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Merndon and Pangborn in| Trouble—Weather Still Delay; Lindberghs. (Continued Prom First Page) was under lock and key at the ministry | of eonunluzmm, hangar at Tachi- | kawa Airdrome. | “We are undecided yet as to when we will take off.” Pai said, “but 'ef walt here until the arrival of Col. Mrs. Charles A, Lindbergh. How- | T, We may start next week.” i Pangbcrn said he based his statement | on the assumption that their difficulties with the Japanese aviation bureau soon would be straightened out. A thoving picture camera was at the bottom of the flyers' trouble. When Hoover Backs We INDORSES CANDIDATE TO SUCCEED LONGWORTH. rn and Herndon took off from | K rovsk, Siberia, they had no per- mit to land in Japan. The American embcssy here filed application for a permit in their behalf. Discovery of the camera in the plane cn the fiyers’ ar- rival here, however, gave the situation & serious ‘aspect. For the projected transpacific flight, Pangborn said their monoplane will be fitted with extra tanks, increasing the fuel capacity to 900 gallons. The taite- off will be from Samushiro Beach, morthern Japan. Abandoned World Hop. Pangborn and Herndon abindoned & round-the-world race in favor cf the transpacific attempt, when they saw it would be impossible for them to beat the record set recently by Wiley Post and Harold Gatty of 8 days, 15 hours and 51 minutes. Meanwhile two other American flyers, ‘The plane was brought to Tokio a ye: ago by Harold Bromley and Gatty, who took it 1,200 miles out across the North ‘Wash., only to e forced back by motor trouble.. LINDBERGHS GET RESTLESS. Alr Tourists Anxious to Be on Their Way Despite Bad Weather Conditions. AKLAVIK, Northwest Territpry, Au- t 7 (#).—Col. and Mrs. Charles A. dbergh grew restless today over the delay of their vacation -flight to the Orient by continued bad weather re- ports from the West. Comfortable conditions prevailed at this trading post, 130 miles north of the Arctic circle. The thermometer touched 74 degrees yesterday, with the sky cloudy and light winds whipping up the water of the Mackenzie. Rain Along Route. To the west, however, at Barrow Point, 536 miles away, their next sched- uled stop; at Nome and at Fort Yukon, on th‘e Yukon B&erhl:m said rain was falling. delay here now more than cJa’p-; Col. had e Uneasy. "‘W;,‘n;: in a hurry to shall ,” he said “but are unds we. 1 go.” ‘which ] JOHN B. HOLLISTER, Cincinnati lawyer, who called at the White House yesterday to receive Pre: ident Hoover's indorsement of his can- didacy on the Republican ticket to suc- ceed the late Speaker Longworth as a Representative from Ohio. He is a wet. —Wide World Photo. H. L. DOHERTY BUYS HALF INTEREST IN KANSAS CITY PAPER (Continued From Pirst Page) their property-he feels it a public duty and a necessity in his own defense “to expose their methods.” The Kansas City Journal-Post, owned until his death recently by Walter 8. Dickey, clay pipe manufacturer, long has been the foe of the Star. It con- ducted a fight in the courts to prevent the sale of the property to the present mansgement. ‘The anncuncement says Mr. Doherty has not bought control of the Journal- Post, his_contract with the paper stip ulating that 10 per cent of his half in. terest cannot be “voted. ‘The utilities man will act as special contributing editor with the right to have published as editcrials anything he thinks proper. He also bas the right to buy advertising space at any time he sees fit for the publication of state- ments. Mr. Doherty takes full respon- sibility for both his editorials and his paid statements, the provision being that they shall not be edited or cen- sored. Control of the Journal-Post remains in the hands of W. Laurence Dickey and Marion B. Sharp, son and son-in- for | 1aw, respectively, of Walter S. Dickey, Josses in a great fire in the Moslem quarter & few days ago. The American embassy and consulate have added to the fiyers’ contributions, which will be handed over to the Turkish Red Cros- cent—equivalent to the American Red A group of citizens has petitioned the municipal council to name a street for the Americans. They rnt the day in the Church of St. . Sofia, the :;flo ce and other sights of the MURRAY OIL BAN IN OKLAHOMA WINS PRAISE OF TEXANS (Continued Prom Pirst Page) m were drawn tightly today, with lly all Okishoma flush field oper- ations haited. Small refiners began to feel the pinch of lack of crude. Prices paid by pur- chasers for the product, however, hnd‘ not varied from their former tops of 42 and 50 cents per barrel. Murray #aid the minimum should be $1. Refiners made little effort to push new sales of gasoline, and the price at the refinery increased fractionally over- . night, to be quoted today at 35 to 3% telgf‘angman. Retail prices remalined proration laws inefectually in Federal Court this week, Teported their supplies of ofl were so low they would be forced to shut down in & few days. DIXON BLAME Responding to pleas for Federal ac- tian 1 the Continued demoralization of in Texas, Acting su.-—l retary of the Toterior Dixon vesterday declared’ that the internal conditions there are responsible for the present sit- and that the Governunent's are tied The State. the Legislature and “self- fishi and_irresponsible interests operat- ing the Bast Texas pool” are to blame, Dixon said in & statement which was ® reply to a flood of telegrams from Governors, Senators and other leaders aotion, “The Government, and all other great ing States have placed a curb on oil output and only Texas' “failure 4 to te with the industry at large” § now prevents the price of oil from again { yeathing a dollar a barxel, Dixon said. As for Oklahoma, where Gov, Murray has closed down ail rior executive gatd would not in- gt || NEW FLIGHT RUMORED who have been with the paper for some time. Under the contract made with Mr. Doherty they are not to be bound in any way by any statements made by him, and they reserve the express right to use-the next column to his, if they fit, to take a contrary position to t taken by him. In _his letter to the Nelson trustees Mr. Dohefty asserts the claim of the Star that its fght dgainst him Js for & reduction of gas rates is false. He charges the newspaper has misrepre- sented the facts in regard to the com- panies which he represents so “that they have made any adjustment of Tates ible unless some way could be found of making it known to every- body that such adjustment was not be- cause of, but in spi slanderous methods of the Star. “I don’t like fighting” Mr. Doherty sald today, “but I will {ight for what I believe are my righ.s.” Then he told of a number of c uer fights which he has waged in ve:ious parts of the world. The present management of the Kansas City Star, all employes of the ;‘fi bought the property from the elson estate after the death of M Laura Nelson Kirkwood, Mr. Nelsol daughter. Under the terms of pur- chase, the property was to be paid for over a term of years, and there are several yearly payments yet to be made. George B. Longan is president and gen- eral manager. Gets $500 Raise D. €. AUDITOR IN FORTY- FIRST YEAR. MAJ. D. J. DONOVAN. —=Harris-Ewing Photo A salary increase of $500 annual was awarded to Maj. Daniel J. Dono- van, veteran auditor, today by the Dis- jct Commissioners in recognition of tri his fortieth anniversary as an employe | of the municipal government With his new salary of $9,000 a year, | Mr. Donovan will be one of the best paid employes of the District. Among other gifts presented to Maj. Donovan were an electric clock, & token of the esteem in which he is held by Willlam W. Bride, corporation counsel, and several large baskets of flowers from of every District de- partment. He also received many call- and countiess congratulatory mes- sages from his friends throughout the his twoscore years in service of, the unjust and | EXiNC BROKER IS HOLDING: PRUSSIANS URGED | (GORN FOR INCREASE Thomas M. Howell of Chicago Denies Charge of Selling Grain Short. By the Assaciated Press. | CHICAGO, August 7—Thomas M., Howell, Chicago grain broker, who Is | { rumored to have engineered the squeeze | /in July corn, revealed yesterday that | he still owned 8,000,000 bushels of corn. | | " 'Howell's disclosure was made in a, statement, demanding retrection from | {the Agricultural Advisory Council of | Des Moines, Iowa, of alleged libelous | statements | The statements, which were dis- | tributed, Howell said, by the council, | | charged the veteran grain man sold | | July corn short on the decline from | {871 cents to 541; cents: and that when the crop reached the latter figure, | Howell bought in his short seles. “During the entire year up to the ! present time.” Howell said. ‘was con- stantly on the buying side of corn. At present time I am_the.owner of | 8,000,000 bushels of cash com, which | T will not sell at present prices, as I | exi et to get more for it." Biebel C. Harris announced last night that & broad and intensive study of the | mutual problems of the individual pro ducer and the grain-marketing agencies | will be launched at once by the Grain | | Committee on National Affairs, with a | |view to interpreting functions of the | trade to the public. Mr. Harris Is chair- | man of the committee, an organization | embracing practically the entire grain trade of America, including grain | changes, boards of trade and thousands | {of_smaller grain dealers. Everett Sanders, Washington, D. C., former secretary to President Coolidge, | {has been appointed general counsel for. | | Washington. BRUENING CITES AIMS AFTER TALK WITH MUSSOLINI ___(Continued From First Page.) Duce's views of the visit seem to con- incide with those expressed in the state- ment given the press by Herr Bruening upon his arrival here today. This is the first meeting between the heads of the Italian and German states for a generation, and the war and its consequences are deemed to Liave syept the ground eclear-for a new basis of re-| lationship and & new European line- { up—if such a thing is in the back of | the statesmen’s minds. Never in Better Form. Mussolini never appeared in better form than when he strode or sauntered about the station platform. Silk-hatted morning-coated, he was smiling and | talking continually #s he awaited the special train which he sent to the Ttalian border to get the visitors. He exhibited that ease of dominant confidence which he often shows in public when he shook hands with the | Germans as they stepped of the train He chatted for a moment with Bruening and instantly created an atmosphere of | cordiality which made them seem like, oid_friends. They spent five minutes in passing through lines cf brilliantly uniformed guards and well armed plain clothes- men to waiting automobiles, with a | minute for the usual battery of cameras. | The Germans' intentions to deal frankly with such questions as their financial difficulties, Balkan _politics, Teparations and disarmament thus were made easy by the attitude of their hcst, whose usual method is to get to §he heart of the subject at once and thlk with startling plainness. Gather for First Talk. After the reception, Bruening and | Curtius were given just time enough to | take a bath and a brief rest before go- | ing to the Palazzo Venezia for the first talk. Mussolini, Foreign Minister Gran- di, Bruening, Curtius and the German Ambassador were to gather in the dic- tator's huge office, large enough for & company of soldiers to drill in. Although acccrded the hospitality that the protocol provides for princes, still all formalities have been eliminated. | King Victor Emanuel, whom the Ger- man's paid a gesture of homage by asking leave to visit him, sent, word they must not waste valuable time at this juncture by coming to the royal Summer palace, far off their route Herr Bruening issued the following statement to the press: “The fact that my colleague Curtius and I undertook the journey to Rcme at a time when Germany is exerting | her every ounce of strength, is strug- gling to render secure her economic and litical existence, shows how extreme- y important we regard the perscnal | contact and trustful exchange of ideas with the leading men of Italy of today, notabiy with the' distinguished chiet of ihe Italian government.” “I should like now to give expression | to my thanks that the Italian govern- ment understood our push for a per- sonal exchange of views and met it in such a friendly and bospitable manner. In its difficult economic and political | position Germany was warmly gratified at Italy's sympathy as shown by her rapid and unconditional acceptance and practical execution of the Hoover plan, Seek to Heal Wounds of Two Decades. “In the wake of the friendly inter-| national conversations which began at | Chequers and which already bave led to a meeting with Ttalian Forcign Min- | ister Grandi, we desire to talk over both the questions which interest Germany | and Italy jointly as well as thos: prob- | lems whiclj must be solved in order to | vouchsafe hot only to Germany, but to | all Europe the possibility of co-opera- | tive, peaceful labor, economic recovery | and the healing of wounds sustained | through the iragic events of the past| two_decades. happy issue of th: coming conversations between the Itallan and German s c5- men." The travelers will sleep tonight in th royal suite at the Grand Hotel. which was occupled by the elder J. P. Morgan on his last fllness here. Their apart- ment consists of reception room. two | { bedrooms and white marble bathrooms | and cost $25.000 to decorate. The walis are hung in embroidered red silk tapes- { i tries and the woodwork and furniture is gold-leaf-d They will lunch today in the Villa Borghese Museum where Secretary of State Stimson was similarly entertained. | Mussolini and Grandi wil be their hosts at a numb°r of teas and dinners | during the two days. Bruening, a de- | vout Catholic, has reserved tomorrow afternoon for a private audience with | Pope Pius XI. LITTLE PROSPECT SEEN FOR COOLER WEATHER With the exception of a 10 per cent reduction in humidity, th> weather to- day will be about the same as yester- day, with a maximum temperature hov- ering about the Wenther Bureau reported today. ‘The humidity reading of 73 per cent at 8 am. today, Forccester Weightman declared, may cffer a little comfort, but he made it plain he was not promising any real relief. As a matter of fact, the outlook for anything like cool wea- ly poor as no indieation | of Chancellor |the committee, with headquarters in | fi | of any “In this spirit I look forward to a, " STAR. i 10 AVOID POLLS Appeal in Press Arouses Ire of Communists and Na- tional Socialists. By the Associated Pre: BERLIN, August 7 (Friday).—All the morning papers in Prussia today carry prominent cn their first pages an appeal, signed by the Prussian cabinet, urging voters to stay away from the polis Sunday and not to participate in the “Stecl Helmet” plebistite for the dissolution of the Prussian Diet. The fact that tne papers are forced, under authority of the recent Hinden- burg emergency decree, to print this appeal groused bitter condemnation by Communist, National Socialist and Nationalist ' papers, which called it & “conscription of the press” Some of the opposition papers printed the appeal in the smallest type avail- | while others printed it parallel For example, Zeitung able with a vitriolic analysis. the industrialist Allgemeine said: “It is an insult to Germany's edu- cated classes.” The Communist paper Morgen ex- presses the opinion that if any one had any doubt how to vote, “it should be clear to anybody now,” after this com- ulsory publication, that it was a proclamation glorifying the Prussian government.” The Allgemetne Zejtung demands that the Centrist members of the Prussian cabinet ‘who signed the appeal resign. d that if they fail to step out volun- tarily, their party, which is also that Bruening, should force them to resign The government press features the | appeal without stressing its compulso publication. The Socialist paper Vor- waerts, for example, gives the entire st page to it, while the Democratic Tageblatt divides the first page between the appeal and a report that President von Hindenburg will not vote Sunday. FARM BOARD HOLDS SILENCE ON REICH OFFER FOR COTTON (Continued Prom First Page) active opponent of the sale to Germany, has been joined by other Senators, growers and traders. They want any sales made out of the current crop, lest an important market be supplied by surplus stock. With the new cotton crop expected to equal the old in bulk, although actually the acreage is about 10 per cent less, this position on the part of cotton growers is assuming more stubborn proportions. Berlin Alse Protests. From Berlin came more protests over the plan, understood to call for about 600,000 cottonbales, because the view was held there that the deal apparently was for the purpose of helping the Farm Board out of an embarrassing situation. Bremen cotton dealers also reported receipt of telegrams from American traders, particularly the New Orleans Cotton Exchange, which cabled the Bremen Exchange it has telegraphed President Hoover as follows: “We most sharply protest the pro- posed sale of Farm Board cotton on credit to a foreign government.” Foreign dispatches pointed out that there is already on hand or en route to Bremen 377.000 bales of cotton, most of which imports were financed through American banks. Germany's total re- quirements for the year are estimated at 1,000.000 bales and the purchase of 600,000 bales from the Farm Board would complete the whole year's guota, and might make it difficult to move the present holdings at Bremen in time to_meet bank credits when due. Moreover. these critics were reported to have said that if 600,000 bales were to be purchased at a flat price the German textile industry would be led into the same speculative position which aiready has cost the United States Farm Board so much money. It would, they said. not be safeguarded ng;qin.sx. possible further slumps in price. French Importers Object. Fearing “unfair competition,” Prench cotton importing interests which have their headquarters at Havre are mak- ing strong protests against the exten- sion of easy credit terms to Germany for Jarge quantities of American cotton. The president of the Havre Cotton Pac- tors’ Association yesterday cabled a protest to Secretary of Agriculture Hyde in Washington. “Such sales would be clearly contrary to_legitimate trade interests and would be gravely prejudicial to faithful customers of American exporters,” the message stated in part In the face of increased protests from Southern Senators and cotton traders and growers, Carl Williams, a board member, declared the cotton trade had taken a “contradictory attitude” in opposing the suggestion that a part of the surplus be sold to 'Germany. He declared there was no question of ‘dumping,” but that the proposed trans- action would be the same as lending | money to Germany. Little hope is held for the disposal wheat to Germany under & long-term credit plan, because that country has an unusual large produc- tion of grain this season As in the case of wheat, it has been the Farm Board's plea to the cotton growers that they reduce their plant- ings. These pleas have been ignored, it was said, in most sections. As a result & new surplus of cotton is being grown this year to be laid on top of the big carry-over from last year. The cotton stabilization project of the Farm Board, protestants claim, has been no more of a success in keeping up the price of that staple than was the ‘s venture into the wheat market. The board, in an effort o peg the price of cotton around 16 cents & pound, in June, 1930, took over, through the Stabilization Corporation, 1.- bales on which it had made ns to co-operatives from the previous October, on a basis of 16 cents a pound, or $80 a bale. Added charges brought this figure to about $83 and since June, 1930, an additional carrying charge of $3 or $4 a bale has accrued, bringing the total investment to some- thing over $115,000,000. Today this cotton is mot worth any more than half of that. With cotton selling re- cently between 5 and 6 cents a pound, the board would take a loss of some- thing like $50,000,000, if it sold its holdings “at the market.” BAND CONCERT. By the United States Army Band this evening at the Capitol at 17:30 o'clock. Willlam J. Stannard, leader; Thomas F. Darcy, assistant, conducting. March, Overture, Solo for xylophone, Joseph L. Young, soloist. Selection from “Romeo and Juliet” “Many Happy Returps of the .Blon Novelty, “Sally March, “Florentiner” ... “The Star Spangled Banner. Dawes to Join Pershing. LONDON, August 7 (). —Ambassador | and Charles G. Dawes left London today for UL INGTON, D. C. FRIDAY, . AUGUST - 7, 1931. Troops Guard Oklahoma Oil Wells GOVERNOR'S COUSIN IN CHARGE OF STATE TROOPS. IE first unit of National Guardsmen ordered - |Giant Ship to Be “Floated” Gov. W. H."Murray of Oklahéma'to close the State's wells in his fight for $1-a-barrel crude oil is shown on the job at Oklahoma City, where nearly 806 wglls were shut down within four hours after the troops’ arrival. an emergency lieutenant colonel to handie the troops. —A. P. Photo. S. BOOTLEGS LIQUOR, EX-SENATOR REED SAYS Missourian Assails Dry-Law policy. Cit-‘ ing Federal Speakeasies and Calling Taxes Crime “Cut.” Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, August 7—The United States Government is actively engaged in the business of bootlegging, former United States Senator James A. Reed of Missouri charges in a vigorous attack on the Federal prohibition enforcement policy. He declares that the Govern- ment operates speakeasies, takes its “cut” of liguor profits as the ‘“secret partner” of the gang chief, and finances | the making of home-made wines. “I indict the Federal Government for setting up and operating Negro speak- | easies, with Negro sples, under the di- recticn of drunken prohibition agents, | to bribe and entrap policemen, sheriffs | and other State officers for the purpose | of ‘Jamming’ them tp prison,” he writes | in the September Cosmopolitan Maga- | zine. He charges Judge Frank Cocper | of the United States District Court of | Northern New York with having in- | structed prohibition agents “to engage | in rum smuggling and rum running.” | Agents were provided with money, out | of the Federal Treasury, and an auto- | mcbile, with which to go into Canada, | buy liquor, bring it into the United | States and sell it to bootleggers in the | vicinity of Troy and Albany. v Says U. S. Set Up Speakeasies. “The undercover operations of the | Prohibition Bureau in Norfolk, Va,, and | vicinity violated every law of decency and morals, as well as the statutory law. | A director of the Virginia Anti-Saloon League made complaint against the | Norfolk police officers to the Federal | Prohibition Bureau in Washington, and | agents sent from Washington took in-|a structions from him. He furnished | money to the agent to buy liguor, and | stored it in his own safe. These agents | without delay established a Negro spe: i easy in a remodeled stable and em- | ployed a Negro bartender and a criminal | to help them operate it. | “By September, 1930, we find a Negro speakeasy, also operated by criminals in full swing at Indianapolis, and again | set up by prohibition agents to trap policemen. “For 10 years the Federal Govern ment has been pleading with State of- fictals and members of local police de- partments to take over the burden of prohibition enforcement. But it resorts to the lowest and most despicable criminal methods known to the human race to entrap these local officers and | have them railroaded to jail. | Wine-Making Aid Charged. “It seems absoltutely impossible for | the Federal Government to keep out of | the bootlegging business.” former Sena- | tor Reed continues. “However, it re- | mained for the administration of Her-| bert Hoover to finance the business | as’ & Nation-wide project, with the | taxpayers' money. One of the early official acts of President Hoover was to | call a special session of Congress to pass a farm relief bill which authorized | ihe Federal Farm Board, under certain | conditions, to extend financial help to | needy farmers. { The first group of ‘farmers’ to claim attention of the board was the Cali- fornia grape groweis. Loans were made by it, up to January 19, 1931, totaling | $19,187,622.07, to the California Grape Control Board, which ships every year 80,000 cars of grapes available for home | wine-making. Of this sum, $2,555.330 | was lent directly to Fruit Industries, | Ltd., whose principal business is the pro- duction and sale of grape concentrates for the sure and easy manufacture of | wines and champagnes contaming to 25 per cent of alcohol. | “The loans to the grape growers were made after negotiations with & prominent attorney from San Francisco, who only & short time ago sharved of- fice quarters with Herbert Hoover. Pruit | Industries, Ltd,, has as its general coun- sel und legal guardian Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, who, as Assistant Attorney General of the United States, gained her experience in prohibition matters by sending people to jail for violating the law which, according to | the literature of Fruit Industries. Ltd. permits the production and use of heavily alcoholic wines in the home. Says U. S. Gets Crime “Cut” | “Although successful in apprehending the gill-flask toter, the rural stiller, the | Government upon its own record of | non-performance stands convicted of its inability to reach the big fellows, | the barons whose distilleries are organ- ized for mass production; whose fipets of armed trucks and network of chain- store speak-easies serve millions of customers dally; who commsnd arse- | nals of machine guns, and from whom a word decrees life or death to their ubjects. Like the microscopically organized eyes of certain insects, pro- | hibition agents evidently cannot focus upon beings so vast as these. “Yet another group of Pederal em- Pl seem to have better luck in ma- these shado millionaires of the underworld. Paid from the same | treasury and under identical civil service discipline and lation with prohibition agents, Uncle 's income tax collectors with surprising frequency dnz) in upon some alcohol overlord who ha ‘mlfl that everything was the authority of these ts is limited to assessing 's statu- fraudulently withholds ment’s ‘cut’ in his nefarious income and enterprices. It must shock even a big business bootl , who has fixed police, magistrate and enforcement of- | few dozen small ficiel, when he realizes that by the supreme law of the land the Govern- ment is his secret partner, demanding: ‘Ya gotta lemme in onnit, too.’” COOPER DENIES CHARGES. | | | | i DUCK-HUNTING BAN DUE TO CANADIAN DROUGHT EXPECTED (Continued From First Page.) the Rocky Mountains and northward the vicinity of Edmonton. Waters Dried Up. Biologists of the department, Who have toured thousands of miles in the drought-affected regions, of to | great_si ds m ot the it slou tained from thelr nvestigations the | Srciric retion whaqe the doeks breed bootlegger can be prosecuted only if he | are about 98 per cent dried up. In those | | the Govern- | tours the blologists report that where in former years there were vast num- bers of mallards, pintails, 3 canvasbacks. bluebills and teals only & of “quickers” have been seen. So far as can be determined at this Inset is Cicero Murray, cousin of the Governor, commissioned | termined, and internal time, the ducks have found no other| more remote breeding grounds and there simply wiil not be the vast flights of ducks this year that have heretofore blackened the waters of the Atlantic g Coast. U. S. Judge Named by Reed Calls| “while not all the ducks shot in the Article “Wet Propaganda.” ALBANY, N. Y, Aufuat 7 (P — Judge Frank Cooper of the United States District Court of Northern New York, charged in a magazine article by ex-Senator Reed with directing the Jaying of traps for bootleggers, declared the article to ganda.” Judge Cooper's reply to the Reed | article follows: “The charges made against me in | ya’ Nevads, the the article by ex-Senator Reed of Mis- souri were completely disproved in the attempt made in 1927 by certain wet Congressmen from New York City to impeach me. All this is a matter of ord in Washington. ‘The repetition of these statements is merely wet propaganda. It is to be regretted that so many newspapers and magazines lend themselves so readily to the efforts of those who would destroy prohibition. It is also a great source of regret that ex-Senator 3 a man who aspired apd perhaps still pires to the high office of President of the United States, should allow him- self to make such & baseless our Government. ‘““These are days which call for clear corstructive thought and action and not for demagogic propaganda on in- flammatory appeals to prejudice.” DRY CHIEFS BAN USE OF TRAPS . Prohibition Officials State. Replying to charges by former Sen-| ator Reed of Missouri that the Govern- ment is operating speakeasies to entrap State and other officers, it was officially stated at Prohibition Bureau headquar- ters here that the administration does not authorize any such policy, nor will it tolerate any practices of “entrap- ment” among prohibition nnel. In the past, it was led, there have been instances where overzealous prohibition officials or agents have over- stepped the bounds. one time was operated at Norfolk, Va. by Government orders, it was admitted, but this was found to be in error and was done away with and the practice was abandoned. Norfolk Case Called “Old.” The case of the Norfolk speakeasy. like many other facts referred to b; Reed, was said by those in closest touc] with the situation here, to be “old ma- terial,” turned up and made public when Reed was chairman of a Senate committee investigating prohibition con- | ¢ . ditions. The reference to Federal Judge Frank Cooper of New York, it was said, came out of the old Senate investigation, and it was against Federal Judge Cooper that unsuccessful impeachment proceedings were b t in Congress. The case of the al speakeasy in Indianapolis brought up by Reed, how- ever, is of more recent date, and re- ted recently in a decision by the cderal Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago, releasing Indianapolis police- men who had been found guiity by the Indianapolis Federal Court of violating the prohibition law. The Chicago Fed- eral judge scored the activities of the prohibition agents in Indianapolis, de- claring they had conceived the con- spiracy to arrest the policemen. The judge further said it “shocks the court's sense of justice to permit a prosecu- tion to proceed where the evidence shows the offender was innocent of wrongdoing and free of evil intent prior to his uaintance Government’s or State representatives. D. C. Office “Unaware.” Washington headquarters were un- s Fe aware of the casé carried on in Indian- | apolis at the time, it was explained, here, but later learned that the agents had rented a room, where they congre- gated with others. Ths Federal agents sold no liquor in this place, according to information reaching here officially. At any rate, the general policy of the Prohibition Bureau under the Hoover attack on | Speakeasy in Norfolk Closed, | be merely “wet propa- | year’s droug in the N | | A “speakeasy” at|— | Congress will be United States come from the affected Canadian breeding grounds, a vast ma- jority of them do. U. 8. Grounds Suffer. ‘There are considerable duck-breeding grounds in the United States, but these are m!!em'lfI from the effects of last orghern States westward to the Pacific t_include Califor- nia, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebras- Dakotas, Oregon and Washington. In Montana alone the Biological Survey has found 75 per cent of the ponds, sloughs and shallow lakes where breed 2 In South Dakota, where heretofore mallards bred plentifully, no ducks have been found this year. Some little rain has been reported in the past few weeks in the drought-af- fected areas, but this water comes too late to help the ducks. Ducks are protected under the mi- gratory bird treaty between the United St Canada. Regulal gover! their shooting ted within the-bureau of urvey, u the men the fleld and the division ‘They then go to the Secretary of Agriculture, who adopts them, sub- Ject u: the approval of the President. reduced the open.season this year by two weeks. The conservation experts in lcal Survey are unanimous in that this will not serve to adequately protect the birds. NEEDS OF JOBLESS IN U. S. SURVEYED BY NATIONAL CHAMBER _(Continued From First Page) eral States to care for their individual problems. In outlining the plan of the chamber, Strawn sald that “unless we do some- thing at once, there will be more Kinds of legislation for-the dole than Ger- many and land ever heard of.” Strawn em) tically stressed his op- to Federal participation in un- ‘mployment relief and urged that States, counties and municipalities take care of the unemployment problem. “It would be deplorable,” he added, “if eountry ever rea the place where it voted a dole. When we do that, in my opinfon, we have hit the toboggan as a Nation. . “As you know, many of our statesmen love the role of helping the proletariat,” Strawn sald, “and unless we have ac- curate information and a definite plan, T r flooded with all kinds of fool proposals.” President Green of the American Fed- eration of Labor said recently that if the usual seasonal unemployment came with Winter there ‘Inllrd at Jeast 7,000,000 men out of work next January. Strawn said he thought Green's fig: ure was possibly “a bit exaggerated.” He added, however, there had been no pick-up in business since last Winter. Fear Increase in Jobless. The chamber is fearful of an increase of unemployment brought out at the House con- ference by Strawn and Barnes, who was chairman of the President’s Na- tional Business Survey Conference. ficial quarters here that the administra- tion is under laws made by administration was clearly stated today | .y F as diametrically oppcsed to the entrap- ment” policy with which the Govern- ment is charged by former Senator If a bootlegger alresdy has been vio- lating the law, it was e: different devices h;;w be resorted to t. The drought conditions | After Mrs. Hoover Boes Ceremony. ' By the Associaiad Press. AKRON, Ohio, August 7—When Mrs, Herfert Hocver, wife of the President, christens' the new dirigilte Akron toe morrow, the shdp will be “air born™ or floated, . g of an ocean vessel, but the u ok ture longer than a 50-story skyse: T and higher than an 1i-story bul against jous wind currents and sudden changes in temperature. For this reason Lieut. Comdr. Charles E. Rosendahl, who will be captain of the dirigible, and his officers are here busil engaged the crew to the wo! of the skip. How well the contractor has perform- ed the task of construction is something for the Naval Board of lmgecuon of five to decide. Five trial flights of the ship are planned, the last one of 48 hours’ duration. According to David S, Ingalls, assistant Secretary of the Navy for Aeronautics. the ship must be in the air at least 75 hours before the Navy accepts it. Must Go Through Paces. ‘The ship must be tested for speed: it must go through altitude trials; tests must be made upon the lity with which it can take on and slow down; her lift will be measured; in- terior ventiation and pressure equaliza- tion studied; fuel consumption de- strains and rved. The ship is operated more like a sub- marine or ocean liner than an according to Lieut. . Wiley, second officer in of Akron, and former of the Los Angeles. The control car is lor'u:' p;:t::;llu from the under surface & 3 “An enlisted man has the wheel, and he steers the ship very much like you would a surface ship. In straightaway flying he just holds the ship on a compass course. Altitude Controlled. “At the left in the control car is an- other wheel governing altitude. Another this, and lane, Herbert V. the | ofncer Efiv officer, but the ‘altitude lass or chief petty d the engineer :"1‘9 f’nt:m OFFICERS TO PARTICIPATE. By the Associated Press. will be present. Other naval officers who will attend include Ct George W. Steele, com- mander of aircraft of the scouting force and former commander of Los Angeles; Col. Thomas C. Turner, in of Marine Corps aviation; Somr, Robert B Motion, I, Ingalls' aide. - AGENT FOR CIRCUS GUARDED BY POLICE FROM STRANDED MEN et e e 'mmlm o and cuts the tain in going through their H Winter, it was| | 2 g cents during the past mont This for a bottle of poison vy of the hands who had spl of this, two re) of the Southern a.-um-nl, called morning to -inquire if the show thinking of heading South and to transport it at regular rates. Another business offer came from a couple who wanted to buy some of the wall horses, for some pt They ‘W He and partners have already executed recorded an assignment of the show's assets for the benefit of creditors. B b i - Ends Air Tour of Eunrope. LEBOURGET, France, A 7 @), —George P, Harding of Chicsgt wosnd up an aerial tour of Europe today by coming down from Amsterdam in l;?lu{s flat. William S. Brock was the lof July Circulation Daily...106,428 Sunday,11 5,1 60 Digtrict of Columbda, Mgty KAUFEMANN, Ascistont Busitess E E ND BERR"Gots solemnly suear (hat. e, sedap) number of od. that the umber of copies of the paper named. sod and distributed duri KL 'y A0, I081. "was a5 Tollpesy monn of Juln net circulati ‘Total daily lon. Aversge daily net paid ge number of Daily average net circulation........” 106,488 SUNDAY. i nnies 26