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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast). Fair end continued warm tonight and tomorrow. Temperatures—Highest, 88, at 3 p.m. A today. yesterday; lowest, 70, a Full report on page Closing N.Y. Markets, t 6 am, 9. Pages13,14&15 b WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION t offic 31,835. Entered as second class matt i i Washington, er DG WASHINGTO N DL 0L MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1931—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. U. 5. T0 STAND PAT ON DEBT PROPOSAL: WILL INSIST UPON ORIGINAL PURPOSE Acting Secretary Castle Says; All Compromise Offers Not in Spirit With Hoover Plan Will Be Rejected. FRANCE REPORTED ASKING TWO PAYMENTS IN YEAR DPoubling of Obligations at End of Moratorium Regarded as Not in Keeping With President’s Inten-, tions in Recommending Holiday | for All War Nations. : BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Agreement between the United NEGOTIATIONS WITH LAVAL/ 'ON DEBTS AT TENSE POINT French Premier Calls Cabinet to Con- sider Mellon’s Stand After New Conver PARIS, June 29 (#)—A commu- nique issued at the closs of the council of ministers at Elysee Palace this evening said merely that Pre- mier Laval had informed the cabinet of the state of negotiations between himself and Secretary of the Treas- ury Mellon. The communique did not indicate what turn the discussion had taken or whether any action concerning tie issues rais:d by President Hoover's war debt proposal and the French reply Had been agreed upon. By the Associated Press. PARIS, June 29.—Andrew W. Mellon, American Secretary of the Treasury, Laval on the issues raised by President Hoover’s war debt moratorium pro- posal, and at the conclusion of the con- ference the premier announced he | conferred again today with Premier i would meet with the Americans again | j this evening. Before the evening meeting the French cabinet will hold a session at Elysee Palace. It was assumed that the cabinet was convoked to examine suggestions advanced by the American States Government and that of | negotiators earlier in the day. France on the Hoover intergov-| ernmental debt suspension plan awaits the discussion of “several! technical questions,” according to a statement issued today by the Acting Secretary of State, William | R. Castle, jr. Mr. Castle said: “No agreement has been reached, as there are several technical questions still to be discussed. No proposals will be accepted that do not fall com- pletely within the spirit and pur- pose of the President’s offer.” Followed Conference. | Mr. Castl'e statement to the press was made after he had returned to the State Department from the White House, where he conferred with the President. ‘The technicalities to which Mr. Castle referred in his statement have to do with the handling of the money which Germany is called upon to pay in “un- conditional” reparations, it is under- stood. Furthermore, the United States Gov- ernment and the French are discussing when the postponed reparations pay- ments shall be made by Germany. The understanding here is that this Gov- ernment is holding out for an extension of time, perhaps for 10 or 25 years, in which the German government is to make up the postponed payments, ‘while the French sre contending for a shorter period. According to the Assoclated Press, the French are asking for payment of the “unconditional” reparations, due this year when simjlar payments fall due next year, making two years' pay- ment at that time instead of one. This, it is reported, is being resisted by the | American Government. State Department Cheerful. At the State Department it was in- sisted that there is no pessimism over the situation in Paris, where Ambassa- dor Edge and Secretary Mellon of the Treasury Department are conducting the negotiations with the representa- tives of the French government today. Indeed, it was said that the negotia- tions are going forward cheerfully and vigorously. The department was not willing to hazard a guess as to whether there would be definite understanding be- tween the two governments by tonight. Senator Smoot of Utah, chairman of the Senate Finance Committze, who was called back to Washington to con- fer with the President in connection with the debt suspensicn plan, was a visitor at the White House today, He said on leaving the President that he was extremely hopeful that the plan for debt suspension would be success- fully carried out. Acting Secretary of the Tregsury Og- den Mills was in conference with the President today, discussing the reports received from Paris regarding the | negotiations. And Acting Secretary of State Castle returned to the White House a second time to talk with the | ident. Mr. Mills made no com- ment upon the trend of the discussions in Paris. Two Nations Accept Plan. ‘The State Department announced yesterday thdt the President's proposal had been formally accepted by Poland and Czechoslovakia, The department said: “In a telegram dated June 27, 1931, the Hon. A. C. Ratshesky, American Minister to Czechoslovakia, reported to the Department cf State that Forelgn Minister Benes had assured him that Cazechoslovakia will accept the Presi- dent’s debt proposal. The Czechoslo- vakia answer is expected in Washing- ton early next week. “On June 27, 1931, the charge d'af- faires ad interim of Poland indicated to the Acting Secretary of State that Poland welcomes President Hoover's debt proposal.” Poland and Czechoslovakia, since the ‘World War, have been followers of | Prance generally speaking in interna- tional policy. Czechoslovakia is the first of the nations of the “Little En- tente” to accept formally the debt sus- pension plan advanced by the Presi- dent. The other nations in this en- tente are Rumania and Jugoslavia. Ru- mania has informally expressed a sym- pathetic attitude toward the debt sus- pension plan. The Little Entente has been close to France since the war. PERU GARRISON SEIZED Troops Sent to Central Town to| Put Down Rebels. { LIMA, Peru, June 20 (#).—Govern- ‘ment troops were en route to Cuzco, in Central Peru, today to put down a re- volt of two regiments cf infanutry de- manding changes in the electoral law and testing, the return of former nt Luis M. Sanchez Cerro. ‘The military junta admitted in a com- munique that the 13th and 15th Infan- try Regiments had rebelled Saturday night and taken posession of the Cuzco garrison. Police and civil guards and other detachments were sald to bave remal loyal. A rnfilmlnt of infantry was dispatched to Mollendo, the nearest port, and the garrison at uipa was ordered to co- operate in quelling the rebellion. Radio Programs on Page C-4 Difficulties which have not been set- tled were encountered in the conversa- sations. tion between Mr. Mellon and the French premier The negotiations, it was said, have reached a most delicate point. Before go'ng any further Premier Laval de- cided it wculd be best to receive the ad- vice of his entire cabinet. All questions \involved in the Hoover | proposa!—political es wcll as financial— were examined by the American Secre- tary and the head of the French gov- ernment. At the conclusion of his ccnversation with Secretary Mellon, M. Laval per- sonally dictated a communique to the press. “Another conference was held today, when M. Laval received Mr. Mellon, United States Ambassador Edg>, For- eign Minister Briand, Finance Minister Flandin and Andre Francols Poncet, Budget Minister Pletrl being kept in the Chamber of Deputles by his official duties,” the communique sald. “A new exchange of views took place. The next glgelmg will be held at 9:30 p.m. to- | day.” Whole Question Involved. M. Francois Poncet holds the partfolio of national economy in the Laval cabi- net and has taken part in all the nego- ons between Mr. Mellon and the | French. No effort was made on elther side to | hide the fact that negotiations over the | war debt and reparations holiday had reached a most tense point. | _Inquiry as to what portion of the dis- | 7 (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) BLO0DY ELEGTION BLOW TO ALFONSD Ten Killed as Zamora Sup- porters Win Majority of 470 Deputies. By the Associated Press. MADRID, June 29.—Former King Al- { fonso, exiled to France, had his answer from the people of Spain today in the form of a National Assembly over- whelmingly Republican in political out- look. Despite strict censorship of dispatches it was learned today that 10 persons were killed in uprisings attending the voting. On the basis of incomplete returns, Minister of the Interior Migel Maura issued a statement indicating that the Conservative Republican-Socialist bloc, domunated by Provisional President Niceto Alcala Zamora, had won a ma- jority of the 470 PDeputles’ seats yes- terday in the first” elections since the fall of the monarchy. Major disturbances occurred at Mal- ;gl, Seville and Prieves, near Guadala- jara. At Maiaga three deaths were reported and nine were wounded. It was neces- sary to declare martial law because of a general strike called 1n protest against the death of a workman in an election braw!. Among those badly wounded was a civil guard who was caught in a street ambuscade, Seville Agitation Renewed. Reports came from Seville of new agitation at Tablada Airdrome, where reinforcements ordered out by Gen. Sanjurjo again assumed control. Last Saturday the field was taken over from its commandant by a column of troops ser’ . it by the general from Seville. Provisional officials of the Spanish Republic characterized partial election returns as “the death knell” of mon- archist efforts to return King Alfonso or any other claimant to the Spanish throne. “The voting in towns and cities con- clusively showed the people want a re- public and do not want a monarchy,” sald Provisional President Alcala Za- mora. Largo Caballero, minister of labor, said the Spanish people “shpwed an ardent desire to maintain the republic and squashed all hopes of a return to the monarchial regime.” Political Madrid already has begun to hail Foreign Minister Lerroux as the next premier, with the possibility that Zamora will succeed himself as Presi- dent. Lerroux wop a deputyship from each of seven citles. This virtually places six extra seats at his disposal, although the formality of electing sub- stitutes will be gone through in all ex- cept one city. Official returns showed that the party of Col. Francisco Macia, provisional President of Catalonia, captured Barce- lonia and the province, with the Cati- lonian Regionalists second and Foreign Minister Alejandro Lerroux's Radical Republicans third. Statehood Idea Cheered. Col. Macia was cheered to the raft- ers when he told a large election audi- ence that the vote upheld Catalonia’s desires for autonomous statehood within 1_republic. “We are our own nued on Page 2, Column 5.) EIGHT DIE IN FLAMES Young Victims Trapped by Fire While Sleeping. JONQUIERES, Quebec, June 29 (#). —Eight children were burned to death today when the home of Xavier Potvin, a farmer, caught fire. The youngsters, ranging in age from 1 to 11, were trapj in their sleeping quarters in the upper part of the house. Potvin tried vainly to reach them, but was driven back by smoke. CAPONESENTENCE RESETFOR LY 3 | |Gangster’s Counsel Pleads for Delay—Promises Im- mediate Surrender. | By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 29.—Sentencing of ‘Scarface Al” Capone on his plea of 1lty to prohibition conspiracy and vio- lation of the Federal income tax laws was reset for July 30 today upon mo- was to have been sentenced tomorrow. The Government made no objection to deferment, of the time for pronounc- ing sentence and United States District Judge James H. Wilkerson granted the petition. Capone’s attorney stipulated the gang- ster would begin serving his sentence immediately after the hearing July 30. Three-Year Term Seen. A maximum of 32 years in prison may | be imposed upon the defendant, but current opinion in court circles here in- dicated a term or not more than three years. The sentence, however, is at the discretion of Judge Wilkerson. Capone was nct in court. His attor- ney, Michael Ahern, told the court the gang leader had some business litiga- tion in Filorida, that his son was ill, and he had had little time recently to be with his family. “Mr. Capone has not done any jockeying in this court,” said Ahern. “He has not filed uny demurrer and has done everything expeditionsly.” Judge Wilkerscn inquired if the Gov- ernment would have objected to a stay of execution. Assistant United States Attorney Dwight H. Green replied there would have been no objection to a reasonable stay and the prosacutors did not care whether Capone were sen- tenced t>morrow or July 30, so ‘ong as no additional delay was sought July 30. Judge Answers Plea. “Your honor, I would like to leave one thought with you while you are considering the matter,” Ahern said. “No defendant has ever been sentenced to a term longer than 18 months on a plea of guilty to an income tax viola- tion and 18 months to two years on a plea of guilty to conspiracy to violate the prohibition law.” “But there are conspiracies and con- spiracies, income tax violations and in- ccme tax violations,” replied Judge ‘Wilkerson. ‘“However, I will not con- sider the term of sentence until after all the evidence and the facts in the case have been submitted to the court.” RAIN OUTLOOK HOLDS 3 SEA FLYERS BACK Boardman and Polando Expected to Start for Constantinople Tomorrow, By the Associated Press. atlantic planes, ready to hop off for various parts of the Eastern Hemis- phere were held back at Roosevelt Field today by reports of North At- lantic rainstorms. Russell Boardman and John Polando of Boston expect to start their Con- stantinople flight tomorrow. Pangborn and Herndon may take off today on a round-the-world flight. Alexander Magyar and George Endrez, Hungarian flyers, have not decided when to start their Budapest trip. ettt “Oldest” Mason, 96, Dies. CONCORD, N. C., June 29. (#).—Dr. Louis A. Bikle, 96 years old, believed to be the oldest Mason in North Carolina, dled here today. Helpless Watc By the Associated Press. NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., June 29— Add to gangland's list of one-way rides a trip over Niagara Falls. Rum run- ners are believed to have sent a sus- pe‘:;ed informer over the cataract last night. 3 The unidentified man, thought to have been a smuggler himself, rode to his death over the falls in a disabled boat, and at first it was taken for -granted that it was an accident. Then a piece of an oar which had been . MAN CARRIED OVER NIAGARA BELIEVED GANGLAND VICTIM Unknown Occupant of Disabled Boat Waves Farewell to hers on Shore. sawed almost in half was found and the authorities concluded rum runner enemies had cut the oar so that it would break when bent against the swift current. ‘The man went over v%l: firemen | waved his and disappeared. tion of the gang chief's counsel. Capone | NEW YORK, June 29.—Three trans- | HEAT WAVE RELIEF 'HOPES ARE SCANT; DEATH TOLL IS 200 Blistering Temperatures Con- tinue to Bake Nation for Seventh Day. {46 DIE IN ILLINOIS; INDIANA CASUALTIES 21 Towa Crops “Irreparably Dam- aged,” Say Experts—Cattle Lost in Middle West. | By the Associated Press. | Much of the Nation was moving| | feebly today against the seventh con- secutive day of oven-like temperatures. From the Rockies to the Atlantic Seaboard, and from a short distance below the Canadian border to the Gulf, { the heat bore down with mercless im- partiality. There was scant hope of relie before Tuesday. Upwards of 200 have died during the current wave. Cattle were reported dying in the fields of Towa, Tllinois and other Middle Western States, which are bearing the brunt of the soaring tem- peratures. In Iowa the crqps were suf- fering what agricultural experts termed an “irreparable damage.” 46 Die in Dlinois. | At least 46 persons died yesterday in Tllinois, where the thermometer hov- ered around the century mark. in Chicago alone 30 deaths were at- tributed to the heat. In other Mid- dle Western States the death list| mounted. | Temporary relief came to some sec- tions of the Northern States—the De- kotas, Minnesota and Northern Michi- gan—in drizzling rain, but no general showers served to alieviate the blis-| tering heat. Millions throughout the Nation sought relief at beaches, where many were drowned. Continuance Predicted. Continued warm weather for Illinois, | Towa, Missourl, Indiana, Wisconsin, | Minnesota and other Central States; were predicted. There were possibili- ties of local thunderstorms in Northern Wisconsin, Western Minnesota and Central Iowa. ‘There was one death in Jowa. The temperature ranged from 97! In Creston to 102 in Sioux City—the latter establishing a June record. There was a drowning in Nebraska, where the year's record was equaled. Lincoln had 101 degrees. ‘Temperatures in Kansas and Okla- homa ran around 100, with Altus, Okla., having 103. There were four deaths in St. Louis and one in Kansas City. Indiana Toll 21. Mercury rode at 100 or more through- out Indiana. Thirteen died from the heat over the week end, and eight were drowned. Unofficially Evansville had 110. St. Paul, at midnight, had a tem- peratuie of 89 degrees, with five deaths. In Ohio there were four deaths! due to heat and two due to drowning. The maximum in Detroit was 83 de- grees last evening., but it had been around 78 most of the afternoon. In Kentucky two were drowned and two died from heat prostration in Louis- ville, when the thermometer registered | 99.3" degrees. A breeze kept the weather moderate yesterday in the Northeast States. New York City had a maximum of 82 de- grees, and there was but one heat death in the city. South of Richmond, Va,, it was gen- erally hot, with Birmingham and Ma- con’s 104 degrees being the hottest ever for June. New Orleans and Richmond had a maximum of 88. There was low humidity over all of Maryland, with Cumberland having a high of 98 and Baltimore 92. There were three drownings in Baltimore. Pennsylvania was also hot and sultry. | The Pacific Coast enjoyed fair and mild weather, e STOCKS DEPRESSED BY PROFIT TAKING Railroad Group Under Greatest Pressure—Leading Shares Lose Two to Five Points. i By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 29.—The New York stock market experienced its most substantial setback today since | 4rOP! the upswing initiated on June 30 by President Hoover's war debt plan. Prices hardened temporarily early in the afternoon. Reactions of $2 to more than $5 a share were numerous in principal stocks, but trading was extremely light and brokers attributed the decline largely to profit-taking sales prompted by the feeling that the advance may have been somewhat too rapid. ‘The decline was in contrast to periods of strength in the foreign markets, al- though they too felt the effects of flurries of profit-taking. After a good advance, the London market eased off, apparently influenced by the trend in ‘Wall Street. ‘The decline in the local market may have been partly a reflection of the difficulties encountered in the Paris negotiations, but Wall Street remained confident of a favorable outcome, re- garding acceptance of the debt plan by Poland and Czechoslovakia, tical allies of France, as distinctly encourag- ing. Shares losing about $3 to $5 included United States Steel, American Tele- phone, New York Central, Allied Chemical, Union Pacific, Atchison, Con- solidated Gas, American Can and Ken- necott. Losses of $1 or $2 were numerous. SHIPS CRASH IN HARBOR 100 Passengers Taken From Chip- pewa by Fireboat. NEW YORK, June 29 (#)—The steamer Mandalay, bound for Atlantic | the hlands, . 500 | Hitz, the Court of Appeals held Fiske's %% “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers eyery city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes Saturday's Cire Sunday’s (P) Means Associated Press. Circulation, as fast as the papers are printed. ulation, 108.783 118,815 TWO CENTS. THE SKEPTIC. NAVY PATENT CASE DECISION REVERSED $198,000 Judgment Had Fa- vored Fiske on Torpedo- Dropping Device. The District Court of Appeals today | reversed the decision of the District | Supreme Court which awarded to Rear | Admiral Bradley A. Fiske, U. S. N., re- | tired, & judgment for $198,000 against Rear Admiral William A. Moffett, chief | of the Bureau of Naval Aeronautics., The judgment had been awarded by the lower court for alleged infringement of a patent held by Fiske on a torpedo dropping device which had been used | on 397 planes by the United States without authority of the patentee. In an opinfon by Justice Willlam patent was invalid for inoperativeness, and that the United States was en- titled to an firrevocable license to use inventions made while Piske was an officer of the United States Navy. Point of Disagreement. “We cannot agree with the trial court,” Justice Hitz said, “that when a member of the General Board of the Navy and head of the Committee on | War Plans spends his time and inge- | nuity in devising & method and appa- ratus for discharging torpedoes from | airplanes as & part of a scheme of | naval defense, he is entitled to witn- hold the device from the Government. Nor does the fact, if it be a fact, that some details were not perfected to his satisfaction until shortly after he was transferred to command of a fleet, alter the situvation.” On the question of inoperativeness, the court pointed out Admiral Fiske | testified that when he applied for this patent he had never seen a seaplane and but two airplanes in exhibition fight, which were flimsy affairs and purely experimental. ‘The record showed, according to the court, that at the date of the patent no airplane was in existence capable of carrying the torpedo required; that no torpedo was known able to sustain the shock of dropping from an airplane at the minimum speed of flight; that improved torpedoss were required for such use; that years of work and ex- perimentation subsequent to the patent were required to product such torpedoes and to make the conception of launch- ing torpedoes from airplanes practical; while all labor, material and money re- quired for such experimentation had been furnished by the United States. Nothing Contributed. “Yet at a time,” Justice Hitz sald, “when airplanes were hardly capable of rising from the ground, Admiral Fiske presumes a plane capable of carrying and discharging a torpedo weighing a ton. To the development of such a plane Admiral Fiske contributed noth- ing, yet by this judgment he is given damages against a brother officer based uron the total cost of 397 such planes, alleged to have been used with torpedo- ping devices infringing his patent.” Justice Hitz also pointed out that Admiral Piske testified that his inven- tion “was a pure dream embodied in the ducl'lvtlun.:dpnd drawings” and that he was ama: at the facility with which a patent was obtained thing so_obvious. “We think his amazement,” Justice Hitz added, “was justified; but a dream, like an idea, is not an invention and cannot be patented until embodied in a physical contrivance making it prac- tically useful and the useful contrivance cannot be patented, even if new, unless its novelty amounts to discovery. Until the inventor has done this as a matter of reasonable legal certainty, and not as a matter of mere conjecture or prophetical possibility, he has given mxfl\nl to the public in return for the monopoly which he seeks by letters patent.” Admiral Moffett was represented by Attorneys Henry C. Workman and Charles B. Rugg, while Attorneys Ernest Wilkinson and R. J. Mawhinney ap- peared for Admiral Fiske. GOTHAM GIRDS FOR WAR TO RID CITY OF GANGS By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 20.—Business and industrial leaders were called to Police Commissioner Mulrooney's office today for a 1 i | \One Is Shot and Another. Policeman Gives Blood Saving Boy ; Returns to Beat | i "By the Associated Press. | PITTSBURGH, June 29 —Pa- trolman Walter Fletcher, 23, ‘ left his beat last night to submit to a blood transfusion to save the | son of a dead buddy—and then went back on patrol until dawn. Physiclans said the transfusion would save the life of Edward Rahe, 5, son of Motor Cycle Offi- cer A. E. Rahe, who was killed a year ago. The boy's legs had been crushed by an elevator. A call was broadcast over the police radio system when physi- clans decided a transfusion was necessary. Within 15 minutes, 12 officers were at the hospital, volunteering to give their blood. Fletcher was chosen. THO ARE INIRED N MINER STRKE { Clubbed in Ohio—Both Are Jailed. By the Associated Pr STEUBENVILLE, Ohio, June 29.— One man was shot and wounded and | another was clubbed with a gun butt| in a disturbance at Bradley mine No. 1, at Smithfield, near here, today in con- | nection with the Eastern Ohio coal mine strike. Injured Men Jailed. ‘The injured men, Stanley Karnich, | 32, and Gabo Kado, 29, were placed in the Smithfield Jail. Karnish received | a minor wound from a gunshot, alleged | by strikers to have been fired by mine | gul;d.l, and Kado was struck over the | ead. Deputy sheriffs said the disturbance followed refusal of about 100 pickets to disperse when ordered away from the properties by the mine guards. The Bradley mine had been operating full time despite the atlempt to force a trike. At Dillonvale Mine No. 1 of the M. A. Hanna Coal Co. another report of stoning of miners by alleged strikers " (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) - STEAMSHIP AFIRE _OFF NORTH CAROLINA Freighter Radios She Is Heading for Southport Under Own Steam. ‘WILMINGTON, N. C., June 29 (®).— ‘The .steamer Georgian, bound from to Savannah, Ga., Fear bar, but was proceeding to South- port, N. C., under her own steam and would arrive there this afternoon. Georglan is a 3,500-ton ship, owned by the Strawn Line of Savannah. She carries a crew of between 35 and 50 men. Information as to her cargo was t available here, but well in- form shipping circles said she was probably loaded with fertilizer materials. | Special Dispatch to The Star. The Kansas farmers, HOPEFORU..AD N WHEATHARVEST Kansans Fear Ruin if Old Stocks Are Not Held From Market. HAYS, Kans, June 29 (NANA) who toil in & blazing sun harvesting 12,000,000 acres of wheat, are casting their eyes in the direction of Washington. It was good news to them that Presi- dent Hoover had actively interested himself in the Farm Board's policy and advised the board to make a definite| announcement as to whether it wouldi withhold its stock of old wheat from | the present market. In this interest of the President, the farmers feel lay the possibility of ac- tion which will lift prices out of the quagmire into which they have been steadily sinking. Almost tantamount to their faith in Government is the belief cZ the farmers that if the Farm Board withholds its stocks of old wheat from the present market prices will improve. That the White Housz has been quietly investigating the cituation was, of course, unknown, although a few of the men most interested in the wheat roblem had learned the White House ad been in direct telephone communi- cation with Kansas. { Hoped for Assurance. ‘The farmers hoped that before the market opened today definite assur-| ance will be received from the Farm Board that it will co-operate in holding back its stocks and that prices will stiffen, but in any event it is apparent that the farmers who intend to store their wheat are going ahead with the harvest. Those forced to sell from the machine took advantage of the Sabbath to await developments. At present prices it is just about an even break financially for the tenant farmer Wwhether he harvests his wheat or not. The price generally is 36 or 37 cents. Thirty-five- cent wheat would mean | the ruin of a large section of the wheat beli, since it is at least 15 cents a bushel below the cost of production for the majcrity of the best farmers. __As Kansas rushes full tilt into the greatest harvest in its history, its po- sition regarding the disposition of the crop at present prices becomes clear. Tenant farmers, with heavy financial obligations, must sell immediately, even if it bankrupts them, since they must pay off the notes incurred in purchas- ing their equipment and in financing their crop. Substantial farmers, with their equip- ment paid for, amost without excep- tion, will store the bulk of their pro- duction. Implement sheds, barns and granaries have been prepared for the wheat, which, because of the extreme dryness, will store without damage. ‘Wages Are Maintained. In their appeals to the President for ald, leaders in Kansas affairs have cited to him an editorial which ap- peared a week ago in a Kansas paper applauding his efforts to stabilize Europe with a moratorium, but calling his attention to the need of stabilizing the wheat farmers at home. Despite a low price, Kansas is saving the wheat, tolling mightily to gather it in. The farmer is showing a spirit (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) 1 WHITE HOUSE CURTAIN PATCH SHOWS HOOVER SAVING REAL Passersby Can See Ragged Shade at One Window, as Other Glares With Evidence of Economy. A patched lace curtain at one window and a ragged shade at another, both on the Pennsylvania avenue side of the _White House, give mute evidence to the thousands who pass the Executive Man- sion each day, that President Hoover was decidedly in earnest when he re- cently put into effect a governmental 'economy program for the purpose of for another conference to rid the city °"l'hg police head has promised he will ice Sanasters gut of the ey, put wil send al ou % them to jail. It was understood that agents from it of Justice and assistant district from every county in N.«# York City were to attend the ses- Mayor Walker first launched the drive against gangsters ‘when internal revenue agents announced they would camj § L e tax returna, saving millions of dollars to help meet the tremendous Treasury deficit. ‘The explanation of these at the ‘White House who are in charge of such things as lace curtains and shades is that the curtain should have been re- moved some time ago, but inasmuch as the presidential family has remained in ‘Washington, it was thought best to wait until Jater. No explana as to the torn shade at anot! to have the White House furnishings show evidence of poverty or parsimony. The patched window curtain hangs in a window of the so-called pink room, which was one of the suite used by Premier MacDonald when he was a guest at the White House more than a: year ago, and is also the room used by Mrs. Nicholas Longworth during her residence there. The room is the first The ragged window shade is at a window in a pantry, which is the last room to the west of the House. and rep] tion was made her window. | in It is felt, however, that it is not the| ca purpose 1 President’s n his economy plan ! GLOBE FLYERS' HOP FROM KHABAROVSK STARTS 2,409-MILE FLIGHT TO ALASKA Post and Gatty Depart, With Weather in Some Parts Threatening—Expected at Destination by 11 P.M. PAIR ANTICIPATING FAST NON-STOP JUMP Testing of Plane Occupies All Night and Day as Aviators Make Ready for Most Hazardous Part of Trip—Nome Prepares to Hail Their Return to North America. By the Associated Press. KHABAROVSK,, June 29.— More than six hours after the American flyers, Wiley Post and Harold Gatty, took off from here on their 2,409-mile, non- stop flight to Nome, Alaska, there was no sign of their re- turning. The weather was good. The round-the-world airmen departed at 5 pm. (4 am. Eastern standard time). By the Associated Press: KHABAROVSK, Siberia, June 29. —On the last long hop of their aerial dash around the world, Wiley Post and Harold Gatty left here at 5 p.m. Shanghai time (4 am. Eastern standard time) today, hoping to reach Nome, Alaska, 2,100 miles distant, with- out a stop. With favorable weather and coentinuance of their average speed of 140 miles an hour, Post and Gatty should arrive at the Alaskan city about 11 p.m. today, Eastern standard time. Behind them lay about 9,250 miles of land and sea, over which they had flown in 4 days 21 hours . and 34 minutes. Ahead of them was approximately 5,750 miles, in- cluding the hazardous trip across the Straits of Tartary, the Sea of Okhotsk, the Kamchatka Penin- sula and the Bering Sea, which stood between them and Nome. Is Longest Hop. The longest hop made by Post and Gatty up to the time they reached Khabarovsk was 2,190 miles, from Har- bor Grace, Newfoundland, to Chester, England. After reaching Nome they will have a 1,900-mile hop to Edmon- ton, Alberta, and a 2,000-mile hop to New York. If the last three hops are made non- stop, with only brief stops for sleep and refueling. the world fiyers might reach their final destination Wednesday night, a few hours less than nine days after their start. Two Delays Costiy. Far ahead of their 10-day schedule when they enccuntered their first trou- ble at Blagoveshchensk, the stop im- mediately preceding the Khabarovsk Janding, Post and Gatty had experienced two costly delays when they left here. Their monoplane Winnie Mae stuck in a mud hole at Blagoveshchensk and 1t took 141; hcurs to get it out ard ready to start. Here they spent 26i: precious hours overhauling their plane, resting and waiting for advantogeous weather. Their take-off here marked the beginning of their seventh cay. Reports Are Varied. ‘Weather reports along their 1oute varied. The Kamchatka peninsula area was reported to be both clear and stormy. The Bering Sea was reported cles but Japanese advices sald a storm was forming in the Japan Sea and moving in a general to- ward their path. Post and Gatty believed weather con- ditions were satisfactory, however, and left suddenly, expecting a smooth flight straight to Nome after working the better part of a night and day on their plane. Both Russians and foreigners_joined (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) MAYOR IN RIOT CITY FACES TRIPLE ATTACK Removal of Decker, Barberton, Ohio, Where Newspaper Men ‘Were Beaten, Sought. By the Associated Press. AKRON, Ohio, June 29.—A three- way protest against Mayor S. A. Decker of Barberton was in progress today as a result of the street fighting there Fri- day night, in which tear gas bombs were thrown and Akron newspaper men beaten. A meeting to protest against the al- leged aetion of Barberton police in the rioting was scheduled for tonight by the International Labor Det rtico on the | in % ‘The