Evening Star Newspaper, August 12, 1930, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Porecast.) Iair, continued cool tonight: tomorrow partly cloudy, not quite so cool. 81, at 2:30 Temperatures— Highest, X lowest, 56, today Full report on page 2. Closing N.Y.Markets, Pages 13,14 & 15 . yesterday; at 6 am. No. 31,514, post office, Entered as second class matter ‘Washington, D. C. AVATOR ARRESTED N AR BOMBING OFKENTUCKY MES Pilot Who Talked of Rome- to-Dallas Hop Denies Fly- ing Over Providence. MONOPLANE RESEMBLES DESCRIPTION OF RAIDER Flyer Says He Went Up Yesterday | to “Sober Up” After Sunday Night Drunk. By the Assoclated Press. MURPHYSBORO, I, August 12— Paul Montgomery, local aviator, was arrested here at 10 a.m. today by Sheriff William Flanigan for investigation in connection with the airplane bombing of mining properties in the vicinity of Providence, Ky., yesterday. ‘Three men who came here this morn- ing from the Kentucky coal field con- | ferred with county authorities, advising ! that they had some evidence on Mont- gomery. The nature of the evidence was not revealed. ‘The aviator, who had talked cf a Rome-to-Dallas, Tex., non-stop flight this Summer, declined to make any statement other than to deny he had fiown in the vicinity of Providence yes- terday or that he had any connection with the air raid. Immediately after his arrest he asked for permission to ! engage counsel. | Plane Answers Description. _Montgomery's orange and black mono- | piane answers the general description | of the ship that dropped nine bcmbs in the vicinity of Providence yesterday. He admitted having had the plane up early yesterday when he was first ques- tioned last night, but said he merely went up for a brief flight to “sober up” after having been intoxicated Sunday it reported having seen a “strange " answering the description of the bing near Pinckneyville le he was flying, but said it was too away for him to identify. Pinckney- is near here and Murphyshoro is about 90 miles from Providence, Ky. Plane Number Is 508-M. Montgomery is 24 years old. plane is No. 508-M. Reports yester- varied as to the number on the bombing plane, but one report was that it was 5088 and ancther had it 508-H. Jackson County authorities indicated Montgomery | His | | it would be held for questioning by Federal authorities. Union mine workers in Southern Illi- mois have been involved in a factional strife over control of the union for the ized near vice wever, that his union had quit the Kentucky field and declared that efforts o' o there had nothing to do with the bombing. POLICE SEEK ORANGE PLANE. Mine Officials Telegraph Description to Surrounding Cities. PROVIDENCE, Ky., August 12 (#).— Policz c? several cities today were seek- ing the owner of an orange monoplane, which yesterday swooped down and dropped nine bombs on mine properties near here. The bombing culminated a series of disorders which started when several mines reopened recently after * shutdowns because of independent strikes. No ome was injured and no damage done. Officlals of the coal companies against which the attack apparently was di- rected, as well as l\x:a‘_ll o!ll:ers'.n(el:- aphed description of the plane to sur- ‘r;\llx’]ll:ng cities, and a thorough search was started. No headway had been made early today, however, except for a report from Paul Montgomery, a Mur- physboro, 111, aviator, that he had seen a strange plane flying in the vicinity of Pinckneyville, I, yesterday. Pinck- neyville is approximately 100 miles by | afr from here. Four Bombs Were “Duds.” The air attack occurred yesterday | morning as miners were on their way | to work, and threw this city and Web- ster County into a state of intense ex- citement. Four of the mine bombs failed to explode, and the others merely | tore large holes in the ground. A mine | guard fired two shots at the’ plane, | but without effect. | A mass meeting, attend=d by miners, city and county officials, business men, | ministers and mine operators, was held | here Jast night, and speakers denounced the day's violence. Mayor J. C. Snow the support of the entire city administration in suppressing violence, and s resolution was passed expressing | confidence in both the city and county administrations. Deputy sheriffs and special guards | “(Conitinued on Page 2, Column 3) | TREE-SITTER BADLY HURT| Limb Gives 'Way With Boy After| Nearly 400 Hours. MINNEAPOLIS, August 12 (A).—Ste- phen Streleck, 16-year-old tree-sitter, | sustained a -badly fractured skull last | night when a limb on which he had been perched for nearly 400 hours gave way, plunging him 25 feet to the Nind, He was taken to the hospital a critical condition. @b WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1930—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION 55 MISSION PROPERTIES LOOTED AT CHANGSHA, HANKOW, August 12 (#)—Gov- ernment troops are reported to have evacuated Changiha yesterday and reoccupation of the city by Com- munists is said to be imminen’. ‘Thousands of Chinese are fleeing the city in terror. Hochien, governor of Hunan, re- | ports from Changsha say, has been iorturing and executing daily ap- proximately 250 Communist suspects. As a reprisal the Reds are <aid to have sworn to butcher all versors Letween the ages of 15 and 35. By the Associated Press. SHANGHAI, August 12.—Stories de- scribing the panorama of destruction of Chlgng!ha l;:-chad here today with arrival of the first- European mission- arles to revisit the Communist-ravaged city and view the ruins. CHURCHMEN SAY ‘Many Buildings Burned or Demolished. Orgy of Murder Feared in Event of -Second Red Inva;ion. ‘The missionaries succeeded in making a moderately thorough survey, despite growing fears of another Communist at- tack. Reports, not verified, indicated belief an orgy of murder, arson and looting eclipsing anything recently ex- | perienced there would occur in the | event of a second red invasion. | Church workers said both foreign and | Chinese properties were looted and burned and loss would run into millions | of dollars. | A report written at Changsha Sun- da. by a representative of the American Northern Presbyterian Mission said, enerally speaking, the city was not urned, but “heavy damage” had been inflicted. Fifty-five major foreign mission prop- erties had been looted and either burned or demolished to some extent, the report said. Several hundred Chi- (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) LOOTING CONTINUES IN INDIAN TOWNS Lawless Tribes Cut Railway From Quetta, Making Troop Movements Difficult. By the Associated Press. BOMBAY, August 12.—Looting of villages in the Sind is going on night and day without letup, although troops have been poured into the disturbed area by platoons. The lawless elements have cut the railway from Quetta, making reinforcement movements difficult. The wave of restlessness originated into surrounding villages. The troops have been guided into the ' most seriously affected points by natives well acquainted with the roads. Urgent government reports today stated the authorities were badly ham- pered in troop movements throughout the Sind. Tribesmen Withdraw. Afridi tribesmen withdrew in consid- erable numbers from the Peshawar dis- trict and from -Khajuri Plain toward tribal territory today under fire. of Royal Air Force bombers. Strong reinforcements were. senk,0- day to the general Peshawar area. armored train, fully manned by troops, left this morning for Rawal Pindl, Punjab stronghold, 90 miles southeast of Peshawar, from where they may be moved up immediately toward the city at the entrance to Khyber Pass, forti- fied by Great Britain to keep barbarian invaders out of India. The tribesmen so far have been ap- parently successful, at least in prac- tically isolating the northwest fron- tier city. All telegraph lines out of Peshawar were cut and the government at Simla, Summer capital, obtained its only information from it by means of wireless and airplanes. Salt Again Appears. AHMADABAD, India, August 12 (#). —=8alt reappeared today in the Indian Nationalists’ program of civil dis- obedience. The volunteers paraded thain thoroughfares of this for sale contraband salt W] wheeled along in a hand cart. thwneln e d mu:ld the cart. e volunieers massed aro g Several volunteers were injured and 15 were arrested. Confer With Gandhi. POONA, India, August 12 (#)—Only a few N“m-ndhgo““ omchlls ::}': on hand y when a specl arrived from Allahabad, bringing Motilal and Jawaharlal Nehru, former president of the All-India National Congress. Tl;‘l:‘lwo Nehrus left their train im- mediately and were taken by automec- bile to the Yeroda Prison, where they will con{erhvgth Mahatma Gandhi Natlonalist leader. The British government hopes by transferring the Nehrus from Allahabad Prison to Yeroda Prison to make pos- sible conversations which may bring about cessation of the civil disobedience campaign. through the city offering hich was FIRE RAGES OVER 15-ACRE TRACT NEAR FORESTVILLE Firemen From Upper Marlboro, Seat Pleasant, Capitol Heights and Volunteers Fight Blaze. By & Staff Correspondent of The s;.ul.:I FORESTV) , Md., August — Fanned by a high wind, a forest fire was raging over s 15-acre tract .near here this afterncon. Firemen from Upper Marlboro, Scat Pleasant, Greater Capitol Heights and Capitol Heights, for>st wardens and more than & aun- dred volunteers were endeavoring 0 check the flames by back-firing. Although the firc was in a tract of | iand between the Marlbor pike and the Reds Corner roads, it was visible from both highways aid County Policeman Frank Prince was stationed at the county road leading into the woods w0 keen curious moturists from entering Prince reported tha' several houses were m he path of the flames, but in ne immediate danger WHALEIS VICTOR IN HARBOR GAME, UPSETTING BOATFUL OF HUNTERS Veteran Shark Fisherman, Make Vain Attempt By the Assoclated Press. SYDNEY, New South Wales, August 12.—A 40-foot whale in Sydney Harbor gave city dwellers here foday close-up thrills of an Antarctic whale hunt. The visitor leisurely explored Port Jackson, the great harbor's main water- way, until the noted shark fisherman, Messenger, and a newspaper Charlie reporter and photographer started out in a boat to attempt a ture. ‘While thousands on harbor cra @ slong the shore looked on, and Cameraman and Reporter to Capture Mammal. | twice harpooned the whale, which dived each time and wrenched itself free. ‘When the whaling party made a third attempt from close quarters the levia- than_swept its tail across the launch, smashing the upper works and knocking M and the others into the sea. essenger ‘Then with & on a direct course past the trance, accompanied by a hooting of barbor sirens. at Sukkur last week, and spread quickly | lightning turn the whale churned the water into foam, lifted the boat’s stern out of the water and shot bor en- ndous ..TOLD TOBOOST LATI AR TRADE |Keen Competition From France and Germany Cited by Edward R. Warner. By the Associated Press. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., August 12. —Edward R. Warner, former Assistant | Secretary of the Navy for Aeronautics, | warned American commercial aviation companies in Latin America to be | “watehful” to hold their place “against | the intelligently directed and well fi- nanced efforts of French and German companies,” in speaking at the Insti- | tute of Politics today. Mr. Warner, who is a member of the National Advisory Committee for Aero- nautics, said at the round table dis- cussion of aerial navigation that “‘sub- vention is calculated to enable Amer- |ican operating companies to take a leading place in Southr and Central American and the Caribbean area.” Co-operation Is Urged. “Although companies under Amer- ican and under direction .are in competition with America, they should also be co-operating,” he sald. “Let there be competition in effi- clency and economy of operation and in equality of service, but where Prench, German and American umlwn can show savings by ir effarts, pride should no jealousy or nat prevent their doing so.” Clarence M. Young, Assistant Secre- tary of Commerce for Aeronsutics, in a paper read by Mr. Wamner stated that “eventually '.h:“ civilized nations 2 oeo‘nlu progress and value of a:rh wmmet;ee la% will co-operate to e utmost, establishing regulatio: of universal application.” e Anti-League Activities Denfed. In the round table of pan- American problems Prof. Jesse 8. Reeves of: the University of Michigan denied anti-League of Nations activity of the United States in Latin-American countries. He said that, contrary to inion expressed in some quarters, “the United States, as far as we can tell, has never attempted to dissuade any Latin-American country from join- ing the League of Nations or from 1 States. 'R-100 WILL START HOME TOMORROW Canada Flight Tests Airship for Return to England Over Atlantie. By the Associated Press. ST. HUBERT AIRPORT, MONT- REAL, August 12.—The British dirigiple R-100 will cast off from its mooring mast at 9 o'clock tomorrow night (Eastern standard time) on its return Jjourney to Cardington, England, it was announced today. A flight over Canadian cities yester- day was not without its scars. When the great ariship was being tied to its tower at 6:40 p.m. (Eastern standard time) last night, a small tear was noticed in its main envelope, and the starboard forward motor falled to function. On its Canadian visited Ottawa Infln‘%‘(’l'l?ol::: dfl‘:}"‘v‘g; twice over Niagara Falls. Refueling of the ship was begun im- mediately upon its return to this fleld. The operation was expected to take 12_hours. The Canadian trip had the twofold purpose of giving Canada a glimpse of the ship and of testing the repairs to the fins damaged on its flight across |and interfering with the fire fighters. |the TOKIO-TACOMA FLIGHT OBSTACLES REMOVED Harold Bromley Receives Permis- sion to Use Air Ports and Is Offered Maps, By the Associated Press. stacles to the projected non-stop flight of Harold Bromley, American aviator, from Toklo to Tacoma, Wash., were re- moved as the result of a consultation today with the government aviation bureau, to which Edwin L. Neville, American charge d'affaires, accompa- nied the aviator. Permission was given Bromley to use either the commercial airport at Tach- ikawa or that of the naval air base at Kasumigaura. Maps were provided and facllities offered. Bromley also was given permission to fiy his plane from Yokohama. where it is being assembled, ‘to the air fleld selecteds will | in TOKIO, August 12.—All official oh-| NATIONAL FIGURES AWAITING RESULTS OF FIVE PRIMARIES Interest Centered on Races of Norris, Nebraska, and Robinson, Arkansas. PERSONALITIES INJECTED IN OKLAHOMA FIGHT Prohibition Is Leading Question in Ohio—How Alabama Bolters Will Vote Is in Doubt. By the Associated Press. The political fate of national figures hung in the balance today as voters of five States chose party nominees for State and Federal offices. l The veteran Senator George W. Nor- ris of Nebraska faced two opponents for the Republican senatorial nomina- tion in a primary intensified in interest by his defection from the Republican ranks in 1028 to support Alfred E. Smith, the Democratic presidential nominee. In Arkansas Senator Joe T. Robin- son, Democratic leader and 1928 vice presidential candidate, faced primary opposition for the first time in 12 years. The colorful J. Thomas Heflin, Sen- ator from Alabama, was forced to step aside at today’s primary by State ers, leaving the party’s senatorial test in Alabama between John H. Bankhead of Jasper and Frederick I ‘Thompson, Mobile publisher. Heflin, however, was urging the voters to stay away from the polis today. He will run against the Democratic winner as an independent candidate in the No- vember elections. In Oklahoma and Ohio the Demo- crats selected candidates to oppose the Republican senatorial incumbents. W. B. Pine and Roscoe C. McCullo¢h, neither of whom had opposition within | their party. NORRIS CENTER OF FIGHT. con- Nebraska Voters Decide Between Con- servatism and Progressivism. LINCOLN, Nebr., August 12 (#).—Ne- | braskans decided between conservatism and progressivism today in a primary election that centered around the vet- eran Senator George W. Norris. Norris’ record in 17 years in the Sen- ate, his bolt to the Democratic presi- dential nominee in 1928, and his fre- | quent jousts with administration forces rnished campaign fodder for himself and his principal opponent, W. M. Stebbins, State treasurer. The third candidate for the Repub- lican nomination for Senator is Aaron Read, 84-year-old anti-prohibitionist, who made only one address during the campaign. Former Senator Gilbert M. Hitchcock, seeking the Democratic nomination for the Senate, is opposed by Dr. Jennie M. Callfas, former Democratic ~nationa} cnnl:g;i:uewomm. who Holted to Hoover ROBINSON HAS OPPOSITION. Little Rock Lawyer Seeks Seat of Democratic Leader. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., August 12 (P). —~8Senator Joe T. Robinson, the Senate minority leader and Democratic vice presidential nominee in 1928, today faced primary opposition for the first time in 12 years. His opponent, Tom W. Campbell, Lit- tle Rock lawyer, has stressed farm re- ""(Continued on Page 3. Column 5.) Skt i e FOUR-MASTED SCHOONER, OVERDUE, REACHES PORT Chinquigula, From South America, Traveled Less Than 50 Miles in 17 Days. By the Assoclated Press. ‘TAMPA, Fla., August 12.—The four- masted schooner Chinquiguila, which called for the aid of a Coast Guard cutter several days ago, reached port today three weeks overdue from Ven- ezuela. Capt. Fred Tibbets said the ship had been 17 days at sea in a calm that left it helpless, the sails slack, food and water almost gone. During that time the ship travelled less than 50 miles. The schooner was 33 days making port i from South America, with a cargo of | guano. The master and crew watched for 10 days before a ing vessel was sighted, Tibbets said. In response to their signals, the vessel sent a wireless call for aid to the na base at St. Petersburg. A Coast Gaurd boat went to the becalmed ship and towed it to the Tampa Bay bar and a tug brought it into port. SHIP’S MISSING OFFICER IS BELIEVED A SUICIDE Acting Captain of Fruit Steamer Disappeared While on Way From Cuba. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, August 12.—In the opin- ion of the steamer’s first officer and her regular captain, who is now on shore leave, Acting Capt. Leslie E. Large of the United Fruit Co. steamer San Gil, who disappeared while the vessel was en route from Cuba to Honduras August 1, committed suicide. . PFirst Oficer Willis Ivany said last night that Capt. Large “had been act- ing strangely on the voy:ge.’ “He seemed very much de) d,” Ivany said, “and had very little to say to any one. I thought he was de- ssed by the worries incidental to ing in command of the ship for the first time, and I did not pay any at- tention to it. I belleve he jumped over- board.” ‘Capt. William Mather, regular com- mander of the San Gil, sald something was apparently worrying Large and he was convinced he jumped into the sea. EARL CARROLL FREED y Refuses Indictment Against Producer and Eight Girls. Jur: s\ o e _ NEW YORK, August 12 (#).—Earl CGarroll and eight members of the cast of his “Vanities” were freed today of charges of enting an immoral per- formance wm a d j) fused to jury rei an against them. JINXED TOKIO PLANE CRACKS UP;| BOB WARK SERIOUSLY INJURED Wreck of I11-Fated Craft Figuring in Series of Disasters During Past Five Years Halts Pacific Flight. By the fated Press. VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Au- fl“ 12.—The wreckage of a jinx- unded airplane rested on Ladner Field here today ‘as a forlorn monu- ment to several ambitious flight projects and one of the craft’s owners, Bob ‘Wark, was d in a serious condi- tion from injuries received in its latest cruckug. Wark was injured and’ the plane dubbed the Pacific Era, was smashed yesterday when the fiyer overshot the landing field in returning to Vancouver from ‘37“ Island Air meld. nnr]he':i preparatory to resuming a project r‘l’o“{; top Xlgm from Tacoma, Wash., to o lo. Eddie Brown, er of Wark, was not in the plane, having gone to Ladner | 'of continuing the transpacific fiight as ¢ Foening Star. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the pap * ¥ (#) Means Associated Field by automobile with the expectation soon as the ship could be made ready. ‘Wark's injuries originally were thought to have been slight, but he was reported in intense pain and suffering from a high fever after being rushed to a hos- pital last night. A physician’s examina- tion was said to have revealed possible internal injuries. Built in Holland five years ago and patterned after the famous Southern Cross, the Pacific Era was intended for one of the four planes built for Maj. Pedio Zanni, Argentine flyer, for a roull;d-the-wnrld flight. It never was use Maj. C. C. Usborne, British aviator, it _stranded in Halifax, Nova (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) ST. LOUIS FLYERS NEARING RECORD Jackson and 0’Brine Plan to| Stay in Air Eight Days Beyond Mark. By the Associated Press. ST, LOUIS, August 12—The mono- plane Greater 8t. Louis, plloted by Dale Jackson ané Forest O'Brine is todey soaring nearer snd nearer to a new rec- ord for endurance refueling flying. As Jackson and O'Brine approached the present record of nearly 554 hours, held by the Hunter brothers, their plane con- tined to function well—so well, in fact, that John Hunter, a visitor at Lambert- St. Louis Pleld, said “it looks as though they have got it in the bag.” Need 31 Hours for Record. At 12 pm. today (Central standard time) Jackson and O'Brine had been circling over the field for 533 hours and had slightly less than 21 hours to g0 to equal the Hunters’ record, Under endurance flying regulations, they must remain up an additional hour to break the record. Although within sight of the record, which they formerly held, Jackson and O'Brine today had no intention of an early landing. They planned to remain in the air at least eight days beyond the present record. Jackson, speaking over the plane’s radio transmitter, even talked of staying up three weeks more. John Hunter, who acted as spokes- man for the brothers after their arrival here yesterday, assured their St. Louis rivals they would not attempt to break the record of the. Greater St. Louis this year if a new mark Is achieved. Hunters Wish Flyers Luck. “We would like to see the boys make " he , “and it looks as h have about got it in the bag. e them all the luck in the world.” ‘There was a suggestion of chagrin, however, in the well wishes of Harry Perkins 6f St. Louis, Hunters' mana- ger. The success of Jackson and O'Brine has cost the Hunters about $100,000 in contracts, which might have been forthcoming if there were not a temdency to wait and see if a netvé record was established, Perkins said. Plans were under way today for a fireworks celebration tomorrow night if Jackson and O'Brine break the record. The fiyers received the first assur- ance of a financial return from their flight yesterday when an oil company announced it would give them $100 for each hour they remain aloft over the old record. The offer will continue for ;Igmih:m. or until the fund reaches PREMIER’S DESTINATION CAUSING SPECULATION By the Associated Press. BUDAPEST, Hungary, August 12.— There is some speculation here as to the whereabouts of Premier Bethlen, who left the country a week ago with- out any public announcement of his destination or of the purpose of his trip. Some believe he has gone to Lon- don to discuss financial and economic questions with Lord Rothermere, who has always taken an interest in Hun- garian matters. Radio Pl‘fl'll;l. on Page B- it,” 12 COUPLE CARRYING FORTUNEMISSNG Man and Wife, Due Toledo, Reported Seen Leaving Train. in By the’Assoclated Press, DEFIANCE, Ohio, August 12—City officials today were investigating the re- ported disappearance of an elderly couple, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kern of St. Louis, said to have been seen leav- ing a railroad train here early today. ‘They were said to be soclally prominent and wealthy. Deflance police started the search after a telephone call was received from Police Chief Haas of Toledo, who, they said, told them that the couple was carrying $70,000 in bonds withdrawn from the Mercantile Commerce Bank & Trust Co. of St. Louis for investment in real estate in Toledo. Several persons around the railroad station told police they saw an aged couple leave the train and enter an automobile with three men. The wit- nesses said they apparently went of their free will. Information of Deflance police Was that Kern and his wife had failed to appear at Toledo to carry out a real estate transaction with a company there. The company reported the dis- appearance. TWO TELEGRAMS TRACED. Police Learn Pair Urged to Leave Train Before Destination. ST. LOUIS, August 12 (#).—Police began a search today for Charles Kern, wealthy St. Louls flour buyer, and his wife, who left here last night for Toledo, Ohio, with a $70,000 bank treasurer’s check, but alighted from the train instead at Deflance, Ohio. Police fear they are in the hands of swin- dlers and possibly have been ped. Kern, about 70, had taken the check his banker not to ollow his original intention of $90,000 in cash with him to swing a rea. estate deal Word was sent ahead to Toledo to have detectives meet Kern to give him protection. However, it was learned today that the couple alighted from the train at Defiance, 50 miles west of Toledo, and | investigation disclosed that Kern got two telegrams on the train, one of | which urged him to leave the train at | Fort Wayne, Ind., and meet & group of | persons. Apparently the second tele- gram suggested he get off at Defiance. It was learned at Deflance that Kern met a group of men there and that the e away in an automobile g an Illinois license. TWO GIRLS, 16, TAKE CAR IN TOY PISTOL HOLD-UP By the Associated Press. OIT, August 12.—Two 16-year- old girls were in the Juvenile Detention Home here today after a profitiess and | brief adventure in kidnaping and high- way Tobbery. The girls last night held up Steve Schultz, 28, a chauffeur, pointing a toy pistol—which he thought was a real weapon—at_him, got into his auto- mobile, demanded his money, forced him out when he insisted he was pen- niless, and drove away with the car. Later the car was found abandoned, and Schults pointed out the girls og the street. They gave their names as Dolores Kowalski and Alfreda Lepak, (00L WEATHER LIKELY TOKEEP UP Slightly Increased Tempera- ture Tomorrow Not Fore- runner of Intense Heat. With a minimum temperature of 56 | degrees recorded at 6 o'clock this morn- ing, Washington, in the announced opinion of the Weather Bureau, may anticipate a continuation of the pres- ent_coolness. ‘The mercury is expected b; Forecast- er Weightman to reach a maximum of 78 degrees this afternoon, which would be three degrees lower than yesterday’s hithest temperature. The 56-degree reading early this morning was seven degrees below the recorded temperature at the same hour yesterday and matched the minimum temperature of July 16. ‘Weightman e: ts tomorrow will witness a slight rising of the tempera- ture, but he does not believe the climb will be the forerunner of another in- tense heat wave. Indica are rather general for a fairly definite re- lief from the heat of recent weeks. ‘The same slight indications that rain may fall here about the end of the week, persisted today, but the Weather Bureau still was refraining from a 4definite forecast. Following the 56 at 6 o'clock this | morning, the temperature rose to 63 at | 8 o'clock, 66 at 9 o'clock, 68 at 10 | o'clock and 70 at 11 o'clock. TELLS JURORS EWALD SAID HE BOUGHT JOB | S Rl L | Former Secretary to Resigned New York Magistrate Repeats Story at Inquiry. By the Associated Press. ' NEW YORK, August 12.—Emmerich Boczor, former secretary to resigned City Magistrate George F. Ewald, went before a county grand jury today to re- peat the story he told United States Attorney Tuttle—that Ewald said he paid $12,000 for his appointment to the bench. Boczor said he learned of the alleged payment through a chance remark by Dr. Prancls Schirp, a friend of Ewald, about a year ag Dr. Schirp, he said, bragged that he had “made the judge.” Boczor said the remark angered him and the next time he saw Ewald he asked him if it was true. “Yes, he can say he did,” Boczer quoted Ewald as saying, “for he got $2,000 and Martin Healy got $10,000 | for securing the appointment.” 'EFFICIENCY BUREAU MAY END DISPUTE Possible Economic Waste in Army- Navy Row Sought by Hoover. With a view to settling the long- standing row’ between the Army and Navy over shore aviation stations, Pres- ident Hoover has called in the Bureau of Efficiency to make an investigation. In announcing this at the White House today, it was explained that the President has instructed the bureau to examine only the economic question in- volved and not the military aspects. The bureau will determine whether or not there is any wasteful duplication of effort and useless waste of money as a result of the Army and Navy air sta- tion management. Newsboy, 13 Years Old, Had By the Associated Press. DETROIT, August 12—Here is a plece of good news for 13-year-old Arthur Schoor, whoever he is: If Ar- thur comes home, his father will let him work just as hard as he likes. Arthur_ran away yesterday because Mr. and Mrs. Be: , his par- admitted the charge and showed police ! where they had thrown the toy pistol in" a vacant lot. i ents, wanted him to take a vacalion. Arthur is a newsboy. He left a note to his mother, which said: ./- ers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 106,672 TWO CENTS. DROUGHT CAUSES HOOVER TO CANCEL HIS WESTERN TR President Decides to Remain Here to Personally Direct Relief in Stricken Area. Press. LIGHT RAINS FORECAST IN PART OF DRY BELT, White House Greatly Concerned Over Unemployment, Stock Feed and 7 Per Cent Crop Drop. President Hoover has definitely abandoned his contemplated Summer vacation trip to the national parks the Rocky Mountain regions so as to be on hand to personally direct the Government’s activities in planning and administering relief in the drought stricken areas. In making this announcement at the White House today the President said he thought he could be of more service in Washington than on a vacation in the Far West. He said also he expects to spend three or four nights a week at his fishing camp in the Virginia mountains. This camp is equipped with direct telephone and telegraph wires to the White House and his operations can, be carried on in the coel and comfort of that mountain retreat as handily as though he was at his desk in the White House. May Visit Rapidan. Mr. Hoover added that if the weather in Washington remained cool, it was quite likely that he would even shorten his weekly visits to the Virginia moun- tains. He made it evident that he wanted to be in as close touch as possi- ble with this emergency. While he does not look upon it as bordering on any- :hing resembling a National catastrophe, he is conscious of its seriousness and has reason to be concerned. The indications are at present that the principal damage has been done to food for live stock and the scarcity of water has had a telling effect on farm animals, but at the same time the human problem is coming into evie dence principally in the form of une employment on the part of persons live ing on farms in the affected regions and because of their destroyed crops. ‘Thousands of the people have lost their livelihood because of destroyed crops and loss of live stock, and one of the important factors in the relief pro- gram being outlined by the President is to arrange for the caring of these unfortunate persons, not only for the Ppresent, -but 50 as u: carry them through Mr. Hoover today continued with the task of formulating his plans for utile izing all of the agencies of the Federal Government in extending aid where it is needed. He said that his program will not take definite form until after he has held his conference Thursday with the Governors of the 12 States affected by the drought. He will first “&:n thil;; vile"nl ’nnd advices before putting Pl for relief organiza- tion into final form. Also he wants more information from the stricken areas. This is reach- ing him every day now in the form of detailed reporis from the more than 700 county agents of the Department of Agriculture in the drought areas. These reports are first received by Sec~ retary of Agriculture Hyde and when presented to the President they are ac- companied by expert analyses as well as charts, so as to make the President’s visualization of the situation easier. Studies Crop Report. The President said today that he at< tached considerable significance to the crop report made public at the Agri- culture Department yesterday for July, which showed a 7 per cent elump dur- ing that period, which was attributed to a large extent to the protracted dry weather . The President was represented as (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) TROTSKY WILL CONFER ON RETURN TO RUSSIA Exiled Leader Reported En Route to Czechoslovakia to Meet Tchitcherin and Luracharsky. By the Associated Press. | VIENNA, August 12 (Jewish Teles | graphic Agency).—Newspapers of Brati- | slava report that Leon Trotsky, exiled Soviet leader, passed through that city today en route for Franzensbad, Czecho | slovakia, for a conference regarding his possible return to Russia. At Franzensbad he was scheduled to mezt Georges Tchitcherin, former come missar for foreign affairs, who resigned July 21, and A. C Luracharsky, Sovie§ commissar for edtcation. Since his exile Trotsky has lved on an isiand in the Sea of Marmora, Ship With Communists Barred. PRESSBURG, Czechoslovakia, Aygust 12 (#)—Harbor authorities today ree fused to allow the Danube steamer Melk, which arrived from Vienna with a pas- senger list of Austrian Communists, to make fast to a pler or disembark its | passengers. The steamer returned to Vienna. Noted Professor Dies. VIENNA, August 12 (#).—Dr. Cornelio Doelter, expert in precious stones, died today, aged 80. He was a professor of ;.net University o!n}'iennn and a noted lecturer on mine: and the chem- istry minerals. s BOY WHO LIKES HARD WORK LEAVES HOME WHEN VACATION IS ADVISED Been Trying to Earn Money for College Career. “Dear mother: I love you always. Why won't you give me a chance to earn a dollar? I am leaving town. Forget me. Arthur.” id his Tather. T thousht ne ‘Dught sal £ B to quit and rest up before school m He was trying to earn enough to go to college. quit, and I him he'd have t&;