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WEATHER. (v 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) ly cloudy tonight and ulnm' not mluh change in U 12, lt 3:30 ures—Highest, ymu, lowest, 47, at 6:30 a.m. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes Mlnmonn 4. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 No. 31,762. post office, STIMSON LIMITS U. 5. PROTECTION IN NICARAGUA DUE T0 RAIDS BY BANDITS Americans Warned Native Guard Must Be Relied Upon by Those Willing to Remain in Country. CONSUL AT MANAGUA TO AVOID DIFFICULTY: Instructions Sent on Evacuation Movements Citizens Wishing to | A% Leave—Cruiser =~ Memphis at Puerto Cabeza—Representative Fish Hits Policy. By the Associated Press. Secretary Stimson today gave notice to American citizens in Nicarsgua that the American Government could not undertake general protection of its citi- zens in that country. The ~notification, sent through the legation at Managua and the consulate at Bluefields, recommended that all Americans who do not feel secure under the protection afforded them by the Nicaraguan government through the Nicaragusn National Guard, withdraw from the counfry or at least to the coast towns, whence they can be pro- tected or Forces Not to Go Inland. “Those who remain,” the official notice said, “do so at their own risk and must not expect American forces to be sent inland to their aid.” The State Department prefaced its recommendation with the following in- roperty in those ports. rhe vessels, however, will inland. rapid run from Guani The Asheville left half -nhmnnur for Cape Gracias a Dios, miles to the north. The snmmh was due to reach Bluefields, 140 miles south of Puerto Cabezas, at 10 a.m. today. All three qf these ports have either been attacked or thrutened by insur- | ti t Gctivities. M The only remaining port of im- portance on N 's eastern coast, Graytown, has not yet been . The crujser Rochester, with Rc-r Ad.lnlnl Arthur St. Clair Smith, the 1al Service Squadron ln Central Am n_waters, aboard, was ready at the Canal Zone to proceed north to relieve the Sacramento at Bluefields if necessary. Result of Activities. Secretary Stimson summarized the situation in Eastern Nicaragua as the result of what appeared to be the move- | ment of insurgents across the country from west to east by four river routes, the Coco, the Wawa, Rio Grande and the Siquia or Escondido, bringing them | into the areas behind Cape Gracias a Dios, Puerto Cabezas and Bluefields. No trustworthy estimate of their numbers was available, he said, but an idea of their strength and methods of cperation could bt obtained from the report of Marine aviators who flew over Cape Gracias Dios while the band, which had looted that port, were retreating. That band contained only 15 _men. They operated much as the Indians did in American colonial times, Stim- | son sald. They move in small bands by canoes along the rivers, attacking outlying settiements, logging camps or mines, loot and kill or carry off cap- tives, .to be kiiled in cold blood after- ‘ward, he added. Seven of the American victims in the region above Puerto Cabezas were killed in this way. Stimson made reports deseribing the raid on Cape Gracias a Dios and giving once more the names of eight American civilians \Conunued on Page 2, Column 17.) ted in case of neeemty.l | public several belated Kntered as second class matter Washington, D. Depression Blamed For 4 Pct. Drop in Food Consumption Average Mai Now Eats Less Meat and Drinks More “ilk. ‘The present economic depression has caused a decline of about 4 per cent in the food consumption of the Ameri- | can people, Dr. O. E. Baker of the Agri- culture Department told the Washing- ton Academy of Sciences in a lecture last night. Immediately after the World War, Dr. Baker pointed out, there was a notable change in the national diet which had a profound effect on agriculture. Dur- ing the war years, he sald, the average consumption per person of grains di- rectly for human food was about 310 pounds. During the past five years it was only about 230 pounds, but the average American was consuming one- third more sugar, one-fourth more milk and other dairy products, one-fifth more meat and vegetables, and one-tenth more fruit. “These changes,” he said, “had & marked_effect on the need for farm . If & man could live on sugar alone it would require only about one- third of an acre to provide the same amount ol energy as that in the food the average American consumes each year, However, it would require three- fourths of an acre of corn or pou(ou MARNES REGALL {Pressure of Congress Only Will Change U. S. Pro- tection Measures. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Congress probably will have to take full responsibility fcr a change of policy with respect to the protection of the in revolution-torn countries. POLICY T0 STANI]I lives and property of American citizens | 1oday, i E 1] sutonomous province mflam Republic, An oeeulml intervention, as in Mex- ico or in Haiti or in Santo Domingo tion of , was al- occupal territory, ander of v.yu lolhwea hy a withdrawal of forces mnnfln&afit hvnp-ce!:\:lunl ar and American Marines have been on Nicara- | 2pparent that the Nicaraguan govern- ment is not strons enough to deal with the bandit and insurgent groups. Point of View Changed. There is a different point of view | nowadays here about protecting Axner-l ican citizens abroad than there used to be. The Wilson administration was continuously by the Repub- lican press when lives were being lost in l("e‘xleombln nn;l‘l::’:n both the Dem- ocratic and Republican newspapers are silent about protective measures when the news reports tell of the death not only of seven Americans but naticnals of other countries. The viewpoint of ‘(hz Senate has been tending more and more toward an abandonment of Amer- ican interests in revolutionary areas. ‘The policy is dictated by disappoint- ment over the number of American Marines that have been slain while trying to preserve order. The belief prev!!h that internal conditions will not mend until the Nicaraguan govern- | ment_itself realizes its responsibilities. To that end the withdrawal of the Marines and the stre; National Guard is thought only policy which will ng cf the ' & quick raguan obligation: s to f¢ ers. X Cobyrieht. 1031) PRESIDENT HOOVER DESIRES LONG EVENING CHAT almost ! for | years. The f:Oon. | DrePOIing 1o, Jeene. realization of the necessity of Nica-| WITH BUS HERO Delays Setting Date for Bryan Untiedt’s Visit—Youth Is Offered Free College Education. 2y the Associated Press. | the recent Colorado bus disaster, who he Fp WASHINGTON, D. C., AILS ARE EMPTIED [AUSTRIA AGREES IN BARGELONA RIOT AS POLICE WATCH PU——— R |No Effort to Interfere Is Made Despite Existence of Marfial Law. MADRID MOVES TO GET CATALONIA BACK IN FOLD Three Ministers Fly to Parley With Col. Macia—Basque Situation Held Less Serious. BARCELONA, Spain, April 17 UP).—All prisoners were released from jalls here today by rioters who swept through the streets without interference. Police were disinclined to take action despite the existence of martial law. By the Assoclated Press. MADRID, April 17.—Three ministers of the new republican government today arrived in Barcelona by airplane and immediately went into conference with Col Frlncllm Ill a, Provmon-l Presi- talonian republic, rehuve to the :t«lt«us of the Catalonian republic with respect to the central [overnment three ministers were Indalecio Prlm minister of finance; Fernando de Los Rios, minister of justice, and Nicolau Dolwer, minister of economy. They were accompanied by Senor Car-: rasco, a delegate of Col. Maéla, who flew An amicabie solution of the Catalonian quuflonkwulnwbemched For- z!cn Lerroux of the new chn- ish Republic told the Associated ’l‘hz solution which is behm prvposed the louln minister said, to permit Catalonia to call itself a npubllc if it insists on doing l':, wmuk:z actually would _continue function as an within the not insisting on foreign govern- bl recognition by Banks continued to receive heavy de- |mands from wealthy Spaniards seeking to have money and securities sent abroad. It was reported that the gov- ernment may take to prevent or limit the expnfl of such items and po-- sibly to close the against exndmo(mwefl& clu:u o Many palaces grandees ad- m::’domnduuhnubeenclued and the familles have departed or were Outbound trains lre| crowded e m‘n.r‘:lm:rlut tng wealthy persons leaving the country an others are leaving by automobile, many to France and some to Portugal. Republicans Confident. ‘The Republicans are confident that they will win the elections, for which Alfonso is waiting, but their exact date or their character has not been de- cided. These may take the form of a direct vote by the people on the estab- lishment of a republic or a monarchy or the selection of a new Parliament, with the voters choosing between Re- publican and Monarchist candidates for Deputies and Senators. The situation in the basque provinces, where a separatist movement also Is under foot, was said today to be not so serious as that represented by establish- ment of a provisional government in Barcelon: The official gazette today published a decree naming Nicolau Dolwer min- ister of economy. He is a Catalonian himself and his collaboration with the cabinet was regarded here as a sign that prospects of settlement of the dispute were brighter. Diplomats Resigning. ‘The government has decided to abol- be the | ish the permanent wing of ‘the Senate, or upper house of the Cortes. This consisted of members elected for life | by the King, enjoying senatorial rank !hy virtue of their station in life. In- luded were cardinals, grandees of apsln. captains general of the army and navy and the president of the Su- preme Court, have been received from dor Qui Leon st Parls, who was declared to be no_longer in office. The minister Maui de Gi President Hoover in fixing a date f0r | has been invited fo visit President| mOton: Jose the visit of Bryan Untledt to the White House will endeavor to arrange one | which will give him an entire evening | io taik witn the 13-year-old Coiorado | storm “hero. The date will be fixed after the en- tartainment of the Jad by the Denver Post is_completed. No date was set in the of “exposure in vhk:h clukned the lives of several of the school Unuzdt Was uedtud with saving the lives oi several of his companions by ke:r interested in games ing them his outer clothing. SN A iy Hoover, was proffered a college educa- tion without financial outlay today. Wathingicn College senta telogram 3 sent a an informing that he has hoen warded a four-year scholarship, elunht all fees, room rent, board lnd tuition, his graduat governors. Young Untiedt’s Il-ohu'l'u'n- Colo., but he has begn in wfl o 5 Lamar recovering from (Continue: " ADOPT 5-DAY WEEK 0il Company Announee- 'oan: &hednl- for Employes. , A Ill 17 (#).—The it those in purpose of m WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION 10 AWAIT GENEVA VIEWS ON CUSTOMS Negotiations With Germany Postponed, According to Paris Announcement. SUBSTITUTE PLAN MAY BE ATTEMPTED Preferential Tariff Idea of French Said to Have Support of Berlin, BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Cable to The Star. PARIS, April 17.—The French gov- ernment announces that the Austrian government has agreed to postpone any further negotiations with Germany for an Austro-German customs union un- til after the entire affair has been duly discussed by the League of Nations | Council at Geneva May 18. Germany, it is implied, was unwilling to give a similar undertaking, but in view of the conciliatory attitude adopt- ed by Austria, the result, gratifying to the French, is obtained just the same. Substitute Plan, Aim. It is further announced that French proposals to Great Britain, Italy, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Rumania, Jugoslavia, Hungary and Bulgaria that these coun- tries should concert themselves with France to try to evolve a substitute plan for the Austro-German customs union project have been favorably re- celved. The French idea, as already an- riounced in the Chicago Daily News, seems to tend toward a system of pref- erential tariffs whereby the grain- growing countries of southeastern Eu- rope would find a sure market for their iWheat in the industrial countries of | Central and Western Europe. Favored by Germany. Germany is also understood to favor preferential tariffs as against the most ‘l::.md nation clause in commercial ‘There is reason to fear, however, that such arrangements would be considered injurious to their interests by non-Eu- ropean grain-growing countries as the United States, Canada and the Argen- tine. (Capyright, 1931.) DELAY SEEN BY GERMANY. Illfl“n Required for Beginning of Ne- gotiations With Austria. BERLIN, A 17 (#).—In connec- prll i that Austria tremendous amount of details would to be straightened out, it was a:l, before formal nemmauom beunm ernment and representatives of the in- dustrial and agricultural interests, it was said, are continuing as originally planned. CHAINS TO BRB;DCAST A. P. LUNCHEON ADDRESS FRIDAY, APRIL 17, ot » dyfor| e epoct N \\\\\ 1931 -FIFTY-EIGHT PAGES. ening Sfar, FHP & ) Means' Associated Press. CRIME COMMISSION PLANS 9 REPORTS First-Will Be Made Public in Ten Days—Series to Wind Up Wickersham Work. The findings of the Wickersham Law Enforcement Commission, after its long study of enforcement of the law in this eountry, will be contained in a series of nine reports, the first of which will be made public at the White House on April 27. The remainder of this series of re- ports will follow at two or three week intervals. With each of these reports will be made public a digest and lh-i stract, but, according to an announce- ment made at the White House today, theu vlll Ix no comment from Presi- ‘l‘hrflntcl'.hhlefluolnwmvm on cfuses of crime will be five subdivisions dealing areas, mh- 1c] e a of pomic_aspects roeen psychia to crime and a general study of ature on the causes of crime. With the completion of these reports and its report on prohibition enforce- ment, made pub!lc some months ago, the Wickersham Commission will have virtually completed its work, b:gan two years ago. U. S. MISSION GIFTS TO CATHOLICS DECLINE| | Walter 8. Gifford, President of A.|Vatican Reports $1,251,000 for T. & T. Will Be Introduced by Frank B. Noyes. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, April 17.—The address of Walter 8. Gifford, president of the American Telephone & Telegraph Co., st the annual luncheon of the Asso- clated Press next Monday afternoon, will be broadcast from coast to coast. Plans have been completed to set up the combined WEAF-WJZ chains from 2:15 to 2:55 (Eastern standard time) for the talk. Mr. Gifford will be introduced by Prank B. Noyes, president of the Asso- clated Press and publisher of The Wash- ington Star. U. S. STEEL GETS PATENTS Agreement With Krupps Gives Rights to Production Here. ESSEN, Germany, April 17 (#).—A contract was signed today between the Krupp Werks and the United States Steel Corporation under which United States Steel acquires the American rights to the production of stainless steel, heat-resisting steel and other ‘Works. Sunday morning. little of the Timid Soul special metals developed at the Kmpp‘ Last Fiscal Year, Against $1,400,000 Before. VATICAN CITY, April 17 (#)—The | United States contributed $1,251,000 in | the last fiscal year to the Propagation of the Faith organization which directs Catholic missions throughout the world, it was announced today. This is a slight decrease compared to the previous year in which contribu- tions totaled $1,400,000. Total gifts from all nations were slightly less than last year, but better than estimates based on economic conditions foresaw, amounting to about $3,000,000. Italy's annual contribution of $325,000 re- mained unchanged. LR AAE Lindy Starts Inspection Tour. HASBROUCK HEISHTS, N. April 17 (#).—Col. Charles A. Lina: bergh took off from Teterboro Alrport at 11:42 am. today for an unan- nounced destination. He said he was going “to inspect airports.” Nils Asther Fined for Speed. LOS ANGELES, April 17 (#)—Nils Asther, Swedish fllm actor, yesterday was fined $15 for speeding in Holly- wood two weeks ago. Counsel for Asther entered a plea of guilty to driv- ing at 45 miles an hour in a 15-mile zone. The Timid Soul will put you in the best of humor—and that's more than most people can do on a rainy He makes a hole in one, and puts a three on his card because he thinks no one would believe him—he's panic-stricken in the presence of headwaiters, traffic cops, psychoanalysts and Pullman conductors. 0 are you . . . perhaps, in fact, there’s a But in all of us. Read him .« . you MAY feel vastly superior—at any rate, you'll be well entertained. The Timid Soul will be presented in full colors beginning next Sunday in the Comic Section - of The Sunday Qtarw Officer Who Framed Woman Convicted In But 45 Minutes By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 17.—It took a General Sessions Court jury only 45 minutes today to convict E\c:l;l‘d fic Ganly, 'diam‘llsed vice squad policeman, of perjur; He was accused ef framing Nina Artska, Russian dance teacher, on a vice charge. Before they retired, Judge Nott told the jurors it was up to them to decide whether they believed l(me Artska’s story. pro'ec\mon eomended the case was arranged with the aid of a pollez stool pfiwn Com- XONPED BREWER {Blumer Is Releasetl Without | Ransom—Abductors Flee Toward Canada. =~ By the Associated Press. MONROE, Wis.,_ J. Blumer, pres| ., ner-| manufacturers, who was ki ‘April 9 and held for $150,000 ransom, was found in a Decatur, Ill., Hi today. unharmed, but suffered from nervo exhaustion His 's had fled. Blumer will uz Monroe automobile this lfumonn, With h!m are his brother, Adam; Sheriff Myron West of Green cnunty and F. B. Lutzinger, president of the Pirst Na- tional Bank of Monroe, who found him in the Hotel Arlando shortly be- fore 5 a.m. Archie E. Wells, secretary-treasurer of the Blumer Co., in announcing the missing man had been found, said no money had beed paid for his release. The only expemse involved, Wells said, was that incurred in the trip to and from Decatur. When found, Blumer showed the strain of the nervous tension he has been under for more than a week. He was unshaven, his clothes were badly in need of pressing and he was desperately tired. Captors Head for Canada. Blumer himself sent out the first word that he was alive and unhurt. At 9:20 o'clock last night he tele- phoned Wells from the hotel. Fearing a hoax, Wells had Lutzinger listen in {on the conversation. Blumer con- | vinced them of his identity and his friends hurried to Decatur by auto- mobile. - Blumer was released, Wells said, when his abductors became frightened at close pursuit of police. Rock- ford, Ill, authorities and Chicago po- lice, led by Detective Lieut. William Cusack, conducted the search in and %e':r Rockford and in the vicinity of Streator,-1ll. The abductors kept mov- ing further soyth, Wells said. Finally last night, when they found them- selves but a few hours ahead of the searchers, they released Blumer and fled. Wells expressed the belief they were headed for Canada. —_— LAW RESPECT URGED FOR SCHOOL SOBRIETY Dr. Clark of Illinois U. Addresses Deans and Advisers’ Conven- tion in Tennessee. April 17.Fred of the Blumer GATLINBURG, Tenn, April 17— Drinking among college students will continue to be a serious problem until the students are ht respect for law, Dr. Thomas A. Cl dean of men at the University of llhnnls sald yester- day. Deln Clark's statement differed with cpinions expressed by some of the dele- tes to the annual convention of the Other speakers had said king was not a problem. ls.” Dfl&ecllrkd:lgl, "'g‘me is drinking among studen ere has been and always will be drinking tudents, and before it will be the people as well as must be taught re- FREED BY CAPTORS IMPERIAL COUPLE INSPECTS ACADENY Lieutenant for Trip—Will Be Dinner Guests Tonight. Garbed in the uniform of his coun- try's service for the first time since | his arrival in the National Capital, Prince Takamatsu, leutenant in the Japanese Navy, visited the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis with his princess today. The imperial couple, who reached Washington on their world-circling honeymoon - tour Wednesday, departed 1!rlrm the Mayflower Hotel at 10 o’clock this morning for the Naval Academy. On their arrival' at the famous institution the imperial Japanese were extended an elaborate greeting. Prince Takamatsu's -ppmhunn of |the sights he is ledng mpomllx:om against a back- 1%?“ He was | the department Hall a tour of the Naval Academy be- gan which included the chapel which contains the remains of John Paul Jones, the gymnasium and the different academic departments. At 1:30 the Prince and his watched the dinner formation of lbe regiment of midshipmen and later were entertained at luncheon by Capt. and Mrs. Snyder. ‘This afternoon the inspection of the academy will be continued :nd the imperial pair will review the regiment of midshipmen. This is scheduled to take place at 3:45 and at its conclusion the party will start back to Wi n. Will Return This Evening. The prince and princess were sched- uled to return to the Mayflower at 5:30 o'clock this afternoon, where they are to rest briefly before attending an ln- formal dinner in their honor at the K street residence of Ambassador Debuchi. That dinner is the only func- tion ;cheduled for the imperial visitors 'nmr sightseeing tour, however, will be resumed at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning when thgy will vmt the Capi- tol and the State glory wlll return to '.helr pro- gram tomorrow night when Secretary of the Navy Adams gives a (crmll (Continued on Pue 2, Column 5.) TWO MlCHIGAN DEATHS BLAMED TO PSITTACOSIS Py the Associated Press. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., A A disease diagnosed by healt as psuhcoal: or parrot’s claimed second vicum here last night. Bul’t ‘Wickham, 62, died after a two-week {llness. His wife, lln Henrietta Wickham, a bird fancier, died two weeks ago after an illness which started soon after a sick parrot had bitten her on the finger. Dr. A. H. Edwards, health officer, sald exhaustive tests had convl.nmd him Mrs. Wickham had died of the disease and that hgr husband exhlbhed similar symptoms. 17— officers Prince Dons Uniform of Naval | as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 119,672 TWO CENTS. RHEEM OFFICIALS “RUBBER STAMPS,” THEY TELL REFEREE Secretary and Treasurer, Both Directors, Knew Nothing of Firm’s Activities. BOTH INFORM CREDITORS EXECUTIVE RAN BUSINESS Sale Contracts and Checks in Shore- ham Office Building Deal Are Introduced. Edmund D. Rheem, executive vice president of Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey, was pictured by his fellow officers at today’s creditors’ examination as being in absolute control of all the ramifica- tions of the concern's business affairs. Testimony to this effect was drawn from George F. Hunt, secretary of the company before it went into bank- Tuptcy, by Attorney George E. Sullivan, who represents creditors of the defunct | mortgage banking house. Hunt testified that although he had been with the firm 32 years and was a member of its board of directors, he knew virtually nothing of its affairs or policies. ‘Were “Rubber Stamps.” “Is it true, Mr. Hunt, that you, Vice President J. Newton Brewer and Treas- urer John H. Holmead were more than rubber stamps for Mr., Rhayem?:h:‘uom" Stulllvlll m&?m “Yes, substan! Wi ‘o m;lm;: luly ‘as the case,” “Was Luther swartsell president of the ny. also a rubber stamp?” the attorney demanded. Hunt replied he did not know whether Swartzell was ever consulted by Rheem, he knew nol.hl.n; of condition of the com) y and did not know a voiuntary in bankruptcy was eontempllud unul the day the paper was filed. Ignorant of Releases. “!m'nomlwotuxlflmdn- lease of trusts without payment to note holders,” the company’s ucraury con- tinued. “I was first apprised of v.hla e el (TR I e He -ld that title to various had been ‘taken in for $380,000 and the other for $255,000. These notes were held by the bank. Sullivan brought out the fact they were made payable on or before five days after date l;‘l .mu;?ted to elicit from Rheem a substance of any conversation he may have had with o W Ing president of Riggs Bank, lhoutthe Bumnn also attempted to learn whether Mr. Fleming knew the details of the transaction involving the sale of the Shoreham Building. replied that he could not remember any. de- tails of any conversation he may have had with the bank president and said the latter may have known in a gencral way aobut the sale transaction, The remaining qnamons addressed to Rheem regarding the Shoreham Build- ing dealt with technlnl ‘matters of bookkeeping and business policies. Meeting Is Adjourned. After the examination of Holmead had been concluded, Referee in Bank- ruptcy Fred J, Eden ordered the meet- ing adjourned until Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. Attorney Suilivan asked several ques- tions of Holmead in an af t to learn whether any of the note holders under the original deed of trust on the Shoreham Building had been paid aft- er payment of the face unwunt of the trust to Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey. Holmead replied he believed some of the note holders had been paid in cash, Whereas others were given substitute notes in the nature of a nlnm(ment He was also questioned wi to two )e"antsent out by }uuem to the _— 'rl'Lue lemr:i R nlnce, vised the securif lers mnc the note had been paid to the Holmm who was represented by Attorney George Hoover, refused to answer a number of questions on the fmmd that he was not mmclent‘ ilar with the detlfli of the com- pany’s business affairs. By the Assoclated Press. DUESSELDORPF, Germany, April 17. —Substantiation of Peter 'Kuerten’ a hundred persons in this vicinity in 100 HOMICIDES LAID TO “VAMPIRE” WHO PLANNED BIG SCALE MURDERS German Tells Court He Hoped to Quit Committing Individual Slayings and Work on Wholesale Basis. LY planned to give individual sla; e (3 LA yings confession that he had killed nearly | b furnished to- tnesses at his trial. | when