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CUBAN FINANCES LEAD IN C. - [SSUE IN UNREST Opposition' to Machado Re-i gime Would Call Halt on Big Foreign Loans. Brandon, _correspondent of long distinguished experience. is present- Mr. f7% conditions n Cuba as he sees'them on the spot. His first dispatch was printed Thursday. BY GERALD BRANDON HAVANA, October 11 Cuba’s economic problem is the more difficult of solution because jt embraces every phase of agricultural, commercial and industrial activity. Administrative measures which have been tried by President Machado and his several sec- retaries of the treasury to solve the problem are briefly outlined by critics as follows: 1. Sugar crop restriction, which failed to reduce the world surplus as other countries increased their produc- tion when Cuba restricted hers. 2. Floating of foreign loans to miti- gate unemployment through an ambi- tious program of public works. The motive of this measure was defeated, it is contended, by the brevity of the period of rcpayment, as we as by alleged extravaganc: in the expenditure of the moneys received, which increased the burden of this generation's tax- payers unbearably, they charge. Tariff Is Criticized. 3. Establishment of a high protective fariff on all foreign articles, including rew material, theredy nullifying the purpose of encouraging domestic industry. During the last decade private for- tunes have dwin Teal property, urban and rural, has been mortgaged to its limit, and there has been an increasing number of business failures due to the impossibility of collecting accounts receivable from the impover- ished agricultural districts. Sugar, Cuba’s principal product, has for many years been sold for less than cost of production, the principal loss being borne by the native Cuban plant- er, who each year finds himself deeper in debt to the American-owned sugar mill that grinds his cane. ‘This does not mean that the mill is the direct gainer from the planter's loss, although a close study of the in- tricate system of interlocking di- rectorates will show, it is said, that al- lied corporations control the banks that finance the mills that sell Cuban raw sugar to refineries owned by the same group, at less than the cost of produc- tion. Special Tax Added. Aggravating this condition came President Machado's system of in- creased taxation, one item of which, the public works special tax, has pro- duced $18,000,000 a year for the last five years. This was supposed to be a panacea for unemployment through the construstion of needed highways and public_“wuildings. There was a promise of & mmimum wage of $1.50 a da The Writer has seen men working on ‘the céntral highway for 60 cents a 10- hour £ay; not as government employes, but f¥r subcontractors, who in turn have subcontracted from influential politicians who have subcontracted from the original contractors. ‘What work had been done has been well gone, but at high cost. During his five “years’ administration President Machado has spent in addition to $450,- 000,000 of the ordinary budget, $90,000, 000 derived from the public works spe- clal tax, $80,000.000 borrowed from the Chase National Bank of New York and $20,000,000 now owing to contractors for work already performed. The aggre- ate is $190,000,000, and it is charged gy the opposition that honest appraisal of the work accomplished would show & shrinkage of at least 50 per cent, - resepted by extravagance and profits ux':: by middlemen and political mag- nates, Expensive Capitol Building. An example, says Machado's critics, of lack of perspective displayed by the administration is the Capitol Building, not yet completed despite its $20,000,000 drain on the treasury. This is perhaps the most luxurious public building in the world. Beside it the Capitol at Washington pales into insignificance. Its upkeep will be half a million a year, wherefore it will probably remain vacant for a long time, a monument what Cuban people consider a criminal disregard of their best in- terests during the most difficult economic depression in the history of the republic. - Cuba’s financial crisis, in addition to l'-!s tg:tur‘.l llg‘;lvluuél of the temper o people, has a direct bearing on the present political tension in that prevention of the consummation of a new foreign loan seems to be one of the motives back of the impending popular upheaval. ‘The Machado government has negoti- ated three loans during the past four i'ml, of them through the Chase ational Bank, whose agent in Cuba is Jose Emilio Obregon, son-in-law of President Machado. Profit for Underwriters. The first of these transactions con- sisted of the sale of the bank of $60,000,000 of public works certificates bearing 52 per cent interest, which were issued at 97!;, giving the under- writers a commizsion of one and a half million dollars. The world in- vestment market was poor at the time, and the Chase Bank was able to place only one-third of these certificates, re- taining $40,000,000 worth until :ater, when they were exchanged for $4 in Cuban national bonds, which in addition to bearing the absolute sanction and legalization of the Cuban Congress, carried the added in- centive of a 5 per cent premium upon maturity. ‘These bonds were part of an $80,- 000,000 loan, no other portion of which found a purchaser. They were issued at 95, which means that the Chase Bank received a cash premium of $2.000,000 for exchanging them for the revious far less desirable securities. he remaining $40,000,000 was later ut up as collateral for a short-term loan of $20,000,000 at the interest rate of 5'5 per cent plus a commission of 1 per cent. In other words, the Chase Naticnal Bank has lent the Cuban government $76,300,000 for which it has received securities of $80.000,000 par value, bear- dng interest at 5); per cent. Financial Plan Opposed. Opponents of the Government. call this poor financing on the part of Cuba, considering that other Cuban govern- ment bonds bearing the same interest rate are quoted above par. It is com- monly stated that the American in- vestor is not quite satisried with the legality of the Machado bonds, which would explain thelr unmarketability and their present low quotation on the New York market, The last $20,000,000 Joan will mature next March, and there is no money in sight to take it up. On the contrary, the Cuban government has a floating debt of about $20.000.000 representing work already completed by contractors and past due. Business hus been so generaliy that tax collections have far below the estimate on the ordinary budget of $77,000,000 based. A conservative estimate of the deficit for the present fiscal year is $14,000,- 000, The public works special tax has Rlso dropped at the rate of $2,000,000 B year from its former $18,000,000 level, It is estimated that it will take mil- to pay for the completion of the Central Highway and other work con- tracted for by the government. Refunding Deal Underway, drop ‘whic! was ‘The negotitions now underway have their object the refunding of the tire Cuban national debt and the bs enf ‘ ) (N.AANA) . — sen, Mrs. Ada M. Payne and Harry T. Pet: 2NEN NENBERS S0P DAL Fifty-Five Enroliments From D. C. Papers Are Made in Canvass. With a total of 80 new memberships for the day reported enrolled yesterday, | a new high mark was reached in the Weshington Chamber of Commerce | week-long campaign, officials reported | today. The total hew members has | reached 209, including 55 memberships from five Washington newspapers. Five Papers Enlisted. In enlisting the five local dailies, Tep- resenting a subscription total of $1,100, the Chamber chalked up fulfillment of the first 100 per cent quota. The All-Gas Co. team, comprised of members of the Washington Gas Light Co., yesterday again took the banner for highest number of members enrolled. The gas company team has been award- ed the banner three days in suceession. The five leading teams, with their captains and number enrolled to date, follow: Team No. 8, A. Ewaldsen, 38; team 21, Martin J. McNamara, 7. Twenty-Four Teams Canvass. ‘Twenty-four teams are engaged in can the city. The campaign is under the direction of Thomas P. Lit- tlepage as general chairman and Ru- dolph Jose, chairman of the five-year xpansion program. Charles W. Darr, president of the | chamber, will outline plans for the ex- pension program as well as the forth- coming industrial exposition sponsored | by the chamber in a radio address over station WMAL at 6:45 o'clock tonight. cleaning up of obligations past due and contracted for. This will call for $250,- 000,000 in bonds that will ve to be sold at more than a 5 cent dis- count and wi/l have to bear more than 5% per cent interest to find purchasers. | ‘The present Cuban national debt calls | for interest payments of $8,150,000, al- ready a heavy charge on a nation with a total population of 3,000,000. Such a loan as is said to be pending would bring the yearly interest charges up to $13,750,000 under the most favor- able conditions, and would increase tax- | jon to an unbearable extent, oppo- nents of the Machado administration fear. They also believe that more money in the hands of the powers | that be would further delay the restora- | tion of a democratic regime in Cuba, and they are therefore disposed to do everything possible to prevent the con- summation of more foreign loans at this time, much as the money is needed to relieve conditions in the republic. (Copyright, 1930. by North American News- paper Alliance.) GANGSTER IS ARRESTED WHILE GUARDING LOOT| By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 11.—“Big Earl” Herbert, notorious gangster and hold-up man, was surprised by detectives today as he sat, shotgun across his lap, guard- ing $22,000 worth of tobacco stolen from a Walgreen Co. warehouse last Sunday. Detectives working on the robbery trailed the thieves’' trucks yesterday to 3 pool room in Summit, southwestern suburb. Today they raided the place and found a garage in the basement, where the loot had been unloaded. Her- bert was arrested with three others. —_— September Circulation Daily...105,664 Sunday, 111,937 District of Columbia, ss.: FLEMING NEWBOLD. Business Manager of THE EVENING AND SBUNDAY STAR. doss solemrly swear that the actual number of copies of the paper named sold and distrib- uted during the month of September, A.D. 30, was as follows: ~ g Coples. . 1030 | 1 08,931 00,249 018 " FEEESomanaws.! Less adjustments.... Total daily net circulation Average daily net paid circulation Dajly average number of copies for WOPYRN. WU s 500 5va 2 o' st 6% Datly average net circulation.... S B 13689 28 | Less adjustments..... Average Bunday net circulation FLEMING NEWBOLD. \BANKE ON SPEEDING CHARGE ! | Admits He Called Policeman Who THE EVENING OF C. DRIVE Team captains of Chamber of Commerce teams who led in the member- ship drive when the first reports were made yesterday. Left to right: A. Ewald- __—Star Staff Photo. JAMES HAGERMAN EXPIRES SUDDENLY Well Known Lawyer Dies in Office Talking to His Friends. ers. James Hagerman, jr., 56 years old, widely known lawyer of this city, who had practiced here for the past eight years, died suddenly in his office in the Transportation Building today. He was stricken while talking to friends. Mr. Hagerman was a member of the law firm of Roper, Hagerman, Hurrey & Dudley. Originally of St. Louis, Mo., Mr. Hagerman came here in 1919 to assume duties as a deputy commis- sioner of internal revenue. Eight years ago he left the Government to enter the practice of law, Daniel C. Roper, former commissioner of internal rev- enue, being one of his partners in law practice. He is survived by three daughters, Miss Jamie Hagerman, Mrs. Frederick P. H. Siddons and Mrs. Charles E. Connor, all of this city, and a brother, Lee Hagerman, of St. Louls. Mr. Hagerman resided at 3317 Newark street. He had been in failing heaith for some time, it is said. His father, the late James Hagerman, sr, was at one time president of the American Bar Association. Mr. Hagerman, jr., was widely known in Missouri and the City of St. Louis. R IS FINED Arrested Him “A Cock- eyed Liar.” Admitting that he called a policeman “a cock-eyed liar” at the time of his arrest last night, Chauncey G. Parker, a banker, of 2026 Hillyer place, was convicted and fined $10 on a speeding charge in Police Court today. Parker was arrested on Sixteenth street by Policeman E. C. Moore of the thirteenth precinct, who declared that the banker was speeding for six blocks at 45 miles per hour. “Your honor,” said Officer Moore to Judge Robert E. Mattingly, “this man called me a liar on the street and when I took him to the precinct he called me & worse name. He said if I took the case to court I would perjure myself.” “Did you call the officer a damn liar?” asked Judge Mattingly. “No, sir, your honor,” Parker an- lllwned. “I ‘called him a cock-eyed s “Well, Mr, Parker, asserted the magistrate, “I think you are guilty.” The banker testified he was traveling 30 miles an hour, the legal speed at Sixteenth street and Alaska avenue, where the arrest occurred. Mrs. Parker corroborated his story and admitted also upon questioning from the judge that she heard her husband call the police- man a liar of doubtful vision, During the trial, Parker's attorney declared that Policeman Moore was accustomed to arrest “at least six per- sons each day,” and that he supposed that the officer needed one more to make up his quota at the time that he stopped the banker, “If you can prove this to me,” said Judge Mattingly, “T'll dismiss the case.” RESERVE TRAINING BOAT TO BE DECOMMISSIONED Upshur to Be Withdrawn From Fleet, Along With 15 Other Destroyers. ‘The destroyer Abel P. Upshur, which | has been on duty at the Washington | Navy Yard for some time, assigned to training Naval Reserves, is to be decom- | missioned, with 15 other destroyers, as ‘Washington and | soon as practicable. Baltimore Naval Reservists are to be trained in the future in the training squadron to be established under the new operating program devised by %3 | Admiral Willian V. Pratt, the new chief of naval operations. Two other vessels at the Washington yard, the Porpoise and the Grampus, are slated to be decommissioned, but these two vessels will be disposed of by sale. The Abel P. Upshur, with 15 de- s to be decommissioned and preserved so that it may be recommissioned later to replace a vessel that will remain on active duty. RGBTSR s ANXIETY FELT FOR SHIP Steamer Tigris Overdue With Crew of 33 Men. BRUSSELS, October 11 (#).—Con- siderable anxiety is felt here for the steamer Tigris, belonging to the Ant- werp Shipping Agency, which left Al- exandria September 18 and was due in Antwerp October 4, but has not been heard from. It is f d that the ship was de- stroyed b; storm, because two buoys Business Manager. Subscribed_and sworn to before me this 11th day of October, 4.D. 1930, (Beal) $242"%. vount. Notary Public. marked Tigris have been found on the | SBussex coast. Twenty Belgians were | among her 33 crew members. The ship ' was of 2,735 tons met register. 4 STAR, WASHINGTON, ITRAFFIC ADVISORS ASKVITAL CHANGES Committee Favors Greater Number of Agencies to Handle Situation Here. from the Hoover conference on high- way safety and the model traffic act includes a recommendation for a re- turn to the old system of making left turns in the center of all street inter- sections, rather than the rotary turn now in force at most of the intersec- tions coptrolled by traffic lights or traf- fic policemen. This recomemndation brought one of the livellest debates of the evening. The new left turn rule was also specifically favored in the report of the subcommittee on operating regulations and Assistant Traflic Director Eldridge submitted a minority report urging the retention of the present left-turn sys- tem. He supported this by quoting the statistics on the low accident and fa- tality raté in Washington. George W. Offutt, favoring a return to the old left-turn system, pointed out that there are but two cities in the country with the rotary left turn—Washington and Cleveland. Although Washington has the lowest accident and mortality rate, Cleveland, he sald, has the highest. Consequently there seems to be no con- nection between safety and the rotary turn, 2 When the matter was put to a vote the Hoover turn won by a count of 10 to 7. Mr. Harland and Mr. Eld- dridge voted in the negative and As- sistant Superintendent E. W. Brown, in charge of the Traflic Bureau, voted in the affirmative. A radical departure in the method of attacking parking problems was ap- proved by the group when it favored a report by Inspector Brown as chairman of the Committee on Parking. The re- port called not only for new regulations, but for a reversal of the policy whick has in the past been pursued of limit- ing shipping entrances and loading zomes to a comparatively small number in the downtown area. The principal new parking suggestion was to forbid parking absolutely in a restricted downtown section between 8 o'clock and 9:30 a.m., except for com- mercial vehicles actually engaged in loading and unloading merchandise, which while so engaged must bs parked parallel and within 6 inches of the curb. The area in which this would apply was suggested as from the east curb of Seventh to the west curb of Fiftfenth streets, and from the south curb of Pennsylvania avenue to the north curb of New York avenue, all inclusive. This recommendation ~was based on the survey recently made by the Park and Planning Commission, which showed that mast of the “all-day parkers” left their cars at curbs be- tween the hours mentioned. An abso- lute prohibition on parking during these hours would get rid of much of the all- day parking problem in the congested area, the committee felt, as well as clearing the streets for the free passage of traffic. Capt. R. C. Montgomery of the Park Police objected to the exception in fa- vor of commercial vehicles, but C. H. Frame of the Merchants’ and Manu- facturers’ Association won his point that if no exception were made it would be impossible to make the many de- liveries merchants now make in the 2arly morning hours. Designed Against Problem. ‘The new policy of liberality in re- gard to shipping entrances and loading zones approved by the council is de- signed to do away with the problem of cars parked abreast. The recommen- dation following the plea for liberal es- tablishment of shipping entrances reads that “double parking be absolutely eliminated in the District of Colum- bia.” Mr. Frame objected to this on the ground that despite all regulations, erchants would have difficulty in de- livering their merchandise if not allowed to park double. Another recommendation of this committee was that angle parking henceforth be prohibited on all streets of the District. This was enthusiastic- ally adopted without opposition. Among the many other recommenda- tions made by the various subcommit- tees and adopted by the council were the following: That an adequate survey be made to determine the earliest date at which all-night parking can be eliminated by agencies employed and directed by the District Commissioners. Would Define Area. That the entire congested area be established and one-hour parking elimi- nated between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. in the following boundarie: South curb of B fiom Sixth to Fifteenth streets, west curb of Fifteenth to Pennsylvania ave- nue, south curb of Pennsylvania avenue to Seventeenth, east curb of Seven- teenth to G, south curb of G to west curb of Eighteenth, west curb of Eighteenth to L, north curb of L to Sixth street and east curb of Sixth to B street. L4 That the following area outside of the congested area be made a_two-hour limit during tke same hours. West curb of Seventeenth to B to F, south curb of F from Seventeenth to Twentieth, west_curb of Twentieth from F to N, north curb of N from Twentieth to Third, east curb of Third from N to B street southwest, south curb of B south- west from Third to Fourteenth, west curb of Fourteenth from B southwest to B northwest and south curb of B northwest from Fourteenth to Seven- teenth. That the center row of trees on New York avenue between Ninth and Thir- teenth be removed. That no vehicle shall be permitted | to park on the flow side of flow streets between 8 am. and 9:30 am., which increases the present restriction by 15 minutes That commercial ‘vehicles of one and operate at the same speed as passenger vehicles. Recomménd More Police. ‘That the personnel of the Police Force be increased so that a sufficient number of officers will be available properly to enforce obedience to the traffic regulations. That no parking lights be required on vehicles parked on streets where there is a sufficient light to reveal a person at a distance of 200 feet ‘That traffic be laned in the District in suitable places. ‘That every policeman engaged in per- manent traffic work be under the com- mand of the inspector in chasge of traffic_work and receive instructions in_uniform bhand-and-whistle signal: ‘The committee on automatic signals, signs and markings recommend the following minimum conditions as a criterion of the necessity for establish- ing new automatic signals at any in- tersection: At an intersection involving two streets, two lanes for traffic on each, signal lights shall not be installed un- less there are as many as 1,200 vehicles per hour entering the Intersections dur- ing the maximum hour and unless one- quarter of the number is on the minor street_and unless 16,000 vehicles enter the intersection during the maximum 16 hours of the 24-hour day. During the hours when the number of vehicles entering the intersection falls below 800 per hour the lights should be turned oft wherever practical with due regard for pedestrian protection except for a flash- ing caution signal.* Signal lights should not be considered necessary for pedes- trian protection unless there are as many as 250 pedestrians per hour cross- ing the most heavily traveled thorough- fare and unless traffic on that thorough- fare is at least 400 vehicles per hour. The report makes allowance for the installation of signals where these mini- mum requirements are not met if there one-quarter tons or less be permitted to | DX A CTION IS ASKED ON TRAFFIC JAMS Merchants and Manufactur- ers’ Board Seeks Relief on 14th Street Southwest. Traffic congestion problems affecting downtown Washington occupled & major part of the menthly meeting yes- terday afternoon of the board of gov- ernors of the Merchants and Manu- facturers’ Association, held at the organization headquarters in The Star Building. Resolutions designed to stim- ulate efforts toward bringing relief during the peak of rush hours were adopted by the group. The board went on record in protest of the closing of Fourteenth street southwest between B and D streets each evening between 3 and 5 o'clock, when employes of the Bureau of En- graving and Printing leave work. It was pointed out by the group that con- siderable unnecessary congestion during the evening homeward rush hour is caused by the cutting off of this im- portant highway, and the suggestion was made that either the street car tracks be rerouted over adjacent streets or Fourteenth street be widened at that point. Favor Creating Left Turn. Fourteenth street opposite the Bureau of Engraving is closed while Govern- ment employes are being let out, by poiice order, it being maintained that a hazard is created through the heavy flow of pedestrians and vehicular traffic at the same time. The board also favored creation of a left turn at some intersection between B street southwest and K street north- west. It was pointed out that traffic coming into the city and desiring to turn westward toward Georgetown cannot turn left at any intersection be- tween these two streets during rush hours because of police regulations. The closing of Thirteenth street south of Pennsylvania avenue, which is contemplated by the Government in conjunction with its Federal building p‘mgmm‘ Was opposed by the associa- tion. In placing itself on record as object- ing to the closing of the street the board suggested that if the architectural plans for the triangle could not be changed to permit the highway to con- tinue south of Pennsylvania avenue, at of traffic pouring out of the business that the only other immediate outlet would be Twelfth street, a narrow thor- oughfare, inadequate to handle the heavy trafic. The board voted to address a letter %) the Police Department voicing its bjection to the parking of derelict automobiles, confiscated by the police, in front of th> various precinct houses. It was charged by the board that thes: mechines are parked day in and day out. in many cases without lights, in violation of police regulations. In ad- i dition, the board asserted. they consti~ tute an untidy sight in the city. Referendum 56 Indorsed. Referendum No. 56 of the United | States Chamber of Commerce, which recommended continuance of present methods of commodity exchange trad- ing, was indorsed by the board. Mark Lansburgh, president of the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Associa- tion, named the following committee to co-operate with post office officials in a “shop early-mail early” campaign for Christmas: Ralph Goldsmith. William Friel, A. Abbott, Syivan King, C. B. Dulcan, Westwood White, Bert Bre- wood, George McCann, A. J. Sundlun, Charles Frame, Walter Ingalls, Sidney Selinger, Dewey Zirkin, J. C. Parker, O. J. De Moll, George Harris and Joseph Kaufman. A discussion of the vendors' regula- tion adopted this year by the District ?ammls!mn!rs took place at the meet- ng, board.” The merchants’ association is on record as opposed to the present regulatin, which permits any vendor to sell his product or wares in residential sections, being restricted only to a half- hour stand in one place. The associa- tion maintains that this constitutes unfair competition to established mer- chants who are zoned out of residential sections by the Zoning Commission. SOLDIER IS SUSPECTED Richard E. Welton, 21 years old, a soldier at Bolling Field, i being held for investigation at No. 3 police pre- cinct in connection with a fraudulent scheme to rob local retail stores. According to police, a man, repre- senting himself as a customer, after telephoning for an order of merchandise or groceties, requests that $10 in change be sent with the order. After receiving the change the man immediately flees, Policeman H. D. Johnson of the Traffic Bureau arrested Welton Thurs- day for & minor traffic violation. The car he was driving was recognized by the officer from a police broadcast and he turned Welton over to the third precinct for investigation. Last night Welton was identified by the properitor of a delicatessen store at Seventeenth and Q streets as being the man who worked the trick on him sev- eral days ago. Five other store owners will be called in for purposes of identifi- :;t:gnmlodn}; IPreclnct Drtectives R. cNeill and Irviag Rosenbur handling the case. © e “MOTHER” JONES’ LOSS OF STRENGTH CHECKED “Mother” Mary Jones was still alive today on the thirty-second anniversary of the death of eight of her “boys” in an Illinois mine riot, although hope for her recovery had been abandoned for some time. Held to her bed for months by weak- ness, tha century-old labor leader has several times. Today she still was weak, but had ceased to lose strength, Her physician said he expected no immediate change unless there were unforseen develop- ments. No plans had been laid for her observance of the anniversary of the Virden, Ill., mine riots in 1898. are other requirements which would make the signal desirable for other rea- sons. In each case, however. befol an intersection is signaled, the Com- missioners should cause to be made careful survey ot the special intersec- tion with reference to the width of streets between curbs, number of ve- hicles ir each of the several directions, including a separate count of right and Jeft turns; visibility, grades, paving, presence or absence of street car tracks and the like, The minimum counts used were those now in force in Chicago. Those of many other cities were studied, but the counts in Chicago had the longest experience and the traffic lights there appeared to be most satisfactory, ac- cording to the committee. Before the meeting started, George Graham, representing the Board of Trade, presented a plea to the council asking for assistance in the board's efforts to keep Thirteenth street open through the mall instead of allowing | it to be blocked off by one of the buildings in the Federal building pro- gram as now planned. Mr. Graham's petition was accepted the council and will be referred to one of its com- mittees for a special report at a later SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, least a subway to drain the vast volume | area be provided. The board observed | but no action was taken by the IN STORE FRAUD TRICK| escaped death by a narrow margin| 1930. Traffic Ch ges Asked New Rules, Policies, Organization and Laws Recom- mended by Advisory Council to District Commis The following is & brief summary of | the recommendations made to the Dis- trict Commissioners by the Traffic Ad- visory Council and Committee last night: . New rules— Return to old system of left turns at all intersections. No parking, 8 to 9:30 am., on streets in a small section of the congested zone. No angle parking anywhere in the | District. No parking on flow streets from 8 to | :30 a.m., instead of from 8 to 9:15 am. | New Policies. Liberal establishment of shipping en- | trances and loading zones in congested | sections, followed by tightening ur of enforcement of parking abreast rule. Stricter requirements to be met before any traffic light is installed. Turn traffic lights off at times in the day when traffic is light. New Organization. i Change name of traffic direétor and assistant traffic’ director to traffic en-| gineer and assistant traffic engineer. Take away from them all duties save | sioners. traffic engineering research and recom- mendations based thereon. ‘Transfer dutiés of revoking, suspend- ing and restoring permits to new officer directly under police Commissioner. Transfer registrations of automobiles to Traffic Bureau. Transfer examinations of applicants for operator's permit to Traffic Bureau. . Transfer the work of construction and placing of permanent traffic signs to Highway Department. Set up a permanent traffic board composed of delegates from various de- partments to pass on traffic matters and make recommendations to Commis- sioners, . Set up permanent traffic advistory council composed of citizens. Appoint two judges to try traffic cases exclusively at some point away from the Police Court. New Laws. :Jn“orm motor vehicle registration act, Uniform certificate of title act. Hoover code regulating trafic on highways. Hoover model municipal traffic or- dinances. Safety responsibility bill. Dies of Heart Attack | | | | JOSIAH MARVEL. ISIH MARVEL PYPRESSUDDENL {Was Democratic National| Committeeman and Ameri- can Bar Group Head. | i | | By the Associated Press. WILMINGTON, Del, Josiah Marvel, Democratic national | committeeman from Delawars and president of the American Bar Asso- ciation, died suddenly of a heart attack at his home, near here, early today. Mr. Marvel, who was 64, died a short time after the arival of a physiclan at | his home, Nantocoko, Greenville. His | death came as a distinct shock to his | family and friends. Active in the Democratic party's State and national affairs for years, Mr. Marvel was defeated for the nom- ination as United States Senator by Thomas F. Bayard at the Democratic State convention on September 16 las Mr. Marvel was backed by the “drys,” | while Mr. Bayard ran as a pronounced | “wet.” October 11.— CANNON RESIGNS AS COLLEGE HEA Leaves Board of Blackstone, Va., Institution After Nearly Quarter Century. By the Associated Press. BLACKSTONE, Va., October 11.—The official connection of Bishop James Cannon, jr, with Blackstone College for Girls, an institute he founded and headed for almost a quarter century, has been severed. Coincident with the announcement from the trustees of the college that the bishop had been replaced as presi- dent of their board by N. P. Angle of Rocky Mount, Va., the church man last night made public his resignation as a member and head of the board. All Vote for Successor, < All 18 trustees voted for Mr. Angle as Bishop Cannon's successor, the board announced. Members of the board said after a previous meeting in September that Bishop Cannon’s affiliation with the college as president of trustees had been discussed at that time. In his letter of resignation, a copy of which he telegraphed to the Rich- mond Times-Dispatch, Bishop Cannon said that “since 1928 there has been & division of sentiment among the peo- ple in the territory from which the college naturally draws its support. A number of these rople," he stated, “have disagreed with my views and my activities during the past two years. Acts Without Request. “At this time when the college is endeavoring to increase its patronage and endowment it is vital that thers shall be decided results. I have decided therefore, without any suggastion from any person or any committee of the college, to present my resigpation as the president and as a mel of the board of trustees and I desire that this resignation shall be accepted promptly.” He recalled in the letter that hs served as president of the college from 1894, the year the school was founded as Blackstone Female Institute, until 1918, with the exception of four years from 1910 to 1914. Since 1918 he has been head of the board of trustees, * BISHOP REFUSES COMMENT. Letter of Resignation Contains His Reasons, He Asserts. Bishop James Cannon, jr., of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, to- day declined to answer questions con- cerning his resignation as president of the board of trustees of the Blackstone Had Distinguished Law Career. A long and distinguished career &n,‘ |the legal profession was climaxed on | | August 22 of this year, when Mr. Marvel was unanimously elected president of |the American Bar Association at fts| | convention in Chicago. He succeeded | |Henry Upson Sims of anmnuhlm.i‘ Als. | | "Mr. Marvel was prominent in Dela- | | ware law and political circles and in the | councils of the Democratic party. He also was noted as an orator and as an authority on the Constitution and de- |livered many addresses in various parts | of the country. The firm of Marvel & Marvel, of corporation and general 'law_practice. During his political career he had many opportunities of becoming a candidate for public’office, but refused, preferring to remain in the background until this year, when he became a candidate for | Senator. In 1908 he was chairman of the Georg> Gray Presidential Commit- tee at the Democratic National Con- vention. George 111 Granted Homestead. He was born on a farm near George- town, Del. His family is of English origin. but has been American in both branches for generations. The original Marvel homestead was on a tract of land at_Georgetown granted by King George III and the family lived there for six generations. Mr. Marvel's mother was a descend- ant of Thomas Jefferson and of the Rodneys of Delaware. He made his power in the Democratic party felt at the National Convention in Denver in 1908, where he worked for the interests of Judge Gray. A sup- porter of Bryan at the convention said that if six men like Mr. Marvel had worked against Mr. Bryan the latter | would never have received the nomi- nation. Mr. Marvel served as a member of the Finance Committee of the Demo- cratic National Convention in the IDOVS campaign and was urged as the party’s nominee for Congress in Delaware in 1910, but refused. He was selected as the temporary chairman of the Demo- cratic State Comvention’ and delivered the keynote speech. He established a loan fund for the aid of students at Delaware College and was a member of the State Highway Commission. He was a former presi- dent of the Delaware State Bar Asso- ciation, the Wilmington Rotary Club, the Wilmington Club, the Wilmington | County Club, the Delaware Grange, the Farm Bureau of Newcastle County and the Wilmington Lodge, No. 307, Benevo- lent, Protective Order of Elks. Mr. Marvel was married April 20, 1898, to Miss Mary Jackson, a daughter of - Representative W. H. Jackson of Maryland. They had six children, Jackson, Josiah, 4th; Jane, Mary, Ann and Willlam. at Tiny Golf. October 11 (®).— Miniature golf may now be classed in the category of ‘‘dangerous sports.” Roger McKenzie, Omaha salesman, is believed to be the first victim of the corner-lot links. McKenzie broke his ankle when he tripped while walking up an inc| green. Man Injured OMAHA, Nebr., which he was a member, has a large|" College for Girls. “If the Blackstone trustees have something further they wish to pub- lish they may do so,” the bishop said. “My letter of resignation contained my reasons for_this action and included everything I have to say on the mat- ter.” Cannon said his letter of resignation. made public yesterday, left his office on October 9. MUTINY REPORTED NEAR RIO AS REBEL NET DRAWS CLOSER ___ (Continued From First Page) mountain guns, i§ holding out against strong insurgent forces. Sao Paulista troops, advancing from just north of the far southern corner of Minas Geraes, captured the town of Oura Fino, and proceeded toward Ita- juba. The railroad north of Rio de Janeiro to Bello Horizonte is being re- built as the federals proceed, and serv- ice has been re-established as far as Juiz do Fero. A small force of Minas Geraes police attacked that city yes- tm]ny. but was repulsed by the fed- erals. There was no information concerning insurgent armies in. Central Parana, who Friday were said to have been de- ploying for a major battle with Sao Paulista federals near Castro. Gen, Miguel Costa, insurgent commander, re- ported that his cavalry had skirmished with the enemy. In cnfiture of Joinville the rebels ap- peared here to have struck one of the first decisive blows of the revolution in Southern Brazil, comparable to capture of Pernambuco (Recife) by Parahyba insurgents in the Northern part of the republic. The rebel forces, commanded by Capt. Caldas Braga, attacked the city with only 16 casualties. Two civilians and one soldier of the rebel ranks being kiled and 13- wounded. The 8th Bat- tery of Artillery and a naval battalion of two officers and 190 men surrendered before the onslaught. DESTROYER IS REPULSED. PORTO ALEGRE, Rlo Grande Do Sul, October 11 (#).—The destroyer Maran- hoa attempted to land federal forces at Sobituba, Santa Catharina, during the night, an official revolutionary com- munique said today, but was repulsed by_heavy insurgent fire. Immediately afterward the insurgent forces occupied Imbituba, a small port of which Sobituba is a part. Imbituba is located 100 miles south of Florian- apolis, sole remaining federal strong- hold along the Santa Catharina and Rio Grande do Sul coastlines. Railway Suspends Service. SAO PAULO, Brazil, October 11 (#). —The Leopoldina Raflway announced MINNESOTA, FIGHT VITAL TO FARMERS Party Born of- 7920 Deflation May Fade Away if It Loses This Election. ——{(Continued From First Page) - at its zenith when it had both United States Senators. Shipstead was first elected in 1922 and Mangus Johnson in 1923 at a special election to fill a vacancy caused by the death of the late Senator Knute Nelson. The Farmer- Labor party missed electing a Gover- nor in 1922 by a narrow margin. It has never yet had the gubernatorial office, Mr. Olson, the party's present candi- date for Governor, is the son of a Nor- wegian father and a Swedish mother. He has served as county attorney at Hennepin County, which includes Min- neapolis, for the last 10 years. His vigor- ous prosecution bf the Minneapolis City Council graft cases brought him par- ticularly into the limelight. There is not the slightest doubt that the Democratic party would like to take over the Farmer-Labor party, lock, stock and barrel. The Democratic party, however, has not been big enough in Minnesota in recent years to swallow anything so large as the Farmer-Labor party. Should it, however, succeed in electing its senatorial candidate, Hoi- dale, in November, and should the Farmer-Labor party fail to elect Olson Governor, the Democrats may make & bid for the allegiance of the old protest vote represented in the Farmer-Labor party. G. 0. P. Angles for ‘Votes. ‘The Republicans, on the other hand, have been angling to get the Farmer- Laborites back into the. G. O. P. fold for several years. Shipstead could have had the Republican nomination in 1928, if under the State law he had been able to show that in the most recent electign he voted the Republican ticket and had he wished torunasa iblice | an. The “"th"d’:er-l;:u“ tow is today an outstanding l’!hrfll- tics in Minnesota. It is freely tted that there is no one who could defeat him in an election there for any office if it were held tomorrow. If the Farmer-Labor party fails to make a good showing at the polls this year, it would not be surprising to find Senator Shipstead running as a Re- publican when he comes up again for the Senate in 1934. He has admirers among the Republicans in Minnesota now who are suggesting that the Re publicans should pick him for Vice President in 1932, on the ground that he would be a strong candidate in the Northwest and the other agricultural States of the West. \ Senator Shipstead has been out in California recently attending a meeting of a Senatorial Committee and also seeking to improve his health. He was seriously {ll last Winter. Whether he will return to Minnesota in time to take part in the present campaign is not known, at Farmer-Labor headquarters here. Magnus Johnson, former Senator, has come out in a strong statement supporting the candidacy of Olson for Governor. The Republicans have been asking publicly where Johnson and Shipstead stood in the gubernatorial race. Expect Chase to Win. The Republicans say they will win with Chase. 1If the past record in gubernatorial elections means anything, they should do so. Chase will have the support of many Republicans who are opposed to the re-election of Senator Schall. He is being supported, for ex- ample, by the Minneapolis Journal, a strong Republican newspaper, whicl attacking Schall at every turn. Never« theless, the Republicans are worried over the possibility that Olson may make & strong appeal to the voters in his cam- paign and that he may win by a narrow margin. Mr. Chase in his campaign has taken a stand in support of the Hoover ad= ministration. He is the only Republic~ an candidate for major cffice who has been talking about the administration up to date. PFarmer-Labor and Demo- cratic candidates have attacked 2dministration and are likely to con= tinue their attacks. Some of the Re- publicans are questioning the wisdom of Mr. Chase's declarations in support of the administration, for there is cpposition to the administration both cn the part of the grain trade, a pow= erful influence in Minneapolis and other centers, and on the part of farmers, who have not been pleased with the new tariff law. Influential and wealthy Republicans in the grain trade have been highly antagonistic, to put it mildly, to the new farm act and the Federal Farm Board. They insist that it is putting the Government into business, a busi~ ness which has been theirs. The farm= ers, on the other hand, are told by the Farmer-Labor leaders, the Democrats and manv cf the Republican leaders, that what they need is not the Federal Farm Board, but the McNary-Haugen bill and the equalization fee. Ask Trial of Policy. Calmer heads among the Republicans !insist that it the farmers will give the new law and Feceral Farm Board a chance, they will find that it is an aid to ‘them. "Reports from Washington that the Federal Trade Commission, acting for the Farm Board, is making an investigation to determine whether the grain trade is engaged in a gigan= tic conspiracy to discredit the Pederal Farm Board and its work through a huge corps cf paid propagandists have aroused a great deal of interest here. The organization of the Farmer- Labor party came about largely because the farmers have watched for years the | growth of huge fortunes in the hands of the grain traders, made out of the produce of the farmers. The party is a protest against a system which the farmers say does not give them an even break. If the farmers become con- vinced, however, that the Federal Farm Board is a real help to them they are likely to think much more kindly of the administration. The decline in the price of wheat this year has been & real blow to the prestige of the Farm Board, just when it was getting under way. On the other hand. the farmers are ready to concede that the brard has been of assistance to the dairy business, one of the largest .industries of the State. Two_years ago 100,000 voters went to olls in this State who did not vote for the President. This large number of voters did not state their preference for President because they were un= willing to support either President Hoo- ver or his opponent, Alfred E. Smith, the Democratic nominee. Even so, Mr. Hoover carried the State by 164,000 Attention, Children! Two new and entertaining features—“Adventures in Wonderland” and “Puffy”— begin in today that it had suspended the sale of tickets and dispatch of freight for all its Minas Geraes system, presum- ably meaning that revolutionaries have captured the upper e: of the road. Monday’s Star Watch for Them!