Evening Star Newspaper, October 15, 1930, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) cloudy tonight and tomorrow; Partly not much change in tem ures—Higl rature. The only evening in Washington wit: Associ iated the Press news pe; ‘Temperat: hest, 73, at noon today: loWest, 57, at 6:30 a.m. today. Full report on page 9. service. ¢ Foenin ; WITH SU]’IAY MORNING EDITION Yesterday’s Circulation, 111,696 TWO CENTS. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 31,578, No. S R T WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1930—SIXTY-EIGHT PAGES. %% UM Means Associated Press. er C. Ratio of Divorce | PRESSURE T0 CURB NAVY YARD PAY CUT FEDERALS WINNING ON EVERY FRONT IN BRAZIL, THEY CLAIM Captured Machine Guns and Ammunition From Rebels in Heavy Fighting. REVOLT LEADERS LOOK FOR DECISIVE BATTLE Central Railway Re-establishes Service on Heels of Government Success in One State. By the Assoclated Press. RIO DE JANEIRO, October 15.— Renewed successes in every quarter of fighting with revolutionary troops were claimed today by the government in an offical announcement by the minister of justice, who listed victories in the States of Minas Geraes, Parana and Eastern Rio de Janeiro. A federal army operating in North- eastern Rio de Janeiro repulsed a rebel attack at Itaocara, on a direct rail route to Nictheroy, across the strait from Rio de Janelro, yesterday. There was prolonged heavy fighting. The federals captured three machine guns with 4,800 rounds of ammunition and other auto- matic arms. & Forced Rebels Back. Another column of federal soldiers in the same area forced rebei troops from Minas Geraes out of Porto Velho and are now in front of Porto Novo do Cunha, across the border in Minas Geraes. Nearby other forces have taken the towns of San Antonio do Chiador d’Espanha. long Sao Paulo-Parana front positions and repel attacks of the rebels, who have =wmflmmmmmum,u Tunnel Is Captured. [ i i g force yesterday the bridgehead at Sengues. Parana, and won. The insurgents Jeft 15 dead, including their command- ing officer, on field. Other federal Geraes, always have been comparative- stient, continues with forces far in- toward Bello Horizonte, %alm of lind 8y lished as far as Sapacaia the branch from Entre Rios to Novo, Believe Revolt Broken. The federal advance is now said to be with little opposition. Officials believe that revolutionary support will wane and tbe state return to the national federation with but little more hting. ulnm%lmm Minas Geraes federal occupled Igarapava bridgehead, in the delta zone on the Rio Grande, after a bit of s";r;m on the l‘p:;t g Maj. Moya, W] was promot lieutenant coionel in recognition of his feat. The federals, Sao Paulo reports say, are organizing a Negro battalion for use in suppressing the revolution. JURY INDICTS SEVEN IN PRISON DOPE RING YTeavenworth Guard Among Those Cited in Smuggling Plot. By the Assoclated Press. LEAVENWORTH, Kans, October 15. —Seven members of an alleged con- spiracy to smuggle narcotics from Louisville, Ky. into the Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary were indicted by a Federal grand jury here today. The alleged ring included 15 or more mem- bers, but the others were not men- tioned in the indictments reported this morning. ‘Those indicted under the anti-nar- Drake, guard ll‘!M Fed- C. Webster, pen! Louisville and George H. Miller, Wichita Schools Reopen. Ford. | One Bullet Below Heart and Another in Mouth May ghonu itentiary and son- -law of Mrs. Ford; Walter Kaiser ;l Strength and Sam Margolas, Leaven: worth convicts. In District Lowest In Entire Country Only One Couple Sepa- rated Here to Every 49 Marriages Performed. The District of Columbia leads all the States of the Union in marital tran- quility, according to & preliminary re- port on marriages and divorces issued today by the Department of Commerce More couples were getting married here last year while one divorce was being recorded than in any other State, and there were less divorces per 1,000 the United States, the figures disclose. This does not include South Carolina, of course, where divorces are illegal. For each divorce granted last year, 49 other couples were embarking on (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) WICKERSHAM BODY NEARING DECISION Signs of Definite Proposals Apparent as Enforcement Discussions Are Resumed. By the Assoclated Press. Approaching a showdown on their long study of prohibition, the members of President Hoover’s Law Enforcement Commission returned here today to re- sume their discussions. Signs that definite propopsitions would soon be forthcoming were ap- parent. Already some of the special committees which conducted the fact- finding inquiry into prohibition have of population than anywhere else in|, DEMOGRATIC KNIFE READY T0 SLASH G.0.P.ININDIANA Republicans Sense Situation and Call for Assistance From National Group. ONLY STATE OFFICES AT STAKE THIS YEAR For First Time Since Prohibition Candidates Publicly State Stand for Repeal. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., October 15.— Indlana has been whetting the knife to slash the Republican organization in this State for years. This Novem- ber, the Democrats insist, the slashing will take place. Furthermore, the Re- publicans in Hooslerdom have sensed the situation. They have called for assistance from the national organiza- tion and they are putting on a cam- paign here that is more extensive than in a presidential year. The G. O. P. in Indiana was due for a trimming two years ago. One Re- publican Governor had been sent to jail, another had been indicted. Lesser Republican officials and politicians had been jailed or discredited. The long list of scandals had disgusted the voters. But_the Democrats nominated Alfred E. Smith for President and the fat was in the fire. A wet and a Catholic had no chance in this State. But not- withstanding the huge vote that Hoover rolled up, carrying the State by more than 300,000, the Democratic nominee for Governor lost by only 45,000 votes. This year, however, the fight is a very different affair. State Offices at Stake, No election is held this year of Governor or United States Senator. ‘There are at stake, however, all the State offices from secretary of State the entire delegation which in the House and the State Legislature. An unusual amount of interest revolves around the election of the State Legislature be- cause it will be called upon to re- district the State in accordance with passed | % Sy ST $0S U P & Mesy Loy ATl Z 4 TRACE SECURITIES OF B0B COMPANY Six Miliion Dollar Papers Sought by Officer Con- ducting Probe. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 15.—Officials of the attorney general's department sought today to trace $6,000,000 in se- curities which they had expected to find in the safe of the Metal & Mining Shares, Inc., of which Charles V. Bob, ROBBER SLAIN, PAL TRAPPED BY POSSE Bank President Wounded Frus- that body, Interest in House Seats. Prom a national point of view the interest centers in the contests for seats in the House of Representatives. The Republicans hold 10 out of 13 of these House seats today. They are bound to lose some of these seats in trating Oklahoma Hold- Up. By the Associated Press. ‘WESTVILLE, Okla., October 15.—An attempted bank robbery was frustrated here yesterday, a robber was killed, bank mamns was wounded and posse t night was reported to have surrounded the second of the two hold- up men. A man giving the name of ym Haworth was killed, when bank officials first grappled with the bandits and then obtained guns and fired at the fleeing robbers. Before he died he ?Id his companion was named Elmer jones, Jones was reported surrounded by a m).ue a short distance from here an capture was expected momentarily. P. 8. Howard, president of the bank, was wounded in the hand when he rushed outside the bank to continue firing at the robbers, who sped away in a motor car. Haworth, fatally wounded, left the car about a mile from. Westville and was captured. SCHOONER RACE OFF Thick Weather Makes It Difficult for Vessels to Sail. GLOUCESTER, Mass, October 15 (#)—The second race between the Gloucester fishing schooner Gertrude L. Thebaud and the Nova Scotia fisher- man Bluenose was called off today after the two boats had nearly com- pleted the first half of the course. ‘Thick weather which made it diffi- cult for them to find the markers caused the postponement. sy it g gt $3,000 for Killing Bank Bandit. OMAHA, Oetober 15 (#).—The Ne- braska = Bankers' Association today ted a reward of $3,000 for every bandit killed in Nebraska during a hold-up or a pursuit of a robber fol- Ibwing a hold-up. The association also recommeneded formation of a State constabulary to combat bank robbers. d |in spite of the Hoover landslide. They are likely to lose the fifth, too. It the revolt against the Republicans, which it is insisted is of major portions, materializes, all of these districts may be carried by the Demo- crats, which would make the count 8 to 5 in the House delegation in favor of the Democrats. In only one district is there any chance for the Republicans to win a seat now held by the Democrats, the seventh or Indianapolis district, usually strongly Republican although it is now held by Louis Ludlow, a Democrat. The chance is slight. Representative Lud- low, for many years a newspaper man and a Washington correspondent, won his way into the House two years lgd e former Representative Updike, who was charged with being mixed up with Stevenson, the former Klan leader in the State, now in jail for murdering #_girl in most brutal fashion. This “"(Continued on Page 4, Column 6.) HOOVER HOPES TO SEE TWO FOOT BALL GAMES Plans to Witness Navy-Princeton and Harvard-Yale Contests at Princeton and New Haven. In addition to the Navy-Princeton foot ball game at Princeton on October 25, President Hoover is considering at- tending the Harvard-Yale game at New Haven, Conn., November 22. ‘The President has made it quite definite that he will go to one of these games and has indicated that he hopes to find it convenient to attend both of them. Last year he witnessed the Navy-Georgetown game at Annapolis. With the exception of leaving Wash- ington while attending a foot ball game or two and an occasional trip to his Rapidan camp in Virginia, President Hoover has no intention of indulging in a ?acation trip any time between now and when Congress meets in De- cember. 5 SELF-WOUNDED MAN DRIVES CAR Prove By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 15.—Thomas W. McManus, with a self-inflicted bullet wound below the heart and another in his mouth, drove his automobile 12 miles last night so that he might say to wife before dying. pt was made in the McManus, 46 ‘y-rloll. ‘the shot that entered his near the heart. '&n he lifted 12 MILES TO TELL WIFE GOOD-BY ‘mining S | circles in Denver, Colo.; Salt Lake City, Lumnious Products Mm Shares, Inc, suffered a heavy p. ‘Washburn he belleved the port- folio of $6,000, in securities was in a bank either i New York, New Jefsey Massach . Bob is an aviation enthusiast ard has aided a number of transatlantic undertakings. Before coming to New York he was known in Utah, and Carson City, Nev.. TWO OF 13 PRISONERS WHO ESCAPED CAUGHT North Carolina Officers Search for Eleven, Including Three Murderers. By the Assoclated Press. ROXBORO, N. C,, October 15.--Two of thirteen convicts who escaped Mon- day night from a State prison camp near here were back in custody today while officers continued a search for their 11 confederates who eluded. cap- ture. Jim Wilson of Gaston County, serv- ing 221, to 30 years for murder, and Ernest Burrell, Buncombe County, serv- ing 4', to 6 years for larceny, were captured last night at Yanceyville after nearly 24 hours’ liberty. The first break, discovered by a trusty, E. C. Hilton, was made through a hole in the bottom of the cell block which the prisoners had cut with a hack saw. An unnamed cell corporal and a night guard whom Chester Bell, assistant su- perintendent of State’s prison, charged with neglect of duty were disc Hilton's exposure of the break drew the wrath of his fellow prisoners. Sev- eral convicts attempted to attack him, but guards protected him. A number of long-term prisoners, in- cluding 3 convicted of murder, are among the 11 at liberty. A Composite Show Window Imagine the advantage of a single window in which are displayed the most de- sirable offerings by all the principal merchants, The Star presents just such a window. In today’s issue are 400 columns of ad- vertising from which the careful reader may prepare his purchasing plan—may know in advance where to find those wanted articles of the desired style and Fatal. the gun to his mouth and pulled the trigger ” At a hospital today he said he lost consclousness for three hours. He re- gained his senses and felt an over- powering desire to see his wife, Mina, once again. With his ebbing strength he drove his automobile home, stumbled to the door, greeted his wife, and collapsed. wounds, doctors said, m=y p-ove quality at prices which en- courage present buying. Yesterday’s Advertising (Local Display) Lines. The Evening Star. . 50,304 2d Newspaper . . . ...21,585 3d Newspaper. . ....10,876 4th Newspaper. - 7,073 Sth Newspaper..... 3,453 _Total ,'.'...i"“.: 42,987 College to Test Lie Detector on Cheating Pupils By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 15.— The “lie detector” machine is going to make it unpleasant for Uni- versity of Chicago students who cheat in examinations. Dr. J. A. Larsen, research psy- chiatrist, announced today that he would use cheating students in his experiments with the ma- chine. The purpose is to test the accuracy of the machine and to demonstrate its value in a court of law. CRITICAL DROUGHT GRIPS NEARBY AREA Virginia and Maryland Miss Relief Rains Given North o ptfantie States. By the Associated Press. Drought conditions in Maryland and Virginia are eritical, J. B. Kincer, agricultural meteorologist, said today in reviewing conditions throughout the country. The North Atlantic Coast from New Jersey to Massachusetts last night was drenched by the first substantial precip- itation many localities had had for a month. Boston reported 1.68 inches of rain, New Haven, .80; Philadelphia, .66, and Atlantic City, 1.5. ’I'Qe rain did not extend inland. During the past two weeks, Kincer said, “there hasn't been enough rain to neasure anywhere in the area from Virginia and Eastern West Virginia northeastward to Maine.” Long Drought Here. data was not at hand for dry section, at noon today n had been 27 days and 6 Although the entire ‘Washin, In the four weeks ended yesterday. Richmond, Baltimore and Boston had had no rainfall. New York City had had 4 per cent of normal; Eastport, Me., 14; Trenton, N. J., 23; Philadelphia, 30; Scranton, Pa., 25; Albany, N. Y, 32, and Ithaca, N. Y., 22 per cent. “The whole area is extremely dry,” the meteorologist continued “and condi- tions have become critical in Virginia and Maryland.” Central Valleys Helped. During the past week there was in considerable rainfall in the m&t‘c‘e‘m tral valleys, the Western lake region, and the Southwest, including heavy rains in parts of the Rocky Mountain area. An area extending from North Carolina and Eastern Kentucky north- eastward, however, had very little rain. Regarding the Central and Southern States, where the Summer's record drought has been quite generally broken, high temperatures stimulated the growth of Fall crops not yet ma- tured and also pasture lands. Meadows and pastures continued to show im- proyement, while Fall-sown grain fields in some sections were reported avail- able for limited use. FOREST FIRES STOPPED. Rains in Northeastern States End Pro- longed Dry Spell. NEW YORK, October 15 (#).—Rain in many sections of the East, coming after a prolonged dry spell today, set at rest fears of a water famine and destructive forest fires. Before the descent of the rains, how- ever, forests in the Adirondack and Catskill Mountains of New York were ordered closed by Gov. Roosevelt, ef- fective today, the opening of the deer hulnu;:n uu?n. a0 n nsylvania, Gov. Pisher sought authority to prohibit hunting in the State forests during the small game season, November 1, because of the fire 3 ‘Thirty forest and brush fires in New Jersey have been extinguished, FIRE ROUTS STUDENTS NEW HAVEN, Conn., October 15 (#). —=8Scores of students at Sheffield Scien- tific School of Yale University were routed by an early morning fire !odnir in Vi t Hall. The blaze stas in g:lnfin occupied by Joseph Lee Lilien- , jr., of New York City and Gordon E. Woodruff of Louisville, Ky, both sophomores, who roomed together, and m ::;\md to their fifth-floor study room. Phjama-clad students fled to the street from the dormitory and stood about in the early morning mist watc! ing hattle the of was not was ated at $1,000. o 56,000,000 PENSION FOR CHURCH URGED Disciples of Christ Told Time Is Ripe to Provide for Ministers. A fund of $8,000,000 for pensions for its ministers was described as one of the greatest contributions which the Disciples of Christ could make to the community life of the American peo- ple by Dr. Daniel Polling of New York in a stirring address before about 7,000 delegates attending the International Convention of the Church in the Wash- ington Auditorium today. Dr. Polling’s address came at the climax of a session which afforded offi- cials of the pension campaign an op- portunity to present their appeal to del- egates from State societies of the church and local out the country and A E. Cory of .Indianapolls, director of the campaign, presided and introduced the o 2 1 us are "100,000 rs, 250,000 D and the fund of $8,000,000. Mr. announced that approximately 14,000 workers had been enrolled in the cam- paign. A national has been set aside by the church from October 24 to November 16, ending in the week of solicitation beginning November 9. Declares Time Ripe. ‘These theme of Dr. Polling’s inspira- tional address was that now is the time to provide pensions for preachegs of salvation. “If the stock market crash should have no effect on the willing- ness of people to co-operate,” he de- clared, “the barometers of your spirit should go up.” The national leader of the Dutch Re- forméd Church, editor of the Christian Herald, one of the most prominent of religious publications, and president of the World Christian Endeavor Union, Dr.uPouln:h ;ucgruenw to fl:e&n: vention by Mr. Cory as & guest s 5 “The establishment of the fund will rhark the creation of a new economic theory in this country,” he said. Sal- vation from sin, from the saloon, from racial injustice and industrial misun- derstandings and salvation from war, he termed the goals of all religions. He told the convention that a single instance of where one minister of acquaintance hed received a pension of $0 a month, after 56 years of service, demonstrated clearly the economic need of the fund. At the conclusion of his address, Dr. Polling received an ovation from the (Continued on Page 5, Column 6.) AMERICAN MISSIONARY HELD BY CHINESE REDS Bert N. Nelson From Minneapolis Lutheran Home Captured by Members of First Army. By the Associated Press. PEIPING, China, October 15.—Frank P. Lockhart, American consul general, advised the legation today that Bert N. Nelson, American missionary of the Lutheran United Mission Home, Minne- apolis, is being held by brigands. His abductors belong to the so-called first Red army. They captured him after the fall of Kwangshan, Southeast Honan, to their force on October 5. A large ransom has been demanded. ‘Lockhart is to secure the mis- sionary’s release. The legation is mak- ng repr‘esentlflom to the Nanking gov- srnment. BEAR RAIDS SEEN IN MEETING HERE President’s Conference With Exchange Heads Linked With Short Selling. U. S. WITHOUT POWER TO TAKE DIRECT ACTION Government’s Interest Reported as Having Possible Reaction on Wall Street. BY REX COLLIER. Disclosure that President Hoover has discussed the stock market situation with officials of the New York Stock Ex- change gave rise today to speculation as to what, if anything, the Govern- ment can do to steady the market un- der repeated assaults of the bears. Just what took place Sunday night at the White House conference between the President and Richard Whitney, president of the New York Exchange, anc Allen Lindley, chairman of the Business Conduct Committee of the ex- chang?, has not been fully disclosed. The impression gleaned from White House expressions is that Mr. Hoover did most of the listening. It was point- ed out the parley was called at the re- quest of the exchange officials them- selves. According to the Associated Press Mr. Whitney has characterized the meeting as a “delightful personal visit,” during which “we spoke about everything in general.” Authority to Act Lacking. That the Government, while worried over tYe market depression, is without ‘Meyer declared the emergency analagous to that which existed when the Rserve Board ssued its call money statement during the bull market era. “At that time Federal Reserve dominates the present developments (Continued on Page 2. Column 3.) SLAVELIKE TRADIN CHARGED IN LIBERIA Lady Simon Tells London Women Private Persons Commit Many Such Abuses. By the Associated Press. LONDON, October 15.—Lady Simon, wife of Sir John Simon, today asserted that the forthcoming report of the com- mission of inquiry into Liberia would show that natives had been ahl?ped overseas from the African Coast “un- der conditions scarcely distinguishable from slave trading and slave raiding.” Simon, addressing the members of the conservative Women's Reform Association, said that these and other abuses had been committed not only by private but also by Liberian- American Negro officials including those in_highest positions. She contended that there devolved upon the United States Government, and to some extent upon the British and French governments, responsibil- ity for coming to the aid of the Libe- rian Republic for the total abolition of the system under which abuses exist. FRITZ, POLICE DOG, GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE AFTER TRIAL IN COURT Viciousness Charge by Neighbors of Owner, Dr. Chatles Moogey, Who Bemoans Verdict. Pritz, German police dog of Dr. Charles Mooney, 13 M _street, was sentgnced to death in Police Court the today. Judge Gus A. Schuldt imposed penalty when he found Fritz viciousness, a charge made against him by neighbors. ‘The hardest part of the whole affair for Fritz was that his fate was decided while he was held behind the bars at the District Pound. Usually a mu:z is given a chance to show an animal to the court and almost as often the canine strolls from the court room a free dog after looking appealingly at the judge and maybe licking his ‘It I have brought him e ity of | Mooney A charge of having a preferred t Dr. PROTEST ORDERED NADE 10 HOOVER A. F. of L. Instructs Green to Call on President Person- ally at Early Date. RECLASSIFICATION PLAN HELD UNFAIR TO LABOR Secretary Adams Charged With Executing Policy Alleged to Be Objectionable. By the Assoclated Press. BOSTON, Mass, October 15.—The American Federation of Labor today in- structed its president, William Green, to protest personally to President Hoo= ver against alleged reduction of wages in United States navy yards. ‘This action followed an attack from the convention floor upon Secretary of the Navy Charles F. Adams, who was accused attempting to lower wages through reclassification of employes. Addms 1s Criticized. G. M. Bugniazet, a vice president of the federation, declared that Secretary Adams was carrying out the policies of outsiders whose interests were Om! to labor, instead of the policies of - dent Hoover, who, he said, had declared for maintenance of a high wage scale. The matter was brought before the convention by Joseph - dent of the Bof " Union. ident of the Roy Horn, general International _Brother] of Black- Forgers and Helpers, n that 50 per cent of the employes of the Philadelphia Navy Yard had been reduced to second: and that some had been navy yards.” der | ™ There author. .y to do anything about it for- has been no reduction in the 'wage scale,” he added. “Quite the con- trary, 1 think, the Navy Department to stabilize trial and employment conditions. BORIS IS GRANTED RIGHT TO MARRY - -~ Pope Obtains Promise That Al Children Be Baptized Roman Catholics. : By the Assoclated Press. VATICAN CITY, October 15.—Pope Pius XI today granted a dispensation permitting the marriage of King Boris III of Bulgaria and Princess Giovanns of Italy on the written promise from Boris that any children born of the marriage, without exception, will be ‘baptized and educated as Roman Catholies. Boris is & member of the Greek Or- thodox Church,. the Bulgarian religion, and the constitution ofmh': country says that its King must be of that faith. The Princess Giovanna is known as a staunch and fervent Roman_Catholic. ‘The wedding wil take place in Assist Cathedral October 25 Carlo Emmanuel I BORIS TO WED OCTOBER 25. Population of Assisi Plan Considerable Celebration for. Event. vanna, Assisi, with 18,000 tion, ning a considerable g:re‘ll)lr‘ltlfln ’:u:% event. The populace will wear their HOOVER HIRES ARTIST , | Commissions German to Paint Pic- tures of Village of Ancestors,