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L ABOR OFFERS AID * ONUNEMPLOYMENT Federation Would Back Hoo- ver on High Wages—Pro- « hibition Issue Up. By the Assoclated Press. BOSTON, October 9.—The problem of unemployment was before the Reeo- Sutions Commitize the American Federation oi Labor annual convention here today. The report of the executive council of the federation on unemployment which haZ peen referred to the com- mittee, declared unemployment was the “outstanding economic fact of the past year.” ¢ The report also said that “wkile pro- duetion un were. generally in & .sound condition, failure to make the proper adjustment of credit forces and to provide wage-earner and small salary classes with incomes adequate to buy the products of industries ~ontributed to what had been a long petiod of economic prosperity.” Jobless Yssue Studied. Delegates to the convention have been practically unanimous in the conclu- sion that efforts to solve the unemploy- ment problem was one of the major contributions their deliberations could ofter the Nation. The Resolutions Committee, headed by Matthew Woll, third vice president of the federation. has receiveg resolutions from individual ' delegates, as well as the Executive Com- mittee’s report, which dealt with the subject. ‘The tentative ?razruu offered by the executive council as a partial remedy for the situation suggested reduction in the hours of work for employes, stabili- zation of indsutry, efficient management in production and in sales policies, a Nation-wide system of employment ex- changes, the compiling by the Govern- ment of adequate records, the use of public works to meet cyclical unemploy- ment I;ld a special :tudy of tech- nological unemployment. ‘I?g: three main causes responsible for the most unemployment, labor heads sald, were seasonal dull periods in in- dustry; business depression and in- creased efficiency, due to improved ma- chinery and methods. Prohibition Pleas Made. The Resolutions Committee also con- gidered the question of prchibition. Resolutions asking for repeal of the eighteenth amendment and the Vol- stead act were submitted by delegates. Favorable action by the convention on. these resolutions would radically alter the stand taken in years past for modi- fication to permit use of beer of 2.75 per cent alcoholic content by weight. A communication from a group of gmflnmt Massachusetts women asking e support of labor in the movement to bring about repeal of the eighteenth amendment was among pleas received by the federation. by Mrs. The communication, signed F. Lothrop Ames and Mrs, R. W. Lovett, was in the form of a resolution adopted by the Massachusetts brauch of the - Women's tion for National Prohibition Reform. Repeal Is Urged. It urged the co-operation of organ- §zed labor in the movement to obtain “ :flul of the eighteenth amendment the restoration to 48 sovereign States power to regulate their own liquor problems.” A resolution submitted to the conven- tion by W. Thomas Polston of the Chi- cago Federation of Labor said that the jaward of Government contracts for the redecoration of the House was He asked that in all estimates let out o employes on ing scate within_ the- DI United Textile Workers of Amer- fca, in a resolution passed yesterday, the creation of a large nd to be used in the further- ance of the Southern cam- THEBAUD LEADING BLUENOSE AT TURN IN FISHERMEN’S RACE ‘(Continued From Pirst Page.) grounds to take some of the thousands anxious to see the contest around the course. A half hour after the start the schooners were surging with a smother of spray about their bows. The ‘Thebaud was maintaining her lead over the Canadian, but shé no ap- peared to b‘e wmmn'lnll :: Blue'?hmhw? easier going of it than Thebaud. m%Mu'ur boat had her rail down rall was far from awash. It was &b:;us she could use much more The course is twice around an 18- mile triangle, plus 1% iles, up the harbor. To the schoon to win men's Trophy and most of & $5,000 purse. No Limitations on Racers. Yachting rules do not apply when fishermen race. There is no lMmitation as to crews, sail area or any other di- mension. Interest in the international contest has been increased by the offer by a New York business man, whose name has not been revealed, of a plece of plate as a prize for a 100-mile ocean or a race from Gloucester to Hali- between the two schooners. Three gaces are already scheduled off that Pport between Thebaud and Bluenose After the Gloucester series. Both captains have years on the fishing banks behind them. The crews both schooners take their living from deep. The boats themselves are st fishermen, heavily rigged, heavily #parred and able to take care of them- gelves in the gales of the North At- fantic. Ben Pine is captain of Thebaud #nd Angus Walters of Bluenose, CAPITAL STREET LIGHTS INCREASE 668 IN YEAR — ©@as T2=ge in City Gradually Be- tng Replaced With Those of { Electric Current. During the past fiscal year there was ® net increase of 668 street lamps in the District, according to the annual report of Warren B. Hadley, District electrical engineer. At the close of the fiscal year the street lighting system cons'sted of 28,181 lamps, of which 20,- 673 were electric and the balance gas. | This The gas lamps are gradually being re- placed with_electric. The installation of the new lights re- sulted in an increase in the candle- power of the street lighting system from 6,865,000 to 7,445,000, or about 82 per cent, but the cost increased ®nly about 6 per cent. G LEADIN TION G FIGURES IN CUBAN SITUA oA Dr. Alfredo Zayas, Former President. FLAGRANT MISRULE CHARGED IN CUBA People Déclared on Verge of Revolt Against President Machado’s Regime. (Continued From First Page.) Added to these are economic problems that have aggravated the situation and that are so closely allied to the politi- cal aspect as to make it difficult to de- termine which is the more acute, or "h.lm is the cause and which the ef- ect. Perhaps the Cuban people would not have arrived at their present state of dissatisfaction with the dictatorial methods of the Machado government had it not been for the economic crisis resull from a decade of low sugar prices. On the other hand, it is pos- sible that the errors of omission and the govern- ment might.not have been committed under less calamitous circumstan administration. Severe indictments of the government may be heard on every hand in spite of the danger, Teal and personal, that approximating as an le. Graft Charges Accusations of graft in high quarters, while difficult to prove, are given coior, it is contended, by luxurious living on the part of some mment officials during a period: of 1al strees that for the last few years has limited every- one else in Cube to have the bare neces- sities of decorous existence. Government interference with com- merce and industry is another com- ;hlm made, probably because of the ailure of administrative crop restriction and export sales as established by Pres- ident Machado Yo increase the price of sugar. of the high justice, the middle and the low, by the the execu- tive, in direct violation of the Cuban constitution, is another accusation brought against Gen. Machado, and this arraignment has been put into form by such eminent jurists as Cosme de la Torriente, former president of the League of Nations and former Aml] to the United States; Ricardo Dolz, former chairman of the Senate; Ramon Zaydin, former speaker of the House of Representatives; Al- fredo Zayas, former President of the Republic;' General Mario Menocal, for- mer President, and Enrique Jose Varona, dean of the Cuban legal profession and triot emeritus. See Democracy Dead. These men and hundreds of thou- sands of less prominent citizens belong- ing to all three of the political parties insist that democracy has been a dead letter in Cuba since 1928, when a bloc of Congressmen passed a law prohibit- ing the reorganization of political par- ties, thereby perpetuating themselves in the control of nominations for elective offices. aniet” Bomsiats sonees. o all Pt absolute control of al and of Congress, and unless he is over- thrown by force, he will be able to retain this control indefinitely. In past elections he was the sole nominee of all three parties, winning without competition. He also staged a refer- endum by which certain amendments were made to the constitution. It is held, however, that despite every ef- fort to cover the requisites of form, these amendments are unconstitutional due to defects in procedure. One amendment lengthened Presi- dent Machado's present term of office two years. Anot] abolished the of- fice of Vice President, thereby disposing of the incumbent, Carlos de la Rosa, who is not a “yes-man.” Another amendment created a federal district, thereby disenfranchising the voters of the City of Havana with regard to their municipal affairs. It so happens that Havana voters disregarded Machado's ‘wishes electing Miguel Mariano Gomez to the mayoralty four years ago. New Elections Opposed. In the opinion of a large majority of the Cuban people, Gen. ‘hado is. | not the President, but a “de facto"” 1 usurper of the governmental functions. is the reason given for the popu- lar objection to the holding of f " elections November 1, as it is feared a continuance of apparently constitu- tional functions will serve to strengthén the hold Machado and his supporters have taken on the republic. 1t is on the holding of these elections that formerly di opposition to the Made. During the year, 15,613 permits were aed for installation of electric wiring, "hich resulted in the collection of $33,- 940.10 by the collector of taxes. - mpections made numbered 30,079, - Mac! been by t to a head, presenting an simost imous from creed. ‘The authori- of itieal -mp&'uu-ummu administration has finally | op) Gen. Mario Menocal, Former President. Cosme de la Torriente, Cuban Ambassador to U. S. and former President of the League of Nations. SENATE MAY ACT IN JUDGESHIP QUIZ Special Session Consiqered on Reported Refusal of Bertini to Talk. By'the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 9.—A special session of the State Senate was in pros- pect today to consider refusal of Judge Amedeo A. Bertini of General Sessions to testify before the special grand jury investigating charges of judicial office- buying 3 After learning that Judge Bertini re- fused an invitation to appear before the grand jury yesterday, Gov. Pranklin D. Roosevelt sent a telegram to Hamil- ton Ward, attorney general, asking him to forward at once the record of the special grand jury in relation to Judge Bertini. Knight, Republican majority leader in the Senate; Bernard Downing, minority leader, and George Fearon, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, aski) them to be in readiness to go to Albany at & moment’s notice. In his message requesting the grand Jury record, Gov. Roosevelt said: “I ask this because I am informed that the judge has declined to testify. Upon receipt of the informatfon I shall request the leaders of the Senate to ex- amine with me the record and such other information as you send to me with a view to determining whether or not a special session of the Senate should be called to consider the mat- Judge Bertini was appointed to the bench by Gov. Roosevelt to fill the va- cancy caused by the resignation of former Judge Francis X. Mancuso. GOLDENBERG FUNERAL HELD IN BALTIMORE Many Employes of Department Btore Here Attend Rites for Heart Stroke Victim. Funeral services for Morton H. Gold- enberg, 51 years old, owner of Golden- berg's Department Store, here, were held this afternoon at his residence in Baltimore, the Emersonian Apartments, Rabbi Willlam Rosenau of the Eutaw Place Temple, officiating. Interment Was in the Baltimore Hebrew Cemetery. Mr. Goldenberg died suddenly Mon- day of a heart attack while attending the opening race meeting at Laurel, M d. A large group of employes from the local department store, which will re- main closed until Friday as a mark of respect, attended the funeral. Mr. Goldenberg had assumed sole owner- ship of the store within the past four years, following the death of his fa- ther, M. Goldenberg, founder of the business, in 1926, and that of his broth- le.l'. Julius M. Goldenberg, about a year ter. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Fannie Goldenberg; a son, Moses Mor- | ton Goldenberg, and a daughter, Jane. DATE IS POSTPONED Licensing of Gliders Is Put Off by Department of Commerce. Postponement of the date for licens- ing of gliders by the Department of Commerce from October 1 to January 1 was announced today by Clarence M. Young, Assistant Secretary of Com- merce. ‘The postponement, Mr. Young ex- plained, was ordered “with a view to facilitating the glider movement and permitting manufacturers more time in which to obtain approved type certifi- constitutional guarantees during the ection period may prove Mac- undoing, as many here doubt that Washington will permit disen- franchisement of 3,000,000 Cuban citizens whom the United States is bound to protest in their constitutional rights by virtue of an international treaty. | The relations between Cuba and the United States are somewhat anomalous as the treaty defines obligations and Tes) ibilities on both sides. The | Cuban | people interpret this treaty as a promise that they will be protected in their rights from enemies within and without their territory. Machado's opponents say that if Washington ignores conditions in Cuba there can be only two reasons—lack of information, or else repudiation of ligations assumed by trezty (Tomorrow—Cuba's Economic Problem) « t, 1930. by North American News- CopTriEht, 1oy Alllante) He also seit telegrams to 'John| STAR, WASHINGTO D. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1930 URGE CITIZENSHIP |FEDERALS LAUNCH |[The Navy’s New Program FORSAMOANATIVES| - DRIVE ON REBELS) | setcn o Bingham Commission to Rec- ommend Government Resem- bling That in Virgin Islands. ‘The Congressional Commission which has just completed & study of condi- tions in American Samoa will recom- mend that American citizenship be con- ferred on the inhabitants there, with a government resembling that in the Vir- gin Islands, according to a message sent from Samoa today by Senator Bingham, Republican, of Connecticut, chairman of the commission. After holding hearings and discussing the problem with Samoa ehiefs during the past two weeks, the commission drew up a preliminary report Tuesday morning and started back to the United States on the cruiser Omaha. Senator Bingham announced in the message, given out at his office here, that a final report will be drafted when the mem- bers reach Washington, and probably will be submitted after the Christmas holidays. The statement forwarded to Washington by Senator Bingham read as follows: “Our recommendations include Amer- ican citizenship, a bill of rights and a government somewhat resembling that of the Virgin Islands. We believe the Navy has done remarkably fine work, but that Samoan Legislature should make laws subject to veto of a Gover- nor with right of appeal to the Presi- dent. Every effort has been made in our recommendation to preserve Samoan customs and to prevent allenation of land by Samoans. The commission recommends that the President appoint a Governor for as long a time as pos: sible, using the nayal, military or civil- ian personnel as seems best to him, as in the Virgin Islands. The commission recommends right of appeal in im- portant cases to Federal District Courts in Hawall.” Senator Bingham sald that the recommendations were read to a large gathering in Samoa, including all of the important chiefs and gave great satisfaction. The commission reminded the chiefs that the present laws will continue in force and must be obeyed until Congress passes an organic act for the government of Samoa. DEFENSE PROGRAM ADOPTED BY LEGION AT BOSTON SESSION (Continued From First Page.) announced that the “ayes” had it in a voice vote, Michigan, Kentucky and New Jersey delegates called for a roll call. The vote was 771 to 470 for the tabling of “the minority report. A motion presented by the New York delegation for calling for a resolution favoring the repeal of prohibltion was defeated by a voice vote. Comdr. Bodenhamer ruled that the motion was not germane to the pur- pose of the American Legion and that it conflicted with the political restric- tions of ,the Legion constitution. He stated that the organization should never take sides in a political issue. The proposal stirred the delegates more than any other one feature of the mee ing'and wild cries went up ‘at its pr entation. Raid Nets Bootlegger. Federal officers descended on several Boston hotels early today, arrested one man for bootlegging and seized a small amount of liquor. The raids were started at the Statler Hotel, headquarters of the American ion. - A search of the lobby and uj stairs hallways and rooms netted large number of suspects, a larger nu ber of imbibers, but only one bootleg- ger, the Federal officers said. The suspects were ushered out a rear door was locked up in the Back Bay police station and the imbibers were left to their desires. Raiding, squads spread from the Statler to other Boston hotels, where no arrests were made. Suspects and im- the city, officers said. Raid Held in Secret. ‘Without notifying the police of the intended raids and with the utmost secrecy, the Federal agents met in the Statler lobby shortly after midnight. The entire project was carried out quietly and it was hardly apparent that anything out of the ordinary was tak- ing place. The Federal agents were reticent to give out information this morning con- cerning the raids, but the Boston police had but one man booked at the request of the Federal officers and it was learned that a very small amount of liquor was taken. Fight Looms on Compensation. A stubborn fight loomed in the con- vention session today, in a form of a proposed recommendation to Congress to pass legislation allowing war veterans to cash 80 per cent of their adjusted compensation, thus throwing into cir- culation about $2,000,000,000 to relieve the present depression. The Legislative Committee fought over the question in committee yester- day, and the meeting ended with Massa- chusetts and 11 other States favoring the measure. Eight States recorded themselves opposed to the recommenda- tion. Early today, both sides were trying to win the support of Pennsylvania, which has 70 votes in the convention. The American Legion has one of the two biggest problems of its 1930 con- ventions off its chest by the selection of Detroit for its 1931 meeting, and today it settles the second by choosing a successor to National Commander O. L. Bodenhamer. That is the principal business re- maining before the legionnaires can strike tent and wind up their twelfth and, thus far, most successful annual convention. New York Seeks Dry Law Action. There were, however, other matters of considerable importance awaiting the attention of the delegates. These in- cluded an anticipated attempt by the New York State delegation to place the organization on record against pro- hibition, discussion of the report of the Committee on Rehabilitation and the naming of minor officers. Detroit won the next annual meet- ing by a comparatively small margin, 658 to 570, with several small delega- tions not voting. Upon motion of John R. Quinn of Los Angeles, former na- tional commander, the choice was made unanimous. Earlier in the session the delegates had unanimously adopted a resolution calling upon Congress for a sweeping investigation of communism and the enactment of suitable legislation to sup- press it. They recorded themselves in condemnation of the acts of rowdy- ism which followed Tuesday's big pa- rade in a resolution which publicly dis- | associated the Legion from any con- | nection with the incidents. Five Seek Commandership. ‘The choice of a sucgessor to Comdr. Bodenhamer narrowed down to a col test between Ralph T. O'Neil of Topel Kans,, and Monroe Johnson of Marion, 8. . C. Mrs, Wilma Hoyal of Douglas, Ariz. Auxiliary of the American Legion at today's session of the Auxiliary’s Con- vention. Awards for post history essays werc announced as follows: First prize, Clark: C. Tudor, for history of Ken-Bur-Bel Post of Ohio; second, Jacob C. Schaeffer, mx:n Pa.; third, J. A. Nye, Ida Wa. and sent on their way, the lone seller | bibers, however, were prevalent all over | was elected president of the Women's | Brazilian Forces Aim to Re- capture Seized Areas. Seek U. S. Planes. the border of Sao Paulo and Parana, said in a message here that “a very bloody battle” possibly would be fought there. Commanded by Costa. Insurgent troops already in the bat- tle area, who probably will bear the brunt of any early fighting, are under the command of the chieftain Miguel Costa. ‘The troops were accompanied by a large number of reservists who had presented themselves ready for imme- diate call. The Artillery regiment was commanded by Teniente Estenio Lima and the Cavalry by Teniente Ribeiro Da_Costa. Eight hundred volunteers, organized into a military bridage and commanded by Arlindo Barboza, left Santa Ana do Livramento yesterday morning for the northern front. The public bade them good-by enthusiastically, shouting, “Viva Brazil, viva Libertad, viva Rio Grande do Sul.” ‘The municipal intendencia at Yagua- ron published the following com- munique: Victory Is Predicted. “We march toward victory. The situ- ation grows betters moment by moment. In Northern Brazil all are in arms. Our forces have arrived in the State of Sao Pl:uln, and we are gaining in numbers there. “Sao Paulo, like Rio de Janeiro, is completely with the revolution, to the extreme of closing the national bank for 15 days. Airplanes sent to Minas Geraes landed at Bello Horizonte and fraternized with re/olutionary elements. “Destroyers who had received instruc- tions to leave for Rio Grande do Sul disregarded thelr orders and have blockaded Parahyba. Presidents of the States of Rio Grande do Norte and Pernambuco have taken refuge on board the steamship Itanage. From all over the country come such favorable notices. “(Signed) OSVALDO ARANHA.” New Police Organized. Departure of the troops for Parana and Sao Paulo has exhausted the mili- tary power of Santa Ana do Livramento and as a consequence Col. Francisco Flores da Cunha, in charge of the military area, has signed a decree call- ing for volunteers to police the area. Col. da Cunha said that there were 300 places vacant. The telegram, which was published in the newspaper El Naclonal here, said further that two destroyers which had been sent to bombard Rio Grande Do Sul had joined the revolution, and that two aviators who had fled from Rio de Janeiro with their planes in- formed insurgent leaders that all avia- tors there had been imprisoned and that the aerial squadron at Natal had joined the Rebel force. The daily paper, O Republicano, at Sarnta Ana Do Livramento, announced that the forces investing Recife, or Pernambuco, had captured an enor- mous supply of war material. The force in that capital was said to be 8,000 men. Castro, destination of troops leaving Santa Ana Do Livramento, is about 600 miles north and east of the Uruguayan border town and is about 75 miles from the Itarare River, border between Parana and Sao Paulo. Only a small part of the trip can be made over rail- roads even if service is available. RAIL JUNCTION SEIZED. Rebels Said’ to Have Dealt Federals ‘Hard Blow, BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, October 9 (#).—A dispatch to La Nacion, from its correspondent at Porto Allegro, to- day said that an intercepted wireless message revealed that revolutionaries nad seized the junction of the railroad from Lorena, thereby cutting contact between Federal troops from Rio de Janiero and Government forces from San Pablo. This action, said the dispatch, de- stroys all hopes of the Federal Govern- ment to effect joint action for a drive against the revolutionaries. REVOLT ALONG SEABOARD. RIO DE JANEIRO, October 9 (#).— Brazil's revolutionary movement, which is scattered all along the coast for 3,000 miles, from the mouth of the Amazon to the border of Uruguay, in- volves chiefly cities and districts within 200 miles of the seaboard. At least two-thirds of the republic's estimated 33,000,000 inhabitants live on the cool eastern plateau which extends from Pernambuco to Rio Grande Do Sul. In the Amazon area and the great western interior country the population is _sparse. Nearly one-fourth of Brazil's popula- tion is concentrated in the State of Sao Paulo, the city of Rio de Janeiro and the federal district in which Rio de Janeiro js situated. This area is firmly in the hands of the federal govern- ment, which expresses confidence that it can hold it in line for the Washing- ton Luis administration. Likened to Chicago. Sao Paulo, the capital of the state of that name, is the Chicago of South America and does more manufacturing than any other city south of the Equator. It has a population of nearly 1,000,000 and is more important com- mercially than Rio de Janeiro, as it is the center of the great coffee and agri- cultural district, which pours its prod- ucts through Sao Paulo to the sea at Santos, 50 miles to the eastward. ‘The wealth of Brazil is largely con- centrated in this area adjoining Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. Political power is also concentrated here, and the revolution is a protest by distant states against the control of the republic from this nucleus. Of the states which are disaffected, Minas Geraes has more than 6,000,000 inhabitants and is probably causing the federal government greatest concern be- cause it adjoins Rio de Janeiro and is the chief source of food supply for the capital. Rio Grande Do Sul, the south- ern state where the insurrection started, has a population of about 2,500,000 and its capital, Porto Alegre, is a city of about 175,000, but it is & very progres- sive port, with a large sprinkling of German_population, and its choice as the headquarters for the movement was doubtless prompted by the ease with which the leaders can communicate with Uruguay and keep contact with the outside world. Stronghold of Rebels. Pernambuco state, which is the strong- hold of the insurrectionary movement in the north, has a population of about 2,500,000 and its capital, Pernambuco, which the rebels now control, is a city of 350,000. The State of Bahia, where there is also disaffection, has about 3,600,000 population, and the capital ;ny. Bahia, has a population of over But the population figures of the States near the Equator do not give an adequate idea of the importance of the districts, as the progressive immigrants have settled largely in the states south of Rio de Janeiro, especially on the plateau from 50 to 100 miles west of the coast, which provides a temperate climate. Rubber and other tropical products of the Amazon area have been largely neglected in recent decades for coffee, grain, cattle and other products of the more temperate regions to the south. ward. Consequently Brazil's more pro- zullve area is largely south of Rio Janetro, in Enlisted Personnel 120,000 Tons in the Fleet and 4,800 to Afford Saving of Millions by June 30, 1932, An outline of just what the Navy's economy and new operating program will mean was drawn today by The Star, as follows: Organization of the training squadron of two battleships and eight destroyers, operating with reduced complements. Use of the U. 8. 8. Utah as a radio- controlled target ship. Four destroyers, instead of six,. in each division in the battle fleet and scouting fleet. Reorganization of the air forces afloat. Mine force reduced from two to one and assigned to the United States fleet. Submarine divisions to be re-arranged. Sixteen destroyers to be withdrawn from the fleet and placed in decom- missioned status. Two mine layers to be decommis- sioned and disposed of. Nine O class and five 8 type sub- marines to be deccmmissioned for dis- posal and a total of 25 submarines to go_out of commission. Naval recruiting to be cut from 400 to 200 a month, starting November 1, effecting a reduction of about 4,800 en- listed men. Estimated savings this fiscal year to be $3,440,000 in personnel, maintenance and fuel costs, and a total of $7,758,949 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1932, Reduction in tonnage in commissic ADMIRAL WILLIAM V. PRATT. In the fleet estimated at 120,000 tons. Decommissioning for disposal of the U. 8. 8. Porpoise and Grampus at the Washington Navy Yard, with a number of small vessels throughout the country. NAVY CHIEFS BEGIN' REDUCTION PLANS Reorganization Groundwork Under Way in $30,000,000 Economy Program. (Continued From First Page.) battleships to serve with this training squadron, which will be used for mid- shipmen’s practice cruises, Naval Re- serve cruises, Reserve Officers’ Training Corps cruises and to attend local cele- brations. Operating with skeleton crews from Atlantic ports, th: battleships will be manned for 463 men each, and the eight destroyers will have 50 enlisved person- nel aboard, each. The light cruiser Au- gusta, now under construction at New- zort News, Va,, is tc relieve the Arkansas :ex: Fall, as flagship of the scouting eet. Following the fleet concentration off Panama for two months, starting in January, the Navy Department will start to reduce the size of its destroyer divi- sions in the battle fleet and the scout- ing fleet, cutting the number of destroy- ers in each division from six to four. Na- val officials explaled today that the present destroyer strength of the Navy includes 103 destroyers and six light mine layers in commission, with a total tonnage of 112,296 standard treaty tons. Under the reorganization, 16 destroyers are to be withdrawn from the fleet and decommissioned. They will be preserved for future recommissioning, while two light mine layers will be decomm‘ssioned and disposed of. Following the comple- tion of this program, the Navy's destroy- er and light mine layer tonnage in com- mission will aggregate 96,426 standard treaty tons. Air Force Reorganization. Reorganization. of the air forces afloat will mean that, instead of & commander, .aircraft squadrons, Battle Fleet and Scouting Fleet, there will be a commander, carrier divisions, United States Fiset. ‘The air forces afloat will tenders, and in Division 2, the U. 8. S. Langley, aircraft carrier, and U. 8. S. Wright, Sand Plper, and Teal, aircraft tenders, and in Division 2 the U. 8. 8. Saratoga and Lexington, aircraft car- riers, and U. 8. S. Gannet, aircraft tender. Two plane guard destroyers will be assigned to the Saratoga, two to the Lexington and two to the Langley, which will be shifted to the Atlantic Coast. The U. 8. 8. Aroostook, aircraft tender, now attached to the aircraft squadrons of the Battle Fleet, is to be decommissioned and lald up in a state of preservation to insure future recom- missioning. One mine force, instead of two, will result from Admiral Pratt's new program, and the mine layer U. S. S. Oglala, the flagship, will be assigned the light mine layers Lansdale, Luce, Gamble, Ramsay to Division 1, and the mine sweepers Lark, Quail, Tanager and Whippoorwill. ‘The mine force will be based on Pearl Harbor, Hawail. Some of the vessels will be withdrawn from the Atlantic Coast and the light mine layers will be in one division and the mine sweepers will be put in a separate division. In the submarine divisions Nos. 3 and 18 will be reduced to nine ships and re- main_stationed at Coco Solo, in the Canal Zone. Nine submarines of the O class, now at New Landon, are to decommissioned for disposal, while 83, 6, 7, 8 and 9, now operating with the control force on the Atlantic Coast, are also to be decommissioned for disposal. Eleven R cJass submarines are to be de- commissioned and placed in a status so that they may be brought back into active service. . Following the reorgani- zation program 14,100 tons of sub- marines will be eliminated from the operating fleet, leaving 55 submarines, of 51,050 tons, in commission. The as- sistant to the chief of naval operations, estimated savings under the new plan as follows: Savings Under Plan. For the current fiscal year, | | Rear Admiral John Halligan, jr. has| | under personnel, $1,579,000; maintenance. $1,386,000, and fuel, $475,000, making & total of $3,440,000. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1032, he estimated sav- ings in personnel at $3,428,949; main- tenance, $3,614,000, and fuel, $716,000, aggregating $7,758,949. In addition to this widespread re- arrangement of naval forces, a number of eagle boats assigned to training naval Reserve are to be put out of commission, some submarine chasers are to be dis- posed of, and harbor and ocean tugs gre to be eliminated from the active t. At the Washington Navy Yard the U. 8. 8. Porpolse and the Grampus are to be decommissioned and disposed of. The Grampus is a freight and passenger steamer, 126 feet long and “vas built at Philadeiphia in 1907. Formerly, it bore the name Boothbay, mnd has been as- signed to the local yard for some time. The Porpoise, formerly known as the Moosehead, was built at Bath, Me., in 1911, and was officially termed a ferry boat, and has likewise been assigned to the Washington Navy Yard for a con- siderable time. The Navy Department announced that upon the completion cf the cause- way at Parris Island, S. C., the floating equipment will be reduced to the abso- lute minimum in that locality. . Marriage Licenses Issued. LEONARDTOWN, Md., October 9 (Special). — Three marriage licenses were issued today at the Leonardtown court house to the following couples: Wendell J. Chesser, age 22, of St. Georges Island, Md, and Helen E. Brown, age 22, of St. Georges Island, Md.; James Edwin Nelson, age 23, of Leonardtown, Md., and Frances Marie Adams, age 18, of Compton, Md.; James nl U. 3. ARMS EXPERTS PLAN GENEVA WORK Gibson and Wilson Begin Policy Discussions With State Department. By the Assoclated Press. In an effort to shape the policy to be followed by the United States at the forthcoming sessions of the League of Nations’ Preparatory Disarmament Commission, America’s two leading diplomatic-naval experts today began 10 days of intensive discussions with State Department officials. ™ Hugh S. Gibson, American Ambas- sador to Belgium, and Hugh R. Wilson, American Minister to Switzerland, who are expected to be chosen by President Hoover as America’s delegates to the commission’s meeting, met to discuss disarmament today for the first time since the London Naval Conference. Brings Tentative Agenda. Minister Wilson brought with him from Bern the secret tentative agenda distributed by the commission among the nations which will send delegates to the meeting, opefifng at Geneva, November 6. The agenda wiil be pub- lished for the sessions as soon as the plans have been agreed upon. ‘There was no doubt in the minds of State Department officials today that the Geneva session promises to last for at least a month, in view of the great mass of material which must be cov- ered. The measure of agreement which has been reached by the commission over a number of years consists of two alternative texts for a formula for a general disarmament conference to_ fol- low. These divergent texts have been published together with reservations at- tached by individual nations to many provisions. Terms to Be Workod Out. ‘The reconciliation of these di- vergencies of opinion must be worked out by the preparatory commission at the coming meeting. Some officials here have expressed the belief that a com- plete agreement on a full formula is impossible. ‘The feeling is, however, that the commission will make some effort to arrange as nearly a satisfactory formula as possible and submit it to the League of Nations Assembly as the best than can be done. ‘The London conference went a con- siderable way toward ironing out many difficulties which had cm’ronv,ed the preparatory commission. Technical rules and provisions of the London treaty, which have established methods for solving various armament questions, are expected to be taken as the rules for the League. FATE OF .S, STAKE CAUSES CONCERN Epidemic of South American Revolts Endanger America’s $6,000,000,000 Investment. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. What is to be the ultimate fate of the United States' $6,000,000,000 investment stake in Latin America and our $1,000,~ 000,000 of export trade is the problem causing the principal concern at Wash- ington in consequence of the South American revolutionary epidemic. Re- sponsible administration officials, direct- ly charged with conduct of our Latin American relaticns, deprecate pessi- mism. But they are filled with undis- guised anxiety and admit there is no telling, at this time, where or when disturbed conditions will end. They hope for the best, but seem to be pre- pared for the worst. While no_identically common factor c-usedmfl: rflanlutlm;; inntollfll, z‘;\‘l‘ Argentina, and pow Brazil, or precipi= uvfiin unrest in Cuba, Ecuador and other countries, Washington authorities as- sign the underlying responsibility to business depression. All the Latin re- publics, without exception, are under< going an economic crisis. In neacly all of them the spirit of revolution is dor- mant. It has remained vigorons & guiescent, depending on how firmly this dictator- ship or that semi-democratic govern= ment has contrived to establish itself. Everywhere from the Rio Grande In Mexico to the tip of South America there are “outs” awall their chance to overthrow the “ins.” Between polit- ical enemies, ambitious militarists and the turmoil which bad times always generate, Laiin American Presidents and their governments perpeutally sit on powder barrels. They rdly ever know when their doom will be sealed, American Capital Poured In. Notwithstanding these chronically un- stable conditions, American capital has been poured lavishly into Latin Amer= ica during the past few years. South American ernments, particular, have been ug:-ny accommodated finane cialiy in the United States. It is esti- mated that not less than 80 per cent of the Puhlh: debts of South American re~ publics is held by North American in- vestors. In addition, there is the vast amount, running literally into the bil- lions, which is tied up in ofl, ‘cot copper, rubber, utilities and other in- dustrial projects. Roughly, Uncle Sam's investment "stake of $6,000,000,000 in Latin America s divided into about $1,000,600,000 in Mexico; $1,000,000, in Cuba and $4,000,000,000 in Central and ith _Am¢ . In_Argentina, Brazil and Chile—the “A B C” coun- tries—British capital is also heavily en- gaged, with considerable Prench and German money, too. Our huge investments in Latin America are entirely apart from the $1,000,000,000 and more of annual ex- ports to our southern neighbors. As the two most populous countries, United States trade naturally is largest in Ar- gentina and Brazl, both now in the throes of revolution. Argentinians are far and away our biggest customers in the south, taking some $180,000,000 a year of our wares, while Brazilians buy more than $100,000,000 worth. Mexico ordinarily shops in the United States to the extent of $115,000,000 a year, and Cuba buys roundly $125,000,000 worth of Yankee goods. Finances Endangered. That the revolutionary outbreak in South America and other Latin regions menaces these financial and business relations is, of course, plain as a pike~ ._ As to investments, it means that the floating of Latin Amerigan bond issues, at least for tthe ind itefuture, is going to be exceedingly —difficult. Investors’ nervousness is. pow, heing re- . flected by the disastrous: slump in all Latin government and indus 1 bond issues in Wall Street. trade, the purchasing pow: tries emerging from revolutions is bound to be crippled for a long time to come. Putting down insurrections or putting out one government and setting up another are expensive un- dertakings. The money thus squan- dered leaves correspondingly less for normal expenditure, like the buying of foreign goods. A distinguished South American now attending the International Road Con- ° gress in Washingtor advances the view that politico-militarist dictatorships having had sway in Latin America so long and brought about only chaos, a new kind of dictatorship is called for. He says that “civilian economic dic- tatorships” will be the next phase, and he believes they will prove Latin America’s salvation. (Copyrisht, 1930.) This is Sam the honest-to-goodness, alive Snow Man. He really and truly wears a silk hat and he complains it is pretty hard to keep his pipe lit in a snowstorm. Sam is only one of the many strange people that DOT and DAN meet in Wonderland. Read all about themt IN Adventures i Wonderland Begins Monday, October The 13th, in Star . The Great Newspaper of the Nation’s Edwin Graves, e 23, of Ryceville, Md,, and Eliziheth Eyce, sge 17, of Ryceville, Md. 3