Evening Star Newspaper, September 19, 1930, Page 2

ORPRAKS GFFIL ECISED OF THEF Richmond Man to Face Court : : on Charges of Larceny of $37,976. By the Associated Press. % "RICHMOND, Va, September 19. — Fames P. Jones, recognized moral leader 3n the State Legislature, former treas- {irer of the Virginia Anti-Saloon League snd pominent church worker, faces a Searing in court here October 4 on &harges of the larceny of $37,976.40 Zromi’an orphah’s home. % T Jones was arrested yesterday on & iwarrant ordered by Commonwealth's Attorney Dave E. Satterfield. He was ‘balled for $15000 for his appearance _Dcmber 4 Arrest After Disclosure. ! I ‘The arrest followed disclosure, the pommonwealth's attorney said, of “ad- ditional evidence” in an investigation ‘which has been under way since a dis- prepancy was discovered in Jones' ac- rounts as treasurer of the Virginia Methodists Orphanage last May, and ! Tones resigned. | ; Satterfield said it had been discovered that Jones had deposited $2,635.77 i1 the last six months to the credit of James P. Jones, treasurer of the build- ing fund of the Decatur Street Metho- &ist Fund, and that this money was taken from funds of the orphanage. Rev. Otis L. Gillilam, pastor of the church, said he had no knowledge of a bullding fund. i Diserepancy in Books. * The first discrepancy in Jones’ books 88 ofphanage treasurer was revealed m an audit in May. - Jones turnéd over his | BOOK 10 the,tristees in July_ with ap- | okimately 814,000 cash, but the audit | vealed an additional shortage in ex- eess of $23,000. Jones offered a settle- fuent and it was accepted and put in al form in August. > The commonwealth’s attorney, how- i\,:: ordered that a report be made to CUSTOMS GUARD HELD ON BLACKJACK CHARGE 2 Is Accused of Beating Physician * During Altercation Over Liquor Owned by Third Person. By the Associated Press, ~NEW YORK, September 19.—A cuse toms guard, charged with having black- Jacked a physician during an alterea- fion over two one-once bottles of Whisky, owned by a third person, was held in $5,000 bail yesterday for grand jury sction on a charge of felonious as- sault. : The case came into court as the re- it of an -nz-n!t‘lon that L&e ician, i Ana saekiltéd Prancls T, &’5: thy, the E"d' when MeCarthy sought o take Jones, & frien o * Micantls S W Jemes { lor s the 5 3 Mnmw Ford issed the chas eign g':,hm. Irwin, who was brought court swathed in bandages. )UEXICAN METHODISTS : DECIDE ON ONE BISHOP Qhurch Leader Will Be Named for © Four-Year Period and Cannot Succeed Himself. By the Associated Press. MEXI00 CITY, h tembe 19.—The léthodist Church of lexico, assembled hop, will be elected for a4 four-year , with no re-election. system differs from that of the hodist Chufch organization in the ited States, where bishops are chosen 16t life, or until retirement -4t the age of 70 or 72 years. ~ A bishop will chosen by the dele- today. The choice probably will made from among Juan W, Pescoe, ) Vicente Mendoza and All of these are prominent in chureh work in Mexico. NEW SUGAR CANE SUCCESS | Indian Variety Matures Much | Quicker Than Ordisiary Plant. MADRAS, India, September 19 (#)— Announcemént of a successful attempt to introduee & new variety of sugar cane has been made here by govern- ment officials. The cane is & cross between ordinary sugar cane and jowar, & rapidly growing indigemous grain t. At the end of five months, says the announcement, this new hybrid has ma- tared, which is much less time than 18 required by the ordinary sugar cane, and analysis has shown that its sugar contents 18 the same as in ordinary sugar cane STEDMAN UNCHANGED Condition of House Member Re- mains Critical After Btroke. Charles M.msv,gng?n, :firleh Oarolina’s 89-yéar-ol esentative, remained in a critical condition today from an apopléctic stroke last week. Physicians said, however, there had béen ‘no material change in the last | 24 hour."._,-,._, e GIRL NEAR DEATH FROM SHOT FIRED BY JEALOUS WIFE MR. AND MRS. wedding anniversary. INVBRIDE ADMITS JOHN KRAMER Of 741 Thaver avenue, Silver Spring, Md, who recently celebrated their golden —Harris-Ewing Photo. CUBAN ACTION HELD EMBARRASSING .S. | Briton Declares Enmity to Protocol Change Threatens | American Entry. ‘ il (Contifued From: Pifst Page.) sion of the Senate on the ground that he would wait until all the other nations had first given their approval to it. Although A determined band of R publicans in the Senate are bitterly op- to Amzrican adherence to the | court, it was believed at. the Capitol | that Mr. Hoover intended to submit the | issue to the Senate ab s short session, | beginning next December. Should Cuba refuse to agree to the changed statute | affecting the term of court sessions, an- other delay in Senate consideration is believed likely to oceur. Question Is OM One. THe question of American adherence to the World Court is an old one. The Senate once approved it during the ad- ministration of Preésident Coolidge, but the reservations voted by the Senate were nevér accepted by all the other nations. After the question of American par- ticipation in’ the Court then seemed en( President Coolidge sent Elihu abroad and he, with a committee of international lawyers, revised the World Court statutes in order to meet rica’s reservations. nce thé Senate voted adherence, almost four years ago, .he opponents claim to have gained increased strength. Such figures in the Senate as Sena- tor Watson of Indiana, the Republican leader; Chairman Borah of the For- Relations Committee, and Sena- tors Johnson of California and Moses of New Hampshire, the ranking Re- | iblicans on Relations ttee, are firmly opposed cven to | the revised statute for American ad- | ence us, the unexpected refusal of the litgle island Republic of Cuba to ap- prove the protecol may serve to avert this long-im) clash in the Sen- ate and in the iblican party over the Warld Court issue. It is an issue which finds President Hoover at odds | with factions of his party in the | U, 8, MAY ,..ACK INTEREST. Cuban Episode Is Believed fo Have Little Bearing on American Course. BY DAVID LAWRENCE, Although Cuba has the sovereign right to object to the ratification of | the World protocol, the general opin- | jon here is that had the United £tates | ment been seriously interested in bringing about the adoption cf the | révised statute drawn for the Oourt by Eithu Root, the eplsode at Geneva would not have oceurred. Actually, however, the Washington a mt has kept hands off the | protocol situation bectuse of the do-| mestic political situation which for the moment at least has caused the ad-| ministration to refrain from any ex- ession_at all on the subject of the 'orld Court. League Wenkness is Seen. Cuba’s action, while not regarded as leading to good feeling in the family | of nations, especially since she is in the ition of blocking the wishes of prac- dcally all the nations of the world, nevertheless s regarded as significant of the weakness as well as the strength of the League of Nations. The general criticism of the League during the de- bate on the covénant was that nations surrendered their sovereignty or that smaller nations would be bowled over by the demands of the stronger powers, The spectacle of & tiny country like Cuba being able to exercise sovereignty in & conspicuous way is not likely to be forgotten. Ultimately Cuba nay change her mind. Other nations will argue with her about it, but at the moment | she insists on her rights, Cuba Follows U. S. Lead. One of the curious phases of the in- eldent is that in matters of world policy Cuba, by virtue of her close relations with the United States, would not think of taking any step that would be in- consistent with the Washington Gév- ernment’s policies or desires. In this instance nobody probably suspected that Cuba would enter an objeetion, because if any hint of it had come the American Government might have taken the matter up informally at Havana. While the Ouban action delays mat- ters, it does not really present favorable action and Cuba already has announced that if the other powers ratify she will do s0. The League can point to the (Contipued From First Page) -— his father of misdeeds, and continually | forted his mother. | as Both boys testified against their father when he was arraigned on the wife-beating charge, following the ar-| raignment of Mrs. Gamble on the as- | ul.at charge. Mrs. Gamble exhibited | bruises, which, she claimed, were ri';et organization. result of & beating she eald Gamble administered four days ago. Gamble admitted slapping his wife in the face when she cursed him, but pleaded not guilty to the charge and was eld for the grand jury. No bond was fixed. Bond of $1,000 will be asked for Mrs. Gamble’s release if Mrs. Davis recovers from her injuries. 1f Mrs. Davis dies Mrs. Gamble will be held without bond for trial on a murder charge, State's Attorney Edelen said. Mrs, Gamble had six children by her first marriage when she was Mrs. An- derson Desper. She has four children by het present marriage, Bng and Chester and Bessie and Jane. Gamible %« # little farming and has about hives of bees, from which he says he m: his lying. himself was taken into eus- tody at Providence Hospital by Wash- 20 cinet 45 a mates lice and held at No. 11 . :]etumed to La P?-‘Fl M Cooksey. action of Cuba as well as to the action of Petsia a few years ago in blocking an amendment to the famous article i0 example of the fact that after all, in the Geneva League, smaller na- tions are on an equality with the large powers—something that has for gen- erations been the objective of those favoring some form of international (Copyright, 1030.) TUTILE DRY PLAN CLEARLY DEFIND Presents Concretely Propos- ed Substitute for Present Prohibition Law. BY MARK SULLIVAN. In the judgment of many drys, the announcement of Charles H. Tuttle of New York about prohibition has one outstanding virtue. It presents con- cretely and in detail just what is pro- posed to be substituted for the present status. The standing of Mr. Tuttle as Federal district attorney of New York and as potential Republican candidate for Governor of New York, gives to his utterance an importance similar to that of Ambassador Dwight Morrow, Repub- lican candidate for Senator from New Jersey, and several others, including the formal statement of ex-Gov. Smith of New York when he was a candidate for the presidency. As to the bulk of such statements, dry leaders in Congress have com- plained that they are not sufficiently definite or detalled as to just what is proposed to be substituted for the pres- ent prohibition amendment and the present law. Some dry Senators ex- pect, for example, to cross-examine Mr. Morrow when and if he enters the Sen- ate in December as to exactly what he would substitute for the present status. Two Specific Alternatives. Such dry leaders claim that if they are ever to consent to a_ Nation-wide referendum or to a squarely drawn de- bate and vote in Congress, the issue| must be clearly set forth as lying be- tween two specific alternatives, One alternative would be the present status. ‘The other alternative is the thing which the drys say must be cleatly set forth. One possible alternative would be a re- turn to the status existing before the rohibition amendmerit took effect. As to a referendum or a vote in Congress between the present status and the old status, the drys make two suggestions. One is that they would oppose having this particular kind of referendum or vote in Congress. The other is that such a referendum or vote would result in a vietory for the present status and would therefore leave us exactly where we now are. The drys are very con- fident and there is evidence to sustain their belief that the country, includ- ing a great many moderate wets, would refuse to go back to the exact condition which the pronibition amendment was | designed to cure. The drys say, in short, thet if there is to be a referendum or action by Con- | gress, the question must be squarely posed between two alternatives. One alternative would be the present status. The other would be some concrete de- talled proposal having the general pur- pose of approximate maximum prohi- bition, though to be attained by a dif- ferent method. Tuttle Proposal Concrete. Diys feel that Mr. Tuttle's proposal | crete and detailed alternative than most of the other proposals coming from wet | leaders. The actual status contemplai- ed by JMr. Tuttle is made sufficiently clear. The net of it amounts to saying that there shall be no manufacture or sale of liquor except through one meth- od. The method is that if any State government, acting in its governmental capacity, wishes itself to manufacture and sell liquor, such State should be permitted to do so. Every other method than this one is excluded by Mr. Tut- tie's proposal. This proposal of Mr. Tuttle will be looked upon with one degree or anotier of tolerance by a considerable number of moderate drys. It Is less unwelcome |to the drys than the bulk of wet pro- posals from other wet sources. The central ideal of Mr. Tuttle's proposal ¥ that the commercial manufacture and sale of liquor for private profit -hall continue to be absolutely prohibited. He says there shall not be “any direct or indirect return to a system of saloon or rivate traffic in intoxicating beverages or private profit.” ~Again he says ne would “insure that the saloon or private traffic system shall continue to be out- lawed and forbidden by the Constitution everywhere in the United States.” Drys’ Tdeal Fulfilled. a This ideal of Mr. Tuttle really co- incides with the ideal entertained by many drys during the years they fought for prohibition. What was in their minds as an odious thing, intolerable to endure and necessary to be pre- vented was the commercial exploitation and stimulation of the consumption of Htquor for the purpose of private profit. One other objective of the drys was allied to this. They were outraged by and determined to prevent the control of politics by liquor interests. Control of politics by organized liquor interests was, of course, an incident of the desire for private profit. Consequently this, as well as the fundamental ideal of the drys, is completely fulfilled by Mr, Tut- tle's proposal. What is here sald about the attitude MOTHER IS DECLARED | TO HAVE POISONED BABY | Police Bay Woman Admits Act, As- serting She and Infant Were Ill and Without Medicine Money. By the Associated Press JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. -Beptember | 19.~~Mrs, Isabel Strect, 10, confes:ed murdly, lice said, that she gave 11-month-old bnij lwg.w nes- day because she an me by were ill and had no money to purchase The baby died yesterda: No charge has been placed Mrs. Street, but she was held for ther questi e Bhe told officers she resided formerly at lulldtyl. N. C. ainst fur- of drys on Mr. Tuttle's proposal applies to moderate drys only. Even as to these modetate drys what is here about their attitude should not be construed too strongly. All that is meant is that some moderate drys are less antagonistic toward Mr. Tuttle's proposal than they are toward many other wet proposals, A considerable number of exception- | ally earnest drys, especlally those who look upon prohibition as a moral issue, | will fee] strong distaste for Mi. Tuttle's suggestion. Theit comment will have the spirit and in many cases take the form of an exclamation, “What! Allow Btate governmetits to run grog shops?” This type of dry will also recall the one expetiment that one State of the Union once made in what Mr. Tuttle pro- es, South Carolina during the 1890s | League and its State Campaign Com- | By the Associated Press. | comes closer to being a properly cons | | Morals, issued a statement today saying: ried a “dispensary” system, in which the State took a monopoly of liquor and sold it undeér stringently defined regulationse ‘ DRY LINES DRAWN Wets Force Issue by Spend ing $425,370—Prohibition Head Sees Victory. By the Associated Press. The intense wet drive for congres- slonal gains this year was acknowledged today by F. Scott McBride, superin-! tendent of the Anti-S8aloon League, 1o have caused the prohibition issue to be “more clearly drawn than at any time since the coming of prohibition.” At the same time the scope of the wet campaign was revealed to some extent_in reports of political expendi- tures filed with the clerk of the House, which showed that so far in 1930 wet ofganizations have spent $425370, while dry forces reported spending only 49,622, “The wets have forced the issue in this campaign,” McBride said. “It is & poor year for a wobbler.” Foresees Triumph for Drys. In the face of the anti-prohibition drive, however, the Anti-Saloon leader expressed confidence dry forces would | be strengthened in the Senate and would continue to Hold 70 per cent of the House cf Representatives. Against the wet outlays collections were listed totaling $363,188. The Ass ciation Against the Prohibition Amend- ment handled the bulk of the wet funds, collecting $332,839 and spending $385,- 392. Among the disbursements was listed $100,000 spent in Pennsylvania for the wet ticket, headed by Thomas W. Phillips and Prancis 8. Bohlen, in the Republican primary. Fhe drys reported more funds col- lected than spent. They took in $11,621. The principal activities reported took place in New Jersey and Missourl. In the Eastern State the Anti-Saloon mittee &pent up to September 3, $5.511, collecting $5,739. In Missouri the Pro- hibitioni National Committee reported spending and_collecting $4,065. ‘The | Anti-Saloon League's National Cam- paign Committee reported no expend- itures up to September 10. Wet Expenses Reported Separately. Several State branches of the Anti- Prohibition Association reported ex- penditures separately, the Congressional Districts Modification League and Wom- en's Organization for National Prohibi- tlon Reform making up the total wet forces reporting. McBride’s view of the primary results discounted heavily the wet ciaims to geins. He contended they had defeated | “some seven or eight drys” for the| House and, while of the 29 new sup- porters claimed for prohibition repeal, he said “20 have been for modification or some substitute for prohibition all the time,” and of the others “‘a major- ity had never been counted in the dry estimate.” Estimating the Senate as dry by more than three to one, McBride said gains in the primaries “have been sufficient to mote than offset any possi- ble losses in the election.” ‘The prohibition forces in the Benate would be increased, he said, “if the drys show normal fighting trim.” List of Fund Contributors. Only four $100 contributions to the league were reported. They were do- nated by W. H. Cowles of Spokane, Wash.; R. T. 8. Steel, Willlamsport, | Pa.; Robert Wadrop, Sewickley, Pa,, and | James H. Matthews, Pittsburgh. ‘The list of contributions to the Asso- ciation Against the Prohibition Amend- ment included one of $17,500 by Plerre 8. du Pont and several of more than $1,000. Ernest L. Woodward, Le Roy, Philadelphia, $2,700; Eldridge R. John- son, Camden, N. J., $12,500; Thecodore Pitcairn, Bryn Athyn, Pa., $1,850; Larz Anderson, Boston, $1,5 Willlam 8. Knutson, Detroit, $5,000; Mrs. William L. Harkness, New York, $1,000; W. E. Norvell, jr, Nashville, Tenn., $1,250; Herbert M. Sears, Boston, $1,050; Mrs. Edith Van Gerbig, New Canaan, Conn., $1,250; Percy R. Pyne, New York, Vincent Astor, New York, $2,600; bart Ames, North Easton, Mass.; Clar- ence M. Brown, Chestnut Hills, Pa., and John R. Ulmsted, Philadelphia, $1,487. PICKETT DISCOUNTS WETS’ HOUSE GAINS | “Poor Showing" Astonishes Official of Methodist Board, Deets Pickett, research secretary of the Methodist Episcopal Church’s Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public “It is astonishing that the wets have made such a poor showing” in recent primaries, “The wets apparently have made a gain of 11 votes in the House of Repre- sentatives, in contrast to their claims of 37" he sald. Pickett asserted some candidates “who have not for years been listed as drys by the prohibition organizations = are claimed as though their return to Con- gress marked a wet victory.” “In several cases where & wet comes to Congress the dry formerly occupying the seat did not offer for re-election,” Pickett said, adding that while the wets might gain “four or five additional seats” in the House the “gubernatorial l‘lximsflun is distinctly favorable to the rys.” “When consideration is given to the enormous amounts of money spent— $425370 by the wets as opposed to $9,622 by the drys—it is astonishing that the wets have made such a poor showing,” Pickett continued. “The drys have realized for two years that the enormous majority which came in with the Hoover landslide could not be maintained in Ha!ntlruby. and they have not felt that reduction of 20 votes in the House would mark any real change in sentimeént.” BEGIN LABOR PROBE South Carolina Highway Commis- sion to Probe Importation Charge. COLUMBIA, S. C., September 19 (). —The State Highway Commission yes- terday began an investigation to deter- mine whether outside labor is used by contractors building South Carolina roads and what wage scale the workers receive. The investigation was ordered follow- ing charges by L. E. Brookshire, presi- dent of the SBouth Carolina Federation of Labor, that contractors were import- ing labor from other Btates and were taking advantage of unemployment con- ditions 1o depress wage scales unreason- ably, S E. Jones, chairman of the commis- sion, said he would vote to cancel con- tracts of those construction firms found importing labor. COUSIN OF ALFONSO WEDS Bourbon Infante of Spain Marries (Princess 73 Years Old. LONDON, September 10 (/).—Prin- cess Marle Charlotte Constance de Bro- glie, aged 73, was married to Prince Louis Ferdinand D'Orleans, bourbon in- fante of Spain and cousin of King Al- g:mo in the London register office to- Y. IPROSPERITY DRIVE Telephoto picture of the wreckage of the plane.in which Ruth Alefander, 24-year-old woman flyer, of San Diego, Calif., plunged o her death at San Diego September 18, shortly after taking off on a projected one-stop transcontinental flight to Newark, N. J. An explosion in the gasoline tank was considered a likel cause of the accident. —A. P. Photo. GAS PLANT SALE QUESTION RAIED | Bride to Confer on Purchase | of Alexandria Property by Outside Trust. ___(Continued From First Page) | | will now be possible to develop it along lines that will be for {he best interest of the situation. | «=<Of course, we have in mind thé pos- sible future development of a by-product plant in this territory.” ALEXANDRIA SELLS Boston Firm Pays $750,000 for Muniei- pally-Owned Utllity. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., September 10— City council here late yesterday voted to sell the municipally-owned gas gener- ating plant and mains to the Seaboard Investment Trust of Boston, which company owns the Washington Gas Light Co. and the Rosslyn Gas Light | Co. The sale carries with it a 30-; | franchise for the manufacture and sale | of here. The purchase price was $750,000, of which a check for $22,500 accompanied the bid, the balance to be paid as soon as the contract is drawn u PLANT. p. One negative vote was heard when! the bid was put up, the action being carried 4 to 1. ounciilman Edmund P. Ticer, who voted in the negative, stated that he felt the matter of the sale should go to the voters of this city, as optionally provided in an act of the Virginia Legislature last session. By-products Plant. During discussion of the bid it was announced by officials of the company that Alexandria would definitely be the site of the pr d by-products plant of the Washington Gas Light Co. This plant will employ approximately 600 men, and besides gas will manufacture | coke, chemicals and other by-products. | Several sites for this plant are under | consideration, among which are under- stood to be the property of the old Robert Portner Brewing Co., the old Virginia Shipbuilding Co. property, and a third location in another section of the city and other possible locations. | This plant will not only supply gas to Alexandria and Arlington County, but also to Washington, as the present plant of the Washington Gas Light Co. at Twenty-fourth and G streets northwest must be abarfdoned as it is on land that | is part of the new parkway system of | ashington. w\Vork.'wlll begin immediately, it was announced, first to lay a glant main to feed Alexandria from Rosslyn until the new by-products plant is bullt, and sec~ ond to ¥ny service mains to houses in Potomac and other outlying sections | which are not now served with gas. The Alexandria generating plant will be | abandoned as soon as possible, or when the Washington plant is tapped. This | i§ expected to be in about four months. Besides the acquisition of the im portant by-products plant, citizens here will materially benefit from the sale of the plant by receiving material reduc tions in the present rates, and, accor ing to officials of the purchasing co pany, & much better grade of gas than | they are now reteiving. New Rate Schedule. The contract for the sale contains maximum rates to be charged, which are 30 cents per 1,000 cubic feet less than now charged. Thé present rate to small consumers, or users of less than 10,000 cubie feet per month, is $1.75 per | 1,000 cubic feet, with a discount of 30 | cents if paid within 10 days, which re- | duces the rate to $1.45. The new maxi- mum rate will be $1.15 per 1,000 cubic feet for the first 50,000 cubic feet per month used, with a penalty of 10 per | cent if not paid promptly. Officials of the gas company stated that figuring on the basis of the pres- ent hentlnhmwer, ot B, T. U, ol gn how furnished, which they te 18 510 B. T. U, as compared with the 600 B. T. U. gas which they will be required to furnish, household consumers will be paying at the rate of 92 cents per 1,000 cuble feet for the gas now received. Other rates contained in the sale contract are commensurably lower, with the rate to commercial users, or those using more than 100,000 cubic feet per month, at 85 cents per 1,000 cubic feet. The new rates will, it s esti- mated, reduce the city's ‘annual gas bill between $40,000 and $50,000. The property of the old gas plant here go- ing to the Seaboard Trust Co. in its entirety except the trestle of the Southern Railway Co. at the plant and the ground on which it stands, which the city and the company shall have Joint use of at all times. City Council will meet again Mon- day, when the formal contract will be drawn up and the sale completed. At this time it is also expected that three trustees, to recéive the money, as pro- vided by the franchise for the sale of the plant, will be named. Terms of Franchise. According to the franchise, the trustees to be appointed will handle the money, and seven-eighths of it will be reserved to pay off existing city bonded indebtedness as it comes due. The other one-eighth probably will be set aside as a temporary loan fund to the city, to do away with the present necessity of the city borrowing from banks at various times during the year lunx anticipation of the collection of es. When council met to receive bids on the plant & week ago the bid of the Seaboard Investment Trust was the only bid nmui At yesterday’s meet- ing the Seaboard Trust was represented by Maurice Judd and Attorney C. C. Carlin. Votes on the sale were: Yes— Councilmen Oarroll Pierce, Thomas é Fannon, Arthur Herbert and C. C. Motor Cycle Death Jails Pedestrian For Manslaughter Py the Assoclated Press. KANSAS CITY, September 10.—A pedestrian was In jail here today charged with running down a motor cycle, thus causing & fatal accident. The pedestrian, Leroy Goul- bridge, was grrested on a man- elaughter warrant when police complained he had walked into a running motor cycle and knocked it down, causing the death of one of the riders, Miss Frances Marle Springer. KRAMER GIVES D. . - SIDEIN OREM TILT | Teacher Given Place After| County Had Rejected Her, Says Official. Stephen E. Kramer, assistant super- intendent in charge of District high schools, today said Nicholas Orem, superintendent of Prince Georges County schools, who Leslerday aceused District school officials of being “un- ethical” in connection with the appoint- ment of a Prince George County teacher to a position in the Washington schools, refused to permit that teacher to remain in her county position pending the nam- ing of a substitute. According to Mr. Kramer's explana- tion, a “gentleman’s agreement” is in force between the public school au- thorities of Prince Georges County and the District, by which the District refrains from drawing teachers from the vacancies thus created are adequately filled. In the case of the teacher whose appointment drew Orem's fire late yes. terday, Mr. Kramer said she took a competitive examination for a position in the Washington system prior to her | acceptance of the county teaching posi- tion. When a vacancy became available, the teacher, a District resident, was notified of her appointment here. Mr, Kramer said the teacher, in turn, notified Mr. Orem that she was leaving the county position for her new place in Washington. He pointed out that Orem | advised her that she would be released from her contract with his school sys- tem as soon as she provided an Ac- | ceptable substitute. Meanwhile, the teacher, in common with scores of others, received a formal | notice calling for her appearance in Washington today. She sald she then told Mr. Ortm that she had been “ordered” to her new position. | Apprised of this move, Mr. Kramer advised the teacher that she must not come to her new place until her vacancy was provided for, and he promised to hold the Washington position for her by installing a temporary teacher. The teacher, he said, returned to Mr. Orem with this suggestion and he refused to permit her to carry on in his schools and launched his attack on District school heads, Thus released by Prince Georges County, the teacher was given her new place here today, Mr. Kramer said. deuraien SCHOOLBOY PATROL ON DUTY MONDAY Heads of Organizations Make Plans to Safeguard Children of District. Final plans for the safeguarding of ‘Washington school children on their return to class Monday were made by members of the District Commission, the Police Department, the Highway Department, Traffic Department, pub- lic school aystem and the American Au~ tomobile Association, at a dinner last night at the Willard Hotel. It was announced that the school boy patrol would be on duty at the public, private and parochial schools Monday and that policemen, chosen from the various preeincts for their in- terest in the welfare of children, would be nassigned to the various school bulldings. Speakers pointed out that with not a single child killed or injured while en route to school in the immediate vicine ity of a school building during the two school years 1028-20 and 1929-30, Wash- ington holds one of the finest records in the United States. Tribute was paid for this record to the vigilance of the schoolboy patrols and the policemen themselves who work on the patrol as- signments. The speakers included Commissioner Crosby, Assistant Engineer Commission- er Gotwals and Chief Highway Engineer ‘Whitehurst, representing the District government; Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintenident of police; Asst. Supt. Brown of the Traffic Bureau and Capt. B. A. Lamb, head of his staff: Selden M. Ely, representing the public school system; William M. Harland, director of traffic, and Ernest N. Smith, executive vice president of the American Auto- mobile Association, and Howard M. iu;]ln‘, director of safety work of the in the schools. —_— Former Princess Writes Memoirs. BERLIN, September 19 (#).—Former Crown Princess Cecile has written & volume of memoirs since her recent visit to Buenos Aires. The book has little to do with politics, but gives in- teresting glimpses of the prewar Ger- Lamond. No—Edmund F. Ticer, man and foreign courts. BLONDE IS HUNTED county class roor.s until the | {Woman Threatened Breach- of-Promise Suit Against Justice. | By the Associated Press. | NEW YORK, September 19.—Inves- | tigation into the disappearance of Su- preme Court Justice Joseph F. Crater today centered in efforts to find the tall, blonde woman who threatened to start a $100,000 breach-of-promise action against him the day before he dropped from sight. Called before the county grand jury, Samuel Buchler, attorney, is understood to have repeated the story he previously told the New York World that a woman, who sald she was Lorraine Fay, called | at his office on August 5 and asked him | to start sult against the jurist. The fact that she did not return to the lawyer's office the next day as she promised and the withdrawal by Crater of $5,500 from a bank was regarded by | the police as significant. | . Buchler told the police he understood the woman to say she was staying at a hotel in the midtown West Side, and as a result all hotels in that section were being combed for her. The name she gave the attorney is belleved fictitious. ‘The nd jury, meanwhile, has ad- journed until Monday to give investi- gators an opportunity to follow the new clues. District Attorney Crain said when the jury reconvened , Senator bert F. ‘agner would be asked to ln&elr before it. A letter received by the World from an anonymous woman in Chicago said | Senator “Wagner could ‘“shed a little light on the subject.” The Benatof, a former law associate of the missing jurist, previously has denied he knew | anything of Crater's whereabouts. HOOVERS TO HOLD Allan Will Be With President and Others for Week End of Pleasure. | President Hoover will leave Washing- | ton tomorrow for his Rapidan fishing | snmp, where he will remain until Mon- lay. This week end vacation of the Presi- den*. will be more than ordinarily pleas- | urable, inasmuch as the presidential | family will be together for the first | time since early last Spring. | Herbert Hoover, jr.. who has obtained an indefinite leave of absence from the Western Airways Co., of which he is vice president and radio engineer, be. | cause of an intestinal disorder and a general run-down condition, has been | at the camp for mote than & week. It |15 thought likely that he will remain there for several weeks. | ~Allan Hoover, the younger son, arrived | in Washington yesterday. He has given |up his “Summer job” with the Amer- | ican Radiator Co., and will shortly re- | turn to Harvard University, where he is taking a course in business admin- istration. He attended the Fidac recep- tion at the White House yesterday and | with his mother motored to the Rapidan [camp today. President Hoover did not find it con- venient to leave his work today, but he | is determined to get away about noon tomorrow. He is engaged putting the finishing touches on the four speeches he is expected to make early in Octo- ber. Besides that he has been con- fronted during the past few days with an unusually large amount of routine business. No guests have been invited to spend the week end at the camp. Capt. Joel T. Boone, White House physician, is expected to be the only person outside | of the immediaté family. This absence of guests will again give the President a real opportunity to leave business back in Washington, and to rest and enjoy the open to his heart's content. SHOW GIRL DIVORCED Vera Lederer, Formerly of Earl Carrols’ Vanities, Wins Deciee. CLEVELAND, Ohio, September 19 () —Vera King Lederer, former Earl Carrol's “Vanities” beauty, whose mar- riage to Morris -T. Lederer, wealthy Cleveland business man was once looked upon by Broadway as “ideal” was granted a divorce in Common Pleas Court after a brief hearing yesterday, It was not announced whether she had obtained her requested $25,000 alimony. Mrs. Lederer testified her husband refused to speak to her for long periods, refused to associate with her friends, was sullen and morose, and stayed away from their home in Shaker Helghts here for long pericds. They were married in 1924, JAPANESE ENTERTAINED Boston Mayor Is Host to Business Men on Tour. BOBTON, September 19 (#).—8ix- teen prominent Japanese business men were guests at breakfast this morning of Mayor James M. Curley shortly after their arrival in Boston on & tour of the gountry. Courtenay Orocker, president of the Japanese Soclety of , and Mayor Curley spoke. PLANNED INBRITAIN Industrial Leaders to Form Council in Crisis Demand- ing Immediate Action. By the Associated Press. LONDON, September 19.—An in- fluential group of British industrialists moved today toward re-establishment of propsperity in the island empire. ‘The industrialists, headed by Sir Wil- liam Morris, automobile manufacturer, often known as the “Henry Ford of Great Britain,” have called a meeting of industrial and financial figures for September 25 to discuss the situation created by unemployment and financial depression. Favors National Council, It is Sir Willlam's idea that at the meeting a “national council of industry” can be formed iIn an attempt, ' “if humanly possible, to restore the pros- perity of the country.” A letter of invitation to the meeting says that it “calls for no excuse. The depth and persistence of Britain's finan- cial depression demand immediate ac- tion, The British people today are tired of the waste and extravagance of the successive governments and the slavish adherence of the political parties to economic theories which have lost all relation to the facts of modern business life.” ‘The letter says of the national coun~ cil: “Its object will be to secure adop- tion of f\m)per measures for protect- ing the home market and to advance the cause of empire trade by every pos- sible means. It will endeavor to achieve in our time some of the blessings which will flow from the concerted will of the nations of the united British commonwealths.” Others in Movement. Associated with Sit William in the invitation are S8ir Hugo Ounlifee-Owen, chairman of the British-Ameri To- bacco Co.; Dr. Henry Dreyfus, director of British Celanese, Ltd.; Sir Wood- man Burridge, chairman of Harods de- partment store; Sir Hugo Hirst, chair- man of the British General Electrie Co.; Sir Harry McGowan, Sir Edward Manville, Lord Melchett, Benjamin Tal- bot and others. 13.54 PCT. OF POWER CROSSES STATE LINES America Imports Electrical Energy From Canaga and Mexico, Report Says. By the Assoclated Press. Of the total electrical energy gen- erated in_this country during 1929, the Federal Trade Commission today said 1354 per cent was exported across State lines. The total production was set at 94,708,518,938 kilowatt hours, of which 80,955,774,769 actually was con- sumed. ‘The figures, given in a preliminary teport to the Senate, showed that & considetable amount of power was im- ported from Canada and a slight amount from Mexico. The total do- mestic power moved from one State to another was given as 14,505,190,623 kil- owatt hours, or 15.31 per cent, including a duplication of 1.680,746,671, accounted for power lines re-entering the State of original producticn or erossing into a third®State. Each crossing was counted in the total figure. 1 dugllcnuon, the commission difficult to figure because frequently such lines were tapped for consumption before returning to the original State and also were fed with additional mer%:l A final report on the inquiry, sought b{ the Senate to determine the amount of interstate power business which might possibly come under Federal supervision, was promised shortly by the commission, but it will lack a number of detailed computations which were lost in the recent fire which destroyed the com- mission’s building. All final figures were saved from the blaze, however, and the commission sald its conclusions wer unaffected. GUGGENHEIM TAKES OFF Goes to New York After Long Con- ference With Stimson. By the Associated Press. Harry F. Guggenheim, Ambassador to Cuba, took off for New York at 9:15 am. today, in his personally owned plane piloted by Lieut. Philips Melville, aviation attache of the embassy in Havana. The Ambassador returned to New York following a lengthy conference with Secretary of State Stimson yes- terday. The State Department and the Ambassador declined to comment on the nature of the discussion, although the Ambassador said he would return t0 his post in Havana during the first week of October. “JAKE” VICTIMS TESTIFY Federal Grand Jury Seeks Source of Liquor in Alabama. MOBILE, Ala, September 19 A Federal grand jury yesterday listened to the testimony of more than 40 vic- tims of a concoction known as “Jamaica inger,” which caused paralysis of their lower 1limbs. The grand jury investigation opened Wednesday and court attaches sald thes were determined to find the source o supply and indict persons responsible for sale of the conccction. More than 20 persons affected by the patalysis testified before the grand jury Yesterday, some of whom had to be car- tied into the room on stretchers. Others moved about on crutches and with the aid of walking sticks. . BAND CONCERT. By the United States Army Band this evening at the United States Capitol at 7:30 o'clock. Willlam Stannard, leader; Thomas Darcy, second leader. Eleg: Lament and Glorification,” Valle-Riestra Solo for cornet, “The Commander,” Chambers Oriental fantasy, “In a Chinese Temple Garden"............ Ketelbey Euphonium solos— “Dea:r Old Pal of Mine" “Carry Me Back to Old VIrflnn{ Overture, “The Year 1812,” Tschaikowsky Solo for xylophone, “The Serenade,” Metra Selection from “The Show Boat"..Kern March, "U. 8. Field Artillery”. ...Sousa “The Star Spangled Banner.” Science Building Ready. MADRID, September 19 (#).—The government announced yesterday that a building donated by the Rockefeller Foundation for an institute of physical and chemical research has been com- pleted. The Rockefeller Foundation do- nated $400,000 for the purpose. The Spanish mlmnenl will support the scientific institution. ’ Switzerland Recognizes Argentina, BERN, Switzerland, September 19 (/P)—The Swiss government has decided to recognize the provinsional govern- ment of* Argentina,