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WEATHER, (0. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast). eloudy; not. mnthhcmm in teuwn)’ . 81, at 12:30 D“JII. y-un:r;,.lnm 70, at 2 am. to- y. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 31,882. Entered as mecond class matte, post office, Washington, C. Ko MENOCAL CAPTURED WITH 12 AIDES BY CUBAN FEDERALISTS Former President Surrenders| to Machado Forces in Pinar Del Rio. Departments Run By Minor Officials, With Chiefs. Away | |Seventh in Succession Rules Navy as Sixth Gives Army Orders. By the Associated Press - The vacation season low ebb in of- | Aicialdom apparently was reached this | Midaugust week end. President Hoover was scheduled for Rapidan Camp. Vice President Curtis’ presence entailed no official duties, the | Senate not being in session. All down | the line of cabinet succession the Secre- | taries were out of town except the last, Secretary of Labor Doak. | Assistant Secretaries remaining in |the Capital were scarce. The depart- ments ran to some variation of that liiting theme-song, “Kings for & Day.” (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) CAPITULATION- IS SEEN AS REVOLT TERMINATION Fighting Continues in Eastern Part of Island—68 Dead in All Engagemen! By the Assoctated Press. | A HAVANA, August 15.—Captured with TOKID COURT FINES he Fpenin WASHINGTON, D. C, LINDBERGHS LA ATKARACINISLAND AFTERFASTFLCHT Take 10 Hours, 49 Minutes for 1,067-Mile Hop From Alaska. SPEED OF 100 MILES AN HOUR IS MAINTAINED Flying Vacationists Are 1,300 Miles From Tokio, Next Stop on Their Globe Trip. { By the Associated Press SEATTLE, August 15.—Col. and Mrs 12 of his followers, former Prufldcnl' Marlo G. Menocal was en route to Havana today aboard a Cuban gunboat, and the government claimed that the | With him were Col. Carlos M!nmeln.l |Seattle Hop in Doubt, but gray-haired veteran of Cuba’s ‘War for Independence, and 11 of the island’s Herndon and Pangborn Still Push Plans. most prominent citizens. They sur- yendered yesterday to the commander of the gunboat Fernandez Quevedo after | being surrounded by government troops in the province of Pinar del Rio. President Machado, leading & cam- | By the Associated Press, paign of pacification in Santa Clara | TOKIO, August 15—Climaxing Province against those who sought the | series of mishaps which have beset overthrow of his administration, Tadioed | them since they started a projected orders that the insurgents were to re- | globe-girdling flight in New York, Clyde ceive full courtesies of political prison- | Pangborn and Hugh Herndon, jr., ers pending disposition of e Oeovern- | American aviators, were fined by the ‘ment supporters as the turning point of | district court here today for violation -day revolution which began | of the strict aviation laws of Japan. y Fighting Continues. the seven. Sunda; 3 Each fine was 2,050 yen ($1,025). Seyénisén other rebels yielded in /Pinar last One thousand dollars of each fine was del Rio Province, but Mm; fighting be- v revolutionaries for violating civil aviation laws and $25 for flying over Japanese fortified ween government. troeps continued in the eastern part of areas recently when they came here the island even after the surrenders in from Khabarovsk, Siberia, to attempt a transpacific flight after they ended the western area. The first rebel victory over soldiery was reported from their world hop attempt in the Siberian village far behind the time of Harold Gatty and Wiley Post, whom they hoped to succeed as the fastest naviga- tors around the world. Although Herndon and Pangborn flew to Japan without a permit, govern- ment officials were inclined to disre- gard this until they discovered a motion vern- the engagement. The fiyers { Charles A. Lindbergh were at Karagin | Island today, having flown to Asia from | Alaska across the Bering Sea. Their landing on the island on the | east coast of Siberia after a 1,067-mile flight from Safety Bay, near Nome, Alaska, was announced by the naval radio station on St. Paul Island. Several radio stations on the Pacific| * Coast received the message saying the fiying vacationers reached the little volcanic island at 1:49 am., Eastern standard time (5:49 p.m. on Karagan Island). The Lindberghs left Safety Bay at 9 a.m. yesterday (3 p.m. Eastern stand- ard time) and crossed the northern sea | in 10 hours and 49 minutes. The story| of the flight was told piecemeal in ndio; reports sent during its progress. Speed Kept at 100 Miles. With a 500-gallon supply of fuel, the Lindbergh plane left American waters lhonlyulflzr the flyers had received word of clearing weather to the west-| ward. Fifteen minutes after the take- | off all Nome watched as the plane dis- a red toward Asia. pm St. Paul Island Radio Station made its first contact with the plane 20 minutes after the take-off and worked with it at intervals until Mrs. Lindbergh advised she was reeling in her antenna preparatory to landing. Col. Lindbergh kept the speed of his ship close to 100 miles an hour—the fuel-saving gait—throughout. After about two hours of flying Mrs. Lind- WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1931—-TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. /CIRCUS INJUNCTIO MEN TO HALT FIRST LADY SETS N FORBIDS SHIPMENT HOME o B "Tull Waikues 1o Disregard? TWIN SHIPS AFLOAT Court Order, Saying 101 Ranch Hands Are Unrestrained. Justice Joseph W. Cox signed an in- junction today to restrain employes of the 101 Ranch Wild West Show from interfering with the shipment of the show property and stock back to Okla- homa, and representatives of the own- ers said they would move the show this afternoon. Out at Camp Meigs, however, the show “bosses” circulated among the men, telling them the injunction would not apply to them since they are not picture camera in the plane. admitted taking some pictures, but denied they had photographed fortifica- . patriotic societies Other spirited anti-climaxes to { came in brisk bat- | Menocal surrender tles in the Santi Spiritus region and at various other points. that the Ameri- ‘The Ju 4 | dge decreed can fiyers would be subject to imj onment if they fatled to pay their He stipulated that they would be al- lowed a “reasonable time” to make the payments. If jail became the alternative, the fiyers would be required to serve at the rate of 10 yen a day. Pa m and Herndon sald, how- | ever, would pay the fines as soon | s could cable the United States. Vernacular newspapers quoted avia- .| tion bureau officials as asserting that Pangborn and Herndon would be pro- hibited - from flying in Japan again. 1f enforced, this would mean abandon- ment of their planned flight io Seattle. News Agency, however, sald s of the communication, foreign and home offices would confer later to decide this point. The news agency further zaid the | American flyers' plane would not be confiscated in view of testimony of Herndon his mother and sister held an_interest in the machine. Both fiyers were in court as the decision was handed down. ‘The fiyers abandoned their round- the-world flight in favor of a non-stop flight from Japan to Seattle, Wash., at the invitation of & Japanese newspaper. Stunned by Penaity. ‘The fiyers were stunned by the size the fine and recelved an additional of Havana, was| leader, former mayor ted for and that the back- the it had been broken. sources saia, however, that the inst the government would go (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) e e ROOSEVELT CALLS SPECIAL SESSION | ‘Will Convene August 25 for l’m-ior pose of Granting Probers Extra Powers. By the Associated Press. SYRACUSE, N. Y. August 15.— Senator George R. Fearon announced today he had received a telegram bear- ing the signature of Gov. Roosevelt, calling an extra session of the Legisla- ture for August 25 for the purpose of granting the Hofsteder Legisiative Com- mittee additional powers. The telegram, as announced by the Benator, sald: “I desire to inform you that I have calied the Legislature to meet in extraordinary session on Tuesday, Au- gust 25, at 12 o'clock noon, Eastern standard time.” W’ Confirmed. HYDE PARK, N. Y. August 15 (#).— | A member of Gov. Roosevelts official family today confirmed a report from Syracuse that a special session of the New York Legislature had been called for August 25. Liner Fast on Rocks. LISBON, Portugal, August 15 (#) — ‘The Hamburg-American iner General S:n Martin remained fast on the rocks | five miles out of this port today. She ran aground in & fog yesterday and ef- forts to float her at high tide failed Anothe: attempt will be made to get her off tonight. Her 198 passengers, ‘bound for South America, were reported in no danger. | surprise when informed their cinema | camera and six reels of film had been | confiscated. | As their plane was not scized they | decided to go ahead with pians for a | non-stop flight to Seattle despile ncews- | paper reports officials would not permit them to make any more flights over Japanese territory. American embassy officials tcld the aviators they would make representa- tons to Japanese authorities in the| hope & permit might be forthcoming | for an ocean flight. “The whole thing in a nutshell” said Pangborn, “is that we came fo Japan under a misapprehension, thirk- ing an emergency permit was in order. We were victims of circumstances and now we find ourselves in & dickens of s fix. Herndon Makes Statement. “The question agitating us now is, when do we fiy, or don't we fly’—that is, do we get a permit io use the plane again in starting across thé Pacific?” Herndon said “We assured the court that the fines would be paid in a few days judge instructed us not to leave the city without a permit. We immediately appiied for permission to go to Kama- kura to spend Sunday and the permis- sion was granted. “‘We naturally are rather upset at the penalty 1my d, but throughout the Quiz the officials have been considerate and courteous. The heavy fine, of course, was a heavy blow to us and also to our friends, many newly-made Jap- anese friends expressing sympathy in ouk predicament.” The chief of the supervision section of the aviation law intimated a permit for a Pacific fiight would not be granted The | FIVE MINISTERS PRE-DEATH FUNERAL SERVICES| Hlinois Farmer, Curious to Know What Would Be Said of | WILL PREACH bergh reported low fog, a wind of 5 miles an hour and a smooth sea. She was attempting to make contact with Russian wireless stations in Siberia. Keeping to the north of the storm area, the plane continued its steady progress. Mrs. Lindbergh reported Navarian, 250 miles west of Bt. Lawrence Island, at 7:40 pm. Eastern standard time, saying the was flying high and the visibility good. Reports Position. At 9:30 p.m. alert ears heard Mrs, Lindbergh re] her position as 75 miles south of Cape Navarin, 3,200 feet in the air and flying over broken fog along the Siberian coast. She was tryl‘;:.x to communicate with the steamer Buriat. A message relayed at 11:39 p.m. said: “Plane believed to be passing Wit- genstein Point. Latitude, 62.50; longi- tude, 172.30. Flying 3.200 feet. out at sea and coast clear inland an above. Expect to arrive in three hours unless wind changes. Departurt de- on refueling facilities. Plane now conducting tests with radio WOA, New York City.” Japan reported its first connection with the plane at 10:40 p.m. when Ochiishi radio station announced it had received a message from Mrs. Lindl h saying they were passing Cape Olutorsk, about three-fourths of the distance between Nome and Kara- ginsk. The fivers approached Cape Govena at 12:30 am. today. A little more than an hour later Mrs. Lindbergh estab- lished communication with the Ameri- can liner President Cleveland. At 1:37 am., a Seattle amateur in- tercepted a message saying the plane had asked the St. Paul station to con- tinue sending during the preparations for the landing. The next message an- nounced the landing. 1,500 Miles From Tokio. The Lindberghs. because of crossing the international date line in the Bering Sea, landed in the afternoon of the day after they took off, whereas their actual | fiving time was 10 hcurs and 49 min- utes, Karagin Island, a small body of vol- | canic origin, lies about 25 mles off the oast of Kemchatka Peninsula and is bout 1,300 miles from Toklo The Lindberghs criginally pianned to end their flight at the Japanese capital, but while in Nome announcea they intended to_continue on around the world. To the peasants of Karagin the plane will be & strange sight, but the Lind- berghs themselves doubtiess will see strange things there. It is little more than a trading post with a main vil~ lage cf a few crude habitations. So little was known of the island that Lindbergh, in plotting his course, was not sure whether he should stop there or_continue on to the mainland That part of Kamchatia, in the vicin- ty cf Karagin Isiand is described by the National Geographic Society as desolate and uninhabited. To the south, how- ever the fiyers will find grass-covered sand hills and forests with a background of voleanic mcuntains. Lindbergh previously arranged for a cache of fuel st Karaginsk to supply him for the hcp to Petropaviovsk, largest town (n the Kamchatks Penin- sula, 360 miles to the south. STAR SUES FOR $72,225 | Barthelmess Charges Brckerage Firm Diverted Securities. LOS ANGELES August 15 (#.—A suit for §72.225. filed by Richard Bar- thelmess, screen actor, against two stock brokerage firms, was on file in Superior Court today. The actor al- leged he intrusted stocks and bonds of the amount sought with William Cava: lier & Co. and Parish & Co. to be con- verted into securities of the Missouri & Kansas Pipe Line Co. and that the se- ;alu were diverted for other pur- YACHTS LED BY BRITISH Four American Craft Txail Patienc 200 Miles From Finish. employes of the Western Show Co., Inc,, said to be the lessee of the show, but of the 101 Ranch Wild West Snow. ‘With 100 trainmen and roustabouts gathered about him. Prank Seigear. trainmaster, told the men the court ‘Launching at Newport News First in Program for Six of Fruit Fleet. | order had nothing to do with them and they were not required to obey it. | ~“You men are working for the Miller | Bros’ 101 Ranch Wild West Show,” he | By the Associated Pres | declared, “and only the bosses and per- | NEWPORT NEWS. Va.. A: 15— formers are working for the Western| A double launching for twin .gm, with |Show Co. This injunction doesn't | Mrs. Hoove: their sponsor, today in- | touch you at all. 1If it's necessary Ill | augurated a iaunching program for a g0 to jail for all of you.” | fleet of six United Fruit Co. ships to A colored roustabout at the rear of cost approximately $21.000,000. the crowd shouted: “We'll all go to| The Talamanca was the first to slide jail together.” into the waters of the James River. | Seeing the gathering of show peo-| The 444-foot hulls of the Talamanca | ple, citizens commenced flocking to the | and the Segovia, the twin ships build- | circus lot, but were dispersed by police. | Ing at the plant of the Newport News | Earlier in the day, before the injunc- | Sbipbuilding Dry Dock Co. got their | tlon’s issuance, the bosses had caution- | first dip before a gathering of distin- ed the men against any violence, A |Ruished persons, including Government | = - officials, Latin American diplomats, | shipping companies’ officals and other (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) BIRL'S LEG BROKEN- IN YATES SHOOTING State Senator Near Death After Liquor Party in Gotham. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 15.—State Sen- ator Roy T. Yates of Paterson, N. J., remained in a critical condition today with & bullet wound in his abdomen, which, police say, he sustained during a drinking party in the apartment of Miss Ruth Jayne here. during the night in an effort to save his life. His condition was too grave for police questioning. taken into custody, it was discovered that her leg had been fractured in the fighting which occurred at her apart- ment before the shooting. She was removed to Bellevue Hospital Quarrel Is Revealed. The district attorney’s office an- nouneed that while Miss Jayne did not admit the shooting, she said she and Yates fought because he insisted she move to & cheaper apartment. Miss Jayne told authorities she was " (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) CROWLEY EXONERATES DOUBLE IN TRAGEDY Confesses Crime for Which O'Brien, ‘Who Bears Close Resemblance, Was Sentenced. By the Associated Press. OSSINING, August 15.—Sing Sing officials today turned over to attcrneys | a confession from Francis Crowley. youthful police killer, in which he ex- Several blood transfusions were made | Several hours after Miss Jayne was | invited guests who were in Mrs. Hoover’s party. The two ships will be ready for serv- | ice in Southern waters within the next | six months. The Talamanca is sched- WVER AND PARl I | uled for completion December 15, at a bill, and will get 10-year mail con- under American flags. | | | cost of approximately | tracts available from the United States $3,525.000. The ships were financed under pro- | Government to American companies | PSP S | building in American yards to sail President Will Remain Until bl | Tuesday Unless Important U. S. WOMAN MISSED Business Arises IN MEXICAN RESORT Officials Hunt for Pauline Phillips of Oklahoma City After Disappearance. ‘ With a small party cf friends Presi- dent Hoover left Washington during the forenoon to spend the week end at his fishing camp on the Rapidan River in Virginfa. It was his hope | when he left to remain until Tuesday | By the Associated Piess. morning, but this will depend upon any _ SAN DIEGO, Calif., Aygust 15— | pressing business which might arise, | Searcit was under way today for Pau- | “Mrs. Hoover, who i ai Newport line Phillips, 24, Oklahoma City beauty | News, Va., christening two steamers of | PArior operator. who disappeared in | the United Pruit Co., is expected to ar- | Agua Caliente, Mexican resort town, 20 Irive at the camp in time for dinner |Miles south of here Thursdsy. |late this afternoon. | _Federal officials and county and city The week end party includes Dr. Officerson both sides of the line search- Hugh S. Cumming, surgeon geperal of ¢ in Agua Callente, Tia Juana, an- the United States Public Health Serv- Other Mexical resort town, and San | o Star. ¥ ) Means Associated Yesterday’s Circulation, 106,568 Press. TWO CENTS. 10 BOOST COTTON APPEARS DOOMED Four of 14 States Asked to Cut Crop Third File Objections. APPLICATION OF SCHEME i REQUIRES TEN SIGNERS o R ! Texas in Doubt—3 Substitute Pro- posals Offered—8 Governors | Consider Cut Impractical. | By (he Associated Press. SCALE OF §17 A DAY UPHELD BY DOAK Secretary Rules Contractors on Revenue Building Must Give Guild Wage. NATIONAL POLICY SEEN IN LABOR DECISION Interpret Action as Indication “Prevailing~Wages” in Dispute ‘Will Be Set by Trades. Final rejection today appeared to be _ Secretary of Labor Doak has ruled in store for the Farm Board's drastic ‘Nt the “prevailing wage” for painters plan of destroying a third of the cotton | D the District of Columbia, the union crop in an effort to boost the price of | C3le Of $11 for an eight-hour day. must the staple. | be paid by the Alliance Oonstruction Four of the 14 States asked to co- OO ©f New York to its men employed operate have filed objections to the sug- [ PaInting the interior of the Internal festion that every third row of standing | Revenue Building. cotton be plowed under. A fifth, Texas, |, The decision of the Labor the largest producing State whose co- mc: e cess, appeared in doubt. Gov. Sterling was said yesterday at the board to have agreed to lend his | gation of the wage dispu assistance. The Texas chief executive :t'-eml:cnl Dd.r:t!?';’mh was later, however, issued a statement at| Toquest of the Treasury Houston denying he favored the board's | paday. enaci. cetsciion WaS proposal. n partment’s ruling. made Sterling Clears Stand. “I notice,” he said, has gotten out that I one-third of this year's cotton crop. This is not the case. However, I did yire Chairman Stone of ‘the Farm Will Enforce Seale. Y 2 would gladly co-owerate! Treasury offici - with him in his efforts to aid u‘::'m- | port of !ecr’nllry.&‘hl.f':r mfi"". ton farmers. | but held up the announcement of his “Mr. Stone evidently construed my | decision in the matter. They said message to mean that I favored his day steps would be taken to have the $11 rate enforced by the contracting specific plan. I think it would be just as reasonable to ask the Farm Board | firm in accordance with Mr. Doak’ ruling. Are osathg as % 1 16, ek s Tarmaeey | " ptie ersy _direct are as to e farmers th %0 destroy part of their crop.” | volved nmye nffl"‘;:l ting }:o,‘. Georgia, Alabama and Florida, while | was understood today that similar opposing the board's plan, indorsed the | tests will be made by local idea of reducing the current harvest and | connection with other kinds offered substitute proposals which Were | Government jobs which not made public. South Carolina also | lower than the preval Herman Morris, the contra | parties to the contract.” 3 ?Egs - i rejected the plan. § ice, and Mrs. Cumming; Charles D. | Hillis, New York, vice chairman of the | Republican National Committee, and Mrs. Hilles; Wilbur Forrest of Newi York, assistant to the president and | publisher of the New York Herald- | Tribune, and Mrs. Forrest: Col. Pred- {erick H. Payne, Assistant Secretary of | War; Gen. Douglas MacArthur, chief | | of staff of the Army; Miss Mildred Hall, | secretary to Mrs. Hoover: Theodore G. Joslin, secretary to the President, and Capt. J. T. Boone, White House physi- clan. The President and his party carried | with them a hamper and will pick out | {an appropriate spot on their way to | the camp to enjoy a roadside luncheon e s | REPORT OF SOS CALL | | 1S BELIEVED MISTAKE | RS U. 8. Coast Guard Fails to Trace Signal Heard by Operator on Battleship in Port. onerated his double, Patrick O'Brien, of | BY the Associated Press. a rcbbery for which O'Brien was sen- | SEATTLE. Wash., August 15.—Coast tenced from 20 to 40 years. Guard officlals today reported they A robbed druggist, seemg O'Brien in |could not trace a reported S O S sigmal | a court room, pointed him out as his|which the operator of the U. 8. 8. West | assailant. and a speedy conviction fol- | Virginia last night told them he had lowed, although O'Brien protested his |received. innocence. | In the absence of other operators While in prison O'Brien wrote his | hearing the call the Coast Guard said mother that he discovered who robbed | it probably was not a distress signal. the drug store. and she enlisted the | The West Virginia said the message aid of & detective, who had worked on | was garbled, but appeared to come from the case. |the Cassas, off Cape Blanco, on the Attorneys for Mrs. O'Brien believe | Southern Oregon coast. The naval be will be granted a new trial | vessel was in Seattle Harbor. WHY CUBANS REVOLT! A Story on the Island’s Present Upheaval by Cosme de la Torriente Former President of the League of Nations and Ambassador to the United States Dr. Will Appear in the Editorial Section oi Tomorrow's Issue of The Famous Diplomat and Statesman Will Reveal the lying Causes of the Present Revolution. of pale it Diego without success. The young woman weht to Agua Caliente with the family of r. and Mrs. Hood of Santa Ana, Calif., whom she s visiting. When they first noticed, at . that she had become sep- arated from them on the streets they | merely thought she had wandered info some place of interest and did not re- iport her absence to officers until two hours later. MOTOR CYCLE RACES AUTO AFTER THEFT OF $77 Unidentified Motorist Snatches Pay Envelope Dropped by Clerk and Speeds Away. Downtown pedestrians today were treated to a race between a motor cycle and an automobile. James Harold, clerk in the water registrar's office at the District Bufld- ing, dropped a pay envelope contain- ing $77 just after stepping from the Fourteenth street entrance and mount- ing his motor cycle. Before he could retrieve the money an unidentified man alighted from an automobile, snatched the envelope and fled. Harold chased the car through the business section. utomobile and motor cycle went spinning around cor- ners as slow-moving traffic gave way. The motorist finally eluded the clerk. Police were notified. AIR CRASH KILLS WOMAN MENDON, Mass., August 15 (P.—A woman passenger was killed when an airplane piloted by Joseph Freitas crashed from a height of 750 feet at the Mendon Airport last night. Miss Doris Belcourt, lglwt\lrle!. R I, died of injuries an hour after she was admitted to 3 were hurt seriously. Freitas had taken the women for a ride. 3 mars | A sixth State, California, asked that | it not be considered in the movement because of its small cotton production. | Ten Must Sanction Plun. In addressing the plan to 14 Gov- ernors, the board indica its st year and urge uj ilves the advisability of stm ! in regard to their 2,100,000 bales. At least eight Governors have informally | expressed the opinion the board's sug- | gestion was impractical. { ansas, and Senator Smith, Democrat, of | South Carolina, are among those who have presented substitute plans ranging | from holding stabilization cotton for | five years to resumption of stabilization | operations. Briefly their plans provide | for the purchase by the board of a sub- | stantial part of this vear's prospective | harvest of 15,584,000 bales on the con- | dition that farmers agree by contract | not to plant cotton next year. | Work on Financing. | Benator Smith presented his plan | last Winter. At that time it was re-| jected in a letter signed by Carl Wil-| liams, cotton member. which said pur- | chase of 4,000,000 bales as Smith sug- | ested would not solve the problem. is hoped to reduce production by that | amount. Meanwhile, the board was attempting | to Teach an agreement with the di- rectors of the American Cotton Co-op- erative Association on the amount of financing for handling this year’s crop. Last year 90 per cent advances were made to farmer-members. GEORGIA GROUP FEARS PERIL. | | | Agriculture Society Sees Cotton Posi- tion Endangered by Plan. GRIFFIN, Ga. August 15—The | Georgia Agricultural Society yesterday | passed & resolution in which it said the | plan of the Federal Farm Board to destroy a third of this year's cetton crop was “impractical, visonary, and | in the end lable to bring injury to the | cotton growers of the South.” | The resolution said it would be im- possible to put the plan into effect and that if it could be put into operation, it would imperil the South's position as | themtrutm cotton producer of the | world. { ARIZONA OPPOSES CUT. Governor's Inquiry Finds Farmers Against Farm Board Proposal. | PHOENIX, Ariz., August 15 (P Gov. George W. P. Hunt said today most of the answers he had received from Arizona cotton growers to his query as to their reaction to the Fed- eral Farm Board proposal that one- | Senator Caraway, Democrat, of Ark- | and nder its present proposal, however, it | & Internal Revenue painting he was paying his men anywhere from “$8 up to $12." The lower cmn::{. wuuubvn ‘what he was bein in open shop ilar vmrk' . s Few Men Get $10. only a mere being as much as $10 or $13, as Morris: leged to have Areat Jority were recelving what is iznu’g an open shop scale, between Considerably over 800 painters in Washington are munare- tract of $11 a day, the additional fact the responsible contracting firms in the city pay $11 for first-class painters was the reason that Secretary Doak upheld the union scale as the “prevailing * The Labor Department in further disclosed that the $11 rate for painting prevailed on three jobs under cmt.:lct. m the Commerce ment, and also on the Shakespearean Library building. work at the Capitol and_ other Government contiact work e deci was hailed of the Building Trades counh’ cil and it as indicated that further would be made to the Labor rt- ment involving work by other trades. F. L. Kidwell, business 3 :{‘ t?;‘ Pnln:&n' Unhg.‘cm e information on which the protest against the Alllance company was based, declared that he would file other cases as fast as he was able to get the information. Profit Effect Unknown. Just now far the decision will affect the profits of contractors on Govern- ment jobs could not be learned today although it was pointed out that many shiding of the bids had been based on scale wages. While the Labor Department did not made public the survey it conducted, it | was learned that the report bears out the complaint made by the painters' union that men on the job are being worked far beyond eight hours a day at times. Prequently they have been work- ing Sundays in an effort to push the Job ahead. It is understood that the Labor De- partment feels that work is . being rushed entirely too quickly on this par- ticular job. The investigation furthermore re- | 7 (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) g ot POST AND GATTY HELD DOWN BY HIGH WAVES Tide Swings Ship Ashore in At- tempted Hop From Maine to Montreal. By the Associated Press. third of this year's crop be destroyed | indicate the plan is looked upon with | disfavor in this State.” | ‘An _objection containing much OLD ORCHARD BEACH, Me., Au- | merit,” he said, that practically all | gust 15 —Wiley Post and Harold Gat farmers in Arizona have mortgaged ' round-the-world fiyers, found the their cotton crop under terms which | too high for them today when they a Tequire them to harvest all of it and | tempted to take off for Montreal. Their the plan suggested would be illegal be- | plane swung inte the edge of the ocean cause it involves destruction of mort- ‘ but was not seriously damaged. gaged property. Advances made by Bystanders gave them a hand and finance companies were on the basis of | pulled the -girdling plane back up 10-cent cotton, and at the present price | on the sand. all of the crop will scarcely repay the | Another attempt to take off wis to Joans.” | be made later. LOS ANGELES MAYOR PROPOSES TOAST TO FRANCE WITH WATER Porter Sends Bottles to 17 Officials on Recent Tour, Recalling Alleged Walkout on Wine.