Evening Star Newspaper, September 11, 1930, Page 2

HEALTH OFFIGERS OPEN GANG FIGHT New York Health Affected by Gouging—Will Issue Fair Price List. #pecinl Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, September 11.—For the first time since the beginning of the unbroken serial story of graft, extortion, violence and plunder in large cities, the health administration of a great city vi y asserted its right to move againct racketeers in combating inroads | on public health due to the system of | eriminal extortion which, roughly esti- | mated. takes A toll of about $1,000,000 a week from New York food consumers | alone. i Will Educate Public. Dr. Shirley W. Wynne, health com- missioner of New York City, has mobi- lized his staff of 250 food inspectors, utilized the radio to wake up the town | and begun the issue of a daily “fair; fjee” bulletin to keep the public in-/ ormed on what food ought to cost and make it possible for burghers and house+ wives to’ estimate how much the “food | mobs” are stealing. This is being done | without usurpation of police authority, ! the method being to turn over to the district attorney and the police evidence of racketeering as it is obtained. While the police in no city have ever made notable headway against either racketeers or gougers in the more legiti- mate'#rade channels, they will, in this instance, find themselves supplied with abundant evidence, on which they can | 80 _as far as they like. Dr. Wynne's main reliance, however, s in the hope of spreading information | and stiffening the backbone of food dealers and housewives so that they will no longer pay tribute. Victims Held Responsible. “That seems to me to be the only way to end racketeering,” said Dr.| . “and now is & good time to do it. I business men would stop lding to_extortion, it would end in 4 hours. Particularly in times of pros- ty, & retailer, for instance, submits graft, fearing trouble and thinking that he can pass the excess charge on to the consumer, When times are hard housewives first feel the pinch, and they can be stirred up to demand fair prices. ‘With his business sagging, the retailer may be in a less amiable mood when the extortionist comes around, and it is possible to stir up & fighting mood in & community which will put the crooks out of business. ““That's what we are trying to do. ‘We are, of course, not & law-enforcing ., but when we find the health and vitality of the city lowered by the in- ability of vast numbers to get sufficient nourishing food we are entitled to find out why, report to the police and tell the public about it. “Food racketeering marks the discov- ery by the gougers of a sound business which is commonly used in timate business. Instead of taking amounts of money from & few people, take a little money from a great many people. That naturally brings them into the field of commodities of the most universal daily “use —milk, eggs, fruits, vegetables and other food products. Began With Milk Racket. ‘““They began first on milk. Up to last year, they were taking about $800,- 000 & tribute from New York jucting their busi- nest competition. As shady practices cfepe in, respectable Iawyers dropped out and ‘strong-arm’ types came in—useful in conniving at such business as slipping & few drops of ink into & milk can, or & few tablets which turn the milk sour. There was always the menace of violence in the background and their organiration was; hwfl force and extortion. s are of course perishable and easily damaged and it is the con- stant threat of violence of the racketeers which is their most effective wum ‘We have been ln!l:rmed m i tables, are being heid up, with tribute levied, as they approach the ecity, Whether this is true or not, we have found appalli evidence of widespread L, wit 1,600 retalls shops rounded up in one organization, and all paying tribute, Food Price Effects Health, ““The effect is dangerous. New York City drinks 3,500,000 gallons of milk a day. It ought to drink 7,000,000 gallons. The whole blem of the prevention of disease scientifically related to adequate food supplies, and diseases of rishment and malnutrition thus have a direct relationship to the price of food. ““We have set up & fair price board, having the co-operation of the Bureau o-tut.urlvultunlmncon‘mln: of lhel U{llwd ent of Agriculture, From this bureau and from our own sources we get up-to-date information of what f ought to cost. We then use the municipal broadcasting station, the newspapers and widely distributed bulletins to let the public know what it ought to pay. I repeat that racketeer- ing will end only when consumers and business men refuse to be gouged.” (Copyrisht. 1830.) TRUCKS HAUL WATER FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN | Annapolis- Reservoirs Dry—New Well to Be Dug—Water Pumped From Stream. By the Associnted Press. ANNAPOLIS, Md., September 11.— ‘With all water in the city's three reser- voirs gone and only a supply in the set- tiing basin remaining. two motor trucks were engaged today in hauling | drinking water from wells for the use | ©f public school children, | The step was decided on by school | officials because of complaints of the taste of the water remaining in the | municipal system. Residents have been | resorting to use of water from the Naval Academy and private wells for drinking. Oity officials said connections with ‘the pipe lines in the Ni ding for & 200.000-gall w would be made in a few days. new well is to be dug, but will not be ready for 60 days it was said, H ing water into the reservoir from stream, has not faltered in more than & month, City Council’s Ban On Women Cigaret Advertising Upheld By the Associated Press. LINCOLN, Nebr., September 11. City Attorney Frank A. Peterson has informed the city commis- sion that the council has the power to prohibit the use of wom- en's pictures in cigarette adver- erson stated that court de- L probably tomortow afternoon. THE EVENING S TAR, WASHINGTON By O B THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1930. STATE COUNCLLOR OFD.0F A NAMED Above: Firemen earrying oxygen tank Daughters of America Close| inte the home of Shirley Carlton, 708 | . " | Scpersi cnaet o suve-tns enica e ANUAl Meeting With Choos- when her lungs falled to function fol- | . . ing of Officers. lowing a long illness from whooping cough. | Below: Shirley, who died at 6 o'clock this morning. —Star Staff Photos FIREMEN LOSE FIGHT TO SAVE CHILD ILL ‘ OF WHOOPING COUGH | (Continued From First Page) Mrs. Ethel Burroughs was elected and | installed as State councilor of the State k Council of the District of Columbia, | Daughters of America, at the closing | | sessions of the thirty-fourth annual | meeting of the organization in the| Raleigh Hotel yesterday. i Other officers- elected and installed were: =1 Associate State councilor, Mrs. Mar- | i :’lret MH:EIDIB:O S;,lte vice ‘ctoungllor,? . | Mrs. Mal wning; associate mer hung back, thelr eyes big with 8PPTe-| e’ councilor, Mrs. Emma Brooks: ' State conductor,* Mrs. Belle Gibson; | State warden, Mrs, Helen Luckett; | State inside sentinel, Mrs. Ella Slone; State outside sentinel, Mrs. Ollie Mont- | the children the long fight was over— | gomery; State trustee, Mrs. Raymond; | Shirley had died at 6 o'clock this | Dational representatives, Mrs. Loulse | | A. Grubbs, Mrs. Margaret Seymour and At 8:30 o'clock the firemen who had | Mrs. Julla Pennifield Addresses were made by National ven Shirley artificial respiration con- tl‘nuously le 16 hours pucvked up their | Councilor Mrs. Sarah Johnson, Max C. | | Roth, national secretary; Albert 8. Bos- | inhalator and departed. | Dr. Arthur B. Little, who sent for | song, secretary of the funeral benefi| | department; Junior Past State Coun- the firemen yesterday afternoon, when | the congestion in Shirley's lungs became | cllor Mrs. L. A, Grubbs, State Councilor Mrs. Ethel Burroughs, Past National acute, pronounced her dead. Shirley’s illness was further com- | Councilor Mrs. Elizabeth Sewell, Past plicated by what specialists diagnosed | State Councilor Mrs, Elizabeth Primrose of Baltimore, Md, and others. Gifts ‘a8 sleeping sickness. For 10 days past the had suffered violent he‘dlch’:l and | were presented to the new state officers at_times she seemed on the verge of | by their councils and friends. suffocation. A patriotic_and welcoming address The combination of maladies vir- | was made by Charles I. Stengle, former tually had paralyzed the spontaneous K member of Congress, at the opening action of the lungs. The three firemen | session Tuesday. Response was made by Past State Councllor Mrs. Mary were relleved at 6 o'clock la:t night by three others, who carried on until | Ferguson. A solo was rendered by the | Rev. T. J. Turkington, assisted by Past the doctor proncunced Bhirley dead. g Was Only Child. ‘r?l:le IE::!)CHDK Mrs. Floda Reagan at he ! Throughout yesterday afternoon and| The ritualistic ceremony of draping | last night one fireman attended to the the charter in memory of the death of inhalator while another forced the air | Past State Councilor Mr. L. E. Thomp- into and out of Shirley’s lungs by press- | son was conducted by the Virginia | ing downward upon her back. The lat- | Dare Council, and was concluded by a ter work is exhausting and the firemen | song by Mrs. Lucille O'Bryhin, The took it in spells of about 20 minutes| gfternoon session of the first day was each. | closed to all except members of the Shirley was an on‘kchfld- She was order. State Councilor Mrs. Louise A. popular in the neighborhood, and her Grybbs, presided over this session, when young friends had hung about the yard | the national officers and visiting mem- anxiously waiting news of the life-and- | hors from other States were welcomed death battle that went on inside the | Tyesday night a class initiation was cottage. held, with the initiatory officers of Shirley will be buried in Sparta, Va., \ the home. o Ther mpthers. patents, | Lovalty Councll and the drill team of Anacostia Council in charge. MRS. PH|vLANDER KNbX DIES IN ATLANTIC CITY | | By the Associated Press. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J, September | 11.—Mrs. Lily Knox, widow of Sen- tor Philander Knox of Pennsyl- vania, died in the City Hospital this | | morning. She was 75. Death was ascribed to arterio sclerosis. | Mrs. Knox came here from her home |in Valley Forge early in the Summer lected by acclamation. There were N0 | in the hope that the climate would other nominations. | improve her health. ‘The preamble of the platform pre- | At her bedside when she died were sented to the convention held the Re- | her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and publican party responsible for the pres- | Mrs. J. R. Tyndel of Berwyn, Pa. ent industrial depression. The out- son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. standing planks in it called for the re- | Reed Knox of Cape May, N. J. and peal of the elghteenth amendment and | Florida; another son, Philander Knox, the Volstead act and a declaration that | jr, of Washington, and two grand- the State should be ruled by its people | children, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Reed and “not by and for the benefit of an | Knox. invisible machine.” Most of the other | The body will be taken to Valley | planks dealt with State problems, Forge later today. Shirley Died at 6. Five-year-old Shirley's father, Joseph ©C. Carlton, came to the door. He told DR. CROSS IS NAMED Ex-Dean of Yale School Nominated Candidate for Governor. | EASTERN POINT, Conn., Septem- | ber 11 (#).—Dr. Wilbur L. Cross, re- tired dean of the Yale Graduate Bchool, was nominated today as the Demccratic candidate for Governor at the State Convention. He was se- cisions have upheld the right of munieipalities to prohibit the sale cigarettes and that he inferred of the sales e E TN | for his failure, | those of Andree and Nils strindberg. | ‘| in & balloon from Spitzbergen in an at- COLORED LAWYER 5 SENT 10 AL Cited for Contempt of Court for Failure to Pay Client $6,400. Sylvester L. McLaurin, colored law- | yer, with offices at 217 I street, was committed to jail this afternoon by Justice Frederick L. Siddons of the District Supreme Court for contempt of court in failing to meet the terms of an order of the court to pay to William ‘Ware, administrator of the estate of Malachai Lee, colored, $6,400, which he had recelved from the United Statcs Veterans’ Bureau. McLaurin paid over $1,000 in cash and assigned his interest in certain real estate, estimated at | about $400 more. He then claimed he | was unable further to obey the court | order. He will remain in custody until | the order s complied with in full, it is | stated. Attorney H. Winship Wheatley had been appointed by the court as adminis- trator in the place of Ware, but later Ware was reinstated as administraior, and Attorney Wheatlsy prosecuted for him in connection with Attorney Bynum Hinton the claim against McLaurin, the case on hearing before Justice Siddons as to the ability of the lawyer to comply further with the court order. Testimony shown to the court developed that McLaurin had funds in three bank | accounts under his name as trustee, which he claimed belonged, to certain clients, of which the court found was his moncy and ruled that he is able to meet the requigements of ‘the court's decree and shoul®® be held in contempt McLaurin pleaded that he had the | money in qu-stion with other funds in | a bag in his automobile when his car was ransacked and the money stolen THIRD SKULL BARED BY ANDREE PICTURE MAY BE FRANKEL CLUE __ (Continued From First Page) the returning Horn party aboard the Bratvaag, proceeded to White Island after they had missed the Norwegian scientist. ~ Cables September 7 told of the finding of additional relics of the balloon party, including a skull. In Dr. Horn’s own story he described in detail the place where the skull and bones believed to: be those of Andree were found. He said it was under the wall of & mountain. Between two mounds of earth a short distance away from Andre’s remains were found the remains of a second member of the party. The picture in which the apparently overlooked skull is shown does not fit into either of these descriptions. It is a flat waste space at the edge of the ocean which was photographed only to show the difficult landing made by the expedition. The melting snows have left patches of earth and in the fore- ground, blended into the rounded knobs of rocks, is the grim relic of ths long lost_expedition. While it is not possible to ascertain if there are additional relics hidden among the rocks, it is pointed out that bears might easily have moved the skull at any brevious period during the long ;l.lanu which shrouded the expedition’s All of the descriptions of the finding of the original relics tell of their being buried in the snow and ice. The skull in the picture of the landing place lies among the rocks in a melted patch. It 1S quite possible the relic may have been overlooked because of the excite- ment of the expedition members who made the find and the fact that the picture was brought out with such speed and with so many others that editors overlooked it. The fact that it carried the matter-of-fact label “place where Horn expedition landed at White Is- land” doubtless lessened the Interest of European editors who handled these pletures and who were eager to get those labeled “relics.” Attempts are being made to get Dr.| Horn to identify the picture, and if he | verifies the surmises it probably will| clear up the fate of the missing member | of the party, probably Knut Frankel. The two skeletons brought back by Dr. Horn tentatively were identified as This brave trio set out in July, 1897, tempt to fly over the North Pole. They sailed away into the mists, and it was only a month ago that their fate was disclosed. A Swedish-Norwegian Committee con- | sisting of four legal authorities has been | instituted by the government of Sweden | and Norway to Investigate all questions | of property rights in connection with | the diary and other objects belonging to the Andree Expedition. The Swedish press today urged that no further delay be permitted in publi- | cation of the diary, which was recovered when the bodies of Andree and his | two companions were found on White Island. There was a feeling in some quarters that the government might alter its previous plans and permit publication of the diary before the '}',Dv"nmem ship Svenskund returns ere. Because his father drowned his dog | in Betsey Pool, 11-year-old Albert Donovan of Port Talbot, Ireland, ran away, and his body was found two days later in the watery grave of his pet. | TWO VETERAN CAPITOL EMPLOYES RETIRE Above: Arthur E. Cook, supervising engineer, Is shown presenting clock to J. Dell Mapes, retiring employe of Capitol substation. Below: Robert L. Harrison, chief engineer of Capitol power plant, is pre- senting gold pleces to William Torreyson, another retiring veteéran at the power plant. —Star Staff Photos. 'LEAGUE ASSEMBLY SPELLBOUND AS BRIAND PLEADS FOR UNION Hints Naval_.;\;:ord With Rome Near in Address Launching Campaign for European Federation. BY JOHN GUNTHER. By Radio to The Star. GENEVA, Switzerland, September 11 —With that marvelous hippling like organ music over a jammed assembly, Aristide Briand, man of peace, launched his project for & European federation to the nations of the world today. M. Briand stood slouching over the white, unpainted tribune, talking with- out a single note as the golden purr of his eloquence came steadily for ai hour. Crowds lining the newly car pentered balconies and halls interrupted him with frequent cheers. M. Briand said he hoped the nego- tiations begun at the naval parley at London between France and Italy will be continued and added a hint that an agreement might soon be reached. It is thought that Dino Grandi, Itallan foreign minister, perhaps went to Rome to report to Mussolini this development. Pacing behind the tribune, shaking his fist vigorously, laughing with a harsh chuckle and then letting loose the major tones of his organ voice, M. Briand appealed for peace. Security, disarmament economics, naval rivalry were among the subjects touched on, al- ways in their relation to world peace. Seidom has Geneva heard a more pas- sionate appeal to forget the miseries and dangers of war and turn to permanent efforts to make peace perpetual. “The possibility of a European union, despite all the difficulties, might be easly realized,” M. Briand said. He lauded the peace work of the League of Nations. M. Briand spoke after a curtain- alser by Sir Robert Borden of Canada, who took the tribune in order to fill the hall and give M. Briand the solid audi- ence he likes. Sir Robert gave Briand a good text when he used the phrase that League members were “children in the kindergarten of peace.” Arthur Henderson, British foreign minister, is following M. Briand with & speech which, it is understood, will avoid direct mention of a United States of Europe and will largely be confined to the question of disarmament. ‘The French thesis of peace by secur- ity and international arrangements thus is again contrasted v COL. EDWARD HARTMANN TO BE RETIRED SEPT. 30 Maj. John W. Cotton Is Transfer-| red to La Crosse—Other Officers Are Reassigned. Col. Edward T. Hartman, Infantry, at Fort Mason, Calif,, will be placed on the retired list September 30 on account of age; Maj. John W. Cotton, Infantry, has been transferred from Fort Sheri- dan, 11 with Organized Reserves; Capt. James A. Ramsay, Medical Corps, from St. Louis to Fort Sam Houston, Tex., and the following named officers are reifeved from duty with the pilgrimage of mothers and “widows to French ceme- teries and assigned to duty at other stations: Maj. Leroy T. Howard, Medi- cal Corps, to Fort Sam Houston, Tex.; | Capt, John M. Reynolds, Field Artillery, to Denver, Colo.; Capt. Morrill Ross, Fleld Artillery, to Fort Lewis, Wash., and Capt. T. E. T. Haley, Field Artillery, to Monterey, Calif. e BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Military Band, this evening, at 5: o'clock. John S. M. Zimmermann, bandmaster; Anton Pointner, assistant: March, “The Heart of America”..Pryor Overture, “Sicilian Vespers «..Verdi Entracte, Forget-Me-Not". .Macbeth “The Flower Girl Intermezzo," Card Kern | ciation voice of his| to La Crosse, Wis, for duty | thesis that disarmament should come first. | Mr. Henderson listened to M. Briand with a queer-looking phone attachment stuck to his ears, by which M. Briand's speech was brought to him from a ranslator speaking in English. Many imilar phones are seen. They have been introducéd by the International Labor Bureau through the efforts of the American philanthropist, Edward A. Filene of Boston. Others among the listeners were in- | teresting to watch, among_them most | of the big guns of Europe. M. Venizelos at arched forward, his white beard wagging. Lord Cecil, as usual, was | bent half into a hoop as he listened with one hand cupping his ear. Young | Benes of Czechoslovakia sat far back, | intently listening and watching his | Aingernails. Count Apponyi of Hungary, | whose wife has just become the first woman to be chairman of one of the Assembly’s commissions, sat stiff as a poker, his face in profile looking like |a hatchet. In the president’s chair sat N. Titulescu. His yellow, masklike face had almost a Chinese appearance of interested imperturbability. Next to | him Sir Eric Drummond. who is the real boss of the League, listened atten- | tively. Schober, Austria’s policeman- chancellor, never budged during the | speech, nor did Count Bernstorff, next to him, who was Germany's Ambassador to the United States before the war. When the glow of the great French- man's rhetoric had paled a bit, some | disappointment was expressed in the galleries that he had not been more specific in his appeals. It was a throb- | bing haze of words, emotionally almost | overpowering, but in the cold light of | Iater scrutiny somewhat vague. “It is time now to speak of Europe,” M. Briand said. “How can we coun- tenance war in this great ‘country’ we call Europe?” brought appreciative | cheers. Most of the members of the League thought that his speech did mark an epoch, and that if any unified Europe does ever arise out of the present rival- ries, confusions and apprehensions, then | M. Briand certainly more than any other single man will be responsible, and today's session was & great step forward to this historic end. (Copyrixl 30.) CUT IN IMMIGRATION PRAISED BY GREEN By the Associated Press. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J,, September 11.—William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, has sent a telegram to President Hoover pri ing the action of the State Department to curtail immigration while unemploy- ment is acute. He said the decision of the State De- partment was heartily indorsed by the executive council of the federation at a conference yesterday. Mr. Green said he had conferred with Secretary of Labor Davis about the need of shutting out immigration dur- ing the unemployment period by refus- |ing to issue visas, -and believed the ac- tion of the State Department would relieve the problem, Another clause in the immigration law, he said, which is [lvl.llg trouble to American mechanics, s th | privilege granted employers to g | ropean mechanics here to do work which 0 | they claim cannot be done by men in this country. He sald, however, that after it has been found that their places can be filled by American workmen these men are deported. oIy TODA Card parly, St. John's Parith House, | Thirty-fourth street and Rainier ave- nue, Mount Rainier, Md., 8:30 p.m. ‘Woman's - afl-l"lfl m CAPITOL EMPLOYES William Torreyson Is Given Gold Pieces—Dell J. Mapes Awarded Clock. - Two veteran employes at the Capitol who recently went on the retired list were honored today by their fellow ‘workers. ‘William Torreyson, 71 years old, a maintenance man at the Capitol power plant, New Jersey avenue and E street southeast, was | .esented with a box of gold pleces from the employes of the plant, and a short while later J. Dell Mapes, 72 years old, an operator in one of the Capitol substations, received an electric clock as & token of esteem by his associates. 4 ‘The presentation to Mr. Torreyson was made by Robert L. Harrison, chief en- gineer of the power plant. The clock was presented to Mr. Mapes by Arthur E. Cook, supervising engineer of the Capitol. Mr. Torreyson, who lives at 1712 ‘Wisconsin avenue, has been in the Gov- ernment service for 23 years. In addi- tion to 18 years at the Capitol power lant, he formerly was employed at St. izabeth’'s Hospital and at the flltra- tion pilant. Mr. Mapes has completed 24 years of service at the Capitol, having been appointed in 1906. He has held various positions under the architect of the Capitol. IHONOR RETIRED |CRATER WITNESS REPORTED HERE Detective Sent to Capital to Interview Woman About Missing Judge. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 11.—Inves- tigation into the disappearance of Su- preme Court Justice Joseph Crater a month ago shifted today to Washington, D. C., whither a detective was sent to interview a woman as a result of clues gathered in Atlantic City. Police Commissioner Mulrooney Te- fused to divulge the woman's identity or occupation. Chief Magistrate Joseph Corrigan de- cided today that he had mo authority to investigate the disappearance of Crater. In a letter to the district attorney, who had requested that he begin a John Doe inquiry, he said there had been several court rulings that a magistrate could proceed only on Information against a known defendant charged with a known offense. AMERICAN VESSELS FIRED ON IN CHINA By the Associated Press. Repeated attacks, accompanied by heavy firing from trench mortars, ma- chine guns and rifles, against American naval and merchant vessels, passing up the Yangtse River in China, were re- ported today to the State Department. Frank P. Lockhart, American consul general at Hankow, cabled similar heavy firing was taking place upon “practically HENDERSON CALLS FOR GENERAL ARMS AGREEMENT IN 1931 (Continued From Pirst Page.) await the day when there will be no more war.” His hearers gave him the closest at- tention as he turned then to what ke considers-his greatest work for peace, the projected federation of European states. He recalled that when he first laid the idea before the world that he had insisted his proposed federation must be within the framework of the League of Nations. He repeated today that it must rest there. “We have the unhappiness to nhabit a continent that has suffered a great disaster,” he sald. “Is there something that can be done for peace? Can these people organize to prevent war?" He said he knew and realized it would be difficult always to found a union among people so different, but that real goodwill would find a solution. Subordinate to League. “The conference of European na- tions accepted the principle three years ago,” he said. “It is now before the world. A year’s study by the nations of Europe has brought to light, it is true, certain difficulties which were not foreseen at first, but I am satisfied to know from the replies to my memoran- dum that the response was firm in ad- herence to the prineiple of European collaboration.” One objection, M. Briand averred, has been that the proposed union might run counter to the best interests of the League of Nations. This he found false, contending that there was not the least possibility of anything but the closest co-operation between the two organizations, this being particularly true since the League of Nations nec- essarily would remain above and su- perior to the European union. He denied again that the union would run counter to or be in any way inimical to the United States. Statesmen had told him, on the other hand, he declared, that relations between Euro and America could more easily g: strengthened by existence of & Bu- ropean organization. Cites Reply of 27 Nations. this question,” he eoncluded. “Twenty- seven nations have said ‘Yes, it can be done.’ There it is before you. Go! March on! Accomplish peace!” There was & burst of applause as M. tribune, It was regarded as likely that the plan as outlined in M. Briand's memo- randum of May 17 to the various na- tions and the responses of the powers will be submitted to a committee for study and action. Foreign Minister Briand's_conception of his “United States of Europe,” or European federal union, plan is the most ambitious international project brought forward in Europe since the establishment of the League of Nations, As outlined in his memorandum of MAK 17 to the 26 nations concerned with France in the plan, the union specially envisiage close economic co- operation among the subsecribing n tions, lowering and regulating of o serving peace. The economic aspect of the plan has | been emphasized in discussion hitherto. New Problems Pointed Out. M. Briand pointed out that new eco- nothic problems had arisen since the World War from the addition of about 12,000 miles of international frontiers to the map of Europe. For this reason, he foresaw ‘“necessity for a pact of general order, however elementary, for the affirmation of the principle of a moral union of Europe and solemn. con- secration of the pact of solidarity be- tween European nations.” The federation, in which it was speci- fled that none of the nations should yleld its sovereignty, is far looser in its ties than is the United States of Amer- ica, to which it is sometimes compared. ‘The most concrete form of union sug- gested h¥ M. Briand is & species of reg- ular conferences, meeting without char- ter or constitution. To carry on the union's work two or- ganizations would be created, “a Euro- pean Conference” Committee.” a deliberative body, to study problems ris- ing among European. states, and the second an executive instrument.. Naval disarmament negotiations be- “expert” stage in the margin of the Geneva conference. The chiefs of the delegations of the two countries, Foreign Sclaloja for Italy, since Minister Dino Grandi has departed, have not been in contact on this phase of the negotia- tions, according to well informed circles. Talks Expected to Continue. The French and Italiant experts, Rene Massigle and Augusto Rosso, have had some counsel from R. L. Cragie, Britisa navay adviser, and their talks are ex- pected to continue daily for some time. The fact that delicate political consid- erations must be handled concurrently with naval problems; has made it ap- pear probable that the day for a definize announcement of an agreement is some time off. “Haste is dangerous,” one authority d today for Italy, adding that the effort to get everything done in a hurry caused the failure of the France- Italian negotiations at London.” In both French and Italian quarters the belief is expressed that an agree- ment can be reached, but the proviso appears that perhaps only “definite rogress” may be reported when the gr!plrllory Disarmament Commission meets in November. Should an accord be initialed before thlefl e&: of Lfifile year, l:o;"e;ihlx'l'u wg sa ay, there would be n C the commission for | conference to Lmit ses, air armaments. “Twenty-severi nations have studied | Briand with these words quitted the ' toms duties and co-operation’ for pre- | tween Italy and France are still in the | Minister Briand for France and Minister | Animal Husbandry. heralded and mmmn-fl- also all vessels passing & point on the right bank of the Yangtse, 45 miles this side of Kiukiang.” been re- He sald no casualties had ported. Notwithstanding that "lmm gunboats” have repestedly returned fire, attacks were still being made. He added that similar attacks “have taken place at three different points on “the river between Chenglingki and Ichang.” IRIGOYEN, EXILED, QUITS NATIVE LAND ABOARD BATTLESHIP (Continuéd From PFirst Page.) younger man, he helped to bring to pre- eminence in the New World, Provisional President Uriburu yes- terday commissioned Drs. Castex and Lavalle to make a thorough examina- tion of the ousted leader. To them he made known his wishes, expressing a willingness to leave for- ever the pampas and streets he has known all his life for an old man's exile in Paris or Spain. He told them that he understood very well his pres- ence in the Argentineé might hence- forth be undesirable to the elements in power, Secrecy Shrouds Plans. Much secrecy surrounded the depar- ture of the overthrown President. Every preparation h been made for the moment. Streets along the short dis- tance from barracks to pler were cleared of all traffic. Not even newspaper men were allowed to watch the last scenes of the once illustrious executive's leave- taking. The few onlogkers reported that Irigoyen, his daughter; Dr. Meabe and military ‘officers in “civilian clothes, traveled from the armory to the warship in a taxicab. Reports were currenit here that Iri- goyen had said in a final statement before leaving the barracks that he had found his stay there not unpleasant and the atmosphere friendly. With the ousted President to the last was his one devoted friend, Dr. Meabe, the physician whose adherence | to his fallen chief was an outstanding feature of the revolution. It is nar- rated that when the Irigoyen party reached La Plata last Saturday at & moment when the nature of ts recep- tion was in doubt, Dr. Meabe drew a | revolver and threatened to kill any- body who laid a hand on Irigoyen. BOLIVIAN REVOLT FOILED. Threatened Uprising in Aviation Schood Is Suppressed. LA PAZ, Bolivia, September 11 (#).~— A threatened revolution, which had its | beginning in the Aviation School, was | put_down here Tuesday in s vigorous manner by the military junts now rul- ing Bolivia. | .. The government states the manifesta- tion was not of a major nature and that the incident at the Aviation School was one of a disciplinary character only, Criminal proceedings were begun in the attempt | against officers implicated | to_start a revolt. It was announced that complete tran- quillity reigns. At Llallagua the de- mands of miners for certain rights caus- ed an incident there, and the junta dealt with this also very effectively. Peace now reigns in the mining area. |IMPORTED DISEASES | THREATEN FORESTS | OF UNITED STATES (Continued From First Page) other crop may not exist seems unim- portant when weighed against the cur- rent revenues obtainable. The effect which the ill-advised removal of forest cover may have on the productive ca- pacity of other permanent agricultural areas is rarely considered.” The increasing demand of northern markets for tropical timber, he said, may bring an unprecedented temporary prosperity to some Latin American countries. “But,” he warned, “if such | a boom gets under way the present or | even the two succeeding generations will be unable to stop it and the per- manent loss in productive capacity to the countries involved and to the world as a whole will be beyond calculation.” Cattle Tick Eliminated. The cattle tick has been largely eliminated in the United States, said W. M. MacKellar of the Bureau of Approximately 80 per cent of the originally quarantined area of 577,367 square miles has been freed from ticks and released from quarantine, he explained, and the same can be done in other countries by strict quarantine and treatment of the cattle by such methods as the arsenical dip. Breeding & dairy cattle still presents many difficulties, the delegates were told by M. H. Fohrman of the Bureau of Animal Industry. High and low milk production, he explained, are not trana- mitted as wholes by heredity, but ase made up of many hereditary units. Most animals, he said, transmit to their descendants factors for both high and low production which have not yet been untangled. Thus it will be a siow procedure to produce a breed of cattle transmitting only the high production units, With each breeding, he said, the genetic factors are rearranged in the ol!;gfln; with the result that extremes of high and Jow tend toward a level. Daughters of high milk producers gel- dom are s good s thelr mothers, while the offspring of poor producers tend to be better. Development of research institutions in animal husbandry in all the eoun- tries of the western hemisphere was urged by Dr. John R. Mohler, chiet of the Bureau of Animal Industry, He urged a better under- standing of live stock sanitary regiila-