Evening Star Newspaper, October 31, 1930, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Partly cloudy and morrow fair, moderate -M mm-m.hut, fl. at 2 pm. mrm‘hm 42, lt 7 am. Full report on page 9. Clo-gfl Y. Markets, 12,13, 14 & 15 Ente post office. No. 31,594. Wa bolder tonight; to- west winds. today. d_as second class matter shington, D. C. FATE OF CAMPBELL 15 PUT UP O JURY AFTER ARGUMENTS; GUN TEST DROPPED Government Seeks Convic- tion on Charge of Murder In Death of Mary Baker on Last April 11. GODDARD NEEDS MORE TIME FOR EXAMINATION | Prosecutor Collins First to Make | Address—Reviews Case, Alleg- ing Strangling and Shooting. | Defense Expressed Confidence in Acquittal. The Campbell case went to the jury at 3:30 p.m. ‘The Government today launched its final verbal indictment of Herbert Campbell in his trial for the murder of Mary Baker, following agreement of counsel and court not to await outcome of the much-heralded ballistics demon- stration by Col. Calvin Goddard. * Inability of Col. Goddard to complete his experiments before thedend of this week was announced from the bench by Justice Jesse C. Adkins, presiding in Criminal Division 3, after lengthy con- sultation with attorneys for both sides. The jury will take Campoell's fate in tor | have been taken by the Government of wn & man who has not lied and things he is ashamed of. “My good friend representing Government may tell you he does know such & man, but if I ever see one lnd he comes to my house I'm going to be sure the family siiver is behind lock | and key.” Blames Weakness. ‘The defense attorney contended the whole explanation for Campbell's ap- gunnce in the case was his “weakness for publicity.” He said now that “he had it, T don't believe he’ll have | that weakness any more. He may be & | Zool, but he is not a murderer.” Defense Attorney Smith concluded | his remarks. with an impassioned ap- peal to the jury. believe that my conception of the evic-:ice is your conception,” the lawyer lue 2d, “and I ask that you accord- y return a verdict of not guilty in .ehll( of Herbert Campbell. “As 1 have said beforz this is a grim business. You should so govern your sctions that they will not weigh heavily upon you when you have left this court Toom. “It is my expectation that your ver- (Continued on PIKG 2 Golumn 5.) Fire Routs A))unment Dvellerl‘ NEW YORK, October 31 (#).—Fire believed to have been of incendiary ori- gin swept up the stairway of a five- story apartment house in East 117th mz today, drMn( u;fsc ?.5 mnnu to escapes, from Wl were rscucd by police and firemen. v | celebration in 1934 of the fiftieth anni- |for a committee to complete. GAS THREATENS AS GUSHER 60.000 Barrels of Oil By the Associated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, October 31.— Flowing an estimated 60,000 or more barrels of oil and 100,000,000 cubic feet of gas daily, a wild gusher at the south- east doorstep of Oklahoma City threat- ened residence and business districts today. The fire hazard led to closing of schools, breakfastless, fireless homes and traffic blockades. ‘The chief danger of fire lay in great clouds of gas which clung to low- lands surrounding the well. As a light southeast wind sprayed business and residential districts with ofl, rigid no- fire regulations were enforced in homes south of Seventh street. Hope of re- moving the fire hazard rested with increased wind. ‘The well, No. 1 C. E. Stout of the Morgan Petroleum Co., is located on the Canadian River bank just east of | the city limits, less than a mile from the heart of the downtown shopping district. | of Gas Daily Causes Closing of Schools Because of Fire Hazard. | gusher were put out. Che Z ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION bening & ar. WASHII\GTO; D. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, OKLAHOMA CITY BREAKS BOUNDS and 100,000,000 Feet State fire inspectors were ordered to exercise “extreme police power” in enforcing no-fire regulations over a danger area two miles square. Incoming trains “doused” their fires as they entered the danger zone, coast- ing into stations. One outgoing Okla- homa City, Ala and Atoka train was not allowed to leave at 7:45 a.m. Six schools were closed, giving 2,320 pupils a vacation until Monday. The Walnut Grove School is but three blocks from the well. Parents were notified not to send their school children to the building, where gas was thick. Motor cars within many blocks of the well were covered with ofl. Boller fires at drilling wells were ex- tinguished as the gas failed to lift and fires at one asphalt plant near the State Fire Marshal C. R. O'Neal said the condition was the most serious ever faced by the city. Pockets and clouds of gas would remain a hazard for days after the well is capped, he said. | GOOLIDGE DEFENDS POLICY OF HOOVER Radio Talk Is Made in Be-| half of Gov. Allen and W. M. Butler. By the Associated Press. SPRINGFIELD, Mass., October 31.— Calvin Coolidge said last night in the course of a 15-minute radt address that the policy of President Hoover had done much to alleviate the situation arising from business conditions. Mr. Coolidge spoke under the auspices of the Republican State Committee in behll( of the re-election of Gov. Frank Allen, lican, and 'for the elec- uon to the Senate of his friend and m campaign manager, Willlam On business conditions, Mr. Coolidge Recession Is World Wide. “We have had a world-wide recession in trade. It has been due to a com- bination of causes which no one yet ds. There has been a chronic panied reasonable taxation, greatly encounu all kinds of business. Such ponq will make business better when | are good and prevent it from buu worse when times are bad. Nothing Left Undone. “If there was any action that could the United States which would have prevented the trouble that has arisen all over the wnfld, no one yet has con- vincingly stated it. “Of course during a political cam- paign m-ny claims are made, but 11 do not know of anything which the Federal or State Governments have failed to do which either would have prevented the depression or now would cause @' healthy revlvll of business. “A general marshaling of ‘all the public lnd private resources of the country in order to furnish employment for elrnen and a market for mwrh be properly encouraged | pervi.led by officers of the State And National Governments. “This policy was adopted nearly a year ago by President Hoover, was fol- lowed by Gov. Allen, has dcne much to alleviate our situation and is still in healthy progress.” -— SKYSCRAPER BIRTHDAY ! OBSERVANCE PLANNED Fiftieth Anniversary of Lofty! Structures to Be Celebrated by Organization of Steel Men. By the Assoclated Press. PINEHURST, N. C., October 31.—A versary of the first skyscraper was de- cided upon today by the American In- stitute of Steel Construction, which is }P‘loldin( its eighth annual convention ere. The Home Life Insurance Building, Chicago, erected in 1884, is considered the first skyscraper by the institute. Details of the oelebration we;: l'e{‘tl. consult with the American Institute of Architects, Kmenca.n Soclety of Civil Engineers and other bodies interested before arranging them. The institute resolved also to hold a national architectural competition for pl‘nl for dwellings of all-steel construc- tion. WALES TO TOUR SOUTH AMERICA IN INTEREST OF BRITISH BUSINESS ‘American and German Competition Causes Plans for Trip to Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru and Cuba. By the Associated Press. LONDON, October 31.—The Prince of ‘Wales, in his role of traveling salesman for old England, will cover much of the territory visited by President-elect land probably in December on TR puun(u' steamer, going dmt 0 The vint to Cuba will be brief, his | steamer remaining in Havana only a | few hours before procesding to the | an affair M. | were given white arm bands to identify them. = NEW QUAKE SHAKES EAST [TALY AREA Death Toll in Yesterday’si Tremor May Reach 50. | Lesser Damage Today. By the Associated Press. ANCONA, Italy, October 31.—This region was shaken again today by an earthquake, almost 24 hours after the tremors which took a number of lives and did considerable property damage. Today the damage was less. A few bricks and chimneys fell at Senigailia, Every street in Ancona and Senigal- lia was guarded by the Black Shirts and Carabinieri with fixed bayonets. Several shots were fired this morning at sus- pected looters. Residents and rescuers Many streets are filled with torrents of nm- from the mains which, dam- yesterday, were broken outright b'] the tremor 'Aodly The public squares presented a weird aspect, filled as they were with bathing huts brought from nearby beaches by persons who wished ‘0 sleep in them. Several Villages Untouched. Many houses lost their entire fronts in the quake, throwing open to public gaze rooms and rooms, just ;: t.hq were left by the fleeing in- n- one rather - - pect to the w!hqulkl area. Senigallia were untouched by the tremor, which rocked the country all around them, but did no damage at all. It appeared today that the total number of dead in yesterday's quake would reach 50. The police chief at Senigallia stated there were 35 dead Ewm there and nearly 300 injured. Ancona several persons seriously in- | jured died during the night. It was| expected that other casualties would be | found in the villages lying around the two cities. Senigallia has all the appearence of & war gzone town. Carabinleri and Black-shirt Fascist militia have sur-| rounded it and are keeping out all per- sons except inhabitants and rescue workers, American Freighter Damaged. Army kitchens today furnished the first food many sufferers had had since yesterday morning. Coast towns were spared the tidal wave which frequently accompanies earth disturbances, but the sea heaved and boiled. The American freighter Labette in port here was damaged when thrown against its dock. Otherwise shipping suffered little. Early estimates of property damage were speculative. At Senigallia alone a hundred houses collapsed and 50 more were damaged so that they must be torn down. Nearly every house was ordered evacuated. | There were three major shocks here, beginning at 8:15 am. and lasting about 20 minutes, with minor shocks spaced between them. At Senigallia| | eight shocks were felt. DUCE PREPARING TO ACT. Probably Will Propose Comprehensive Rebuilding Scheme for Senigallia. ROME, October 31 (#).—Premier Mus- solini is keeping in constant touch with the stricken earthquake area. He talks frequently with the prefect of Ancona Province and with Gen. Gatto, com- manding the military there. It was expected that he will propose & comprehensive rebuilding scheme for Senigalla at the next Council of Min- isters, much as he did for the Vulture reglon after the disastrous quakes of last July. DEMOCRATS REPORT $10,000 MORE SPENT Massachusetts Man Donates Sum to National Committee—Oregon Candidate Also Aided. | By the Associated Press The Democratic National Committee submitted a supplemental campaign ex- penditures report yesterday for the | period between October 23 and 29, listing contributions of $10,085 and dis- bursements of $10,000 to the Massa- chusetts Democratic State Committee. The rej showed a contribution of $10,000 Robert E, Greenwood of Pitchburg, Mass., and a balance on hand on October 29 of $12,604. Elton Watkins, Democratic senatorial nominee in Oregon, submitted his cam- i paign expenditures report, listing & con- ll.flbu!.lnn of $400 from che Democratic Nlt‘ilm‘l‘ll Committee and expenditures PORTES GIL TO VISIT U. S. —_— Ex-President of Mexico and Wife Coming to New York. October 31 (#).— “ MEXICO CITY, Emilio Portes Gil, former Mexican Pres- ident, and Benora de Portes Gil will sail November 15 from Tampico, their home, lor New York, en route to Europe. as head of the nuwu m party recently. Beveral villages in the vicinity of Ancona and | coldly PARIS NAVAL TALK HELD ENCOURAGING BY OFFICIALS HERE Ambassador Gibson Explains Views of U. S. Regarding Franco-Italian Dispute. PREMIER TARDIEU SEEMS IMPRESSED WITH EFFORT France Reported Willing to Accept Figures Close to Italian Offer. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. Reports from Paris indicate that Am- bassador Hugh Gibson's conversations | with Premier Andre Tardieu have been highly encouraging. Ambassador Gibson, one of America’s shrewdest diplomats, did not waste time upon his arrival in Paris last Saturday. He got in touch with Premier Tardieu and in a long conversation put before the French prime minister America’s point of view regarding the Franco- Italian naval dispute. He explained to Tardieu the great anxiety with which the Washington administration is view- ing the European situation and stressed the fact that, while the United States was maintaining & strictly neutral atti- tude in the Franco-Italian dispute, it was deeply concerned in finding a way | out satisfactory to both nations. He also pointed out that the United States and Great Britain were respon- sible for the London Naval Conference and felt to a certain degree responsible for the increased ténsion between Italy and France after the signature of the London pact. Consequently, both the United staua and the British govern- ments are willing to help as much as possible the Prench and Italian states- men to solve their naval problem. Tardieu Seemed Impressed. Ambassador Gibson, according to the same Paris reports which have reached Washington early this week, was most emphatic about the great responsibility France was assuming if it refused to continue to discuss with the Italians the settlement of the naval 3 Gibson’s clear exposition of facts, coupled with the assurance that the United States Government had nothing but the friendliest feeling toward tha gz:t republic, seem to have impre:sed 'mier Tardfu. For some reason or other the head of the French government was under the impression that me United States wu puyln( a cemin “political game* advan Prance. 'nu- i.mm lon m led him to receive first suggestions of the United !Lflles regarding the settlement of the Pranco-Italian naval dispute. When Gibson explained to him clearly and frankly America’s stand on this question Tardieu began to realize the uninterested and purely friendly role (Continued on Pln 2, Column 1) WOMAN REFORMER CHARGED WITH THEFT | Mrs. Agnes Waters of Winchester, Va., Accused of Robbing New Yorker at Point of Gun. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 31.—Mrs. Ag- nes Mulligan Waters, known in Win- chester, Va., as a reform worker, was brought to New York today by detec- tives to answer to a charge of armed robbery. ‘The dfl,ecflves and Winchester police arrested her yesterday in the Virginia city. They said they pursued lnd caught her in a motor car after she attempted to escape when the wnrnnt was served. The warrant charges Mrs. Waters with having held up Edward Irving Val- entic here in February, 1926, and robbed him of $300. went to Winchester after the alleged robbery and established herself as a socts, worker and political reform lead- er, attracting attention in the presi- dential campaign of 1928 by her oppo- sition to the national Democratic tick- et and more recently by a protest that the work of the Red Cross was being misdirected. Radios Radio owners have learned to rely upon The Star for radio news. Daily programs, mechanical de- velopments, personalities of the air, introduction of new products—all these are cov- ered fully and accurately in The Star. Radio dealers and makers appreciate The Star also as the outstanding medium for radio advertising. During September The Star car- ried 52,058 agate lines*— over 47% of the total radio advertising in all Washing- ton newspapers. Only through careful reading of advertising in The Star can you be fully aware of offerings of local merchants. *Figures from Media Records, Inc. Yesterday’s Advertising (Local Display) Lines. 60,066 25,557 11,938 11,932 6,151° 55,578 The Evening Star 2d Newspaper 3d Newspaper 4th Newspaper 5th Newspaper Total fet2s Detectives declared she 1930—SIXTY-SIX PAGES. HALLOWEEN! Associated service. ¥ (®) Means Associated HOLDS DISARMING OPPOSED BY WORLD ! Britten Insists Europe Could | Have Avoided Trouble With Wilson’s Advice. By Radio to The Star and the Chicago Daily Nes Copyright, ~1930. 31— BERLIN, Germany, October Representative Fred Britten (Repub- lican, Illinois), chairman of the Naval Affairs Committee of the House, adds his voice to German allegations of the world’s unwillingness to disarm in a pecial article published in Dr. Alfred Hugenberg’s newspaper, Der Tag, to- day. Among other candid statements, Mr. Britten says: “Europe is threatened by war clouds. European nations are spén over $2,000,000,000 & inl’—'!m e day—for the ing !\lm'pun nations obviously do not de- sire_disarmament. “If President Wilson's 14 points had been adhered to the trouble would have been h%lvolfled One cannot | expect the an people to resist | from demanding revision of the treaty | of Versailles. The Germans will not ren until the Polish corridor is re- | rned. "Undwbfiflfly the present state of Europe is insecure. The United States itself should never become entangled in European troubles, but in order to protect its trade it must have a fleet inferior to none.” ‘These sentiments from a prominent | American get front page play in the strong Nationalist organ and cannot fail but lnsplre German confidence in the ted stiff Teuton attitude at the forthcoming Preparatory Disarma- ment Committee meeting at Geneva November 6. 'MAIL SACKS STOLEN FROM TRUCKS HERE Pouches Containing About $300 in Registered Letters Taken With Duplicate Key. | | Theft of two registered mail pouches | | trom mail trucks at two substations here, one last night and one about two weeks ago, was revealed today by Wil- llam J. Sl",fl"fleld‘. );uul inspector in e of the local office. Ch'??rlle loss v\ll]edbe less than $300, Mr. rfield stat s‘mt night's robbery occurred while mall was being transferred from the | Connecticut avenue substation to the main post office. I¢ is believed the pouch was taken from the truck while it was parked in front of the U street station exchanging mail sacks. The other theft occurred, it is be- lieved, while mail was being exchanged at the Qflumbll road substation about two weeks ag Mr. Blfl.erfleld sald no arrests have been made in the cases so far. He expressed the belief that some one with a duplicate key to the lock compart- ment of the mail trucks has been watching the movements of the trucks and getting into the compartment where the registered mail pouches have been ke “We recurrence of that sort of thing," declared. FIVE-DAY TERM IMPOSED FOR TAKING NEWSPAPERS Two Others Charged With Theft From Honor Rack Forfeit $10 Collateral. Two men charged with stealing newspapers from an honor system rack hu«f‘w appear in Police Court today and forfeited $10 collateral, while a third received trial before Judge John P. McMahon and was ordered to jail when unable to pay a fine. Willie Artis, James Brooks and Leroy Brevard, all colored, were arrested at Fourteenth and Q streets yesterday by Policeman R. S. Bryant of the second precinct. The first two posted collateral lnd were released, but Brevard was locked u Artis [l\'e his- address- as 1600 block f PFousteenth street, Brooks the 1600 ock of Fifteenth street and Brevard tht 1300 block of Q street. ——i Rum Boat Recaptured. LONDON, ., October 31 (#).—The speedboat Pueblo, which was captured last week at the same time as the speedboat Helen was fired on and beached by Coast Guardsmen, was again Knve taken steps to prevent & he seized y by a Coast Guerd patrol boat. She was laden with an estimated liquor -cargo of 800 sacka, i Police Halt Plan Of Farmer, 65, To Wed Girl, 16 Both Silent After Arrest on Warrant of Sheriff of Virginia County. A romance born in the mountains of | Virginia between a 65-year-old farmer and his 16-year-old sweetheart climaxed today at the District Marriage License Bureau in the Supreme Court Build- | ing when headquarters detectives ar- rested the couple as fugitives from | Justice. Now; John Martin Childress, gray- haired mountaineer of New Canton, Va., sits in & cell at the first precinct police station, his hoary head buried in his hands—sorrowful for what he has done. Allunvwld-hmwwlduyw KIBNAPERS FflllEl] | BY BANKER'S WIFE Mrs. Yocum Credited With Causing Arrest of Two and Search for Others. By the Associated Press. KEWANEE, 111, October 31.—A wom- an’s courage was credited by the au- thorities today as an important factor in bringing failure—and a worthless wooden block—to the men who kid- naped Earl Yocum, wealthy banker. The fortitude of the banker's wife in | co-operating with the Illinois Bankers' Association in tracking down the mem- bers of the kidnaping gang was pointed to by them as important in the strategy that led to the arrest of two of the men and the hunt for their two complnlom. The woman, herself, however, was un- | communicative, except to reiterate pre- vious statements that she was “handling the matter by herself.” Block Used as Decoy. | Mrs. Yocum's part in the effort to| forestall the kidnapers—that of turniag ransom letters over to J. A. Newell of | the Bankers' Association while her hus- band was held captive—was revealed simultaneously with the confession of Verne Ahlgren, a Galva mechanic, who | told, the police said, how the banker's abductors asked for $200,000, then $150,000, then $100,000 and finally wound up msemng a package contain- 1n‘ the we 18 had been placed by the authorities as a decoy on a road at Leland, IIl. Ahlgren, seized yesterday at a farm where he was hiding, was quoted by the police as saying that he and his com- panions figured that “Mrs. Yocum was 8o scared she wouldn't dare double-cross us,” adding that he would * the world that she is a smart woman. Ahigren’s confession was made while a hunt was on tor Orville Whiskers and Lloyd Winslow, his companions, who with Harry Whiskers, brother of Orville, were implicated by Ahlgren in the plot. Harry Whiskers was arrested last Tues- day as a result of an alleged effort to lndum Edward McKee, a farmer, to al- low the kidnapers to hold Yocum a| prisoner on his farm. May Face Chair. ‘The search for the two missing men, was _continued today. All of them, if tried and convicted, may face the pros- | pect of death in the electric chair. It is possible for juries in Illinois to inflict | that punishment for the crime of kid- | naping for ransom. | hen the alleged -kidnapers found | they had been cuped they telephoned Mrs. Yocum Wednesday night threaten- ing to bomb her house, and Andrew An- derson, cashier of Yocum's bank, was sent to Princeton for a meeting with the gang. His cunference was followed by a chase in which the men escaped, after abandoning their automobile. It was not until noen ‘y;:-urdsy that Ahlgren was confldem that the package left for them would contain their “easy money,” Ahigren said, had led the kidnapers to release Yocum last Wednesday at At- kinson, after holding him prisoner in a hunting lodge on the banks of the Illi- nois River near Lacon. Yocum, who was kidnaped last Saturday evening, was back at 'ork'l;'the bank today, ap- WHALEN 1S GIVEN B YEARS IN PRISON = Gordon Sentences Attorney Convicted of Taking $23,000 From Woman Client. Robert E. J. Whalen, local lawyer, | was sentenced today by Justice Peyton Gordon in Criminal Division 1 to serve six years in the penitentiary. Whalen Wa. recently convicted of embezzling $23,000 which had been intrusted to him by Miss Annie Hurley of Hyattsville, Md., between December, 1927, and last June. Whalen insisted he had ‘repaid the money, declaring he took five $5,000 notes to the home of the prosecuting witness in Hyattsville June 6 last and obtained a receipt. In imposing sentence after Whalen had declared that he had nothing to sav, Justice Gordon remarked: ‘It is never a pleasant duty to im- pose sentence in a criminal case, and it is especially embarrassi to the Couts 15 the ‘Cake OF & tawyer. ' have Invtu the matter much thought and have reached the conclusion that the ends of justice will be met in a sentence of six years on each of the five counts, to run concurrently.” United States Attorney Leo A. Rover, who conducted the prosecution in per- son, oftered testimony at the recent trial to show that Whalen had a safe deposit box at the Commercial National Bank, but had not visited the bank's’ vauli at any time near the date on which he claimed to havestaken the five $5,000 bills from the box to repay Miss Hurley. The custodian of the bank vault presented slips signed by Whalen for entrance to the safe de- posit box, but none of them showed visits near June 6. Miss Hurley denied Ihfi any of the money had been re- pa Attorney James J. O'Leary, former as- sistant United States attorney, repre- sented the accused lawyer. |CITY IS THREATENED WITH $250,000 FIRE Blaze Sweeps Downtown Section of Marietta, Ga.—Five Business Houses Destroyed. The only evening in Washington wn: the Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 113,564 TWO CENTS.. NAVY ONDERTAKES. 51400000 WORK FOR JOBLESS AI D. C. Navy Yard, Quantico and Anacostia Airport to Employ Labor. Press. EMPLOYERS EVERYWHERE HELPING IN WOODS PLAN Rebuilding of Quay Wall at Naval Academy and Yorktown Pier Repairs Listed. The Navy Department announced to- day that the Bureau of Yards and Docks would undertake the construce tion of public workseand utilities ag- gregating $14,000,000 as fast as con- tracts for the projects could be let. The announcement followed reports from industrial areas that employers are responding to the efforts of the President’s Emergency Committe for employment to keep men on the job during the Winter months. These ports were made public by Col. Arthur ‘Woods, chairman. Many Repairs Listed. Improvements at the Marine Bar- at Anacostia lnd the Naval Academy at Annlpom were included in the pro- The De}nn.rnenl said the filling and grading of the parade ground and sur- rounding areas at the Marine Barracks, Quantico, Va., would cost approximately $700,000, and approximately $120,000 has been set aside for improvement of the boller plant at the Washington Navy Yard. For this work two new 1,000-horsepower boilers with settings and auxiliary equipment will be needed. Improvements in the elecn'lc sys- tem of the Naval Air Station at Ana- costia would cost $20.000, while re- building a quay wall at the Naval Acad- emy was estimated to cost 5 In a capitulation of contract by the Bureau of Yards and for Public Works over the country since July 1, the department recalled that it had authorized $1,243,000 for new Ma- rine barracks at the Quantico post. Will Repair Yorktown Plers. The other projects the department said it planned to advertise for bids- before Jan: 1, were: A mine-filli plant at the Naval Ammunition Depot, Hawthorne, Nev., $285,000; improvements at the shen hotse and + %o Neval and may at Amm\lnmnn Dcwt!‘ml:h 5,250,000 water Teservolr R the ot Tetn of ahenat e oy ot r of & munition Depot, Yorktown, VL.W: construction of barracks at the ton M uflnl !ue barracks W Base, )lm !llll'ld. Cllll $195,¢ ‘Will Remodel Aircraft Shep. Afreraft Structure Shop at San Diego, Calif., $130,000; fire protection system at the Naval Supply Depot, Brooklyn, N. Y., $50,000, and improvements at ;IlieleVll Alr\ Sation, Pensacols, Fla. ‘The program for the construction of shore works wes authorized by Congress May 14, 1930. The department an- nounced that contracts already had been placed by the bureau totaling $2,900,000. The contracts let include rebuilding piers at the submarine base, New Lon- don, Conn., $114,500; reconstruction of plers at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, $195,000; power equipment at the fuel depot, Melville, R. $88,000; pier con- struction at the Naval Air Station, San Diego, $101,000; dredging at the Phil- adelphia Navy Yard, $124,000, and im- provements at the Naval Academy, An- napolis, $145,500. Confilcu of $23,265 Awarded. the same time contra total- ln' 323 265 were awarded today by the | department for a program of public \work mainly in Washington and vi- anlty for the erection of radio towers in the Navy research laboratory and at Quantico, Va. | _McCay & Kirtland of Baltimore (Continued on Pue 5, Column 2.) MARIETTA, Ga., October 31 (#).—A $250,000 fire of undetermined origin, | which for a time threatened the entire downtown section, destroyed five busi- | ness houses here this morning. Two Atlanta fire companies were under control about 6 am. ———— CITY GETS $375,000 Ohio, Banker Wills Money to Clear Municipal Debt. Pomeroy, The city of Pomeroy has been be- queathed $375,000 by Wyatt G. Plantz, millionaire banker, who died yesterday, it was learried today. The money will pay off all the bonded indebtedness and other munici- pal debts and leave money in the t; ury, clly officials said. sent here before the fire was brought POMEROY, Ohio, October 31 (#).— | BANDITS CONCENTRATE NEAR CITY OF KIUKIANG Nationalist Soldiers at Hukow Re- ported Refusing to Oppose Outlaws There. By the Associated Press. KIUKIANG, China, October 31.—The reported concentration of a large body of bandits at Hukow, 25 miles east of here, today was considered a distinct menace to Kiukiang. The seriousness of the situation in- creased with receipt of an additional report saying 2,000 Nationalists soldiers at Hukow, presumably there to protect the town, refused to fight the out- ln;s‘ saying “we are tired and must rest.” On the eve of the hunting season, which opens along the Potomac River tomorrow, the Agriculture Department today warned that dead wild ducks have been found floating on the waters in the last few days, victims of an un- determined disease. Announcing the results of a study of the birds conducted by its patholo- gists, the department said that birds killed on the wing can be eaten without fear of consequences, but that birds killed on the water should be carefully observed. A sportsman who operates a duck blind in the vicinity of Broad Creek observed about 50 dead ducks near his to the Biological Survey, where depart- ment. nnhafiwuml the birds to have suffered inflammation ot the intestinal tract, rently caused by intestinal parasitest, Dead birds heve been found on the Maryland side parently none worse for his experi- ences. t of Broad Creek, about tw@ giles below Alexandria, and between'j, dria blind a few days ago and took several |the U.s. WARNS HUNTERS AS DUCKS DIE FROM UNDETERMINED DISEASE Pathologists Doubt, However, That Birds Killed on the Wing Are Clinically Affected. and Washington by sportsmen and by the harbor police. W. R. Dillon, deputy eunmvlum ut- ficer in the Biological Survey, sald day that it is improbable that birds k4 flight are clinically affected by the tes. “Sportsmen do not shoot ducks on the water as a rul>," Dillon said, add- ing ‘that the department does not re- gard the situation as being uuuclnl. eiher to hunters or to who to eat ducks. Patl tl!l in lhz preliminary stage of t.helr study of he disease and will continue in the hm of learning what causes the illness " lght shooters and pachers 100ters an: are the chief offenders in mpnu ducks on "B ted. would be a good thing if finding the dead birds floating on the water scared these fellows, who are law breakers. There is no cause for comcern. Any birds killed on the 'lur should be discarded, however, if abnormal reddening of the lnmu.ul m is evi- denced.”