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A |.C.C. VALUES RAILS AT §27,189657 473 Figure Is Based on Cost of Reproduction on Decem- ber 31, 1930. (Continued From First Page) ucts Corporztion, at Nashville, resumed the witness stand. Widell is the first representative of | shipping concerns to support the in-| crease. | Denies Flat Boost Asked. He repeated today that he was not | advocating a flat 10 per cent increase, | felt that the plea of the railroads should be given sympathetic consider- ation. Cross-questioning developed that ap- proximately one-half of the coal pro- duced by Widell's concern is sold to the | Louisville & Nashville Railroad and the | Central of Georgi Widell was follo | stedtler, traffic director of the Chicago | Association of Commerce, who said the association was supporting the plea for increased rates “with certain reserva- tions. Chairman Brainerd of the Interstate Commerce Commission said_today the | commission would not be influenced by | threats into gran an immediate | freight rate increase. Writes Senator Capper. Brainerd wrote Senator Capper of Kansas in response to a telegram from the Senator urging the commission to ignore demands for an immediate in- crease. Senator Capper telegraphed the chair- man on reading what he termed a “threat” of Representative Beck of Pennsylvania to attempt to have the commission abolished unless it acted immediately e railroads’ plea. “With refe: to the matters to which you refer,” Brainerd wrote, “I am sure you would be warranted in as- suming that despite all attempts to in- fluence improperly the commission's judgment in this or any other matter it will r-‘ni ue as it has in the past 1o render ifs decisions based upon ‘the record as made’ undisturbed by all the | winds that blow Capper in his telegram said: “Threat Is Astounding.” “The threat of Congressman Beck of dlvania to have the Interstate mission abolished unless hwith, without hearing, 7 or due consideration, the d of the railroads for a 15 per cent horizontal increase in freight rates, is the most nding proposal I have h r s time. my mind the Beck thfeat is even more shortsighted and more in- pportune than the application of the this increase in the face eneral depression and loweri ved by C. E. Hoch-| e | { ing | and _practically frad istry at this time In the first place, I am astonished that as great a constitutional lawyer as Beck is reputed to be ! d wave the threat of congression- | on over the heads of members | of a governmental tribunal created for \bstituting the rule of leness for arbitrary action in the matter of transportation rates. “Astounded at Audacity.” “In the second place T am astounded at the audacity of his suggestion that e Commerce Commission h t rears of careful study an tigation before reaching a decision \e grain rate case should now cast lles to the wind and saddle addi- every s of this country without any study the merits of the demand, the s of the railroads or the probable effect of such action both upon the rail- upon the countty as a whole. I would call attention to the where the railroads assert a $400,000,000 in annual income agriculture last year took & loss of $2.800,000,000 in income and this promises to be every worse. Gets 25 Cents a Bushel. E as wheat growers are getting| as little as 25 cents a bushel for wheat. The carriers are proposing to charge | 28 cents to haul & bushel of wheat from the center of the Kansas wheat belt to Chicago. They are asking to receive 47 cents to haul wheat to seaboard— nearly twice what the farmer received for planting, harvesting and marketing his_product. “The price of wheat today is 70 per nt below the pre-war level; present ght Tates are 47 per cent above the | pre-war level and the grain rate re-| duction effective August 1 will not re- duce that percentage materially. In the face of this condition the railroads are asking that their freight rates be increased to 69 per cent above the pre= war level. “The railroads have demanded that the commission increase grain rates to a level of 32 per cent higher than the commission recently found was a reasonable level. And now comes & Pennevitania Congressman and insists that ti:~ increases be granted forthwith; couples that insistence with the threat of congressional action unless the com- mission does what he and the railroads demand, merely upon the strength of their demand and his threat. “It is an astounding proposal and 1 cannot believe it will receive attention at the hands of the commission. But T cannot keep quiet in the face of such a statement, one calculated to add to the unfortunate breech already created between the West as represented by agriculture and the East as represented by financial interests in whose behalf such statements as those credited to Congressman Beck ~presumably are made.” Senator Capper's telegram followed closely an attack made yesterday by Senator Johnson of California, Who accused Beck of attempting to ‘“‘coerce” the Interstate Commerce™Commission. Refuse Chicago Plea. The commission refused to accept a resolution adopted by the Chicago Asso- ciation of Commerce and presented by Hochstedtler. In addition to supporting the request of the railroads for higher freight rates, it urged that “serious consideration” should be given to a proper revision of railway wages.” Hochstedtler said he had heard rail- way executives express the opinion that the 15 per cent increase would result in an 8 per cent increase in railroad | Tevenue. In answer to questions, he said | e did not recall what raiiroad men had expressed that opinion. He testified that he felt some read- justment would be necessary if the in- crease asked for were granted and Com- missioner Lewis commented that it might be better to lower the raise asked for, adding that & lesser increase might make readjustment less imperative. Sees Diversion to Water. Hochstedtler said it was possible the rates increase might cause some diver- by sion of traffic to water, but that in the case of most railroads in the Mid- western territory, including the Illinois Central, their lines were paralleled only in part by water routes. He said he favored water transporta- tion. and believed in the long run the railroads would benefit by the increased industrial development. Hochstedtler sald three railroad ex- ecutives, including L. A. Downs, presi- dent of the Illinois Central Railroad, were members of the Transportation Committee of the Association of Com- merce, but that they did not vote on the resolution in favor of the increase. Church Carnival to Close. After more than a week’s activity, St. Gabriel's carnival, being held on the ounds of St. Gabriel's Church, 22 r%flle, was scheduled to cigse to- night, RS, WHOLEAN CUT FROM INHERITANCE |Japanese Secretary Given $100,000 Cash and Trust Fund of Like Sum. (Continued From First Page.) e = ol George E. Edelin, as trustee, all of my | real estate and direct him to sell the same, either for cash or for notes se-| cured upon said real estate, as in his discretion may be most advantageous for my estate, and to distribute the said | proceeds in the manner and form here- inafter set forth. “Third, I give and bequeath unto Dr. Paul Bartch of the Smithsonian Insti- tute, his heirs or assigns, the sum of $5,000. Remembers Servants. “Fourth, I give and bequeath unto | Ernest W. Gibson, member of Congress from Vermont, the sum of $5,000. “Fifth, I give and bequeath unto Wil- liam rter, a member of my household. his heirs or assigns, the sum of $3,000. Sixth, I give and bequeath unto C. K. Hasegawa, a member of my house- nold, his heirs or assigns, the sum of $10,000. “Seventh, I give and bequeath unto my maid, Josephine Farrar, her heirs or assigns, the sum of $500. “Eighth, Jesse S. Shima has been ray chief aide and help during my declin- ing vears, and because of his unswery- ing_devotion, generous aid, assistance and help to me in my family affairs, and in the management of my_estate 1 give and bequeath unto said Jesse S. Shima, his heirs and assigns, the sum of $100.000. ‘Ninth, I give and bequeath unto George E. Edelin, trustee, the sum of $100,000, in and upon the following trusts, that is to say, with full power t invest and reinvest, to sell, convey, mortgage, hypothecate, without the requirement of purchaser: or lenders to see to the application of | purchase money, or money loaned, and without liability on the part of my said trustee for decrease or depreciation in the value of property purchased, and after paying the cost of administration of said fund, to pay the income there- from, in annual installments, unto the said Jesse S. Shima, for and during the period of his natural life, and upon his death the said fund shall become & part of the residuum of my estate. Smithsonian Gets Art. “Tenth, I give and bequeath unto the Smithsonian _Institute of Washington, District of Columbia, or to its successor in and to the management of the National Gallery of Art, for the use of the said National Gallery of Art, all of my paintings, the same to be kept to: gether as a collection and to be desig- nated and known as the ‘John Brooks Henderson Collection.’ Any of my said paintings which are not accepted by the said Smithsonian Institute, or its | successor in and to the management of the National Gallery of Art, for the use of the said National Gallery of Art, I direct to become & part of the resi- | the | duum of my estate. “Eleventh, I also give unto Smithsonian Institute of Washington, District of Columbia, or its successor in | and to the management of the National Gallery of Art, for the use of the National Gallery of Art, the following: Five pleces of statuary by Ives, bust of Pauline Wright Davis, by Paul Akers, bust of John B. Henderson, sr., by a Roman artist, the Pisher Boy, also the Roman artist; two bronze medallions, one of my husband, John B. Henderson, sr., and the other of Sidney Burleson, modeled by myself. “Twelfth, all the rest and residue of my estate, including clothing and wear- ing apparel, jewelry and articles of per- sonal use and adornment, books, bric- a-brac, silver and household furniture, articles and effects of every kind and description, and any automobiles and accessories thereunto pertaining, in fact, all property of a tangible or in- tangible nature, which I own at the time of my death, including the pro- ceeds from the sale of my real estate, remaining in the hands of my aforesaid trustee, after paying the aforesaid leg- acies, I hereby give, devise and be- queath unto my nephew, Henry N. Arnold, and my niece, Frances A. Arnold, both of the City of New York, State of New York, in equal propor- tions, share and share alike. Disinherits Mrs. Wholean. “It is my express wish and I so direct that Beatrice Henderson Wholean shall have nothing from my estate. I have previously executed a certain irrevocable trust agreement, made and dated the fifteenth day of Setpember, 1926, and comprising in_the aggregate, the sum of $365,000, which, together with such income as the said Beatrice Henderson Wholean shall receive from the estate of my son, John B. Henderson, jr., is ample for her support. “Fourteenth, I hereby nominate, con- stitute and appoint George E. Edelin, as and for the executor of this my said will and estate.” Friend and Counselor. Shima, a young, athletic Japanese, entered Mrs, Henderson's employ some years ago. He ingratiated himself with Mrs. Henderson by his devotion to duty, efficiency, intelligence and epoliteness. As a reward he became her confidential secretary, friend and counselor. ‘When' the litigation over Mrs. Who- lean developed early last February, Shima received reporters at Mrs. Henderson’s Fifteenth street residence and volunteered to do most of the talk- ing for his employer. At the time Mrs. Henderson was extremely feeble and her replies to questions often seemed incoherent. Shima said he was han- dling Mrs. Henderson’s affairs for her and he spoke of engaging attorneys to represent her in the suit against Mrs. ‘Wholean. In several interviews at that time Mrs. Henderson declared that “Trixie” as she called Mrs, Wholean, was not her granddaughter and she denied any recollection of having adopted her, de- spite her signature on court papers. She and Shima both insisted that if she had signed such papers, she had | done so under a misapprehension as to their nature. Reveals Alleged Deception. While reporters were present, Mrs. Henderson had Shima summon Carter, the chauffeur, to substantiate her claims that Beatrice was not & real THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Representative Gibson of Vermont (upper left), who received a bequest of $5,000 in the will of Mrs. John B. Hen- derson. Rentesentative Gibson intro- | duced ‘a bill authorizing a commission to acquire by gift or purchase an official residence for the Vice President. Mrs. Henderson twice sought to give the Gov- | ernment such a residence. |~ Upper right: Dr. Paul Bartsch of the | smithsonian Institution, left $5000 in | the will. Lower right: William Carter, Mrs Henderson's chauffeur, left $3,000. Car- ter was credited with revealing the | story of the alleged adoption of Beatrice Henderson which caused Mrs. Hender- son to petition the court to make her | her heir. Later Mrs. Henderson denied that she had filed such a petition. | daughter of the late John B. Hen | derson, jr. Carter said he was “let in” on the alleged deception scheme. The | chauffeur told of driving Mr. and Mrs. | Henderson, jr., from the old Hender- son home in Arlington County to the railroad station for a trip from which they returned a few days later with & aby girl. The baby was named Beatrice. Carter said Mrs. Henderson did not know of the deception until after the death of Mr. and Mrs. Henderson, Jr. | The chauffeur revealed the facts to Mrs | Henderson after some question had been | raised as to the girl's parentage. Mrs Henderson said she told Beatrice of what she had learned. |~ Apparently it was about the time of | the revelation that Mrs. Henderson took | out the secret adoption papers, which | were kept sealed in the courts until a few months ago. In the ad-ption pet tion Mrs. Henderson said that Beatrice was adopted by her son and daughter- {in-law and that she has always been regarded as a blood relative the Hendersons. FRANCE SAYS ARMS VOLUNTARILY CUT Government Document Cites Pe. culiar Geographical Situation and Three Invasions. By the Associated Press. PARIS, July 21.—In & 28-page docu- ment outlining the French views on disarmament the government today asserted that since the League of Na- tions covenant came into force France, of her own accord, has proceeded to reduce her armaments, but always in ation and bearing in mind that she has been invaded three times in the past century. Interdependence of land, sea and air forces is extremely important to France, the memorandum asserts, yet land forces were reduced by cutting the period of compulsory military service to one year. The land forces of the army now number 270,000 men for home defense. Aboard N view of her peculiar geographical situ- | OB VSIS HONE OF “HA” KEANEDY Honeymoon Cottage Deserted Except for Swarm of Souvenir Hunters. Special Dispatch to The Star. HERMOSA BEACH, Calif., July 21.— Although Ma Kennedy placed a big “for sale” sign in the front yard and drove away early Monday, the dwelling known as Honeymoon Cottage and Heartbreak House was by no means deserted. Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, mother of Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, sald she was bound_eventually for Catalina Island. Rev. Guy Edward Hudson, bridegroom of a few weeks, is in seclusion pending a divorce suit which Mrs, L. Margaret Newton-Hudson, who says she is still his wife, intends to file. But Honeymoon Cottage is, neverthe- less, the center of attraction for scores of souvenir hunters. There used to be a perfectly good clothes-line in the rear yard. In various lengths it now adorns homes of various earnest collectors. Slips have been nipped from the geranium . Leaves have been garnered from the two tiny fig_trees. Chips of wood, pebbles and splinters from the towering ship's mast in the side yard have not eluded the eyes of memento connoisseurs. Somebody discovered a small plot of ground which looked as though Rev. Hudson had intended to plant a garden when former matrimonial ties untied | his latest marriage. A man in a big car scooped several handsful of the | new earth and bore it away in a fold | of newspaper. Other visitors penciled | their initials on the front door which bore & neat card asking that important | mail be forwarded to a Los Angeles address. The card was signed signifi- | cantly “M. A. Kennedy.” A visitor observed through a bulge |in a @rawn curtain one of Ma Ken- | nedy's stockings upon a shelf. With | infinite patience and a bit of wire the visitor contrived to hook the stocking through & crack beneath the window | and to carry it off in triumph. Ma Kennedy wore & pink and black flowered silk gown when she drove | smartly toward Los Angeles. On her | head was a jaunty straw hat with up- turned brim and a jaunty smile wreeth- ed ner lips. She is. as she has herself said, not one to dwell in the shadow: (Copyright, 1931.) 'NAVY HONORS HERO OF DOMINGO STORM Cross Awarded Comdr. Johnson for Service in Organizing and Directing Relief. Award of a Navy cross to Comdr Lucius W. Johnson, Medical Corps, U. S. N, of 1810 Nineteenth street, “for distinguished service in the line of his profession” following the sanm‘ Domingo hurricane of September, 1930, was announced today by the Navy De- partment. Taking charge of the entire medi- cal and surgical situation in the Do-| minion Republic following the disas- terous hurricane, the citation said “He gave himself indefatigably w the work of the organization and direction, dedicating his recognized capacity to the organization of hospitals, distribu- tion of food, improvement of sanitary conditions and clearing away of the ruins.” . Comdr. Johnson, who was born at Port Richmond, Staten Island, and| graduated from the University of Penn- | sylvania Medical School, is now under | orders for duty as chief of the surgi-| | cal service, Natal Hospital, San Diego, | cant. | "He has just completed a three-year tour of duty with the Public Health| Service in Haiti. He recently was se-| lected for promotion to the rank of captain. 'WTTACK ON EX-JOCKEY BLAMED ON KIDNAPERS | Buddy Ensor, in Gotham Hospital, Says He Tried to Warn Actors | of Danger. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, July 21.—Buddy Ensor, | a great jockey of a decade ago. was in |a hospital today, after a mysterious | attack, he told police, because he tried to warn several actors they were to be | kidnaped. | Ensor, who lives at the Hotel Emer- | son, Baitimore, was found in a clump | of bushes in Pelham Parkway. His skull had been battered with a blunt instrument, surgeons said. He told | | detectives he was on his way to warn ' Nils T. Granlund, roadhouse enter- | tainer, that he was to be kidnaped. | " Detectives said that Ensor talked of a kidnaping plot against George Jessel | and Eddie Cantor, stage and screen | players. | of the fiight ew Airline NEWLYWEDS ARE | passengers. They are Mr. and Mrs. tice of the United States Court of the movies to wed. The photograph, t before the departure of the first plane left to right: Miss Beulah a Schulze and Mr. Schulze, " FIRST PASSENGERS. NAUGURATION of airmail and passenger service between the National Cap- ital and New York yesterday afternoon found honeymooners among the first Richard P. Schulze. The bride, former- ly Miss Margaret Hatfleld, daughter of Judge Charles S. Hatfleld, chief jus- Customs and Patents Appeals, deserted aken at Washington-Hoover Airport just for Atlantic City on the new line, shows, licensed pilot and hostess of the plane; Mrs. ¥ —Star Stafl Photo, D. C, TUESDAY, JULY 21; 1931. Where Two Army Flyers Died in Sky Crash PAIR IN ONI W E PLANE TOOK TO Lieut. Benjamin F. Lowery a ‘CHUTES AND WERE SAVED. RECKAGE of two Army airplanes from Mitchel Field. N. Y., after colliding 2,000 feet over Newington, Conn., vesterday as they were swooping down to avoid an_unidentified commercial plane that was sweeping straight toward them. The occupants of plane shown in top photo, Lieut. F. X. Kelly and Staff Sergt. David L. Spicer, leaped to safety with their parachutes. nd his observer, Corpl. Harold Strosny: der, perished when their plane (bottom) burst into flames after crashing. A civilian in a field was so badly injured by a shower of broken parts of the two planes that he may not live. \ PILOT WHO CAUSE AR DEATHS SOUGHT Army Man Says Plane Was lder!ticql With That Used by State Official. By the Associated Press NEWINGTON, Conn question of the identity of the civil- jan pilot who is sald to have flown in the path of six United States Army planes yesterday, resulting in a midair and two fatalities, today drew tion of Army and civilian in- Lieut. Benjamin F. Lowery of Opocee. Tenn., pilot of one of the rcar planes and his observer, Corpl Harold Strasnyder of Wichita, Kans., lost their lives. Lieut. Francis X. Kelly of Brooklyn, N. Y. pilot of the other plane, and Sergt. David L. Spicer of Halifax, Nova Scotia, his observer, leaped to safety with parachutes Maj. Willlam Ord Ryan. executive officer at Mitchel Field, as he prepared 10 return to his post after visiting the scene yesterday, said he would report the civilian plane was identical to that piloted by Jack Lenox, deputy State commissioner of aeronautics Lenox was flying a State-owned plane when he saw the crash, but declared he was several hundred feet below them and swerved to the right as he passed them. Maj. Ryan, while firm in his declara- tion that the plane which plunged close to the Army flight, forced them to swerve and brought the rear planes to- gether, was identical to that used by Lenox, would make no direct statement as to his belief of the identity of the pilot. State Aviation Commissioner Charles L. Morris genied that his deputy could have been involved. The fiyers were en route from Mitchel July 21.—The Field to Rentschier Field, at East Hart- | | ford, when the civilian plane was sighted over Newington. Lieut. Leon W. Johnson, commanding officer of the flight, said the civilian plane, coming in the opposite direction, came directly at the flight. He signaled the flight to dive He signaled to rise and to swerve to the right, when the planes piloted by Low- ery and Kelly collided. 6. B. SHAW WOULD TALK ABOUT RUSSIA, BUT LADY ASTOR SAYS HE’S TIRED irst_Page.) would like to stay nine years, but—"" he started, when Lady Astor, a small, slender and vivacious woman with a blue dress and straw hat to match swooped in. “Now, you mustn't talk now. We are going out. Then when we come back you can take a bath, eat lunch, lie down for a while and nap and after that do what you please for a few min- utes. You're tired,” she interrupted without pausing for a breath. “You don't look tired,” a reporter suggested. “No, I'm ——," Shaw started, remov- ing his hat and rubbing his close- cropped white hair. “But he is,” she answered. “You'll just go on until you drop,” Lady Astor insisted, coaxingly taking his arm and leading him away. “That's just the way he is. Goes right on until he drops. Before he left England we promised his wife that we would not let him overdo,” Lord Astor explained. Shaw's arrival is atiracting more at- tention in Moscow than that of any other visitor since Amanullah, late Emir of Afghanistan. The newspapers pub- lish long articles abouv the author, in- cluding photographs of various vintages. The general tenor, though, is that the great writer lacks the proletarian ideology. Phe irain bringing the party was met mittee of prominent by a reception com: Shviet writers at the {rontier last night. Maxim Litvinov, By a coincidence, commissar of foreign affairs, returned aboard the same train. Conspicuous among the committee was Artiom Kuala- tov, president of the State Publishing Corporation, who, in addition to his black beard equaling Mr. Shaw's white one, has curly raven locks reaching his shoulders. A band outside the station struck up the “Internationale” wnen the party emerged. The crowd filling the plaza pressed forward and mounted police opened a lane to the cars, Mr. Shaw standing at first and doffing his hat and bowing to admirers. Lady Astor ex- plained that he could not grant inter- views, having a contract to write for an English syndicate, but that he was willing to talk informglly. (Copyrigh s The civilian plane likewise dived. | —A. P. Photo. Germany Claims Child Born | in Bavaria Is Native of That Country. ‘U. S. and Sweden Advise | Swedish Papers With Amer- ican Visa Proper. By the Associated Press PARIS, July 21—The Paris edition of the Chicago Tribune savs Vivian Duncan, American actress, is havi difficulty trying to arrange traveling papers for her caughter, born March 20, at Wurzburg, Bavaria. The father, Nils Asther, actor, has been advised by the German State De- partment that the baby is a German, but the Tribune reports both the Swed- ish and American governments have ruled the proper procedure is a Swedish passport with an American visa. Asther 1s a Swede. Miss Duncan has twice failed to get a passport at the Swedish consulate as she doesn't have her marriage license | with her. She has taken passage for August 1. She told the Tribune she wouldn't go home without her baby. The Amer- ')d(‘ln consulate is seeing what can be one. ARMED AR FORCES HONTDESPERADS Two Planes Search for Band That Robbed Bank and | Wounded Policemen. | By the Associated Press. GREEN BAY, Wis., July 21.—A band | of robbers, carryiiig machine guns, held | up the Southside State Bank yesterday, | | obtained $5.000 in loot and escaped in 1‘(“'0 automobiles after wounding three policemen and slugging several bank | employes and customers. | Their escape was made after a gun | fight with the police and in spite of pursuit by two airplanes, mounted with machine guns. While only three men entered the bank, authorities believed two or more were awaiting in automobiles. The police were called while the hold-up was in progress. As the police car pulled up in front of the bank it was sprayed with bullets from a ma- chine gun fired from a sedan. Detec- tive Martin Burke and Chief Hawley returned the fire, wounding one man who had jumped from the sedan. Mrs. Harold Malchow, who witnessed the shooting from her automobile, said, “I saw a man run from the bank” carry- ing a bag in his hand. He jumped into a large car from which another man was shooting. Across the street I could see an officer shooting at the robbers from behind a tree. “The car started quickly and dashed around a corner.” ‘The other two followed from the bank and jumped into the sedan. Heading | out of town it was preceded by another car, witnesses said. ‘When the men ‘entered the bank, Frank V. Slupinski, assistant cashier; four employes and three customers were ordered to lie on the floor, but were clubbed in spite of their willingness to obey. Slupinski was struck over the| head when he said that all the money was in the cages. Earl Cayer, a teller, likewise was clubbed. Chief Hawley, Detectives Burke and De Love and Officer Elmer Denamur were the police who engaged in the gunfight. . Chief Hawley was cut by flying glass when bullets punctured the car. De Love was shot in the left eye and in the left arm. Efforts were being made to remove bullets from his head at St. Mary’s Hospital. His condition was re- ported serious. Burke was cut about the head by flying gln- Shortly after e robbery Officer Denamur took off in a plane to search for the cars. Later another plane joined the search. —y Anne Nichols to Return. NEW YORK, July 21 (#).—Anne Nichols, who made a fortune by writing and producing “Able’s Irish Rose,” is to Teturn to Broadway after an absence orl two years. She plans to mfluu 1a, 1 Ralph Henry Mears Fall 1 VIVIAN DUNCAN HAS TROUBLE GETTING PASSPORT FOR BABY VIVIAN DUNCAN. NEWU.S, CRUISERS POORLY BALANCED Changes Ordered to Stop Rolling Developed on Trial Cruises. Repairs designed to counteract the excessive roll developed in recent trials of the Navy's eight new 10.000-ton cruisers were ordered by the Navy De- partment yesterday. The balance imperfection was the second discovered in the new ships during their “shake-down” cruises sev- eral weeks ago. Installation of new rudder posts in six of the eight newly completed craft,was necessitated when the original posts cracked under the strain of simulated battle conditions. Navy to Bear Cost. ‘While the major cost of the new rud- der pivots will be borne by the con- tractors. the Nevy Department must pay for the alterations required to re- duce the roll. The cost of this work was not announced. Naval officers had believed for some time that the new vessels, embodying many new developments in naval ar- chitecture, might roll too must to afford good gun platforms, but the defect did not become definitely apparent until the vessels were put to the severe test of battle practice in all kinds of weather. The roll proved to be such that improvements were found neces- sary. The first two cruisers to undergo the alterations will be the Pensacola and the Northampton. The former is to be repaired at the New York naty yard and the latter at the Norfolk navy yard. The Pensacola will be ready for duty on August 1 and the Northamp- ton on September 15. Two Changes Ordered. Two types of improvements have been ordered. On one of the cruisers the roll will be eliminated by the in- stallation of anti-rolling tanks, which are large containers filled with water. When the ship rolls too much to one side the tank on the opposite side pulls it back to center. The second ship is to be equipped with wider bilge keels, which will serve the same purpose. Naval architects explained that the roll is due to the fact that the cruisers | were given a lower center of gravity to take care of modern improvements which were installed. These cruisers are lighter in weight than the older ones, due to improvements in armor and other important details, and their armaments are different. The imper- fections, it was said, can be taken care of without impairing the efficiency of the vessels. Officers said such occurrences are to be expected when vessels of such vital- ly different design are put into service. It is impossible, they said, to foretell ly how new types of ships will act under the stress of simulated battle conditions and invariably it is neces- sary to put them back into dry dock for changes. The seven additional cruisers now under construction will have these imperfections corrected before being sent to sea Vanderbilt Yacht at Canal. CRISTOBAL, Canal Zone, July 21 (#)—William K. Vanderbilt’s yacht Al- va arrived here today. Mr. and Mrs. Van- bilt and a party of guests are on a 30 %%-mile cruise around the world in u‘“::eh of gars wecimens ¢ Marine WHEATPRICELAD 10 WORLD MARKET Farm Board Not to Blame for Maladjustment, Says Chairman Stone. The main trouble with wheat prices is that for several years the world has been producing more wheat than it has been consuming, Chairman Stone of the Farm Board contended in a radio speech last night, in which he under- took to tell, as he expressed it, “the truth about the wheat situation.” Deplores Propaganda. Charges that the Farm Board is to blame, Mr. Stone declared, are untrue. “But unfortunately,” he asserted, “some persons who are friendly to the farmers’ interests are being taken in by this propaganda and are misled into asking for changes in the board's poli- cies that would work against the farm- ers’ interests. “The board,” Chairman Stone con- tinued, “has repeatedly assured the public that the Grain Stabilization Cor- poration’s holdings will not be dumped on the market, but will be handled in such a way as to impose the minimum burden on domestic and world prices. Complete withholdings of these sup- plies, if it were practical, would mot create a shortage of wheat, either here or in world markets, or materially in prove wheat prices, while it would p& up more trouble for the future. Cannot Rely on Luck. “We cannot afford” the chairmac continued, “to rely on luck or magic to clear up the world against the wheat situation. Luck may be with us or against us. But substantial and sus- tained improvement in world wheat prices, and of wheat prices here, calls for a material reduction in world pro- duction and increases in consumption, were that possible.” FALL BEGINS TERM AS PRISONER 6991 IN SANTA FE PRISON (Continued From First Page.) entered the prison with him. Their farewells were said before Santa Fe was reached. From now on, Warden Swope said, they will have to observe regular visiting hours. Dr. E. W. Fiske, prison physician, was to examine Fall today to determine whether he is able to undergo finger- printing, photographinc and other prison routine, including outfitting with prison denim and cutting of the hair. | BETRAYED BY RANCH'S BEAUTY. Improvement of New Mexico Property Led to Disclosure of $100,000 Bribe. DENVER, Colo., July 21 (®.—A thing of beauty was not a joy forever for Albert B. Fall Large sums of money spent to im- prove znd enhance the natural beauty of his peaceful Tres Rios Ranch put Senatorial inquisitors on the trail of the money's source, which ultimately led to convicticn of the former Secre- tary of the Interior on bribery charges. The shadow of a liitle b satchel cast a pall over the thousands of acres of the New Mexico ranch. In that satchel, at midnight, was $100,000 said it was a loan. The Government contended it was a brib& From the farmer and school teacher of Frankfort, Ky.. where he was born ce, the prospector of Texas w the Senator from New Mexic was varied. He was self 22 he married Emma Clarksville, Tex. Chased Horse Thief. After being appointed territ of New Mexico by President Cleveland, Fall was removed because he left the bench to lead a posse chasing a horse thief. He later served several terms in the Territorial Legisiature and then became a captain in the Spanish-Amer- ican War. After the war Fall re-entered politics, although he changed his party affili tions trom Democratic Republican. As a Republican in 1912 he was elected to the United States Senate. He was an antagonist of the late President Wood- row Wilson in all aff; concerning Mexico and a foe of the League of Na- tions. Fall, March 4. 1921, became Secretary of the Interior in the cabinet of the late President Warren G. Harding. He had wanted to be Secretary of State, but | Charles Evans Hughes was selected for that post. The Secretary of the Interior signed two years later and retired to his ranch to spend his declining days in the territory he kelped build This quiet was short lived. October 23, 1923, he appeared before the Senate Committee investigating oil leases he had made in the cabinet. He told the committee his leases to Edward L. Do- heny and Harry Sinclair were good | business. Doheny and Fall had met as friends years before when each was a penniless prospector. Fall made a trip to Europe for Sinclair in connection with some 1924 Morgan Te- ian concessions in June, heny and Sinclair on conspiracy charges He and Doheny were acquitted Decem- ber 26, 1926 The Senatorial Committee delved fur- ther. Money spent on improvements the ranch came under scrutiny Fall sought, by his own testimony and through friends of long standing, to keep from the record a story that, as finally written by evidence, was described in Senate debate as disclosure of pub- lic_betrayal of trust without parallel in half a century. Conviction Confirmed. October 7, 1929, Fall went on trial in Washington or a bribery charge. He was convicted October 25, the same year, and sentenced to one year in jail ana ordered to pay a fine of $100,000. An appeal to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals followed. That court af- firmed the conviction April 6, this year May 27 Fall's attorney asked the Su- preme Court to reverse the decision, but the court, June 1, refused to review the case. A presidential pardon was sought vain- ly in petitions from Fall's friends. Then followed an effort to st: or suspen the sentence because of Fall's age anc state of health. His personal physic said he was suffering from tuberculosic and other ailments. Thereafter, the court offersd Fall a sentence of a yvear and a day, which would permit him to serve his time in & enitentiary instead of a county jail 11 elected to accept the additional day rather than serve in the county jails at either El Paso, where he was then, or ‘Washington. Thus he was permitted then to enter the prison of his home State, where the altitude and climate would not adverselv affect him. e MRS. HOOVER’S UNCLE TARGET FOR EXTORTION By the Associated Press. WAHPETON, N. Dak., July 21.—A man, who attempted to extort $75 from W. D. Henry, retired local banker and Uncle of Mrs. Herbert Hoover, was sought today. Henry received a letter demanding !that he. drive into the country and throw the money from his car at & signal. While officers watched he drove, but due to uncertainty regarding the signal, a trailing car was unable to follow closely enough to apprehend the man. .