Evening Star Newspaper, August 21, 1931, Page 1

‘=-mm moderate m:y: lowest, 61, at 7: Full report page 9. 75, at 1 pam. 30 a.m. today. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 Fntered as second class matter Q 31,888. Enerah ", ngton, D. C. WICKERSHAM BODY PLACES U. S. CRIME, GOST IN EXCESS OF BILLION- ANNUALLY i at $34,828,550, or Two- thirds of All Appropriations for Federal Justice. RECORDS OF 300 CITIES USED AS BASIS FOR SUM - Commission Recommends Overhaul- ing Codes to Limit “the Ex-| 4R to Which Social Control | by Means of Criminal Law Is| Attempted.” ¢ /@7 the Associated Press. ’ ersham Commission | ;m the annual cost of crime #n this country at beyond a bil- Bion dollars. i Its latest report reached no § ump-sum estimate, but contained B series of staggering statistics, @hich, even in their conceded in- pleteness, showed a tremen-| jus toll taken yearly by crim- ality. { Prohibition was named by the . §57-page document, made public *$oday after resting for at least a fweek on President Hoover's book- Bhelf, as a heavy contributor to this high cost. It was estimated that $34,828.- 550, or two-thirds, of all the Gov- opriated for Without mentioning feport contained the mmmn.% codes to limit “the extent to social control ! for & ! By the Associated Press. Prohibition Expenditure Set| { bags of coffee for | An agreement was signed today be- | ween the Brazillan government and he Federal Grain Stabilization Cor- | poration for the exchange of 1,050,000 | 25,000,000 bushels of surplus wheas. - i The agreement. the culmination of negotiations which have been conducted | quietly here and in Brazil, was signed at the Brazilian embassy by Ambes- ! sador De Lima for his government and | George Milnor, head of the wheat sta- | bilising agency. | In addition to the coffee involved in | the actual exchange, it was understcod an additional quantity of coffee would be used in ew York con- cern for and grainery services. It was understood coffee would be re- leased to consumption channels in monthly allotments, but not until after | a year has elapsed. Detalls of the agreement were to be | U. S. EXCHANGES WHEAT FOR BRAZILIAN COFFEE | Agreement Is Signed by Ambassador and Grain Stabilization Head to Trade . 1,050,000 Bags for 25,000,000 Bushels. he b WASHINGTON, made public by the Farm Board later in_the day. The. trade with Brazil follows an an- nouncement yesterday by Stcne that the Grain Stabilizetion Corporation had bech suthorized to enter negotiations with the Chinese government for the purchase of 15.000,000 bushels of wheat for the relief of flood sufferers. ‘The board ras had other conversa- tions looking to the disposal of som® of the more than 200,000,000 bushels cf wheat and 1,300,000 bales of cotton which it controls. Two weeks ago the board rejected sn offer by-the German government for 600,000 bales of cotton because Lhe[ terms were unacceptable. It also had some negotiations with the Amtorg, Soviet trade organization, for the sale of cotton to Russia. In this case the board found it was unable to deal with Russia because of this country’s non-recognition policy ENFORCEMENTC1ST HERE THRD I L. § Wickersham Commission Sets Per Capita Figure at $9.21 for Last Year. ‘The per capita cost of enforcement of criminal justice in the District last | year amounted to $0.21, the third highest in 300 cities in the United States with a population of more than 25,000, aecording to & report on the cost of crime submitted to President Hoover by the National Commission on Law Enforcement, and made public today. “The report also placed the per capita Bperating cost of the police force of | Washington at $7.19, which is next to the highest of the 300 cities, being ex- ceeded only by Philadelphia, where the per capita cost was $7.29. The per capita cost of criminal justice enforcement was based on an | CRISIS MAY FORCE MACDONALDOUT Budget Views Clash—Special Parliament Faced—Bald- win Hurries Home. By the Associated Press LONDON, August 21.—Resignation of Ramsay MacDonald’s Labor gove ment became a possibility today as an outgrowth of Grest Britain's ecoromic and financial erisis. The situation became more compli- cated and difficult as the cabinet ma- neuvered in vain to reconcile widely divergent views as to how the budget is to be balanced and a deficit of half a billion dollars is to be avoided. The cabinet adjourned this afternoon, | without arranging to meet tomorrow or | Monday, thus delaying settiement of the crisis over the week end. In the face of & non-committa® but clearly hostile attitude of the Trades | Union Council toward the government jeconomy program, the prime minister was placed in the position of facing & special session of Parliament and trying to force his proposals through with the of the opposition parties section of his own party. upon possible reduc- ucn:“ of criminal 1umee] bstantial part of the public funds| - ted’ for criminal justice pur- poses is not wisely and emmnlnl!y‘ expended, due to ineficlent organiza- tion and administration, and in some | Gove 1o contrivute about $52,786,000 annuslly | riminal justice, of which prohibition 66 per cent, the anti-narcotic and | moior vehicle theft laws, 10.8 per cent, | and all other criminal laws but 23.2 per cent 1 More than $10,000,000 1s paid each | year in the larger cities for crime pro- tective services, more than $68,000,000 | 1s lost annually through known fraudu- lent uses of the mails, known forgeries | account for another $40,000,000, theft of | insured pre annually totals more | 747,000, while $106,000,000 | more is contributed for crime insurance. | (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) | g5 o - | RAILROAD HEAD FOUND | DEAD FROM BULLET| Gardner . Wells, Boston, Revere | Beach and Lynn President, Had Been in Pocr Health. B the Associated Press B N, August 21—Gardner F. ‘Wells of New York, president of the Boston, Revere Beach and Lypn Rafl-| road, was found dead in his office this morning with a pisiol by his side Wells, who aiso was president of the Interstate Raflway Co. and a director of varfous other corporations. had been in poor health, an official of the rail- way sald Wells, who was 60 yesks old. executive of the Old Colony way of Boston years ago, and later instances to political influence and cor- | . ‘These -leaks obvhu:rl,y lhmzlgi stopped and the money thus savi :Tiber to the public treasury | or, as would probably be preferable in| most cases, devoted to the improvement of the administration of criminal jus- i me data presented in this report are insufficient to show in what communi- ties inefficient and wasteful criminal, justice machinery exists. We belleve, however, that the g out of our plan for the analysis of comparative costs of municipal criminal justice should throw valuable light on this important matter. If it is possible by this analy- sis to indicate which of the larger com- munities of the country are not getting their money’s worth for their expendi- tures for criminal justice, substantial service will have been rendered to those communities.” This statement was not directed at the District, but was intended in a general way at those cities above the average in cost. Of the District’s total cost of crim-| o inal justice—84,485,137—it was shown in the report’s table that $3,505015 was for police, $34.962 for criminal prose- cution, $405,159 for eriminal courts and $479,238 for probation costs POLICE DECLINE COMMENT. The high per capita cost of operating | the JPolice Force of Washington is due in a large measure to the existing sal- arv schedule, District officials explained " (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) | the prime | garding the present situation, how- holiday in France to hurry back here, and it was agreed that only a serfous turn of affairs would have brought him back. As leader of the next strongest party n the House of Commons he would be the most likely choice to form a new government should Mr. MacDonald de- cide to retire. Resignation probably is the Jast step ister would resort to at this point, for he and all the parties realize the country would be little benefited by a change of government Dow. A national election is the last thi nybody wants, and it has been I 1l along there would be a political | truce during the Indian Round Table Conference and the world disarmament its deliberations and continued after| lunchéon, but no official comment on | development was forthcoming. Trades Council Opposes Plans. The latest phase of the ecrisis was precipitated by the Trades Union Coun- cil, which informed Mr. MacDonald | it is entirely opposed to the economy measures ved in the past 10 days by the best minds of the cabinet. ‘The council asserted it would favor & revenue tariff in preference to any reduction in the socia! service or un- employment benefit payments. Its| watchword seems to be “hands off the o The Trades Union Council comprises practically all the labor unions of the country and has a membership of close 0 44,000,000, s It has taken no formeal decision re- ever, and will not do so until its an- nual corigress at Bristol next month. | It generally is assumed the govern-| ment will go abead with its program in the meantime without opening further negotiations with the council. ROOSEVELT TO ASK WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C, FRIDAY, PERCE 1 RDERED TOPRODUGE BOKS IND.C CAS PROBE Subpoena Instructs Him to Appear at Hearings Sep- tember 14 and 21. SERVED AS HE ATTENDS DIRECTORS’ MEETING HERE | Utilities Commission Seeks to| Learn Ownership of Wash- ington Company. Subpoenas “ordering A. E. Peirce of Chicago; president of the Central Public Service Corporation, recently elected a | director of the Washington Gas Light | Co., to produce before the Public| Utllities Commission certain financial records of his comphny and affiliated concerns, were served today at the Carlton Hotel, Mr. Peirce was located by United States marshals on information supplied by Willlam A. Roberts, an assistant | corporation counsel. He came here to. attend a meeting today of directors of the Washington Gas Light Co., expected | to consider disclosures by Roberts that | the gas company is controlled by the | Public Service Cofporation. Today's subpoenas instructed Peirce to appear before a Public Utllities Com- mission hearing September 14, at which ' Washington gas pressures will be in- quired into, and before another hearing September 21 bearing on the supposed ownership of the gas company by tie | Chicago corporation. | Ordered to Bring Records. Peirce was ordered to bring with him all the stock and financial records of | the Central Public Service Corporation, ' the Washington Suburban companies, | the Westville Trust. reported to hold | the shares of the Washington Suburban | Companies; the Massachusetts Trust, | said to control 84 per cent of the stock | in the Washington Gas Light Co.. and | the minute books of the Central Public Service Corporation: In addition, the subpoenas required | Peirce to produce all of his personal | 1 disregard the sub- | poenas, officials said, he would be sub- | jeet to a penalty of $100 daily. Under | the public utilities met, he also might | be. taken into any District Federal court having jurisdiction over his person and compelled to show cause why he should | not as ardered in the o Is indicated the issue to be de- | termined the Utilities Commission is whether gas compaty is locally ] owned. Roberts has indicated if the { be established, prose- | contrary should cutions might follow under the La Fol- lette anti-merger act. Orders Halt in Payments. As & prelude to its latest move in | the gas case, the commission last week ordered = halt in pa; ts by the | Washington Gas Light g to the Cen- tral Public Service Co. of all funds | not specifically approved by the com- mission. ‘The commission's action followed re- ceipt of information that the gas com- pany was contemplating payments to | the Central Public Service Co. for gus received without deducting $26,020 ac- | cured to its credit on account of fail- | ure of the parent company to supply natural gas to the Wash: com- | pany. Information also was given the commission that the Washington com- | pany had, or was about to make, cer- tain, other payments for supplies and personal services which were not ap- proved by the commission and which it held was contrary to law. Answer Expected Today. | ‘The order of the commission in that case expressly forbid the Washington company and all affiliated or subsidiary compenies to make any payments to the Central Public Service Co. or any of its affliated or related companies | until the commission gives its approval. | Officials of the Washingtan compan: have steadfastly declined to com::.en{} on the action of the commission and a0 angwer was anticipated today after | . ng of the board of directors of the company. The meeting originally | was scheduled to have been held this | ! morning, but was suddenly postponed | untfl 2:30 o'clock this afternoon, obvi- ously as a result of the subpoena issued to compel Peirce to produce the finan- ;hl records of the company which he Two Plunge From Precipice While Climbing Kanchenjunga. MUNICH, Germany, August 21 (#).— | Word from the Paul Bauer expedition | climbing Kanchenjunga in the Hima- | layas said todsy Herman Schaller, 25 | AUGUST 21, 1931—TW ening Star. TY-EIGHT PAGES. s»» “From Press The every i ) Means Associated STEAMER TOWS LINDBERGH'S PLANE TO SAFE ANCHORAGE | Colonel Declares First Night Afloat Off| Ketoi Was Worst He Has erienced. EVCI‘ EXP By the Associated Press. ; NEMURO, Japan, August 21.—The | Lindbergh monoplane progressed a short | distance toward Nemuro today—at Lhe{ end of a tow rope. ter having been stranded since early Wednesday because of fog and | motor trouble off Ketol , the “black hole” of the Kurile Archipelago, Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lin were forced to accept the aid of t government steamship, Shimushiru Maru, in fitung their helpless plane to an anchorage safer than the wild little island n?flmu‘u flnmo'xhfi: Messages told of towing _of plane from Ketol to Muroton Bay, 15 miles to the southwest on Shimushiru Island, where Col. Lindbergh again went to work on the stubborn motor. Darkness finally forced him to stop. Incidentally the colonel, who never has said much about the of his famous solo flight from New York to Parls in May. 1927, disclosed that his first night afioat in his plane in the treacherous currents off Ketol was “the worst 1 have ever experienced.” Mrs. Lindi shared that experi- ence with hi 'y remained through- out last Wednesday night in the cramped quarters of the plane, a few hundred feet from the rocky shores which doubtless would have ground their plane to pleces had it got within reach. ‘They had been forced down by fog as w toward Nemuro on their next Toxlo, the gt major ity they hoped , o y to visit in their vacation flight to the Orient. Thursday _night, their second Ketol, also furnished its quota of ter- ' Shimushiru ‘Maru, hat 0L N OKLAHONA TOCENTS ABARREL First Major Price Increase Since Shutdown in Fields Is Posted at Tulsa. By the Associated Press. TULSA, Okla., August 21.—The first ! major increase in the price of mid- continent erude oil since the Okiahoma. and Texas shutdowns were made ef- | fective came today when the Texas Co. posted a top price of T0 cents a barrel | for high-gravity Oklahoma ofl Waiting for $1 Oll. OKLAHOMA CITY, August 1.— Dollar a barrel ofl was awaited by pro~ | ducers in Oklahoma today, on the basis of & prediction by Cicero I. Murray, ofl | representative of Gov. W. H. Murray. But that price, demanded by the Governor when he closed down ' the State's prorated fields August 4 because of low crude prices, was not forecast to apply to the East Texas field, where | Gov. Ross S. Sterling invoked martial | law last Monday to curb production until Texas' new oil conservation laws | had been put into force. Cicero Murray Sees Rise. Murray, & cousin of Oklahoma's Gov- ernor, said yesterday the cause for the closing of Oklahoma's wells was no longer just something to be hoped for. “All the buyers are coming around,” | he said, “and we'll scon have our price. It is my judgment it will be here Fri- day.’ While the major oil companies had not indicated a break in thejy hitherto WOMAN USES GUN Flees Scene of Wreck After Threatening Driver of Other Machine. R TS . . Maryland and Virginia authorities Jjoined metropolitan police this after- noon in search for a well-dressed young woman in a green Cadillac coupe who shortly after 1 o'clock fled from ah automobile collision near Fifteenth and P streets after threatening the driver of the other car with a revolver. ‘The woman, accompanied by & man said to have been driving the car at the time of the accident, was last seen driving north on Sixteenth street, sc- to Arthur McDermott, 26, of Hyattsville, Md., driver of the other car. Police broadcast & lookout on- all roads leading out of Washington. The automobile carried Florida license tags and the numbers were furnished by witnesses. Efforts to learn the identity of the owners also were made by tele- graphic inquiry. Says Driver Cursed Him. ‘The argument which preceded the dispiay of the gun by the womap took place in front of 1518 P street a driving rainstorm. McDermott, operates a garage in the rear of that address, was returning to his shop, he sald, when his machine was sideswiped by_the other car. demaged to any extent. McDermott said he mn’m other driver got out of their cars and ad- vanced toward each.other, but before any further argument could the wompa jumped out of her car and git AFTER GAR CRASH HOOVER T0 CONFER ON NENPLOYNENT Will Talk to Gifford-at Camp. Reed Hits Pinchot Letter Asking Special Session. | By the Associated Press. the unemployment problem over | week end with Walter 8. Gifford, | Dewly-appointed @irector of relief se- mm. Hoover reached ‘m‘cg ‘walks fe to pick a group of threescore men ‘ufiwm n'l whan-d k::‘ 'nhn.‘ Gifford wil zdnuul or adv com! clal servi k“ \an.:ne 80 service workers were A those of former public officials and heads of great industries. ‘The burden of organizing relief, how- ever, will fall most heavily on Gifford. The President has informed him that 35,828 FRENCH JOBLESS Present Total Is Gain of 810 in Nation in Three Days. PARIS, August 21 (#).—Only 35828 | men and women in all France are offi- cially registered as unemployed and re- ceiving government aid. The total is 310 higher than on August 18. Last year at this time only 884 persons were | registered. Poet and Editor Buried. ARLINGTON, Mass., August 21 (#).— Funeral services for Dehis A. McCartay, poet and editor, were held here today with & requiem mass at St. James Church. Burial was in Mount Pleasant Cemetery. blo-o Within the Hour” Star’s carrier system covers A block and the regular edi- tion is delivered 16 Washington homes as fast as the papers ara printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 106,753 TWO C SITUATION IS TENSE IN HAVANA AFTER FIRING BREAKS 0UT INCITY'S OUTSKIRTS Crisis in Revolt Is Expected . Within Next 24 Hours as Machado Returns to Cap- ital From Santa Clara. Press. HOUSE-TO-HOUSE SEARCH FOR ARMS BEING MADE Women and Childten Reported Killed in Nearby Village Stormed by Airplanes as Rebel Strong- hold—No One Allowed to Leave Limits of District. By the Associated Press. Speedy conclusion of the Cuban revolution was predicted today by Ambassador Guggen- heim at Havana in & message to the State Department. The Ambassador said the capture of the rebel stronghold, the jail- ing of prominent leaders and the loyalty to the government of the army and navy presaged a conclusion of the insurrec: tion. Acting Secretary of State Castle in announcing the Am- bassador's message discounted press reports of fighting in Ha« has torn for the dramatic turn last night made ready last two mm ‘when the « tinued on Page 2, Coluzn the TWO FLYERS DROWNED WHEN PLANE HITS RIVER Lieut. Edgar C. Walthall and Pvt. W. I Smith of 12th Squad- ron Die in Texas. By the Associated Press. FREEPORT, Tex., August 31.—Lieut. Edgar C. Walthall of the 12th Squad- ron, 3d Attack Group, of Galvestom, CAT’S BRAIN ACTS AS CENTRAL MEXICAN WRECK FATAL Cne Dead, Eight Hurt in Derail- ment Near S8an Luis Potosi. MEXICO CITY, August 21 (®)—Tne p . division superintendent of the '.};‘:uoml Rallways reported night that one | Oklshoma Slayer Executed | person was ‘killed and bt Wi - MCcALESTER, Okla., August 21 (#) — | jured last night when the passenger Bennie Nichols, 30, colored. Oklahoma | tiain from Laredo was derailed near /, was elecirocuted early today st Sen Luls Potosi after a switch had been State itentiary here for the | tampered with. murder May 13, 1930, of Jack Hornton, | All the victims were members of the ‘Ada, Okla. cotton compress guard, in | crew. The passengers were brought to Mexico City on another train. FOR ELECTRIC PHONE HOOK-UP between them. - As she did so,, McDermc't sald, she drew the revalver, which slie had con- superintendent of the Brockton & PIy- mouth Street Railway Co. In 1902 he became general manager of the Terre Haute, Ind.. railway system He became assoctated with the Boston Revere Beach & Lynn Raiiroad in 1929. ear-old member of the party, ‘been | Strict avoidance of talk of an increase. ‘uhd when he and lp‘m{w:mb“r.”ou ‘men throughout the Southwest be- fell ot » preciplce into » deeb chasm ||t b if Tesas and Okianoma well ] fat ™™ Spur of the MOUD- | oh ained closed much : d released yesterday JOB LEGISLATION | Governor to Present Relief Prob- lem to New York Special Session. Speak Into Feline's Ear, Hearing Voice in Receiver Via Nerves and Adjuncts. tain, ‘The bodies were interred in rocks| TWO men were an protruding from the glazier more than O _their own recognisance 16,000 feet above sea level. (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) Savants ling it under - toward him, McDermott added. Few Witnesses Present. When the garage owner did not stop, he said, the womap pushed the gun By the Associated Press. Spiuat hi§ i a5d ordersd Bim Mo | | WEW XORMC Augtet 31--Sxlstence podat it or Tl blow, your - —— |in & cat's brain of a lfelike telephone | 3P ! central, operating by minute natural currents, 'has been found at conceal walked “Intensit; at least 1. 4 to the ears of timbre and pitak ( per second) o the the cat,” By the Associated Press ALBANY, N. Y. August 21 —Unem- ployment relief legislation will be asked | by 'Gov. Roosevelt at an session of the Legislature to be con- ‘ened next Tuesday. . | A Good Laugh Is Priceless A Chuckls Is Precious Just a Broad Smile 1s Worth While DRIVER FAILS TO GIVE PEDESTRIAN RIGHT OF WAY, DRAWS §75 FINE The Governor said today: { “I have decided to Tecommend to | the Legislature at the extraordinary | session certain definite and necessary measures for the relief of distress and the alleviation of " ‘The special session was called by the | Governor for the of tive | the powers of a committee | investigating the New York City admin- | The Evening Star Promises all three in the novel humorous feature comnng Monday to brighten up every day for its readers, “Boners” Watch for these tid-bits of unconscious wit by hoys and girls culled from thousands of school papers by teachers everywhere. A BONER o day heeps the blues away Get the habit—and it's easy to acquire Judge McMahon, Who Ruled on Police Vehicles, Imposes i Sentence on Colored Man.