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Fk CRIVE STUDY RAPS 1., PROSECUTORS Third Wickersham Report Calls Political Influence in Selections Menace. B the Ascociated Press The political influence wielded by the Senate in the appointment of Federal district attorneys was termed “a serious menaco to the enforcement of law” in the third report of the National Law Enforcement Commission The report was submitted to Presi- dent Hoover and made public last night through the White House. It urged the elimination of political considera- tions in the selection and appointment of district attorneys he gr powers of the district at- torney under the continual extensions of Federal jurisdiction in th sent century,” the report said, “are giving increasing political importance to the office. Treatment of it as a reward for political activity is a serious menace to enforcement of law.” Politics Blamed for Crime. The report declared the claim of the Senate “not merely to exercise a col- lective power of rejecting unfit nomi- mations, but to dictate appointments as the patronage of Senators of the State in which the district lies, has often had & bad effect upon the personnel and conduct of the oftice.” In Stat's where the Se ors are in ovposition to the administration, the commission said, “it happens too often that political organizations insist on treating the office as political patronage. and thus ceprive the President of the information and support he should have in order to make suitable ap- pointments.” The commission. said that Federal, State and local prosecutors were more responsible for the increase of crime than the fallure of juries to convict. Crowded dockets, it said, resulted in prosecuting attorneys dismissing charges through the power of nolle prosequi, thereby making them and not the judges the real arbiters of what laws “shcll be enforced and against whom.” Grand Juries Scored. “Habitual defenders of criminals,” the report continued. “have learned to take advantage of this power. Where exercised by Assistants under no re- sponsible organization, it lends itself to the quiet choking off of prosecutions under political influence. It is an anomaly and discretion of the judge, with re- spect to the small percentage of prose- cutions which ever come before him, should be so thoroughly hedged about with restrictions, while this power and discretion of the prosecuting attorney with respect to disposition of the great majority of initiated prosecutions should remain so absolute.” The grand jury system was branded as uneconomical. The report recom- mended its abolition except “as a gen- eral investigating body for inquiring into the conduct of public officers and in case of large conspiracies.” The system, it added, placed a drain on busy men. and by requiring witnesses at two preliminary hearings discoureged them. This often resulted in no prose- cution, the report explained “Third Degree” Rapped. “Thir degree” practices by and prosecutors were disapproved. der the present system, the commis: declared, extra-legal examinations were made of suspected persons unadvised as to their rights. A lwgal examination before a magistrate was proposed in order that prosecutions as well 4s sus- pects may have protection. The Wickersham group recommended better provision for the sclection and tenure of prosecutors in the States, and an organization of the legal pro- fession in each State to insure compe- tency, character and discipline among those engaged in the criminal courts. PARLEY TO REVISE REPARATIONS PLAN SEEN IN BRITAIN _(Continued From First Page.) police Un- Chancellor Bruening’s emergency tax decrees promulgated Saturday. They are calculated to tear down, instead of build up. the German eco- nomic system, said an editorial in Mon- tag Morgen The organs of the Nationalist oppo- sition, which have campaigned against the “policy of fulfillment” since it was inaugurated by the late Gustav Strese- mann, warn in their editorials that such a policy now will bring unprecedented disaster upon the nation. Communist members of the Prus- sian Dict lost no time in attacking the tax decrees when the Diet convened today NO COMMENT MADE HERE. Treasury and State Department offi- cials had no comment to make today on speculation in London over the po: sibility of Secretaries Mellon and Stim- son participating in international repa- rations and war debt discussions. At both departments, however, it w recalled that the previously stated opin- ions of the two would seem to indicate their forthcoming visits to Europe had | nothing to do with such a_conference Secretary Mellon _left Saturday to begin his vacation and Treasury officials declined to say when he would sail for England, where he will visit friends before going to France. They said his vacation plans were made before the question of re- opening reparations discussions was brought up and that they did not believe his visit had anything to do with the matter. Secretary Stimson said last week the American position regarding war debts and reparations had been stated so often he saw no reason to repeat it In the past war debts and reparations have been considered as separate and distinct questions There were no_indications what had been discussed by Stimson economic advisers, who were sum- that the powers | Washington | and his | EVENING Surgery Restores Sight EVANGELIST WAS BLIND SINCE BIRTH. EV. ROBERT FRASER, 25, of Philadelphia,, Pa., an evangelist, saw light June 6 for the fi a sim t time. be treated later. The He was operated on by Dr. G. H. Moore, who | ar operation on Earl Musselman recently with notable he operaticn was performed on one eye and the other will | young minister is shown with his wife, who was present when the bandages were removed and he exclaimed he could see light 1., FLYER ESCAPES BOY. 14, FACES TRIAL FROM FIRING SQUAD —A. P. Photo. IN' THEATER THEFT STAR WESTERN SPEECH Returns From Rapidan Elated With Prospect of Navy Saving $25,000,000. | TImmediately upon his return to the White House today from his Rapidan | fishing camp, where he spent the week end with executives of the Navy De- partment working out a plan for the extension of his President of the last of three speeches he is to make in the Middle West next week. No engagements were made for him | until after the noon hour. Secretary of State Stimson, who is shortly to go on | an extended vacation in Europe, called | for a conference, which occupied nearly an_hour. | " 'Mr. Hoover s known to have been | pleased with the conference with Secre- tary of the Navy Adams and other Navy chiefs in retrenchments in that branch of the Government service. Will Save $25,000,000. He announced after this conference that the Navy Department would be able to save about $25000,000 in the | appropriations for this and the next fiscal year. This was the fifth conference | President has neld with departmental | heads in his attempt io reduce expenses The departments yet to be considered in the economy conferences are Justice, | Treasury, State, Agriculture and Com- merce. Besides these there are the va- rious independent establishments to be considercd Will Leave Sunday. Mr. Hoover will leave Washington Sunday to deliver three speeches. The first will be Monday night at the an- nual ginner of the Indiana Republic Editors’ Association, at Indianapolis. The following day he vill speak at the formal dedication of the memorial to Warren G. Harding at Marion, Ohio. On Wednesday he will speak at the ex- ercises incident to the dedication of th~ Lincoln Memorial at Springfield, Ohio. Gy cieisnad | S San Francisco Aviator Wan- Man Arrested in Earle Dress- TAMMANY SEEKS U. S. ders Miles to Finally Reach Safety. By the A Press SAN FRANCISCO, June 8.—Eddie De Larm is all through with South America Not that it isn't a nice country, he says, but the people there are some- what impulsive, and firing squads at sunrise for Americano aviators are ail too_common De Larm, American aviator, missed one of those firing squads by an hour last October. He was back home in San Francisco today, congratulating | himself on the luck that brought him through. It all happened in Concepsion, Chile when De Larm landed two revolution- ary leaders in that city. Officials threw all threc of the men in jail, and the firing squad was imminent . An hour before he was scheduled to face the guns, De Larm said. he sawed his way out of the jail. Traveling by night over the Andes, sometimes scal- ing 14.000-foot peaks, he finally arrived in Argentina, where he collapsed and lay near death for weeks. He said he traveled only at night and ate roots, herbs and anything else edible he found along the way. And now De Larm says he is going to stay in a country where he can fly a “crate” without the hazard of poli- | tics. He reached here yesterday from Buenos Aircs. A throng of fellow avi- ators greeted him when he landed. | 'NORFOLK IS SWEPT | BY $3,000,000 FIRE ‘ STARTED FROM BOAT (Continued From First Page) | signaling instructions until flames forced him from his vantage point Soon the wholesale warchouse dis- trict was aseething mass of flames an firemen gave up hope of saving it, con- | | centrating their efforts on preventing spread of the havoc to Granby street and the commercial center of the city. | | " Pire capt. J. W. Gregory was the| | most severely injured although a num- ber of others were dragged out by fel- low workers when on the verge of col- lapse. | Among the establishments burned in addition to the American Peanut Corporation and Victoria Hotel were | the National Bag & Paper Co., Union | Mission, Crocklin-Lacy store, Gerloff | Brazing Co., Tidewater Supply Co., | Farmers’ Manufacturing Co., A. Wrenn & Son Paint Shop, City Hay & Grain Co.. the Farmers Co. Godreys Body Builders and Norfolk Farm Supply Co. DRIVER GONE WITH $500 | |Police Seek Employe of Company, Missing Auto and Cash. | | Police today were seeking Lowell B. | Davis, 30 years old, of Front Royal, Va., a driver in the employ of the Goebel- | Loffler Provision Co., who is sald to { have disappeared Saturday with $500 of the company’s money and an auto- | mobile owned by it. | " Police were told that the man had | collected the money along his route | while driving a coupe owned by the company and had not been seen since. | SETTLE $2,160,000 SUIT Distributors Drop Action Against General Motors. SANTIAGO, Chile, June 8 (®)- Brusadelli & Manni, automobile distrib- | Auto | Senora_De Lelva, | moned immediately after the German | utors, today settled out of court for | | reparations manifesto was issued. Ship Tourists Vaccinated. NAPLES, Italy, June 8 (#).—Several hundred passengers on the liner Augus- tus were vaccinated today after Wi liam Lobenstine, one of the passenger: becar= 1ll with a disease diagnosed as chicken-pox. Lobenstine, who is on his honeymoon, was taken to a hospital. His wife, formerly Jean Wood, is re- maining with her husband. an undisclosed amount their $2,160,000 the General Motors Ex- | | port Corporation and the General | Motors Acceptance Corporation, for | commissions said to be due them on automobiles sold. The suit was filed last March 17, and !in its early stages involvea diplomatic intervention by Ambassador Culbert- son in behalf of Larry K. Bethune, American manager for the acceptance | | corporation, who was arrested and held | incommunicado for two days. ‘ | suit against REAPER INVENTION CENTENNIAL | WILL BE OBSERVED BY COLLEGES| Cyrus McCormick, **Who Made Good” in Virginia When 1 22 Years Old, Is to Be Honored. By the Associated Press, BLACKSBURG, Va. June 8.— The centennial anniversary of the invention of the reaper will be observed at Vir- ginia Polytechnic Institute and Wash- ington and Lee University this Sum- mer. Special programs are being a ranged to honor Cyrus Hall McCormick. the Virginia boy who at the age of 22 successfully demonstrated a reaper upon his father's wheat on the farm near Steele Tavern, in Rockbridge, County, in By, 1831. Q | | The McCormick centennial celebra- tion at V. P. I will take place July 29 as the feature event of the Institute of Rural Affairs and the State Fsrmeu'| Institute, to be held here, with plans to | give special emphasis to McCormick’s | invention of the reaper and his services | | to agriculture. The Washington and | Lee celebration, to be held in Lexington | September 25, will be in the nature of | a State-wide recognition of McCormick | as a citizen. ing Room Robbery Im- plicates Child. A l4-year-old boy. inmate of the Industrial Home School for Boys at Marianna. Fla. and until recently a Washington resident, may be returned to this city for trial In connection with the theft, March 8, of $825 in jewelry and money from the Earle Theater dressing room of Sammy Cohen, motion- picture comedian. The boy's alleged connection with the robbery was revealed following the ar- rest Priday of Walter Henderson, years old. of the 600 block of Massa- chuset's avenue northeast. Henderson is said to have confessed that he dis- posed of a $450 ring and watch valued at $125, both tzken in the theater robbery. Tells of Robbery. Henderson is said to nave told police hat the boy, who moved to Florida h his parents a short time after the robbery, climbed the fire escape at the Eatle, broke the glass in a dressing room window while Cohen was on the | stage and escaped with the ring, watch and $50 in cash Detective Sergts. William Du Buske 3. J. Tolson and Jerry Flaherty erres Henderson at his rooming house Friday after locating the ring in a Baltimore pawn shop. Later the watch was re- covered from a Washington man to whom it had been sold Police said formal charges would be placed against Henderscn today, but they would ask for a continuance of his | case in Police Court until the youth can be questioned by Florida authorities so his alleged implication in the Washing- | ton theft may be established. No acti‘n is to be taken until Cohen, who is on tour, can reach this city. The youth was sent to the Florida re- formatory shortly after moving there, it | was sald. DR. DON CARLOS LEIVA RETURNS TO LEGATION Diplomat, Attacked and Beaten by Liquor Thief, Able to Go to Residence. Dr. Don Carlos Leiva, counselor and charge d'affaires cf the legation of El Salvador, who was attacked by liquor thieves in the diplomatic mansion at 2601 Connecticut avenue nearly & month_ago, returned there today. Dr. Leiva, who was badly beaten by one of the robbers, left Emergency Hospital last week, going to the Ni raguan legation, where he was the guest of Minister Juan B. Sacasa. The diplomat was joined by his wife, who arrived here from San Salvador yesterday. They probably will leave the legation within a short time for a rest ordered by his physician. ‘Woman Dies in Street. Mrs. Mary Watson, 68, of 601 Four and Onx il on the strect in front of her resi- dence today #nd fell to the pavement. An ambulance was summoned from Emergency Hospital, and Dr. Callen- drella, the physician in charge, pro- nounced Mrs. Watson d°ad. Death was due to natural causes. | PROBE IN NEW YORK Democrats Expected to Attack Re- | publican Controlled | Bureaus. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, June 8—The Times said today that an {nvestigation of New York's Federal departments, manned almost entirely by Republicans, might be sought by New York's Democratic delegation in Congress The action. said the Times, would be in answer to the inquiry into the Dem- ocrat-controlled city administration by the Republican-controlled State Legis- lature. The bureaus which the Democrats would insist be investigated are the prohibition department. narcotic divi- sion of the Treasury Department and the Customs Service, | Resolutions for such an investigation were offered at the last session of Con- gress by Representatives La Guardia, Loring M. Black and Hamilton Fish, Jr., but were not passed. CHICAGO MERGERS ABSORB TWO BANKS; SIX OTHERS CLOSE (Continued From First Page) sources will be the city's third largest, $350,000.090. George M. Reynolds, chairman of the board of the Continental Illinois Bank, stated as chairman of the Chicago Clearing House Association | " “The First National Bank of Chicago and the First Union Trust & Savings | Bank have assumed the payment of de- posits and taken over the assets, Te- spectively, of the Foreman-State Na- tional Bank and Foreman-State Trust & Savings Bank." Two of the most important bank mergers_in the history of Chicago | were effected early today when the First National Bank and the First Unfon Trust and Savings Bank, its affliate, absorbed the Foreman-State National Bank and the Foreman- State Trust and Savings Bank. and a consolidation was arranged between the Central Trust Co. of Iilinois and the National Bank of the Republic. The First Netional becomes a bank with total resources of approximately £883.000,000. making it & close second to the Continental Illinols Bank & Trust Co., which has been called the largest bank in the country under one roof, whose resources on March 25 were $1,122,942,654. | Two Affiliates Close. The Central Trust-National Bank of the Republic merger will result in a $350,000,000, the third largest banking unit'in Chicago. Deposits of the First National-Fore- | | bank with total resources of more than | 1 |the First National and Union Trust | contribute $572,403,000 and the Fore | man Institutions, $158,242,000. iDOSlL! of the Central Trust-National | Republic _aggregate $288.594.000, | Central Trust having $139.354.000 and | the National Republic $149.249,000. WASHINGTON, De- | 1. MONDAY, JUNE 8 HUUVER HN'SH'NG 1 Got MOlie of a Thr{ll Than He Was Looking For i CHUTE CAUGHT | economy program, | Hoover resumed the writing | the | IN PLANE, JUMPER DANGLES IN AIR 45 MINUTES. HIS remarkable photo shows Pvt. Harold L. Osborne of the 27th Pursuit Greup, Selfridge Field, Mich., dangling from his entangled parachute 2.000 feet over Chanute Field, Rantoul, Iil, June 5. caught in midair before his thrill ling rescue by means of & knife low For 45 minutes Osborne was to him by fiyer in pursuit ship. Cut- ting himself loose from the binding rope, Osborne gently glided to earth with an extra chute he had strapped on his back. toul. CAPITAL FINANGE STUDY CONTINUES Mapes Committee Meets Tomorrow to View | Its Findings. ‘ i | The Special House Committee. headed by Representative Carl E. Mapes of Michigan and directod to make & com- prehensive study of the fiscal relations between the Federal ernment_and the Capital, is to meet 2t 10 o'clock to- morrow morning in the House Office Building. Chairman Mapes, Wwho Washington todav., said a mafority of the members of the com ee already have reported to him, that he expects all members to be at the meeting to- morrow and that thev will continue to meet regularly until thev have settled the main bulk of the problem submitted to them. returned to Other Members. | members of the committee are Representatives Holaday, Illinots Frear, Wisconsin; Beers. Pennsylvania all Republicans, and Davis. Tennessec. Collins, Mississipp, and Patman, Texas, Democrats, “We are here to get to work " said Rep- resentative Mapes, “and we will keep at it until we reach some conclusions. I expect we will start in by going over generally the bulk of data gathered from all parts of the country and from some foreign countries for our consid- eration oy George Lord. the tax expert employed by the commiftee. After that the committee will determine what par- | ticular phases of the problem will be The otk | given special study.” Chairman Mapes confirmed the opin- fon previously expressed by Mr. Lord that there will be some hearings. and seid this is one of the questions the committee will tzke up tomorrow. If it is decided to hold hearings. he said, they should be held s soon as possible, and may start in a day or two. Mr. Mapes promised that if and when hear- ings are held they will be “open. ENSIGN FARQUHARSON | ORDERED TO SEA DUTY Annapolis Graduate, Previously Erroneously Reported as Re- | signing, to Stay in Navy. J R. B. Farquharson, jr. son of Lieut. | Col. R. B. Farquharson of Nerfolk, Va., a member of this year's graduation class at the Naval Academy, has received his commission as ensign and has been or- dered to sea duty. In an Annapolis dispatch to The Eve- ning Star on June 4, 1t was stated that | Midshipman Farquaharson was among | those whose resignation would become | effective upon graduation. This state- ! ment was in error, as Midshipman Far- quharson was duly sworn in as an en | s'gn on that day | 'Ensign Farquharson intends to make the naval service his carcer, it was stated. 7 BRI | Two Bankers Sentenced. | FORT WORTH, Tex. June 8 (P).— Half :treet southwest, became | man Banks total $730,645,000, of which / W. L. Smallwood and C. C. Johnson, | officials of the Texas National Bank | of Fort Worth, which closed January 31, 1930, with a shortage of $1.283,000. | were sentenced in Federal Court tod: the |to three yvears each in Leavenworth March, “Clear for Action,’ | Prison. They were convicted of viola- [tion of the national banking laws. FLYER DIES OF INJURIES Howard Emmons, 23, Succumbs to Hurts Sustained Yesterday. CORTLAND, N. Y. June 8 (#)— Pilot Howard Emmons, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Emmons, Byron Center, Mich., died today of injuries received in an airplane crash here vesterday. Jen- kins Williams of Waverly, N. ¥.. pas- senger for whom Emmons was demon- strating the plane, suffered & fracture of the jaw Emmons had been made chief pilot at the Cortland Airport in the morning. The crash occurved a few minutes after the plane took off. The craft dived from an altitude of 500 feet, nosing into the ground, and was demolished. MRS. BOOLE HEADS W. C.T. U. OF WORLD Brooklyn Woman Is Elected Presi- dent After Conducting Meet- | ing in Toronto. ‘ By the Associated | TORONTO, June 8—Mrs. Ella A Boole of Brooklyn, N. Y...was elected president of the World Women's Chris- tian Temperance Unton in convention here today. Mrs. Louise McKinney. Claresholme, Alberta, was named first vice president | Mrs. Boole has been presiding over the convention as vice president in place of Anna Adams Gordon, Evans- | ton, 111, who was compelled by {llness | to relinquish the presidency after nine | years' service. Mrs. Emilie J. Solomon. Cape Town, South Africa. and Miss Maria Sand- strom. Stockholm. were re-elected as second and third vice presidents. Miss Agnes Slack, England, remains honor- ary secretary, and Miss Margaret | Munns, Evanston, Ill, honorary treas- urer. BAND CONCERTS. By the United States Marine Band this evening at the Marine Barracks at 8 o'clock. Taylor Branson. leader; Ar-| thur Witcomb, second leader. March, “On_Dress Parade”. Overture, “Tannhauser .. Wagner Xylophone solo, “Sparks . Alford Musician Wilbur D. Kieffer. The Lord's Last Supper” (Liebesmah] der Apostel Descriptive “In a Monastery Chambers | Wagner arden,” Ketelbev | Waltz, “Wedding of the Winds". . Hall Suite, “The Courts of Granada,” Chapi | Introduction and March to the | ‘Tournament | Meditation Serenade Finale. Marines’ Hymn— “The Halls of Montezuma." “The Star Spangled Banner.” | By the United States Navy Band | this evening at the United States Capi- tol at 7:30 o'clock. Charles Benter, leader; Charles Wise, assistant leader. March, “The Eagle of Lille,” { Blankenburg Overture, “Euryanthe” Cornet folo, “The Volunteer”..Rogers Suite from the ballet, “The Seasons,” Op. 67....Glasounov | Barcarolle Valse Petite adagio Bacchanale. Scenes from the opera, “Die Walkure” (first day) Part 2 of “The Ring. Xylophone solo, | “Valse des Fleurs,” from the “Nut Cracker Suite” ... .. Tchatkowsky " Excerpts from the musical comedy, “The Three Musketeers" Fl'lmli Rhapsody. “Spanish” Ferroni Blankenburg ““Anchors Aweigh." “The Star Spangled Banner.” ‘Wagner | Norfolk Swept by $3,000,000 Fire Fire, caused by an explosion on an ofl barge, destroyed an Damage was estimated at $3 | warehcuse which caught fire. vesterday and last night. area of more than six square blocks in the business district of Norfolk, Virginia’s water front, ,000,000. Photo above shows fireboats pllylr( water op the burning plers and clouds of smoke from the —A. P. Photo. He was making his graduation jump as & member cf the Army’s parachute rigging class at Ran- The inset was made of Osborne after landing —A. P. Photos. GARRY OWENS GOES ON TRIAL IN DEATH Nephew Gets Severance in Case of Motorman’s Slay- ing—30 Witnesses Called. Attorneys today began selecting a jury to try Garry Robert Owens, 26, |in District Supreme Court or. & charge of murdering James H. Lane, operator of a one-man street car, on Nichols avenue southeast. Several persons were excused early {In the trial because they were opposed {o capital punishment. Other prospec- ive jurors were challenged by lawyy for both sides. S Nephew Gets Severance. | Charles A. Owens, a nephew of the | defendant, also indicted in the slaying, was granted a severance at the request of his attorney, E. Russel Kelly. It was reported he would appear as a Government witness against his uncle. Investigators said there was only one passenger on the car when it was boarded by two men, March 18, last. | One of the men was said to have com- manded Lane t> turn over his receipts When the street car man refused he was shot down. He died less than a week later. 30 Witnesses Called. More than 30 witnesses, including the cnly passenger on the car at the time, have been summoned by the prosecution. The trial, counsel pre- dicted, will last the better part of this week. The prosecution will be conducted by William H. Collins and John J. Sirica assistant United States _attorneys. James A. O'Shea and John H. Burnett | will represent the defendant. MERE “HUNCH” IS RULED INSUFFICIENT FOR ARREST Justice Adkins Dismisses Dry Law Charge for Lack of Right to Search. Acting both as judge and jury, Dis- trict Supreme Court Justice Jesse C. Adkins ruled today that a “mere hunch’ fs not _enough to give & police officer the Tight to arrest & man, even though the hunch proves “good” and the man court accordingly dismissed an indict- | ment against Raymond Riges. Defense Attorney Denny Hughes | waived a jury trial and Assistant United States Attorney Julian I. Richards called to the stand only one witness, Police- man Charles A. Berry. The officer said Riggs was proceeding long the street in an automobile which gave no indication of the cargo being transported. He said, however, he “just had a hunch” that the car might be carrying whisky and this proved to be the case when, after ordering the man to the curb, he looked into the ca: CULBERTSON IS GUEST | Envoy to Chile Attends Banquet of Delta Phi Epsilon Chapter. Chile, was guest of honor last night at the closing banquet of Eta Chapter of Delta Phi Epsilon at the Carlton Hotel, Representative Arthur M. Free of California addressed the George Wash- ington Unliversity chapter of the na tional foreign service fraternity on “The American Merchant Marine.” Conduct of forelgn affairs was discussed by Dr. Stanley Hornbeck, chief of the Far Eastern Affairs Division of the State Department. William F. McCornack was toastmaster. RUM FOUND IN CAR Sixty half-gallon jars of alleged is found to be transporting liquor. The | ‘William 8. Culbertson, Ambassador (o‘ CANTON PREPARE TOFGHTNANKI ‘South China Rebels Get Ready for Attack From Chiang Kai-Shek. By the Associated Press. HONGKONG, June 8.—Forces ci the new Cantonese Government today were preparing for an expected attack by the | armies of Chiang Kai-Shek, head of the Chinese Nationalist government | Nationalists forces were concentrating | near Foochow. Instigators of the Southern movement against the Nationalist governm-nt | hoped for the support of milfartists | throughout China, but except for the | allegiance of Kwangsi Province forces | this had not materialized so far. ‘ The Cantonese coalition government is composed of the Extreme Right and Extr'me Left of the Kuomintang, or | People’s party. The large middle sec- | tion of the party supports the Nation- alists. Remove Fire Marker. The Kwangsi Province clique, once ousted from Nationalist affairs by Chi- ang Kai-Shek, is in control of the new Southern regime. Chiang has said his enemies are the Communists. Several | leaders of the revolt formerly favored Russian co-operation, which was dis- continucd by the Nationalists three years ago. A stone tablet at Canton commemo- rating the burning of that city by the Communists in 1927 was removed re- cently because the inscription denounced &s Teds the Leftist leaders now in power. Canton was=quiet, but soldiers were encamped outside the city. Both Swatow Harbor and the Can- ton River have been min-d against at- tacks from the sea. Canton and Swatow are on the seacoast of Kwantung Prov- | ince. seat of the rebellion. Leaders altn have moved to defend the two im- portant clties against anticipated air s. Fear Is Dissipated. Nervousness concerning the move- ments of the 60th and 61st Divisions, now at Kanchow, Kiangsi Province, has been dissipated by reports the leader of these troops, Chiang Kwang-Nai, is sending a representative to Canton. It is believed these divisions are in back of the movement against Chiang Kai- Shek's government and that they will be diverted to tne Swatow district. The two divisions are troops of Chen Ming- Shu. former governor of Kwangtung. Chinese senliment here and at Can- ton is overwhelmingly against President Chiang The Canton government is seeking by every means to raise more revenue to support Kwangsi Province and the newly recruited troops it boasts, num- bering about 75000. This number is regarded as sufficient to launch an at- against Nanking, the seat of Chi- s government, however, and C: ton’ leaders are awaiting some move in this djrection by Feng Yu-Hsiang and Yen Hsi-Shan in the north. Offer to Take Hankow. Despite the beliefs of Southern lead- | ers. however, the Kwangsi troops, to- gether with' Gen. Chang Fat-Kwai's | “Ironside” armies, have offered to cap- ture Hankow, a government stronghold, within three weeks, thus adding rev- enue to the depleted Canton coffers Canton has appealed to the powers to withdraw their Tecognition of Chiang's government. CHANG LEAVES FOR DAIRE Reported on Way to Meet Yen and Plan New Movement. MOJI, Japan. June 8 (#).—Accom- panied by three of his wives, his mother and members of his Staff. Chang Tsung-Chang, former war lord of Shantung, left here today for Dairen, reputedly to revive his move- ment against Chiang Kai-Shek, hesd of the Chinese Nationalist government Chang has been living as a political exile near here for two years. The former war lord was sald to be hoping to rally the remnants of his party for a new struggle sgainst Nan- king and to join forces with Yen Hsi- Shan. erstwhile “model governor” of | Shansi Province. China, and Feng Hsi- | Hsiang. one-time “Christisn general who has played & prominent part in the politico-military arena of China Chang was described as being anxious |to take advantage of the Nationalist | government's trouble with the insur- | gent movement in South China. Dispatches from Dairen said repre- | sentatives of Yen Hsi-Shan arrived | here today from Tientsin. It was un- | derstood their purpose was to grect Shang and confer with a view to co- | operating in a movement against the Nationalist _government. | Representatives of Chang Hsueh- Liang, Governor of Manchuria, who | was instrumental in ending last vear's Northern revolt against the Nationalist Tegime, also arrived here. One report was that they would meet | with Yen Hsi-Shan and Chang Tsung- | Chang_followers. Another report said the Manchurian governor's repre- sentatives were here merely to keep | tab on the conference between Yen and Chang. | AMERICANS GIV N WARNING. Consul at Foochow Notifies Them to Evacuate Vicinity, | PEIPING, June 8 (#).—Imperiled by the advancc of a revolutionary army all Americans in the vicinity of Foo | chow have been warned to evacuate, a | dispatch from the United States consul {in that city said today. | MRS. AMELIA T. DUNBAR Widow Dies After Brief Illness. Burial at Providence, R. I Mrs. Amelia T. Dunbar, widow of | Eben F. Dunbar, died yesterday at her | home, 2203 Massachusetts avenue, after | & short il'ness. She was a descendant of early settlers whisky were found in an abandoned | of New England and New York City automobile today in the 2400 block of | and came here from the latter city. She Snows court. The touring car had been parked a short time before by a colored ma: who was said to have alighted and walked away, police said. P. G. WODEHOUSE By the Associated Press. HOLLYWOOD, Calif., June 8.—P. G. Wodehouse, noted English humorist, '| looked back today over a year's work in motion pictures, just completed, and confessed, “It dazes me.” “They pald me $2000 & Week— wyn-Mayer Studio. have cheated them. storles to guy credit. $104,000—and I cannot see what they ' engaged me for,” he sald, referring to his_employment’ with the Metro-Gold- “They were ex- tremely nice to me, but I feel as if I | is survived by a son and daughter. | Private funeral services will be con- , ducted at her late residence Wednesday. | Burial will be in Swan Point Cemetsy, | Providence, R. I. IS “DAZED” BY YEAR’S LOAFING IN MOVIES Paid $2,000 Weekly, Humorist Handled énly Three Scenarios—Feels He Cheated Amazing Employers. | they had the greatest difficulty in find- | ing_ anything for me to do. | “Twice during the year they ht | completed scenarios ‘of other e's | stories to me and asked me to do some | dialogue. Fifteen or sixteen people had | tinkered with those storfes. The di | logue was really quite adequate. All I | did was to touch it up here and there. “Then they set me to work on a story called ‘Rosalie, which was to have some musical numbers. It was a pleas- ant little thing, and I put three months on it. When it was finished, they thanked me politely and remarked thaft, “You see, I understood I was en-|as musicals didn't seem to be goin; gaged to write storfes for the screen. 8 use 1t, After all, I have 20 novels, a score of |Sut‘cexs{ul plays and countless magazine calle-l well, they guessed they would not use it. “That about sums up what I was upon to do for my 8$104,000. Yet apparently | Isn'. it amazing?"