Evening Star Newspaper, August 22, 1931, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast). Cloudy : Lol \ lowest, 61, lt réport on tomorrow partly t warmer; mod- 69, at 11:30 to- am, today. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 Entered as secol post office, No. 31,889, ‘Washington, nd class matter D. SEEN AS OMEN OF MACDONALD'S FALL King Leaves Balmoral for London; Resignation Held Imminent. EMERGENCY MEETINGS OF CABINET CONVENED Labor Regime Is Caught in Di- lemma in Its Efforts to Mect $600,000,000 in Budget. By the Associated Press. LONDON, August 22—King George has decided to return to London im- mediately from Balmoral, Scotland, where He went vesterday with Qu:nl Mary, & move which was interpreted by some political observers as fore- shadowing the early Tesignation of the | MacDonald government. His Teturn, says the Evening News, fmeans only one thing—that Prime Min- fster Ramsay MacDonald has not been able to obtain sufficient support for his economy plan, either within his own party or from the opposition, and that the resignation of the Labor govern- ment is imminent. Showld Mr. MacDonald resign it would not necessarily mean a general election, which would bring disruption of the nation's business for a month of campaigning. The King probably would call upon MMr. Baldwin to form a new government, and ff the Conservative leader suc- ceeded an election would not be neces- ‘n'\rlnum and D-vld , the Liberal leader, is the s chancellor of possivility of | mu:eozllur; Other commentators were not. pre- ed to accept such an extreme view gl"the situation, but the opinion unani- mously was e: that the govern- ment’s position was so critical that it ‘was impossible to predict the outcome. | Caught in Dilemma. chaotic nature of events was ex- NM M’ in the late aft- ernoon under the impression they would ~ (Contimiied on Page 2. Column 8. WINE ELECTROCUTION HELD TO BE ACCIDENT Werdict Returned in Death Woman as She Turned on Tight After Raid By the Associated Press MILWAUKEE, Wis., August 22.—The wine-electrocution death of Mrs. Helen | Vasiizevic has been held by Cor onvr‘ Henry Grundman to have been an ac-| cident. i The verdict was returned after an investigation of the ‘circum- | siances of her death, which occurred | August 13 when she turned on an elec- | tric light while she stood in a pooi of | wine that formed on the floor of her| basement. The wine had been dumped | there by prohibition agents Xo“u"in‘ - Tald. Ernest Gelbsusen, one of the raiding vrohfibmon agents, testified that he the light wiring was defective and ‘ll’h‘d the woman's husband of the r. covoner's findings were turned over to the district attorney. He will determine if & further inquiry is to be made DUKE OPERATED ON Gloucester's Condition Bntillrc'or:fi. Doctors Report. , August 22 (#).—The Duke was operated on for ap- of 'l’he Guke, third son of King George ‘was stricken ‘Wednesday while visiting B Note to League Published as SENATOR WOULD HELP DETROIT'S NEEDY. SENATOR COUZENS. DETROIT, August 22 (#).—Senator James Couzens of Michigan in a letter to Mayor Prank Murphy today offcred | to give the city of Detroit $1,000.000 to supplement the city’s welfare work. provided $9.000,000 more be collected by pm-te subscription. In making his offer to Mayor Frank Murphy, the Michigan Senator reviewed his opinions in the matter of unem- ployment relief by the Federal Govern- ment and stated that “it is more im- portant to. me that. unemployment be properly cared for this Winter than it is to have my views adopted, so I am wlmn; xo m myself to the condi- every way possible.” AT B BRITAIN STRESSES BUDGET LIMITATION == AS ARMS SOLUTION | | Preliminary to 1932 Dis- armament Conference. By the Associnted Press. LONDON, August 22.—Disarmament by limitaticn of budgetary expenditures military purposes was stressed in & 'note from the British government to says “unlike the memorandum of the French gov- The memorandum is in five asotione e2nd was directed tcward Geneva in a recent resolution of the WASHINGTON, SIX DIE AS POLICE BATTLEBANDITSIN PAY ROLL ROBBERY Child, Two Officers, Two Gangsters and Cabman Killed—12 Injured. CHASE RUNS 12 MILES IN NEW YORK STREETS Two Carrying $4,619 From Bank Are Accosted by Pair—Patrol- man Is Shot Down. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 22.—A gun bat- | le between police and two pay roll| robbers extending for 12 miles in | streets of upper Manhattan and the Bronx and lasting an hour and a half | cost six lives last evening. Twelve other persons were wounded by bullets. Two policemen, one robber and a taxt driver sccompanying the robbers were |kllled outright. The other robber died | in » hospital, as did & baby who was mc by & stray bullet. . Three police- men, two firemen and seven bystand- ers, including two women, were sent to_hospitals with bullet wounds. The cny. um wlmen were under put every un- lk:e'nud ‘\m halflur bemnfl bars. Com- missioner Mulrooney called police exec- utives into conference early hu, morning. Patrolman Walter D. Webb lnd Lioyd y Promhoff., paymaster for the Mendoza Pur & Dyeing Co., arrived In an lu- 163d street, where they abandoned it and got into a taxi driven by Herbert Hasse, 27, and resumed ht. At Bos- ton Post roed Motor Cycle Patrolman Edward Churchill, suspicious at their raced after them and fired. in the abdomen Vincent Hyde, a. city fireman who ubedtherollcmn‘- taxi and fired at the him, too. Amlolorh g-m of sl hit by one of the robbers’ Empty u ‘When ‘s lone patrolman yanked open disarmament was unfeasi- | b!e without political moves. The first section of the British nvu! relates ‘to the personner of milita) forces, the zecond to materials, the third to naval armaments, the fourth to air forces, with & foownote that the irigible R-100 is not only for military purposes, but for !Xpenlntnhn[ in eivil | aviation, and the fifth to financial | phases of military works. ‘The last section lists the total of .| naval, military and air expenditure at of £108,000,000 (about $540,000,000), which almost £50,000,000 (about $250,- COO.DOO) relate to naval expenditure figures are given in great detail | :nd with considerable ellborm'n Lhe SummATy says, so as to make i | for the man in the street as Iell as lhe fxpert to discover the exact manner in | which the naval, military and air bud- gets of Great Britain are expended. CONFERENCE TO BE HELD. Leading Nations Resigned to Necessity for Holding Parley. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Cable to Ths Star PARIS, Prance, August 22 —The great disarmament _conference of 50 nations 3 :co’mmum on Pnz 2 Oolumn 1) Fnre Sweepn Vllllge BELCRADE, Jugoslavia, August | (&) ‘The village of St. George, Subotica, has been almost wiped out by a fire, which was still today S five houses were cos:rvyed but asuaities were reported. 22 near | Bixt ne ci | German Aviatrix Leaves Russia. MOSCOW. August 22 &) —Praulein Marga von Etzdorf took off from Novo- | sibirsk this morning, continuing her | solo flllht Imm Befl.m to. Tokio. (he bullet-marked cab of the robher-. e package of Awlen money found uum In eum buliet shells o -na 7 pistols. fingerprints Med were rnsl.ed by State troopers in Esopus, , for a dance hall hold-up a year Poltce said they found a pistol in the dead taxi driver's clothes, but his wife | defended him as an honest cab driver, forced into the drive by the gangsters. | He left two children. In Greenwich vul-n another police- man. Bertrand cmmd (Continy PATRONS OF THEATER there were 71 ARE ROUTED BY FIRE| iivon eicnos Guests of Adjomm( Hotel Also Driven From Rooms on Ninth Street. Nearly 100 patrons of the Little The- lkr Ninth street near F, were routed by a projection room fire shortly before ‘nwn today. No injuries were reported | despite the rush for the exits. “The fire, which eccurred during a re- loading process in the projection room, was confined to that part of the theater. Occupants of an adjoining hotel, how- ever, were driven to the street as fumes filtered through the rooms. The extent of damage could not be estimated until an examination of the films in the room | where the fire occurred could be As soon as the highly combustibie | film_ignited, the operators, w. Lohler and Eugene Stuart, shut off al other exposed film by means Mflm matic device. They ran from the butld- ! ing and summoned fire apparatus. |2 Ik How do vou write? Do you scrawl? Are | Are the lines thick or All these signs in hand At any rate the study of mnm in Leicestershire and was re- moved to a private nursing home. ke Watch for Handwriting An SRRRRERETIARREREIRERRRIET ¢ Your Handwriting Is Revealing! s . C, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION SATURDAY, AUGUST - 22, Star. 1931—TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. Eckener Doubtful Graf Photo Blur Is Amundsen’s Plane THICK FOG STOPS LINDBERGHS AGAIN Mist Hldmg Jagged Peaks Forces Third Delay in Nemuro Hop. By the Associated Press. FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Ger- many, August 22.—Dr. Hugo Eckener, discussing a phof ph taken while passing over Nova Zembia on the recent Graf Zep- pelin cruise, said today he skeptical of the pmihlllty lhll. 2 shadow on the photo represented the plane of Roald Amundsen, noted Arctic explorer, who was lnn. on a rescue expedition in “If Amundsén had been forced down on Nova Zembla,” he said, “he would know how to rescue himself. For him that would not have been a very dangerous spot. However, until I receive an en- iarged photograph I cannot ven- ture an opinion As to what else the plane-shaped blotch may be.” JAHNCKE TO HEAR By the Associated P Japan, August 22.—An| enormous blanket of fog veiling the Jjagged peaks of Iturup Island defeated | Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh to- | day in their renewed attempt to fiy from the middle Kurile Islands to Nemuro. | After having been held down in the vicinity of Muroton Bay, Shimushiro Isiand, since early Wednesday, by motor trouble and fog. the Lindberghs man- aged to get their plane in shape again lmrlevmlholmfllvorklndtook off at 2:10 pm. (12:10 am. Eastern | standard time), today for Nemuro, 400 ishment Instead of Dis- missal if Possible. Asserting that he favored disciplin- Then they were | mmmmememu | Academy as puntshment for “compara- on the choppy bay or on a small ""'.nvely trivial offenses,” Acting Secretary Lindbergh chose the lagoon. of the Navy Jahncke today asked a It proved to be a doubtful aiternative, | group of midshipmen under investiga- R S e “"w“(g"’ %85 | (4o for infraction of Navy regulations plane’s | 4 ring the Summer- crulse to give “their - | side of the story.” From 4 to 10 men were said by Navy | Department officials to be involved. All | were members of the first and third | | classes and were among the 984 mid- | shipmen who returned August 13 after a crulse of more than two months European ports aboard the huluhlps Arkansas and Wyoming. ‘The nature of the charges against the | midshipmen has not been revealed. | Asks for Past Records. In announcing that he had asked the men for their version of the affair, the | Acting Secretary also sald he had called | for their previous records. “Letters from these midshipmen, their | own pxplnutlon of the eharges, will be | before me shortly,” cke said. “I intend to go over these very carefully, | in addition to examining. their prwimu ecords “I do not believe in dismissing & man | from the Naval Academy and disgrac- | ing him for life for any comparatively | trivial offense. The Acuncsecret , whose son, Ernest | Lee Jahneke, 1s.in the second class at the Naval Academy, made it plain that he realizes the value of discipline in &/ military ization, but added that he Dbeliev: disciplining of the men would furnish a better example to the | rest of the organization. Details Withheld. Whether the infractions of rulfl occurred ashore or aboard ship was not | divuiged. The depn‘!men!lir“cy of | ‘'making no statement on midshipmen in trouble” was reiterated and all de- tails were withheld. It was learned, however, a preliminary report had been made to the Bureau of Navigation, which handles personnel, by Rear Admiral Thomas C. Hart, academy superintendent. This followed a report to the superintendent by Rear Admiral | Icl-ude C. Bloch, commander of the | cruse. treacherous ocean currents and fog and | tinkering with the motor at Ketol ll- land and Muroton Bay, Lmdberfl been so to take off hv. ana only long enough to eat a sandwich for lunch before taking off. Offer of Ald Refused. bergh suggesting that the J horities T to furnisi f necessary, but esch time the colonel declined the offer with the Lindberghs are t. has a population of chie? industries l§¢ 1l . It s 110 miles long and 2 to 20 miles ‘wide. its eight mountain peaks there are five vol which sometimes erupt llmuluneauny Recently all have been quie ‘The nump region in August averages three foggy cgys out of four. Shana, on the northwest shore of the island, is about halfway between Muroto: Bay and Nemuro. ‘The landing st Sbhana marked the third time the Lindberghs had been forced down in attempting to fly from | Petropaviovsk, Kamchatka, to Nemuro, | 897 miles, in one hoj DOOLITTLE AMONG 11 AIR RACES ENTRANTS | Schoenhair, in Hnlmn Plane That Won Last Year, Also After $15,000 Thompson Prize. Get Chance to Défend Selves. Capt. Ralph E. Poge, acting chief of | the Bureau of Navigation, sald the n | mal procedure would be for the dlvidull.l involved to make a sta l in their own defense. pt. Pope pointed out that anly about “one-tenth of 1 per cent” of men that “one or two" were entercd the Thompson you precise? Do you run your sentences up or down? thin? writing are said to be a very definite indication of character, handwriting is interesting. alyses in the Feature Section of The Evening Star Starting Monday. for mext Labor Day at the National Air | AGCUSED CADETS mountass | Acting Secretary Favors Pun- | I.ym followed the advice and ingrather thandismissal from the Naval | on the cruise were involved and recalled after | !PEIRBE PREPARES T0 FIGHT GAS CASE | Utilities Head, in Statement to Press, Denies Violation of Merger Law. | | | Plans of the Public Utilities Commis- | sion to prosecute owners of the Wash- Follette anti-merger law are to be vig- orously resisted, it was indicated today by Col. A. E. Peirce of Chicago, presi- | dent of the Central Public Service Cor- poration. In a statement issued to the preas Mr. Peirce insisted the recent transfer Lhe Wuhlnm and Georgetown com- | l(r Peirce came to Washington ‘mmsbu to attend the meeting of | Georgetown company, having re- \cenuy Deen elected a member of its | board And much to his / fimancial Service Co. at the commission's sched- uled gas huflht in Septem! Then Mr. Peirce went to the direc- | tors meeting, which adjourned rlfl'lQl’ | abruptly, and he and George A. ‘Wood, president of the gas company, | went to_the commission. flanked by Fred 8. Burroughs of Harris Forbes & Co. of New York, and James Plper | and Arthur Dean, attorneys. Here M Bllfmllhl was surprised with a sum- mons calling for his presence at the commission’s gas hearing. | Discussion Behind Closed Doors. | The commission called a conference | upon the arrival of the gas officials, and for two & discussion was held behind closed doors. Corporation Coun- sel William W. Bride, the commission’s general counsel, and Roberts, his lomummmz Column 2) DO-X REAC REACHES MIAMI MIAMI, Fla, August 22 (#).—The | Germany '‘fiying' boat Do-X arrived over | Miami at 10:25 am., E. S. T., today on | its flight from South America to the United States and circled over the city | | luphuc base at Dinner Key. turned northward and soon mxmwn‘muumued up the coastline. A few minutes later it re- appeared, following format'on of smaller aircraft, and swung over the downtown sections and headed toward the Dinner Key base. The Do-X left Antilla, Cuba, m'.h‘e last hp of its )wrney a.m. on the Unif ¥% | ington and Georgetown Gas Light com- | }p‘nifl for alleged violation of the La before landing at the Pan-American | ) Means Associated NAVY SHIPSINASIA MOBILIZED FOR AID INYANGIZE FLOOD Seven U. S. Craft Ordered | to Patrol River and Help | Chine~e Authorities. AMERICANS AT HANKOW SAFE, BUT WOMEN FLEE Capt. Yancey S. Williams Is Kept in Stricken Area to Direct Gun- boats’ Disaster Work. By the Associated Press, SHANGHAIL, August 22.—The United States Asiatic fleet mobilized all its po- tentially useful units today for emer- gency work In the great flood-stricken areas along the Yangtze River. Mobilization was carried out in obedi- ence to orders from the Navy Depart- ment at Washington, The American Navy already has af- forded the most valuable aid, its wire- less facilities being the only means of communication between Shanghal and Hankow. The Chinese telegraph system is virtually useless. River conditions obviate the use of larger vessels, such as destroyers, which would have to keep in midstream. With the river spreading over miles of ter- ritory it would be difficult to keep to the main channel Four U. S. Craft on River Now. ‘That branch of the American fleet known as the Yanktze patrol, composed of seven specially constructed river gun- boats, put all its reserve units into commission to cope with the extreme problems which it expects to encounter up_the river. ‘The Luzon, flagship of the patrol fleet, with Capt. Yancey S. Williams aboard, and also the Guam, maintained their station at Hankow. Oahu nd the Panay were cruising nwb’ ters toward Ichang, Changsha and | | |ation of. refugees or for carrying sup- | plies .in the huge quantities needed. | They made known, however, that in ad- | dition to their normal mission of pro- tecting American lives and they were ready to aid Chinese ties where possible. Naval opinion was that the l“\ll'-hn likely would become more acute as the waters recede. The flood itself, thus G. | Iar, has prevented exposure to certain dangers, since it is impossible for the ‘duuum millions to traverse the water- swept highways. DEATH RIDES FLOOD'S CREST. Natives Await Death Atop Roofs and | Famine Is Threatened. HANKOW, August 22 (#).—Death, de- struction and desolation rode the crest of flood waters down the Yangtze River Yesterday’s Circulation, 105,510 Press. TWO CENTS, CUBAN INSURGENTS LOSE 73 AT GIBARA 4 REGULARS SLAIN Belief Revolt Is Near End Grows and Machado May Leave Front Soon. BATTLE IS FOLLOWED BY GUERILLA FIGHTING Three Bombs Exploded in Havane. Search of Homes for Arms Continued by Police. By the Associated Press. HAVANA, August 22—Pighting in the hills around Gibara cost the Cuban | Army four dead and eight wounded, the army information office reported today. Forty-three rebels were killed in the first engagement and 30 more died in guerrilla fighting afterward, the army casualty list showed. The indicated victory at Gibara strengthened the belief of the Machado adherents that the revolt is nearing an end and President Machado is expected to return soon from Santa Clara, where he has been directing operations. It is believed lnlllmn‘ thizers throughout the IYIII!I tion eriee Doy S M‘ e n al oy %“..‘é."“‘.n':"m“’“m_"’ Renting 1oF y n “né‘f.“" preceding its evacuation by g Scant information was avalable as to fighting After Conference Backs Proposal. By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, La., August 22— Gov. Huey P. Long today surveyed the Southern States for their final verdicts on his conference approved plan to pro- hibit a cotton crop next year as a solu- tion to the economic dilemma created by the heavy cotton surplus. The conference of Governors, their representatives and representatives of the cotton industry held here yesterday today, causing probably the greatest |1 calamity in modern times. Unkncwn thousands hid drowned, | destitute scores died datly of typhotd and | | dysentery, while medical authorities ‘ warned that with the receding of water, |~ (Continued on Pne . Column 3.) ‘ Accessory in Warrant. ’ ANN ARBOR, Mich., August 22 (#). —A warrant was issued today charging ‘Cltheflne Keller, 25-year-old sweet- ‘helrt of Fred Smith, one of three torch killers, who slew and burned two young couples last week, with being an ac- eessory to the crime in withholding ino-uan of the slayings from au- Geias of humor done nation 'flu up-to-the-minute “Boners” boys and girls, selected from thousands of exami- Mm-fl'c“ur:nqdqmflulqm MONDAY YOU START LAUGHING! | i in deadly earnest by papers. novelty among funny cotton prohibition plan. and ed to pick these today. This committee will convey the wishes of the conference to cotton: States and solicit legislative action on program. In |SOUGHT IN TORCH KILLING o Sweetheart of Slayer Is Charged as|? would do likewise in his State W mel other Southern States acted uniron. Under the resolution such m tion in one State m‘ in wltuchuirx(;' Bhluudl o came against the colling traordinary session. An unemployment menace under the