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WEATHER. . (U. 8. Weather Bur ‘Temperatures—Highest, 64, pam, yesterday; lowest, 49, at 1 am. to- day. Full report on page 16. losing N.Y. Markets, Pages11,12&13 C eau Forecast.) No. 31,771, post office, NATIONALS BEAT RED SOX, 62, IN OPENING GONTEST Hadley Replaces Fischer After Southpaw Weakens in Final Inning. WEBB HITS HOME RUN OVER LEFT-FIELD WALL Two Doubles by Cronin and One by Manush Factors in Victory. - Box Score (FIRST GAME) | WASHINGTON. AB. R. H O. A E. ‘1 0 0 Wischer, p..... Hadley, p..... O T NI Ieane-nma: Ieeauaumn~= al—ua-‘-a_:a_ -'I SCo9SOoe =2 - @ © - cocscccconorocool al ossccmmnoNn Z ;o m' ccoccomRmmROBOWOR’ RN Rhyne, ss Bweeney, 1b.. fVan Camp, If. o o o o (] o 85 2 927 9 O Rothrock baited for MacFayden in seventh. | i Marquard ran for Berry fn seve Winsett batted for Durham in SCORE BY INNINGS. 123485878 =R 101000103~ 6 .000100001- 2 SUMMARY. In_(2), Webb, M o' (5), Sweener, Reeves, est, Kuhel. Durham, p... HoRoONRURRRBARR ccccoonNan~ AR ®~® cocorusoNROOORmT Kohel. .4 .. “l Boston. Favaen, 35 of by Plscher, 3; 2 matnes (nene v n Umpires—Van Graflan, Conn Epecial Dispatch to The Star. FENWAY PARK, Boston, May 2.— ‘Aided by Cronin’s timely doubles in the opening innings, the Nationals defeated the Boston Red Sox in the first game of a double-header here today. The score was 6 to 2. FIRST INNING. WASHINGTON—Myer walked. H. TRice filed to Webb. Manush flied to Webb. Cronin doubled to left center, scoring Myer. West popped to Reeves. One run. BOSTON—Rhyne flled to West. Sweeney doubled to left. Van Camp No runs. fanned. Webb flled to West. SECOND INNING. | WASHINGTON—Kuhel walked. Bluege popped to Reeves. Hargrave fanned. “McFayden tossed out Fischer. No _runs. BOSTON—Oliver flied to H. Rice. Pickering was safe on Cronin's error. Reeves walked. Berry hit into a doubl play, Bluege to Kuhel. No runs. THIRD INNING. WASHINGTON—Myer flied to Van| Camp. H. Rice flied out to Webb. ‘Manush singled to left. Cronin doubled 1o left, Manush scoring. West walked. Reeves threw out Kuhel. One run. BOSTON—MacFayden fanned. Rhyne | popped to West. Sweency popped to! Crinin. No runs. FOURTH INNING. WASHINGTON—Pickering threw out ‘Bluege. Hargrave ingled to right. Pischer forced Hargrave, MacFayden to Rhyne. Myer was out, M#Fayden to Sweeney. No runs. BOSTON—Van Camp rolled to Kuhel. ‘Webb hit a home run over left field wall. Oliver filed out to Manush. Pickering flled to H. Rice. One run. FIFTH INNING. WASHINGTON—H. Rice rolled out 10 Sweeney. Manush fouled to Picker- ing. Cronin singled to left. —West singled to right, Cronin stopping at gecond. Kuhel fiied to Oliver. No runs. BOSTON—Reeves doubled to left. Cronin threw out Berry, Reeves taking third. MacFayden struck out. Rhyne popped to Bluege. No runs. SIXTH INNING. WASHINGTON—Rhyne threw out Bluege. Hargrave flied out to Van Camp. Fischer fouled to Berry. No Tuns. ~ BOSTON—Sweeney singled to left. Van Camp flied to H. Rice. Webb flied to Manush. Oliver fouled to Har- O | of Portugal’s most famous g of May day disorders in Lisbon itself, 3d Artillery - Regimant. quiet today. . |ute to the forces participating in the Entered as second class matter ‘Washington, C. D. @h ¢ Foen WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, BISHOP CANNON ASKED TO QUIT IN PETITION FROM LAYMEN Virginia Prelate Described as “Doing Untold Harm | to Church.” Nashville Meeting Expected to Limit Action to Elevation. By the Assoclated Press. NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 2.—Resig- nation of James Cannon, jr, from his bishopric in the Methodist Episcopal Church South is asked in a petition to the semi-annual meeting of the Colleg® of Bishops here. The petition, from a group of Meth- odist laymen, was made public in Rich- mond, Va., and Bishop John M. Moore, secretary of the college, said it was the same as others reccived by him along with various communications opposing Cannon'’s elevation to the presidency of the college under a rule of rotation. At the same time, Bishop Moore said, let- ters also had been received supporting Cannon. | In the petition, the Virginia prelate. | who was vindicated by the last quarterly |t conference of the church and later by & | group of elders of charges based on! |stock market transactions and other | BISHOP JAMES CANNON, JR. allegations never made public, is de- scribed as “doing the church untold harm “Reports that gravely reflect on the moral character of Bishop Cannon have been published throughout the coun- the petition recited. “He has made no public statement that would vindi- (Continued on Page 2, Column 8. | MADEIRA REVOLT REPORTED QUELLED Portugal Announces Offer of | Military Junta to Sur- | render. By the Associated Press. LISBON, Portugal, May 2.—After four ‘weeks of blockade by government ships and several days active siege by land, sea and air, the revolutionary forces at Madeira were stated by the government to have downed their arms today. Wireless reports from the loyal forces | informed officials that Souza Dias, one enerals and | leader of the revolt, had surrendered | unconditionally. The breakdown of the revolutionary ! movement followed closely on the heels | Which for a time assumed Tevolution- | ary nature and resulted in the cabinet taking refuge in the barracks of the! Lisbon was | | Hostilities Ordered Suspended. ! This afternocn Minister of Marine | Corrcia, who commanded the govern- ment punitive expedition to Madeira, reported that the offer to surrender had been sent him, signed by Gen. Diaz and several cthers of the mili- tary junta in control of Funchal. | The rebels seid they had decided to' capitulate because they were facing| superior forces and in ‘order to avoid loss of life arong the non-combatant Ma ordered a suspension of hos- tilitles as soon as the rebels assured him their surrender was unconditional. Funchal will be occupied by govern- ment forces tonight. The minister of marine felicitated the government on the outcome of the punitive expedition and paid high trib- seige. He concluded his message with a cancellation of his earlier request for addtional troops and material. | Prime Minister Oliviera sent a wire- | Jess message to Correia congratulating | him and all the officers and men of the | expedition. i The government heads took to cover | yesterday when May day riots got out | of hand and police turned a machine | gun on a mob in Rocio Squarc. Two| men were killed and about 20 were | wounded before some semblance of | BRIAND 10 FIGHT |of the plan which Foreign Minister CISTONS UNON Will Submit Agricultural and! Industrial Plan at Geneva | Conference. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Cable to The Star. PARIS, France, May 2.—It is possi- ble today to reveal the main outlines Aristide Briand of France has drafted and will present at Geneva on May 15 to thwart and replace the sensational Austro-German customs union project. M. Brind's plan falls into two parts— agricultural and industrial. 1. Agricultural. The industrial states —Germany, France, Belgium, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Italy and possibly Great Britain—would agrec to take the sur- plus grain production of the agricultural states—Hungary, Rumania, Jugcslavia, Bulgaria and Poland—by definite pro- portional allotments under a prefer- ential tariff system. It is claimed that the surpluses of these European grain countries are not so considerable as serfously to hurt the exports of over- seas grain exporters, like Canada, the United States and the Argentine. Lower Industrial Tariffs. Yet, by way of special concession to these overseas countries and in order to gain their good will in the matter of the proposed preferential tariffs, Euro- pean agricultural states would be asked to lower thelr tariffs on certain manu- factured goods. All the industrial ex- porting states, it is said, would then benefit under the most favored nation clause. 2. Industrial—The industrial states of Europe would extend and complete cartels to limit production and allot markets. ‘Through the International Labor Burcau at Geneva, they would agree to institute generally a working day shorter than eight hours. Tarifls generally would be first stabilized, then lowered and then equalized. ~Inter- kDL, order was restored. : national arrangements would be made It looked like revolt and the cabinet, | for cheaper credits, both to industry which sought shelter in the fort ance and to agriculture. For farm loans, a before a week ago, went back there while the army took things in hand. City Under Ominous Calm. This morning trolley cars rattled along the streets again and taxicabs were back in service. Storckeepers took down their shutters, but there were few customers and the city lay under an ominous calm. A number of men said to have been hired by radicals to incite disturbances were arrested and much Communist literature was reported to have been seized. All trains passing through the Spanish frontier were watched closely as a result of the collaring of three Spanish students bringing messages of sympathy to their Portuguese com- patriots. They were sent home. The streets were almost deserted as armored cars passed to and fro, vigllant against any attempts to renew violence. Heavily armed troops kept watch along the principal thoroughfares and business was almost at a standstill. ‘The populace spent a night of appre- hension, alarmed over the day’s events and fearful over developments. Martial law was expected to be declared, but it had not become a fact this morning. project for a new international bank already exists and will be submitted at Geneva. | Seek United States Co-operation. In view of the international and world-wide extent of the present eco- | nomic criss, which M. Briand attributes | mainly to overproduction, to improved industrial methods inducing unemploy- | ment, to exaggeratedly high tariffs, to the partial closing of the great Russian, Chinese and Indian markets, and to international political and financial | disagreements and complications, it is | hoped that overseas countries, particu- larly the United States and the British | Dominions, will . co-operate with the | Europeans in both the agricultural and industrial portions of the plan. Two memoranda have been drafted by the French foreign minister. The first, which details this plan, is now being studied by the Prench min- istrics of finance, commerce and agri- culture. When it is approved, it will be shown to France's European allies, but probably will not be communicated gen- (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) CHINESE SILENCED SIX LIVE IN MINE TRAP May 2 (B)—Six MONS, Belgium, miners trapped last Thursday by a cave-in near here were still alive today. Rescue parties were working frantically to dig them out, but it was feared they could nct be reached until tomorrow night. popped to Pickering. Bluege walked. Hargrave singled to left, Bluege taking second. Pischer sacrificed, Brillheart to Sweeney. Myer fanned. No runs. BOSTON—Rhyne fouled to Bluege. Sweeney singled to center. Van Camp llol’eed Sweeney, Kuhel to Cronin. | Webb lined to left, Van Camp taking second. Oliver fouled to Hargrave. No runs. NINTH INNING. erave. No runs. SEVENTH INNING. WASHINGTON—Myer doubled to Joft. H. Rice sacrificed, Sweeney to Recves, who covered first, Myer taking third. Manush doubled to right, Myer scoring. Cronin popped to Reeves. West popped to Reeves, One run. BOSTON—Pickering went out, Myer 1) Kuhel. Reeves walked. Berry l\n:led to left, Reeves stopping at sec- ond. Rothrock batted for M-cPayden. Marquard, running Berry, was caught off first, to Kuhel. Rothrock popped to Cronin. No runs. EIGHTH INNING. WASHINGTON — Briliheart pitching #na Ruel catching for Boston. Kuhel WASHINCGTON—H. Rice struck out. Manush beat out a hit to first. Cronin singled to left, Manush taking second. West doubled to left, Manush scoring and Cronin taking third. Kuhel dou- bled down the right field foul line, scor- m& Cronin and West. Durham now pitching for Boston. Bluege flied to Webb. Reeves threw out Hargraves. Three runs. BOSTON—Pickering singled to left. Reeves walked. Ruel singled to left, scoring Pickering, Reeves stopping at second. Hadley now pitching for Wash- ington. Warster batted for Durham and Winsett replaced Warster when they changed pitchers, and fanned. Rhyne filed out t» H. Rice. Sweeney went out, Hadley to Kuhel. One run. | BY REVOLT RUMOR |Congress to Get Extraterritoriality | Question if It Is Not Decided Prior to Tuesday. | By the Astociated Press | NANKING, Kiangsu, May 2.—A | threatened rebellion in Kwangtung | Province virtually stopped conversations |today between Nationalist government iofnem. and foreign diplomats concern- ing new agreements on extraterri- toriality. The Nanking government had been cager to achieve the new agreements before the opening of the People’s Con- gress here next Tuesday. French and British authorities were sald to be closely watching the situa- tion in South China and awaiting de- velopments. An official statement saying “the congress will convene as scheduled” was taken as indicating belief that nothing could upset the projected pro- gram. Several officials said if no agree- ments were reached prior to Tuesday, the whole matter probably would be referred to the congress, which might undertake abrogation of all existing raterritoriality treaties as well as wmption of jurizdiction for all for- eigacis in Chine SATURDAY, PHONE STOCK ISSUE QUESTIONED BY D.C. WILL BE RECALLED $2,000,000 Allotment Studied in Report by Bride Brings Decision by Directors. SHARES WERE TAKEN BY FOREIGN HOLDERS Cancellation of A. T. & T. Corpor- ation Deal to Be Considered by Commission. ‘The Chesapeake & Potomac Tele- phone Co. today notified the Public Utilities Commission that it had de- cided to cancel an issue of $2,000,000 in common stock, the legality cf which had previously been called in question by the commission. ‘The stock was issued September 30, last, without permission of the com- mission, which is called for in the pub- lic utilities act. The further fact that the stock was issued to the American Telephone & Telegraph Co., a foreign utility eorporation and holding corpora- tion, was considered also a violation of the La Follette anti-merger act. Bride Held Issue Illegal. ‘The commission submitted the ques- tion to Corporation Counsel William W. Bride and he ruled that the Issue was illegal on. both grounds. The company defended 1its action by stating that under its charter as a corporation 1t had the power to issue $15,000,000 wos of stock, but that only $13,000,000 pre- viously had been issued. The stock was sold to the A. T. & T. Co. at par and the money used to take up short-term notes in favor of the A. T. & T. Co.. on money loaned for new construction. Firm Announces Recall. The company's letter to the commis- sion, signed by R. A. Van Orsdel, gen- eral counsel, is as follows: “We are very sorry that the view of | the commission should differ from ours regarding the fmp" procedure for the $2,000,000 stock issue of this compan} on September 30, 1930 The officers and directors of the company were are of the opinion that they were acting in accordance with the law in the issu- ance of this stock. “However, since the commission has questioned the legality of this issue the company has decided to recall the stock and cancel the same on its records.” The letter probably will come before | the commission for action at the next regular meeting, Monday afternoon. JOE JUDGE RESTING AFTER OPERATION Washington First Baseman, Ap- pendicitis Victim in Boston, “Out in Two Weeks.” B the Assoclated Pre BOSTON,{ May 2.—The Washington Senators' veteran first baseman, Joe Judge, was resting comfortably at the Peter Bent, Brigham Hospital today after an emergency operation for ap- pendicitis. . Dr. Francis C. Newton of the hos- pital staff expected that Judge would be in condition to leave the hospital “in abolit two weeks.” He was ordered to the hospital by the Senators’ manager, Walter Johnson, after complaining of severe pains dur- ing the sixth inning of the Washington- Red Sox game here yesterday. Dr. aewmn crdered an immediate opera- on. Manager Johnson, on being informed of Judge's! condition, recalled Joey Kuhel frog” the Baltimore club of the International League. Kuhel was ex- pected to arrive here today in time for the couble-header with the Red Sox.’ i . GEM MERCHANT SLAIN AND LEFT OFF SHORE Riddled Body of Abraham H. Levy, Missing Six Weeks, With $20,000 Diamonds, Found. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 2.—Search for a diamond merchant who disappeared six weeks ago with $20,000 of his stock came to an end today and police turned instead to the job of finding a slayer. The body of Abraham H. Levy was iny Star, Associated service. < -y MAY 1931—THIRTY BUT, THE. SPHINX PAGES. ¥¥¥ UP) Means Associated The only evening paper in Washington with the Press news By unom Yesterday's Circulation, 118,535 TWO CENTS. Pry KERT ,'ON SPHINXING! i | Former Representative Be- lieved Slated for D. C. Su- preme Court Post. Years Before Election to Congress in 1924, President Hoover is understood to be seriously considering the appointment of former Representative F. Dickinson Letts of Davenport, Iowa, to succeed Justice Wendell Phillips Stafford on the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia when the latter retires | next week. Justice Stafford, who yesterday be- came eligible for retirement, has sig- nified his intention of resigning next Monday. It is thought that he will bring his resignation to the White House and hand it personally to Presi- dent Hoover. ‘The White House has understood for some months that Justice Stafford was | contemplating retiring to private life as soon as he was eligible. In the mean- lowan Served on éench 13| PRESIDENT CONSIDERS LETTS AS SUCCESSOR TO STAFFORDQWURLD flEPRESSlUN | | | | F. DICKINSON LETTS. time, the President has had an oppor- tunity to give careful consideration to the selection of someone to take his place. The impression is that he has elim- inated all _but former Representative "~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) Assailing Inequality in Nationality Law. Deportation of Mrs. Lillian Larsh, LARSH DEPORTING - BROOKHART WANTS IS HIT BY WOMEN ~ SIMPLER PAY AG {Mrs. Wiley Issues Statement‘Takes View Reforms in U. S. Policy Must Await Con- gress Session. Discussion of the Government's an- destitute American-born widow of a |nounced policy of limiting pay increases Canadian, was assailed last night as -;durlng the coming fiscal year to those | required by law led Senator Brookhart, “burning indictment of the inequalities remaining in our nationality law” in a formal statement issued by Mrs. Harvey ‘W. Wiley, chairman of the National Woman's Party. “Inequality” Is Deplored. Mrs. Larsh, with her four children, was deported from Detroit to Wallace- ourg, Ontario. She had lost her citizen- ship through marriage to a Cenadian, who died six months ago. The children range in age from 6 to 11 years, it was sa “Perhaps it was because of her pov- erty that she was deported,” Mrs. Wiley zaid, adding that ‘under no circum- stances “could this happen to a native- born American man.” ‘The Woman's party is asking the Labor Department to investigate the case and is also inquiring in Detrolt as to the cause of deportation. Wallaceburg Protests. found by a poatman near the Long| Mrs. Wiley made public a telegram Island Sound Breakwater at Glen Cove, | from Harry Shirley, chairman of the 1,000 yards out from the shore front| Charity Department at Wallaceburg, estate of the late Marcus Loew. saying the city “wishes to rezister a body was riddled with bullets and wire | strong protest against this deporta- was around the neck, arms and legs.|tion and in particular the method An autopsy established that it had been in the water for some time and that the shots were fired by a .32-caliber revolver at close range. Identification was made fron dental plates. Relatives claimed the body. A reward of $1,000 will go to Jack Block, boatman, at Glen Cove. ONE DIES IN MAY RIOT Communist Newspaper in Munic! Suspended for High Tre--on. BERLIN, May 2 (#).—One man, an innocent passerby, was shot dead and another was seriously night when Left Wing radicals at- tempted to storm a national Socialist meeting. Both sides engaged in gun- fire. Eleven persons were arrested. Communist newspaper Neue zemmf. in Munich, was suspended by authorities for four weeks on a charge :‘,lt 1::.&"1:: e itin, da; lents were a continuance of manifestations, bt GEORGE F. BAKER ILL h NEW YORK, May 2 (#).—George P. Baker, the financier, is urlou;%:ll with onia, which developed ursday grown steadily worse, it was announced today at his home on Madison avenue. He is 91 years of age. Radio Ffolrlm; “~h—'e A8 wounded lull high treason. Both inci- |, employed.” e telegram said Mrs. Larsh was given one day's notice to leave and that, unable to sell her furniture, she was forced to give it away, obtaining only $1.50 by selling a stove, “all the money she had in_ the world. Shirley added Mrs. Larsh “destitute with no place to go. with no relatives on her side in Canada. The municipality, he said, was ‘“given no intimation of the impending de- portation.” ALIENS AWAIT ACTION. More Than 100 to Be Deported After Delaware River Boat Drive. GLOUCESTER, N. J., May 2 (#).— More than 100 aliens were at the im- migration station .here today awaiting deportation as the result of a drive against aliens employed on Delaware river 3 Sixty-four of the men mach ween Palmyra and Gloucester. Most from of them are said to be Austrians who deserted ships. g BRAZIL SHIFTS CONSULS Da Veiga to Be Succeeded by Muniz at Baltimore. BALTIMORE, Md., May 2 (#).—The transfer of Vincio da Veiga, Brazlian consul, from Baltimore to Savannah, Ga. has ounced, and da V!lg t. He n ann le-z’uhmmmw b:or his new pos said he woul sueceeded in Baltimore by Juan Carlos Munis. | | Republican, of Iowa to voice the belief today that the classification act “ought to be simplified.” A few days before Congress adjourned the personnel classification board sub- mitted to the House and Senate the draft of a proposed bill designed to set up a completely new system of classifi- cation both for the Federal workers in Washington and for the thousands in the field services thsoughout the country. Senator Brookhart said he has had no opportunity since its submission to study the detailed provisions of this new plan and is withholding judgment on it until he has acquainted himself with its objectives. eral subject of classification, however, the Iowan declared it should be made simple. He said there should not be any “dark corners” in the law. Nothing to Be Done Now. ‘With regard to the immediate ques- tion of curtailing increases, except those required by law, the Iowa Senator took the view that it is contrary to the intent of Congress as reflected in its refusal to_adopt the Wood amendment, which (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) Airline Rates Below Railway's. LOS ANGELES, May 2 (#.—E. L. Cord, head of the Cord Corporation interests, announced plans today for passenger airplane service at two-hour intervals between Los Angeles and San rmncxsm at rates lower than railway ares. Discussing the gen- | -~ LAID TO POLITICS |Barnes Voices Opinion of Business Men Before C. of C. Convention. By the Associated Press. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., May 2.—Out of three days of discussion by the lead- ers of American business, attending the convention of the United States Cham- ber of Commerce, has come one definite thought—that, in the opinion of busi- ness men, the depression will be over- come and stability permanently achieved only when Governmerit removes the re- strictions that business men believe now prevent legitimate co-operation. Julius H. Barnes, re-elected chairman of the board of directors of the cham- | ber, last night advocated reduction of i rates of duty in the “Hawley-Smoot |tariff law, and said this move would calm foreign countries which, he were retaliating against exports | this country, and aid business ecovery. | A change in the tariff, he believed, | could be accomplished without affecting | American standards of living. He also | said reduction of the 12’2 per cent rate of tax on capital gains and loss would have a tendency to stem speculation in times of prosperity. Blames Political Interference. Barnes placed most of the onus of [ the depression directly on world-wide | political interference with business. He | vigorously denied business’ culpability, accomplishing its wishes by anti-trust laws that no longer are valid: by bur- | densome ‘taxation and excessive govern- mental expenditures and by Government | competition in the field of private busi- ness. He pointed to the flood of silver that India released as a commodity; to the ntrance of Government in America into | the'cotton and wheat markets; of the virtual defalcation of debts by an Aus- tralian state, and to legal restrictions that have prevented business from join- | ing its forces even within industries to | keep level the business curve. | "“Just as soon as the Government | makes ible the joining of various units of business to keep down waste, regulate production, capacity and out- put, just then will business find its own way out,” he said. “But legislative panaceas have no place in the American business man’s mind. He does not be- lieve there is any one single solution of the problem. 1If the anti-trust laws are altered so that the individual need not fear criminal prosecution for what he regards as legitimat> endeavor, then planning on an important scale will be- | come possible.” 1 Officers Elected. The board of directors yesterday | elected the following officers for the en- suing year: President—8ilas H. Strawn of Chicago. Chairman of the board—Julius H.| Barnes of Duluth and New York. Vice presidents: Northeastern division—A. J. Bros- seau, New York. Southeastern Division—W. M. Wiley, Sharples, W. Va. division—John G. Lons- Southwestern aale, St. Louis, North central division—W. Rufus AR- bott, Chicago. Northwestern division—Karl De Lait- tre, Minneapolis. Western division—Paul Shoup, San Francisco. M'nenurer—()sur Wells, Birmingham, 2. Honorary vice presidents—John Joy | Edson, Washington, and Seymour Park- | er Gilbert, jr., New York. Director for district 6—J. Walter Drake of Detroit. Mr. n, who retires as treasurer after 19 years' service, was made an honorary vice president for life. It was decided to hold the next con- vention in San Prancisco. 1 | DIVORCE RUSH IS EXPECTED TODAY WITH NEW NEVADA LAW IN EFFECT Decrees in Uncontested Cases Within 10 Minutes Fore- cast—Grind to By the Associated Pry RENO, Nev., May 2.—A rush of 200 to 300 unhappy wives and husbands into Nevada's new high speed divorce mill was anticipated here today with the State's six weeks’ residence law definite- ly in effect. The bill was phrased to :{econ;e effective “from and after ay 1.” Reno's two District Courts completed Mr. [plans for handling separations at the rat2 of 100 a day, if necessary, to keep up with the expected deluge of petitions. ~d Start Monday. no cases filed under the new law were set drwn for hearing today. The first finished product of the new legal ma- chinery will not appear before Monday. Each court e: d to be able to award a decree every 10 minutes in un- contested cases. The great majority of the cases here are not contested. The city has 130 law firms, each of which was expected to file one or more cases ay. Thirteen divorce cases were filed at |Las Vegas yesterday. Several a 4 Under the new method of procedure ' torneys said they would file cases today. { sald, from | or would lead to resumption of trade and | titudes OFFICIALS SHIFT » BLAME IN CRASH OF SCHOOL STEEL Deny Having Received Com- plaints Allegedly Made # by Contractor. [ HOLD KNOWLEDGE PUTS RESPONSIBILITY ON HIM Heron Todd Explains Collapse of Structure in Open Statement. Charges that the municipal architect and the National Construction Co. were responsible for the crash a week ago of the steel framing of the Roosevelt High School suditorium, made by | Heron Todd, president of the steel erection concern which bears his name | were met today by District officlals with | the counter claim that none of Todd's complaints ever had been made officially before. Knowledge of the danger of collapse from any of the reasons cited by Mr. Todd, it was contended at the District i Building, placed responsibility for point- ing them out squarely upon the Heron ‘Todd Construction Co, Explanation in Letter. Mr. Todd's »xplanation of the col- lapse of nearly 70 tons of structural steel were contained in an open state- ment addreSsed to the National Con- struction Co., general contractor for the building: the Lehigh Construction Co., steel contractor; the Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance Co. and Maj. H. L. Robb, U. S. A, Assistant Engineer District. | | rCommmu“ lgne)r' of the : . Newman, inspector for the lmunlup-l architect’s office at the Roosevelt High School job, falled to 12:;:"?“6 "odly.mhhm a flurry of excitement owing the charges made overnight by Mr. | Todd. A substitute inspector was | rushed out to the job, but Mr, Newman | showed up shortly afterward. He ex- plained he had failed to get his pay e day and bad come down to the at the District Butid- ing today to get it without first r ing at the job. Maj. H. L. Robb, Assistant Engineer Commissioner, in charge of construc- tion work, who received a copy of Mr. Todd's. letter, called in H. H. Marsh, who drew the plans, and Assistant Mu- nicipal Architect 8. B. Walsh early this morning and went over the charges with them, sentence by sentence. Fall Changed Braces. As to the charge that the f for the steel columns- ifl' same level, Mr. Marsh it would be impossible to tell whether this was true not. When the steel blew over the strain of the falling columns changed the at- on all of the steel bases, and in some cases even rooted anchor bolts up out of the concrete. But assuming that the bases were not level at the time that the steel-erection com started work, they should have called attention of the inspector to the fact at that time was violated by the pro %-inch bolts instead of 7-inch bolts securing the columns to the bases was ithe section of the code ref to do with columns in a skeleton con- struction job, where all the weight on the walls and roof is taken by the steel icolumns. The Roosevelt School is not such a job. It is a brick wall job, with the weight of the roof supported on the walls, and the steel columns are }nmduced into the walls as “wall stif- eners.” ¥ He pointed to the last sentence in the paragraph of the code referred to which reads “however, when the foundations with membrane waterproofing, such bolts may be omitted, provided proper means are taken for the safe erection of the columns.” According to this, Mr, Marsh said, it would have been within the code to leave out the bolts altogeth- er, but they were put into the plans in order to hold the columns in place until the masonry could be built around them. Bracing Not Required. ‘The same reply was made to Mr. Todd’s charges that the plans did not call for sufficient wind stress and brac- ing. Such bracing, Mr. Walsh said, is necessary on a skeleton job, but not in one such as the Roosevelt job as de- scribed above. He said another sec- tion of the code applied here, section 8. paragraph S. part 2. which says “as erection progresses the work shall be securely bolted to take care of all dead load. wind and erection stresses.” And also part 1 of the same para- graph which says “the framework of buildings shall be carried up true and plumb and temporary bracing shall be introduced wherever necessary to take care of all loads to which the structure should be subjected . . . such bracing shall be left in place as long as may be required for safety.” The fact that the wind carried the steel down shows that the bracing, made by guy wires, was not sufficient. Yesterday, before Mr. Todd's letter . | holding that it has been prevented from jmet by Mr. Marsh by a statement that erred to had I had been made_public, Mr. Marsh and Lieut. E. K. Schilling., one of Maij. Robb's subordinates, expiained the plans for the school in great detail to Engi- nzer Com nissioner John C. Gotwals, and Maj. Gotwals thoroughly approved of all features of the plans, including {h:::e now criticized by the Heron Todd etter. Additional Guys Ordered. Mr. Marsh specifically denied the col- umn slabs were not planed, as by Mr. Todd. He said he saw the slabs and could not be mistaken about this. A good deal of the letter is devoted to accusations against the National Con- struction Co., which has the general contract for the school, the Heron Todd Co. being a subcontractor for the steel erection work. As to these charges, the District officials had no comment ex- cept to say that they had no notice of them until publication of the letter. As to the statement that the steel was sufficiently guyed, this contradicted by the finding of En- gineer Commissioner Gotwals on an in- (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) Sailing Around World. owa, foot sailboat in which he and his wife and 7-year-old daughter ~ aie traveling around the world. It took 13 days to get here from Gibraltar. Prof. Blanco said the world tour prob- ably would take five years.