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WEATHER. (U. 5. Weather Bureau Porecast.) Cloudy, continued morrow with slight showers, Temperatures—Highest, 82, at 4:15 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 62 Full report on page 9. Closing N.Y.Markets, Pages 13,14 & 15 cool tohight and te- possibility of light , at 6 a.m. today. No. 31,523. post office, Entered as second class matter Washington, D G The Fp ‘WITH SUNDPAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTO y D. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, WARNER DISCOUNTS TERRORS OF AR IN FORECASTS OF WiAR Declares Speculations on Possible Frightfulness in Future Overestimated. FUNDAMENTALS OF 1918 i REMAIN SAME, HE SAYS Former Assistant Secretary of the Navy Addresses Institute of Politics. 87 _the Assoclated Press. ‘WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass,, August 21.| »The terrors of alrcraft activities in predictions of future wars are some- times overestimated, Edward P. Warner, former Assistant Secretary of the Navy g Aeronautics, told the Institute of lities today. ‘The record of experience, so far as ce exists,.“is of more value than on the frightfulness of aerial warfare,” he sald. He led that Greaat Britain had been ed of disastrous air attacks two before the last war and that her En- proved more effective than had anticipated. “It is possible,” he “that present prophecies may also :-“;nhm Teality.” He pointed out that while aircraft been improved since 1918 they 't changed in essentiai nature and t fundamental principles of bomb- n..mx and repulse remain the \ Gas Ugly Possibility. The gas bomb, he seid, “is an ugly Possibility” of the next war, but the wer of gas is sometimes overestimated. declared competent sclentists have estimated that 10,000 tons of bombs would be required to gas a city of the size of New York, and said “anticipa- tions that entire capitals can be wiped out in & few minutes in a single raid considerably to exceed the Although he praised the efforts of the League of Nations to limit aerial srmament, hé said possibilities of agreement on reasonable limitation of aircraft or their employment in war “remain somewhat in the realm of theory.” He expressed the belief that yespect for fundamental decencies of human relations wguld prevail against barbaric use of air forces in time of war. ‘Admiral Arthur J. Hepburn, chief of #taff of the United States Fleet, said llity of utilizing the iple to limitation of aircraft. o Ry, said, only some extens rules of war to regulate the use of air- eraft in war, He believed such rules ‘would be Pfitfiflzd. and pointed out that “frightfulness in war is a ques- tion of civil morality, not of military morality.” The difficulty of limitation of war aircraft, he said, is that of classification, because aircraft are too easy to construct and to convert from commercial to war Discussing the to the Nl:sy, Admiral Hepburn sald that “aircraft are factors of tremen- | gg)is dous importance, but they are strictly in auxiliary service to the Navy as a whole.” 5 Discuss Chinese Famine. Chinese famine conditions and re- Mef possibilities were discussed at the pound table conference on ‘“the Far Eastern situation,” by Walter H. Mal- fory of New York, former executive secretary of the China International Famine Relief Commission, and Grover Clark, New York consultant on Far Eastern affairs and also a former mem- per of the commission. Mr. Mallory said he doubted if “any firmment improvement of conditions” China 1s now possible and pointed ‘out that “bumper crops tend to increase population rather than to improve the standard of living.” He said the popu- Iation saturation point has been reached and “it seems that only by some arti- ficlal control of the birth rate can Cina’s food problem be solved.” Birth control, he said, would be difficult of Sttainment, in view of Chinese soclal | precepts. Mr. Clark laid the primary cause of gamine to the drought and said the istration, ecivil wars and banditry contributed to its severity. Millions of people are without re- gources, undernourished and “will per- | 4sh unless they get help from outside,” e said. SEEK ENDURANCE MARK @ex and Dick Rankin in Air for Second Effort at Record. PORTLAND, Oreg., August 21 (#).— Forced down in their first attempt day through failure of the refuel- | flnnp. Tex and Dick Rankin, pilc:- | tng the monoplane On to Orego were in the air today for another as- | geult on the sustained flight record. —_—— | MRS. JENNIE SORG DIES | Widow of Former Representative of Ohio, 75, Auto Victim. fe | © With the failure of the musicians and | their employers to reach an agreement as a result of a board meeting of the Musicians’ Protective Union yesterday and the announcement that the union would continue its fight for the “per- petuation of the art itself,” the elimina- tion of orchestras and stage shows from local theaters August 31 appeared today as inevitable, Meantime, the Moving Picture Ma- chine Operators of the District went into executive session with the Motion Picture Theater Owners' Association on the problem of renewing their contract, which expires August 31. It is known that the operators are holding out for wage increases and the meeting today will be to thrash out terms for contract renewals, It was made known wiso that there existed triple alliance among stage hands, projection machine operators and musicians whereby any one of THEATER ORCESTRAS APPEAR DOOMED AS CONFERENCE FAILS Musicians, Attacking “Blow at Cultural Life of City,” Will Continue Fight. Operators. Terms Taken Up. these bodies may be ordered to walk out by their national union in the event that any one branch is aggrieved. The stage hands and operators are under the International Association of The- atrical Stage Employes. It is extremely doubtful, however, if any action wou be taken along these lines if no agree- ment is reached in the musicians' con- troversy, it was said today. Union Files Long Reply. In & lengthy reply today to the Mo- tion Picture Theater Owners’ Assocla- tion of the District, whose ultimatum not to renew contracts for musicians in local theaters after the end of this month gave rise to the controversy, the union, in bitter language, takes issue with the attempt of the association to “replace the living, breathing spirit of music with a raucous, mechanical sub- stitute.” The letter, addressed to A. Julian Bry- lawski, president of the Motion Picture Theater Owners Association, and sent to the local newspapers, states, in part: ‘The Musicia; rotective Union has ~(Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) AIRMEN OF NATION GENTER ON CHICAGD Planes From Al Parts of U. S. to Attend National Races. Officials There. By the Associated Pre CHICAGO, August 21.—The high- ways of the sky were dotted today with airplanes speeding Chicagoward for the National Air Races. PFrom the West, South and East—the Pacific, Atlantic and Gulf Coasts—con- test derbies forged on to overnight stops. Other planes bore the “Who's Who" of American aviation. “The Red Rippers,” the fifth fighting squadron from the U. 5. S. aircraft Lexington, were headed toward the con- test fleld at the Curtiss Glenview Air- port from an overnight stop in Kansas City. Officials to Attend. By rall came the foreign invasion, es- corted by Lieut. Al Williams, former Navy mll;f ace. The European con- tingent inciyded Lieut. Comdr. L. R. Atcherly of England, Marcel Dorset of Prance, Capt. Fritz Lohse of Germany, Marshal Pletro Colombo of Italy. Senator Hiram Bingham, president of the National Aeronautic Association, was due by plane today with other asso- ciation officials. icials. With the Marine Corps, Squadron 8, as an escort, Washington's aviation offi- cialdom moved Westward. The contin- gent included Rear Admiral William A. MofTett, chief of the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics; Maj. Gen. James E. Fechet, chief of the Army Air Corps; F. Trubee Davison, Assistant Secretary of War for Aeronautics; David A. In- , Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and W, Irving Glover, Assistant Post- master General in Charge of Air Mails. Byrd to Be Honored. At the National Aeronautical banguet tomorrow night Rear Admiral R E. Byrd, conqueror of the North and South Poles, will be resented with the diploma of honorary membership. Four-score privately owned planes from the South and Southwest will gather in St. Louis tonight for an ar- mada approach on Chi tomorrow to participate in the official welcome of the aviation dignitaries. | THREE AIR DERBIES ON. Women Leave Roswell, N. Mex., and Men Leave Jacksonville and Seattle. ROSWELL, N, Mex., August 21 (#).— With her elapséd time leld‘m to & fraction more than 12 minutes, Mrs. Gladys O’Donnell was ready today to lead the Women's National Air Derby on the 400-mile Amarillo, Tex, leg of the Long Beach-to-Chicago race. Official elapsed time figures an- nounced last night: Mrs. O'Donnell, . Marjorie Dolg, 6:36:24. Jean La Rene, Kansas City, 8:46:58. Mildred Morgan, Beverly Hills, 8:58:34. Ruth Stewart, St. Louls, 10:51:56. Ruth Barron, Hollywood, 23:43: Art Killips Leading. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., August 21 (®). —Art Killips of Lagrange, Ill.; Art Da- vis of Lansing, Mich., and George Bur- rell, also of Lagrange, left here today for Macon, Ga., on the third of their flight in the Miami-Chicago Air Derby. The elapsed fiying time of the three pilots 4rom Miami to Tampa and Jack- sonville was recorded as follows: ps. 2.58:59; Davis, 3.12:51 and Burrell, 126:17. They planned to reach Augusta, Ga., to spend the night. Seattle Pllots Ready. SEATTLE, August 21 (#).—Four pllots awaited the starting signal today at Boeing Field for their take-off in the Seattle-Chicago air derby in connection ‘with the national air races. NEW YORK, August 21 (P)—Mrs. | Jennie Sorg, 75, widow of Paul Sorg, | Representative from Ohio, died | n s Hospital today from in- | ;urfl Teceived in an automobile ac- | cident August 18. | e oot John Blum of the Northwest Alr Service at Bryn Mawr, near here, was designated as the first starter, to take off at 10 a Mamer _Alr UNDERTAKERS REAC;l COMPROMISE OVER WAR VETERAN’S REMAINS Rival Firms Will Be Paid Out of United States Insurance Policy and $900 Fund. i By the Associated Press. FRANKFORT, Ky, August 21.—Dif- ficulties between two Lexington under- taking firms over possession of the body of Walter Downs, Fayette County constable who died Monday night at Lexington, ended in a compromise in Franklin Circuit Court here yesterday sfternoon. The compromise was reached by the sitorneys and their clients after Judge "Thomas B. McGregor heard arguments in an injunction procecdings brought gy Kerr brothers, who applied for an Syunction ordering the undert~king A | firm of Anglin & Boden to turn Downs’ body over to them. | Under terms of the agreement Kerr | brothers will be given ol and | the funeral services will be held at | their parlors. Anglin & Boden having supplied the | coffin’ and embalmed the body, will be id $576 for their services by the administratrix, Mrs. V. F. Wilcoxson, sister of Downs, out of a United States veterans' insurance gollcy left by Downs. Kerr brothers will be paid for their services from what is left |of a $900 fund which Downs specified |in a note found on his body should Ibe the cost of his funeral. a TAX CUT UNLIKELY ON 1931 INCOMES Treasury Officials See Little Prospect of Continuing Last Year Emergency. By the Associated Press, Treasury officials see little prospects of maintaining for next year the re- duction of 1 per cent in income taxes which was allowed this year as an emergency measure by Congress. Congressional action would be neces- sary to extend the emergency reduc- tion over another year. Unless action is taken at the short session, beginning next December, the tax rates enacted in 1928 would not apply on next year's taxes. ‘While the outlook is not regarded as hopeful for the lower tax scale, Secre- tary Mellon sald today it was too early to begin talking with any definiteness about the tax situation. The Treasury Secretary sald no esti- mate would be made about the future at this time. It was indicated he agreed with the Treasury experts that the general business situation just now does not warrant hope for extending emergency reduction over another year. No action is expected to be taken by the Treasury in the formulation of the tax policy for next year until shortly before the December session of Congress convenes, _— 59 OIL COMPANIES CITED IN OKLAHOMA State Commission Investigates Failure to Observe Produc- tion Limits. By the Assoclaled Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, August 21— The Oklahoma Corporation Comipis> sion, alleging violations of the oil pro- ration and curtailment agreement, is- sued 73 ocitations’ today against offi- clals of 59 oil companies. The company officlals were ordered to appear before the commission Sep- tember 8 to show cause why they should not be fined for violations of the agreement. . ‘The citations were issued at the re- quest of Ray M. Collins, State pro- ration umpire. Ed Hicks, jr., secretary of the com- mission, said he believed the alleged violations by production of more than the stated amount of petroleum were not willful on the part of most of the operators. C C. Julian, former California op- erator, against whom action has been tbreatened by the attorney general's office, because of his defiance of the proration order in the Oklahoma City 1d, was not included among the cited ‘operators. SCHNEIDER TAKES OFF FOR WEST-EAST: MARK Hopes to Make Record in Flight Across Continent From Los Angeles. By the Assoclated Press. MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, Los Angeles, August 21.—Eddie Schneider, newly- crowned East-West junior transconti- nental speed king, took off at 6:17:30 am. (P. 8. T.) today in an effort to establish a new West-East junior transcontinental air record. He plan- ned to make his first stop at Al- IFAILURE TOASSIST SEARCH FORBLACK LADTOU.S.BOAT Coast Guards Left Scene After Being Asked to Aid, Says Sabalo’s Captain. KELLEY’S CHARGES MADE AT NEW YORK HEARING Hunt for Baltimore Publisher TIs Abandoned, but Yacht Will Re- trace Route on Trip Home. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, August 21.—The as- sertion that a Coast Guard vessel failed to heed a call for assistance in searching for the body of Van Lear Black, Baltimore publisher, capitalist and world fiyer, who fell into the sea from his yacht Sabalo and was lost Monday evening, was made by Oapt. Kelley at today's brief hearing con- ducted by the steamboat inspection service. Capt. Randolph Ridgley, command- ing the New York division of the Coast Guard expressed surprise at Capt. Kel- ley’s complaint against a Coast Guard vessel. He presented the report of Boatswain R. Anderson, commander of patrol boat 215, who told of seeing the Sabalo's sweeping searchlight at about 11:45 p.m. Monday night and of pulling alongside. At 1 a.m. Tuesday, he said the yacht again put on her searchlight and the patrol boat, pullin galongside, was in- formed that a man had fallen oved- board, but that the crew did not know just where the accident happened and was not sute just what had occurred. Anderson said he had concluded then that the yacht was not seeking as- sistance. The Sabalo was to be started for its buquerque, N. Mex. Schneider recently covered N"d.ll. tance from Westfield, N. J, to Los Angeles in 28 hours 55 minutes flying time, bet! the record of 29 hours 41 minutes set last Spring by the late Frank Goldsborough. He hopes to reach the East Coast in less time than the record of 38 hours 18 minutes, also set by Goldsborough. Despite a load of 140 gallons of gaso- line, Schneider pulled his little mono- plane into a fast climb and quickly was out of sight. Lord Birkenhead Improves. LONDON, August 21 (#).—The fa- mous British statesman, Lord Birken- head, who has been through a serious attack of bronchial leumonia, is no o so critically 1ll. His physician's bulletin today said that Lord Birken- head's heart had been affected, which afiment could be expected to pass off gradually. Radio I’nln;l on Page C-4 home port of Baltimore today as soon as the seas grew smoother. Clearance Papers Given Yacht. Clearance papers were given to the yacht today after a formal report of the Baltimore publisher’s disappearance from the craft, south of Scotland Light near the New Jersey had been roade. “The first thing I did after Mr. Black was reported missing was to stop the ship.” Capt. Kelley said at the hearing. “Then I immediately began 2 search of the bout. I didn't believe it was possible that he could have fallen overboard. When I failed to find him 1 went back to the pilot house and re- versed by course. I ki going back and forth until after daylight, scanning the water to.see if I could find any trace of Mr. Black. ““There were several steamers offshore of us, all out of our zone. Then there was & flashlight turned on our stern and a little Jater a Coast Guard boat came up. When the boat got close enough to communicate with they asked me what I was doing and I told them that I'd lost a man overboard. Then I blew my whistle four times for as- sistance and asked them for help, but they simply snapped off their light and I got no reply. Then the boat faded away into distance.” Capt. Kelley prepared to take the |by yacht from its anchorage at Gravesend y back to Baltimore over the route the publisher was traveling, on his way home, when he vanished. He had been sitting on a deck rail and ch‘m:? & few moments before he was missed. The search for his body was aban- doned yesterday, and Paul Patterson, director of the hunt and associate wr Mr. Black in the company which pub- lished the Baltimore Sun, left for home at noon today. Planes, Coast Guard vessels, the dirigible Los Angeles and the Sabalo itself had scanned the seas for two days and & night witnout find- ing a trace of the missing man, Fail to Get Ship's Number, Capt. Kelley said he did not get the number of the Coast Guard ship. The wind was so strong and the wash of the water against the yacht's bow so steady that Capt. Keiley doubted whether he could have heard an out- cry if Mr. Black had made one, as the vessel proceeded back along its path, the captain said. The publisher's disappearance was first noted by Mrs. Walter J. Lord, an elderly relative and the only guest on the yacht, who had had dinner with him and had left the dining room at about 9:30. er had been served rather late, an hour before. She looked for Mr. Black around the deck and when she did not see him she called Capt. Kelley. “There 15 no mystery about the a fair—it was purely an accident,” Mr, Patterson sald after the hearing. He ascribed it to Mr. Black's habit of sitting on the rail with his feet hang- ing over the water. HUSBAND TO TALK ON IMMIGRATION Radio Address Will Be Broadcast Tonight Over Coast-to-Coast Network. Immigration work of the Govern- ment will be described tonight by Wil- | tion. llam Walter Husband, Assistant Secre- tary of Labor, during the National Radio Forum, arranged by The Wash- ington Star and broadcast over the coast to coast network of the Columbia Broadcasting System. The forum will be heard, locally, through WMAL at 9:30 o'clock. Mr. Husband is intimately familiar with the subject of immigration. For & quarter of & century he has been identified with the Government's im- tion work. Until three years ago when former President Coolidge appointed Mr. Hus- band to his present position as Assistant Secretary of Labor, he was United States commissioner of immigration, a post which he held since 1821. Prior to that time he had been engaged in various phases of immigration work, and from 1916 to 1917 he was editor ot the Immigration Journal. Hexie«;&in Removal of Gold. MEXICO CITY, August 21 (#).—The ministry of finance today ordered cus- toms officers to enforce strictly the law forbidding_removal of gold from the country. The measures will in- clude close inspection of at frontier points. PREM SgO%RT PEwiSVLVANA n\\\\\\& — COURTS LAG BEHIND INDRY LAW TRIALS Woodcock’s Report for July Shows Number of Cases Increased in Month. A description of the Government's enforcement of prohibition “throughout the country in July was available today in a detailed summary made public by Col. Amos W. W. Woodcock, prohibition administrator. Compilation of performance reports from the 12 administrative districts in- dicated that the courts are not keeping pace with the number of arrests. On July 1 last, when the Depart- ment of Justice assumed direct charge of Federal enforcement, there were 232, 173 criminal cases on court dockets. month of Col. During the first et ' the i Jeorgunised court dockets numbered the 30. inated, some over from earlier months. 22,497 Cases August 1. The number of unfinished cases in the country August 1 was 2,497, which is 324 more than on July 1. This num- ber was exclusive of 1,010 cases which for various reasons were not placed in Of the cases terminated, 1,392 were convictions, with the average jail nce 152.6 days and the average fine 99.59. The convicted $218,752.48 in fines and sentences . t 127,804 days, an ag- e e diso showed the number of injunctions ted in ity cases, the number of of M(mdm-u, the automo- broug! W a at a glance” of the bureau’s Nal wide effort. Fourth District Records. ‘The fourth administrative district, comprising the District of Columbia and five States, stood fourth in the number of arrests during July, with 580. The average jail sentence in the district was 75.9 days, and the average fine $150.21. The number of cafes on docket July 1 was 2,539, and a month later the unfinished cases numbered 2,568. The district was second in the num- ber of stills seized, with 499, and sec- ond in the number of automobiles seized, with 102, ' The ocountry~ figure for beer seized was 1,339,277.50 gallons, and for “spirits,” 111,672.25 gallons. ‘The summary was the first pre- pared by the division of research set up by Col. Woodcock, and afforded only one basis of comparison, in the number of criminal cases on docket at the beginning and ending of the 30-day period. These summaries from month to month are exg«md by the adminis- trator to furnish a concise, accurate description of the Government's effort in all its aspects and at the same time indicate any weaknesses that may de- velop in the enforcement system. Wil Inform Nation. Col. Woodcock auticipates that the summaries, with supplemental reports, will enable the bureau and the country to keep abreast of the Government's effort. The 12 administrators are re- quired to furnish detalled performances reports at stated intervals. In contrast to the 1,392 convictions, were 202 cases which resulted in termi- nation by acquittale or nol prosse ac- In the fourth administrative dis- trict, which includes the District of Co- lumbia, Maryland, Virginia, West Vir- ginia and North and South Carolina, there were 149 convictions and 43 ac- quittal and nol prosse cases. Of the 590 arrests during the month, 206 were held by United States Commissioners, and 221 were placed on docket. WILLIAMS AND LUNDGREN DISCUSS WORLD FLIGHT By the Associated Press. Roger Q. Willlams and Ted Lund- gren conferred today with Commerce and State Department officials on & - posed around-the-world flight Sheh to start from Old Orchard, H. Barkaloe, a1 relative to obtaiain ission to cial, relative to ol perm! n Co. fan thes, The d it European coun 3 ht is expected to take the fiyers direct from the North American coast to ‘The rs flew down from Roosevelt Field, N, Y., today and expect to return in the afternoon. 1930-—~FORTY-SIX PAGES. AT ening Star. ¥ \ 7 eve) tion it “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier r city block and the regular edi- delivered to Wi te as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 105,987 system covers hington homes PRESIDENT HALTS BUSINESS TO SEE YOUNG TEXAS CALLERS Gertrude Ann Windsor, 11, and Brother _Billy, 8, Spared Disappointment of Not Seeing Chief Executive. An appealing note in a childish scrawl | those today arrived on the desk of President Hoover. The President read it carefully, while important Government papers, with impressive seals and signatures, lay for the moment forgotten. ‘The President of the United States is & busy man, but he just couldn't re- sist reading that unusual letter a second time. He seemed to have a far-away look in his eyes when he had finished. Then, coming to earth again, he pushed = button and s secretary appeared. Not long afterward the writer of the note was ushered into the Executive Office and escorted past all the Sena- tors or cabinet members or whoever dent. Finally she arrived right in the private office of Mr. Hoover himself. ‘The young lady was Gertrude Ann Windsor, 11 years old, of Tyler, Tex., man _whose hand ‘Wood- ere 6,524 e of Whkh were ht g AND BEAT 3 REDS' \!ictims Chased From Besse- mer City, N. C., After Two Are Roped Together. By _the Assoclated Press. BESSEMER CITY, N. C, August 31. —-Three men suspected by striking tex- tile workers of being Communists were captured by strikers here last night, two of them tied together, all of them roughly treated and then chased from town. The men were said to be Albert Her- der, organizer for the National Textile ‘Workers' Union; W. G. Binkley of Win- ston Salem, Communist candidate for Congress in the ffth North Carolina district and Walter Wilson of Asheville, Southern representative of the Ameri- can Civil Libgrties Union. According to Town Clerk Rhyne of Bessemer City the trio came to Besse- mer City prepared to speak and distrib- ute literature. Strikers of the American Mills Nos. 1 and 2, who walked out Monday in pro- test against a wage cut and since have been outspoken against radicalism or unionism, took them in hand. Two of them, reported to have been Herder and Binkley, were tled together with ropes and taken to the center of town, kicked and otherwise violently handled. Wilson also was mistreated, it was said. Officer M. A. Carpenter, Mr. Rhyne sald, approached the throng and man- aged to take Herder and Binkley from the strikers’ hands. Then, putting them into their car, he escorted them to the city's limits, leaving them on the high- way to Gastonia. ‘Wilson, Mr. Rhyne said, was chased from the town in the opposite direction, disappearing through s raiiroad cut. BODY ON TRACKS BELIEVED BANKER'S Fall From Observation Platform of Train Is Indicated by Investigation. By the Associated Press. LITTLE FALLS, N. Y, August 21.— A body believed to be that of Samuel 1. Lipp, 643 East Mitchell avenue, Cin- cinnati, Ohlo, a banker, was found to- day on’ the New York Central Rail- road tracks outside this city. ‘The bodygwas clad in pajamas over which were worn the coat and pents of & business suit. Papers and cards in the coat pockets indicated the vic- tim was Lipp. Preliminary investiga- tion indical that the victim was a passenger of thound 3 of the New left Cincinnati yesterday afternoon and through here early this morn- Sapers and documents, including au- e tion certificates, shcwed LETTER TO VICEROY Nationalist Terms for Ending Resistance Campaign Be- lieved in Communication. By the Associated Press. SIMLA, India, August 21.—Viceroy Lord Irwin today received a letter from Mahatma Gandhi, carried by Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru and Mr. Jayakar from Poona jail. he would see Mr. Jayakar soon. The letter was understood to con- tain the Mahatma’s terms for cessa- tion of the civil resistance campaign, | in connection with which many hun- dreds of congress volunteers now are in prisons throughout India. Letter Followed Conferences. The communication was written after conferences among the Congress lead- | ers, including Mrs. Sarojini Naidu, the | Pundits Motilal and Jawarhalai Nehru, and the two Moderates who instituted the parleys for peace. It was made known today that the result of the Poona conferences would be considered by the All-India Con- gress Working Committee at Delhi next Tuesday. The government of India's report today dealing with events upon the northwestern frontier between the 5th and 13th of August said the Afridis, by August 12, were returning to Tirah as secretly as they had entered the Peshawar district. Feud Reported Settled. The upper Mohmands were reported to have settled the internal feud be- tweel Muskabel and the Haji of Tur- i, who mnow are contemplating the British. ‘The chief commissioner at Peshawar placed the enemy casualties at 50 killed and 100 wounded, but his report sald that the skill with which the Afridis removed their casualties had prevented accurate count. The report said Brit- ish casualties were few, chiefly among Lhfiedmm horse and one policeman Falls in Plane Propeller. OWEN SOUND, Ontario, August 21 (#).—Climbing the top of his amphibian to adjust the motor, P, n of Toronto was instant itly todsy when he fell into the whirling propeller. TOOTH DRILLING By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, August 21.—Every tooth HART ASKS FEWER BUT BETTER' CASES INRUM ARRESTS Files Shows 200 of 1,000 Dry Charges Since March 1 Were Thrown Out. PRATT WARNS OFFICERS TO BE MORE CAREFUL Prosecutor Declares Nominal Bond Suggestion Was Made to Court and Not Police. Assistant United States Attorney David A. Hart issued an appeal today for “fewer, but better liquor cases” after & search of the records of his office dis- closed that since March 1 approximately 20 per cent of the cases submitted to him by members of the Police Depart- ment have been thrown out for want of sufficient evidence or because the persons. accused were arrested without & warrant. On the heels of Mr. Hart's announce-~ ment, Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superis® tendent of police, issued a statement ‘warning the members of the Police De- partment to take greater pains in the future when preparing liquor cases for col “To take liquor cases to court which have been illegally or improperly pre- pared is a waste of time for all con- cerned,” the police chief's statement de- clared. “The attention of all policemen is called to the instructions which have been issued in the past by this office regarding the proper method of pre- paring a case involving a violation of the prohibition laws.” 200 of 1,000 Cases Dropped. A search of the files in Mr. Hart's office revealed that the assistant United ‘The revealed by Hart's files do not include cases where papers The viceroy indicated | to scale was set forth for various prohibi- gglr’lu oflDeanmp‘nmhg:c: been sent to the some time a; m'.rzucoun‘ i osecutor also. said that his only ticism of the Police Depart- ment in the matter of bonds was the placing of charges against persons by police when the cha: cannot be substan . He explained that when & man is charged with both transpor- tation and possession, or with sale and possession, and when only the - sion charge can be pressed, the result is that a bond of $2,000 or $2,500 is set. He pointed out if only the pos- session charge was pressed the result 'mulltd be a low bond of $500. “It may seem strange,” Hart said, “but the bondsmen themselves tell me they are in favor of low bond. They Selively nighbonds. wHile dolecting low g] , while bonds is done with llcfl-flcyo." i Two Policemen Reprimanded. ‘Two policemen today were ri- K‘e‘u’:ed;d :nd m“e:l ?che‘rs. lnclud(rs a ant, warned in connectio th:,:t.ld.m n with J. Pratt, who also issued a stern warning to the four precincts involved in the cases, cautioned the commands not to violate laws in order to enforce other laws, and pointed out that it is a waste of time,and contrary to the :rders from police headquarters to o so. The two officers reprimanded are Pvts. J. L. Mason and A. R. G. Houch of the sixth precinct, and the men who were warned are Lieut. John Fowler, Precinct Detective Jones and Pvt. R. F. McCarty of the tenth precinct, Pyt. E. E. Thompson of the sixth pre- cingt. The action of other officers who (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) SAVES PATIENT AS BANDITS HOLD UP DENTIST Stick-Up Men Decide Man in Chair Has Enough Trouble After Robbing Doctor. and commanded, “Stick 'em up!” #'l%'-‘ dentist dropped his t:gll. leaned back in the We L “What about this one?” asked one of the men, nodding toward the patient. “Oh, he's having enough trouble. Let him alone.” And they P (&