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A—2 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1930. IMACHADO BLAMES AGITATION ON! o RULING AIDS DRY STAND ON GRAPES Woodcock Has Access to Supreme Court Decision Against Appurtenances. Although Prohihition Director Wood- cock regards the campaign of Western grape growers for increased. production of fermentable grape juice as “a bridge I will not cross until I come to it,” he may have the benefit of a recent Su- preme Court decision in any counter move designed to discourage home man- ufacture of wine. If the Government is unable or dis- inclined to attack the problem at the grape source, under a ruling of the Su- preme Court it might take steps to stem the sale of appurtenances for making and bottling homemade wine, 4 was pointed aut here today. Whether Director Woocock will take advantage of the court’s decision, ren- dered last May, is a matter of specu- lation, in view of the director's out- spoken opinion that home manufacture of wines and beer for “home consump- tion” cannot be interfered with by the Government. Grape Industry Stirred. It was this announced opinion that gtirred (e California grape industry and led to plans for finding a wine out- let for their great surplus of products. On top of plans of the California growers came an announcement yes- terday from Seattle of the intention of grape interests there of submitting to the State Legislature the question of re- peal or modffication of the State bone- dry prohibition law. According to the Associated Press, the Belle Island Grape Growers Union of Grapeville, Wash., asserted in a reso- lution that manufacture of light wine for home use is “not immoral” and “now is countenanced by the Federal Prohibition Enforcement Bureau and approved by many leading drys of the Nation.” “Grapes are an agricultural product of Washington.” the resolution stated, *and their use should be fostered rather discriminated against.” The Supreme Court decision that is available in support of any to dis- courage home manufacture of wine or beer provides that persons who sell bar- rels, bottles, corks and labels are sub- Ject to prosecution when the articles are offered in such a way as purposely to attract purchasers who intend to manufacture intoxicating liquor illegally. Opinion by Justice Holmes. ‘The opinion was rendered by Justice Holmes in & case brought by Ike Domo- vitz of Pittsburgh. There was no dis- sent. Referring to use of the word “manu- facture” in comsideration of vielations, UNREASONABLE HAVANA Studcnts Used as Mask by Newspapers a FOES nd Heterogeneous Elements—Suspension of Elections Impossible Under Law. In response to a request from The Star and the North American Newapaper Alliance, President ~Machado outlines herewith conditions in that un- settled island republic. BY GERARDO MACHADO, President of the Republic of Cuba. HAVANA, October 3.—The political agitation in Cuba is practically eon- fined to the eapital, to the campaigns of certain newspapers and to the actions of certain heterogeneous elements which, thouygh in part segregated from the different political parties, are without cohesion among themselyes. ‘The government, as it is known, was under necessity of correct:ng th= public administration and the custams ef cer< tain sections of society. That, maturally, brought upon it the animosity of those who consider themselves injured. These, as time has passed, have been joined by unsuccessful aspirants and other elements, especially those of Communistic tendencies who are always ready to take advantage of all agita- tions, no matter what their cause might be, in order to provoke clashes among the different social forces. Students Are Used. Recently the leaders in this agitation tried to make use of some students— whose excitable youth is susceptible to all suggestions—to head seditious move- ments. masking by the students’ pres- ence the real purpose followed. But the plan being opportunely dis- covered, the government was able to reduce it to small pre with police repelling the aggression to which the government was subjected. The constituted authorities were able to arrest certain elements well known em account of their Communistic affilia~ tions, proving thereby the real nature of the movement. As the opposition is not & legitimate one, but is the work of , its leaders have at all times ‘asked for im- possible things. Now they ask for the suspension of the elections. These elections are to be held on the lst of November for the purpose of renewing Congress in compliance with the eighth and tenth transitory dispositions of the constitution of the republic, according to which the changes must take an the first Monday of April, 1931. It is, therefore, indispensable to hold elec- tions in 1930. The impossibi request ‘for suspension can be well un- derstood, because it would mnet only violate the constitution of the republic, but would signify a real “coup detat,” the court said: “We are of the opinion that the word may be used in & looser way and that if the empty eontainers and All hinges, it seems. on in tion by prohibition officials of “ meant by “unlewf a3 grape industry. Confers on Home Beverages. Rev. E. C. Dinwiddie, secretary of the Methodist Episcopal Board of Temper- ance, Prohibition and Public Morals, said yesterday he had talked with Mrs. cating liquor. He section as broad and s for marketing advertising campaign grapes with the intent that they be used for wine would be unlawful, whether or not the advertising suggested wine- making. Prosecution of such activity would in- volve a question of the intellectual hon- esty of the advertisers, Woodcock pointed out, adding that & to stimulate juice making would naturally be une. Woodcock was out of the city today. He will make an inspection tour of the New York State district and continue from there to to survey condi- tions. Before leaving he said he found the situation in Tennessce, where he went last week, “almost ideal.” CANNON SAYS LAW STANDS. ‘Woodcock's Home Brew View Held Mere Assertion of Policy. By the Associated Press. Bishop James Cannon. jr., said today & declaration by Prohibition Amos W. W. Woodcock that home- “cannot change the law,” and “merely indicates the policy of the Government in enforcement.” <. The chatrman of the Board of ‘Temperance and Social of Methodist Episcopal Church th, com- mented: . Woodcock can merely indicate the policy of the Government in en- forcement, and outline difficulties which the Government may have in enforceing the Jaw. ‘Woodcock had explained that it was im; ible for Federal enforcement officers to reach home brews because they cannot search a private dwelling without a search warrant. When the liquor is made and consumed without sale or transportation, apprehend the violators. “All I can say,” Bishop Cannon as- serted, “is that there is no guestion of the meaning of the prohibition amend- ment—I was one of seven who wrote it.” “The amendment distinctly says, “that the manufac- e, etc., of ‘That means anywhe: or anywhere else. The fines intoxicants as anything contain- lbr;% one-half of 1 'p;‘rtc;nt alcohol. No- ly can_change “Col. W the bishop said. icizing any one, but statement is merely an exp! tion which does not affect the law—that is : SRR English Taught by Talkies. People of from the talkies The has medium minister of education, recognizing the :!:l!nl t.d‘ 17 tinees of suit- x:e special matinees of suit- ’1 school children. . #Ble productions for tressed that an | S0 |2 the | occasions while n wi taught in the schools as the rec- | situation in s of commerce, and the ‘The attacks of my opponents an the constitution, recently amended, are and inopportune. The oath before the Supreme Court, oppesiticn to such an lity of acceding to &/ devi to | those _This has also been done, in the same manner, by the heads of the parties, the legisiators and the most prominent elements of the Cuban people. By ignoring their sensible advice I wowd expose myself to the provocation of & revolutionery situation. Backing of Government. ‘The government that I preside ever | is backed by 90 per cent of the members | of the Legislature, the Governors of all the provinces and legislative as- semblies, more than 120 meyors of the 124 that rule the mn s that constittue the territory of the republic, the national army, the navy and the po- lice forces. None of these was organized during my government, but most of them have been in existence since the republic was consticuted. It seems, therefore, evidemt that if I cannot_prevent agitators from being in Cuba, 1 can, on the other hand, prevent their propaganda culminating in a seri- ous disturbance. It would take longer to oroduce the disturbance than to sup- press it, for the neccssary measures to that e¢ffect have been adopted, as I said yesterday in my address to calm the country. holur eco?:n:c situation, as that of the whole world, 18 not as satisfactory as we would wish, due to the low price of sugar, our principal , and also to the repercussions whi have been produced upon our other articles of ex- port by the universal crisis. But in spite of these my government has religiously met its international and damestic obligations and all our activi- ties have developed normally. We trust they will rapidiy improve as soon as the alarm created by the present state of agitation disappears, Bank Crisis Minimized. The late bank crisis affected only one tof the banks affiliated with the Havana clearing house. The other members of that institution, both Cuban and for- . the panic in such an ad- ble form that 1t has helped quences, and institution ml.l{ afl proof the honesty and cyrity with which public matters have eloped under my government. As 1 have repeatedly announced, after the first of November I will send itions that they may wish, if the majority of the cout: ble to them. ” W CUBAN PRESIDENT ASKS SUSPENSION OF CONSTITUTION (Continued Prom Pirst Page.) adequate government to hves and property and fulfill American obligations under the treaty of Pa At a eonference with newspaper men, however, Secretary Stimson was careful while the United intervened to main- tain any Cuban government in power, might arise in the future which might distinguish it from those which the American Gov- ernment uses as precedents for its pres- ent policy. Maintain Clese Watch. Although this statement by the Sec. retary might be interpreted as 1 cating the State Department looked for a in i#ts poliey in the present situation, the mflfl opinion observers here night was that only as a last resort would the American Government at the present time take decisive and drastic action so far as Cuba was concerned. ‘The policy of the State Department at present, Stimson said, is one of main- taining a rlose watch of the Cuban lilul‘-:bn, with no intention of minimiz- This statement was the first indica- bas given that it considered the situation in Cuba deserved more than casual scrutiny. Joseph P. Cotton, Undersecretary of State, and Willlam R. Castle, jr., As- sistant Secretary of State, on different secretaries dur- ing the past five , minimized the Cuban situation in reply to questions by newspaper men and State rtment officials privately have declined to ad- mit there was anything unusual about conditions there. . PHILIPPINE TRADE REPORTED FAVORABLE officers eannot | Depression Felt Slightly in Islands, but Position Is Declared En- viable to Other Countries. By Radio to The Star. MANILA, P. I, October 3.—Gov. Gen. n, | Dwight P. Davis says that Philippine lted. | revenues indicate that the islands’ trade Volotesd act e |18 1n 8 position perhaps enviable to other countries, and that, though de: pression exists, the Philippines are suf- fering comparatively little. ‘War Patricl interviewed, express confiden President Hoover is not e: name a vice meets in the until with Gov. Davis, in (Copyright, 1990.) e e In Mexico the thin cakes made either on a sheet of iron or & hot creasing appreciation of Secretary of J. Hurley's policy. Leaders, ce. xpected to uun-nuemw?é ession, no material discount s pherto evident, leaders are co-operating he contrast with the India, Indo-hins and Java. | I8 S i, meal puked stone. KELLEY DECLINES TO GIVE OIL CHARGE TO JUSTICE PROBER! (Continued From Piret Page. witbout talking to the Interior Secre- -tary. Yt there is basis in what he says.” gxwer of the ofl lands, he said, t that some one was responsible and to large ofl companies in the Colorado shale fields, billions of dollars of which, “I can't help but be impressed by the spirit moving Kelley at this stage,” Nye sald. “I think be is entitled to & thor- North Dakotan said if the De- on quired to introduce a resolut in Senate calling for an investigation.’ Nye e3 Kelley had his case before Assistant Attorney eral Richardson because of a that Richardson has pre-judged his Nye talked with the Assistant Attor- ney General tel immediately after his nc with the Denver Richardson Kelly was thought his could expect a statement, naming spe- eific ofl shale cases in controversy, from the former Denver efficial. Richardson HULL TO PROPOSE ALTERNATIVE LAWS Repeal or Modification Will Be Advocated, According to Referendum. | | Alternative plans for repeal of the eighteenth amendment or for modifica- tion of the Voistead law, which he will advocate in Congress if a plebiscite of the voters in his district favors such action, is anneunced today by Representative Hull of Peoria, I, for- merly a distillery center, but who has declared for education in temperance in the schools and against return of ‘the saloons. His plan is for either repeal of the eighteenth amendment or an amend- ment to it which will provide that each of the 48 States shall have the sole have manufactured under beer. ole right to con- trol the sale of such liquors and beer within their own borders. The Govern- ment shall have full control over the transportation of liquors from one State to another. Procedure of Repeal. Representative Hull explains that in order to repeal the eighteenth amend- ment it is necessary to pass a joint resolution by two-thirds majority of & quorum of both Houses of Congress and then it is necessary to have 36 States ratify the resolution within a reasonable tim-, seven years having been held to e a reasonable time, or upon the r _plication of two-thirds of the Legic'atures of the several States, Congress shall call a constitutional con- vention for the purpese of proposing amendments to the Constitution which, when ratified by three-fourths of the States, therefore shall become valid to all intents and purposes. If the prohibition referencum favors modification of the Volstead law, Rep- resentative Hull says he will initiate a plan for enactment of a law authorising the manufacture of beer under the supervision of the United States Gov- ernment through a permit system by breweries mated by the Govern- ment, the iic content of this beer not to exceed 3!4 per cent alcohol by volume, which would actually mean 3 per cent beer, and, in my judgment, is not intoxicating; light wine running from 10 to 15 per cent and hard liquors, known as whisky, rum, gin and brancy, running from 80 to 100 per cent proof, 10 be sold under the medicinal clause of the present law, through the druggist and through a permti system formulated 8o that the doctors, instead of writing a prescription, will be allowed to furnish permits to the patients for $1.00 for one pint of whisky for medicinal purposes. Centract With Distillers. “A clause should be written into the law,” he said, “authorizing the Govern- ment to let contracts to cistillers en a basis of 10 cents a gallon net profit to the distiller for the manufacture of lquors. i “By so doing. & pint of 4-year-old high-grade bourbon or rye whisky will not exceed an actual production cost, including the revenue tax, of 40 cents per pint. This whisky should be sold through the retail druggist at a price | Dot to exceed 85 cents per pint. By | ‘maling these provisions in the law. you | will largely do away with 1llicit liquor and the temptation to adulterate medic- inal whisky would be eliminated. “In my t, & law of this kind | will selieve very_serious condition | now existing throughout the country brought about by the illegal selling and | rofiteering in liquors and States shall have the s p the sale of intoxicants. Take the profits out of the liquor busi- ness and mare will d than by any other E::uhan in any ibat temperance d be taught in our public schools. He points out that in order to modify the Volstead act, it would be necessary for Congress to pass another enforce- ment act by a majority vote of the members of both houses of Congress, which, when signed by the President, would become a law. HEARINGS POSTPONED Public Utility Probes Put Off by | Federal Trade Commission. ‘The Federal Trade Commission yes- terday postponed indefinitely its inves- tigation of public utilities after receiv- ing testimony concerning the financial affairs of the Minnesota Power & | Light Co. | Commissioner Edgar A. McCulloch. | who presided, said he would announce | later when the hearings would be re- sumed. Professor Confesses. Prof. A. E. Heath, philosopher of | llosophy at the University of Wales, confessed that he used to read “Deadwooc¢ Dick,” that he likes the movies, and even “bad ones” sometimes, and that he found American ice cream very good. He made his “confession” at the recent British Bocial Hygiene Council School. “Quite frankly,” he said, “I value much more the man who gets into trouble with the police than the one who drifts about doing nothing. éfi:fl\flfl sooner have them bad than | | Beach, the c! WICKERSHAM BODY MEETS WEDNESDAY All Members of Enforcement Commission Except Ander- son to Be on Hand. By the Associated Press. The offices of President Hoover's Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement took on a definite air of activity today as final material was assembled for & meeting of the commis- sion next Wednesday, the first gather- ing since June. Faced as the commission is with the possibility of being asked to make a definite statement on the prohibition problem, all members but Henry W. Anderson, Virginia lawyer, have indi- cated they would be present when the meeting convened. Anderson Is Abroad. Anderson is now abroad and no word | had been received at the commission offices as to whether he will return in time to take part. Chairman Wicker- | sham 1s on the Atlantic, with the defi- nite assurance that he will be in Wash- ington by Monday. Only two members of the commission were at headquarters yesterday. They were Kenneth Mackintosh, ~former Washington _ State Supreme Court justice, and Dean Roscoe Pound of the Harvard Law School. Mackintosh already has announced he would insist the ecommission make known its judgment on the prohibition Jaw, stating uneguivocably whether the dry’ statute is believed enforceable or what the commission believes should be done if #t s not. . New Material Studied. Dean Pound declined to discuss his stand on Mackintosh's statement that the commission “go to the guts of the prohibition question.” He said, however, he was studying new material gathered by the commission and if necessary would remain in Washington until next ‘Wednesday to complete his survey. Part of the commission's new material has -been mimeographed and bound in paper-covered book form and some of this is known to touch upon prohibition from almost every angle. In prepara- tion for the meeting new material is being mimeographed constantly. 610 VOTERS BARED BY CHALLENGERS IN TOWN OF 107 CENSUS (Continued From Pirst Page.) chimney flues, kitchens, conventional modern equipment, telephones and other conveniences usual in a perma- nent. ;ilwelllnz, ouse without a heating plant in North Beach is only henl.nt-lhpk a few months in the year and the owner is only a transit sojourner in the com- munity and not a bona fide resident of the town entitled to the privilegs of voting, it is contended by these who noted the challenges. It is also alleged that 136 of the “registered voters” are listed in the Washington Telephone Directory and in the records of the purchasers of Dis- trict of Columbia automobile license tags. None of the 136 was enumerated in the census ap inhabitant of North engers claim. ‘The challenges were noted by J. Wil- son Ryon and Adrian P. Pisher, Repub- lican counsel, and Michael J. Lane and John B. Gray, attorneys for the Demo- crats. mmhnd:flm“‘!:‘hn. E Brld!‘ll!. Re- publican, ard 8. Ward, Demo- era, ‘scheduled to give: decision after hearing the ts of coun- sel pewt Tuesday, which has be 3, en set sside for revision of the = jon boaks. MANDAMUS WRITS ISSUED. Arundel Judge Acts to Compel Election Officials to Pass en “Buspects.” Special Dispatch 10 The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., October 3.—The cispiite over the right of certain indi- viduals, declared to be residents of the Distriet of Columbia, but who are also said to maintain Summer resort homes along the bay and its west side tribu- taries, entered the courts of Anne Arundel County yesterday, when Judge Robert Moss of that Maryland circuit issued two mandamus writs. One of them was filed by George H. McNamara against W. G. Crandall and 93 registrants in the seventh district of Anne Arundel County, and the other was filed by Wilbur 8. Petheridge and was against J. Edgar Crosby and 123 registrants of the eighth district. ‘The writs direct the judges of election of these districts to pass upon the “sus- pect” lists filed by Republican leaders. Murder Suspect Released. SOUTH BEND, Ind., October 3 (#). —Authorities last night released Henry Siwinski, 22, who was arrested Wed- nesday in Chicago as & suspect in the slaying of 17-year-old Alice Woltman. Miss Woltman's throat was slashed as he lay asleep in her home here on the morning of September 14. E KILLED AS BUILDING FALLS ition | seen a club house so well arranged and 80 the of the magnitude KELLEY LAYS OIL CASE BEFORE NYE investigation. | Ralph S. Kelley (right) discussing with Senator Nye, chairman of the Sem- ate Investigating Committee, charges that large ofl companies were ilegally obtaining Government oil lands in Colorado. Nye may seck a congressional —A. P. Photo. CONGRESSIONAL CLUB MAY GET AMATEUR GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP (Continued From First Page.) dent of the Congressional Country Club and is one of its board members, prob- | ably will be asked to request the United | States Golf Association to send the championship to Washington in 1932. Due in East in 1932, Through official channels close to the United States Golf Association, the club | was informed of the position of the | national golf body with respect to | awarding the men's amateur champion- | ship to a club about the Capital in 1932. Briefly 1t is this: The championship next year will go to the Beverly Country Club of Chicago, which takes it into the West. Under the sectional rotation system employed by the United States Golf Association it will be due to go to an Eastern club in 1932, A high official of the United States Golf Association said the national golf body is not committed to award of the championship to any club in 1932, This man was asked about Washington, and he replied that if the proper pressure is brought to bear the title tourney can be secured for Washington in the bicen- tennial year. Discussion then turned to the club at which to hold it, event it is awarded to Washington. He said the Congressional Country .Club already has before the U. 8. G. A. & strong bid for the women's champion- ship, but that the association feels Washington should be awarded one of the larger championships in 1932, if any of the title clashes goes to the Capi- tal in that year. Securing of the championship for a ‘Washington club, he said, is a matter of the proper kind of golf course, the facilities the club- will have at its dis- posal for holding the championship and the bringing of the right kind of pres- sure on the governing golf body. Con- gressional, he said, is the only club in the Washington area which is actively in the field for any national champion- ship at present. He added that Con- gressional, with its massive club house, its large membership and its practically unlimited faeilities for committee rooms and other necessities of a national championship, will have first call when Washington is considered as a national championship venue in 1932, He agreed that the Congressional Club can have the amateur championship virtually for the asking in 1832, provided the proper kind of pressure is brought to bear on the national golf authorities. Koons Starts Ball Rolling. President Koons of the Congressional Country Club was acquainted with these statements and immediately start- ed the ball rolling toward sscuring the championship for 1932, He left town yesterday for a stay of a week, but will be back next Monday and will imme- ciately call the board of the club to- gether to make & formal presentation of the club’s claims for tl amateur championship in 1932, along the lines with which he has been acquainted. Not since 1921, when the national open championship was held at Co- lumbia, has Washington entertained the leading golfers of the Nation in & group. ‘Within the past year there has been a movement sponsored by the Washing- ton Bicentennial Commission to se- cure one of the national championships for 1932. commission was impar- tial as to the club at which the cham- plonship might be played, but no other club about the Capital is in the field for the championship except Congres- sional. The position of the Columbia Country Club is that it will take a championship if the United States Golf Association offers it, but Columbia is not actively in the field in the position of a bidder for the event. Chevy Chase and Burning Tree have made no at- tempt to secure & championship, so Congressional is the lone club in the positicn of & bidder. That the club in- tends to move every effort to secure the championship in 1932 is certain. And it is equally certain that the club may have the title chase in 1932 if it works along the proper lines. Some time next year & committee of the United States Golf Association will come to Congressional to look over the course anc: ascertain if, in its judgment, it is fit for a national championship. The award of the course then will be made at the national championship of 1931, which will be held at Chicago. It the award is made to Congressional it will bring to Washington all the lead- ing amateur golfers of the world, in- cluding the great Bobby Jones, who won the championship for the fifth time last week at Philadelphia, thus setting a new American record for victories in the title chase, and accomplishing some- thing no man ever has done fore by winning the four major cham- plonships of two great golfing nations in one year. Jones previously had won the American open and the British amateur and open titles. Amateur Never Played Here. The amateur championship never has been played at a Washington club, al- though the Capital twice before has been the venue of a national golf event, The national women's championship was held at Chevy Chase in 1908 and the national open was played at Co- lumbia in 1921. The Congressional Country Club was organized in'192I, ‘with President Hoo- ver—then Secretary of Commerce—as its first president. Located about 12 miles from the White House, with fine roads radiating to it in all directions, the club is locate¢ on a 320-acre piece of land high above the Potomac River, about five miles northwest of Bethesda and about the same distance from Cabin John Bridge. The club house is the most commo- dious golf structure about Washington and is admirably fitted 1o entertain a national golf fleld. Not in many years of watching ehlnlplnnlhniv golf have I ifurnished Wattitude of 135-CENT TAXICABS house comparable in size and arrange- ment at which a championship has been held in recent years is that of the Olympia Fields Club, near Chicago, where the national open was played in 1908. ‘The membership of the Congressional Country Club contains many high Gov- officials and many men promi- nent in business and financial circles in the National Capital. President Hoover does not play golf, but he is always in- terested in the affairs of the club as its lirst president. The club house was constructed in 1922 at & cost of nearly $800,000, and the golf course was laid out a year earlier by Devereux Emmett, a golf course architect. At present two new holes are being bullt on the last nine holes of the course, which the Golf Committee believes will bring the lay- out up to championship standard. MITCHELL RULES ON CENSUS DATA| Holds Bureau Should Not Deviate From Promise to Keep In- formation Secret, iBy the Associated Press. An opinion by Attorney General Mitchell that Census Director Steuart sshould not comply with requests for lists of names for employment and il- {literacy studies was interpreted by the idirector as indicating a general tighten- ling up the strict secrecy policy. “Pressure has been increasing buresu from many organizations and (business officials for information to aid lthem in individual research problems,” Steuart. “The opinion of id Director ithe Attorney General that the bursau ishould not deviate from its promise to iconsider confidential all information i ent stiffen the f the bureau.” 's Mitchell was ask-d as to \whether the director had therity to furnish the Women's Bureau of the rtment of Labor with the names, addresses, occupations and status of lemployment of workers in the city of Rochester, N. Y., for use in a contem- plated survey to ascertain economic tnem on family and commnnity life f employment of women in ineustry. His opinion also was ask2d on wheiher ithe director had authority to furnish Ivarious individuals and associations in- iterested i !l&ldl:m'fl!;’ of Tutteracy Jm.h /names addresses of persons ven sections and communities. Information on flliteracy had been furnished several organizations follow- ing the 1920 c-nsus under agreement that the interested organizations pay for the work of Y.l’nnscflbtn{!me names. Attorney General Mitchell pointed out that the census from its earliest has consistently stressed the fact that its information was gathered “for statistical purposes only.” - He also quoted at length President Hoover's proclamation of November 22, 1929, in which he said, “There need be no fear that any disclosure will be made re- ‘srd‘lng the individual person or his \affairs.” SHOW PROFITS IN REPORTS TO KEECH (Continued From First Page) the traction lines with a real problem in competition. The seriousness with which the car companies already view the cheap-rate service is reflected in a letter which John H, Hanna, president of the Cap- ital Traction Co. sent this week to the stockholders. “The tremendous increase during the last six months in the number of cheap flat-rate taxicabs in Washington,” the letter stated, “has seriously added to the traffic difficulties and’ has made great inroads upon our passengers. “‘From testimony offered by the driv- ers and owners of cabs at a recent hearing before the Public Utilities Com- mission the cut-rate service now ren- dered is not remunerative, and the' number of cabs now operated may be lessened. Seriousness of Competition. “The_seriousness of this competition as it affects us is due to the -bpl;lty of the cabs to operate when and where they will, while we must furnish continuous service on approved schedules under all conditions, and are compelled to charge the same rate of fare for both long and short rides. Traffic congestion, aug- mented by the increased number of cabs, now makes operation of street cars and busses at a reasonable rate of speed extremely difficult.” ‘The 200 drivers of the cabs employed by the companies which submitted re- ports to Keech have petitioned him to oppose the move initiated by the Util- ities Commission to require a meter service. The drivers declared they are in favor of a zone system as distin-' guished from a meter rate. Learn Backgammon The New Fad Now Sweeping the Country. IT WILL BE EXPLAINED in’ & Series of Six Articles Beginning Monday | | in to take. care of a fleld and im) ce of & national golf affair, T) only club|: The Evening Star BROOKHART SEES WAR BY RAILROADS Takes Issue With Sargent’s Statement Government Is Drifting to Confiscation. By the Associated Press. Taking issue with Fred W. Sargent, president of the Chicago Northwestern Rallway Co., that ffie Government was drifting toward confiscation of railroads through subsidic:. for construction of in- land waterways and public roads, Senator Brookhart, Republican, Iowa, today said this statement was tantamount to & declaration of war by the rallroads on the Nation’s waterway Improvement plans, Sargent asserted before the American Bankers' Association in Cleveland yes- terday that the Government's policy of paying the expense of constructing waterways to be used i competition with railroads out of taxpayers’ money was_contrary to the Constitution. “The people of the West were happy in the thought that the Government had adopted a general policy of tmprov=~ ing the inland waterways,” Brookhart said. “Now the whole policy is threat- ened by an attack of the railroads.” “This attack,” he continued, “is not mere idle vaporings, but the mature thought of the shrewdest lawyers in the country. It means that every legal arti- fice will be used to stop the improve- ment of our rivers in competition with the railroads.” The Government subsidized the rail- roads. he said, by giving them 158,- 000,000 acres of land for construction and later again subsidized them when private operation broke cown under the World War strain. The railroads padded their expenses, he asserted, to make Government operation appear un- sucoessful. 3 9 “With a record like this” he said, “it seems strange indced that Mr. Sar- nt or any railroad man should come orward with an argument against building public roads and waterways as subsidies.” “Rallroads,” he said, "paid only $7 tax on $100 gross income, While farmers in Towa and other States paid $27 on the hundred,” adding that Sargent’s argument of the tax burden on rail- roads was unsubstantial. CARDS CONFIDENT EN ROUTE HOME TO RESUME CLASSIC (Continued From Pirt Page.) sent Flint Rhem in to pitch the second e. The lad with the big curve was forced into retirement in the fourth in- ning after he had been nicked for six runs, four earned and the other two made possible through an error. As the contesting teams devoted a day to travel, speculation was rife as to the probable pitchers for the open- ing game at St. Louis tomorrow. Man- ager Street said he would summon his star southpaw, “Wild Bill' Hallahan, to the mound. Hallahan is another pitcher who is almost unbeatable when his con- tral is working. He rhut out the Brook- 1yn Robins 1 to 0 in 10-innings in the important opening game of a series practically deciding the National League pennant. In this game Hallahan allowed only five hits, retiring the first 20 men in order. The crack left-hander, however, can be wild at times and his bases on balls for the season lead the league. Cennie Mack, as usual, kept his own counsel. There were numerous sugges- tions that he would givé Grove and Earnshaw each a chance repeat. Should he consider this course im- practicable, the names mentioned fre- quently in connection with the pitching assignment for tomorrow were B Shores, a youngster, and Eddie Rommel, & veteran. BYRD DENIES CHARGE OF ATTACK IN SUIT Maryland Athletic Director Says Deputy Sheriff Led Woman From Grounds. Denial of the charges of Mrs, Minnie B. Haines of College Park that he had | attacked her is set forth in the answer jof H. C. (Curly) Byrd, athletic director | and assitsant to the president of Mary- land University, to her suit for $20,000 damages filed in the District Supreme Court. Byrd declares it was an employe of the university, who is also a deputy sheriff, who led Mrs. Haines from the grounds after her persistence in con- nection with a real estate transaction had become annoying. He asserts that he always treated the plaintiff with courtesy. Attorney T. Howard Duckett appears for the defendant. FUNERAL SERVICES HELD FOR MRS. JULIA SAMPLE Widow of Former U. §. Treasury Cashier Buried in Rock Creek Cemetery. Funeral services for Mrs. Julia De Frees Sample, 82 years old,.wife of the late James A. Sample, former cashier yesterday, were held this afternoon t: the residence, ‘1237 Thirteenth street. Rev. U. G. B. Pierce of the Unitarian Church officiating. Interment was in Rock Creek: Cemetery. Mrs. Sample, a native of Indianapolis, was the daughter of John D. De Frees, publisher of the Indianapolis Journal and Atlas, who, at the request of Abra- ham Lincoln, came to Washington to gg;lish the Government Printing Mrs. Sample, a resident here since childhood, is survived by two daugh- ters, one the wife of Brig. Gen. Archi- bald Campbell of New York City and the other Mrs. Elizabeth Williams of this city. A son, Morris De Frees Sam- ple of Detroit, also survives, MARKET GETS $61,000 TAKEN FROM PUBLISHERS Scribner Firm Cashier Confesses to Misappropriations Period of Five Years. Covering By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, October 3.—A depleted brokerage account is all that is left of $61,800 he embezzled from the publish- ing house ot Charles §gribner & Sons, Eric Magnus, the firm's cashier and bookkeeper, told police today when they arrested him on a charge of misappro- priating the funds. His lations were discovered, po- lice said, by auditors who found that the company's books had been fals‘fied over five years. Magnus said he lost most of the money in stock speculation. Gangsters Rob Bank. LOS ANGELES, Octob~r 3 (#).—An- nouncing they were Ch 1 gengsters, who would shoot to kil! i iance was ered, two men held up an outlying :?lflflle,fllnk‘eo’t Iiniy today; h’ approximately $9,000. cash been taken from the bank vaults & few minutes earlier in prepa- ration for the day's business. of the United States Treasury, who die 1™ -