Evening Star Newspaper, November 8, 1929, Page 2

2 THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. (. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 8 1929. STOCK CRASH MAY AID RAIL MERGER President Likely to Take Ini- ! tiative to Bring About Legislation. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. ! Railroad consolidation which has been ! dragging along for years may at.last| be achieved as a consequence of the recent stock market decline. Many of the roads have been’ delaying | expansion because they did not know | what the Government would permit in | the way of consolidation. Some of them | taye been in the position of wishing 19 learn GeSnitely one way or the other whether consolidation as a policy was ukely to come into effect. Now, with the anxiety of everybody here to do everything possible to sus- tain the momentum of business, the sentiment of the transportation prob- lems of the country unquestionably will be accelerated. This is not merely be- cause railroad expansion plans will in- crease the need for raw material ard labor, but because it is still hoped that economies may be effected in freight rates through the elimination of waste- ful competition. Most of the larger railroads are not in need of new financing, but if the consolidation plans should require the flotation of new issues of bonds the bet- ter condition of the money market, which now prevails and is likely to con- tinue for several months, is counted upon to assist materially in bringing about railway econsolidation. Hoover May Take Part. The Interstate Commerce Commis- sion is expected to have its plan ready before the end of this calendar ‘year. This will mean discussion in Congress almost immediately and it would not be surprising to find President Hoover tak- ing the initiative in trying to bring about an agreement on early legislation. Under other circumstances con- solidation controversy would " hardly have received much attention in the coming session of Congress. Many rail- road executives have themselves lost interest in the matter. Now, however, if Congress should tackle the question as a part of a program of helping busi- ness, party lines would disappear and .a favorable disposition toward taking some action might be expected. Voluntary Consolidation. ‘There is no way, of course, by which roads can be compelled to amalgamate against their will and minority stock- holders will be able to insist upon a fair MISS MARGUERITE GILESPIE, Daughter of Col. Gilespie, instructor at West Point, who eloped with Cadet Paul Capron, jr. Capron was forced to re- sign when' the marriage was revealed. —Assoclated Press Photo. PROBERS ASK RIGHT TO CHECK RECORDS OF BANK ACCOUNTS, (Continued From First Page.) that you and Senator Edge had a plan 10 keep out of the tariff bill all pro- tective rates for Southren products un- less the Southern Senators, from the States interested in such products, agree to vote for the tariff bill as a whole.” “That is the only way to get Demo- cratic Senators to vote for protection,” sald Mr. Arnold. “Do you mean you were taking money from Southern agricultural interests to work for protective rates, and were then COMMISSIOND. K. RAILROAD MERGER Canadian National Author- ized to Acquire Control of G Grand Trunk. By the Associated Press. Authorization for the Canadian Na- tional Railway to acquire contrel of the Grand Trunk Western Railway and for the latter road to issue securities in connection with the unification of sev- eral lines was given today by the Inter- state Commerce Commission. The Canadian National will obtain control of the Grand Trunk through an exchange of stock. The Grand Trunk was authorized to issue $13,815,997.56 of common stock without nominal or par value, with an assigned value of $25; also $22,348,- 453.82 of 6 per cent cumulative preferred stock of par value of $100 a share, as well as $31,947,000 of first and general mortgage bonds, and $10,000,000 of gold debentures. Action was deferred by the commis- sion on the application of the Grand Trunk to issue $651,546.18 of & per cent cumulative prefered stock and $13,- 052,016 of first and general mortgage bonds. Permission for the Grand Trunk to operate the following lines formerly owned or operated by its constituent companies or by the Canadian National in Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and Wis- consin, was given as follows: That part of the Chicago, Kalamazoo & Saginaw Railway, operated under lease, and also including the car ferries and terminal tracks formerly owned by the Grand Trunk, Milwaukee Car Ferry Co.; the Cincinnati, Saginaw & Macki- naw Railroad by lease; the Detroit & Toledo Shore Line Railroad and the Detroit Terminal Railropd by purchase of capital stock. 2 ——— here and that his usual balance was $4,000 or $5,000. He also kept a per- sonal account in the Fort Worth Na- asking Republican Senators to vote against those rates?” asked Senator Caraway, Without giving a direct answer to the question, Mr. Arnold replied that his organization was doing anything it could to develop protective ff senti- ment in the South, Reveals Prison Term. Chairman Caraway also developed to- day that William C. Gillespie of William C. Gillespie & Co., certified public ac- countants, of Baltimore, who audited the books of the American Taxpayers’ valuation of their holdings. The prob- lems are innumerable and they turn really upon the opportunities for vol- untary consolidation which Congress will open up if it takes any action at allon a gmrnm of consolidation. ‘The whole subject has some political d because the Representa- League during a period of years, served a penitentiary sentence for conviction on a charge of conspiracy to defraud in returning false statements about the financial operations of a Baltimore con- cern. Later, Senator Blaine brought out that a copy of the auditor’s report of backgroun tives and Senators from certl‘l"n“ regions | the league’s finances noted a $5,000 may feel that new terminals tablished affecting the importance of cities containing present terminals. All this will have to be threshed out before be es- | loan Arnold testified he made the league, but that the books of 1 A e the league showed Endeavoring to check on_these an action can be taken, but the significant | other discrepancies, Senator Blaing ¥y thing is Lhn“v.he Interstate Commerce | denly dismissed Arnold from t.heel:::d Commission about to make its're- port at a time when Congress is jn the mood to go earnestly into the entire juestion. (D g (Copyright, 1929.) WHEELER ASSAILS REMARK LAID TO ; MOSES IN SPEECH {Continued From First Page.) ' Wh::l m:l”lm interpretation ler an re by the presiding officer. Senator Moses was presiding. He asked with a smile if Wheeler were propounding a parlia- mentary question. Answering own question, Moses said: “If the Senator from Montana will find a more appropriate appellation for this gyrating group, the Senator from New Ham] will be glad to have it.” Says Grundy Arouses Ire. ‘Wheeler said the people of the North- west likewise would resent the activi- run the Republican party. ‘When he had concluded Senator Nor- ris, Republican independent, of Ne- braska, walked behind a huge table of exhibits of imported articles at the rear of the chamber. He referred to the col- lection as “Mr. Grundy's store,” and be- n & tirade against the Eastern manu- acturers, who he said were deman high tariffs, ing up a salad bowl packed with excelsior, Senator Barkley, Democrat, of Kentucky asked if this was “fodder for the jackasses.” “That’s the kind of food they're giv- ing the American consumer,” Norris replied, “and they turn over the bowl to Mr. Grundy to help keep these Jackasses out of the Senate.” Norris read a newspaper article to the effect that the Stanley works, pro- ducers of rolled steel and tools at New Britain, Conn., planned a 25 per cent stock dividend and asserted these were the type of interests seeking tariff ®fayors while “patriotically avoiding payment of income taxes.” Picking up a violin from the table and exclaiming that “the followers of Henry Ford” would understand his a gument better if he called it “a fiddle, Norris said the instrument cost 37.50‘ in Germany, was landed here for $11.90' and sold for $50. “Wicked Men—Poor Old Grundy!” “They charge poor old Grundy $50 for | { 0" it he said. “These simple, these| wicked men are encroaching on his pre- | serves.” ‘Then the Nebraskan Senator selected a doll with curly hair, born, he sald, in | Germany. “It cost $1.20 there,” he continued. “It was landed in this country for | $2.28 and sold for $6.50 at a profit of | 185 per cent. i “One nice thing, and the only nice ' thing about 1t, is the fact that the Gov- | ernment gets a 70 per cent duty out of it. Grundy weeps bitter tears for the | ggosxb Jittle girl who has to pay the Norris next picked up a book “The ‘Three Musketeers,” published in Eng-| lapd, remarking that “it's not supposed | to be obscene” and could, therefore, be imported. e book, he said, cost 23 cents in England and was landed here at a cost of 298 cents and retailed for 80 cents, a profit of 168 per cent. High Cost to Children, Says. “And s0,” he continued, “the children who go to school, our boys and girls who are reading literature, have to pay 168 per cent. “Oh! We love the schools, the labor- ing men and the children and we want i relieve them .* the burden of pay- ing And be driven out of a job.” He then referred to a number of other articles and asserted American manufacturers and Mr. Grundy, “don’t charged to and to Vance Muse for $1,000 instead of z “general expenses,” as they were list- she, tho an omf that she saw nothing wrong about it, and called as a witness Miss Lydia Pop- kins of Fredericksburg, Va., an employe of the " since 1922, whose- name was sigried to two checks, for $4,000 and $1,000, referred to in the having been noted and eed the alleged the one and entry been Ida M. Darden for $4,000 t. Miss Popkins testified that the the two checks should have Mrs. Darden and Muse are field agents and collectors of the league. Miss Popkins testified further that it the bookkeeper had made n in entering the items, but Miss Popkins testified that as office manager she took the responsibility for deotr:;_ylnfle ll‘rdlosl. otut.bes{;mn frol:x ghe league’s agents. said she did it without instructions and because the letters were too much trouble to file. Senator Walsh asked her how the league could keep up with the activities of these agents and collectors who re- ported once or twice a week if she de- stroyed their reports. The witness said she supposed Arnold kept all the letters he wanted to keep. e Senator Walsh brought out that while the committee had a great many leiters written by Arnold to various persons and letters to Arnold, they had no let- ters from the field agents reporting on thelr work, Miss Popkins said it was unnecessary” to keep them. Offers Governor's Letter. Another high light in the to- day came when Senator Caraway con- fronted the witness with a statement issued by Gov. Doyle E. Carlton of Florida denying that his State had ever contributed “one cent” to the American Taxpayers’ League. Mr. Arnold had testified yesterday that the State of Florida contributed $2,050 to the league. “One of you is not telling the truth,” decl!axekd Senator Caraway. “I know we got the check from Florida,” declared Mr. Arnold. “I'll check it up and find out more about it. :d’y ;nld:mtundmgtwlts g:nt we got it as result of an act of e State - lature.” e * Benator Walsh grilled the witness in an effort to find out the names of mem- bers of a “farm group,” supposed to be representatives of various farm or- | gammtlons, who attended a luncheon ere on October 9 of this year, when there was a discussion of various Re. publican Senators who could be counted on to help in getting protection for Southern products. Several times Mr. Arnolghnl%e t}mdnt hyf could not be cer- 0, besides himself, was prese; at this luncheon. BERee “Can’t you tell us the name of one m;:\ ahomwr::bopre;ent 50 we can call rat our testimony?” Bakevg Sflnllflwr Wal.sh.y bl “We held ‘many such conferences,” :‘:pl!e';‘e Mrh Arnold, “and I cannot re- ember who was present on = ticular occasion.” » e Several times-Mr. Arnold referred to “my organization.” “We know all about that—your or- ganization is yourself,” declared Sena- tor Caraway. Operations Questioned. Arnold’s financial operations were in- quired into at length by Senator Blaine, who sought specific information about Arnold’s reported loan to the American Taxpayers’ League, and various ac- counts at banks in the name of Arnold ;lazmnally and the American Taxpayers’ ague. Arnold testified that the league tional Bank, Fort Worth, Tex., with a daily balance of “a few hundred dol- lars.” Names League Head. Senator Blaine asked Arnold if he would give his permission to the com- mittee to examine these personal ac- counts and the accounts the Ameri- can Taxpayers' League. Arnold said he would rather consult with officers of the league first. Blaine told the witness he could sub) a the bank officers, and finally Arnold gave the committee the name of W. M. Thompson of Portland, Oreg., as the president of the league and the man the committee might tele- | graph for permission to examine the accounts. ‘Arnold said he had no personal ob- jection to the examination. Senator Blaine told him that he was chiefly in- terested in the accounts at the Munsey Trust Co. and asked him if he had any personal objection to the commm:ee ex- ;minln%"!he ‘Taxpayers’ League’s ac- count there. “I,should say not,” Arnold answered. In reply to Senator Blaine, Arnold testified that he had no personal prop- erty, no stocks and bonds, no household goods and no real estate “to amount to anything.” Letters touching on the Taxpayers' League's political activities in behalf of :m:ultufl,l rates in the tariff bill were by Senator Caraway. One of these letters, sent by ld to Brown White, at San Benito, Tex., last July 20, dis- cussed the “need” of one vote ‘a Texas in order to pass the tariff bill. Talked to Repu’ cans. Arnold wrote that he had talked with Senate Republican leaders, “who are lisgusted with. Southern its!” a who get credit for ralses in agricultural i rates on schedules affecting unl:'etr Siates and then vote against the b} Senator Caraway asked % Republican fenator he talked the witness said he could not recall. “You can't recall or do you refuse to answer?” Caraway asked. “T can't recall,” Arnold answered. “Isn't it unfortunate to have a mem- ory that can’t recall back to last July?” Caraway asked. Referring at the outset of the hearing to testimony Arnold gave before the House ways and means committee in 1926 when the tax revision bill of that year was being discussed, Senator Cara- way asked Arnold if he had not refused to answer questions about depositories of the American Taxpayers’ League in Connecticut and Wisconsin. Caraway quoted Arnold as having said at that time, “I do not care to give you the names for the purpose for which you want to use them.” Caraway asked Arnold why he ob- jected to_ furnishing the information, and Arnold said he thought it best to confer with officers of the league before divulging the information. Caraway also quoted Arnold as having said at that time in answer to the question of what his occupation was, “Directing the course of human events.” Arnold identified the answer as being correct so far as he knew, and said he probably was “a little broad.” When the committee had finished questioning Arnold for the time, Miss Popkins was then called to the stand. Conviction Is Recalled. Senator Caraway brought out that a man who audited the books of the American Taxpayers’ League during a period of several years was convicted and sentenced to prison on a charge of conspiring to defraud by preparing a false report of a financial statemerit. This conviction, however, involved a concern in Maryland. Y Senator Walsh of Montana read into the committee record extracts from Maryland court reports giving the text of the indictment and the court’s opin- ion in the case in full. Referring to the matter, Senator Caraway said: “You knew he had been in the peni- tentiary—was t the reason you se- lected him?” “No, indeed,” Arnold stated. Caraway then referred to a year dur- ing which he said the man who au- dited the league’s books had been in the penitentiary. “Did he skip your books that year or audit your books from the penitentiary?” Caraway asked. Arnold said he did not know that he had any information about the case and did not know about the audit in question or the details of the matter. Questioned on Loan. Later Senator Blaine questioned Ar- nold at length about the item of $5,000 which Arnold testified he loaned the Taxpayers' League and asked Arnold: “You are submitting this account (re- ferring to the account of the league's financial business during the year in question) from the auditor’s report?” “Yes,” Arnold answered. Senator Blaine told Arnold that the accounts before the committee did not show that he had loaned $5,000. Arnold replied that he had the canceled check and would furnish it to the committee. Senator Blaine told reporters at this point, while the investigation of Arnold was directed into other channels, that the account of the Anferican Taxpay- ers’ League furnished the committee from the league's offices did not show that Arnold had loaned the league owed him $10,000. He explained thav he had transferred out of his personai account $5,000 by check to the account of the league and that he thought the other $5,000 was represented by salary he had not been paid. Arnold said in reply to Blaine that he had no evidence of having made the loan, except the canceled check. He testified that officers of the league understood that whenever money was needea he was free to furnish it in the manner he described. Senator Biaine brought out that the records of the league showed Arnold had been offer to sell” the articles any cheaper hers, but “they say the consumers are our victims. “They claim the right to rch without _:l_:: interferenc:,” he added. 2 \ id approximately $22,000 during the Period from. August 31, 1928, t0 Sep- ember 1, 1929, Arnold ' testified that he Lept a per- sonal account in the Munsey "Lrust Co. $5,000. Senator Blaine said that the auditor’s report on the league’s finan- clal operations did show that Arnold loaned the league $5,000. Referring specifically to the rej d auditor’s report and to the league’s books, Senator Blaine stated: “I shall bring that out. Here are the books and the discrepancy is apparent.” Arlen Is Operated On. PARIS, November 8 (#).—The Paris edition of the CI Tribune today said Michael Arlen, author, under- went a minor operation yesterday in the American Hospital. The nature of his complaint was not stated, but he was said to be resting comfortably, . THIS ROBOT PILOTS PLANE The Speery gyroscope, which will control an airplane while it is in the air with more accuracy and steadiness than the most seasoned pilots. It will oper- ate the plane through fog and darkness, where a pilot would not be able to keep his bearings. The contrivance is small—measuring only 14 by 14 by 10 inches— and it can be placed under the driver's two months, culminating in the flight from Dayton, Ohio, to It is the work of Elmer A. Speery. proved entirely satisfactory. seat, Extensive tests e in the past shington, have —Associated Press Photo. MOSES PREFERS “FLEXIBLE TARIFF Senator Condemns “Move| Afoot to Turn U. S. Markets Over to Foreigners.” BY WILL P. KENNEDY. Senator Moses of New Hampshire, President pro tem. of the Senate, de- clared to a gathering of 50 New England manufacturing and export executives, officials of the Departments of State and Commerce and members of the House and Senate from New Eng- land last night that he “would prefer the present tariff law with its flexible provision, whereby a wise President can give the rates industries need,” to the tariff bill as it now stands in the Senate. He condemned “a movement that is afoot to turn over the home markets to foreigners.” House Leader Tilson, following Sena- tor Moses,- said he _ex) the House to work out a. tariff that will “get rid of some of the barnacles the Senate has put upon it,” and then said, sig- nificantly, “If not, we can retain some of the provisions of the present law.” ‘These New England business leaders are spending two days in the Capital making an intensive study of the for- eign trade service available to American manufacturers at the Department of Commerce and to demonstrate to their representatives in Congress and to the PFederal departments that they are vitally interested in aggressively pi moting New England’s foreign trade. The tour is under the auspices of the New England Export Club of the Boston Chamber of Commerce in co-operation with the New England office of the Federal Bureau of Forelgn and Do- mestic Commerce and the Associated Industries ,of Massachusetts. Representative Tilson said later that he had returned to Washington specifi- cally to learn “what the Senate is go- to do with the tariff bill,” and will hold conferences with Senate and House leaders. He expressed his belief that “the Senate has done a great deal of harm to the tariff bill,” and pre- dicted that the House will not accept the debentures plan as tacked on to the bill in the Senate. He was emphatic in saying that the House will not sur- render the flexible tariff provision. The hint thus given by a leader in both the Senate and House that the tarift bill might be allowed to fail so as to retain the flexible tariff provision that is in the present rdney- McCumber act, gives encouragement to the plan that has been discussed se- cretly by House strategists. Briefly they propose to let the totter- ing Hawley-Smoot tariff bill die when it comes back from the Senate. Then the Fordney-McCumber tariff ~act, which initiated the “flexible tariff” pro- vision, would operate. Under this President Hoover could say to the Tariff Commission: “Extensive hearings have been held in both House and Senate showing the need for increases in tariff duties. I want you to make a careful study of those hearings and of other informa- tion you have available, and to report to me with recommendations on all agricultural products, and on certain other industrial products regarding the need for protection.” The President could then, on such recommendations, exercise his author- ity to increase duties up to 50 per cent of present duties. Commodities that really must have protection could get it. ‘Those who have proposed this scheme argue that it would be a notable dem- onstration of the economic soundness of giving the President such tariff- making power, for the protection of American industry in the event that Congress fails to act. The people would know 'just where the blame lies. Those who have been demanding undeserved protection for certain schedules under the threat of otherwise preventing the acceptance of needed duty increases would be eliminated from the “give and take” and log-rolling of congressional tariff tinkering. The tariff hi-jackers would be thwarted. The undue activ- ities of iobbyists would prove futile. ‘The President’s position with country would be strengthened—where certain of his political opponents thought they) “had him in a hole.” Playing of politics in the Senate would get a deserved black eye. TARIFF CLEAVAGE MAY CARRY OVER Administration Leaders Won- der if Senate Split Will Go Into Regular Session. By the Associated Press. ‘The tariff struggle most probably will carry into the regular session of Con- gress beginning next month and admin- istration leaders are beginning to won- der if the deep schism in the Repub- lican ranks of the Senate on the farm relief and the tariff proposals of Presi- dent Hoover is going to continue, too. Hopes for Passage About Gone. “Out of the trenches by Christmas” is the cry now being heard as the weary Senators plug determinedly away on the tariff bill. Hopes for passage of the measure by the Senate befc @ December, when the regular session of Congress opens, have about been abandoned. T ooking for some sort of respite be- fore the long grind on regular legisla- tion begins, Senators on both sides of the aisle are beginning to adjournment of the ‘?fi Indications, however, t to an ad- Jjournment only over the week end of Thanksgi Y. ‘Whether the Senate finally of the tariff bill before nmm day, the ensuing conferences between the Senate and House over an adjust- ment of their differences on this legis- seem to extend into next year, and the tariff is now looked upon as & necessary item on the regular session program. Meanwhile, the firmly united band of Western Republican independents, who stood together through the farm relief contest and in the tariff struggle in opyulunn to the Hoover policies, is holding the balance of power in the Senate. With almost solid Democratic support this coalition virtually is writing the tariff bill. Vare Question Is Up. Going into the regular session, the Senate will have to lay aside the tariff for a few days, if it is not already passed by then, to determine the right of Wil- liam 8. Vare of Pennsylvania to a Sen- ate seat. It has agreed to take up the Vare case at the start of the next ses- sion. At least, a week is expected to be occupied with this three-year-old row. With Vare and the tariff before the Senate, a program carrying it at least until Christmas is mapped out. The House by that time will have the first of the many annual appropriation bills over to the Senate. In disposing yesterday of the contest on the manganese ore tariff rate, the Senate put behind it one of the high ints of controversy in the tariff leg- lation. By a vote of 60 to 18 a duty of 1 cent a pound was placed upon manganese, whereas the finance com- mittee proposed to place this product, used in the steel industry, on the free list. The line-up showed the West and South almost solid in opposition to the industrial East, with the latter group mustering only 18 votes. Increase in Tariff On Salad Bowls Held Justified by Reed By the Associated Press. A set of salad bowls was ex- hibited in the Senate yesterday to answer statements that a higher tariff would impose a burden on the American housewife. Holding up the bowls, Senator Reed, Republican, gf Pennsyl- vania, said they were produced in Germany for 43 cents. To this he added 32 cents for transpor- tation and payment of the pres- ent duty, bringing the total landed cost here to 75 cents, and sald the set was sold by a New York department store for $2.50. “Still it's pretended,” the Penn- sylvanian said, “that an addi- tional duty of 5 cents would hurt the consumer.” The increase was voted down three days ago by the coalition of Democrats and Republican in- dependents. TROUBLE SPROUTS IN LILY FLOCKS AS BUYERS FIND BULBS ARE ROCKS| 2 Bold Blonde a Bargain Offers in Fashion Sunny, Leaving Wives ‘to Mourn Lost Money. By the Assoclated Press. EVANSTON, II., November 8—A blonde was selling “lily bulbs” to_all who would, and sundry. Housewives seemed to like them, the way they spent their nwnelf. Two dollars each the blonde girl , and lhrlt;nn thl:: mmI for four; bargain-hunting usewives liked the latter deal far more. They put the bulbs in waler howls el and placed them where 'twas sunny; then waited for thebulbs to sprout | this retums upon their money. A week the housewives waited for the lily bulbs to sprout. Another week they waited; but the lilies came not out. Yesterday they told lice. Com- plaints were made in ks. Police found that the lily “bulbs” were noth- ing more than roc‘;. . ALLEN MY FLE ARPEAL TODAY Attorney Indicates Plea to Be Based on Haste of Trial Board. A notice of appeal from the trial board’s verdict convicting Policeman Robert J. Allen en charges of insubordi- nation and conduct unbecoming an offi- cer and sentencing him to dismissal from the force probably will be filed | with the District Commissioners this | afternoon, it was indicated today at the i office of H. Ralph Burton, one of the | officer’s attorneys. A Allen has three days left in which to note the appeal and thus stay the im- | position of the sentence pending a re» view of the case by the Commissioners, \» if the appeal is entertained, but the officer’s attorneys, it was said, do not intend to postpone the action until the eleventh hour. The appeal will be based, it has been announced, on the haste in which the trial board reached its verdict and on the ground that the punishment decreed is out of proportion to the offense. Findings Before Commissioners. The trial board’s findings are now be- fore the Commissioners, who, accordin, to custom, will take no action until Tuesday unless the appeal is noted in the meantime. With the Allen case disposed of as far as they are concerned, police officials virtually completed preparations today for the trial of Capt. Robert E. Doyle, suspended commander of the eighth precinet, whose outspoken defense of the policeman caused Maj. Henry G.| Pratt, superintendent of police, to charge him with insubordination. Doyle's trial, already twice delayed at the request of his attorneys, is set for Monday, and according to present in- dications, there will be no further con- tinuance. Doyle visited the District Building yesterday afternoon and as a result :l:;n)or;o lv‘lere clx;cullted that the vet- ice captain proposed to seek voluntary- retirement to avoid facing the trial board, two attempts to_settle the case amicably having failed. Doyle, however, emphatically denied the- re- ports and declared he had no desire to retire. Maj. Pratt also said he knew of no efforts on the part of the sus- pended officer to seek retirement. Gapt. Doyle is now under medical treatment at the direction of the Police and Fire Department medical exams ining board for high blood pressure and has been warned that unless he re- sponds to this treatment he may be ordered before the retiring and relief board. With 40 years of service w his credit he could retire voluntarily on half of his present salary of $3,000 a year. The rumors were to the effect that Capt. Doyle would rather retire volun- tarily on half pay than to face possible dismissal sho he be convicted by a police trial board. Those in authority at the District Building, however, point out that should the officer be convicted, it is not likely that the trial board would sentence him to removal from the force, the most drastic pen- alty it could impose. Doyle’s long rec- ord of service, which has remained un- blemished since 1893, it was explained, would serve to mitigate the punish- ment. .. VESSEL IS MISSING AFTER CALL FOR AID § 08 Off Southern California Coast Heard Last Night, Search Still Being Made. By the Assoclated Press. » SAN PEDRO, Calif, Novémber 8.— Maritime and naval authorities still were searching today for a ship reported to have broadcast an S O S call off the Southern California coast last night. Commercial broadcasting was halted when the mine sweeper Ortolan reported it was to the aid of a ship afire near Encinitas, but no off the further distress lgl’l ‘were reported. The marine ex radio rm and the Point Loma Naval Sta jon at San | arsenal Diego did not hear the reperted 8.0 8, but said they had been L..ormed from various sources that a ship tried re- peatedly to break through the com- mercial broadcast with distress signals. All vessels cruising along the coast were asked by the marine radio station here to keep a sharp watch between here and San Diego. Belief grew that the reported distress signals may have come from a fi vessel, many of whom carry small radio outfits to report their catches to shore. Cawthon Confirms Wedding. GAINESVILLE, Fla, November 8 (). —Rainey Cawthon, captain of the University of Florida foot ball team, last night configned the statement of County Judge J. C. Sale of Bronson that he and Miss Sarah Payne of Nashville had been secretly married at Bronson August 15, only to go through a second eeremony at the Little Church Around ahe Corner in New York City last Sun- ay. J. D. Robinson Dies. TOLEDO, Ohio, November 8 (#).— Jefferson D. Robinson, 68, president of the Libbey Glass Manufacturing Co., and one of the leaders in establishing the glass manufacturing center of To- ledo, died here today. Mothers Organize To End Debutante Parties at 3 AM. Explain Eligible Young Men Cannot Attend and Go toWork Next Day. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 8.—A band of 70 mothers oi this year's crop of de- butantes is intent on & 3 a.m. curfew. their slogan in the n{e dancing till dawn and later among the younger set, :l‘mae parties their daughters will attend this season. The expectation is that eligi- ble young men now can attend les ry Hammond, ident of the New York Parents’ League, said: “The movement for early hours now on trial in New York is being watched by Junior Parents’ Leagues over the country. It is up to us to make it fash- ionable to have ear] N early, but now we like them, we find we can to Mrs. Yorke Allen sald thal dance at which her New Dawes Collar AMBASSADOR DAWES Surprised Washington newspaper men yesterday when he appeared in a con- ventional wing collar, abandoning the familiar V type which he wore while Vice President.—Associated Press Photo. WORKERS CHARGE PAY INEQUALITIES Federal Employes Outline Grievances to Classificatjon Board at Hearing. Complaints against what were de- | scribed as the lack of a departmental policy of handling civilian personnel, absence of a promotion system and a pay schedule that compared unfavor- ably with that for similar work in other Federal establishments or in private employment were made by civilian em- g}oyes of the War Department appear- g before the Personnel Classification Board today to present information the board is seeking in making its classifi- cation of the Federal field service. Representatives of employes at work in a civilian capacity at various Army stations, who are members of unions of the National Federation of Federal Em- ployes, were presented to the board by Luther C. Steward, federation president. They followed other witnesses appear- ing yesterday. Conditions_surrounding the work of marine employes on vessels in and around New York Harbor were described by J. T. Rhodes, master of the steamer Gen. Canby, United States Quartermas- ter Corps. Hours are longer and pay is less on Government boats, he said, t! for any similar work in the employ of the City of New York or in private em- ploy in the same locality. Resent Charge for Meals. That employes on vessels of the pa- trol fleet, assigned to the su) of New York Harbor, average 110 hours a week and have approximately $500 a year charged against them for meals and quarters, whether or not they are used, was the statement of William A. Pye, master of the United States patrol boat Lamont. Gustave J. Wilfson of the utilities Cor stationed pa pal or private employment in the Met~ ropolitan area. Frank J. Cacciola, fore- man krcktr at the Army supply base, Brooklyn, which was represented as fur- nishing supplies for United States troops whereever located, declared that the rate of pay for this skilled work is on an av- erage lower than that of unskilled la~ borers in outside employ and less than the pay of laborers in the postal service. G. R. Prank inspector of clothing, H termaster Corps, Philadelphia, outlined the technical qualifications of on clothing and textile the Army. Employes at the War Department 1 at Picatinny, N. J., were repre- sented by William Farr, who told of the hnn;loun mcl;nactfir :pf! n;‘!’m task odt manufactur: e: ves. Skille workers in t.hl:mimlerous pursuit re- ceive the pay of common laborers, he said, and much of the work is so harm- ful to the health of employes that they may be assigned only 10 days at a time to the actual of poisonous chemicals which go into the making of explosives. When they are withdrawn from this work after they have been poisoned while on duty they are as- signed other work and receive a sub- stantial reduction in pay, Mr, Farr said. FUNERAL RITES HELD FOR JESUIT EDUCATOR Friend of Father fieber Officiates at Services in Holy Trinity Church. Funeral services for Rev. Lewis S. . J., 71, eminent Jesuit educator tor of Holy Trinity , suddenly Tuesday at wn _Hospital, were held thi at Holy Trinity. Bi: ) league of Father Weber, Burial was in the Facuity Cemetery at Georgetown University. Born at Colmer, Alsace-Lorraine, in 1858, of French parents, Father Weber came to this country following the close of the Franco-] War. han | ex-service men and their families, DONALD SCORES IN THIRD VICTORY Government Weathers Three Storms, With Lloyd George as Opponent in Two. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, November 8.—Prime Min- ister Macdonald’s Labor government has weathered its third storm within a week in the British House of Commons and now apparently faces clearer sail- ing immediately ahead. ‘The third victory, gained yesterday, disposes for several months of criticism of policy in India and leaves the Simon commission on Indian statutory reform | free to continue its work. ‘Win Approval After Fight. Previously this week the Laborites had their way in gaining tacit approval for the unemployment schemes of J. H. Thomas, lord privy seal, and in actual approval of arrangements which had been made for resumption of relations with Soviet Russia. After a debate lasting most of yes- terday the Commons voted withdrawal of a motion offered by a Conservative questioning wisdcm of the recent declar- ation of Lord Irwin, viceroy, on even- tual attainment of dominion status for India. In the course of the debate the Com- mons heard Stanley Baldwin, Conserva- tive leader, tell how he had agreed to Lord Irwin’s declaration, but later with- drew his approval; heard a Labor min- ister answer rather sharply David Lloyd George, Liberal leader, upon | whose pleasure the life of the Labor government may depend, and heard Sir John Simon, Liberal, himself plead Labor’s cause. | Lloyd George Opposes. Capt. Wedgewood Benn, secretary of state for India, said he hoped the people of India would realize Lloyd George represented only a handful of the mem- bers of the Housc of Commpns. Lloyd George yesterday- was in op- position to the government for the sec- tond time within the week, having as- sailed the unemployment schemes of J. H. Thomas. He approved resump- tion of relations with Soviet Russia, however. - |PHILADELPHIA VETS WILL HONOR UNKNOWN Shriners Also Will Place Wreath at Washington Monument in Exercises Here Tomorrow. World War veterans, 150 Shriners of Lulu Temple, Philadelphia, will march to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in full upiform and equipment tomorrow to place a wreath. Three volleys will be fired and “Taps” sounded. Accompanied by 250 other Shriners, the, will arrive by special train at 11 o'cbc{ tomorrow morning. The party will be by a band and bugle corps. Later the visitors will be greeted at the White House and will go from there tb the Washington Monument to lace another wreath. After inspect- g the Scottish Rite Temgh at Six- teenth and S streets, the S| rs will entrain for Philadelphia early tomor- row night. FALL AND FAMILY LEAVE FOR SOJOURN IN TEXAS Former Secretary of Interior '-lll Await Action on Appeal From Bribe Conviction. Albert B. Fall, former Secretary Interior, accompanied by Mrs. Fall i:d‘ their two daughters, was en route to El Paso, Tex., today, having left Wash- ington yesterday afternoon. In the home of Mrs. C. C. Chase, one of the daughters who was with him here, he will await action on his appeal from conviction on a charge of accepting & bribe in the leasing of the Elk Hills na- val l":l‘ll Treserve. was sentenced to a year :lnd fined $100,000 on lh:bflberymc\’):le Mrs. Jouett Elliott, and H. C. Clunn, hu"anm".‘m pleted the party, which left here yes~ —— DEMOCRAT TAKES FIELD FOR KENTUCKY SENATOR Judge M. M. Logan to Be Candi- date for Nomination Against Frederic M. Sackett. By the Associated Press. dependent Order of Odd Fell and member of the Kentucky col?r:‘ of A) ’ peals, yesterday announced his un&- g(.lea;y tu{:okry Unl‘v;jd tst,nte.s Senator from , Subject to the Democra prl;n;ry lection in 1930, e u re-election. The term of Senator A. W. f;araugy, Democrat, does not expire until First Woman Dines in Club. NEW YORK, November 8 ~—The tradition that no woman nung?- din- ner in the private dining rooms of the Union League Club was broken yester~ day when the sea safety medal was awarded to Dr. Reginald A. Fessenden. The break was made for Fras kins, State industrial commissioner, who attended the presentation in an official capacity because of her interest in safety. Foreign Speculation Curbed. RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, 8 (#)—The Banco do Bflsfl‘;ommu; issued a statement to newspapers say- ing it would continue to furnish money for legitimate business, but would not supply foreign exchanges for - S35 “detend \ise1f against th nlpetllb-m tion of certain foreign hna.e' Wv"v Playing Cards Are Desired by the Patients at Walter Reed Hospital Army veterans at Walter Reed Hospital welcome gifts of new or slightly used Playing ., These may be left at the Business Office of The Star, which is glad to serve both the public and the in- valids as forwarding agents. Not only can but Chess Checker Sets, — s‘.‘d daughter Carolyn | the Yorke Allen will be introduced to so-!in clety December 6 o'clock and dancing