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WEAT (U B Weather B: Partly cloudy toni and cooler. Temperatures—Hig! pm. yesterday; lowest, 61, at 7 a.m. to- day. Tull report on Closing N. Y. Market: HER. ureau Forecast.) ght; tomorrow fair hest, 82, at 1:30 page 7. s, Pages 14 and 15 b ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ny Star. The Star’s every city block a tion is delivered to carr! “From Press to Home Within the Hour” ier system nd the regular edi- Washington homes covers as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 109,209 — No. 31,883, [oet omer "We tered as second class matter shington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. ( SATURDAY, SEP TEMBER 1930—TH 20, IRTY-TWO PAGE * P) Means Associated Pr TWO CENTS. DECLINE IN WHEAT CHARGED TO SOVIET BY SECRETARY HYDE Washington Awaits Outcome of Blunt Telegram to Chi- cago Board of Trade. PRESIDENT INTERESTS HIMSELF IN SITUATION State Department Watches Devel- opments, but Has Taken No Action in Matter. By the Associated Press | The outcome of Sceretary kyde's blunt | telegram to the Chicago Board of Trnde‘ concerning bearish speculation in wheat there “by the Russian government’” was being awaited eagerly today in Wash- ington. President, Hoover has interested him- self in the situation, but held the view | today that the matter was departmental | and consequently was not expected to make any move. The Secretary of Agriculture conferred with him before asking John A. Bunnell, president of the Chicago board, “what provision your exchange has made or can make | for the protection of our American | farmers from such activities.” Mr. Hyde declined today to supple- ment the information contained in the | telegram sent last night, pending a| reply from Mr. Bunnell. Dr. J. W. T. Duvel, administrator of the grain fu- | tures act, who directed the inquiry | into reports of Russian activity, like- wise refused to talk. While watching developments, the State Department said it had taken no action in the matter. Whether it will interest itself in the problems presented Temains to be seen. Charges Short Selling. Hyde's telegram said the Russian gov- ernment had engaged in “heavy short selling” of grain, and that this had contributed to the fall in wheat's price and injured the farmers. Secretary Hyde informed the Presi- dent the Russians recently had sold at least 5,000,000 bushels of wheat for December delivery. “Short” selling is the term ordinarily applied to a transaction in which a person not possessed of wheat under- takes 1o sell it for future delivery, on the prospect that the price will fall in the future and enable a profit on the transaction. Government officials and other pér- sons familiar with the trade pointed out today that in addition to speculators, flour milling concerns and other han- dlers of grain continuously séll “short™ as a matter of insuring a reasonable margin on their operations. ‘Whether the Russian government. which itself is a large handler and producer of grain, might not have been engaged in short selling in Chicago as a method of “hedging” against its actual transaction was raised. Secre- tary Hyde’s communication to the Chi- cago Exchange authorities assumed that the purposes of the Soviet action were speculative entirely. Must Close Up Account. No_ Russian wheat ever moves into the United States on a commercial basis, Commerce Department records disclosed, and it is not possible in sound economics that any Russian wheat should be delivered here during the present Fall. If Russia has sold “short” on the Chicago Exchange, the experts said, her agents must eventually close up that account—if they have not done g0 already—by the purchase of Ameri- can wheat % deliver against their “short” contracts. The hope of a profit in their transactions rests in the chance of a fall of prices, which has already occurred. It will be literally impossible for Rus- sian wheat to move against ocean | freight and American tariff barriers to be delivered in settlement of the ac- count. Representative Hamilton Fish of New York, chairman of the special House committee investigating Communist activities in this country, said he in- tended to discuss the situation with President Hoover and Secretary Hyde this afternoon. He saild he would discuss with them the advisablility of his committee going Into the wheat selling matter in Chicago after it concludes an investigation of Soviet lumber in New York Septem- ber 27. Brookhart Charges Gambling. Meanwhile Senator Brookhart of Iowa expressed the opinion at the Capitol that blame was attached to the Chicago Trade Board as well as to the Russians in the incident. He said it proved “the wheat market is largely in the hands of gamblers.” “It seems to me” he added, “that even more blame attaches to the Board of Trade than the Russians, since the former should have taken steps to pre- vent. such a situation as has been re- P Brookhart said he would like to know what the Farm Board had been doing while the Soviet selling was going on. “It seems they were gambling with the rest” he continued. “They have funds at their disposal to purchase enough wheat outright to really help the farmers. That is the purpose for which the board was created.” Board Has Full Control. Samuel R. McKelvie, grain member of the Parm Board, expressed confidence that the Chicago Board of Trade could | mulgate _regulations _t gulal prevent _a (C mtinued on Page 2. olumn 7.) LATERAN MUSEUM ROBBED OF MOSAICS Priceless Antiquities and Sculpture Are Stolen—Police Arrest 18 on Suspicion. By the Assoclated Press. ROME, September 20.—Curators of the Lateran Museum discovered this morning that & number of priceless mosaics and pieces of ancient sculpture were taken last night from the museum, where last year Premier Mussolini and Cardinal Gasparri signed the Lateran treaties which harmonized the relations of the Vatican and the Italian state. Police riready have arrested 18 per- sons on suspicion. They say the thieves came down from the roof on ropes and eRtered through a Riders 85 Years Old Challenged to $5,000 Steeplechase Match MIDDLETOWN, England. Sep- tember 20 (N.A.N.A.) —The world, or at least that part of if which is 85 years old or over, is apprised that Col. E. R. Gregge-Hopwood, 85, has challenged any rider his age to a steeplechase match for $5.000 a side. The match would be fences on a 2-mile course. Sir Claude de Crespigney, 81, is eager to accept, but is barred. “I cannot afford to give away four years,” says Col. Hopwood, “T'll wait until he gets as old as Iam.” The colonel has been riding to hounds three or four times & week in season for_years. (Copyright. 1930, by North American Newspaper Alliance ) 11 GUNMEN HUNTED AFTER MURDERING U. 5. AGENT IN RAID Official in Party of Five Shot to Death and Others Seized | in Brewery Attack. over By the Associated Press. ELIZABETH, N. J., September 20— Federal, State and local authorities | sought today to round up a gang of | gunmen who ambushed a raiding | party of Federal dry agents in a brewery and killed one of the agents. John G. Fienello, 44 years old, of Philadelphia was shot and instantly killed yesterday when he walked into the boller room of the Rising Sun Brewery, where a gang of 11 gunmen had lined up and disarmed his com- panions. The raiding party of five Federal men came from Philadelphia. Robert ‘Young, special supervisor of breweries in New Jersey, was in charge. Leaving one of their number at the entrance as a guard, the agents entered the brewery. They arrested the engi- neer and two stokers in the beiler room. Young and three agents remained with the prisoners, while Fienello went through the plant seeking others. At that ?oint the gunmen rushed into the boiler room with drawn guns covering the agents, whom they dis- armed. Fienello, unaware of the at- tack, walked into the room. Agent’s Gun Jams. “There’s Plenello—let him have it,” one of the gunmen yelled, and stepped behind Young to use his body as a shield. Fienello attempted to fire his gun, but it jammed. The man behind Young opened fire with two guns, illing the agent instantly. He was shot seven times. City and State police were hurried to the brewery with tear gas bombs and riot guns, fearing the attackers might intrench themselves in the place, but they had fled in automo- biles, after disarming the agent guard- ing the entrance. Later Police Detective George Craig was slightly wounded in the neck by a bullet fired through a window while he was searching the place. No one was found in the place. The brewery is in the Union Square district, in the heart of Elizabeth. The plant covers two city blocks and is one of the oldest in the State. Dry agents raided the Peter Breidt City Brewery here last Tuesday, dump- ing 244,750 gallons of beer. The Fe eral men declared that during that | raid gangsters set upon a Federal agent ard and stopped the flow of beer into the streets. John J. Dunne, who some time ago announced his retirement from the New Jersey beer racket, was released in $10,000 bail yesterday on charges of manufacturing liquor, maintaining a nuisance and interfering with Federal fMcers. ‘The Federal men declared he was the leader of the seven men who invaded a brewery, but Dunne said he was the owner of the place and, in company of two men and his attorney, had mere- 1y called to ask the agents to stop the destruction of the beer. Surprise in Brewery. ‘The raid at the Rising Sun Brewery was made under the direction of Pro- hibition Administrator John D. Pen- nington of Philadelphia, who has juris- diction over New Jersey. It took place without the knowledge of Alexander P. McPhee, deputy administrator, at New- ark, in immediate charge of the district. Federal authorities said they believed the gangsters had followed the raiders from Philadelphia and attempted to waylay them as one of the two cars in which they set out had been forced off the road by another automobile which escaped. Administrator Pennigton said: “Agent Finiello was one of my bravest and best officers. His loss will be keenly felt by the department. I hope the citizens of New Jersey will take corrective meas- ures against the gangster domination of the beer racket. “Finiello could not be bought and I feel sure the gangsters set about pur- posely to murder him, calling him by name before firing.” City police today found a signal tower above a garage opposite the brewery. ‘The room was about four stories above the ground, and its window commands a view of all the streets surrounding the plant. It is believed a lookout was on duty there at all times. A direct telephone line led to the brewery office. ACTION BY STATES URGED. Woodcock, Roused by Murders, Vigorous Prosecutions. Aroused by the increasing number of murders of prohibition agents, Amos W. W. Woodcock, director of Volstead enforcement, urged the States today to prosecute the slayers vigorously. His attention had been called to the killing of John G. Plenello during a brewery raid yesterday in Elizabeth, . J. “I hope to do two thing: serted. “PFirst, I hope by administer- ing the law so decently and honestly to get a greater respect for the law on the part of the public. Second, I ask the State authorities generally to vig- orously prosecute the murderers.” Unless a killing of rohibition agent takes place on a ral reservation, Col. Woodcock explained, the only charge which the United States can make against the suspected murderer “assault on a Federal officer,” for which the maximum sentence is 10 years. But the State, he explained, can prosecute for murder. Col. Woodcock said he would per- for | tered the marathon dance contest here, ARRESTS OF YEAR TOTAL ONE FOURTH, D.C.POPULATION New Crime Recording Sys- tem Shows 108.305 Per- sons Were Arrested. INCREASE IS SHOWN OVER PRECEDING PERIOD Jump in Figure Seen Largely Due to Apprehensions for Mis- demeanors. A total of 108,305 persons, represent- | ing nearly a fourth of the population of the District, were arrested by members of the Metropolitan police force in the | fiscal year ended June 30 last, according | to a teport submitted to Supt. Henry G. Pratt today by Capt. L. I A. Edwards, personnel officer of the department. These 108,305 persons were responsible for 124,284 cases entered on the police records for all offenses. The introduction in the last fiscal year of a new system of statistical re- cording enabled Capt. Edwards to deter- mine for the first time the actual num- ber of persons arrested in a 12-month period. Heretofore, the records have shown only the number of cases entered on the police records, and since some | of those arrested are charged with more | than one offense, the department could not tell from the records the actual number of arrests. A wide difference in these two items is shown in the latest report of Capt. Edwards. In the last fiscal year, for instance, the persons arrested numbered 108,305, while the cases efitered against | them fotaled 124284, » difference of | Police Assume Increase. | | Lacking statistics for a comparison of the number of arrests last year with those in the 1929 fiscal year, the re- port, however, shows that the number of cases entered in 1930 outnumbered by 2,256 those in the preceding year. | Police officials, therefore, assume there was a corresponding increase in the number of arrests. The increase in the number of cases last year over those in 1929 is reflected chiefly in the misdeameanors. Last year there were 43774 cases of misde- meanors, which Includes drinking in public and intoxication, compared with 42571 in the preceding year. Arrests 5‘;’0 misdemeanors last year totaled 37,- Traffic Shows Increase. Increases also are shown in the num- ber of cases of liquor law violations and traffic offenses. In 1929 there were 5,247 cases of violations of the Volstead act, compared with 5,557 for the last fiscal year, an increase of 310. The | arrests for liquor violations last year totaled 3,447. Cases represented by traffic violations | last year totaled 60967, an increase of 2,080 over 1929. The number of per- sons arrested for traffic offenses was | 53,399, A decrease is shown, cases involving felonies. The re) lists 4,061 felony cases in 1929 4,057 last year, a reduction of four. WATCHMAN ATTACKS ROBBERS WITH MOP Aged Man Fights Till Felled With | Bar—Dares Burning Death to Bring About Capture. in port | and | however, By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, September 20.—A 64- year-old watchman battled two robbers with a mop stick and dared being burned to death to bring about their capture early today. Tohn Koenig, watchman at a factory, swung his mop at two intruders and fought until they felled him with an iron bar. He was bound and his captors sprinkled gasoline about, threatening to fire it if he did not give them the keys to a room where valuable ingots of metal were stored. When he defied them, the robbers took the keys from his pocket, but Koenig's shouts meanwhile had aroused neighbors who called police. The officers arrived before the men could escape. BALKED AS MARATHON DANCER, TRIES HOLD-UP Indianapolis Man Arrested by Po- lice Eating in Restaurant Where Robbery Is Attempted. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 20.—Deprived of means of livelihood by his elimination from a marathon dance, Newland Owen Baugh, 21, Indianapolis, resorted to robbery. Baugh tried to hold up & North Side lunch room. Three policemen were at breakfast there. The officers let go & volley of shots and Baugh raised his hands in surrender. He was not armed. He said he was the son of Henry Clay Baugh, commission merchant, India- napolis, “I held up the Lockerbie Hotel in Indianapolis before coming to Chicago,” Baugh said. “I got $90. Then I en- but we were eliminated two days ago and T decided to hold up the restau- rant.” KEPT ALIVE BY MACHINE Woman With Paralyzed Chest Muscles Shows Improvement. CHICAGO, September 20 (#)— Frances McGann, kept alive in a_me- chanical respirator at St. Lukes’ Hos- pital, although paralyzed so she cannot breathe naturally, showed some im- provement today. The student nurse’s chest muscles were made useless by infantile paralysis on September 11, and she was placed in the glass and aluminum machine when sonally go into the slaying of Agent Flenello when he ,oes to Philadelphia Monday for a conference with Prohi- bition ~ Administrator John D. o nipgton. a death was imminent. The respirator by means of a motor lifts the chest inter- mittently by creation of a vacuum for a few moments. A MERITED T DEAR ME! O How MANY 'TMONTAL ! ARGENTINE RETURNS MALBRAN AS AMBASSADOR TO U. S. e T ) Withdrawal After 1928 Serv- ice by Irigoyen Is Recalled. Appointment Is First An- - nounced in Service by New Regime. | | [ Manuel Malbran, former Argentine | Ambassador to the United States, will return to his old post here, the Argen- | tine embassy announced today after it had been notified by the State Depart- ment that Senor Malbran was “per- sonagrata” to this Government. Embassy officials said the informa- tion that Senor Malbran had been found acceptable by this Government | was transmitted to them late yesterday. | They expressed keen satisfaction at the | rapidity with which the United States, acceeded to Gen. Jose Francisco Uri- buru’s request that he be considered for the post. Senor Malbran served here as Am- WILD GALE RAGES OFF BRITISH COAST Shipipng Tied Up in Harbors, With Numerous Vessels in Distress. By the Associated Press. LONDON, September 20—A wild gale raged in the Northeast Atlantic today, endangering shipping and in- flicting considerable destruction in the British Isle and the West Coast of | Europe. The Auroch radioed this morning that it was standing by the Italian | cargo steamer Tuscania Vivaldi, which | reported it was in distress off Ooes- | sant, Brittany. FProm the first re-| ports it was thought that the Tus- cania was the big Cunard liner of that | name and fear was felt for its large passenger list. Other smaller vessels | reported minor difficulties. Harbors | were crowded with shipping, bound there by the storm, which, beginning Friday morning, continued today. The British steamer Temple Mead, | which sent out a call for help last | night, notified her owners that she was | out of danger and was proceeding to Cardiff. Steamer Blown on Rocks. At the same time word was received that the 9,000-ton steamer Unverleigh was blown on the Rocks at Plymouth Sound. The steamer lefi Antwerp Wednesday _and experienced _ bad weather all the way. Due to her light- (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) LIKES HIS PRISON Although an Indian, Rejects Parole to Get Back to Outdoors. OKLAHOMA CITY, September 20 (P)—Although an Indian, Waatson Ned finds no lure in the wide open spaces. Offered a parole by Gov. Holloway, he refused to quit the State peniten- tiary, where he is serving a four-year sentence for manslaughter. | withdrew on | of allied flags. professor of law, received the award for | Columbia University; Prof. Willard E. | Dodd, chairman of the department of | | Anciens MANUEL MALBRAN Of Argentine. bassador for three months in 1928. He instruction from former President Hipolito Irigoyen, and it was understood that afterward his relations age L) (Continued on Page 2, Column THREE UNIVERSITIES GET FDAC MEDAL Columbia, Chicago and Cali- fornia Receive Award for Peace Activities. Fidac medals of recognition were pre- sented at a special session of the Con- gress of Interallied Veterans today to three great American universities for their distinguished accomplishments in the cause of world peace, and honorable mention was accorded two other insti- tutions, including Georgetown Univer- sity of this city. The institutions receiving the coveted medals, authorized by & jury of award representing the veterans of ten nations, were Columbia University of New York, the University of California and the University of Chicago. In addition to Georgetown, honorable mention in edu- cation for world peace was given also to Princeton University. The presentation was made at a | special session of the Fidac Congress in the Carlton Hotel by Lieut. Col. Fred W. Abbot of Great Britain, international president, who was flanked by a phalanx Dr. Noel T. Dowlin history, represented the University of Chicago, while the award of the Uni- versity of California was received by Dr. Julius Klein, Assistant Secretary of | Commerce. Colleges Invited to Report. Dedicated to the promotion of inter- national peace and understanding be- tween the allied countries of the World War, the Federation Interallies des Combatants had nominated more than 100 colleges and universities for the awards and all were invited to submit reports of their work to a jury of award representing the Fidac. This jury was composed of Dr. Stephen P. Duggan, director of the Institute of International Education of New York; Dr. Paul Monroe of Columbia University, TOWN APOLOGIZES TO FLYERS CAUGHT WITH CANADA LIQUOR| Reliability Tour Banquet at Great Falls, Mont., Begloomed When Request Is Made to Sing “America.” By the Associated Press. GREAT FALLS, Mont., September 20. —However they may value the ex- change, pilots of the National Reliabil- ity Air Tour had the official apology of Great Falls today in lieu of some 50 quarts of whisky, beer and sherry con- fiscated by customs officers as they crossed the border. Frank Hawks, transcontinental record holder and referee of the tour, was fined said, when the fiyer was relieved of six quarts of sherry. Tom Colby, weather man, paid $10 for the privilege of at- tempting to bring acress two quarts classified by Col. Sheridan as “hard liquor.” All of which brought official regrets at a banquet last night in honor of pilots and passengers of the tour. “It was difficult to ask mfic lxn‘s ‘America’ after their 2. said J. W. Fresman, president of the DIARY OF ANDREE | | | Taking Them Opposite Di- rection Covered in Pages. By the Associated Press. STOCKHOLM, September 20.—Frozen faded pages, so fragile now after 33 years that to turn them has been al- most to destroy them, have told the story of the last days of August Salamon Andree, Swedish explorer, and his two companions, who in 1897 tried to fy over the North Pole in a balloon. The pages are those of M. Andree’s diary, part of which he wrapped in an | old jersey and placed beneath his Arc- | tic shirt next to his body before he lay down to die on the ice of White Island in late 1897. Thu$ preserved they were | found by Dr. Gunnar Horn and others of & Norwegian Arctic expedition last month with Andree's remains and other for were brought ex- amination and publicaf Some Phases Remain Mystery. Some phases of the disaster whica overtook Andree and his two com- panjons the pages do not make clear, and they remain forever a mystery, but a remarkably clear and full account is given of part of the balloon voyage, which ended nearly three days of the long trek back toward land of a final culminating disaster which doomed them to death in Hvitoven, as White Island is known. The diary records the start of the balloon from Danes Island, Spitzber- gen, on July 11, 1897, with favorable auspices for a successful flight over the North Pole toward land on the opposite hemisphere, where they hoped to come down safely, much as did the dirigible Norge nearly 30 years later. Misfortune Dogs Trail. But almost from the start misfortune pursued them. The balloon's gas bag | leaked, and the balloon and its ap- purtenances became weighted down | with ice and hoar frost. It lost its buoyancy, and at times bumped along | the ice. ‘On the third day out there was | a fire in the cabin of the balloon, but it | promptly was extinguished. | The diary records then: “The balloon | again rose, but both valves were opened in preparation for a landing. The next week, from July 14 to July 21, was spent encamped on the ice, while a | sledge journey back towsrd land was organized. e explorers, who besides Andree were Nils Strindberg and Knut | Prankel, hoped to reach Franz Josef | Land, now known as Fridtjof Nansen Land. | Reason for Course Clouded. | 1t is not just clear why they should | have headed toward this little known |and uninhabited region instead of to- | ward Spitzbergen, where they had food depots and there were some inhabitants, | but their march was eastward from where they came down, less than 500 | miles from the North Pole. The doomed men struggied on day (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) AGAINST CANNON | Nature of New Charges Signed by Four Churchmen Not Announced. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va., September 20.—Dr. Costen J. Harrell, pastor of a local Methodist church, announced today new charges against Bishop James Cannon, jr., of the Methodist Episcopal Church, have been forwarded to Bishop Willlam N. Ainsworth of Birmingham, Ala.,, chairman of the College of Bishops of the church. No announcement of the nature of | the charges were made. The complaint against Bishop Can- non was signed by Dr. Harrell, Dr. I. P. Martin of Abingdon, Dr. J. T. Marsten of Richmond and Dr. Forrest J. Prettyman of Baltimore. Dr. Harrell issued a brief statement today concerning the matter, but de- clined to supplement it in any way. ‘The statement follows: “On yesterday a complaint against Bishop James non, jr., was mailed to Bishop Willilam N. Ainsworth, chair- man of the College of Bishops, Meth- odist Episcopal Church South, asking him to call a committee to investigate Bishop Cannon’s case. This compl t was signed by four members of the church, Dr. Forrest J. Prettyman of Baltimore; Dr. Costen J. Harrell and Dr. J. T. Marsten of Richmond and Dr. I P. Martin of Abingdon, Va.” |Radio Proggums se Page B19 BARES STRUGGLE [Heroic Story of Trek on Ice relics of the balloon expedition, and back here minute 'TRAFFIC ADVISORS WILL ASK END OF ROTARY LEFT TURN Committee Will Recommend Substitution of Hoover Plan to Commissioners. NIGHT PARKING STUDY WILL BE ADVOCATED Complete Report of Subgroups Will Be in Capt. Whitehurst's Hands October 4. Abolition of Washington's rotary left | turn and the substitution of the so-| called standard left turn of the Hoover | Highway Conference in general use throughout the country will be recom- mended to the District Commissioners by the Traffic Advisory Committee, created to study the sundry problems of traffic regulations and control, it was announced officially for the first time today by Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, chief engineer of the District and chairman of the committee, The committee, however, according to | Capt. Whitehurst, does not propose to recommend any substantial changes in the set-up of the traffic director's office or its relation to the Police Depart- ment, and neither does it plan to sug- gest an immediate prohibition against all-night parking. The Commissioners ‘will be urged, however, to give the sub- ject of all-night parking intensive study. Capt. Whitehurst made these dis- closures following a meeting of the council and committee in his office yes- terday. Report Is Only Tentative. In making public some of the deliber- atlons of the traffic body yesterday, Capt. Whitshurst emphasized the fact that no one of the e subcommittees has yet voted upon its final report and that therefore any statement at this time as to what the final report would be is tentative. He said, however, that all of the matters referred to them had been exhaustively discussed by the subcommittees and that those bodies had generally made up their minds as to what the nature of their final re- ports would be. The chairmen of all the subcommit- tees assured him, Capt. Whitehurst said, that all their reports would be in his hands by October 4. Capt. White- hurst will then work these into one consolidated report striving to eliminate any inconsistencies or glaring errors in the separate reports. On October 10 he plans a meeting of the two bodies open to the public. ‘There. final %m the reports will be taken and itted to the District Commissioners. Traffic Office Unsettled. Capt. Whitehurst said that it had never been suggested or contemplated to put the office of the Traffic Director back into the Police Department. There is a suggestion forthcoming, he said, to attempt to perfect an organization to permit more general study of traf- fic through District authorities, but what the final nature of this recom- mendation was he was not in a position to say. Night parking problems probably will be met by a suggestion that District authorities make an official census of garage space in every section of the city before taking up the problem further. No recommendation will be made to deal with the problem other than this, Speed Changes Asked. Capt. Whitehurst said that recom- mendations will be made for additional regulations on the speed of solid tire trucks above two tons capacity. The present regulations are somewhat vague, he said, and there is no discrimination between pneumatic tire vehicles and solid tire trucks. Otherwise the speed law appears satisfactory to the com- mittee and no further recommendations are_expected. The problem of traffic lights is an- other of those expected to yield a recommendation calling for further study, but no radical change in the present policy or system. It is believed that one of the recommendations will | be for a study of traffic light systems | in_other cities. These, Capt. Whitehurst said, were | the principal recommendations expected to be forthcoming. He was asked spe- | cifically about the recommendation from the committee having to do with the disposal of old and worn out auto- mobiles, but said that he was not familiar with the proposed report of | that committee. Yaquis Raid Mexican Ranches. MEXICO CITY. September 20 (A).— A dispatch to El Universal from Guay- mas said today Yaqui Indians in that vicinity again were making raids on ranches, the latest being the theft of 60 cattle from the Haclenda el Echo. The hacienda is owned by Gen. Lucas Gonzalez, chief of military operations in the State of Yucatan. Seven horses were stolen from an- other ranch. Home Offerings construction is taking advantage of the present lower prices of building materials and financing charges. Home Local realtors are now offering better materials, more modern conveniences and at more moderate cost. The Real Estate Section of today's Star tells of many excellent offerings in the present real estate mar- ket. Yesterday’s Advertising (Local Display) es. 70,510 34,380 8,166 6,850 5,733 385,229 The Evening Star 2d Newspaper 3d Newspaper. . . . 4th Newspaper. . . Sth Newspaper... .. B wou vl .. CAMPBELL AGREES TORETURN TOD. G RELEASED ON BOND Will Be Arraigned Here on October 7 in Mary Baker Murder Case. BROTHER AND GRAHAM POST $30,000 COLLATERAL Arlington Man, Objecting to Have Picture Taken, Chases News Cameraman With Cane. Springing a surprise, opposing coun= sel today reached an agreement whereby Herbert M. Campbell was released undeg bond of $30,000 in the slaying of Mary Baker. He was ordered to appear in the District Supreme Court in Washe ington October 7 for arraignment. The unexpected turn came as a culmi= nation of a series of conferences be- tween Maj. Paul W. Kear, United States attorney of Norfolk, Va., and Charles Henry Smith of Alexandria, chief of defense counsel, spokesmen for the two sides. It had been expected that a hearing would be held before Federal Judge D. Lawrence Groner to determine whether the prisoner should be removed to ‘Washington, an issue he has been fight= ing several months. Meanwhile, the most spirited scene which has occurred since the inception of the case took place just outside the Alexandria Corporation Court at the conclusion of the proceedings, when Loudoun Campbell, retired businesg man of Arlington County, chased a news- paper photographer some 20 feet with a heavy cane in protest against the taking of a picture of himself and his wife as they emerged from the Court House. The photographer escaped unscathed. Questioned About Finances. Judge Groner ordered Campbell re- leased after Maj. Kerr had questioned the defendant’s brother, Frank o Campbell, and John G. Graham, Alex= andria real estate dealer, at length cone cerning their financial responsibility. They later attached their signatures to the bond beneath the name of the defendant. Maj. Kerr develeped that Frank G. Campbell is worth approximately $75,- 000, while Graham said his financial rating would exceed $100,000. Walking into the court room attired in a dark blue suit, a blue tie, and & somewhat brilliant blue shirt, Campbel} took a seat at the defense counsel's table. He showed no’signs of nervous- ness as the attorneys hurried back and forth from one conference to another. After the decision was reached, he told reporters he would rest for the next few days at his home, Virginia Highlands. “Of course, I am tickled to death,™ he said. “You may be sure, however, that I knew I would be released sooner or later, because I have the best lawyer in the State of Virginia and I am an }nnocem man. I still have nothing to e i ' ‘Even had they gone ahead with the hearing planned for today and ulti- mately reached a verdict whereby I should have been granted my freedom, I would have gone to Washington vol« untarily to face trial, because I want to have this disgrace lifted from my name.” William H. Collins, assistant United States attorney, from Washington, who represented the District at today’s cone ferences, announced on Campbell’s re- lease that he would be unable to say for several days whether the Govern- ment would oppose the granting of a :l:x‘ bond :.ol thzhdelendnnb upon his gnment for the enter October 7. O i “Campbell will be socn as possible.” Attorney Smith Well Pleased. Smith beamed when Judge Groner ordered the release of his client. “That is just what we have been fighting for for months,” he said. “We have unearthed a large amount of ine formation which convinces us even more than ever that Herbert Campbell is being persecuted. We are sure he will be t:;:qlultwd should he ever be taken given a trial as The Alexandria Corporation court room was filled to capacity throughout the two hours spent in reaching an agreement. The large audience, drawn from both Virginia and the District, included many women. Seats within the bar reserved for lawyers were oc~ cupied by the parents of the defendant, his wife and other relatives. “We are prepared to recommend the release of Mr. Campbell under bond of $30,000 for his appearance in the Dis- trict Supreme Court October 7,” Ma}. Kear informed Judge Groner af the opening of the proceedings. ‘The jurist then instructed the Gov- ernment, attorney to question the per- sons who would sign the bond in order that their financial ability might be proved. In expressing his elation over the development, Frank G. Campbell de- (Continued on Page RIDICULES REPORTS OF FASCIST ‘PUTSCH’ Prussian Government Denies Any Signs That Uprising Is Imminent. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, September 20.—Reports of an impending Fascist “putsch” today were officially branded by the Prussian government and the federal minister of interfor as devold of the slightest foundation. ‘The authorities, it was stated, are watching both Fascists and Communists closely, knowing exactly their intentions and their equipment for possible trouble. ‘There were no signs, the denial con- tinues, that an uprising is imminent. The Prussian police, who are said to be thoroughly republican, found no evidence of secret military drill by FPascists, nor a rush to stores which sell weapons, as reported in one section of the German press, and say they are convinced that the FPascists have no arms to speak of. Authorities assert that the reports of wuuch were la ot express regret i