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A—2 %% ANTI-CHURCH RIOTS | CONTINUE IN SPAIN Check Shows 21 Buildings Burned and 10 Others Dam- aged—Loss $30,000,000. (Continued From First Page.) man Catholic El Debate continued sup- pressed. kg = anti-church demonstration ol “'M-dna developed as the capital ited down. A mob of 300 perfm.s rned the Jesuit convent at Malaga shortly after midnight and at 3 am. moved on the printing plant of the ulr: rtant Conservative newspaper nfon Mercantil and burhed it. ob entered the archbishop's palace, stroyed its furnishings and set afire, Ceavents Burned at Alicante. AMerrtve & mob barned four con- w:{:& holding at bay & squad of flrl:- men who attempted to quench the flames, Two rioters were seriously in- jured. ‘There were six arrests. Seville & mob broke down the gates of & convent in which & humber of aged nuns live, Civil guards held them off from the main cgnv;l:l b;l:lddl:o!rsal the fled through the re . 3708 Zaragoza the new Catholic semi- nary was set afire but police repu|_sed the rioters and the flames were quenched. ~ Convent windows weré stoned and statues broken at Cordoba but no buildings were burned. There were other burnings and riots in Bilbao and Cadiz where the Santo Domingo convent was destroyed. San Sebastian. and Barcelona get:krt&orrt:d no reper- cussions from the disorders. In usually well informed government circles in Madrid it was alleged that & plot of Communists and monarchists to falsify the records and votes of the im- pending general elections had been dis- covered. El Heraldo, purporting to re- veal details of the conspiracy, said that Monarchists in Paris had raised a fund of 10,000,000 pesetas (about $1,000,000 current value) for a press campaign and bribes for Separatists and Communists. Government Laxity Charged. & me criticlsm was heard of e lo?:mmem'n delay in calling out the military and Manuel Muino, secretary of the Madrid Administration Council of Labor Unions, charged that leniency cof the government was responsible for the riots. “If the government had pro- ceded more energetically against the extreme rights,” he said, “it would bave been in a position to use stronger mln :me quarters it was felt that the anti-ecclestastical outbreaks were due to a long smouldering resentment at the of the in E'{nl‘n u:‘;lfl etation of the recent pas §::',eel;pro! the cardinal primate, Pedro Segura Saenz, as an appeal to churchmen nct to co-operate with the new republic. Some of the desecrations which occurred, such as rocks thrown at the cross to the cheers of the mob, ordinarily, would have been impcssible in such a country 1‘:!: ‘s:;un‘.h. B o abolishin, prem A decree 5 et solved Gen. pre- ‘mier, who followed th dictatorship of responsibility, for exe- cution of the two Jaca rebel leaders, was published today. The decree es- tablished a “court of military justice’ to try military offenses according to nearly civil court procedure. Gen. Ber- enguer has been rearrested. PRIEST STONED IN CADIZ. Four Convents and Club Assoclated With De Rivera Burned. Spain, May 12 (#).—Four ts were mobs which. ‘rr lon;lmte:' p-ru of - fore being brought One_Jesuit priest was in- ed by the Ill,wb, which stoned him. club in which friends of the late Gen. Primo de Rivera, were wont to meet was .~ Onme of the burned convents contained a col- Jection of valuable Spanish paintings. Martial law was declared and patrols o‘!r mkfnntry took up their posts on the streets. “PAINFULLY IMPRESSED® Vatican Hopes Spanish Riots Will Subside Quickly. - VATICAN CITY, May 12 (M.—Vl'.l: ¢an officials were “painfully impressed’ 8s reports came from Spain today of the burning of Catholic buildings in several of the large cities, but they expressed the hope that the anti-clerical demonstrations would subside quickly. Spain’s loyalty to the church, they hllg\"‘ will be asserted in the parlia- mentary elections. The church authori- ties attribute the Spanish disturbances 10 elements which do not represent the real attitude of the people. OUTBREAK SEEN AS PLOT. Macla Convinced Republic’s Enemies Seek to Split Republicans. BARCELONA, Spain, May 12 (#).— Col. Francisco Macia, provisional President of Catalonia, in commenti: on the outbreak of violence in Madri and other cities of Spain issued the following statement today: “I am plainly convinced that all enemies of the Republic have united to combat it and all have come to an agreement to bring about a division among the Republicans by exploiting the separatist danger of Catalonia. “It is my duty to affirm again that 2ll my efforts will be directed toward the establishment of a federal Republic whose very essence and constitution is the only form of government which can meet with our ideals of social justice.” | nomic policies of these countries had | eral, { Nations’ loan, the financial rehabilita- G Austria’s Co With Neighbors to Real 3 Inister aber, forelgn minister Dr. Johann Sch K ‘eus llor of Austris, ermi al jonal agreem e -Europa. iGmation Yor patiEuEgL, of cond.’ he describes in detail and significance of the customs for which he will battle when League of Nations meets &t Geneva May 18. BY DR. JOHANN SCHOBER, Foreign - Minister Alnl‘ s Vice Chancellor of ustria. VIENNA, May 12 (NANA)— Austria’s provisional agreement with Germany for the purpose of equalizing and harmonizing the customs and eco- its origin in the pressure of the general business crisis, from which Austria in particular is suffering. ‘Through the peace treaties the num- ber of Europe's states was increased to 27 and Europe cut to pleces with re- spect to customs and business in gen- Austria, poor in natural re- sources, was reduced to a territory in- habited by 6,500,000 people. Her pro- duction, formerly serving a market of 50,000,000, had to turn for the nealeri part to export markets because the purchasing power at home had been considerably reduced by currency de- }r‘:e]chuon and consequent loss of cap- Simultaneously with this weakening of the hcme market, Austria found herself surrounded by high tariff walls, especially those erected by states which formerly belonged in whole or in part to the old Austro-Hungarian monarchy and which were then the natural mar- kets for the products of that territory which constitutes the present Austria. League Assured Help. ‘The situation thus created became 50 untenable that in 1922 the League of Nations felt duty-bound to inter- vene; and In the Geneva protocol of that 'year assured Austria of its help in the reconstruétion of her economic life and in the rehabilitation of her finances. With the help of the League of tion was accomplished, and by 1925 the budget was balanced, although such & step necessitated an extremely oppres- sive taxation which, in turn, constituted a heavy burden on Austrian products— lespite the fact that Austria’s economic situation had not only not improved, but had become much worse. with this situation, the government in 1925 made representations to the League of Na- tions urging that Austria should be en- abled to conclude preferential-tariff treaties with neighboring states, for the purpose of increasing her exports. This proposition met with no funda- mental opposition, but at that time the League was mot il a position to induce even one of Austria’s neighbors to come to her help by concluding a preferential fariff treaty with her. . . League Falls to Make Good. Nor was the League able to make good her promise, .given in the 1922 Geneva protocol, to help Austria in the reconstruction of her economic life. Instead, the League confined itself to & | Eu recommendation to all European states that they should meet Austria at least half-way in the ‘matter of tariffs and related questions 5o that she might in- crease her exports. appeal also was without result :?dd ‘was without help of any nd. ‘Taxes, which ‘were oppressing the country so heavily, could in no wise be reduced: and production, therefore, had to be more and more restricted. Unemployment increased and despite | cis every effort of both industry and agri- culture Austria’s: balance of trade re- r seemed likely when, as a result bf the extension of the trade depression to Southeastern Europe, & movement began in favor of general commercial and economic co- operation. ‘The tion of Europe after ¢ | the war had by now been recognized ERMANY ONLY FIRST TO JOIN CUSTOMS PACT, SAYS SCHOBER THE mmercial Treaty Negotiations| Seen as Leading Union. as the chief cause of the general eco- nomic crisis. Pan-Euro) as a move- and the pan 1d during Sep- with ment come nto bem{\ European Conference, hel tember of last year, was awalte the greatest hope. Unable to Reach Accord. The speeches delivered at this cos ference were for the greatcr part co crisis in any way. Quite clearly it was revealed that at the moment it was impossible to bring all of the 27 Euro- pean countries into a customs and gen- eral economic co-operation. As T had not gone to Geneva to return from this conference with re- sults of only a negative kind, I felt obliged then and there to bring about some positive action for whatever help that lay within the realm of the possible. 1 put forward, therefore, the proposal that sn attempt should first be made to bring together those countries which were already prepared for and whose business life especially demanded such a complementary move. This proposal was favorably received on all sides and was recognized as open- ing up the only feasible way by which the economic chaos could be dispelled. By putting it forward I meant nothing more or less than to recall to mind the appeal made by the League to Austria’s neighbors in 1925 and to test whether or not Austria's neighbors were more re2dy to consider economic co-operation now that the trade erisis had gripped all of Europe. Negotiated With Neighbors. ‘We decided to enter into negotiations along this Jine with all of our neighbors, who, in respect of our economic re- quirements, came into consideration for & scheme of regional co-operation in Central Europe's business life, The identity of my proposal with the league’s 1925 recommendation entitled us to this; and the favorable reception which the league gave to my proposal induced me to make the following state- ment with regard to our further action: “Today we are megotiating commercial treaties with all cur neighbors; and I have no doubt that with time this will leed to a real customs union. We shall work for the realization of Briand's pan-Europa project to the limit of our means, starting it in that part of Europe which’ we consider as our sphere of interest.” at Geneva that he was ready to begin negotiations in this sense, we ap- of all; and so the basis for a customs and economic equalization between Germany and Austria first came about. Reasons Purely Economic. ‘This “Angleichung” was not made as EVENIN IDISTRICT BUDGET - !BRIG. GEN. FOULOIS | [ Horologists Convene Here As Dr. Curtius had already declared ! G STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., TUESDAY, CUT IS FORECAST Schools, Libraries and Other Municipal Projects to Be Affected. ____(Continued From First Page) that there must be no additional per- sonnel and that there must be radical cuts in school and library buildings and in park improvements and expenses. “The Commissicners,” he added, “realize that some of these cuts will be criticized, on the theory that the work cut out is nceded. But this year we feel we must make some radical ts. “The situation will not be as bad as it appears at first blush, because the appropriations for 1930, 1931 and 1932 were abnormally large. In these years we have been partly living on our sur- plus. In 1933 we wil®be living on cesh income, and we must cut our expenses to meet the income. We will have no surplus to call on.” ‘Will Cut Into Capital. ‘Maj. Donovan showed that the situ- ation was even worse than Dr. Reichel- derfer had intimated, because not only will the 1932 bill exhaust the cash sur- plus, but it also will cut into the $3,- ,000 working capital fund required by law to be kept by the District in the Federal Treasury to meet all of its bills without borrowing from the Federal Government. ‘The fiscal year 1930 closed with a cash surplus “of $9.460,143.67 to the credit of the District in the Federal ‘Treasury, according to Mr. Donovan's figures. By next July 1, this will be reduced, he estimates, to $3,612,595.35, or, in other words, only about $600.f above the cash working capital require- ment. By the first of July, 1932, this balance will have been reduced, he esti- jmates. to $1,332,084.35. This will im- pair the working capital fund to the extent of $1.667,916—or, in round fig- ures, $1,700.000. This sum is one of the first to be taken care of in the 1933 estimates, reducing to that extent the sum otherwise available, Estimates Revised. ‘The effect of general economic condi- tions is shown by Maj. Donovan in a revision, made May 1, of estimates orig- inally prepared last September of the amounts expected to come in by way of taxes during the present fiscal year. This revision shows a reduction in real estate taxes from $20,570,000 to $20,- 425,000; tangible personal property from $3,815,000 to $3.535,000: motor vehicle tax from $500,000 to $437,500; intangible personal property tax from $2.800,000 to $2,665,000, and miscellaneous jtems from $3,000,000 to $2,650,000. There is at proached the German government first | present owing to the District, he esti~ mated, about $3500,000 in real estate taxes, $2,500,000 tangible personal prop- erty taxes and $870,000 in intangible personal property taxes. Maj. Doncvan estimated that if the Commissioners were to approve the de- the frame of ‘an agreement limited- to these two states and against any other state or states, but as the ground plan for the elimination of tariff walls and for the ultimate equalization and co- ordination of the production and con- sumption conditions throughout central irope. Our move proceeded from no polit- ical considerations of any sort, but from reasons that were purely econom- ic. The ever-increasing economic dis- tress demanded speedy reorganization, not only for the benefit of Austria, but in the interests of every European na- tion, so that a yet further cleavage and disruption in Europe's economics might be frustrated—a task which can be suc- cessful only if all political considera- tions and_questions of power are ex- uded. ‘The peace treaties could never have purported or intended to bring about the pauperization of the European peo- ples. Our plan of aétion, therefore, is in no way opposed to the spirit of these treaties. ‘Tomorrow: Austria’s Yeply to crities of customs union plan. (Copyright, 1931. by North A merican News- paper Alliance.) BLCONVIT LA N ERONTOF CAFE Man Who Acted as Own Lawyer at Sing Sing Shot in New York. Bythe Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 12—Roy H. Sloane, 30, ex-convict, who acted as | his own lawyer in successful efforts to | get out of Sing Sing, was killed in front of & Dyckman street cafe early | today by shots from a passing auto- | mobile. Sloane, who at first was identified as a John McDermott, dragged himsell along the streets for apout 150 feet| before he collapsed at a policeman’s | feet. He died in Jewish Hospital with- out regaining consciousness. A man and woman in the cafe told | police that four men drove up in a| large sedan, shot Sloane and dashed | away again before they could obtain the license number. Sloane, police , stole automobiles to obtain tuition for college. He was sent to Sing Sing for theft, studied law in prison and by legal technical- ities obtained a new trial. He won himself an acquittal, but before the WORLD WILL HEAR o0PE'S MESSAGE|,, Pontiff's Address on Labor Anni- versary to Be Translated Into Twelve Languages. Ry the Associated Press. VATICAN CITY, May 12.—Pope Plus will speak to the world over Radlo Sta- tion HVJ on Friday, addressing 10,000 representatives of labor organizations from all rts of the world gathered here to ce'?:brn.e the fortieth anniver- sary of Pope Leo XIII's epochal en- cyclical rerum novarum on labor. He will speak approximately half an hour, beginning at 5:30 pm. (11:30 am. E. 8. T). It is believed he will reiterate Pope leo’s affirmation of the workman's right to a living wage and will urge closer co-operation between employers and employes. He will broadcast from the courtyard of San Damaso. Seventeen speakers of various national groups will precede him, Bishop O'Hara of Great Falls, Mont., representing the United States. The Pontiff will speak in Italian and his address will be'r:rllulfll';fidslnll&“lfi languages. Mgr. ncl . Spel n of Boston, Mass, who translated the first Papal broadcast, also will translate this one. Station HVJ operates on 19.84 meters. Shortly thereafter the Pope will issue an encyclical letter on labor, it was an- tod: Bounced today. It will supplement the encyclical rerum novarum mucd":‘t;b u%em ago by Leo XIIL The on it now and it probably will be in length and importance to his grevlflu [4 jual is working | youth. He was an average student in WO with many friends and normal recre- encyclicals, on education and ations. case was decided prison keepers found | ‘ass knuckles in his possession. He was sentenced to seven years more for an attempt to escape from prison and demanded release on grounds that ne could not have tried to .scape from prison when he was illegally incarcer- ated. The Court of Appealr granted him a new trial, arguments being made by a regular lawyer retained by bis mother, Mrs. Anna B. Sloane, author and lecturer. ‘The escape case was then dismissed and Nhe tecelved a suspended scntence for possession of ‘concealed weapons, which meant. his fresdam. ‘Two months after his release he and Jack Giller were arrested in a Fifth avenue bullding, wnere they had at- tempted, police say, to steal $25,000 worth of diamonds. He was cut on bail in that case when shot. Sloane at one time was a student at Columbia University and Carnegie In- stitute of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa. MOTHER KNOWN HERE. Was Founder of National Aris and Crafts Institute. NEW YORK, May 12.—Roy Herbert Sloane, former Columbia student, kill- ed here early today in some unsolved gang intrigue, leaves to criminologists the puzzle of a well-born youth, sud- denly in the underworld and to and then death. His mother is Mrs. Anna Bogentolm Sloane, founder of the National Arts and Crafts Institute of Washington, teacher, writer and holder of several university degrees. Her son was carc- fully reared and, according to all who knew him in his schcol days, a normal the Columbia University Law School, DOW IS INDICTED IN FORGERY CASE Capital Lawyer Also Faces Charge of Making False Certificate. William J. Dow, lawyer and notary public, was indicted today by the grand jury on charges of forgery and making a false certificate to & legal paper. ‘The indictment is in two counts. The first charges that July 2, 1928, Dow | forged the name of Elizabeth R. Cornish, a widow, to a deed purporting to convey premises 213 Seaton place northeast to Perley J. Moore and Mary 8. Moore. ‘The second count alleges that he falsely partmental estimates exactly as sub- mitted, it would require a tax rate of $2.60, to carry the appropriation. In 1933, he estimates, every 5-cent increase in texation will result in a yield cf $650,000 in tax revenue, and the amount of reduction of the estimates necessary to bring the appropriation back to the $1.70 scale is a matter of simple multiplication. Less Funds Available. He sald that by keeping within the $1.70 tax scale in 1933 there would be $4,449,000 less available from gen- eral revenues (not including special and trust funds) than in 1931, and $3.000,000 less than in 1932. Maj. Donovan pointed out that in 1931 and 1932 the amount of the ap- propriaticns payablé from the general fund (this does not include trust and special funds) mounted sharply, and that if there is a reduction in 1933, it will mean largely that the Districi is getting back to normal, The are: $31,139,000 33/518,000 34,316,000 35,620,000 35,618,000 42,277,000 41,318,000 37,827,000 ax ral Maj. Donovan took occasion to deny that the delay in making public the total of the estimates was occasioned by errors in their preparation. He sald there was a typographical error, in which $500,000 was put in as $50,000, but that was in one of the items which did not affect the result. The delay, he said, was occasioned because he wanted to make a statement explain- ing the figures before releasing them. CRUELTY CHARGED AT SOLDIER HOME Removal of Governor and Adjutant Is Asked by Disabled Veterans. By the Associated Press. * BATH, N. Y, May 12.—Removal of certified, as & notary public, that Mrs. Cornish had appeared before him and 2::0 acknowledged the execution of the Didn't Know of Deed. Assistant United States ’Attorney Charles B. Murray, who investigated the case, stated that Mrs. Cornish had told him she - knew nothing of the deed or the subsequent action of Dow until she was served with a notice of a default in two deeds of trr\;st that had been Toperty. his inquiry developed that Dow had procured the grantees in the deed to execute two notes for $3,750 and $2,750, secured by deeds of trust, which he is sald to have used as col- lateral security for a loan of $4,000. Dow then had the property deeded back to Mrs. Cornish, subject to the two trusts, it is stated, all without the knowledge of the widow, with whom he had been acquainted for some years, Brought Civil Action. The indictment contains no reference to the making of the deeds of trust and relates only to the original deed, which pus to convey the property to the Moores. Mrs. Cornish brought a civil suit in the District Supreme Court March 30 last against Dow, the Moores and the trustees under the deeds of trust, to cancel the deed mentjoned in the in- dictment and also the deeds of trust re- ferred to by Mr. Murray. This suit is still pendin Dow was ber 6, 1923. “LOTTERY QUEEN” SLAIN Man Fires Shots Into Automobile; Chauffeur Wounded. CLEVELAND, May 12 (#).—A man who fired shots into her automobile last night instantly killed Geraldine John- son, 30, colored, described by police as “queen of the policy racketeers,” and wounded her chauffeur. Mrs, Johnson had just finished draw- ing the number that determined the winner of a lottery, police said. Detec- tives believe she might have been the victim of & disgruntied player. The gunman escaped. The slaying cccurred a, few hours after Joseph Coviello, 22, a taxicab driver, was shot and killed by two men, (Copyrisht, 1981.) who police believe attempted to rob hink v | its governor and adjutant and a con- gressional investigation of alleged cruel- ties and Improper government of the Bath National Soldiers’ Home was asked in a resolution adopted last night by the Bath Chapter of the Disabled American | Veterans of the World War and for- warded today to United States Senator Robert F. Wagner. The officers whose removal is asked are Gov. Robert Brigham and Adjt. George J. Collins. The charges against them were preferred by Thomas C. Burke, commander of the veterans' or- ganization, ‘The specific allegation against each was that “they have retained guards on duty at the main gate to the home who { have beaten up inmates” and that Comdr. Burke and other veterans. ‘The soldiers’ home has about 900 in- mates and is vperated under the juris- diction of the United States Veterans' Bureau. The local chapter of the dis- abled veterans has about 450 members. Comdr. Burke said several veterans have been forced to leave the home on account of ill treatment by guards. Commenting on the charges, Gov. Bl’l‘hlnll nl(‘ll they were the result of a sonal grudge. pefi‘rhe:e things happen down here maybe 20 times a year,” he added. “The charges were instigated against me by a former employe who resigned in a huff. There is absolutely nothing to the charges. One guard who was remiss was forced to resign.” TOWN OFFICIAL SLAIN Assailants of Seymour, Conn., Se- lectman Make Escape. SEYMOUR, Conn, May Raymond E. Gilyard, first selectman and executive officer of the town of Seymour, was shot to death today by two or three men who entered his of- fice in the Town Hall. His assailants escaped. Mr. Gilyard, although shot through the heart, attempted to summon a phy- sician by telephone, He died, however, before he could complete the call “they have not heeded protests” from ! ARRIVES IN DAYTON Other Officers Gather to Train Personnel of Air Demonstration. By the Associated Press. DAYTON, Ohio, May 12.—Army Air Corps officers who will direct 672 Army planes in the greatest maneuver dem- onstration ever held in this country began arrivins here today. They will direct preliminary training of 400 enlisted men and more than 700 subordinate officers for the final take-off May 22 of the planes for New York and for maneuvers in the East. ‘The officers who arrived today were headed by Brig. Gen. Benjamin Fou- lois, assistant chief of the Air Corps in charge of training. Training exercises for the maneuvers will begin Friday. Members of the divisional staff of which Gen. Foulois is the head who have arrived by plane included Lieut. Col. P. . _Andrews of Washington, chief of staff; Maj. Carl Spatz, Rock- well Field, Calif.; Capt. A. B. Mc- Daniel of Washington, who are to act as deputy chiefs of staff; Maj. S. W. Fitzgerald, Brooks Field, Tex.; Maj. R. C. Candee, Langley Field, Va.; Maj. C. P. Echols, Wright Field, and Lieut. J. B. Haddon of Washington, the latter two to act as aldes to Gen. Foulos. All planes of the various Air Corps units now winging their way to Dayton are scheduled to arrive here Friday, when the period of concentration will start. National Guard units from® 18 States sending 95 observation planes to be formed into the 22d Provisional Observation Squadron are due to ar- rive tomorrow. TAKES OFF IN STORM. Gen. Foulols Arrives in Dayton Despite Adverse Weather, ‘Taking off in the face of bad weather over the mountains which later forced down one. plane at Leesburg, Va., and turned three others back to Bolling Fleld, Brig. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois, 1 assistant chief of the Army Air Corps, today left Bolling Field for Dayton, Ohio, to assume command of the 1st Air Division of 672 planes, which will engage in maneuvers during the next two weeks. Gen. Foulois took off here at .m_in a two-seater, carrying a chanic, Pvt. Roland Hoy of Bolling Field. " According to advices to the As- sociated Press he fought his way through dangerously thick weather over the mountains and arrived safely at Dayton. y Gen. Foulois was the only pilot to succeed in the dangerous mountain crossing during the morning, though 19 other planes were scheduled to make the trip from Bolling to Dayton. Capt. Edwin J. House of the office of the chief of the Army Air Corps, ran into weather so _bad that he was forced to land in a field at Leesburg. Three other planes returned to Bolling, reporting weather too thick to get through. Reports of slight improvement in con- ditions over the mauntains were ex- pected to result in attempts by the pilots of the other 19 planes to get through this afternoon. RUM LANDED ON BAY SEIZED WITH 7 MEN Raid Between Cambridge, Md., and Taylors Island Bares + Alleged Liquor Ring. By the Associated Press. CAMBRIDGE, Md, May 12.—Ljquor apparently just landed by Chesapeake Bay rum runners, a motor truck and an automobile were seized, and seven men arrested by nine Federal prohibition agents here today. The liquor, 250 cases of it, consisted of Benedictine, whisky and champagne. The Federal officers said the raid was the first of a series designed to break up a Chesapeake Bay liquor syn- dicate. which they sald made use of :;\-rnl motor boats and a wireless sta- jon. The raid. made from ambush, was on a road between Cambridge and Taylor's Island. The island, said Irving W. ‘Windsor, in charge of a prohibition unit here, who led the raiders, has been used as a landing place for boate from Canada and the Bahama Islands. The scven men arrested were armed with revolvers and sawed-off shotguns, the officers sald. They gave New York and Pennsylvania addresses. They were brought to jail here to await & hearing at Salisbury. The men gave the following names: Benjamin Stearns, Philadelphia; Tim- othy McClosky, New York City: Fred Webber, New York City; Benjamin Frye, New York City; Joseph Anderson, Brooklyn; Thomas Kruttel, Sc on, Piia. LOREE DISAPPROVES | OF RAIL PENETRATION Delaware & Hudson President Op- poses New England Deals. Predicts Bus Failures. By the Assoclated Press, BOSTON, May 12.—L. F. Loree, pres- ident of the Delaware & Hudson Rall- road, yesterday opposed trunk line pene- tration into New England territory. He mittee on Transportation which is in- vestigating the New England Railroad situation. Besides disapproving proposals to allo- cate the New England roads to the trunk lines, Mr. Loree said he favored withdrawal of the Pennsylvania and New York Central Railroads from con- trol or ownership in New England Toads. Consolidation of New England Rail- roads might prove advantageous to this section, he said. Regarding competition from busses and private automobiles for the rail- roads, Loree said “people who have put thelr money into busses are going to lose it, just as those who invested in trolley lines.” He predicted that within the next five years the busses would be regulated so as virtually to fi"fimm them from the transportation eld. CHURCH BUILDING URGED Paper Opens Drive to Construct Edifices Worth $200,000,000. NEW YORK, May 12 (#).—The Christian Herald, a non-denominational religious monthly, announced today a Nation-wide campaign for immediate 12 (M.— construction of more than $200,000,000 | no responsibility for the | worth of churches and parish houses. | The plan has the indorsement of Secretary of Labor Doak, Secretary of jCommerce Lamont, William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, and several of the large de- nominations. The magazine pointed out that approximately 25 per cent would be saved on contracts let now, adding that there Is “plenty of money avail- Iblodfor fin chl church Joans om & MAY 12, 1931. LEADING WATCHMAKERS ATTEND CONFERENCE. — Some prominent members of the American Horological Scciety, numberin, many leading watchmakers of the United States, who met today in annual convention at the National Academy of Science here. deft to right are: E. H. Hufnagel of Mount Verncn, N. Y., president of the society; Paul Moore, Wash- ington, D. C. executive secretary, and John J. Bowman of Lancaster, Pa., treasurer, shown examining a recording barograph, the invention of Dr. Charles F. Marvin, chief of the United States Weather Bureau, which is displayed appeared before the Legislative Com- | at the academy. ~—Underwood Photo. “RIFLE TERRORIZER" SHOTAND CAPTURED Trooper Killed, Another: Wounded, in 3iege of Bar- ricaded Home. Special Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., May 12.—Mar- | ishlll Lodge, 30 years old, was wounded and captured this morning in the Penn- sylvania Mountains, 25 miles west of here, after he is alleged to have killed one State trooper and shot another dur- ing a siege of his barricaded home by | citizens and officers. Corpl. Tim McCarthy, instructor of the Pennsylvania State constabulary at Hershey, Pa., was shot between the eyes |and killed almost instantly as he at- | tempted to force his way in the home | in which Lodge had barricaded himself | to arrest him cn complaints of neigh- | bors that he had terrorized the commu- nity with a rifie. The officers carried a | | court sanity erder for Lodge. Pvt. Russell Kneis of the Pennsyl- vania State police was in an undeber-‘ mined condition from: a bullet "ound; in the head, said to have been inflicted | by_Ledge. | Members of the party said Lodge was | shot through the right arm by & man | who crept up to the side of the house | and fired through a window. o4 The wounded priscner was on his | way in an ambulance to the Chambers- | burg, Pa., jail today. Lodge, it was said, was released several years ago from an asylum in Ohio, and his neighbors complained that he had shot at them | from time to time with a rifle. Residents of the community gathered | with shotguns, rifies and pistols to aid | police. INTERSTATE CURB ON CAMPAIGN GIFTS IS FAVORED BY NYE (Continued From First Page) | | paign and who ‘received, it is reported. some $65000 from E. C. Jameson, a New York capitalist, interested iu na- tional prchibition. The handling of these Jameson con- tributions has been under investigation by the Nye Committee. Bishop Can- non and his aide, Miss Ada L. Bur- roughs, who acted as treasurer of the anti-Smith Democratic Campaign Com- mittee, have insisted the Nye Com- | mittee had no jurisdiction in the mat- ter. Might Not Touch Case. Senator Nye apparently has fallen in line with the suggestion made by Senator Glass, although not to the ex- tent of prohibiting the interstate con- tribution of campaign funds in na- tional elections. It was in such an election, however, that the Jameson contribution was sent to Bishop Can- non in Virginia by the New York capi- talist. The Cannon-Jameson case might not be touched by the proposal of Senator Nye, although it would be attacked under the suggestion made | by Senator Glass. The Nye committee already has had several hearings on the subject of cor- rupt practices legislation. It is ex- pected & bill will be completed in the Fall, after further hearings. If it is enacted into law, it may have an important bearing on the conduct of elections next year. Just how far Congress can go in the matter of regulating primaries in the States Is a 3uemon that may have to g0, in the end, to the Supreme Court for determination. Whether Congress could prohibit a man in New York from mak- ing a contribution to a primary cam- paign for the nomination of a Senator or a member of the House in Nebraska or Virginia is one of the guestions which may be involved. BLAME IS NOT PLACED Fatal Trai n-Bus Collision Ruled Accidental. MERCED, Calif,, May 12 (#).—After hearing _detailed testimony as to & school bus-train collision which cost the lives of seven children last Thurs- day, a coroner's jury has returned an open verdict of mldenul"d.uth. fixing statement from' P. D‘.e driver of the bus, was read into the rec- ord last night. In it Cregger, who is not expeci to live, sald he stopped 10 feet from the track, then proceeded, first in low, then in second, and that he did not see the freight train until it struck the bus. ‘Witnesses at the inquest testified that the bus merely “siowed down.” The crew of the freight train sald It was running at about 15 miles an hour. | versity of Tilinais at Ch | staff and manager of the Chicago of- MRS. H.DEK. WOODS DIES AT ROCKVILLE Former Executive of Library of Congress Came to Capital in 1900. Mrs. Harrlet de Krafft Woods, a long- time resident of Washington and a for- a long fllness. Mrs. Woods was both the daughter and the widow of naval officers, and was born at Quincy, Ill, in 1860. She Rear Admiral J. C. P. de Krafft, U. S.N. In 1883 she married Arthur Tannatt ‘Wocds, a graduate of Annapolis and an assistant engineer in the Navy, who died in 1892. Later he served as professor of mechanical eng'neering at the Uni- ampaign-Ur- bana, where Mrs. Woods had many friends. Came to Capital in 1900. Shortly after the death of her hus- band, Mrs. Woods became secretary to a well known consulting engineer and later became a member of the editorial fice of the Railroad Gazette. Induced by a wish to be near an invalild mother she moved to Washington and in 1900, bearing remarkable testimonials, she entered the copyright office of the Li- of Congress, where she received gradyal promotions until she became head’ of its certificate division. On June 1, 1922, her executive abil- ity resulted in her selection to fill the position of superintendent of the Li- brary Building, with incidental duties as disbursing officer for both the Li- brary and the Botanic Garden. These two offices she held until her retire- ment in 1028, after which she con- tinued to live in the National Capital, where she had a wide circle of friends. ‘Member of Clubs. She was a member of the Women's University Club of Washington and of H\e Daughters of the American Revolu- on. Surviving_her are two sisters, Miss Harrlet de Krafft of this city and Mrs. Glennie Tarbox of Santa Barbara, Calif., wife of Comdr. Tarbox, U. S. N., retired. Arrangements for the funeral have not yet been definitely made, but she will be buried in Arlington Cemetery. ‘That the services of Mrs. Woods at the Library of Congress were h'ghly valued is evidenced from tributes to her business ability and interest in welfare matters in the librarian’s reports for 1922 and 1928 and in many other ways. MOVE TO PROTECT MAYFLOWER BONDS LAUNCHED HERE __ {Continued Prom First Page) plan make imperative. If you have already deposited your bonds, under the plan you should endorse the cer- tificate of deposit and deposit it with our committee. “The ‘principal stockholders’ who have taken it upon themselves to rush you into accepting a plan of reor- ganization without affording you an opportunity to have it studied by rep- resentatives of your own selection ap- pear to include the American Bond & Mortgage Co. and some of its principal owners. Management to Continue. “The plan calls for the continuance of the present management personnel. Befcre agreeing to any such proposal, the bondholders are entitled to ask how many members of the Moore family are to be carried on the pay roll of the Mayflower under the guise of ‘manage- ment personnel’; how many individuals who co-operated in getting up the bond circular of 1928 are to be paid before the bondholders get any interest and how much has the present management personnel by its activities in the past and by its co-operation in putting out | this amazing reorganization plan justi- | fled itself to the bondholders in any way as being sincere and directly in- tercsted in the welfare of the bond- holders; can the bondholders sleep soundly in the face of the suspicion that they are being ground betwzen two mill- stones—an upper one of ‘management overhead’ and a lower one of self in- terested ‘principal stockholders'?” The letter, which was signed by Mrs. ‘Willebrandt * and the chairman and members of the committee, said “the t record does not justify any bond- der in implicitly relying on any statement now being made by or on be- half of the ‘principal stockholders of the company.’ ™ DAVIS RAPS PLEAS - FOR DEBT REVISION Denounces “Gimme” Boys Who Spoke at World C. of C. Meeting Here. By the Associated Press. COATESVILLE, Pa., May 12.—Class- ing as “gimme boys” International Chamber of Commerce speakers whe asked revision of the United States war debt and tariff policies, Senator Davis said today these demands were the “boldest affront of their kind ever of- fered to our Nation.” ‘The Pennsylvania Republican spoke at services dedicating the new veterans’ hospital here. Points to War Costs. After summarizing the costs of the World Wat d referring to President Hoover's statement to the International Chamber of Commerce that $5,000,000,~ 000 was being spent annually to main- tain armament, Davis said: “Ths effect of this militaristic per- fection prevailing in many quarters of Europe has already intruded itself in the internal affairs of the United States, as was disclosed recently at the eonfer~ ence of the International Chamber of Commerce, when spokesmen for lead- ing world powers bluntly demanded that the United States reduce or eliminate its tariff safeguards so our home mar~ kets may become a dumping paradise for the products of Europe. Further- more, they insisted the United States should cancel the war debts owed to it by European nations. Sees Bold Affront. “As bait, they offered our coun s u;::u for!tx:; market in exchange '{uyr w kme_«s.pe? door into our home mar- “These economic demands, voiced by foreign spokesmen, constituted the boldest affront of their kind ever of- fered to our Nation or any other n tion not in the vassal class. No pirate of the Spanish Main nor any racket lord was more audacious in their ruthe less ue’dma. e - opin! of these foreign ‘gimme boys’ can be summed up in no better manner than in the words of the old- tire iron puddlers: ‘They have the | 8all of & Government mule.’ ” * Heretofore, Davis asserted, the spokes- men merely had hinted or begged for war debt cancellation, but “now they use upon us the tactics they have used :‘c'x;"cmiunes upon China—the mailed Raps Versailles Treaty. “Strangely enough,” Davis -said, “those who demanded tariff and war debt policy changes did not suggest revision of th: Versailles treaty, the infamous document which is & breeder of future wars and which is largely re- sponsible for the upset economic condi- tions prevailing in Eurcpe, and, which, in turn, have affected trade conditions in lgwhflnlhgt:'tlm." vis asse: no one could question the peaceful intsntions of the United States, and added that “our Nation | mer executive of the Library of Con- | must gard against the menace of total- | gress, died early today at the Waverly | I¥ disarming itself.” | Sanitartum, near Rockville, Md., after |, “History will prove,” he said, “that d;:zrrynfl great {nluara. v'l;mch permitted its ve safeguart rish soon per- iched itself.” o o It would be well for the United States to “turn thumbs down" on war debt cancellation proposals, he contended, | had resided in Washington for more | since many of the debtor nations “prob- | than 30 years. Her father was the late | 80ly would use the money saved on this account for further exploitation of their forces.” U. S. PAYS 40-YEAR DEBT TO MAN WHO STOPPED REBELLION (Continued From First Page.) ing on & new earth, something like & great avalanche that would push the white people off into the sea and drown them and restore to the Indians their {:}\:‘fluo,‘ :eer.h :fldbe ;urke{m and all the ings they ha fore of the white men. - “They thought all the Indians would have to do to be saved was to accept the belief and actively engage in the dancing and the ceremonies that went with it. “There was much excitement among the Indians of my tribe as well as the other tribes through the United States. Upon my own initiative, approved by the Indian agency, I made a trip to Pine Ridge, S. Dak, looking for the Messiah. He was not there and I was tcld to go to Shoshone, Wyo. He was not there. I was then told to go to Fort Hall, Idaho. He was not there. When I left I was told to go to Pyra- mid Lake, Nev., and when I reached there I was told Jesus was in a nearby. I dressed up and ap ed the lodge with deep reverential feeling. “A Pjute Indian by the name of Jaci Wilson was in the tent, and claimed to be the Messiah. After remaining with him for days I found he was a fake and there was nothing to this Messiah craze story. I then returned to the Kiowa reservation and had much to do with convincing my people the Messiah craze teaching was all false. I met the Arapaho Indian by the name of Sitting Bull, who was greatly exciting the Cheyenne and Arapeho and other In- dians in this pert cf the country. I told them there was no truth in his teach- ing and that he ought to stop it. He did at my request stop his work among the Indians. “Gen. Hugh L. Scott was detalled by the War Depariment to work among the different tribes in this part of the country during the excitement caused by the Messiah craze. He knows the part I took in helping to convince the people that they were being mislead. I refer you to look to the book written by Gen. Scott, ‘Some Memories of & Soldier.” I quote the following: ‘I rep- resented this to the President, who presented him with a silver medal, and the Indian commissioner promised to build him a house, a promise that was never fulfilled.’” But, Dr. Smith reveals, the Indian Office has at last given the aged man his $500, which he used for the repair of a house h: built himself many years ago. In 1391, he found, the claim had been approved by the commissioner of Indian afizirs, but had been over- ruled by the Secretary of the Interior. Hpeahtone, he says, always has been one of the “progressive” Indians, but for many vears was a devotee of the peyote cult, in the study of which Dr. Smith came in contact with him. He has now reformed. MRS. M'PHERSON HAGGARD ON RETURN FROM TOUR By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 12.—Mrs. Aimee Semple McPherson, thin and haggard and apparently still highly nervous, arrived here today on a four month's trip around the world which she under- took to aid her recovery from a break- down. Members of her party sald she was so ill that reports from Los Angeles that, in a forthcoming book, hitherto undisclosed facts concerning her kid- naping will be published, were being withheld from her. As the liner President Garfleld reached quarantine, Mrs. McPherson retired to the officer’s quarters under the protection of the captain. When she finally did emerge, she was leaning ‘The' cocktail habit, introduced by smmum. is & European fashion to- ay. on the arm of her daughter, Mrs. Roberta Bradley Smyth, who became & bride wi on the trip. Mrs. Moc- Pherson was pale.