Evening Star Newspaper, July 14, 1931, Page 1

WEATHER. 0. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast). thundershowers this after- ed by fair tonight and to- ed warm, ‘Temperatures—Highest, 90, at noon to- day; lowest, 73, at 5 am, today. morrow; continu Full report on page Closing N.Y. Markets, { No. 31,850. post office, Wat Intered as second class matt: Pages13,14&15 er shington, D. C. FALLS SENTENCE OMANGE PERMITS SERVING I WEST Justice Bailey Grants Motion for Year and Day After Rover Approves. EX-CABINET MEMBER MAY ENTER NEW MEXICO CELL By Taking Pauper’s Oath, Way Is Paved for Release From $100,000 Fine. A'bert B. Fall's™ jall sentence cf a vear was changed today to a year and a day to enable him to serve his time in & Western prison, Under the new sentence Fall will be- come eligible to parole in four months. The Attorney General is expected im- medictely to designate the prison where the former Secretary of the Interior will serve. d The clerk of the District of Coluinbia Supreme Court will then send a war- rant of commitment to the United States marshal in New Mexico ol Texas and he will take Fall to prison. The Department of Justice has ask:ed the warden of the New Mexico Pani- tentiary if Fall could serve his time ihere, and the warden replied that he could, at the usual rate of $1 a day. Frank Hogan, Fall's attorney, today moved bafore Justice Bailey in the Dis- trict of Columbia Supreme Court that the sentence of a year in the District of Columbia Jail be amended to a yoar and a day in a penitentiary. Rover Makes No Objection. Justice Balley asked District Attorney | Leo A. Rover if he had any objections to the motion, and when Rover an- swared “no,” the motion was imme- diately granted. At the time of the decision Attorney General Mitchell was at a cabinet meet- ing. ‘The Attorney General went to his office after the cabinet meeting and denied himself to callers. He was not expected to announce any decision on the place of confinement until later in the day. Justice ‘Bailey sucgested last week that the motion be mads to enable Fall to serve his sentence in a climate more suitable to his health than that of Washington, since the man is a vic- tim of latent tuberculosis. It was feared that the strain of the train trip here and confinement in a climate more humid than that of the West would cause the diseass to become active. The few remaining steps necessary to send Fall to jail were expected to be finished within the next two or three days. Court officials sald the Attorney Gen- eral's designation of the prison would be sent to Justice Bailey and that the clerk would send it along to the United States marshal with the warrant of commitment. ‘Way Open for Release From Fine. By serving an additional 30 days in pricon and taking the pauper's oath, the way will be left open for Fall, under the Federal penal code, to be released from payment of the $100,000 fine imposed upon him in connection with his jall sentence for accepting that amount as a bribe while Secretary of the Interior. Fall, at one time before he was cdn- victed of taking a bribe from Edwa L. Doheny, was a wealthy rancher and land owner in New Mexico. Now he is Tesarded as a penniless man, even by the Government. prcsecutors. So far as collecting or trying to col- lect any part of the $100,000 fine, United States Attorney Leo A. Rover said today the first step for the Government to take is to ascertain whether Fall has any personal or real property which the Government can attach. This can be ascertained by Government counsel appearing before a United States com- missioner or a district judge end in- quiring into the facts of Fall's property. Since it is apparent to all who know anything about the years of litigation involving the Government oil lease scandals that the former Intetior Sec- retary already has been divested of all his property, it was said today that the only way for the fine to be aisposed of was for him to take advantage nf{ the pauper's oath. Does Not Lose Citizenship. ‘Taking the pauper's oath, however, does not discharge the fine for all time. 1t simply serves as a protection against indefinite incarceration in event a pris- oner cannot pay the full ariount of his fine at the time sentence is d. At some future time, should Fall come into money, the Government could go ahead and attach it. Regardless of the fact that he was convicted of accepting a bribe while an official of the Government, Fall does not lose his citizen=hip, as is generally supposed, it was raid in Government circles today. He loses his right to vote under the laws of New Mexico, which prescribes the qualifications for voters, but every other respect he retains all the civil rights of his citizenship. A par- don would restore his right to vote. In the case of former Representativ> John W. Langley of Kentucky, who was convicted under the national prohibi- tion act, his rights were restored byj Kentucky's Governor. Home Sold Over Head. Should former Secretary Fall be un- able to pay any part of the $100,000 fine imposed upon him he can take the pauper’s oath at the expiration of his prison sentence. The 30 days, it is un- derstood, would begin after he has been paroled, if he is paroled. ‘The financial straits into which Fall's personal affairs were precipiated were ‘brought out fully during the criminal and civil suits involving the former cabinet officer, Edward L. Doheny Harry F. Sinclair, oll magnates. After his conviction in the District Supreme Court, Fall saw the last of his one-time vast ranch holdings pass into other hands for his failure to meet the heavy mortgage payments. His home, also, was sold over his head. Since then, Fall has been supported ‘by members of his own family. His wife has a small income of her own, includ- ing a residence in EI Paso and a little piece of land In Texas, but that is property which the Government cannot attach. It is understood, also, that Fall's son contributes to his support. In event any property is found in Fall's name which the Government could attach, he would be allowed a $20 3 legal exemption. Attacked by Lion, Man Awaiting Aid Grabs Its Tongue| Tale of Rhodesia Hunter Says Friend Arrives and Kills Beast. By the Associated Press. LIVINGSTONE, Rhodesia, July 14— ttacked by a wounded lion, which | had set upon him in the jungle, s rancher named Gleimann seized the beast’s tongue and held on until a friend | killed the lion with a rifie, according lnl Gleimann. 1 Gleimann said he set a trap for the | lion after it made depredations upon his stock. A trap gun wounded it and Gleimann followed the spoor into the forest. He cam: unexpectedly upon the beast and it sprang upon him. His cries brought Lovatt Campbell, an Englishman, who dispatched the | b lion with the last cartridge in his gun. Glelmann was severely mauled, but will | Tecover. ! NEW YORK, July 14 (#).—Zoological | i experts here were inclined to smile at | e + — ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION - ——— WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1931—FORTY- RUM THEVES ROB | HOME OF GRIAN ENBASS ATTACHE Residence of Von Wuthenau, Secretary, Is Entered and Liquor Taken. ANONYMOUS PHONE TIP TELLS POLICE OF HAUL Looted House, Unoccupied During Absence of Diplomatic Aide, Otherwise Unmolested. | Smashing through a basement door i the story from Rhodesia of the rancher | ang locked window, liquor thieves last jWho held a lion by the tongue until a | pjght entered the home of Aleéxander companion shot the beast. but they |yon Wuthenau, secretary of the Ger- {wouldn't go S0 far as to say it Wis | man embassy. and stole an undeter- | impossible. {mined quantity of legation whisky. { Dr. William Reid Blair, pathologist at the Bronx Zoo, said a lion's tongue | streer. was vacant at the time. afforded little grasping surface and that | 1little was very slippery. |an anonymous telephone call to the ‘The story from Rhodesia’ sounds | fourteenth precinct station house at just about as slippery as a lion’s tongue, 130 o'clock this morning. he said, “but T wouldn't say flatly that | 0 0 °° . . | " The secretary’s home, at 3812 Warren ! Police learned of the robbery through ; d | Ing fund installments which has per- and | twins will be necessary before they leave it couldn’t be true.” THREE WARDMAN RECEVERS NANED. BY JDGE PROCTOR )Action Taken at Request of Trustees Under $16,000,000 | Refunding Bond Issue. | With the comsent of the Wardman | Real Estate Properties, Inc., Justice James M. Proctor of the District Su- preme Court today appointed receivers for the Wardman Park Hotel and nine other Wardman-built properties. | The action was taken &t the request | of the Central Hanover Bank & Trust {Co. and Frank Wolfe of New York,| trustees under the $16,000,000 refunding | gold bond issue of February 27, 1928, secured on the properties. | The receivers named were Thomas | D. Carson, president of the defendant | company; Julius I. Peyser, lawyer and | banker, and Joseph P. Tumulty, law- yer and former secretary to President Wilson. The bond of the receivers was fixed at $100,000 and they were ordered | to continue the management of the | various properties until further order of the court. Many Properties Involved. ‘The properties affected are the Ward- man Park Hotel, the addition thereto, the Carlton Hotel, Chastleton Apart- ments, Cathedral Mansions, Davenport | Apartments, Boulevard Apartments, | Stoneleigh Court, the premises at 2700 | Connecticut avenue and the Justice De- partment Building. Through Attorneys Hamilton & Hamilton, the trustees asked the court to foreclose the trust because of the fallure of the defendant company to pay the interest due March 1, 1931, and for default in payment of the sink- sisted more than 60 days. $356,297.50 Due in Interest. The amount of intercst due March 1 was $356,297.50, the court was in- formed. Pending foreclosure, the ccurt was asked to appoint receivers and to direct them to continue to operate the various businesses conducted on the properties. An injunction was asked to Testrain the defendant from interfer- ing with the properties in the interval. Through Attorney Daniel Thew Wright, the defendant admitted the al- | legations of the bill of complaint and | | consented to the receivership. The sult brought some days ago| | against the company by Leslie M. Shaw, | former Secretary of the Treasury, is! still pending. A motion to dismiss was | recently granted by the court with | leave to the plaintiff to amend in 10 days which have not expired. —_— Mother and Daughters Drown. ABILENE, Tex., July 14 (#).—Mrs. Kade B. Legest, wife of a prominent young ranchman here, and her two daughters, Ruth, 5, and Lora, 3, were drowned while swimming last night in a lake on the Leggett country place, seven miles east of Abilene. Second Similar Robbery. The robbery last night was the sec- ond of its kind during the last few weeks. The first occurred at the El Salvador legation, 2601 Connecticut | avenue, where Dr. Don Carlos Leiva, { hen counselor of the legation, was, badly beaten by thieves whom he had surprised in the act of removing wine from the legation vaults. The home of the German embassy secretary was entered afier the thieves had smashed a pane of glass in the basement door with a small stone wrapped in a newspaper cated July 11. Once in the basement pelled a0 smash a sto: before reaching the compartment which half a dozen cascs of whisky were stored. All of the cases had been broken | open, but the contents were only par- tially removed. Owner Bound for Germany. ! Herr von Wuthenau is said to be en | route to Germany, and police were un- able to obtain an accuiate estimate as to the amount of liquor stolen. They were told, however, by Herr Putlitz, second secretary of the embassy, that apparently not more than a half dozen | bottles had been removed. ! | sergt. W. P. Barnes said he had! | been told that Herr von Wuthenau| | shared his home with a friend who| |row is at a Virginia vacation resort. This friend, whose name could not be | | learned, is expected to return this aft- ernoon. Rest of House Unmolested. Police were unable to find any evi- dence that the upper portion of tle house had been ente:ed. A small cab- inet in a front room on the first floor, which contained a dozen bottles of vari- ous kinds of liquors, had not been dis- turbed. Neighbors said they had scen no one ubout the premises during the Dast few days. Police said the man who notified them of the robbery hung up before they could ascertain his name. Stone Is Only Clue. Police of the fourteenth precinct were looking for several domestic em- ployes of Herr von Wuthnau, hoping they might be able to throw some light on the robbery. Their only clue at this time, however, is the stone wrapped ALLISS 1S ONE UP ON HAGEN AT 16TH British-Born Berlin Pro Goes Tourney Morning Round With 73 Strokes. By the Associated Press. MISSISSAUGA GOLF CLUB, To- ronto, July 14.—Percy Alliss, British- born professional of a Berlin club, was one stroke ahead of Walter Hagen of New York at the end of the first 18 holes of their 36-hole play-off today for the Canadian open golf championship. He had a 73 to Hagen's 74. After finishing the first nine one stroke behind, and losing another on | the long_thirteenth, where he put his second shot into the Credit River, Ha- gen mede a gallant comeback to square the match on the fourteenth and go one stroke ahead on the fifteenth. He had a par 3 on the fourteenth, while Alliss was missing two putts— one of little over a foot—for a 5 and galned his lead when Alliss went into a trap on the next one. Loses Advantage to Alliss. His advantage was short lived, the Englishman squaring the match again on the sixteenth when Hagen missed a 3-foot putt and Alliss took his one stroke advantage with a birdie 3 on the eighteenth, ramming home a long putt while Hagen was missing. Tied at 282 strokes Saturday at the end of the scheduled 72 holes, the play: off was delayed until today to enabl Alliss, British-bred pro of a Berlin club, to fill two exhibition engage: in the newspaper, which was found in| ments. the basement. At the time of the robbery of the! El Salvador Legation, an_investigation of the protection given diplomats here was made at the Tequest of the State Department. Although no detailed re- port of the investigation was made public, it was announced at the State Department that “ample protection” was being given representatives of the various foreign governments here. CURTIS STILL SILENT ON CANDIDACY IN 1932! Vice President Disclaims Belief of Friends That He Favors Senate Nomination. Vice President Curtis said today he still was withholding decision whether to be a candidate for re-election next year or to run instead for his old place in the Senate from Kansas. Scme of Mr. Curtis’ friends who have talked with him since he returned fro ma trip home, belleve he is in- clined at present to choose a Senate candidacy. They have received the impression, however, that he will make no actual decision until next Fall. “I have told no one what I will do,” sald the Vice President today. “When ufinhlng can be said, I will say it my-! self.” Rapidly—*"Kicking | 3pecial Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, July 14.—Baltimore’s ynewly arrived Slamese twins have come to stay, for a while, anyway. They've been here for almost a week now, and mother and children both are doing fine. Dr. Kyle W. Golley, who separated the children by an operation soon after their birth at the Mercy Hospital last Wednesday, said today that the babies have been baptized, and their mother, Mrs. Albert Forster, will be able to go home in five or six days. Another operation on each of the the hospital. Each weighed 4! pounds at birth and has been gaining weight and strength ever since. Dr. Golley said the second operations will be performed when the twins have become stronger. ‘The outcome of the operation cannot be predicted by any one, Dr. Golley said. Dr, Golley, two other surgeons who assisted him in separating the twins and the officials of the Mercy Hospital could not recall a similar operation in surgical history. They said the case of the Fors'er babies is identical with that of ‘the original Siamese twins, except that the originals were joined by a liga- ment at the base of their backs. ‘The sisters were joined by a lizament at their stomachs. The news that Mrs. Forster had given birth to Siamese twins was broken to her itely after “SIAMESE TWINS” OF BALTIMORE * ARE FACING SECOND OPERATION ;Children, Separated by Surgeon’s Knife, Recovering | Around Brightly.” the event itself, and she insisted that they be divided by an operation. Dr. Golley was called and summonsd two other local surgeons into consultation. The operation required only about a half hour. The' ligament that joined the twins was 12 inches long. The sisters had only one colon between them—a ecircum- stance that made the separation more difficult than it might have been, and which created the necessity for another | operation on each infant. The second | :opell‘muon is imperative if the twins are ! ve. i Dr. Golley, who is continuing in at- | tendance on the babies, said today that | “they are kicking around as brightly as | ever. The Forster es have become the Siamese twins only by local acclaim. The family is American siock, and the father is an emoloye of the Western Maryland Raiiroad. The original Siamese twins, who were boys, were brought to the United States from England by P. T. Barnum | about 1930, and were exhibited in prac- tically every American city of any size. Their connecting link was a ribbon of cartilage which contained no vital or- gans. Various' proposals to separafe them were made, but none succeeded. They died in the United States within a few hours of each other. (Copyrisht, 19313 i | | i nts. Alliss picked up & stroke on the Haig at the first hole. Hagen Misses Long Shot. Both were on the green in 2. Wwith Hagen 40 feet away and Alliss 20 feet Hagen rolled up to within 3 feet ot the cup, but missed his second putt and took & 5, while Alllss was down in 2 for a par 4. Percy thok & two-stroke lead at the second, pitching to within 3 feet of the cup and sinking the putt for & birdie 3, while Hagen needed 2 for & ar 4. P ey both were down in par 3s on the third, Hagen missing a long one for a birdie by inches. Sinks 45-Footer. Alliss went four strokes up on Hagan a2t the par 5 fourth where he sank a 45-foot putt for an cagle 3 while Hagen was taking his par. Hagen got one of them back at the fitth where he took a birdie four to Alliss’ par five. The sixth and seventh holes were ne- 'flnfeclion Is Fatal | To Soldier With Teeth in Esophagus Texan Loses Fight After | 2,200-Mile Flight and Five Operations. . Following five unsuccessful surgical mile emergency airplane flight from Texas to Washington, Pvt. Olat Nelson, | U. 8. A, of Clifton, Tex., died at 6:45 “o'clock this morning at Walter Reed Hospital as a result of infection set up by the lodging of two false teeth and bridgework in his esophagus. The soldier, a tall, red-headed Texan, descendant of a family of soldiers, days of torture. The bridgework and teeth were swallowed at breakfast on Sunday " (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) fought gamely for his life through two| DECISION ON R C. A, FRENCH AIRMEN CRASH IN'SIBERIA Meager Dispatches Say Trio Took to Parachutes and Plane Is Demolished. operations in two days and a 2,200-| By the Associated Press MOSCOW, July 14.—Joseph Le Brix | and Marcel Doret, French airmen, were | reported today to have crashed in Cen- tral Siberia, near Nijne Udinsk, about | 300 miles west of Irkutsk, on their at- | tempted non-stop flight to Tokio. | Meager dispatches indicated the fiyers and thelr mechanic had taken to para- chutes snd landed safely except for an injury to the knee of one. The air-| plane Hyphen was said to have been | demolished. | They have asked to be returned to! Moscow by air and mechanics were | dispatched to the scene to_salvage what was left of the plane. The spot 1s about 2400 miles east of Moscow, about half way to Tokio, and_lies| among the rocky foothills of the West Sayan Mountains on the Krasnoyarsk Raflway line. Information was relayed by viation authorities at Nijne Udinsk| The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. Yesterday’s Circulation, 110,131, TWO CENTS. GERMAN BANKS CLOSE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES; PLAN NEW DECREES 'Only Reichsbank Remains Open. Yon Hindenburg and Dr. UP) Means Associated Press. Luther Rush to Capjtal. 'RENEWAL OF $100,000,000 CREDIT 1S GRANTED AT BASEL Henderson Going to Paris for Confer- ences—Stimson Also on Way—Hun- BERLIN, July 14 (#.—The Re By the Associated Press. - gary Hit by Reich Situation. ichsbank announced this after- noon that the $100,000,000 rediscount credit from the interna- tional banks of issue and the World Bank, which matures on Thursday, has been extended for three months. Germany has declared what amounts to a general moratorium of banking operations, closing all banks except the Reichsbank until Thursday and perhaps longer. It was a precautionary measure, & temporary effort to tide the institutions over until help comes from | abroad. The World Bank is willing to renew a $100,000,000 credit due on Thursday and it is understood the Bank of France and the Federal | Reserve Bank of New York, which participated in the credit, also will | grant an extension of their part of the total. The Bank of England has not yet ruled. | Reaction outside of Germany to the collapse of the Darmstaedter und National Bank has caused the temporary closing of all the banks in Hungary, and suspension of the Mercur Bank at Vienna, a sub- | sidiary of the Darmstaedter. At Jassy, Rumania, the Dacia Bank has closed with a $1,000,000 deficit. Arthur Henderson, British foreign secretary, is on the way to | Paris for conferences before he goes to Berlin, and Secretary of State ! Stimson also is headed for Paris from Rome. Secretary Mellon re- mains on holiday at Cap Ferat, taking no part in the developments. \;Hindenburg and Dr. Luther Go To Berlin to Act in Emergency | By the Associated Press. . All the banks were closed by govern- BERLIN, Jyly 14—Two men of out- A ment decree today so withdrawals might standing importance in this time of A be halted. . | One project which the experts have Germany's crisis were speeding toward | o, OnS PIOJeSt THICR (he (berts BaTe Berlin today to take part in the vital | tion the “rentenmark,” which was Ger- discussions of the next few days. | many's first currency after the mark * | was stabilized in 1923. It was backed President Von Hindenburg, who until | {08 U8 der 0, 85, T0 RE bonds of now has remained out of the whirlpocl, | 500 gold marks or multiples thereof, | head of the Reichsbank, was fiying | | back from Basel, was coming down from his country place at Neudeck, and Dr. Hans Luther, where he attended charged on German agriculture and in- Backed by Gold and Exchange. More than 3.000,000,000 rentenmarks nd efforts were being made to learn further details of the accident. LICENSES APPEALED the world bank meeting yesterday. | were printed and about 2.000,000,000 The President is coming primarily to | circulated, but in 1924 the Reichsbank | receive Prime Minister Ramsay Mac- | absorbed them and issued reichmarks {gotiated in par 3s and par 4s, leaving | Alliss with an advantage of three | strokes at that point. Pars From Trap in Seventh. Hagen made a great recovery from | a sand trap on the scventh and then sank & long putt for his par 4 after it had seemed Alliss would gain another stroke on him. Alliss pulled his drive into the rough at the eighth—his first mistake of the round—and although he made a fine recovery to the edge of the green he putted 50 feet beyond the hole while the Halg was getting down in the ortho- dox 2 for his par 4 and the gain of a stroke, Hagen cut Alliss' lead to one stroke on the ninth, sinking a 12-footer for a birdie 3 while the Englishman had to be content with a par 4. Tops Spoon Shot on Eleventh. Both got their par 3s on the 145-yard tenth. Hagen topped his spoon shot on the elevagt,h an%p:leeded four to get on the green while Alliss was lying three, only five feet away from the pin. Eng- lishman missed his easy putt and Hagan sank his lone one for 5s, one over par, leaving Alliss still ahead by one stroke. e et Hagen had a great chance the nf-u:h on :henszs-ynra twelfth hole, where he was 2’; feet from the cup in 3, but he missed the short putt and Al missed a 5-footer, both taking a 5. Hagen in Biver on Thirteenth. Alliss went two strokes up again at the thirteenth when Hagen put his sec- ond into the Credit River, and then couldn't get the stroke back, Al ing out for a par 5 after a great re- °°¥4’3.n wu:re'g"gie match on the 185- (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) HARDING’S ‘FRIEND ILL | Hoke Donithen of Marion in Grave Condition. COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 1 Hoke Donithen, 57, Marion attorney and lifelong_friend and political asso- clate of the late President Harding, was l’fitpfll‘tfl} .l;d“mm his own” at Grant [ospital ay. Dg:flthen zndervenz an_emergerey abdominal operation at the hospital yesterdsy. His condition was described as grave, e, 4 (P)— Milwaukee Station’s Petition‘ | Throws Whole Question | Into Litigation. i BY ROBERT MACK. i | An eleventh hour appeal from the | | Fede:al Radio Commission’s decision | | renewing the more than 1400 radio station licenses held by subsidiaries of the Radio Corporation of America was | taken in the Court of Appeals of the | District of Columbia today by the Mil- | waukee Journal, operating broadcasting | station WTMJ in Milwaukee, Wis. The | effect is to throw into litigation the | question of renewal of licenses covering | | the whole field of radio. | The licenses are held by the National Broadcasting Co, RCA Communica- | tions, Inc.; Radio Marine Corporation | of America and RCA Victor Co., each | of which is prominent in broadcasting, | television, transoceanic code communi- cation, ship-to-ship communication and | general radio experimental and research operation. Holds Refusal Ordered. | _ Station WTMJ, through its counsel. | Elisha Hanson and Ralph S. Fowler, contends that the commission was com- manded to express terms of the radio law to refuse tne renewal of these licenses because the RCA had been held by the Federal courts to have vio- lated the Clayton anti-trust law in the celebrated vacuum tube litigation. WTMJ is an applicant before the commission for the radio channel oc- cupled by stations WENR and WLS, both in Chicago. The former station is operated by the National Broadcast- ing Co. and the latter has a working agreement with N. B. C. WTMJ con- tends that this chgnnel should be as- signed to it in view of the court ruling in the Vacuum case andsthat the com- mission ignored the requirement of the law in renewing the license of WENR along with the licenses of all other R. C. A. stations. Although WTMJ has no interest in the other R. C. A. sta- tions, the entire question of the valldity of all these licenses is raised automatic- ally by the appeal. ‘The commission by a 3-to-2 vote on June 26 absolved the RCA of viola- tion of section 13 of the radio act and ordered renewal of the 1409 licenses held by the four subsidiaries which for two months had been in jeopardy. Result of Delaware Case. ‘The casz grew out of the decision of the* Delaware Federal courts holding that the parent RCA Co. had violated the Clayton act by requiring radio receiving set manufacturers using its patent initially to equip their sets with RCA tubes. Under the law the Milwaukee Journal co.h:d?ggalnmw:whwmfieln appeal an period expires today. The Court of Appeals now is in ad- journment until Fall and the case therefore not come up until that time. In the meantime, it is believed that no new facilities can be awarded the RCA companies on a permauent basis during the pendency of the litiga- % (Copyright, 1931.) Chile Feels Earthquake. | | strong earth shock was re region at 9:30 last night. | Radio Progra COPIAPO, Chile, July 14 (®.—A ecorded in this on Page C-6'feat’ Encountered Bad Wheather. Aviation officlals here said the Frenchmen had encountered bad weath- er after passing Moscow and the high winds and heavy rains probably had placed too great a strain on their en- ne. Tt is assumed the accident must have been of & serious nature or they would have tried a forced landing instead | of taking to their parachutes. The place where they are reported to ave come down is & sparsely settled region in_the middle of Siberia, witi (Continued on Page 4, Column 5.) EIGHT RUSSIANS DIE IN AIRPLANE CRASH Soviet Army Officers Killed In- stantly When Craft Overshoots Field in Forced Landing. By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, July 14.—Eight Russian army officers were killed yesterday in an airplane accident near Alabino, about 30 miles from here. The victims were Assistant Chief Triandafilow of army headquarters, As- | sistant Chief Kolenovsky of the mecha- | nization department, a headquarters officer, two senior officers, an observer and two technicians. The cause of the accident has not been determined, but aviation authori- ties believe the plane’s motor failed ‘l:d the ship crashed in a forced land- g. People at Alabino said they had heard the motor falter, then saw the plane maneuvering as though seeking a land- ing place. There was a cleared space which would have been large enough for a safe landing, but the plane over- shot it and crashed among the trees of & dense woods. All the occupants of-the ship were killed instantly. Donald and Foreign Secretary Arthur | Henderson of England on Friday. but | it is likely that his arrival tomorrow morning will have a soothing effect on the nation's jangled nerves. | New Decrees Planned. Dr. Luther's arrival this afternoon probably is expected to be followed soon by the issuance of new emergency crees among which will be regulations to govern the traffic in foreign exchange | and measures to halt the flight of capi- | tal out of the country. | While they waited for Dr. Luther financial experts were working out a program of supplying ready cash when the banks reopen on Thursday, without | | embarking upon inflation. | | | By the Associated Press. f | LONDON, July 14.—Foreign Secre- | |tary Arthur Henderson, left for Paris | | this morning, to talk with French offi- | cials regarding the German financial crisis before meeting Prime Minister | | MacDonald in Berlin for a return An- | | 810-German parley on Friday. | | While Mr. Henderson's trip had been scheduled ever since Chancellor Brue- {ning and Forelgn Minister Curtius | came to England last month, it took on | | special significance in view of Ger- many's travail and the probable neces- sity ‘of collaboration among European Nations to save her from collapse. | Refering to his own and Mr. Mac-| Donald’s impending departure, he said, | “We are going under exceptional cir-| cumstances. We realize it. But the decision of the World Bank yesterday must have eased the situation.” At any| rate I hope it has eased the situation. “Our whole object, both of the prime minister and myself, in paying a return visit to Berlin is to do everything we can to promote that measure of friend- | ship not only between ourselves and| $5,250,000 Offered for Vol Special Dispatch to The Star. CHICAGO, July 14—Imitation money in the form of paper scrip was offered to ‘Chicago schoot teachers today in place of hard salary cash, overdue since April 15, School Board had on hand “.25?6000 of this fiat currency to_meet d | Committee, made up of ouf At about the time the school board wag deciding to place its scrip on the w.utmr, the county treasurer was filing obtal ent for delin- t 1929 taxes on 467,000 parcels of mu' ‘This is more than a third a bill to in judgm CITY SCRIP PAID TO TEACHERS OF CHICAGO IN PLACE OF CASH| Board Owing Employes $13,677,000. untary Acceptance by School | of the real estate in the county, and | indicates the extent of defaults. In| addition, there remain 150,000 more parcels advertised for sale to meet 1928 taxes. The situation is described as unprecedented. Unless means are found to raise money by a settlement of local tax con- troversies, it is questionable whether ihe schools can open here in the Fall. Other branches of the Government face shutdowns as well. County employes wil Ibe paid on Monday out of money collected from fees. But all local treasuries are about bare of funds vailable to pay the going expenses of vernment. Gov. Emmerson's Special - Revenue tstandiny financial and business leaders in Chi- cago, is busily engaged in determining the exact status of finantes in the vari- ous local governments. As soen as it has the facts in hand, a program of re- form will be sha up for presentatio: n of the ture. ‘This prospective reorganization Is ex- backed by gold and foreign exchange, so that today only about 400,000 renten- marks are in circulation. Normally these would have been ab- sorbed by 1942. By substituting the rentenmark for the reischsmark it is hoped to halt in some degree the flight of capital, for the rentenmark is domestic tender only. Besides taking the reichsmark out of circulation and substituting the renten- mark, the experts’ project provides that the rentenmark could be accepted as collateral instead of gilt-edged securi- ties, so additional currency could be put into circulation without causing inflation. ver measures may be decided " (Continued on Page 3, Column 4. Henderson to Confer in Paris On Plans for German Relief other European nations, but between France and Germany.” Mr. Henderson added that while in Paris he would visit the Colonial Ex- position and said “T am also going to have conversations with M. Briand and possibly some other ministers.” Just before he boarded the train he was joined by German Ambassador von Neurath, whose towering figure clad in morning dress and a silk hat attracted the attention of passengers on the boat train. They walked the length of the platform. and_were Jjoined by M. Cambon of the French embassy. all three engaging in animated conversation for several minutes. The action of the World Bank in be- half of Germany appeared hopeful :o observers, but no one was inclined to comment until the implications of the move were better understood. The news did not arrive in time for the morning papers to digest fully and editorial cbservation was scant. Re- talking earnestly. | ports from Germany that the proffered assistance invoked little enthusiasm did not tend to encourage a belief that the situation had been definitely improved. Prime Minister MacDonald and Hen- derson were in close touch with Basle until a late hour last night and they and other cabinet members remained in the Housa of Commons with the pur- ported intention of calling a cabinet meeting if necessary. TANKS’ SHORTSTOP WEDS MOVING PICTURE ACTRESS Lynford Lary Marries Mary Law- lor in New York—Met in California. By the Associated Press. NEW,YORK, July 14.—Lynford Lary, shortstdp of the New York Yankees, known to his teammates as “‘Broa way,” was married today to Miss Mary Lawlor, moving picture and musical comedy actress. ‘They were attended by Lou McEvoy, the Yankee pitcher, and Mrs. McEvoy and a dozen other friends. The cere- mony was performed at St. Malachy's Church, in the Broadway A Lary met Mrs. Lary while he was playing with Oakland, in the Pacific Coast League, and she was pla; in the movies with Richard Dix. ce coming to the Yankees he has lived at the Knights of Columbus Hotel, man- aged by her father. This is Lary’s third year with the Yankees. Hongkong Vice Area Doomed. HONGKONG, July 14 (#).—The Brit- ish administration here is to abolish pected to put Chicago back on its fect financially by the time many other cities are just reaching & crisis in their affairs, (Copyright, 19310 Hongkonk's foreign vice district, whose inmates are alleg:d to be mostly Amer- ican women. will be closed at the end of the year,