Evening Star Newspaper, March 27, 1931, Page 2

(A2 e 1.5, SEEKS TOCUT - WHEAT ACREAGE 20 Per Cent Reduction Seen in Move to Force Prices Up. L By the Associated Press. A 20 per cent reduction in wheat wmcreage within the next two crop years was hoped for today by Federal officials * to put domestic production and demand on the same level. Cheered by farmers’ intentions to cut g sharply, although the TPo1 Sotal will be only about 3 per cent | less, they believé growers were ; that holding on an even keel was & problem to be solved by the planters. e Agriculture Department _esti- mewn mt.:.-m‘v that Spring wheat plantings would be reduced 14.7 per cent. This exceeded the Farm Board for a 10 per cent cut and marked the opening slash in an acreage w that has mounted steadily since war. Surplus Stock Refused. A possibility that this percentage would be further increased was held out result of the Farm Board’s decision not to buy surplus stock. When it made this announcement the board appealed to farmers to keep production down to | domestic demands. i Joseph B. Becker, crop reportin board member, computed the total 193! reduction of Spring and Winter varle- ties at 3 per cent. Prospécts were that to harvest 39,759,000 1.5, KEEPS SILENT ON TARIFF ACCORD Stimson Is Non-Committal Awating Developments In Customs Proposals. By the Assoctated Press. The Franco-Italian naval agreement and the proposed Austro-Gérman cus- toms treaty held the attention of the State Department today as it main- tained a watchful official silence and awaited developments. Secretary Stimson, expecting the text of the customs proposals, remained non- committal. Any statement from him, it was said, might be interpreted to in- dicate the United States was taking a position on the political aspects of the accord. He already had conferred with Am- or von Prittwits of Germany, but declined to disclose the subject of the conversations. The. Secretary is, how- ever, most interested in:the effect the projected Austro-German compact will have on American manufacturers and exporters. In his consideration, Stimson has be- fore him dispatches from Rome inti- mating Italy has taken a receptive atti- tude toward the customs agreement. But there is a question, officials said, of the possible effect of this proposal farmers expected mcres of the 42,042,000 planted to Winter { wheat last year. C. C. Teague, who was “very much ” by the Spring wheat reduc- estimates, repeated the hope of the Farm Board t wheat plantings in the Spring and Fall would show a 120 per cent reduction, and that the wers would realize they can ob- ! better prices by holding down pro- duction. hfil‘“ 3 huprm ,000,000 bushels, of the world's total. farmers, on the other hand, Agriculture Department records set forth, intend to plant their since 1 an largest crop , of 4.9 cent, or 105,813,000 acres, with over the corn belt, ranging from 2 to 5 per cent. 'GRAND NATIONAL "CHASE " IS TAKEN BY GRAKLE AS EASTER HERO FALLS (Continued Prom First Page.) Radio ananouncers carried a descrip- tion of the‘race to the far corners of the earth, with all of England, the Con- tient and North America listening in. BRITON WINS $1,772,720. weepstakes at today's Grand at Aintree with his ticket on Gregalach, second. His ticket had i ‘wrec] of his hopes, however, as sold m?mo:u:fll tfi:z&wln advance Approxi ly ,000. Smaller went to several other ticket receipts of the sweepstakes were tely $8,779,000, of which the Irish hospitals gt 25 per cent. The are al expenses and ap- tely $5,909,000 was available I-!wflht.flb\minm:(“vflfl. ‘These { ranged from the first prize of one and Egga!fiifi % | ! three-quarters millions to “consolation” - prizes of $5,911. LOTTERY WINNER FIRED. ! Buffalo Man Discharged So Factory } Employes Could Work. { BUPFFALO, N. Y., March 27 (®—| Clayton C. Woods didn't have to resign { from his factory job when he won more than $800,000 in the Irish Sweepstakes today—he was fired as soon as he drew the ticket of Gregalach, which placed second in the Grand National. obody in the plant was jealous; they're all fine fellows,” Woods ex- plained, “but you know how it is when on the Franco-Italian naval discussion. Stimson believes reports that difficul- ties have arisen in the drafting of the naval compact are not unduly conse- quential. He has, however, canceled an agreement to discuss the naval situ- ation over the radio, preferring to fol low his viously announced inten- tion of withholding comment until the m is completed and available in full e: AMBASSADOR SPEAKS. Von Prittwits Believes Agreement Will " Be Reached Soon. Ambassador von Prittwitz of Ger- many informed Secretary Stimson yes- terday he belleved the proposed Ger- man-Austrian customs accord would be arranged within six months satisfactory :tuam now opposing such an agree- The Ambassador called at the depart- ment for an exchange of ratifications the German-American extradition on treaty. Tou on whether the accord il;gmml trm:y. uutm s Secretary was such & com- gl:x one that considerable time would required to study it. . TRAFFIC DIRECTOR UNDER REORGANIZATION: (Continued Prom First Page.) rules. One of bs to park on 9:30 in the morning notwithstanding the fact that the hackstands were on streets where parking was prohibited at these hours to accommodate the flow of traffic. The was true of the afternoon restric~ As to the balance of the proposals, the restrictions now in force would ing from chants at is within part: “We are Eleventh and G the rear of unloading of trucks or for any of our customers. at 7:30 cally forbidden to the congested zone. news like that gets around. Every time I went into the factory everybody stop- | { ped work to talk about my chances.| Finally the boss sald, ‘Will you get out ‘o(l;zr'mdlhiou',loflmm work. 1, Woods was an inspector of car bodies in a motors plant here before he paid $250 for the ticket that made him almost a millionaire. He was offered $50,000 for the ticket early this week. He and the other four members of his family who held shares in the ticket talked it over and decided to take a chance. Believed in Victory. { _ “But I want to tell you,” he said to- | day, “that if the offer had been renewed e Eid Eis& o MILITARY LINE-UP OF POLICE FORCE ORDERED IN EFFECT (Continued From First Page.) and direct the activities from that office. will be tain, Gen. tty cases and prescribe extra duty for minor infractions as does the captain of a military com- ‘The inspectors will be compara- martial board, the more serious cases, ‘Trial Board will func- tion as the general court-martial. This system, he believes, will remove the burden of many trivial cases from the trial board docket. ‘Will Increase Efficiency, f t we want to do under this new plan,” Commissioner Crosby declared, “is to a for pressure from the D. €, FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1931, At Horse Island When Viking Survivors Awaited Rescue FIRST PICTURES TO ARRIVE FROM SCENE OF ARCTIC SHIP DISASTER. in landing. sealer Viking were taken off by the rescue ship. This picture was taken nter: Seaman transferring body of Patrick Bartlett from the S. S. Eagle to rescue ship Foundation Franklin, which carried the victims of the Viking disaster to Bt. Johns, Newfoundland. : The settlement on Horse Island, where about 120 survivors of the ill-faf g.om the plane flown by Robert S. Fogg and Cameraman Wright, which was Lower: The few inhabitants of Horse Island, who alded the survivors of the ship explosion. It took much persuasion on the part of Pilot Fogg to get them to pose for this picture. —Copyright by the Associated Press. VIKING POST SAVED SARGENT IN BLAST Lone Survivor in Film Quest Testifies on Disaster—Bal- chen Ends Search. By the Associated Press. ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland, March 27.—The stern post of the sinking sealer Viking saved the life of Henry J. Sar- gent, Boston actor-explorer, when he was flung unconscious upon the deck by the explosion which wrecked the vessel in White Bay March 15. ‘Testifying yesterday before the com- mission investigating the disaster Sar- gent, who was the only survivor of Varick Prisscll's Motion Picture Expe- dition, said he regained consclousness on the deck, which was level with the sea, and found himself being held on board by the stern post. Astern of the wreck the water was filled with loose ice on which it would have been difficult to find support. Gas and flame were pouring from the companion way, he said, and he could see Capt. Abram Kean, jr, on the ice. King, the radio operator, was nearby calling for help, Sargent he hauled him onto a plece of wreckage. He said the last he saw of Frissell was just before the explosion when they were in the cabin discussing the danger of an explosion in the ship's powder magazine. Sargent said he has heard no com- plaints aboard ship concerning careless handling of powder and did not know where it was stored. He sald the ship was equipped with elec- tric lights, but that oll lamps were frequently used. Bernt Balchen, Arctic flyer, who has been conducting an air search for Prissell and the 25 others missing from the Viking, said after a flight yesterday he had decided to abandon the search. He is at Cornerbrook, Newfoundland. ARMISTICE EVE! Americans in Race for Capture of Sedan READ Pershing’s Story Tomorrow said | In the National Radio Forum Forum Speaker NYE WILL TELL OF DIRECT PRIMARY SYSTEM. SENATOR GERALD P. NYE. ‘The direct primary system of select- Ing candidates for Congress and other public office will be discussed by Sen- ator Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota arranged by The Star and broadcast over the coast-to-coast network of the Columbia Broadcasting system at 9:30 o'clock. to- morrow night. Becretary of State Henry L. Stimson was scheduled to make an address at that hour on the completion of the London naval treaty through the re- cent agreement between France, Italy and Great Britain on naval limitation. It was found necessary, however, to postpone that address because the full text of the agreement has not yet reached the State Department, and Secretary Stimson will be heard later. ‘The direct primary system has been under attack recently by Former Gov. Alfred E. Smith of New York, the Democratic nominee for President in 1928, and by Representative Will Wood of Indiana, chairman of the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee. The contention has been made that the system is breaking down party gov- ernment and is not resulting in the selection of the men best qualified for public office and that frequently a small minority of the electorate controls the nominations. Senator Nye, who is chairman of the Senate Campaign Investigating Com- mittee, is a supporter of the primary system and will give reasons for pre- ferring i# to the old convention and a:ué\{x methods of nominating candi- BOMB HITS 2 GIRLS HAVANA, March 27 (#).—Two young girls walking home from a picture show were htly injured at midnight last a bomb from a pass- exploded near them. and Dinorah de la Cuesta, sisters, were crossing San Nicolas street at San Rafael when the explosion oc- curred Neither was severely hurt. The bomb throwers esca before pol! could secure the of thelr ear, lice | was NAVAL PACT HITCH IN PARIS DISTURBS OFFICIALDOM HERE| (Continued_Prom Pirst Page) here that this crisis, like many in the past, will blow over. It is pointed out that the Austro-German customs has not been completed yet, that it will take at least another three months be- fore the treaty can be finally drafted and. when this is done It must be rati- fled by the German Reichstag, which will not meet until next October. During these months much can be done %o ease the situation. The ma- chinery of the League of Nations and possibly The Hague tribunal will be set in motion and, unless France acts hastily, the situatalon may be settled ;:l‘llthout any damage to the peace of rope. ‘The United States, while not involved in any way in this new European row, is watching carefully these new develop- ments and through its representatives abroad is ready to help with friendly and disinterested advice. (Copyright, 1931.) ISSUE PUT UP TO ROME. Briand and Henderson Suggest Com- Promise Pact Saver. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER, By Cable to The Star. PARIS, France, March 27.—Foreign Ministers Aristide Briand of France and Arthur Henderson of Great Britain, after many hours of , have reached a tentative agreement over the French claim to 66,000 tons of addi- tional replacements under the French- British-Italian naval agreement. The agreement is to leave the question to be decided at the general disarmament conference in’ 1932, ‘This solution has been telephoned to Rome. If Italy accepts it, the draft- ing of the naval understanding can be resumed in London Monday. If Italy refuses, it is sald here, the whole agree- ment may , for the French Legislature would refuse to ratify it. Inside Story Told. ‘The inside sfory of the dispute is as follows: ‘The Parls agreement limited both France and Italy to the re ent. of old ships and fixed the re- placements for shi be in service at the end of 1936 at 136,000 tons and the Italian at 120,000 tons. When French naval experts, who are said to have been excluded by M. Briand from the actual negotiations, came to. work out the replacement tabels on the cus- tomary basis that it takes three years to eomPIecs a warship, they found that the only additional laying down Great Britain and Italy would them was in 1934, 1935 and 1936 for ships be- coming over age in 1937, 1938 and 1939, without taking account that, owing to insufficient bullding some years ), France would in 1936 have some 66, addif tons over age, which thus pneumshg.mld never be replaced. Hence calculated that the reduction in French Navy under the Paris agreement would be not 90,- 000, but 156,000 tons, Briand Position Delicate. - While this oversight in calculat of the French ne itions was kept secret, feeling in ide naval circles ran high. Admiral Violette, chief of the naval staff, actually resigned, but persuaded to withdraw his resig- . SOUTH URGES BAN ON RASKOB PLANS union | Some Democratic Leaders Favor Business as Chief Issue in 1932. By the Associated Press. Bursts of prophecy concerning 1932 followed today in the path of develop- ments that promised an interesting if not tumultuous political future. As observers scanned the horizon they based their deductions on’ the following: Some Southern Democrats are urging that business be the issue in the elec- tions and that their next party con- vention ignore anti-prohibition pro- posals made by Chairman Raskob at the recent meeting of their national committee, Benator Norris doubts that inde- pendents will help Democrats to or- ganize the new Senate. Norris and Representative La Guardia have pledged co-operation between House and Senate Progressives, Extra Session Unlikely. Dissension Wi iy, Bercs, e iy g has brought up Tammany and :&u les of the Harding administra- Leaders of a movement for a special session have been told their efforts probably will be fruitless. The effort to head off the Raskob suggestions was begun at a meeting in the officé of Senator Robinson of Ar- kansas. . Other prominent Democrats who joined Robinson were Senators Swanson of Virginia and Hull of Ten- nessee and former Gov. Byrd of Vir- ginia, As_this movement, went forward, Sen- ator Norris sald he had no idea of help- the Democrats organize the Senate. “Naturally,” the Nel independ- ent Republican said, “I don’t- know what the future will bring, but so far there have been no conferences and no talk of h!{sl:‘ the Democrats assume control of Senate. I doubt the Pro- gressives will do that, although it is too early to say definitely, as many things may happen before * Congress convenes.” . Independents to Dictate. ‘With the prospective line-up in the Senate 48 Republicans, 47 Democrats and 1 Farmer-Labor, independents clearly will dictate organization if party lines otherwise hold. At present nine mrms mv:e c:‘mmlc::o - ships in the Senate, given to them, under control. Senator Norris had an hour’s confer- ence with Representative La Guardia, one of the Progressive leaders 4n the House. They both expresed that there would be no undue difference of opinion between House and Senate independents on issuse, which will in- clude tax legisiation, unemployment measures and relief, R . lost if the Democrats obtain | day BURKE WILL FIGHT | GANDHI TRIUMPHS; EXTRADITION MOVE Gangster Admits Being in Chicago a Week Before His Capture. (Continued From First Page.) also is belleved to have led the gang which robbed the National Bank of Peru, Ind., October 18, 1929, obtaining $93,000 in loot and wounding two. MAY BARE GANG SECRETS. Burke Believed to Have Been Backed by Gang Oveglord. BY W. J. CONWAY. CHICAGO, March 26 (#)—Will the arrest of Fred Burke in Missouri un- lock a new Pandora’s box of crimeland ‘wondered tonight, as a de- aquad sped southward to arrest him for the St. Valentine's day mas- sscre, most spectacular page in Chi- ’s record of gangland. though he was named by a cor- oner’s jury as one of the killers, Chi- was confident that back of him lay™s fluter. more sinister force, such as “Al” Capone, long an enemy of the “Bugs” Moran gang, seven of whose members were mowed down in the machine-gun slaying. Or the North Side Genna brothers, acling to Pplace an expiring seal of terror on their one-time sovereignty over the near North Side. May Reveal Secrets. If Burke talks, officers are confident '.heycmhyhre&lnflmdmmmt hitherto not even the most drastic meas- ures have uncovered. If he reveals the links in his tangled history, they believe & new a!nv may be struck at gang ications. A trivial trafic dispute resulted in the overnight transposition of Burke from the estate of a wealthy, respected r;ldent in St. Joseph, Mich., to that of Dane, near St. Joseph late in the 1929, left the place early the evening of December 14 to meet his common- law wife, Viola Brenneman. Shoots Traffic Officer. ‘While weaving through traffic in the business ict his car scraped fenders with one iven_by George Kool, & young farmer. Kool leaped out $5 reparaf tion, but Burke d fled. working in cago and New York Police made tests. Bullets were weapons and compared with m‘ the bodies of slain Sought In Usle Slayips. oner Grover Whalen, then Commissi head of the New York police, announced | £ afterward tion one of the machine g: been used in the Im of Uale and that Burke, ar- rested, would be for ble oo licity in the one-way ride of Frank fowe. A coroner'’s jury in Chicago, basing its verdict. on the same evidence, named Burke as one of &he who executed seven members of the “Bugs” Moran gang in a North Clark street on February 14, 1929, mon after the Uale killing. Results of the balistic tests were forwarded to Detroit, and although they failed to aid police there in con- necting Burke with the slaughter in March, 1927, of three gangsters Frank Wright, Joseph Bloom and Ru- ben Cohen—he still was suspected of the m;'ng - as one of the most erous felons in crime annals were issued from three widely “:}xnud cities and several other communities demanded his detention for grilling as & participant in bank robberies. Served Many Terms. St. Louls authorities said he had in Missouri offices. ‘The presiding K:oulm.t:d the latter verx\ch with ve released one of the most infamous ex-convicts in the States.” ‘Toledo (Ohio) police said he had jumped a $15,000 bond on which he was at liberty while awaiting trial for the slaying of a policeman during tl::khom.“p of an express company ck. Louisville (Ky.) headquarters sald he had shot a cashier during a bank Ways Jjudge “You Summer of | S WILL GO TOLONDON Nationalist Named Chief Del« egate to Seek Independ- ence of India. By the Associated Press. KARACHI, India, March 27.—Ma- hatmo Gandhl, India's ‘“great soul” emerged today from weeks of strife and turmoil in which radical National- ist elements assalled his leadership, with greatly enhanced power and prestige. ‘The Working Committee of the All- India National Congress in its annual convention here, today appointed him chief delegate to ‘g0 to London and negotiate for complete Indian self- government, with full independence in financial, military and external affairs, at the forthcoming second Round Table Conference. Opposition Overcome. Simultapeously the active opposition to his leadership, led by Mayor Bose of Calcutta, agreed to support the congress platform outlined by the Working Com~ mittee, thus removing the sent making certain unan; mous approval of Gandhi and his pro< gram when it comes up for a final vote. ‘The orking congress W ratified Gandhi’s truce . with Irwin, viceroy, which closed the eivil disobedience campaign, and refterated the Nationalists’ deman self-government. Burma's t to Urge Prisoners’ Release. The committee urged release of all political prisoners whether convicted of violent or non-violent offenses befors or after the civil disobendience move~ ment, “in the interest of peaceful ate mosphere and in order to allay dissate isfaction caused by hanging Baghat thing before him d united India behind him at the second round-table conference in London. CLASHES CONTINUE. Toll of Dead Put at 150 and Injured at 1,000, SOUTHERN G. 0. P SUPPORTS HOOVER IN SPITE OF MANN (Continued From First ) % i i g § EEE?E §§i§§§§E g Virginia, North arolina, Florida, mm-iwl,amn. Arkansas, Ten+ nessee and Kentucky. - Bent on Solid Delegation. 5 jé&é‘? 2 United | 8nd _has bbery there. O Gheen men thought o be Burke | South Carolina, is were seized from time to time in va- Exou“: cities, bu': were rgnued ‘when with those of the most widely sought cflmflull.npolh.hhwr{,nnudm leaders of the the murder of at least 11 men. TWO PLEAD NOT GUILTY Girl and Man Held in Slaying Charges Are Arraigned. Hazel M. Chinn, 24, and David Leroy Russell, 36, pleaded not this lore Justioe ha Peyton Gordon in Division 1 on an indictment churl% murder in the first degree in connec ‘with_the death of “-m-omo;ll.‘l;flnflm R. Cain operation March 12. The girl and man also pleaded not guilty to a dictment the forming of & criminal opera The court gave Hertrand ‘Emerson, jr., counsel for Rusell, until next Mon- to decide on an aitack against the indictment. It is expected the case will be called early in April for trial