Evening Star Newspaper, August 20, 1931, Page 1

WEAT HIER, (U, 8. Weather Bureau Forecast), Cloudy tonight a nd tomorrow, With showers and somewhat cooler tonight; moderate northeast Temperatures—Highest, 82, yesterday; lowest, 70, " Full report on pai winds. at moon t 6 am. today. 9. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 he bening WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITRON e e e Sfar. | The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. Yesterday’s Circulation, 106,356 No. 31,887. 2 tered as second class matt t ‘office, Washington, D. er 5 WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1931 —FORTY-SIX 'PAGES. FFP UP) Means Associated Press. TWO CENT CROXTON IS NAMED TOHELP EIFFORD N INENPLOYED THSK Most of Advisers for New Or- ganization Also Chosen by President. NEW YORKER IS EXPECTED T0 COME HERE SATURDAY Director of Jobless Relief to Be Guest of Hoover at Camp Over Week End. President Hoover today selected Fred C. Croxton of Columbus, Ohio, as as- sistant director of the unemployment relief organization headed by S. Gifford, president of the American Telephone & Telegraph Co. Croxton has been in charge of the President’s Emergency Employment Committee’s wcrk for several months, This committee is to be absorbed by the new organization. At the same time, it was learned that most of the members of the Advisory tee, which will serve as Mr. Gifford'’s staff, already have been selected and that an early announce- ment would be made at the White *House concerning the group’s personnel Mr. Gifford was named by the Presi- dent yesterday to command a new national organization to mobilize and | direct uncmployment relief next Winter with the support of “the whole force of the administration.” Expected Here Saturday. The new relief chief today uccepted an invitation from Mr. Hoover to spend a week end at the Rapidan camp and go over the entire unemployment situ- ation. He will give his full time to the new undertaking and is expected here Baturday. Walter | 'REED HITS PINCHOT'S APPEAL i {Says Governors “Must Not Evade Responsibilities” on Unemployment. | \Declares Pennsylvania Is Solvent and Able to Raise ‘ Money for Relief. } { By the Assoclated Press. Gov. Pinchot of Pennsylvania was! taken to task today by Senator Reed, Republican, of that State for his appeal | to President Hoover to call Congress | in special session to deal with unem- | ployment. | “The Governors of the several States| | and the local authorities under them, Reed said in a statement, “should not and must not evade their responsi- | bilitfes.” | | “Why should they be sending appeals | to a harassed President to de for them | what they ought to be doing for them. | selves?” he asked, adding: “Pennsylvania is solvent, her credit is perfect, and she is just as well able to Taise the money to help her unem- | ployed as she is to bear her share of a Federal fund for that purpose.” Senator Reed now is on vacation in Nerthern Michigan. His statement was telephoned here. It said LINDBERGHS HELD - HTHETDISLAND | | Motor Trouble and Fog Pre- vent Take-Off for Nemuro. Both Reported Weary. By the Associgted Press. NEMURO, Japan, August 20.—Motor FOR SPECIAL CONGRESS SESSION SENATOR DAVID A. REED “The open lettef addressed by Gov. Pinchot to President Hoover seems to me to be a serious mistake. 1 am sure that it does not express the idea of the people cf Pennsylvania. We can haadl our local affairs for ourselves better (Continued on Page 2. Column 7.) Five Officers of American Company Indicted in Sale of $500 Paper. By the Associated Press BOSTON, August 20 —Five ofiicers of It was sald at ‘the White House that trouble and fog held Col. and Mrs. | the American Bond & Mortgage Co. Mr. Gifford would co-ordinate, originate and direct unemployment relief for the entire country. The President req;hds his work as an executive function. e advisory group to be appointed shortly will not be administrative, but will con- fine itself to an advisory capacity. Mr. Hoover is underst: Mr. Gifford, his immediate assistants and the Advisory Committee will serve ‘without pay. Headed Defense Council. | Charles A. Lindbergh at Ketol Island, with headquarters in New York and | | one of the world’s worst fog zones, again | tonight. “ ‘The flying couple, forced down there ood to feel that|Petropaviovsk to Nemuro, were described | Hall Apartments, the dizector should be given a free hand. | in radio reports as rather weary, having ' in the indictment i spent last night in the cramped quar- | ters of their plane and getting little, if | any, sleep. | 1In spite of their weariness and an Chicago, were indicled today by a Fed- eral grand charged with using the mails in a scheme to defraud. Sale |late yesterday while on their way from | of a $500 defauited bond on Pelham | Brookline, is specified The bond was one of a $046,000 issuc. Those indicted Moore, president; treasurer; Charles C. Moore, vice presi- are: Willlam J Harold A. Moore, Mr. G&ud, ome-time director of the accumulation of trouble during t0day. | gent: Kenneth W. Moore, secretary, tes Council of National De- the efforts of na- 5 local agencles to the end of neeun(mdhuw next Winter. “1 am wrote to Q Gifford, “because Jong .equi_n!gmfienm ;‘n’\: imilar a ent 88 to the type of ¢ seb up and its met of First Step in Program. The White House said the appoint- ment of Mr. Gifford was the first step in President Hoovers piaa to meet growing unemplay- stige and in- Lusiness man, woupled with the assurance (hat Jomprehensive plan has been evolved for_non-Federal relief, is counted upon 1o bring about the active co-operation, financial and otherwise, of the nor- mally large e * er_sources of Headguarters for the new organiza- tion will be established here and the President’s Emergency - Committee for Employment _merged with it. Col Arthur Woods. Who was chairman of this committee, has returned, the President said, “to his other responsi- bilities” after volunteering his services with the understandng that he would Tetre tnis Autumn. Croxton has been in cbarge of the emergency committee work since April, when Col. Wood went to Europe. Almost simultaneously with the President’s announcement of Mr. Gi ford's appointment. the Emergency Committee made public a statement that the American Associat of Public Welfare Officials “has accepted the invitation of the President’s Zmer- zency Committee for Employment to assist in developing programs through State welfare departments for the o genization and administration re- sources throughout their States, par- ticularly in the less populous com- munities, for the purpose of r ng Continued on Page 2, Colum ARGENTINA TO PAY U. S. $1,403,000 ON LOANS Kisirest Dus September 1 Authoriz Sum Will Be 8 of ed and Smaller Paid Creditors B the Ass Press BUENOS minister of t structed the Arge embe. Washington to pa 403,000 on loans of $40,000.000 ir States. The interest ber 1 The embassy thorized to pa est due on loar In a communicatior press last night that the old a Jast AIRES the trea Madri ot year's revoiution $102,000,000 in “unne pssary mz)hryen! of labor and oth- | unds. the fiyers were said to be in g | spirits. They decided to taxi their piane to Muroton Bay, 15 miles to the south- | west, but the engine trouble developea. |rents of Ketoi began to change and “Ll.ndb!’l’lh had the plane towed to an- oth horage e fiber Deay uchoens Mkt { day. { | Eager to Reach Murofon Bay. | | The Lindberghs were described as Refinamcing Bonds for Capital Hotel | | having been eager to reach Muroton | Bay, where their plane would be much | | safer from storms and tricky ocean cur- | rents than at Ketoi, one of the mos! | uninviting spots in the Kurile Islan chain. | Messages said the couple had spent an_uncomfortable night in the plane | and remained in it until after 8 o'clock | {in the morning, when the Shimushiru | Maru artived. | They went sboard the ship, stretch- !ing their limbs and having breakfast while being interviewed by the skippe: on their landing at Ketoi. Later they returned to the plane. hoping for weather favorable to resumption of their flight to Nemuro, or, failing that, enough visibility to taxi their ship to Muroton Bay. But the motor trouble forestalled even that. Sticks by Radio Set. On top of that, the weather began to thicken, Mrs. Lindbergh stuch her radio set until nightfall i weather messages that for he another night off the wild little island which even mariners approach with caution Whether the Lindberghs would re- main aboard their floating plane to- nigt or abandon it tempora: fo more comfortable quarters aboard the nearby ship Was not stated ation authorities here said Mrs. Lindbergh probably would sleep board s that Lindbergh likely would st his plane. despite the another sleepless night Wireless reports late tonight said Lindbergh was working on the motor but the repair nad not yet been com pleted. The colonel was represcnted a being hopeful that the t would be remedied and that wor be able to take-off at 5 o'clock . tom row morning (3 pm. E. S. T. today) for Muroton Bay or Nemuro if the weather prospect 1 Maru transmitted ight's message from its position on the north side of Ketol Island plane there from ti towing because of breaking of tc ing weat d it would be possible for ach Muroton Bay tomorrow At Mutoton Bay the cache of supplies Seiji Yoshihara, Japanese aviator > Te y iled in two attempts to o America via the Kurile and the n Islands, was p ed at the dis- the Lindberghs. Yoshihara his plane in landing on the smashed ¥ r Mutoton Bay igh waters near FISH TO BE HAULED 5,500 MILES FROM ALASKA FOR EXHIBITION Species, Said to Be Toughes t in Existence, Will Be Placed in Commerce Department Aquarium. Pive thousand five hundred miles is & long way to ship one fish. but the Bu- reau of Pisheries sald today it intended from Alnska for aguarium 15 openad in the new Commerce Depart- to haul one blackfish exhibition purposes when ment Building. This particular species is said to be the in existence. Officials ex piained it is possible for it to i a number of months frozen hard in an ice | cake. It can also make itsell at home falrly warm weather, or be at ease sist of 24 tanks from 6 to 12 feet high and will be supplied only with fresh water. There also will be three small floor tanks. The entire floor space set aside for the aquarium is 150 by 60 feet The plant will have its own special refrigeration. making it possible to ex- hibit fish found only in the coldést streams. The trout, which is rarely laced on exhibition because of water conditions, will be well represcnted in the bureau’s new home. e refrigera- tion plant will work 24 hours daily to keep him comfortable. 1 of 2.500 fish, many of them | broug| ariet.es, will be ht { Jenuary | when the bureau is e A-beeupy lts mev_suprigp. M {Continued on Page 2, Column 8. H by and Hayden W. Ward, vice president. The comp@ny is iucorporated under the laws of Main: and is said to be to do this,” Mr.!Toward evening the treacherous cur- ' capitalizcd 1 a large amount Heven Parker, assistant United Siates attorney, one of the Federal agents who FINANCED MAYFLOWER HERE. ni- | Maru, which had arrived early in the | the country. Later Sold Elsewhere, ‘The American Bond & M Boston today, original financing of the Mayflower Hotel. The hotel, however, was subsequently re- financed and the present outstanding bonds sold through another house. ‘The bond and mortgage company, which has engaged in extensive hotel and spartment bullding operations along the Atlantic seaboard, nas been under investigation by the Department of Justice for nearly a year ge Co.. icted in It was understood the Boston indiet- | ments were based on material gathered by Justice and Post Office Department agents working in conjunction. HAWKS SEEKS MARK IN FLIGHT TO TEXAS| Starts for Fort Worth on Way to Meet Mother. Who Is Flying East By the Assoclated Press ROOSEVELT FIELD 20 —Frank Hawks took (E. 8. T.) today N. Y. August f1 at 8:57 a.m Worth, Tex Evansville, Ind peevious time He hoped N Texas cities between v Yo of 8 hours and 30 mir Although' Hawks hoped a new speed m the pose of the was to meet mother, who i ling_ by air from her home in H »od. She will arrive Monday, and in his he transport planc | y New York flew the to New fastest time on if weather he hoped 10 to vd to establish primary ight iy which she | Last Janu 1,400 miles York in 8' ever made between taking off toda conditions were fa decrease that tim On today's fi same Ted monor transcontinental r tions and numerou: cities, both I in v the t he said rable Hawks flew the in which he sel ds in both direc- records between Ohlo, August 20 (&) Weather Bureau at Py 1l encounter very ppor flying | weather Ohio on his from New The bureau and ground haz bility. but Capt Eastern and Southern ght to Fort Worth, Tex. k ald drizzling rains, fog e had reduced the visi- Hawks might be able y by his instruments above 2000 feet. The weatheg forced a Transcon- tinenal- airmail plene down at today and again at READY FOR U. S. HOP German Flyers Try Atlantic Flight From Lisbon, Portugal. BERLIN. August 20 (P\.—Willy Rody and Christisn Johannsen, German fi ers, were tuning up a 300-horsepower Junkers plane at Tempelhof Airdrome this afternocn in preperation for & fiight to the United States by way of Lisbon, Portugal Their ship is similar to that in which Baron von Huehefeld, Hermann Koehl and Maj. James Fitzmaurice crossed Atlantle. Nelther Rody nor Johannsen wiuld to | answer questions about the'r fiight, but friends sald th-y intended to g0 to L bon by easy stages and start 2cross They hoped lhof tonigh! from there. w from Tempel e BOND FIRMHEADS 0., READY TO SELL WHEATFORRELEE INCHNESEFLOD Farm Board Frames Reply to Plea for 15,000,000 Bushels. MARKET PRICE FAVORED AS BASIS FOR PURCHASE Governmental Obligations Best Credit That Could Be Offered, Says Chairman Stone. | By the Associated Press. The Farm Board has replied to the {Chinese government that the Grain Stabllization Corporation would be | tglad to enter negotiations for the sale | | 0f 15,000,000 bushels of wheat for relief | of flood sufferers. Chairman Stone said board’s answer had been transmitted [to the Nanking government through | the ‘State Department in response to an informal inquiry about the purchase of wheat on long term credit today the ! £ L | The question of payment has not yet {been considered, Stone said, but he | said he assumed it would be on the | basis of a straight obligation on the | part of that government if negotiations were satisfactory. He added that a governmental obliga- tion was the best credit China had to | offer. H 5 2 S The sale price would be the rarket Question Dominates Crisis price op the day of shipmenr. Stone | Tmade ‘hat The aneat would be used tor | While Count Karolyi Forms ‘ New Government. i i | | flood relief purposes only. Referred to White House. The Chinese inquiry was referred to the White House ss well as the board. President Hoover has expressed himself | as concerned over the serious situation | in the Yangtse Valley and yesterday so ! assured the Chinese President The board has more than 200,000,000 bushe’s cf wheat bought in price stabilizatior. operations. The chairman revealed today that boerd members have been discussing the { possibility of making some of its stere available free for domestic food relief | Congressicnal action would be necessary for this. Stone sald he thought only three or four days would be required for consum- | mation of the Chinese negotiations. He added a guantity cf wheat is now stored on the Pacific Coast, from whence i | could be shipped without delay. EVACUATION IS PLANNED, End of Alliance With italy and Entry Into French | Group Expected. | | BY JOHN GUNTHER. { By Cable to The Star. VIENNA, Austria, August 20 —Will the holy crown of St. Stephen, symbol of the Hungarian monarchy for 1,900 | years, be removed from the secret vault | in the Budapest Coronation Church— to which only three keys exist—and be placed soon on the brow of the 19- | year-old pretender, Prince Otto, now exiled in Belgium? Dramatically this question dominates the Hungarian crisis today as the coun- try waits for Count Julius Karolyl to | | | | | | | | Ships Ordered Ready to Remove 2,000,- 00 Sufferers, BY the Assoctated Press. SHANGHAL August 20 —A death toll estimated at 10,000 persons in the im-| MAGDONALD PLAN day by Kuo Min, official Nationalist | government news agency. Ploods similar to those which have devastated parts of Hupeh. Anhwel | Party Executive Votes to Leave Its Position on | Tariff to Government. i through Szechwan, the most densely | populated province in China ! _ Only the northern part of Szechwap ' (Continued on Page 2, Column 2) | POLICE SEEK STOLEN $10,000 BRACELET, | Discovery o; Im; ;;n Bed Room of Home Here Made by Wife of Diplomat. | Hunan snd Honan provinces swept | | | - | | B the Associated Press LONDON, August 20 —Prime Minister | Ramsay MacDonald today won the sup- | port of the national executive of the Labor party for his government’s econ- | omy and revenue proposals intended to balance next year's hudget | | \ lice today were seeking a $10,000 .‘plannum bracelet with du\monds: The prime minister and the “best reported stolen from Mrs. Anna Schoell- | minds” of the cabinet went into session | kopt, wife of Walter H. Schoellkopf. of | with the party executive this morning the United States diplomatic service,|and after they left the exeeutivé voted | residence 2700 Macomb street ! to leave its positicn to the government. The Joss was discovered by The Trades Unlon Council, however. | Schoellkopt yesterday when she was| was still in session late this afternoon 4 cabinet's proposals from a second-floor bed room at the The gofernment’s measures have not set Mrs Mscomb street address within the pas £wo dags and Offered & 4500 reward 107 | yey been revealed: fo the public, but “Mrs. Schoellkopf plans to spend some | ome of the afterncon papers said that days in New York and in her absence | no suggestion of a 10 pér cent revenue event of the bracelet’s recovery | Liberals Oppose Plan. Mr. Schoellkopf has been stationed at| Opposition 1o the proposal was un- the State Department since his return | derstood to have been raised by Liberal B et Miir, Theolicsders tofay in » 'confevencs WHh ican embassy. Al present he is in New | Prime Minister MacDonald and Con- | York City. { servative leaders. | | - ape T T The Liberals were reported to have ’SLEMP SUBPOENAED maintained their orthodox tariff views | |and to have declared their entire oppo- | FOR CANNON 'NQU'RY‘M”O“ to the Labor government's | e |scheme. The proposdl which the cab- iget discussed yesterday without a final T 5 decision thus Temains in the balance { Voluntarily Appears Before Sen- | "'The fate of the tariff levy was con- | sidered to depand more on the govern- | ment's negotiations with the Trades | Union_Congress later in the day, but | Liberal support was considered neces- | sary in, the .present financial emer- gency as much as in the general posi- tion gf the Labor government in Par- liament Confegence to Be Renewed. | Conservative and Liberal leaders. Jeaving Downing street noon, said they would renew their discussion with | Mr.. MacDonald and Chancellor Snow- | den, probably tomorrow. Announcement of another three- | party comference gave rise to reports hat today's discussions had been even | | more cdmplicated than was anticipated Mr. MacDonald may have to cancel his plans, to return to Scotland by airplane tOmOITow. ‘The optimism which had prevailed in | political quarters evaporated when it was learned that the Liberals and the Conservatives had left the prime min-| ister’s office without announcing lny’ agreement on the government's economy jeville Chamberlain and Sir Samuel | Hoare represented the Conservatives, | while Sir Herbert Samuel and Sir| Douglas MacLean sat in for the| Liberals. | ate Sergeant-at-Arms—ZPapers , Served on Bishop's Treasurer. By the Associated Press. 6% C. Bascom Siemp, yho waw secretary | to former President Coolidge, called on the Senate sergean:Jat-arms toddy to be served with a subpoena calling him be- | fore the Senate Campaign Fupds Com- mittee investigating the financia) trans- actions of Bishop James Cannor, jr., in the 1928 campalgn. , Slemp had read in the newspapers he was ops of several wiwiesses the comc mittee could ‘not docate. Just why hei has been called was no! disciosed by Chairman Nye qf the committee. The committce on August 27~is to resume its delving into Bishop Cannon's actiyities in Virginia in the fight against Alfred E. Smith in 1928. Represerita- tive Tink%am, Republican, of Massachu, setts, has chirged the bishop failed to, account for ail the funds entrusted tp him. Notice also was received by the com- mittee today that a subpocna had been served on Miss Ada L. Burroughs, treas- urer of Bishop Cangnion's Anti-Smith Comuittes in Virginia. Miss Burroughs, i Tumulty Forecasts Party Landslide. | who resides at Richmond, refused to WEST ORANGE, N. J, August 20| answer questions at a committee hear- | (#).—Jose] P. Tumuity, secretary to ing early in the Summor. « | former President Woodrow Wilson, pre; | —e+ dicted “a Democratic victory this vear dio P .‘"" C4 &mlux?m"mu-fflr‘w“ FALL OF BETHLEN MAY MEAN | HUNGARIAN THRONE FOR OTTO ?5. RASkor—_ CUBAN PLANE FIRES ON, BOMBS DANISH SHIP; CAPTURE. OF GIBARA CONFIRMED American Eye-Witness De- clares Rebels Preparing for Counter Attack Following Defeat in 3-Day Fight. E “GSEESC“\E v CASTLE KNOWS NOTHING | OF PROTECTING MENOCAL | President Machado Still in Field in | Santa Clara Provinte; Rumors Say Other Insurgent Outbreaks Are Expected in Eastern Cuba; Military Censorship Lifted. By “1- Associated Press A report from the Danish steamer Frederiksborg that it PRINCE OTTO OF HUNGARY. succegd the fallen Count Bethlen with | a government. All three keys to the vault where the T0 QUASH RIS t Hearing Held on Protes Against Stopping of Train at Tuxedo. The mansgement of the 101 Ranch Wild West Show sought this morning to quash ,attachments which stopped the show train last night about 6 miles past the District line in Prince Georges County, Md. Moving with utmost secrecy, neys for the 400 unpaid sprang a surprise on representatives of attor- the owners when Maryland constables boarded the, train at Tuxedo, Md., wita 101 non-resident writs of attachment for back wages. Once clear of Washington and the legal entanglements they had en- countered here, the management had thought the way was clear for the re- turn of the show to its home in Mar- land, Okla. Kept Close Secret. So quietly - did attorneys for the troupers move that less than half a dozen of the men knew what was in the wind. The rest were as much surprised as the manager, Charles T. Boulware when the train was halted and the wr served “You can't stop this train!” ware shouted. “The train is already stopped,” an officer replied The attempt this morning to quash the writs was before Justice of the Peace Oscar Poore, who issued them. Attorneys J. Wilson Ryon and Lansdale G. Sasscer, Tepresenting the show own- Mr. Boul- employes | had been bombed and fired on with machine guns by a plane in Cuban waters was received today at the Navy Department. The message said: “Bound Antilla, Have just been bombed and machine gun- ned by Cuban plane outside Antilla, Please report authori- ties.” It was received at the naval station at Gwantanamo, Cuba, and relayed here. It was sent via the steamship Doris Kellog presumably because the Danish ship carried no radio or was Louls H. Mealey, 27-year-old bus| Unable to communijcate direct- operator of a Washington Raflway & | ly with' the naval station. | Electric bus running between Fifteenth gy the Associated Press. |and H streets hortheast to the Uni-| The State Department was in- | versity - of Maryland, reported to his| formed today by Ambassador Gug- | employers early today that he had been | gopeim of the capture of Gibara, kidnaped by two armed bandits last| | night and forced to drive them in nis | Oriente Province, by Cuban federal | bus to Philadelphia. He said they lett | OrCes. | him with the bus there after robbing| In & second message the Am- | him h«;l $7 of the $8 which he carried | bassador said things appeared to | as change. | be quiet in all other parts of the 2 The bus disappeared on the 11:30 |igjang He explained that he was o'clock run from the District line. When | it failed to return at 12:45 am. the informed to this effect by consuls olice were notified and broadcast a | over the island and that the in- {lookout. Mealey, who lives at 1647 La- | | mont street, told his story in a long. | jormation was confirmed in gov- &uunoe Dul;?‘hune conve:slflon witn‘ermnent circles. urray . venner, acting superin- [ tendent of busses for the W. R. & E,| Questioned regarding press dis- | shortly after he said he arrived in Phila- | Patches from Havana to the ef- | delphia. He said he had notified the | fect that a message had been | Philadelphia polis d that th N R e T e | brought to the family of the cap~ searching for the bandits. Police Plead Ignorance. | tured revolutionary leader, former The Philadelphia Police Department | President Menocal, from Wash- said they had had no report from |ington that the highest authori- x‘?ley al denew ne;;hlng wi ‘:‘mfr mof ties in the Hoover administration case. However, it was said at the 'had gi ocal’ ighis police had oo ashington | tary Castle said that was the first e e | he had heard of it. ‘ lldl’l [};ll! report to Travenner, Mealey said the two men boarded hisbis & = wirNESS'DESCRINGS BATTLE | Cottage City. Just the other side of | | Hyattsville, “after all the other pas- | sengers had gotten off, he declared, the | American Says Rebels Are Resting Pre- | men drew revolvers and ordered him 10 | paratory, to Staging Counter Attack. | hand over his money. i | “After he nad given them his money, | HOLGUIN. Cuba. August 20 (P.—A 'h; ’relnted. lheyd kept him dcodve'red with fl:'sm ‘?r”t ol(hme h::luclo( Gibrara their guns and commanded him to ca hat the rebel forces were drive 16 Philadelphia. planning a strong counter-offensive, Before leaving the bus. which seats Was passed on to the Associated Press 21 passengers, on the outskirts of the |today by an American college student Pennsylvania city, he added, the rob- | here. | bers returned a dollar of their loot, | William Otis Fuller of Portland. Me., | Banting Sout he: would Mest 15 5Ty |2 & Bty ace 1 i 2 b said he stood on the hill of Loma De D. C. Police Notified. La Truz, located between here and When Mealey failed to return to Fif- | Gibara, and witnessed with binoculars teenth and H streets northeast at 12:45 | & Part of the three-day slege of the o'clock this morning. the time set for | ROfth coast port. resulting in a tactical completion of Lis run to College Park | VIZtOIY for the Federalists. PO way oon after the police had | Soldiers had been sliain, he said, but broadeast_ his description that he tele- | e _could not approximate the number phoned Tavenner. The latter said he (Continued on Page 2, Column told Mealey to notify Philadelphia po- . 200 Lost in Korean Storm. lice, and. the driver declared he al- | ready had donme so. “They're looking | far the men now,” he added, accord- | SHANGHAL China, August 20 ().— ing to Tavenner. More than 200 persons wer: missing on Tavenner ordered Mealey to begin | the western coast of Korea today, fol- the reiurn trip to Washington imme- |lowing a severe storm, which sunk many diately fishing vessels last night. KIDNAPED NBLS, DRIVER DECLARES Tells Employers Two Ban- | dits Forced Him to Drive to Philadelphia. | | TRAFFIC NOT REQUIRED Td STOP FOR POLICE CARS, JUDGE RULES D. C. Law Does Not Support Use of Sirens or Forcing ers, based their plea on four grounds. | The first was that errors were appar- | ent on' the face of the proceedings; secondly. they contended that the at- tached property was an interstate com- merce consignment and not subject to attachment while in motion on a train; | thirdly, their motion set out, the prop- erty is not owned by aMy of fendants _named in the writ " (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) NINE MEN ARE ACCUSED OF PLOT TO SELL WATER Alleged Racketeers Charged With Canning Lake Michigan for Sale at $5 Per Gallon. By the Assoclated Press CHICAGO, August 20.—A scheme of nine alleged anti-freeze rackeicers to sell Lake Michigan to motorists at $5 @ galion was thwacted today by Federal authorities, who held six of them for arraignment before United States Com- missioner Walker on conspiracy charges. ‘The sextet was arrested last night during a raid on their plant, in which Federal agents found, they said, 6,000 one-au.uun cans which were riect dupli of & distriputed the makers of a widely known anti-freeze preparation. These cans, however, con- tained Lake Michigan water, colored to imitate the legitimate product, uems; said. Those arretsed are Earl Sam Fisher, Louis and Sam Ziv. Zigman Chaplik. Adolph Postel and David Blanc of St Louis. Three others are being sought. A ruling by Judge John P. McMahon | in Trafic Court today brought the McMahon recently discussed with In- Police Department face-to-face with | spector William S. Shelby the question | the fact that they have no legal right, of an amendment to the traffic regu- under the present traffic regulations, fo | lations to give the Police Department require other traffic to halt while pelice | cars the same protection as,afforded cars with screaming sirens speed to|the Fire Department trucks. Judge emergency calls under the claborate McMahon mentioned the case of Police- | radio system recently put into effect | man Gelhar, who was recently killed here. | whil> responding to an emergency call. In fact, under the law as interpreted | Gelhar, he said, probably would not [y Judge McMahon it does not appear | have been killed had the regulations that the police cars even have the right | required drivers to pull up to the curb to_sound sirens, | when police apparatus sounded a warn- | The court’s ruling today was in a case | ing siren. (Evidence at the inquest involving the driver of the Casualty in the Gelhar death showed that the | Hospital ambulance. The driver had |driver pulled up to the curb and stop- | been arrested on charges of running ped, then started to make a left turn past a red light, passing a street car on | when he thought all ths police appara- the wrong side and unnedssary use of | tus had passed.) | the siren. Judge McMahon found him | Following this discussion Inspector | gelity on all three charges but took his | Shelby submitted the following mem- personal bond. ‘Then the eourt paused | orandum to Inspector E. W. Brown, in to remark that the law does not give | charge of the Traffic Bureau: | police cars and ambulances responding | “Under existing regulations, a | to emergency calls the same protection | vehicle answering an emergency has | as vehicles of the Pire Department. The | the right of way. but other vehicles are driver admitted that he was en rouic | under no compulsion to draw mnear to to & radio repair shop to have the radio | and parallel with the curb and stop apparatus repaired when arrested | upon the approach of the gfln vehicle. Specifically, under existing regula- | I have discussed the matter with Maj. tions a police vehicle has the right of | Pratt and it is desired that you give way, but other vehicles are under no | consideration to recommending to the compulsion to draw up to the curb and | director of vehicles and traffic stop on gach of the police | amendment to paragraph N, section | vehicle. article 3. to read as f Evend fic Code | “‘A vehicle upon the approach of 1 way to | fire apparatus, or upon the aproach of s.” the an ambulance or olice vehicle respond- finition | ing to an emergency call and uua n of | a siren. shall immediately draw to i ith the curb and stop.’ The ruling today disclosed that Judge e charge in thi to give right vehicles and ambula Ssaid, is nullificd by it of way in a recent d Gourt of Appeals. of | poll Jud of i ' the