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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Increasing cloudiness tonight followed by showers tomorrow; not much e in_temperature, Temperatures—Highest, 79, at noon today; Pull No. 31,543. lowest, 59 at 6:30 a.m. Teport on page 9. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 today. Entered as second class matter Post office. Washington o The WASHINGTON, D. G WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WEDNESDAY, ERANDI COES HOME ON EVE OF BRIAND'S SPEECH AT EENEVA Sudden Departure Surprises French and Stirs As- sembly of League. OFFICIAL EXPLANATION CAUSES SKEPTICISM Paris Official Will Expound Ideas on “United States of Europe” at Session Tomorrow. By the Associated Press. GENEVA; September 10.—Foreign Minister Dino Grandi of Italy suddenly left Geneva by automobile this morn- ing without waiting for the opening of the eleventh Assembly of the League of Nations, which tomorrow will hear Forelgn Minister Briand of France ex- pound his ideas on his “United States of Europe” plan. Signor Grandi's almost precipitate departure caused a considerable flurry among the members of the delegations. “This afternoon it was the principal topic of lobby gossip, overshadowing the im- mediate business of organizing the As- sembly’s machinery. The official explanation given out at headquarters of the Italian delegation was that Signor Grandi had arranged in advance to leave Geneva as soon as the Council sessions were finished and to intrust Italy's business at the Assembly to Senator Scialoja. French Surprised. French circles appeared greatly sur- prised that Signor Grandi should have departed on the very eve of M. Briand’s important address. It had been an- nounced Briand would discuss his Eu- Topean federal union plan in the light of the comments received from the countries to whom it had been com- municated in a memorandum last May. The surprise grew when it became known that only late last night Signor Grandi had canceled an engagement with M. Briand and Dr. Julius Curtius, ax:rmm foreign minister, to discuss th question this afternoon. A number of Signor Grandi's other eppointments were called off this morn- TLeaves Hour Before Meeting. The Italian statesman’s automobile left Geneva just an hour before the as- sembly was calied to order for the first session of its eleventh meeting. The official explanation of his de- parture was greeted with diplomatic skeplicism in many .quarters. Some observers said that Signor Grandi felt that naval negotiations with Fran ‘and preferred reports of their me- i the official statement, 1! thing believed that some purely Italian ques- tion must have required Grandi's im- ediate ce in Rome. mA 'mrmed Italian said this morning that “the naval negotiations roceeding by means of conversa- Sions between experts,” but made no claim that they had progressed to the int where, as Foreign Secretary gloendm of Great Britain suggested to the press last night, any public re- port could be issued Titulescu Named President. *The Assembly elected Nicholas Titu- Tescu ts jdent. M. Titulescu has u‘:n‘numm Minister at St. S toeceding M. Zumeta, M. Titulescu then de- FRIENDLINESS WITH U. S. By the Associated Press. TO BE URIBURU’S POLICY Provisional Head of Argentina Plans Active Part in Pan-American Affairs. | [JRYS LOSE FIGHTS Has Open Mind on League. BUENOS AIRES, September 10.—President Gen. Jose Evaristo Uriburu told the Associated Press today that close co-operation with the United States and active participation in activities of the Pan-American Union were to be keynotes of his administration in the Argentine. Stressing especially his desire for friendly intercourse with the United States, Gen. Uriburu declared: “I desire my government to and mutually advantageous relations establish _{riendly with the United States and shall name an Ambassador to ‘Washington the instant the United States rec- ognizes the new Argentine government.” Touching upon the long vacancy in the Argen- tine embassy at Washington, Gen. Uriburu said: “Both nations have everything to gain through diplomatic, economic and commercial co-operation and much to lose through political aloofness in matters in which the best interests of both are involved.” He declared that other American republics could depend upon Argentina's whole-hearted participa- tion in the program of the Pa -American Union, but that this govggnment could not say immedi- ately whether it would be found desirable to re- sume participation in the League of Nations. « Explains Irigoyen's Status. ‘The new government, he said, has set itself to the task of exhaustive study of the entire ques- tion of League membership, but in the past Ar- gentina’s ability to see eye to eye with the terms of the treaty of Versailles has been the basis of non-participation in the affairs of the League. ‘The President denied emphatically that the de- posed President, Hipolito Irigoyen, had been put ilnltuorhud been taken aboard a warship. “After arrived at Government House Saturday,” he said, “I discovered that the President had fled PRES. URIBURU, from the capital. Later he was placed in th rracks ba natiol e of the 7th Infantry, at La Plata, where he was held until his resig- ‘At that time his imprisonment ceased. On advice of his physicians he remained at the barracks, since it was report«% if he were removed. My personal hope is tha will be s0 improved that he may be removed to a sanitarium, where able to recover. his health would be endangered Senor Irigoyen's condition soon he will be “As proof of the government's concern in his health, I will say that he has been given every possible attention. most eminent physiciens, Dr. Mariano I personally sent two of the Argentine’s Castez and Dr. Araoz Alfaro, to visit him, and I am now awaiting their report. Senor Irigoyen is free to leave the barracks, and if he desires the government is all conveniences. to place at his disposal (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) ARGENTINA ADOPTS DRASTIC MEASURES Martial Law and Censorship Tightened—Heavy puard : Patrols Capital. By the Associated Press. BUENOS AIRES, September 10.— ‘The new government of the Argentine today adopted the most severe measures to prevent reprisals and counter- revolutionary tactics by friends of the ousted administration of the resigned President, Hipolito Irigoyen. Rule by martial law was tightened. Heavy guards were maintained over the city; troops moved through the streets, and fighting plancs maneuvered over- head. A censorship more rigid than has been known heretofore was imposed. The chief of the Argentine press section ad- vised all foreign correspondents that no messages could be sent out of the coun- try which had not been approved by authorized censors. The prohibition applied alike to cable, telegraph and telephone. The correspondents were has | told that any one violating the order He especially stressed the need of rellef for economic depression in the world and urged the Assembly to bend 4ts best efforts toward this task. The Assembly then proceeded to organ- 1z its committee and perfect its machin- ery. This work was expected to con- tinue throughout the afternoon. The Assembly began its proceedings with reports on and expressions of sym- pathy with the populations of Italy and Santo Domingo for losses sustained in the earthquake and hurricane of the past few weeks. Past Failures Recalled. Senor Zumeta told thé Assembly it must admit some failures and disap- pointments since its last session. He mentioned among these discouraging factors: Lack of hope for progress in disarmament, fail of the tariff truce conference, while conferences on the status of foreigners, abolition of im- port and export prohibition, and for codification of international law “did not_completely exhaust their program.” ‘The temporary President also referred to “a certain amount of uneasiness if not_anxiety in various parts of the! world,” His reference was taken to be the Argentine, China and India. “We welcome M. Briand's generous plan, which points a way toward com- plete consolidation of Eufopean peace and rapprochement,” he said. He added that the mere formulation of this plan emphasized of the idea of in- ternational co-operation since the League was born. The London Naval Conference, he as- serted, did not accomplish all of fits objects, but he hoped “that this work would be completed and effected.” In conclusion he praised the League’s ef- forts to bring its covenant up to the advanced standard for international dealing set by the Kellogg pact. would be expelled. No code messages were accepted. The government appeared greatly concerned because quantities of arms were taken from city arsenals during the fighting Monday night. Military Edicts Issued. Two military edicts were issued pre- scribing trial by court-martial for any one found in possession of arms after 6 p.m. yesterday, for any one acting in any manner against the government, and for ary one failing to return within 12 hours any arms belonging to the government. Reports that Irigoyen had been placed aboard the warship Belgrano to be taken to an unannounced destina- tion were discredited _this morning (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) BOY SENT TO INDUSTRIAL HOME FOR PAPER THEFT Judge Xathryn Sellers Imposes Year on Youth Caught Stealing From “Honor” Rack. A year in the Boys' Industrial Home is the price Stephan Henry Bundy, 15- vear-old colored boy, must pay for the theft of 34 newspapers out of the so- called honor system street newspaper racks. The sentence was imposed today by Judge Kathryn Sellers in Juvenile Court. Bundy lives at 504 Rhode Island ave- nue. Policeman R. 1. Thompkins of the fourth precinct, who arrested him, testified that he caught the boy taking the papers out of a rack at Pirst street and Maryland avenue southwest yester- The report of the Committee on Dele- gates' credentials was then presented to the Assembly. It sald that 52 dele- gations were present, Argentina and Honduras being without representation. GRANDI'S AIMS UNKNOWN, Rome Has No Explanation for Hasty Departure From Geneva. ROME, September 10 ().—The rea- sons for the sudden departure from the League Assembly _session of Foreign (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) BOAT PROJECTS GRANTED ‘Warships Is Ordered. —The Philadelphia shops of the West- inghouse Electric Co. have received a $500,000 order from the United States Government for equipment necessary to sylvania and the Arizona. th pressure; and cruising turbines are ed in the order. The Penn- sylvania now is at the Philadeiphia Navy Yard and ' the Arizona at day morning. AMMEL PREPARES FOR ATLANTIC HOP Hopes to Better Col. Lind- bergh’s Solo Flight to Paris. By the Associated Press. ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y., Septem- ber 10.—Hoping to better Col. Charles A. Lindbergh's time for a solo flight to Paris, Capt. Roy W. Ammel of Chicago today was preparing his fast monoplane for a transatlantic flight. He said he planned to take off within two days or as soon as his motor and instruments can be checked, provided weather conditions were faborable. He arrived from Chicago yesterday after a 7 hour and 30 minute non-stop flight. His plane is a low wing Lockheed Sirlus monoplane powered with a 425 horsepower Wasp motor. It is similar to the plane in which Col. Lindbergh and his wife set a one-stop transcon- tinental speed record last Easter Sunday. Capt. Ammel said his plane has a crulsing speed of 140 miles an hour and a maximum speed of 181 miles. Gaso- line tanks with a capacity of 817 gallons have been installed. If he has sufficient gas when he reaches Paris, he said he would circle the French capital and fly on to Rome or Berlin, . He expressed confidence in his ability to make the flight to Paris in less than 30 hours. Col. Lindbergh made his flight in 337, hours. The distance from here to Le Bourget Field at Paris is measured at 3,610 miles. Capt. Ammel said he would not carry radio equipment. He has had more than 2,000 hours flying experience, much of it in Central and South America. ROOSEVELT FAVORS DRY LAW REPEAL New York Governor Holds States Should Have Right to Con- trol Intoxicants, Ey the Associated Press. ALBANY, N. Y., September 10.—Gov. Roosevelt today came out for repeal of the eighteenth amendment. ‘The Governor’s attitude was ex- pressed in a letter to United States Sen- ator Robert F. Wagner of New York. In the letter the Governor declared a condition given birth by the eight- eenth amendment could be remedied only by the substitution of that amend- ment with another amendment giving “the restoration of real control of in- toxicants to the several States.” ‘The Governor declared the sale of in- toxicants through State agencies should be made lawful in any State where the people 50 desire ““Conversely,” said the Governor, “the people of any State should have the right to prohibit the sale of intoxicants if they s0 wished within its borders.” RIDES RODS IN SEARCH OF WORK, FATHER IS SENT HOME IN COFFIN Police of Chicago Suburb Pay Return Fare After Finding Wife’s Letter on Crushed Body. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 10.—Herman Eiler who rode a freight into town six Lquipment for Modernization of { weeks ago seeking work and didn't find it, s going to ride home to Cheyenne, ‘Wyo., in & passenger train—up in front PHILADELPHIA, September 10 (#).| —in the baggage car—in a box—dead. ‘The police force of suburban Brook- ying for the last ride of Her- ‘There are only eight po- Brookfield, counting the modernize two battle ships, the Penn- | chief, but they're paying it, and they are only sorry that Herman Eiler can't be riding farther back in the train—in field is man licemen er. in a chair car—alive. BLEASE DEFEATED; LONG WINS RACE; Many Upsets Are Recorded at Polls in 8 States in Diverse Battles. CRAMTON OF MICHIGAN her and her family in the poor house within & week. It said that rather than that, she would kill herself and the children, After reading the letter, Eiler thrust it into his pocket and hurried to the railroad yards. He caught a freight, anxious to get back home and prevent the tragedy that hung over his im- poverished home. He slipped from the rods and was' zcm:l:d' ‘They found his body by the racks. Yesterday Chief O'Connor discovered the letter in the tattered coat. He wired $20 to Mrs. Eiler out there in Cheyenne. Last Saturday Eller, 26 years old, got | He passed the hat. a letter from his wife in Cheyenne. It 7o the sutharities were mofnm tn st - b _And today Herman Eiler is going back BARELY RETAINS SEAT Shaw Takes G. 0. P. Nomination in Colorado, Beating Phipps’ Senate Candidate. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Primary elections in eight States yes- terday provided many upsets for the old order. . Two United States Senators, both from the Democratic South, failed to win renomination. Senator Cole Blease of South Carolina, firebrand and for years a storm center in the politics of his State, went down to defeat before the anti-Blease voters, who centered finally on former Representative James F. Byrnes for the Democratic senatorial nomination. While the more conservative Byrnes was winning his way to the Senate in South Carolina over Blease, Gov. Huey P. Long of Louislana, ‘as much of a storm center as Blease ever was, de- feated the veteran Senator Joseph F. Ransdell. Byrnes’ lead over Blease, ac- cording to the last returns received, is more than 5,000 votes, while Long has won over Ransdell ‘by approximately 35,000, ‘Wet Candidates Win. Outstanding in the primary results were the victories of wet candidates for Republican nominations for the House in Washington and Michigan. Although the returns are not yet com plete, it appears that one of the four dry Republican members of the House from Washington have suffered defeat at the hands of candidates who le: toward the wet cause or who have come out openly for that cause, and two are being pressed closely. In Michigan, Grant M. Hudson, dry leader for a number of years in the House, has lost to State Senator Sey- mour H. Person of Lansing. Another ardent dry from Michigan, Representa- tive Louis C. Cramton, who has repre sented the seventh congressional dis- trict of Michigan for the last 15 years, is reported to be only 75 votes ahead of his wet opponeni. A recount of the vote will be necessary to determine finally who has won. Cougens Triumphs Easily. Senator James Couzens of Michigan also has triumphed in the race for the Republican senatorial nomination. His opponent, former Gov. Chase 8. Os- born, made as much as he could dur- ing the campaign of the wet and dry issue. Senator Couzens has not been a imilitant wet, but at one time he let it be known publicly that he saw no ob- jection to the manufacture and sale of beer. The drys, it appears, have little cause for rejoicing over the results of the primaries held yesterday. The Repub- lican State Convention in Washington several months ago adopted a wet plank for the party platform. Coming as it did in a State which has been counted in the dry column for years, the action of the Republican Convention created a wide stir. Senator Wesley L. Jones, senior Senator from Washington and ardent dry leader, author of the “five and ten” law, immediately declared that he did not believe the people of the State would sustain the wet cause if a referendum were held. He promised to vote for the submis. sion of a resolution amending the Con- stitution if his State should go “wet” in a referendura on this subject, although (Continued on Page 5, Column 17.) 4 DIE AS SfiAFT BREAKS Passengers Fall Through Floor of Speeding Sightseeing Bus. SANGERSHAUSEN, Germany, Sep- tember 10 (A).—Death in the form of a flailing driveshaft came up through the floor of a sight-seeing bus or a highway pear here yesterday and claimed four ves. . The shaft broke while the machine was going at full speed and tore a hole in the floor. The four who died fell t\-u-oug: this and were crushed under the wi Fashion in the Shops Fashion is the keynote in the stores just now. New things are in evidence everywhere and priced on a new low scale. Among the advertisements in today's Star you will find many things that will inter- est you— Coats, hats and dresses for college. Fine underwear 14 to Ya. reduced Silk hose and rayon paja- mas and nightgowns, New wool frocks. Fall silk dresses. Things for the baby. Men’s Fall hats, clothes and shoes. And many other things. Yesterday’s Advertising (Local Display) Lines. ‘The Evening Star. .32,185 2d Newspaper. ....13,563 3d Newspaper..... 6,690 4th Newspaper.... 2,772 5th Newspaper.... 2,202 Total 25,227. other four e e s SEPTEMBER 10, The only evening paper in hington with the Associated Press news service. Yesterday’s Circulation, 107,640 HISTORY 1930—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. PRN #) Means Associated TWO CENTS. Press. REPEATS OWNERS OPPOSE 33-CENT TAXICABS . Would Prefer Meter System, Utilities Commission Is Told in Inquiry. ‘The first meeting of the Public Util- itles Commission's public hearing on| the taxicab situation today developed | little but hard words about the 35-cent | flat rate cabs. Among the most violent opponents of the present system were the 35-cent cab owners themselves, who sald they would like to go back to the old meter system, but can’t afford to do it in the| face of the competition put up by Government workers, firemen and other semi-pro taxicab drivers, who put up & 35-cent cab sign on thelr cars after working hours, . ‘The meeting was crowded. There were even three women present, one of whom operates her own cab. The trac- tion and bus interests were well repre- sented. S. Russell Bowen, vice president of the: Washington Railway & Electric Co., even took part in examining the witnesses. He wanted to know if taxi- cab drivers made a practice of picking up fares on the regular street car and bus routes. Charles H. Lettow, repre- sentative of Local No. 169 of the Cab Drivers’ Union, told him they did. Mr. Bowen wanted to know what time of day the practice was prevalent. Busses Are Assailed. “Usually from noon one day continu- ously until noon the next,” was the reply. E. O. Turner, president of the Independent Taxicab Owners’ Assocla- tion, then accused the car companies of taking business away from the cab drivers, They send busses to hotels, he claimed, and take up the space in front of hotels usually reserved for taxi’s. Then the busses are loaded up with passcngers at 10 cents a head and taken around the Washington Monu- ment and other spots of sight-seeing interest. Edward W. Himes, who operates one cab on his own, and has no other occupation, was the first witness. He did not state what profit he made, but sald that he received about $12 per month in tips. He claimed it was very difficult to get on to a hackstand now- adays, and not very profitable to do so. Favors Meter Rates. Lettow followed him and said that the union was strongly in favor of the meter rates, as the owners under flat rates have no control over their drivers and the drivers are fast becoming thieves. He condemned the zone sys- tem as inefficient, and said that few people knew what the zones were. There was a general agreement on this, and when Commissioner Harleigh H. Hart- man tried to secure some statement for the record as to just what the zones were nothing but confusion followed. The matter was summed up by Rich- ard Carneggio, the next witness, who said that it amounted to this. A pas- senger gets into a cab. If the driver likes his looks, he will take him where he's going for 35 cents. Otherwise the passenger will pay 60 cents. - Carnaggio, who is vice president of the union and drives his own cab, has the courage of his convictions. He bhas never changed over to the flat rate, and warns every passenger that the ride will be checked by the meter. His business has been cut 50 per cent by the flat rate competition, he sald, but he was determined not to change, although he operated the only Diamond cab now do- ing business at meter rates. Lettow was asked if he favored com- pulsory insurance for taxicabs. He an- swered that he did, provided only that all other vehicles on the street were also compelled to carry liability insur- ance. He felt it unfair to single out taxicabs and put the burden on them. OPERATION ON ALLEN IS REPORTED SUCCESS By the Associated Pre BALTIMORE, September 10.—Sen- ator Henry J. Allen of Kansas under- went & major operation at Johns Hop- kins Hospital today, and Dr. Hugh H. Young, who performed it, said it was entirely successful and that the patient was in excellent condition. Senator Allen arrived here Monda: from his home at Wichita with his daughter, Henrietta, his physician and a nurse. A minor operation was per- formed at Wichita last week, but failed to relieve the glandular disorder from which he suffered. ‘The second operation was decided on, it was said, at his home, when the ressed a desire “to go it and get it over.’ len was in & hospital at Wichita two weeks before he was | | Tired Fish Retire To Private Circle, But Fail to Stay By the Associated Press. ERWIN, N. C, September 10.— Here's the Summer’s best fish- ing story. David Stephens tells it, his wife vouches for it. While fish- ing, her hook caught a snag. He scrambled into the stream to re- lease it, stepped on an old auto- mobile tire and threw it out on the bank. Inside were nine catfish. STRIKING PARENTS POSTPONE SCHOOL | Beltsville Fire Exit and Plumb- ing Facilities Are Pro- tested. By a Staff Correspondent, of The Star. BELTSVILLE, Md, September 10.— A parents’ strike, lald to the lack of adequate plumbing facilities and fire exits in the Beltsville School, now being enlarged, forced Prince Georges County school officials to postpone the opening of that school along with the others of the county today. A large group of parents assembled at the school when the scheduled time for opening arrived this morning and flatly refused to permit their children to enter the class rooms under the present phys- ical condition of the building. After considerable discussion, Perry Boswell, president of the Board of Education, and J. Albert Miller, assistant superin- tendent of schools, ordered the opening postponed until Monday. School Being Enlarged. ‘The school is being enlarged from a 3-room to a 4-room structure, and is also being raised to provide bigger base- ment quarters. When the building oper- ations are completed entrance to the school will be afforded by wide cement steps, but at present a temporary ramp, said to be only a few feet wide, serves as the main entrance. The parents say that, in case of fire, all of the 125 pupils in the school could not reach safety down the temporary ramp. School officials had ordered temporary plumbing connections installed, and when the County Board of Education met, yesterday and studied reports from the contractor, it could see no reason for postponing the school’s opening. According to the parents, however, the temporary plumbing connections failed to provide either sewer or water facilities. Reluctant to Allow Opening. It sewer and water is provided, and a full set of entrance steps is bullt, the “striking” parents will reluctantly per- mit their children to return to the building and suffer the inconvenience of noise and confusion until the en- largement operations are completed, they said. The parents say the work on the school started only three weeks ago, and complain that an insufficient force of men has been employed to have the building in shape for the scheduled opening of schools. Although school officials promised the plumbing conditions and entrance needs would be made satisfactory by Monday, the parents assumed a ‘“judge-for-our- selves” attitude, announcing they will decide whether or not the building is safe at a meeting of the local home and school association Monday night. { | | | CAPTOR OF NURSE HELD IN ASSAULT Man Who Kept Police at Bay Two Hours Bound Over to Grard Jury. Howard F. Carsoi 25 years old, who was arrested last night in his home, at 60 S street, after he hiad held a squad of detectives and policemen at bay for more than two hours, was bound over to the grand jury under $10,000 bond in Police Court this morning on a charge of assault with intent to kil Miss Annie D. Jennings, a trained nurse, rooming with Carson's parents. Carson’s father, O. F. Carson, a Gov- ernment employe, asked Judge Gus A. Schuldt to commit his son to Gallinger Hospital for mental observation, a re- quest which authorities expect to grant. Carson likely will be sent to the hos- pital for the usual 10-day period of observation. ‘Through his attorney, George McNeill, young Carson waived a preliminary hearing. The Government was repre- sented by Assistant District Attorney Michael Keogh. Carson was subdued by a rookie police- | man, Earl L. Baker of No. 2 precinct, | who bridged an areaway with an ironing board and clambored into a second- story window of the Carson home, where the young man, a loaded revolver in his | hand, was threatening to shoot all comers. Parents Plead Against Guns. For two hours and a half, while the police took up a watch, and while Car- son's parents pleaded with them not to use their guns, Carson talked in a subdued voice with Miss Jennings in} her second-floor bedroom, urging her to give up “the other man” or die. Neighbors learned something was amiss when they heard the screams of Carson’s mother, Mrs. O. F. Carson. They called police, and when a patrolman arrived he was let into the living room by the young man’s father. ! “Who is that down there?” Carson called down the stairway. When in- formed who it was he threatened to shoot if any one interrupted while he “talked things over” with Miss Jen- nings. The policeman telephoned his precinet and a squad of officers was sent to the Carson home. Later a detail of detectives arrived in charge of Inspector William S. Shelby. They took up positions com- manding & view of the upstairs win- dows, in neighboring houses and in the street. and withheld their fire in the fear of hitting the young woman. Meanwhile, a large crowd assembled in the street. & Let Caller In. Carson, his parents said, became in- censed when Miss Jennings was sum- moned to the front door shortly after 8 o'clock last night to keep a ‘“date” with another young man, Joseph Jack- son, brother of a woman whom Miss Jennings was attending in her capacity | as & nurse. Carson himself let Jackson in and then went upstairs, presumably to in- form Miss Jennings that her caller had arrived. Instead of returning he went to. his room and procured the pistol, telling Miss Jennings she was not “go- ing_out tonight.” Young Carson’s mother sensed some- thing was wrong and ran up the stairs, Her son admorfished her to stay away and she screamed as she descended the stairway. Carson's father then called to the young man and was himself warned to stay away. When the policeman i (Continued on Page 2, Column 3. %8 0. C. PROPERTIES, WORTH §1,309.000, MAY BE PADLOCKED Premises Valued at $394,000. Are Now Shut by Dry Procedure. OWNERS OF PROPERTY ARE WARNED BY SURVEY Current Business Review Compiles Data From Offices of Prosecutor and District Tax Assessor. Institution of padlock proceedings in the Government's efforts to make the National Capital dry have placed 58 properties in Washington, having a to- tal assessed value of $1,309,000, under the cloud of prosecution at the present time, it was disclosed today. Eighteen different local properties, having an assessed value totaling $394,- 000, now are under padlock as a result of proceedings successfully carried through local courts. . In addition there are padlock cases pending and awaiting trial involving 40 pieces of property here, having an as- sessed value totaling $915,000, bringing the total District Government assessed value of properties now padlocked or definitely threatened with enforced closing to $1,309,00". This data was revealed in the Wash-~ ingto.. Current Business Review of Rufus S. Lusk, Inc., in which appear the results of a survey of the effects of padlocking on local property owners. The study, Mr. Lusk said, was de= signed in nowise as an argument either for or against prohibition or the present methods of enforcing the prohibition laws, but rather as a mere statement of facts concerning t -~ losses to property owners from nadlock rulings as a warn= ing to landlords to be aware of the activities of tenants for which they may have to suffer Sources of Information. The data were compiled by Mr. Lusk with ' the assistance of the office of Urited States Attorney Leo A. Rover, and contained information gathered from the prosecutor’s office and from the office of District Tax Assessor Wil« liam P. Richards. In the Current Business Review, which was today received by local real tors, financiers and other business in< terests, Mr. Lusk said: “This informas tion is compiled in order that property owners may realize the danger they run in renting property to tenants whose character and activities have not been fully investigated.” Only current padlock cases were in- cluded in the study. It was found in the survey that on September 3 last there were 18 different picces of ):rop- erty under padlock after it was found by court that violations of the prohibi~ tion act had been committed on these premises. The rcview states that there are pad- lock cases pending against 40 pieces of property. “In this latter classifica- tion,” the review adds, “are two or three properties where the proceeding is not against the entire building, hut axalfln.sz either the first or second floor only. “The loss that property owners are now suffering by reason of padloc! of property is about $39,000 a year, i it be assumed that property will rent xmi 10 per. cent gross of the assessed value. “This is more than the cost of en- forcing prohibition in this area (out of public funds). The Department of Justice in a release made September § stated that 7 cents per inhabitant, or $34,000 per annum, was being spent out of public funds to enforce prohibition in the district of which Washington is a pa: Others to Be Padlocked. “The district attorney's office does® not institute padlock proceedings until it has an ‘open-and-shut’ case, so that cases now pending probably will result in the padlocking of additional prop- erty here. The district attorney has stated in the press that he wishes to proceed against these properties imme- diately upon the convening of the Fall term of court. Should all the proper= ties be padlocked against which cases now are pending, certain property own= ers in Washington may be contributing something more 4han $90,000 a year in lost rents to aid in the enforcing of prohibition. “It is the cusiom o” the district at- torney’s office.” the survey report con= tinues, “although it is not required by law, to advise property owners that it may start padlock proceedings on ac- count of the alleged violation of liquor laws. “Properties now under padlock are scattered all over the citv, even in Chevy Chase, west of Sixteenth street near Park road, and close to Dupont Circle. The District Attorney does this except where the violations are o flagrant that it is not necessary tc show p-operty owners this courtesy. “In the cases against which action will be taken_this ther hree (Continued on Page 2, Column 4. LINGLE SUSPECT OFFERS TO YIELD GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE SPECIAL COURSE FOR BACKWARD CHILDREN New Service Announced Today Will Bein Charge of Miss Elise H. Martens, California Specialist. By the Assoclated Press. ‘The task of adjusting mentally ex- ceptional children through special school training will be made the sub- ject of extended Government study by a new branch of the Federal Office of Education. The new service, announced today, will be under the direction of Elise H. Martens, California specialist in the training of such children, and will in- clude the preparation of special courses for deficlent and backward chil- d‘nln in co-operation with school offi- cials. Special attention will be given in the work to averting the development of mentally handicapped chil into brought here, following his return from a vacation trip to Mexica Oity. - ren Jjuvenile offenders and later adult crim- inals. . % £ “Education faces the problem,” the education office said, “of making satis- factory provision for those children who need special adjustment if it is to con- tribute to the world the best it can ve to the social welfare and law en- orcement. ‘The new position in the Office of Education is a step in the di- rection of its solution.” Miss Martens is a graduate of the University of California and has been connected with the school systems of d and Berkeley. She will con- tinue a co-operative relationship with child adjustment work at Berkeley and will establish similar relations with m‘kfl school systems engaging in the Radio Programs on Page A-12 State's Attorney Fails to Agree to Four Conditions of Surrender He Lays Down. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 10.—James (Red) Forsythe, whose photograph has been identified tentatively as that ef the man who slew Jake Lingle, Tribune reporter, June 9, has opened negotla- tions with the State’s attorney’s office for his surrender. Forsythe, speaking through an attor- ney, laid down four conditions under which he would give himself up. He must have .assurance he will not be mauled by police in an effort to force a confession from him; he must be interviewed only in the presence of his attorney: he must either be bocked for murder or given his freedom and & clear bill of health within 24 hours, and he must not be turmed over to Judge John H. Lyle, who a year ?fl sentenced him to & Year in jail for gun e:mn‘—c sentence Forsythe never served. ’ The State's attorney has not to accept Forsythe's terms, bu:uh‘.‘n taken steps to accomplish his arrest independently.