Evening Star Newspaper, August 23, 1930, Page 2

Bg;loon Log and. Diary Ex-; fected to Reyeal Data on o Ry ""‘1"&"‘5" e ed ere to tel e complete. story of the firs to cross -fil le by e T B i | ; § E | s i ; i i i g i i g 1 EEE i?s!?s i ACTS TO SAVE PESETA et e Bpanish Premier Announces For- mation of ‘Ecodiomic Dietatorship.’ MADRID, August 23 (#).—Without specifying any s .:ar the amelioration sesslon, has announced that & form of “economic dictatorship” would be instituted in Spain. The new finance minister, Sabalo Ends Search. NEW YORK, August'23 (P She had alded in the search since . Bllci fell from her rafling last Monday night not far from the Scot- land Lightship on the New Jersey Coast. BAND CONCERT. Home Ml.ym “‘huleptflyz i | “That left the room nmm “1 knew he e - Thirty-three years after August Andree; balloonist, dis appeared into the Arctic when he set out from Spitzbergen those of two com 5% ‘were found on White Island. M-Mmm‘?-vmu. Center . _Andree is shown at the right , who MISSED LL-FATED FLIGHT TWO DAYS |Capt. E. B. Baldwin, Living Here, Was on Way to Join Andree Expedition. BY MARGUERITE YOUNG, Associated Press Stall Writer. A white-haired veteran of the frozen mwwhhil&hyfl“ hours prevs his going on the ill- fated th Pole erpedmon of August Andree, whose has been found in the Arctic: after a fapse of 'vml ‘man who 'll len hehl.nd elyn of the m Peary and 1894. He ears, Capt. meteorol ing be lives alone. He pulled out of trunks and drawers portfolios and books dul- ing with the Arctic, and r among them one of in tl bll- loon shelter from whlch Andree started on Danes Island, Spitzbergen. Looking up num ‘the chmnud data, Baldwin, now L)d asserted of lhe es pmved what he had always contended—that “if 1 had not been late the course of events might have been different.” Would Volunteer to Ge. And then his lips closed in & firm line 85 he added: “If he were alive again, I would volunteer to go with him. “The 1 that their bodies were reached,” he asserted, ‘“makes clear that if an ice breaker had been sent for them they could have been rescued.” Bald: also sald discovery of the bodies l’!&:lltd that he had been with- for second in qommlnd of the Wellman ex. pedition He addeéd that he had Been back from dition just two years gan prepartions for his | lea: ecided “hl lll IM but d not to go because of unfavorable winds. ““That; brought terrific crif upon him,"” he said, “but I knew dangers he had faced, and wrote him expressing confidence. That was the beginning of & faithful correspondence between us. When he started preparations to try | again the next ynr I Jwrote volunteer- llllw nz'n lli.ll’ yellov -nd ul! stion,” but volced lb-r that if Balds pame .:lm: the crowded. Tloon basket might be - Leaves for Expedition. ‘Then, could. be mnlnnd. that ‘Andree’s M‘Mfilfl win n the basket,” would (ake me. 1 \ll‘. Jad had felt it lmpenuve [y first favorable win Baldwin heluvod “that in off, Andree had lost the drag rope, cable, which would have been used to the little ship 80 feet in diameter and 100 feet high. That, he sald, deprived Lnem of their strengest element of l ll“\ think that if I'd M there on time, it might have different,” Md'in added mo\lmhflly “We might not have lost the drag rope. My weight in the basket might have affected the course of the ship.” Forecaster in Illinois. ‘When Andree was me{ for aerial dash to the Clpt Baldwin was & forecaster in the United States Weather Bureau at Ollm News of decision o{ meterolcgist not mgm reached Baldwin vhflo ho was on duty he immedi. day, truthful, excuse. - The leave was ranted him and he set out for the gplmen station Andree had estab- lished, * It was Andree's off July 16, but when & south- erly wind set in llx dlyl the lnn(-nllnned l‘nnwhne Baldwin _ was small ship salling for Spitz- rgen. As the vessel was approach- ing the take-off land, it lllh!ed & ves- sel returning to the Sou Speaking to that ship, Baldwin learned that Andree already was in the air. Baldwin continued on to Spitzbergen, however, arriving there two days after the first aeronaut to attempt _a North Pole passage had taken off, JURY GETS IPiSTRUOTIONS IN OESTERREICH TRIAL By the Associated Press. to take s end ?um revenue during the fiscal year for | 1931 will be reduced, n ‘com| | that of the closet; attributed the sl 'ha'e.d She wn arrested, later re- Otto l.nhub!r Mrs. Qesterreioh’s lover, secreted in u't;la lnkh’:r h"x‘f): 10 ml’l was charged wi flu murder, -tried sepa eon- victed of m-mh hur ~WAS Te- Jeased under the statute of lmitations ek - WILLIAM C. SMITH [_)IES 1t | Former Owner of Base Ball Club ‘Was Ill Seven Years. before another communication | Ind! Bald learned had de- |in wmhl- 5. | “¥he r de- l'lll. were then placed at $4,203,000,000, in- nd his party | pl )| e INCOME TAX CUT T0 BE RETAINED, HOOVER BELIEVES —_Continued From First Page) the past six weeks upon which calcula- tions were very properly based do not take several factors into aceount. Im- ports, and consequently customs receipts, have been unponruy reduced because of advance imports to anticipate the nn tariff law. We have been expedit- m:fm truction expenditure to give um employment in the first nlnu months of this fiscal year. The calculations as to possible deficit take no account of the receipts from my- ment on foreign debts, nor the revi of expenditures downward from estimates of the first of last July, 'Ml:h cluding the postal deficit. “I have not as yet recelved the re- port from all of the departments or the result of their drive for economies, but from the results already obtained in | %% the departments that have réported, we have an Indicated reduction of about nu.ooo,m in expenditures. In such reductions it must be borne in mind that ‘of the total estimated govern- mertal expenditures, lpgroxlmuly $2,- 200,000,000 are for sus charges as interest and redemption of the pub- | 7% lic debt, payment of pensions and so forth No part of it can be reduced by administrative action. ‘The field of economy is, therefore, limited to about $2,000,000,000, of which something like $400,000,000 are commitments for con- struction work of one kind or another, which were increased and must be maintained in order to maintain em- loyment.” Mellon Has 'jlnl Hope.” Ing to. the revenue for the current fiscal year overemphasize the unfavorable factors. It is altogether too early to mlke any definite statements. The final esti- mates nud not be prepared unm Just m‘lnr the meeting of the Congress “December, at which time the de- partment wiil be in & much better position to determine the budgetary fiscal should not- be f 19! ten t.hn we closed & substantial sur- one could 'definitely at this time that the 1 1per cent tax reduction granted at the session of Congress can be maintained during the calendar year 1931, I can say that after a careful review of such figures as are available at this time, I have a very real hope that we may be sbu to make luch a recmmandnuon in December.” O Seten Milk. Underscergtary of the Treasury, said the administration had no intention whatever of lessening the t of the sinking fund required fim ear for retirement of the pubuc !r '.lx schedule will can be dmt 'Il.houz iauudu‘{n -ny TTAX CASES LEAD ON COURT DOCKET Trust Prosecutions and Rail Disputes Supplanted in Supreme Tribunal. By the Associated Press. Pl from the Supreme Court docket, the public is more concerned about tax matters these days than any- thing else. ‘That barometer of the people’s mind showed that tax- controversies have supplanted those over trust prose- cutions and rlllmd regulation, which once led the list. the court has been in recess pince June 2, litigants have been con- n-n;?, mfll’ufilhdwl‘ Papers nnmgmembmotthomn Arranged Jeeto.meumhnll-lned“ riety-three Tax Cases. ‘Taxes, 93, of which 76 involve Federal and 17 State taxes; controversies in which States are parties, 47; in which Indians are parties, 26; matters affect- ing railroads, N patent infringements, 22; damages for personal injuries, 21; ‘bankruptcy, 20; prohibition, 11; alien property disputes, 10; admiralty ques- tions, application of State motor , 7; anti-trust suits, 6; issues from the Philippines, 5; matters relating to veterans, 3, 'and the tariff, 1 The remaining 52 cases relate to va~ riously miscellaneous matters. 470 Cases Await Court, When the court took its Summer recess it had pending 172 cases, 53 of which had not been submitted to it. When it resumes n on October 5, there will be approximately 470 cases on its docket, compared with 432 at the same time last year. Court officials expect at least 300 of these to be petitions for review. The court must determine whether the mat- ters presented should receive its atten- tion on their merits. Most of the cases filed so far relate to inconsequential questions, in which reviews will be denied by the court as rapidly as it can act on them. WHO’S WHO OF AIR IN CHICAGO TO SEE 1930 RACES START Continued From Pirst Page) themselves vn.h no outside competition to_worry aboul son Trophy race, at all. The Marine Corps, however, is expected to into the race with a special racer which is to be flown by Capt. Arthur H. Page, M on duty in the National Onpital, Curtiss Marine Trophy Wllhln[fi!l last Dflfln' Capt. B Beician 7 fi.cm““""‘ »q1 year by y'lr ‘This year the Army is represented planes, from the three famous Navy is represented by & squadron of fighters and the Marine Corps by a half squadron of fighters. ‘The decreasing service squadron rep- ing_recognitio ?.hJ12L3 » growing recognition o ot ‘Evil séronautics and & belibt that there should be no -flm or no nemlnl effort on the part of the services to detract !mm the civilian features of the M i * Resolution Introduced. ‘The in the aviation world came to uu lm again at the annual meetin T National Aeronautic Association hm Lawrence E Williams, secretary of the Aero Club of Washington and chair- mn of the Aviaticn Otmmittee of the Board of Trade, was in- for the purpose of placing the national governing body for aeronautics on record as favoring the creation of a model munlclul al rt for the Na- tional Capital. efinite site was mentioned in the ruolutlm which was referred to committee, and this is ex- pected to result in a fight in conven- uon when the resolution is reported, as the association repeatedly has gone on record in favor of the Gravelly Point site. One of the planks of tht lllnull pln'.- form of r-he association lishment an thulmn build! ln the National Capital, The association recently moved its thunmn from the Barr Build- to Dupont circle, in the National Capital, and now is ering the construction or purchasing of its own buflding, though mo action toward this end is expected to be taken this year. trndu qu n-uml Lucian Wolf, Author, Dies. LONDON, August 23 (#).—Lucian ‘Wolf, author, died here toda; , | Plel of State, giving position of the National Capital | sard o ovean or_sovauusca ] |PREBID PURCHASE CHRISTINE QUILLAN crowned Queen of Junaluska be!uncn crowd of 3,000 people Of Macon, Ga., was at the Methodist assembly grounds, Lake Junaluska, N. OF COAL'IS DENIED Montgomery Supervisor Says Firm Was Permitted to Store in School. By & Btaft Correspondent @ The Ster. ROCKVILLE, Md., August 23.—Deny- ing that any coal was ordered prier to the opening of competitive bids, but admitting the firm of Grifith & Perry was allowed to use the Takoma Park 8chool for storage purposes, Dr. George E. Lewis, Montgomery County super- visor of school = tumcmlm 'M:n.m jound by analysis to be below standard Ohu-n:. that '&: Criffith & Perry Coal. Co. of Silver had_ filled ' the bins of the Takoma Dod- side and Glenmont Schools before the bids were opened, August 12, * made at a recent meeting of the Pm- gressive Democratic group of the county. * Granting of Permit, Dr. Lewis said that some time ago, when a rallroad siding was being moved, the Grifith & Perry Co. was granted permission to_store some of its coal in the ‘Takoma Park School. If that firm had not been the low bidder it would have been required to remove the coal, Dr. Lewis declared. ylll -hov- the coal in any of thn wunty schools is an inferior uet, will be required to b2 ‘anuwdmm FLETCHER NAMED TARIFF BODY HEAD President Appoints Former Diplomat of Wide Experience. By the Associdted Press. The new Tarift cnmm ihhh soon is to take up difficult tasks the Smoot-Hawley tariff act, will hnn at its M‘. Henry P. Fletcher, veteran riff viding for reorganization of the mu'- structure and duties, was pessed more than two ‘months ago. - Partisanship Equally Divided. President has until September o ‘The 16 to name the five other members. undnmhwmmupmmtbemm up ‘qunlly Republicans an mldi-'i . i p-mntm at home and in was considered by President '_th exceptional tion for the to be faced by only by nlne bomhrdmem slon. ing his foreign service in 1902, 'r 'was for a time Undersecretary especial atten! onu: economic problems, He represen s Unflefl States also at lle;'u\l Pan- American ‘conferences, sery mnnnndn’:muudelen Mm Havana in 1928, Many. tmu 'r-n lx’uld w Cnlln-. slon EAgar B, Brossard. Republicsn of A Utah and Alfied _P. Dennis, . On the new emnfluwn" Bros- is serving as chairman. Fletcher is from Pulnulvmh his home at Greencestle, ) DENIES RACKETEERING Counsel for Egg Dealers Declares Industry Has Not Profiteered. NEW YORK, August 23 (P)—Jufio Gustav Hartman, counsel for - ers concerned in the State lnv:?zfim into food profiteering, last night there is racketeering or prof g in % seplore Lne widespread publict ‘e deplore pu Lhnhuboenllvenmmhlum‘: m.lmnu: testimony,” the statement Jndce Hartman said the New York Mercantile lumnn, through its exec- utive body, had gone on record the accusations. He said Utah eggs, which figured extensive- ly in testimony as having been ke out of the New York mrnt.mang & minor factor in the S St Professor Dies in Russia. mv.ussn.lmnnnm— Prof. Seager of Columbia Uni- ersity, uled today at Kiev Hospital of pneumonis. He had been ill for some time. qualifica proulml of world economies | .. ‘the reorganized commis- Range of Bidding. Grifith & Perry's bids for the three schools involved ranged $5 to $5.25 a ton, while the second bml ged from “fl to $5.27 tnr“n?m& Pmy"-‘n: o n, O e e ey r-in-law, n olmeno-‘r‘anicwn I Heads Tariff Body l TOTAL OF 2,508,151 WORKERS LISTED AS - JOBLESS IN CENSUS (Continued From PFirst Page.) HENRY P. FLETCHER. CRAFT.1S.POUNDED TO PIECES BY GALE; " CREW OF 40 ESCAPES (Continued From PFirst Page.) the anchor thrown over, but his continued to drift -toward had the iven i hz‘ mmupuxmnmt_‘ uonwune:&kmmn that it is known that figures on unemployment breakwater. Hardly man zwouuuunbemn vessel lost section after section deck, to be pounded to pleces i in 'hand, Capt. egaphone George directed the course of ‘the. two boats from a perilous pmlumlnhllm 'hlluthamen at the order o eep In view af sach of January slight incresse of fl,l“::l’y cent.” Table of Unemployment. Then each helping_the other, the men, in single file, started for the harbor lhmly after daybreak a sister fish- ing ship, the Pelican, ‘notified by the Coast Guard, réscued the exhausted men. £ L Mrs. C. F. Dole Dies at 83. SOUTHWEST HARBOR, Me. Au- gust 23 (P).—Mrs, Charles F. Dole of Boston, widow of the Rev. Charles Fletcher Dole and mother of James E. Dole, Hawalian pineapple planter. 4842280 2,930,282 ‘West North Central. Minnesota 2,566,445 2.4!7,’0‘1’ s daughter, Mrs. Horace Mann, ral grandchildren survive. 1,879,946 238,380 1,629,321 486,869 2,419471 1,728,510 of lb-lll-ed Of 180 exhibitors st the fiyer, —A. P, Photos. w-?"“