Evening Star Newspaper, November 26, 1930, Page 1

WEATHER. TFair and colder (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) tonight and tomorrow; t about 24 de- lowest temperature tonigh grees. tures—] page o report on Closing N.Y. Markets, P jest, 44, at 11 a.m.’ ;z:m am. todsy. 13,14&15 No Entered - post office, 31,620. second class matte) Washington, Dy C. he Foening Star. WITH SPNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1930—THIRTY PAGES. "~ POLLARD ORDERS TROORS TOSTRKE AREAATDANVLE 116th Infantry of Staunton Directed to Proceed to Pittsylvania County. COL. OPIE TO DETERMINE STRENGTH OF DETAIL| Textile Organizer Denies There ‘Was “Riot” of Workers at Schoolfield. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va, November 26— Gov. Pollard today directed Col. H. L. Ople of Staunton, 116th Infantry, Vir- ginia National Guard, to place troops on guard in Pittsylvania County where disorders have resulted incident to the strike of union workers in the Riverside and Dan River mills. The number of QGuardsmen to be placed on duty was| left in the hands of Col. Ople. | The regiment, whose full strength is 800 men, will arrive in Pittsylvania County at 5 o'clock this afternoon and be quartered there to do guard duty and keep vigilance over the situation, Gov. Pollard said. The troops will also Rubber Roadway Across New Jersey Bridge Put in Use By the Associated Press. PASSAIC, N. J., November 26. —The first rubber paved road- way in New Jersey was in use by automobiles today. It is on a small bridge at an approach to the Passaic River. The rubber company which manufactured the roadway claims it eliminates street noises, and ex- pects that if it wears satisfactorily it may be widely adopted for streets and highways. ANTISOVIET PLOT 15 LAID TO LONDON AND PARISAT TRIAL “Confession” of Russian In- cludes Names of Poincare and Churchill. By the Associnted Press. MOSCOW, November 26.—England and France were depicted as malevolent plotters seeking to intervene in Soviet Russia and overthrow the Communist regime by Prof. Leonid Ramzin, “con- fessing” before a revolutionary tribunal, which is trying him for high treason. Prof. Ramzin, speaking into a micro- phone which carried his voice to the farthest reaches of the Communist fed- co-operate with Danville City suthori- | €ration, told an amazing story of in- tles, if this assistance is requested. The chief executive sald the troops | ‘were being sent at the request of Com- | monwealth's Attorney P. J. Hundle of Pittaylvania County. Meets With Labor Leaders. ©. W. Bolick, an organizer for the United Textile Workers, and a State the conference. Adj. Gen. W. W. Sale, who was called in, sald he had received a report from . Atkins of the National Guard at ville that non-union workers were out of the mills this morning by barricade and that several been stormed. The re- mentioned that two cars were over- but did not say whether they cars or automobiles. started, newspaper men Te was "{M" in the Schoolfield section last MOB RULE PREVAILS. Officers Held Impotent o Handle Dan- | ville Situation. Special Dispatch to The Star. DANVILLE, Va., November 26.—Mob rule prevailed in Schoolfield, textile ares of Danville, early today, with State At 6:30 o'clock this morning 500 strikers barred entry into Schoolfield at the city limits and prevented street ears from carrying non-union workers Motormen were told that 'k toward the city. Automo- stopped, and in some pushed bodily backward down the that their cars is known, none entered the o '1;:1:‘ Mills this morning, the mass action in picketing t’ln Vl:'l‘:;:n ;f -} injunction ap- R e tanans following news had declined to send scene. Thirty-five strikers were arrested in the city last night for various disor- qmflmemmdmwrowgi-' « jued on Page 2, Column 3.) | trigue, mentioning casually as co-plot- | ters with him former President Poin- care of France, Aristide Briand, French foreign minister; “Col. Lawrence” and “Lord Churchil England, and other figures of the two countries. The defendant, who is the leader of a group of eight prominent Soviet en- gineers who are facing death sentences on their pleas of guilty to the counter- revolutionary conspiracy, declared that British support to the plot waned after the second MacDonald regime was es- tablished in 1929 and relations with the Soviet were re-established. Thereafter, he sald, the French and border coun- tries, Poland and Rumania, were the principal conspirators. Refers to British Agents. Contact with British agents in Mos- cow, Ramzin declared, was established through “Col. Lawrence,” newspaper men assuming his reference to be to “Lawrence of Arabia,” or Aircraftsman Shaw of the British Royal Flying Corps Another British representative, Sir Philip Vicars, he sald, once told him/ that “Lord Churchill” was the leading figure back of the intervention move- ment in England. It was assumed that he referred to Winston Churchill, for- mer Conservative chancellor of the ex- chequer, the first Viscount Churchill is 72_years old and has not been active in British politics for some time. Ramzin told of meeting & Gen. Jan- ville of the French general staff in eral, Lukomsky, of discussing with him plans for intervention in Soviet Russia. They agreed that a force of 800,000 or 700,000 men, to be = nished principally by Rumania, Poland and_ Jugosla their purpose, once the plotters had been able to the way inside Union, Never Baw Poincare. The defendant, who was surrounded by a battery of sputtering white lights and movie cameras, never faltered in his self-condemning accusation of the foreign statesmen. He declared that he was positive, although he had seen either Poincare or Churchill, that they were the brains of the intervention move iu their two countries. He al- leged also that the “industrial party,” of which he was the head, was the actual repres:ntative of the French general staff in the Russian espionage. He reiterated today information given in his two hours and a half on the stand yesterday that the Summer of 1930 was the time set for the interven- | ha tion, but that, due to various inter- am.}gg?] complications, it was postponed Another demonstration and parade in front of the House of Columns, where the trial of the eight engineers is tak- ing part, was planned for this after- noon. Housemaids, who were getting a day off for the purpose, and office work- ers were expecte#® to be the chief par- ticipants. BRIAND DENIES CHARGES. Poincare Joins Him in Repudiating Plot Confession. PARIS, November 26 (#).—Fore! Minister Briand and former Premier Poincare today issued formal denials of the alleged confession of Prof. Leonid Ramzin in Moscow, mentioning them as playing a part in a plot against the Soviet Union. The French Ambassador at Moscow | W has protested energetically against Ramzin's statements. CHIEF EXECUTIVE AND FIRST LAbY TO ATTEND CHARITY GRID GAME|: President Notifies Committee He Will Occupy Box at Coast Guard-Marine Contest. President Hoover will attend the Marine-Coast Guard foot ball game to be played.in Grifith Stadium Decem- ber 6, if possible, he informed the com- mittee in charge ‘of the game today. He will be accompanjed by Mrs. Hoover. Thebcommittee intended to invite the presidential family to the game, but the President forestalled this action by notifying the committee that since the game is to be played for the benefit of the unemployed he intends to buy a box for the presidential party. A letter from George Akerson, secre- fary to the President, notifying the committee of the President’s decision ‘was received by Newbold Noyes, chair- of the expenses of ushers ticket-takers and watchmen at the game, without any charge to the committee. Joshua Evans of the District Na- tional Bank has been named treasurer of the committee, which expects to re- celve about $40,000 net as a result of the game. All of the money is to go for relief of Washington unemployed. It will be turned over by Mr. Evans to the | Commissioners’ Unemployment Com- mittee, headed by Prederic A. Delano, chairman of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission. Tickets for the game are on sale today at the Willlard and Mayflower Hotels, the American Automobile Association, the Chamber of Commerce, the Board of Trade and at the regular ticket agencies and the box offices of theaters and moving picture establishments, and the sale is progressing briskly. ‘The Marine team will be accompanied from Quantico by a detachment of 1,200 Marines, under command of Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Butler. Arrangements for their transportation were in progress today, but it had not been decided whether they will come by boat to the Seventh street wharves or by train to from | Union Station. The route of the = e parade the Marines will march to the blllg:lk depends on this decision. A detachment of about 800 Coast Guards- men will also base at New London, Conn., ts to take part in the attend the other ang the game, from and parade 4 4 VENIREMAN'S VIEW IN SMITH CO. CASE Says He Thinks All Are Guilty as Tentative Panel Is Listening. COURT IS ADJOURNED TO STUDY MISTRIAL LAW Defense Counsel Asks for Postpone- ment Until Next Term of Dis- trict Supreme Court. A slip of the tongue on the part of a prospective juror in the F. H. Smith Co. conspiracy case now on trial in the District Supreme Court threatened to- day to undo all that has been accom- plished in the difficult task of selecting a jury and to postpone further consid- eration of the case until next January. The prospective juror, Fred K. Schultz, 4 Adams street, while being questioned by Nugent Dodds, special assistant to the Attorney General, said in the presence of the other jurors: "It seems to me that all of the defendants are guilty.” Ask for Discharge. Counsel for G. Bryan Pitts, C. Elbert Anadale and John H. Edwards, gr.. the defendants, immediately asked for the discharge of the 11 tcntative jurors selected and for a postponement of the case until the next term of court. The statement by Schultz, they argued, was bound to have an effect on the minds of the other jurors prejudicial to the interests of the defendants. Immediately after the defense motion time to look up the law governing ap- plications for mistrials if the court re- garded the motion as being important. Justice Willlam Hitz, presiding, said he thought the matter was of “some sub- stance” and ordered an adjournment until 3 o'clock so that the Government counsel might prepare an argument. Hitz Excuses Jurers. Justice William Hitz, who is presid- ing, excused all of the jurors while hearing argument on this point. The statement by the juror was not in response to a direct question by Mr. Dodds. The Government counsel had asked him whether there was any reason why he could not sit in the case as a fair and impartial juror. Ordi- narily, a “yes" or “no” answer is given to this question. Schultz, however, ap- parently unfamiliar with the usual pro- cedure in this respect, had completed his answer before he could be stopped by_counsel. ~ T'.hh: Gdae\;!mmfl}t reounul WaAS y the defense of framing its question to elicit such an answer n‘rrm u?e“ juror, and a heated controversy im tely followed this . Judge Hits then instructed the attorneys riot to get excited and ordered a recess. At 12:30 o'clock a total of eight jurors from the panel called in this morning had been excused for cause, and the defense had exhausted its last - emptory challenge, removing t Sandberg, son of Detective Sergt. Fred Sandberg, Police Department finger- print expert, May Resume Today. In the event that Justice Hitz over- rules the motion of the defendants for discharge of the jury and a new trial, the questioning of prospective jurors was to be resumed this afternoon by Mr. Dodds and Assistant United States Attorney Neil Burkinshaw for the Gov- ernment, and Wilton J. Lambert, Frank mund Poland for the defense. A special venire of 200 talesmen had been called this morning, but only 147 responded. Three of the most interested specta- tors in the court room this morning were the wives of the defendants. Care- fully dressed, they sat with folded tently the proceedings which may send their husbands to the penitentiary in event of a conviction. \COL. GRANT RESIGNS BICENTENNIAL POST George Washington Commission Di- rectorate Successor Sought to Aid Sol Bloom. Due to the press of other duties, Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, director of Public Bulldings and Public Parks, is resigning as director of the George ‘ashington Bicentennial Commission. This became known today when Sen- ator Fess, Republican, of Ohio, chair- man of the commission, advised Presi- dent Hoover that Col. Grant has been forced to withdraw from the organiza- | tlon, which is arranging a Nation-wide celebration for 1932 in honor of the ! 00th anniversary of George Washing- ton’s birth on account of his many other dutles. Careful consideration is being given the successor of Col. Grant to serve with Representative Sol Bloom, Demo- crat, of New York, who is the other di- rector on the commission. FOUR ROADS.SUG[ESTED AS RELIEF FOR JOBLESS Ex-Governor Would Have Federal Government Construct High- ways Across Country. By the Associated Press. LINCOLN. Nebr, November 26.— Adam McMullen, former Governor of Nebraska, in a statement today, urged construction by the Federal Govern- ment of two paved highways from coast to coast and two more from the Ca- nadian border to the Gulf of Mexico as & means to relieve unemployment. The former executive suggested the Lincoln Highway should be hard-sur- faced at once with the help of Federal appropriations and that another coast- to-coast thoroughfare from South- ern city on the Eastern seaboard, with Los Angeles as its Western terminus, should be bullt. One of the border-to-Gulf routes, McMullen said, could be laid out with Winnipeg as the Northern terminus and Galveston, Tex,, the Southern terminus. The other highway he would route from 8 point east of Winnepeg to possibly New Orleans. Radio Programs on Page A-12 had been made, Mr. Dodds asked for | :cuud[ G. Raichle, George D. Horning and Ed- | nds in a front row and followed in- | MAY STOP TRIAL) EARLY SESSION DUE ON D. C. FINANCES Special House Committee to Take Up Fiscal Relations With United States. Chairman Mapes of the Special House Committee appointed by Speaker Long- | worth to make an intensive study of the fiscal relations between the Federal Treasury and the municipality of the District of Columbia expects to have the first meeting of his committee next Tuesday or as early next week as pos- sible and to promptly start hearings for a solution of this vexing problem. Mr. Mapes has found it impossible to arrange for a meeting of his special committee in advance of the opening of Congress on Monday, because Repre- sentatives Beers of Pennsylvania, Repub- lican. and Crisp of Democrat, "i not be in town before late Sat- urday > He conferred with other members of his committee and with Representa- tive Simmons of Nebraska, who is chair- hiot udget, ol the House: Approprie- t louse % tions Committee. Representative Mapes is mapping a tentative program of those who ed to be heard on this problem, and is seeking testimony from the agencies which he believes will be able to fur- nish the committee with the most exact detailed information essential to a careful study of the situation and the best solution of the long drawn-out controversy. ROBBERS GET $30,000 Customers and Clerks Herded in Cage in Hawthorne, N. J., Bank. HAWTHORNE, N. J., November 26 (#).—Herding customers and clerks be- hind a cage, four men entered the Peoples’ Bank today and scooped up all the cash on hand. First estimates stated the robbers escaped with $30,000. The car in which the bandits escaped was stolen last Thursday night from | Alfred Sauter of Fairview. FAIR AND COLDER A burst of sunshine today caused forecasters of the Weather Bureau to change their earlier prediction of snow flurries. “Fair and colder” is the forecast. for Thanksgiving day. The mercury is ex- pected to drop to a minimum of 24 degrees in the city by tomorrow morn- ing, which means several degrees colder in the suburban districts. Fur Coats The possession of a fur coat becomes of greater value as the snap of Win- ter weather arrives. Many kinds of fur coats are being sold now at prices that rep- resent appreciable reduc- tions. In one store, for instance, are offered Muskrat Coats for $78.00. Last year’s price for these coats, of the same quality, was $100.00. Advertisements .in The Star contain many similar offerings which encourage timely buying. Yesterday’s Advertising (Local Display) Lines. .46,570 .23,011 .14,307 7,501 2,962 . 47,781 The Evening Star 2d Newspaper 3d Newspaper 4th Newspaper. . Sth Newspaper . . o Total Revisabers A circulation increase of about 6,000 copies in the past two years is one rea- son for Washington mer- chants’ preference for The Star, { Smile Costs Man Life During Hold-up Of Roadside Saloon By the Associated Press. GLEN VIEW, Ill., November 26. —Because he smiled when four masked robbers commanded the patrons of a roadside saloon to “Throw up your hands,” Russell Thompson, 35, Evanston broker, shot down and instantly killed today. “Don't smile,” the bandit leader ordered, when Thompson, one of three men at a side table, looked his way. At the same time he raised his gun and fired point blank, the charge striking the broker in the left breast. Then, while one of the robbers bbers up about $150 and fled. MACHADD'S POWER EXTENDED IN CUBA Constitutional.. Rights. Sus- pended Throughout Republic at President’s Request. By the Associated Press. HAVANA, November 26.—The Cuban Congress today presented President Gerardo Machado with a new weapon to use in his efforts to put down wide- spread anti-administration feeling. It authorized him to suspend consti- tutional guarantees throughout the re- Dublic. He recently was suthorized to make the suspension in Havana and its environs. tional power last week. passed on his request, but the House of Representatives did not accede until last night. Heated argument developed before | the extraordinary measure was ap- | proved. Carlos Manuel de la Oruz | talked for an hour. He said the only | way Cuba's troubles could be solved was by resignation of the President. Other opposition was on the ground that the Presidents Tequest implied an unrestricted use of Treasury fu de'u:, maintain order. Su ons of resig- Ttion were Fidiculed by administration supporters. President Machado in statements (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) TAXICAB FARE SLASH ANNOUNCED BY FIRMS | Black & White and Yellow Com- panies Reduce Rates to 30 Cents Mile. A new element entered into the taxi situation here today when the Black & White and Yellow Cab Companies notified the Public Utilities Commission that beginning Friday morning they will reduce the rates of fare on. their taxicabs. The new rates will be 30 cents for the first mile and 20 cents for each succeeding mile. The present rates are 45 cents for the first mile and 25 cents for each additional mile. The letter of the company to the ommission, setting out the new rates, ;. in mnku‘:'q this chnnfe we feel th the public demand for low taxi rates.” ‘The fieldln: of the two concerns named the lower price level leaves only one old line concern in the fleld with the 25-cent meter pull, which is ivalent to 45 cents for the first mile. t is the Mayflower Taxi Co. Am this concern is expected to follow suit. Indian, 109, Sleeps Little. CHICAGO, November 26 (#).—Stay awake to live long was the advice Chiet White Horse Eagle, who claims to be 109 years old, gave to newspaper men stopped he in Chi l‘:‘mawmounlnmmmm California, after s visit to 3 “T only sleep four hours a day,” he d. Star Editions Tomorrow Because of the holiday, the regular home editions of The Star tomorrow will be issued at 1 o'clock. ‘There will be no 5:30 or sports final editions, The President requested this_addi- | P® "~ The Senate | BANDIT ROBS TWO GAS STATIONS HERE Kidnaps One Attendant and Is Fired Upon by Manager of Second Place. Bwinging into action early this morn- ing, & youthful bandit held up one filling station, abducted the manager and appropriated his car, dumped the victim out in the country after forcing him to do the driving, then was sent away In a stream of fire after staging & second filling-station hold-up In the stolen automobile. The bandit, soft-spoken and self-as- sured, appeared first at 6:30 at the of- fice of a station at North Capitol and I streets. He held up the lone attend- ant on duty at the time, W. Victor Johnson, of 1126 Eleventh strest, and pocketed about $35 of the station’s re- ceipts. Just previously, Johnson had gone to | his automobile to fill the radiator. He belleves the bandit must have been loitering nearby and had seen him working on the machine, Forced to Drive Car. Menacing Johnson with what ap- mud to & pistol in the dark overcoat, the robber ordered Johnson to “get in that car.” Johnson climbed into the front seat while his made himself comfortable on & course Md., Johnson sald, the bandit told hg to stop the car and then directed to get out and walk. Johnson did as he l:.d. told lnufla automoblle disap- a) toward 80 At 7:30 o'clock & man and automo- bile answering the same description lled up before s fllin tion owned y W. P. Irvin at Benning road and Central avenue northeast, coming down the latter thoroughfare from e di- rection of Largo. alone in the machine, out and asked an attendant, H. Limerick of 1108 Owen place northeast, if he had any cigar- ettes for sale. Limerick replied that he had and the man followed him inside a; office, where Limerick was on duty ith his brother, Vernon, of No. 18 Nineteenth street southeast. Ordered to Wait on Man. As Willilam Limerick went behind the counter, the newcomer ted the two filling station men to put up their and stand before a window, he said, “this won't take The brothers did as they were told, and the robber kept a heavy caliber revolver trained on them while he searched the cash register. & early customer came to the office T, “Get out there and wait on that fellow,” the bandlt said. He clunfied his mind, however, as Willlam Limerick moved toward the door. ‘N tay where you are until I get out of here, the bandit said, “and when I leave don't step away from that window or Tl shoot The customer waited quietly outside, unaware of what was going on, while the robber took $40 from the cash reg- ister sauntered out. Once outside, he buttoned up his overcoat and step- ped into the sedan. As he did so William Limerick reach- ed behind the cash register and pro- cured an Army automatic. Limerick ran from the office just at the car got under way and fired four shots at the rear (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) CAROL-BRATIANU FEUD APPEARS IN BUCHAREST King Refuses Audience to Ru- manian Leader and Is Then Himself 8purned in Turn. By the Associated Press. BUCHAREST, Rumania, November 26.—The implaccal leader :ncllvl youn| days, flared 's forth anew today. g Bratianu opposed Carol's return. Re- cenf hen he relented and sought out Mlul would not see him. Two Lad pocket, of | TWO CENTS. UM Means Aseociated Press. 250 JAPANESE HUNDREDS INJURED, IN EARTHQUAKE DISASTER 5,144 Buildings Destroyed or Damaged as Fire Adds to Havoe, SECTION IS PLEASURE RESORT, 125 MILES AWAY FROM TOKIO Troops Are Rushed to Stricken Villages With Red Cross and Other Relief Agencies. By the Associated Press, TOKIO, November 26.—At least 350 persons were killed and sev- eral hundred injured today in Eastern Japan's most destructive earthquake since the disaster of 1923. Btriking a score of towns and villages of Northern Izu Peningula, the playground of Japan, at 4:03 a.m. (2:03 p.m. E. 8. T. Tuesday), the quake destroyed or seriously damaged 5,144 buildings, according to an official estimate. It climaxed a series of earthquakes in that area since November 10. With communications partially restored in the stricken area, which is 125 miles southwest of here, authorities began the tragie tally of the casualties. Havoe Increased by Fires. Fires, landslides and bursting reservoirs added to the havoc after the quake had reached its maximum of violence. Many communities had yet to be heard from and, their reports were expected to enlarge the death roll. Property losses already have been estimated in the scores of millions of yen. Reports indicated the heaviest blow fell upon the area extending from Mishima to Numazu, & region about 15 miles long and § to 10 miles wide. ) The village of Nirayma was wiped out, 60 persons being killed there. Nagoka, a hot springs resort, also was destroyed, 22 having perished there. A group of small villages in the southern part of the stricken area reported 80 dead. 11 OHIO CITIES GIVE $8,100,050 TO CHESTS Cleveland Raises $5,418,524 for Charity, and Other Commu- nities Exceed Quotas. By the Assoclated Press. CLEVELAND, November 26.—Gen- erous Ohio is going to see that its poor and needy are well fed and warmly clothed this Winter. ‘The people of 11 of Ohio's cities which use publicly-contributed community funds. todsy had dug deep in their pockets and produced $8,100,050 for this form of organized charity. Ten out of the 11 communities raised amounts in excess of their own expec- tations. Cleveland, with the largest commun- | gjide, ity fund in the world, raised $5,418,- 524. In addition, Greater Cleveland recently approved $40,000,000 worth of bond issues with the thought that pub- lic improvements will provide work for thousands of men who might otherwise be unemployed during the next several G ohumibus raised $845,633 for its com lumbus A P munity chest. Tts goal was $751488. pledged $796,583 and .Akron $651,685. SLAYER OF TWO KILLED Long Search for Murderer Ends ‘With His Death in Lean-to. EUGENE, Oreg., November 26 (#)— The long search for Ray Sutherland, 67, slayer of two members of a liquor raiding squad at Marcola, Oreg., August 28, was at an end today. Sutherland was killed by deputy sheriffs as he lay in a lean-to in the mountains near West Fir yesterday and luhnflnpenedmonlsw of offi- cers who had surrounde hfl hiding place. "H-knm vflh{(i.h:tn the shore of tg famous lake of name, killed and Yumomoto reporm iped serious dam- ually was isolated by land- figures from the Isu district gave the fatalities in the various towns as follows: Nirayama, 74; Kanami, 28; Shuzenji, 15; Kawanishi, 15; Kitakano, 18, and Nakakano, 15. Since few non- laborers were known to have been killed when a portion of the fa- mous Tanna Tunnel between Atami WOODRING IS VICTOR Recount Gives Democrat Governor- ship of Kansas. ‘TOPEKA, Kans, November 26 (#).— Harry Woodring, Democrat, today was officially determined winner of Kansas Governorship by a plurality of 261 votes over Frank (Chief) 3 The official count of votes cast in the November 4 election showed the follow= ing results: 217,171;% Woodring (Democrat), Haucke (Republitan), 216,9320; Dr. J. R. Brinkley (independent), 183,278, and J. B. Shieldy (Socialist), 3,866. SLAIN MISSIONARY WROTE FEAR OF INDIANS WHO TOOK HER LIFE Letters From Miss Kratz Show Brazilians Believed Whites Brought Plague Upon Them. By the Assoclated Press. epidemic of iliness, November 36.—Letters which ‘was pre! and of the visit. of