Evening Star Newspaper, August 16, 1930, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Partly eloudy tonight; showers tomor- row afternoon or night; not much change in_temperature. ‘Temperatures—Highest, 85 at 3:15 p.m. yesterday; lowest. 65 at 5:45 a.m. today. Full report on Page 12. “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 papers are printed. he Foening Star, Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages 10 and 11 Yesterday’s Circulation, 105,448 . No. 31,518. post office, Entered as second elass matter Washington, C. D. WASHINGTON, D. 0., BATURDAY,_ AUGUST 16, 1930-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. * * (#) Means Associ d Press. TWO CENTS. - 200 LEAVE' SINKING BRITISH STEAMER IN SOUTH PACIFIC; VESSEL IS NEARBY Passengers and Crew of the Tahiti Take to Life Boats as Water Swamps Craft Losing Propeller. NORWEGIAN SHIP TURNS BACK TO OFFER AID Expected to Reach Side of Crippled Vessel at Any Moment—United States Liner Ventura, Believed 500 Miles Away, Also Going to Scene With All Possible Speed. By the Associated Press. 8SUVA, Fiji, August 17.—The master of the disabled British steamer Taliti wirelessed at 12:30 am. today that passengers and crew were abandoning ship in distress 460 miles off Rakotonga, Cook Islands, South Pacific. The ‘Tahiti was believed to have been Police Rope Man Who Throws Stones At Bedrooms in Fun By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, Audgust 16— If there's one thing Pete Bazulli story building early today, Ba- zulli was having the time *of his life when some one called the police. Four officers climbed to the roof, met with rebuffs from Bazulli, and the next half hour was devoted to rodeo features, which ended when the gendarmes roped Bazull and carried him down a ladder to the patrol wagon. | ZUTA BOOKS SHOW PAY T0 OFFICIALS Huge Receipts From Vice| Also Found in Ledger of Slain Gang Chief. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 16—The profit| nd loss accounts of one of Chicago's | ost notorious liquor, gambling and vice syndicates, found in the safety | deposit box of a slain gang manager, | yielded evidence today implicating Criminal and Municipal Court judges, political leaders and police and dis- closing enormous profits of the illicit traffic. 0 The business-like records ~of the Moran-Alello gang were taken from the box of Jack Zuta, shot to death in a carrying about 100 passengers and a crew of 152. The message said the crippled ship’s bulkheads were expected to give way any moment. A Nor- wegian ship, which passed the Tahiti yesterday and turned back %o her assistance, was expected glongside at noon today. Two other ships, the Tofua and the ‘American steamer Ventura, also were proceeding to her assistance, but were believed so far away they could not reach her before Monday. tail shaft and lost the propeller. At that time she had been in virtually the same location for about a day and a half. She was on her way to San Pran- cisco from Wellington, New Zealand. Ship One of Largest on Line. Shortly before the message was re- ceived from Capt. Toten of the Tahiti saying the ship was being abandoned, a wireless reached here indicating efforts were being made to get her underway. The wireless said the Tahiti's engineers hoped to get her port engines working this morning. At 7 o'clock last night the Tahiti ra- dioed all wis well aboard and the crew was working to stop the leak. ‘The original distress message said the crew was attempting to stem the inflow of water, but that the ship might have to be abandoned. The Tahiti is 460 feet long. with a beam of 55.5 feet. Formerly the Port Kingston, she was built by A. Stephen & Sons, Lid, of Glasgow in 1904, Her port of registry is London, and she is operated by the Union Steamship Co. She is one of the t vessels operating between San Francisco and the South Seas. U. S. LINER SPEEDS TO SCENE. Norwegian Vessel Expected to Reach Tahiti Momentarily. SAN FRANCISCO, August 16 (A).— The Matson Navigation Co. received .a | wireless from its liner Ventura today | saying the disabled steamer Tahiti had | been abardoned about 3 am. ship's time and that the Norwegian vessel Penybryn expected to reach the Tahiti momentarily. Capt. W. R. Meyer of the Ventura reported he was making all possible speed toward the Tahiti. He Was be- lieved to be about 500 miles away. The Ventura reported recelving a message saving the Tahitl's afterholds | and er e room had been flooded. TWO SLAIN, ONE HURT | “IN GANGSTER RAID! Contractors Shot in Outbreak of| Building Racket Warfare in New York. By the Asscciated Press, NEW YORK, August 16--A gang raid in which two contractors were shot to death and another wounded was re- garded by police today as an outbreak of warfare in the building racket. Peter Morello and Joseph Perrano were killed and Gaspar Pollaro was serfously wounded by two gunmen, who cornered them in Morello's office on the second floor of a building on 116th street, in the Upper East Side. Morello was hit by five bullets and died instantly. Perrano jumped out of | statements. John A, Swanson, State’s Delafield, Wis,, dance hall August 1. They showed receipts totaling £429,046 for the “period ending November 12, inclusive”—presumably the syndicate's inggme for a week. The same period showed disbursements of $400,076. The long list of recipients included a half dozen of Chicage’s best known night Tesorts, the Lincoln Tavern, the Dells, Lighthouse, White House, Villa Venice. Fairview—assumed by investigators to be the Fairview dog track, now closed— showed receipts of $123,598 balanced by equal expenditures, Names on Checks Revealed. nh(:lneekd checks and notes in the the | bring- in Adrship the time ity mfllhu?mthem Notes and canceled $5,500_were found bearing the name o Judge Schulman. Police Sergeant Explains. | Sergt. Willlams’' name appeared on a note for $600 payable to himself and indorsed in blank. He explained today he had given such a note some years ago to a man named “Masse” When | raising funds for a hom': lm{ )illtu‘v might have passed the note on to Zuta. | "}"lo checks to cash indorsed by Fisher and signed by Zuta were for $500 and $100. Fisher denled any deal- ings with Zuta, saying if the signatures 4 gh“:lmdlnl tower, after they had R-100 ENDS FLIGHT, TAKING 57 HOURS AS STORNS CUT SPEE |Head Winds Slow Down Big Dirigible to 12 or 15 Miles an Hour. MAN DROPS DEAD WHILE *WATCHING CRAFT LAND Passengers and Crew Are Sure Trip Proved Commercial Sea Service Feasible. By the Associated Press. CARDINGTON, England, August 16. —Through terrific storms that tested her mettle and proved her seaworthiness the British dir'eible R-100 today com- pleted her "oyage to Canada and back, and was moored safely to her home mast at 6:02 am., Eastern standard time, without incident. The world’s largest lighter-than-air craft twice crossed the Atlantic Ocean in a span of 3287 miles along the great circle route and added to her voyage the mileage from St. Hubert Field, Montreal, to Ottawa, Toronto and return. Besides displaying remarkable speed capablilities, the bulky airship conclu- sively demonstrated her mighty strength by riding out latter part of immense satisfaction of her designer and the officers and passengers on, board. ‘The dirigible left Montreal at 8:28 p.m., Eastern standard time, Wednesday Following the great circle route almodt without deviation, a speed up to 92 miles an hour was uttained. When head- winds buffeted her, the R-100 slowed down to 12 or 15 miles an hour, but rode steadily on under perfect control. Makes Trip in 57 Hours. ‘The time of crossing was approximate- 1y 57 hours, according to an official announcement. The fastest crossing of the Atlantic by lighter-than-air craft was made in August, 1929, by the Graf Zeppelin, which needed only 55 hours and 25 minutes to travel 4,200 miles—nearly 1,000 miles more than the R-100 trav- eled—between Lakehurst, N. J., and Friedrichshafen, Germany. The Graf's speed was 75 miles per hour. Cardington, despite the bad weather, turned out in force to greet the air ad- venturers. .The R-100 dropped her mooring cable at 11:30 a.m., after cir- mdhwn fastened It took 1 hour and 22 minutes to Lord Thompson, minister for air, ted the homecomers at the of examined by the customs officers. In enterprising fdshion Lord Thom broadcast a speech and regular tish Broadcasting Co. annourcers were on the air with a continuous description nll“the arrival and mooring of the air- ship. Fell Dead Watching Craft. One tragic incident marred the re- turn of the voyagers. Edward Lill, a prominent member of thé Chipping. Solbury district, council, fell dead wh! watching the R-100 as crewmen tied her to the mast. Most of the spectators dispensed with all formality and lay flat on their backs (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) were his he might have received them | from some one who had them originally i from Zuta. Checks for $500 and $100 were Ely-i able to Van Lent and indorsed by him. | Judge Eller was made payee of & $250 check from Zuta. | Some of the checks were dated as| far back as 1§22. { Judge Eller and Judge Schulman and Van Lent could not be reached for attorney, whose investigators, working under Pat Roche, discovered the cache of Zuta's balance sheets, has an- nounced he will call every person named in the records for qu:s'fltmm“ Two Items Interest Probers. Two disbursement items on the profit and lost sheet were of particular in- terest to the investigators. One showed the payment of $1,454 to “George M. assumed to be Bugs Moran, the big boss of the gang. The other, reom'dln%l payment of $3500 to “East Chicago, was accepted by the newspapers today | as referring to the leading North Side | police station. Today'’s disclosures, State’s Attorney Swanson said, are but a small part of the records found in Zuta's boxes. A 16,000 gallon brewery, believed to have been operated by the gang domi- nated Moran, was raided today by Fed- eral prohibition agents. The agents had had the brewery under observation for several -days, waiting for some one to appear, but no | one did, so they seized the equipment. | The plant was operated by two electric | motors. There were elght 2,000-gallon beer vats, seven of which were filled. Judge John H. Lyle expressed disap- pointment with the resuits of the clean- up of gang rendezvous at a second con- ference with police captains today. | “I can’t believe all the hoodlums are | out of the city,” he said. ‘“Instruct| your squads to bear down over the ‘week end.” | Flyer Killed in Fall. TEMPLE, Tex, August 16 (#).— George W. Williams, jr., 45, aviator and afrplane designer, was killed here last night when his plane crashed. Clyde RESCUE OF 42 MEN BLOCKED BY SMOK Hope for Miners in British Colum- bia Mine Explosion Abandoned in Face of Fire Peril. | By the Associated Press. BLAKEBURN, British Columbia., Au- gust 16.—Dense clouds of black smoke welled up from the lower levels of the Blakeburn mine today, temporarily halting efforts to rescue parties to reach the 42 men remaining entombed as the result of an explosion and cave-in Wed- miners was abandoned, There was no indication when work could be resumed. Officials ordered the rescuers above ground last night when the smoke ap- Pured. fearing there was a fire in lower part of number four tunnel which might cause another explosion more dis- astrous than the first. What little hope remained that any of the entombed miners might have lived through their long imprisonment was blasted by the appearance of the smoke cloud. The lower levels were already choked with poisonous gas to such an extent rescuers could work only for s few minutes clearing away the debris, even with the aid of gas masks. Thirty men were overcome while working in the tunnels before proper-safety equipment arrived, but all were revived. The bodies of three men who were working in a different part of the mine —those of Clifford A. Smith, 40; Al- bert Cole, 19, and Harry Edwards, 33, wind and storm in the her home run, to lheJ nesday night. All hope for the trapped | LIPTON WELCOMED BY ERO FANFARE Will Try Again if He Fails to‘ Lift Cup, Says Briton on 62d Visit to U. S. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 16.—Sir Thomas Lipton came to America today for his fifth attempt to win the America’s Cup, announcing that if he failed this time he would “try again” as soon as possible. In high good humor, the 81-year-old merchant and yachtsman was taken from the Leviathan at Quarantine on to the city tug Macom and brought up the bay with all the fanfare of a hero's welcome. It was Sir Thomas' sixty- second visit to the United States, but the first time he had been given an official welcome. 3 Jests With Committee. '~ As he phrased it, when he was greeted by former Police Commissioner prOVEr head of the Mayor's ption Committee: “This is the wrst time I have ever been taken off @ ship by the police.” He expressed the opinion that in the Shamrock V he had Inlylcht capable of winning the emblem international yachting supremacy. ‘Recaliing that the cup had been in this country 79 years, he said he thought it was about time that it went back to its native land. Eager About-@empetitor. Sir Thomas asked who would be his rival skipper in the forthcoming race, starting September 13, and was espe- clally eager to find out whether it would be Charles Francis Adams, Sec- retary o the Navy, who, as his last opponent, sailed the Resolute to vic- tory overfthe Shamrock IV in 1920. After recelving the welcome of a crowd of several hundred at the Bat- tery, Sir Thomas was taken to his midtown hotel, where he will rest for several days before going to Newport, R. I, scene of the racing course. Sir Thomas appeared to be in good health, although he had been ill before starting the ocean trip. He was dressed in a blue suit of nautical cut with a gray head. Charles Evans Hughes, Chief Justice of the United States, was a_passenger with Sir Thomas on the Leviathan, but he did not board the Macom. POLICEMAN SAVES THREE BY FLAGGING TRAIN Man, Wife and Sister-in-Law Had | Been Tossed on Tracks in Auto Wreck and Baby Killed. By the Assoclaled Press. PITTSBURGH, Pa., August 16—A policeman flagged an onrushing train late last night and prevented its grind- ing down upon three persons inj in a grade-crossing accident. Chief of Police Jack Livingston of Dravosburg, a suburb, -undlns on an embankment overlooking the Pennsyl- vania railroad tracks, saw an empty passenger train strike a machine. James McCurry, 24; his wife, Eliza- beth, 21, and her sister, Miss Helen Ruffing, 23, all of Clairton, were in- jured. The McCurry baby was killed. ‘The machine with its victims was tossed to another track. Rushing to the aid of the injured, Livingston heard the approach of another train on the tracks where the victims lay. He ran forward and stopped the train. By were recovered. John Parchello was nr%‘zm out alive. e entombed men were working far- ther in the mine than Plrcheu: and the three whose bodies were recovered. Officials said there was no way to esti- N:‘xlmrc. 25, student, who was piloting the ship, mate how long it would take to reach itically injure | the working level. “PROPHET” ASKS ARREST WHEN RAIN FAILS TO JUSTIFY BANNER a window after being shot in the chest. He was dead when picked up. In his was found a ticket and passport preparation for his departure for Italy today. SRR S e, COUPLE FOUND SLAIN BALTIMORE, Md., August 16 (#).— Lying side by side on a couch, bodies of Prank Bartscher and his wife Hattie were found today in their home ,in West Port. Both had been shot, a ' pistol was nearby, and police sald they # helieved the two had agreed to end toalr lives, X Envisions Self at Head of Parade, Comes From North Carolina, but Takes Rest at Gallinger. At his home, in Tyron, N. C., James made preparation to come to the Capi- tel and deliver it. He envisicned a parade, with himself at the head, In anticipation James fashioned a Ibanner from a window cuiigén, and painted thereon the Capitol e in crimson. That was two weeks ago. Yesterday James walked into No. 1 police precinct station, his banner trailing behind him. He asked to he arrested. “Why?” blinked the sergeant. “For my false prophecy,” faltered James, “I predicted a general rain and I thought I was right, but that was two weeks ngo.” For the time being, or at least until it rains, James is at Gallingher Hos- pital under observation. 3 £ SCHNIEDER AT ST. LOUIS New Jersey Youth Beeks to Break Transcontinental Flight Record. | 37 tne Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, August 16 (#).—Eddle Schneider, 19, of Westfield, N. J., who seeks to establish a new junior trans- continental flight record, Elfl‘nned to take off from mbert-St. uls Fleld before noon today affer an overnight stop here. &hnelder‘u flying time when he landed here at 7:04 p.m. was 8 hours and 38 minutes. He is attempting to beat the mark of 28 hours and 18 min- utes fiying time, established by the late Frank Goldeshorough. The New Jersey youth flew here from lumbus, Ohio, in 4 hours and 43 inutes. His next scheduled stop is ‘Wichita, Kans. ———e- Portugal Refueling Permit Asked. |Paul Mon LISBON, August 16 (P).—The Ger- man Minister today asked the foreign all x""?‘ refi lln‘o ":l‘ it ane for refueling when it passes s Portugal on the proposed flight to black yachting cap set jauntily on his [ BY ¢Archie’ Roosevelt Rescued as Canoe Upsets in River By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 16— Archibald Roosevelt, son of the late President Roosevelt, has learned that a South Sea out- rigger canoe is not the safest craft in which to navigate New York Harbor. ‘With Capt. Roger Willlams and First Officer Follstone of freighter, Roosevelt started lasl Thursday night from Staten Is- land for the New York Yacht Club landing at Twenty-third street and the East River. The wash from a steamer overturned the craft, throwing the three into the river. They were rescued by the skipper of a lighter. ‘The canoe was brought from Samoa by Follstone. Y CANADA APPLIES IMMIGRATION BAN First Move Téken Against Europeans Toward Solv- ing Unemployment. \ B the Assoclated Press. OTTAWA, Ontarfo, August 16.—Im- | migration from continental Europe to this country is prohibited today as Canada’s first move toward solving the unemployment situation. Announcement of the ban was made yesterday by W. A. Gordon, minister of immigration and colonization, who said that the only exception to the order would be admission of experienced farmers of suitable type. He said the new policy would not interfere with free movement from Great Britain or the United States of tourists or those engaged in business or commerce, but that the government would neither - solicit nor encourage such movement at the present time. Minister .Gordon’s announcement sald: “This policy is rendered necessary reason of the unemployment in Canada. The purpose is to prevent per- sons from coming to this country who will not be able to find work upon arrival and to protect the people of Canada from the burden of such un- employment. We regard the present situation as temporary, but we propose Ifiply an effective remedy until un- yyment conditions have improved.” nemployment relief was the present Conservative government’s chief cam- paign gled.e before the recent elec- tions which put it in power. to em| TRUJILLO, 37, BECOMES DOMINICAN PRESIDENT Former U. 8. Marine Inducted Into Office as_Head of Oldest New ‘World Nation. By the Assoclated Press. SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Re- public, August 16.—Gen. Rafael L. Tru- Jillo, 37 years old, trained in the United States Marines, tolay was inducted into office as President of the Dominican Republic. Rafael E. Urena, provisional President since Pebruary, three years Trujillo's senior, became vice president. Thus a government, probably the youngest on record, came into control of the oldest nation in the New World in this city, founded in 1496 by Christopher Colum- bus and hts son Diego. The United States Minister and Gov. Theodore Roosevelt of Porto Rico were represented by Felix Cordova Davila, Porto Rican commissioner in Washing- ton, and Carlos E. Chardofi, commis- sloner of agriculture. ident Trujillo -delivered his in- augural address from the roof of the *Bastion, cradle of Dominican inde- pendence. KENTUCKY BOMB PLANE IS DAMAGED IN CRASH Pilot and Passenger Escape Unin. jured While Taking Ship to Storage Site. By the Associated Press. ARBO! loted in a bombing ra the Providence, Ky. coal fields last Monday, crashed and was badly damaged here late yesterday. Floyd Jones. Carbondale, who was Rl:ounz the plane, and his passenger, ymond Floyd, were uninjured. Jones ;lll taking fllg.;hlz to Ohlrle':.wn, ., for wi crashed in taking LINDBERGH RESTS ATHOOVER CAMP { Air Officials Meet With Presi- dent to Study Flying Problems. | By the Associated Press. ORANGE, Va, August 16.—The Lone Eagle of the Skies, bearing fresh honors for his various achievements, rested to- day in the peaceful atmosphere of President Hoover's mountain retreat, engaging with the Chief Executive and Federal aeronautic officials in a study of the Government’s aviation problems. Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, Mrs. Lindbergh and the four members of the junior cabinet in charge of fiying activities for the War, ~Navy, Com- merce and Post Office Departments were among the week eni guests of the President and Mrs. Hoover at the Rapi- dan River camp. The fiyer, who yes- terday received a specfal congressional medal at the hands of President Hoo- ver, came to camp by motor with Mrs. Lindbergh and other guests directly after lJuncheon at the White House, pre- ceding their host, who was d¢ ed in the C:&IMI by late conferences. ‘The aviation officials came by air, however, landing a’. a temporary flying field 10 miles from: camp, Ahere the President’s mail is delivered. Avoidance of duplication in the Gov- ernment’s air activities was understood to be a subject of the conference. The President recently referred to the Bu-, reau of Efficiency for study the contro- verted question of aerial coast defense, a service claimed by both the Army | and the Navy. In the week end party were President Hoover's son Allan, Adolph Ochs, pub- lisher of the New York Times; Will Durant, the author: Everett Sanders, who was secretary to President Coolidge, and others. The aviation officials at the camp were Assistant Jecretaries F. Trubee Davison of War, David S. In- galls of the Navy, Clarence M. Young of Comme: and W. Irving Glover, the Assistant Postmaster General in charge of airmail. — T. B. SLICK EXPIRES; RICH OIL MAGNATE Wealthiest Independent Operator Dies at Johns Hopkins Early Today. By the Associated Press. | BALTIMORE, Md, August 16.— Thomas B. Slick of Oklahoma City, Okla., known as the wealthiest inde- pendent ol operator in the world, died at the Johns Hopkins Hospital here at |2:15 o'clock this morning. Slick, known as “king of the wild- catters,” had been a patient at the hospital since June 27, when he en- tered for treatment. He showed im- provement for some time after his ad- mission, put suffered a setback on August 14 Slick entered the Pennsylvania oil fields early in life and later went West, and in March, 1929, sold his Western holdings to the Prairie Oil & Gas Co. for $45,000,000. He immediately started back into the independent field and was building & new business in_ Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma when he en- tered the hospital. His “retirement” when he sold to the Prairie Co. was his second, the first coming in 1912 when he sold his hold- ings in the Southern Illinois flelds for $2,500,000, only to resume operations in the Southwest. He was credited with discovering some of the best producing fields of that section. Fifty-Six THOMAS AUTOPSY (FAILSTO REVEAL SIGN OF FOUL PLAY Vital Organs Turned Over to Capital Pathologist for Fur- ther Examination. CAUSE OF COLLAPSE IN -RAVINE UNKNOWN May Have Slipped on Rocks While " Crossing Run—Possibility of Poison Also Considered. An autopsy this afternoon over the body of J. Benson Thomas, Washing- ton real estate operator, was sald to have eliminated the possibility that ‘Thomas met with foul play, although little light was shed on the mystery of his death in a rocky covert of the Po- tomac River Valley, just above Chain Bridge, in Maryland. The findings of Dr. William T. Pratt, Montgomery County health officer, who conducted the examination at Rockville this afternoon, disproved an earlier re- port by a physieian that the dead man's jaw was fractured. Vital Organs Studied. | Beyond slight seratches about the | face, nething was found to indicate vio- lence. The vital organs were removed and will be analyzed by Dr. Oscar B. Hunter, pathologist of George Wash- ington University, to determine if poison could have contributed to the death. A | report probably will not be made for two or three days. Meanwhile, the theory grew that Thomas had fallen into the run of water, while crossinig slippery stones, and was rendered unconscious. An in. sensible man could have drowned in the shallow water where the body was found yesterday by John U. Keane, manager of a shoe store, who was cross- ing the valley from the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal to the Potomac while on a i alks While in a Sloomy rams of Wi ‘while in a g nlsggu\blehe)euma near ain Bridge, i&gavgé’. Crossing “the little stream, Thomas’ friends poin out, he may have stumbled, plunged forward and been rendered unconseious. There was enough water where he lay to have drowned an insensible man. The cirggmstances of his death bear a strange parallel to those of a previous mishap which some three months ago all but cost him his life. ‘Was Thrown in Creek. ‘While driving through Rock Creek Park, Thomas’ car hit a bump, over- turned and threw him, unconscious, into a shallow branch. He was lying face downward in the water when an- other motorist chanced by and pulled him from the stream. At Walter Reed Hospital Thomas was revived and treated for lacerations and shock. Lieut.’ Edward J. Kelly, chief of the ‘Washington homicide squad, who visit~ ed the scene, expressed the opinion that the death was a suicide. Thomas nad sustained business reverses recently, his family said. Investigators could find no indica- tion of foul play, nor could they learn that, Thomas had any enemies. From the ‘position of the body, investigators (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) THREE SENATORS VIEW RUSSIAN CROWN JEWELS By the Assoclated Press. | . MOSCOW, August 16.—Three United States Senators, Burton K. Wheeler of Montana, Bronson Cutting of New Mex- ico and Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky, today viewed the Russian crown jewels, the world’s atest single collection of ems, valued somewhere between $250,- ,000 and $300,000,000. The Americans, with a special party of tourists, saw the nificent stones, in their royal settings, displayed at the State Bank repository. They were strewn about on tables with not a single armed Communist sentry in sight. * Several apparently unarmed English- 'u’rkm: attendants mingled with the itors. To all appearances the safety of the jewels, seized from the Romanoffs in the revolution, was in the keeping as much of the visitors themselves as of the harmless looking Russian guides. PLANE CRACKED UP LANDING AT WEST POINT By Phe Associated Press. WEST POINT, N. Y., August 16.— Lieut. E. P. Yost, flying from Selfridge Field, Mich,, to Mitchell Field, N. Y. cracked up here last night when he made a forced landing on the parade xrnund of the United States Military cademy. Lieut. Yost was uninjured, but his lane was wrecked when he ran into a nnis court backstop at the end of the fleld. Fog and a low ceiling forced the fiyer down. Brigham Young Had Nineteen Wives and Children One of His Daughters, Susa Young Gates, Tells the Intimate Story of His Life In the Magazine of The Sunday Star 4 Tomorrow +| farmers and their live stock ROADAD FUND 10 BE ALLOCATED AS DROUGHT AD President Hoover Makes De- cision Following Confer- ence With Governors. MEETING OF BANKERS NEXT STEP IN PROGRAM War Department Increases Water Supply and Turns Over Grazing Land. By the Assoclated Press. Federal road aid money will be al- located to the States In advance of ':- :;u‘x‘-lwzm;s Lo L{i“"" unemployment a suffering dr%%gm. g from the e decision was made by President Hoover after State governoys who at- tended the conference here to work out drought relief measures said they be- lieved it would help materially, Congress authorized $125,000,000 road aid next year. This will be ap- portioned to the various States, prob- :Y,lfi',dby Sfp;mbe]li 1. Ordhur&y it no allocal Hext January 1. Giishiade Bankers' Conference Next. A Hoover conference with from the drought-ridden !htfih:mhod out today as the next national move in the drought relief campaign. Beneficial rains meanwhile alleviated conditions in several of the sun-parched ayeas. As soon as the State Relief Commit~ tees—agreed upon ft the White House Conference of Governors—have been set up, President Hoover expects to call in their banking members for a discus. sion the financial means to be em- ployed in the campaign to prevent hu- man suffering and disease, and to tide over the for Winter season. Meanwhile, Federal agencies virtu- ally are marking time. Except for the Ohio Valley, Tennessee, ern Ap) region and ern lower lake region. Mr. Hoover feels little can be dome until the State, county and local com- mittees are selected to deal directly with conditions in communities distress already exists. The War Department, however, today to help relieve the situation in water from Lake Michigan by the sanitary district than the amount fixed recently by the Supreme Court was authorized by Secretary Hurley to diminish the health m . He also informed Gov. Pollard of Virginia that several thousand acres of artillery ranges would be turned over to the State for private grasing. Farm Heads Approve Plan. Mr. Hoover was told by Mr. Taber, master of the National Grange; Mr. ‘Talbott, chairman of the board of di- rectors of the Farmers’ Union, who also GPain Gorporation, and M. Thompats rai ration, and Mr. president of the American Farm Bu- reau Federation, that the relief - ization outlined at the Governors’ ference was the most workable plan yet presented. The conditions in Montana were viewed today as among the most diffi- (Continued on Page 2, 4) o ety $450,000,000 TOKIO NAVY PROGRAM CUT Finance Ministry Opposes Sum for Building to Offset Alleged Dis- advantages Under Pact. By Radio to The Star. o ‘TOKIO, Japan, August 16.—The Jap- anese finance ministry today revealed its strong opposition to the $450,000,000 program, recently announced by naval authorities, for reorganizing the navy to offset alleged disadvantages aceru- ing from the don naval treaty. The ministry has decided to_allocate a mi iary ships under the pact, naval program involved an of 900,000,000 yen ($450,000,000) the next five years. commends. that the " Svecyear Bros recommen. e five- start in 1932, and also se) consideration of the proposed scale expansion of the naval air force. (Copyrig! ) AUTOIST KILLS BANDIT IN'DRUG STORE HOLD-UP. Second Robber Escapes in Ex- change of Shots and Alabaman Leaves Scene Unidentified.