Evening Star Newspaper, April 3, 1931, Page 2

WAGE LEVELS SEEN AS POLITICAL ISSUE Administration Uses Influ- ence to Prevent Cut, Held Necessary by Companies. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. An inter:sting difference of opinion between the administration and industry about wage levels promises to develop into a major political problem. Last Fall President Hoover summoned the leaders of industry and urg'd them to maintain wage levels. Most of them tried to do it. Now. however, in the face of pressure from stockholders for a creditable showing and with markets declining, most compani's feel con- fronted with the necessity of making economies on pay rolls. The administration is using all the influence it can to prevent wage cuts. The theory here is that purchasing power can beit be maintained if com- panies do not make wholesale reduc- tions in wages. Representative Wood, chatrman of the Republican Congres- sional Campaign Committee. told cor- respondents at the White House that while he had not discussed the subject with the President, he felt that exist- ing wages would have to come down cr else commedity prices increased Wage Above Selling Level. “The wege level in this country,” said Representative Wood, “is far above the | selling level of commodities. How that is to be adjusted is a problem. Those things naturally adjust themselves aft- er a while just like water seeks its level Where a corporation has plenty of reserves and can maintain wage levels during the present depression adminis- tration officials feel there ought not to be any reduction. On the other hand, it is recognized that many companies do not have the ressrves and that it is & case of cutting wages in order to keep up factory operations at all. In many| instances pay roll cuts have been avold- ‘ed, but the days of work and hours have been reduced. Politically Significant. "The most the administraticn can hope 1o accomplish is to prevent a psychology of general wage reductions, which it is believed would be fatal just at a time when there are signs that the low point in the depression has been passed. The spectacle of the Republican ad- ministration urging industry to keep up wage levels is politically significant and is in line with what the American Federation of Labor has been urging ‘business t> do for some time. In fact, drastic cuts in the early part of 1930 in businesses which might have main: tained wage levels are regarded as ha ing contributed materially 13‘ the drop in purchasing or consuming power, which in turn has adversely affected re- tail trade. Changes Are Spotty. The argument being used in favor of ‘wage cuts is that the prices of food and other commodities have come down to such & point that old wage levels have in some instances really represented ‘wage increases. The difficulty, of course, is that there is no way of measuring the effect of low commodity prices on the individual budget, particularly since the are of a spotty character. Undoubtedly the re to reduce wages has begun with the financial in- terests of the country which are seeking lance sheets on the borrowed mmex{ e t's the President, % tmaustry 15 part ustry to levels. 1991) movement. on_the SO DISTRICT TO PROBE PLAN TO SELL COAL IN 2,000-LB. UNITS (Continued From Pirst Page) uation is one which appears to demand h and sweeping investigation le interest, and for the pur- pose of fairly and accurately ascer- taining all the facts, but, of course, 1 do not desire to make same without full approval. or authority, and direc- tion of the Commissioners. “It is suggested, therefore, that the Commissioners give epnsideration to the question of authorizing the super- intendent of weights, measures and markets to conduct an investigation of the sale, distribution and prices of e2al in the District of Columbia as au- thorized by section 28 of the weights and measures act above quoted “In the event the investigation as suggested is directed, it is also suggest- ed that the corporation counsel be authorized to render me such assistance as may be needed.” Copy Included With Note. ‘The communication from Mr. Roberts incloses a copy of the advertisement, | which is headed “An Important Mes- | sage to the Users of Coal.” s It goes on to state that, effective April 1, all shippers of coal to Washing- ton will sell on a 2000-pound unit basis. In order to meet this change the Washington coal merchants, the ad- | vertisement said, will discontinue the old gross ton, or the 2,240 pounds, and | will adopt the 2,000-pound unit, which is generally recognized in the United States. Nowhere is the 2,000-pound | | WILLIAM DOAK TO DISCUSS JOBAD N FORUM Wagner Plan Veto to Be Ex- plained in Address Tomor- row Night. Plans now under way for the ex- pansion of the United States Employ- ment Bureau of the Department of propriations to relieve unemployment throughout the country, will be the sub- by William N. Doak, Secretary of Labor, in the National Radio Forum, arranged by The Star and broadcast over a Na- tion-wide hook-up of the Columbia Broadcasting_system. Secreiary Doak also will explain why {the unemployment plan set up in the { Wagner bill, which was given a pocket |veto by President Hoover, met with the latter's disapproval. It was folowing this adverse action that the machinery was set in motion to strengthen the Employment Bureau of the Department of Labor, which, when properly ex- panded, will, according to the expec- tations of Mr. Hoover, accomplish everything and more, too, than the plan proposed in the Wagner bill, and will features of th tter. Formerly the activities of the Em- ployment Bureau have been consider- bly restricted because of small annual appropriations. Now that this bureau will have more than three-quarters of a million dollars at its dispcsal for the next year, the Preisdent is looking for & most productive expansion in the work of this bureau. One of the most important steps to be taken in this ex- pansion is to bring about a closer co- operation between the Federal Govern- ment and the various State and local employment agencies throughout the country. Already an intensive study of the work being done by the States is under way. Also a study of the un- employment situation in Europe is to be undertaken. A special representa- tive of the Labor Department is soon to start on this European survey. No only is Secretary Doak charged with the responsibility of directing the establishment of an elaborte system of governmental employment agencies with State co-operation, but he is to recommend to the President before Congress again meets, extra legislation deemed necessary for the proper strengthening and balancing of the plan now being formulated. Mr. Doak is the latest of the Presi- dent’s cabinet appointments. He was| appointed last December to succeed James J. Davis, when the latter took up his duties as Senator for Penn- sylvania. BOWIE PADDOCK JUDGE HURT IN TRAIN FALL — | Patrick T. Roche Believed to Have Suffered Fractures of Collar- bone and Leg. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. BOWIE RACE TRACK., Md. Aprill Patrick T. Roche of Baltimore, a paddock judge here, is thought to have suffered a broken leg and eollarbon: when thrown from a train this after- noon. According to Roche, who is confined to the emergency hospital h-re, he was atter:oting to alight from the train at th: foot of the grandstand. He says as he stepped toward th> ground the train started off, pitching him into a tele- graph pole. { He will be moved to a Baltimore hos- pital later today. CONVICTS ASK CHAIR FOR PLEA OF GUILTY IN OHIO PRISON FIRE!. ___(Continued From First Page.) Labor, made possible by increased ap-| Ject of an address to be made tomorrow | be without any of the objectionable | THE EVENING_STAR, PR R WILL SPEND SO0 N} Railroad Asks I. C. C. Allow $50,000,000 Bond Issue on |me0VementS. By the Associated Press. The Pennsylvania Railroad has in- formed the Interstate Commerce Com- mission that it intends to spend “well over $100,000,000" for additions and betterments to its properties and those of subsidiary companies in the current year A. J. County, vice president in charge of finance and corporate relations of the company, in a letter to the com- mission supplementing an application for issue of $50,000,000 worth of bonds, said: " “Summarizing the figures in the orig- inal budget and larger improvement | program, our best estimate is that our {total expenditures for additions and ! betterments for the year 1931 will be | well oypr $100,000,000." The 1831 expenditures proposed are a part of a general improvement plan of the road estimated to involve ex- penditure of over $175,000,000 covering a period of approximately two and one- half years. In connection with this program the commission has just au- thorized issuance of $50,000,000 of gen- eral mortgage 4! per cent gold bonds The program includes electrification of the lines between New York and Wachingtcn, the completion of a new station at Philadelphia, extensive im- provements at Trenton, N. J., erection of a new passenger station at Newark, and building f a new bridge over the Passaic River. 'The program also involtes abandonment of Manhattan Transfer by the Pennsylvania, six- tracking the line through Elizabeth, N. 17 construction of a new bridge over |the Delaware River at Trenton, exten- sive improvements at Baltimore, includ- ing removal of numerous grade cross- 1 and building of new tunnels there. The prompt completion of the proj- ects.” the commission was informed in a memorandum from County, “will mark one cf the greatest steps forward in the ability of the Pennsylvania Rail- road to give more efficient service to those who use its lines.” POWER RATE FIGHT INEVITABLE, NOTE OF FIRM INDICATES (Continued From First Page) under certain ‘conditions for limited periods it should be allowed, if possible, { to earn rates of return in excess of 7'z per cent as an additional incentive to economical and efficient operations, and that in accordance therewith it has been enabled not only to make annual and material decreases in the rates charged to its consumers from a maxi- mum of 10 cents to a maximum of 4.2 cents per kilowatt hour, but has been {able as well to expand its plant and facilities and install the most modern and efficient apparatus; Excessive Rates Denied. “Now, therefore, be it resolved that in consideration of the premises and all the eircumstances it cannot reasonably be said that the earnings of the com- | pany have been excessive, particularly in view of the unique position enjoyed by the public in hay the lowest maximum rate in the Unl citles of 150,000 population or over, and when it is considered that under the operation of the decree said reductions rates could not have been made without such earnings, and that the consumers of this company have bene- { fitted to & far greater extent than like | consumers elsewhere in the United States, and “Be it further resolved that it would be destructive of dLh; very plarpue' r){ said & ent and decree and agains the bzmruu of the public and the company to accept the proposal of said commission.” Equity Petition Prepared. Previous to asking the company to enter a compromise, the commission had drawn up a petition to Equity Court asking for modification of the decree in such a way as to decrease the maximum allowszble return to the company. The commission now has the option of filing this petition or of setting new | rates independent of the present decree, or of ordering a valuation of property of the company. One of the latter two courses is preferred by People's Counsel Richmond B. Keech, since, if the com- pany objected to either, it would have the burden of establishing a case for relief by taking the matter to court. The commission is thought to lean to the former method, and the petition may be fi in the near future. The whole affair will be discussed at the commission’s meeting next Monday aft- { ernoon. Bowie Entries FOR SATURDAY. RST RACE—Purse. $1.200. maiden 3- alord Finn. Eighty Twenty... 108 o Also eligible— Big Spring. l Studies Animals 8. VETERNARIAN HEADS SURVEY OF DISEASES. [ DR. J. E. SCHILLINGER, Senior veterinarian of the Bureau of Blological Survey, has been selected by the Agricliture Department to head its investigatiofis of diseases of wild life. The investigating studies of wild life diseases were recently consolidated, the change involving chiefly those of mam- mals and birds. The causes of out- breaks and methods of control will bs, determined. Laboratories will be estab- lished in Washington and in the fleld in the study of birds and mammals both under wild and controlled environ- ments. ‘Wild life investigations in the past have been directed by the several divi- sions concerned, either independently or in co-operation with the Federal or State governments or other responsible | agencies. Dr. Schillinger has been in Govern- ment employ for 13 years. He received degrees of B. 8. and M. S. from the| University of Maryland and D. V. M from George Washington. HOOVER ESTABLISHING NEW PHONE RECORD Is Certain to Break White House Mark—385.275 Calls WASHINGTON, D @, ROCKNE'S FUNERAL T0 BE TONRRON iCrowds Form at South Bend. Guard of Honor Stands Watch Over Body. By the Associated Press. SOUTH BEND, Ind. April 3.—Fu- neral services for Knute Rockne will be held tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock in Sacred Heart Church on Dame campus. only a ‘burial Arrangements No mass will be said, service being planned. were approved by Mrs. Rockne, who arrived from Florida last | night. It was announced that the funeral will not be open to the public. Foot ball men, past and present, and friends will be admited, probably by card. ‘The celebrant will be the Rev. Pather Michael Muicaire, vice president of the University of Notre Dame and chair- man of the Athletic Board of Control. Students’ Mass Announced. The Rev. Father Steiner, C. 8. C., will serve as deacon and the Rev. Father Raymond Murch, prefect of discipline, will serve as subdeacon. The funeral sermon will be delivered by the Rev. Father Charles L. O'Don- nell, C. 8. C., president of Notre Dame, after which the cortege will proceed to Highland Cemetery, which is about 1!, miles northwest of South Bend and 2'z miles northwest of the university. A solemn high requiem mass will be held for students at 9 a.m. next Thurs- day. The list of active and honorary pallbearers had not been completed. Will Lie at Residence. The body will lie In state at the Rockne residence from 10 am. today until 2 p.m. tomorrow, and a guard of honor will serve during that time. The public will be admitted while the body lies in state. Efforts were being made to reach as I many as possible of the members of the class of 1914, with which Rockne was graduated, to ask them to attend the final rites. Just as the great master drew crowds | to the scenes of his amazing foot ball exploits, the crowds last night gathered about his mortal remains for one final the Notre | FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1931 Dramatize Biblical Play DOUGLAS METHODISTS | | | | at the D-uglas M. E. Church, Eleventh pm. Left to right: Mrs. Eunice Gros: Windsor Freeman. Miss Mary E. Webb IGE IS HELD CAUSE. } Players having roles in “St. Claudia." three-act Biblical play to be given PRESENT “ST. CLAUDIA.® ! and H streets northeast, Sunday at 7:45 s, Marle Mackin, Edith Hamacher and is directing the play.—Star Staff Photo. JONES, EXFFIGAL, | OF ROCKNE CRASH Probers Believe Propeller Former Mayor and Member| DIES IN ALEXANDRIA silent tribute. in 1930. “Four Horsemen" Present. | Regardless of any other record Pres- ident Hoover may leave behind him, he is certain to establish a White House record for the number of telephone calls | during his administration. now and hearts sore, were present. So Dicks, Bucks, Pranks and all the rest of the “fighting Irish” who could come on their sad journeys. Figures compiled at the White House | her long journey from Florida to South by | Bend ‘which started Monday and ended show there were 385275 incoming &nd | jast night, rested with her grief. outgoing telephone calls during 1930.| Mrs. Rockne and her four children This was 233,000 more than the total bore up under the strain reasonably for the last year of President Coolidge’s | well. She was still shocked but like her administration. | famous husband, she refused to give in. These figures were gathered by | She intends to be brave until the last. Theodore G. Joslin, the President’s new | Notre Dame and South Bend were secretary. g | steeped in sadness, but th it all During 1929, President Hoover's first| was the spirit of Rockne, of “carry on.” year, there were 65,301 outgoing calls | Heads were low, and many of the eariy and’ 261,204 incoming calls. In 1930 | arrivals, advised that they could do there were 77,055 outgoing calls and| nothing to help, huddled in corridors 308.220 incoming. The calls are con-|of hotels or in rooms, puncturing the tinuing to increase. During February | sjlence with anecdotes of the immortal of this year there were '5.904 ougOINg | coach, whose crushed Ilifeless bod: calls, 400 more than Pebruary last Year. | rogted in a casket, heavily banked with and 25616 incoming Ccalls, compared o with 22,152 in February, 1930. ff::,;‘,' "{,‘e ‘w';‘n“fr“‘ funeral home just DAVIS REITERATES T oot DENIAL HE WILL QUIT . their dead ieader's body last night at SENATE FOR MOVIES | members of the Notre Dame Monogram | Club, started their watch. The first | two watchers were two of Rockne's _ | greatest stars of the undefeated 1929-30 the funeral home. Starting at 1 pm (Continued Prom First Page.) The “four horsemen.” heads-bent low ! were the Bobs, Tommies, Jacks, Georges, | “Bonnie,” his widow, fatigued after | yesterday the guard, in pairs of two, all | of sugar cane and is repcrted to be in- terested in the duty on sugar. Sees Curtis and Watson. Just before Senator Davis left here | to go to California, reports were pub- | lished to the effect that he intended to resign from the Senate to go into busi- | ness, and that he had offers from some | of the big moving picture concerns. Senator Davis today visited Vice Pres- ident Curtis and the Republican leader of the Senate, Senator Watson of In- diana ‘The Pennsylvania Senator, who was elected last Fall after having defeated former Senator Grundy in the Repub- | lican senatorial primary, is due to come | up again next year for election. He is now holding the seat to which Wil- liam S. Vare, the Republican boss of Philadelphia, was elected in 1926. V. was never allowed by the Senate take his seat because of alleged exces- | sive expenditures in his primary and | election campaigns Senator Davis said today that he be- | lieved any attempt by employers the country over to reduce wages would be | & great mistake. He said, however, that | since leaving the Department of Labor | he has not given consideration to labor matters to the extent he had been ac- | customed while a member of the cabi- net. 1t is expected that Senatfr Davis will be in Washington for some time. Mother of Girl U. S. ACTRESS TOLD MATERNI- TY WOULD BE FATAL. are | teams, Prank Carideo and Marchmont Schwarts. This was the order of their watch: 1 to 3 pm—Schwartz and Caridec 319 8 Bm.Al Culver And Joe Laterman 8 to 7 p.m.—Roy Abilie and Haskell Askew 7 to 9 p.m.—Ed Hosky and Al Howard. 9 to 11 p.m.—Carl Cronin Charles Palt 11 pm. to 1 am., today—Alex Wilson and Brandt " Juttte. m. to 3 a.m. today- ri Mol 3 8 oday—Gene Howery and 3 to ‘Sa.m.—Clarence Donovan and Larry Mullins, Jadg!® 7 &m—William Jones and Ed4 Enge- 7109 am.—Culver and Art Bradley ‘The guard will follow through the watch on that time schedule until the body is lcwered into the grave. Thousands Mourn. Among the thousands who were in South Bend or on their way were offi- cials of the United States Army and Navy and foot ball coaches from East, W;!('Pflflr‘lh and South, such as Jim- ay sity, Judge Walter Steflen of Carnegie Tech, all the coaches of the “Big Ten” Conference and “Big Ten” Athletic Commissioner John L. Griffith. Flags flew at half mast in South Bend and all meetings of clubs set for yesterday or today were called off. By resolution of the council, all business will be suspended tomorrcw. WILL BE MADE KNIGHT. Rockne to Get Norwegian Order and Honor at Rites. CHICAGO. April 3 (#).—King Héakon of Norway today cabled Olaf Bernts, Norwegian consul in Chicago, Ol'deflns him to head a delegation to South Bend tomorrow to act as a sov- ereign’s personal representative at the| Blade Was Shattered and Wing Torn. | By the Associated Press America’s most famous coach, Knute Rockne, and seven others to death in Tuesday's airplane crash. Findings of Department of Commerce investigatcrs, made known in a state- ment last night, showed the death plane may have fallen with a wing sec- tion rent asumder by vibration after ice | shattered a propeller blade. The right outboard engine, on the | its three propeller blades and hub missing, though the safety nut nor- mally hclding them in place remained on the end of the crankshaft. Struts Carried Shock. “Investigators were advised,” the | statement said, “that ice had collected on the entering edge of the wing and it is assumed that ice had also col- Jected around the propeller hub. “It is possible that a substantial piece | of ice may have broken loose from the hub and been struck by one of the pro- | peller blades, resulting in its breakage. “The resultant shock to the entire structure was probably transmitted through the brace struts which extend ture and releasing the mail stored therein. “The engineering section of the aero- nautical branch has calculated that there wculd be a load in excess of 100,- 000 pounds upon the engine and the engine mount should one blade of the propeller break off at normal cruising speed. Propeller Missing. “The investigation indicates that this | load snapped the wing off and then al- | mest simultaneously the propeller hub | broke, releasing the other two blades Late today, these three blades and the hub had not been found, although a searching party has been searching th country for miles around the acciden Investigators assumed that something severed the wing with little or no warn- ing on the theory that there was no serious difficulty at the last radio report, two minutes before the time of the crash, as fixed by watches of three of the victims, and_eye-witness reports of a wing section floating away from the plane in its fatal dive near Bazaar, Kane. In reconstructing the picture, in- vestigators found mail and mail sacks on the ground for one-quarter of a mile from the wing section to the air- plane, with one mail sack close to the wing. Pilots Absolved of Blame. “This indicated,” the statement said, ‘that the fuselage must have been | damaged while in the air, since the mail was stored in a compartment under and behind the pilot's seat.” The-statement said the findings were A small piece of ice may have sent | side of the broken wing. was found with | to the fuselage, thus opening the struc- | of City Council Eight Years ; Succumbs at 71. By a Btafl Correspondent of The St ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3.—For- mer Mayor Robert S. Jones, 71, died at his home, 106 Rosemont avenus, last night after an extended iliness. He had been a member of the city council eight years, serving from September, 1922, to September. 1930. He was made mayor of the city in March, 1930, and served until his term ran out last September. Mr. Jones was born in Philadelphia, Pa., August 20, 1859, th: son of the late Joseph L. and Elizabeth Collins Jones. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Collins Peeke of this city; brother, Joseph L. Jones of Philadel- phia, and a sister, Mrs. Charles H. Culin, also of Philadelphia. Services Tomorrow. Services will be held at the residence tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock and will be conducted by Rev. Dr. William Jackson Morton, rector of Christ Epis- copal Church. 'Burial will be in Ivy Hill Cemetery here. Mr. Jones has been in failing heaith | | for some time and was not a candidate for re-election when his term on city | council ran out last September. He was | | affectionately known by fellow members on council and by close friends as “Dad” Jones. He was named mayor of the city on the resignation of Mayor Wil- | liam Albert Smoot last March and pre- vious to that time had occupled the position of vice maydr. Mr. Jones was secretary of the firm of C. C. Smoot and Sons Co., who for- merly conducted a large tanning busi- ness here, and in North Carolina. He was also president of the Alexandria Building and Loan Association and re- cently had been re-elected as a direc- tor of the Alexandria Chamber of Com- merce. Trust Company Head. Mr. Jones was also president of the Alexandria Trust & Mortgage Co., chairman of the board of directors of the Alexandria Hospital, and a director of the Kiwanis Club. He was instru- mental in the drive to restore Gadsby's Tavern and headed the committee for | that purpose. All members of the Chamber of Com- merce have been asked to attend the funeral in a body. HUSBAND ESCAPES AFTER KILLING WIFE AS CHILDREN PLAY| (Continued From Pirst Page.) sister, Mrs. Mattie ‘Warder street, for the last two months. | Wiping tears frcm her eyes as she spoke, Mrs. Thompson said this morn- ing that she did not know “very much about” Baker, as she and other mem- bers of her family had seen little of im. A similar statement was made at the home of another sister, Mrs. Ida Mc- Thompson, 3116 | VISITORS ALLOWED IN SOUTH GROUNDS White House Order Will Ap- ply Throughout Easter Season. President. Hoover has given an order permitting the public to enter the south grounds of the White House commenc- ing today and continuing throughout the Easter season, from noon to 1:30 o'clock each afternoon. This was prompted by the desire on the part of the Presdent and Mrs. Hoo- ver to make it possible for as many Eas- ter visitors to the Capital as possible to see the rear grounds. This is #= Jrno- vation in White House privileges to the public, and it is possible that the Presi- dent and his wife will taks occasion during this public period in the rear grounds to present themselves, Already the Easter trek to Washington is noticeable at the White House. With- in past few days the number of dally visitors to that historic mansion, during the hours when it is opened to the public, has greatly increased. The President's order making the rear grounds available for an hour and a half each afternoon will not apply on Easter Monday, rear grounds will be the nnual Easter egg-rolling festivities and folk dancing. ‘Then the rear grounds will be opened at 9 o'clock and will not close until 5 in the afternoon. The folk dancing, which will be presented by girls in quaint costumes from various girls' or- ganizations in Washington, will be from 10 t0 12 and 2 to 3 o'clock. The Marine Band concert will be from 3 to 4 o'clock. In anticipation of the rush of Easter visitors, the White House painting staff is today busily engaged in touching up drab places about the exterior of the White House and executive office. Other White House workmen were engaged to- day in placing fenders of cardboard around the eaves of the front portico to prevent pigeons from roosting there. During the past few weeks the eaves have become a popular roosting place. SHOOTING OF WOMAN REVEALS RUM CACHE Ten Cases of Liquor Found in Room When Police Discover Colored Girl Wounded in Thigh. The headquarters of an alleged boot- leg ring was uncovered by police today while investigating the shooting of a colored woman at 333 L street south- west. Responding on an alarm that Agnes Vincent, colored, 22, had been shot, fourth precinct police and a cruising detective squad, found the woman lying in an upstairs room with 10 cases of whisky stacked against the wall nearby. Her hip had been shattered by & .45 caliber bullet. The detective bureau cruising squa in charge of Sergt. William G. Messer, ‘was at Seventh and E streets southwest, when the alarm was broadcast, and arrived at the scene of the shooting a minute and a half later. A city-wide search was immediately instituted for John Jones, alias John Blue, 22, colored, the alleged assailant The shooting occurred in an upstairs room where Jones had been living for :vol?h' &ma. Police Lf h:hwm be thlfid e whisky when aoprehanded ‘The woman was removed to Casualty Hospital for treatment, after which the search for Jones was started by Pre- cinct Detective Nelson G. Thayer, and a squad of fourth precinct policemen. The whisky was confiscated. LINGLE JURY, OUT 22 HOURS, IS SAID TO URGE ACQUITTAL (Continued From First Page.) every chance to come to & verdict. Let them have plenty of time to think.” Defense Counsel Encouraged. ‘The jury’s action—or lack of it—was interpreted as an encouraging sign by the lawyers working to free Brothers. ‘They took the long delay as an indica- tion the jurors favored their client. ‘The prosecution likewise professed to find encouragement, pointing out that the evidence was voluminous and the questions of law fine in their appli- cation. Mother Confident. Mrs. Rose Jessen, Brothers’ mother, sat patiently in the corridor until shortly after 2 am. Then she stepped into the rain that drizzled outside and went to the home of a friend to await. word of her son’s fate She returned to the court room at 9 o'clock after a sleepless night. “Im tired,” she said, “it's been a strain. But I know my boy will be acquitted. He's innocent, and after they acquit him"—she was confident they would—"I'm going to take him to St. Louis for a long rest.” In this, however, she overlooked two men lounging at the end of the hall. They were detectives from St. Louis, 5 8 8 . 108 103 103 |informal and not to be construed as | offictal. | It was concluded that the airplane | had been operated entirely in accord- | ance with air commerce regulations; that daily inspections were satisfactorily made; that the airplane was, to the best of every one’s knowledge, thorough- | Iy airworthy; and that no blame can | be attached ‘to the pilots. unit referred to as a ton Prices Held Higher. Quotations from coal merchants reveal the following prices pre- ling on the 2,000-pound unit, as compared with the “long” ton pounds) price, which was in effect until The quctations are on anthra- cite coal. | ready to return him in the event of an cquittal—ready to serve on him a war- rant which attested he had killed a service cab driver there in a “taxi war.” Brothers Nervou: Brothers, locked in a cell of the county jail, which connects with the Criminal Court Bullding by a winding corridor, was described by jailers as showing ‘“extreme nervousness” last night, but had recovered his poise today. He paced to and fro in his cell last funeral of Knute Rockne. King Haakon ordered Bernts to select six Norwegians to accompany him to South Bend. He also advised the con- sul that he would confer a knighthood on Rockne some time during the next six months. | Pherson, 1438 Meridian place, where it was said members of Mrs. Baker's family had not been on good terms with her husband. Mrs, Baker is survived by another sister, Mrs. Minnie Young of Balti- more, and two brothers, Richard L. Reum, 3133 Warder street, and Chris Reum ' of Bowie, Md. Taken to Receiving Home. At the time of the shooting, police, sald, Victor, Albert and Jackie were circumstances, what else can we do?" | 1 Guinea asked the convicts in unison Gibson said, “We don't want to go | back to the penitentiary. We've been | there for nine years and know what it's like.” Asked if he feared other ‘Drlsonr. would turn on th m 4f they were placed in the penitentiary, he said b . | “No, it's not the prisoners, but the Long” | oficiels we're afraid of. Anyway, w> Ton Price. | would never get out, if w: got life| My Broom Ro; > Tansy Bungas Daisy . Labrot entry Purse. $1.200; the Spring- 4 furlonss cDustem Clear Ki Al F. Adams-8. SECOND RACE ar-olds o SILENCE DUE ON AIR. YEN Sonainan o eligibie Springdale Rose u Trueman Arrow Radio Chain to Observe Interim in Tribute to Rockne. 2,000-Lb Gol e Capacity Bright 3ird cHabanero FOKKER AGREES. | | i i { Btove | 2 | — called for $15.75 ! sontences. It would never b forgotten | 1 and we'd have to live there the rest of our liv's” Grate said there was no premeditated murder when they set the fire. He added: “We started one in December, but the wind blew the wrong direction and the candle didn't light the wooden con- The lumber was nowher: near the cell blocks. We only wanted to destroy the forms to prevent the construction of L block. in which they were building 48 solitary confinement cells. We didn't want to | tee any one go in them. We had hoped the fire would break out while we wers |at supper. We had no idea that the { prisoners would be in their cells when | the fire started Ask to Talk to Judge. Chestnut Egg .. Pea 1510 10 90 | Buckwheat 875, Louis_ Rothschild, director of the Better Business Bureau, said today his office was investigating the coal situa- tion, and issusd the following statement Chestnut coal present price is $13 on 2,000-pound- npared with previous price 525 old ton or 31343 on basis of short ton, a decrease in price of 43 cents. The price in May, | 1930, when Spring prices were put inio effect lest year was $12.95 on the basis | of long ton or $11.40 on basis of short ton, & net increase of $1.60 per ton. ‘Egg coal present price $12.50, com- pared with March price on long ton of $15.10 or $13.29 on basis of short ton, a decrease of 79 cents. Last May the price was $1295 (long ton) or $11.38 tshort ton) & net increase of $1.12 per_ton, “Pea coal, present price, March pric: was $10.90 (old ton), $9.59 (short ton), & net increase of 66 cents. Last May the price was $8.60 (long ton), or $7.57 (short ton), an in- crease of $2.68. “stove coal, present price. $13. com- pared with March price of $15.75 (long ton), or $13.86 (short ton), a decrease of 86 cents. Last May the price was $13.45 (long ton), or $11.84 (short ton), present price being an increase of $1.16. “Buckwheat coal, present price, $8.50, 8 net increase of 80 cents over March price of $8.75 (long ton), or $7.70 (short ton). Compared with May, 1930 pric® of 87 (long ton), or $6.16 (short ton), this is & net increase of $2.34." ‘Exports from Burma last year were , “velued at $43,000,000, f § | crete block forms. 1025 +88ked Glbson [m the county jail when deputies pre- sented coples of the indictments to them. “Did you get papers?” “Yes “What do you think of them?” Gibson asked, and his fellow conspirator re- plied. “They're pretty tough, ain't they? Immediately after the interview with the prosecutor and the regzrlera. both priscners asked that they be permitted to talk with the trial judge. They said they wanted to put their proposition up to the judge, for they wanted it defi- nitely understood that if they pleaded guilty they will be electrocuted as soon as possible and not given life terms. If electrocuted, they will die in the chair in the little red brick death house behind the penitentiary walls, only 100 feet from the spot where the bodies of the 320 victims of the Easter Monday fire of a vear ago were placed as they were carried from the ill-fated ceil blocks. your Gibson and Grate met this morning replied Grate. ! bPursuit aUrgency reie rf Bather Cap, Su aDorw entry: c THIRD RACE—Pu | sancicap: 3-venr-ol 0od Btable entry: bAudley Farm C. V. Whitney entry. 1.400; the Plash up: $'z furiongs Pegan Elizabe Pennant Protector Pride e h Bolla Coiossy 1 Lass Supreme Bweet. . 96 FOURTH RACE—Pu Dominion Handicap | 170 mites Full Dress | Rocket Glare | Titus 104 Blimp 104 FIFTH RACE The James Fowe Memorial Handicap. 35.000 added, 3-year-olds: 7 fur- s the 3 vear 1.500 -olds and s 108 Raccoon Berber . Essare Gigantic | General A Toney Princess AHold Hard bllium aC. ¥ cGlen Riddie Farms; | Adams | BIXTH RACE-Purse year-olds and up; 1. mil { Bob_Kernan 110 *Lahor Dark Abbott 110 *Gome Gn | chip 113 *Prank Fullen { Drugeist . 113 SEVENTH olds and up: Goldstar | Bupberneck Finalist Whitney entry bWilliam Zeigler dS. W. Labrot; J. F. J $1.200; claiming: 4- - 12 3 108 ACE—Purse, $1.200 mile and a furlong R 4-year- 1 e *Nursery Rhymes. Also eligible— *Silver Sceptre *Madeap Marvin, 2Daddy_Nelson sLuck Piece.... *hCrasher .. *Buddy Basil. . Era “Bill Beth | *Expense aMrs. E. Jackson-D. P, bMiss Betiie Bowman-G “Apprentice allowanze P track good. Venziano entry 8 Harrison entry chmed: weather s By the Associated Press. PARIS, April 3.—Vivian Duncan, American actress, who says she was told by three American specialists tk.at child birth would be fatal to her, has come to Paris with a baby daughter, born the night of March 20 at Wurzburg, Bavaria. She has named the child Evelyn Rosetta Duncan Asther, and her hus- band and its father, Nils Asther, who played opposite Greta Garbo, is expect- ed here shortly from America to have his first_look at it. Miss Duncan told the Paris edition of the Chicago Tribune that she had confided her trepidation at the ap. proach of travail to the Countess Roussy de Sales, the former Mrs. Cecil Stewart, and at her advice had gone to the Dr. Gauss clinic at Wurzburg. The first twilight sleep administration did not work so well, but the second caused no_trouble. She went to sleep at 4 p.m. March 20 and awoke at 6 the next morning. and was well enough when the reached Paris to go out and NEW YORK, April 3 (#) —Thirty Says Broken Propeller. Found, Would | Cause Wreck. seconds of silence in tribute to Knute | Rockne, Notre Dame foot ball coach killed in an airplane crash Tuesday, will be observed by the Columbia Broad- casting System during the “March of Time” program tonight at 10:30 o'clock, the company announced last night. CROWD PAYS TRIBUTE. Audience of 24,000 in Chicago Stands Silent at Song. CHICAGO, April 3 (#).—A stirring | tribute was paid to Knute Rockne at the Chicago Stadium last night. At the conclusion of the eighth bout between amateur boxers from New York and Chicago, the lights were turned out, with the exception cf the fi lights In the organ loft. The greflt crowd of 24,000 stood silent. Ralph Emerson, the organist, played the “Notre Dame Victory March.” But it was not the deflant sccre that has been sung by the fighting hordes of Notre Dame on many frost-bitten grid- irons. Emerson played the stirring air in slow tempo. A sextet from Notré Dame sang the chorus. At the conclusion of the, song, the sextet yelled, slowly, “Yes, Rockne.” The lights flashed on. The crowd was silent for an instant longer. Then the bouts were resumed. Trains to Be Halted. CHICAGO, April 3 (#).—As a mark of respect to Knute Rockne, all trains on the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad will halt for one minute WICHITA, Kans., April Anthony Fokker, plane in which Knute Rockne an seven others fell to their deaths, said broken propeller would have caused the | wreck. He was informed of Department | of Commerce investigators' findings last | night. “We have not vet completed. our in- | vestigation of the propellers and the | motors,” he said, “but if that is what happened there is no doubt it would exert sufficient strain on the wing to cause it to break. | ~ Fokker returned here after inspecting i the wreckage near Bazaar, Kans., where the plane fell Tuesday. The motors and propeller blades, some of which the sheriff found in the hands of souvenir hunters, were brought here. BRATTON HITS INSPECTIONS. Senator Holds Air Regulation is “Gross- | Iy Inefficient.” ALBUQUERQUE, N. Mex, April 3 (#).—United States Senator Sam Brat- ton characterized the Department of Commerce as “grossly inefficient” in administration of air commerce while commenting tcday on Tuesday's plane crash which cost the lives of Knute Rockne and seven other persons. Bratton said he would reintroduce in the Senate his bill to transfer admin- istration of air commerce to the Inter- state Commerce Commission. He led a ' fight for the bill in the last session. inspected _quite “Planes are infre- find an apartment for herself and the at the hour of th> Notre Dame athletic quently, ssmetimes more than a month youngster the first day. leader’s funeral services tomorrow. intervening tctween inspections,” Brat- playing in the front room of the O street apartment, where they shared the only bed with their father. Victor was sitting in a toy wagon, preparing to color Easter eggs, while is two brothers were playing nearby | Their mother had brought each of them a candy egg, which she had placed on a table in the kitchen. After the children were found, they were taken to the second precinct Ppolice station, where they described the shooting. They then were transferred to the Recelving Home. Since Edris had not witnessed the murder, ho ever, she was permitted to remain the home of her aunt. Pistol Is Not Found. night, dally newspapers chronicling the case, and listened eagerly for the signal which would indicate he was to be taken into the court room for a verdict. Today was the fifteenth since the trial opened. The court decision which stripped from attorneys the necessity of showing “why” “Jake" Lingle, once described as the “unofficial chief of police,” was killed in a busy subway under Michigan Boulevard, did not lessen the interest. CARICATURES REMOVED FROM CORCORAN’S EXHIBIT Police were unable to find the pistol | used by Baker, but it was said to have been of small caliber. Baker, according to the children, is very temperamental, |and police, believing he still has the | weapon, expressed fear he might try |to_end his own life if cornered. He is said to have three brothers, E. A. Baker and J. Baker, who live [in Richmond, Va., and Herman Baker, |a residert of Fredericksburg, Va. One |of them is said to be a lawyer. The fugitive is described as being 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighing about 145 pounds, with brown hair, turning ray. When last seen, he was wearing a dark suit, a brown overcoat and a brown felt hat | ton said. “It may be they haven't a | sufficient mumber of inspectors to give | more frequent: ctions. “The Interstate Gommerce Commis- slon should be givenull authority to promulgate and enforce, regulations in the interest of safety.” Display of Battaglia’s Art With- drawn on Account of Rules, Officials Explain. Several caricatures of national figures, drawn by Aurelius Battaglia, an art student, have been removed from ex- hibition at the Corcoran School of Art because they were installed in i o or contravention of the tnm rules, officials announced today. The drawings, including one of Presi- dent Hoover, had been ced on dis- play in a room reserved for the work of Corcoran students. Officials explained the required that all work ex- hibited in the school must have been accomplished under the supervision of the faculty thereof. Officials said the exhibition of cari- catures inadvertently favored a single student by giving him separate space instead of only representation with the art of a group of puplls. This also con- stituted a breach of the regulations.