Evening Star Newspaper, August 2, 1931, Page 1

“From Press to Home Within the Hour” ‘The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes by The Star's exclusive cartier service. Phone National 5000 to start immediate delivery. WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION No. 31,869. LINDBERGHS SILENT | ON HOLIDAY FLIGHT 10 NORTH CANADA Friends Entertain Little Fear Despite Failure to Hear From Flyers. 1,376— No. LAST MESSAGE RECEIVED ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON Famous Couple Left Ottawa for 461-Mile Hop—Radio May Be Out of Order. NORTH BAY, Ontario, August 1 (#).—A check up to 9:30 p.m. (East- ern standard time) tonight through towns and settlements in Northern Ontario, including Coral Rapids, about 75 miles from Moose l"uwl'yE reports of A. Lindbergh. The check was made also at Cochrane, Hunta, Fraserdale and Moose River Bridge. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 1.—The fast- ness of the timber-studded Canadian northland tonight veiled the where- abouts of Col. and Mrs. Lindbergh, but several circumstances attending their holiday flight toward the Orient kept friends here from entertaining any great anxiety. At 8:30 pm. (E. S. T.) no word had been received from their plane, bound from Ottawa to Moose Factory, 461 miles distant, since 1:15 p.m., when Mrs. Lindbergh messaged the station of the Department of National Defense at Ottawa that they still were “traveling north.” Although at that time they should have been close to their destination. lo- cated on the southern tip of James Bay, the message gave no position. Flying conditions were reported ideal. Shortly after noon the Lindberghs, in a radio message intercepted by & Chicago amateur, gave their position as 15 miles northeast of “Lake Expand. There is a_ Lake Expanse about 150 miles from Moose Factory. Friends Not Alarmed. The couple’s desire to proceed toward the Oricnt at a leisurely pace, without maintaining a fixed schedule, the pres- ence #board the plane of & radio which several times before hag-given troub'e and the numerous lakes affording land- inz places were reasons advanced by friends for not oming. alarmed. Should the” Lindberghs' radio, the only set by which the arrival at Moose Factory myight be reported. have falled them it would be many hours, perhaps days, before news of the couple reaches the _gutside world. ) ‘The nearest telegraph office is 751 fhiles distant and it may be reached only by boat up the Moose River. An Ontario forestry patral plane made the trip from Remi Lake to Moose Factory this morning and re- turned later ‘in the day. ‘The pilot did not sight the Lindberghs and no aviater would take the risk of night fying to Moose Factory tonight. Left Ottawa at 9:49 AM. The Lindberghs took off from Otta- wa at 9:49 e.m. (Eastern standard time) for the isolated settlement. Tne government radio station at Ottawa established communication with them at 11 am. and again at noon. They reported they were on & direct course and making good time. It was as- sumed that by then they were safe- Iy over the Gatineau Hills, although st no time was their position given. For the first time since starting their vacation journey, the Lindberghs wore life preservers in addition {0 their yarachutes. They were pneumatic vests, which could be inflated quickly in case of need. While at Ottawa they added to their supplies a fishing net, a long knife, a coil of rope and a small quantity of food in addition to their 50 pounds of emergency rations. The rations are of the Regular Army and Navy type, including “bully beef,” chocolate and other concentrated foods. Their camp- ing equipment consists of a machete for cutting wood or cutting a path through bush, a .38-caliber pistol, warm Army blankets, waterproof blankets, emergency medical and surgical sup- plies, and even mosquito netting. Morrow Hears Nothing. A collapsible boat which will be re- leased from the rear of their plane in the event of a crash on water also was carried by the Lindberghs. Col. Lindbergh also had said he would notify his office here by radio in the event of an intermediate and- ing in an isolated territory, and this| fact served to allay concern. ! No word had been received at his office nor by his father-in-law, Sena- | tor Dwight W. Morrow, whom the Lindberghs visited at North Haven, Me.. when they bide their young som good-by before leaving for Ottawa. MORROW “NOT SURPRISED,” | | Mrs. Lindbergh's Father Says Couple | May Not Report for Some Time. NORTH HAVEN. Me.. August 1 (P). =United States Senator Dwight W. Morrow of New Jersey, father of Mrs. | Tiarles A. Lindbergh, tonight said that | Be was “not surprised” that the f13ing (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) SCRIP TO BE USED | BY WEST PALM BEACH| Sl 7 Plan Due to Tax De- Stage Star Returns Home With Beautiful Bouquet After Collision With British Heir. =~ - linquencies—Moratorium on Other Expens i By the Associated Press. ‘WEST PALM BEACH, Fla, Aug. 1.— Practically without funds, because only 63 per cent of the past yea: taxes have been paid, this city prepared today to pay at least a month’s salaries in scrip and declared a 90-day morato- rium on other running expenses. Many department heads and em- ployes will ge given vacations without pay. it was announced, and the publicity director was dropped from service for an indefinite time. A 10 per cent cut in firemen’s salaries is being discussed. The financial emergency was expected to end at the beginning of the new fiscal year October 1. when the ecity may be ah'» tn barrow against antici- Naied 1932 taxes. Y | Riggs, Entered as sec post office, W class matt er ngton, C. THOMAS A. EDISON. WORLD FLYERS HOP FOR CHITA, SIBERIA Herndon and Pangborn Re- sume Flight Eastward After Forced Landing. By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, August 1.—The American | round-the-world flyers, Hugh H:crndon, jr, and Clyde Pangborn, arrived at Omsk, Siberia, at 2 p.m. (4 a.m. Eastern standard time) today and left for Chita three hours and 15 minutes later, re- ports to the Tass Agency here said. Il fortune dogged the flight East- ward from Moscow across the space of Siberia. Civil aviation authorities were advised that the flyers had made a forced land- ing at Jietiegari, about 150 miles from Kustanaisk, in the Cossack Autonomous Republic, earlier in the day. Jietiegari is about 1,700 miles short of Irkutsk, which was the goal the fiyers had set when they tzok off from here. 1,000 Miles from Irkutsk. Omsk is more than 500 miles north- east of Jietiegari, but still more than 1,000 miles short of Irkutsk. ‘They landed at Jietiegari at 8:30 am., Moscow time (12:30 a.m, Eastern standard time), the mess2gs said. Al- though the det2ils available were sketchy, it was indicated the Americans had landed on premises occupied by the Metal and Gold Trust. Officials here tel:graphed representatives of the Civil Aviaticn Society in that vicinity to give all poscible assistance to the fiyers. The flyers left Moscow at 5:20 p.m. yesterday (9:20 a.m. Eastern standard time), and intended to make only two stops—at Irkutsk and Khabarovsk—be- fore attempting a non-stop hop across the Sea of Okhotsk and the Bering Sea | to Nome, Alaska, from where they planned to make a non-siop flight to New York. The forced landing at Jietiegari. sub- sequent mesages said, was due to bas weather. Plan One Hop to Chita. ‘The flyers were approximately 10 hours behind the time of the record- holding round-the-world aviators, Wiley Post and Harold Gatty, when they left Moscow. L ‘The airmen hoped to make the dis- tance of approximately 1,700 miles to Chita in one long hop. At the time of the take-off from Omsk the fiyers were 97 hours and 20 minutes out of New York, where they hoped to arrive again in less than eight days and 16 hours required by Post and Gatty. The fragmen ary advices received here | did not indicate exactlv what caused the flyers to descend at Jietiegari, which is in the heart of the non-ferrous mining section of the East Urals, but it was as- sumed a northeast wind forced them far southward off their intended course. Betwen the time they landed at Jie- tiegari and their descent at Omsk there is & gap in the reports to Moscow. but the fact that they were able to take off so soon again for Chita was taken to indicate that neither the plane nor the fiyers suffered from the forced landing. HUGE GASOLINE TANKS WRECKED BY FLAMES Flash From Exhaust Pipe of | Truck Blamed for Fire Caus- ing $20,000 Loss. ROWLESBURG, W. Va., August 1 (#). | —Fire, believed to have been started by a flash from the exhaust pipe of a ga: oline truck, today destroyed two 28,000- | gallon storage tanks of the Standard Cil Co. of New Jersey, a lumber yard, a planing mill and a storage ware- house nearby. Property owners esti- mated their losses at $20,000. Fire first attacked the gasoline stor- age tanks, the explosion of which scat- tered burning gasoline over the nigh- borhood, forcing 25 familes to move their belongings to safety. d | WASHINGTON, EDISON'S CONDITION S CRITICAL AFTER | COLLAPSE ATHOME Famed Inventor’s Health Has Been Failing Since His Re- turn From Florida. RECOVERS FROM ATTACK, THREE PHYSICIANS SAY Doctor Makes Air frip to Bedside of Patient—Retirement Was Recently Rumored. | By the Associated Press WEST ORANGE, N. J., August 1 | Thomas A. Edison, who has been fal ing in health since his return from Florida six weeks ago, suffered a sudden collapse late today, but recovered and was sald to be resting quietly shortly afterward. The condition of the aged inventor, | who is In his 85th year, was such that | one of his physicians, Dr. Hubert S. Howe, who had been swimming at Sands Point, Long Island, hurriedly chartered an amphibian plane and flew from Manhasset Isle Airport to Newark, N. J., where an automobile and a police escort speeded him to the Edison home to join two other doctors. Doctors Issue Statement. Atter a consultation the following statement was issued by the physicians: “Mr. Edison has been failing in health since his return from Florida six weeks |ago, He is suffering from chronic | nephritis and diabetes. The diabetic condition is now under control. and the kidnev trouble seems jmproved as com- pared with a week ago. “This afternoon he suffered from a sudden collapse, but at present he has recovered from this and is resting | R. HUBERT S. HOWE. “WILLIAM R. WILLIAMS." Earlier in the day Dr. Howe had gone to Long Island after a visit to the Edison home and it then was un- derstood he wonld not return until to- morrow morning. | " Charles Edison, son of the snowy haired creative genius, told intimate as- sociates during the afternoon that his father was “critically ill.” and it then was learned that Mr. Edison's usual afternoon automobile ride had been | canceled John Sloane, son-in-law of Mr. Edi- son, said the inventor had been up and | about “a few hours” each day recently, but neighbors said when he had gone motering during the last 10 days it was necessary to carry him to the machine. News of Mr. Edison was carefully guarded at his home, situated in Liewellyn Park, a restricted and private residential district. Upon arriving from Fort Myers, Fla.. in June the inventor appeared -Tore feeble than usual. The lack of his customary visits to his laboratory was | ths basis for the reports that he had | decided to retire. Denials were made, with the explanation that Mr. Edison | was indisposed because of the heat. Uses Wheel Chair. However, shortly before he left Fort | Myers, Fla., it became known that he | was using 'a wheel chair to travel a| | short_distance from his home there on the Caloosahatchee River to his Winter laboratory, scene of exhaustive experi- ments into_the possibility of producing rubber in the United States. | Charles Edison went to Fort Myers | and accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Edison home, and the inventor's old crony, Henry Ford, visited him here last week. | " Until the doctor's statement was re- | leased tonight, the exact nature of Mr. Edison's ailmehts was not known., For several years past he has been on a self-imposed diet of milk, designed to remedy stoxrach trouble. His indomitable will, however, has kept him active in recent years and he has continued to maintain long work- ing hours and short periods of rest. ©On his last birthday, February 11, he participated in a public celebration in Florida. Harvey Firestone, one of Edison's closest friends, telephoned tonight to learn of the inventor's condition and talked with Mr. Sloane, who told him: “Mr. Edison suffered a nasty collapse but recovered and is resting quietly. His condition s not satisfactory, how- ever.” Lapses Into Semi-Coma. The collapse occurred while Mr. Edi- son was sitting in a chair in his library, off a bed room. He lapsed into & semi- coma. Among those at the Edison home to- day were his sons Charles of Llewellyn Park, Theodore of East Orange, ‘Thomas of Orange, and Mrs. Sloane. Two other children, Willlam Edison of Wilmington, Del., and Mrs. Marion Oser of Danbury, Conn. were notified | | that Mr. Edison's condition was not serious enough to warrant their making a trip to the home tonight. Woman Leaps to Death. CHICAGO, August 1 (#).—A woman tentatively identified as Pearl Greely, 30, killod” herself late today by jump- ing from a Thirty-fifth fioor window in the Pittsfield Building, on the edge of the loop. A note found in the woman's pocket said she was cespondent over ill health. A library card in her purse bore the name “Pear]l Greely.” WALES WAS KIND INJURED ACTRESS DECLARES By the Associated Press. LONDON, August 1.—Miss Beryl young actress, who was injured when her car collided Thursday with one driven by the Prince of Wales, drove today from the hospital at Wind- sor to London to resume rehearsals. With the actress in the car was & large and beautiful bouquet sent by the Prince. She had a small bandage on her head and drove the car herself all the way. “It was the only wey I could be sure 1 had recovered my nerve,” she said. Miss Riggs was full of praise for the efficiency of the Prince in attending the injuries of herself, her sister and her cousin after the accident and in making arrangements for scnding them to the hospital, He Tsu erranged ‘for IN CAR CRASH, sending their damaged car to a repair shop, she said. Coincidentally, the actress, who plays the part of a stenographer in “The Love Game,” is rehearsing at the Prince of Wales Theater. At the hospital, also, the girl testi- fied to the competence of the Prince in administering first aid. “I saw the Prince carrying my sister, who had fainted, into the club house of the golf club where tte collision oc- curred,” she said. “Her face was cov- ered with blood. “The next thing I remember was the Prince bathing my forehead, and | 50 competently, too. He stayed bathing our wounds and talking to us for an hmlm!ll we were brought to the hos- | pitak" v i | | D SIX MILLION FARES LOST IN & MONTHS BY TWO AR LINES People’s Counsel Keech Re- ports to Utilities on Study of Situation. CAPITAL TRACTION RIDERS DROP OFF 3,520,443 W. R. & E, With More Trackage, Is 3,006,082 Behind—Taxi War Effect Not Shown. \ ‘Washington's two street railway com- panies, the Capital Traction and Wash- ington Railway & Electric, lost 6,526,- 652 revenue passengers in the first six months of this year in comparison with the total number carried in the corre- sponding period of 1930. This was disclosed in a statistical report prepared yesterday by Richmond | B. Keech, people’s counsel, before the Public Utilities Commission in connec- tion with his study of the street ca: situation. ‘The report showed that the Capital Traction was the greater loser, though it has less trackage than the Wash-| ington Railway & Electric. In the first six months of 1931 the Capital Trac- tion carried 24,267,432 revenue pas- sengers, or 3,520,443 less than in the same period of last yea The Wash- ington Rallway & Electric showed = loss of 3,006,082 for the six months, SUNDAY MORNIN | carrying 31,120,706 passengers in the first six months of 1930 and 28,146,624 | in the same period of this year. Taxi-Rate War Effect. * The decline, in the case of both companies, dwindled in each succeed- ing month from February to June. The recent taxicab rate war had a serious effect on the companies in July, but the actual loss in revenue passengers will not be known before August 20, when the July reports are | filed with the Utilitles Commission. The companies, however, estimated their loss in revenue during the rate war at about $1,000 a day each On a percentage basis. the Capital Traction's decrease in passengers in the first six months of this year in comparison with the same period last year was shown in Keech’s report to be as follows: January, 14.2 per cent; ! February, 15.1 per cent; March, 134 per cent; April, 125 per cent: May, 123 per cent, and June, 10.2 per cent. For the Washington Railway & Elec- tric Co., the decline in these months was shown to be as follows: January, 12.1 per cent: February, 12.9 per cent; March, 10 per cent; April, 83 per cent; May, 8.7 per cent, and June 5.3 per cent. Parking Ban Effect. ‘The prohibition against parking in the downtown congested zone in the morning rush hour, which went into effect in May, is believed to have been responsible for the low June percentage loss, The car companies, however, contend that the full effect of the parking ban on their business will not be shown until the August report is prepared. ‘The July report, it was pointed out, would have been a good gauge had there been no taxi war to upset the transportation systems. Despite the continued loss in passen- gers, the financial condition of the companies has been improving. due to the higher rate of fare which went into effect last July. Tn fact, the Wash- ington Rallway & Electric showed an increase in revenue in April. May wnd June in comparison with lest year, and the Capital Traction reported an in- crease in June. From January to May, inclusive, the Capital Traction showed a loss in net operating revenue as follcws: January, 3.1 per cent; February, 46 per ceni: March, 2.7 per cent; Aprii, 2.4 per cent, and M 1.8 per cent. In June the company showed a gain cf 3.1 per cent. ‘The Washington Railwey & TClectric showed losses from Jantary to March, inclusive, as follows: January, 1.8 per cent; February, 2.8 per cent, and March, 1.5 per cent. In April there was an increase of 0.1 per cent, which jumped to 0.4 per cent in May und to 0.7 per cent in June. TODAY’S STAR PART E—24 PAGES. General News—Local, National and Foreign. District of Columbia Naval Reserve— Page B-5. PART TWO—8 PAGES. Editorials and Editorial Features, Fraternities—Page 4. Disabled American Veterans—Page 4. The Home Gardener—Page 6. PART THREE—16 PAGES. Society Section. American Legion—Page 13. Veterans of Foreign Wars—Page 14. Marine Corps News—Page 14. PART FOUR—8 PAGES. Amusement Section—Theater, and Radio. In the Motor Werld—Page 3. Milady's Motoring—Page 4. Army and_Navy News—Page 4. Aviation—Page 5. District National Guard—Page 5. Spenish War Veterans—Page 5. Page 1. PART FIVE—4 PAGES. (Pages B-8—B-11.) Sports Section. PART SIX—12 PAGES. Financial News and Classified Adver- tising. News of the Clubs—Page 11. Public Library—Page 11. Serlal Story, “Moon of Delight"—Page Organized Reserves—Page 12. PART SEVEN—20 PAGES. Magazine Section. —Page 15. ‘The B Forum: . Music World—Page 1 Books—Page Screen 6. 17 News of tI Reviews of the New Cross-word . ‘The Boys' and Girls’ Page 19. ‘Those Were the Happy Days—Page 20. GRAPHIC SECTION—S PAGES. World Events in Pictures. COLORED SECTION—8 PAGES. Moon Mullins . and Mrs.; the Timid Soul; 'lar 3 Little Annfe; of History: and Mutt and {1y ascociated yesterday in efforts | 1S, JOINS STATES AUGUST . 2, 1931—108 PAGES. FIVE C IN WASHINGTON PRESIDENTIAL HORSESHOE PITCHING. IN DROUGHT RELIEF Survey Started in Areas Hit by Insects and Dryness. $15,000,000 Available. By the Associated Press. State and Federal forces were close- to extend relief in Northwestern and Central States where drought and hungry hordes of grasshoppers have taken a costly toll. At the direction of President Hoo- | jver, a survey was in progress to de- | { termine the extent of damage and the | need of Government funds for the pur- | chase of live stock feed and control of the insect invasion. Nl The assistance o the Governors of Montana, North and South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska and Minnesota in the survey was enlisted today by the Agri- culture Department. About $15,000,000 Available. It is to be completed within a week |or 10 days. and then department offi- | | cials will” decide upon the character of | financial relief to be exteyded. Sec- retary Hyde. now vacationing in the Far West, will return about August 15 and participate in the final action. About $15.000,000 from the $20,000, 000 “farm rehabilitation” fund quoted by the last Congress for drought relief in more than 20 States is available for ed from Lack of rainfall and hardship there. The department directed a similar survey in that State by_county agents. Drought throughout the Northwest has caused serious losses to Spring wheat and other grain. North Dakota and Montana have been particularly hard hit. This whole area has been de- ficlent in rainfall for several years. Insects Result of Drought. Grasshoppers, appearing in numbers throughout the country as result of the 1930 drought, have devas- tated thousands of square miles in South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa and Nebraska. Need for money to combat them is said to be acute, especially if | a similar outbreak next year is to be averted. Recent rains in Montana, North and South Dakota have brought consider- able cheer to department officials. They believe frequent showers will restore pasturage and make immediate loans for livestock feed unnecessary. The text of the telegrams to the Gov- ernors follows: “Directors of extension your State requested make survey with regard to present conditions resulting from grass- hopper_infestation and drought condi- tion. Please have proper officials your State instructed to render such assist- ance in the survey as may be necessary and furnish directors with such infor- mation and surveys which you may now have. Your co-operation in this matter will be appreciated.” 1918 BANK SLAYING SUSPECT IN IRONS Prisoner Returned to Brooklyn From San Francisco Happy to Face Trial. By the Associated Pre NEW YORK, August 1.—Thirteen years after a notorious gunman and a nervous accomplice killed two men in Brooklyn bank robbery. Elton Wing was brought back here from San Francisco in shackles tonight to stand trial for his part in the crime. With a flood of spotlights playing on him he stood in a semi-circle of police officials and recited his confession be- fore a battery of motion picture cam- eras and microphones. He admitted he had been a nervous young bandit 13 years ago. He ex- pressed relief his fugitive days were over and said: “This is the happiest day of my life.” Wing’s partner in the hold-up was QGordon Fawcett Hamby, described at his trial as “the most hardened crook alive.” Hamby boasted of his killings, but went to the electric chair still re- fusing to name his accomplice. From an unrevealed source police learned Wing’s identity and the long It led into many re- mote parts of the country and finally terminated two weeks ago in San Fran- cisco with the arrest of 'a man who had been a few jumps ahead of his pur- suers for 13 years. ‘Tonight police told two versions of circumstances leading to the capture. One was that Wing revealed his identity to an acquaintance when he was chal- to prove he was an_ American citizen the other was that s girl reported him to authorities. large iMan, 56, Is Injured |Saving Three Girls From Speeding Car D er Passes Red Light. Vehicle Abandoned; Search Futile, A 56-year-old man was injured last night when he ran into the street and pushed three small girls out of the path of an automobile which had sped past a red traffic light, only to be struck by the car himself. The girls ran in front of .the ma- chine as it passed a light at Ninth | street and Mount Vernon place. - Al- | though = 2 check-up of the license number revealed the name and address of the owner of the automobile, police were unable to locate him. The number was traced after the | driver, pursued by several pedestrians, | abandoned his car at Ninth and L streets and fled. | _Standing on the sidewalk, Abdeanes De Kaiser, 29 Tenth street, saw the machine bearing down on the girls, He dashed into the street and shoved the girls out of the path of the speeding automobile. Unable 10 leap to safety himself, how- | ever, De Kaiser was struck by the car.’ He was taken to Emergency Hos- pital, where he was. treated for minor body injuries. The girls disappeared immediately | after their rescuer wes hit, and police | meze ungble to learn their names. RUM SHIP SHELLING * DEFENDED BY 1., |Fatal Shots at josephine K. Upheld in Note Replying ! to Canadian Protest. | By the Associated Press. The shelling of the Canadian rum runner, Josephine K, off Ambrose Light in January by a Coast Guard boat was | defended by the American Government | yesterday in a note to Canada. |” The Ottawa government had pro- | tested the attack upon the craft which | resulted in the death of her master, | Capt. William Cluett. The American note upheld the Coast | Guard contention that the Canadian vessel was within an hour’s sailing dis- | tance of the coast when commanded | by the patrol boat to stop. It indicated | the American Government will pursue its pending court action in New York to force forfeiture of the captured vessel. _ The note was the third sent the Ca- (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) | GOTHAM PUBL!SHER WED | Charles Boni and School Teacher | Married in Bay State. INEYARD HAVEN, Mass., August 1 (). —Miss Margaret Bradford, 38. New York City school teacher, and Charles Boni, 36, New York publisher, were married here today by William Smith, justice of the peace. | PAR ARE BEATEN INREVENGE ATTACK Larceny and Attempted As-! sault Charged Against Two. Third Also Held. After being beaten with a blackjack. said to have been wielded by a man seeking revenge for an alleged attack on & woman, Willam P. Dermott and Howell R. Bouldin, both 23 years old, were charged with larceny and attempt- ed criminal assault last night. The charges were made in warrants sworn ou: by Chief Deputy Sheriff Thomss Garrison of Prince Georges County, who declared the men forced | Mrs. Anna Noble Sparks, 40 years old, | from their automobile near Lanham, | Md., Friday night. causing her to be | struck and seriously injured by another car. | Mrs. Sparks, who lives at 1101 Clifton | street, was pushed from the machine, ‘Glrnsan said, after Dermott and Bould- in, thwarted in an attempt to assault | her, seized her pocketbook. Found in Room. _The purse. which contained a diamond | ring and a wrist watch valued at more than $300, is said to have been found in Bouldin's room at 2140 N street by De- tective Sergt. Howard Ogle. Meanwhile, the man who is said to | have wielded the blackjack—William H. Gordon of Wheaton, Md.—was being held at the tenth precinct police sta- tion. but no charge had been placed against him. Dermott and Bouldin, according to Inspector Frank S. W. | Burke, chief of detectives, will be taken | before United States Attorney Leo A. | Rover tomorrow, when they will be given an opportunity to charge Gordon | with assault with a deadly weapon. Visits Friends. Dermott told police he was visiting the home of a friend in the 2100 block of H street vesterday morning when ‘Gordon and three other men called for him. Gordon jammed a revolver into | his 1ibs, he said, and ordered him into a machine parked outside. Bouldin was in the car, he declared, having been | forced into'it by the four men a short time before. When the car reached the first block of M street, Dermott continued, Gordon perked near an alley while one 'of his companions left, presumably to call to see Mrs. Sparks at Sibley Hospital, just around the corner. Seeing a chance to escape, Dermott leaped from the machine, he said, but Gordon caught him, drew a blackjack from his pocket and began beating him over the head. _As_Dermott fell screaming to th~ (Continued on Page-2, Column 3.) FIVE OF FAMILY KILLED | z Train Smashes Automobile at Cross- | ing Near Rhome, Tex. RHOME, Tex., August 1 (#).—Five members of one family were killed four | miles south of here late today when | their automobile was struck by a Fort ‘Wor(h & Denver City passenger train et a grade crossing. The dead: J. W. Keene, 49, Burleson, Tex.; his three daughters, Eventa, 17; Lewellen, 15, and Marie, 10, and his ! father, John Keene, 67, of Rhome. ‘The president of Hugo Herfurth, jr., Inc., is hunting an answer to the latest riddle in house-wrecking circles. The problem that Mr. Herfurth has to solve, if he should bother to write it down, would run something like this: “If a wrecker-is right when he's wrong and wrong when he's right, how in the world is Uncle Sam going to get the buildings torn down which are now angle development?” ’}'he riddle grew out of the following situation: Herfurth’s concern has been wrecking buildings for the Government in the 1200 block of Pennsylvania ave- nue. Yesterday an_ indignant police nne’e.t approached the wrecking com- pany’s s, 50, P ERE ST MR standing on the site of the Mall Tri- IDUST RAISED BY RAZERS IRKS RAIL LINE; WETTING IS WORSE ‘}Wreckcrs’ Chief Faces Protest Riddle—Second Compliint {IL DUCE PROCLAIMS Says Water Floods Train Station Cellar. department has received complaints from the Mount Vernon, Alexandria & ‘Washington Railway Co., and you've got to do something about it.” Somebody from the railrosd sug- gested that a stream of water turned on the buildings might do away with the offensive dust. The water was turned on. For the moment everybody was satis- fled and the wreckers went merrily about their work. Then a representa- ve of the railroad hurried up to Mr. Herfurth. “See here,” he cried, “you’ve got to {turn off that water. Ii's flooding the cellar under the station.” Somebody threatened to file a suit or something, and the water was turned off. Mr. Herfurth is going to spend the week end doj research work on rid- dles, because wrecking job must be_finished Monday. If Monday happens to be a rainy day, Mr. H¢ h won't care, At least, | they can’t him. that. (#) Means Associated Pre AND SUBURBS INTS TEN CENTS ELSEWHERE GERMAN EACTON SEEN FAVORBLE TOOFER OFGRAN Consensus Says Chance for Selling Cotton Better Than for Wheat. {LIBERAL CREDIT TERMS DRAW WIDE COMMENT Possible Profit to U. §. Cited, But' Reich Farmers May Produce Surplus Crop. By th Sssociated Press BERLLS, August 1.—The suggestion from the Unicd States that Germany might buy wheat a=d cotton there on liberal credit terms has sttracted wide attention, as would any business propo- sition which might be construed as in the nature of a long-term credit. More than that, the suggestion is re- garded as a gratifying sign of America sustained interest in keeping up Ger- many's purchasing power and as open- ing a prospect of further business in raw materials which Germany lacks but America has in abundance. The consensus seems to be that busi- | ness could be don= in cotton, since co | ton stocks at Bremen, the chief import- ing port, have been reduced to 357,320 bales because of the r2cent financial re- rictions, Need 250,000 Tons, Acceptanc: of the American sugges- tion would tend to ease the mark:ts i here and at the same time have & re- { viving effect all around. The cotton market needs are placed at about 250,000 tons. As for wheat, the situation is dif- ferent, because this year Germany ex- pects crops well above the aveiags and in fair way to become self supporting. The wheat acreage increased this year by 937,500 and a yield of 4.570.000 tons is expected. There probably will be & surplus for export. German wheat is soft and the Amer- ican variety is hard, so the latter could still find & maket here, but tie im- portable quantity is placed at 500,000 tons at the most, and some say only 200,000. ‘Taking these facts into consideration, the whole transaction is figured here as amounting to about 150,000,000 marks (about $35,000,000). Copper Stocks on Hand. Copper also has bsen mentioned in conection with the proposal, but it is said that because of the depression in |the metal working trades there are still large stocks of material on hand with a good many. delivery contracts running. Assuming that. as suggested. Amer- ican wheat could be sold to Germany at 70 cents a bushel while the German price is $1.50 a bushel. the government’s profit on a transaction which would include as much as 20,000,000 bushels would be $16,000,000. CREDIT OFFER APPROVED HERE. Chairman Stone Says Farm Board Will Favor Easy Term Sales to Germans. By the Associated Press. Purchases of wheat and cotton from Farm Board agencies has been suggest- ed to Germany by the American Gov- ernment as a means of extending fur- ther assistance to that country and giving relief to American agriculture. Ambassador Sackett at Berlin, with {full approval of President Hoover. has jadvanc:d such proposals to German offi- jcials, but as yet they have not been accepted. The sales would be made on liberal credit terms, which Germany in her { finencial crisis has been seeking from banking quarters. | At the same time the administration { feels the disposal of their surplus crops lin tnis way would redound to the bene- ifit of American agriculture by their re- | moval from depressed markets. | Approved by Stone. | The suggestion has the full approval of Chairman Stone of the Farm Boar: {In a formal statement today he st “The Farm Board has no definite proposals before it from the German government, but if it would aid Ger- many and if it would increase con- sumption of American agricultural com- modities, the Farm Board would author- ize the stabilization corporations to sell to Germany on credit terms.” In an attempt to maintain falling | domestic prices during the last two | vears these corporations have acquired { more than 200.000.000 bushels of wheat | and 1,300,000 bales of cotton. | Market traders assert their existence tends to weight down prices and that their removal would stimulate an up- ward trend Wheat farmers are engaged in har- vesting a bumper crop. They joined Vice President Curtls and Senator Cap- per, Kansas Republicans, and traders in demanding the board agree to hold the surplus stocks off the domestic market for a fixed period. . Subject Discussed. At the State Department it was said | that German officials had not yet acted in accordance with the suggestion for purchase. The board, however, has | said recently “unofficial discussions” lad jtaken place with German representa- tives. | ‘The ‘White House said Ambassador Sackett had advanced the suggestion “on his own initiative” but with the tull ‘approval of the President. The President, now at his Rapidan camp, discussed the question today with his secretary, Theodore Joslin, by tele- phone, DESIRES FOR PEACE | Fascists Ready, However, to Over- throw Obstacles to Italy's Revolution. By the Associated Press. RAVENNA, Italy, August 1.—The Fascist regime wants peace, Premier Mussolini_sald in an address at the opening of an aqueduct here today, but it s ly to overthrow and destroy anything which may hinder the march of the Fascist revolution, he added. “We -wish peace with all states,” he said, “with t-ose afar and those near— those very rear. We wish it not be- cause we fear the ricks of war, but because we are intent upon a great work and wish as soon as possible te extricate the Italian people from th¢ it was %0 /be to the ¥sun‘n. §