Evening Star Newspaper, August 12, 1930, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1930. FAIRFAX MASTER AL ECHENOTER o= = SOVEISIENND_[HODERGLLSF | PNEUMONIA VICTIM Commander of 42d Division During World War Expires in Hospital. Ma). Gen. Charles T. Menoher, heroic er of the Rainbow Division in ' the Worldmvrllr. and former chief of Corps, whose break with Ool. Ifillm Mitchell, while in the "latter post precipiated a Nation-wide u) r over military aviation and Army discipline, died last night of pneumonia in St. Elizabeth’s Hospital. In- ill-health for some time, Gen. Menoher's con tion had not been re- ‘ded as serious until Saturday, when was removed to the hospital. Gen. Menoher will be buried with full military honors in Arlington c:me- tery either Th“"‘u:x or Friday, Mem- bers of his family ny were completing arrangements for the !\lnenl with of- ndfll of the War Department. was regarded as one of the most gl‘c!.uruquc soldiers in the Army. As ttle commander of the famous Rain- Division, made up of National Guurflamen from nearly every State, he Jed that organization to ev!l'llsunl} World War glory, winning for himsel the Distinguished Service Medal and the decorations of France, Belgium and Italy. He was regarded highly thro out the Army as a military tacticl and as a leader of men. It was shortly after his return from the battlefields of France that Gen. Menoher, who had cntered the war as & colonel, was placed in command of the Army Air Corps, with rank of*| muor general, which he hld held dur- the war. Clashed With Mitchell. clash with the then Brig. um of the statements and actions of Gen. Mitchell and openly demanded thlt the “stormy petrel” of the Air Corps be re- l linarians. his demand !nr '.he re- { War it “to mmm on; an i.\lhll & state- er t the Secretary of War ted that the reasons submitted by enoher for relief of Mitchell “lu Secretary of War, ed his action,” but the secretary “that in ‘the interest of the | from the sal €] MAJ. GEN. CHARLES T. MENOHER. HAGKER WOULD BAN ARLINGTON DUMP Supports Move of Gotwals to End Nuisance—Favors Oxon Run Disposal Plant, Efforts of Engineer Commissioner John C. Gotwals to end the practice of dumping and burning combustible ref- use on the dump in Arlington County, near the Highway received strong support in the annual report of Morris Hacker, supervisor of the City Refuse Department, made to the Com- missioners yesterday. “Dumping in Virginia,” the report said, “to a greater extent than hereto- fore was made necessary by the closing of the dumps formerly used in the District of Columbia. Also, in clean- up week and after holidays, it was necess to dispose of the rubbish col- lected from householders which the trash plant could not accommodate, even umuzh operuud on two shifts, on the d Virginia. As previously cannot emphasize too strong the necessity for some other lloe of disposal of waste from the city, urge that every effort be made to e !llnd-s for the construction of a low-grade road to Oxon Run Bay, ad- joining Blue Plains, ‘where such uisance;” The department received $195,505.25 le of grease .nd other prod of operatin ment for the year: $500,000, cleaning, uste and $975,000, removal of refuse. Of the But locnury Weeks' “adjustment” Almost hn:;j;hul’ 3 B » ) HES i s § it fe H H ¥ i it 8 £ 3 i ¥ ; | J | 5 ; E i : West murl.:y,m former sum $30,000 went for snow re- A saving of $30,000 during the year was made possible by bulldln nt & new platform at the tfir fer station. By substituf trueh Ior horse-drawn vehicles it was possible do ‘away with the hoisting -ppcmu. ‘used in unl the k4 and by to dump cting trucks into “PEPPERS" ESCAPES y\w BY RIVER LEAP e Cclor:.l Suspect in Rum hid Dis- appears in Potomac After Foot Race. A 35-year-old colored man, known to police as “Pep) hands of the law by s when he lea) iver ‘at the Seventh Street :i’h.kr; after & foot race of several locl ‘The man was last seen disappearis beneath the surface near ’ br:g nmnlon steamer, E. Mnmen Hall. e squad was called, but man. ‘The fire rescu €77 | failed to locate the For his urvla with Qm Rainbow Di- vision Gen. Menoher Dlomoud to by hh low, Mrs. Meoher of Washington -and Maj. Pearson Menoher, instruetor at the Gener: Service School, Fort, Leavenworth, Kans.; Capt. Darrow Ilu:ohn of the from e 12th c;vnlry Port Tex., and Cadet William Meno~ third classman at West Point. MISSION PROPERTIES LOOTED AT CHANGSHA, CHURCHMEN REPORT —SContinued Prom Pirst Page.) —_—— ) ildings, including virtually all th official structures and a mn}efl’zy ot u‘rflncipfl business med and burned or 'lnwnly domol- e report said several missions es- These included The caped heavy damage, Yale College in China, with exception of e hospitel; the lal Angeles llhle Xn- stitute, the Y. M. C. A., the Y, W, which’ was belnl used as rovmun-l military ‘.hudqunrun. and other lesser “The Reds probably did not get mor than $1,000.000 cash.” the Teport cone tinued. " “The damage dun however, was infinitely greater.” ‘The report on mission properties said 5 churches had been looted and de- molished, 1 church burned, 1 school burned and 11 others looted and badly damaged, 7 schools partially looted, 2 missionary residences burned, 4 resi- dences partially looted and 2 hospitals and 2 Ul’phlnl s plnml looud. Among nms es remaining undamaged were e Bvl!dl.ih Mission .and the British Wesleyan Mission. “The estimates thus far indicate that among the American missions our Northern Presbyterian suffered the worst,” sald the letter. “Conditions lmo:f our properties were pitiable and ocking. “The new church building was only partially burned. All other buildings were glutted. “There is & general feeling that provincial troops, who now are con- ducting a merciless search in the city for remaining Reds, likely will be un- able to hold the ¢ity, the Communists thereby returning. Such an event ;u;gld mean renewed slaughter ten- old. “The populace is living in deadly . fear of the Reds. Everybody has & * hag ard, haunied ook, . I communications to Hankow are still punlynd Conditions are dan- ‘The chase began in the rear of & hnme dui a liquor raid. Policemen R. J. Barrett and A. E. Brown of the ", Take & sta in_pursuit. ed for the wharfs and ended the chase with a leap into the river while nearly 7 500 persons looked on. BALTIMORE MAN IS HELD ON CHARGE OF LARCENY Accused of Stealing Watch and Other Valuables From Wash- ington Stores. Charged with stealing a watch from a jewelry store in the 1100 block of Pennsylvania avenue and other goods a downtown apartment store valued at $1,000, James Cerreta, alias James Breeden of Baltimore, was bound over to the grand jury from Police Court today under $1,000 bond. The man was arrested by headquar- ters detectives Saturday morning at Fifth and G streets after authorities had scoured Baltimore as well as this city for him during the past monm Pouu Teported that Cerreta has servs two terms in Q.he penitentiary and knowsr" to police as a “pennyweiglrt man.” He is sald to have walked into the jewelry store and asked to see watches. A tray was brought out, but after ex- amination the customer expressed dis- approval of all of the models and asked to see a catalogue. While the clerk hunted the catalogue the man is said to have picked up the most expensive timepiece and hurried from the store. He was arrested by Sergts. C. P. Cox and J. E. Kane. Wilbert McInerney, assistant District attorney, prosecu the case before Judge Ralph Given. REGIONAL ROAD GROUP WILL MEET TOMORROW Federal Government and Nearby Maryland and Virginia Districts to Be Represented. Members of the Regional Highway Committee, on which are representatives of the Federal and District governments and the nearby sections of Maryland and Virginia, will meet at 2 o'clock to- morrow in the conference room of the Navy Department Building. At another meeting of this committee several weeks ago the plans of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission for con- necting highways bel'een the District and Maryland and Vi ia, as well as h hllh by which motorists 'rom Maryland through ty of wmnngmn to Virginia, or vlu ‘versa, were given to each member of the committee to study and they were asked to make suggestions. At the meeting tomorrow afternoon it is .hoped and expected that this plan will receive, in the main, the approval of the other members of the committee. [eattttm—r, Byrd Hopeful for Apple Crop. The few lore)‘l\‘l’l here are aboard gunboats, Mhdmxhnm L m more_than 100,- guutn( STAUNTON, Va. August 12 (Spe- cial) —The lu:hnlond News-Leader quotes u-oov, rry F. Byrd as ex- Nlh! l':‘ut the alley crop of IW bly safe from lervuu for regular eivil is | thels 5. RECOGNITION Protest Against “Unnatural” Situation Comes During Senators’ Visit. By the Associated Press. _ MOSCOW, August 12—The news- paper Pravda today publishes an ar- ticle signed by H. Osinsky, member of the Supreme Economic Couneil, call- ing abeurd the present relations of Rus- sia and the United States and demand- ing & normal diplomatic status as the only basis upon which the ttade and financial problems of the twe countries can be solved. The article, obviously inspired by the government, was taken by observers to have been timed to appear during the visit of United States Senators Burton K. Wheeler of Montana, Bronson Cut- ting of New Mexico and A. W. Barkley of Kentucky, who are touring Russia to study her economic development. Mere Recognition Not Desired. The writer makes it clear that the matter is not one of “recognition,” as “from those who, during 13 years did not find time to recognize us, we do not need any legal uncnnn for our official existence. All that is needed is an exchange of normal diplomacy in which two powerful but economically and politically different countries indicate the necessity for their peaceful exist- The soener official circles in the United States realize that this is the only true path to follow, the sooner will come &. an end the existing dis- graceful situation between both eoun- tries.” Concerning recent United States Government activities in relation to imports from t Russia Osinsky continues: “The Americans complain about the Soviet dumping goods in the United States. This is our internal affair and no barons of monopolistic capitalism will be able to hold Russia back from developing her domestic industry. * Outside Credits Needed. “If we must spend scores of millions of dollars on uunpmem for our indus- tries, most of it imported from al does not, this mean that we must have credits from outside in order to pre- vent intensive development of l{n capitalists must know by now that realization of our five-year industrialization plan involves the ne- cessity of increasing SBoviet exports un- less the capitalists wish m come to our aid by extending credits.” Osinsky continues that if Euro) oan credits fail, Soviet Russia then wil sort to & third mesns, “development o( the production of machinery and equip- ment in our own country. We are now sufficiently strong technically and eco- nomically to solve this prcblem, thoug we must admit it wil cost us great effort—much greater than if we had folloved the previous course.” The journalist irsists that it is im- i'\;)ulble to continue a large trade in the nited States without proper diplo- matic relations. “Can Spoil Bourgeois Plans.” “Soviet Russia i; & great power, which the bourgeois politiclans must consider,” the article goes on “The Soviet Union could spoil any dish prepared by the boargeois diplomats and could mix the cards in any diplomatic game. Only normal relations can guarantee Amer- rcan industry an ‘licreasing number of Sovist orders on o;gmpnent and pro- vide American W and o.her branches of mnufuturo with cheap Soviet raw materials of excellent quality * The writer concludes that the Soviet would willingly agree to keep & certain portion of her export materials for use in her own indusizies and also & por- tion of her manufactured goods for domestic markets, but would be able to 4o this only if credits were maintained. AVIATOR ARRESTED IN AIR BOMBING OF KENTUCKY MINES (Continued Prom First Page.) gur.rolled the mine properflu last t there was no disorder. Ope: said the mines would ope: today. Bombs Made of Dynamite. ‘The bombh'n.g‘ plane yuurdly lg d the first bomb ared from irection of urg, Ill., and d.rop at an abandoned mine near Clay, Ky. north of here. The plane then dived over Providence and FM two more bombs on the outskirts of the city. An- other bomb was dropped at the entrance to the Ruckman mine, but it failed to explode. Five more bombs were dropped as the plane nlned llmudm near properties of the Meador \w & Holt Coal Co, and the Diamond Min! Co., but only two exploded. An examination of the unexploded bombs revealed that they were made of dynlmhz wrapped with tape, with fuses attached. PROBE BY GOVERNMENT. Search Registration List for Number on Bomb Plane. Agencies of the Federal Government's aeronautics un- st eflicial at- Empt 1o penalize the use of an air- plane for an interstate criminal purpose. 'The reports conveyed to Olarenc: M. ‘Young, istant cretary of Com- merce, concerning an orange-colored monoplane which_dropped bombs on coal mines near Providence and Olay City, Ky.,, where a miners' atrike has been in piogress, br presented the incidy The it endeavor of the Gove ment agencies was to search the air- plane tration list to determine whether the numbers attached to the ted | airplane, which were Vlrlflull{l"f ed by different observers, mig) spond with those upon any of the n- censes regularly issued to aircraft. Prospects Not Rated Bright. ‘The prospects of this inquiry were not rated very bright by Mr. Young or his assistants, on the ground that the nllot of a plane engaged upon an un- wful bomb-dropping mission would disguise the machine license number as quickly as would a bank bandit dealing with the tags on an automobile used for eriminal Dlrposes. 0 et retary ‘The Assistant the operators ot the tlnna indulging in the Kentucky exploit violated several sections of the Federal statutes regu- lating aeronautics. These were listed as transporting explosives without cial license, dlllb"lmly dropping dan: gerous objects from aircraft; and, pre- :‘u‘:ll‘bly, tampering with their license Orders were issued for a check the continental inspectors of the recent movements of several suspected planes, it was deemed inadvisable to disclose all the detalls of m ‘ecounter- action Mr. Young ordered. Decline to Divulge Charge. DIXON, Ky, August 12 (#).— Webster County sheriff’s office tod: declined tc announce the charge desig- nated in the warrant issued here for f‘-ul #mlm{“ry .:vllmr nrrzu:d "'l: ysboro, Jil, as a sus ml':s? ‘bombin, vaulnor;uurdu It was said no news ml:génn out be .Bherif R. L. WESTERN VAGATION Work on Drought Relief Plans Causes Him to Cancel Trip. (Continued From First Page.) being of the opinion that this report tended to obscure the real seriousness of the situation in the drought regions inasmuch as the report was for the en- tire country. The President is under- stcod also to have been much impressed with the reports from the south sections brought to him yesterday by John Bar- ton Payne, chairman of the American Red Cross, in which the human gspects of the problem were emphasized equally with that of the economic aspects. Mr. Hoover has expressed his appre- chunn of the expressed readiness on pcrt of the railroads of the country rrlu in the general program o( relief. To bring about even greater co-operation in this work he has decided to utilize the facilities of the larger farm organiaztions. Farm Leaders Called. For the purpose of outlining their part in his relief program, the Presi- dent has called a conference of these farm leaders at the White House next Friday. Those invited are Louls J. ‘Taber, president of the National Grange; Samuel H. Thompson, presi- dent of the American Farm Bureau Federation, and C. E. Huff, president of the Farmers' Union, and the Farm- ers’ National Grain Corporation. The drought problem was again the nflndpfll topic of the President’s oi- weasly cabinet meeting. Secretary of Agriculture Hyde who has been the President's chief licutenant 'n working out a relief program, brought to the by | lowest in 20 years for 1921. meeting the latest reports from his field agents. It was said by Mr. Hyde that he does not expect all of these reports in before the end of the week. He added that the agents have been n- strucied to make further investigations and to not sacrifice their accuracy in the mterest of haste Alfred P. Thom, general counsel of the American Auochuon of Railroad Ex- ccuuves, conferred with the President :’n today regarding the co-operation the carriers in lul.lllnl in the stricken areas, He suggested to the President the setting up in the Department of riculture the special machinery which will designate the areas in need of rail- Ynld assistance, so as to avoid wasted effort on the part of the rallroads them- selves if they acted independently. He was assured by the President that this would be done. Mr. Thom told the President that there would be a uniform 50 per cent reduction in railroad rates in the drought area. Cool Weather Brings Relief. The weather almost all over the country took a long cool dive today, lnlwnut places almost to the freezing point. In temperatures reported to the Associated Press from all sections of the country, there were a number of 30s and most were 50s and 60s. The highest was 85 degrees at Miami and the lowest 34 at Burrville, Conn. Frost was reported in New land and Pennsylvania, and in many places new low records for the date were es- tablished. ‘The drop was precipitate in most places from the extreme heat of the past several weeks, in some in stances -mwnung to a degree an hour for the past two days. aamise by the sudden oold, but this e sudden cold, was less than it would have been if the preceding heat and drought hn‘l not already done about all the damage there was to do. Continued cool was the forecast. Showers Declared Insufficient. Showers in the past 24 hours have not been enough to break the drought and the Weather Bureau today was not overly optimistic that others in B_lospect would do much t,owurd ending the country's record dry Showers were xndlcaud for tonight or tomorrow in parts of Indiana, Illinois, Upper Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Iowa and Northeastern Kansas. R. H. Weightman, forcaster, sald, however, the rain would not be helvy but in some places might be moderate. Some More Rain Predicted. Bhowers also were predicted for parts of the lower Ohio Valley tonight or to- morrow, including portions of Western omo Tennessee, Kentucky and West Por Eastern New York and Southern New England fair and continued cool weather was predicted for wnllht but no rain was in sight for those po 'hll:h are beginn! to feel uu luk of molstu: harply. During t.he lut 24 hours the largest fall of rain in the drought region of the Middle West was .60 at Kansas City, while St. Joseph and Columbia, Mo., each had about one-fifth of an inch of precipitation. Otherwise the widely scattered show- ers in portions of the Plains States were insufficient to give any rellef in the drought situation, Weightman said. The fall in temperature has done something toward taking the country's mind off the drought. Only five cities yesterday reported temperatures of 100 degrees or more. T included Shreveport, La., 102, But 1.04 inches of rain fell there in the lJast 2¢ hours. This was the heaviest rainfall d from any part of the country. San Antonio and Dallas, Tex., had ump«ntum of 100 degrees, as did Okllhom City, Okls. Yuma, Ariz, & temperature of 102 degrees, re- lufln conditions which have made it one of the historic “hot spots” of the country, Corn prospects declined nearly ;lnmr cent—the smallest crop since 1901 forecast. Hay and grain sorghum crops, Wwhich, together with corn, make up half the total acreage, were expected to be the smallest in more than 10 years, while oats and barley were reduced heavily by drought in the Dakotas. The average feed crop reduction was glue.d at 14.1, by comparison with the ve-year average, while the total for all crops was pulled up to the 7 per cent mark by wheat, rye, rice and buck- wheat, which were expected to reach within 1 per cent of the five-year average. there was crop In bushels the corn crop was es- | Al timated as of August 1 to te 2,211,823,000, iy 000,000 last year. Further deterioration of possibly 100,000,000 bushels through continued drought since the first of month also was estimated, givin dication of & crop 20 per cent the 1929 yield, ‘Wheat Increase Expected. 1 wheat production was estimated at 820,613,000 bushels, eompnred with 806,000,000 last year. Of this total Win- ter wheat was placed lL 597, bushels, compared with last yea; duction of 578,000,000. in- low pro- General ylelds were estimated at 5.5 | M rr cent below last year's production, 1 below the 10-year average and the year, however, the "Tne feed shortage,” said the er reporting board, “Is ' accentuated by pastures far poorer than in any pre- vious Summer months for 50 years or more, with many farmers already com- pelled to feed hay and new corn, “The drought has been felt farther North each week as the season pro- and is now affecting even or} d Michigan. It is hurting most late fruits and vegetables, except where they are uflum 1t is daily reducing prupem corn, , peanuts, -Arnnnl rice, cotton, west of Ala- bama and other crops. compared with 2,614,- | Birsinen 92,000 K % In that | O ortage was not as m.ely confined to feed crops as at | bil l‘ Port] ew [ WA The Pacific Era, which has been through a series of misha TWO DEAD, 1 SHOT IN TONG WARFARE Police in Chicago, New York and Minneapolis Patrol Chi- nese Districts. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 12.—A Chinese was killed in Chicago last night, another wu killed in New York and a third was shot in Minneapolis. Police in all three cities believed tong warfare was re- sponsible and sent additional patrols into their Chinese districts in an effort to prevent further outbreaks. George Moe, believed to have been n deserter from the Hip Sing Ton Chicago, was shot three times by l'le assailants as he walked down a street. Witnesses said he fell dead before he could pull out the gun he carried in his belt. Moe's death was interpreted by police as a warning against deser- non into theé ranks of In ‘New York Chafles Ye Kaiin, Hln Sing Tong man, was shot twice b Chinese as he locked up his laun ry in the Bronx. He was taken to a hospital, where he died. Another laundryman, Pong Toy, shot in Minneapolis "while at work Two men fired four shots at him, breaking his leg. Pong, who is also a member of the Hip Sing Tong, said he did not get a good look at his as- sailants. ‘The streets of Chinatown were im- mediately deserted after each of the shootings, but Chicago police rounded up 15 Chinese for quuflmtn' and New York ofluu held three. Aids Cop to “See and Shoo.” NEW YORK, August 12 (#).—A traffic cop without a whistle? That's the ex- periment being tried by Police Commis- sioner Mulrooney. He reasons that mak- ing the policeman direct traffic solely bfl motion he must face the automo- biles and thus be more likely to see and shoo to safety any unwary pedestrians. THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Fair, continued cool tonight; tomorrow partly cloudy, not quite so cool; gentle north and northeast winds. Maryland—Falr, continued cool to- night; tomorrow tly cloudy, not quite 50 cool in the m rior; moderate north and northeast win Virginia—Falr, continued cool tonight; tomorrow partly cloudy not quite so cool in the interior, possibly followed by showers in extreme southwest portion; moderate northeast winds. West, Virginla—Fair, continued oool tonight; tomorrow partly cloudy, not quite so cool, possibly followed by show- ers in the southwest portion. Record for Twenty-four Hours. ‘Thermometer—4 p.m., 80; 8 p.m., 74; 12 midnight, 66; 4 am., 58; 8 am, 63; noon, 72. Barometer—4 pm., 2097; 8 pm, 30.04; 13 midnight, 30.15; 4 a.m., 30.19; 8 a.m., 30.27; noon, 30. ighest temperature, 81, occurred at 2:30 p.m, yesterday. Lowest tempera- ture, 56, occurred at 6 a.m. today. Temperature same date last year— Highest, 94; lowest, 73, Condition of the Water. Potomac, clear; Shenandoah, slightly muddy. Tide Tables, (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) Today—Low tide, 4:26 a.m. and 4:44 pm.; high tide, 9: ss m, and 10:2¢ b, ‘Tomorrow—Low tf 5:13 pm.; high tide, wn .mdu p.m. The Sun and Moon. ‘Today—Sun rose 5:18 a.m.; sun sets 7:08 p.m. ‘Pomorrow—Sun rises 5:18 a.m. sets 7:06 pan. Moon rises 8:5¢ p.m.; sets 8:07 a.m. Weather in Various Cities. sun Statlona, BeBVBIINI |+ 38 |**+aeprarsas IwousE Abllene, Tex. Albany, N. 4 a3, Ga Atlantic City. Baltimore, - Md Bismarck, N. Bostol Cincinnati, Cleveland, Ohi Columbia, S t.cloudy Etcloudy ew Orled 3 New York, N.¥.30.1 Qilanoma ity 3 maha, Nebr... 3 Philadelphin tEEEEEE SR A P S SRR T 2 (Noon, Greenwich time, today.) m-;omn‘ w.’m r mly 1 cloudy the On Leon | Tac JINXED TOKIO PLANE CRACKS UP AGAIN; WARK BADLY HURT (Continued From First Page.) and purchased it for customs duty. Rt Bl eer the Doks flight from Oakland, Calif., to Hawail in 1927, Usborne drowned as he fell overboard the boat bringlng him from England to ‘anada. Maj. D. R. McLaren, Canadian war ace, bought it for the Dole flight, but found it so hard to handle that he did not master it in time to enter the famous race. Bir George Hubert Wilkins obtained an option on the plane for possible use in his Arctic explorations in 1927, but left in in & Seattle hangar. Then Lieut, James Brewster, U, 8. N, bought the piane. He also experienced trouble in handling it. Brewster in- vited E. E. Dildine, a brother officer, to try ‘it out and Dildine managed to lnnd lt only by cracking it up. ve Logg of Seattle then purchased it tor Miss Ruth Rhodes, who phnmd an endurance flight. Miss Rhodes w killed in a hunting accident the dny before her flight was to have started. Wark and Brown bought the plane for a soi After much delly they left unday, but were forced down at Lulu Island by cloned feed lines. FLAMIES THREATEN TIMBER COUNTIES in Drought-Stricken Michi- + gan and Wisconsin. —r-—--——- B the Assobteted Pre MENOMINEE, lllch.. August 12— The . thirsty timber of the Northland crackled today. Reports of new danger points came in hourly as flames blazed through parched gutoyer and timberlands in the Upper Michigan Peninsula and North- ern Wisconsin. An observer in a forest patrol tower 60 miles north of Menominee said he counted 10 separate fires within 10 miles of his tower. In the drought-stricken peninsula counties more 75 separate fires were reported. These raged through Marquette, Dikinson, Luce, School- craft, Alger, Chippewa and Mackinac Countles. Highway travel has been cut off between Cedar River and Stevenson in Mackinac County. All of Menominee County was in dan- ger unless the fires were controlled son, Joseph M. Hornick, conservation commissioner, said, Only raln could bring immediate relief. Forest lands still blazed at the fle of Menominee, but the city was safe unless a strong west wind lapped the muma against mmyin( bulld: Wisconsin Indians and whites mued together to save timber in Ash- land, Forest, Bayfield and unlhdo Counties, ‘Wisconsin fires not reached a serious stage, but (orut men said constant vigilance was neces- n;{inumu had only & few scattered brush fires. RECKLESS DRIVING CHARGE AGAINST 2 Bethesda Resident Posts $500 After | ou Striking Man Alighting From Can Charles M. Barrick, 72 years old, re- tired Government employe, of 4746 Wisconsin avenue sustained a serious injury to his head and suffered from bruises about the and shock from being knocked down by an automobile by James W. Snell of Be- Md,, at the intersection of Wis- ue and Fessenden street last night. The injured man had alighted from a street car just before being struck. Barrick was treated at Mount Alto Hospital, where he was taken by Snell. ‘The latter was arrested, charged with wreckless driving and required to post $500 collateral. Charges of reckless driving, failure to change his address on his driver's permit and assault were placed sgainst William Morton, 28 years old, colored, 300 V street, early this morning after the automobile he was driving is alleged to have struck two other cars, and Mor- ton hit a spectator, John A. Clark, col- ored, 1420 T street, in the face when the latter expressed his views regarding the accident. Clark was treated at & bospital. Morton's car, moving west on T street, is allaged to hnvc struck the car of Oliver W. Stewart, colored, 1953 Third street, going in the o] hrposlu direc- tion, and later to have hit the car of d Liser, eolnlld. ©f 1602 Vermont us mr- EEERE *:.m i Wwhen jum) m taxocab of Isadore Bornsten, while the vehicle was in motion on New Hamp- shire avenue between P and Q streets. Bornstein took her to the hospital. Bus Lines ioducc Fare. KANSAS CITY, August 12 (@).— Pickwick-Greyhound Bus Lines today mb’e:dpuun r fare reductions of and rouf Louls, Ohl effective August 16, 75 Separate Fires Reported| Inset: Bob Wark, pilot, badly injured in latest crash. EflNGRESS 10GET DATA ON WORKERS Information on Field Classifi- cation to Be Ready by December. Complete information on which to base a classification system for the more than 100,000 Federal employes in the field services throughout the coun- meets in December. Preliminary surveys containing vo- luminous research data on the field services have been filed with the Civil Service Committees of the House and Senate during the past 18 months, and ‘William H. McReynolds of the Bureau of Efficiency and Personnel Classifica- tion Board said today the final rej would be finished this Fall. It will he transmitted to Congress as soon as the session convenes, and is not expected to be made public until that time. ‘With the reitrement law and the ad- {h/‘t;nent. of inequalities resulting from hrprehunn of the Welch salary law um.d at, the last session, this question of classification for the fleld services is one of the next big prob- lems relating to Federal employes to be tackled by t! llwmlk!rs. Congress Will Consider Law. Just how far Congress will be able g0 in the short session, ending next March, toward the drafting of a fleld service classification law is problemati-~ cal, but it is probable that the subject will receive consideration. ment of that law Uncle Sam has deavored to adjust pay rates for his large army of workers in the States to conform as nearly as pneuuble to the rates for similar duties in the District of Columbia, but the Classification Board stated in its preliminary report last year that there is need for a classi- fication system and co-ordinated con- trol in the fleld services. The preliminary report said that some dep-runenf.s and bureaus have intained remarkably consistent and equitable relationships among itions in their field offices and bfl.ween their field and departmental positions, but in other instances the report found ad- justments needed. Largest Classification Study. One of the objects of classification for the fleld services would be to co-ordi- nate equitably the allocations of posi- tions in the fleld offices of different de- partments in the same cities, in dlflfl- ent bureaus of the same department an positions in the field service with ',hetr counterparts in the District of Co- lumbia. The survey of the Government’s field service, with & view to ultimate classi- fication, was authorized by the Welch act and has been one of the largest classification and compensation studies ever undertaken. The number of posi- tions involved in the fleld service is more than twice the number affected by the original classification act of 1923, which was limited to Federal workers in Washington. ‘The fleld service also includes many functions different from the varied activities of the Government in Wash- jngton, such as reclamation projects, educational work among the Indians, operation of light houses and the in- spection services, ‘Those conducting the survey gathered into their preliminary report last year a large volume of data on compensation md 'orkinl conditions of employes tside the vernment service for the purpose of comparison in working out m essential features of the new clas- sification system for the Government’s fleld employes. LIQUOR-LADEN CAR HELD; OWNER NOT IDENTIFIED Police Capture Aute Bearing North Carolina License After Chase on Rhode Island Avenue. Local police today are -nflnvudnl to uoeruinwlm ovn{mhlp of uor- laden automobile bearing North lina license which was abandoned the early hours of this morning, follow- an exciting chase along Rhode Island avenue. ‘The automobile, a roadster, was first noticed by Policeman Watson H. Salkeld of the twelfth precinct at Mills and Rhode Island avenues. The machine, he said, was exceeding the speed limit, and he immediately set out in pursuit. The fugutive car accelerated its pace, and both pursued and pursuer raced w- wards the city at reckless speed. Becond and V streets the driver of vhe roadster brought his car to a sudden halt, leaped from it and disappeared in the darkness. Police believe the liquor found in the car, eight cases of corn whisky, was in- tended for consumption in North Carolina. SLANDER IS CHARGED Rachael Griffin, 1418 Thirty-sixth nci.nbor. mnh Salters, 1416 Thirty- lmh street, to recover sflooo for alleged slander. r{\Ifldl’ the Dllfinflfl informs the coul had occasion to go to her back porch in the course of her hnuuho]d duties, when her neighbor made slurring re- marks about her in the ce of try will be ready for Congress when it | ® GOES ON TRIAL Reckless Operation of Vessel in Pinthis Sinking Is Charged. By the Associated Press. NORFOLK, Va., August 12.—Capt. Archibald H. Brooks, master of the Merchants & Miners' steamer Pairfax, arraigned before a board of United States steamboat inspectors here today upon four charges growing out of the collision of the Fairfax with the tanker Pinthis in Massachusetts Bay on -the night of June 10, pleaded not guilty to all four charges. The charges, as read to Capt. Brooks by Capt. T. J. Hanlon, who is -sitting with Capt. J. E. Tarkenton in the hear- ing of evidence, were as follows: Reckless operation of the Fairfsx at a speed of approximately 10.77 knots an hour through a dense fog, operation of the vessel in violation of article 16 of the pilotage rules for inland waters pre- scribing moderate speed in fog, un- skillfulness in the failure to make prop- er maneuver to avoid striking the. Pinthis after the tanker was sighted by the lookout aboard the Fairfax and negligence in failing to make a proper and diligent search of the waters about the Fairfax for fil’:erm who jumped overboard from the steamer after the collision. Ralph Eliassen of Belmont, Mass., mmem at the Massachusetts lmmuu of Technology, was the first witness called. He testified that he was stand- ing on the bow of the Fairfax at the time of the collision and that when the Pinthis suddenly loomed out of the fog on the starboard side of the Fairfax she was headed directly across the bow of the Fairfax and at & distance of not more than 200 feet. The Fairfax, he said, was blowing fog signals at re.'uh.r intervals. He heard only one signal from the Pinthis and that was simul- taneous with his sighting her as she suddenly emerged from the fog. ‘The Pinthis, he said, was struck some distance aft and had almost cleared the Fairfax when the bow of the steamer plunged into her starboard ide. Harold Travers of Gloversville, N. C., an electrical engineer, testified that he was standing near the bow of the Fair- fax for approximately 45 minutes be- fore the collision with the Pinthis. He replied affirmatively when asked if he heard any whistle blown by the Fair- fax, adding that the whistle was a loud one and that he heard it blown all the way down the bay and up until the time of the collision. He stated that % | he saw the Pinthis before the crash. CAPPER ASKS HOOVER FOR FARM BOARD FUNDS Writes President That Intermedi- ate Banks Should Grant Loans to Purchase Feed. TOPEKA, Kans, August 12 )— Coincident with the of na:an- urenu by Go;rom’l'dl: MHR‘M to dis- Kansas ught relief measures, senntor Arthur Capper morning. ington to attend drought conference in W Senator Capper said an mvut.lzlum revealed that conditions in some parts of the State were much worse than in others. He predicted that bad eco- nomic and social effects will continue for months after “the Fall rains come.” “The most serious phase of the calam- ity,” !emwr Capper wrote the Presi- fient. condition as to R — CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Dinner, wuh,mm vitan Manor ‘Glu, 6130 pam, "0 n OB FUTURE. Luncheon meeting, change Club, Carlton_Hotel, noon. 8 er, Mr. Paul Red chief of Bureau of Blolm Ve!. Department of Alflt X dph y class, Rosicruclan Fellow- n-up Study Center, 907 Fifteenth street, tomorrow, 8 pm. Luncheon, Lions Olub, of the Mayflower Hotel, mmw'.‘mm Dinner meeting, Educational Commit- tee of Columbus University, Jefferson of the Mayflower Hotel, tomor- row, 6:30 p.m. Luncheon meeting, Optimist mub Hamilton Hotel, tomorrow, 12:30 p. 4 BAND CONCERTS. the United States Marine Band Orchestra, at Chevy Chase Oircl ening at 7:30 onloek mler son, leader; Arth leader, eoudueunr March, “ Pu"l ", “The Star Spangled Bannet™, By the United States Na m Sylvan Theater, this e :30 o'clock. Charles neneu, I-dnr Charles Solo for cornet, ‘Birth of Dawn,” Clarke Musician Birley Gardner, Valse, “Jolly Fellows” Volkst. * Pinale from “Ariele”. Bach Excerpts from “The Forf <Ivanov Humoresque, “Comin’ m’m March, “On the Farm”. “Anchors tr'acte— “A Song of India” llmfly-xmtow “By the Brook". Popular walts M‘.’gl Had ldflfln?m.w *The Star Spangied Banner.”