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" FAULTY BULDNG FRIINICATED Documents Say Holes in.Bag Reduced Lifting Power. Girders Rubbed Bags. By the Associated Press. LONDON, November T7.—Documents indicating that major construction faults had been . discovered jn the dirigible R-101 before she was sliced in two for insertion of & 75-foot section were_ introduced today at the inquiry into the ship's loss. One of them was the memorandum by Col. V. C. Richmond, designer of the craft, who perished in the crash of October 5. In it he noted that holes in the gas bags caused serious loss of lifting power. Lifting Power Thought Lost. Sir John Simon, head of the board of nquiry, said these documents had been on file at the Cardington airship head- quarters for some time and he could not understand why they had not been produced before. Col. Richmond's memorandum was filed last July after. the ship had handled heavily in a trial flight. He ‘wrote ‘that his investigation of the effect of gas bag holes indicated the loss of 1ift amounted to about 1 ton for each square inch of hole in 12 hours. In his opinion, the memorandum stated, this was somewhat startling and indi- cated the great importance of guarding against such holes. Girders Rubbed Against Bags. ‘The second document was :' memo- system e gas bags up against the longitudinal girders, where the bags rubbed against nuts and bolts. Such points of fouling, it was stated, occurred at hundreds of points throughout the ship and the use of padding had proved unsatisfactory. “Until this matter is taken in hand,” the memorandum read, “we cannot neonm'h"end any extension of the flying Sir John was visibly disturbed at documents and asserted he would these make it his business to discover why they had not been produced before. DO-X MAKES BRIEF EXHIBITION FLIGHT @Giant 12-Motored Seaplane to Sail for Calshot, England, Tomorrow. By the Associated Press. AMSTERDAM, Holland, November 7. ~The DO-X, Germany's 12-motored seaplane, took off at 12:15 p.m. today s %5 Bl Bl EEQ;? KUNZ IS SOUGHT ON LARCENY CHARGE Man Alleges Representative Ac- cepted $350 to Gain Sister’s Entrance From Poland. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 7.—Represent- ative Stanley H. Kunz, Democrat, de- feated by John C. Granata for re-elec- tion Tuesday from the eighth Ilinois district, was sought last night on a the Representative with from him on an unfulfilled was not reported to police that the $800 which she ad- ‘vanced to obtain entrance of a relative from Austria had been returned. DYING WIFE CHARGES SPOUSE SET BED AFIRE Jersey City Woman Expires in Hospital After Being Rescued From Burning Home. . She told police her plied a torch to the bed Mrs. Swavely told police before her - death that she awoke to find her hus- band, Howard. advancing toward her with a torch made of rolled pers. She said he shouted, “Now I've got you,” and lied the fire to the bed- clothes and night dress. Swavely was standing in an adjoin- dng room when firemen summoned by milkman, . Police had been married twice before. wife died and his second got a di- A et At SCHOONER IS BURNED Four-Masted Vessel's Crew and Two Women Rescued. KEY WEST, Fla., November 7 (#). The four-masted schooner Rose Mary, gwfl naval station officials to be , Ala., burned after an ex- in the vessel off Key West to- WILBUR TO REVEAL [ SECRETARY WILBUR. FATAL MINE BLAST INQUIRY IS STARTED More Deaths Likely to Swell Toll of 79 Lives in Millfield, Ohio. By the Associated Press. MILLFIELDy Ohio, November 7.— Millfield today laid its dead back in the earth ‘that killed them, while officlals began their investigations to determine the cause of the mine explosion which claimed at least 79 lives. Federal, State and county officials each sought to learn what caused the blast in the No. 6 mine of the Sunday Creek Coal Co. and the release of gas which filled the underground tunnels ‘Wednesday afternoon. Their actual in- spections, however, probably will not be started before late today or tomorrow, when the last traces of the fatal fumes are expected to be cleared from the depths of the mine. Guardsmen Withdrawn. Scores of hushed funeral processions were the only evidences of the disaster today. The feverish activity of the last two days, the constant work of rescue crews, the patrols of the National Guard, the dispensing of coffee and blankets and the tension of the waiting crowds had given way. The Guardsmen with- drew last night together with most of the Red Cross, , Salvation Army an other relief workers as their tasks were J. J. Forbes, director of the Federal Bureau of Mines at Pittsburgh, was in of the Federal investigation, as- s by W. E. Smith, head of the Ohio Bureal Another Smith said were two possible causes of mufih‘on-—llnlflnn of either gas or coal dust. An open flame could ignite the gas, while coal dust be set off only by an arc light, he said. Smith also asserted that there could oxygen is exhausted for quite a distance and the rush of air from both sides to fill the vacuum causes a sort of thun- derclap a fraction of a second after the t. He also said that most of the black dam) Death Toll May Be Increased. ‘There still was a possibility that the toll would be increased today. Some of the 20 injured miners were not expected to live and it was feared a few more bodies that might never be recovered remained in the mine. All of those recovered had been identified and elll.mndbo hwm&d bywthelr nll:uvel, who were pass through the three make-shift morgues Ilate yesterday. The explosion will cost the State of Ohio between $600,000 and $750,000, the State Industrial Commission mated today. ‘The commission started at once the payment of death awards. Under the compensation law the State will pay the maximum death award of $6,500 to the families of each person killed, which will cost $513,500. In addition the cost of the funerals of each victim is paid from the State com- pensation fund. SEVERAL PERSONS HURT JUMPING FROM BLAZE Deaths Feared in Fire Which Bweeps Business Section Block in Heart of Hartford, Conn. By the Associated Press. HARTFORD, Conn., November 7.— Several persons were injured as they jumped from windows into life-nets and it was feared that one or two others may have burned to death in a fire which swept the Miller block in the heart of the business section here y. Firemen abandoned hope of saving the structure and gave their attention to saving Christ Church Cathedral and s dcnmnene store adjoinjug the burn- ing building. Steamer Passenger Drowns. GALVESTON, Tex., November 7 (1 Mrs. Gray Elvaille, 40, of Tulsa, & passenger on the Mal Liner Mohawk drowned about 10 miles out from Galveston early today. The steamer recovered her body after a search of about 30 minutes. about 30 minutes. Parrot’s Repartee Shocks Zoo Guests, So He Will Be Sold mule driver, t of & house. and repartee of has talked himsel! f ouf pleas- ant home in the bird X Because his 1 = THE EVENI 7: CHILD SURVEY DATA As Chairman of White House' Conference He Will Talk in Star Forum. Facts concerning the health and habits and the general welfare of chil- dren of America will be revealed by Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, Secretary of In- terfor, whom President Hoover more than a year ago appointed chairman of the White House Conference on Child Health and Protection, in & talk he is to make tomorrow night in the Na- tional Radio Forum arranged by The Star and broadcast by the Columbia Broadcasting System over a Nation-wide hook-up. The forum will be heard lo- cally through WMAL. The forum series is resuming after a six weeks' lapse due to_the campaign. B ‘The Child Health Conference’ will be attended by more than 2,000 persons, including some of illustrious men and women of the country. It will con- vene in Washington November 9 for & three-day session. Parley Held Important. Declaring that the greatest asset of a race is is children, and that their Decision on Organization of House May Rest*With Representative Kvale. Election of Senator Schall Gives G. 0. P. Control Without Shipstead. With membership of the House and Senate so closely divided between R publicans and Democrats in the new Congress, two tall, comparatively young statesmen from the Northwest—Senator Henrik Shipstead and Representative Paul J. Kvale of Minnesota—will hold the limelight of public attention as the sole members of the Farmer-Labor party in their respective branches. Representative Kvale, upon whose shoulders may rest in large part the final decision on organization in the House, is not yet 35, and Senator Ship- stead, although he has seven years of vigorous 1 tive service to his credit, is just approaching 50. Parties Are Closely Matched. ‘With the two major parties so closely Senate line-up of 48 bodily strength and development should | Repul prepare them to receive the heritage which each generation must bequeath to the next, President Hoover has pub- licly described this conference as & highly important undertaking. ‘The President is known to upon the work already done and to be done by this conference as important as any national movement undertaken during his administration. His object is to take national stock of the progress and present the situation in the health and protection of childhood, hoping that out of it will be developed common- sense plans for further advancement. When President Hoover decided upon this taking stock of the youngsters of the Nation and was ready to put his plan_in motion, he turned at once to Dr. Wilbur, his personal and intimate friend from college days, to carry it through to success. Dr. Wilbur Experienced. Like the President, Dr. Wilbur is a humanitarian and always has had an interest in the welfare of children. In addition, Dr. Wilbur has had a wide experience, not only as a medical doc- tor and surgeon, but d his long term as president of Leland Stanford University. - Dr. Wilbur's first step was to appoint a committee of men and women whose endeavors brought them close to the subject of child life and training to assist him in planning the details and in inaugurating the move. Numerous subcommittees were named. Soon the great preliminary work was underway and after more than 14 months of in- vestigating, studying and analyzing the life and welfare of children the move- ment has reached the point where the more than 2,000 persons identified with this work will meet to make known the findings and to recommend definite d | steps. LIQUOR CONDITIONS ABROAD STUDIED BY WICKERSHAM BODY (Continued From First Page.) Just what the President wished to learn could not be ascertained. ‘Woodcock will be in Washinglon by November 13, and the completion of & ohibition report by the commussi fore that date is extremely improb-, able. Chairman Wickersham today planned a trip to Wilmington, Del., but/ this was not interrupting the commis- sion sessions. . ‘While several of the members have/ already formed definite views, assurance has been given that no majority hasi agreed on what to place in the report. STORE LIQUOR AT ST. PIERRE. Coast Guard Officials Expect Spring Smuggling Drive. Coast Guard officials are expecting a t s&nna drive to smuggle Canadian liquor into the United States via the picturesque French island of St. Plerre, in“the Gulf of St. Lawrence, according to an Associated Press story today. ‘The theory that bootleggers are pil- ing their cargoes high on the rocl little island was put forward when offi- cials scanned records covering the time since May 27, when Canada put a legislative quietus on over-the-border expol on to this country. ‘The records disclose that, while im- ports to St. Pierre from Canada have skyrocketed in the wake of the Cana~ dian law banning exportation to the United States, scant, if any, increase in the illicit trafic from St. Pierre has been detected. Exports to Island Heavy. During last July and August 370,678 gallons of whisky were exported from Canada to St. Plerre, compared with 39,622 gallons during the same period in 1920 During the first six months of 1930, 686,446 gallons, or an average of 114,408 gailons per month, were ex- ported to the island. These statistics were given to the Customs Burgau by the French govern- ment, but no figures were available to indicate exports from St. Plerre. Coast Guard records showed increases in the amounts of liquor seized, com- paring May with successive months of this year. Officials explained that, while figures covered all activities of the Coast Guard, they related almost solely to the traffic out of St. Pierre. They said several factors supported the belief that liquor is being stored at St. Pierre, About 4 by 3 miles, the colony of St. Pierre shelters about 7,000 inhabitants. Unn!l prohibition it was a fishing settle- ment. Six streets criss-cross the high, bar- ren territory, and on the outskirts of the town of St. Plerre is a great struc- ture, once a fish storehouse, but now used, officlals say, as a warehouse, The Shipstead, the lone Farmer-Labor Sen ator, seems destined to play an im- portant _role in deliberations of the Upper Branch of the Seventy-second Congress. On the question of which party will organize the new Senate his vote will not be as important a factor, however, as it would have been if his colleague, Senator Thomas D. Schall, Republican, of Minnesota, had heen defeated. For a day or so in the counting of ballots Schall was trailing behind Einar Ho'™ dale, his Democratic opEone'nL T Holdale had won the political score, the Senate would have stood at 4¢ f | Democrats and 47 Republicans. In that situation Senator Shipstead’s vote would have decided which party would or- ganize the Senate. If, in that situa- tion, the Farmer-Laborite voted with the Republicans for the purpose of or- ganizing the Senate, as he has done in the past, the count would be tied. When a tie occurs, the Vice President is en- titled to vote. Such a set of circum- stances would have brought the Re- publican Vice President, Charles Cur- gu, 0;nm the limelight as the deciding actor. Shipstead ¥s Enigma. ‘With Senator Schall elected, however, the Republicans have 48 Senate votes, s0 that even if the Democrats coula count on the one Farmer-Labor vote for organization purposes, there would still be a tie. follows the course he has pursued in the past the Republicans would have 49, or a majority, to organize the Sen- ate without necessity of the Vice Presi- dent voting. Beyond the question of organizing the Senate at the opening of a new Congress, however, Senator Shipstead is one of the independent progressives who will hold the balance of power on major questions of legislation. During his seven years of service Senator Shipstead has exercised independent thought and judgment on outstanding issues that have arisem. Rep. Kvale was 34 years old on March 27 of this year and was elected to -the House on October 16, 1929 to fill the unexpired term of his father, Representative and Rev. O. J. Kvale, follow the latter's tragic death by lon | can forces during fire_while asleep in his summer camp, on September 11, 1929. He has just been reelected over a Republican opponent. He'served for two years with the Ameri- the World War. He 'marsied Miss Russell Palmer Burcher f Newport News, Va., five years ago. Kvale Well-Known Here. Long before he became a House mem- ber, however, Paul Kvale was well known aboutt the’Capital and in Wash- ington musical circles. He served for six years as his father’s secretary, cam- paign manager and confidential adviser, and has become well known throughout the entire government service. His father was an ordained Lutheran minister and the sole Parmer-Laborite in the House. Paul learned his politics literally at his father’s knee and grew up with them, taking a keen interest in what has become known as La Fol- letteism. He came to Congress pledged to carry on his father’s principles, and with ‘characteristic bravery to carry out those principles no matter at what cost. In .the House he has differed openly and vigorously with the Republican party leaders when he thought they were wrong and the interests of the people who sent him here to represent them were in conflict. He has been looked to as the herald of an active, articulate and insistent third party in the House. ‘That is why the “balance of power” in his hands is causing grave specula- tion and concern to hidebou party leaders because they know he has the stomach to exercise all the power he has, not for temporary advantage of either Republican or Democratic party, but to further the cause of the farm- labor people. ‘They have confidence, too, that it will not be used for self- exploitation by this really level- headed young man. Had Completed Survey. That he is a young man of destiny is shown by the queer quirk of fate in his having just completed an intensive sur- vey of the entire district before his father died. In that canvass he had gone into every important center to uudyneedlo!thepeogl:-ndmmm with them how best their Representa- tive could serve them in Washington— and he was peflormln! when death called his fa So thorough had been this work that when Paul Kvale decided to become a candidate to succeed his father and carry out his principles, he found it necessary to wage an extensive campaign. He was elected because the voters had confidence that he would pursue the course of his father. Their votes last ‘Tuesday returning him to the House are ther. island is about 16 miles south of New- foundland, RIVETERS CAUSE FAINT Manslaugrter Defendant derstands “erdict. VANCOUVER, British Columbia (N.A.N.A.).—A riverter's hammer caused Archibald Scott of Vancouver, British Columbia, some anxious moments. Scott was ayaiting the jury’s verdict on a manslaughter charge. When the jury foreman pronounced the verdict a riverter's hammer took uj Misun- an adjoining building ant racket the word “‘Scott,” stated has found you guilty.” Scott fell into a dead faint. “Not guilty,” shouted one of the jury- n:nn above the clatter. (Copyright, 1930, by North Ame: - Daver Alfanee) erican News Honor Joan of Are. < ROUEN, France (/).—The city coun- cil recently voted $10,000 to celebrate in 1931 the 500th birthday anniversary of Joan of Arc. et Sunday School Teacher Champion. CHARDON, Ohlo, (NAN.A)~V. E. ‘Whit 88, of Chardon, 3hh the It Senator Shipstead | SENATOR SHIPSTEAD. REPRESENTATIVE KVALE. a confirmation of thetr confidence in him. As the only Farm-Laborite in the House, he controls no patronage. While he attends meetings of the Minnesota State delegation, he is conspicuously absent at all party caucuses and con- erencps. On the floor he often sits with the %pubucnns because the other mem- bers of the Minnesota State delegation are there, but he just as often is to be seen on the Democratic side, be- cause he has many friends there and has ccnferred with Democrats on legis- lative matters fully as much as with the Republicans. That is one reason why he now “has them all guessing” as to how much he can be depended upon in close issues between the Republicans and Democrats. Has No Party Allegiance. This unique position, however, has caused him little or no embarrassment. He owes no more allegiance to Repub- licans than to Democrats, and makes his own decisions. The fact that he has just defeated a Republican con- tender for his seat has not helped any to bind him to the Republican side. The tall, stately Senator Shipstead came to the Senate in the elections of 1922 by defeating former Senator Frank B. Kellogg, Republican, who later be- came Secretary of State during the Coolidge administration. Shipstead was the first member of the Farmer-Labor party to be elccted to the Senate, and in 1928 he was re- elected with the same party designation by an overwhelming majority, evidence of his strong personal popularity among his people. ©Of Norweglan ancestry, Senator Ship- stead was born on a farm in the town- ship of Burbank, Minn. He was one of 12 children, and, at the age of 14 was doing his- share by helping to cul- tivate an acreage of potatoes. He at- tended public school and later was graduated from the high school at New London and the normal school at St. Cloud. He studied-dentistry at Northwestern University and in 1904 began to prac- tice at Glenwood, Minn. Two years later he married Miss Lulu Anderson at Belgrade, Minn. Served as Glenwoed Mayor. His first venture into the fleld of public service was as mayor of Glen- wogd, followed by his election to the Minnesota Legislature in 1917. He ran for Governor in 1920 as an independent, supported by the non-partisan grou bu‘:vgls defeated and moved to Min neapolis, where he continued the prac- tice of denll!"z. Although he begn in the Senate only a little more th#n one term, this rugged Northwesterner has gone rather rapidly up the ladder of prominence on Capitol Hill. He has been on the com- mittees on foreign relations, agricul- ture, public buildings and pensions, in addition to being chairman of the Committee on Printing. More than six feet tall, broad- shouldered _and with strong features, Senator Shipstcad presents an im- pressive appearance. He is not one of the most frequent debaters in the Senate, but when he speaks he presents his views on the major problems of the day forcefully and clearly. He has followed foreign affairs closely, oppoe\ng the World Court and the national o plan of regulating immigration. He has also been in the thick of the many discussions over farm relief in Congress since he came to_the Senate. Illness kept Senator Shipstead away from the Capitol during the greater part of the last session of Congress, but he has recuperated steadily and is ex- cted to be back in the full swing of legislative work at the coming session. PARTY LINE-UP OF 72d CONGRESS The Senate ong. g 1 1 Total ...coovnvenes House. _Sent te. Rep. Dem. - Rep. Dem . | ol 098850 | nwes 3 Ilolsomes | fomlsnom | [oalasns | [l sonons? lwllanBallsal sonmel Bal werans! [EYPUTeY (U [OY JFOTYY [ RPUTVTVIOTe) [ RTeTOTe) | The House Tist Cong. . 26 . 164 ARy 724 Republicans Democrats . Farmer-Lal Doubtful . Vacancies ... Total ”...‘..l—;fi' New Mexico .. 1 New York ... 23 10 North Carolina 20 Oregon ...... Pennsylvania . Rhode Island. South Carolina Dak R iaiwuwie! bl S A e e T BT B T VRN RS I U IR e R * STAR,‘ WASHINGTON, D, C. fmn‘uf NOVEMBE# 7, 19%. ARMER-LABOR CONGRESSMEN CENTERED IN PUBLIC SPOTLIGHT VETERANS' BUREAU IMILLIGAN HEADS FORCE T0 GAIN 273 Demands for Loans on Com- pensation Certificates Re- quire Enlargement, Anticipating the greatest demand for loans on veterans' adjusted compensa- tion certificates yet experienced, be- ginning January 1, on account of the depression, Col. George E. Ijams, di- rector of the United States Veterans Bureau is making plans to add 275 ad- ditional temporary employes. Already in the finance division of the bureau employes are working half an hour extra time because of the heavy work of the loans which are now going through, but it is hoped that witn the addition of new personnel the over- time may be eliminated. ‘The first adjusted certificates, or bonuses issued by the Government were dated January 1, 1925, and on each succeeding year the great number of those certificates bearing that date achieve a new loan valus Information Is Asked. Numerous requests have come from field officers of the bureau already ask- ing what plans the bureau is making to handle the big load expected on Jan- uary 1. Director Ijams said he hoped to be prepared, so that instead of the bureau getting piled up with an ac- cumulation of applications at that time from persons who may be in distress the bureau will have a trained organi- zation ready to handle the work im- mediately instead of letting it pile up. The new personnel would include clerk typists, of grade known as ‘“cleri- cal and fiscal 1,” and would be tem porary employes for work from Decem- ber 15 to April. Seventy-five persons would be added to the office here and 200 to the offices of the bureau throughout the field. “We hope to get these new employes, train them and have them in readi- ness so they will be available when the big load starts in January,” sald Col. Ijams. “By this means we hope to take care of the work by giving employment to additional people, in. stead of working our present employes overtime. The program should be some help, not only in helping to relieve somewhat the unemployment situation, but also in making it possible for the bureau to grant loans to veterans who need them, as soon as possible.” 532 Already Employed. Tn addition to the new temporary em- ployes to be taken on, Col. Ijams dis- closed that the bureau already had given employment to 532 new employes since September 1 here and throughout the field in taking care of the increased business of the bureau under the new law granting disability allowance. The law became effective last July. Latest figures on these applications for disability allowance show that up to and including October 31 the num- ber of these applications had climbed to 242,991. Of these 59,837 have been adjudicated, or 24.63 per cent. As of October 15, 224,955 claims were on file, of which 17 per cent had been adjudi- cated. Thus it will be seen, Col. Ijams pointed out, that the bureau is catching up on the work of adjudicating cla'ms for the new disability allowance, the percentage adjudicated growing from 17 to 24.63 in 15 days. Last year the bureau put on between 80 and 90 temporary employes to help dle the loan business which started anuary 1, but it is planned this year to put on abcut 275. The business de- pression is expected to send a larger percentage of veterans in search of loans than ever befofe, according to reports from the fleld to headquarters of the bureau here. ‘Three new large heating boilers have been installed in the Veterans' Bureau Building, to take the place of “locomo- tive boilers” installed when the building wmt; constructed, and which have worn out. el COLLEGE PRESIDENT IS FOUND, DELIRIOUS Dr. E. W. Provence Is Believed Amnesia Victim—Asks Food at Farm House. By the Associated Press. GREEN' , Tex., November 7.— Dr. E. W. Provence, president of Bur- leson College, who disappeared Monday while on a visit to Dallas, has been found at Crockett, Tex., sald messages received here today. Delirious and unable to make known his identity, Dr. Provence appeared at a farm house near Crockett and asked for something to eat, the report said. He was taken to a hotel, where he was recognized from pictures and a de- scription published in newspapers. Mrs, Provence and Dr. E. P. Goode left to bring the college president to his home here. Dr. Goode expressed the opinion Dr. Provence had suffered & slight attack of amnesia. Dy. Provence was last seen in Dallas Monday, where he had gone with a friend to attend to business in connec- tion with the finances of Burleson Col- lege, an institution under supervision of the Baptist church. ADELE RYAN SUED FOR HALF MILLION Muriel Johnson, Night Club Dancer, Files Against Heir to Fortune. B the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 7.—Adele Ryan, granddaughter of the late Thomas Fortune Ryan and heir to part of his $125,000,000 fortune, has been notified through her attorney of a suit for half a million dollars in damage, prepared by Muriel Johnson, night club dancer. Miss Ryan is not in New York, but Nathan Burkan, her counsel, called the suit “a damage action of some sort or other.” Muriel Johnson began & divorce ac- tion two months ago against her hus- band and dancing partner, Bob John- son, with whom she had won popularity in New York’s Greenwich Village and European citles. . Miss John’s attorney would not dis- cuss the nature of the court action M omnson said, Tm_somy, but 1 ohnson , “I'm sorry, but I can't talk about it now.” In 1923 Adele Ryan tomobile_gccident in 3 Norrie, Princeton polo star, was killed and Miss Ryan badly hurt. Names of another couple believed to have been in the car when it crashed at Asbury Park, N. J., were not learned. Until their recent separation Bob and Muriel Johnson were regarded as one of the notably happy married teams of the dancing profession. Rio de Janeiro Banks Guarded. RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Novem- 7 ().~ Extra P THOMAS M. MILLIGAN. TWO VACANCIES OND.C. COMMITTEE Robsion to Be Filled When Congress Meets. Two vacancies exist on the Senate District Committee, to be filled as soon as Congress meets next month; as a result of the election. Senator Baird, Republican, of New Jersey was on the District Committee | ® MAL INSPECTORS “Ace” in Trailing. Rohbers - Succeeds W. R. Spilman, Who Died in August. Thomas M. Milligan, for many years : Government “ace” in the tracking lown of mail robbers, today chief of one of the most Mn{'fi”&':f tive agencies in the world,. the postal Mr, icoeeds the late Chief Inspector “’fl, "fi x’s:.”‘ R. Spilman, who died . n had been directf; aflairs of the far-fung postal Hre: w o:lr;lee since Mr, ‘s den today was his appointment chief made public. Office this orning et before General Walter Folger Brown. the fous t Postmasters General, N. Graves, executive assistant ter general, and Kenneth private secretary Brown. Helped Solve Réndout Case. i i t, 11, Mr. Ppostal Rond, was Harold oatmas- erson, to Postmaster General mxndg" in the solution of the famous ul tal service, as leeder in '.h‘:’;?.m. bery. Fahy i8 serving a in a Fi al penitentiary for his in the hold-up and robbery at Rondout, as are practically all others connected with the robbery. All but $14,000 of the $2,500,000 stolen at that time was ree “Miligan_aso_pla n also played an t role in solving the $1,000,000 m&nmb- bery at Toledo, Ohio, in 1921. He led the capture of the bandits who held up Toledo mail truck, and effected the in the last session, but was serving |Técovery of a large portion of the loot. in the Senate only v.;[gponnly and did not seek election. g ce in the Senate will be taken by ght Morrow. The other vacancy on the District | Service as assistant postmaster at Committee results from the defeat of | Bend, Kans, in Augus! in this position until Senator John M. Robsion, Republican, in Kentucky. Senator Robsion was serving in the Senate on a Governor's appointment. For the remainder of the Senate term expiring next March he apparently has been defeated by Ben ‘Williamson, Democrat. For the six- year term Senator Robsion was de- feated by Judge M. M. Logan, Demo- crat. lees on the District ‘These two Committee will be filled by the Re- e publican Committee on Committees. GIBSON’S SUCCESS LESSENS DEADLOCK ON NAVAL PROGRAM (Continued Prom First Page.) costly this armament race can be is regarded here as a good omen, It is believed unlikely that Ambas- sador Gibcon will make any spectacular speech at Geneva. He has said all he had to say in his private conversations with M. Tardieu, Foreign Minister D‘no Grandl and Mussolini privately. They know now exactly how America stands on the question of cisarmament, and it is up to the Italian and the French statesmen to find a solution to their naval questions without eny further active intervention on the part of the tates. by s (Copyright. 1930.) RESIGNATION IS DENIED. Rome Foreign Office Brands Stories of Grandi Quitfing “False.” ROME, November 7 ().—The foreign office today denied stories emanating from Geneva and published in Vienna and London that Dino Grandi, foreign minister, had resigned. The foreign office termed the reports “completely false,” while Fascist party authorities said they were ridiculous. The foreign office at the same time denied reports published in the United States that scores had been jailed for complicity in an anti-government, anti- Mussolini plot. It was said that nothing resembling such a movement had been discovered. Arrests of Bartelo Belotti, former minister, and Prof. Giuseppe Renzi and his wife in connection with chain letters denouncing the govern- ment were termed isolated instances. Competent observers pointed out that Grandi was one of the stanchest of Premier Mussolini'’s henchmen;: that he was instrumental in the events leading to the march on Rome, and that he had never wavered in his complete devo- tion to the Fascist cause. DISAGREE ON LIMITATION. Naval Powers on Caommission Assert Views on Limiting Personnel. GENEVA, November 7 (#).—The chief naval powers on the Preparatory Dis- | Wk armament Commission today disagreed on the method of limiting naval per- | sonnel and the question was referred to a subcommittee. The difference was on a British pro- posal that limitation should be only of the aggregate of officers, pettv officers and men. The French position, which was supported today by the Russians, was that a maximum figure must also be fixed for the number of officers. Hugh S. Gibson, chief of the Ameri- can delegation, announced that the United States Government regarded the limitation of naval effectives as of little importance, as it considered the limi- tation of ships would inevitably result all the needed limit on personnel. He was willing, however, to accede to a proposal for total limitation, but saw no practical value in fixing a maximum figure for the category of officers. Fear Too Many Officers. Rene Massigli, defining the French attitude, expressed the fear that if the total personnel alone were limited tiis would permit training of an excessive number of officers and enable a naval power to expand its sea forces beyond treaty limits quickly. The commission has already agreed that officers and non-commissioned officers of land forces shall be limited. and France thought this principle should be extended to navies. ‘W, | . .Bom in Roachdale, Ind., Entered Service in 1906, March 28, 1882, Mr. Milligan entered the Great Mareh, 1913, when rch, , he was transferred to the insj service and assigned to the Cincinnati division. He received promotion larger post effices throughout the coun: FIRE MENACES TOWN IN WATER SHORTAGE Boonsboro, Md.,, Runs Hose to Mountain Springs to Fight Flames in Garage. Soecial Dispatch to The Star. BOONSBORO, Md., November 7.—A fire which started in a garage and spread to adjacent houses menaced this town this morning. Shortage of water added to the danger. A small reserve supply was used and hose lines were run to nearby mountain springs. A call for help was sent to Hagers- town, and one engine was dispatched rr%mt city. 3 Z fire originated in the garage’of Russler & Meredith, according ~ %o early reports. The garage and 1 automobiles were des! bef e % 4 3 flames reached nearby dwellings. SITUATION IN HOUSE, STILL IS UNCERTAIN; - EVEN SPLIT POSSIBLE (Continued From First Page. geuhllf:ns or Democrats organized the nate. ‘The House, according to Associated Press dispatches, stood at noon today as_follows: Republicans elected, 217, Democrats elected, 216, Farmer-Labor elected, 1. Still doubtful, 1. The one district.left doubtful in this table is the seat at large in for which Representative Yates, publican, is now leading, . Out in Kansas the election boards were today endeavoring to decide who has been elected Governor, with the contest extremely close between the Democratic and Republican candidates. ‘Woodring Leads by 26. The fate of the two candidates, Harry oodring, Democrat, and Frank (Chief) Haucke, apparently rested with the ab- sentee ballots, which will not be counted until next week. On the face of complete unofficial returns, not including absentee Nllot;e | Woodring had a lead of 26 votes. seemed unlikely that today's canvass ° would 5o greatly alter the totals as to climinate as the determining factor ap- proximately 3,500 cast by persons away from their home precincts. The final efficial count will not be conducted until December 1. Senator Watscn of Indiana, the Re- publican leader, returned to the Capi- tal Thursday night, but he awaited con- ferences and recounts before claiming control of the next Senate. “I will only say,” he commented, “that whoever is in power in the next Congress I hope prosperous times re- turn to America.” October Circulation Daily...110,628 Sunday, 116,219 District of Columbia, s FLEMING NEWBOLD. Business Manager of THE EVENING AND SUNDAY STAR, does olemniy swear that the actual number of Maxim Litvinoft, Soviet foreign min- | copics of the paper named sold and distrib- ister, who sharply criticized the work of the commission yesterday and particu- larly directed some of his fire at France. today agreed naval point, asserting that an unlim- ited number of officers would facilitate mobilization and the process of rapid ‘war making.. - The Dutch delegate also favored placing a top figure for officers. The British and American opinion, however, was shared by Italy and Japan. Japan, like the United States, felt no real need uted during the month of October, A.D. 1930, » Was as follows: ith the Prench on the | Davs. 13 14 15 for a lmitation on naval personnel at|ie all, but in an effort to reach an ment was willing to accept a it on the total personnel. Referred to Subcommittee. As a possible basis for a compromise ment."‘l:. s as the number of grades of personnel be inserted.in treaty, This, he thought, might dis- courage successfully the inclusion of excessive proportion of officers in the global or total maximum. Ambassador Gibson, Lord bfin ‘;: Marinis of o | Less adjustments... Totel daily net circulation. Average daily net paid circui Daily average number of cop service, SUNDAY. Gonles. Davs LT 17598 . Sato, J delegate, | Daily dverage net circulation. it & mm publicity e all ranks and |, the | BV Total Sunday net circulation... Average number of coples “Tor