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TA-2 x» DOTORS PROTEST VETERAN BENEFITS Term Hospital Disability | Care, Not Due to War, Un- just Competition. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, June 9.—The House of Delegates of the American Medica Association today adopted a resolution’, urging Congress and the American | Legion “to abandon the policy of rendering hospital and medical pene- fits to veterans cf the World War with non-service connected disability, and substitute therefore a plan of disability insurance benefits.” The resolution stated that the Gov- | ernment policy of treating veterans for disability not connected with their war service is ‘“unnecessary and unjust competition with the civilian hospital and the modical professicn.” The resolution was presented yester- day by Dr. H. H. Shoulders of Nash- ville, Tenn. The disabllity insurance benefits suggested by the resolution would in- clude the payment of a weekly cash; benefit during a period of total dis- ability and the payment of liberal hos- | pital benefits sufficient to cover the hospital expenses cf a veteran for any disability. Ask Licensure Probe. Among other resolutions passed was one calling for a survey by the Council of Medical Education in the Hospitals | of “discrimination being exercised in | various foreign countries against grad- uates of American medical colleges rel- ative to the granting of licensure by reciprocity.” The condition complained of, it was pointed out, prevails in certain’ central and South Ameiican countries. Another resolution was passed favor- ing the appointment of a ‘‘commission | on qualification for specialists” to de- | fine qualifications required of physicians who desire to limit their practice to any special fleld as a specialist. A motion to have the United States Veterans' Bureau made ex-officio mem- | ber of the association with representa- | tion in the House of Delegates was tabled. A resolution to accede to the request | of the States of New York and West! Virginia for the appointment of a com- mittee to classify foreign medical schools on the same basis as applied in| this country was also passed. The House also voted to discourage the prac- | tice of certain medical' schools allowing | “repeaters,” students who failed in some of their courses, to take them over| sgain. Dr. C. B. Wright of Minneapolis, Minn., presented a resolution urging| that the proposed new building for the | Army Medical Library be constructed as near the Congressional Library in| Washington as possible instead of at! the Walter Reed Hospital. Dr. Henry Johnson Ullman of Santa Barbara, Calif., yesterday rebuked man: physicians for their “entirely unjustified attitude toward hopelessness with which they regard cancer cases. Speaking at the American Radium Society meeting, he said adequate means of treatment which prolong life and gometimes effect cures have been found, He compared the attitude toward “cancer, the red plague,” as similar to “tuberculosis, the white plague,” several ¢ years ago, and said that treatments for | cancer were gaining, just as those for tuberculosis have assisted cures for that disease. He urged his hearers to become “op- timistic” and to become better ac- quainted with experiments and cures | with radium and other cancey treat- ments: IN FIGHT FOR RUM Police Probe Report of Unsuccess- ful Attempt to Hijack Still Near Denver. By the Assoclated Press. DENVER, June 9.—At least two men were dead and two wounded today as| the result of what police said was &/ gun fight between a party of hijackers | and the operators of a liquor still on a ranch east of Denver The dead were identified as Lawrence Jackson and Vinnie Dicker, both of Denver, who police sald were hijackers. The wounded are John Snyder and James Smith, ccmpanions of Jackson and Dicker. Y Officers had not located the ranch or determined whether any of the alleged still operators were killed or wounded. It was believed the wounded men would be in condition to lead the offi- cers to the scene later today. They said they were unable to give an ac- curate description of the ranch, but could take officers to it. Police were advised of the shooting by the wife of James Smith, who tele- phoned her husband had been wounded and left at the front door of their home here. Smith, authorities said, reported he had been brought home by Dicker and Snyder. ~ Police found Snyder at his home with a bullet in his hip. Dicker ‘was found dead in an automobile in an. alley near the house. Snyder said! Jackson was killed and his body was at the ranch. GERMANY FLANNING DEBT SUSPENSION, LONDON INFORMED (Continued From First Page.) remain in force without alteration until the reparations problem can be con- sidered formally. The chancellor will report first to the President and members of the cabinet on the visit to England, then he will confer with party leaders on the situa- | tion at home. The government is rep- resented as being fully aware that the next step in consid=1ation of reparations must be the submission of definite pro- posals and demands. It is sald unofficially that some action | of that nature may be expected at the end of this month or early in July. BASEL VISIT PLANNED. BASEL, Switzerland, June 9 (#).— German Chancellor Bruening and For- eign Minister Curtius are expected to come here in July, with the object of continuing_financial negotiations with directors of the Bank for International Settlements, it was announced today. BRITONS TO RETU! CALL. SOUTHAMPTON, England, June 9 (#).—Chancellor Heinrich Bruening and Forelgn Minister Julius Curtius of Ger- many started for home today, closing & visit which they hope will mark a new beginning of international co-operation. While they talked with the heads cf the present British government at Chequers over the week end they Invited Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald and Forelgn Secretary Arthur Henderson to come to Berlin soon and renew discus- slon of the econcmic problems of the, two nations. The British statesmen ac- THE EVEN Constitution Avenue Paving Begun CREWS BEGIN WORK OF RESURFACING FORMER B STREET. ORKMEN and machines beginning the work of repaving Constitution avenue, formerly B street, at the point where it joins the Ellipses The project’s completion will see replacement of the rough surfacing formerly on the street with smooth pavement. ~—Star Staff Photo. FREAK OF NATURE KEEPING ICEBERGS HIDDEN IN NORTH (Continued From First Page) of fcebergs so far this year as positively unprecedented, not.only in the annals of the iceberg patrol, but in the memory of seafaring men. What deep mystery has prevented a single lceberg from cutting loose from its mooring somewhere in the glacier- strewn North is unknown to scientists, so far, although some theorles have been put forth. So strange has been the complete ab- sence of these giant menaces from Greenland and Labrador that the Coast Guard is already planning to send a cutter into the Far North this Fall to investigate, and find, if possible, the sesting place of the hundreds of ice rapers that so far have been listed as_missing Interest in this strange phenomenon has been unusually heightened, be- cause of the fact that two adventure- come expeditions, one beneath the sea and the other, by air, high over the frozen sea, are p.anning to meet this Summer at the North Pole. —From America, the submarine Nautilus has already left for her unprecedented ad- venture beneath the Arctic ice, with hopes of getting to the North Pole. In Germany the great Graf Zeppelin is being prepared for a fight over the North Pole, with the announced inten- | tion of meeting. if possible, the sub- marine at the pole. Since accurat records of have ben kept by the Coast there has been a drift of iceber ing from 200 to 1,000 annual always start in late Apil or May and continue on the increase up to about the first of June. Records show that | every year up to this one, the height | of the iceberg scason usuzlly is this| week, when the tide begins to turn From now on, th: number usually de- creases until the last berg melis in the warm.waters o fthe Atlantic some- time in August. While there was some prospect that a few bergs may appear later in the season, it is entirely likely, according to predictions at,Coast Guard head- quarters, that there may be no bergs at all throughout the whole season this year. ¥ Aerica's leading iceberg expert is on the verge of leaving the United States and will be the only representative of this country on the Graf Zeppelin on its fiight over the North Pole this Sum- mer. ~He is Lieut. Comdr. Edward H. Smith of the United States Coast Guard, who has studied the iceberg country, at first hand, and has devel- oped many scientific theories concern- ing the prevalence of the bergs i The absolute absence of icebergs this yeer will make peculiarly valuable the flight of Comdr. Smith over the north- ern regions this Summer. CHICKENS LIKE SALAD icebergs Guard COLUMBUS, Ohio (#).—Chickens that eat salad lay more eggs than chicks that don't. Barnyard salads mean such green foods as cabbage, kale, Swiss chard or alfalfa, and R. E. Cray, extension spe- clalist in poultry at Ohio State Univer- | sity, findS that such food stmulates chicks' appetities and the birds there- fore lay more eggs. Rk A green range plot for chickens, Cray believes, invariably results in production of cheaper food, betier layers and fewer culls in the young stock. fiAND CONCERTé‘ By the United States Soldiers' Home | Military Band, tois evening, at the bandstand, at 5:30 o'clock. March, "On _tae Air". Goldman Overture, “The Count of Essex.” Mereadante Descriptive, “Home Swect Hom: wne World Over” ..Lampe Note.—The arranger cescribes the r in which “Home Sweet " is played in tho difierent os, as follows: The melody, Spain, Russia, Italy Scotland, Hungary, China, Ire.and and America. Selection irom grand e Fox trot, “Chent of the Jungl Waitz popular, “Cheritza”. Finale, Artiiler, “The “La . Veadi Brown .Breau Honorable ......Sousa opera, y it>d States Marine Band, this evening, at the Tuberculosis Hos- pital, Fourteenth and Upshur stieets, at 6:30 o'clock. Taylor Branson, leader Arthur Witcomb, second leader, con- ducting. March, “Flag of Victory”....Von Blon 0 .Schubert ‘Wilson “Saepherd Bo . +..Fillmore ling Farmer Boy . Selection, “Vagabond King Entr’ acte, “The Valley of Descriptive, “Gypsy Life"....Le Thicre | “Triumphai March™. .. .Chiatarelli Marines’ hymn, | The Halls of Mont-zuma” “The Star Spangled Banner. By the United Siates Navy Band, | this evening, at th: Sylvan Theater, | Monum:nt grounds, at 7:30 o'clock. | Charles Benter, leader. Charles Wise, | assistant_leader. | March, “Golden Friendship Overture, “Miner's Dream Cornet solo, “Edelwelss’ Suite, “Summer Days In a Country Lane. On the Edge of the Lake. “At the Dance.” Scencs from the opera Fillmore | .Suppe | Hoch Coates “Natoma.” | Herbert | Excerpts from the musical comedy, “Follow Through" ..Henderson Waltz de concert, “Night of Love.” Lincke ‘Henry the Germain | Three danc®s from | cepted, but they have not decided when they will make the trip. The chancellor and hts foreign min- ister went aboard the British destroyer ‘Winchester a little after noon and put ::: to"'uneet thle"gml: Europa, in which ¥ comple e journey to w- burg. G ’ “Shepherds’ Dance.” ‘““Torch Dance.” Rhapsody, “Virginia" March, “The Stecl King - “Anchors Aweigh. “The Star Spangled Banner.” .Wood .St. Clair ] | termined by | such use | lyzed, in which during the past Winter | | knowledge of | are pledsed that the efforts made last [CINCH PRESSURE INGAS LINES ASKED Companies Seek Higher Max- imum to Supply Consum- ers’ Demand. The Washington and Georgetown Gas Light Companies informed the Public Utiltities Commission today that they are incapable of supplying gas to con- sumers in the District under a 6-inch maximum and & 2-inch mintmum pres- sure and urged that pressures be in- crezsed to a 10-inch maximum and a 3- inch minimum, To bring the gas system into condi- 1 to comply With the existing “two- inch to six-inch rule” the companies pointed out, would cost about $600,000 This, they declared, would constitute a profitless undertaking “from which no one would receive a benefit.” The companies contended that under a 6-inch maximum pressure customers would be more unsatisfactorily served, that complaints would be generated, and that business would be harmed through inability to deliver gas at pres- sures and quantities which the ~cus- tomers “have every Jight to expect and demand.” Temporary Change. | The existing 6-inch maximum, 2- fnch minimum rule, the companies ex- plained, was adopted 17 years ago and since that time fundamental develop- ments have taken place in cngineering problems concerned with gas distribu- tion and the cheracter and design of gas appliances The only chai made last Jan fon authorized a temporary maximum pressure. This increase was allowed so that the ccmpanies could meet & heavy demand fcr gas for house heating purpcses, pending improvements in the distriby- tion system. There have been recent indications that the commission would | soon order & return to the six-inch maximum, The recommendations of the gas companies were contained in a volu- ninous 174-page report on pressure con- ditions. ‘The report gave en exhaustive description of the gas distribution sys- tem, technical data in support of high- er pressures and an analysis of pressure conditions during the Winter when the in the rule was when the commis- 8-inch e | commission and Pecple’'s Counsel Rich- mond B. Keech were confronted with Wholesale complaints over excessive gas | -y i Pressure Not Blamgd. | The companies denied mose emphati- cally that the complaints over high bills were due to increased pressures, which were found by commission en- gineers to be as high as 14 inches—8 inches in excess of the then 6-inch maximum allowed. Moreover, the com- panies declared they were “pleased” because the complaints came from less | than four out of every 100 customers. “During the Winter of 1920-31, when | tne companies were being criticized for existing pressure conditions and during tne four and one-half month perind| covering such eriticism, whlch included a six weeks' period of deily front page | and editorial adverse newspaper criti- | cism, the companies recefved complaints from less than four out of every hun- dred of their eustomers. These com- plaints were analyzed according to the pressure arcas, which had been de- | the commission’s engineer- ing bureau, report said. | The report contained an analysis of the domestic uees of gas with a discus- | sicn of the effoct of pressure upon each This analysis is designed to | indicate that with a pressura variation | of 50 per cent from normal. which is in excess of any variation which has ex- isted in Washington, the consumption of an average domestic customer could not be increased by as much as 1 per cent, even though no appliance ad- | Justments were made. Didn’t Decrease Bills. “Certain logal situations wvere ana- | tnsatisfactory pressure conditions, com- prising high pressures and wide varia- ticns, were corrected. These analyses indicate conclusively that the resulting | corrections, with their lowered pres- sures without coincident appliance ad- justments, did not decrease the cus- tomers’ bills,” the report continued. “It must be recognized that as a customer’s réquirements vary through- out the seasons of the year, their bills will very. Also that customers without the companies many times bring about wasteful application of thelr service which causes their bills to vary. Also that mistakes will eccur in any business, no matter how well organized and regulated. Thesg conditions are occurring at all times. When widespread publicity is brought about, even though such publicity may be without warrant, those ccstomers whose bills at the particular time are higher may complain and will be joined in their complaints by others who hap- pen at the moment to be desirous of effecting Mving economies, The ma- jerity of such complaints are sincere and some are justified. The companics Winter resulted in less than four com- piaints for each 100 customers on the average.” The companies argued that the ex- penditure of $600,000 to bring their sys. tem into conformity with the commis sion’s pressure requirements not only would be a profitless expenditure but would also preclude them from earning upen the additional investment. They also contended that an order to make the necessary expenditures would be in effect an grder requiring the company to confiscate its property “in & profitless undertaking, from which no.gne would receive benefits.” 2 | “uncontradic | the State's {that he was still convince CONSENT DECREE ORDERED MODIFIED BY UTILITIES BODY _ (Continued From First Page.) 1931,” the commission’s order said, °d _testimony showed that the rates fixed in accordance with the sliding scale arrangement of 1924 has yielded the Potomac Electric Power Co. an average net return of approximate- ly 10 per cent during each of the years 1925-1930, inclusive. “After full consideration of the mo- nopoly ¢njoyed by the Potomac Electric Power Co., the consi demand for its service, iis excellent credit position, the demonstrated de- mand for its securities, th> trend of op- erating costs end other related factors affecting rate of return, the commission again finds that rate of return yielded by the sliding scape is exc.ssive and un- re2sonable.” In modifying the consent decree, the commission cited its authority to do so under paragraph 18 of the public utili- ties act, which authorizes it to enter into an arrangement with a public utili- ty by which there may be provided a sliding scale for fixing ratcs. Such an arrangement, it said, was made with the power compeny back in 1924, and every year thereaftor, beginning in 1925, electric rates in the District were fixed in_accordance with this sliding scale. Paragraph 18, the commission pointed cut, gives it authority to supervise and regulate a sliding-scale arrangement, to make changes in it that are found nec- essary and reasonable. to preserve this | sliding scale for fixing rates, while at the same time lessening the rate of net return to the company and making pos- | ible lower rates to its customers. The order is so phrased that the of return in any 12-m:onth period ma: be used for adjusting rates. This provi sfon reads “In order to asceriain the rate of return during any 12-mcnth period, & rate base of the property of the Poto- mac Electric Power Co., used and use- ful in the public service. shall be used which shall be determined by taking the last value ascertained. prior to the be- ginning of the said jod. and then adding thereto betterments during sald period, unde- preciated, but weighted.” KIRKLAND ESCAPES LONGER SENTENCE Indiana Youth Given Maximum ! Penalty in Girl Death Case, Judge Rules After Review. By the Associated Press. VALPARAISO. Ind.. June 9.—Judge Grant Crumpacker, after listening to arguments for a longer sentence for Virgil Kirkland, said today that his 1-to-10-year sentence of the Gary youth was the “only one possible under Indiana laws." The State contended that Kirkland. convicted of assault and battery with intent to commit rape in connection with the death of Arlene Draves, should have been sent to the peni tentiary and that his term should have been 5 to 21 years. “The 5-t>-2i-year sentence applies only to persons over 21 years,' said the judge had been pessible I would have passed it in this case.” 1930 SHOWS FEWEST STRIKES IN YEARS 653 Disputes Reduce Mark to Low- est in All but One of 15 Years. . By the Assoclated Press. The Labor Department announced to- day that with the exception of one year, there were fewer Labor disputes in 1930 than at any time in 15 years. The Monthly Labor Review, published by the department, will say in its forth- coming lssue that there were 653 labor disputes reported in 1930 as compared with 903 in 1929 and 629 in 1928. The number of strikes and labor dis- | putes reported rose from 3,789 in 1916 to 4.450 in 1917, then dropped to 3.450 in 1918 and in 1919 increased to 3,620. From 1921, when there were 2,385, the number has steadily diminished. Eighty per cent of the strikes report- ed last vear occurred north of the Ohio | and east of the Mississippl Rivers and 55 per cent of these were in New York, Pennsvivania, New Jersey and Massa- chusetts. New York City showed a greater number of strikes than any other city. About 14 per cent of all labor troubles coming to the attention of the depart- ment occurred there. Philadelphia. the next in number, had 5 per cent. There were 89 strikes reported in New York, City. 33 in Philadelphia and 18 in Chicago. FLEES TO KILL SELF NEW YORK, June 9 (#).—While dergoing treatment for a nervous order in the office of Dr. John J. Lough- lin, a Police Department physician, Pa- trolman Eugene McMahon ran out of the office today with his wife and the doctor in pursuit, and shot and killed himself. McMahon had been on sick leave for several weeks. Bandits Gets $30,000 in Jewelry. NEW YORK, June 9 (#).—Two armed men entered the shop of the Lido Jew- els, Inc, in Madison avenue, today. bound and gagged the proprietor, Mor- ris Levine, and escaped with $30,000 in Jewelry, stently increasing | the net additions and | If any stronger judgment ! NG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, JUNE 9. IDENY CABINET CAMP IS ON SEIZED LAND White House Declares Site Was Obtained by Oral Per- AN | mission From Owners. ! The White House today denied that private Jand was seized for the erection of & camp for cabinet members in con- junction with President Hoover's Rapi- dan camp from private owners without permission, as was brought out yester- day in testimony in condemnation proceedings before thes Virginia State Commission of Conservation and De- velopment at Madison, Va. It was stated in behalf of the Pres- ident that the land had been obtained by oral permission from the owners, the Madison Timber Corporation, a subsid- lary of the Ward Rue Lumber Co. At the hearing yesterday, however, the owners cCenied any lzase had been ob- | tained, either written or oral. This camp is about 1 mile below President Hoover's, and, according to testimony, is so protected by the Marine guard stationed at the President’s camp that the owners have been denied entry to it. Oral Permission Given., According to th: White House ex- planation, requests for a lease was made to the owners when it was decided to bulld the “cabinet camp” early in 1930. This permission was given orally to Maj. Earl C. Long, commanding the | Marine detachment at th: President's camp, and work was at once started. The land was improved with six cot- tages, pipings and roadway, which, ac- cording 1o a White House estimate, cost approximately $5,000. It was explained this this camp was built for the use of the President’s cabinet and their fam- ilfes. The Ward Rue Co. is claiming $20,000 | for the value of the six cottages and | other improvements m:.de by the Ma- rine detachmens under Maj. Long, who also constructed the President’s camp and the roads leading to them. The buildings of the President's cemp are not located on the disputed property. The cabinet camp wes bullt, it was said, two months before the State brought | condemnation proc-edings against the | lumber company in connection with | the proposed Shenandoah National ' Park. Assessments Increased. In fact, owners testified. that be- cause of the improvements on the prop- {erty and its proximity to the Presi- ! dent’s camp, the assessments have been increased and the owners have had to | pay greater taxes than they otherwise | would | When condemnation proceedings were | | instituted on June 2, 1930, by the com- mission the Ward 'Rue Lumber Co., | laid claim to 17.000 acres of timber | | lands, which it valued at in excess of | 1 $1,000.000. | | " Testimony that the camp was built without permission of any of its own- | ers was given by C. D. Rue, vice presi- | | dent and general manager of the lumber | firm, Willam Armstrong. attorney for | the commission, repudiated responsibili-; ty for the sefzure of the land, declaring | that “I don't think that the State Com- mission of Conservation and Develop- ment is responsible for the situation.” Holds Land Was Seized. Mathew L. Rue, president of the lum- | ber company, testificd that corrals for | the detachment of Marines were also Jocated on the property and that the| land had been seized without permis- ston and cccupled for more than & | year before the lease was sought and | obtained. Mr. Rue said thet when he) and other owners of the property at- tempted to enter the land. they were ned by the Marine guard and d to lca | Herman J. Galloway, an attcrney. of | 728 Seventeenth streef, this city. rep- . resenting the owners, in questioning Mr. Rue brought out the following: | ‘When was the Cabinet Camp built?" | In the Spring of 1930." | “Did you ever give any permission for its construction?” 1 “No, sir; we wers mot consulted.” | At this juncture, Mr. Armstrong inter- rupted to ask who gave permission. 1 don't know,” answered Mr. Rue.| “So far as 1 know, no one did.” i “Do they have a lease?” asked Mr.| Galloway. | “No, thay have nct.” Mr. Rue replied “we will prove that later,” said Mr. | Gallow i “I don't dispute it.” sald Mr. Arm- strong. “I don't know. myself “Inasmuch as it is our propert claim that w2 are entitled to payment for it," Mr. Galloway said | Story of Hoover Camp. Mr. we | Since became President, es a place where h: | | could go for complete rest and quiet have been brought into this condemna- tion hcaring, the following story of the President’s cax'p might be of inierest: At the suggestion of W. E. Carson, chairman of the Vi:ginia State Commis- | on of Conserva.lon and Development, | which body is authorized to obtain the Jand necassary for the, Shenandoah Na- tional Park, President Hoover first went {o the spot on the Rapidan which has since become his camp. During his orig- inal visit he and Mrs. Hoover and the other members of their party lived in Army tents and otherwisz roughed it nd enjoyed it. The remoteness and natural beauty of the place suited the President exactly, and he at once de- cided to make it his permanent retreat while occupying the White House. Instructed to Build Camp. Mr. Hoover then gave instructions to his essistants to bulld him a camp that would be’ comfortable and livable, | but at the same time simple and rustic. | Negotiations immediately followed, re- sulling in 168 acres being purchased for the camp site from the Wayland estate at & price of $5 an acre. It is said that the President could have purchased the property for less and that he would have been willing to have paid more, but the $5 was agreed upon as being not sufficiently large to em- barrass the State of Virginia in pur- chasing the necessary land for the Shenandoah Park. In addition to this 168 acres, the President obtained a lease for an indefinite period of 2,000 acres; to used in conjunction with his camp. The land necessary for the Ma- rine camp was leased in the name of Maj. Long. Later, when the corrals for the Ma- rines were built they were constructed on property thought to be included in the lcase of Maj. Long, but which later developed to be on the property of the timber company. However, the latter is saild to have given a lease to Maj. | Long for the corrals. The President not only personally paid for his camp site .and the build- ings upon it out of his own pocket, but he also paid for the reservoir and the necessary piping and the improvements of the roadways leading from the nroun- tains to the main highway, 9 miles away. 1 SLAIN BY BORDER 'l:iUARD Suspected Bootlegger Killed While Fleeing From Qfficers. WATERTOWN, N. Y., June 9 (#).— A suspected bootlegger, Donald Diello, allas Tremont, 32, of Watertown, was shot and killed, while fleeing from two United States custom border pa- trolmen, early today near Lafargeville. The chase led pursugl and pursuers over a 4-mile | &8s much as the domestic consumers now | too. in comparing the electric bill of the | compelled to use electric service, that | use of clectric service, but it is entirely | ter how resourceful | the past, | paigns | Their attacks on these industries have | | pretty well spent themseives and the i ing the recent arrests at Adana of a 1931. POLITICAL ATTACKS ONUTILITIESRAPPED Head of Power Association| Defends Firms as Serv- ants of Public. Special Dispateh to The Star. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., June 9.—In| an address, which marked the openln_:' of the fifty-fourth convention of the National Electric Light Association, at Atlantic City today, W. Alton Jones, president of the assoclation, attacked| politicians who, he sald, are trying to| use the light and power industry as a means of attracting the attention of the ' voters. Mr. Jones said in part: “It would seem to me, and I believe that millions of other Americans share my view, that the time has come when thos2 intrusted with the guidance of our political institutions should devote more of their time o improving the efficiency of government and less to dabbling in private business, particularly where the records sNow that a private businass has been able to reduce its cost consistenly for 40 years. “I believe the average citizen can see the great difference between the low cost of electricity and the high cost of politics. It is no longer a secret that the cost of our political institutions has become ome of the greatest burdens which our people have to bear. The| tax gatherers of this country are now taking a toll of over $12.000,000,000 per year from the pockets of the people of this country. This represents 20 times pay for electric service. Tax Payment Large. “This industry alone pays in direct| taxes approximately $200,000,000 per | year, which represents 10 cents out of | every dollar collected in gross revenues, and almost one-third of all moneys col- lected for domestic electricity. “It is interesting, indeed, to make some comparisons between the trend in the cost of government and the cost of electricity in the United States. In 1913 the average cost of gusernraent | ver family was six times tle uW'I—',E‘ amily electric bill. In 1928, the haest | ear for which figures are available, the cost of government was 15 times the average electric bill. That means that we have now reached the point that for | each dollar a customer spends for houschold electric service he has to pay $15 in taxes for the cost of government. “There is another interesting thing, | Nation and the cost of government. It must be borne in mind that no one is for centuries before this service was avaflable to mankind some other form of energy was used in its stead for light, heat and power. It would be incon venient for any one to dispense with the possible to do <o. On the other hand, ! it is fmpossible to avoid the tax col- | lector. For while meny trick schemes have been devised by the politician to | delude the pecple about the taxes they | pav, the fact remains that, directly or indirectly. we must all share the cost | of government, and in the now stagger- | ing tax bill we pay for the most glar- ing political inefficiency. “It would be intercsting, indeed, if some cf the political quacks who are | so0 prone to criticize the light and power | business could devise some means of | providing free electric service for thei people of this country. It is hardly | likely that any of these quacks. no mat- | they may be in | political strategv. will ever be able to! do anything of the sort. But conceding for the sake of argument that they might accomplish the impossible, how much easier it would be for them to undertake a reduction of cnly 5 per cent in the cost of government. If they would do this. the total savings to the people would be greater than the entire bill they pay for domestic clec- tricity. | Attacks on Industry. “During the year the industry has been mad- the target for further politi- cal attacks. These attacks have. for he most part. been a rehash of old drivel and political Buncombe. As in they have come from three main_sources 1 Frem candidates for political office. “2. From advocates of Government ownership of utilities in some form. “3. From Socialists who wish to com- munize all industry “In the first group we are dealing with those in the body politic who are | { always crying out against large business institutions. “The two latter groups have no great following in this country and there is! no indication that America is yet ready Hoover and the mountain|to turn from the principles of private ' circumstances and retrea: s:lected by him soon after he|initiative in business to thote of COm- : advice me by telegraph of the result, munism. “In previous years, and in old cam- before the light and power industry attained any degree of promi- | nenc they devoted their attention to the barons,’ to the ‘railroad trust,’ the ‘steel trust’ and the ‘money trust.’ people have become tired of listening to_thelr tirades. “If evils exist, we should correct them | from within. No industry can be 100 per cent pure. Here and there we have seen istakes and mismanagement in the light and power business, but, taken as a whole, no industry in America has done more than ours to merit the confi- dence of the people of this country.” COMMUNISM GAINING IN TURKISH SCHOOLS' Kemalist Government Is Alarmed as Prober Reports Threat to Nation at Adana. By the Associated Press. ISTANBUL, Turkey, June 9.—Revela- tions concerning the growth of Com- munism in Turkish vocational schools | are alarming the Kemalist government. Th> government sent an inspector to investigate in Smyrna Province follow- | number of teachers and students charged with issuing Communist propa- ganda. The inspector's report says: “Un-. happily, an undeniable Communist spirit pervades- the vocational schools and vigorous measures must be taken immediately as the danger threatening the nation is great.” The arrested students admit Commu- nist leanings and implicate a large group of Istanbul students who recently vis- ited /Adana distribyting Red pamphlets. OHIO SLAYING SOLVED Suspect Canfessed Killing Man, Re- puted Extortion Agent. MASSILLON, Ohio, June 9 (#).—The recent slaying of James Speros, 38 years old, Canton underworld charac- ter, was solved today, police believed, by a confession which Chief of Police,E. M. Ertle said he obtained from George -Pallnrfies, arrested last night in Aliquip- pa, Pa. Ertle sald Paliades admitted the slay- | ing but claimed Speros fired first. Speros had been suspected by Massillon BALVADORE CORTES RUBIO. —A. P. Photo. TWO FACE CHARGES IN CORTES SLAYING; U. S. WATCHES CASE (Continued From First Page) port, to be transmitted to his supe- riors. On this, it was understood, hinged cficial Mexican action regard- { ing_the incident. Guess has been a deputy since Jan- uary. In that month he killed Pat ODay at Estelline, Tex. O'Day was wanted for an Ardmore slaying. Prior to his present position, Guess had been an_Ardmore policeman for six years. Crosby has been & deputy since Jan- uary and served in the same capaciy in a previous administration. Guess is 36_years old, Crosby 30. Despite Shilling’s statement that he did not need assistance, Gov. Murray sent Frank Dudley, assistant attcrney general and former:Carter Countv at- torney, to Ardmore with instructions to aid the county attorney. Headlines in Mexico City's newspa- pers this morning referred to the kill- ings as brutal armml barbarous. El Nacional, a government organ, called the shooting a “barbarous as- sassination by a United Stafes sheriff,” and La Prensa referred tq it as the vile assassination of Mexicans in the United States.” The newspapers express & hope that the men who shot the boys will be “brought to justice.” MURRAY REPORTS TO STIMSON. Oklahoxia Governor Acts in Slaying of Two Mexican Students. By the Associated Press. Gov. Murray of Oklahoma informed Secretary Stimson today that he had| ordered a complete invesigation of the shooting of Emflio Cortes Rubio and Manuel Gomez at Ardmore, Okla. Simultaneously Ambassador Clark at Mexico City advised the State Depart- ment he had transmitted to President Rubio and the ministry of foreign af-| fairs a message of regrets from Presi- dent Hoover and an expression of his personal sympathy. President Hoover's message Mexican President said “I have just learned with deep regret of the report that two Mexicen students, on= of them a relative of vour excel- lency’s, were killed this morning at Ard- more, Okla. investigation of the circumstances of this profoundly regrettable incident.” Stimson Asked Probe. Secretary Stimson asked the Okla- homa Governor to investigate the shoot- ing of the two students to the “I have ordered a complete investiga- | j tion of the death of the two Mexican | citizens. and have sent the State crim- inal investigator and will direct the at- toreny general to aid the county attor- ney.” Murray replied. Goy. Murray added that the bodies would be shipped to Mexico aL State ex- pense. Secretary Stimson in his message to Gov. Murray pointed out the possibil- ity of “international complications.” Secretary’s Message. “It has been reported to the depart- ment that two Mexican students, Emilio Cortes Rublp, & cousin of President Oriiz Rubo of Mexico, and Manuel | Gomez, were shot and killed at_ Ard- more, Okla., early. today tary's message said. “According to press reports the slay- ers were Oklahcma officers. In view of the Secre- { the possible international complications in this affair, it will be greatly appre- ciated if you will direct a minute in- vestigation with 2 view to determi responsibility and “At the suggestion of the American Ambassador at Mexico City it is re- quested that measures be taken for the proper preparation of the bodies for shipment to Mexico.” . HOOVER EXPRESSES REGRET. Over Slaying of Relative. MEXICO' CITY, June 9 (#)—Presi- dent Ortiz Rubio today had a message from President Hoover expressing regret. over the killing of Emilio Cortes Rublo, a relative of the President, and Manuel Gomez at Ardmore, Okla.. yesterday. Ambassador Ruben J. Clark delivered the note to Senor Qrtiz Rublo with & statement of his own regret and that of the State Department. He later made similar representations to the foreign office. Emilio Cortes Rubio was a son of a cousin of the Mexican President, thus being & nephew in the second grade, ac- cording to Mexican custom. LAZY HENS FACE AX Lay-or-Die Edict Passed on Vaca- tion-Inclined Fowls. One or ‘the Other,” is the slogan of Iowa farmers. Hens which insist on Summer va- cations usually suspend production for from three to five months, meanwhile consuming six or seven pounds of feed field points out. He recommends the chopping block—to reduce ‘“overhead.” Classified Advertising A Business Barometer When classified advertising in a large metropolitan paper shows an increase, it is a most encour- aging business sign. Advertisers are getting results and being encouraged are - advertising for further results. Recently The Star has gained in classified advertising s num- ber of days. Sunday, June 7, it printed 24,866 lines of classified advertis- ing, a gain of 1,861 lines over the corresponding Sunday last year. Since the second newspaper only printed 9,908 lines of classi- fied advertising the same day and the third newspaper 5,600 i‘ lines, no further proof is needed of the overwhelming preference and Canton gangsters of being a tipster for Federal officers and was reputed to have forced resort owners to pay him “protection” money. for The Star, which is because classified ‘ advertisements in The ! Star bring results, I have ordered a minute | Sends Message to President Ortiz Rublo | AMES, Towa ().—"Sell Eggs or Hens,| a month, Poultry Specialist W. R. Whit- | ISUEE.B. DEAN, SR 300000 SOUGHT {Man and Wife Say He Caused Arrest After She Charged Assault Attempt. Edward B. Dean, sr., wealthy real es- | state owner, 1669 Columbia road, was | sued today in the District Supreme Court for damages totaling $500,000 by Mrs. Edyna C. B. Lioyd and her hus- band, Robert Lloyd, Garrisonville, Va., ;who temporarily resided at 2430 Wyo- | ming avenue, Mrs. Lloyd charges Dean | attempted to assault her May 8 last 1‘ while she was showing him through the | Wyoming avenue house and that he | later caused her arrest and detention for three days at the House of Deten- on a charge of conspiracy to black- mail him. She asks $300,000 damages. In a separate suit, the husband asks another $200,000 damages for the sl- leged assault on his wife and for his arrest and detention at sixth precinct for three days on an alleged false charge of conspiracy to blackmail. At- torney Robert H. McNelll appears for the plaintiffs. Mrs. Lioyd in her suit told the court she first met Dean May 8 when he called at 2430 Wyoming avenue as a prospective purchaser of the real estate and was shown the property by her. He left but returned about 8 o'clock in {the evening, she says, and asked for an- other view of the property. While she wzs shcwing him one of the rooms, she asserts, the defendant made “a vicious and eriminal assault on her.” intending to attack her, from which he was pre- vented by her shouts and screams, which brought her husband from another part of the house. Complaint was made by Dean to the police, she says, and the arrest of her- self and husband followed on a charge of conspiracy to blackmail. Both were detained for three days, she at the House of Detention and the husband in a precinct, until released. Both have bcen greatly humiliated and caused mental anxiety, they informed the court. HOUGHTON DECLARES FOR GERMAN RELIEF Tells Carnegie Graduates U. 8. Prosperity Bound Up With Country's Distress. | By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, June 9.—Alanson B. Houghton, former Ambassador to Ger- many and Great Britain, said today in |a commencement address at Carnegle ! Institute of Technology that Germany is unable to emerge from her present |economic and financlal diffculties | without help, and that “we cannot ex- pect & prosperous Europe, or for that | matter, a prosperous United States, if | Germany is in economic and financial | distress ‘and nearing the point of col- lapse. “If Germany is to be afforded relief, by the rem ssion or suspension of her reparation payments for two years or five years. or until her economic and financial situation is sufficienly im- proved to enable her to again take up the burden of those payments without probable collapse, that relief must be afforded by all the nations concerned 2nd not by America alone.” The allied nations “are not groan- ing under the burden of what they owe us” the former Ambassador said. “They IBYJ PIS *0D ISNLL % ULOT UCIEUUSZM pay us nothing. They act merely as transfer agents, and pay us out of the reparation payments they have forced Germany to pay them. The burden of our war debis rests directl; pon German pedple. i |ARMY OF ANTS SOUGHT TO WAGE WAR ON PESTS HOUSTON, Tex. (#).—Federal ai"a propagating countless tiny black native &nts, which would be sent out to battie a highly destructivs caseboring insect striking at pecan orchards in Texas, Will be sought by L. F. Smith of Hou Smith says the caseborer is destroy= ing thousands of dollars’ worth of pe- cans and making pecan growing a haz- ardous undertaking. A study of the life cycle of the pest leads him to believe it vulnerable to the black ant and a species of white spider. “I consider the spider would be of little value” he adds, “because it is easily killed by poisonous sprays used by horticulturists. The sprays do not seem to affect the ants. GLIDERS TACKLE ALPS German Record-Holder Will Hop Off Jungfrau Soon. FRANKFURT-ON-MAIN, Germany, June 9 (#).—In an effort to conquer the Alps by sailplane the Rhoen-Rossitten Gliding Plane Society of nearby Was- serkuppen has organized an expedition to the Bernese Oberland headed by Gunter Groenhoff, record holder for flights without motor. Groenhoff will use the sailplane in which he flew 165 miles into Czecho- slovakia in Ma; He will take off from Jungfrau Joch, 11,600 feet in the air. May Circula jon Daily...113,871 Sunday, 120,932 D'fi_’mlflch'mh"' 880 EWESLS. Business . of THE EVENING AND "SUNDAY BVAR. does”solemniy stear (NaL (bt ac n bR :"lx;\?l‘:’d” dfi,{r‘(’:’ x:;nrr named rold and aic- P ot 1931, was as follows AR AT DAILY. | | § | 2 S omammat Les; Total daily net circulation...... Average daily net paid circuial 1 Daily average number of coples for service, etc... 5 adjustments. Daily average net circul Less adjustments.. .. | Total Sunday net_circul Average net paid Sund: Average number of cobles for serv fce, etc.. i e Average Sunday net circulation.. FLEMING NEWBOLI Business Manager. Subscribed, and sworn, to before ‘me this "’(‘5::]')“ June. AD_1! ». YO s Notary Pubile,