Evening Star Newspaper, August 26, 1931, Page 1

| " fhe President arranged for a con- WEATHER. Bureau. (U, 8. Weather “Porecast), Local showers tonight and tomorrow; much change in temperature, 7, at 3 pm. a.m, today. " Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 < No.' 31,893, Entered as second class matte: post_office, Washington, D. C. he WASHINGTON, D. beni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST o .S. PROBE OF D. 26, 1931—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. LI “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes * as fast as the papers ara printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 106,818. P Means Associated TWO -CENTS. Press. . POLICE ASKED .~ REICHELDERFER SEES HOOVER, MDONALD TAKES | GETTING PRESIDENT’S SUPPORT FOR IMPARTIAL INVESTIGATION Justice Department Confers With the Local Officials. REPORT OF BEATING PROBE FORWARDED ’l j. Pratt Recommends Civilian Board Try Four Officers. Commissioner Luther H. Reich- elderfer, president of the Board ‘©f Commissioners of the District, | in his fight for a complete inves- tigation of the Washington Police Department, has asked jhe aid of the Federal Government. Determined that such an inves- tigation shall be conducted along ‘the most sweeping lines and that it shall be removed beyond any possible suspicion of influence, Commissioner Reichelderfer and Corporation Counsel William “W. Bride, went to the White House last night, where they laid the en- tire situation before President Hoover and asked his support. This was immediately given when ference between District and De- partment of Justice officials. 'l'hls; eonference is being held this aft- | ernoon with the prospect that the most thorough-going investigation of any branch of the District gov- efnment will be initiated in the immediate future. President Hoover, it is under- $tood, Is in thorough sympathy sioner and Mr. Bride for Depart- m give the request of the District officials all possible the department’s attention | and are now being Investigated, Two | more were brought to tbe attention of | The Star today. 1 . $1,000 Available for Probe. The Commissioners were advised by District Auditor Daniel J. Donovan that | there fund of $1,000 available for use in an “outside” inw of the under the current appropriation. 15 part of a $4,000 appropriation cases of emergency, Tiot, pes- the lg;. ‘The lu;rcl::ll:s appropriation reads: “Prov that the certificate of the Commission- ers shall be sufficlent voucher for the of not to exceed $1,000 for such investigations as they may The ngwt on the Harker case, signed by Maj. Henry G. Pratt, chief of police, ‘was delivered at the District Building morning by Assistant Supt. William 8. Shelby. It notifies the Commis- sioners of the suspension of Precinct Detective James Mostyn and Pvis. W. C. Groomes, Willlam R. Laflin and William on Harker's charges, and that Corporation Counsel . Bride brmtnxtrumd u; draft charges inst these men, au the chr:: be placed before & board composed exclusively of having no connection with the Po- Department. a stack of afidavits accom- the report, containing state-| from 23 members of the com- mand at _the first precinct, from Pvt. . Daniels, a_fourth precinct | ued on Page 2, Column 1. Two New Beating Charges Third Precinct Is Brought Into Investigation as More Prisoners Accuse Police of Brutality in Obtaining Confessions. The Star herewith presents statements of two more prisomers in District pemal institytions who charge that they were beaten by po- licemen. One of"the charges involves the third precinct, which thereby enters the investigation which heretofore has been confined to the first precinct, The statements follow, the names of the accused officers deleted until the charges can be investigated Statement of Frank Kostyo: I was held at the first precinct police station for three days, be- ;gmmng May 25, for investigation in connection with the attempted robbery of a jewelry store. Although I insisted I knew nothing of the | robbery attempt, three officers of that pre- cinct beat me in an effort to force me to give them information. They beat me with their fists three times ; a day during the three days I was there. At times two of them beat me at the same time. One of them hit me with a club that | the emergency government, the prime looked (The Star yesterday printed the state- like a sawed-off pool cue. (Signed) FRANK KOSTYO. ment of Frederick C. Sampson, arrested in the same case described by Kostyo. He also charged that he had been beaten in an ef- fort to force a confession. While he was in jail on a charge of vagrancy he was in- dicted for burglary in the case. A third man, questioned with the two, also re- ported mitted by them to have been beaten, ad- that he was beaten, but declared “the cops had a right to do it” and insisted he would deny that he made such a statement if it were printed. He is a taxicab driver and was on the police force for a month several years ago. Records of the Police Department show he was dismissed for making a false statement in his appli- cation for appointment.) Statement of Francis D. Carman: About seven months ago I was arrested for investigation in connection with a pool room robbery in which my brother Perry, 21, and Edward Smith, also 21, were in- volved. Although I insisted I had no knowledge of the robbery, I was taken to the third precinct police station and beat- en by Detectives — and ——. When 1 assured them oyer and over again that 1 was not withholding any information they struck me with their fists in an effort to make me talk. ‘They beat me about the face for utes or more—with —— doing most of the beating—until my nose and mouth bled. 15 min- Francis D. Carman. DITATORS ROLE N BUDGET GRS Prepares to Cut $600,000,- 000 From Expenditures De- spite Labor’s Opposition. IMOVE TO EXPEL PREMIER | FROM PARTY UNDER WAY New Cabinet Can Survive in Parliament. . By the Associated Press. LONDON, August 26.—Ramsay Mac- Donald became, in a manner of speak- ing, a British dictator tcday, as he pre- sided over the first cabinet meeting of the new non-partisan government, which is preparing to cut $600,000,000 trom the budget expenditures. Charged by the King with forming minister holds his post of power as an individual, but nct as representative of organized lsbor, which is now marshal: ing solid opposition to its former leader. The program which he laid out for his ministers today was nct much dif- ferent from that which he and Chan- cellor Philip Snowden tried to force through with the Labor government. The platform of the new ministry is virtually the same as that on which the Laber government split and fell. Based on Cutting Outlay. It is proposed that the greater part of the money needed to balance the budget be made available by reducing expenses instead of by increasing taxes. Probably the largest cconomy will be mads by cutting the weekly unemploy- ment dole by 10 per cent. This means & jcbless man and his wife, who now recelve about $625 a week, will get only about $5.85. The al- lowance of 2 shi & week (about 50 cents) for each cl of such a couple 1s miot t> be reduced. The worker’s contribution to the Dole fund would be increased to 25 cents & week instead of 15 cents, as at present. Another substantial economy is a reduction in the pay of government employes. Cabinet ministers who get $25,000 a year would lose 20 per cent of 'that stipend. Other civil service sa'arfes would be cut on a sliding scale from 20 per cent down. The lower grades of civil servants would not be affected, but even they would be sub- ject to a cut in the bonus they now Trecetve. Even members of the House of Com- mons may have to take a 5 per cent cut in their $2,000 salaries. School teachers and police would lose They finally succeeded in forcing me to sign a statement implicating | about 125 per cent of their pay. Sol- my brother and Smith. (Signed) FRANCIS D. CARMAN. CUBA REVOLUTION Are Crowded in Ca- bana Fortress. By the Associated Press. HAVANA, August 26.—Cabana Fort. ress, crowded with some 200 captured rebels, received today 14 members of a filibustering expedition that lost to federal troops in the battle of Gibare. Col. Lico Balan, the leader, and the insurgents laid down their arms yes- | terday in Oriente Province Julio Gaunaurd, publisher of the anti-gov- ernment weekly magazine Arikato, and Carlos Hevia, son of Col. Aurelio Hevia, | one of six nationalist leaders, were in- cluded. With many of the leaders of the movement in prison and the remainder in hiding, there has been no resump- tion of cpen warfare by the insurgents. The government, confident that the spirit of the revolt has been broken, nevertheless, is not relaxing vigilance. Orlente Province still was under a state of siege due to the reported con- centration of rebels. In Havana all was quiet with the exception of sporadic bombings believed to be directed prin- cipally against American concerns as @ last resort on the part of the insur- ' gujt and Mrs. Lindbergh wore a white | LINDBERGH SEES = WFAECEASES — PACFCARLN - |Over 200 Rebel Prisoners Expresses Belief of Future [ Service Upon Tokio Arrival. By the Associated Press TOKIO, August 26—Col. Charles | A. Lindbergh expressed in an interview | here today the opinion that an air line | | across the Pacific is a possibility of the future. | “But” said the colonel, “the scheme would require much more study. It is entirely feasible provided traffic de- mands justify it. The route, I should | say, would be farther south than the one we followed.” At Ueno Statio countered probab {in their the Lindberghs en- the densest crowd experience. Sbveral times while the flyers and their official party were being seated in limousines |the crowd became unmanageable and |for a time it looked as though the | Lindbergh automobile would be ove! {run. The police were taxed to the ut- ‘most to keep the crowd away. | Besleged by 35 reporters upon reach- | ing the residence of Dr. R..B. Teuslt where they will reside while here, Co {and Mrs. Lindbergh received them and a group of photographers. The colonel |was wearing a crumpled white linen diers and sailors would take a smaller reduction. Savings on education are expected to reach about $57.500,000: in the fighting services $45,000,000. The health serv- ices would be cut by $8750,000 and agriculture by $6,250,000. About $40, 000,000 would be taken from the road { fund and projects for improvements and maintenance would be curtailed. Wealthy May Be Hit. After economies have been effected, fhere remains new revenue to be found, and it is generally believed that, as a counter-balance to sacrifices on the part of the workless and State em- ployes, the wealthier classes will have their incoms tax levy increased. Among proposals is a tax on all se- curities bearing fixed interest, such as government and municipal securities, debentures and preference shares. so that the “rentier” class would make an !equsl sacrifice. New luxury taxes also are expected, with a possible increase of taxes on spirits, beer and tobacco, although some suthorities maintain the yield from these sources is approaching the maxi- mum obtainable. ‘The national government's task is to put through Parliament two main bills, one of them an economy bill and the other a finance bill, or second budget of the year. The plan is to force these measures through Commons by means ct the “guillotine” rule—providing for the setting of dates for discussion of ifferent stages of a measure, for ap- | plying the closure and for taking a division—in the face of the bitterest opposition the Labor ranks can or- ganize. Seek to Expell Premier. A resolution expelling Mr. MacDonald from the Hampstead Labor party was adopted by the Executive Committee today for submission to the genmefal council of the organization. The resolution read as follows: “In view of Mr. MacDonald's dis- loyaity to the Labor party and his own open flouting of party discipline in joining the anti-Socialist government formed for the purpose of forcing through parliament anti-working class gents, to oust President Machado by | jacket suit edged with black and h‘d;ugmmnn. the Hampstead Labor party American intervention under the Platt amendment. RADIUM “EYE” TO HELP NAVY Penetrating Rays From Tiny Lump of Metal to Reveal Defects—Purchased for $30,000. In & carefully guarded lead box at| the Naval Research Laboratory has been | vall-seeing eye” of radium | 1 seek to locate | MNation's warships, posts cracked in a manner easily ob- servable under ordinary methods. One cruiser in the same group. the Houston, remains to be examined. however, and it is possible the radium may be employed if superficial tests fail to disclose defects similar to h “The tiny lump of precicus metal, o0 { shoes to match. She occupied s fan- | shaped Manila chair and the colonel stood at her side | i Pose for Photographs. | In front of them were 10, flood- { lights and an operator brought from a !theater for the benefit of the photog- raphers. Accompanying the Lindberghs in the limousine were Ambassador Forbes, Mrs. James Russell, the embassy hostess: Mrs, Edwin Neville, wife of the embassy counselior, and Lieut. Thomas Craw- ford, assistant military attache at the embassy. The latter is to be Col. Lind- bergh's aide here. e cry of “Banzai! Banzai!” was | heard everywhere. It is the Japanese equivalent of “Hurrah.” | _ Passing the Tokio Gekijo, or theater, | where the stage dressing rooms ove: Jook the street, the Lindberghs had s splendid view of several score of chorus girls, and the latter got an cellent look at the fiying 3 ‘There were s0 | { ” (Continued on Page 4, Column 1) LAND SEIZURE BILL FACES VOTE IN SPAIN Assembly Considers Plan to Take Great Estates From Aris- tocrats. By the Associated Press MADRID, August —The govern- ment’s agrarian reform measure, viding for a substantial increase in tax- ation on all large properties, if not ex- propriation, was under consideration today by the National 3 “The project would be April 14, the date on which was founded, and be Doubt Expressed as to Whether FUNDS T0 BE ASKED FORRELIF STUDIED Gifford Group Sets October {19 to November 25 as Period for Jobless Drive. ‘The President’s organization on un- employment relief today was preparing | to announce the amount of funds de- | sired to relieve distress conditions aris- ing from unemployment this Winter ;and which is to be raised locally throughout the country between Octo- ber 19 and November 25. i As this campaign will close two weeks before Congress convenes, observers to- day voiced their opinions that the ad- ministration hopes to be able to inform | Congress in December that funds nhed{ during this campaign will' be adequate | { te fight distress conditions. | | Walter 8. Gifford, national relief di- | | rector, in announecing the dates for the | | campaign, said this period was agreed | jupon as desirable because of the fact | that a majority of fund drives in past | years have been conducted between | those dates. | | Give Impetus to Efforts. “To the extent that all campaigns | fall within this Mr. Gifford added, “additional impetus will be giver: to each local effort.” The relief di- rector has emphasized the national or- ganization is not planning fo raise a fund, but will merely co-ordinate and | encourage the raising of funds by po- litical subdivisions. The campaign, however, will be Na- | { tion-wide with appeals sent from na- tional headquarters. It was noted the annual Red Cross roll call, scheduled for November 11-25, would come within this period. Pry Viously the Association of Ccmmunity | Chests and Councils had fixed the same period for campaigns by its member organizations. | As Mr. Gifford continued today to | perfect his crganization he said he was | encouraged by scores of offers trom voluntary basis. The director said one offer came from a friend who said he had planned to | spend the Winter in Florida, buf, im- | pressed by the seriousness of the situa- | tion, was willing to come to Washington | and give his entire time to the cause | Mr. Gifford explained that he planned to augment his organization by three or | four such men at the present time, but may need more later. Much of the ad- | visory work will be done by volunteer | members of the committee appointed oy President. Hoover to assist him, while | Government _departments are provid- ing clerical help. | { Relief and welfare organizations func- | | tioning in unemployment relief last year are expected to submit their esti- mate of what this year’s burden will be. The general feeling, in advance of accurate survey, is that the demand for | assistance this Winter will be as heavy, | if not heavier than last. | Meanwhile, as the Gifford group hastened to obtain this estimate, the | Federal Reserve Board today issued a gloamy summary of general business | snd financial conditions i the United | tates. The summary showed that industrial | production and employment declined somewhat more than the usual sea- sonal extent in July, production slump- | ing to 83 per cent of the 1923-25 aver- | age. This was only one point above the eached in De | and pay rolls more than the the middle |and he'submitted to two oper: FTg 0 i " YUKO HAMAGUCHL | JAPAN'S “WARRIOR FOR PEACE” DIES proval by Privy Council. | R | By the Associated Press. TOKIO, August 26.—Yuko Hamagu- chi, former premier of Japan, who won the appellation “warrior for peace” by his espousal of the London naval treaty | despite the opposition of influential groups of extreme patriots and militar- ists, died here today. He- was 61 years | Heading the government during the | negotiations at London, Hamaguchi | ence to the naval treaty only by.a| strenuous fight which incurred the dis- pleasure of the ultra-patriots and ad- vocates of a strong navy. Shot by Sagoya. November 14, 1930, after ratification | of the treaty, Hamaguchi was shot and seriously wounded by Tomeo Sagoya, | 23, who was described as having heen | lDlLrlotAcllly misguided or mentally de- | Supply Co. ranged. While Hamaguchi recovered slowly. | Baron Shidehara, the foreign minister, | becamt acting head of the government. Hamaguchi resumed his duties March 10. 1931, but they proved too strenuypus, | lons | early in April. Subsequently he resigned, and Reijiro Wakatsuki, the present premier, succeeded him. Although Yuko Hamaguchi to world. he was born April 3, 1870, (Contini HUNT YIELDS NO TRACE | OF FLYING KIDNAPER California Sheriff Asks Los An- geles and Bakersfield Search in Rooming Houses. By the Associated Press. LONE PINE, Calif, August 36.—A thorough search of *the desert’ and' the | hird | today. 95,000 NOTES PAID YCANNONIN' Personal Records Identified by Virginia Banker Before Probers. 2 ] g { ¥ ! i g » f | | St violated in failure to report expenditure of ail the funds. John A. Booker, cashier of the Citi- zen's Bank & Trust Co. of Blackstone, served that the Blackstone —account showed “a total of Cannon notes for an even $5,000." One of the notes, he said, was for Edward., Cannon. “The record "shows,” continued Nye, “$5,000 in Cannon notes were paid off between the perfod from June 1, 1928, to March ’z.nl 20.” Booker said that was the Looking over the statement Senator Dill, Democrat, of Washington, said “it is evident that a number of political contributions of one and two and more dollars were put into this personal ac- count.” 'as it kept as a rsonal account all the time?” mqmredvgm. “Yes, sir.” replied Booker. Senator Dill pointed out a deposit of $200 in the Cannon account from Ray- mond Robbins of September 24, 1928. He then read from a report of Miss Ada Burroughs, treasurer of the Virginia | ) = prominent business men to aid him on a 1 succeeded in obtaining Japan's adher- | aAnti-Smith Committee, showing & $200 contribution by Robbins. “So that wes a political contribution,” remarked Dill, Sums Mentioned in Letters. Senator Nye read a letter from Bishop Cannon in October, 1928, to the Black- stone Bank stating he had $15,000 to $20,000 for deposit as chairman of the Ngy&?per s;:pply Co. ’of‘lllehmnnd. ycu have any informat! these funds oty “No, sir,” said Booker. C. B. Stevens of Charlottesville, Va. was then called to the stand. fled a check of $2.433.78 made by (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) SN 7 R Leviathan Bar Burns. \MPTON, England, A 26 P Fire bummed out ihe retveanment bar in the third-class quarters of the steamship Leviathan at her pler here . Local firemen prevented the blaze from spreading. TAMMANY BEGIS WAR ON RODSEVELT * ASSESSION 0PENS | |Governor’s Message Ignores | Demand for Probe of | G. 0. P. Control. ?JUDICIAR} COMMITTEE REPORTS ON BOTH BILLS Machine Leaders Take Steps to Block Consideration of Immunity Law. B the Associated Press. reached the parting of the ways. Angered because the Governor yes- terday refused their request for an in- vestigation of alleged graft and corrup~ tion in Republican-controlled cities up- State, Senator John J. Dunnigan and Assemblyman Irwin Steingut, Demo- cratic leaders, said they would “fight to the last ditch” the recommendation of { Mr. Roosevelt that the Hofstadter Com= | mittee investigating New York be em- powered to grant immunity to witnesses. Confined to Immunity. ‘The Governor, in his message read at PLANE ROUTS FUGITIVE Wounded Convict Recaptured’ im Air and Land Chase. | preceded the aerial search. | wounded slightly, but escaped | cornfield. Sheriff J. C. | County. it swooped low over the |and the fugitive ran from his place, surrendering to waiting . AKRON TAKEN OUT OF HANGAR PREPARATORY TO TRIAL FLIGHT ated by the rattle of machine gun firing,