safely. Mr. MacDonald also had a long in- terview with the King yesterday after- noon, while Miss Ishbel was talking with Queen Mary. SENATE TO HASTEN VOTE ON TARIFF BY LONGER SESSIONS —_(Continued Prom First Page.) ‘The Republican independent group, headc.! by Senators Borah of Idaho and Norris of Nebraska, has been count- ed out of the party fold for some time 50 far as any votes on the tariff bill are Now the new split involv- ing Sernators from the far Northwest- ern States is giving worry. In order to hold a majority against a | combination of Democrats and the Re- publican independents the Republican regulars cannot afford to lose the sup- port of the Far Northwestern group, including Senators Jones of Washing- ton, McNary and Steiwer of Oregon and Johnson of California. This group is contending for higher tariff rates on some commodities, particularly on lum- ber and shingles, whereas the Repub- lican independent faction is against any tariff increases except on agricultural products. Favors Flexibility. President Hoover is understood to be | anxious that the flexible provision of the tariff act be retained. This allows the President to raise or lower duties by 50 per cent upon & regon by the Tariff Commission, and it has aroused strong opposition on constitutional and | other grounds. Strategy in the tariff debate also was a subject before the Republican con- ference today. There is some difference of opinion in the ranks over the pro- gram to let the bill speak for itself and leave the debating to the oppo- sition, Some of the majority are in- sisting that every attack be answered. The main concern of the leaders, ap- parently, is to get speedy action. They want the bill out of the way before the regular session opens in December. They want it out of the realm of discussion fore the biennial primaries open next pring. Meanwhile, the Senate, in its debate over the administrative provisions of | the bill, still had before it today the resolution of Senator McMaster, Repub- lican, South Dakota, calling upon the ‘Tariff Commission to make ~available its information to the Senate whenever requested. Legality Questioned. 3 The informaticn sought by McMaster, the scope and legality of which was brought into question, would supple- ment the tax returns of such large cor- porations as the United States Steel Corporation, Bethlehem Steel Corpora- tien and the Aluminum Corporation of America, whose names were in the long list made public by Chairman Smoot after the finance committee, by a vote of 10 to 4, gave him the authority to do so. Also included in the list were the Great Western Sugar Co. of Denver, whose earnings came up fcr discussion in hearings on the bill; chemical con- cerns, textile mills and fruit companies of Hawali. POTHAM AND MORROW REGISTER 81 SCORES Lead Field in Second Day's Quali- fying Play at Ban- nockburn. Twin scores of 81 registered by Lieut. W. 8. Potham of Annanolis and Charles R. Morrow of Indian Spring lead the fizld today in the first half of the second day’s qualifying play in the Bannockburn Country Club in- vitation golf tournament. scores were above 90. A few of the other leading scores follow: C. W. Stoddard, Bannockburn, 8 E. C. Burgdorf, Bannockburn, 86; H. White, Beaver Dam, 87; Lieut. E. Holmes, Annapolis, 90. FINAL ESTIMATES OF 1931 D. C. BUDGET TOTAL $48,460,868 (Contigued From First Page.) amount can be provided for out of the revenue availability for 1931 and there still remains a cash fund (required to be maintained by the act of June 29, 1922) of $3,014,005.25. “The Commissioners believe that this financial showing, and the financial showing of the gasoline tax fund and the water fund as set forth in accom- panying statements, warrant the right to expect an approval by the Budget ‘Bureau of a sum total for the District of Columbia for the fiscal year 1931 not less than the total recommended by the Commissioners. The Commissioners gave the most painstaking study to every item represented in their budget submission, and in their judgment they all constitute necessary needs of the P tad o7 o o€ el year 1631 ap) ated for e z “Transmitted herewith are the fol- lowing statements: “1. Statement showing appropriations of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year 1930, and final budget estimates for the fiscal year 1931, with increases or decreases as compared with 1930; “2, Statement of the eral revenue fund of the District of Columbia for the fiscal years 1929, 1930 and 1931; “3. Statement of tne gasoline tax fund; “q, Statement of the water fund on a revenue and appropriation basis; “5, Statement of the water fund on ash-operating basis: -+'g. Statement showing amounts in. cluded for the several services for creases g.ul:anu of em‘l:.yu,mm] car clency raf ‘provisions lassification act of 1923, as Most of the .| and sponsored by the Columbia Broad- | JOHN A. HOLMES. TEXANS CHARGED WITH COWARDICE {Slain County Attorney’s Widow Says Officers Were Afraid to Aid Him. By the Assoclated Press. BORGER, Tex.,, September 19.—| Charges of the young widow of District | Attorney John A. Holmes, murdered from ambush last Friday, that local officers had not assisted him in his fight | against crime ‘“because they were afrald” were followed today by Sheriff Joe Ownbey's announcement that he “located” a suspect, but would make noi arrest until more evidence had been ob- | tained. After the rangers asserted they had! flidavits in their possession concerning ! an alleged plot between city and county officers, Mrs. Holmes declared to news- paper men that only one man, whom she did not name, had made any effort | to aid her husband in fighting crime in this tumultuous oil boom town. Played Lone Hand. “The rest of them,” she said, “were afraijd. When there is no one to help, | you have to play a lone hand. He (Holmes) never had any fear. Mr.| Holmes was all I had and now they've taken him.” T.e rangers. in discussing the affi-| davits, declared they Lknew the motive for Holmes’ slay':g and intimated that they expected to make an arrest soon. Deputy Sheriffs Jim Crane and Cal Baird deplored the tone of the rangers’ announcement concerning the conspir- acy affidavits, “If rangers can make use of such a statement in their investigation of the murder_of Johnny Holmes, regardless of what reflection it will cast on us, I am willing.” Crane said. hat I'm personally interested in is se-ing the! murderer caught, either by 1.yself or! by some one else. Biard sald: “I've worked with most | of the rangers here for 10 years, While I don't think their statement. whioh automatically blankets the entire forces of the county and city enforcement | staffs, is just, if they see fit to lea: this impression on the public I'm will- ing, if it will do any good in finding who killed Johnny Holmes.” Police Aiding Sheriff. Chief of Police Crabtree said fbat his | department was actively engaged in as- | Isisting _the sheriff's department run| ! down the murderer. “City and county officials mav not ! make the first arrest.” he said, “but I| will be a thousand dollars that when | the right party is arrested the city and | county officers will arrest him.” i Sheriffl Ownbey declined to give out | any information about the person he | suspected of slaying the district attor- ! ney. He said he did not have enough evidence at the present time to warrant | his_arrest. District Attorney Clem Calhoun of | the 104th district, ordered here by Gov. | Dan Moody to aid in the investigation | of the murder, was expected to arrive | | | | today. “Calhoun is one of the best prose- cutors in Texas,” Gov. Moody said at Austin. “He cannot be intimidated and | knows how to get the facts. The six ‘Texas rangers at Borger need an ex- ;}erienc!d man to assist them in the aw.” The six Texas rangers came here the day after the slaying on orders of the governor. POSTAL EXTENSION IS FORUM SUBJECT Senator McKellar's Address Tonight Will Mark Change in Co- lumbia Program. i Air mail and postal service extension will be discussed tonight at 9:30 o’clock by Senator Kenneth D. McKellar of | Tennessee, speaking over the National | Radio Forum conducted by The Star casting System. The Forum has been held on Saturday nights since its in- ception last Winter, but Senator Mc- Kellar's address will mark a change in the date to Thursday of each week. Senator McKellar is the ranking| Democratic member of the Senate com- mittee on post offices and post roads. He is a committee veteran and fa- miliar with all phases of the postal! service. He has seen 18 years' service in Congress, three terms in the House and the remainder in the Senate. How the postal service has extended air mail facilities to almost every quar- ter of the United States and how the parcel post is serving American mer- chant shipping will be some of the| topies touched on by Senator McKellar. Tennis Burglar Gets $25,000 Gems. LONG BRANCH, N. J., September 19 (#)—A society burglar seems to have as & tennis plager. Gems worth $25,000 were stolen from the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Figge. Neigh- bors saw a young man batting a tennis ball outside the house shortly before the family returned. The ball was found later in the cellar. k Survey Shows August Business Records Shattered By the Associated Press. Business activity in August was reported in the monthly survey of the Department of Commerce i today to have been higher than in any other similar period on | testify later. ‘the last ditch to retain WAGGONER'S WIFE GOES BEFORE JURY Relatives of Banker Held in $500,000 Fraud Are Examined. By the Assoclated Press, NEW YORK, September 19.—The wife and son of Charles D. Waggoner, indicted president of the Bank of Ti luride, Colo., Frances Carlson, 18-year- old clerk in the bank, and Harry D. Miller, the banker's barber, were taken today before the Federal grand jury investigating how Waggoner fraudu- lently obtained $500,000 credit through six New York banks. been asked by the That Miller had banker to accompany him from Tel- luride to Denver, and that while there was no suggestion of improper conduct on the barber's part, the Governm-nt was anxious to learn what he and Waggoner had talked about on the Jjourney. Mrs, Mary Belle Waggoner and her son, Charles, jr, and the other wit- nesses were questioned by Assistant United States Attorney Emanuel G. Kleid. They entered the grand jury room after Amelia Jones, youthful niece of the banker, had told Federal investi- gators that she and Miss Carlson un- wittingly had sent the six coded tele- grams which enabled the banker to ob- tain the credit. Miss Margaret Jones, sister of Amelia, appeared before the :grand jury with her sister yesterday. United ~ States _Attorney Charles H. Tuttle said he believed the sisters and Miss Carlson innocent of any wrong- doing. Messages Sealed. The messages were sealed in envel- opes, she said, and she was unaware of their contents. She said she gave two of the envelopes to Miss Carlson to dis- patch when she received a telegram, from Waggoner directing her to send the six messages. She said she sent the other four herself. Federal officials who previously had said they were informed Margaret Jones sent some of the messages declared to- night that Amelia made it clear that Margaret had not sent any of them. Both Amelia and Margaret were taken before the grand jury to testif: Miss Carlson was expected to Federal Attorney Tuttle announced he was convinced they were innocent of any wrongdoing. Federal officials announced that Amelia told them C. E. Downtain. cashier of the Bank of Telluride, had received from Waggoner early in August a power of attorney as to all Wag- goner's property, valued at about $288.- 000. with i uctions to use it “in case of trouble at the bank.” Destroys Paper. Downtain had failed to tell of the power of attorney when questioned. Later he said he had “thought it no earthly u=> t» -ny one,” had not used it and had destroyed it after receiving a subpoena to appear here. Federal investigators expressed curi- osity concerning the disposition of $50.- 000, which they said was transmitted to the Bank of Telluride, in cash, from the proceeds of the $225.000 certified check, which was turned over by Wag- goner to the First National Bank of Pueblo, Colo. They said the Telluride Bank recelved the money shortly before Colorado bank examiners took the institution in charge. The investigators said they expected information as to the $50,000 from a Colorado State banking official who has been subpdenaed to come here with records. 5 The grand jury already has indicted Waggoner for mail frauds and is con- tinuing its_investigation to learn if there was any one who willingly aided him in exeeuting his financial plot. PARTNER IS SUMMONED. Waggoner's Associate Leaves Denver for Grand Jury Probe. DENVER, Colo., September 19 (A).—J. C. Anderson, secretary of the Norwood Cattle Loan Co., has been subboenaed to appear before a Federal grend jury in New York to testify regarding Lis connection with the affairs of the Bank of Telluride, Colo., whose presi- dent, C. D. Waggoner, is alleged to have fraudulently obtained $500,000 from ‘ six banks of the Metropolis. ‘Waggoner also is president of the loan company, which, Federal officials said, was closely associated with the Telluride bank. Anderson, who planned w0 leave for New York today, is a ditector of the Telluride bank and a _ong-time friend of Waggoner. He will be questioned. Federal officials smid. regarding $5,000 in cash and $25.000 in securities which came -into his possession as a 1esult of a loan paid at the Continental Bank of Salt Lake City by Waggoner. Told of Deposit. When the financial puzzle was being unraveled here after the closing of the Telluride bank Anderson told State Bank officials he had been informed by ‘Waggoner the $30.000 had been depos- ited to his credit in the Salt Lake City bank. The funds came from the First National Bank of Pueblo. Colo., where Waggoner had sent a draft for £225,000 to be deposited to the credit of the Bank of Telluride. Anderson said he had no previous account at the Salt Lake City Bank, but, acting on instructions from the banker, ordered that bank to pay a $25,000 loan of Waggoner's which it held. This done, he requested the securities, collateral to the loan, sent to him here along with the $5,000 cash. Anderson is now holding the securities and cash pending the outcome of the case. The $5,000 cash, he said is for payment of a note of Waggoner's which he now holds. Status Not Known. Federal officials here said the exact status of the loan company in connec- tion with Waggoner's $500,000 deal never has been determined. The company was first drawn iato the case when Waggoner paid a $100,000 note of the company at the Central }-l-nover‘?;;:mf d"el‘w York with funds rom & L Iraft certifi GhAA:‘ed anm‘:’-l Bank. o erson declar=d he knew nothin, of a $100,000 obligation of the eompmy‘. but he was aware of & $50,000 note. He said he had signed a $50,000 note for Understond Tt 16 be & renewal ot thy & renewal of th original and not a new one. 5 ? Leaves With Collateral. John Jepson, deputy Colorado State bank commissioner, left here yesterday for New York to testify before the grand jury. He was reported to be carrying with him all the collateral which Waggoner withdrew from New York banks. He was also re) to be accompanied by Charled J. Moyni- counsel for Grant Mc! State han, Ty be_confirmed. When Jepson reaches New York to- morrow possession of the collateral is expected to become the center of a spectacular legal battle. Je has in- dicated that he is to fight to possession of the securities for the benefit of cl"ltd‘z- tors of the Bank of Telluride, which is in the hands of the State bank com- record. “Commercial transactions, as indicated by the volume of checks through the for iyment,” the survey said, “‘were than were reported for any missioner. Included among the documents Jep-