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WEAT HER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast). Fair _tonight; tomorrow partly cloudy, probably followed by showers at night; not much ehange in temperature. Tem- peratures—Highest, 84, at 3:30 terday; lowest, 63, at 6:15 p.m. yes- m. today. Full report on page Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14& 15 No. 31,898, Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. he WASHINGTO! LEAGUE COMMAND OVER ALL ARMIES ASKED BY EXPERT Paul-Boncour, Paris Leader, Offers Plan as Solution of Parity Problem., SAYS FRANCE WILL LEAD WAY IN 1932 PARLEY g — V. S. Aloofness in Affairs of Eu- rope Now Ended, Berenguer Declares at Geneva. By the Associated Press. PARIS. August 31.—A proposal that Goes to Detroit RUEL, RED SOX CATCHER, IS SWAPPED FOR INFIELDER. | 1 HEROLD “MUDDY” RUEL. B the Associated Press. BOSTON, August 31.—Herold “Mud- POWERS DECLARED - SANE AS HUNT FOR - BODIES CONTINUES University of Pittsburgh Ex- pert Says Slayer of Five Is Fit to Stand Trial. CLUES TO ADDITIONAL Clarksburg Police Chief Says He Is “Not Through With” Blue- beard's Wife. By the Alsarhl;d P‘run —Dr. Edwin E. Mayer, psychiatrist and member of the faculty of the Univer- | MURDERS ARE PROBED CLARKSBURG, W. Va. August 31.| henin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION MONDAY, AUGUS! 31, “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 are printed. Saturday’s Circulation, 104,132, Sunday’s Circulation, 116,8! 1931—THIRTY-SIX -PAGES. #%» UP) Means Associated Pr. TWO CENTS. E]NTIMIDATION CHARGE MADE BY WITNESSES IN BRUTALITY PROBE Justice Department Issues Warn- ing Offenders Will Receive - Drastic Punishment. STAINS SCRAPED FROM PRECINCT FLOOR TO CHECK HARKER STORY Two-Score to Testify Before Jury Rover May Suggest Naming of Special Prosecutor. the nations of the world place their| , BOFIDN: WOETSE & et ent | armed forces under the control of thej s the Detroit Tigers in exchange for | league of Nations and a prediction | Marty McManus, Tiger infielder, the | his opinion Harry F. Powers is that France would lead the way at|Red Sox management announced. ly sane.” l Alleged intimidation of Government witnesses by friends of cer- | tain policemen accused of third-degree brutality has led the Depart- ment of Justice to issue a warning that drastic measures will be taken sity’ of Pittsburgh, sald today that in “legal- . { the 1932 disarmament conference was |, Ruel left for Detroit today and Mc- | made today by Joseph Paul-Boncour, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Com- mittee of the Chamber of Deputles, in & statement to the Associated Press. Inasmuch as M. Paul-Boncour is acknowledged as France's greatest au- thority on disarmament and is certain 1o be one of France's chief delegates to the disarmament conference in Grneva next February, his statement was considered to be of such far-reach- ing importance that it will give an en- tirely new angle to the struggle for the reduction and limitation of armaments. The impression prevailed that he would not have made his statement unless he was convinced that it harmonizes with responsible opinion in France. “When the disarmament conference agress upon the actual figures of the defense strength of each country,” he said, “our idea is that these forces should cease to be forces left entirely to the disposition of these countries and that there should be an interna- tional mortgage upon them. Seen as Parity Solution. “I mean that the Council of the League of Nations when face to face with a case of proved war of aggres- sion should be empowered under article 16 of the league covenant to make use of them to settle a war crisis. “Are other nations, like us, ready? Are they willing to put their permanent 2ir, naval and land forces under the control of and at the disposition of the League of Nations? By this gesture the problem of parity might be solved.” M. Paul-Boncouer said limitation of armaments i5 linked with the idea of creating an international armed force which will insure respect for arbitral decisions and with a policy of imposing penalties on nations which ‘have been declared aggressors. He sald Prench circles yearned for perpetual peace and are growing apprehensive over next year’s disarmament conference. “Europe's troubles,” he continued. “the campaign for the revision of treaties, the hypoerisy with which France’s military strength is weighe sponsibilities and an evident jealousy of France’s financial situation which takes no account of France's sacrifices— all are engendering the impression here that there is a deliberate wish to ruin France's national security.” Parley Declared Grave Event. “Upon its success or failure depends the future of peace.” he said. ‘People are watching France. Many are ready to hold us responsible for the failure of the eonference or to think of success only at France's expense. T mean that the failure of the Dis- | armament Conference would the signal tor the rearmament of powers which. under the peace treaties, are subjected to special limitations. Ger- many has told us this clearly and Hungary thinks as Germany. Gen. von Seekct, Who created Germany’s new professional army and aims at supple- menting it with militia, has recently lald down unacceptable premises. They are based upon the idea of mathematical parity between the armed forces of na- tions, an idea which is contrary to the League covenant. “This idea echoes the thought of Mussolini, who, with his customary di- rectness, pledges Italy to accept a min- imum of forces acceptable to other great continental powers. This means France, since it seems clear that in naval strength, at least, the United States and Great Britain are given a superiority which is entirely defensible and legitimate. but which nevertheless constitutes & serious snag to the prin- ciple of par! between nations.” “It is their geographical situation.” (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) YANKEES LEADING NATS, 1-0, IN THIRD Tony Lazzeri Drives Lary Home With a Single in the Second. Speclal Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, August 31.—Tony Laz- zerl's single drove Lary home in the second inning and the New York Yankees were leading the Nationals, 1 to 0. in the third inning here today. FIRST, INNING. * WASHINGTON—Myer bunted and was thrown out by Pennock. Manush grounded to Gehrig. Cronin lined to well. No runs. NEW YORK—Bjrd sent a low liner to Kuhel. Ruth walked. West came in for Gehrig’s high one. No runs. SECOND T WASHINGTON—Harris left. Bluege fied to Chapman, ned. No runs. NEW YORK-—Chapman buntcd and was thrown out by Brown. Lary sin- gled to left. Dickey walked., Lazzeri singled to center, scoring Lary and ending Dickey to third. In an at- tempted double steal Dickey was caught at the plate, Brown to Myer to Spen- cer to Bluege. Lazzeri reached third during the p: Pennock fanned. One n. G. singled Kuhel fan- THIRD INNING. ASHINGTON—Spencer singled to center Brown fanned. Myer forced Spencer. Lazzeri to Lary. Manush forced Lazzeri to Lar No runs. 'YORK—Byrd flied to Harris. singled to center. Ruth sent a 1o Harria. o:/h;ru fanned. No i FIRS to} West fanned. Harris stole second. | ' Manus will join the Sox tomorrow. was explained the trade was permitted at this late date because the Sox had secured waivers on Ruel and Detroit secured waivers on McManus. In going to the Tigers Ruel will be making his fifth American League af- filiation, as well as rejoining the man: | proficiency as & catcher—Bucky Harris. string catcher of the Nationals he rounded out a string of eight consecu- z s MELLON'S BILIN BOND IS EIVES * HIOVER PROBLEN Next Year’s Budget Financ- ing Becomes Vexing Question. By the Associated Press. Announcement by Secretary Mellon of a billion-dollar financing program for the Sepiember quarter President Hoover today face to face with the vexing problem cf how to bal- lance next year's budget. It is & matter he must thrash out with Mr. Mellon and the Republican leaders of the House and Senate before 4 | the opening of Congress in December. | git, " with a total ignoring of France’s re- { It appears now to be very much a two- | sided problem. | Mr. Mellon, despite his resort at this time to another huge bond issue, is known to favor a revision of taxes to prospective billion-dollar deficit next year. The fiscal year ending June 30 incurred a $903,000,000 deficit, largely met by a long-term bond issue. $387,000,000 Deficit. In the first two months of this fis- cal year the Treasury shows a deficit {of $387,000000. Income taxes have| continued downward this year. yielding | 1$11,000,000 less than in this pericd a | i year ago. A drop of $13,000000 in mi cellaneous tax receipts has added to the administration’s worries. | Next vear is a_campaign vear, how- { ever, and up on Capitol Hill the polit- | ical leaders are holding up their hands against any immediate raise in taxes, contending it is difficult to ask for votes sfter increasing the taxpayers' bills. Thus Mr. Hoover is confronted by a none tco easily solved situation. Fear Tax Boosts. Moreover, Senator Watson of Indiana, President that if Congress once starts to raising taxes next session there is apt to be no limit on it. In other ! words, the Republican leader fears taxes | materially reduced in the end. Hopeful and confident that the next few months will show an upward trend in business and a resultant increase in income tax returgs, Mr. Hoover is with- halding immediate decision on what Democ: of any tax increase move as the Re- publicans. They have expressed the hope that the depression deficit could be tided over by a bond issue as was done this year. Insurgents for Revision. But the Republican indépendents, who will wield the balance of power next session, are on record for tax revision. They want to increase the rates on in- comes in the higher brackets, boost the estate tax rates and restore the gift tax. Mr. Mcllon, however, in suggesting & tax revision program last Spring, spoke of broadening the base of the Ame (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) ger under whom he reached the peak of | During the six years Ruel was first- brought | jraise the necessary funds to meet a | | that the Republican leader, has warned the | will be sought for every manner of | project and the deficit would not be | recommendation he will make for bal- » ancing the Federal budget. | jc leaders are just as wary Dr. Mayer talked with the man, who! | confesses killing five persons, for two! | hours yesterday after being granted | permission by Sherifft W. B. Grimm. The purpose of Dr. Mayer's examination | was nof explained. J. E. Law, Powers' attorney, said “insanity will be the plea in all prob- ability.” { Oft.cers said Powers today called their attention to the shape of his head and | showed them a deep crevice in the skull, | which he said he received while in mili- tary training during the World War. He complained, they said, that he| saw visions and that he “had uncon- trolable impulses.” | Dr. Mayer told Will E. Morris, Har- | rison County prosecutor, he would re | turn here as a witness at Powers' trial |if his testimony was desired, but he | wished to talk with the prisoner again before his trial. Calls Slayer a Sadist. Dr. Mayer said Powers was of a sadis- | tic nature. He added that, having in- terviewed many criminals, he would say from observation that Powers was of | “a shut-in personality; he shunned mcl-i ety and was suffering from a superiority complex.” The psychiatrist said Powers told him | he was born in Cedar Rapids. lowa, |and his family came to Clarksburg | that he rad a sister in Cedar Rapids (and two uncles in- Upshur County, W. Va, and_that he was graduated . | from Cedar Rapids High School and | | attended Ames College. Called Pastor as Ruse. ! “I never have confessed and Il tell | | my story at the trial.” Dr. Mayer quoted | Powers as saying. “I have no interest | in religion and only called the minister | to get out of the agony which officers | | were putting me in.” | | A Baptist minister was permitted to see Powers at the prisoner's request | When he was asked concerning a! | statement, that officers alleged he sif | ed, Dr. Mayer said, Powers replied that | he' “signed” a piece of paper, but did | | not know what it was.” | | ' Other Bodles Sought. | Convict road gangs today began dig- | | ging through the debris littering an old | well near Powers' garage, seeking, more | victims besides the five he has con- tessed he killed in his quest of the prop- |erty of matrimony-seeking women. | They dug. despite the smiling state- | | ment from Powers concerning the five “that's all there are.” Digging progressed because officials still believed more of the hundreds of women with whom Powers corresponded might have s- | died by his hand in the bloody garage, | ous legacies. and been buried nearby. Formal confession of the killings of Mrs. Asta Eicher and her three chil- dren. all of Chicago, and of Mrs. rothea Lempke of Worcester, Mass., | was expected from Powers today, with | the possibility of arraignment to receive his plea later in the day. Carl Southern. Clarksburg city de- tective, said he had received a long- | distance telephone call from a man who sald he was Detective Norton of tie Chicago police, asking him to assist au- (Continued on Page 4, Column 1) 'CUBA WILL DECLARE Surrender of Last Man Leading | Insurgents to Prompt Claim cf Army Victory. By the Associated Press. | HAVANA, August 31.—Army chead- | quarters is prepared to declare tomor- | row that Cuba’s revolution has ended | with the surrender of Col. Roberto Men- | dez Penate, who was the only insurgent | teader at niberty. He gave himself up with one man near Ranchurlo, in Santa Clara Prov- ince, and will be brought to Havana tomorrow for imprisonment in Caban: Fortress. The secret police previously | Eeported he had salied for the United States Sewell grounded to Kuhel. | T HALIBUT LARVAE, FOUND OFF LAND, ARE MISSING LINKS Expedition Ship Solves Mystery of Habitat, Discovering By the Associated Press. VICTORIA, British Columbia, August 31.—A great mystery of the halibut ap- pears to be on the way to solution. Its missing links have been found. Men always have wondered, but could never find out, whence these fish came, where they hatched and what stages they go through before they become real fish. Discovery of the first halibut .Jarvae ever found, each a queer little organ- ism much iike an inlarged globule of taploca with black spots for eyes and tiny beginnings of a tail, is announced by John P. Babcock, chairman of the Canadian-American Halibut Commis- slon. The scientific world has tried for life history of | P! eries sh he-eary il g P v e~ | (Continued ea Page 2, Column 8. ihe halibut, as it has learned the story % [ - - Long-Sought Spawning Grounds in Ocean Shallows. of the salmon. The discovery msans | something to every one who enjoys hal but as food, for it eventually will enab'> Canada and the United States to adopt scientific measures for the conservation of this great fish. Hitherto a few larvae stages have been found in the Atlantic. Some were taken at great depths near Iceland and some off the coa:t of Newfoundland. “From this it has .been considered that the halibut was a deep-sea spawn- or, passing its early life in great depths,” Mr. Babcock said. “The early stages have, up to this Summer, never been recognized, despite the great amount of research done in the Atlantic. As a re- sult of this sesason’s operations the Halibut Commission now has a com. ries showing the early life hi [ Nerves of steel and a stout heart kept THE MAYOR OF NEW YORK ABROAD! MAN. 63. CLINGS TO LEDGE 142 FEET UP FOR TWO HOURS Steeplejack Rescued From Chimney Top After Scaffolding Slips, Plunging Companion to Death. ROCHESTER, N. Y. August 31.— cuers attempted to fire a ilne over the top of the stack with a rope gun. The fifth shot draped a rope over the chimney top, and slowly. foot by foot, Kemp hauled in the light line with a heavier rope attached. With a | solid hold for him to grasp. Kemp soon drew up a second line with a small swing attached. into which he stepped and was carefully let down. 63-year-old James Kemp, steeplejack, | clinging to a precarious foothold on a | 10-inch ledge at the top of & 150-foot chimney today until rescued—two hours atter his fellow worker, Gondolfo di| Primo, 40, had plunged to death when k) the emergency room of the Yawman & ‘The two men were working on a tiny | Erbe plant. scaffold_at the top of the stack when | I knew betler than to let the thing the scaffolding slipped. | scare me.” was his simple explanation e firemen with outstretched life |of his fortitude nels awaited Kemp's fall, which seemed | _Kemp. who had been manning the almost inevitable, another crew of res- ~ (Continued on Fage 2. Column 2.) WHITNEY'S ESTATE. AMATEUR FLYING TOTAL SRS301017 BOOMED AT RACES Final Accounting, Revealing;Organizalion Similar to That Increase of $45,306,372, = of Golf and Tennis Is Filed in Gotham. | Proposed. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. NEW YORK, August 31.—Final ac- CLEVELAND AIRPORT. Cleveland, counting of the estate of the late Payne , Ohio, August 31.—The development of Whitney was filed today, revealing the ' private fying into an amateur sport as value of the estate increased $45,306,372 | nationally organized and uniformly gov- | during the two years between the decth erned as non-professional golf. tennis | of the financier, sportsman and philan- | and other sports is forecast by devel- | thropist and distribution of the vari- opments here as the National Air Races | go into full swing for 10 days of the Whitney died on May 25, 1927, while keenest aeronautical competition in his- playing tennis at his country estate.| tory. He was 52 years old and left an tl'nltl‘i There are 3.500 amateur air pilots in valued at $186,579,746, the largest in | the United States, according to reports By the Associated Press. NYE RENEWS PLEA THAT CANNON TELL Rover to Study Quiz Records for Possible Contempt Action Against Two. Chairman Nye of the Senate Cam- nis suggestion that Bishop James Can- non, jr, of the Methodist Episcopal | Church South, “explain under oath the record of his use of 1928 campaign funds.” At the same time, United States At- he would study the sterographic record of last week's hearings in the Cannon inquiry with & view to possible con- | tempt action against Miss Ada L. Bur- roughs and Dr. J. Sidney Peters of Virginia. Both 1efused to testify be-| fore the Senate committee concerning | their part in the Virginia anti-Smith | campaign. Will Ask for Records. Rover said he also would ask for thr records of previous committee sessions in the investigation of Cannon's dis- | position of funds donated for the cam- ign. Chairman Nye declined to take any notice of Bishop Cannon's lengthy cable to the press from London last night. but remarked that the bishop had been informed last May that his committse rould make its inquiry at the time it did. Plans Careful Study. | District Attorney Rover said toda that Senator Nye had stated in th press that it was up to the proper offi- cals to take notice of the actions of | the two witnesses in refusing to testify. | He added. however, that he would have | | to study the record and also the resolu- tion of the Senate under which the against such offenders. Several complaints of witnesses that they were threatened against testifying resulted in the summoning of the allegéd intimidators for questioning by officials of the Bureau of Investigation. A stern warning of vigorous prosecution of any one who obstruects justice during the Federal inquiry into local third-degree practices is understood to have been given at least two persons. One of these is said to be a notorious figure in the local “underworld.” Two-Score Summoned to Testify. Disclosure of the re}mrted inti of their appearance before the gr midation comes almost on the eve and jury to testify in the case of |James Henry Harker, youthful baker. whose charges of police Ereclpiuted the city-wide investigation. o ety About two-score witnesses ave been subpoenaed io present themselv j Dave Wednesdnr P el .hes before the grand jury Fifteen freshly-scraped s the first precinct in which the appearance of blood. on the wooden floor of the room at rker alleges he | UF BAMPA'GN FUNB|evldence today of the scientific methods bein, | investigation. The scrapings were was beaten.bore mute g used in the Federal understood to be of stains having During their careful examination of the so-called third room the Justice agents also are reported to have found ax’mrol;?fi; and a piece of wood resembling the h: articles are said to have teen \ocl%ed ien aadnegif oo e Both Harker complained of being beaten with a piece of hose. and other former pri 1 ners have charg precinct. ed they saw a wooden club at the Analysis Is Being Made. The scrapings of the possible analyzed at the Bureau of Standa Without assistance hé walked into Paign Funds Committee today renewed ' of Harker's blood. bloodstains presumably are being rds for comparison with-a sampie In the meantime Justice officials were to confer this aft with United States Attorney Leo A. Rover regarding pla;s (oer"(“:;;r-l ducting the grand jury proceedin Rover migh suggest the appointment of |that would complete the xndependemoat quiry. It is likely the. att torney Leo A. Rover announced thal numerous obstacles thntul:ital\?: c?)’nf‘rr:‘;:n their investi 00DCOCK FAVORS FEWER INFORMERS Abolishes Practice in Sec- tions Where Enforcement Is Not Impaired. By the Associated Press. Prohibition Director Woodcock said today ke favored elimination of the use of paid informers by Federal dry agents in every section where this practice could be abolished without disturbing Pederal dry law enforcement efforts. Col. Woodcock's indication of his new policy followed a general order by the Prohibition Bureau last veek banning gation of police conditions. , | inquiry was conducted before deciding | the payment of any Fedegal funds to |on presentation of the matter to the REBELLION IS ENDED, the history of the Transfer Tax Bureau. | When the bequests were patd in May | of 1920 (he estate had appreciated to | $239,301,017. Distributed Before Crash. Increase in ralue of the estate was Tealized principally in & block of 44,- 863 shares of Northern Finance Corpo- ney's death and $160,705,546 cn trans- fer to the legatees. Northern Finance Corporation was a_holding company | founded by Oliver H. Payne, associatc {of John D. Rockefeller in the founding of the Standard Oil Co. and founder of the Payne fortune. Transfer of the legacies. took place several months before the stock mar- ket crash, so the ensuing sharp de- cline in many security values was not reflected in the final accounting filed with the surrogate today. Estate Taxes Over $20,000,000. ‘The accounting shows that the ex- ecutors paid $17,364,012 for New York State inheritance, transfer and estate taxes, $4,380,013 for TFederal taxes, $353,886 for Maine taxes, '$26,376 for Ohio taxes and $44.985 for taxes in cther States. Income taxes assessed gainst the sstate amounted to $2,223.- 087, and debts, funeral expenses and ad- ! ministration coets were $13.542.076. The will left millions to charities, be- gifts to three personal friends, includ- ng Finley Peter Dunne, author. VON GRONAU TAKES OFF German Flyer Leaves fiudmn Bay Port for Long Lake. von Gronau took off from Port Har- rison, on the eastern side of Hudson Bay. at 9:35 (E. 8. T.) this morning. In a wireless message received here by the radio branch of the Department of Marine, the German fiyer, who crossed the Northern route from last week, gave Long Lake as his next desti- nation. AUTHOR GROWS WORSE Sir Hall Caine’s Illness Aggra- vated by Lung Trouble. DOUGLAS, Isle of Man, August 31 (#).—Physicians attending S8ir Hall Caine, the novelist, said this afternoon that his condition was very grave and that congestion of the lungs had devel- oped. He has been ill for several days. € ration, which was appraised as being | worth $111,436,190 at the time of Whit- | sides enormous bequests to relatives ang ' OTTAWA, August 31 (#).—Wolfgang | | received here. These pilots have taken | up fiying purely for pleasure and sport. | Nearly 350 of the country’s sportsman | pilots have become members of an or- | ganization which they hope will come |in time to rank with the bodies which | govern amateur golf and tennis. This | organization will seek to place amateur | fiying upon the same plane as other | amateur sports and to promote compe- | titions. Amateur meets In all parts of the country and the recognition of amateur | fiying Tecords of all kinds are planned. The organization of amateurs has been | given charge of sportsman pilot events on the race program here this year. Such_events have been gaining an in: creasingly important place in race pro- grams auring the past few years, and the list of trophies for the amateur year, the latest addition being a cup presented by Senator Hiram Bingham of Connecticut, president of the Na- tional Aeronautic Association, to be competed for annually. Prominent Flyers Interested. Among the prominent amateur flyers who are backing the movement for sport flying on an organized basis are Gen. Howard 8. Borden, Powell Crosby, Miss Jane Dodge, A. Felix du Pont. i Dr. Alexander Forbes, Roger Wolfe Kahn, M; INDIAN MOS.LEMS RIOT ' Reprisal Follows Officer’s Slaying by Hindu Youth. CHITTAGONG, India, August 31 (#) —An infuriated Moslem mob storme looted and burned a large Hindu shop here today in reprisal for the slaying last night of a police officer by a Hindu youth. ‘The police inspector, Khan Bal Ashanullas, was shot as he congratu- lated a foot ball team on winning a cup. Panic spread among the Hindu population, who sought all available Tefuges. LOS ANGELES TAKES OFF Naval Airship Leaves Lakehurst for Vessel in Newport Bay. LAKEHURST, N. J., August 31 (#)— The naval airship Los Angeles took off at 7:15 am. (Eastern standard time) today for North Truro, Mass., in New- port Bay, where it will bs moored to the U. S. 8. Patoka tonight. ‘The airship was in charge of Comdr. l'A'.). :ld Dresel. There were 55 men on Radio anm—; F:n pilots has been growing from year to, grand jury in contempt of the Senate | | proceedings. i | _“As to the alleged violations by | Bishop Cannon of the Federal corrupt | practices act.” said Rover, “I would not {huve to wait for any one to call my attention to them, as they have been stated in the press for several months. | An early decision might have to be mace {in this matter because at least one of the | charges would appear to become out- | lawed in September. Of course, I am | not saying that I shall reach & decision |to ask grand jury action, but I intend |to study the record of the proceeding: | carefully.” CANNON ASSAILS PROBERS. Session Was Held “Delib- | erately” in Absence. | LONDON, August 31 () —Bishop James Cannon, jr, of the Methodist Episcopsi |Church South, in a statement issued | here _yesterday charged the Senate Bishop S: |~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) ! obtained by the burt woman informers and proHibiting their employment as “blinds” or “decoys. Woodcock said he believed the use of informers in dry law enforcement was declining naturally as agents be- came more efficient, but added that in some sections, such as the District of Columbia, agents and police believed their use necessary, and th® Prohibition Bureau paid the bill. Informers’ pay. he indicated, ranged from between $5 to $10 a day. A saving of $150.000 through econo- | mies in dry enforcement during th:| past year was announced by Woodcock as partly due to the elimination of in- formers and the more effeciivc place- ment of agents, togsther with co-op: a- tion by district attorneys to pi agents appearing unnecessarily as nesses. The Prohibition Bureau's request for appropriations for the next fiscal v already has gone to the Budget Bureau. (- whether the sum requested was an in- crease or decrease from the $13,000,000 iSINGLE MEN HERE OUTNUMBER - UNMARRIED WOMEN BY 1,986 Opal Logan Kunz, Charles | (Cantinued on Page % CAlumn 1) | B¢ Total Number of Fair Sex Is Placed at 204,556, as Compared With 181,883 Men. There were 1986 more single men in ‘Washington than single women, despite the fact that the total number of women outranked the men by 22,883, ;| the Census Bureau revealed today in | snnouncing tne population of the | United States 15 years of age and over, c tions as of April 1, 3 The bureau’s figures show the men here numbered 181,673 when the census was taken. The women totaled 204,556. There were 63,695 singie men and 61.- 709 single women, according to the report. Of the total numbar of men, the bu- reau pointed out, 107,418 were married. The total for married women Was placed at 109.427. ‘There were almost four times as many widows residing here than wid- owars, accerding to the report. Figures showed a total of 29,766 widows against 8,113 widowers. The divorcee also It with a total of 2,992, as compared with 1,808 male holders of final decrees. In its national compiiation the Cen- sus Bureau sald there were 86,718,170 persons 15 years old and over, and of this number 43,881,021 were males and %’1'1“ were females, the report re- led. Of the males, 14,953,712 were single; 26,327,109 were married: 2,024,936 were widowed, and 489,578 or 1.1 per cent lassified according to marital condi- | of the total number, were divorced. Of the females, 11,306,653 were single; 26.- 170,756 were married; 4,743.207 were widowed, and 573,148, or 1.3 per cent, were divorced. The percentage married in the total population was 6 as compared with 59.9 per cent in 1920, according to the bureau. ‘The number of married persons in- creased by 4447843 between 1920 and 1930. The proportionate widowed de-- creased from 4.8 per cent ‘to 4.6 per cent and the proportionate divorced in- creased from six-tenths of 1 per cent to 1.1 per cent. creased by 4,851,823, while the percent- age married increased from 60.6 in 1920 to 61.1 in 1930. The bureau said the proportion of widowed, 11.1 per cent, showed practically no change, while the proportion of divorced in« led | creased from eight-tenths of 1 per cent to 1.3 per cent. At the census of 1880, the earliest date the bureau has statistics of mari- tal conditions, 53.9 per cent of the men and 56.8 per cent of the women were reported as married, as compared with 60 per cent for men and 61.1 cent for women in 1930. The bureau pointed out that at each census since 1890 the percentage married has shown an in- crease for both men and women. | regarding the Harker cherges. he said. but he would not disclose| . capable hands ‘The number of married women in- 85. There.was a possibility that a special prosecutor—a move atus of the Government's in- grand jury may be called to ed Federal agents in pursuirz Hampered by Police Probe. They first found their activities ham- pered by a conflicting inquiry launched by police. Witnesses whom they sought to’ question pointed out they alreadly had been questioned on the same sube ject by police officers, and they ex- pressed resentment on being asked to Tepeat their stories for the Government operatives. This situation was quickly settled at a conference between Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent’ of po- lice, and Inspector John M. Keith, in | charge of the Federal probe. Maj. Pratt promptly issued an order calling a halt to the police inquiry. There have ‘been no further complaints of police interference. The r>poris of threats to witnesses, received by the bureau Saturcay, caused further exasperation. It is pointed out there are stringent Federal laws against intim!caticn of Govirnment witnesees, #nd Justice cfficlals are ready to in- voke these laws against any offenders. Harker Quiz About Over. Bure:u agents have virtually com- pleted their questi:ning of witnesses in th> Harker case, but are procesding with their investig:tion of other alleged acts of cruelty by police in a variety Policemen attached to the first precinct wer> questioned vesterday All of these officers previously had signed affi- ?lx ‘lts @enying kncwledge of any bru- zlity. The Federal investigators have not interrogat:d the four policemen now under suspension in the Harker case. They are Precinct Detective James Mostyn and Policemen W. C. Groomes, | William R. Laflin and William T. Bur- Toughs. Attorneys fcr the accused offi- cers are sald to have declined an “in- vitation" of the Government to have the men tell their side of the c:se. Rover and Collins Confer. Mr. Rover on his return today to his office from a vacation was closeted with /Assistant United States Attorney Wil- liam H. Collins, who has been in charge of the office in his absence. Rover de- clared that he knew of the brutality charges only through newspaper ac- counts. but expected to get the details from Collins and from the conference | with Director J. Edgar Hoover at the Bureau of Investigation. | “When I know what has been gath- ered in the way of eviience,” said Rover. “I shall be in a position to- de- | cide whether 1 shall ask the Depart- ment of Justice to relieve this office of | the necessity of prosecuting the in- |quiry before the grand jury and ap- | point a special prosecutor, or whether I shall decide to leave the matter in the } of Assistant United | States Attorney Irving Goldst>in, who has been selected by Collins to present the case to the grand jury before the department had bzen asked to under- take the inquiry Rover was unable to take up the dis- cussion of the evidence with Collins | this morning, because he had summoned | four “witnesses to conclude the | jury's inquiry into charges of raming” by police of Orville Staples, a former member of the force. Fred- | erick A, Schenck, a former an, now serving a term of 20 years in the penitentiary, was brought here some weeks ago from Leavenworth Prison to " (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) AGENT SHOT IN RAID | Bronx Casino Battle Followed by Arrest of Truckman. NEW YORK, August 31 (). —“Satlor Stevens. truckman, of Scarsdaue, N. Y., was arrested today on charge of shoot- ing Russel Whited, a Federal prohibi- tion agent, during a raid last night in & Bronx casino. : Five agents sent to the City Island section of the Bronx to make ‘several raids first called at Bracker's Inn. Shouts greeted them. as they an- nounced themselves. Plates and other missiles were thrown. Then pistol shot. Whited dropped, wound in the left thigh, came a & slight i