Evening Star Newspaper, September 16, 1930, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Showers and thunderstorms probably clearing tomorrow morning; somewhat cooler ton! Tem yeste: ht; tomorrow cool. tures—Highest, 97, at 4 p.m. y; lowest, 75, t 6 a.m. today. Full report on page 9. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 he #n WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ening Star. Yesterday’s Circulation, 108,409 “From Press to Home Within the Hour” Star’s carrier system ecovers every city block and th tion is delivered to Wi t as fast as the papers are printed. regular edi- ington homes —_— | No. 31,549. post office, ¥ntered as second class matte; Washington, r B G WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1930—FORTY-TWO PAGES. #s UP) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. S CHLOREN DIE 1S FRES DESTROY * HOUSES N NEAT Aunt of Three at Casanova, Va., Burned to Death When 0il Stove Explodes. MOTHER, BLINDED, TRIES IN VAIN TO SAVE THEM Father of Michigan Family Injured in Efforts at Rescue After Heater Causes Blaze. Special Dispatch to The Star. WARRENTON, Va., September 16.— While & mother, blinded by flames and terribly burned, rushed frantically pbout her burning home in a vain at- tempt to save them, her three little boys and an elderly aunt were burned to death at Casanova, Va. near here, this morning. The dead are George, Francis and Btuart Wells, ranging in ages from 5 o 9, and Miss Mary Hall of West River, Md., their great-aunt. The mother, Mrs. J. M. Wells, is in the Fauquier County Hospital, so badly burned that she is not expected to live. Little Betty Wells, 10 years old, was &he only member of the family to es- cape the fire. She jumped from & window and was not touched by the fames, which in a few minutes re- guced the Wells home to a mass of mshes. 0il Stove Explodes. Mrs. Wells was planning a trip to North Carolina this morning. Her aunt, Miss Hall, had just arrived to stay with the four children while she have been away. ‘.:tu:bout 3:30 o'clock this morning fMrs. Wells, planning an early start, arose to prepare breakfast for her chil- dren and aunt. She went down stairs mnd lighted an oil stove, then returned upstairs to get her family up. Returing to the kitchen in a few minutes, she approached the stove just loded. Flam| ofl was spat- over Mrs. Wi some of it her, and the kitchen was soon & roal mass of flames. ~Without sight, Mrs. Wells rushed frantically mbout the house calling to her children and her aunt to leave the house and the flames. Little Betty was the only one who Jound a clear way out of the house, however, and it is believed the three boys and their great-aunt were im- risoned by the flames an Eemre they could reach the open air. Taken to Neighbors. ‘Mrs. Wells managed to grope her way d suffocated | the Italian statesm: eign minister, his own emphatic agreentent with the principles enunclated by his British and BROMLEY TELLS OF DANGER| AS DEADLY GAS FILLED SHIP Flyer Abandons Attempt to Cross Pa- ‘ cific This Ye to Try By the Associated Press. OMINATO, Japan, September 16.— Lieut. Harold Bromley tonight aban- doned his attempt to fly across the Pacific this year, but said he hoped to obtain backing for a transpacific ef- fort in 1931. Replacement of damaged parts in his monoplane City of Tacoma would re- quire one month, Bromley said, and it then would be too late to attempt the flight this season. He plans to store ‘Winter. BY LIEUT. HAROLD BROMLEY. TANABE, Japan, September 16— We had a tough time out there over the Pacific, a thousand miles or more from shore. We fought fog and the plane in Yokohama during the| poisonous gas which was so strong that | ar, but Hopes Again. | my navigator, Harold Gatty, fainted | several times and even our engine stopped now and then. But we struggled on, determined to reach Tacoma on the first non-stop flight from Japan to the United States, [ until finally we had to concede that | unless we turned back death was in- | evitable. And so we headed back for | Japan, ‘and here we are after a des- perate battle. Mad Seen Success Ahead. Nobody could be as deeply disap- pointed as Gatty and 1 that we had to | return after covering so many difficult | miles. We had been so certain of suc- cess. We are both heart-broken, but we are not discouraged. Gatty and I con- sider this flight as a game of billiards. | We called the shot and we called it non- stop and we ot _consider ourselv " (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) ITALY AND BERLIN JOIN WITH BRITAIN INDISARMING PLEA Scialoja and Curtius Speak Before League, Urging Drastic Measures. By the Associated Press. | GENEVA, September 16.—The voices | of two neighbors of France, Italy and Germany, today were joined with those of British Foreign Secretary Arthur | Henderson and others in a plea for drastic measures toward disarmament without waiting for security. Signor Scialoja, spokesman of the Mussolini government in the absence of Forel Minister Grandi, declared in the e of Nations Assembly today that Ttaly is still ready for a disarmament agreement which will re- duce armaments to the very lowest level consistent with national safety. Curtius Voices Agreement. Closely following upon the address of an, Germany's for- | Julius Curtius, announced es in their appeal for where she found her |th> execution of that provision of the out of the house daugriter. took her mother to h'“'l?nme of nearest neighbor, ‘Warrenton Ver: W. |torfous powers in the World War to commits the vic- nt, and had |tion of their armed forces. ‘W. Gulick, who fieflh&fly called the | enter an agreement for general reduc- : Mrs. Wells sent to ‘The position of these leaders—that ‘hospital The flames had destroyed the Wells |disarmament is the world's greatest im- home beloree. the Warrenton firemen | mediate need and must not wait upon ‘could get to the scéne, and the bodies of | security for its realization—is a direct the children and their great-aunt were | negation of the French thesis that dis- ed beyond recognition. bu\z}i Wells, formerly Miss Lillie Brooke armament must follow security. Great Britain, Italy and Germany also i Annapolis, and her husband, the late | are generally agreed, their spokesmen gohn u?owmu, came to Virginia from | have indicated, that any scheme for ‘Maryland, shortly after their marriage, settling in Casanova. They returned to Meryland after a few years, retaining their place at Casanova, d when Mr. Wells died, several years ago, Mrs. Wells returned to Casanova to make her home on the land here. Mrs, Wells has been prominent in the the affairs of her com- munity, and is well known throughout the county. THREE BURN TO DEATH. JACKSON, Mich., September 16 (#). ~Three children of Mr. and Mrs. Clar- ence Martin lost their lives last night in a fire which destroyed the Martin home in Knollwood Park, a suburb. Martin was burned in attempting to Yescue the children from the flames, which resulted from an overheated wtove. The dead: Peanette, 6, and David, 4, who were suffocated in their beds, and Juanita, 9, who died from burns and injuries received when she fell down a burning stairway. REPORTS MORROW HURT IN CAR FALSE ‘American Ambassador Lays Wreath Upon Independence Monument in Mexico City. Py the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, September 16.—Am- bassador Morrow today placed a wreath | on the Independence Monument in Mexico City in honor of Mexican Inde- pendence day. The Ambassador and his party left the American embassy at 10 am. and placed the wreath on the monument 40 minutes later. Mr. Morrow, as dean of the diplo- matic ecorps, laid the wreath on the in- dependence shaft in the beautiful Paseo de la Reforma at 10:40 o'clock this morning with the entire diplomatic corps and their wives witnessing the ceremony. There were thousands of citizens watching the brief rites as a part of their celebration of Mexican Inde- pendence ,day, and a parade began shortly afierward with more than 30,- 000 Mexican Army troops in line. ‘The wreath exercises were concluded without mishap. Reports had reached Mexico City this forenoon from New York that Mr. Morrow had met with an accident, These caused uneasiness for an hour, but were found to have no foundation. The journey of the Morrow party from the American embassy to the monument, six blocks distant, and later, with the diplomatic corps, to the pal- ace, where the parade was revelwed, was entirely uneventful. LIGHTNING KILLS TWO ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., September 16 (). —Two men were killed instantly and another was serlously burned last night as lightning struck Fort Matanzas, near here, in which five fishermen took ref- uge from a storm. The dead are E. Godwin of Quitman, Ga,, and J. H. Guir of Matangas, J. V. Osteen of Carterville, near here, was hrought to a hospital suffering from severe burns. g ok Radio Programs on Page B-14 collaboration to solve the economist problem must be worked out in the League of Nations itself. Dr. Curtius was heard with great in- terest by Assembly observers in view of the results of Sunday’s election in Germany, which sharply reduced the strength of his party in the Reichstag and inflated the representation of the German Nationalists. Tone Held Moderate. ‘The tone of the foreign minister's ad- dress was regarded as quite moderate. He reiterated his former declartion that regardless of results of the election, the German foreign policy to follow the conciliatory lines laid down by the late Chancellcr Stresemann. ‘The German foreign minister, in moderate tones, referred to Germany's desire for readjustment of her frontier. He sald that the move for the eco- nomic reorganization of Europe as pro- posed by M. Briand, should be within the league. Dr. Curtius spoke in German. “We consider,” he said, “that it is es- sential that a disarmament conference should take place at the end of next year. We reckon on a just and equita- ble solution which will take into ac- count the security of all countries, and we reckon on full publicity and a def- inite reduction of armaments from the outset.” He said that no country had a greater interest than Germany in seeing the widest co-operation between the states of Europe. It is lack of such co-opera- tion, he said, that has brought on the present grave economic crisis in Europe. The Maharaja of Bikaner, the first Indian delegate, warned the assembly of possible dangerous consequences of the Briand plan. “Is there not danger,” " (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) TAKES POISON ON DARE Son Ridicules Mother's Threat to XKill Self Unless He Reforms. AKRON, Ohlo, September 16 (#)— Mrs. Hazel Wright, 36, is in a critical condition at a local hospital today from the effects of poison tablets, said by po- lice to hae been taken as the result of a dare from her 15-year-old son. Police said Mrs. Wright had quar- reled with her son over his conduct and threatened to take poison unless he mended his ways. When the boy ridi- culed the threat, they said, the woman obtained the poison and swallowed a dangerous quantity. BRUENING CABINET REACHES DECISION 0 STAY IN OFFICE Sees Party Leaders in Effort to Obtain Workable Ma- jority for Government. B the Associated Press. BERLIN, September 16.—The cabinet of Chancellor Bruening today decided unanimously to remain in office. Chancellor Bruening canceled his schedule of out-of-town visits and began what was taken by his immediate asso- ciates as a strenuous campaign of nego- tiations with party leaders toward ob- taining a workable majority for the government. Dr. Bruening has received definite pledges of support from President Hin- denburg and a considerable number of influential politicians, and the impres- sion was gained by observers today that his position would be strong. President von Hindenberg, his civic duty at the polls accomplished, made use of his military prerogative as com- mander in chief today and departed for NYE 1S ACCUSED OF PART IN SPYING ON MRS, MCORMICK Attorney General Carlson Makes Charge After His Plea Is Barred. CONGRESSWOMAN OFFERS PROOF OF WIRE-TAPPING Declares Hearing Was Postponed by Committee Because of Nye's Fear. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 16 —That Sen- ator Gerald P. Nye had direct connec- tion with espionage on Congresswoman Ruth Hanna McCormick was charged {today in a statement from Attorney | General Oscar E. Carlstrom of Illinois. i The statement was prepared for de- [ 1ivery before the Senate committee in- vestigating campaign expenditures, but Senator Nye, the committee chairman, refused to give Carlstrom permission to read it. Caristrom, nevertheless, re- leased it to the press. Agency Shadowed Nye. After Teviewing the espionage to which he said Mrs, McCormick was subjected, including several cases of wire tapping, Carlstrom sald David 8. Groh paid money to Kenneth Wilson, an operative of the W. C. Dannenberg detective agency, to procure informa- tion on the activities of the agency. Mrs. McCormick had employed the agency to shadow Nye. “Mr. Wilson gave to Mr. Groh, as a means of checking on his activities, false information as to the names of three persons who he toid Mr. Groh were employes of the Dannenberg agency,” the statement said. “The con- nection of Mr. Groh with the chair- man of this committee (Nye) became immediately evident when these three persons were at once subpoenaed to ap- pear before the committee. Senator Nye opened today's hearing with a statement denying that the com- mittee had spied on private affairs or pilfered records from the filles of Mrs. McCormick, who charged wire-tapping by committee operatives in a statement issued last night. The charges and counter charges of spying were then sidetracked and Chai man Nye called Mabel G. Reinecke, fo: merly collector of internal revenue, as a witness in regard to campaign ex- pens Republican senatorial idate Franconia, where e annual maneuvers are being held. He will re- main there until Friday. 2 Reichstag Meeting Called. President Loebe of the Reichstag, after a conference with mnutl?:r Bruening, issued a call for the first meeting of the new Reichstag Oc- tober 13. The cabinet met today and its mem- bers expressed the resolve to continue constructive policies for relief of the economic, financial and social problems of Germany. Bills will be prepared for pr;fienunon to the Reichstag to that end. President von Hindenburg, while fully recognizing the mandate of the people in Sunday’s Reichstag elections, will, it is said, acquiesce in no efforts at sabot- age of parliamentary government by Adolf Hitler's Fascists, who amazingly increased their representation in the German legislative body from 12 to 107 in the Nation-wide polling. The chancellor faced today what political observers felt was a most diffi- cult, well-night impossible task. H own Centrist group gained 8 seats in the Sunday balloting, giving it a representation of 68, but his life as chancellor seemed to depend upon the attitude the Social Democrats, whose representation is 143 in the new body, take toward him. Fascists Want Voice in Cabinet. Prior to dissolution of the Reichstag the Social Democrats consistently voted against the government on matters of importance, particularly economic and financial reform bills. To secure their collaboration the chancellor probably will have to make concessions which will cost him other elements of his sup- port, and keep his cabinet near the precarious bare majority mark in the chamber. Hitler'’s Fascists are demanding a voice in the cabinet, realizing full well that their program is such they can work with hardly any other group in the body. But they are also well aware that with 76 Communist votes and a Nationalist and probably Economic party group also included in a certain opposition to whatever government may be formed they will be formidable enough to do many things. The new membership of the Reichstag has been set definitely at 576. HEADACHE CURE KILLS Mother of Five Is Given Poison In- stead of Quinine. ROCKFORD, TIl, September 16 (). —Mrs. Violet Nicholson, mother of five children and prospective parent of a sixth child, is dead of poison taken last night in lieu of a headache potion while riding with Adolph Carlson. The woman asked to be taken to a drug store. Quinine was asked for, and Carl- son sald Mrs. Nicholson, after taking a dose, complained of its taste. Then | they noticed the bottle bore a black | “poison” label. in 18 rubber hot-w 48, Stefano Prendini, against Carney, M belongi block o the liquor behind. the rear of his machine with clothes. charges made in Police Court today | Rith i€ e1"000 of | d. Prendini told Judie Gus A. snhuldl‘ that yesterday he was moving all his ngs from Maryland to the 1300 f H street northeast and that|was unloading, they said. he just didn’t see why he had to leave | Harry Whelan, defense counsel, ques- There were many hot water botties around, so he filed them with liquor and moved them into LIQUOR IN HOT-WATER BOTTLES LEADS TO ARREST OF ITALIAN Tells Police He Was Moving and Just Didn’t See Why He Had to Leave Whisky Behind. “Transporting nine gallons of whisky | Judge Schuldt, “but T will have to send T bottles were the | You to the grand jury and let.you re- Deat the tale over there.” Bond was Prendini was arrested on H_streef northeast vesterday afternoon by Po- licemen Winfred Young and J. A. David |of the ninth precinct. The officers smelled corn whisky when the Italian Attorney tioned the right of the policemen to search his client’s car, but Judge Schuldt held that the smelling of alcohol was sufficient excuse for police investigation “That's & good story, all right,” said Lin this instance, i cand and her advisors, Attorney General Carlstrom, officials of the Dannenberg Detective Agency which Mrs. McCor- mick employed to “shadow” Senator Nye, and Charles O. Rundall, counsel for -the ‘were waiting when Chairman Nye, Senator Roscoe Patterson of Missouri and Senator C. C. Dill of Washington took their seats. Their committee colleagues, Senator dale of Vermont and Wagner of New York, had not arrived. Carlstrom had signified a_desire to (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) G.OP.STATE SENATE CANDIDATE IS SHOT Five Men Attack Nominee in Brooklyn District, Wounding Him. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 16—Five men attacked Saul Agulmeck, Republic- an candidate for State Senator from the eleventh Assembly district, in the Wil- llamsburg section of Brooklyn, today and shot him in the right arm and side. Prohibition was the issue in & number of Republican contests in New York's primary today. ‘The outcome of the wet and dry fights was being watched with special interest by party leaders because of the possible influence they might have upon the Republican State convention. In Westchester County an insurgent wet ticket was entered against the reg- ular ticket of Willlam L. Ward, county leader, who announced his slate of delegates to the State convention would be uninstructed on the prohibition ques- tion, Charles D. Millard, the organiza- tion congressional candidate, declared for repeal of the eighteenth amendment after John M. Holzworth entered the race on a wet platform. A wet ticket also Drposcd the organ- ization slate in Herkimer County. Test in Fortieth District. In the fortieth congressional district, composed of Niagara and part of Erje Counties, Representative S. Wallace Dempsey, chairman of the House Rivers and Harbors Committee, opposed Walter Gresham Andrews, who declared for dry law repeal. In the twenth-ninth congressional district Representative James S. Parker opposed Theodore A. Knapp, a wet. presentative Gale H. Stalker, co- author of the Jones law, opposed Reu- ben B. Oldfield, a wet, in the thirty- seventh district. ‘The congressional contest in the thir- tieth district likewise was a gvet and dry fight, with Representative Frank Crowtber, a dry, challenged by E. Wat- son Gardiner. Mrs. Pratt Asks Re-Election, In Manhattan Mrs. Ruth Pratt, seek- ing re-election, was OE d by George Hiram Mann of Brooklyn, who ran on a platform of back pay for navy yard workers. Heywood Broun, Socialist candidate in the same district, was unopposed. Other contests in New York centered about borough and district leaderships. RAIN KEEPS NATS IDLE Special Dispatch to The Star. CLEVELAND, September 16.—Rain caused the postponement of the open- ing game of a scheduled three-game series between the Nationals cnd the Cleveland Indians here today. The Nationals arrived here fresh from three victories in four starts cver the Chicago White Sox. The current series will be the last of the season between the Tribesmen and the Griff- ™ | N S Povirica PRESERVES I THIRD YACHT CUP RACE IS POSTPONED BY PEA SOUP FOG ing Two Unidentified Boats to Collide. By the Associated Press. U. 8. 8. KANE, Newport Harbor, September 16.—The third race of the series for the America’s Cup, sched- uled for today, was called off at 10:26 am. A pea soup fog, which had given signs of lifting, settled down again shortly after 10 o'clock and the com- mittee decided that a race today was impossible. At 10:20 the committee ordered all boats already at the starting line to return to port and six minutes later the postponement signal was hoisted. Neither the Enterprise, American de- fender, nor the Shamrock V had left port. Yachts Collide in Harbor. The fog made navigation difficult, two large yachts indentity of which was not learned, collided in the harbor, but ‘with little apparent damage to either. Only a faint southwesterly breeze was blowing, hardly sufficient for racing and much too light to drive away the 0g. The light breeze hardly would have carried the two big racing sloops around the 30-mile course in the five-and-a half-hour time limit, under which the race must be completed to be official. ‘The third race will be sailed tomor- row, weather permitting. Hundreds See Boats Hit. Today's respite may make it unnec- essary for the Shamrock to ask a post- ponement of the fourth race, which had been considered if today’s race had been salled and the Enterprise again had won. So far as could be seen through the fog meither of the large yachts which collided was damaged to any extent, They came together in full view of | hundreds aboard the spectator fleet, ap- parently because of mistaken signals, Both apparently were bound out for the starting line when the mishap occurred. Tt was believed the collision hastened the decision of the committee to call off the race. Observers were skeptical that_there (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) The Dollar at Work Better quality at lower prices is speeding up the dollar. Every time a dollar changes hands for a legiti- mate purpose it helps to put capital and labor back to work at full speed. Manufacturers have cut prices to speed up produc- tion. Retailers are passing these prices on to the buy- ing public, The offerings in today’s Star include— Hats for Autumn wear, Smart Fall gloves and dresses, New model underwear and silk negliges, Latest style shoes, School girls’ frocks and boys’ suits, Furniture, rugs and floor- coverings, Toilet and drug supplies, Fine tailored men's suits. Yesterday’s Advertising Local Display Lines. The Evening Star. .37,969 2d Newspaper. .. ..18,032 3d Newspaper..... 7,740 4th Newspaper.... 6,715 5th Newspaper. ... 5840 Total gher lour 38,327 newspapers, Mist Blankets Course, Caus- | Rats Sally Forth At Death of 5,000 Cats in Portugal By the Associated Press. LISBON, September 16.—Five thousand cats have paid tribute with their lives to the drive for a clean city, poison being used for the purpose. Appeals of mercy from the Society for Protection of Animals left the crusaders of health unmoved. The old adage of “When the cat is away the mice will play” could not have been better vindi- cated. The rats came out of the gutters and did such damage to the food shops that distracted tradesmen have appealed to the authorities to stop the campaign of extermination of felines in the | interest of public health. The government is now planning to | declare war on rodents. POST OFFICE LEASE Brown Will Deliver Result of Survey to President This Week. By the Associated Press. A survey of the post office lease sit- uation, requested by President Hoover in March, has been completed by Post- master General Brown. It is to be de- livered to the President some time this | week. The just-completed summary has been considered but another step for- ward in the plan to make the United States owner, not tenant, of the coun- try's important post office buildings. In addresses and annual reports the Postmaster Genperal repeatedly has called attention to these facts: The de- artment now _occupies about 6,500 Euudmgs under leases running from five to 20 years for which the annual rent bill is approximately $17,000,000. In 5,000 towns the main post office is in a leased building. In large cities 1,300 buildings are being leased for branch offices, 100 for garages, 53 for railway | mail stations. Highest rental is $360,- | 000 per year, for Chicago's Van Buren | street station. | Hits “Professional Bidders.” Brown, commenting that the World War compelled the abandonment of Federal buildings at the very time the growth of the parcel post system was necessitating increased quarters, has frequently discussed the rise of the “professional bidder” for post offices. These men, he said, specializing in erecting and equipping postal buildings, often offered the Government marked advantages over other bidders. But | their financing, he sald, had sometimes | called down criticism, and was “ business” for the Government. He bal- anced rentals equaling 10'2 per cent | on the investment against the 4 per cent at which the Government can "~ (Continued on ge 2, Column 7.) STEDMAN FAILS TO GAIN Legislator’s Condition Described as “Decidedly Unfavorable.” 3Y the Associated Press. Representative Charles M. Stedman of North Carolina, who suffered an apo- pletic stroke last week, has not re- sponded to treatment. Physicians said today his condition was “decidedly un- favorable.” The physicians said, however, there was a “possibility” that the 89-year- old Democrat, only surviving Civil War veteran in Congress, might recover. REPORT COMPLETED, DENNIS RENAMED WITH BROSSARD 10 TARIFF GROUP Dr. Lee Coulter, North Da- kota, Becomes Fifth of Six Commission Members. President Hoover today appointed Edgar B. Brossard and Alfred P. Dennis, members of the old Tariff Commission, to the new commission which will ad- minister the Smoot-Hawley act. Dr. Lee Coulter, Republican, North Dakota, was the third appointee named and brought the list to five. | mission will comprise six members, three from each major party. Brossard, the former chairman, is a Utah Republican and Denni§ is & Maryland Democrat. Sixth to Be Named Soon. ‘The President said the sixth member of North Dakota, Al- Maryland and Thomas ia. The first three ber yet to be named will be a Demo- crat, thereby making an equal political division in the personnel of the com- mission. Both Mr. Brossard and Mr. Dennis are members of the present Tariff Commission, the former being chair- man and the latter vice chairman. In reappointing these two members, the President explained that continua- tion on the commi n will insure that body of the benefit of their experi- ence, and will insure a continuity of the investigation which has been un- der way since the adjournment of Con- gress. ‘The President said that the commis- sion would qualify and be ready to function tomorrow. Mass of Work Ahead. A mass of accumulated work eon- fronts the commission as it takes over the problem of executing the flexible provisions of the tariff legislation through which the President expects to correct many discrepancies he feels cannot be avoided in the drafting of legislation. Calling Mr. Fletcher into conference early today, Mr. Hoover expected to direct the bi-partisan group immediate- ly into investigation of complaints of foreign governments and corporations that certain duties are so high as to amount to exclusion of products and fall to represent the differences in the cost of production in the distributing countries and in the United States. Duties affecting Canadian products particularly are to be carefully scrutin- ized, it was indicated at the White House, with a view to correcting at the earliest possible moment any inequali- ties affecting the importation of goods from the North. Given 90 days under the Hawley- Smoot bill to reorganize the Tariff Commission, President Hoover has con- sumed the entire time. During the weeks devoted to consideration of its membership, he has culled through scores of names submitted to him. Its make-up has presented difficulties sec- ond only to those encountered in the formation of his cabinet. IDENTIFY WRECK CORPSE BALTIMORE, Md., September 16 (#). —A man found dead in a wrecked auto- mobile Sunday was tentatively identified today as James H. Watson of Winston- Salem, N. C. The driver of the car, Robert Combs, 19, Littletown, W. Va., is at a hospital with a broken leg. Because the coroner's jury held all the witnesses as principals in a recent murder case here, the United States attorney’s office cannot legally secure a grand jury indictment against the ac- tual murderer. William Smith, colored, of 946 L street, received injuries in a street fight on the night of September 3 which re- sulted in his death. Police of the sec- |ond precinet ‘arrested his stepson, Er- nest Richardson, on a murder charge. ‘When the murder was brought to the attention of the coroner’s jury, that held Richardson and all three witnesses to the fight as principals in the oase. JURY BALKED IN MURDER CASE AS WITNESSES ARE PRINCIPALS U. S. Attorney’s Office Unable to Secure Indictment Against Slayer Because of Complication. ‘Testimony at the inquest showed that Richardson, Eddie Tolson, 619 L street: Sylvester Lincoln, 628 L street, nd Thomas Washington, 611 L street, had taken part in a gambling game shortly prior to the assault on Smith. The gamblers were raided by police and later accused Smith of havin “squealed” on them. A fight enlues and Smith was fatally injured. After hearing the case, the coroner's jury held all four of the men as principals for grand jury action. The grand jury, however, cannot proceed against them because a ?rlnclpll to a crime cannot be compelled to testify witnesses to the crime. 25000000 BANK MERGER PLANNED BY 2 CROUPS HERE Federal-American and Mer- chants’ Trust Deal Is Ex- pected to Go Through. POOLE CALLS MEETING OF DIRECTORS TODAY No Important Changes in Official Personnel of New Institution Appear Likely. Merger negotiations are under way for the consolidation of the Federal National Bank and the Merchants Bank & Trust Co., both of this city, which will give the combined institution total resources of about $25,000,000, total de- posits of nearly $20,000,000, and & combined capital of $2,600,000, it was learned today. If the merger goes through as ex- pected, the consolidation will be one of the most important bank mergers ‘;hnf. have ever taken place in Wash- gton. ‘The Federal-American National Bank is located at Fourteenth and G streets and has never had any branches. The head office of the Merchants Bank & Trust Co. is in the Southern Building, on the northeast corner of Fifteenth and H streets, with branch offices lo- cated at Dupont Circle, Twelfth and Newton streets northeast and aat Penn- sylvania avenue and Twentieth street. Meeting of Direciors Called. President John Poole of the Federal- American said today that a meeting of the board of directors had been called for this afternoon at 3:30 to consider the merger proposal. While Mr. Poole is favorable to such a merger, he said he would not discuss the details in ad- vance of their consideration by the directors. President Rolfe E. Bolling of the Merchants Bank & Trust Co. admitted that his bank was favorable to & merger with the Federal-American National, his board already having approved such a consolidation. It was the opinion in the financial district today that the $25,000,000 bank merger will go through. President Poole has been known for a long time. to be favorable to some sort of merger and President Bolling expressed the be- lief to his directors that such a merger would be highly to the advantage of The com- | por After the directors have agreed to & merger, legal notices have published for a month in the local papers and then taken by the mthn hol’m om ::t:lk institutions. !1“ ‘majority merger proposi- tions, the stockholders accept the deci- sions of the boards of directors. Exchange of Stock Expected. It is understocod in the financial district that the merger of the two banks will be brought about through an exchange of stock. The merged bank will of course take & new name showi: that it is a consolidaiion of a nation: bank with a trust company. ‘The belief was also expressed today that there will be no important changes in the official personnel, the five dif- ferent offices to be kept in operation by practically the same officials as have been conducting them for a long time. ‘The personal problem is also a serious one in bank mergers, especially in cases where two banks merge and one bank is closed immediately. Such a situation is not to prevail in this instance, av least not for a long time. ‘The June 30 statement of the Fed- eral-American National showed total capital of $1,600,000. Surplus and undi- vided profits were reported as $1,252,079, while deposits on the June 30 call to $11,435302. The bark placed its total resources at $14,897,263. ‘The book value of the stock is placed at $178.25 per share, the par value is $100 and the last sale of stock on the Washington Exchange was recorded at $275 a share. Merchants Bank Opened in 1922. ‘The Merchants’ Bank & Trust Co. has $1,000,000 capital; surplus and undi- vided é)roflts on June 30 of $368,899, while deposits reported to the controller on June 30 totaled $8,067,698, with total resources of $9,132,421. Merchants’ Bank stock, par value $100, has recently been selling on the local exchange at $125 a share. The book value figures at $136.89. The Merchants' Bank was organized April 1, 1922, by Peter A. Drury, who was its president until about two years ago, when he resigned and was made chairman of the board. Wishing to re- tire from active banking, Mr. Drury resigned several weeks ago as chairman of the board, although it was stated at that time that he had retained his stock holdings in the bank. For many years his untiring energy and business ability were revealed in the bank’s sub- stantial growth and the directors ex- pressed keen regret over his retirement. Federal-American’s Officials, In addition to President John Poole, the Federal-American’s officials include William J. Eynon, Wilmer J. Waller and Charles B. Lyddane, vice presi- dents; Charles D. Boyer, cashier; Ar- (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) MRS. NOAH BEERY MISSING, ACTOR SAYS Disappeared From Ranch Home Week Ago—Illness Is Blamed by Him, 3Y the Assoclated Press. LOS ANGELES, September 16.—Noah Beery, motion picture actor, revealed today that his wife, Marguerite, has been missing from the Beery Ranch, near North Hollywood, for a week. He saic he would appeal to police to help loeate her. ‘The actor said Mrs. Beery left the family home September 8, with her automobile, leaving no explanation. She has been il for several months and Beery said he attributed the disappear- ance to her iliness. Beery declared he hoped she would return as she did after leaving home several months ago during a similar ill- ness, but said his son, Noah, jr., 17, re- quested him to seek police aid. The actor sald he canvassed Mrs. Beery's friends, but none of them could give him any information. ‘The Beerys were married at Boston in 1910. 0 years ago Mrs. Beery started a divorce action, but they later were reconciled.