Evening Star Newspaper, September 2, 1931, Page 1

WEAT. (U. 8. Weather B HER. ureau Forecast). Showers and thunderstorms and slight- 1y cooler tonight; tomorrow showers cooler. ‘Temperatures—Highest, 91 3:30 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 72, at 6 a. today. Full report on page 9. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 31,900. 0. post office, Wa Fntered as second class matt shington, D. he WASHINGTON, D. 1 vy WEDNESDAY, POLICE BRUTALITY CASES |POPEANDILDUE GIVEN TO GRAND JURY; U. S. GUARDS WITNESSES Harker Called to Repeat Charges. SECRECY MARKS INQUIRY START Presenting of Data in Direct Charge of Rover. ‘The Government's first action to outlaw the third degree since the Wickersham Commission’s expose | moved into court channels today when the District grand jury be- | gan an investigation of five nl-’ leged instances of police brutality | in the National Capital. In an atmosphere of extreme secrecy, heightened by unusual precautions to guard the first group of approximately 100 wit- nesses who have been subpoeaned, the grand jury began taking tes- timony in the case which pre- cipitated Government action— that of James Henry Harker, 24- year-old baker. Harker, still bearing a black cir- cle around his left eye, an al- leged reminder of a severe beating administered by officers of the first precinct, was preceded into; the grand jury room by J. Edgari Hoover, director of the United | States Bureau of Investigation, and Inspector John M. Keith, in charge of the bureau’s sweeping| inquiry. Federal Officials in Charge. and Keith carried tothe | room a brief case bul- gingy with papers, presumably data collected by the Government dur- ing the probe. The Federal of- ficizls took over the third-degree investigation after the District Commissioners had made a direct appeal Government assistance. It is thought that Director Hoo- ver gave to the grand jury state- ments signed by more than a score of policemen of the first precinct before they were questioned by the Department of Justice. In these statements the policemen professed ignorance of the exist- ence of third-degree methods in their station house. ¥ Several of the officers who sign- ed such denials are reported to have “amended” their statements when quizzed by Federal investiga- tors. Developments in this con- nection have given rise to the pos- sibility of perjury charges in the event certain policemen do not “come clean” before the grand Jury. Harker Asked for Details. Harker was called upon to de- tail exactly what happened to him at the first precinct after his ar- rest 10 days ago on a charge ot‘ housebreaking and robbery. His previous charges resulted in the | suspension of Detective Mostyn = (Continued on Page 2, Column 2) NORWAY 1S UNABLE TO HEAR NAUTILUS Polar Submarine Is Still Silent After Three Days, Station at Bergen Reports. By the Associated Press | 0OSLO, Norway., Septembor 2.—The radio station at Bergen has been un- | able to cffect a contact with Sir Her- | bdrt Wilkins' polar submarine Nautilus for the past three days and there is much speculation as to what may hnve‘ happened to the craft. Every night the station has called | and every day it has listened ‘for an answering signal which has not come. It is presumbed the Nautilus has gone under the icepack and her radio signals have not been strong enough for Bergen to pick up. | | in the police brutality scandal. The two District officials d to see President Hoover and for the President’s interest in sioner also, it is understood, wa the statement he issued last we | | further consideration to the situ | investigated. ceeding along the right lines in uation. Gen. Crosby said he had received no complaints of graft or corruption against police since his return to Washington. THORDUEH POLCE " PROBE S UGED |Representative Gibson De- | clares All Phases of Activity Crosby Thanks Hoover Police Commissioner Herbert B. Crosby, accompanied by Corporation Counsel William W. Bride, went to the White House today to thank President Hoover for the interest he has taken pressed their views to his secretary, Lawrence Richey. The third-degree scandal developed while Commissiorier Crosby was on the Pacific Coast enjoying a vacation, and since his return to Washington he has been awaiting an opportunity ersonally express his appreciation police force who overstep their bounds in beating prisoners. Satisfied with the progress the Department of Justice is making in the police. investigati take no action whatever until the Federal inquiry is completed. Commissioner Crosby denied that he is planning a graft and corruption inquiry of his own, b of this nature are filed with him he would have them promptly The Commissioner thinks the Department of Justice is pro- third-degree practices, and believes that if the scope of the in- vestigation is broadened at this t| graft and corruption it would serve to tangle the present sit- id not see Mr. Hoover, but ex- District affairs. The Commis- nted to thank the President for ek condemning members of the ion, the Commissioners gave no ation today and said they would ut said that if any complaints confining the inquiry to alleged ime to include reported cases of INVASION OF BANKS FOR FUNDS PROBED ‘Depositors Who Took Money in Arkansas Closings |} was ‘reached by Pope Pius XI anc jare restricted to purely religious en- Should Be Investigated. “The investigation of the Washington Police Departraent by the Department of Justice should not be confined | merely to & vigorous inquiry int> the present charges of brutality, but should | Pended A. T. Hudspeth Banks by de- go thoroughly into all phases of police | Positors who demanded their money—, activity, particularly the relations be- | Successfully in one casc—as a Nation- tween the police and members of the | Wide search for the head of the chain underworld, bootleggers and racketeers.” | 80t under way. May Face Charges. By the Associated Press. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., September 2.— Authorities today investigated the re-| | ties with religious ends in view. This is the point of view of Repre-| In Marshall, Ark, officials of the sentative Ernest W. Gibson, Republican, | First State Bank said a group of about, of Vermont, chairman of the special [ 25 townsmen and farmers quietly en-| subcommittee which has bcen making a tered the institution after it closed yes- to President Hoover for| | systematic study of all branches of the | municipal administraticn of the Na- ticnal Capital, as given today in an | interview with The Star. | Mr. Gibson declared that “a thorough | study of all activities of the Police De- | partment should be made in justice to the very large number of honest and efficient members of the force wno are a credit to their jobs and who have for many years bcen serving the public faithfuily and well. It should also serve to restore public confidence in the police force of the National Capital,” he says, “which should be a model for the rest of the country.” Cites Criticism. ‘He pointed out that “during the last few years we have had 2lmost con- tinuous criticism of the Washington police force, some of which may be deserved, but much of which will un- doubtedly prove to be unjustified.” Prom his own studies he is convinced that “if anything is wrong it should be disclosed so that the conditions can be corrected, justice done to the mem- bers of th: force and such a reor- ganization made as will set the Metro- | politan police force of the National Capital before the world, with the in- dorsement and support of the United States Government, based on an inti- mate knowledge of the facts.” - Representative Gibson is disturbed over the fact that, as he says, the| ‘Washington police force has been given a poor reputation all over the world— | whether deserved or not. On a recent | visit to China, he says, he found an/ article in a local paper severely criticiz- ing the police of the Capital City. The | ‘Washington police force should be her- alded far and wide as tie best police orce, her than one with a shady | reputation, he declared. Recommended Reorganization. “Third degree methods, such as out-| lined by The Stay,” he declared today, | “violate constitutional guarantees and are never warranted.” The Gibson sub- committee, of which he is chairman, he explained, “did not make a complete investigation of the Police Department. but left many situations to be handled by the District government, and then recommended a complete reorganiza- tion, following the advice of the best crime experts, so that the Metropolitan | Police Force could be used as & model for the country. That recommendation holds good today. Members of Congress have been waiting for action and an improvement in police conditions. If that is not forthcoming, Congress will be compelled to act, and will demand a complete investigation.” 100 Spanish Prisoners Riot. BARCELONA, Spain, September 2 ()—A hundred prisoners in city jails rioted today because the provincial | governor had refused permission to as- semble in the prison yard. Police firemen and civil guards, reiniorcing the prison stafl restored order, but mot until con- siderable damage nad been done to the buiding. i §5,000,000 ART DONOR UNABLE TO PAY WIF E’S $660 RENT BILL Estranged Mate Charges John Gellatly, Smithsonian Benefactor, With Neglecting Her Needs. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 2—John Gellatly, 78, who gave the Smithsonian Institution and others his $5.000,000 art collection, has admitted in court he is unable to pay his wife's $660 rent bill. Mrs. Charlayne Gellatly, 43 years her husband’s _junicr, appeared in Munici~ al Court’ vesterday and chargeg her usband with posing as a philantifropist end giving away his fortune instead of caring for her needs. Mrs, Gellatly, who described herself #s an actress, said she had not lived with l'l\rr husband since their marriage 8t Bells A , Md., in September, 1930. | She appearsd with her husband as co-defendant in the rent suit. Mrs. Gellatly said she was the grand- daughter of Col. John Peyton cf Vir- ginia, and on her mother's side, & granddaughter of former United States Senator Richard H. Whitely of Ceorgla. Decision in the sult was reserved. Mrs. Gellatly said her husband's for- tune had ocme from sale of realty, left him by a former wife, and nothing was left but an annuity of $3,750, Ccngress accepted Gellatly'’s gift to the Smith- sonian, which was made two years ago. Gellatly goes t attired in early colonial style. He Wears cream trous: tucked into high polished bocls, 2 bright blue swallow-i~il~4 =% - 1 brass buitors e o * terday and told the directors, in mee}- | ing, they wanted their money. i $5,000 Deposits Paid Oui. There was no disorder, A. A. Hud- speth, cashier, nephew of A. T. Hud-' speth, said, * But it was easy to see they were mad and meant business." De: posits totaling approximately $5,000 were paid out to the men. Officials of the Citizens Bank & Trust Co. at Harrison, Ark., said County | Collector Dan Hale and former Sheriff L. M. Martin of Harrison, entered the | bank armed with pistols. Informed that the funds were in the vault, protected by a time lock, | they locked three officials in the bank and expressed determination to remain until the bank vault opened today. However. State Senator Roy Milum, Prosecuting Attorney Jack Holt and others persuaded them to releass the officials. Claude Alexander, vice presi- dert: Dan Holms, cashier, and Ernest Tims, assistant cashier. Examiner Allowed to Leave. A State bank examiner. checking the bank's affairs, was allowed to leave.| The officials said Hale asked for $30.- 090 in county funds and Martin $5,000. osecuting Attorney Holt said it was p to the iranfl jury” whether action would be brought against the two depositors. At Marshall, A. A. Hudspeth said bank examiners were expected today. He said the deposits were paid under protest, and this and the possibility of bringing charges would be discussed with” the cxaminers. The head of the chain of banks, A. T. Hudspeth, left Friday for St. Louis with the announced intention of bor- | Towing funds there. Yesterday a letter | was received from him, addressed to the | public, which said, “When this is in print I'll be in Canada.” He assumed responsibility for the condition of the banks, but said, “I tried hard to make them go.” A warrant charging him with accept- ing depcsits in banks while knowing them to be insolvent has been issued by Prosecuting Attorney Holt. NATIONALS LEADING A’S, 1-0, IN THIRD! | i Singles by West and Crowder in Second Inning Give Griffs Edge. Special Dispatch to The Star PHILADELPHIA, September 2. —A single by West and a like blow by Al Crowder in the seccnd inning gave the Nationals a 1-to-0 lead over tre | Athletics in the third frame here this afternoon. | | FIRST INNING. [ WASHINGTON—Mygr reached sec- ond when his liner was muffed by Mil- ler. Rice flied to Miller in short right center. Manush sent a'long fly to Mil- ler and Myer took third after the catch. Cronin sent a long fiy to Cramer. No runs. ATHLETICS—Rice came in for, Bishop's high one. Cramer singled to | center. Cochrane took the third strike. Moore flied to West. No runs. SECOND INNING. WASHINGTON — West beat out a bunt to McNair. Willlams went back | for Bluege's pop. Kuhel walked. Spen- : cer forced Kuhel with a bounder to | Bishop. Crowder popped a single over third, scoring West and sending Spen- cer to second. Myer fouled to McNair. One run. ATHLETICS—Foxx singled to center. Miller flicd to Rice. McNair hit into a douktle play, Bluege to Myer to Kuhel. No runs. THIRD INNING. ‘WASHINGTON—Bishop _threw _out Rice. Manush fouled to Cochrane. Wil- liam: thr:w out Cronin. No rums. ATHLETICS—Bluege threw out Wil- ia Mahaffey singled to center. to West. Cramer forced ~er #) Cronin. No runs. REACH AGREEMENT INAGTION DISPUTE Clubs May Resum; Activities, But Are Restricted to Religious Endeavors. SPORTS AND ATHLETICS SPECIFICALLY BANNED Organizations Refused Political Action and Can Have Ital- ® ian Flag Only. By the Associated Press. ROME, September 2.—A final accord | Premier Mussolini today in their bitter three-month controversy over Catholic Action Clubs, clarifying the conditions | of the Lateran treaty and the concordat. The Pope's youth organizations are allowed to resume their activities, but deavors. It was specifically stated there should be no sports or athletics and no intrusion into the syndical or trades | union fields. The Italian government announced an agreement of three parts. They are follows: | 1. Cathollc Action organizations are essentially diocesan under the control of bishops, who appoint club officers and directors, none of whom may be from parties hostile to Fascism. There can be no political action or appearance of it, and Catholic Action can have no} flag except the Italian flag. 2. There shall be no organization of | professional classes, and those already | formed within Catholic Action must ab- stain from syndical labors, confining oen WITH SUNDAY MORNING themselves to religious work. i 3. The youth clubs shall be known as| “Youth Associations of Catholic Action.” ! They shall have no flag except the ported invasion of two of the nine sus- | Itallan flag and their religious banners. s Athletics and Sports Banned. It was finally agreed that these local associations must abstain from any sports or athletics, limiting themselves to educational and recreational activi- : This sgrecment, regarded by each | side as a victory, might be considered ! as a compromise. It reopens 15,000 clubs closed three months ago, but bars | them from _those athletic which the Fascists reserve for their clubs. It emphasizes the restriction. already in the concordat, that Catholic action clubs shall be purely religious, but | clarifies brief phrases of the document ! by -mentioning sports and syndical | action. 1 The egreement aut:matically: re- esteblishes the condition whereby Italians may belong both to Catholic | action organizations and the Fascist | party. The Fascist party, early in the | controversy, issued an order declaring membership in the two crganizations was incompatible. The official communique announcing | the accord was as follows | *'As a result of conversations between | activities | | |the Holy See and the Italian govern- ment concerning the disolution of youth clubs attached to the Italian Catholic Action. and, in general, their =ctivities, there has been reached an accord with | the following term: “The Italian Catholic Action is es- | sentially diocesan and depends directly from the bishops, who chooss the lav and ecclesiastic directors. There may | not be chosen persons belonzing to | parties adverse to the Fascist regime. | Will Abstain From Politics. “In conformity with its religious and supernatural nature, Catholic Action does nct concern itself at all with the | political, and in its external form of | organization it will abstain entirely | from the traditional nature of political | parties. | “The banner of the Catholic Action will te the Italian flag. “Catholic Action does not have in; its program the formation of profes- sional assoclations angd trade syndicate It therefore does not contemplate any | syndical action. “Its internal professional sections | now existing and contemplated by the law of April 3, 1926, have been or- ganized exclusively for spiritual and re- ligious objects and they intend further to contribute toward the increasingly | better functioning of legally constituted syndicalism based on the principle of collaboration of classes and toward the social and national ends that the state in a Catholic country proposes to at- taln with present organizations, “The youth clubs depending from Catholic ~ Action will call themselves; “Youth Associations of Catholic Action. These associations can have member- | ship cards and badges corresponding | strictly to their religious aims. “The var.ous associations shall have no other flags except the Italian flag and their own religious banners. “These local associations shall ab-| stain_from activity whatever of a/ ~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 5. FRANCE HARD CUT ON “HITLER MAP” Maritime Frontiers Divided Among Germany and Other Neighbors, Newspapers Say. By the Associated Pre PARIS, 2.—The news- papers ro and Ami du Peuple to- day re] on their front pages a new map of France attributed to Adolf Hitler, the German nationalist, who has opposed the present German govern- ment’s policy of Franco-German re- approachment. It shows what would be left of France by 1935 if Hitler should come into power in Germany, and put into execution the plan which his supporters say he advocates. ¥ All the French maritime fronters would - be divided between Germany, England, Catalonia and Italy. Germany would take the territory from Dunkirk to Havre on the north and would keep Marseilles and the department of Bouches-du-Rhone on the south. The Uniied States would get Finis- terTe as a naval station “to assure her neutrality.” adio Pro'm!u on - 7P; ge C-7 i | the Distr 0 ¢ 9 b 1931—TH ny Sta SEPTEMBER IRTY-EIGHT PAGES. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s ca every city block tion is delivered t as fast as the pa rrier system covers and the regular edi- o Washington homes pers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 108,326 (P) Means Associated TWO CENT Press. AGREEMENT ON GAS PAYMENTS NEAR Commission Asks lllinois Con- cern to Promise to Take No More Profits. Agreement between the Public Uili- Commission and the Central Pubiic vice Corporation of Illinois, und:x which a part of their differences ov:: the payment of cerlain sums by the Washington Gas Light Co. to the Tili- nois concern would be straightened out today appeared likely Gen Mason M. Patrick. commission chaitman, announced the body probably would permit certain payments by the Washington Gas Light Co. to the Cen- tral Public Service Corporation, in change for a promis by officials the latter organization under Wl no further profits would be exact:d from the Washington corporation by the Iikinois concern. The bills the Washington company would b2 permitted to pay probably will total between $50,000 and $10 000 They will include sums for netural gas. coal, stationery and expert advice and assistance. Their payment was for- bidden under a commission order issued August 13. Bills To Be Excluded. The chairman cxplained the order itself would remain in force, but cer- tain bills already incurred probably would be excluded from the terms of the instructiors. The compromise was suggested late vesterday by a_delegation representing the Central Public Service Corporation and the Washington company. No definite arrangement will be ma however, until furiher information forwarded to the commission by utility men. The gas men vesterday submitted an elaborate document purporting to set 4 de,' s the | forth the intercorporate arrangements which attended we bringing of natural gas to Washington and to show how the Central Public Service Corporation had planned a profit of $68,500 on one deal with the local company. which it now offers to abandon. Many enlightening details on other transactions also were set forth. Title Plan Abandoned. The portion of the pipe line by which + gets its natural gas which lies inside of the District boundaries was built by the Columbia Gas & Elec- tric Corporation at a cost of $68,500./ According to the document filed by the | gas interests, the Central Public Serv-| ice Corporation had intended to charge | the Washington Gas Light Co. this amount in cxchange for letting the Washington Gas Light Co. keep title! to the transmission main. This plan now has been abandoned. ! It developed that the Washington Gas | Light Co. is not a party to the contract by which this natural gas is bought. | This contract, filed as an exhibit, is be- tween the Public Service Engineering | Corporation and the Maryland Gas | Transmission Coiporation. The former is a subsidiary of the Central Public | Service Corporation and the latter a ! subsidiary of the Columbia Gas & Elec= tric Corporation. Performance of this contract on the part of the Public Serv- ice Engineering Corporation. the pur- chaser, was guaranteed by the Central Public Service Corporation. | Under the new offer this contract would be assigned by the Public Service | Engineering Corporation to the Wash- ington Gas Light Co. and the Central Public Service Corporation would be ex- | cused from its guaranty. Service Charge Dropped. It was revealed that in certain brackets of gas consumption the Georgetown Gas Light Co. of Mont- gomery County, Md., charged the Pub- lic Service Engineering Corporation =4 cents per 1,000 cubic feet instead of the 20 cents mentioned in the contract, the extra 4 cents represent'ng a service charge. This will be zbandoned. Other details furnished included bills for expert assistance, siationery and coal, payable cr paid to the Central | Public Service Corporation, its officers and subsidiaries. Patrick also disclosed the commission agreed virtually to combine two gas hearings, one of which is scheduled for September 14 and the other for Sep- tember 21. When the first is over ths cond will begin immediately in order to save gas officials from the incon- | venience of spending several inactive days. » AID SENT IN FILIPINO RIOT MANILA, September 2 (#).—Three squads of constabulary reserves were rushed from Manila today to help sup- press anti-Chinese riots at Gapan and other towns in Nueva Ecija Province. No_fatalities were reported. The riots were the outgrowth of the alleged disappearance of a Chinese | warehouse owner and several hundred thousand pesos’ worth of rice belonging (9 the people King Would Wed | | CAROL REPORTED SEEKIN( HAND OF ITALIAN PRINCESS. i l PRINCESS MARIA. By the Assoclated Press. BELGRADE, Jugoslavia, September 2.—King Carol of Rumania is reported to be secking the hand in marriage ' | of Princess Maria Francesca, second daughter of King Emanuel of Italy. Court circles in Bucharest say that M. Manoilescu, a former cabinet mem- ber and personal friend of the King, | will visit Rome on a vacation soon and will ask Emanuel to consent to the! vetrothal. Princess Maria, 17. has been men- tioned as the fiancee of Archduke Otto, pretender to the throne of Austria, but the rumor has been denied. King Carol was divorced by Queen Helen during his lengthy absence from Rumania. buc the Rumanian Holy Synod annuled the decre> after his return. It was con- sidered to be a moral and not a legal annulment. MUTINEERS MAN CHILEAN WARSHIPS Hold Officers Until Govern- ment Cancels Scheduled Reduction in Pay. By the Associated Press. COQUIMBO, Chile, September 2.— Six fighting ships of the Chilezn fleet were in the hands of mutinous crews | today and their officers were being held prisoners until the government agrees to cancel scheduled reductions in pay. A group of ncn-commissioned officers were directing the fleets activities in the harbor from the bridge of the flag- ship La Torre. They have issued an ultimatum calling on the government to abandon the salary cuts within 43 hours. The mutiny began early yesterday when the crews overpowersd their cf- ficers and forced them to sign the ulti- matum and forward it to Santiago. Later they returned to their posts and the officers resumed command. Trouble | broke cut again, however, and the| mutineers onee more took charge. | The fleet consists of the battleship Almirante le Torre, the cruiser O'Hig- gins and the destroyers Oreleia, Ser- rano, Aldea and Hyatt, all here for the | Winter season. They represent a gocd share of Chile’s naval forces. | Dispatches from Santiago said the cabinet hed met and decided to put! (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) SIXTEEN FILE FOR HOUSE ‘ Thirteen’ Seek G. 0. P. Nomination | in Eighth Michigan District. LANSING, Mich., September 2 ().— Thirteen Republican _candidates will compete to succeed the late Represent- ative Bird J. Vincent of the eighth dis- trict. The time limit for filing nomi- | nating petitions expired last night. The list included present and past members | of the Legislature and former State of- | ficials. In addition, two candidates had qualified for the Democratic primary | and the “Workers'" party put forward | |a candidate. Of the Republicans seven | |were from Saginaw County, as were | both Democrats and the Worker. | . Among the Republican aspirants is | Joseph <J. Fordney of Hemlock, son | of Pormer Representative Joseph W. Fordney. . ancy was caused by the death | | of tative Bird J. Vincent. A special primary will be held October 6, vith election in November. ' b 3 SERLIN AND VIENN TOEND PACT FEARS Joint Statement Announcing Abandonment of Union Due Tomorrow. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, September 2.—Germany #nd Austria are expected to issue to- merrow or Friday—at least before the decision of the World Court—a joint declaration announcing the abandon- ment of thek proposed customs union at the request of France. Foreign Ministers Julius Curtius and Johann Schober, it was learned prob- ably will reveal their decision before the Pan-European Commission. It is understood that the statement will be in such a form as to satisfy France that the project has been definitely | shelved_without going to the extreme of abject renunciation. Austria Has Little Choice. It is considered an op:n secret that Austria’s finencial difficulties did not ve her any other choice. A friendly attitude on the part of France when the question of extending aid comes before the League of Nations Council is believed to be of life-and-death im- portance to Austria. The World Court is expected to de- liver on Saturday its long awaited decision on the matter—a decision that is reported to deny Aus- tria’s right to make such an agree- ment under the terms of the war treaties. but upholding that of Ger- many. But the question already will be settled and the dynamite removed from the European scene. The Leagut Council then will be able to reconvene 2nd discuss the gencral question of customs unions and the specific question of attacking the Aus. trian financial crisis. The way also will be clear, it is felt. for a really fruitful visit' of Premier Laval and Foreign Minister Briand of France to Berlin &t the end of September. Seen Highly Important. There are other matters on Franco-American understanding is nighly desirable, but the opinion in League circles is that the amicable re- moval of the customs pact from the field of controversy is a most important | step in the direction of the resoration of political stability in Europe. The Austro-German proposal, ad- vanced last March. was designed to facilitate the flow of free trade between both countries without the barrier of tariff restrictions. France and the members of the little entente, partic- larly, charged it was the first step tn- ward political union, and in order to satisfy them the signatories submitted it to the World Court. s i FLYERS RETRACE ROUTE Explanation Lacking for Return of Detroit Plane to James Bay. OTTAWA, September 2 (#).—The Department of Mavine was informed by wireless from Churchill, Ontario, today that Edwin Preston and Robert Collignon, Detroit to Denmark fiyers, doubled back along their own trail yes. terday. They took off from Port Har- rison on the eastern side of the Hudson Bay and headed South, landing two hours later at Whale River at the mouth of James Bay. No explanation was received here for the fiyers' action in retracing their own trail. When they arrived at Port Harrison a week ago it was reported by wireless their next flight would be a continuation toward Europe to Wake- man Bay, on Hudson Straits. From there they were to take off for Greenland. | Government depariments, said Federal expenditure ¥ he which | MOUNTING DEFIGIT - HASTENS STUDY OF NEW FISCAL POLICY $396,365,000 Is 62-Day Rec- ord in New Year, U. S. Treasury Reveals \\ WO0OD SEES DRASTIC CUT IN EXPENDITURES 03.000.00‘07D‘eb7i:ofA1931 Wiped Out Two Months Age—In- i come Since $230,399,151. | By the Associated P: | In the 62 days of the new fiscal vear, the Government has rolled up a defieit | of $396,365,000 This was recorded today by the daily | Treasury statement. Just two months 8go the Treasury ended the 1931 fiseal | year with a deficit of $903.000.000. This | was wiped out by an addition to the | public debt, and the Government started the new vear with a clean slate. | “The figures were announced as Pres | dent Hoover and administration officials went ahead with a study of the nation’s | finances with a view to detormining | whether the President shall recommend an increase in taxes or resort to an- other bond issue. Chairman Wood of the House Ap- propriations Committee, which passes upon the allocation of funds to tne today s for the next fiscal r would be cut drastically and that wanted to start with the Army and Navy. During the first 62 davs of the new fiscal year £144.000.000 more was spent than during the same period of last year. The Treasury statement statement as of August 31 showed that in the two months the Government income had amounted to $230.399.151, and expendi- tures were $626,764,751. Increase in Expens The receipts from all sourc only about §11.000.000 less than first two months of last vear. increased expenditures brought icit for the two months to $1 more than the deficit in the riod of a yvear ago. The chiel increase in the expenses was in the fund which incl v spent in carrring on the pu ing and public works prog: postal deficiency for two month bLied as compared that for same period a year ago. On the receipt side of the ledger in- come taxes dropPed $9.000.000 0 a to- tal of $46,579.466. Miscellancous inter ures. 000,000 same pe- dou: the 197351 and cutoms duties totaled ' 719738 an increase of approxin $14,000.000, A< compared with a ago, when for the two months they were about $18,000,000 under the aver- age. During_August the public debt creased $62,000,000 to a total of $16.- 863, 3. due to issuance of securie ties to raise money needed by the Gove crnment. Referring_to his proposal trimming expenditures for the } the Army. Wocd asked: “Why in Heaven's name build our Navy up to the tr when it will have nothing to do after we_have il it The Govcrnment. he szid. must b= gin to sobzr up in its spend ine to start Serious Spending Problem. When the pcople nkards.” he said. 10 the Gov same way. Now that the people have begun spending sriously and the Government haa b:tter begin spend that way.” Asked if he was opposed to further ap- propriations for the Farm Board. Wood held his hands over his head and said: “I don't know. I think we had all bet- tor begin praying now and watching for deliverance ™ Wood added that he could not say " +€ontinued on Page 2, Column 1.) HOOVER PLANS SILVER "PARLEY, REPORT SAYS Senator Pittman Asserts Interna- tional Conference Is to Be Calied Soon. an By the Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash, September Senator Key Pittman of Nevada President Hoover will call an interr tional conference to study the question in 30 davs The Scnator, chairman of a Sc Foreign Relations S ing the white-metal prool-m viewed mining men and othe vesterday and addressed meetings. “We are willing to trust the ment of a conference compos cconomists and business men rc senting the various nats and, this conference will be called in the next 30 day: he declared. “When vou get the world's experts around a table, t?e‘: 11 come pretty near doing what's vigl siiver inte CHINESE NEAR PANICF :6:5 RESEJLT OF EXPULSION FROM SONORA, MEX. Hasten to Dispose of Their Remaining Property Before By the Associated Press. NOGALES, Ariz., September 2.—Chi- nes: residents in the State #f Sonora, Mexico, hastened to dispose of their re- maining belongings today as a result of orders expelling them from the state this week. Anti-Chinese legislation and agitation were climaxed by proceedings under which members of the race were or- dered out of Sonora by September 5. Anselmo Quan, representative of a Chinese organization, said the Chines: were on thc verge of panic as a resu of heavy losses they had suffered in | disposing of their propeity at whatever prices they could obtain. Reports from Mexico City that Sonora | Chinese were b2ing tazed $50 by thc | Cainc § X! September 5—Suffer Heavy Losses. Sonora officials before they were allowed to depart were deonied by both Chinese and Mexican officials. Blank-t authority had been granted 5 by to the Chinese to the port tion. pecial of embarka- se wishing to return later for a limited period to close out thair busi- nesses were issved special permits by the Mexican immigration department. At the order of the State Department in Washington, B. F. Yost. American | consul in Nogales, Sonora, will leave for | Hermosillo, state capital of Sonora, to use his friendly offices in assisting the ]