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A2 wap HOOVER APPROVES NAVY PROMOTIONS Two Washingtonians Select- ed-to Be Captains—Ten Others Advanced. The Naval Service was officially ad-; wvised today that President Hoover has approved the recommendations of the eelection board which urged the promo- tion to captain of Comdr. Ralph Walker McDowell, cn duty -at the Naval Hospi- tal here; Comdr. Lucius W. Johnson, anotter Washingtonian, now attached to the Public Health Service of the Re- i public of Haiti, and nine of their col- leagues. | Two Reside Here. | At the same time, the service was in- « formed that the President has approved the recommendation of another selec- tion board, which urged the advance- ment of Comdr. James O. Gawne of Augusta, Ga., now on duty at the New York Navy rd, for promotion to the rank of captain in the Navy construc- tion corps. Comdr. McDowell's home is at 1730 New Hampshire avenue, while Johnson's home is given in navi ords as 3308 Thirty-fifth street. Rear Admiral Robert W. Kennedy was the senior member of the MPMu!' Corps Selection Board, which picked | the 11 cfficers of that branch of the service for advancement. Others Advanced. 1n addition to Comdrs. McDowell and Johnson, the Navy Department said these officers of the Medical Corps were chosen for promotion to the rank of captain: ();omdr. Myron Clarke Baker, Knox- ville, Tenn., now _on duty at the Naval Hospital, Puget Sound, Wash.; Comdr. Howard Foster Lawrence, Falmouth, Mass., on duty at the Naval Hospital, San Diego, Calif.; Comdr. Ernest W. Brawn, New Haven, Conn., on duty at the Marine Barracks, Quantico, Va.; Comdr. Harry Hamilton Lane, Walden, N. Y. on duty at the Naval Academy. Annapolis; ‘Comdr. George Carroll Thomas, Media, Pa., now aboard the U. 8. 8. Texas: Comdr. Alfred Lee Clif- ton, Smyrna, Del., now on the U. 8. 5. Arizona; Comdr. Gecrge Franklin Cot- , New York, now on duty at the Naval Hospital, New York Navy Yard; Comdr. William L. Mann, jr., George- town, Tex., serving at the naval air sta- tion, San Diego, Calif, and Comdr. John Georsle Ziegler, Reading, Pa., at- tached to the U. S. S, Nevada. al rec- ————— MILK PRICE HERE CUT TO 14 CENTS Action Follows Wholesale Drop. Cost of Pint Remains Unchanged. A price cut by producers in the whole- sale cost of milk to distributors was passed al to the consumer today as Petwilers reduced thetr price from 15 to 14 cents a quart. The price of the pint remained unaffected. The action of the Maryland and Virginia Milk Producers’ Association yesterday resulted in a drop Ir?m 33 to 31 cents per gallon whole- sale. ‘The. moye of the association, an or- more than 93 ice of milk in Baltimore cents per quart. It was the first organ- %;e change in the Baltimore price since John McGill, jr., secretary-treasurer of the Maryland and Vi Associa: tion, anpounced the tion, laining the move had been contemplated for May 1, but action was hastened by the developments in Balti- more. Mr. McGlll ted out that by May 1 farmers would be able to return their stock to grazing, thereby substan- tially reducing the production cost. “Due to the drought, the farmers have been operating at a loss all Winter,” he added. It is estimated that more than 65,000 galions of milk are consumed daily in the Washington area. This is supplied by three counties in Maryland. seven in Virginia and one in West Virginia, SUGAR GIVES SOVIET BALANCE IN TRADE Exports and Imports, However, Are Below First Two Months of 1930. ucers’ reduc- By Cable to The Ster. MOSCOW, Union of Socialist Soviet Republics, April 2.—Heavy sugar ex- ports during February gave the Soviet union a favorable balance in foreign trade for the first two months of the year, though there was a big decrease both in exports and imports as com- pared with the same months of last year. Exports across European fron- iiers, which includes the trade with the United States, totaled for the two months $54.371,000, which is a decrease of $12,244.000, as compared with last year. Imports were $51,423,000, a de- | crease of $20,883,000 The favorable balance of $2,948,000 | compares with the $5.741,000 in excess imports for the same montts last year March figures, when completed, wili again put the trade balance in the red, | reports from Novorossisk showing that | 854,138,000 worth of tractors and other | agricultural machinery have arrived st | t7at Black Sea port alone last month. The country’s chief exports in Jan- uary and February were: Ofl, $9.149,- 000; wheat, $4933.000; sugar. $4.172.- 000: furs, $4.089.000; flax, $3,549,000, and wood, $2,265,000. (Copyright. Assembly to Hear Baruch. COLUMBIA, 8. C., April 2 (#).—Ber- nard M. Baruch, New York financier, today informed the General Assembly ! he will address it next Tuesday at| roon. An invitation to make the ad-! cdress was extended him several days ago. 1931) The city of Rio de Janeiro is gen- | erally conceded to be the most beau- tiful in the world, both by nature and | artifice. 2277717727 EI T L 7L LA LA P27 N Lenten Service New York Avenue Presbyterian Church 12:20 to 1:00 O’Clock Speaker Tomorrow Smith Counsel THE EVENING STAR, STONE S CONFIDENT/OUSTER OF HOWARD OF FARMERS' AID Western Tour Convinces Him Growers Will Cut Wheat Production, (Continued From First Page.) Board had not gone into the market last November and bought wheat, there- by stemming the decline in the price, wheat might have goné 10 or 20 cents lower than it did. Had wheat gone a little lower, hundreds of banks would have failed in the Middle West and the Northwest that did not fail, with a disastrous effect not alone on these banks and the farmers of the West, but GEORGE WHARTON PEPPER. HODVER PLEASED BY WACE SALES White House Says Depres- sion Agreement Kept by Industrial Chiefs. By the Associated Press President Hoover was described at the White House today as highly pleased that the leading industries of the coun- try have stood by him in maintaining wage scales during the business reces- sion. It was sald Mr. Hoover was deeply appreciative of the fact that since the depression hit the country there have, been no strikes, no general wage reduc- | tions and no social disorders. ‘This was described as unique in the history of business recessions. President Hoover, when the depression began, called a conference of leading in- dustrialists and urged that wage scales be maintained for at least a year. The year has passed and the general agree- ment was described as having been maintained far beyond the time first agreed to. Mr. Hoover, it was added, will con- tinue to advocate the maintenance of wage scales and has received no indi- cations of any organized movement to bring them down. BUSINESS DISAPPOINTING. Progress During First Part of Year Regarded as Slight. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Business recovery is having its ups and downs. The last week's develop- ments have been disappointing. It is apparent now that progress in general during the first quarter of the year has been slight, although several basic in- dustries have been just above their sea- sonal spurts. This 1s & bird's-eye view based on in- formation gathered from official soutces about current business conditions. Any substantial recovery appears now to be directly ndent upon developments in foreign trade and in agricultural at home, as well as on ths way the steel and automobile industries may be able to continue their present rate of gain. Building Industry Lags. It is recalled that in the last depres- sion of 1921 and 1922 there were cer- tain demands for products which began to_stimulate recovery, but these have not yet appeared. The building indus- try, for example, is lagging behind and not getting under way as was expected, particularly in residential construction. The activity in the automobile industry is sald to lack the momentum that it | had 10 years ago when it began to re- | cover. There is, however, a more favorable parallel in the activity of the textile | industry, which is increasing its orders and adding to its pay rolls very much as it did in 1921. Generally speaking, there was a serles of spurts and re- actions throughout 1922 somewhat as is being experienced this year. Prom the low point reached at the end of February the gains have been about on a seasonal basis. There aj T8 no doubt that the dividend omissions have been affecting the state of mind of the security market and that the changing dividend rates have been causing uneasiness. Many Pass Dividends. It is estimated that since March 1 more than 100 companies, many of them of large size, have passed divi- dends entirely, while others have re- duced their regular rates. Just a year ago 57 companies cmitted their divi- dends. It seems that industrial and | transportation corporations are the prmc?ll units which have been cut- | ting dividend rates. | Commodity prices have been ad- versely affected by the” fall in grains, but there is a continuing tendency on the part of the majority of these com- modities to move forward Euro&nn countries are showing s stable or rising price level. The lest week showed an increase in wholesale business, while retail trade is | active now, presumably due to Easter | buying. Looking over particular groups | and classifications, it is notable that production and sales of airplanes are | | being maintained at_the levels of @, vear ago, that agricuitural implements are ahead of sales of a year ago and that passenger car production is show- ing slight increases in the Eastern and Midwestern industrial centers, with the general retail situation still spotty, but with truck production increasing for the | first time since January. I Iron and Steel Industry. There are hopeful signs for iron and steel from the expected orders in build- ing and highway construction. The pending awards by the Pennsylvania Tailroad are expected to provide a stim- ulus to the iron industrs The ma- chinery business is showing a decided gain for the first quarter of this year over the last quarter of 1930, with Rus- tia an active purchaser. Ths motion | picture theaters report receipts holdin; up well. The New England shoe man- | ufacturers were busy during the week, though in other centers production of | shoes tapered off somewhat. From all districts there came reports of reduced loading of commodities, as compared with the same week a year ago. ‘The inference may be drawn that the curve of recovery in business, while un- doubtedly above the lowest point since the depression , will continue from time to time to reveal a jagged or fluctuating course. (Copyright, 1931.) | “JOKE” INJURES SIX CHICAGO, April 2 (#).—It was short- Jesters had a few minutes l°ft to play. One of them, laughing perhaps as Bishop W. F. McDowell Methodist Episcopal Church Auspioes Federation of Churches Open to All You Are Tnvited to Af N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N i | N/ he acted, turned in a false alarm for a joke on the firemen. On their way to the mmooed fire a small automobile in the way of their truck and the river swerved to lives of three persons the passenger | dle their business efficiently an ly before midnight and All Fools’ day | 'k hit s troll le. were injured. Rneofun on business generally throughout the country. Loss May Be Averted. “If you figure the loss which may accrue cn_the board's purchases of wheat at $50,000,000—and the loss may be avoided yet in large part if not alto- gether—at the same time you must figure the gain to the farmers and to the country at $100,000,000 or more,” #ald Chairman Stone., “There has never been a time when I would not be will- ing to swap :$50,000,000 for a $100,- 000.000." The chairman said that his figures for loss and gain were merely picked 10 illustrate his pcint. As a matter of fact, the Farm Board has never an- nounced the extent of its purchases of wheat nor the exact amount of money put into those Furrhues. The esti- mates of 150,000,000 to 200,000.000 bushels, supposed to have been pur- chased by the board, he pointed out, are mere estimates made by Senator Borah and others. The board is not announcing these figures. Mr. Stone. who delivered addresses in Hutchinson, Kans., and Enid, Okla., and who met also with many farmers and business men of Kansas in Topeka, said that he found the farmers realized that the effort of the board to stabilize prices of wheat by purchases of the 1930 crop had been an emergency measure. He said, too, that there was not that criticism of the board’s an- nouncement it planned to make no purchases of the 1931 wheat crop which had been voiced by some of the board’s critics in the East. Chairman Stone believes that th2 world conditions, so far as the wheat market is concerned, may give the American wheat farmer a “better break” than he had last year. Certainly he is of the opinion that if the American farmers will use discretion in planting wheat this year he stands a better chance of getting a higher price for his crop. Holdings Not “Menace.” With rzgard to the criticism of the Farm Board in conpection with its pur- chase of wheat of the 1930 crop, Mr. Stone points ouf that if this wheat had not been bought and held by the board, it would now be in the hands of some one, else, either farmers or buyers. He that the total amount of wheat was not increased by the pur- chases of the board; that consumption of wheat, because of the low prices which have prevailed for wheat and wheat products during the last year has been as great as it conceivably could have been. He sees no good reason, therefore, for making out the holdings of wheat by the Farm Board to be a “menace.” If the same wheat was held another agency or by the growers themselves, it would be just as much of a menace, he contends. Tiae real purpose of the organization of the Pederal Farm Beard and the en- actment of the law under which it oper- ates frequently is lost sight of, —Mr. Stone says. The title of the act is the agricultural marketing act, and its pur- pose is to aid the farmers, acting col- lectively, to control their own industry The chairman insists that the act has given a great impetus to co-operation on the part of the farmers. Until the farmers have a great measure of co- operation they cannot hope to have a for their produce. When they really co-operate, they will control not only price, but to a considerable extent, pro- duction, which, itself governs prices. “Since July 1, 1930, Mr. Stone points out, “the FParmers’ National Grain Cor- poration has handled more than 110,- the' largest grain marketing agency in the United States. In addition to this huge amount of grain, the member co-cperatives of the Farmers' National Grain Corporation have handled many millions of bushels. Benefits for Farmers. ‘The “Farmers’ National," as the cor- poration has come to be called, is a sales agent for the co-operative, mer- chandising grain through the regular channels and securing for its members all the benefits and profits that accrue from warehousing, improving the grain and merchandising. Mr. Stone believes that through the “Farmers’ National” the farmers have recelved real benefits. He believes that such an agency, buying and selling grain in the inferest of the grower, cannot fail to have 2n influence on the price of wheat and other grains, keeping that price higher than it would other- wise be. This corporation, which has been set up with the aid of the Farm Board, by the co-operatives themselves, buys grain and sells it as high as the conditions can possibly warrant. This is a very different thing from a con- cern that is intent upon buying as cheaply and selling as dearly as it can. Room for Grain Trader. grain trade, as it has existed in the‘ past, can live alongside of the “Farmers’ National” and the co-operatives. His reply was to the effect that there is room for the grain traders who han- d with Tegard to the needs of the producers. He intimated that those traders who did not %o handle their business would have to go by the board. The purpose of the Farm Board and the agricultural marketing act. ac- cording to Mr. Stone, is not to put the Government in business, as it has been charged by their enemies, but to put the farmers in business. This can be done through the co-operatives, and through their own agents such as the Farmers' National Grain Corporation. “The farmer is supicious,” says the chairman. “He is inclined to belleve only one of his own. When he owns his co-operative and his marketing agency, a very different situation is presented and the farmer will listen to advice sbout acreage and marketing which he is not now willing, in many cases to do.” Adjust Production Downward. The only really effective plan for the wheat growers of America, if they are not to get prices pretty closely in line with the prices which American surplus wheat is sold for in Europe, is to adjust production gradually downward to a domestic market basis, in the view of Chairman Stone. Once that basis is approximated, the American tariff be- comes entirely effective on wheat. The chairman was asked what if anything should be done in regard to controlling the operation of the grain exchanges. In some quarters it has been urged that the exchanges be wiped out. His reply was that until some other system, better than the present, has bsen worked out, it was nct prac- ticable to do away with the system which now prevails. With the national campaign only » year in the future, the work of the Federal Farm Board will be watched very closely this Summer and Fall Farm relief legislation and the farm problem will be an issue in the cam- paign just to the extent that farm one side to save the|prices are low and the farmers are If 4 evident discontented. it becomes that the farmers are in Parm Board the, 4 will drop perceptibly. real voice in the price that ghall be paid | 000,000 bushels of grain. It has become | PRESIDENT SOUGHT Dissension Between Dr. John- scn and Board of Trustees Brings Move for Dismissal. Serious dissension between Dr. Mor- decai W. Johnson, Howard University president, and members of the faculty and board of trustees has culminated in a movement to seek his removal at an early date. Drastie action, possibly involving the filing of numerous charges against the oresident of the colored university may be taken at a meeting of the board of ldru!ltes on April 12, it was learned to- ay. | First steps in the plan were discussad | several days ago at a special conference of a number of the trustzes, with John H. Sherburne of Boston presiding. The latter, why is chairman of the board, came to Washington to “arrange the meeting, it 1s understood. Movement Began Year Ago. ‘While rumblings of dissatisfaction have been current for about a year, the discontent is known to have reached such an acute stage that the trustees are planning a crucial move. The dissatisfaction is not the result of any particular act of Dr. Johnson, it is pointed out, but arises from a series of ---Tgmln. things.” These include Johnson's outspoken opinions which have been considered raaical; his re- ported effort to abolish the R. O. T. C., his so-called “belligerency” toward cer- tain officials, faculty members and trus- | tees, and other “intolerable conditions” blamed on the president. The toard has sought to adjust the differences, but recent develcpments are said to have led to a tentative decision to “blow the lid off,” on the theory pub- licity no longer can be staved off. ‘Will Combat Ouster. his cffice. He was reported to have gone to Chicago, where he has many friends, following a recent effort to obtain a votc of confidence from the faculty. The vote, it is understood, was refused. Members of the board of trustees are in possession of a number of news papers and other printed material con- taining “objectionable” quotations credited to Dr. Johnson. The tenor of these quotations, it wes held, indicate Dr. Johnson has Communistic leanings Bankers “Insulted.” Two prominent bankers, who are members of the board are said to have walked out cf a meeting of the board’s Pinance Committee recently because they felt Dr. Johnson had insulted them in ‘discussing certain financtal problems. There was a “wholesale” withdrawal of members of the faculty of the Law School & year ago, due to differences between the dean of the school and Dr. Johnson, and there has been discontent in the school intermittently since then. one member of the faculty said today. | The law professors who resigned in a body were Chief Justice Fenton W.| Booth of the United States Court of | Claims, who was dcan of the school; Charles V. Imlay, Edward Stafford, Dion Birney, Gilbert L. Hall and Dale D. Drain. They submitted their resig- nations when Dr. Johnscn reorganized the Law School by establishing day classes, but did not actually step out “irrevocably” until the president noti- fied Dean Booth of his intention to re- duce the strength of the evening school | teaching personnel. Justice Bocth. in his letter of resig- nation, said: “It has never- bcen the desire of the faculty to excrcise arbi- trary wer and authority, but it Is most discouraging to labor under the impression that the faculty and its members are to be wholly subordinated to superior authority and treated 2s in- competent to maange and conduct the school.” A remark attributed to Dr. Johnson in a colored periodical, the Crisis, in | October, 1929, also is under fire. It is claimed the remark, made in a public address, was an “implied affront” to the District Supreme Court for its han- dling of the trial of Harry Sinclair, oll magnate. GRAND JURORS HIT PRESSURE SYSTEM OF REALTY SALES 1 body by the United States attorney for | investigation,and proper action the mat- ter of the conduct and operation of a certain organization familiarly known as Country Club Properties, Inc., which organization was engaged in the promo- tion of sales of property contained in two lots known, respectively, as Country Club Park and Argyle Park, and located | at Silver Spring, Md. Evidence Held Insufficient. “In connection with the investigation, the grand jury was met with a great | conflict of evidence, some purchasers claiming they were guaranteed resale at enormous profits and at early dates, gome purchasers merely claiming that representations were made to them of future resale value, some purchasers | claiming that no suggestions were made to them as to the possibility of resale; most of the purchasers signed deposit contracts which were the specific provision irdicating that no guarantee of resale was made; most of the pur- chasers were, as of the time they testi- fled, enthusiastic about the lots they had purchased; more than three- fourths of the purchasers have to date Tenewed their contracts for the purchase of their respective lots “These lots were sold under & con-| tract with a deferred-payment ar- | rangement and with the further provi- | sion that deeds to the property would not be given until such time as com- plete payments were made under the | contracts. Provides No Protection. “This body has been unable to as- certain anything illegal in this type of sale, but belleves that such manner of sale of real estate cannot be too strongly condemned, because it provides no pro- tection to the purchaser against either | honest default by the sales concern be- cause of situations over which they might have no control or because of dishonest default by the sales concern. | “We believe that the only proper way | to accomplish these sales is by war-! ranty deed, and if there s not full pay- | | ment made the Jalance should be se- 'cured by trust or mortgage, thereby giving to the purchaser the maximum of protection and relieving him of in- itiating litigaticn to protect his rights as might be his lot in a great many in- stances under the contract arrange- nt. g This body feels that while there is no law at present to prohibit the so- called ‘lunch-lecture’ system of sales promoting, nevertheless this method of stimulati sales can but merit our fullest and strongest condemnation, and we earnestly recommend to Congress the desirability of legislation, if possible, to meet this need. Urges Supervisory Board./ “This investigation disclosed also to this body the urgent need of some Supervisory Real Estate Board under the direction of the Ccmmissioners of this city. Such a board could in all in- stances investigate the character of all new promotions of real estate, and when the properity is not located in this | | WASHINGTON, Dr. Johnson is said to be preparing to | combat any attempt to wrest him from | D.. C, THURSDAY APRIL 2, 1931. Newsboys Have Movie Party | “py USURY 15 CHARGED BY EVANSESTATE Dozen Persons Named Widow’s Suit Over Loan of $100,000 to Collector. Three suits charging more than a dozen defendants with obtaining usur- ous commissions in lending approxi- mately $100,000 to the late Victor J. Evars, patent attorney,’ were filed in ‘The plaintiffs were Arthur L. Evans and Mgs. Karen Gram Evans, widow of the lawyer. As executors of Evans' estate they sought an accounting and injunctions restraining the defendants from disposing of the notes remaining outstanding or from selling property posted as security. Left $1,500,000 Gross. On his death March 2, Evans left a gross estate worth about $1,500,000. A list of liabilities filed with his will, however, totaled more thsn $800,000. Most of the property was willed to Mrs. Evans. The assets included Acclima- tion Park, a private zoo. Evans’ hobby was collection of rare animals. The outstanding suit was brought against John E. Mitchell, James O'Don- nell, M. G. O'Donnell, Eva V. O'Don- nell, Florence .O'Donnell Maher, George ©O. Walson, Joseph C. Sheehy, L. W. Groomes, Edwin §. Evans, the Liberty National Bank and the Federal Gov- ernment. This suit charged Mitchell with act- ing as “straw man” for the other de- fendants in negotiating loans with Evans. The suit alleged many of the loans were renew:d upon their expira- tion and usurious commissions were extracted from Evans through pyra- miding. The second action was instituted against John Wedderburn and Mitchell. A third suit was brought against R. R. Bennett. Both of the latter suits alleged collection of usurious commissions from Evans. The loans involved in the three suits extended over a three-year period. Bennett Explains Loans. “I am not in the money-lending busi- ness,” Mr. Bennett declared today. “Mr. Evans asked if I could arrange certain loans for him. This I agreed to do. He stipulated his own terms and paid me commissions for arranging the loans with local banks by indorsing his notes. “I merely furnished Mr. Evans with credit. This was after he told me he was making $75.,000 a ycar, was inte ested in many outside matters, made money in many enterprises and that the commissions to me were merely in lieu of a certain percentage of profits. “Mr. Evans was a warm personal friend of mine and had invited me to his home on numerous occasions. He was & man of high personal integrity ind honor. He appreciated in more ways than one th financial assistance I gave him when he told me it would increase his income.” PRESIDENT’S SON WILL RETURN HOME Health Better, Herbert Hoover, Jr., May Resume Radio Engi- neer Work. | | in| YOUNGSTERS SEE WARNER OLAND. WARNER OLAND R’ HOTO shows some of the 500 Star newsboys who were the guests of the Rialto Theater last night. Coaches and Sports Writers Go on Air in Tribute to Rockne. By the Associated Pre, NEW YORK, April 2—A radio tribute to Knute Rockne will be paid tonight by foot ball coaches and sports writers broadcastin, | om 9:45 o'clock. Among them will be Bill Roper, former Princeton coach; Tad Jones, former Yale coach; Lou Little, Columbia; Mal Stevens, Yale; John Law, Manhattan Col- lege, and captain of Rockne's 1929 team: Maj. Ralph J. Sasse, West Point; Maj. Philip Fl:ming, athletic director of West Point, and the Rev. Philip J. Haggerty, C. 8. C, of the Notre Dame faculty. District Supreme Court late yesterday. | {MARCH TAX DROPS | LOWEST FOR YEARS; | TOTAL $334,830,214 (Continued From First Page.) | certificates of indebtedness fall due and these must be refinanced. The Treasury’s month-end statement showed that during the nine months of the fiscal year it had issued $4,704,389,- 931 of securities and retired $4,3086, 831,325. This left the Treasury with a | |total of $397,558,606 more securities | | issued in the period than retired. The gross public debt increased $352,- 000,000 during March to total $16,582, 868,436 at the month end. A year ago | it was $16,389,624,566. | . Responsible party leaders in both the | House and Senate have expressed op- | position to increased levies to meet the | | expected $700,000,000 deficit this year and the probability of another next | | year. | To balance receipts and expenditures | the budget for the 1932-33 fiscal year will be kept to a minimum. Budget Di- rector Roop made this promise after | Chairman_Jones of the Senate Appro- | priations Committee asked a clcser par- | ing of Government expense estimates. | Jones said he believed at the next | session “Democrats will be as anxious | as Republicans to keep down expendi- | tures,” since “each party realizes it may | be held responsible for the conditicn of | the Treasury after 1932.” Denies Extravagance. ‘The Washington Senator denied that Congress has been extravagant since | only once in eight years has it exceeded budget estimates. He predicted the nex? assembly could keep below the $5,000, | 000,000 ‘mark because o more money | | wculd be needed for the Farm Beard. | | Purther savings were anticipated through curtailment of public buildings | appropriations. | | Jones suggested the approaching def- | | fcit be met by short-term certificates, simet long-term bonds bear higher in- teres “I am in favor of raising our revenues by taxation when times are good.” he asserted, “but I do not believe we should increase taxes in a time of depression.” This statement was tne latest de- | velopment in discussions preceding and following President Hoover's warning| that expenditures must be kept dow: He sald a tax increase should be avoided, es did Chairman Wood of the House Appropriations Committee. All Goy- ernment appropriation bills are handled by Jones' and Woods’ committees. Collections Drop $305,000,000, Income tax collections for the first nine months of this fiscal year were $305,000,000 below the $1,808,614,861 for the same period last year. Since not more than $350,000,000 is expected from this source in the next three months, it is estimated total income tax Herbert Hoover, jr.. who has been un- der treatment for a slight lung infection at Asheville, N. C,, since last November, | has 50 greatly improved that he expects | Eflfllnrtu return to his home at Pasadena, ali The lease on Blue Briar cottage, on tha slopes of Sunset Mountain, in the suburbs of Asheville. where Mr. Hoover and his wife have lived during this long period of treatment. expires on May 1, | and it is thought that will be the time | he and his wife will start for their Cali- | fornia home. It has not been deter- mined yet whether Mr. Hoover is physi- cally strong enough to resume his work as radio engineer for the Western Air Express, of which he is a vice president. esident and Mrs. Hoover are over- Jjoved at the restoration of their son's health. His progress has been described as being beyond expectations. The young man is virtually back to his normal weight and has regained his strength and vigor. During his mother's recent visit at Asheville he frequently went automobiling with her and several times walked about the streets of Asheville Tt has not yet been decided whether Mr. Hoovers' three little children, who have been making their home at the White House during their father's re- cuperation at Asheville, will accompany their parents back to California. expected that Mr. and Mrs. Hoover will come to the White House for a few days’ visit before heading for the West, d the return of the children will be determined upon then. POISON WHISKY TRACED et Two Possible Sources Found for Liquor Which Killed Eight. GREENVILLE, 8. C, April 2 (#).— Joe Wooten, Greenvills County coroner, today said he had found two poisibis sources of the poison whisky, which has caused the deaths of eight persons here this week. - e city, as in this instance, this board by license or otherwise could control sales promotion in this city. It is felt that such a board would be a source of pro- tection to the public as against the Inquests will be held shortly, coroner said, to determine which of high-] methods often - = | earlier that | $4,225,727,666. 1t is | collections will be around $1,835,000,000 2s compared with $2,410,986,977 last ar. President Hoover told Congress last | December it had been estimated a year | all_receipts would total | Collections for the first nine ‘months, however, reached only $2.524,807,806. All receipts have de- clined for the nine months. Customs Teturns are off $131,000,000 and miscel- | laneous receipts $43,000,000. The total | drop for the period, with other minor | decreases and a few increases, is $510,- 000,000, Morgan's Yacht at Athens. ATHENS, Greece, April 2 (#)— | Plerpont Morgan's yacht Corsair a | rived today in Phaleron Bay. The Arch- | bishop of Canterbury was -aboard. | The party will leave tomorrow for Cy- prus and Jerusalem. IN ‘The boys were invited by the management of the movie house to see “Drums of Jeopardy,” starring Warner Oland. 1000 FACE QU IN SHORT WEIGHT Chicago Housewives Said to Have Been Swindled Out of Millions. \ | | By the Associated Press | | storekeepers, clerks, customers and in- | vestigators will be called to testify, it | was announced today, before the regu- lar and special grand jurles investigat- ing a suspected short-weight conspiracy through which food dealers are accused of swindling Chicago housewives out of millions of dollars. The investigation was formally started yesterday with two raids. In one, reccrds of the office of Daniel Ser- ritella, city sealer, were seized. In the other, the books of the Chicago Retail Fish' Dealers’ Association, of which Maxie Eisen is the reputed head, were taken. Twenty-nine employes of the sealer’s office were questioned and, of the 137 witnesses, 87 were examined by the reg- ular March grand jury, whose term ex- pired yesterday, and 50 by the special grand jury. Chief Justice John P. McGoorty of the Criminal Court said the regular April grand jury will be sworn in next Monday and he indicated both that body and the special grand jury would continue the inquiry. LAWYER INDICTED IN BANKRUPT CASE Accused of Perjury, Conspiracy and Violating National Act—Client Also Involved. Richard A. Harman, lawyer, was in- dicted today by the grand jury on charges of violating the national bank- ruptey act, with conspiracy and with perjury in three separate indictments. Raymond W. Corridon, a bankrupt plumber, is codefendant in the first two indictments. The first indictment alleges . that Corridon filled a petition to be ad- judged bankrupt November 21, 1929, through Attorney Harman, and Charles E. Quigley was elected trustee in bank- ruptey by his creditors. December 18, 1929, it is alleged, Corridon and At- torney Harman concealed from Trustee Quigley $320 belonging to the estate. The conspiracy indictment sets forth that after September 1, 1929, there ex- isted_a conspiracy between Corridon and Harman to conceal loans made by Corridon to " other persons totaling $728.25 and not to advise the trustee of :;C;);l;lf-! due the bankrupt said to total ‘The perjury charge grows out of an affidavit said to have been made by Harman that he had not received com- pensation from Corridon when he had been paid $450, it is alleged. Rockne's Teammate Buried. ELMIRA, N. Y., April 2 ().—James ‘Watkins, who played the other end with Knute Rockne on’the Notre Dame foot ball team in 1911, was being buried here when the South Bend foct ball mentor was killed in Kansas. Watkins, a 43- vear-old engineer for a gas drilling com- pany. died Saturday and was buried ‘Tuesday. Cardinal 0'Connell Returns. BOSTON, April 2 (#).—William Cardinal O'Connell, Archbishop of Bos- ton, arrived home yesterday aboard the 5. S. Lady Somers after a two-month sojourn in Nassau, Bahamas. He was greeted at the pier by members of the clergy and prominent laymen. ‘When informed of the death of Knute Rockne, the cardinal said: “He was a fine captain for the boys. They will miss him very much.” SEEKS COURT ORD UNIVERSITY TO AWARD DEGREE| cal Case in By the Associated Press. MILWAUKEE, Wis., April 2.—A court order commanding the Graduate School of Marquette University to confer upon Miss Mary Keenan a mester of arts de- {gree was sought today as the after- |math of a paradoxical hearing before a court commissioner. The paradox arose from a situation in which Miss Keenan, a former stu- dent, was permitted to interrogate her former teacher. Dr. Edward A. Fitz- patrick, dean of the graduate school. After attending Columbia and Penn- sylvania Universities, Miss Keenan took L) nlt-l‘l'ldfllh course at Marquette in 1 to win a master's degree. She finished the required work and took the prescribed examinations and was then| refused & dej ‘z8he is now d ing n & J ER COMMANDING Woman Student Questions Former Teacher in Paradoxi- Wisconsin. Miss Keenan asserted that professors of education in four major State and Catholic universities assured her she should have been granted the degree on the strength of answers she gave to questions in a six-Rour written exami- nation to which Dr. Fitzpatrick as- sertedly took exception. A summons was issued to Dr. Fitz- patrick to appear yesterday before Court musinnu Chris Steinmetz, ir., to pon which to draw up & formal pt for filing in Circuiit Court. Attorney George Dutc] contended an_implied the university has 3 CHICAGO, April 2—More than 1,000 FOKKER T0 PROBE DEATH OF ROCKNE Airplane Designer to Exam- ine Wreckage of Plane Be- fore Giving Opinion. By the Associated Press. COTTONWOOD FALLS, Kans., April 2.—A coroner's jury having failed to determine the cause of an airplane crash which sent Knute Rockne snd seven others to their deaths, interest turned today to an inspection by An- thony Fokker, designer of the craft. Flying here from Los Angeles, Fok- ker expressed the belief “the flight should not have been undertaken in existing weather conditions,” and that adverse flying conditions and the hu- man element, rather than a structural fallure, was responsible. He sald, however, he would with- hold a definite statement until he had Cowboys on Stand, ‘The short verdict, “the deceased came to their deaths in an airplane fall, cause undetermined” closed the State’s investigation after cowboys, who were the first to reach the scene, and aviation experts had testified. |~ Guards patrolled the scene of the mishap, near Bazaar, Kans., while au- thorities sought to’ substantiate ports that H. J. Christen, Chicago, one of the victims, had cashed a $55,000 check shortly before he boarded the air liner. No such sum was found by authorities at the scene. From Chi= cago came word Murray Miller, Chris- m’.: attorney, doubted the story. owns the T. & W. A. E. Seces Ice as Cause. The designer said he had his own “Qee, g on the , may have played a part,” he said. “In l'l'lyy in- ion the ship was placed in a violent maneuver and the wing was torn off as & result. I would say the human eiement entered very strongly into the cause of the erash. Three hundred ships of the type, he added, have been built in conformity with his designs, and there has been no accident of major importance in- ::Mu themx where the cause appeared ure, in charge tions, said he fa- vored a theos on in- pllot to become Struments. caused confused.” ROCENE WAIVED CLAIMS. He and Other Passengers Released Alr Line of Responsibility. NEW YORK, April 2 (P —Trans- continental Air Tranport will suffer no lirect. loss as a result of the Kansas accident in which Knute Rockne and seven others were killed, it was learned in Wall Street yesterday. ‘Transcontinental, which is joint owne er with Western Air Express and Pitts- burgh Aviation Industries of Trans- continental and Western Air, Inc., op= erators of the ) Tequires released from lability m’flse E dlo"h protected ";‘ company 385000, in any ‘aceldens to " X any len B Under Kansas laws, lhwwm to $10,000 per passenger. The two pilots who were killed come under the workmen's compensation insurance. Transcontinental - officials anticipated no serious ‘decline in passenger traffic ing Columbus and Kansas City today were reported to have carried normal loads and no cancellations were re- The accident was the first disaster on air lines of the year. In the half of 1930 only two pertons were killed in scheduled air transportation service in approxi- mately 20,000,000 miles of flying, which compared with 22 fatalities in 60, 1000 miles in the first six months | the year. MRS. ROCKNE PLANS RITES. Wants Foot Ball Players to Atiend Services Saturday. ATLANTA, April 2 (#).—Mrs, Rockne wants all the boys who for her husband to attend fun: ices Saturday * accompanied by her youngest son, Jack: her daughter, Mas Jean, and Mr. and Mrs. Tom O'Ne stopped here last night on her way to South Bend from Miami, Fla. ‘The party received a request here frem South Bend officials suggesting the funeral be dsferred until next week on account of holiday at Notre Dame. Mrs. | Rockne, however, asked the services be | held Saturday. BODY AT SOUTH BEND. Notre Dame Students Greet Cortege of Famous Coach. SOUTH BEND, Ind., April 2 (/. — Knute Rockne came back e last night, as several thousand citizens of South Bend and students of Notre Dame University stood by, the casket contain- ing the body of the famous coach ar- rived here at 11:08 p.m. from Chicago. Although several thousand crowded the station and adjoining yards, the crowd was smaller than anticipated, as it had been announced the train would arrive 19 minutes later. Under an escort of motor cycle police the casket was removed to the L. W. McGann funeral home, to await the return tomorrow of Mrs. Rockne. She is due in Chicago from Florida at 2:30 pm, with the two younger children, and will proceed immediately to South Bend to lay plans for Rockne's funeral. ‘The crowds stood about the station and the streets in silence. At the home the casket was not less the widow wishes to Jt may never be opened. This an- ‘nouncement was made shortly after the body was taken into the funeral home. Rockne's sons. who accompanied the body from Kansas City, were taken to one of the Notre Dame halls along with Coach H. H. Frances of the academy they are attending. They were quar tered there. The City Council of South Bend to- night passed a resolution in a special session to close all city offices the day of P""lhe (m}e{‘l‘k ags o city will be at halfmast gfln[ “an appropriate time of Une WALKER MOURNS LOSS. EL PASO, Tex., 3 Jimmie Walker of New York said to- day it was possible he would over in South Bend for the funeral of Knute Rockne, whose tragic death he mourns. Walker is en route to New York after a vacation in Southern California. “I knew Rockne very well,” Walker sald. “He was a wonderful character, o.e of vhe greatest stiidents of boys who ever lived. I believe he could get more out of a foot ball team than any other man. His death is a t loss.” Walker refused to New. York politics, saying he had been b tel xplaining he hadn't said "é’:.'&m” men. “I'm going hat Y supposed to_dor he e 8 2 - The mayorisaid he aeves Sl oo in his life. = () —~Mayor