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TA—2 | #8 TWO CONFERENCES | CALLED BY POWERS Seven Nations to Meet in London to Plan Quick Aid to Germany. ___(Continued From First Page) many's situation is regarded Aas so serious immediate and drastic action by all the nations concerned is imperative. It 15 assumed that when the ministers gather here they will put up to Ger- many the conditions under which the other nations are ready to give her; help. It is felt the German representatives | would consider London a more desirable | place than Paris in which to make such concessions as may be necessary. The polftical opposition at home prob- ably would make capital of any sur- wender, particularly at Faris. CABINET STUDIES INVITATIONS. Germany Wants Assurance Against Fized Program for Paris Meetings. BERLIN, July 16 (#.—Germany is awaiting assurance that if Chancellor’ Bruening and Foreign Minister Curtius g0 to Paris, 2s they have been invited t do, the meetings they will attend will have no set program. Upon this assurance depends the chancellor’s acceptance of the invita- | tion to stop at Paris before going on to London for the meeting there on Monday evening. The telephone wires between Berlin, Paris and London have seldom been busier with important official conver- | sations than they were today. Prime Minister MacDonald informed the gov- ernment that if the chancellor visited London it would be unnecessary to go through with the meeting for which Mr. MacDonald was to have come to Berlin tomorrow and by mutual con- sent arrangements for the Berlin meet- ing were canceled. From Paris came word of the invi- tation to attend a session of Statesmen thers and the cabinet discussed that development along _with the other issues which have been recelving its attention for days. Leave Tomorrow Night. It was not regarded es likely that the chancellor and Dr. Curtius would go to Paris before @morrow night, in any event, for developments here re- quire their presence. Meanwhile the newspapers are de- manding an early understanding with France and, except among the Radical Nationalists there is a general dispo- sition to give the chancellor a free hand at London to agree to any measure calculated to assure the peace of Europe. PLANS FOR AID MADE. International May Be | Formed to Supervise Relief. PARIS, July 16 (#)—Tentative plans for extending financial assistance to Germany under some form of interna- tional supervision were worked out to- day at a meeting attended by Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson and repre- sen:atives of France and Great Britain, it was learned from authentic sources. The present idea, it is understood, is that the supervision would be by an international committee with preroga- tives similar to those of the Super- visory Committee which operated un- der the Dawes plan. The whole scheme was presented to the French cabinet this afternoon. Submitted to Cabinet. Despite its character as one of the most important international meetings since the days right after the World ‘War, this morning’s conference came to no definite decision, but submitted all its conclusions to the cabinet as well as to the German government. whose representatives are expected here some time tomorrow. Mr. Stimson, it was said, made it clear to the French and British dele- gates that the Goverrment of the United States could not participate fur- ther in German relief, but that his gov- ernment was willing to submit the question to American banks. The amount of the credits to be ex- tended to Germany was not discussed and apparently the issue of political guarantees imposed by France also did not enter the conversations. Politics Not Forgotten. This does not mean, however. that the political issues have been forgotten, it was pointed out. Undoubtedly they will be discussed with Chancellor Bruening and Poreign Minister Curtius when they get here from Berlin. It is expected they will confer first with the French and later will attend a general meeting Wwith representatives of the other nations before going on to Lon- don for an international conference on : Monday evening. Premier Laval, Aristide Briand. the | French foreign minister: Henry L. Stimson, American Secretary of State; Ambassador Edge, Arthur Henderson, the British foreign secretary, and Lord Tyrell, the British Ambassador, took part in today’s discussions. Move Visit Forward. When it was over, Premier Laval, with the caution of diplomacy, said, is possible that the German represent- atives, instead of coming to Paris next month, as we had planned, will come at a much earlier date.” ‘The official communique named the eonferees and said: “The conversations continued those | which took place yesterday. They dealt with the gravity of the financial situ- ation in Germany and with the various aspects of the problems arising from the increasing seriousness of the Ger- man crisis.” Unofficially, it was learned the prin- cipal effort of the conference was to re-ch a common agreement as to just whare Germany stands, what. she needs an: how her needs are to be supplied. 1t was_reported the conferees decided aid must be provided and that it de- pends principally upon the willingness of Prance to extend financial assistance without political guarantees. U. 8. Attendance Significant. A statement announcing Mr. Hender- son's decision to cancel his trip to Ber- lin said: “There has developed action of in- ternational solidarity to achleve as- sistance for Germany. For the first time in long years the United States is represented ofcially in negotiations of particular interest to Europe. It is un- necessary to emphasize the importance of that fact.” Shortly after the conference wound up Ambassador von Hoesch of Germany vfilud Foreign Minister Briand. ‘The rest of the conferees attended & luncheon given by Ambaseador Edge in Mr. Stimson's honor. MONEY CZAR IS NAMED AFTER BANKS REOPEN; f ONE KILLED IN RIOTS (Continued From First Page.) ' hood. In fact, the reichsbank had re- | sorted to its legal prerogative of meet- ing the currency crisis by temporarily r%utlnl the gold coverage behind its banknotes to less than 40 per cent, Dietrich said, while at the same time sharply restricting credit to prevent money from ex| ing beyond the Meeds of industry. It was midnight before the address ~ NG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURsDAY, JULY 16, 1931. Hungarian Flyers N ea_l'ing Goal Capt. George Enders Budapest fiyers, and their plane. Both LIGHTNING KILLS FARMER IN FIELD Terrific Electrical Storm Brings Hail to Frederick County. Special Dispatch to The Btar. ‘WINCHESTER, Va, July 16.—A ter- rific electrical storm, followed by hail, occurred here late yesterday afternoon the lightning claiming the life of one Frederick County farmer, while the hail riddled garden and truck patches in the vicinity of Inwnod, W. Va. just north of here. Hardy Grim, 50, prominent Frederick County farmer, was instantly killed by a bolt of lightning while loading hay on his farm near Kernstown. His son. Charles Hardy Grim, and two laborers were badly stunned. The load of hay was set afire and one of the two horses | attached killed. The extent of the damage at Inwood had not been estimated this morning Residents said it would be hundreds of dollars on the garden and truck crops. Apples appeared to escape with minute damage. Rainfall in this vicinity for the past 24 hours was but gwo-tenths of an inch. SOX LEAD GRIFFS, 3-2, IN SEVENTH AS TIME IS CALLED (Continued From First Page.) to the wagon was instantly Harris' high one. pling. Bluege flied to Reynolds. runs. Kuhei popped to Ap- No FIFTH INNING. CHICAGO—Rain caused a 15-minute delay at the start of the inning, and when play was resumed, Appling opened by driving a single by Bluege. Grube sacrificed, Bluege to Kuhel. Appling went from first to third on the sacrifice. reaching there ahead of Cronin, who took & throw from Kuhel and tried to cover the unprotected base. Thomas fannéd. Blue flied to Harris. No runs. WASHINGTON—Sullivan threw out Hayes. bounder down the third base line. and took second when Sullivan threw wildly past first. Marberry flied to Fothergill. West doubled to left. scoring Spencer. Manush flied to Reynolds. One run. SIXTH INNIN CHICAGO—Marberry knocked down Sullivan’s grounder and tossed him out. Reynolds singled to center. Cronin threw out Fonseca, Reynolds going to second. Fothergill struck out. No runs. WASHINGTON—Cronin fouled to Blue. Appling threw out Harris. Kuhel lined to Blue. No runs. SEVENTH INNING. CHICAGO—West went far back for Kerr's hoist. Appling doubled to center. Jolley batted for Grube and he hit a homer over the right-fleld fence, scor- ing Appling ahead, and putting the White Sox ahead as it started to rain again. Thomas flled to West. Blue fouled to Kuhel. Two runs. WASHINGTON—Tate now catching and Simons in left fleld for Chicago. Bluege fanned. Hayes fouled to Sulli- van. Appling fumbled Spencer’s ground- er then threw wildly over first allowing Spencer to go second. Sam Rice batted for Marberry. He grounded to Blue. No runs. was finished and in many sections lis- teners were drawn away from their loud speakers by even more ominous sounds—sounds of disorder. Police and vadical elements came to blows in Leip- 2ig, Gelsenkirchen, Inschwerte, Munich, Breslau, Hamburg, Altona, Dresden and Karlsruhe. Possibly the most serious outbreak occurred in Lelpzig, where Communists fired on a police lorry and were beaten off with blackjacks, 26 being arrested. One man was killed and another injured in a similar affray at Inschwerte. About | 500 Communists fired on police from the housetops of Gelsenkirchen, wound- ing one officer. Most everywhere the authorities giined the upper bhand easily. Advices from nearby countries indi- cated that German tourists were having difficulty in getting home because of the lcss of confidence in the mark. Those in Czechoslovakia and Holland | ! were unable to buy railroad tickets and { left by automobiles, horse-drawn ve- hicles and on foot. Bank depositors knew the banks were open only to meet the payrolls and that money for private purposes s still tied up, so there were no crowds at the tellers’ windows. Business was more brisk at the cen- tral post office, where withdrawals up to 82,500 from postal savings accounts were permitted. There 2lso was a line at the Municipal Savings Bank in the belief that withdrawals would be per- | miited, but there, too, only cash for payrolls was paid out. i When the Duke of York recently laid the corner stone of the new buildings at Rickmansworth, England, of the Merchant Tailors’ School, he said the insu'mm}hul a record of nearly 400 years of Paluable service, Spencer got a single with a | (left) and Alexander Magyar (right), New York to are Austria-Hungary Army officers. —A. P. Photo. : |Juslicn for Hungary Logl By the Associated Press. (Eastern standard time.) Monday, July 13. 9:53 a.m.—Left Roosevelt Field. N. Y. 5:32 p.m.— Arrived Harbor Grace, Newfoundland. Wednesday, July 15. 11:18 a.m.—Left Harbor Grace p.m.—Radio signals heard by 8. 8. gerfjord | 8 Stav |out). | 8:37 pm.— Radio signals heard by | S. S. Kennebec (plane about 700 miles | west of Fastnet, Ireland). | Thursday, July 16. 2:15 am.—Radio signals heard by S.'S. Maya (ship about 150 miles south of Fastnet, Ireland). (5130 a.m.—Reported over Linz, Aus- ria. (plane about 1,100 miles DEPRESSION FORCES ' MORATORIUM IN CHILE | |New Premier Announces Suspen- ! sion of All Payments Until August 1. By the Associated Press. g SANTIAGO, Chile, Julv 16.—The world depression and disorganized mar- kets for minerals and nitrates took their long-expected toll in Chile today. Premier Blanquier announced a mor: torfum on the foreigm debt at least un- til August 1. In two statements by the premier, two days after he assumed office. and one by the Banco Central, it was announced \that for the balance of July interest and service charges on foreign obliga- tions. estimated to aggregate $2.040,000, | would be dcposited locally instead of | being sent abroad, and that after Au- gust 1 a decision would be made as to future payments. The Banco Central statement dis- | cussed the general financial situation |and sald, “This step is painful for a natfon which up to the present day | has complied exactly with its obliga- itlons, but it is indispensable at the present moment.” | The action affects thousands of | holders of Chilean bonds, mainly in the United States and England, who must :“xz temporarily the payment of in- erest. IN FARM PRODUCT | RATES NECESSARY | ___(Continued From Pirst Page) | action such as !later be taken." Commissioner Eastman, who was sitting_on the bench as an observer, | asked Bickle if his statement meant the | railroads might ask the further increase |if it seemad necessary. Bickle answered that the sugges- | tion ;that the case be kept open could be construed as keeping it in position vhere rates might either be lowered lor further increased as would seem | necessary. Mr. Kern, who late yesterday pre- sented the railroads’ plan for raising rates on coal so present differentials mong producing areas would be pre- served, was recalled this morning to clarify a number of matters connected | with the situation. | Commissioner Lee asked Kern who | directed him to make the plan pre- | sented to the jon. “My instructions came from Mr. Pel- ley,” Kern replied. Pelley, who represented the Eastern railroads, said that in his judgment the | curtailment of the purchasing power of | the railroads had a strong influence in | retarding the recovery of business. Peiley was questioned about the abil- ity of New England textile interests o bear the increase. He replied that the request for the 15 per cent increase had been decided upon after a careful study of all factors. He said it applied to everything but | demurrage and track storage charges and would include switching charges. | Dairles Not Affected. He said, however, that milkk and cream in New England were carried at passenger rates and that the increase would not affect them. He added he | u‘mulm this was true in other sections also. Competition with bus lines figured | extensively in the questioning. | _“Hes there been any agreement with | big shippers that they will be taken |out of the 15 per cent increase in a month or two?” Commissioner Meyer asked. | "I know of no such agreement,” Pelley | replied. | ‘Have your traffic offices advised you as to whether they think traffic sub- Ject to drive-away or truck competition can stand a rate increase?” Eastman | asked. . “They haven't.” Pelley replied. “Have they said short haul rates can stand it?” “They have recommended it." “How was the 15 per cent figure ar- rived :.t in estimating the needs of the may be necessary may It was regarded as the amount neeced to maintain their credit and keep up their lines.” Pelley added that his road was mak- | 1n&"r:‘wne from its de luxe trains. | e of its passenger trains, he s were making as much as $4¢ a m! Others, however, make 50 cents s mile and * 80 little that I won's .tell you about " ) WHEAT MEN WORK T0 AVERT DISASTER Kansans Plan to Hold Grain, but Mortgage Holders Force Some Sales. Special Dispatch to The Star. GARDEN CITY, Kans. July 16 (N.AN.A.).—Reviving the pioneer spirit which bullt their country, Western Kansss business men are joining hands in an agricultural debt holiday to es- cape the catastrophe of 25-cent wheat. Although no concerted movement has been put underway, the ‘“community consciousness,” as one banker described it, in every locality is centered on help- ing the farmer hold back his wheat from the present market. Some stumbling biocks are being found. Two of the largs implement companies have failed to follow the policy established by Alexander Legge for the International Harvester Co. and are pressing mortgaged wheat for sale. In one important town in a nearby county the local banker is insisting that farmers liquidate their mortgages, even at present distressed prices. In general, however, Western Kansas business men are “riding along with the farmer.” Son.e ingenious plans : re being worked out. Out here the Lions Club is ob- taining empty buildings to offer as free storage places to hard-pressed farmers who have no storage facilities on their farms. A huge airplane hangar, several garages and barns, the space totaling more than 50,000 bushels, already have been obtained. At Colby, Dodge City and other points merchants are offering to accept wheat from farmers on their indebtedness at 45 to 50 cents a bushel or 20 to 25 cents above the market price. One Dodge City merchant is seeking space for 50,000 bushels The movement of wheat to market is showing up radically at country points despite the cent or two rse in prices this week. The initial movement largely represented wheat sold to obtain ready money for harvest expenses. Now mil- lions of bushels are going into storage on the ground. Nearly every farm house has its huge pile, the amounts seen in a 150-mile drive in this vicinity today ranging from 2.000 bushels up to 70.000 bushels on the Luther Ranch near Cim- arron. Inaugurating their wheat moratorium, many business men are opposed to a& general declaration of a debt holiday. They say that the problem must be worked out locally by the men who per- sonally know the farmers. Otherwis> it might be found some of the mortgaged wheat had been slipped out for sale. In seeking by its own initiative to work out methods by which wheat can be held off th> market, Western Kansas still believes the farm board should take some leadership in helping it out of its dilemma. Announcemert that the board would hold back its stock of old wheat still would be tremendously h-lp- ful, since only about 25 per cent of the new crop has moved to market. Collection Agents Busy. Probably no wheat would be sold at all were it not fer the pressurs of the collection agents for the banks, imple- ment companies and credit associations At Cimarron it was said there were 13 such agents wotking. They keep th~ road hot between the farmers’ fields and the_elevator. ‘The general practice of an elevator operator s to write in the names of the holders of mortgages against the wheat as well as the farmer on the check given in payment for wheat. that way the elevator operator is re- lieved of any obligation and all the in- terested parties must indorse the check. This situation brought up an extreme case cited at Dodge City. The names of seven holders of li‘ns against a farmer's crop were written on the checks, including three implement com- panies, an oil company, a hail insur- ance company and two landlords. When the farmer finished hauling his wheat— he had only 7,000 bushels—he met with his creditors. His help, which had not been paid, trailed along. The total payment for the wheat lacked thousands of dollars of settling all claims. The suggestion was made that everybody waive his claim and let the farmer continue operations. A unanimous decis'on necessary for in- dorsement on the checks could not be obtail the s°ssion broke up after half a day's discussion. The checks haven't been cashed yet. (Coprrights 1931. by North American News- paper Alliance, Inc.) BLAMES GOVERNMENT STORES. Holdings Affect Present Wheat Prices. Special Dispatch to The Star CHICAGO, July 16.—After wheat fu- tures prices had broken to the lowest level in the 82-year history of the Chi- cago Board of Trade, the presid-nt of that organization tossed back to the Federal Government a share of the blame for the situation. The sight of more than 200,000.000 bushels of old crop wheat, owned and displayed by Government agencies and not_short selling by speculators for profit from price deciines, partially lies back of existing values, James C. Mur- ray. president of the exchange advised. His statement topped off a s:ries of unusual developments in the grain in- dustry. Stories came of farmers refus- ing to harvest their wheat, of other farmers deciding not to haul their har- vésted wheat to market and of a widen- ltr;,g ;rrn 1:; wl;;lchh zls cents represented e price of a bushel of t| e he once golden Blames Government. Mr. Murray sought to shift back to the Stu:ermlnem som> of the blame it sougl 0 place on the fl‘I!Dl:?aCfi [P grain trade for . led investigation shows tha short interest in wheat in this m:r‘kk;et at the present time is, and during re- cent months has been, far below normal ;2%:“:“’1 t;o small to have bsen an im- nt influence -on the i Murray declared. e "As & matter of fact, the absence of normal buying power and dl!(u:btd European conditions have contributed more than any other factors to the un- settled condition of the market and the steady decline in prices. Naturally, the broader a market is the more easily it absorbs the pressure of a crop move- ment. Accordingly, it is the constant endeavor of this association to provide & market of sufficient volume to absorb such pressure without undue price de- pression. Any action which tends to drive out or diminish public interest ::l:‘tsur.;lsl]s(' increases the difficulties of o Says . Should Sell. “Widespread public knowledge of an { abnormally large accumulation of wheat {in the hands ol one agency has unques- jtlonably helped to discourage th speculative and consumer buying during recent months. I am not a pessimist, however, and am most hopeful that an early restoration of public confidence will bring about a price level more sat- isfactory to all concerned.” Several wheat belt Senators still are actively seeking to influsnce a change in Government policy, so that the Farm Board surplus holdings may be kept definitely from t‘/a market until prices touch 85 cenls fr $1 a bushel. How- ever, the grain irade has been veering to the opinion that even in the case that such a policy were adopted this wheat still would remain in full view iof buyers and should indirectly come into competition with the new crop. Veteran grain men think that the Gov- ernment should get rid of its holdings. ‘Taxpayers, they say, may begin to feel the same way a little later when -Ithey realize that it is costing the Gov- | ernment 18 cents bushel of the - hu (Copyrighte year to carry each acoumulation. . . 1031 . Water on Tent Cools Treasury Workers STREAMS POUR ON COVERING TO LOWER TEMPERATURE. Lightning late yesterday struck the new $14,000,000 'Arlington Memorial Bridge and hurled a half-ton piece of heavy granite into the Potomac River The bolt, coming at the height of the electrical and rain storm, struck {an abutment of the big bridge, and, besides knocking the big stone into the river, knocked out of position four of the seven-ton granite blocks in the bal- lustrade. These huge blocks, bridge of- ficials say, can be reset. Bridge attendants were given a se- i vere fright by the bolt, for it struck within seven feet from the inlet to the big gasoline tank of the bascule draw span Officials said that had the tank e: \TWO MEN KILLED | IN CHICAGO SALOON | Park to Labor Union Outbreak. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 16—Two men were fatally wounded early yesterday in a Forest Park saloon in what police be- lieved to be a labor union outbreak. The victims were L. S. Murphy, alias Bernard Dailey, and Frank Davis, both of whom, police said, have records as law violators. Murphy, Davis and Edward McFad- den, business agent of the Teamsters and Chauffeur's Local, No. 212, and abgut 11 other customers were sitting in'the back room of the saloon when two or three gunmen entered. “Stick 'em up,” they ordered. But before any of the 14 men could comply, police caid. a dozen shots were fired Both Murphy and Davis sank to the |floor. Tre gunmen rushed out of the appeared McFadden and Murphy's widow, Hazel, were arrested, but both refused to talk to authorities. SEARCH FOR CAPITAL MAN PROVES FUTILE Hope Dwindles That Adolph Ruth, Who Sougth Lost Mine, Will Be Found. By the Associated Press. PHOENIX, Ariz., July 16.—Hope of solving the disappearance in the Super- stition Mountains of Adolph Ruth, 66, of Washington, C.. who dropped from sight while searching for the legendary “Lost Dutchman” gold mine, dwindled today. A scouting trip in the air over the volcanic range failed to disclose any trace of the prospector, missing since June 15. During a two-hour flight, battling whipping downward currents, the pilot and an observer scanned the forbid- ding area with field glasses. They saw a wild horse—nothing_else. Dr. Erwin C. Ruth, the missing man’s son, here from the East to direct the search, has given up hope of finding his father alive. He said, however, a posse in the field. which hoped to ob- tain some aid from the airplane re- connoiter, would search the area a few FRANCE AND RUSSIA END COMMERCE WAR Import Barriers Removed by Twd Countries in Simultaneous Decrees. —_— By the Associated Prer (OSCOW, July m‘;‘onuon of normal trade relations between Soviet Russia and France was hkel:ea)day with the simultaneous is- suance of decrees in Moscow and Paris removing commercial barriers set up ober. lu'lt:h?flutbn. which takes effect im- mediately, was considered the outcome of trade negotiaticns between the two countries which still are procz:ing in Paris. lations between France and Ru?si‘feb‘;:lme acute wnen the French government issued an order last October 3 compelling the larger importers’ to cbtain a special permit before buying certain Soviet products such as wood, meat, some other types of food, and mfiflmfmgl“{mc such action was dis- criminatory, the Soviet government re- 0 with a decree for- '14‘!"0‘1::‘ 3‘,,”"";,.,“:,’.-.' ‘from France. | Police Attribute Shooting in Forest = i to a waiting automobile and dis- | Head of Chicage Board of Trade Says|oomeared . HIS8 housing of canvas on which water is continually fed from a pipe with hundreds of outlets, is placed over the roof of that section of the Treasury in which the currency counters work. The air hits this wetted cloth, before going through the ventilators, constituting, it is said, an effective cooling device. —Star Staff Photo. LIGHTNING HITS ARLINGTON SPAN DISLODGING BALUSTRADE BLOCKS Half-Ton Piece of Granite Hurled Into River—Gasolinc; Tank Is Endangered by Bolt. ploded it probably would have blown up a section of the bridge. Gasoline is used as fuel in the auxiliary motors for lifting and lowering the heavy leaves cf the draw span Following an examination today. offi- | cials reported that all of the stones struck in the balustrade would have to be raised and reset. The stone that lost the half-ton chunk will have to be replaced. Assistant Director Chisholm of Pub- lic Bulldings and Parks, after an in- spection, said the bascule draw span was operating smoothly. | "Officials were not able today to esti- d the bol IMRS. JOHN B. HENDERSON, DYING, IS RECONCILED {WITH FOSTER GRANDCHILD (Continued Prom First Page.) on, Jobn B. Henderson, jr. and his wife. Mrs. Henderson's action came as a result of a suit filed in the District Supreme Court by Mrs. Wholean to block the elder woman's gift of the Henderson home at 2437 Fifteenth street to the Government as a mansion for the Vice Presidents. At the time | of the suit, the foster granddaughter alleged that Mrs. Henderson was men- tally incapacitated through a two-year illness. Mrs. fortable fortune left by her husband through the development of Sixteenth | | street, yet she sacrificed great amounts | in the erection of embassies and lega- | tions for more than half a dozen foreign 1 governments on Meridian Hill, which she sold at cost. | . Known as the “grande dame” of ‘Washington, Mrs. Henderson was per- sonally acquainted with all the Presi- dents “since Lincoln, who was a warm | friend of her husband. A woman suffragist and prohibitionist, she joined |in many reform movements. Her old | home at Sixteenth street and Florid: avenue, known as “Boundry Castle,” hs been famous in Washington's social and political history for more than 49 years. : Reconciliation Doubted. Reports that Mrs. Henderson had ef- |fected a reconciliation with Mrs. Wholean during the past 10 days of her | illness were questioned today by the | elderly woman's attorney, George E. | Edelin of this city. “I don’t know anything about it and I doubt there has been a reconciliation.” Mr. Edelin said, explaining he had been in constant touch with the Bar Harbor home of Mrs. Henderson. She has been more or less unconscious since her | strokes of paralysis. Assoc| Press _dispatches today, however, say that Mrs. Wholean has | been visiting the house twice daily and sitting by Mrs. Henderson's bedside. Even if a personal reconciliation has been effected, Mr. Edelin said, it will have no bearing on the suits now pend- ing in court. RHEEM 0. ACCUSED OF NOTE JUGGLING | Court Orders Defunct Firm to Show Why $500 Is Not Returned. (From the 5:30 Edition of Zcsterday's Star.) Justice James M. Proctor in District Supreme Court today issued & ruling Il;lllhal upon the trustees of the bank- Tupt estate of Swartzell, Rheem & Hen- sey Co. to show cause July 21 why they should not deliver to Mrs. Tone H. Cal- vert, Columbus, Ohio, & promissory note which they took over among the assets of the company. . Through Attorneys John Lawis Smith and John" Paul Jones, the plaintiff said she purchased a $500 note of the Shoreham Hotel Corporation on August 2, 1930, through the brokerage concern and left the note in the vaults of the company for collection and safekeeping. On January 16 last, she said, while the company was contemplating bank- ruptey proceedings, the note was re- moved from the vault and sold to an- other client for a $500 note which was maturing the next day. Instead of turn- ing over the exchange note to her the company merely credited her with $500 on their books. The exchange note was properly secured, the plaintiff said. and should be surrendered to her in place of her note. - ey Five boys who pleaded guilty at Leeds, England, to rifiing a missionary box in a Sunday school were ordered to attend Sunday school, three lads aged 13 being compelled to go every Sunday for 12 months and two aged 13 every Sunday for 2 years, =l Worked Long Hours. Henderson added to the com- | HAND DEATH LAD TODEBT OVERWORK Treasury Official Suffered, Breakdown Aiding in Sus- pension Problem. Overwork on Treasury fiscal problems in connection with President Hoover's proposal to suspend international debt payments for a year was blamed today for the death of Robert Godfrev Hand, commissioner of accounts and deposits. Hand was the “man behind the scenes” in the intricate negotiations leading up to Mr. Hoover's anaounce- ment of the plan, it was learned today, and was constantly called upoa by Act- ing Secretary Ogden L. Mills in the final consummation of the debt suspen- sion His suicide vesterday in his monoxide- filled garage was ascribed by his phy- sician, Dr. Willlam M. Sprigg. and his family to a nervous breakdown induced | | b!.overwork. Mrs. Hand said her husband nad ! worked 10 and 12 hours a day continu- | ously on Treasury financial problems. He was forced to leave his desk over a | month ago for a rest, but, even after retiring to his home, was called into | conference for advice frequently by Mills. Mills, it was disclosed. often called | Hand on the telephone late at night| after communicating with Secretary Mellon in Paris. His figures on the Treasury's present and _prospective | financial condition were indispensable in working out the final agreement for | debt suspension. Even before the President announced his proposal for a moratorium. Hand | had been called upon for an exact anal- | ysis of the Treasury's finances. Admit- tedly the leading fiscal expert of the department. he had to figure to the penny what the United States would |forego in foreign debt payments, in principal and interest. Even the slight- est discrepancy would leave the admin- istration open to congressional criti- cism when the plan is brought up for approval, Treasury officials said today. | Judgment Was Unerring. | “Mr. Hand's broad knowledge of fis- | cal operations, combined with his un- erring judgment, enabled him to fore- cast the cash position of the Treasury with remarkable accuracy,” one official close to Mr. Mills said. “So important was Mr. Hand's knowl- edge of fiscal affairs that he was fre- quently consulted by the acting Secre- tary of the Treasury in connection with Mr. Hoover's moratorium proposal.” this | officlal admitted. “In fact, practically every major financial opération of the | Federal Government was consummated only after an analysis prepared by Mr. Hand.” It was Hand who, in the trying period after the war, worked out the original schedules upon which were based the war debt payments of foreign powers to the United States. In the period | from 1923, when he successfully worked out the British-American debt sched- ule, until the Spring of 1926, when Franco-American debt negotiations were settled on the basis of Hand's figures, the late commissioner worked unceas- ingly and tirelessly on America’s diffi- cult war dedt problems. V’erk Was His Hobby. All the actuarial work in connection | with the debt payments and all sched- ules of payments were drafted by Hand and his assistants. It is these payments which are to be sacrificed in 1932 by tlxle United States under Mr. Hoover's plan. | Of medium build. thin, angular and | with the high, protruding forehead of |a thinker, Hand was never happier | than when working on some intricate, | knotty accounting problem. His recre- | ation, paradoxically, was his work. If | he had any hobby other than his work, |it was fishing, but, his friends say, he | preferred a weighty logarithm to the pull of the gamest fish. He was serious and yet possessed of a keen sense of humor, according to fellow officials of the Treasury. Hand, who was 52 years old, 30 of them having been spent in the Treasury, will be buried tomorrow in Cedar Hill ,Cem- etery following a private funeral ht his home, 1331 Gallatin street. PAYNE INQUEST HELD Death From Car Accident Injuries {render of men in a single battle. ICOMMISSION FACES SURRENDER DEBATE Re-enactment of Cornwallis Act to Be Considered for Sesquicentennial. ‘The embarrassing predicament into which Lord Cornwallis thrust the York- town Sesquerntennial Commisison by surrendering to the American Army at Yorktown 150 years ago will be con- sidered by the commisison at a meeting here July 27, it was learned today. The predicament ariscs from the fact that Cornwallis’ dramatic act was not calculated to engender friendly rela- tions between America and Great Bri.- ain later. Ban to Be Considered. ‘The members will be called upon to pass on the action of a committee in banning & re-enactment of the incident during the celebration of the surrender next October. Representative S. Otis Bland, secre- tary of the commission, today called at- tention to the fact that the committee's decision was not final. commission, as & whole, must act on the question, he explained. He told The Star by telephone from New- port News that he was calling a meet- ing of the commission in the “next week or two” and that the tter un- fgubtmly would be decided definitely en. Townsend Advised. Senator John G. Townsend. jr. of Delaware, a member of the commission, said today that he had received a tele- gram from Representative Bland ad- vising him of a meeting of the com- mission to be held July 27. He said he would attend the meeting. He said his only knowledge of the Cornwallis matter had been gleaned from news reports. Representative Bland denied reports that the “suggestion” that the sur- render scenes be tabooed originated with the State Department or with Senator 8wanson of Virginia, chairman of the commission. “The question originally came during a committee meeting,” Bland explained. “There was a discussion as to the* advisability of including these scenes in the pageant, and we decided to ask the advice of the State Depart- ment. Chairman Swanson was dele- gated to take the matter up with the department. He reported later he thought it would be wise to eliminate the actual surrender, and the commit- tee agreed with this proposal. “Triumph of Ideals.” “My personal feeling in the matter is that we are trying to depict something deeper and greater than the mere sur- We want to emphasize a triumph of ideals rather than glorify a war victory of some one’s surrender. However, the ac- tion of the committee must be approved by the commission as a whole before it becomes final.” ‘The Yorktown Commission. in_addi- tion to Senators Swanson and Town- up | send, includes Senator Reed of Pennsyl- vani Senator Bingham of Connecti- cut, Senator Wagner of New York, Representative Bacon of New York, Representative Fitzgerald of Ohio. Rep- resentative Stobbs of Massachusetts, Representative Byrns of Tennessee and Representative Crisp of Georgia. Chairman Swanson is in Europe, and most of the other members also are out of the city. WIFE SUES HUSBAND ‘POLYGAMY ADMIRER’ Lindsay S. Stott Seeks to Divorce Spouse—Names Co-respondent. Mrs. (Prom the 5:30 Edition of Yesterdas's Star.) Lindsay S. Stott. a former prohibi- tion agent, expressed admiration for the practice of Mohammedans and once said he would like to join & re- ligious sect permitting polygamy, Mrs. Anna Mae Stott, 1512 Spring place. as: serted today in filing suit for an aoso- lute divorce in District Supreme Court. She named a co-respondent. The couple were married at Cam- bridge. Md. February 20, 1928, and lived together until last week. when her husband failed to kcep a promise not to see the co-respondent again, Mrs. Stott stated. She told the couft that after her husband left the prohibition unit. he appeared to have more money than he had made while employed there. She said he makes about $500 monthly, while she is dependent on her parents for support. She seeks suitable ali- mony. Attorney Raymond Neudecker ap- peared for the wife. LAUNDRY AGENT ROBBED OF $130 BY ARMED MAN Bandit Climbs on Auto in North- east Section and Escapes With Collections. (Prom the 5:30 Edition of Yesterday's Star.) Andrew J. Gray, 31, of 612 Keefer place, an agent for the Arcade-Sun- shine Laundry, reported to police this afternoon that he had been held up by an armed bandit and robbed of $130. Gray said the robber climbed onto his automobile as he turned his car into a parking place on Lincoln road near Bryant street northeast shortly after 2 o'clock. He said he was about to send Harry Artley, 14, of 3641 Warder street, his helper. to make a collection, when the man came to the side of the machine. § The bandit was described as being tall, dark skinned, either a dark white man or a light colored man of about 25 years. o i B]ND CONCERTS. By the United States Marine Band this evening at the Sylvan Theater, Monument Grounds, at 7:30 o'clock. Taylor Branson, leader; Arthur Wit- comb, second leader: March, “Gen Ben Fuller” “Les Preludes’ . Trio for cornets, Finest” Musicians Winfred Kemp, White and Frederick Wilken. “Undine’s Dance and Prelude” from “Lor .Catalani Saxophone solo, Musician Kenneth Douse. Verdict Says. Special Dispateh to Th ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16.—Death from injuries received in an automobile accident was the verdict given here today by Dr. T. Jones, city coroner, in the case of Gerald H. Payne, 37 years old, of 231 Bryant street north- east, Washington, who died at Alex- andria Hospital yesterday morning. He was found injured in a wrecked car beside the Richmond Highway near Fort Humphrey. Mrs. Elizabeth M. Maury, 21 years old, of 4550 Connecticut avenue, who was found in the car with Payne, was not a witness at the inquest. She is recovering at the home of her mother in Cherrydale from injuries suffered in the crash. Payne is said to have told doctors h‘ lost. control of the cer. “Invitation to the Dance, ‘Weingartner-Weber ‘Wagner “The Star Spangled Banner. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band this evening at the band stand at 5:30 o'clock. John Zimmermann, bandmaster; Anton Pointner, assistant: March, “Illinois”. . Woods Overture, “Don Jua Solo for clarinet, “Almora”..Le Musician Charles A. Darby. Excerpts from musical comedy “The New Moon”. -Roml Fox trot, Happy” .. Waltz song, Home" PFinale, “The Star Spangled Banner, “T'm