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tomorrow; ‘Temperatures- today; lowe:t, 65, at 5 Ful report on page Higlest, 90, at mocn am. today. 4 Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 . 0 Jo. No. 318 Entered as second class matt post office, Washington, D. er c he WASHINGTON, IBANEL PRESIDENT OF CHLE, RESIGNS AND FLEES NATION Santiago Quiet After Rioting: in Streets Kills 60 to 100 | and Injures 2,000. ! CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT, FIRST IN YEARS, SET UP Marked to Die by Foes, Dictator| Leaves at Night as Deputies Vote to Prosecute Him. By the Associated Press. SANTIAGO, Chile, July 27. —Carlos | ITbanez, who yesterday stepped out as | President of Chile since 1927, crosscd‘} the border into Argentina with Senora | Ibanez this aft=rnoon on & special train | manned by officials of the Transandean | Railway. There was only the Pullman in which the deposed President and his wife rode | and a conch camrying a guard of | soldlers. It was learned that the President Jeft Moneda Palace at about 4 am. in | __DR. JOHN HARVEY KELLOGG. RADIO PLACES GRAF WELL INTO ARGTIG Contact to Be Made Today in Franz Joseph Land—Voy- HELLOGG, ON WAY “HERE TO CONFER W HENDERSDN WL i |Move May Be First in Fight to Break Final of Six Documents Left. [PREVIOUSLY ASKED STUDY BY COUNSEL | Battle Creek Sanitarium, of Which Visitor Is Head, Among Beneficiaries. ‘What may be the first move in the | expected legal battle to break the last ! will of Mrs. Mary F. Henderson, wealthy dowager, was foreseen today in the announcement that Dr. John Harvey Kellogg of the Battle Creek Sanitar- fum was on his way to Washington for a conference with counsel who have made a study at his request of the six wills left by Mrs. Henderson. Dr. Kellogg, whose sanitarjum was | | the principal beneficiary under one of | the wills, was expected to arrive here | | today. 1 1 WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C, MONDAY, % e JULY o7 i, You HAVE BRIE PLAT Bl Lev,s UNTIE bening Star. 1931—THIRTY-TWO, PAGES. | MusT A VERY = coest “From Press The Star's every city block Sunday’s Cire to Home Within the Hour” carrier system covers and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Saturday’s Circulation, 104,934 ulation, 116,803 ed F¥P (#) Means Associ TWO CENTS. Press. WICKERSHAM PAPER DENOUNCES NATION PRISON CONDITIONS Report, Submitted to Hoover, Urges Fewer Iron’ Bars, More Education. METHODS HELD BRUTAL, ANCIENT, INEFFICIENT Effective Parole System TUrged. Present Practice Is Termed “Huge Joke.” By the Associated Press. The Wickersham Law Enforcement Commission today condemned the Na- tions pricon system as antiquated, in- efficient, failing to reform the criminal or protect society, and as using brutal disciplinary measures without justifi- cation. Submitting its seventh report to President Hocver, dealing with. “penal the institutions, probation and parole, -— | commission advocated the creation of a 'Lindberghs Coming | new system in which iron bars would RHEEM INVESTORS 0 LOSE HALF, NEW ESTIMATES REVEAL Investors in Bankrupt Mort- gage House Must Wait Two Years for Money. LENGTHY LIQUIDATION PERIOD SEEN NECESSARY Condition of Real Estate Market Bars Immediate Settlement, Eden Declares. Creditors of the bankrupt Swartzell, | Rheem & Hensey Co. will be fortunate if they receive 50 cents on the dollar | on their investments after the assets of { the firm have been liquidated. and will ,have to wait two years to get that, it was learned today. | This estimate of the capacity of the j estate to pay off is considerably lower { than former ones, some of which valued the assets high enough to predict that | creditors would receive back 80 cents of | every doliar they invested. At the same time it was brought out age Is Fairylike. an automobile, followed by four other | 25 Sl 01 o3 i | | Announcement Likely. cars carrying several of his friends.| py the Assoclated Press. i Vil | Here Today to Make They drove to the Hacienda El Sauce| FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany, July Dr. Kellogg is expected to go im-} | !oq = mediately into conference with his at-| o o | ' near Los Andes and boarded the train | 27—Last word from the dirigible Graf | PR eV B8 SO ST B an- | ‘[‘ inal F]lhhl Plans nouncement probably will be made as | s S : 7 am. | Zeppelin put her well above the Arctic | Expected This Afternoon | that those who invested their money | with the company will have to wait at | least two yecars before receiving any | |play but a small part and education 1 ; | would be uppermost. | | Much of the report was a denuncia- !tion of prison conditions, characterizzd as “almost incredible,’ under which| A s wm“mpmom e rodoq | Substantial reimbursement as creditors. i Conditions Bar Speed. | cells without sufficient light or fresh air | |or benefit of modern plumbing. Pointing out that the bankruptcy act | contemplates a speedy liquidation of | assets, Referee in Bankruptcy Fred J. there at about 7 Held Liable to Extradition. !circle at 68 degrees north latitude | | , if any, he will take to By leaving the country without the longtitude 43 east. it i g o L i Scores Discipline. - | contest Mrs. Henderson's last win, | permission of Congress he makes him-| A Witeless report from the ship was | self liable to extradition, it was said, because the nature of his departure does | Dot constitute him an exile. The feeling of the public was plainly shown at last night's Chamber of Deputies meeting. After the deputies had accepted his resignation and rad granted him safe conduct, so great a | clamor was raised by the galleries lhlbi the vote was reconsidered, his Te- quest to leave Chile was rejected and his prosecution was demanded. Civil Government Set Up. Tbanez, self-styled “man of destiny,” who once said he enjoyed divine guid- ance in ruling, was under guard at the Presidential Palace while this was going on. After the exciting Chamber of Depu- | tles meeting, Santiago quieted down | considerably. The Senate already had | approved the resignation and the safe | conduct, and no further legislative ac- | tion was taken last night. i Today Chile has for the first time in four years a civillan government. | The “military dictatorship” of Ibanez was one of the first causes of the wave of unpopularity which swept him out of power. Senate President Heads State. Opazo, who was president of the Senate, will function as President of | the nation until elections are held. A pular cabinet was formed, with Este- an Montero as premier and minister of interior and Pedro Blanquier, the country’s idol because of the record he made recently in his eight-day premier- Ihg. as minister of finance. ther members are, foreign affairs, Carlos Balmaceda; justice and indus- try, Luis Gutierrez; war, Gen. Aureliano Saez; navy, Admiral Calixto Rogers; . welfare, Pedro Fajador; education, Pedro Gody. | ‘Whether there would be complete provincial adhesion to the new govern- ment was impossible to determine be- cause of faulty communications, but Tbanez was as unpopular in the tinued on Page 3, Column 5.) LOS ANGELES TAKES SIAM’S RULERS ALOFT| King and Queen Start on Five- Hour Air Tour in Giant Navy Dirigible. By the Associated Press. LAKEHURST, N. J, July 27.—The naval dirigible Los Angeles went aloft at 9:27 am. today, carying the King and Queen of Siam and their party for & five-hour flight over the metropolitan area. Queen Rambaibarni and her lady-in- waiting were the first women ever to fly in the dirigible. Weather conditions were reported as favorable. Twice before the intended 1rips of the royal pair had been post- poned because of adverse weather con- ditions. After running an empire of nearly 12,000,000 subjects from a mansion thousands of miles away for more than three months, King Prajadhipok and his Queen will leave tomorrow for a tour of Canada before returning to Siam. The royal party will reach Vancouver in September, where they will meet Prince and Princess Svasti and sail with them for Siam. TWO AVIATION CADETS DIE IN TEXAS CRASH Army Air School Students Instant- ly Killed When Big Bomber Plunges. By the Associated Press. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., July 27.—Two flying cadets, students of the Army Ad- vanced Flying School at Kelly Field, were instantly killed today when the bombing plane in which they were fiy- ing crashed at Fort Clark. Those killed were Cadet Robert P. Burke of Dyersburg, Tenn., and Cadet George M. O'Rear of Jasper, Ala. ‘The big ship was said to have crashed from an altitude of 200 fect, but did not burn. Both cadets were instantly killed. | Cadet O'Rear was piloting the plane and Cadet Burke was a passenger. i ‘The two students were parucipating } 1n a cross country training flight to Fort | Clark, on the Rio Grande, ncar Brack- etsville. They were attempting to land on the fleld when the big plane sud- denly plunged 1o the ground. Both students graduated at the pri- ‘mary flying school at Brooks Field here and were sent to Kelly Field in June for advanced training. ! received at the Zeppelin works just be- | | fore midnight. On the basis of the position reported at that time by the dirigible, she wac | well on her way to Franz Joseph Land where Dr. Hugo Eckener, commander expected to make contact today witk the Russian ice-breaker Maligin. The ship left Leningrad at 11:1C am. Sunday (4:10 am. E. S. T.), anc her schedule called for about six day: in the Arctic during which the party of scientists aboard planned to gathe: data about winds and weathers. All Well, Says Radio. FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany July 27 ().—The Zeppelin Works received a radio message from the Graf Zep- pelin 2t 1 p.m. today, repcrting the dirigible at 75 degrees 50 minutes north, 48 degrees 20 minutes east. The message said all was wcll aboard. The position given in the message is a little less tnan 100 miles north- west of Blackpoint, Luetke Land, Nova Zembla, and something more than 250 miles south of Cape Flora, Franz Joseph Land, where the Russian ice- | breaker Maligin is waiting. SKY VOYAGE FAIRY-LIKE. Scenes and Thrills on Way to Lenin- grad Described. BY ARTHUR KOESTLER. ABOARD THE GRAF ZEPPELIN By Radio via Leningrad) July 26.—Wc are going to start today for the Fai North, although for some time w thought the weather conditions woulc be_unfavorable. We are still under the glamor of ou: flight over the Baltic Sea to Leningrad During that part of our journey, thc land and sea below as seen from thc Graf appeared almost fairy-like. Comdr. Eckener steered our flying laboratory north by east. After passing lovely East Gotland, leaving behind us Aroe, the northernmost point, - we | shaped our course out over the Baltic, turning eastward over the Gulf of Fin- iand. Early yesterday afternoon we flew over Reval, the capital of “the potato republic,” as the Russians call the little state of Esthonia. Then we crossed over the gulf to the old city of Helsing- fors, the capital of Finland, where the bathing beaches on the outskirts of the city looked like outlying islands of the Finnish Skerries. All of us were thrilled by the en- chanting beauty of the scene below. It seemed as though it were calling up to us to stop. Helsingfors lay beneath us like a dream city, ringed with miniature forts that looked‘.s though they were armed with toy guhs, served by toy soldiers. Over City of Narva. Flying east, a little to the south, we passed over the Russian frontier city of | Narva, crossing the Russo-Esthonian | border, and folowed the railroad line | from Narva to Leningrad. A huge red triumphal arch appeared to rise suddenly from the ground, and | there we saw two tiny sentry houses, one blue and white, the Esthonian col- ors, and the other red, the Russian color. I do not know what the arch signifies, but its proximity to the Estho- nian border, close to the blue-white Esthonian sentry box, made it a marked feature in the landscape. Two big Soviet military planes, each manned by eight men, met us at the frontier. ‘Cheering and waving hand- | kerchiefs, these aviators accompanied " (Continued on Page 3, Column 6.) tarium. . Although it has been expected that Mrs, Beatrice Who'ean, reputed grand- daughter of Mrs. Henderson, would be the principal litigant in any contest to break the will, her attoen2y, H. | Prescott Gatley, said she has not as yet_discussed the matter with him. | ” Dr. Kellogg, it was pointed out, may decide not to attack the will, but it | was generally belleved he would instruct his attorney to proceed immediately. Gift to Biology. | Under Mrs. Henderson's will of July {® gun at him in Jalapa, state capital, | visit. 13, 1927, virtually her entire estate was left to Dr. Kellogg's Battle Creek Sani- i “the | tarium, as an _endewment for ! spreading of biological ideas.” Throughout the will Mrs. Henderson was lavish in her praise of Dr. Kel- logg's work and ideas. It was generally known that she attributed her long life in large measure to strict adherence to rules of living similar to those spon- sored by Dr. Kellogg. Any attempt by Dr. Kellogg to break the last will, it was believed, must of | necessity be based on the theory that, | bacause” of her advanced age and ill- ness, she was not competent in 1931 | to make a valid will. the estate to his sanitarium, it was | pointed out, was made four years earlier. Contrast of Interests. | Mrs. Wholean, it has been contended, | may attack the will on the theory | that Mrs. Henderson, under the terms |of the wills of her son and husband, could not legally bar the grand- daughter from participating in the estate. The case for the sanitarium, | however, it was said, must rest upon |and entirely different premise, namely, the possibility that Mrs. Henderson might not have been capable in 1931 of executing a valid will. Mrs. Wholean and Dr. Kellogg should comtest the 1931 will, their interests would be antagonistic. If either is successful in breaking the will, their respective claims might well result in a second court battle, with the sclentist and granddaughter opposing | each other, it was pointed out. The 1931 will, after & $200,000 be- | quest to Jesse Shima, Mrs. Henderson's Japanese secretary, and other small be- guests, leaves the bulk of the estate to Frances and Henry Arnold of New York City, niece and nephew of the seciety leader. 14 SEIZED IN BATTLE FOR BIG RUM CARGO Luxurious Boat, Truck, Two Autos and Liquor Taken Off Brook- lyn Shore. | | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 27.—Federal au- thorities today took charge of 14 pris- oners, a luxurious 35-foot cabin cruiser, |a truck, two autoxobiles and $42,000 worth of liquor, seized yesterday by | police in & gun battle with rum-run- | mers off the Brooklyn shore. A telephone call brought two detec- tives to the water front. Some one fired | at them and they fired back. Soon an- other half dozen policemen joined the detectives and the group closed in on the truck. |, Seven men jumped into the water, | but six were recaptured. One man was |shot. The other seven men were found hiding behind a truck. SHAW, PREPARED FOR WORST, TOOK' TENT ALONG ON TRIP TO RUSSIA Tells Joke on Himself at Gathering Marking His 75th Birthday—Calls Hearers “Comrades.” By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, July 27.—~When George Bernard Shaw came here to see how Russia was getting along under the Soviet rule he thought things were so bad he'd have to live in a tent. To be preparcd, he brought one along with him. 'Moreover, he had | food, bedding and pillows in his duffle. Shaw told about it—as a joke to him- self—in & speech last night in the Concert Hall of Columns, attended by i who sev- workers, writers and educators, were helping him to celebral enty-fifth birthday anniversary. “We were told there was no food or other necessities in Russia,” sald B. 5. “After we the ler we found our equipment unnecessary and we began throwing it away.” Shaw addressed his hearers as “com- Ta had succeeded in their Communist revolution the other nations would fol- low fast in their footsteps. des” and told them that when they | , “As an old Socialist,” he said he saw on the faces of his audicnce “a new look which one does not find in :he West, but which I hope to see He said the English ought to be ashamed of themselves for not having been the first to effect & Communist revolution. he was traveling with Lord and Lady Astor, whom he described as ‘very rich and great landowners,” he said: of the Emglish proletariat for not hav- ing taken it away from them.” Shaw spent part of his birthday an- niversary at a race track on the out- w. The races didn't excite him. Instead, he slept, beard on chest, while Lady fanned away bothersome files. How does he feel on reaching 75? Here's what he said: “I don't know. I stopped birthdays whem & was 70.” The will Jeaving | Referring to the fact that | “It is not their fault, but the fault which makes no provision for the sani- | Manifestc | | i \ { H i | observing :ldd hfl:t he hurt I'general, Pedro Castillo y Landa. Heads Responsible in Vera | ~ Cruz Disorders. | over some of ‘the wildest and most for- | { bidding country on the globe, Col. and | gy (1, Acsociated Press Special Dispatch to The Star MEXICO CITY, July 27.—Gov. Adalberto Tejeda of the Mexican siate ' ernoon for a final conference with State Nelson Roun: Department Officials. On the start of their 7.000-mile “va- | cation cruise,” which will take them Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh are expected to fiy to the National Capital this aft- Holds Catholic for ConferenceWith State U. S. Land Leases Contain' Immorality Restriction, Secretary Says. | Secretary Hurley today debated wita vell, editor of the Pan- of Vera Cruz, who narrowly escaped ' Department officials and members of ama-American, the latte:'s charges that death Saturday when a youth emptied has issued a manifesto blaming Cath- | olic Church dignitaries and the clergy for the disorders that culminated in ' the killing of two priests in reprisal for Far Eastern division of the State De- tained a clause preventing use of the | the attempt on his life. | according to the manifesto, is exasperat- ing non-Catholics, who demand that the recent law fixing one priest for himself with the customs of the people | every 100,000 inhabitants be made effective. | Though the religious war going on | within the state of Vera Cruz between | Catholics and anti-Catholics is not in the field, resort to violence and frequent | clashes are taking place. i The attempt on the life of Gov. Tejeda and the subsequent murder of | two priests marked the day when the new religious law became effective and ¢ the clergy replied to the government’s | demands for the names of 13 priests— | who were to be the only ones cn‘.ltled‘ by law to conduct religlous services within the whole state. | (Copyrizht, 1931.) PRIESTS FREE TO LEAVE. ‘ | Papal Nuncie Gives Them Right to| Close Churches. | By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, July 27.—-Cathul\c‘ priests in the state of Vera Cruz were: free today to decide for themselves, whether to leave their churches or to, continue their religious. offices in de- fiance of Gov. Adalberto Tejeda and of| the recently enacted state religious law. | Pepal Nunclo Ruiz y Flores an-| nounced he had ordered Bishop Rafael Guisar y Valencia of Vera Cruz to h’\-l form the, priests of his diocese that| (they might determine for themselves| whether to stay in their churches or flee the state. Wounded Youth Dies. Vera Cruz dispatches reported the | death of a youth, who was wounded in the shooting Saturday in Asuncion Church. Father Alberto Landa, who was wounded when Father Acosta was killed, still was in a serious condition. La Prensa today said it was reliably informed by & high official of the cen- tral government that Gov. Tejeda had been called to Mexico City. There was no further verification of this. Reports from Vera Cruz sald the city | was flooded with posters signed by the| governor, in which he said he was re-; Solved 16 enforce the laws and asked; the people’s help, respect and obedi- ence. s were reported patrol- lml;e(::::‘:rf:pme vicinity of churches at Vera Cruz and elsewhere to preserve order. Meanwhile reports reached here from Jalapa, clpiulp:l the state, of a riot ate yesterday in which severa! per- sons were said to have been injured and of an attempt on the life of the vicar Vicar General Escapes. 5 uisar said two men enteres rhfl;l;?xge?fl the vicar general and at- tempted to kill him, but he escaped | hiding. ange;/::“n;r the rsiot in Jalapa gave no details. It was said all churches there and in the city of Vera Cruz were closed. Four Jalapa churches were damaged by fire Saturday as a resull O D afiadral at Jalapa and the church called Beaterio were gutted and two others less seriously damaged. Bishop Guisar charged it was agents of Gov. Tejeda, who was wounded in the left ear by an assailant yesterday, who had fired the churches and at- tacked the vicar general bility_and_or (Continued on Pag KING’S SON STRICKEN B S 78 Seized by Chill on Air Trip and Must Stay in Doors Few Days. MELTON, Mowbray, England, July 217, (#)—The nge of mou::cst E third m - m'm “Aintree on an | tra the diplomatic corps who are familiar with the lands and peoples they will Willlam R. Castle, jr., acting Secre- tary of State, will be host to the Lind- | berghs tonight at dinncr. He also has invited some of the cfficials of the partment. Castle said that all of Lindbergh's ar- | Stubbornness on the part of the clergy, | rangements for flying over the various | countries cn the trip itinerary had been | Government could go, because it did not | completed and that the only purpose of | have sovereignty over the ity of Colon | the visit here today was to acquaint d Icountrles through which he will vel. The Lindberghs are expected to re- main in Washington tonight and prob- ably part of tomorrow, though they have not announced a definite schedule for any part of their trip. NEW ACCUSATIONS MADE BY SCHENCK Affidavit Is Sent From Prison to Department of Justice, to Be Given Probers. Frederick A. Schenck, former Wash- | ington policeman who has precipitated ghar:md jury investigation of his arges of malfeasance against local police and prosecuting officers, has glven a sworn statement at Leaven- worth Penitentiary to special agents of the United States Bureau of Investiga- | tion, The Star learned today. Tre affidavit, the contents of which are being closely guarded, will be pre- sented to the grand jury August 10, at which time its author will be from the Federal prison to tesyify in substantiation of the serious alleghtions. The statement arrived at the De- partment of Justice today, it is under- stood. It will be turned over to bureau agents assigned by request of District Attorney Rover to investigate the charges by Schenck. Supercedes Early Charges. The affidavit will supercede other statements by Schenck received by the brought | the United States owns land in Colon, Panama, on which saloons, breweries and brothels are located. ‘The Secretary contended every lease made by the Government in Colon con- | property for immoral purposes. He said | that was as far as the United States and was not charged with enforcing po- | lice regulations. | Property Sale Urged. | Rounsevell said _the United States, | which owns the property through the Panama Railroad, should sell it. He | contended it was one of the “sore spots” in relations between this Government | and Central American nations. | Hurley said he thought the effort to |have the United States sell the prop- | erty was an attempt by some to get | “cheap land,” and that it had been | (urged that the Government give the lend away because of the criticism. | The Secretary opened the debate, which took place in a conference with | newspaper men, by challenging a news- | paper story saying Rounsevell had charged the saloons and brothels were | operating in the Panama Canal Zone. | ! Disposal Considered. | Rounsevell sald his charge had re- ferred solely to the City of Colon, | which is not part of the Canal Zone. Secretary Hurley said disposal of the land was now under negotiation be- tween the State Department and the Panama government. The Panama editor questioned | | Hurley's statement that all leases pro- | | hibited use of the property for im- moral purposes, saying they did not | prevent the use of the land for brew- | eries and saloons. | Hurley replied that prohibition was | not a part of Panama law and such | use of the land was not immoral. EHOOVER AND FIRST LADY REMAINING AT RAPIDAN | By the Assoclated Press. LURAY, Va., July 27.—The week end | | visit of President Hoover to his retreat | | on the Rapidan River in the Blue Ridge | Mountains has been prolonged until Tuesday. The Chief Executive and Mrs. Hoover decided late Sunday to remain over an extra day despite the departure of most of their guests. Government from unc . 0 e e S | * For the first time in weeks {hey were The sworn statement was sought afte) the former policeman had accused | “certain Federal and District officials” of corruption in a letter addressed to Representative Thomas L. Blanton of Texes. A copy of the letter was sent here from Kentucky by an anonymous person. Schenck previously had made :?;nle:h:‘: ':nnlhtr amecunm ltlmm in an un- ed statement w] e t) at the mmmB Jail in 1(9304 S ureau of Investigation, of which J. Edgar Hoover is dlrue‘cm. is confin- ing its inquiry to specific charges against a_member of the district at- torney's office. The bureau has no au- thority to investigate the statements Schenck has aimed at high police offi- cials, as the latter'are not Federal officers. Several members of the Police De- partment were questioned today by bu- reau agents, it was learned. The list of Dbersons to be interviewed is said to be a long one, including numerous police- men who have been engaged in vice and prohibition raids, proprietors of alleged “resorts” and others. Most of these are gxpecud to be called to face the grand jury. Court Writ Obtained. * Meanwhile, Acting United States At- torney John W. from Justice O. R. Lul habeas corpu'l,"ld Oe:th e % appearance before the grand jury of Sehenck. The writ is directed to Edgar C. Snyder, United States marshal for the andhwlumhlfie to stay in doors for a few | testimony today. day, it was disclosed today. = ‘The Duke is stayl B Hill. Tt Teport- Colman at hummm. po 1y while in a race at Aintree on Friday. i nfin- | today. ' | P*The hundreds the enjoying a day undisturbed by national and international affairs. Recently the week end visits in this cool sector were spent watching the economic situation in Germany and its bearimg on inter- national conditions. Los eles finan- Henry Robinson, Ang cler and old friend of the President, was one of the guests to remain over until Tuesday. The President previously had planned to return to Washington | MADRID ACTION DELAYED Probable Resignation of Provision-! al Government Tomorrow. MADRID, July 27 (#).—Provisional Pregident Alcala Zamora and Julian Besteiro, president of the Assembly, agreed today to delay the probable resignation of the government until to- morrow. It lashed out also at the system of prison discipline described as “tradi- tional, antiquated, unintelligent and |not infrequently cruel and inhuman.”| | Asserting these methods ‘“‘contribute to | | the increase of crime by hardening the | prisoner,” the commission urged they be blamed by law. Among the punishments revealed, many of them visited upon prisoners for slight offenses, were the shackling of men to doors for 12 hours a day, whipping, placing them i straight jackets, lashing them down under Streams of cold water, confining them in cages so small that movement was impossible, and_ keeping them in com- plete darkness for days at a time on a ration of four ounces of bread every 24 hours. After asserting that the Ameri- can prison had failed as a “business enterprise” and as an educational in- stitution, since' men wecre released no better then when committed, the com- mission added: “That the prison has failed as a dis- ciplinary institution, the riots, the fire, the use of cruel and brutal measures of punishment, the persistent recurrence of murder within the prison, the pres- ence of narcotics, the frequ:ont atmos- phere of hatred and bitterness suffici- «ntly evidence. Punishment Vicious Circle. “It is clear at present that the more punishment in prison the more dis- content, the more discontent the more irritaticn, the more irritation the more plotting, te more plotting the more violation of rules and the greater need for more severe punishment. Th2 whole procedure is in the nature of a vicious circle for which there secems to be no remedy.” Outlining what it considered the ide4l, the commission asserted segrezation of the diseased, insane, drug-addicted and hardened criminal was one of the first requisities. It held fortress-like prisons of the Auburn type were unnecessary save for the worst types. “The millions of dollars now em- ployed to construct elaborate maxi- mum-s2cutity prisons,” it said. “could with much better advantage, be used in the development and proper financ- ing of adequate systems of probation ; and parole.” Under the proposed system all pris- oners would bz paid wages, their treat- ment would be more humanized, the choosing of prison officials would be removed from politics and guards would be trained specifically for their task. Parole Extension Urged. It was advocated that “no man should be sent to a penal institution until it is definitely determined that he is not a fit subject for probation.” Extension of the parole system also was urged as the “best means yet devised for releas- ing prisoners from confinement.” Nevertheless, the commission asserted, the present system of parole, in most sections, was little more than “a huge joke.” Tt scored the loose supervision of parolees, which in 18 States was car- ried on by correspondence, making it “easy to beat the game.” Discussing conditions within existing prisons, the report said the overcrowd- ing in Federal insttutions during 1930 was 65.9 per cent more than capacity and that in the system as a whole “probably worse than it ever has been.” It is said well over one-third alr (Continued on Page 2, Column 1. PAPER AIDS FARMERS Offers to Take Wheat Above Mar- ket Price Subseriptions. OTTAWA, Ohio, July 27 (#).—The Lima Morning Star, at Lima, Ohio, has advised farmers in Putnam County that hereafter they may pay for subscrip- tions with wheat at the rate of 50 cents a bushel, somewhat higher than the present market. ‘The paper advised its readers that six bushels of th> grain sent to a mill at Lima will start the paper to them. );when sells for 40 to 42 cents a bushel ere. ,Tkh:re is no oversleeping in Capital quting St et Spen Toresook Tecent foresool their homes for the cool‘p:f the city’s parks were awakened promptly every morning between 7 and 7:30 o'clock by park policemen. : t up earlier asked the officer on the beat to arouse them at a certain hour, and, possible, these requests were realize that most of | m%tbv parks are the Superintendent Carroll’ PARK POLICE GIVE ADDED SERVICE TO THOSE SLEEPING OUTDOORS Capital Residents, Seeking Relief From Heat, Ask Officer on Beat to Call Them for Breakfast, sald today. “The park police are doing everything possible to see that these people are well taken care of. We don’t ‘want them to be late for work, so the ;ne? awaken them in time for break- ast.” Last night 272 persons slept in the D& Suiiclary ‘Saare, this park being the uare, parl most crowded, due to its proximity to a large number of r , ac- cor to Carroll. East Park was next most place, 20 sleeping thete. while n Square ac- 107 the Winte Lot 3. Momament Grounds 10; the White 3, Monument 1ds 5 and the Tidal Basin 4. Eden said that in this particular case, however, a protracted liquidation period {would be necessary. “It is in the interests of the creditors to market assets of any bankrupt as { advantageously as possible,” Mr. Eden |said. “Although no unnecessary delay jwill be tolerated in this case, the con- ,dition of the real estate market is isuch trat Swartzell Rheem & Hensey [ Co. assets in the form of real estate |cannot be profitably disposed of im- | mediately. “We will wait five years if necessary to bring about a desirable liquidation. ‘The longer we wait the better it will be ! for the creditors.” | Although explaining the extensive (real estate holdings now in the hands | of the trustees must await an upturn of i the market before being sold, one trus- | toe expressed the opinion today that not more than two years would be required | for a complete liquidation. In the meantime, it was said, other | assets will be marketed and the credi- { tors paid off as quickly as possible. It | was cxpected that some small payment | might be made at the next creditors’ meeting, which probably will_be held within the next three or four weeks. Pending Suits Cited. Attention was called that some delay will resuit from the fact that suits have been filed to restore released trusts. If these suits should be successful, it was pointed out, the labilities of the estate would be reduced. One of- ficial gave the following explanation: “‘Suppose a trust for $1,200,000 on B property was released and a trust for $1,000,000 substituted. The noteholders |under the released trust are now cred- | itors of Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey Co., but if the trust should be restored they would no longer be creditors. Those holding under the substitute trust would step Into their shoes as creditors, but the total of their claims would be $200,- 000 less, reducing tne liabilities in that amount.” One trustee, in discussing the ability jof “the trustees to pay off claims, jsaid that cven under the most favor- le circumstances it was doubtful if e creditors could be paid as high as 0 cents on the dollar. “These bankruptcies,” he said, “al- ways look worse as you get deeper into them.” ‘When receivers were first appointed and after assets and liabilities had been tentatively assayed, a pay-off of 80 cents on the dollar was forecast in some quarters. CAPONE SIDETRACKS SOCIETY GATHERING Benton Hn;or Hotel Reported to Have Vacated “Rose Room” for' Mr. Rose's Party. By the Associated Press. BENTON HARBOR, Mich,, July 27.— City officials declined to comment today on reports that the management of a hotel here had asked 50 young soclety folk to «acate the “rose room” of the hotel Friday night to accommodate Al Capone and a party of 100 men and ‘women from Chicago. On his visits to Benton Harbor the scar-faced gang leader is said to have taken the name “Mr. Rose,” and to have used roses freely in decorations of the iTooms in which his social affairs have been held. Friday night's party was intended as a farewell for the beer baron, and be: cause of its special significance the “rose room” was particularly desired. That room had been engaged in advance by Mrs. J. H. Bickford of South Bend, Ind., Inational officer of the Epsilon Sigma Alpha Society. While members of the Capone party waited outside, the hotel management was reported to have re- quested Mrs. Bickford and her guests to move % smaller At today the only comment 'was, “Capone is not here.” —_—_— MARKS SILVER JUBILEE Mgr. Huber, Former Rector of Bonaventura College Here. VATICAN CITY, July 27 (#)—Mgr. Raphael M. Huber, confessor in English at St. Peter's, celebrated his sllver jubilee mass yesterday at the altar of the most holy sacrament in St. Pete.’s,’ assisted by Canon Mgr. Ugolini. Mgr. Huber was rector of St. Fsa- ventura College of this city. from 1923 to 1927. ' Last Race Yacht Finishes. ,YMOUTH, England, k1 o~ gg Amnl?nn :\& ux::::’u:&'a‘f of race, at Plymouth today. . |