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A2 = ; SHAPIRO SLAYING | BELIEVED MISTAKE Gangsters Sought Brother of Murdered Racketeer, Police Think. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, July 11.—The thlrdl botched “job” by Brooklyn hoodlums within a week sent Irving Shapiro, 26+ wear-old racketeer, spinning to a side- walk today with 10 slugs in his back. He was dead when police arrived, but | they figured out his assassination was all a mistake. The seven gunmen who lurked about his home for three hcurs and ended their vigil by pumping hh:n full of lead were rcally after his; brother, Meyer, a power in the shady haunts ‘of Brownsville, Brooklyn. I Shot Leaving Car. Meyer, after playing cards all night with his brother and otherse decided to g0 to a turkish bath. Irving guessed he would go home and jzin Meyer later, As he alighted from his car a blast of gunfire from the hallway of his home cut him down. The Shapiros, detectives said, may have had a desire to get in on the rich beer-running game in Brooklyn, branch- ing out from the slot machine and laundry rackets in which they were al- leged to have engaged. That's what made pclice believe the slaying may have been in reprisal for two recent fumbled attempts on the life of Tony Mongno, one-armed bzer chieftain now in hiding. Mongno Wounded. Foes in a speeding car tried to mow Mongno down last Tuesday but suc- ceeded cnly in wounding him. While he was lying in-Trinity Hospital yester- day, convalescing, a gangster into the institution apparently intent on finishing him off. But he missed Mongno's room the first try and before he could find it, four of Mongno's friends arrived. While nurses trembled, there was a scuffie in which a dozen or so shots were fired and the ill-starred gunman Wwas tossed into a car and carried away. Meyer Shapiro, the police said, was arrested 22 times, but “beat the rap” every time except once when he was convicted of possessing & gun, Irving was arrested & dozen times with some- what similar results, they said. CONGRESS MAY ACT TO EXPOSE OR CURB SHORT GRAIN SALE _4Concinuid From_ First Page.) provision against publishing the names of the concerns or individuals making the sales. In other words, the infor- mation relating to the speculators selling the market short is already in the hantls of the Government, but it cannot be used to show them up. Only where a speculator fails to make report of his sales under this act can he be prosecuted and his name made public. Dr. J. T. W. Duvel, head of the grain futures administration in the Department of Agriculture, ted the knowledge of short selling and approved the President's statement, and so did Assistant Secretary Dunlap of the Department of Agricuiture. Grain Exchange officials- in Minne- apolis, Chicago and elsewhere are de- nying knowledge of excessive short selling, and an Associated Press dis- patch reports Charles T, Stevenson, president of the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce, as saying that the diffi- ¢ulty today lies in the fact that there is not too much speculation in grain today but too- little. 5 That i{s the same kind of argument as has been advanced by some: of members of Congress who have urged the Federal Farm Board to revise its announced policy and to declare that it ‘will sell no wheat until the price goes to 85 cents a bushel or not to sell any of its wheat holdings until four months or more have elapsed. 5 Speculation, however, the farmers have fcund works both ways on the grain markets. In the time of harvest, when the farmer is disposing of his ‘wheat, the speculative market has year after year been depressed.’ But when the wheat is out of the farmers’ hands, in the hands of the dealers, then the speculation seems tn work the other way, and prices go up. This is the kind of thing that has brought the de- mand for strong farm co-operatives able to handle the farmers’ wheat on the markets themselves. Before Alexander Legge left the Fed- eral Farm Board, of wrich he was the first chairman, he was convinced that the law should b: smended so that rules and regulations of the grain ¢nd cotton exchanges should be subject to the approval of the Department of Agriculture. This, in effect, would give the department a veto power over regu- lations which it deemed against the t- THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, lAMBAMA OPENS | F iedge Britain to Disa‘rm'amenv Morgan Yacht to Sail FINANCIER KEEPS MISSION TO ENGLAND SECRET. By the Assoclated Press. LEN CO\{E, N. Pierpon d Corup‘;r with L.Or owner aboard sails next week for England on what may prove to be an at- tempt to beat its last year's transat- lantic time of nine days. But details of the voyage are shrouded in Morgan _tra of silence. Any member of the crew of 55, from mester to gallery boy, who tells just when the anchor will be weighed or says a word about other plans, will find himself a landlubber in quick order. The point was made clear todsy by Capt. William %p?oruxr, v;go h.u ‘e:lg Mr. Morgan's sl er- for years has gulr:c-d one l?fur another of the Corsairs into many a_port. “I fired my chief officer before that last voyage for talk'ng," the tall gray man of the seas said with a vigor that belied his 60-odd years. Plans to Remain Secret. “And he was a darn good chief officer at that" he added. “Our plans are secret. They will remain secret.” He was told certain information about next week's voyage had leaked out already. His eyes flashed. “There will be an investigation. If any of my men talked, even if it was the new chief officer, he won't be in the crew tomorrow.” Not a word would he say about the possibility of cutting down that nine- day time; about the ship itself or about July 11.—J. the | Mr. his employer, who mnhl-’ll': that s steam yacht | dem GERMANY WEIGHS “SPARTAN MOVES" All-Night Meeting Fails to Evolve Plan to Avert Financial Crash. (Continued From First Page.) discount credit and the rediscount credit from abroad. % On Wednesday the demand for for- s currencies was ,000,000, on Taursday 50,000,000, and on Friday an- other 50,000,000, Yesterday's run uratively knocked the botl out of While mmfiymhml' asures to be le) mes taken if -~ tomorrow arrives witheut definite assurance of help from abroad, S . Bl Great an !tue.t. throu tic channels, of the gravity of the situation. ‘The keenest interest is shown in a ‘he | TePOTt_which arrived late last night Wi men were fashioning on which he was to take the g Soior, e ta 4o i me mm‘"!“lfi.b\nlm% Brooklyn. ‘The Corsair rides at anchor in the cove. She came back early this week from Brooklyn, where her hull was scraped and freshly painted. Supplies necessary for the long are in her storerooms. All is in 'ss for the crossing. Mr. gan's destination is his lnfx; lish home, Wall Hall, at Aldenham, Hertfordshire. ‘While aboard he will celebrate his sixty-fourth birthday anniversary. The luxurious Corsair has two sets of state rooms for her owner, one on the main deck and other forward on the boat deck, where a real sailor, such as Mr. Morgan is, can enjoy the sea voyage to its utmost. But what Mr. Morgan does on the trip, whether he enjoys the adventure, whether he thrills over the prospect of setting a new Corsair record—all those things probably will remain secrets, for Morgan employes never tell. MARYLAND DRIVES AGAINST SPEEDERS Al Available State Police to Patrol Highways to Cut Fatalities. Spectal Dispatch to The Star, ‘BALTIMORE, Md., July 11.—In an effort to reduce the number of automo- bile fatalities, which have shown a steady increase every month this year, E. Austin Baughman, commissioner of motor vehicles, today ordered the State police to keep a strict watch for auto- mobile speeders. Every available trooper will be on duty tomorrow, with extra patrols on all the main highways of the State. ‘The restriction will not be effected through a dampaign, but will be of gradual development, with the hope that fast - drivers will. be generally checked, the commissioner declared. Fatalities Increase. Acco! g to records of accidents compiled by the department, there were 37 more fatalities in automobile crashes during the first six months of this year than in 1930, and 63 more than in the same period of 1920. This increase is due to speeding, the commissioner thinks, “It stands to reascn that h'gh rates of speed causs most of our accidents,” he said today. “Under the present type of highway construction dangerous curves and other traffic hazards are re- moved and everything is being done to make the driving conditions safe for the motorist. “Under these improved conditions there can be no other unswer for the increasing number of fatalities on high- ways than that the motorists drive their cars so fast that they cannot keep them in full control at all times.” Others At Point of Death. In commenting on the 32 persons killed during June, Mr, Baughman said that there were a number of other per- sons injured during that month who are lying at the point of death at va- rious hospitals in the State, teveral of ‘whom in all probability will die. interest of the producer or of the con- sumer. Ncthing was done about it, however. May Reintroduce Bill. Senator Caraway of Arkansas had o bill pending in the last Congress dealing drastically with the grain and co‘ton exchanges and with short selling. He probably will reintroduce it in the new Congress when that body convenes. There are Federal laws dealing with warehousing, inspection and future sales of grain and cotton. They provide for separate divisions to handle these mat- ters. It has been suggested that an improvement in administration could be made if these activities relating to the same commodities were all brought under one supervision. The Federal Farm Board, which has been under attick because it would not relinquish its announced policy not to - sell wheat at present market prices but reserving the right to sell not in excess of 5,000,000 bushels of wheat in a single month, is receiving messages, it is un- derstood, from the Northwest declaring that its policy is approved by many o the farmers and their organizations. ‘This, notwithstanding the effcrts made recently by Vice President Curtis, Sen- ator Capper of Kansas and Senator Watson of Indiana, the Republican leader of the Senate, to have the board declare it would sell no wheat for a long period. The Farm Board, it is explained, does | not wish to have its hands tied b | declaration that no wheat whatever would be sold from its holdings, no mat- ter what conditions might a Furthermore, the Farm Board doubts thet such a declaration by it would | have the effect on wheat prices which | roponents of the policy hope it wculd glve. It is pointed out that although the board announced last year it would sell none of its holding of wheat or cot- ton, prices of both ties dropped. i ASKS NAMES BE PUBLISHED. Ilinois Democrat Urges Hoover to - Expose Short Sellers. By the Associated Press, CHICAGO, July 11.—Representative A. J. Sabath, Democrat, of Illinols, today ‘wrote to President Hoover urging him to make public the names of “certain per- sons selling short in all commodity markets,” as mentioned in the Presi- dent’s statement at Friday's press con- ference, and to- designate them ‘“public enemies. In his statement President Hoover made it clear his attack was not upon legitimate hedging operations, but only upon those of “a limited number of speculators who, he said, sold grains and other commodities short ‘to depress P Ch have designated & G icago we have des men crimes ®uil of lesser enemies,’ than and th you In announcing the start of his ef- forts to reduce speeding the commis- sioner issued an appeal to motorists of Maryland wmco-nper:w th_\' \{‘oh:‘m:;uy decreasi) e speed at whicl ey usually n'.‘l'lvel without waiting to be brought into court by the State police. QUAKER CITY SEEKS 1932 6. 0. P. SESSION Mayor Mackey to Confer With Chairman Fess July 20 on Convention Plans. By the Assoclated Press. PHILADELPHIA, July Harry A. Mackey said today he an committee of Republicans plan.to con- fer with Senator Fess of Ohio, chair- man of the National Republican Com- mittee, in Washington on July 20 with a view to having the 1932 Republican National Convention held in the new convention hall here. Mayor Mackey yesterday sent a mes- to Fess requesting a conference. Senator Fess replied he would “be leased to confer” with the mayor and is committee at hnflfl:nmn of the National Committee on July 20. Mayor Mackey said_a oonference would be held in his office Monday to select some members of the committee. He expressad hope the committee mem- bers would include representatives of business and political leaders of Penn- sylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and ‘Maryland. 11.—] T commodit in 1929 and x'gn 'hlchhullug e panic, bankruptcy, unemp! P thousands of suicides. * * * 1f you will serve notice that if they will not desist in their nefafious and destructive activi~ ties that you will make public their nmsml: will hive a wholesome effect u m.” n;lnbam also urged the President to re- quest the Federal Reserve Board to ex- tend loans on'or purchase for invest- on homes 90 per cent of the banks in disf through frozen assets, Mrs. a | the Em HOOVER GONSIDERS CAMP TRIP ESCORT Virginia Police Offer to Send Men to Prevent Mishaps May Be Accepted Now. President Hoover may sccept Vir- ginia’s offer to provide a motor cycle police escort for the motorcade carry- ing White House parties to and from the President’s Rapidan lodge. Such an offer was made following a minor accident about a_year ago to a car conveying Lawrence Richey, a presi- dential secretary, back to Washington from the fishing camp, but President Hoover deemed the police escort un- necessary. It is claimed that a motor cycle escort could have prevented the collision Pri- y in which Frank Connor, corres ndent of the New York Herald ibune, and his wife were hurt while companying the President's party to \the Rapidan. State policemen cculd maintain the unbroken sequence of the presidential cars by forestalling at- tempts of other motorists to “cut in” on the official caravan. The collision between Connor’s auto- mobile and a large bus resulted from Connor's attempt to pass the bus after it had cut into the official line, separ: ing the President’s car from that of the Secret Service escort and cars carrying the newspaper men. The Secret Service car and an automobile with several cor- respondents managed to regain their positions immediately behind the Presi- dent, but Connor collided with the bus in trying to follow. Mrs. Connor re- celved a fractured collarbone and her husband was bruised. Had ;i mo':‘»'r cycle g;t&l beue‘n :4:- companying the part y the bus 'wf:htve been prevented from break- into the line of official cars, pre- venting the accident, it is pointed out. White House attaches indicated yes- terdey that President Hoover may re- consider his rejection of the offer of protection from Virginia State police, according to an iated Press dis- patch from the fishing lodge. Vice President Curtis and Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. Gann joined the Presi- dent’s guests at the lodge yesterday. The Vice President Nad just returned from his home in Kansas. Other guests for the week end included Secretary &nd Mrs. Lamont, Dr. Julius Klein, Mr. and Mrs. Seth Richardson and Mr. and Mrs. . Mr. Healey is a correspondent of the Philadelphia Public Ledger. INJURED PAIR RESTING. Frank W. Connor and Wife Get White House and Other Gifts. Flowers from the White House and numerous friends poured in upon ‘W. Connor, Capif ndent for the New York Herald- Tribune, and his wife, who suffered a fractured collar-bone and other, in- juries in an automobile accident while riding with her husband in the Presi- dent’s caravan to the Rapidan Friday. ! Howpital in Washing. ergency - ton after she and her husband had re- ceived treatment in a lan’s office at Fairfax Court House, Va. was sald to have had a comfortable night. President Hoover,” who learned of the accident after he arrived at the camp, kept in touch with the hospital, and learned that Mrs. Connor probably would be able to go home in a few Facilities of the Naval Hospital were placed at the disposal of Mr. Connor, Wwho was less serisusly injured than his wife when their automobile was hit by a bus traveling at 55 miles an hour which he was to pass keep up with the President's party. An X.ray examination today disclosed that he suffered no broken bones. (Copyright, 1931 AIDE AT WHITE HOUSE T0 SAIL FOR NEW POST Capt. Robert L. Montague, dered to West Indies, Will Leave July 21. t with e | “Aifhougn. the. British lethargic over week ends so far as |rations goin Corps headquarters as to the major unrs:ll commandant. ) < from the effect that a nlwmmavemml by President Hoover expected. p the ministers carried on their dis- cussions, the lights were also burni: at the American embassy, where Am. Sackett was remaining, kee) ing in the closest touch with the devel opments. Events during the past few days have been timed in minutes rather than in hours and days. France's Conditions. ‘The conditions attached to the grant- h\fdnl the foreign loan, Dr. Luther was to have reported to the cabinet on is return from Paris, are: Suspension of the pregram for build- Ing vest-pocket battle cruisers. Abandonment of the proposed Austro- German custom union. Further credit restrictions in Ger- many . Inauguration of measures to prevent the flight of capital. Creation of a “Locarno of the East,” or in other words formal relinquishment. for ‘all time of any hope of regaining Danzig and the Danzig corridor. Rather than submit to the French demand, it was learned from reliable suthority, not only Chancellor Bruen- ing, but President Von Hindenburg him- , would resign. Bitter Attitude Toward France. The first press comments on Dr.|P! Luther’s return, with few exceptions, were characterized by an unusually bit- ter attitude toward Prance. The gen- eral tenor of the comment was that it is scarcely understandable how, in the midst of such a critical situation, threatening not only Germany, but the rest of the world, France could seize an opportunity to demand political con- cessions of Germany, the nation, it was said, which would be hit worst by a crisis. The democratic Boersen Courler ac- cuses Franc: of trying, “after nipping the psychological effect of the Hoover plan in the bud,” to use credit action as a club “to break Germany's political backbone and force her into a state of permanent dependence.” The Prankfurter Zeitung and other papers described the present situation as a sequel to the wild attack against Austria at the time of the recent Creditanstalt failure.” ‘The Vossische Zeitung warns France that concessions forced from Germany under financial pressure would not only be worthless as far as needed Franco- German reconciliation is concerned, but would inevitably ‘throw Germany into the hands of palitical adventurers.” It is up to nce, the paper says, to pr::ent this “greatest post-war dis- aster.” The Centrist newspaper Germania, organ of Chancellor Bruening's party, although unhesitatingly condemning the attitude of Prance, hurls ths bit- terest accusations at Hugenberg and Hitler, Nationalist and National Social- ist leaders, who, it charged, “have not the moral strength, even during these few days in which the peril of the fatherland is approaching its peak, to ;‘:!';lbe temporarily the voice of their ed. “They resemble to a hair,” the paper added, “those super-patriots in France who see in a German catastrophe noth- ing but opportunity. * * * But if Ger- many fails, then Europe will collapse with her.” Other Newspaper Comment. “The dream is over,” the Naticnalist Boerscn Zeltung said. “However, we must not blame President Hoover. He meant well. * * * He certainly did not mean to deliver us over to the Prench knife. But, unfortunately, that's what has come of it.” The extreme Nationalist Deutsche Zeitung carries an appeal signed by the Pan-German ' Union, declaring that Germany has been carried “i) the edge of abyss by the fulfilimant of the gov- ernment’s policy in foreign affairs and Marxism at home” and that the only hope is the outsing ot the present re- gime and the creation of a Nationalist government. In vivid contrast t~ these views is the advice of the Democratic Tageblatt, which advised the public and the gov- ernment to restrain their anger and to consider the possibility of meeting France half way. “Only with France, and not sgainst her,” thc paper sald, “could Germany make real progreas.” Among the heads cf leading banks who were called into the conference after midnight were Oskar Wasser- mann and Solmsen of th Deutschebank und Disconto Gesell- schaft, Curt Sobernheim of Commerz und Privatbank and Jacob Goldschmidt of Darmstaedter und Nationalbank. MESSAGE MYSTERY HERE. | White House Denies Reich Plea to In- tercede With Reserve Banks. Secretary Castle said tonight, in a statement " issued through the White | House, President Hoover had received no request of any kind irom the Ger- man government in connection with the pres:nt -financial difficulties. and had ‘not been asked to intercede. Castle’s statement, made after con- ferences with the President at the Chief y Executive’s Rapidan camp in ‘where he is a guest, said: “The President has had no reguest of any kind from the German government !in conneetion with msepreum financial | diffculties. They have not asked him anfiumde with the Federal Reserve Exchange of Messages Denled. “In this connection it 15 well known ithat in any case the Exccutive has no authority over the Federal Reserve 1 Board and does not attempt to influ- ence it. We know nothing of a message from Washington. “Th: President has not exchanged message of any kind with Germany y:" |, Castle's statement was issued from the President's camp after the White bankers had called confer with the e-blnm:! h‘: Berlin over a message reported Ve been re- ceived from Washington. It was added that no communication had been received today from Ambas- sador Sackett, the American envoy to BRITISH ANXIETY GROWS. Necessary to Save Reich, LONDON, July 11 .—The growl: situation was watched in Great Britain concern. Isles become today that Minister MacDonald, *the foreign office’ and bulll':’ is I ‘ * WAR ON GANGMEN Bombings Fatal to Two, With 20 Injured, Stirs Governor to Action. By the Assoclated Press. g i IGHAM, Ala., July 11.—Gov. Miller today declared war on ter " and took -ur revent a recurrence of last night's Bom persons _ were in which 2 killed, 20 injured and a milk plant and a shop wrecked. The bombings were described as outgrowths of milk g g ' . here for a meeting of the board of trustees of the State mhungfiuhon! for Girls, late today called the city and county commissions into conference and authorized a re- ward of for arrest and con- Yiction of persons responsible for the bi Folloy the conference ief P':licneke?nm)l. McDuff was ll?.l}:rflfi:dx Y measures he conside: necessary to combat such outrages.” e Ex-Fireman Questioned. Meanwhile Milton McDuff, chief of the Police Bureau of Identification, ce:-‘ tinued to tion Eldridge McCoo, former city fireman, arrested by police. ::; 1%; ot!n'phmet. Mmh:lng of the ’s plant, w] in _g:c two d“t!mth S e second - vief Was added toda; when Ned Van Merkestyne, 20, huz school athlete, died from injuries suf- fered when a plate glass window was blown out by the explosion. Ri-ard Richardson, 11, Negro, was killed by i is while walking near the B. M. I Bomb Causes Havoe. Soon after the milk plant was bombe & misslle was thrown into a harbe‘:‘ shop owned by J. D. Ammons in Cen- tral Park, suburb, demolishing the shop and damaging an adjoining drug store and jewelry Ammons told police he h: been warned several days ago Py a cfll’?fl’;flu:" Oihlt }f he failed to increase haircut prices from cents he need not A ln‘v:lhglgptm.l‘ happen: . . H. Parks, who Tates shop around the eorn:?trmn I:m:::? lace, reported to police he was warned in a telephone call today that if he failed to increase the price of his hair- cuts from 25 to 40 cents his place :'"nuldwhn hl‘own jup- He sald he put e 40-cent price int LT P into effect ima | | l JAIL BREAK FOILED Twenty-five Prisoners Plotted Re- lease by Sawing Way Out. CHICAGO, July 11 (#).—, 25 prisoners to escape rmAmEloéozl County Jail by saw their way out has been frustrated by jail officials, Warden David Moneypenny revealed ;modnp.y. rtonc prisoner, he said, admitted Four saws were found hidden abo & cell door, Meneypenny said, and l‘;: more were found wrapped in a news- ]opcekr in the kitchen of the same cell Moneypenny said he did not know what punitive measures would be u?:: ——————— were keeping In ’ e Beping closest touch with Particular concern was ex at the figures of today's 'flhm of capital from Germany, Berlin advices fixing the total at nearly 90,000,000 marks (roughly, $22,500,000), which u| nearly double the withdrawals Priday. Mondn{. it was believed here, may be & critical day in the history of Eurepe and in the history of the world. On that day there will be a further mret- ing of Dr. Hans Luther, Reichsbank president, and European financiers . sembled at Basel for the dire meeting of the Bank for Internationn Settlements. Upon the outcome of that conference the stability of Germany and the future of her present govern- ment may rest, according to the Eng- lish view The withdrawal of foreign capital from Germany might have been avert- | ed, in the English view, if the Hoover proposal had been unanimously accept- ed- forthwith. = But delays—cautioned against by Washington at the time—and the une ceriaf situation which still continues— hav: brought Germany once more the brink of a chasm, England believes, and even more drastic action than President Hoover planned may be necessary to save her. The Stock Exchange in London is closed on Saturday, and hence there was no index of financial fractions to the crisis. PARIS’ STAND STATED. Wants to Help Reich But Not Reac- tionaries, Herriot Declares. By the Associated Press. PARIS, July 11.—Germany’s attitude against the conditions which France-is e to have placed on coming to her financial assistance had a rapid reaction tonight. ‘The government was silent on the developments in Berlin, but Edouard Herriot, former premier and radical Socialist leader, made the situation the theme of a speech at a dinner in his honor in his home town I.yens. France, Herriot said, is ready to go the limit to help the German Republic, but that she wants to be sure this would not mean helping reactionaries m"eleem:':xt to b;l lbleflta “;M ufir neighbors if possible, erT] said, "b‘u‘t we also want to talk to them with that frankness which is the best as- surance of our sincerity. We want the sacrifices we make to be of service to the German people themselves, to their workers and their unfortunates, and not to speculators or those national- ists who would ask us to have a confi- dence in their country which they re- fuse themselves when they expatriate ir capital. mfiwe gnnt our sacrifices to aid German Republic and not its adver- saries. We want to serve the cause of peace—and if we serve this cause the price is not too high—but we do not want our sacrifices to permit cer- tain parts of the budget to funds for others which provide menacing naval armaments. “If Germany considers that we are indiscreet to talk in this fashion, 'let her take of her own accord the measures which are hoped for by all frien In any as and a usurper.” he said, is “not so rich her own e " France, after all” and has FPran Mb‘lu than ntlwr!u,‘ less he l::d.’.ltlrl due to tbe fact that the French save money and invest it carefully. ROME ACCEPTS BID. Will Be Represented at London Debls Conference July 17. on July 17 to discuss pu o e rations moratorl effect. The 1 had 185, that Fall would escape the or | mean xpressing D. C, JULY 12, 1931—PART ONE.. - ‘Throu herself to Minister FALL CONFINEMENT AT PENITENTIARY. IN SANTA FE IS URGED (Continued From Pirst Page.) of crowded conditions, lack of facilities for fresh air and sunshin turbance of Attorney - General, through you, that patient be impris- oned in Santa Fe, N. Mex, Concrete jall floor, lack of sunshine and fresh &ir, with uncomfortable bed, sure to be detrimental to failing health of our patient.” Family Resigned to Term. A member of Fall's family sald ehe did not know whether he had answered Hogan with regard to a suggestion the sentence of & year in jail be amended to & year and a day in order that the -:nomey General might designate some lgce other than Washington for service of the sentence. Justice Bailey sug- gested that the sentence be so amended. An atmosphere of resignation to the inevitable pervaded the big brick Fail mansion after the rul the former Secretary of the Interior must serve a Sentence of a year in jail. Mrs. Fall, with Mrs. Jouett Elliott and Mrs. C. C. Chase, Fall's daughters, said their thoughts were whether confinement in Jail would seriously jeopardize his life. On being told by Mrs. Elliott at the breakfast tab'e of the court’s decision, the former Secretary quietly finished his meal and retired to his room. There he was joined by his wife and what Ppassed between them was not disclosed. Fall came to El Paso several months ago from his ranch near Three Rivers, N. Mex., about 128 miles north of here, Most of the time since he has spant in be Recently he has sat in an arm- chair to receive friends. He has frequently said he did not clieve a trip to Washington for eourt hearings in itself would prove fatal, but he didn't know what would be the out- come if he were confined there, His attitude has been that the strain of waiting for the decision was heavy and he would be glad when it ended. FAILS TO ESCAPE JAIL. Fall's Sentence May Bt Amended So He Can Serve in Texas. By the Associated Press. Final defeat in his long struggle to escape rrl.wn came yesterday to Albert B Fall, Harding’s Secretary of the Interior. g Justice Bailey, in the District of Co- lumbia Supreme Court, refused to sus- Eenfu‘ sentence becaus: of Fall's ill ealth. Fall was convicted in October, 1929, of accepting a bribe of $100,000 from Edward L. Doheny to influence the lease of the Elk Hills, Calif., naval oil reserve to a Doheny company. The former cabinet officer was sentenced to & year in jail and fined $100,000. He has not asked a presidential pardon. President Hoover's. censure of th® men who “betrayed” Harding was taken as an indication that any appeal to him on Fall's behalf would fail. May Modify Szntence. ‘Two things only remain to be settled before Fall goes to prison. One will probably be disposed of Monday. It is whether he is willing to have his sen- tence changed to a year and a day in 2 penitentiary. This would give the Attorney General the power to send him to a prison where the climate is better for him ghan that of Washington. The suggestion that the sentence be modified came from Justice Bailey. He said physicians who had predicted & o [ prison term might cause Pall's death apparently felt much of the dang:sr would grow from his transfer to Wash- ington from the drier air of the Wast. Fall has latent tuberculosis and chronic pleurisy, in addition to heart trouble and hardening ‘of the arteries. Frank Hogan, who has defended Fall since his indictment in 1924, said he would have to consult his client. He promised to communicate with him at ence, adding he expected the answer before tomorrow. e Summer vaca- tion period for Justice Balley's court begins Tuesday. The judge sald he wanted to dispose of the case before the recess. May Serve in Texas. Department of Justice officials ex- pressed the opinion the Attorney Gen- eral would not have to send Fall to a Federal Penitentiary. He may be told to go only a few blocks to the El Paso, Tex., Jail. He went to the Texas eity several weeks ago from his ranch at Three Rivers, N. Mex. If Fall opposes modification of the sentence, Justice Bailey on Monday will probably order that he be by immediately to the Di t of Colum bia Jail. ‘The change from a jall to a peniten: tiary sentence would not cause him to lose his rights as a citizen in the opin- jon of the Department of Justice. He would be eligible to parole in four ‘months. Court rooms where Fall, Doheny and Harry F. Sinclair were tried on charges resulting from the lease of naval oil reserves were crowds So were com- mittee rooms at Senate hearings on the leases. Only the attorneys and a sparse gprinkling of spectators were the | present yesterday. Health No Worse. Justice Bailey said t{uumh.nd' o‘x::‘trl; been no change for ;’:% condition since his conviction. A suspe! of the sentence now would the view term, he be added, e: that any further clemency his resignal Interfor in 1932, began to investigate the transactions which, resulted in Fall's a) al of oil leases to Doheny and lair com- ies. p g S S e inal _cl 0 leases. His courts w er and other reverses had left him a poor man. WILL FLY TO BOGOTA . Newspaper Man to Carry Message From Hoover to Olaya. - | Drowned. rought | om Lloyd George (left), Prime disarmament. GUARDS SEEK BODY OF GORDON TROTH Washington Boy! May Be Washed Ashore at Virginia Beach. An unsuccessful search was made late yesterday for the body of Gordon Troth, 15-year-old Western High School stu- dent, who was drowned yesterday after- noon at Virginia Beach, Va. The boy was the son of J. Ezra Troth, 3825 Gar- rison street, cashier of the Chevy Chase Savings 1 Officials at the Coast Guard life-sav- ing station said last night in a tele- phone conversation with The Star that ihe beach would be patrolled all night in the hope of finding the body washed ashore by the waves. They said the sea was running strong yesterday and that when young Troth went down, Jack Price, another 15-year-old boy, of Norfolk, Va., unsuccessfully attempted to rescue him. Cramps were blamed for the disap- pearance of the youth beneath the sur- !llee of the m:xcz w):zn he v.oo‘:‘ his last plunge preparatory o returning to the Capltal t:fl:winx a week on a house party with Capital high school youths at the beach. ‘Young Ttoth was popular at Western | High School and had a wide circle ¢ friends here. The party of five boy: and four girls was visiting Mr. and Mrs. Tom Goode, near Cavalier Shores. Special Dispateh to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., July 11.—The body of Ward Fessler, 4-year-old son of N. H. Fessler, Philadelphia attorney, drowned in the Severn River at Sher- wood Forest, near here, was recovered y. Seaplanes from the United States Naval Academy had scoured the wood- lands bordering the water as divers searched the water. The body was found flosting near a pier. The father headed the search. The mother was prostrated. More than 400 persons had been engaged in the search since the child disappeared yesterday while playing near the pler. Although many persons were in the vicinity and he was with & nurse who brought him and a 2- year-old child to the ', NO Oone saw the little boy fall into the water. A diver was employed today and made several dives from the wharf without success. He had taken up his equigment about 5 minutes before the child’s body was sighted floating near the pier, It is thought the diver prob- ably went near enough to the body to loosen it. All Jast night a searching party of about 400 persons directed by W. E. Murray, secretary-treasurer of the Sherwood Forest Corporation, searched the vicinity. At daybreak fleet of airplanes and boats from the Naval Academy launched an extensive search. A theory that the child had been kid- naped also was investigated. U. S. ARMY POLO STAR CRITICALLY INJURED IN FALL FROM HORSE (Continued From First Page.) Russell, & New York specialist, sald lrhn lAl'my poloist’s injuries might prove atal. Lom. rfi?flum torfu(xht was ht:o ufll;‘lu pe! of X-ray photographs. Col. Morflmmd a fractured skull, brok:n left shoulder and severe internal injuries, Until the moment of his injury, with but three minutes of play left. Col. Morris had borne th: brunt of ‘a orous defense. His team won 12-11. Col. Morris is stationed at Governors Island, where he is a member of the gen- eral staff of the 2nd Corps Area. Col. Morris was well known here, having been stationed in Washington two years ago just prior to his trans- fer to Governors Island. Officers at Fort Myer said last night he had acted as manager of the Army polo team which went to the Argentine last year for a series of matches. Col. Morris has a wide reputation in the Arny as a proponent of polo in- terests and as a player, the Fort Myer cers said. Los Angeles on Crui LAKEHURST, N. J, July 11 (#).— ‘The Navy dirigible Los Angeles took off at 7 pm. (E. 8. T.) tonight for Fort Pond Bay, N. Y., where she will make contact with the tender Patoka. The airship will use the Patoka as a base and cruise over that area for two or three days. June Circulation Daily... 111,637 = = Sunday, 118,122 R o fe i = and dis- g th of June. Afi Daily average net circulation B X g o P charges the 4 HOOVER DAM PERIL FORESEEN INDESIGN Engineer Fearful It Will Fail, Sliding on Slippery Rock From Lack of Weight. (Continued From Pirst Page.) the same radius; and it is designed on the same genersl theory that some concurrent arch action will take place the leaders of her three great parties, Great Britain has dedicated { *Pd thus overcome the limitations of cause cf arms reduction at Geneva. MacDonald (center) and Stanley Baldwin (right) addressed an over- | by engineers.” flow crowd in Albert Hall, declaring their support of the section—a theory widely disputed Calls Dam too Light for Rock. The ‘statement, “deficient in gravit; section when uplift is comldtred"gr:: ni the dam's weight is insufficlent to eep 1t from sliding with the weight of water pushing it from behind. The “uplift” is the upward push of wat: sezping under the dam, a push of tremendous power when the water is deep behind the dam. This uplift is at the rate of 6"2’.: ptlmnldat- Z;;unrel foot of depth. It cauivalent a large reduction i we_lfl:lt od( the dam. h ol i e dam's weight Mr. Gerry gives a3 6,800,000 tons, and the puxlg of water behind it about 3,500,000 tons. He goes on to explain why this ap- nrégyy safe weight may not hold the “The natural rock at the site,” he says, “is said by the Reclamation Service to have good weight-sustaining ability. It consists of tuffs and flows of volcanic breccia (hard stone havi the appearance of being filled with pebbles) and is of a character usually Tregarde< by engineers as irregular and somewhat uncertain until demonstrated to be otherwise by full exposure. Granting that it will be found to have ample strength in compression throughout, this rock is nevertheless by its nature permeable to water, and it has a low coefficient of frictio Fears Dam Ends May Slide. A “low coefficient of friction” means that the rock is slippery, that there is no great amount of friction to keep the dam from sliding upon it. Prudence, says Mr. Gerry, suggests a very conservative structure for such foundations. The dam might_be pro- foundly inclined to slide, he adds, either if water flows over its crest, in earthquake shocks, formation in time of a colloidal sludge exerting greater pressure than water. vibrations due to tunnel discharge and local head- pressure zones developing in the rock forming the canyon walls, Figuring the effect of the “sliding factor,” Mr. Gerry says: “The end sec- tlon would yield first, as a result of the large loading transmitted to them by torsion from other parts lower down and nearer the center of the struc- ture. The St. Francis Dam yielded in this way and the Hoover Dam undoubt- edly would fail initially at the ends, in a similar manner. Strength of Type Unknown. Obviously, he says, secondary support against sliding is intended to be derived from the arch action of the dam. This refers to the shape of the dam, which is curved inward against the wall of water. Concerning this intent he says: “There never has been a rational solution of the problem of intermediate support for arched gravity dams; nor is there likely soon to be one, for the primery reason that the complex dis- tribution of stresses through so great a mass is controlled in major extent by the’ physical attributes of the cone crete and rock, the very elements of which are yet unknown. “At the present time, only unsup- ported opinion contends that arch action may be relied upon with cer- tainty to relleve any considerable defi- ciency in a dam of gravity section. Declares Remedy Necessary. “The danger lies not within the structure its<lf, but in the extent and manner of support to be derived from the foundation rocks. It is there that improvement is essential if adequate safety is to be obtained. “This situation is avoidable, because a gravity section can be so designed as to provide, with reasonable cem\ntf. a fixed safe limit to the risk. The addi- tional cost to secure a high degree of sefcty may be perhaps as much as $5.000,000. not too much to pay for security in this case.” MEAD HITS DAM WARNING. Reclamation Commissioner Says Bould- er Canyon Site Differs. SAN FRANCISCO, July *11 (P).— Dr. Elwood H. Mead, commissioner of reclamation, tonight said either the State of Arizona or Nevada will have to move if the Colorado River washes out Hoover Dam. Dr. Mead so answered M, H. Gerry, jr., of San Francisco, a civil engineer, who questioned the safety of the 727- foot-high dam that will be thrown up in the Black Canyon of the Colorado. Will Answer Gerry. ‘The reclamation commissioner said engineers would make a complete an- swer to all of the points raised by Mr. Gerry, and that for the present it was sufficient to say no parallel can be drawn between the Hoover Dam and the St. Francis Dam. The latter w washed out several years age with a large loss of life. Hoover Dam, part cf the $165,000,000 Colorado River development am, is being built by six companies of San Francisco, according to specifications of the Government. Eminent engi- neers were consulted about the project. Hits Dam Comparison. The reclamation commissioner said there can be no nom;fnnmn in founda- tions, as the St. ancis Dam was built in a comparatively wide canyon, while Hoover Dam rests against two sides of a narrow canyon, a bottle-neck in the swiftly flowing Colorado River. He asserted one side of the St. Francis Dam arch “rested against air at the top.” The side walls, he said, were en- tirely different. Dr. Mead declined to discuss what Mr. Gerry might have meant in writ- e Tisk could be wij out for an additional expense of $5,000,000 or less. BUILDER PREPARES REPLY. Construction Chief Will Answer Charges Hoover Dam Is Unsafe, DENVER, July 11 (#).—S. O. Harper, superintendent ~ of construction for Hoover Dam, tonight said the United States Bureau of Reclamation is pre- paring a detailed answer to M. H. Gerry, jr., San Francisco engineer, who dam is unsafe. said ‘there was ‘“very little merit in Gerry’s statetment, and that his article appearing in the July issue Engincering shows he is not S A MINER’S HEAD ACCEPTS John L. Lewis and Other Leaders to Confer Here. John L. Lewis, president of the United ¢ Worksrs of America, terday on the . and other leaders were sum- Prld%by Secretary Doak to with him and Secretary Lamont eral disoussion of the situe- “Secretarics. had ‘i:.{"%fi:‘; gt of operators, ! .§§§ & i H i