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KLEIN SEES FAST - TRADE RE_EUVERYZ Says Bottoni Was Reached in January, Upswings Usu- ally Coming in 6 Months. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 10.—Dr. Julius Klein, Assistant Secretary of Com- merce, told the Radlo Manufacturers’ Association yesterday that the business depression hit the low point last Jan- uary-and “since then we have been at the rock bottom.” When the upward swing of the cycle | ‘would begin, he did not care to predict, ‘but pointed ou’ that there had been somewhat of a rise since January, with business that month 34 per cent of normal, compared with 30 per cont in ‘Due to the fact that this depression chme gradually rather than with the suddenness of those of the past, he looked for a rather speedy recovery. “§When the upward trend starts, it will e more sharply accelerated and certain than in any previous depression.” ! “He said that because reports of con-‘, ditions were available only six weeks or ore from the period on which they re based, “much of the crepe hanging 15 historical rather than hysterical.” In the past, he explained, business had taken from 6 to 11 months to get back on its feet. He used these facts only as an analogy rather than an at- | tbmpt to base a prediction that the esent depression had been concluded g view of the fact that six months had elapsed tinee January 1. H Radio Assistance Cited. | {Turning to the radio industry.and the | part it played in the business world, he | 2id: Your industry rendered valuable as- | slstance in the great task of lifting American business out of the post-war | collapse. You can again render an’ equal service in the present depression 1y conserving fully ‘the great assets of vigor and resourcefulness. which are so nspicuous in this young glant in the siness world.” i s Turning to the question of overpro- ction he told the radio men their rharkets should be studied more closely q | POWER TEST CASE FILED BY COMPANY Long-Anticipated Challenge to ‘Federal Rights Made in New River Fight. ‘The long-anticipated court test of the rights of the Federal Power Commission to exercise jurisdiction over projects on non-navigable waters has been taken by the Appalachian Electric Power Co. in the celebrated New River case. b Would give It compiete vepulatory which would give it complete power over a $11,000, de%t on New River, near Radford, Va., the company hss filed suit in Federal Dis- trict Court in Lynchburg, attacking the constitutionality of section 23 the ‘water power act of 1920. . Affects Navigable River. Under this, - the commission, some weeks ago, held that it could .assume supervision over the New River project, even though it might not be on naviga- ble water, on the ground that the flow affects the navigabllity of the Kana- wha, a navigable river, to which the New River is tributary. ‘The bill sets out that the New River is not navigabie and for that reason, the c;;:::nmlon can invoke no regulatory right. If Section 23 is held to be constitu- tional, the Appalachian asks that some | form of license be granted ‘which would give it rellef. Offered to Accept License. ‘The company has offered to accept a “minor pert” license which would provide for safeguarding navigation, The commission, however, last month tendered a major license, under which it would exercise full control over the financial set-up. provide for recapture of excess earnings, hold th» right to regulate rates, and limit the leasehold to 50 years. ‘The New River case had been before successive power commissiors for about six years, before final decision was reached on the sort of license to be tendered the company. It was the first time that its rights under such conditions ever had been challenged. ‘The Appalachian is sald already to have spent something like $2,000,000 in preliminary work. Athletes at West Point Honored k. RECEIVE AWARDS FOR PROWESS wALL LINES OF SPORTS. ADET athletes at the United States Military Academy, West Point, 1'. Y. were honored for their prowess June 9. dressed In the unll?rml of the sports they excelled in, lined up to receive their awards from the academy superintendent, Maj. Gen. William R, Smith. Photo shows the cadet athletes, —A. P. Photo. |stituted & comprehensive response to the resolution: a response by the divi- | sion as by & body of experts, and with | all the necessary ‘evidence.’ i "It is not the ‘abstract and index’ of the ‘evidence’ which the respjution calls for. On the other hand, it is something | more, for it is a discussion cf evidence. | It became so in the compilers’ en | deavor to determine the value and bear. {ing of the testimony (the records, etc.) constituting the evidence, and . CADETS GIVEN FINDING WITHHELD SCHOLASTICHONOR 0N CERMAN EULT BEER BLOG SYRED ONTARATION PLAN ! ! he Pandore. ation. the fiee RESUUERS HOPING TOSAVESON Fear 10 Others on , Craft Dead—33 Escape Alive, 6 With “Lung” Deviae: (Continued From Pirst Page.) ter to form a flotilla to replace the No. 1 class vessels at the During the voyage the Proteus and t were in collision. 80 miles off Gibraltar. Both ‘were "ndlmued, but to Mm.- The of six who escaped with “lung” devices from the Poisedon was from the submersible two and one-half hours after it had been struck and four others reached the surface more than three hours afterward, all through Davis escape apparatus. They were picked up by boats from British war- llllptl attached to the British Far East ‘When the Yuta struck the Poisedon, engaged in training maneuvers, she’ tore a huge hole in the latter's side and she sank rapidly in about 20 fath- oms of .water. DENSE FOG IS BLAMED. Submarine Said to Have Been Rammed Aft of Conning Tower. HONGKONG,. China, June 10-().— The sinking of the British submarine Pcisdon in the Yellow Sea yesterday was attributed here today to the fact that she had just turned a dangerous point on the Sbantung Peninsula when she ran into a dense fog. making navi- gation difficult. She was sald to have been rammed aft of the conning tower by the Chinese steamer. SAVED BY BRITON’S DEVICE. Six on Poseidon Owe Lives to Appa- ratus Described as “Third Lung.” LONDON, June 10 (#).—Six men who escaped from the sunken submarine Poseidon apparently owe their lives to the invention of a Londoner, R. H. Davis, who provided them with what is described in effect as a “third lung.” resembling & life belt with a gas mask TilW. C. T. U. Estimates Sales validity of certain contentions. | therefore, includes numerous references | Librarian of “®roducers know their markets thor- ocughly, and ccnsult disinterested opin- 3dns; they do not undertake expansion Five D. C. Youths Rate Stars Congress Keeps By ogrerad that burden them .with white ephants in the shape of useless fac- tWry space.” “Dr. Klein, sfter Robert M. Sweit- ver, representing Mayor Anton J. Cer- vhak, had welcomed the delegates, said that' any industry which planned to end a million dollars for ginger ale| d other forms of entertsinment at its ade show, as polnted out by Mr.| weitzer, was in an extremely healthy | condition. President Morris Metcalfe of R. M. A., ip a message to the members, suggested as a means of improving the industry, & better advertising code, a statistical barometer to curb overproduction and the formation of a patent interchange agreement. ‘ “Treaty” is Suggested. : Walter J. Damm of Milwaukee, pres- dent of the National Association of Broadcasters, suggested & “treaty” Tather than a gentleman's agreement to eliminate reference between radio sta- | tions on the North American continent. At & special demonstration of tele- vision last night pictures were thrown n 10-foot screen’ before an audierice [ 1 i | ‘which included radio editors from sections of the country. In connection with television, the Boston short wave and television labor- stories announced that they had made plans to broadcast by sound and sight = base ball game from Boston s soon as permission was granted. This labora- tory operates the, picture station WIXAV at Boston. FALLING METEOR OR BLAST SHAKES OHIO AND INDIANA _ (Continued From First Page) [ I ground falled to throw much light on the mystery of what causéd it. Farmers dug several feet without finding any trace of a meteor. Thi did not prove, however, that there w: no meteor. It was. sald such bodies sometimes take a curved path under- ground or otherwise are forced many feet away from the bottom of the hole in which they entered. In contrast to the possibility that a metecr ‘caused the shock was the nitro- glycerin theory. This seems to be supported by statements of persons who said they siw a brilliant flash of light like an explosion at the surface of the ground, preceded and followed by ordi- nary darkness. No cne was found, however, who knew of any explosives being transport- ed in that vicinity, although there are oil and gas flelds not far distant where mitro-glycerin might be used. Nitro-glycerin is generally trans- ported in automobiles with extreme Upper: PERRY JACKSON HOY. Lower: RAYMOND CHARLES WILSON. ‘Two members of the United States Naval Reserve of the District of Colum- bis have been cited by the President for distinguished zervices in -connection with tests with the “lung,* submarine escape device. They will be decorated with the Navy Cross by Rear Admiral Henry V. Butler, commandant of the ‘Washington Navy Yard, at a formel in- spection of the 1st Battalion of the Re- serves at their armory in the Washing- ton yard next Monday night. Chief Torpedoman Raymond Charles ‘Wilson will be awarded a gold star in lieu of a third Navy Crose, while Perry Jackson Hoy, also a chief torpedoman, will be awarded the Navy Cross. ‘The ceremonies will be carried out before the first inspection of the local reserve battalion by Rear Admiral Butler, who recently assumed this com- mand. Elaborzte preparations are being made for the event by Lieut. Samuel W. Stinemetx, commander of the local reserve battalion. Other Reservists who were given decorations are Joseph Eiben, chief torpedo man, whose address is given in naval records as Brooklyn, N. Y. and who gets & gold star in Neu of a third Navy Cross; Stephen Joseph Cominski, gunner's mate, second class, 0f Trenton. N. J.. who is awarded the Navy Cross; Roy Harrison Syphax, chief boatswain's mate, of 1640 W street southeast, who is expected to get his Navy Cross from Secretary Adams in the near future, and John Linso, pharmacist's mate, first class, who also gets the Navy Cross. VATICAN GIVES UP DIRECT CONTROL OF CHURCH CLUBS _(Continued From First Page.) Catholic youth clubs and violence by Pascist students is disappointing to the Vatican. The government’s reply was delivered yesterday Ambassador Count de Vecchl. Describing Fascist attacks against Catholic property and reflections on the pontiff .as. “spontaneous outbursts” of youth, the government expressed its re- gret and promised tha{ the culprits Would be punished. The Incidents were attributed to the Fascists’ belief that their affairs were being encroached on by Vatican followers. The government defended its closing of the crganizations affillated with the caution, but such a load might have | Catholic Action Society by maintaining g<ne into the ditch and exploded. The hole was only a few feet from the edge of a highway, No Trace of Vehicle Found. If it was a load of nitro-glycerin ‘Wwhich caused the shock, no trace was found of a bcdy of a wrecked vehicle. ‘Thousands of automoblilists clogged the roads leading to Malinta a few hours after the shock, and in the vicinity of the hole, traffic was brought almost to a standstill. W. K. Gunter of Mzlinta, said the bottom of the hole was packed hard as if the meteor had not passed that point but admitted a meteor after entering the ground might have turned off on & tangent. Commenting on the possibility that nitro-glycerin caused the shock, Gun- ter sz2id he knew of no reason why such an explosion would have been trans- ported in that vicinity. There are oil and gas flelds south of Malinta but mone ncrth of there in the direction where the center of the shock was found. s MRS. W’LEAN HERE TO FIGHT SALE OF WASHINGTON POST __(Continued From First Page.) and Edward B. McLean are co-trustees. The Post, as part of the estate of the late John R. McLean, was left in trust for the son, Edward B. McLean, from whom it passes to the grand- children. ‘While the guardians of the children = being kept iuformed of the negotia- wions, there 18 sald 1o be no legal bar w the sale of the Post if the trustees consider it advisable. It became known definitely today that there have been others in the field for ‘the paper besides Lawrence, whose offer is said $: Wilton J. Lambert of counsel for the trustees, said this morning that “there have been offers” but he could not discuss these. In event the Lawrence bid is accepted, it is expected to be several days before the petition’ goes before the court. Lawrence, ‘who has been out of the eity since the negotiations were bared, is remaining silent. In Atlantic City yesterday, where he ad the Na- tional Electric Light Association Con- vention, he told the Associated Pre that he would not comment kransaction is ccnsummated. they had violated the lateran treaty and concordat by pursulng poltical pur- peses. This constituted invasion of in ternal affairs, it was insisted, and was directed against the Fascist govern- ment. Work_t!peeud to Proceed. The Pqpe himself, the reply said, had broken the terms of the accords in addresses which were called “mani- festations.” He thereby trespassed on government functions, the reply said, and his comments amounted to pre- judgment of official acts by a foreign power. ‘The Pope's disappointment was ex- hibited shortly after reading the reply when he told a group of Roman pil- ims to pray for Italy because “what appened does not entitled the country to God's benediction.” At eny rate, both ‘sides having clearly stated their position, it is held probable that negotiations leading toward a working compromise will now gather force. This may include a new interpretation of the treaty and the concordat. Church and state both appear anxious to reach an agreement, although it is admitted that a final settlement will be far from easy. It is regarded as unlikely that the DISTRICT GAS TAX INCREASE STUDIED House Fiscal Relations Committee | Considers Equalization With Other States. Proposals for an increase in gasoline tax for the District of Columbia 50 as to maKe this levy on motorists more uniform with other States, was seriously con- sidered at a conference of special House Committee on fiscal relations between the Pederal and District Governments in executive son today. Chairman Mapes promised that the committee would issue a statement re- garding its work early tomorrow. It was officially denlied today by the committee that there had been any disagreement hetween members of the committee, .ncluding Representative Frear, Republican, of Wisconsin, and George Lord, tax expert for the com- | mittee, over 'the character of infcrma- tion gathered for the committee by Mr. Lord, or that members of the committee had been in disagreement | with Mr. Lord on the contention that | real estate taxes were too low in the National Capital. WILL HOLD FIELD DAY School Events Tomorrow. Colored Industrial Home Slates The Industrial Home School for Col- ored Children at Blue Plains, D. C., will hold its annual field day on the school grounds at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow aft- ernoon. A competitive drill and field events will feature the program. Wendell T. Tucker, superintendent of the school, will present the winng company commander in the drill with a saber, while the victorious team in the field meet will receive a loving cup. Maj. Campbell Johnson, executive sec- retary of the colored Y. M. C. A, will review the drill. Golf Course to Open. F. W. Hoover, general manager of the Welfare and Recreational Assccia- tion of Public Bulldings and Ground: Inc., announced today that. the pitcl and putt golf course at Sixteenth street and Colorado avenue will be opened at moon on Saturday. Bank of Spain Gets Loan. MADRID, June 10 (#).—The Bank of Spain has completed negotiations with the Bank of France for a loan of 4,000,000 pounds (about $20,000,000), it was reliably learned today. The loan would be guaranteed by the Bank of Spaln, it was understood, and would be used ald Spanish bankers to repatriate funds now in- volved in currency transactions abroad. BAND CONCERTS. By the United States Marine Band this evening at the United States Cap- itol, 7:30 o'clock; Capt. Taylor Bran- TD& leader; Arthur 8. Witcomb, second; eader. Overture, “Ruslan and Ludmillar,” Glinka: Intermezzo, “Die Rantzau”...M: gni Trombone solo, “Thoughts of Love, Musiclan Robert E. Clark. Grand scenes from “Andrea Chenier,” Giordane Characteristic, “Dance of the Tum- blers” s Rimsky-Korsakow Waltz, “Jolly Fellows' “Romance” Vollstedt March Slav Svendsen . Tschalkowsky Marines’ Hymn, “The Halls of suma.” Monte: “The Star Spangled Banner.” yatican will recelve any formal apology | C! from the government for the incidents of the past two weeks, since the govern- ment is said to regard the recent anti- Catholic demonstrations as unfortunate, but inevitable in the face of the alle political character of clubs. the Catholic Reply Being Drafted. ‘The Vatican's reply to yeste rda; note is being drafted but probably _‘v_l'l'lel rot be delivered immediately. Marchese Pac:lli, the pontiff's unofficial representative in informal negotiations, conferred with his brother, the papal secretary of state, this morning. though the atmosphere has been clearsd to some extent it is thought likely that further .exchanges of notes will continue for some time. A now disturbing factor was an- edi~ for. in m&rfll{: Osservatore Ro- mano rej g what - it -described as portin; | the “sacking” of the Catholic chancery at_Priverno on June 1. S newspapers on ° sides had announced they. would. dis- continue their editorial discussions of “c‘:um“u between the church and s Sponges and sisal arc the chlef sources of revenue in the Bahamas, et Scenes from the “Three Characteristic Dances”,.Sanger Valsé Gracleuse, Introduction and Habanera, Dance Grotesque. ) | Excerpts from the musical comed: “Sons o' Guns' .Coots Xylophone solo, “Nola' soes Bandmaster Louls Goucher. Walts de Concert, “Bridal Procession’ Army Band this cvening at the Sylvan Theater, Wash+ ington, Monument Grounds, at 7:30 o'clock; William Stannard, leader; Thomas Darey, second leader. March, “Pat ‘Excellent’ Overture, . “Phedre’ Danzon, esterfield’ Wallz, "Danube Waves' I Selection from “The Vagabond King Salon plece, “First Heart's Throbs,” Ellenberg Tone poem, “Finlandia™. +Sibelius March, “Lights Out ... McCoy ‘The Star Spangled Banner. for High Grade Average. Only 41 Are Cited. Pive Washington youths were among | the 41 cadets honored last night for averaging 92 per cent or more in all their studies at the United States Mili- tary Academy at West Point. In kesp- ing with a 113-ycar old tradition, they were decorated with gold stars. ©One of the Washirigtonians—Edward | Document for Decision ‘ of Senate Body. | BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. 4 & | In A “study” of the evidence regarding yripe for exhaustive inquiry. the liabllity of the varlous nations for | eritical judgment of one man, however | | conscientious, upon a survey so hasty of | and conclusicns which imply the ap- plication of critical judgment. And in an inquiry so !momentous as this the evidence as yet incomplete ‘wiil not sat- | isfy either history or the disputants of today. our belief the time is not vet Should the Senate desire to institute one and the precipitaticn of the World War, | constitute for the purpose a body of experts competent to undertske it, all | written by Dr. Charles C. Tansill, now \ {his" s reliminary apparatus will be at | | their disposal.” professor of history at American Uni- | versity. while he was connected with | the Library of Congress, is likely to re- ! N t s | main a “secret document” for the pres- | M. Parker of 3609 Van Ness street—war | (o0 %000 "Herpert Putnam, the libra- | among the four cadets given special awards. The other Capital residents who at- tained high honors at the Military Academy were Rush B. Lincoln jr., of 3106 Hawthorne place; Elsworth I. Davis, 1816 Kalo Steele, 2139 Wyoming avenue, Jonathan O. Seaman, 2938 Upton street. Besides Parker, the students who were presented with special awards are Kenneth A. McCrimmon, South Haven, Mich.; Cornelius A. Lichirie, New York, | and Walter H. Esdorn, New Rochelle, A The other high-honor Chester W. Ott, Erie, Ps Landaker, Clinton, Mo. f Romero, Philippine Islands; Richard L. Jewett, Fort Howard, Md.; Frederick S. Saint, Elmhurst, Ill.; £eanley T. Wray, Francis R. Hoehl, Mil- Herrol J. Skidmore, Mc- Elkhart, Ind.: Dayton. Ohio; George John_J.' Danis, ‘Wash.; Duncan . iyt W. Beeler, Seattle, Hallock, St. Louis. James F. Miller, jr., Pocatello, Idaho; Thomas de F. Rogers, Devils Lake, N. Dak.; Robert Erlenkotter, Winchestes Mass,; Burton B. Bruce, Oak Park, Il Arthur B. Proctor, 3d, St. Louls, Mo. Charles L. Andrews, Glendale, Calif. John B. Cary, Emporia, Kans., and Wil- liam J. Himes, Grand Rapids, Mich. SCENE OF GIRL'S MURDER DESCRIBED BY WITNESS Prosecution of Hathaway on Charge of Slaying Nurse, Opens in Newport Court. By the Associated Press NEWPORT, R. I, June 10.—Clarence Barker, an engineer, and the first wit- 1| ness called by the State in its prosecu- tion of Elliott R. Hathaway for the . | Ley Librs | ll'lll;\i should change his mind in regard | to_it. | Tbe document, which is sald to chal- lenge in some respects the verdict that Germany was solely responsible for the World War, was compiled while th: gislative Reference Division of the ry of Congress was making a study of the evidences regarding responsibility for bringing about the World War un- der the terms of a resolution adoptad by the Senate. Senator Borah, chairman of the For- Relations Committee of the Sen. te, who is convinced that there should ba some readivstment or reduction cf the reparations which Germany is cam- pelied t5 pay to the alliad rations under the Versa'lles treaty and the Young 1 | [ i | plan. if Germany !s not to be wiped out, | | economieally and politically, will not ask th» librarian for this document, it is understood. | Committee Ts Separated. | Congress s not in sess'on and the members of the Foreign Relations Com- | mittee _are ely ssparated toda | When Congress reassembles the For>ig) | Relations Committee will then be in & Fposition. to ask for this Gocument if it appears to be desirable. | When the Library of Congress, on February 1, 1926, made its report, in response to the Senate resolution, which was offered by fcrmer Senator Owen of Oklahoma, in a letter to the chairman of the Foreign Relations | Committee, H. H. B. Meyer, director | of the legislative reference division, dis- | cussed a bibliography of the origin and | causes of the World War, ccmpiled in the division of bibliography. which was transmitted to the committee in the | Senate for its consideration. ju‘rlhmg this bibliography, Mr. Meyer sald in his letter to the chairma “Concurrently a member of our staff | port was that it was very speculativ (Dr. Tansill) has undertaken a study | of the ‘evidence’ in our possession with | & view to organizing it in its relation to the main issues. The study is not yet | completed. The results are in a state- { ment in essay form. which, when com- | pleted, may comprise 500 typewritten murder of Verna Russell, attractive stu- | pages. The compilation of it has been dent nurse, today described to & jury |useful in bringing into rellef the main the lonely spot in Tiverton where fhe | jssues and contentions and in grouping | about them numerous references and girl's boay was found. The State alleges that the girl, the daughter of Portsmouth parents, was strangled there by Hathaway, Fall River man-about-town_and son of a Massa- | chusetts State Representative, in the course of an_automobile ride on the night of March 23. citations. “It will be valuable as” apparatus. When completed it will be, of course, accessible to your committee should you | desire to inspzct it. But I shall not {naturally transmit it to the committee. i since to do so might imply that it con- | | | } | | i | After de- | l Tansill Gives Conclusions. Objective examination of all avail- able meaterial in 1925, in response to a Senate resoludon, showed clearly that Germany was not solely responsible for tte World War, Dr. Tansill said tod: At the time the Owen resolution w adopted by the Senate, Dr. sill was acting director of the legisiative ref- erence service of the Library of Con- ess, whose duty it is to comply with all requests for information from the House and Senate. Realizing the importance of the task and the enormous amount of interna- tional political dynamit= involved, Dr. ‘Tansill attended to this request in per- son. He worked at it, he spid today for the greater part of a.year. It invoived the examination of more than 1,200 books. He con-ulted all the ava able memoirs of statesmen and soldiers involved in the war, all the official re- ports of the various governments, and an immense amount of current news- paper material. When the work he said, he left the Library of Congress. For all practical purposes, the report was ready for rubmission, he said, but one small section which still required a liltle attention may have furnished an excuse for never letting the docu- ment out of the hands of the library. Since that time, he asserted, there bhas been a great accumulation of evi- dence unavailable while the report was being prepared which only strengthens his conclusions. While working on the | report he was furnished with much hitherto unavailable information from the German archives, brought to Wash- by & Dr. Wegener, who can's here as an official representative of the German government. Distributes Blame. “I undertook this work,” Dr. Tansill sald, “with a completely objective a titude. My conclusion siated in the to assess the World War blame on any one nation. Different ones were so ifi- volved that it was quite impossible to make any fractional assessment of the blame. I made no effort to excuse the entente powers, the actual evi- dence stand for itsel B It is poseible, Dr. nsill said,” that the Library of Congress was loath to as- sume the responsibility of the report when he no longer was connected with that institution, since it was bound to arouse much discussion. Since that time, Dr. Tansill said, many other responsible historians, work- ing independently with the accu rulat- ing evidence, have reached approximate- ly the same conclusions. “Norfolk’s Waterfront After $3,000,000 Fire IN WAKE OF BLAZE THAT SWEPT SIX CITY BLOCKS. 'Violets”.. Waldteufel | % fess section June 7. General view of the business séction in Norfolk, Va., w Pire, started by an explosicn on an here oil flames destroyed six barge, caused fiml.w-tlml“ « nearly completed, | to Meet Deficit Require 2,000,000 Saloons. By the Assoctated Press. The Women's Christian Temperance | Union today said that every resident in | & dozen States and the District of Co- { lumbia would have to drink 2% gallons | of beer a day next year to raise & | lion dollars through taxes ss advocated | by what,was described as “the congres- | sional beer bloc.” | _“The biggest beer tax ever paid t | Government in normal pre-war days, | the unfon said. “was $87.875,672 in | 1916, with the tax at a dollar a barrel. | the per capita consumption at 1733 gal- lons annually.” | The W. C. T. U. sald it would “re- | quire 2,000,000 saloons, set up next year. 10 sell the beer planned under the beer bloc’s proposal” in referring to recent | statements of House wet bloc members | ndvoca'ing sale of beer to provide rev- | enue to meet the Treasury’s deficit. | Heavy Drinking Estimated. | “To raise a billion dollars tax in the fiscal vear almost upon us,” it continued. ‘would mean the drinking of 12'; times as much beer as ever before, or nearly 21,000,000,000 gallons of beer a year, 2,000,000,000 gallons more than all the drinkers in America drank in 10 years efore the war, with the consumption increasing enormously every year.” | . The organization pointed out that | Congress did not meet until December, and that if it should legalize beer only in those States not having prohibi- | tion laws could it be sold. The organization listed the States where beer “might” b: sold without ! | further action by the Legislatures, if it | were legalized by Congress, as Califor- nia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Mon- tana, Missouri, Nevada, New M:xico, New York, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Tennessee, Maryland and the District of Columbia. “The bear bloc talks about raising that billion-dollar tax in the fiscal year arting July 1. of this calendar year, just & few days off,” the statement said, 2dding: | Plan Called Absurd. “‘Congress does not convene until De- | cember, so even if the program 1 completed immediat:ly and beer bega: | to pay taxes January 1 next year, there | would be only six months in which to | rais2 the ~billion-dollar Federal tax | emong the dozan States named, with a POD_;I'::HM of 4.4 ““Th-se uniortunate people would have | to drink 21,000,000,000 gallons of beer |in six months—two and one-half gal- | lon's & day for every human being from | nevr-born” babss upward. This is the bcera ‘bloc'l program shown in all its a u BEER SURVEY DENIED. | By the Associated Press. | Senator Davis of Pennsylvania has been informed by the Law Enforcement Commission that it has mede no sur- vey relating to the economic effects of legalizing 4 fer cent beer. Chzirman Wickersham was_described ' today as having written that reply to the ~ Pennsylvania Senator's request ! that the results of such a study be ma 1 public. Meanwhile, nine members went for- ward with reports which will be pre-| nted this month to President Hoover. It was understocd that most of the eight remaining surveys were nearing completion, but there were reports from the commission that one had brought sharp disagreement among the members. i judgment upon it from the facts and figures as they stand. In this respect Representative Dyer cited figures concerning his own city. St. Louis, where. he said, the National and State prohibition laws apply, and where it is found that the arres's for drunkenness were 11504 in 1928-9. 12.135 in 1929-30, whereas during the entire three vears preceding prohibition the arrests for drunkenness totaled only 12,403. These figures, he said, were furnithed by the police department of his city. He cited also Census Bureau figures to the effect that deaths from alcohol in 1928 were 4,627, compared to 1,367 in 1919 and 2,900 in 1910. England Ne's $679,252,000. He said also that an official chart is- sued by the United States Prohibition Enforcemsnt .Buyeau shows that ma- terial captured in stills during the month of January, 1930, would make 534,000 gallons of alcohol, or the equiva. lent of 1,000,000 galons of 100-proo! moonshine whisky. He pointed out that in 1928 England collected $679,252,000 in revenue on alcoholic liquors, and claimed that at the same rate of taxa. tion, and the same per capita consump- tion, the United States would have col- lected $1,800.000,000 in the same périod. He added in this connection “in England, under regulation, the government takes the profit, but in the United States, un- der prohibition, the gets it all.” In citing prohibltion enforcement in other cities besides his home town, Rep- resentative Dyer said 'ashine« ton, with prohibition, th times more drunkenness than in Lon- don, the English capital, under liquor regulation. “THe population of London is 9,000~ he said, “and the arrests for drunkenness in 1929 were 27,351, while in' Wi , with a tion of , the arrests in 1929 for London drunk . as 18 times the population of X yet it has not had twice as many arrests Reprenaine Do i pust has the Wickersham to study the feasibility and economic effect e 2 5 S oAl al bill legalizing 4 per ocent beer. ity of all -na:, the Bushman is con- sidered as nearest to primitive DOUTHITT GETS DELAY IN CONTEMPT CASE Editor, Ill, to Answer June 23 to _ Charges of Failing to' Go Before Grand.Jury. Harry N. Douthitt. editor of ‘an un- offcial who was to Appear today before Jus- tice Peyton Gordon to shcw cause why he should not be held in contempt of court for failing to appear before the ' grand jury early last month, was re- still 411 Assistant United States | nom:{ William H. Ccllins advised the E‘l?fll Douthitt's cn'n‘mlllm and ll::“d e appearance be postponed u: June 23, which was granted. . 1 Collins announced th:t agents of the Department of Justice had visited Douthitt in Philadel) , and had re- ported that he fs still ph; to come to Wa summons of the court. ner Apartments late in April and was mumunmnm‘l,n-mum- § B attached. It was designed to enable men trap- ped in a submarine to breathe freely until they had a chance to éscape. “It is 12 mcnths since the apparatus was first served out as part of the equipment of submarine crews.” Gor- man Davis, the inventor's son, said today. “It consists of a breathing bag carried cn & man's chest and a buoy- ancy apparatus. To the bag is attached a cylinder of oxygen and the man inhales and exhales air which is being continually purified in the bag. With one of these bags it is possible for & man to live an appreciable time under Goggles are used to protect the eyes. “If there is life aboard a submarine after she is sunk, it is possible with this apparatus to escape to the surface, no matter how deep the vessel may be. _ “Pressure in one chamber must be raised — usually by flooding — until it equals that outside the ship. Then hatches may be opened and the men escape. Should they be injured or too weak to help themselves much the ep- paratus is sufficiently buoyant to carry them safely to the surface and keep them afloat. Should there be other men alive in the Poisedon, there still seem a chance that with this escape appara tus they mav get free. The admiraity this afternoon con- firmed the fact that six men escaped by means of the Davis apparatus. Two of the men who escaped bv means of the Davis lung died later and another is still in a critical condition, A, V. Alexander, first lord of-the ad- miralty. informed the House of Com- mons this afternoon. The men whe escaped were in the forward comparts ment when Poseidon sank. Eighteen are still. missing. he said: the number of rescued still lving is |'5 officers and 30 men. U. S. VESSEL WILL AID. Pigeon Ordered to Weihaiwel to Help Salvage Submarine. ‘The Pigeon, United States Navy sub- marine rescue vessel, has been ordered from Tsingtao, China, to Weihaiwei. to ald in salvaging the British sub- marine Poseldon, which was sunk by & collision. Admiral C. B. McVay, commander in chief of the Asiatic Fleet, also reported | today that he had directed Capt. I. F. Dortch, commander of Destroyer Squad- ron S, at Chefoo, to render all possible assistance. ‘The Pigeon is commanded by Lieut. H, B. R. Jorgensen. It was built as & mine sweeper in 1919 and recently con- {verted into a submarine rescue vessel. Weihaiwel is 196 nautical miles from Tsingtao. HOOVEE TOLD BEER WOULD PAY NATION $1,000,000,000 TAX (Centiued