Evening Star Newspaper, August 21, 1931, Page 2

ATTACKONHAVANA EYPECTED TODA Gunfire There Early Last Niqhg. (Continued From First > peated. In no time, the streets were emptied. Shutters were slammed down. city under any con- s can leave. Word mouth to mouth that the llion that have been the city of strike. The hour “The Cost .of Crime” Incomplete, Fragmentary Figures, Reach Past Billion- Dollar Mark, According to Report of Wicker- sham Commission Made Public Today. By the Assoctated Press. bulh“em ‘ln m%flnfi n mark—some ;hl&h -:/}rre mmmed todsy by e United g $247.700,000—Annual diture of $51,720,000—Annual Stal u.m,ow—mflu::l e $1,260, 3 ditures by cost. of $3. innually for $850,000—Minimum for $47,747,000—Average losses $68,634,000—Estimated annual losses of administering crimi: 1260, f Pennsylvania's private industrial police. 10,000, aoo——z?endlun- for private 00,000—Paid a: rfiv‘h correctional $311,000—Paid for bullet-proof glass annually. insured reaching fragmentary figures past the timates or mere indications of magnitude— \I:wu:hnhnnpwt ¥ on “the cost of crime” 300 cities for criminal justice. expenditures for penal institutions and parole. 11 States for State police. nal justice. tective services in large cities. -car service. : institutions. annually due to crimes. from-fraudulent use of the mails. $106,222,000—Paid annually for insurance against crime. $40,000,000—Lasses due to forgery each year. $1,000,000—Installation of tear gas $4,000,000—Paid annually for safes. $87,000,00( In | eriminals. this dispatch was t any moment. A report that a party of rebels in ‘were ambushed by the po- in a suburb. ‘The town of Limonar, where it was reported many rebels had concentrated, was subjected to a frightful bombard- ment from the air yesterday afternoon. ‘The ple of the town were given no w . The planes -'gpemd suddenly and began dropping their bombs. At last report, there were said to be over 40 womefi and children dead in the crumbled ruins of their homes. Crisis Expected Soon. ‘The federal forces hold the town of Gibara, captured at terrible cost to the Machado . Over 300 dead are reported in that ‘engagement on the federal .side alone. The rebels claim that they inflicted this loss while their own troops withdrew, leaving only & score dead and €0 wounded. The few that took cover in the reilway tun- nel on the outskirts of Gibara were continuing to hold that position at a late hour despite the efforts of the artillery and infantry to dislodge them. From the southern end of the isiaad came frequent reports of strong rebel showdown with the rebels. t leaders said the revolution was hanging in the balance and, that the issue would be settled in a few days, ‘while official sources clung to their con- tention that the mmovement had been and soldiers % [ENFORCEMENT COST gunned, he said, but was not ba . She 15 now off Cape Mambi. Reports that insurgents also reported that a railroad bridge was destroyed in Matanzas Province, which ad| Havana Province, Havana Houses Searched. Careful watch for rebel activitieg in the city and Province of Havana con- tinued with police searching houses for arms or ammunition stored in event | of an ‘The B: oppositionist reports that other ions of rebels made their way to and. One report, discredited by the government was that an expedition similar to that which took Gibara Sat- urdsy port of Bantiago shortly, The correspondent of El Havana newspsper, informed his office here. of an expedition of dis- strengih in Gibara was followed | ex- | that the rebels at Gibara, many ef | whom were reported to be Americans, abandoned £he tunnel they held there| of their own accord, but left six ma- chine guns behind them. He added that the group was believed to be hid- ing in a cave in mearby mountains. Col. Rosales, in command of forces there, was quoted as saying only eight of the rebel expeditionary force were - killed during the thi machine guns, 2 an o smail field plece when they ent.red Givara, Censorship Continued. The newspaper'’s report also said a woman resident of C(Gibara and her four PLAN NEW BUS SERVICE . ice | published, the Pais, &) seized 2. rifies, 60 ' ti-aireraft guns and | engaged in law enforcement work. $159,000,000—Indicated magnitude similar guards. ‘Total—$1,119,790.000. devices in banks. 0—Possible losses to community of productive labor by imprisoned $235,000,000-—Possible loss to community of productive labor by 170,000 of annual psy roll for watchmen and .. SPENDS HUGE SUM ON DRY LAW Per Capita Cost Estimated at | 32 Cents Annually by Wickersham. By the Assoclated Press. A per capita expenditure by the peo- ple of the United Stales of 32 cents annually was estimated today by the | ‘Wickersham report on “the cost of | crime” to be the price of pro- hibition enforcement_ efforts. the fiscal year ended June 30, 1930, Federal e: i study, the report showed xpenditures _for approximating 1.03 per cent of its to- tal expenditures for.all . report by State, the cost to the Government of | enforcing the dry law, leaving out of | consideration all expenditures by the States. and also ‘the $9,000,- 000 appropriation for the Prohibition | Bureau. It split up the costs of mar- | shals, prosecutors, courts and crime en- | forcement, as follows: Alabama, $88,375; Arizona, $40.319; Arkansas, - $79.664; California, $232,- 813; Colorado, $39,415; Connecticut, $26,898; Delavare, $10,697; Florida, | $125,725; 10,065 463; l"lz.lfl; Missouri, 1886,306; Nebraska, ll'lvfi-’fl.‘,‘?‘g‘n Jersey, 438 'k, $746,490; North Ci WO o or’!h Dakota, $12,026; Ohio, $93.299; Wisconsin, oming, $19,620. HERE THIRD IN U. S, COMMISSION SAYS lFedeXll and District ,governments, | | showed that Washington stood third cn a list of 14 cities in the cost of police | protection, being exceeded only by Jer- | tey City and Newark. Police officials Jdid not view the Te-| | port with any apparent concern, but declined to comment. Maj. Henry G. | per- ating economically and efficiently, and pointed out that all expenditures are controlied by three different agencies— | | the Commissioners, the Bureau of the Budget and Congress. The Police De- | partment executive officer, Inspector | Wililam 8. Shelby, said he preferred to | reserve his comment until he had suf- | ficient time to read and analyze the commission’s exhaustive crime cost| { report, which covers 657 pages. { Source of Figures Pusle. | Where the Wickersham Commission got its figure of $3,505.015 as to crim- inal police cost ii Washington is some- what puzzling to District officials, but it is 80 close to their calculations that no question will be raised. The actual expenditures by the Metro- | politan and Park Police Departments in | 1930, according to District records, totaled $3,330,903, of which the metro- politan force spent $3,187,592. At M} | it was believed that the cost of operat- | ing-the Capitol afid White House forees | had been added to get the commission's total, but the inclusion of the expenses piled its statistics on police operating | | costs for 1930, | Salaries patd s | genized crime and law enforcement offi- t | cials, this phase of U. . CRIME COST SET AT BILLION Wickersham Body Cites: Fig- ure in Report Based on Rec- ords of 300 Cities. (Continued From Pirst Page) In addition, indirect costs estimated figures but frag- mentary. It was “wholly impossible,” they added, to make accurate estimate of the total economic cost of criminal- ity in the United States. It was pointed out that the limita- tions of time and funds' had balked even an estimate upon such huge Jevies as those extracted by organized boot- legging, extortion, racke 3 of uninsured property, it bank- ruptcies, shops and confidence games, ranging from the sale of “gold " to fixing fights and made | York. Urge Police Efficiency. It also urged “the efficiency of police administration” be increased to ;’;vq! “commensurste” with the The two e hit out =t the oul “amicable " between or- total more 68 per cent of ali the that | moneys spent for Federal law enforce- ment. CHILE GETS FOURTH PRESIDENT IN MONTH| Juan Esteban Montero Quits Of- fice Temporarily to Make Election Campaign. By the Associated Press. SANTIAGO, Chile, August 21.—Man- CLERK OF WALKER SOUGHTIN GOTHAN Mayor’s Bookkeeper Elusive and Refuses to Appear, Seabury Says. By the Associated Press. personal ' sought today for foning by the legis- lative mmm investigat the city ‘The committee ultr!sl in- formation regarding matters in which the bookkeeper, Russell T. Bherwood, acted as the mayor's agent. Samuel Seabury, counsél for tHe com- mittee, sald that Sherwood had refused to appear committee volun. tarily and 3 requestéd Police sloner Mulrooney Yo have the subpoena served if Sberwood could be, located in the city. - Absent From Home. PROBERS CHECKING FUIIMURA POLICIES Missing lmMor Changed Beneficiary One Day Before Sailing. week. Commis- | had policies Attempts to reach Sherwbod in Su- | $50 fern, N.°Y., where he makes his home, proved unsuccessful. Mildred E. Sherwood, be was on a vacation. 2 Mr. Seabury did not divulge the. nature of the matter on which Sher- wood acted for the mayor. Sherwood ‘was bookki snd accouptant in the law firm of Blauvelt & Warren, Mayor E"“m" old law fllrm He h“fub“l’; e mayor's personal bookkeeper years, keeping his bank accounts-and m his income tax . er - wood would not festify until Mayor ‘Walker returns from his European va- cation. State Senator Hits Probe. Senator John J. Dunhingan, Demo- cratic member of the I itive com- mittee, said: 3 Mr. Sherwood to question him in an attempt to pry into the private life of Mayor Walker. “This_Mr. investigation. The least he await the return of Mayor Speakeasy Probe Started. the mayor, Generosco Pope, publisher of Italian 1 newspapers and head of the Colonial Sand Co., was drawn into the investigation yesterday when he was questioned by Mr. Sea- bury, who said “was of Arnold tein, r, and cn an alleged alliance between speakeasy owners and police. ‘The first move in the speakeasy in- quiry was the issuance of sul for reputed owners of three of largest Square. Those called will on Times be asked how they “keep their standing” with police. WALKER TO VISIT PRAGUE. CARLSBAD, Czechoslovakia, August ilug;m W'Pnl::!u this Lo for. A e (et o o Oarisbad coul play “ idewalks of New York.” .“My only real disappointment here,” he said, “is that I have found nobody who could play ‘The Sidewalks of New .’ ‘They know our national an- them, but nobody knows our good old New York hit.” ‘With his health cure completed, the mayor is lea: on’a tour which will him to jpest, Vienna and before he leaves for home. ENDS WITH COAL MEN Producers Hit Increase—Decision of Road Plea Expected in Fall. Hearings on the raliroads’ applica- !uon for a 15 per cent increase in | freight. rates were brought to s cldse before the Intesstate Commerce Com- mission yesterday with the testimony of coal and lumber men opposing the osed increase. An increased use of substitute fuels and possible installation uf&!u lines to coal to market end gbout two weeks of testimony by shippers as to the probable effect of mony was ‘largely in answer to claims made by the railroads. during which sthrted here July 15. i |0IL IN OKLAHOMA 70 CENTS A BARREL IN WELL SHUTDOWN (Continued From First Page) after Nationsl Guardsmen reported & well producing in the East Texas field |in viclation of the shutdown er. ing near Pistol Hill, 18 miles from Kilgore. L. A, Warren, h he was being sought as an owner the production, surrendered at general headquarters, uel Trucco, former director general of | the state raflways, todsy was Chile's | fourth Chief Executive in less than a |ofl month, Trucco, former -minister of the in- terior, received power of Vice President, and with it the duties of Acting Presi- dent, last night from the hands of Juan | Esteban Montero. Montero announced he was taking a leave of absence until October 5, the day after the next presidential elec- tion, in order to make his campaign the presidency as a private citizen. Trucco assumed office immediately inted Horacio Hevia, former the Court of Appeals, as his of the interior and chief of Montero's uummcun after the Sen- and ap Judge of minister sale t in | refiners felt the pinch of dimi gasoline prices usually rise 1 cent & gallon with every 20 per cent boost in crude rates. ‘The Standard Ofl Co. of New Jersey and the Shell Co. yesterday accepted an invitation to attend conference of midcontinent ofl regulatory bodies here September 11, at which uniform curtailment measures, will be discussed. United States Ol Embarge Asked. With the other two major an affairs.” Commit PEop 3 o declsion 1n the case is not expected | until Fall the proposed rate boost. The testi- | Warren and Slaughter No. 1, " sister, Miss | Lumbard told reporters that he was “beginning to see light,” but declined to amplify his statement. his inquiry today he was assisted C. W. Besides Sherwood, another friend of | Line. | Wreckage of Old Wooden Clipper, Shelled and Dynamited, Seen Aflioat Off San Diego. | By the Associated Press. SAN DIEGO, August 21 —Fear arose were predicted by coal shippers if the | .0 increase is granted. Yesterday's sessions brought to | might contain part of a ton of and T. N. T, which was about the Bohemia to assist struction. When Navy submarines CEmreed. abourd. the 8ged wooRen,sai: oceurrs - | ing vessel. TYDINGS APPEALS T0 LEGION ON LOANS | Make Demands on Government | During Slump, “ By the Assoclated Pre American Legion members last night by Senator Millard fllnc:h‘notmmm storing prosperity. "’rh‘e veterans,V he said, “should re- frain from meking sny further mnm" on the Government at this | JUGOSLAV REPORT HIT | Legation Here Denies Royal House Has Had Discord. IN MOVIES SIGHTED| “: YANGTZE RAMPAGE SHAIR DISTER Red Cross Official Says It " May Rank as Worst in World.. * By the Associated Press. Flo#d waters in China’s fertile valley Yangtze River may be churn- one of the worst calamities of of the | ing up the age. ‘Yangize Drains Large Ares. portant river m‘cnmumth-mm- The Yangtze, ranked as the most im- | —A. P. and Wide World Photos. SPAIN PROTESTS - GATHOLIC ACTIVITY |Pope Told of “Grave Deroga- tory” Acts by Cardinal Segura, Exile. nk and drains | the gwfl it i Efiii? 3 priating some $2,000,000 relief of § nance. “The Nai Woman’s Confession, Involying Three Others, Verified When I : 2, S:sifé i e oo | ] | ;figs i ' TENANT OF CASTLE EVICTED. Don Alfonse, Descendant of Spanish Pretender, Out in Austria. SALZBURG, Austria, August 21 (#).— today removed furnit Bailiffs ture and art objects ,hw Alfonso of Bourbon from Castle for non-payment of taxes. Don Alfe FREAK WAVE VICTIM'S " BODY IS RECOVERED Rev. John W. Cannaday Washed Out to Sea in Atlantic City Catastrophe. By the Associated Press. CITY, N. J., o Fidd i §B i B ;; | 4 i : EE i Esi §z§§ G i i | i | T % i i ] i j S5 b 5eif g3y sgg i¢ Ba R ‘sai 8 1] E FORD RITES TOMORROW Retired Medical Officer to Be nu’lq in Arlington. Puneral services for Col. Joseph H.