Evening Star Newspaper, September 12, 1930, Page 2

A2 FRENCH SOLDIERS - WILL LEAVE SAAR Briand Yields to Germany Upon Guarantee of Rail- way Security. ! (Continued From Pirst Page.) that results of the past year in or- of the movement for elim- E:"Jnl customs barriers have been dis- appointing and that his government is dissatisfied with progress toward dis- armament, although the value of the London treaty must be recognized. Tariff Walls Threatened. «Mynheer von Bloekland, who repre- sents @ free trade country, warned the Assembly that if the growing tendency to strengthen systems of protection is not checked, it is possible that free trade countries will be forced to abandon their present policy and themselves set | up tariff walls. | Peter Munch, Danish foreign minister, declared that a compromise must be | Education, was presented reached between the two conflicting E. H. Boisevain, left, president of the THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, IPARTY AGTIVITIES | HIGH-FREQUENCY MEETS PRESIDENT HOOVER 7 International Society for Commereial to President Iloover at the White House yesterday by L. G. Van Horn, right, counselor of the Netherlands legation.—Wide World Photo. theories of disarmament before success could be attained in that task. These two theories he defined as, first, that an dgreement be reached on the basis of dxisting armament; the other is that fhe basis must be a “rational principle vhich does not merely take into account gxisting armament.” | Minister Munch denounced the raising f tariffs as a grave danger. | “It is leading,” he said, “to a general shistrust of the .League, to mutual dnimosity between the nations and be- tween social classes and, finally, to dconomic_instability, which merely ag- gravates the present economic crisis. ! Decries “Economic Anarchy.” { The Danish statesman insisted that he “economic anarchy” prevailing in urope must be replaced by a rational mu’(’fzuuan % ““men directing the| CINCINNATI Ohio, September 12.— economic licy in various countries, | A new freak of “Jamaica ginger com- who must d some means of meeting | pound,” a mysterious color affinity that | in an atmosphere of trust and {rankness | arects chickens and men alike, has for thi }'&'{,’Q,}o,v.’i:,&?“ &mmfi”M turned up in research at the University by M. Briand or in some other form of Cineinnat. ; within the framework of the League. In the medical department the in- | The South African premier, Gen. | - | gredients of this liquor, which caused oy mmmnfb;" v%mm‘gg!-begl about 300 cases of paralysis about Cin- | {hat the League mandates commission’s fl“"e'h“ A 1"’. n‘\.onfiw ago, are under ¢riticism of the administration of the |Seafching analjais. =~ 0 | inandates has “been oo extensive and | oy, ounnati outbreak that nearly all the will lead to friction and ill feeling.” He al nearly 1u:mmd that these criticisms be lim- | Victims were white, Negroes constitut- tted ing less than 3 per cent. At the same d eventually discontinued. South | yim,“reports brought to the university, Africa has the mandate for the former | o) o " 0, - lysis of samples of the liquor German Southwest Africa and in former | TR, AL O 1 FoTUR ES ot muach of Assemblies there has been some sharp | B} 4 "hoq Been sold in Negro dis- Chickens Has No By the Associated Press. liscussion about the nature of the Cape wn government's administration. ! The Anglo-Saxon and the Gallic tricts. P. J. Andress, who is conducting the MYSTERIOUS COLOR AFFINITY DISCOVERED IN GINGER TESTS Liquor Which Paralyzes White Men and Effect on Colored Persons and FOWIS. research, tried samples of the drink on monkeys, rabbits and white rats, but all these animals were immune to paralysis. Then he tried it on chickens, the bird family having a well known susceptibility to poison. He gave it to white chickens and every one developed either paralysis or symptoms of paralysis. But when he gave it to black chickens not one of them showed a symptom of paralysis, Scientists who attended the chemical meeting here this week made a guess that the paralysis of Jamaica ginger compound “is a function of pigmenta- tion,” meaning that the coloring matter in pigment, that makes the complexion, may in some manner combine with something in the drink to give the whites a special poison. Mr. Andress says the experiments are too incomplete to throw any light on these guesses. points of view about the best way to ure peace were before the Assembly ay with nothing to indicate that gulf between them was any nar- fower than it has always been. Cleavage Appears in Addresses. The cleavage, visible frequently since World War, has appeared this time 1] of Aristide Briand, nch foreign minister, and Arthur lenderson, British !orel{n g hegre the League Anen:di"- ¢ .~ M. Briand, an lacking much of the oratorical force with which usually defends his a federation of states, f the Lea of | —With a day’s special practice behind | ithin the framework of the '“!.u B ob m p! litical collaboration, and disarma- | the national rifie team cl ations, involving an economic it '?ueeded by guarantees of mutual Y. Mr. Henderson advanced the e~ axon viewpoint that peace ured through disarmament, ,” he said, “se- y al rlocked, and nc can make our ples truly -‘o:.hm from war until a they are going . ZAfter all, there is none of us who in ‘his heart does not know that of all rit';umenurel disarmament is in taelf ‘most important.” £ Dino Grandi Leaves Unexpectedly. ‘The logical third member of this ar- ent, Dino Grandi, Italian foreign inister, is not in Geneva and therefore 1 not be heard. Grandi de or Rome Wednesday just to auguration of the Assembly session, uch to the amazement of other dele- ates, who had -ugpaed he would wish make known his views in the discus- 3ion of M. Briand’s European federation Droject. % It seemed likely today that the project vould pass to committee stage for dis- Ehnge, before 1t again is brought per e, before it agal roug! - gm the Assembly. For the next few lays representatives of the various na- #&ions will discuss phases of international blems. Julius Curtius, German for- ign minister, the next big nation pokesman, will not be heard until after he German elections Sunday. GERMANY LAUDS HENDERSON. Circles and Press Indorse Disarmament Stand. BERLIN, September 12 (#).—The nergetic plea for disarmament made fore the Assembly of the League of ations by British Foreign Secretary thur Henderson yesterday has found earty indorsement in German official ircles and the press. Mr. Henderson’s speech was regarded fully supporting the German stand n this question. The newspapers have ferred to the address as sensational nd as the great event of the League eeting. They consider it also in the ature of a sharp rebuff for Prench rForeign Minister Briand's policy. £ Never before, the newspapers unani- ously declare, has a repressntative { a great power belonging to the vic- rious nations (in the World War) so zurgently demanded fulfillment of the | ;romiu of disarmament. | ROME ASKS “WHERE 1S GRANDI?” ROME, September 12 (#).—The ques- #lon being asked in political circles Shere in the last 24 hours has been, #'Where is Grandi?” £ Reports last night said that the for- feign minister, who left the League of ANations' session at Geneva precipitately AWednesday. had motored across the #French frontier with his wife and a| ‘ecretary and had taken lunch at ‘hambery. # Telephone calls at the foreign minis- jry elicited the statement that Bignor randi was in Rome and had spent he whole day there. Purther telephone calls to the foreign | Bninister’s home brought the statement Zhat he had not yet returned to Rome. SSUSPECT TRAFFICKING IN CHAMPIONSHIP FIRE National Guard Divisions Have 46| jects, pleaded | By the Associated Press. 109 TEAMS COMPETE Rifle Squads Entered at Camp Perry. CAMP PERRY, Ohio, September 12. teams today n firing for | impionship, | the closing event of the annual three ‘weeks® re. scores in: ranges, and ing unfavorable weather the match is expected to produce new .- The first four stages were on m, and the fina} stage on the 1,000-yard range will be held to- morrow. 2 National Oulrdm &hmw.wwnhl 46 enurg, viest repre- . Civillans were riext with 38 teams. Nine were entered by officers’ training camp areas, a like num- ber by citizens’ mili training camp areas and seven from the branches of the United States service. RUM CAR ESCAPES IN HEAVY TRAFFIC Officer Forced to Drop Chase as Speeding Auto Races Against Signal Pursuit at high speed of a suspected liquer running automobile by a Mont- gomery County policeman through Sil- ver Spring and down Sixteenth street as far as Park road at noon today ended in the fugitive car escaping in the heavy lunch-hour traffic. Corpl. Roy Snyder, attached to the Silver Spring station, who was touring in an automobile, sighted the speeding car on the Colesville pike about 2 miles above Silver Spring. He said the ma- chine contained three white men. He began the chase as the automobile sped past him toward the District. On reach- g ia avenue, the machine turned south, disregarding a traffic light, and proceeded through Silver Spring at a mile-a-minute clip, with the officer 100 yards behind. . 'he chase turned into Alaska avenue and proceeded to Sixteenth street, where the driver of the pursued car turned Scuth. Corpl. Snyder said that the driver of the car ahead of him again disregarded a trafic light when they reached Newton street and again at Park road. Here the policeman gave up the chase because of the danger of driving at high speed through the ever- increasing traffic. NCERT. By the United States Army Band to- night at 7:30 o'clock at the east Capitol steps, William J. Stannard, leader, con- ducting; Thomas F. Darcy, second leader. o e March, “ erry Wives of Wind- Nicolai “Spanish Sere- .. Eilenberg Thomas F. Darcy, Soloist. Selection from “The B: .Strauss “Fackeltanz in B Flat”. Meyerbeer “Caprice Italie ..., Tschatkowsky (Mr. Dafcy Conducting.) March, “Sons of Australi .. Lithgow “The Star Spangled Banner.” cornet, WARDMAN INVESTORS ORGANIZE COMMITTEE Discount Corporation Group Raises Funds for Lawyers in Con- templated Litigation. A group of preferred-stock holders of the Wardman Discount® & Mortgage Corporation, meeting last night in the office of counsel in the Woodward Building, organized a protective com- 8004 | mittee, and funds were raised for the employment of attorneys in contem- jplated litigation, it was announced tp- day. 3 Harry A. L. Batker ‘and . Godfrey L. Munter, attorneys, and Robert D. Smythe, a preferred-stock holder, were named ‘members of the committee. It was stated the investors of the con- cern present at the meeting represent- ed $£250,000 of the total $800,000 in- vested. in preferred stock in the com- y. The creation of the protective com- mittee followed upon recent ratification by common-stock holders of the com- pany of a decision by directors of the concern authorizing exchange of stock in the discount company for preferred stock of the Wardman Realty & Con- struction, Co. MINORITY NOMINEE WILL FAVOR REPEAL OF PROHIBITION LAW (Continued Prom First Pa; nated for the Senate Senator Morris | Sheppard, co-author of the eighteenth amendment. In Democratic National Conventions candidates for President and Vice President are nominated un- der the two-thirds rule, requiring a two- thirds vote of the delegates to nomi- nate. Whether the South will be able to veto the nomination of a wet Dem- ocratic candidate for President in 1932 remains to be seen. To Aid Senator Walsh. Senator Wheeler, who has just re- turned from Europe, will go to Montana at an early date to aid Senator Thomas J. Walsh in his campaign for re-elec- tion. Senator Walsh long has been a dry and a supporter of National Prohi- bition. His opponent this year for the Senate is Judge Galen of the State Su- preme Court, regarded as a wet. The prohibition issue in the Montana sen- Atorial campaign, however, has not been prominent so far, in the opinion of Sen- ator Wheeler. The campaign, he said today, would largely revolve around the | personalities of the two candidates. Whence Go the Needles, ‘What becomes of the pins is an old grcblem and what becomes of the razor lades is more modern one, but what about needles? Needles are made of very hard steel. They don't wear out | and their business ends retain their sharpress almost indefinitely. Yet one firm in England alone has been manu- facturing needles at the rate of 3,500,- 000 & week for many years, and for over | 200 years millions have been pouring |out steadily from the works at Redditch. Nowadays modern machinery enables :n;a‘;md" to point 100,000 needles in OF RAIN FOR WAS IN RADIO LICENSES st Describing a new form of specula- “tion—"trafficking in radio licenses"— “the Radio Commission today announced #formally that requests for broadcasting Zicenses are being carefully scrutinized. % The statement said “so many app! tions for change of ownership of st Ztions have filed recently that it fappears trafficking in radio licenses is ¢a new formtof speculation developing this country.” ‘The mmm{lyllcn also cited “another apparent effort to take advantage of the commission” in the fact that £few stations licensed to conduct char- Zitable and altruistic work have been %commercialized and now insist upo: more time to take care of advertiser: “It is likely that the commission in Smany cases will find it advisable to can: Zcel these licenses, rather than to add ito the overloaded channels,” the state- - added. ’ uugn o LOST HURRICANE BRINGS PROMISE HINGTON REGION Storm Appears Off North Carolina Coast—High Wind |} Velocity Not Expected Here. The second West Indian hurricane, lost for several days over the ocean, gzrd up today off the North Carolina t and brought hopes at the Weather Bureau of early showers in this drought- stricken area. Storm warnings were issued at 11 o'clock this morning by Forecaster Charles L. Mitchell after reports were recelyed of appearance of the burricane near Frying Pan Shoals this morning. The ship warnings were di day from Southport to Beaufort, N. C. Storm of Small Diameter. Mitchell said the hurricane was of small diameter, but was lmmpll’.;l{‘d e over of Beau- by severe winds near its center. storm 1s e: to move South Coast, south fort, this afterncon and then diminish rapidly in intensity. 'hile Washington is not likely to be affected by winds of serious velocity, the indications were that rains would follow in the wake of the disturbance, bringing relief to Washington and vi- cinity. Showers Due Tonight. The officlal forecast called for show- layed w-icrl tonight and tomorrow, with little change in temperature. ‘The hurricane is believed to be the one which was reported near Haiti ear- lier in the week and which was expect- ed to curve morth or northeastward. It is distinct from the storm which devas- tated Santo Domingo, 2y l STRESS DRY 1SSUE Conventions in Five States Emphasize Complexities of Prohibition. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Party conventions just held in five States emphasize the perplexities of the prohibition issue in politics and the curious character of the congressional campaign, which has yet to crystallize its issues. ‘The business depression is the natu- ral argument of the Democrats, while the Republicans, particularly in Indiana on Thursday, sought & defense of the Hoover administration for steps taken in an effort to bring about recupera- tion ot the Nation’s business. Connecticut Democrats, as well as Cook County, Ill, Democrats, came out for platform planks proposing repeal of the eighteenth amendment, and it looks now as though most all the Democratic conventions in Northern States will adopt somewhat the same attitude. G. O. P. Tl at Ease. The Republicans gre ill at ease over the issue in New York and Massachu- setts, as well as in Ohio, where the Hoover administration is more or less involved because a dry plank has been prepared after Senator Fess, Republican national chairm~n, made the keynote speech. Divisic: of opinion exists among the delegates to the State convention, with the prospect. however, that the Fess viewpoint will prevail. In New York, the prospective candi- date for Governor on the Republican ticket, United States Attorney Tuttle, has been conferring with Ogden Mills, who rap ‘or Governor last time and is now Unaersecretary of the Treasury, in an effort to develop the kind of prohi- bition plank needed for the Republican State convention. Mr. Tuttle is con- fronted with the proposal made by Gov. Roosevelt and the problem at the same time of retaining the support of those leaders who represent dry communities in the Stal Local option, the favorite device of ye ago, may.come back into the party platforms this year in States where sentiment is divided. Invited to Marion. The suggestion made in the Ohio Republican State convention that a resolution be adopted inviting Pregdident Hoover to dedicate the Harding Tomb at Marion has its political significance. ‘The tomb has been ready for some time. Mr. Coolidge did not go to Marion and Mr. Hoover has been asked to go but has not indicated what he will do about it. He is to speak in Cleveland on October 2 and Fred Warner, former State chairman, wants Mr. Hoover to visit Marion the same day. Aside from the fact that the Presi: dent has already scheduled his de- parture from Cleveland and probably will not be able to arrange it, the chances are that the resolution, whether passed or side-tracked, will revive the question of a presidential visit to Marion and keep it revived for some time. ‘The general inference has been that the political reputation of the Harding regime is such that any speeches ex- tolling the Harding service in public life is bound to furnish ammunition in local Ohio politics. Hoover may go to Marion for the dedication, as he has never indicated any unwillingness to attend, but he reserves the privilege of setting the date. It probably will be after the congressional elections. (Copyright, 1930.) HARRY GUGGENHEIM TO RETURN TO CUBA State Department Denies Official Unrest Reports From Havana. By the Assoclated Pres: Reports that Harry F. Guggenheim would not return to Cuba as United States Ambassador, brought the as- sertion from State Department officials today that he, would sail or fly to Havana at the end of his present vaca- tion, The Ambassador has been resting at Port. Washington, L. I, after his first Winter in Havana. Unofficial reports received in Wash- ington have indicated the political un- rest manifested in recent revolutions in the Argentine, Peru, and Bolivia might possibly become apparent in Cuba. State Department officials said today, however, no official cables indi- cative of unrest in the island had been received. Late reports from Cuba said an at- tempt at reconciliation between ad- ministration leaders and the opposition T’g\:s. known as the Nacionalistas, had ailed. No comment was available at the State Department concerning the Cuban situation other than the definite as- sertion that Ambassador Guggenheim would return. - Premier's Daughter Engaged. LONDON, September 12 (#).—The engagement was announced today of Joan Margaret MacDonald, second daughter of the prime minister, and Alistair McKinnon of Edinburgh. Monument to Close. The Washington Monument will be closed at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon until next Tuesday morning to replace the cables in the elevator. MARLBORO ENTRIES TOMORROW. RACE—Purse, $500; nes. aBright Butto Rols Star... Phillis FIRST 2-year-olds; 5'2 furlo b Astrakhan ... 107 107 al b Visionary PoUR0. Geipn “entry. SR 8 RicRRedson entry. SECOND RACE—Purse. $500: year-oids and up; 5!z furlongs Centrifugel 12 Skirmisher 12 Highland Captain *Dalin 12 104 Playfiower Bucephalus THIRD RACE--Purse, $600: year-olds and up; 6's furlons Guy Frazier “Stylish Ma Aucilla ... “Eleusason “Colonel " Beth FOURTH RACE—Purse, $500; claiming: ages; 1/ miles. 113 *Battle Shot. 113 *Alchemist 13 *Red Robe claiming; Mujisade .. Roy William, Also elieib] Sweet Lacru: *Secrecy ... claiming; “Bye and FIPTH RACE—Purse, $100; vear-olds and up: 1. miles. High Dell. Pheverd” <Let” Alore. ! 110 Prances Bt. L. SIXTH RACE—Purse, 8t claiming; year-olds and up; 1/s claiming; n2 SEVENTH RACE—Purse, all ager; 1% miles. *Forest Lore Tee $500; claiming: . 103 v 113 BN U] sApprentice sllowance, claimed. First race, 2 p.m. standard time, | vided for in EFFECS SOUGHT Navy Conducts Tests to Learn if Exposure Is Harmful to Man. What are the effects of high-fre- quency alternating current—running from 40,000,000 to 50,000,000 cycles a s';c&r;d—on workers frequently exposed With radio apparatus requiring such high frequency being tested at the Naval Laboratory at Bellevue, D. C., the Bureau of Medecine and Surgery of the Navy has started a program of observa- tions of men and experiments with ani- mals to answer this question. ‘Workers whose duties took them often into the induction fields reported apparent increased pulse rates and in- creases in temperature. This was to have been expected, according to Capt. ‘W. W. Bell of the Navy Medical School here, ard is essentially the same result sought for in diathermy, where the in- terior of the body is heated by passing high-frequency current of low voltage through it with poles attached to the back and chest—a treatment whigh has been of very great value in pneumonia. Much the same thing results when a man gets into the induction field of a high-frequency current. None Experiences Iliness. None of the workers at the Naval Labortary, Capt. Bell saild, have expe- rienced any illness as a result of their exposure, and there is no reason to expect any, but the Navy wants to be on the safe side. They remember the early experience with X-rays, brief doses of which were harmless and of great value in surgery. Prolonged ex- posures, however, resulted in serious conditions. Alternating current ex- posure differs greatly from X-ray or radium emanations, but it is a new thing. All the workers likely to be exposed have been given thorough physical ex- aminations, including bl counts, in their normal condition and following exposures of varying lengths. They will be examined again from time to time to ue‘ll any marked changes from the normal are taking place. This is expected to be a slow procedure, since no variations from the normal occur over short periods. Experiment With Animal ‘The doctors also are working with guinea pigs and cats. The animals are placed in glass tubes and put in the induction fields of high-frequency cur- rents, where they can be kept for pro- longed periods. The temperature and the heart rate increases, as in human beings. Thus far there have been no bad results from prolonged exposures, but the experiment is only in its initial stages. ‘hat happens to cats, Capt. Bell says, ?‘mblbly is approximately what would happen to men exposed for comparatively long periods. ‘The Navy recognizes, Capt. Bell says, that high-frequency exposure will come more and more in the handling of naval lp'gnrntul. and if it has any ill- effects the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery wants to know about them.; Previous work in Government and in- dustrial laboratories has been almost entirely directed to finding the bene- ficial effects of raisi the body tem- perature without considering any pos- sible adverse results. s CAMDEN RADIO INDUSTRY WILL EMPLOY 25,000 Baird Tells Hoover City Plans Fete September 19 to Mark Evi- dence of Prosperity. President Hoover was informed by Senator Baird of New Jersey today that about 25,000 persons will be em- ployed in the radio industry in Cam- den, N. J., by September 19. The President was told that on that date the radio manufacturing companies in that city will hold ceremonies celebrat- ing this evidence of return to pros- perity. Senator Baird was accompanied by Representative Eaton of New Jersey, and during the call the Presidnet sug- gested the speeding up of the building of post offices in Trenton, Camden and Newark, N. J., which buildings are pro- the public buildings pro- gram. This luzg:tlvn was made in the interest of tering employment conditions. Women Constitute 20 Per Cent of All Working Population “Woman’s Place No Long- er in Home,” Says Census Survey. By the Associated Press. A 50-year study of women in gainful occupations, from 1870 to 1920, today was published. by the United States Census Bureau as background for 1930 census discoveries on feminine status. Dr. Joseph A. Hill, assistant to the census director, : uthor of the monograph, pronounced its theme one of the most interesting economic studies in the province of the census, A foreword by Seymour L. Andrew set forth: “Whatever opinions may be held as to the proper sphere of women, the fact is that, to a considerable extent, woman's place today is no longer in the home.” Andrew commended Dr. Hill for “re- fraining from excursions into realms of speculation,” and making “no moraliza- tions as to the presumed effect on home life of the participation of women in gainful occupations.” 24 Per Cent of Women Work. In 1920, Dr. Hill discovered, 24 per cent of all women were engaged in gainful occupations, and women com- prised 20 per cent of the total working population. One married woman in 11 was working for a wage, and 2 put of every 9 ‘'women at work were married. Of unmarried women, 48.6 per cent, or almost half, were earning money. A special study of married women in 11 citles was inciuded in the monograph to answer the question: “Do gainfully employed married women have a normal home life?” It was found that in these cities, Fall River, Mass.; Providence, R. I, Rochester, N. ¥.; Paterson, N. J.; Cin: cinnati, Indianapolis, St. Paul, Kansas City, Mo.; Atlanta, Louisville and New Orleans, 37.6 per cent of the married women engaged in gainful occupations were not living with their husbands in homes of their own, but were either boarders or lodgers. Woman Teachers Increase. “If the normal home life for & mar- ried woman be defined as living with her husband in a home of her own, then somewhat more than one-third of these married women gainfully em- rloyed did not have a normal home ife,” was Dr. Hill's conclusion. In the 50-year period, Dr. Hill found. woman school teachers increased in | number from 87,047 to 652,500, partly accounted for by replacement of men by women. . He noted decided decreases FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1930.° POLICE AND FIREMAN HEROES | POLICEMAN VAN DOREN HUGHES. BRAVERY AWARDS ANNOUNCED TODAY BY DISTRICT HEADS (Continued From First Page.) mately 150 feet. A very short distance off L street the fugitive opened fire with & .32-caliber revolver, wounding Hughes in the left side, wrist and the left leg. in the numbers of women employed as servants, dressmakers, laundresses, mil- | liners, tailors and boarding and loflflnl| house keepers. “‘Women A not leaving the occupa- tion so much ing them,’ .‘a: o?ec‘:aluon 18 le.-v- POLICEMAN E. L. SHELTON. PROPERTY RESTRAINT ON PHYSICIAN LIFTED Justice Siddons Releases Dr. Joseph D. Rogers From Order Bar- ring Sale Offer. Justice Frederick L. Siddons in the District Supreme Court today signed an order releasing Dr. Joseph D. Rogers from a rule to show cause why he should not be restrained from offering for sale the property at 1447 Massa- chusetts avenue. The restraining or- der had been asked by Mr. and Mrs. Eugene S. Trussel, who had charged the physician with usury in connection with the purchase by him of a $6,000 promissory note made payable to one Elmer H. Biggs. The plaintifs charged that Dr. Rogers purchased the note from them at $4,000 and had insisted that they continue payments that had been ar- ranged under the $6,000 note. Dr, Rogers recently filed an answer denying that the plaintiffs were a party to the transaction, setting forth the fact that he had purchased the note | from a broker, after other individuals had declined a similar opportunity to buy, and that he had no negotiations with the plaintiffs or payees. If there was a usury, he alleged, it was un- known to him ‘and must have existed between the plaintiffs and payees, He also denied that he had “hounded” the plaintiffs for payment. After Justice Siddons had signed the order discharging the rule, the property was offered for sale yesterday afternoon. It brought $3,000 over the first trust, or only half .the amount of the $6,000 promissory note which was secured by a second trust. Dr. Rogers was repre- sented by Attorney Thomas M. Baker. Wilbur L. Gray, president of the Capital Mortgage & Title Co., Inc., filed an affidavit supporting Dr. Rogers' answer. ALLEN IMPROVING Kansas Senator to Be Able to Leave Hospital in Month. BALTIMORE, Md., September 12 (#). | Senator Henry J. Allen of Kansas, re- covering following a major operation ‘Wednesday at Johns Hopkins Hospital, should be ablé to leave in a month if his progress continues satisfactory, it was sald at the hospital today. He passed a satisfactory night. The oper- ation was performed by Dr. Hugh H. Young. B S STEDMAN LITTLE BETTER Veteran of Civil War Shows “Very, Very Slight Improvement.” A “very, very slight improvement, but noj enough to be encouraging” was re- rted today by physicians attending | presentative Charles M. Stedman ol North Carolina, who is critically §il after an apoplectic stroke. The 89-year-old Legislator, the only surviving Civil War Veteran in Con- Hughes fell. Chased Comrade’s Assajlant. ‘When_ Bryant, who pursuing another chase and hurriéd to the ald of his orother officer. He saw Hughes lying on the ground wounded and his assailant turning the corner into another part of the alley. As the fugitive turned, he shot at Pvt. Bryant. Bryant promptly returned the shot and took up the chase. The fugitive hid behind a bread box and as Bryant ran up he jumped from the shadow and taking point-blank air, pulled the trigger. Luckily, the cart- ridges had all been discharged and the trigger fell on an emg'éy cartridge shamber. Bryant kicked the pistol from the man's hand and closed with him, effecting his arrest. Meanwhile, Hughes, while lying on his side, wounded, had gotten his pistol and, taking careful aim, had shot and wounded the fleeing man. Saved Young Man From Fire. Pvt. Thomas' bronze bar was awarded because of a rescue he effected January 5, 1930. His company was called to 814 Barry place, which was on fire. Thomas dashed through the flames up a stairway and rescued Harry Grady, colored, 20 years old, who had been overcome by the heat and smoke. He | carried him down the stairway to the sidewalk and was badly burned, and both the rescuer and the rescued had to be carried to a hospital. Pvt. Shelton on the morning of May | 9, 1930, received information that there ‘was trouble at 1639 Tenth street. Going there he found that a murder had been committed and that the murderer was standing over the body of his victim with a smoking revolver, Without the slightest hesitation Shelton closed with the man, disarmed him and placed him under arrest. Walker’s Salary Raised. Walker was placed on the list of men entitled to an extra $5 per month com- pensation on account of his exception- | ally meritorious services. ‘The same recognition was awarded to Pvt. Earl L. Baker of the second pre- cinct, who was recommended by Maj. Pratt for his coolness and heroism in crossing a plank over an areaway and capturing Howard L. Carson, who was ‘hreatening Miss Alma D. Jennings with & loaded gun in the second-floor back room at 60 S street Tuesday night. ACTRESS DEAD, MAN | DYING AFTER PACT State Legislature Nominee Turns Gun on Self After Shoot- ing Woman. By the Associated Press. MUSKOGEE, Okla., September 12.— Dave Chandler, court clerk of Delaware County and Democratic nominee to the State Legislature, shot and killed Mrs. Dicie Stafford, former actress and wife of a Tahlequah musician, and perhaps fatally wounded himself late last night. He told officers it was a “suicide pact. ‘The shooting occurred in Chandls motor car in a wooded spot north of Tahlequah. Mrs. Stafford, shot three times through the breast, was dead when persons living nearby reached the scene. Shot once near the heart, Chand- ler was taken to a hospital, where it was believed he would die. He told of- ficers “we wanted to die together.” The woman's husband, Jack Stafford, is a, trombone player with a traveling orchestra. He was believed to be some- where in Louistana. Census Misses Imperial Japanese. TOKIO (/P.--Because the national religion makes ‘hem divinjties, Emperor Hirohito, Empress Nagako and Dowager Empress Sadako will not be counted as among Japan’s 60,000,000 inhabitants when the national census is taken Oc- tober 1. Other royalties, including the two infant daughters of their majesties, gress, was stricken Tuesday. will be counted. ELEPHANT STEALING INCREASES IN CEYLON AS OWNERS PROTEST Animals in Great Demand, but Appear to Prefer Dragging Logs Rather By the Associated Press, COLOMBO, Ceylon, September 12.— Elephant stealing is on the increase in Ceylon. The animals are in great demand hfi: o:\h the “med.;‘d in the forest where they are used for d ber down_the hills. m?".‘:'»'éfn to like the heavy work in the logging camps because it gives them to use their brains, but dry tive plow over a fleld all seems Than Plow. beneath their dignity and sort of hu- miliates them. Of late many have been stolen and | one owner appeared in the Matale court urging that more severe sentences be imposed upon mahouts who made a of ‘the men, heard the shots he Ieft his [ h STROMBOLI FEARS RENEWED:ERUPTION 3,000 Residents of Island Spend Night in Open After Four Are Killed. By the Associated Press. MESSINA, Italy, September 12.—The Ppeople of Messina, Stromboli and Lipari today turned anxious eyes toward the Stromboli Volcano, which, strangely silent after its latest eruption, had kept thousands awake and on the alert throughout the night. The nearly 3,000 residents of Strom- boli Island slept last night in the open, under tents provided by government ships hurriedly sent to them after yes- terday’s eruption and violet earth- quake shock. Three thousand feet above them was the peak of the vol- cano, mysteriously quiet but with all of its reawakened deadly potentialities. All of the Aeolian Islands were af- fected by the earthquake, but only the icturesque circular island of Strom- 1l suffered from the volcanic dis- turbance. Four Reported Dead. ‘Two torpedo boats came back from Stromboli shortly before midnight bringing one badly injured person, re- porting - four dead at Ginostra, one ;von:‘an missing and nine residents in- ured. Many fires started by the volcano were extinguished by the companies of firemen debarked from the war- ships. Stromboli, in the Tyrrhenian, where the ancients believed Aeolus, god of the winds, resided and blew good or bad breezes from his bulging cheeks, was the heaviest loser. Aside from the fatalities three villages were partly de- stroyed and acres of fertile land laid waste. That more lives were not lost was due to warning which the volcano itself sounded to the inhabitants, The double catastrophe came at bad time for the Stromboli grape grow- ers, who had been nursing their choicest product for national Grape day on Sep- tember 28. The lava, instead of going down to the sea, as in the case of the eruption of Mount Etna in 1928, spread over the city of Stromboli and sur- rounding countryside until there was little left of the grape crop. The lesson which the authorities learned on July 23 in the Apennines was applied promptly to Stromboli at the first warning. The speedy dispatch of four destroyers and four torpedo boats, together with minelayers and the coast steamer Rolando, laden with ‘tents and other.supplies, averted serious in- convenience and possible suffering to the Stromboli inhabitants. Ashes were piled four inches deep on roofs and balconies of small country ouses constructed for the most part of petrified lava. In_the hamlet of Ginestra 15 houses ®were damaged badly. Navy Aids Relief Work. Nearness of the stmnf militia and naval force at Lipari Island aided in the rescue work. The eruption was visible from the prison colony there, and immediately the consul in com- mand of the Fascist militia detach- ment guarding prisoners set out in a ‘l:lxe dmo\‘nrbon with 30 men for the land. ‘The navy also contributed to relief work on the island, sending a destroyer and two torpedo boats. Stromboli ceased smoking at about 4 pm. Deaths and injuries were caused by the people taking fright at the first wave of hot ashes and rush- Ing in the houses to fight the fires, ‘The eruption was characterized by an unusual phenomenon, a flow''of hot sand which caused damage all along its course. Lava flowed on a front of over 150 feet. U. S, AID 1S DECLINED. Cruiser Chester Leaving Region Hit by Quake and Eruption. Her assistance declined by Italian authorities, the United States cruiser | Chester radioed the Navy today she was lJeaving the region of ‘the Messina, { Italy, earthquake and volcanic eruption !and proceeding to Constantinople. | The Chester, one of the Navy's new- | est 10,00-ton cruisers, is making its | first cruise in the Mediterranean, LIEUT. COMDR. B. F. STAUD DIES ON SHIP IN ENGLAND U. 8. Naval Officer Helped " Save 155 Americans at Nanking, China, in 1927. Lleut. Comdr. Benjamin Franklin Staud, U. 8. N., who was instrumental in saving 155 Americans at Nanking, China, in March, 1927, when threatened by Chinese, is dead, according to an- noul:cemem today by the Navy Depart- ment. Comdr.. Staud died aboard the U. 8. S. Houston at Southampton, England. His widow, Mrs. Janet Staud of Nor- folk, Va., notified the department that she desired his body to be buried at sea, in keeping with his own request. PITTSBURGH, September 12 (#).— A $9,000 g‘y roll was taken by “three bandits who held up two employes of the W. N. Sauer Co., heating and plumbing engineers, in front of the company offices here at 11 a.m. today. The robbery was one of a long series of hold-ups made in similar fashjon here in recent months. ATLANTA SUES HEAD OF CENSUS BUREAU FOR 360,692 COUNT (Continued From_First Page.) threatens to publish the populations of the other boroughs as though they were separate cities. “A publication of the population of Atlanta in such manner will be mis- leading and inaccurate and great and irreparable injury will be done to the city of Atlanta and its citizens,” ‘The petition goes on to state that the standing of the city itself will be injured if the lower figures are pub- lished and that the resultant loss of business in real estate transactions, conventions and similar activities will work damage to the individual citizens of the town. The Atlanta Constitution, Georgian and Journal, the three leading news- papers in the Georgia capital, together with the Winecoff, Ansley, Henry Grady, Pledmont and Robert Fulton Hotels, the Haverty Purniture Co. and Ivan Allen were named in the suit as co-plaintiffs. Census Bureau officials said_the ac tion was no surprise to them. They had known Atlanta was dissatisfied with the bureau’s publication of the Greater At- lanta figures in a footnote in connection with its list of cities of more than 100,000 population, while the “borough” figure of Atlanta was used in the direct comparisons with other eities. % ‘This action of the bureau, which fol- lowed a long controversy between At- lanta and rival cities, was based on a legal opinion. However, the question was still left open to final decision. Census Director Steuart, in a letter to the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, said he gave it the opportunity to offer legal proof that Greater Atlanta was a practice of running away with the ele- hants in their trust. Finding their oot difficult to sell "because of the| necessity of giving bill§ of sale, these fellows take ’t! e stolen elephants to re- ;{” “42“ "%rya‘:"ln . pants mote parts e political n of 1ts various boroughs, ‘5 the state and hire them city in the usual sense of the word and thus entitled to comparison with other cities. He asserted that the Georgia law Greater Atlanta, had