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T A—2Z waw COMMISSION PUTS OFF CRIME REPORT No Decision on Law Enforce- ment Expected Until Well After Election. By the Associated Pross. There will be no report on prohibition from the President’s Law Enforcement Commission until well after election. The task of reaching mutually agree- even now that the able conclusions, bulky reports of investigators have be digested by the members of the com- mission, has proved so large that Chair- man Wickersham decided to adjourn| after this week until November 5, the day after election. Says Harmony Exists. The task of getting 11 minds to-| gether on an opinion on whether prohi- bition is being enforced and ctn b2 en- ! forced will then be resumed. In, the meantime word from thée members was | that everything was proceeding har- | moniously, but that no effort had been made as yet to line up any group of | members behind any proposal. There are definite conclusions, how- * ever, among members who worked on tae special committee gathering facts 3ar the prohibition report, and they are prepared to push these. Three Members Absent. Meetings of the group were planned for today and tomorrow, but at yester- day's first session of the week it devel- oped only eight members would be able to attend. The three who could not come are Newton D. Baker of Ohio, Judge William 8. Ken‘lon of Iowa and Frank J. Loesch of Chicago. Their absence contributed to the de- cision to take no definite action this ‘week, Judge Kenyon was one of those ‘ who urged most strongly that the com- mission settle down now to clear its position in regard to prohibition. THREE WHO VISITED DIAMOND SOUGHT Wounded Gangster Better and Doctors Plan Operation for Bullets, By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 16.—Thrée of four men who visited Jack Diamond 36 hours before he was shot were sought by police today. The wounded gangster's condition was 80 improved that surgeons said -they ‘were preparing him for an operation to remove the four bullets which were fired into his body in his room in the Monticello Hotel Sunday forenoon. After a day in which a number of persons, mcludlxg both reg:ud friends and enemies of Diamond had been ex- amined, Police Commissioner Mulrooney said he had learned the names of three of four men who visited Diamond Fri- day night. He refused fo name the men, but said their arrest had been One of the three reputed underworld characters flnumned yesterday was held for further examination, while the other two were released after making statements. Charles Entratta, alias Green, an ex-convict, who was indicted with Diamond for the slaying of two gang- sters in the Hotsy Totsy Club in July, 1920, was held after being it from a hotel in New Rochelle, N. Y. He denied being in_ the city since his release from Sing Sing Prison sev- eral months ago on parole. Police said they learned Entratta had a falling out with Diamond after the Hotsy ‘Totsy shooting and blamed him for not coming to his aid at the time of his trial, at which he was acquitted of the shooting. Diamond remained in hidi after the acquittal, then gave up and was subsequently released. En- tratta was sent back to Sing Sing for breaking a previous parole. MILL WORKER'S HOME until JARRED BY DYNAMITE| Explosion First Serious Act of Violence in Textile Strike at Danville, Va. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. DANVILLE, Va, October 16.—The first serious act of violence in connec- tion with the strike of 4,000 textile workers occurred early today when an unsuccessful attempt was made to blow up the home of Jerry Wentz, an overseer in the Schoolfield division of the Riverside & Dan River Cotton Mills. Either a bomb or dynamite hurled into the yard of the Wentz property this morning shortly before 2 o'clock ex- ploded with a detonation which shook the west section of the citg; hundreds of people from their sleep. No one of the Wentz family of five was injured and neither was the resi- dence seriously damaged. The panes in four rear windows were shattered and the household members were rudely | awakened when the house was shaken along with scores of otters in the neigh- borhood. The explosion awakened resi- dents for a distance of a mile away. Mrs. Wentz reported hearing a car Jeaving that vicinity immediately after the explosion. A police investigation was under way today. A group of strike pickets hardly 50 ‘yards away could shed no light on the outrage. Questioning disclosed that all were brought to their toes by the ex- plosion. group who had seen any suspicious character or an automobile. ‘The demonstration by strikers as non- union workers entered the mills in in- creased numbers today was louder than on any previous occasion. The jeering and noise incidental to the demonstra- tion echoed almost across the city in the stillness ot the early morning. DENIAL MADE HOOVER HIRED GERMAN ARTIST ‘White House Had No Negotiations for Paintings of Village. By the Associated Press. Denial was made at the White House yesterday that President Hoover had commissioned Heinrich Lauer, German wrtist, to paint three pictures of the village of Ellerstadt in the Palatinate. It was sald that no negotations of any kind had been entered into with the painter. A German . newspaper said he had been authorized to paint them because Mr. Hoover'’s ancestors were belleved to have lived in that Reports President ' e N ! King Emanuel at San Rossore. SAN ROSSORE, Italy, October 16 () —King Victor Emanuel arrived here today by automobile from Pisa after a visit af mmet.h Aeu;mlfi mx:\ entire royal family are gather re in preparation for wedding ‘of Princess Giovanna to w;;‘m of Bulgaria at Assisi on v and aroused | No one could be found in the | Here is an Inyala—A rare animal here. She may be a very distinguished in the country—but it's a lonesome life, one ever to be brought to the United States alive. THE EVENING from the African Jungles, and the only It, or she, resides in the Zoo animal—being the only one of the kind and the kindly keepers are preparing to make another expedition to Africa to bring back a mate. —Associated Press Photo. LABOR SUGGESTS JOBLESS AID PLAN Committee of Public and Pri- vate Groups Headed by Hoover Urged. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, October 16.—The American Federation of Labor today offered an, unemployment relief plan in the form of a co-operative committee of pub- lic and pri groups, headed by Pres- ident Hoover, Under the plan, adopted at yes- terday's convention session, The Presi- dent, Governors of .all States, mayors and other city. and county officers, as well as labor groups, would appoint national, State, county and district committees. In co-operation with Fed- eral and State departments, these com- mittees would make specific recom- mendations for their particular lo- calities, ‘The executive council of the feder- ation was instructed by the convention to call upon President Hoover imme- diately after the adjournment of the convention. A Teport of the resolutions committee said: “Public works should be started at once and all procedures and practices making for delay should be removed. Private enterprises should not withhold necessary extensions, improvements and repairs, but all should do their share for this emergency.” Suggestions included in the relief plan were those of the federation ex- ecutive council, which said that rellef of unemployment depended upon the stabilizing of industry, maintenance of purchasing power to provide power of consumption, efficiency in management, reduction in hours of work, use of public works to meet cyclical unemployment, a Nation-wide system of employment ex- changes and adequate records. ‘The convention referred to the execu- tive council the question of unemploy- ment insurance. President Willlam Green said that such insurance limited the liberties of the working man and that while in some European countries here, Discusses Patent Law Changes. The desirability of amending the patent laws of the country to protect In dhcunln[boplunt laws and dis- placement of labor by machinery, Presi- offered a fertile fleld for study and chinery is a traged | In the report of the Resolutions Com- | mittee it was said that the federation | | never had opposed the introduction of | labor-saving machinery or the develop- ment of scientific processes. Parker Defeat Cited. | The Executive Council submitted an | optimistic report on national legisla- |tion and cited as of outstanding im- | portance the failure of confirmation of | Judge John J. Parker for appointment | to_the United States Supreme Court. | ~The report, which was accepted, ex- pressed confidence that the United States Senate would proceed to enaet | legislation designed to prevent the courts from using yellow dog contracts |as a basis for injunctions. ‘The convention adopted a resolution supporting the King bill, which would provide an appropriation for a border patrol to enforce restrictions against Mexican immigration. The convention was keenly interested in the question of conscription of pri- vate property for use without profit by | the Government in case of war and the | Executive Council was instructed to |take any action necessary to protect {labor interests. |$5,000,000 DAMAGES' ASKED BY CANNON FROM W. R. HEARST (Oontinued From First Page) . | to the World Court matters Hearst said that the most important duty of the Hearst papers all over the country now | is the destruction of the influence of the group which Bishop Cannon represents !and controls, and that this can best be done by constant, though, careful as- ]szul:.s upon the plaintift. Alleges Injury Sought. All of the alleged libelous statements in the various newspapers are declared by Bishop Cannon, through Attorney Andrew Wilson, to be false and to have been made for the purpose of damag- |ing the ‘influence and reputation of | Bishop Cannon, | Et is claimed that Hearst, not only in the publications, but otherwise, has sought to injure Bishop Canonn by per- | sistently pursuing him and members of | his family for the purpose of discred- | iting the clergyman. | The court is also told that Hearst received reports from special agents concerning Bishop Cannon and his family between April 2, 1930, and Sep- tember 27, 1930, and published widely throughout the United States and for- eign countries statements to greatly hurt and injure Bishop Cannon in his fame reputation, and has brought ce and disrepute before the blic & minister of the Gofi&.‘l and has impaired his in- general and a it mighf have been found practicable, | the methods used there would not apply | | | workers was taken up at foday’s session. | dent Green declared the patent laws | that the “displacement of skill by ma- | { watch carefully all developments and | HURLEY INSULTERS - FACE RIOT CHARGE Two Admitted Reds Boarded Secretary of War’s Car in Oklahoma City. By the Assoclated P OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, October 16.—Two admitted members of the In- ternational Communists, J. I. Whidden and R. T. Pierce, faced arraignment in Justice Court here today on riot charges growing out of alleged insults shouted at Patrick J. Hurley, Secretary of ‘War, as the cabinet member boarded an au- tomobile: after an address here yes- terday. The men, alleged ringleaders of the Communist demonstration which was prevented from reaching serious pro- portions: by the quick work of police- men, also faced Police Court charges of disorderly conduct and peace dis- turbance. They were held in the city Jail overnight. Unruffied by the incident, Secretary Hurley filled appointments in Fort Worth and Oklahoma City, ending busy day's program here last night af a dinner given in his honor by John B. Nichols, Chickasha oll man, with a speech in which he defended the pro- gram of President Hoover. Only invited guests, including per- sonal friends of the War Secretary, at- tended last night's dinner. Secretary Hurley said the Hoover ad- ministration would have advanced much farther with its industrial development program had it not been for opposition of politicians of both parties “who ex- ercH all the strategy at their com- mand to hinder it for their own selfish gain.” ‘The United States will go into the greatest era of industrial development ever known if the industrial plan as outlined by President Hoover is followed to completion, he declared. The Secre- tary said the rrorn.m is advancing “in spite of opposition.” EMMET McBRIDE SILENT ON RETURN TO OHIO Officials Told to Send Papers Here to Keep Dry Leader’s Brother in Custody. Emmet McBride, 50 years old, brother of Dr. F. Scott McBride of the Anti-Saloon League, today refused to tell police whether he would return voluntarily to Steubenville, Ohilo, to answer to a bad check charge and Ohio officials were notified they would have to forward papers immediately here to keep McBride in custody. McBride, a school teacher, has been held by police for three days. Dr. Mc- Bride admitted yesterday that the brother was arrested at the request of members of his family, The Anti-Sa- loon League official attributed his brother’s arrest to a “‘case of irresponsi- bility running over a period of more than 20 years. Detectives said they talked to the teacher for three hours last night and today, but without result. Detective B ‘W. Thompson, in charge of the bad check squad, said afterwards that he was fully convinced that Mr. McBride was in need of rest and treatment. McBride makes his home at Saline- ville, Ohio. CONDEMNED DOG AND MASTER CAN’ BE FOUND IN CITY (Continued From First Page.) “For Rent” sign was up, and neither Dr. Mooney nor the pet dog, which was sentenced to death for viciousness by Judge Gus A. Schuldt, was to be found. Neighbors, all of whom spoke highly of Fritz, today in his absence from his customary haunts along the block, sus- g%cud Dr. Mooney had returned from lice Court yesterday morning, secured Fritz had departed. Would Have Been Reprieved. Fritz would have been reprieved, any- way, It was learned this morning. At the instance of many dog lovers, who called him last night and this morning, Judge Schuldt jssued orders at the pound that Fritz was not to be arrested and executed in the event Dr. Mooney agreed to take his pet out of the city and keep him out. some strange administration of justice, Fritz never was placed in cus- tody for the trial that brought his death sentence, but his owner, whose only misdemeanor was ownership of the dog, spent a night in jail, unable to provide bond for his release. Dr. Mooney was forced to spend the night before last in jail as the result of the viclousness charge lodged against his dog. The dog was not arrested, as is customary in such cases, and while lais master was in jail Pritz found com- fort with friendly neighbors, who fed him while the law was pronouncing his sentence. Attacked Postman. Yesterday morning Judge Schuldt dismissed the charges llnmzlm'lhzn he found the A rl an testified the dog tacked him while he was delivering mail in the vieinity of Dr, Mooney's home. Neighbors today said they believed Dr. Mooney had taken the dog and boarded a train for Bangor, Me., where (hiswife isill in ® hospital. STAR, WASHINGTON, 1. ARMS MAY AID BRAZIL END REVOLT Benevolent Attitude Toward Government in. Power Seen Policy Here. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. The United States Government has | been trying to decide what policy to | pursue with reference to the revolt in Brazil and it is almost certain that a benevolent attitude toward the existing government will be maintained. Usually the question of recognition is the thing. which foreign governments are compelled to decide if the revolution proves successfuly but at this time. with he outcome uncertain, practically all the foreign governments are disposed to do nothing about recognition. The American Government, however, has the issue presented in another form when the Brazilian government en- deavors to get munitions and supplies. The Department of State has a nounced that the Brazilian govern- ment's application for new manufacture of munitions in the United States has already been made and the American Government _has offered no objection to the purchases. Indeed, an official announcement states that the Brazillan government “has a perfect right to buy munitions in this country.” Not a New Rule. ‘This rule is not a new one, but it has been the source of much embarrassment in the past. case of Mexico in various ways. Oc- casionally the federal government in Mexico has been strong enough to buy munitions in the United States and squelch revolutions, but more often the exportation of arms and ammunitions to a federal government has been Irnu’ht with much danger because the rebels have captured the supplies or interfered with their delivery. If the Brazilian revolutionists should capture the important seaports they would be #n a position to obtain pos- session of the munitions designed for their opponents. In the long history of revolutions in Mexico most of the ammunition used has been captured from the federals. For this reason the American Government may, if it de- sires, under the action of Congress, prohibit the exportation of any arms and ammunition to a revolution-torn country. This is what is called an embargo on arms. If the fighting in Brazil should become more extensive and 1f it is apparent that both sides are really enabled to continue the bloodshed largely with American sup- plies, there will undoubtedly be con- sideration given to an embargo. For the moment, however, the Bra- zilian government appears to be domi- nating the situation and particularly the seaports, so that the munitions ob- tained from the United States are de- signed to help the existing government ‘o stay in power. May Turn Tide, It was timely aid of this kind which helped the Calles government stay in power in Mexico, and it may turn out also in this case that the action of the American Government in refusing to proclaim an embargo on arms will turn the scales in favor of the Federal au- thorities in Brazil. With the use of airplanes in modern warfare, more damage can be done than in the old way. In a country like Brazil, with large distances to cover, an air- plane bombardment is something not likely to be dismissed in its effgct upon revolutionists. The Mexican |govern- ment with its planes has been able to do_considerable damage to rebel forces. ‘The Brazillan government is buying planes in the United States and already has aircraft in action, It would not be surprising if the airplane became the chief weapon of the Brazilian gov- ernment, though to be sure the prinei- pal difficulty in Brazil at the moment is the disaffection inside the army. Revolutionary leaders in other countries have discovered that the easiest way to win a revolution is to convert the army and the navy to their doctrine. ‘The censorship does not permit a gen- eral knowledge of just how much the revolusion in Brazil has accomplished as yet, but all reports indicate that the situation at the moment is serious and that the likelihood of peace is not im- mediate. 5 (Copyright, 1930.) DEFINES U. S. POLICY. Stimson Says Brazil May Buy Muni- tions Here, By the Associated Press. With an American naval vessel due closer today to Brazilian territory to take off Americans if their lives become endangered in the revolt in the repub- lic, Secretary Stimson announced late yesterday the continued friendliness of the United States toward the present government, headed by President Wash- ington Luis. Ordered several days ago from Nor- folk, Va., to Guantanamo to shorten the sailing distance to Brazil, the U. S. S. Pensacola was directed to proceed to Trinidad, still nearer the Brazilian coast, to refuel and stand by and was due there today. Clarifying for the first time the po- sition of the Hoover administration re- garding prospective purchase of muni- tions in the United States by the Bra- zillan goverment, Secretary Stimson, in his statement, announced that govern- ment “has a perfect right” to buy mu- nitions in the United States. Negotiations were understood to be going on for the purchase of certain military equipment by the Brazilian government. The only purchase so far made was one for $94.74 of airplane brackets, the order for which was not a result of the revolutionary outbreak. “Nothing has come to the notice of the department in the news from Brazil which changes the attitude of this Government of exercising the same friendly offices toward the government of Brazil which we would exercise to- ward any government with which we are in friendly relations,” the Secre- tary's statement said. “‘Under those circumstances the gov- emment of Brazil has a perfect right to buy munitions in this country.” The Secretary brought the prepared statement to his regular conference with newspaper men, but withheld 1t until after he had been questioned on the subject of munitions purchases. The statement did not upp\{ to pur- chases of munitions by revolutionists, and there seemed no doubt that the State Department would decline per- mission for such sales. HEAVY DEFECTIONS TO REBELS’ FORCES CLAIMED IN BRAZIL (Continued From First Page.) rebels, who had 400 casualties, dead and wounded. In Rio de Janeiro an official com- munique of the minister of justice said there was nothing new of importance in the campalgn against the rebels. Mention was made of occupation of Passa Quatro and Soledade, Minas Geraes, and the communique added that the submarine Humayta had left the capital city to patrol the coast. Revolutionary headquarters announced that Capt. Juarez Tavora, leader of the northern revolutionary army, had crossed the loyal state of Sergipe from and was advancing on the City of Bahia, or Sao Salvador, capital of the loyal state of Bahia. A message from Gen. Miguel Costa, commanding the rebel vanguard to Porto Alegre, said 23 enemy wounded and 150 prisoners, among them 4 offi- cers, were being transported to points ll:.hlnd the Parana lines for safekeep- It has been applied in the D. O, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1930. WRECKING OF WARSHIP’S “NERVE CENTER” LAID TO SABOTAGE IRENE CASTLE McLAUGHLIN HURT| WHEN HORSE STUMBLES ON RIDE| Former Famous Dancer Suf- fers Broken Collarbone at Chicago. Other Injuries Have Occurred to Her 'While Riding Spirited Hunters. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 16.—The Fall hunting season of the exclusive North Shore area will be without one of its scintillant figures—for some time at| least. Mrs. Frederic McLaughlin, the former Irene Castle, is at home today with a broken collar bone. The once famous dancer, now widely known for her efforts for humane treatment of dogs and other animals, suffered the injury Tuesday. Her horse, Oakridge, a hunter, stepped into a hol2 approaching a jump, threw her, then rolled over three times. Mrs. McLaughlin has been injured several times while riding her spirited hunters. About a year ago she suffered a broken rib during a fox hunt. Her latest accident occurred west of IRENE_CASTLE McLAUGHLIN, | Lake Forest, as she was riding with her | husband, Maj. McLaughlin. She was taken first to & hospital and then to | her home. {5TH ST, EXTENSION PLANS OUTLINED Eliot Tells of Proposed Devel- opments to Be Made in Southwest. Studies for developments in South- west Washington, including a proposed cutting of Fifteenth street through the | Mall, to pass over the Tidal Basin on a bridge, and to connect with the exit of Northwest-bound traffic coming cut of East Potomac Park from Hains Point, were discussed by Charles W. Eliot, 2d, director of planning of the Park and Planning Commission. -last night before the Southwest Citizens’ Association. The new traffic artery would pess under a pre e separation where Fourteenth street now crosses the traffic lane coming on¢ of Hains Point, he explained, thus relleving had congestion. & Half of Tract Acquired. The Government has already ac- quired about half of the land needed for that part of the parkway, to be | deveioped under the Cramton Memorial Parkway act, between Fort Washington, in Maryland, and the Anacostia River, Mr. Eliot said. How to carry this drive from Bolling Field across ‘ne Anacostia River, Mr. E..ot said, still was a prob- lem, adding that the War Lepartment had approved construction of a bridge. Proposed plans for carrying the drive- way along_the water front from the Anacostia River to Potomac Park, he explained, provided for a pleasure drive along the water front 40 feet wide, then a parkway alongside, and another street 54 feet wide to carry street car tracks and heavy traffic. This is be- ing developed by the United States engineer’s office here. The question of whether the projected war and Navy Department Buildings shall be Jocated in Southwest Washing- ton was still undecided, Mr. Eliot said, adding that if they were placed in the Southwest it would mean much to that section of the city. ‘The speaker thought that insufficient parking facilities were being provided in the Federal triangle of buildings be- tween the Mall, Pennsylvania avenue and Fifteenth street, explaining that he thought more space should be provided for parking automobiles in or under the buildings for the thousands of Govern- n;len! workers who are to be congested there, To Increase Traffic Facilities. In making studies of the development of the Mall, Mr. Elliot said the com- mission was also making studies for carrying Ninth street across the Mall. Both this and the proposed Fifteenth street extension would be for the pur- pose of increasing traffic facilities be- tween Northwest and Southwest Wash- ington across the Mall. The new captain of the fourth pre- cinct, Walter Emerson, asked for co- operation in helping 'to uphold the excellent record of his 'predecessor, Capt. Fred Cornwell. Capt. Emerson was elected an honorary member, Mil- ton Barrett was named chairman of a committee to draw up resolutions ex- pressing the regret of the association over the retirement of Capt. Cornwell from the service, and appreciation for his work in the Southwest. J. M. Schaffer, president of the asso- clation, stated that the District of Columbla_had acquired title to land between Seventh and Ninth strects and H and I streets southwest for a new junior high school. Fourteen new mem- bers were admitted. J. H. Wilson Heads Citizens. In an account of a meeting of the Sixteenth Street Heights Citizens’ As- sociation printed in The Star yester- day it was stated erroneously in a head- line that Willam England had been elected president of the association. Joe H. Wilson was re-elected president by a unanimous vote and Mr. England chosen vice president. & BAND CONCERT, By the United States Soldiers’ Home Military Band, this evening at Stanley Hall at 5:30 o'clock, John Zimmerman, bandmaster; Anton Pointner, assistant. March, “Anchors Aweigh,” 3 Zimmermann Overture, “Bohemian Life”. . Bergenholtz Entr'acte— “By the Waters of Minnetonka,” Lieurance “Whippoorwill” . Ki Gems from the musical comedy “The Desert Song”... . ....Romberg Fox trot, “If I Could Be With You,” Creamer Puplllnl’dwnlu song, “Old New Eng- Moo ADAMS DENIES CUT - INNAVY YARD PAY Secretary Says Labor Rep- resented on Wage Board in Reclassifications. Following & denial by Acting Secretary of the Navy Ernest Lee partment has attempted to reduce wages, Charles Francis Adams, Secre- tary of the department, late yesterday | also asserted that no attempt has been made {o reduce the wages of Navy Yard workers. The denials came in | response to charges made by speakers | before the American Federation of Labor Convention in Boston. | Secretary Adams said a reclassifica- |tion had been made by the Wage Board, which had a Tepresentative of | 1abor on it, but. he jgined Jahncke | asserting that theére h§d been no effort | to lower the pay ©f the workers. A little | later a letter was made public which Secretary Adams had sent the various naval and Marine groups on August 19, last, saying there was work which might properly be done by employes in the intermediate and minimum rates | of pay. Reference of Letter. ers and mechanical forces of all naval and Marine Corps stations and called attention to regulations governing the employment of eivil personnel under the naval service. Three rates of pay were set forth— the maximum, intermediate and mini- mum. The letter said that in some employe ratings the intermediate and minimum pay was “little_used” and suggested there was work which could “properly be performed” by employes | in those classifications. i For Balanced Organizatiop. The letter pointed out ‘that one of the sections of the regulations showed | the intent of pay ratings and employe classifications was to preserve “a bal- anced shop organization.” “In view of the above, and the neces- | sity to conserve the appropriation,” it taken, gradually, to secure more nearly | balanced forces.” 'DELAY IN WHALEN’S TRIAL IS REFUSED Attorney Accused of Taking $23,000 Fails to Find Counsel “of Own Choosing® Justice Peyton Gordon in Criminal Division 1 today denied an application of Robert E. J. Whalen, local attorney, for & postponement of his trial, which has been scheduled for next Monday. The lawyer is charged with embezzling $23,000 of the funds belonging to a client, Miss Annie J. Hurley, Hyatts- ville, Md. United States Attorney Leo A. Rover told the court he had notified Whalen October 2 of the selection of October 20 for his trial and presented an affidavit from a local physician as to the age and condition and health of the com- plaining witness. Whalen said if forced to trial next Monday, he would have to defend himself as he had not had time to secure the services of “a lawyer of my own choosing.” Jahncke of charges that the Navy De-| The letter referred to laborers, help- | concluded, “it is desired that steps be | —Underwood Photo. INVESTIGATION BARES SABOTAGE AS CAUSE OF COLORADO FIRE | ___(Continued Prom First Page.) Teceived a formal report on the out- come of the inquiry, but so far nothing has been found to show how the needles got there.” ‘The phonograph neesdles, of which there is a plentiful supply aboard all of Uncle Sem's men o' war, were said to have been inserted in several places in the main cables of the plotting room, hidden beneath wrappings of tape. It was this finding that gave rise to the theory the short circuiting was de- liberately concelved and executed. Possibility of an agent of conspirators having been planted aboard the ship as a member of her crew was seen. Secretary Adams admitted that intel- ligence investigators have gone aboard the battleship to conduct a secret probe, but he could not say whether they are in sailors’ uniforms, as reported. e Secretary commented that “it would be a good way to make an investigation, however.” He said the intelligence of- ficers were given free rein to conduct the investigation as they saw fit. One of Three Largest. ‘The Colorado, commissioned in 1923, is a sister ship of the Maryland and the West Virginia—the fleet trio having the | largest caliber guns in the American ]vay. She carries eight 16-inch guns mounted in four turrets. She is manned by 1,400 officers and men, The plotting room fire was discovered | on the night of June 2 last. This room, located far below the water line in the very heart of the vessel, is the point from which all fire control and navi- gational strategy is directed. The-room is filled with delicate instruments of bewildering array to a land lubber. “The instruments down there are as delicate as a fine watch,” Secretary Adams pointed out. “They are dam- aged just as easily as a watch, and are just as hard to . It can be |mtflned what the fire. and water did to_them.” Because the plotting Toom is & most vital part of the ship it is located down in the hull where full protection can be_afforded by armor plate. When the cables short-circuited that night flames broke out in the plotting compartments with smoke and with chlorine fumes. The fire alarm was duty in readiness to combat the fire. Capt. W. S. Miller was the commanding officer and Comdr. J. P. Olding executive officer. crew displayed great bravery in ht- ing the fire, for all realized the serious nature of a fire in the location from which the smoke was pouring. Dis- patches from Colon at the time told of about 40 sailors being rendered un- conscious by the fumes and rescued in by their mates. More than a score of the. men who were conspicuous in the Tescue work were recommended for | official commendation. | _The fire spread, despite the valiant | efferts to curb it, and the battle to ex- | tinguish the flames continued for nearly eight hours. Finally it was neccessary to flood the plotting room with sea water—an unavoidable step that ruined most of the control apparatus not al- ready destroyed by the fire. | _'The battleship was detached from the fleet and ordered to the Brooklyn Navy Yard for repairs. At the yard the dam- | age was found to be much greater than at first supposed, and the ship has | been forced to remain at Brooklyn ever | since. Secretary Adams said today he had not been advised when the repairs would be completed. | Colorado Is “Jonah.” ‘The Colorado has come to be known as a “Jonah” ship because of a series of mishaps which have marked her career on the seas. Naval officers here recall that in addition to the June fire and the reports of a more recent one, she went aground some time ago. With her sister ships, the Colorado is one of the mainstays of the battle fleet. She replaced the old U. S. S. Delaware, which was scrapped under terms of the Washington Arms Confer- ence. She embodies all the latest im- provements in naval architecture grow- ing out of lessons learned by naval builders as a result of the Battle of utland. She is 624 feet long, 97 feet wide at the water line and a displacement of 32,600 tons. She was one of the first battleships to be powered with electric drive. GRUNDY GIVES $10,000 T0 PENNSYLVANIA G. 0. P. Also Offers His Services in Any Field of Activity for Balance of Campaign, By the Associated Press. HARRISBURG, Pa., October 16.— United States Senator Joseph R. Grundy has contributed $10,000 to the present Republican State campaign, Gen. Edward Martin, State chairman, announced today. Senator Grundy, who was defeated in the primary election by Secretary of Labor James J. Davis for the Re- publican nomination for Senator, in a letter accompanying his contribution, offered his services in any fleld of ac- tivity which might be assigned him for the balance of the campaign. By the Assoctated Press. Government financial leaders regard with interest recently compiled figures showing an Increase in building permits for the United States as a whole of 6.5 per cent in September over August, the first increase in September compared with August since 1917, ‘Building permits are looked upon by some fiscal experts, as among the re- liable indices of business conditions. Howcver, the encouragement over the September increase is offset partly by the fact that building permits for this September amounted to only $135,437,« 089 compared with $173,307,852 last Septergber, While Government officers point hopefully to the building permits figures they are still saying nothing about gen= eral business conditions. .A pon-governmental prediction that SEPTEMBER BUILDING GREATER + THAN AUGUST; FIRST SINCE 1917 Encouragement Over Increase Partly Offset by Drop From Same Month Last Year. the present slump will continue for the rest of the year and that industrial pro- duction will not reach normal before April was made here last night, how- ever, It came from Laurence H. Sloan, vice president of the Standard Statistics Co. of New York, in ‘the course of an address before the Society of Industrial Engineers. He held that on a seasonal Dot stated ‘provement. st provement. "':1. value of the residential building rmits for September was lower than r any September sinee 1920, when the figures for 163 cities showed a total value of $96,763,823. But the increase in September over August of this year is receiving atten- tion Also it is said the decrease in September this year over September last year is the gmallest in percentage noted for any month since October of last year. s » room, filling the room and adjoining sounded by officers, calling all hands loi The officers and members of the SHIPPING BOARD ADOPTS NEW POLICY |To Refuse Sale of Ships to | Lines Competing With Mail Contract Holders. By the Associated Press. The Shipping Board has adopted a new declaration. of policy under whizh it will sell no ships to lines operating in competition with holders of mail contracts or with operators of Govern- ment vessels. This policy was announced follow- ing & meeting of the board yesterday, adding_a new element to a situation which has been under investigation for fome time by a presidential commit- From the latter group a report is expected before long. It was intrusted by President Hoover with the task making a thorough study of Shipping Board policies and the sale of ships to private operators. Plan to Strengthen Lines, ‘The new declaration, the board sajgd. was advpted $x the purpose of strengthening the lines already ‘estab- lished, many of which are receiving compensation from the Government for carrying mails. It said: “The board will not favor the sale of ships to operate in competition with ship lines now operating under con- tracts _with the United States Ship- ping Board or under mail contracts with the Post Office Department.” The ocean mail contract situation during the past two years had .de- veloped some difference of opinion tween the board and the Postmaster General. The board held that ald should go in each case to the pur- chaser of vessels from the Government. Ths Postmaster General wanted more consideration given to the size of bids ::mid in by the shipping lines for this e. Several Sales Held Up. Pending the report of the presiden- tial committee several sales of ships have been held up. Among these are two transatlantic lines, the American Diamond .and. the America-France Lines, both sought by the United States Lines as well as by the concerns now operating them for the Government. Whether the new poliey would be inter~ preted to have any bearing on the sale of these lines was not indicated. At yesterday’s session the board also authorized a loan of $5,887,500 to the Oceanic Steamship Co. of San Fran- cisco, for construction of a 20-knot s| for its California-Australia route. It will be built at the Fore River, Mass., %llnl of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding o. s CAPITAL TRACTION EARNINGS INCREASE Net for September Shows Gain of $1,917 Over Same Month in 1929. Total net earnings of the Capital Traction Co. for Septemb:r amounted to $30,250.63, in comparison with $28, 342.25 in September, 1929, or an in= crease in earnings of $1,917.38, accord- ing to the monthly report submitted by President John A. Hanna at today's meeting of the hoard of directors, The gain in earnings wa highly significant bygl,he ;kfinfli‘g,r:‘: 1t indicates an upward trend in net in- come under the recently adopted 10- cent car fares. - Added importance is given to the rcport in vlew of the fact that the company had keen ti- tion this year from the 35-cent taxi- cabs, while there were no cut-rate taxis on the stre>ts in September, a year ago. The report showed that 5,300,764 pas- sengers were carried on the company’s lsu’n:-‘ 31;:0 se;tember this year, against 984, ear ago, or a fs lrex?k‘nc a{n 633,602 pmm sngers.‘”m‘ il o e increase net earni) largely due, the report showed,nt?l‘::: duction in operating expenses. Operat- ing revenues showed a falling off of 32333;3 but operating costs were cut Por the first nine months present year Capital Tnctlon?s‘ m Tevenues decreased $67,509.56 from what they were in the corresponding period s ‘Deen’a’ falling o toveme par alling of v # sengers of 3,000,41%. b NEWTON, HOOVER'S AIDE, LOSES BIG DAMAGE SUIT President’s Secretary Sought $60,000 for Injury to Son in. Street Car Crash. By the Associated Press. MINNEAPOLIS, October 16.—Walte: H. Newton, secretary to President Hool: ver, today lost the $60,000 damage suit he brought against the Minneapolis Street Railway Co. for injury to his son, John, who lost a leg when a street car knocked him from his bicycle last year. RIOTOUS ACTIVITIES GREET BRUENING AS REICHSTAG OPENS (Continued From First Page.) and like motions will be referred to committee without debate and handled effectively there. Chancellor Bruening planned to give the parties two hours each to voice their attitude on his program, the de- bate beginning this evening so that a vote may be taken Saturday. Barring mishap to government hopes, an ad- Jjournment will then be taken until early December. Whether this plan can be carried out will depend upon the Extremists, particularly the Fascists, whose power of obstruction is a formidable obstacle to rapid dispatch of business. The situation was aptly characterized by a cartoonist in one of the papers today, which depicted Chancellor Bruening and the Prussian Premier Braun of Prussia doing a tightrope performance over a yawning abyss. ‘The government won its first battle in the new Reichstag yesterday when Paul Loebe was re-elected president of the body over Ernst Scholz, Peoples” party candidate, 269 votes to 209. A Communist motion of non-confi- dence in the Prussian cabinet was de- feated in the Diet today by a vote of 283 to 198. ‘The defeat of the non-confidence. vote helped to clarify the situation in Reich politics because the Centrists party voted solidly for the Prussian social Democratic coalition headed by Otto Braun, Prussian premier, The government bloc showed that it would not be lured away from the So- cial-Democrats, as the National So- cialists had demanded and as the peo= ples and economic parties would prefer, . As thers had been frequent comfer- ences between the Socialist prerhzer, Chancellor Bruening and president von Hindenburg during the last few days, it had expected generally that the Social-Democrats in _ the Reichstag would, under Premier Braun's influence, save the Bruening cabinet from a fall Wwhen a non-confidence motion -should | threaten that