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WEATHER. (U. B. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair today and tomorrow, not much change in temperature. Tem] iture—Highest, 77, at 2 p.m. yes! ly; lowest, 54, at 6 am. yes- terday. Full report on page 5. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes by The Star’s exclusive carrier service. Phone National 5000 to start immediate delivery. WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION #)_Means Associated Pre: No. 1,334—No. 31,575. he Sunday Star, Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. TRO0P TRAIN CRASH WITH 1,000 ABOARD REPORTED 45 WAR SPREADS N BRAZL Number of Casualties in Fed- eral Force Not Stated—In-| surgents Claim Victories | Over Wide Area of Nation. | { | ' | U. S. READY TO RESCUE CITIZENS WITH WARSHIP Cruiser Stands by as Precaution-| ary Move—Big Battle Believed Imminent as Rebels Concen- trate 50,000 Men in Sao Paulo State. By the Associated Press. BUENOS AIRES, October 12— Unconfirmed reports reaching here this morning were that a Federal troop train, with 1,000 men aboard, was derailed between Sao Paulo and Santos, crashing into a ravine. | The number of casualties was unknown. PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil, Oc- tober 11.—Insurgent quarters to- day stated that a revolutionary army, 50,000 strong, had been con- centrated in the State of Sao Paulo near the Parana border and that a battle'was imminent with federal troops. Brazilian revolutionary sources today claimed victories all around against loyal troops and predict- ed the regime of President Wash- ington Luis soon would be de- feated. Information obtained by the local cor- respondent of La Nacion, Buenos Aires, asserted the federal garrison st Santa FEDERALS PUSH NORTH. Expect to Meet Rebels in State of Minas Geraes. RIO DE JANEIRO, October 11 ().— Reports v.odn“n:d that the federal troops y The federals hope to reach it within a few days. i The reports aiso said that the gaso- line supplies of the insurgents in Minas | Geraes had been exhausted and that! motor _transport in the state capital, Bello Horizonte, had ceased. Pilots Return to U. 8. Pederal sources said that insurgents | from Minas Geraes had crossed the borders of Espirito Santo and Goyaz, but had been driven back by the mili- tary police of those states. Details of the casualties were unavailable. The Pan-American Alrways have de- cided not to start mail service to Para- maribo and Santos, port of Sao Paulo. ‘Their staff is being cut down and some pllots sent back to the United States. Minas Geraes, lying directly north of the capital, supplies much of Rio de Janeiro's food and is important for | its railway connections, which have been interrupted by the revolt. Repulse Rebel Force. Federal troops at Julz de Fora yes- ferday repulsed an attack by rebel state police and thus held the Southern divi- | sion of a railroad Northward from Rio de Janeiro. The capture of Barbacena, direculy North, gave control of another seciion, while a victory at Lafayette, still almost | due North, would open the way | another attack Northward on Bello Horizonte. The latter, which is the | state capital, now is held by the rebels. | Government _airplanes have bombed | them frequently, meanwhile awaiting | opening of the railroad iine to conduct | & ground attack. i The fact that another Minas Geraes | railroad has been interrupted was in- dicated in the announcement today at | WASHINGTON, D. .C., SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 12, 1930—130 PAGES. Sports High Lights Minnesota held Stanford to a scoreless tie in what probably was the biggest upset along the far- flung foot ball front yesterday, with Michigan’s 14-13 victory over Purduc and Washington State's 7-6 win over Southern California next in line. George Washington registered its first victory in two séasons by beating Delaware, 9-6; Gallaudet trounced American University, 18- 6: Holy Cross smothered Catholic University, 27-6, and North Caro- lina nosed out Maryland, 28-21. Navy bowed to Notre Dame, 26~ 2, while Army swamped Swarth- more, 39-0. Brown repeated over Princeton, 7-0, and Georgia took the measure of Yale, 18-14. Other results included: Carnegie Tech, 31; Tech, 0. Northwestern, 19; Ohio State, 2. Penn, 40; Virginia, 6. Vanderbilt, 40; V. P. I.. 0. West Virginia, 33; Washington and Lee, 13. The Citadel, 7; V. M. L., 6. Wisconsin, 34; Chicago, 0. California, 7; St. Mary's, 6. 45,000 SEE IRISH SWANP NAVY, %6- Savoldi Stars in Contest Dedicating New Stadium at Notre Dame. Georgia } Spectal Dispatch to Th, Star. SOUTH BEND, .nd., October 11.—A long anticipated drama of Notre Dame foot ball came true this afternoon. The fighting Irish, dedicatings their new stadium before a crowd of 45,000 cheer- ing spectators, downed Navy by a score of 26 to 2 and made an alumni gath- ered from all corners of the country happy. It was Notre Dame’s highest athletic moment, and the team which has been spending years rambling about, playing in the amphitheaters of other universities, now has one of its own of which it is justly proud. An attack led by the massive Joe Savoldi, from Three Oaks, Mich., swept a Navy team aside, and during the second and third periods this accom- plished ball carrier went over the line for three touchdowns, a fourth one coming in the last period when Fred Staab plunged over. In the last period 8 poor pass for a punt resulted in a safety for Navy. This dedicatory triumph of Notre Dame showed another great Rockne- coached team in the making. Almost perfectly co-ordinated are the forwards and backs and so thoroughly schooled in their assignments that blocking in- rflm pushed aside all Navy de- ense, Navy Completes 6 of 19 Passes. ‘The figures of the battle place Notre Dame far out in front. The Irish made 12 first downs to Navy's 7, and Notre Dame gained 552 yards from scrimmage to 64 by Navy. Navy tried 19 forward passes, and the Notre Dame defense solved all bt 6 of these. Navy depended on the passes to outplay Notre Dame. The middies gain LUNOISDESTINED TOGETWET-OTING SENKTOR N FAL Mrs. McCormick Will Abide by Referendum, While Lewis Is Pledged. DRY FORCES HELD SURE TO LOSE ISSUE VOTE Anti-Saloon League and W. C. T. U. Split Over Advisability of Balloting. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN, Staff Correspondent of The Star. CHICAGO, Ill, October 11.—Illinois will be represented at Washington by a wet-voting Senator, Democrat or Re- publican, as the case may be, as a result of the election in November, it | now appears. Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCormick, Republican nominee for the Senate, agreed to abide by the result of the referendum which is to be held on the liquor question at the same time as the senatorial election. Former Senator James Hamilton Lewis, candidate of the Democratic party, is pledged to the wet cause, no matter how the referen- dum goes. ‘The wet and dry issue was still further accentuated in, the Senate race tonight whén Willlam Randolph Hearst came out with an announcement that he favored the election of Senator Lewis over Mrs. McCormick, The effeet of Mrs. McCormick’s promise to vote on repeal or modifica- tion of the dry laws in accordance with the outcome of the referendum is re- garded here as tantamount to a promise to vote wet. No one, not. the most ardent dry, expects the referendum to go any other way than wet. One Possible Catch. There is one possible catch in this statement of the case, however. The Illinois referendum on prohibition this year presents to the voters three sepa- rate questions. First, do you favor re- peal of the eighteenth amendment? Second, do you favor modification of the Volstead act so as to permit the manufacture, sale etc., of alcoholic beverages which are not in fact intoxi- cating as determined by the laws of the States? Third, do you favor repeal he State prohibition enforcement It is possible that the total dry , opposing all change, may exceed the vote cast for repeal, for example, while it might be less than the com- bined vote for repeal and for modifi- cation. Seriator Lewis is trying to learn from Mrs, McCormick if, under such circumstances, Mrs. McCormick would h:ld th-lte she hu!dn mandate troml the people to vote dry on a proposa to submit the eighteenth amendment to the States for repeal or modification. the has 69 yards with their passes, while Notre Dame gathered in 66 on the two they completed. ‘The only phase of the game in which Navy had an edge was in kicking and the Middies averaged 37 yards with their punts to about 30 by the home The dry organizations in Illinois, the Anti-Saloon and the Women's Christian Temperance Union, have split over the advisability of having the dry voters take part in the refer- endum. The e is urging its mem- r drys to leave the . uffered h bers and the ol Trom penalties, Foskne's toarm bemy ) | referendum field to, the wets; thar such back ?;r a total of 75 yards. Officials |2 referendum is in no way binding are watching the Notre Dame shift with | legally upon any one, and that if the eagle eyes and some of the penalties| drys remain out of the race, the vic- this aftern tory will be an empty one for the wets. ivs afternoon were for falling to come | 137 Ynion, ‘on ' the. other hand, hes (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) $120,000,000 LOAN TO REICH REPORTED Berlin Paper Says Agreement,| Subject to Parliament Action, Has Been Signed. By the Associated Press BERLIN, October 11.—The Vossische Zeitung tonight reported that agree-!| ments extending foreign credits of 500,000,000 marks (about $120,000,000) to Germany had been signed during the evening. ject 1o peasege by the Relehsag. which ect ge by t) ichstag, whic unmhre:“.Mnndly. of Chancellor Heinrich Breuning’s financial reforms. The paper said interest would be 6.30 per cent. This will be divided as follows: Nominal interest of 43, per cent, plus 1%, per cent for banks and additional charges of 0:30 per cent. The interest is to be paid semi-an- nually, the paper asserts, and the credit is to run for two years. BOY, 5, KILLED BY BUS Driver Says Child Darted in Front of Wheels. Five-year-old David Hobson, son of Sao Paulo that the Leopoldina Rail- | Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Hobson of Ed- way no longer would sell tickets or ac- [ monston, Md., was killed yesterday af- cept consignments of freight on its ex- ternoon by a bus of the Wash! tentions in Minas Geraes. | Ready for Long Fight. Government spokesman sald today the Federal administration was pre- pared to spend several months, if necessary, to suppress the rebellion, " (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) ington Rallway & Electric Co., which struck him on the roadway almost in front of his home. Raymond Henry Birch of the 500 black of Seventh street southeast, of this city, driver of the bus, said the child darted from behind a line of cars directly in front of the bus. HARVARD CRIMSON CALLS LEGION CONVENTION “WHOLESALE BRAWL” “Worse Than Subway Riot or Drunken Foot Ball Crowd,” Daily Paper Adds. By the Associated Press. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., October 11.— The Harvard Cri n, undergraduate daily newspaper termed the Le- glon Convention in Boston this week a “wholesale brawl” which “was worse than a l\ab"fl‘ly riot or a drunken foot ball crowd.’ ‘The editorial brought immediate re- plies from Mayor Richard M. Russell of Cambridge and MEE W. past commander of the Cambridge Post of American . The latter demanded the tion of those studen torial and said ‘be the past. No other country in the wor'd. the for the edi-|in students had | dence Crimson said, “would countenance the spectacle of the recent American Le- glon Convention in Boston.” The pa- per termed the affalr “merely an ex- cuse for a wholesale brawl” and con- tinued that Boston had seen fit “to allow. a total relaxation of law and during the stay in the Hub of the ‘buddies’ who fought to make the world safe for democracy and come back to raise hell annually so no one taken up the wet challenge and is de- manding that every dry voter cast his ballot against any change in the eight- eenth amendment or the Volstead act. Privately it is admitted that probably 75 per cent even of those drys who follow the Anti-Saloon League in the State will take part in the referendum. Hammer-and-Tongs Fight. The drys and the wets are at it ham- | mer and tongs, therefore, over the ref- | erendum, with' the outlook pointing to a victory of one kind or another for the wets. It seems entirely probable that all repealers will also vote for modifica- tion of the dry laws. Whether all the modificationists will stand for repeal is, however, a very different matter. Tllinois has held two other referen- dums on the wet and dry question since national prohibition became the order of the day, the first time in 1922 and the second in 1926. In both instances the State voted “wet” But also in both instances the Anti-Saloon League urged the drys to pay no attention to ¢he referendum. The league has placed its bets, if the league may be said to have done anything so sporting, on the dry _nominees for Representative-at- (Continued on Page 4, Column 5.) TODAY’S STAR | PART ONE—28 PAGES, General News—Local, National and Foreign. B Educational News—Pages B-6 and B-T. Spanish War Veterans—Page C-6. W. C. T. U. Activities—Page C-6. PART TWO—I12 PAGES, Editorial Section—Editorials and Edi- torial Features. D. A. R Activities—Page 5. News of the Clubs—Page 8. Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 9. Veterans of the Great War—Page 10. PART THREE—16 PAGES. Sociely Section. District of Columbia Naval Reserves— Page 13. PART FOUR—10 PAGES. Amusement Section—Theater, and Music. In the Motor World—Page 5. Aviation—Page 7. Organized Rg;ervu—l‘lce 8. District National Guard—Page 10. Y. W, C. A. Notes—Page 10. PART FIVE—6 PAGES. Sports Section. 14_PAGES. PART SIX Financial News and Classified Adver- tising. ‘The H«‘:me Gardener—Page 13. News of the Fraternities—Page 13. Community Center Notes—Page 14. PART SEVEN—24 PAGES. Magazine Section. Notes of Arts and Artists—Page 18. Reviews of the New Books—Page 19. Cross-word Puzzie—Page 22. GRAPHIC SECTION—12 PAGES. Screen can forget it."” R st S AL shegus sev: 's sta Boston and had mmfl evl! e Wil Do o ey Do - cated but most of them were too youn to be fegionnaires, World Events in Pictures. COLOR SECTION—$ PAGES. Moon Mullins; Mutt and Jefl; Little Orphan ;M. Mrs.; Brutus; iy us; g‘:h".g::":;.' ebody’s Stenog; |ulation within its boundaries, as * FIVE CE IN WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS NTS TEN CENTS ELSEWHERE CENSUS REFERENCE GIVES D. C. 700,000 Government Officials Concede Population Extends Beyond Geographical Borders. The City of Washington will be de- scribed as an area containing about 700,000 persons, instead of 485000 as credited in the last census, in the Cen- sus Bureau's statistical reference to cities throughout the country. "The Capital will thus gain a higher rating because Government officials have con- ceded that in a larger sense a city's population extends- beyond its geo- graphical borders. This is especially true with regard to assessing the importance of a city as a trade center. The Bensus Bureau plans to publish supplementary information in form of a special bulletin about cities of more than 100,000 lation, in which it will be shown what adjacent territory touches closest upon the city in_question. us Washington would be regarded l‘: gonfln‘:ln‘x, of p1:‘m of nmy Mary- nd and Virginia, particularly those residence districts which depend al- most entirely upon downtown Wash- ington for its trade in living necessi- ties. The description probably wills be of the “Greater Washington area” and prepared in such a manner as to show clearly that as a trade community the Capital extends across the Potomac and into Maryland as well as Virginia. Important to Business. leaders have pointed out that such a designation is of more im- portance than would appear on the surface. Industries and business con- cerns which are constantly interested in developing their interests in new fields, and extending their business in old fields, depend to a,large extent upon statistics furnished by the Census Bu- reau for descriptions of the trade pos- sibilities in territory that atracts. Census returns which were compiled by J. Sterling Moran, census supervisor for the District, reported the Wash- ington population to be 485716. Mr. Moran sald at the time that to all practical purposes the population of Washington was 700,000. He pointed out that many familes live in nearby Vir- ginia and Maryland and work in Wash- ull!‘wn and do all their buying in the city. The Census Bureau, it was pointed out, is not interested in pampering chambers of commerce that usually feel their communities have larger popula- tions than credited to them. On the other hand, bureau officials want to fur- nish a picture of community life and interests as accurate and comprehensive as possible. Business Published in Pamphlet. At first this additional information probably will be made available in a special chapter appended to the report of population by cities. Later. how- ever, the information will be published in pamphlet form and made available to Dbusthess and. other interests gen- plan is not expected to prove disconcerting for the reason that every city will be listed according to the pop- or- merly. Washington and Alexandria, Va., for example, will not be linked ex- cept in the additional reference to the nearby Virginia city as being within the “metropolitan area” of the Capital. Business interests in other sections of the country, which do not know from statistics now available that a com- munity of about 8,000 lives within 10 miles of Washington and uses the Capi- tal as its trade center, will be able to study the additional information and plan accordingly. 'RISK OF TRAFFIC ARREST HERE LEADS FIVE EASTERN CENTERS \Capital Safer Than New York, Buffalo, | Cleveland, Baltimore and Philadelphia, Survey Made by The Star Shows. A traffic violator runs a greater risk of being arrested in Washington than in five other principal cities of the East—New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cleveland and Buffalo. | The possibility of being killed in a traffic accident in Washington is decid- | edly less than in these five cities. And with the exception of New York, Washington has more speed violators, | or more of them caught by the police, than any of the other cities. These are the conclusions drawn|show, however, that the arrests per | from a survey made by The Star of | vehicle in Washington exceed those traffic_arrests and traffic accidents in|in all five cities. According to the the, five cities, n comparison with | registration, Washington has fewer ve- ‘Washington’s record for the last fiscal | hicles than any of these cities. year, ended June 30. With 848,184 vehicles, New York Of the five cities, New York led in heads the citles in total registration, the number of arrests, with a total | followed by Baltimore with 330,302. |of 208,705. Cleveland followed, with Then comes Philadelphia with 325,000, 76,512, and Washington stood third, | Cleveland with 280,000, Buffalo with with 60,967. Next came Bal with 1timore 180,000 and Washington with 173,661. 48,675, then Philadelphia with 44,110, While Washington leads in the num- lnd‘flnllly Buffalo with a low total of of arrests figures FRENCH ACES SAIL - SOONWITH §73,000 .7 Motor vehicle registration (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) BREEN WARNS 1.5, ON UNEMPLOYMENT 21l . PROPERTIES Handsomely for Flight to and Over U. S. By the Associated Press. took apart and packed away today the scarlet sesquiplane Question Mark, which carried Diuedonne Coste and Maurice Bellonte to lasting fame and to a greater fortune than has been won by any ocean fiyer since Col. | Charles A. Lindbergh. When the flyers sail with their crated plane for France on October 17 they | will have in their pockets almost $75,~ 1000 as a result of their flight from | Paris to New York and Dallas and the | subsequent tour of the country. They could have made much more if they had accepted advertising and publicity offers in connection with their good- will tour, but it was desired that the flight should have no commercial flavor. The day before they leave Coste and Bellonte will be presented with a- check for $25,000, the prize offered by William E. Easterwood of Dallas for the first flight from Paris to the Texas city. At the same time or before that they will receive what is left of a $50,000 fund_raised by the committee which ~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) 67 GIVEN UP AS LOST Four French Fishing Vessels Miss- | { ing Since September Storm. CONOARNEAU, ¢ FRANCE, October |11 (#).—Hope was abandoned today by the authorities of this maritime district for return of four fishing vessels, miss- ing from Brittany ports since the storm of September 21, 22. The toll of dead and missing now stands at 67 versons. MA]J. FRANCO, FAMOUS SPANISH FLYER. IMPRISONED FOR PLOTS Berenguer Government Takes Stern Measures With Agitators. By the Associated Press. MADRID, October 11.—Menaced by the two extremes of dictatorship or revolution, Spain today discovered that the Berenguer government had begun to make good its warning of last Thurs- day that it no longer would tolerate political or labor movements having the avowed object of bringing about revolution. o A systematic round-up of agitators, both political and laborite, was begun today. One of its most prominent vic- tims was Maj. Ramon Franco, hero of in's air forces for his transatlantic ht to South America in 1926, tary aviator, who reeenl!;ly publicans, had been cl (Continued on Page 3, Column 8. | Coste and Bellonte Rewarded | NEW YORK, October 11.—Mechln|a‘ A. F. L. to Draft Policy fori Relieving Situation as Winter Approaches. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, October 11, — William | Green, president of the American | Federation of Labor, tonight sald he| | believed government officials through- out the country did not realize the | acuteness of the unemployment situa- idon. Basing his statement on information gathered from contact with the dele- gates to the annual convention of the ! federation here, Mr. Green said: “Federal, State and municipal offi- cials must prepare immediately for the distressing_conditions that will accom- pany the Winter months. They can't| escape the facts. With the passing of each day and the approach of colder weather, the situation becomes more serious.” | Mrs. INMAP LISTING 334 ‘SPEAKEASIES' HERE Crusaders’ Anti-Prohibitit;n‘ Campaign Shows Result of Capital Raids. COST TO CITY HELD $500,000 TO $700,000 Statistical Bureau Data Cites Loss in Fees, Padlocking, Salaries and Rents. Two properties owned by the Federal | Government are included in a total of 934 premises in Washington spotted on | a “speakeasy” map of the National| Capital, made public here last night by | the Crusaders, anti-dry organization, as | places where prohibition agents discov- ered illegal liquor during the seven- month period from September, 1929, to | April, 1930. * This information, based on Washing- ton police records, is being broadcast throughout the country tcday by the Crusaders in a statement that the map | furnishes proof “that the prohibition | law is flaunted in the Nation's Capital,” and that “speakeasies flourish in the very shadow of the White House.” e anti-prohibition crganization had | at hand, but did not include in its| statement, a comparison of the num- | ber of speakeasies discovered in this | seven-month period with the number of | saloons operating here in’ pre-prohibi- tion days. In 1915, for instance, in the year before Washington was made “dry,” there were 326 bar rooms here. Oldtimers, recall, however, that the number at times was larger. Evidence that there were at least 934 speakeasies operating in Washington for the seven months surveyed by the Crusaders is brcadcast by that organi- zation in support of its belief that pro- hibition cannot be enforced. The Cru- | saders is a national organization of men who have “declared war againsy the eighteenth amendment, the Vol- fflud act and the Jones ‘Five and Ten’ aw.” Map by Statistical Firm. The “speakeasies” map was drawn up | for the Crusaders by Rufus S. Lusk, Inc., local statistical firm, from data obtained from metropolitan police rec- ords of raids made here where liquor was purchased or found during the seven months, Mr. Lusk, in analyzing the survey data, states that the enforcement of the pro- hibition law in Washington is its citizens between $600,000 and $700.- 000 per year, in the expenditure of funds and in the lost income from license fees formerly paid saloons and in lost rents due to padlocks. Findng airguments in the map against grohlbll.lon. the Crusaders say this lack-dotted document “pictures a con- centration of ‘speakeasies’ in the im- mediate vicinity of the United States Capitol, where Congress passed the eighteenth amendment at a time when | the flower of American manhood was | enrolled in the armies of the United | States to defend the liberty of American | citizens. “It shows that a dozen ‘speakeasies’ literally surround the Prohibition Bureau. It demonstrates that dispen saries of bootleg liquors are not con fined to slums and alleys, but cluster | thickly in, Washingion finest resi- dential section, adjacent to the homes | of cabinet officers, Senators, Represen- | tatives in Congress, Army and Navy officers, Government officials, members of the diplomatic corps and the socially prominent in America’s Capital. | “Two properties on which these | resent-day ‘saloons’ have been opened | long to well-known charitable or- ganizations, several of the ‘black spots’ | are owned by big banks and trust com- !:mr.ies and at least one property stands n the name of a nationally-known for this map, according to (Continued on | 4, Cojumn 4.) AUNT OF PRESIDENT DIES IN CAL|FORNIA! Anne Heald, 88, Expires After Illness of Several Savings and Credit Gone. “Last Winter the people of the Nation were better prepared for con- | ditions. They had a little savings and | their credit was still good. This year their savings are gone, and in many | instances their credit, too. I think the government officials reall the acuteness of the situation.” ! Green'said he did not expect to see | any substantial change in economic | conditions until next Spring, when, he ! said, “I hope we will move out of the | depression " The federation will outline a policy | and suggest a remedy for unemploy- ment, he sald, and this will be sub- mitted to government officials for ap- plication, “The present situation has taught every one a lesson,” Green asserted. “It has shown us that we can’t fail to supply a remedy for unemployment. We | must deal with the situation in a sclen- | tific way.” Delegates Take Boat Trip. Delegates to the convention, which stands adjourned until next Tuesday, today went on a boat trip down Boston barbor, .which included & shore dinner at_Hull ‘Tomoriow William Cardinal O'Con- nell, archbishop of the Boston Catholic archidocese, will deliver a labor sermon to delegates who attend a mass at the Catifedral of the Holy Cross. Dele- gates u:romtnent in the organization's activities will occupy Protestant pulpits in Greater Boston. The executive council will meet in special session tomorrow to consider a peace move designed to end the dis- sension which split the United Mine Workers _of America into two rival | " (Continued on Page 11, Column 1.) | OPERATE ON SENATOR Henrik Shipstead of Minnesota Goes Under Surgeon’s Knife. LOS ANGELES, October 11 (#)— United States Senator Henrik stead of Minnesota was operated upon at St. Vincent's .l i % | the home of her’ daughter, Mrs. H. G. Months at Palo Alto. By the Assoclated Press. PALO ALTO, Calif,, October 11. —Mrs. Anne Heald, 88, maternal aunt of President Hoover, died today at Rench, in East Palo Alto. She had been Il several months. Mrs. Heald had resided in Palo Alto more than 30 years, coming here from Santa Cruz after the death of her hus- band, Hiel Heald, farmer and lumber dealer. She was born in Toronto, On- tario, but spent the greater part of her ! life in the United States. Mrs. Heald lived in West Branch, Commissioner OCENT TAX RAISE FOR BUDGET IN 1332 HELD UNNECESSARY Review of District Finances Indicates Current Year Sur- plus of $1,800,000. FINAL DECISION AWAITS CONGRESSIONAL ACTION Reichelderfer Ex- pects to Retain $1.70 Rate on Present Outlook. ‘The 10-cent increase in the tax rate on which the Commissioners predicated their $48,000,000 budget for 1932 will not be necessary, it was disclosed yesterday, as the Budget Bureau com- pleted the first week of hearings on the estimates for the next fiscal year. The necessity for the higher tax levy, it was said, has been obviated by a recapitulation of finances which puts the District in a different light than that pictured when the 1932 estimates were framed, Instead of being de- pendent almost entirely on receipts from taxes and other sources at the end of this fiscal year it has been found that the District actually will have a surplus of about $1,800,000. Will Continue $1.70 Levy. The proposed 10-cent raise in the tax rate would have yielded $1,300,000 in additional revenue. The prospective surplus, therefore, will be about $500,- 000 in excess of this amount, making it possible, it was declared, to continue the existing $1.70 levy. Commissioner Luther H. Reichel. derfer, who has supervision over the financial departments of the District, admitted that the 1932 budget as it now stands can be financed on tRe $1.70 tax rate, although it was- predicated on a $1.80 levy, “Several months ago it was thought a $1.80 rate might be necessary next year,” said Dr. Reichelderfer. “But the estimates of receipts and expenditures have changed since that time And unless some extraordinary expenses de- velop and Congress increases the budget above the amount now called for in the estimates, it probably will not be .necessary to raise the tax rate next year.” Rate Fixed Next Year. Commissioner Reichelderfer pointed out, however, that the tax levy for 1932 will not be fixed until next Sum- mer. By that time the Commissioners will know definitely how much money will hlv!"h': be raised by taxation : support appropriations made c«utp ess for the coming fiscal year. In the meéantime, Dr. Reichelderfer explained, the special subcommittee of the House appointed to study the prob- lem of fiscal reiations between the Fed- eral and District Governments may recommend a change in the policy of fiscal relations which might have some eflect on the tax levy. At any rate, he made it clear that the budget which the Commissioners sent to the Budget Bureau in July, contemplating a 1= cent increase in the rate, can be sups ported on $1.70 on the basis of latest calculations. Auditor Prepares Report. Maj. Daniel Donovan, Distriet auditor and budgct officer, is now com= pleting a statement showing the pro- spective condition of the municipal treasury at the beginning of the 1933 fiscal year, and revealing the existence of the $1,800,000 surplus, which had not besn taken into account at the time the Commissioners framed the estimates for the coming year, and re- sulted in the announcement that & $1.80 tax levy was in prospect. The statement is expected to be made public this week. Aside from a $1.80 tax rate, the 1932 budget also was predicated on a con- tribution of $10,000,000 by the Federal Government—an increase of $1,000,000 above the amount apropriated from 1925 to 1929, and $500,000 more than Cengress allowed in the current fiscal year Budget officials have indicated during the hearings, however, that they likely will not sanction a Federal con- (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) YOUTH’S CONI CONFESSION CLEARS MYSTERY BLASTS Town Near Hancock, Md., Peace- ful After Arrest in Theft and Explosions of Dynamite. Specia) Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., October 11.— The little town of Amaranth, across the Mason and Dikon line from Hancock, Md. was quist today. A serles of tare rific. exploslons which rocked the moun=- tainside earlier in the week had been cleared with the confession of Marshall Divel, 17, that he had stolen 30 sticks of the explosive from a highway con- struction company and set off a series of blasts to get a thrill. Divel was arrested as he attempted to leap from a second-story window. Towa, at the time @f President Hoover's birth in that small settlement, later moving with her husband to Kansas and finally migrating to this State. A wooden culvert was demolished and |a charge near the home of Willlam Car- nell, a farmer, shattered most of the Hoover's Secreta HAMILTON, (). —Frank _Strother, tary to President Bermuda, October 11 executive secre- the steamship Veendam. ry Leaves Bermuda _Hoover, safled with Mrs, Strother fdr ‘New York today on windows. The Oak Grove School was damaged by a third explosion, which was followed by a series of others. The populace was terror-stricken. ~ The marks made by an_automobile tire at the scene of several of the explosions matched a tire on Divel's car and led to suspicion of him. He is in the Me- Connellsburg Jail. ALL PLAY AND NO WORK HERRICK’S FATE AT JAIL IN CENTERVILLE, MD. Former Dry Representative Will Bé Guiest of Government for Helping Run Still. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., October 11.—Tt is all play and no work for Manuel Her- rick, the former dry Representative from Oklahoma, who is spending the next six months at the Government's expense at the jail in Centerville, Md., because he helped run a still. Members of the Federal prisoners’ club of Centerville, of which Herrick is now a member, have nothing to do but eat, sleep and amuse themselves as they see fit, S0 long as their activities do not include trigs outside the building in which they are serving various sens . | tences for violations of Federal laws. ve ‘the h to He s been' 1l here > several days. ‘The group has a membership of nine at grucnt.p The ers &flfl on where there are & number of small rooms opening onto a large dormitory¢ It was said the men are never locked in the rooms,. but are confined to the one floor of the building. < Herrick became a member of the club when he and a number of other prison- | ers arrived at'the jail yesterday after. Sopes ‘i the. Unied "Staten Dirigh Soper e Un! \"»1.‘r|lr'.pl 1here.h The former e ! was given the six-month jail term ai 4 being convicted by a jury on Wadn‘g day of manufacturing and r. He and two others, one of « "d,‘ ‘were caj agents in a ra St. Mary’ are 1 the second floor of the jail building, | Mills, ¥