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THE - EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1930. SOVIET MANGANESE| ORE BAN IS URGED Senator Oddie Asks That MARYLAND NEWS 10 GANGEL DEBTS Will Drop Claims for Sums CUTINU. S. TRADE | WITH CANADA SEEN Conservatives’ Tariff Meas- ures Are Expected to Reduce Imports. @pecial Dispatch to The Star. TORONTO, July 30 (N.AN.A.)—The establishment of the protective tariff policies of the new Conservative gov- ernment, which will ‘e foffied &s 'a | result of yesterday's Canadian election, probably will effect considerable reduc- tion in the volume of the United States export trade to Canada. Any estimate of the loss of this business to American manufacturers is impossible until ‘the tariff changes proposed by R. B. Ben- nett, who becomes Canada’s prime minister, are revealed at the Autumn special session of Parliament, which the Conservative chieftain pledged him- self to summon. i There is, however, little doubt that early tariff readjustments promised by Mr. Bennett will include retributive provisions against the products of the United States. During the last session of Parliament and throughout his cam- paign, -the Conservative leader urged the necessity of a rejoinder to the re- cently increased United States tariff and Conservatives in Canada feel that they owe their success to the desire of the Canadian people for protection to home industry and products unlns!,l foreign compctition. Dominion Considered First. o Even in trade with other parts of the British Empire, Mr. Bennett has indi- cated Canada will be his first considera- tion and while he will put forward every effort toward t?a dev!lopm;n::rfe::ep:& trade, all preferences an granted hprlnndl to the motherland or to her sister dominions will have to be mutually advantageous to both parties. Canadian capitalists and industrialists today refused to make any estimate of the extent of the curtailment of United States export trade to Canada, but a definite spirit of optimism was evident. Sir Joseph Flavelle, Toronto capitalist, reputed to be at least 60 times a mil- lionaire, declared it would be impos- sible for him even to guess the amount of the loss to the United States in trade, and no estimate would be pos- sible, he said, until the Conservative tariff plans had been announced. Reticent Over Plans. The prime minister-elect, Mr. Ben- nett, was reticent to reveal any of his laps. -Although formation of a Con- servative government was assured by the party’s majority. of 20 seats in Parliament, he said any announcement or statement today would be premature. “Success was never achieved through premature statements. From time to time the people of Canada will learn of my policies,” he said. Stock movements on Canadian mar- kets today indicated greater confidence British dirigible which is now on_her Montreal, Canada. the R- At the top is a view of the luxurious dining room of the R-100, the lhll} first Atlantic passage from London to Lieut. Comdr. Sir C. Denistoun Burney (inset), designer of , is one of her passengers. Below is an interior of the pilot room of the ship, taken on a recent trial fiight. —A. P. and P. & A. Photos. LOG OF R-100 By the Associated Press. All times are Eastern standard. Monday. 9:45 pm.—Left Cardington, England, for Montreal, Canada. ‘Tuesday. 1 am.—Over Chester, England. 3 am—Passed Douglas, Isle of Man. 4:17 am.—Sighted off Donaghade, County Down, Northern Ireland. 4:40 a.m.—Over Larne, Northern Ire- m.—Passed Rathlin Island, orthern Ireland. 5:3¢ a.m.—Through the Mull of Kin- tyre, the aarrow channel separating in Canada’s industrial future with a Conservative government at the helm, and certainly that confidence is based on the assurance of protective tariffs. Key stocks, such as textiles and agricul- tural :mplements, displayed. strength on Canadian exchanges, despite the fact that the trend on Wall Street was downward. W Altogether, there is every evidence that the new government will erect a tariff barrier, making it more difficult for manufactured products of the United States to enter Canada to any advantage. 12 (Copyright, 1930, by North American News- paper Alliance.) MEXICAN DIPLOMAT DIES MEXICO CITY, July 30 (#).—Jose F. Godoy, yriter and diplomat, died at his home today. He was 79 years old. Senor Godoy représented Mexico in many conferences ~with the United States prior to -900 and was secretary of the second Pan-American Confer- ence in Washington in that year. He was first secretary of the Mexican em- bassy in Washington from 1896 to 1903 and was charge d'affaires three times. Later he was Minister to Cuba and to various Central American republics. At one time he was consul in San Fran- cisco. He wrote a dozen books in Eng- lish and Spanish. In recent years he grn to newspaper writing, reviewing exspo’s history for Excelsior. Ex-Banker Denies Fraud Charge. CLEVELAND, July 30 (®.—J. Casey, former president of the Citizens National Bank of Gallion, Ohio, pleaded not guilty when arraigned in Federal Court here today on charges of misapplying bank funds and of fal- sifying the bank's records. Federal . bank examiners have reported a short- age in the bank's accounts in excess of $160,000, allegedly caused by Casey's manipulations, BAND CONCERTS. United States Capitol, 7:30 o’clock tonight, by the -United States Marine Band, Taylor Branson, leader; Arthur 8. Witcomb, Aecpo;ld leader, conductor. ogram. Grand march, “La Reine de Saba” Gounod Overture, “Mountains of the North” Idyl, “Indian Summer”. «oo.Herl (requeste Prelude to “Die Meistersinger,” Wagner Quartette from “Martha,” 'Good Night” Arthur 8. Witcomb, Nicholas Cicchese, William F. Santelmann and Robert E. Clark. Grand scenes from “Le Cid"..Massenet Recitatives by Henry Weber, clarinet; 4 John P. £ By the United States Navy Band, this evening, at the bandstand in the navy yard. The program will start at 7:30 ‘o'clock, with Charles Benter, leader, and Charles Wise, assistant leader, The Drogram: March, “Jack Tar”... Overture, “Militaire”. Solo for cornet, “A Sol Bandmaster D. de Giorgio. Excerpts from the musical comedy, De Sylva Andante from “5th Symphony,” Beethoven ‘Lucia Di ... Donizettl Scenes from the opera “I Lammermoor” . Italian serenade, (“Spring’s Awakening. Excé;pu from “The Chocolate Sol- ‘Waltz de concert, “Venus on Earth,” Lincke Ballet music from “Romeo and Juliet”........ Gounod March, “Spirit of “An By the United States Army Band, his evening, in the Sylvan Theater, ‘on the Monument grounds, at 7:30 o'clock. The program: ational Vaudeville Ar- 5 tarmard ‘World Overture, Selection, War.” .....Strauss Northern Ireland and Scotland. 7 a.m—Passed Oversay Isle, off the coast of Scotland. 9 am—30 miles off the coast of Northwest Ireland. 11:18 a.m.—Position 205 miles at sea off North Irish coast. 3 p.m.—338 miles off Irish west coast, making good progress. 7 p.m.—473 miles off Ireland. 10:17 pm—Communicated with steamship Montclaire. * Wednesday. 2:15 am.—About 900 miles due west southern tip of Ireland, half way be- tween Ireland and Cape Race, New- foundland. 7:00 a.m. Eastern standard time— About 700 miles from Belle Isle. 12:30 p.m.—Approaching the Straits of Belle Isle. R-100 DUE TO REACH MONTREAL GOAL BY 6 P.M. TOMORROW (Continued From First Page.) evenly. The crew and passengers settled down to a normal life, eating, sleeping and chewing gum in lieu of smoking. No one may smoke because of the dan- ger of lsml‘lnga"-he inflammable gas which fills the ‘The_route originally mapped was to cross England to Liverpool, then head northwestward past the Hebrides Is- £ |1ands—off the northwest coast of Scot- land—and up toward Cape Farewell, Greenland. Winds favorable at the start became adverse, however, and the R-100 cut over the Irish Sea Liverpool, passing ~ver the Isle of Man and through the Mull of Kintyre, the narrow chan- nel separating Northern Ireland and Scotland. Thereafter she passed over Rathlin Island, over Malin Head, Ul- ster, and thence southwestward on the Great Circle course. Forty-four persons, including eight passengers, are aboard the craft. Most noted among them are Sir C. Denistoun Burney, the designer, and Maj. E. H. Scott, famous airship commander. The commander of the flight, however, is Squadron Leader R. 8. Booth. FOSTER IDENTIFIED BY POLICEMAN AS SLAYER OF LINGLE (Continued From Pirst iage) bean patch in a Western suburb last night, shot and hacked to death. He was on a visit from Racine, Wis,, and his relatives could assign no cause for his slaying. He had apparently been hauled to a previously designated place and dispatched brutally despite his cries of terror that aroused residents of the sparsely settled countryside. The grand jury, which has heard from several newspapermen in regard, to general charges of Harry Brundidge of St. Louis that many other journalists besides Lingle were involved in illegal collections of money from racketeers and former Commissioner of Police William P. Russell, today got the re- ROGers | port of the special board of strategy that has been trying to garner evi- dence in the Lingle case. ‘The report of this board was given by Patrick Roche, special investigator for the State’s attorney, Charles F. Rathbun, Tribune attorney, and James McShane, assistant State's attorney. ‘The jury will expire tomorrow. No in- timation has been given that it has found any solution of the Lingle case or of the alleged alliance between poli- tics and crime. MEXICO TO CY)NSIDER NEW ALIEN LAND WAR By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, July 30.—El Univer- sal Grafico yesterday printed a sum- Almazan on his recent trip to the northern border States of u':dm represent as urg- ing reacquirement by the land owned by fore! mary of what it declares will be the re- port of Secretary of Communications overnment of ers in Lower Cal- STEEL SALARIES SOUGHT BY FOES Merger Opponents Also Move Today to Check Transac- tions Prior to April 8. By the Associated Press. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, July 30.—A more nearly complete figure as to the salaries and bonuses paid to officials of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, and more information as to the stock trans- actions that preceeded the meeting of the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. stockholders April 8 were sought today by foes of the merger of the two com- panies. The attorneys for the merger foes are especially interested in the amount of salary paid to Charles M. Schwab, chairman of the Bethlehem board. They want the amount read into the record of the trial of the suit to enjoin con- summation of the meérger, in progress here, before Judge David G. Jenkins. It already has been brought out in the testimony at the trial that Eugene G. Grace, Bethlehem president received a salary of $12,000 a year and a $1,623,~ 753 bonus in 1929, and that bonuses of six Bethlehem vice gl’esld!nts in 1929 ranged from $110,077 to $375,784. Attention to the bonuses is expected to be given after testimony is completed regarding the voting of proxies at the April 8 meeting, where the merger was approved by a two-thirds majority. Testimony as to the purchase of blocks of Sheet & Tube stock prior to the meeting is to be taken from W. J. Morris, Sheet & Tube vice president. Copies of the contracts for ore pur- chased by Sheet & Tube from Pickands, Mather & Co. of Cleveland are expected to be added to the trial exhibits, as well as the $800,000 check with which Pickands, Mather & Co. repaid a loan from Bethlehem for the purchase of Sheet & Tube stock prior to April 8. e | PROBE OF MURDER | SHIFTS TO CHICAGO FOR PISTOL TESTS (Continued From First Page) evidence found hard by the wood- fringed golf course of the Virginia club gave rise to this theory earlier in the investigation. As a matter of fact the actual scene of the crime has not been established. ‘Three jurisdictions are involved, Fed eral District and Virginia, and there fore a triple interest in the strange case has been developed. It is because of the possibility the girl was slain on Federal territory that the United States is defraying the cost of the present p. PROBE AT STANDSTILL HERE. All Activity Centers on Results of Test in Chicago. ‘The scene of the Baker murder in- quiry today shifted to Chicago. There the moot question of whether on April 11 is that which'is claimed by Herbert M. Campbell is being put up to another noted authority on ballistics, Maj. Calvin Goddard. Two other ex- ‘Wilmer Souder of the Bureau of Stand- tigation of the slaying were at a stand- still here. William C. Gloth, Commonwelth at- torney of Arlington County, announced that no witnesses would be questioned or other steps taken in the case until Ma). Goddard had finished intricate tests with the bullets taken from the Navy clerk’s body. ‘The decision to cago with the take.” not_supported by Inspector Willlam 8. Shelby, chief of the Washington Detec- tive Force, tion the report of Dr. Souder. Campbell's weapon. were no developments in the lan of Charles Henry plan rles Henry Smith, - Alexan. Compiled by Willlam J. Stannard | ifornia, with the object of colonizing it | Campbell from the Arlington County ‘Three dances from “Henry vmd'; No. 1, Morris Dance. No..2, Shep- herds’ Dance, No. 3, “Prelude in G Minor” March, Torch Dance. inoff with Mexicans. He urges that this will | jail, where he is held e on a charge of murder. The la stood firm now living n the United States and out | announced lnw'nmr e TMAD | offer & means of 1i of employment. ‘The recommendations favor of legislation to Reeves ers from obta after in Lower California. tions of seek! of corpus knowledge of the crlnefl. the gun which took Mary Baker’s life perts, Lieut. John Fowler of the Met- ropolitan Police Department and Dr. ards already have decided that the Campbell weapon was used in the slay- Meanwhile all activities in the inves- send Hardy to Chi- valued evidence was reached yesterday by J. Edgar Hoover, director of the Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Justice. He was requested to take this step by Gloth as & result of the insistence by counsel for Campbell that “the expert made a mis- ‘The request of Gloth that the articles be sent to Northwestern University was because the latter sald he believed there was no reason to ques- Shelby also pointed to the fact that Lieut. Fow- ler also was convinced that the bullets which killed Miss Baker were fired from , to obtain the release of writ - 1n | eased betore the end 'of the woer: " Embargo Be Placed on Product From Russia. By the Associated Press. Senator Oddie of Nevada.today asked the Treasury Department to place an embargo against the importation of manganese ore from Russia. He said, in a letter to Assistant Sec- | retary Lowman, a crisis existed in; the American manganese industry, and | he had been informed the Soviet gov- ernment was dumping its products here. Oddie’s request came while Treasury officials were studying the protest of the Amtorg Trading Corporation, offi- cial Soviet business agency, against an embargo placed on Russian pulp wood. He is the third Senator to ask that steps be taken to prevent the importa- tion of Russian products. Senators Reed of Pennsylvania and Black of Alabama have urged that something be done to keep out Russian anthracite and lumber. Treasury officials are investigating circumstances surrounding the produc- tion of lumber in Russia. An embargo may be placed against any Russian ! product if it is determined convict labor figured in its production. Other- wise a tariff increase of 50 per cent because of “dumping” is the only re- source. ‘While agitation continued for whole- sale prohibition of imports from Russia, in connection with the pulpwood issue, | authoritative word came that the Amer- | ican Government would not take such | action and would not let the question of its diplomatic non-recognition of Russia affect the trade relations of the two_countries. ‘The recent order barring shipments of Russian pulpwood on the ground it was partially produced by convict labor, met with determined protests yesterday from the Amtorg Trading Corporation, which handles Russian trade interests in this country, and from American paper manufacturers, ship owners and charterers, as well as an organization of stevedores. The appellants asked that if the or- der was not cancelled its applications be postponed 90 days to prevent serious loss to the manufacturers, shipping in- terests and the laborers deriving their livelihood from unloading the vessels. Decision in Two Days. A decision on these appeals was promised within two days. Lowman yesterday, however, said no one had shown convict labor had not entered into production of the pulp. He gave the Russians leave to submit any evi- dence on this point. Under the tariff law convict-made goods are barred from entry, whatever the country or origin. The act also in- cludes provision for raising duties to prevent dumping, or sale in this country of manufactured products at prices lower than those obtaining in the ex- porting nation. The latter phase of the law recently has been invoked against Russian matches. J. 8. Makodzub, vice president of the Amtorg, the official Russian commercial organization, introduced a cablegram from the head of the exporters, which controls all Russian exports, in which he denied that convict labor had been used in producing lumber. It was asked that this cablegram and other evidence submitted when Lowman admitted two ship loads of spruce lumber, be accepted as fiemn. upon the pulpwood question. Admission Is Asked. George E. Nelson, vice president of the West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co., urged Lowman to admit the pulpwood that was here or on the high seas. He said that his company had purchased it in good faith and needed it to keep their mills in operation. F. H. Weeks, representing an organ!- zation of New York stevedores, urged that the Treasury admit the pulpwood to provide work for longshoremen who needed work. He said Matthew Wool, a vice president of the American Fed- eration of Labor, had no authority to speak for the longshoremen in urging that all Russian imports be prohibited. Kenneth' Gardner and C. V. Tha venot, representing the Spanish-Amer- ican line, an American corporation, urged delay in enforcing the order, say- ing that it would cost their firm large amounts if the pulpwood were not ad- mitted. They said the company had chartered 34 vesseis from other owners | to carry pulpwood. WOLL PROBING ITALY. Head of Wage Earners Conference In- vestigates Itallan Use of Convict Labor. NEW YORK, July 30 (#).—Matthew Woll, president of the American Wage Earners Conference which protested to the Government against the importation of products from Soviet Russia on the grounds that they are produced by con- vict labor, yesterday said his organiza- tion was investigating reports that con- vict made goods were being imported from Italy. “We have not as yet investigated the situation” as regards imports from Fascist Italy,” Mr. Woll said, “but we have no hesitation in saying that our attitude on imports of convict labor origin from Italy or any other courtry will be no less hostiie than is our stand on similar imports from Soviet Russia. “American labor has no more sym- pathy for Itallan Fascism than it has for Russian Communism. In both countries labor is enslaved and our mp:chy goes out to the workers of Mr. Woll said, however, his organiza- tion had no information tending to show that Italian Fascism was attempt- ing to impose its system, its philosophy and its social and economic systems upon other countries “as the Russian Soviet government is doing.” A statement issued today by the Com- munist party, United States of America (majority group), said the organization had asked the National Broadcasting Co. for time on the air to “defeat the drive led by Matthew Woll against the Soviet Union and the left wing forces in the American labor movement.” The statemient said no answer to its request had been received. ADMINISTRATION FAILS TO SEE SOVIET THREAT IN AMTORG’S ACTIVITIES __(Continued From First Page.) here, and this is known to reflect the administration’s attitude. It is assumed that American firms will continue to be encouraged to sell their products to the Russians for building up a larger foreign trade. Banking connections and credit de- posits have been arranged so that so far as Government information is concern- ed the reports are that American com- es are being pald on a basis satis- actory to them. Ban Only Prison Goods. ‘With respect to embargoes levied by the Treasury on pulpwood, it is con- tended that this ban applies only to prison-made goods. Also it is explained by Government officials here that this is not aimed at Russia, but is a general provision of law applying to any country which uses prison labor. As a matter of fact, the same restrictions will go into effect in the domestic trade of the United States in 1935 when all prison- made goods manufactured by State governments will be prohibited from in- terstate commerce. There is little sentiment here one . ice to seek employment as charwomen. —Star Staff Photo. LOWMAN T0 TELL OF BORDER GLARD Assistant Treasury Secre- tary to Be Speaker in Radio Forum Tomorrow. Seymour Lowman, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, will tell the public “How America Guards Her Borders” in an address in the National Radio Forum, arranged by The Washington Star, and broadcast over the coast-to- coast network of the Columbia Broad- casting System, tomorrow night at 9:30. Mr. Lowman in his Treasury post is in charge of the United States Coast Guard and the Bureau of Customs, with its far-flung organization around the border, and if the new border patrol bill becomes law he would become ad- ministrator of this combined new serv- ice. The bill has passed the House and is now pending in the Senate. ‘The problems of guarding America's borders are far more extensive than the single problem of prevention of smug- gling of liquor, as Mr. Lowman well knows, and he is equipped to give picturesque and interesting word picture to the American people of the activities around the long border line of the United States, both land and water. Under the new border-patrol legisla- tion the Government would combine the activitles of several Government organizations represented on the border for a more effective, complete and uni- fled operation of Federal functions. Mr. Lowman, who has been Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, succeeding Gen. Lincoln C. Andrews several years ago, was former lieutenant governor of | the State of New York. 5,000 WOMEN SEEK TO APPLY FOR 200 GOVERNMENT JOBS (Continued From First Pi tion of blanks began that an attempt was made to “crash the gate.” Out of the 5,000 or more women who sought jobs, only the first 1,000 were given the coveted blanks to fill out. The forms for distribution were limited to that number. The first woman to receive a blank had waited in line since early last night. . She was fortified against possible thundershowers by a rain coat and carried a folding cam stool upon which she had dosed Irl night. The distribution of application blanks was done under the supervision of the application division of the Civil Service Commission. Three desks had been placed outside the front entrances of the buildings, and over these Herbert E. Morgan, James Barr, jr., and Edward L. Bennett presided. Twenty-five min- utes later, at 8:55 o'clock, the last form had been distributed. The work of the police was not done then, however, for hundreds of women still beseiged the offices until nearly 10 o'clock. Groups of colored women lingered outside on doorsteps and on the curbstone filling out the blank forms. At 9:30 o'clock about 50 had been returned and the line was forming to the right. Some of the women were bitter in their disappointment, and others philo- sophical. Owing to the monthly wage of $90 the positions are eagerly sought. A great many of those in line undoubt- edly were among the unemployed, but Civil Service officials said that the great majority were job holders who were eager for the higher wage. Many Washington® housewives, antici- pating that the supply would far ex- ceed the demand, hastened to the scene and secured cooks and maids of all work. A number of.such women were seen interviewing applicants who had been turned away and many & dis- mayed face was wreathed in smiles as a result, ‘The position of charwoman calls for a physical examination only. The staff of physicians attached to the examin- ing board was kept busy during the day examining applicants who had succeeded in obtaining the forms. Aside from the physical fitness the only other qualification is that the applicants must have reached their eighteenth but not their fortieth birthday on July 30, 1930. Ordinarily there are only about 150 positions of charwomen 'available dur- ing a year. Owing to the Government building program and the anticipated early opening of the Department of Commerce Building, it was said the number would be about 200 this year. —_— Named to Washington Post. MADRID, July 30 (#).—Jose Gomez Acebo, son of the Marques of Cortina, today was appointed first secretary of the Spanish embassy in Washington. He had been serving as second secretary of the Spanish legation in Budapest. Russia and the United States is a live matter. Little has been done by the Govern- ment itself to bring about an under- standing on commercial questions with the Moscow authorities, and there are, of course, many handicaps placed on American companies in that they do business in Russia .at thelr own risk and tem'runruy, at least, without the diplomatic aid of the American Gov- ernment, but the effort to interfere e trade SEYMOUR LOWMAN. CARPENTER SHOT BY WIFE EXPRES Mrs. Myrtle Williams Held on Murder Charge When Wounds Prove Fatal. Claude C. Willlams, 55-year-old car- | penter, of 3541 Tenth street, who was shot by his wife July 21 during a quar- rel, died at Emergency Hospital last night. Death was directly attributed to meningitis, which set in as a result of the wound caused by the entry of a | bullet through the right temple, emerg- ing through the right eye. The wife, Mrs. Myrtle Leona Wil- liams, who was released on $500 bond on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon following the shooting, was arrested today on a murder charge by Headquarters Detectives Carlton Talley and James Collins, Mrs. Willlams had been staying with friends in Lyon Vil- lage, Va. The quarrel which preceded the shooting is said to have been caused by the husband'’s refusal to adequately pro- vide for his wife. At the time of the affray the wife told police that Wil- liams had given only about $1 a day toward her support. She said his explanation was that he had been work- ing only at odd jobs. She said they returned from Florida about the first of July after Williams had lost his position with a railroad there. They had resided in Washing- ton previously. Mrs. Williams was quoted at the time hne nyig:u tt.hlnzt she married Wuunmsh.d re al years ago. Both been ‘married before. Since their return to Washington, the couple had roomed at the Tenth street address. A coroner’s inquest into the death has been called by Dr. J. Ramsey Nevitt, District coroner, for 11:30 o'clock to- morrow morning. YOUTHS OU Secure Admission to Bank and Get Away With $8,000. HILLMAN, Mich., July 30 (#).—Two young men who induced the cashier to let them in before business hours robbed the Montmorency County Sav- ings Bank here of $8,000 and an un- determined amount of securities yester- day. Willlam Hiergarth, the cashier, went to the bank with the young men and admitted them before the usual opening time after they told him they required some money immediately to complete a land deal. Baby Lin;lbergh ‘Fine, Thank You,’ Declares Father on Trip Here Assurances that the famous Lindbergh baby is “fine, you,” were voiced here yesterday than the baby's paternal parent, Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, who landed at Bolling PField at 5:30 pm., with Harry F. Guggenheim, American Ambassador to Cuba, as a passenger. Col. Lindbergh flew here from New York in his Jow-wing Lockheed Sirfus mono- lane. P hauiries as to his son’s health were among the first questions put to Lindbergh by newspaper men as he landed. He responded words and a smile, TWIT CASHIER|" CAPITAL TO BE COOL, BUT NO RAIN SEEN Relief From Severé Drought| Soon Is Held Unlikely by Weather Bureau. Although Washington will enjoy fair and cooler weather for the rest of this week, Forecaster Charles L. Mitchell of the United States Weather Bureau said today there was no expectation of rain during the next two or three days to relieve the still serious drought sit- ‘uation in nearby Maryland and Vir- ginia. Beyond wetting city streets and do- ing scarcely that to suburban lawns, Mr. Mitchell said that yesterday's rain- fall of 06 inch did “no good at all.* Maryland suburbs are drawing approxi- mately 1,500,000 gallons of water dally from the District and the situation to- day was described as “still acute” by officials of the Washington-Suburban Sanitary Commission. Heat Claims Three. Although the heat wave in Washing- ton was broken definitely yesterday, it claimed three victims. Besides former Representative Charles R. Davis of Minnesota, who died earlier in the day, two other victims succumbed during the afternoon. Willard Dumphrey, 55, of Scotland, Md., died at the;Naval Hos- pital, where he was taken after bein prostrated at his home last Monday. The other was Richard James, colored, 63 years old, of 437 New York avenue. He died after being taken to Emergency Hospital in a prostrate condition. With greatly reduced humidity to- day, Mr. Mitchell said the temperature would hardly go over 86 degrees during the afternoon. From a maximum of .8 degrees at 2:45 o'clock yesterday after- noon the rainfall caused a general de- cline until this morning at 7 o’clock the mercury touched its lowest point at 73 degrees. By 11 o'clock it had risen w0 :? degrees at the Weather Bureau sta- on, The encouraging factor today, how- ever, is the lessened humidity. It reg- istered only 44 per cent at 8 o'clock morning, compared with 89 per cent at that time yesterday. Less Water May Be Used. Continued lack of rain will bring the greatest discomfort during an other- wise comfortable period, it was explain- ed. The cooler weather, however, will have a tendency to reduce water con- sumption in Montgomery and \Prince Georges Counties, where regulatiofis against sprinkling are still effective aft- er 10 days of serious water shortage. ‘The Department of Agriculture in its weekly weather and crop bulletin, today sald local showers brought only tem- porary relief to a few sections. Com- menting on the worst drought the country as a whole has experienced in years, the bulletin said: “No actual benefit can be derived without general and generous rains over widespread Due From Montgomery County on Contracts. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., July 30.—Agree- ment of plaintiff and defendants in injunction proceedings here against Montgomery County commissioners and treasurer were reached this afternoon and the defense counsel stated that the Maryland Publishing Co. would cancel all debts owing on contracts awarded by county commissioners while three of their members were stockholders in the company. ‘The bill of complaint was filed in Circuit Court here July 7 and alleged that four of the commissioners were stockholders of the Maryland Publish- ing Co. and that as a consequence it ‘was illegal for them to let contracts for county advertising to ti Maryland News, bi-weekly newspapet printed by the publishing company. Cancelation of Stock. ‘This morning counsel for the Mary- land News, which was made a party to the suit, and the county commis- sioners told Judge Robert B. Peter that the commissioners whc owned stock had canceled their stock and that all debts owing to the Maryland News on contracts let by the commis® sioners had been canceled. Judge Peter agreed to refuse a i for an injunction provided that &: members incorporated in their formal answer a statement that all debts ow- ing to the Maryland Publishing Co. by the commissioners be canceled. This statement was made orally te the court by P. H. Marshall, counsel for the publishing company, after af torneys for the plaintiff had argued that ]ml;tw;n’m lul;lsw’;r to the bill of compla; a form the court on this point. Legal Representation. ‘The county commissioners and county treasurer were represented by Capt. Joseph C. Cissel. Walter W. Mobley, & tax payer of Derwood, Md., was repre- sented by Miss Vivian Simpson, John E. Oxley and Harold C. Smith. The answer admits that County Com- missioner Benjamin C. Perry, Shaw and Clagett C. Hilton were direc- tors and stockholders of the Maryland Publishing Co. at the time injunction proceedings were filed and that Robert L. Hickerson, another commissioner, was & stockholder, but not a director. On July 16, the answer states, the four commissioners returned their stock to the publishing company without con- sideration or promise of future re- muneration. ‘The allegation in the bill of complaint that the award of contracts for adver- tising to the Maryland Publishing Co. is without competitive bidding, is admitted in the answer, with no explanation other than the statement that the com- missioners deny that their action in this regard was in violation of any statute. Purchases Are Admitted. ‘The defendants admit that during the past several years they have purchased from the Maryland Publishing Co. quan- tities of blank forms and other neces- sary papers for use of the administra- tion of the county government, but deny that' all of the amounts shown in the treasurer’s report for the year 1929 as paid to the company were contracted by the county commissioners. Job printing by the publishing com- pany has been discontinued, the answer avers, and no bills are due the company for such work or for county advertising. On PFriday the commissioners will file an amended answer to the effect that the Maryland Publishing Co. has agreed to cancel the debts. MISSISSIPPI BARGE LINE SERVICE CUT Drought Brings Water in River Too Low to Permit Towing of Long Strings. By the Associated Press. Months-iong drought along the Mis- sissippl was blamed today for having cost the Government's Inland Water- ways Corporation $50,000 in revenues on wheat alone during the past 10 days. Maj. Gen. Thomas Q. Ashburn, chair- man of the board of the corporation, said his organization had turned down in that period 1,035,000 bushels of grain for export because the shrinking water of the big river made it impossible to navigate the customary town units of eight barges around the shallow bends. The inland waterways chief sald sec- tions of the Mississippi had dropped to a stage of 4.2 feet, the lowest recorded for July since 1860. He named the sec- tion belween St. Louis and Cairo, Ill, areas.” Farmers in the Virginia sections out- side Washington are particularly hard hit, crops withering in the fields, it was said. In some sections nearest Wash- ington, Maryland fields -are brown and seer, while other sections more distant are said to be faring better. Hall Describes Water Situation. Describing water conditions through the Maryland sanitary district as being “still acute,” but adding there was no fear for the normal household supply, Deputy Chief Engineer Harry R. Hall declared this morning the pressure was a little lower than yesterday, but with a break in the heat wave, he antici- pated a further reduction jin consump- on, ‘The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission has received reports that some Tesidents are watering their lawns at night, Mr. Hall says, but so far has confined its activities to cautioning those who flaunt the recently adopted order prohibiting sprinkling. e drastic action for violators is contem- plated, he said. ‘The completion of the Sanitary Com. mission’s third connection with the District water system, anticipated by tomorrow night or Friday morning, will make it possible for the commis- sion, by shutting down several valves, to cut off the supply of water now fur- nished Takoma Park and serve that town directly with District water, it is revealed in a formal statement on wa- ter conditions, issued by T. Howard Duckett, chairman of the Sanitary | Commission, today. Duckett’s Statement. Mr. Duckett's statement fully ex- plains the present water situation in Montgomery and Prince Georges Coun- tles, It follows; “The supply of water for Prince Georges County is coming through the station at Hyattsville and the mmmn with the District at Rhode Island avenue. On Monday the Hyatts- ville nt was only able to secure 450, gallons from the Northwest Branch, so that nearly 700,000 gallons were taken from the District of Colum- bia at e Island avenue, the total consumption in the Prince Georges area for that day being approximately 1,250,000 gallons. The Burnt Mills piant is devoted now entirely to pumping for the Montgomery area, and is using all of the water coming down the North- west Branch, amounting to 1,500,000 supply being aug- oog wou'nm mil as having suffered most. ‘The impossibility of swinging the customary string of barges, aggregating approximately 200 yards in length, around the river’s bends, he asserted, has necessitated a reduction of towing units to four and even three barges, and a consequent decrease in transportation of freight on the upper Mississippi to nearly one-half. —_——— NEW LEAGUE DELEGATION LISBON, July 30 (#).—The ment yesterday announced the appgint- ment of a new delegation to " the eleventh Assembly of the League of Nations. The delegation is headed by Comdr. rnando Branco, minister of foreign and is composed of Augusto Vasconcelos, general sacretary of the Portuguese delegation; Count Penha arcia, Dr. Vasco Queveda, Minister to Switzerland; Jose Loba Avila, technical delegate, and three secretaries. — e vern- mately 2,250,000, making about_3,500,~ 000 for the whole area. “It is possible to increase the supply from the District at Rhode Island ave- nue another 400,000 gallons per day, o that this is the margin of safety at present, but it is not sufficient to permit sprinkling or the extravagant use of water. “Notwithstanding the use of the Dis- trict water, the commission has not been able to accumulate any reserve at the Northwest Branch Reservoir the elevation gaining or losing two or three inches per day. In anticipation of a continuation of the present con- ditions, the commission yesterday be- gan another connection with the Dis- trict system at Georgia avenue. The water at this point is what is known as the District's third high service, and it will be possible by shutting down 12 to 13 valves to cut off Takoma Park en- tirely from the commission's supply and furnish it water through the Georgia avenue connection. “The water consumers throughout the area have shown splendid spirit of co-operation. which the commission ap- reciates. This is evidenced by the lact that for the four days befo'e and after July 14, the date on which the prohibition against sprinkling became effective and general warniugs were sent out, the consumption was reduced throughout the district from over six lion to slightly less than four mil- lion and this Jlatter quantity is the maximum that the commission is likel‘i to be able to furnish unless there a favorable break in weather condi-