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. “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 WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Porecast.) at 5 p.m, yesterday; lowest, 51, at a.m. today. Closing N.Y. Markets, Full repprt on page 5. Pages13,14&15 ¢ Foening St WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION No. 31,788, ! st office, tered as second class matter ‘Washington, » D. WASHINGTOX, D. WEDNESDAY, B TROOPS ORDERED T0 KILL RIOTERS IN SPANISH CITIES Hoodlums Attempt to Raid Federal Bank, but Are Routed by Police. DISORDERS SPREADING * IN SCATTERED AREAS Oardinal Leaves for Rome to Con- fer With Pope on Anti-Church Fight. BY CLARENCE DUBOSE. Associated Press Btafl Correspondent. MADRID, May 13.—Orders to shoot to kill were passed out today by the month-old Spanish Republic to troops guarding Roman Catholic property as spread. ere was renewed rioting in many cifles, more churches and convents were burned and there were many casualties. Soldiers charged and dispersed & group of youths who gathered before the Bank of Spain here today, shouting, “Let's bresk into the bank and distrib- ute the money to the people!” The youths were knocked down and beaten and many of them were injured. All who were able took to their heels, while the remainder were arrested. The government did not consider the incident serious, regarding it as the work of hoodlums rather than monarch- sts or Communists. Troops Are Mobilized. ‘Moving swiftly on reports that Com- munists planned s raid on the bank, the government had mobilized troops and posted them about the building in the strongest display of military power Madrid has seen in years. Galloping toward the center of the ity from the barracks, where they had been held ready since Sunday, cavalry- men surrounded the block in which the bank stands, guiding their horses among the gathering crowd which was to have staged a demonstration at noon. ‘Unconfirmed reports said Communists the demonstration and had organized planned to raid the bank while the main body of the crowd engaged the an hour after orders had been army units had taken to defend the bank. There were light artillery, machine- gun crews, and armored cars to support the infantry. . Crowd Intimidated. * Trafic Half Was stores were detoured, #losed and shutters rattled down over the bank windows as its doors were ted against af stirring half hour as the soldlers mamw m:d n;renue.nut up thelr and prepared for action. !vld‘;nt:y the strong display intimi- dated the crowd, for in 15 minutzs the demonstrators b:rlan to leave and the troops were recalled to quarters. In Madrid, Attorney General Galarza snnounced the government would issuc indictments against prominent Mon- archists, including former King Alfonso, at Parls, charging them with plotting and provoking the disorders in an at- tempt to embarrass the republic. (The eorrespondent of the London Daily Express quoted Galarza as saying ‘Alfonso’s extradition to answer the in- dictment, which has not yet been is- sued, would be sought.) In. many quarters Galarza’s an- nouncement was considered an attempt 10 appease some of the intense anti- monarchial clamor which has marked the rioting this week. Arsenal Is Raided. A mob which formed during the eve- ning at Cordova raided ammunition stores and fought with civil guards de- fending the Convent of Santo Cayetano. Four rioters were killed’ and between 20 and 30 wounded gravely. The civil d saved the convent from being ed and when martial Jaw was de- clared the situation quieted. ‘The bodies of the dead at Cordova were taken to the municipal morgue and will be buriéd secretly to prevent demonstrations. The streets were filled with soldiers with fixed bayonets. was widespread over the country. ‘The Salesian Convent at " (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) VATICAN ORGAN DENOUNCES RIOTS| Osservatore Romano Assails Com- munists for Attacks on Churches. By the Assoclated Press. VATICAN CITY, May 13.—The news- | oy15 510 rajiroad tracks for a distance of paper Conservatore Romano in an edi- torial today bitterly condemned recent: Spanish disturbences and mob attacks con church property. The paper declar:s Communist hatred | oo obiig-d to move out. did not chose as an object of its ‘hero- | $:m” ministers, barracks, armed cars and civil guards, but churches, con- vents, asylums and nuns. “All of these represent charity,” the editorial continued. “All represent the law of love, which abhors violence and does not ca: arms and which, rather than strike, lets itself be struck and killed.” Osservatore Romano, often used to transmit Vatican opinions, sald Spain was following in the footsteps of Mexico, China and Russia. “Wherever Communism announces its advent,” the editorial said, “it begins by striking those who are vowed to good works and charity; it begins to destroy the altar and sacred images of the Bible school and mission, and wit’, faith it destroys civilization. “The civilized world knows the episodes in Spanish cities are only new in this infamous march, which leaves its traces of ruin and blood everywhere.” Christlans were sald to be obligated with civil firmness at any t international banditry which, hout God's laws for humanity, pre- tends with a barbarous program to an- nounce & new order.” Radio Programs on Page A-12 Elected PAUL DOUMER. NORTH AMERICAN'S HOLDINGS SHOWN Company Owns 55 Per Cent of Washington Railway & Electric, Inquiry Hears. ‘The North American Co. owns 55 per cent of the stock outstanding of the| ‘Washington Railway & Electric Co. and Traction Co., it was revealed today, as the Pederal Trade Commission began an expose 0f the varied and extensive Interests of the gigantic New York pub- lic utilities holding corporation. ‘Through its control of the Washing-| ton Ratlway & Electric Co,, the North| American, it was shown, has far-reach- ing interests in each of the street rail- way company's subsidiaries, of which the Potomac Electric Power Co. is the largest. The others include the Potomac Eiec- tric Appliance Co., Glen Echo Amuse- ment Park, the Braddock Light & Power C>., the Washingion-Glen Echo Railway, the Washington & Rockville Rallway, the Washington Coach Co. and the Washington Interurban Rail- way. In nnch of these Nbuldll;toe; the railway company owns per the stock. Revealed by Engineer.’ 8 cent of The picture of the corporation's enor- | by mous holdings, having a total bcok value as of December 31, 1929, of $892,- 485,476, was unfolded before the com- by Johnson C. Dickerman, its interests, small portion of the utilities it controls. ‘The holdings, he disclosed, extend from one coast to the other, and are vested in 76 subsidiaries engaged in the manu- facture of electricity and gas chiefly, but which also are interested in wired |#fadio, coal production, automobile service and electric railways. Di n, who made an intensive study. of the cor tion’s book of ac- counts, was the first witness called. With the aid of charts, he traced th development of the company and show- ed its relationship to the various operating companies and its service to the subsidiaries—data on which the commission will base its findings as to whether such concentration of public utility control is in violation of Federal anti-trust Jaws—and the value or detri- ment to the public of the corporation. Ignores Rapid Transit. Dickerman, however, devoted little of | his sketch to the North America’s in- terests in Washington utilities, but seid | | he proposed to introduce later, & report { dealing in greater details with the rel2- | tions between the Wastington Railway | & Electric Co. and the Potomac Electric | Power Co. He made no reference to the Wash- ington Rapid Transit Co., which the | North _American acquired some years (Continued on Page 2, Oolumn 3.) e iy |CLOUDBURST FLOODS | TRACKS IN MARYLAND Homes at Gilmore Inundated and | Torrent Fills Streets of Lonaconing. Special Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md, May 13.—As the result of a cloudburst on Dans Mountain last night, followed since by rain which shows no sign of abatement, the bed of Jackson Run, at Gilmore, Jjust east of Lonaconing, Md., has been diverted to Cumberiand, and the Penn- about 800 yards are being washed out by the torrent. Passcngers and mail are being transferred. Many hcmes in Gi'more are fl-oded.and families have At Lonaconing, Jackson street was under water last night and a number of residences and business places were damaged. Large quantities of debris were carrled down Jackson and Rail- road streets. The barn of Henry H. Pazenbaker, | Henderson's 215 per cent of the stock of the Capital | B DOUMER ELECTED FRENGHPRESDENT ONSECONDBALOT i Victory Comes After Briand Withdraws and Throws Support to Marraud. [MINISTER’S DEFEAT SEEN AS BLOW TO PRESTIGE Endorsement and Praise of U. §. Press Credited With Setback. By the Associated Press. VERSAILLES, France, May 13.—Paul Doumer, 74-year-old president of the Senate, tonight was elected thirteenth President of the French republic. Victory came on the second ballot after Aristide Briand, who trailed Doumer on the first ballot, had with- drawn his candidacy. The official count gave Doumer 504 votes to 334 for Senator Fierre Ma: cr.l‘:“d' who had the backing cf the So- lists. Briand, defeated on the first ‘Enal- dential ballot, withdrew his candidacy and threw his support to Senator Plerre Marraud as the second ballot began early in the evening. Marraud was the most formidable op- ponent to Doumer, who polled 442 votes to Briand’s 401 in the first ballot. The Socialists announced their votes would go_to Marraud. Briand's defeat was interpreted as a blew to his prestige, and in the lobbies there was free discussion as to who would replace him as foreign minister. riand had told the.cabinet in confer- ence, however, that he would go to Geneva tomorrow as he had planned. for he did not consider the presidential vote had any affect on French foreign policies, Laval and Hennessy Withdraw. Premier Pierre Laval, who polled a few scattering votes, announced he would not be a candidate on the second ‘ballot. Jean Hennessy, former minister of agriculture, who polled 14 votes on the first presidcntial ballot, also withdrew his candidacy in favor of Doumer be- fore the second ballot began. If Hennessy's votes swing to Doumer the Senate president will have 456, enough for election. In the lobbies the belief was freely expressed that Doumer would win on the second ballot. The left Republican group, most cf whom voted for Briand on the first ballot, announced after a caucus that they would support Doumer cn the second. Despite the overwhelming majority t week in the Chamber secret ballot over which it is impossible to enforce party discipline. The sétback was attributed in good part to Briand's overzealous sup who vaunted the alleg Henderson, of his cy by Arthur tne British foreign minister, and cited praisé for Briand in American news- This was believed to have solidified the Nationalistic oppesition to the in- ternaticnal-minded foreign minister. Before the second baliot began the various political groups retired for party meetings. ial figures on the first ballot gave Doumer 442, Briand 401 and Jean Hennessy, former minister cf Agricul- ture, 14, with 40 scattering votes. Bitter Defeat for Briand. It was probably the bitterest defeat that Briand had experienced in his long, dramatic career, during which he had been chosen premier 12 times and had been a cabinet minister 25 times in a quarter of a century. Even though the rather decorative role of the presidency cculd hardly ap- peal to a man of such action, the fact that his fellow legislators had checked his advance to the highest post was bound to be a blow. Doumer, Briand’s outstanding op- ponent, was the first cendidate to ar- rive here this afternoon for the presi- dential election. He shook a few outstretched hands and retired to the quarters reserved for (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) PR 16 DIE, SCORE HURT IN THEATER BLAZE Sixteen Houses Also Destroyed in Disaster in Small Japanese Village. By the Associated Press TOKIO, May 13.—Sixteen perzons | were burned to death and a score in- jured in a fire during a cinema per- formance in a temporary shack at Shimamaki Village, Island of Hokkaido, last night. |, The film suddenly burst into flames, | terrorizing the audlence of 200, which jstarted in a stampede for the exit. The fire overtook many of them before they were able to escape. Sixteen houses in the vicinity were destroyed before the blaze was brought under control. {RETURNS FROM ICE WASTE STOCKHOLM, May 13 (#).—Capt. | Albin Ahrenberg, Swedish fiyer, landed today at Angmagsalik, Greenland, with Augustine Courtauld, young British scientist, and H. G. Watkins, who res- near Lonaconing, was: destroyed by fire resulting from lightning. cued Courtauld from the Greenland ice-cap last week. 17-YEAR LOCUSTS, READY TO RAID COLLEGE,; DRHLL HOLES IN CAMPUS Insects, Still in Grub Form, With Myri By the Associated Press. GAMBIER, Ohio, May 13.—An in- sect puzzle confronts the biology de- partment of Kenyon College here, which is watching for a vast swarm of 17-year locusts to emerge from be- neath the campus before the end of May. is year's crop of the , unlike that of 1914, has ani its_own approach with innumerable' small holes in the ground. In previous appear: » Ruin Tennis Courts in Ohio iad Shafts. ances the pests have eme from their underground prison flt’fie :o pre- liminary ‘:ln'u. of small holes have almost glned th:"mllele tennis courts and lose ‘Theological Sem! ) mile away. quisitive undcr:rmm:. eager to verify the student publica~ tion’s prediction of a locust invasion, h‘:‘:':s ue into '.hem;ungu. finding the Jarge mi h rentl; reldy?onconthetxncrt: S P porters ed_indorsement | 5 N NN AR RN W W) W I W % MAY \ N R o 1931—THIRTY-EIGH as fast as the pap ers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 115,204 PAGES. #¥» (®) Means Associated TWO CENTS. Press. oLD NEVER LLOOKED \ A\ OPTIMIST IN THE - MANGER. POLICE CHANGES SEEN IN BUDGET Extension of Radio Cars and| Abolishment of Bicycles Asked. Extensive changes in the organization | of the Police Department are fore- shadowed in the department’s estimates for the 1933 fiscal year, made public to- day by District Auditor Daniel J. Donovan. The estimates call for an increase in the number of inspectors, & decrease in the number of captains, abolishing the grade of precinct detective, substituting | CATHEDRAL WILLED a new grade of “probationary detective” to take in not only the present precinct { detectives, but also the plain clothes men assigned to liquor enforcement and other lgclll work at the precincts, and abolishing the bicycle force. The esti- mates also call for an extension of the work by light automobiles with Tadio receiving sets, ved successful. which has $3.676,181 is requested for A total of the department’s work, contrasted with an_appropriation of $3,488,900 in the, 1932 act, an increase of $187,281. Maj. e G. Pratt, superintendent of police, appeared before the Commis- sioners today to explain and defend his estimates. The Commissioners are having daily hearings on the 1933 bud- get, and tomorrow they plan a joint session with the presidents of the Chamber of Commerce, Board of Trade, Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Asso- ciation and Citizens' Advisory Counctl, with such representatives as the civic leaders care to bring, in which the general situation will be discussed. Budget to Be Slashed. ‘The Commissioners, faced with fall- ing tax receipts and abnormally large appropriations in 1930, 1931 and 1932, are at the end of the cash surplus on which they have been carrying their budgets for several years, and face an impairment of about $1,700,000 of their cash working capital fund in the Pederal Treasury at the close of the 1932 fiscal year. These facts will be explained to the group of civic leaders by Mr. Donovan at the meeting tom-rrow, wnd the Commissioners will ask their co-oper- ation in the preparation of a budg=t on which 1t will be possible to hold the 1933 tax rate dcwn to its present level of $1.70, although such a course would mean cutting out a large number of items regarded as necessary to the municipality. Of the total asked for the Police De- partment, $3,194,656 is to go for sal- aries, an increase of $84,436 over the $3,110,220 in the 1932 act. The esti- mates explain that two new inspectors will be appointed to command the in- spection districts to be created by the reorganizaticn of the force expected next fiscal year. Six precincts are to be consolidated into three. New Grade Planned. Two of the captains of the merged precincts will be promoted to inspec- torships. One will b: assigned to the work now done by Inspector William H. Harrison, in charge of the department’s property, and the vacancies created by the two promotions will not be filled. It is proposed to establish a new e, that of “probationary detectives,” with extra compensation of $300 per annum. Into this grade will be placed all precinct detectives and also the 22 men now assigned in plain clothes to the various precincts to investigate of- fenses against the liquor and other laws. At present the precinct detectives ~(Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) 500 ADDITIONAL WORKERS JOIN MANSFIELD STRIKE Empire Steel Plant Forced to Close Down—Mass Meeting Is Planned Today. By the Assoclated Press. MANSFIELD, Ohio, May 13.—More than 500 workers employed on the night shift of the Empire Steel plant walked out early today, joining 1,000 other em- ployes Who went on strike yesterday as 2 result of & 15 per cent wage reduc- mwn'nh the walkout of the night shift, operation at the plant was suspended. A mass meeting was scheduled to be held later today by the strikers to form demands and make arrangements for a meeting with plant officials. GANDHI AT SIMLA Will Confer With Lord Willingdon Before London Trip. SIMLA, India, May 13 (#).—Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Nationalist leader, a rived here at noon for a series of con. ferences with the new viceroy, Lord Wil- lingdon, preparatory to the forthcoming round table conference on an Indian ‘constitutional status. | and Florence B. Loew, Captain Blames Rat For Sinking Vessel In Chesapeake Bay By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Md., May 13.— A rat was blamed today by Capt. Albert Justus, Cambridge, Md., skipper, for the sinking of his two-masted craft, the Speed, near Baltimore yesterday. One life was lost—that of the ship's cat. Justus and his son Samuel, 33, and the crew deserted the sink- ing vessel in a yawl and were landed by a passing ship. The schooner started leaking during a 30-mile gale in Chesapeake Bay as she neared the mouth of the Patapsco. The hold, laden with oyster shells, filled rapidly despite desperatc pumping. Justus believed a rat gnawed the hole which grew into the disastrous leak. A0 BY BAKER Financier Bequeathes Bulk of Estate to Children, With . Few Other Gifts. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 13.—George F. estate of his father, George F. Baker, noted financier, under the terms of the latter’s will, filed tcday. Two daughters, Evelyn E. St. George received be- quests of $5,000,000 each. The New York Public Library, Lenox, Astor and Tilden foundations received $250,000, and a similar amount was left to the Protestant Episcopal Cathe- dral foundation of the District of Co- | lunbia to build an addition to the Washington Cathedral. Bequests of $25,000 each were left to the New York Exchange for Wom- en’s Work and th: Tuxedo Memorial Hospital. Mr. Baker had maintained a home at Tuxedo Park, N. Y, and it was there that he was buried. FATAL CALL LURES MAN TO “LEGS’” INN Innkeeper Missing Since August Message, Police Hear—Jail -Awaits Diamond. By the Associated Press. CATSKILL, N. Y, May 13.—Harry Western, 'who disappeared from his Kingston road house on the night of August 29, 1930, was summoned by & telephone call from the Aratoga Inn, near Cairp, special State attorneys said Horace Western, brother of the missing man, told them. The inn is reputed to be controlled by Jack (Legs) Diamond, who is in the Albany Hospital with gunshot wounds he received there on April 27. With indictments being returned against Diamond and his companions by State and Federal grand juries, the Greene County jail was being prepared to receive ‘the gang leader and its members. - Yesterday's flood-lights were installed in and about the building, with the control switch in the sheriff's office. AMERICAN HORSE WINS IN NEWMARKET STAKES Sir Andrew of William Woodward Seen as Epsom Downs Derby Contender. By the Associated Press. NEWMARKET, England, May 13— ‘The possibility of an American bred and owned horse winning the famous Ep- som Downs Derby was seen today as Willianx Woodward's Sir Andrew gal- loped to a length victory in the New- market Stakes for 3-year-olds, defeating 10 other derby eligibles. Critics had been proclaiming Sir An- drew & good horse his victory roved their contention correct. Behind im in the fleld he left the second favo- rite for the derby, Goyecas. Sir An- drew was only the second choice today, the favorite, Linkboy, finishing second. Reveillon wes third. Sir Andrew’s time for the mile and & quarter was 2:00. NORRIS, GROCER, Federal Judge Munger Sus- tains Demurrer to Per- jury Indictments. By the Associated Press. LINCOLN, Nebr, May 13.—FPederal Judge T. C. Munger today sustained de- | George W Norris, | grocer, and Victor Seymour, a former Republican leader in the State, who challenged the constitutional authority of th> Senate Campaign Funds Commit- primary election campaign. Norris entered the Republican sena- Senator George W. Norris in his cam- paign for re-election. The Broken Bow grocer's name later was ruled off the ballot by the State Supreme Court on the grounds his filing had not been re- celved in time. ‘The Senate committee, hearings in Nebraska in connection with the campaign. volition. Later W. M. Stebbins, State treasurer and also a candil names. Seymour, when questioned by Nye, | sald he did not take an active part in the campaign. Seymour. The Republican leader, then man- ager of the party’s senatorial campaign office at Denver, later resigned. A Federal grand jury indicted both the grecer and Seymour for perjury in con- nection with their testimony before the Senate Investigating Committee. Attorneys for the two men filed de- murrers to the indictments in Federal Court challenging the constitutional authority of the Senate committee to investigate primary election campaigns. |FIREBUG DESTROYS SCHOOL TICKET OFFICE Incendiary Burning Thought Part of Heidelberg Student Revolt. By the Associated Press. TIFFIN, Ohio, May 13.—A_small wooden athletic ticket office at Heidel- berg College here was burned early to- day as an sct of incendiarism, believed connected with the past week's mild uprising of students in a dispute with officials of the college. by the fire and the loss was small. The dispute between part of the stu- dents and the college officials began when President Charles E. Miller an- nounced that Dr, Newell Sawyer, head of the department of English, would not be reappointed for next year. o WORLD COURT FAVORED Presbyterian Board Seeks U. 8. En- try Into International Body. PHILADELPHIA, May 13 (#)—The Presbyterian Board of Christian Educa- tion at its annual meeting here adopted a_memorial urging the entrance of the United States into the World Court as a special duty of the Nation. The memo- rial, made public today by its author, Dr.’ William Chalmers Covert, general secretary of the board, will be presented to the Presbyterian General Assembly at Pittsburgh June 1. PORTABLE SCHOOLS 10 BE ELIMINATED BY FEBRUARY, 1322 {53 of Present Number Are Doomed for Junk Pile in IPHELDBY COURT | murrers to perjury indictments against former Nebraska tee to investigate last year's Nebraska torial primary race as an opponent of | headed by | Senator Gerald P. Nye, held several|at Tenth and Franklin streets northeast. ‘The grocer con- tended he entered the race of his own then date for the Republican senatorial nomina- tion, told the committee he gave the grocer a $500 Liberty bond and paid his fl]lndg fee{!u get hlmb tohemexr the ce and confuse voters s Baker, jr., received the bulk of the| na i | School, three at the John Eaton School Stebbins testified that e gave tho ‘bond for the grocer to|Where the new Horace Mann School i lable building for a nominal sum, wit | structure be removed from the school No other buildings were thr:awned; Nine Months. KING URGES GREATER SCHOOL APPROPRIATION $3,000,000 for Construction Is De- clared Necessary by Sen- ator From Utah. Fifty-three of the fifty-eight portable schools now in use throughout the Dis- trict will be eliminated within the next nine months, it was revealed today by Jere J. Crane, business manager of the school system. His statement followed a study of new school construction now under way. Thirty of the portables are being used for the last time this term, and will not be used with the opening of schools next September, while the remaining 23, Mr. service by February, 1932. The removal of portable schools from their present locations means that they will be junked. Mr. Crane’s announce- ment, was made following the statement of Senator Willlam H. King, Democrat, of Utah, that $3,000,000 should be ap- propriated for new schools in the next District bill. Senator King spent yes- terday afternooa conferring with Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent, and Stfi&htn E. Kramer, first assistant su- perintendent, during which he said he was desirous of seeing the elimination of portable school buildings and part- time classes. Appropriation $2,720,000. The total for new buildings and grounds in the current appropriation is $2,720,000, so that in favoring a three- million _dollar appropriation, Senator King advocates an increase of $280,000 1 | for the school building program. Fol- | lowing his review of school needs during | the past several days, which concluded in his conference with the school offi- | ccss yesterday, Senator King expressed the opinion that there 1s a particular need for new school construction in the northwest section, and in some of he | outlying ones where the population is in- creasing rapidly. | ~The portable schools cited by Mr. | Crane to be removed include three now housing classes at Broad Branch road and Northampton street. These will be replaced by the new Lafayette School, now under construction. Similarly three portables will be removed from the Elizabeth V. Brown School by virtue of the opening in Septembver of the new Lafayette School. Brookland School will be relieved of two portables through the opening of the Crosby Noyes School, now uncer construction Two more, comprising a schol unit cn the site of the new Noyes School, will be eliminated. Other Eliminations. Other portables to be eliminated at |the same_time include two at each of | Congress Heights School and Deanwood in Cleveland Park, two at Kalmia road and Fourteenth street, one each at the Kingsman and the Maury Schools, two each at the Rosedale and Whittier Schools and five at Wesley reights, under construction. ‘The 23 portables doomed for elim- ination by February, 1932, are the four at the Cleveland School, six at Gar- rison, three at ison and two each at the Orr, Syphax, Fillmore, Giddings and Jefferson Junior High Schools. With completion of this program, Mr. Crane said, only five portable schools would remain in service. These would be one at the old Bates Road School site, one at the Benning School, two at the Keene and one at the Ketchum School. While it is possible. the school business manager pointed out, that one or more of these may be -eliminated if items carried in the budget estimates for 1933 are allowed, it also is possible that one or two portables may have to be retained in service slightly beyond next February if unforeseen demands arise in any of the localities. Saving More Than $1,000. ‘With permanent elimination of each portable, the District of Columbia will save between $1,000 and $1.500, which otherwise would be spent for its re- moval and re-erection at a new site. In some instances, Mr. Crane said, the District has been able to sell the port- the understanding that the purchue?ll property by a specified time. While most of the portables now in use have been carted around the District from the newest of these one-room frame ouildings were purchased to afford emer- gency and temporary accommodations for a war-gorged population, some of these flimsy schools have been in use since 1911-12. In recent years, public sentiment, in- flamed by damage suffered by these buildings during windstorms, has de- manded their removal and the school authorities have consistently undertaken to take them out of service. Snowden Ordered to Bed. LONDON, May 13 (#)—Philip Snow- den, chancellor of the Exchequer, who le’t s sick bed to make his budget speech in the House of Commons re- cently, was ordered back to bed today by his doctors. He probably will be confined to his home in Downing street for two or three days. Crane declared, will be taken out of| one location to another since 1918, when | | STINSON T PROBE ATTAGK ON ENVOY BY IQUORTHEVES |Secretary to See if Police Are Properly Protecting Legations. SALVADORIAN DIPLOMAT IS BEATEN AND ROBBED Seventeen Stitches Required to Sew Up Scalp Wounds of Dr. Don Carlos Leiva. An investigation to determine whether Washington police are giving foreign €nvoys proper protection was ordered today by Secretary of State Stimson as & result of last night's attack on Dr. Don Carlos Leiva, counselor and charge d'affaires of the legation of El Salvador at 2601 Connecticut avenue. Dr. Leiva is at Emergency Hospital, where 17 stitches were required to sew three gashes in his head, inflicted by a band of thieves whom he surprised as they were removing 27 cases of liquor from the legation. While his condition was serious when he was admitted to the institution, physicians said it has improved and he probably will be dis- chil}lxged soon. announcing the inquiry by the State Department, Secretary St¥m<on pointed out international law accords representatives of foreign governments all necessary protection to their per- sons and property. The secretary said, however, he would not go so far as to :B;J.Re l'esulltl of the inquiry might be -hour police guard at all -nld Sl gu: t all embassieg t is understood the State De ment will issue an expression olpl;:: gret for the incident. Attacked at 2 A.M. Dr. Leiva, who is 51 years old, was attacked about 2 a.m., when he returned from the home of a friend with whom he had been playing cards. As he en- tered the building he saw a man sitting on the steps leading to the second floor. The intruder snapped a flashlight in Dr. Lelva’s face, at the same time com- manding him to “stick ’em up!" Although he saw a revolver gleaming in the robber’s hand, Dr. Leiva strode up the stairs and grasped the thief, who had risen to meet him, by the throat, The struggle which followed was furious, the combetants pushing and pummeling each other down the stairs and up and down the hall. Suddenly the intruder struck Dr. Leiva over the head with the butt of his pistol, nearly flooring him. Dr. Leiva was dazed for a moment, but lunged at his opponent again. As he did so he was struck two more blows in rapid succes- sion. At the same time two shots were fired, but both of them missed Dr. Leiva. ‘With blood pouring from three gashes also [in his head, Dr. Leiva staggared from the legation and reached a delicatessen store across the street. 17 Stitches Are Taken. He told Achilles Orphanos, night man- ager of the store, what had happened. Orphanos telephoned police headquar- ters and took Dr. Leiva to a neighbor- heod physician. After receiving treate ment there, Dr. Leiva was taken to Emergency Hospital, where surgeons put 17 stitches in his wounds. They said an X-ray examination will be necessary to determine whetheg he is suffering from a fractured skulj, Police searched the neighborhpad, but found no trace of the robbers. They broadcast a lookout for three aytomo- biles which Orphanos told them hie had seen cruising up and down Conuecticut avenue a short time before. Occupants of the cars had used his telephone four times, Orphanos said. Although Dr. Leiva saw only one man, it is believed four or more were in the group which raided the wine cellar. ‘Ten cases of liquor had been removed to a yard in the rear, and gunnysacks had been ripped open and their con- tents carried from the wine cellar. 17 Cases Are Missing. 1t is believed the thieves were placing the liquor in machines when Dr. Leiva returned. According to police, a check- up revealed 17 cases are missing. A flashlight and a small crowbar to headquarters, where they were to headquarters, where they will be examined for fingerprints. Police believe the Mght and the bar, in the hands of “(Cortinued on Page 2, Column 6.) DUTCH CONSIDERING LIQUOR LAW CHANGE Bill Would Give Municipal Au- thorities Full Power of De- termination. By the Assoclated Press. THE HAGUE, Netherlands, May 13.— Drastic revision of the Dutch liquor law, permitting municipal councils to declare ahsolute prohibition without consulting the crown, is provided in & bill now under consideration in the Lower House of Parliament The measure weuld divide liquor into two classes, one embracing spirits con- taining more than 15 per cent alcohol and the other wines and beers having By the Associated Press. ITHACA, N. Y, May 13.—Students at Cornell University today launched a campalgn to ralse funds for erection of & memorial to Hans Wagner, former Cornell student who lost his life fight- ing with the German army during the ‘World War, and other zons of Cornell who dled fighting for the Central European powers. ‘The Cornell Sun, student publication, recently called the university's attention to the exclusion of Wagner's name a memorial erected by the titution to its former students who died fight- ) ? CORNELL STUDENTS OPEN DRIVE FOR MEMORIAL TO GERMAN HERO “Noble Gesture Toward New Internationalism” Made in Behalf of Teutons. ing for the American and allied armies in_the wi The Sun pointed out the university’s opportunity to “make a noble gesture toward a new internationalism” by in- cluding Wagner among the patriots as typifiying & new idealism, but President Livingston Farrand declined to ac- quiesce in the suggestion. Mr. Farrand, however, did express his sympathetic interest in & separate memorial to alien Cornellians who gave up their lives for the cause of their fatherlands. J. R. Withrow of Columbus, Ohio, has been named chairman of the Stu- dents War Memorial Committee.. less than that content. Rigid restric- tions would be observed in granting licenses to sell strong drink, while more lenient rules would govern weaker beverages. All licenses would be issued by muni- cipal councils under the terms of the bill, and city officials would have com- plete authority in their districts to determine which class of liquor should be sold. HELD IN POISON NOTES Arrest Follows Attacks on Profes- sor at Harvard. CAMBRIDGE, Mass,, May 13 (®).— New_York authorities today notified the Cambridge police they were holding a suspect as the author of a series of “poison pen” letters attacking Prof. Timothy A. Taracuzio of the Harvard Law School. At least 16 persons, including mem- bers of the faculty and young society women, are known to have received let- ters attacking Taracuzio, former officer in the Ryssian imperial armys 4 t