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NEW U.S.EFIT | NDW 5353500 62-Day Record Puts Officials Studying Tax Increase | Question. (Continued From First Page.) 1 1 whether aditional appropriaticns would be necessary for the Farm Board, but expressed hope that it would not require more funds. TAX PROGRAM UNSETTLED. Administration Decision Unlikely Before December. | BY MARK SULLIVAN, Neither on the part of the President and Mr. Mellon. nor cn the part of the | Democratic leaders in Congress, is there { any crystalized program about Federal taxes. Decision is not likely to be made | by either the administration or the | Democrats until close to the meeting of | Congress on December 7. The question ‘ is chiefly up to the administration. The Democrats are not likely of their own initiative to formulate a tax program | d try to force it thwough Congress | against the will of the Republicans. : Some individual Democrats think the i party should do this, but hardly the party as a whole. If, however, the ad- | ministration should conclude to_take i action about taxes, it is likely the Dem crats would formulate some alternative ' varying program ! O AN ths pecilation is confined to the question of time and has to do with the question of increasing the tax rate | at the coming session of Congress which | opens December 7 and will end about | the following June. That there must; some time be a raising of tax rates and‘ a levving of new taxes on objects not| now taxed is quite certain. If it is not done at the coming session, it is quite certain to be done in the subsequent session _meeting in the latter part of 1932. The better guess is that this 1932 gession is the one in which the tax in- crease will be made. It is still possible the administration may conclude to have a tax revision in the coming De- ‘cember session. but more probable it will be deferred until December, 1932. One reason for not increasing taxes right now is that no practicable increase in rates could raise encugh revenue to offset the deficit that is probably ahead of us next year. Because the mass of our revenue comes from business profits, and because profits of all business are very small, it follows that the taxes which will pe paid next year on this year's business will probably be con- spicuously inadequate. What business needs now is not a present increase in | taxes, but a restoration of its former ability to pay taxes. This means in- creased earnings. Increased earnings would be not promoted but retarded by an_immediate increase in tax rates. There is no imperative hurry about America’s balancing its budget as there is in the case of Great Britain. Our Treasury has accumulated, so to speak. several vears of fat on its bones upon which it ean borrow tn meet the deficits caused by depress’ n. The national. debt, which after ti» war was, roughly, $26.000.000.000. he- been reduced to. rough'”. between 16.000,000.000 and $17.00° 000,000. reduction of ap- proximately $10.000.0.0.000 has been greater and faster than was contem- lated. Congress in its post-war legis- rltlon about the war debt provided that it should be d oft at. roughly, average of about $300.000.000 & ¥ Actually, Mr. Mellon took advantage of the period of prosperity and paid the debt at an average rate of approximately $800,000,000 a year. This, s0 to speak, advance payment of some four hillion dollars is what the Treasury can now drawn upon to meet the deficits of the present lean years. Moreover, Mr. Mellon paid off a debi that bore a relatively high rate of in- terest ranging about 4 per cent and is now able to make new borrowings to meet deficits at_the very low rate of 3 per cent. The Treasury, in shert, is In a quite comfortable condition to bor- row to meet deficits for at least two years and even more. It is fairly cer- tain, however, that the borrowing will not be kept up for more than two year: Neither President Hoover nor Mr. Me! Jon are men who would tolerate deficits indefinitely, even under any circum- stances. By December, 1932, undoubtedly a stiff effort will be made to get back to 2 pay-as-you-go basis. ‘That means, probably. raising rates on incomes and profits to fAigures with which the public was familiar some vears ago. It means also restoring some of the war-time taxes. later repealed. on such objects as automobiles. theater tickets and the like. By the time the next revision of taxes is made, it is hoped, of cours that increasing volume of the country's ' bus'ness will help. That expenses will be at all times curtailed so far as Con- gress will allow goes without saying. (Copyright, 1931.) BONDS OVERSUBSCRIBED. Treasury Closes Books on Part of $1,100,000,000 Issue. Oversubscribed, as usual, another Government_security issued has been closed on the books, with the public asking for more than four times the amount available. The issue is the $300.000,000 part of the $1.100.000.000 offering. and consists | of the 1'; per cent certificates. Thz books have not yet been ciosed on the remainder, consisting of 3 per cent bonds Secretary Mellon in a brief announce- ment said the subscription to the cer- tificate issue in two days had amounted | to $1,200,000,000, and that $500,000.000 of the amount was by persons wishing to exchange maturing certificates for the new issue. He said these subserib- .ers would be saliotted 60 per cent of ‘their subscription, and none would go to subscribers who wished to purchase certificates for cash. It was generallv believed that the| fssue of bonds would be oversubseribed | rany times. The last issue of bonds | in June, which toialed $800.000,000, was | oversubscribed eight t'mes. The money raised through the bond- | certificate iscue will be used by the| Treasury to pay off $630.000.000 in Treasury certificates and $30,000.000 ir | interest on the public debt. which fall | due on September 15, and to furnish | funds 1o operate the Government until December 15, the next date for the Teceipt of income taxes. WOMAN IS HELD SLAYER COLUMBUS, Ga., September 2 (#).— Miss Mary Cone, 22, daughter of a Bap- tist minister, was convicted here yes- terday of voluntary manslaughter in the slaying of her fiance, Presc:tt Dudley, and w2s sentenced to serve from one | to three years in prison. She smiled as the jury returned the verdict and walked from the court room laughing aiter her attorneys announced an appeal would be taken. Her b:nd was fixed at $5,000 pending action on the appeal. Dudley was shot with his own pistol as_he and the girl were automobile Tiding early one morning several months ago. It was brought cut later that he had a wife from whom he was not di- vorced Miss Cone claimed self;defense. She said she and Dudley quafreled and he drew a pisto!, which she taok from him. He continued to threaten her, she added, and she fired one shot. | Electoral Official Quits. THE EVEN 1] { repared for “Third Degree” Investigation THREE PRINCIPAL FIGURES IN GRAND JURY PROBE OF ALLEGED STRONG-ARM POLICE METHODS. | | Right: J. Edgar Hoover. chief of the Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Justice, who has personally gone into the charges of use of “third- degree” methods by Washington police. to the grand jury todav, and John M. presented the grand jur GRAND JURY GETS BRUTALITY CASES Secrecy Marks Opening of Inquiry as Witnesses Are Guarded. (Continued From First Page.) and Policemen W. C. Groomes. William R. Laflin and Willlam T. Burroughs. Some of this quar- tet are named singly or collec- tively in the four other cases of alleged brutality to be presented to the grand jury. A fifth police- man, whose identity has not been revealed, also has been implicated by allegations made to the agents of the Bureau of Investigation. United States Attorney Leo A. Rover took personal charge of presentation of the cases to the inquisitorial body Rover was in conference with Director Hoover and Inspector * before the grand jury convened The district attorne, * to make ublic the list of wit..esses who have en summoned to appear in the first group of five cases, an indication of the care being taken to protect from pos- sible intimidation those who are to Center: Leo A. Rover, Kieth, investigator of 1 i | List of Jurors following 23 grand jurors today are hearing the evidence of alleged “third degree” methods of Washington police being pre- sented by investigators of the Department of Justice following | | the recent eharges of use of brutal | | methods by the police: Charles B. Fr 740 Ninth street northwest an; Thomas C. Rich, secretary, 703 Shepherd street northwest; Lofton R. Rob- ertson, clerk, 181 Varnum street northwest; Randolph M. Scott, 608 P street southwest; Mollie B. Long, 2800 Ontario road north- west; Thomas B. Ross, 434 8ixth street northeast; Charles Lewis, 815 Jefferson street northwest. Evelyn Cromelin, 3426 Sixteenth street northwest; Paul C. Rae- burn, 602 Sheridan street north- west: James R. Shade. 2131 O street northwest; Mrs. Clara May- hew. 1013 Fourth street north- east: James H. Knipe, 2701 Twenty-fourth street northeast; Louis A. Schneebeli, 3606 Thir- teenth street northwest; Clyde E. lor, 1206 Tenth street north- west: Agnes 1. Fealy, 1528 Six- teenth street northwest; Freder- ick W. Buckler, ©36% Thirty-sixth street northwest: George R. Bar- ry, 218 Seventeenth place north- east; Willlam R. Floam. 205 G street northwest; Henry L. John- son, 310 Third street southeast: Evelyn M . 2104 First street northwest; Mitchell Quick, 451 Park road northwest; John P. Havden, 4101 Illinois avenue, and Lawrence Pfluger, 39 Pranklin street northeast. e Bureau of Investigation, testify. The precadtions were decided | upon after threats had been made in which Harker says he was assaulted, against several important witnesses in Government agents found 15 spois on the Harker case. The Government | the floor. suggestive of bloodstains. issued a warning that drastic action | These spots were scraped and the resi- would be instituted if any other wit- | due submitted to a Federal chemist for nesses were ‘“approached.” Speeific | examination. It is understood the warnings were given to alleged Intim- | chemist was unable to say whether the idators. 3 | stains were of blood or some other The parade of witnesses into the | liquid. grand jury room moved rapldly and| "Among the evidence to be shown the there were indications that the grand | grand jury in addition to Harker's black jury might not eall many of the wit- | eve are press photographs of his face nesses Who are under subpoena. If|ang back, taken shortly after his re- the present rate of progress continues | jegse from the station house in custody there appeared to be a possibility that not only the Harker case. but several or all of the additional cases might be disposed of before adjournment this afternoon. In this event. the grand jury might dispense with the question- ing of a number of first precinct po- licemen, who had been notified to ap- Pear tomorrow morning. In Room Leng Time. Harker remained in the grand jury room for a considerable time, and numerous witnesses were brought in the room in his presence. Among these was Dr. H. Watson Moffett, Harker’s physician, who examined the youthful baker shortly after his release had been obtained by Attorney S, Mc- Comas Hawkcn. ‘While Hoover and Keith devoted the day to the grand jury proceedings, a staff of special agents, under Gus Jones, veteran Justice investigator, was seeking evidence in other third-degree cases. Jones was brought here from San Antonio, Tex., to assist Inspector Keith in the investigation. Jones is agent in chargs of the San Antonio branch office of the Bureau of Inves- tigation. Harker remained in the grand jury room until 12:45 p.m., 15 minutes be- fore the scheduled adjournment time. 1t was understood he had completed his testimony unless recalled by the jury. Harker was followed after the mid- day recess by his sister, Mrs. Adelaide Marcos. She previously had told in- vestigators she heard her brother scream when she visited the first precinct police station on the night the alleged beat- ing. Shortly afterward, she said. sh saw a detectyve—later identified as Mortyn—emerge from the ro-called “third-degree room” with a lengta of rubber hcse in his hand. Mrs. Marcos remained in the grand jury room Rearly a half hour. Hose and Whip as Evidence. Evidence which it is expected the Gov- ernment will introduce includes a piece of rubber hose, a leather whip and the handle of a sledge hammer. The hose was found in an alley ad!oining the first precinct station and the other two ar- ticles were taken from the locked door of a desk in the so-called third degree room of the station house. Harker charged that he was beaten unmercifully with a piece of rubber hose wielded by Detective Mcstyn in the presence of Grocmes, Laflin and Bur- roughs. The rubber hose turned over to Justice agents by police is declared to be different in sppearance from tnat described by Harker. Apperentiy the other piece of hose hLas disazpeaved, althoygh policemen have stated that s section of hose similar to tkei men- tioned by Harker was cbout the statio house some time prior to the baker's alleged beating. Arrested as Robber Suspeet. Harker was arrested at an early morning hour as a suspect in breaking dase and was held at the first precinct until late the following night. Several hours before lunch, he aileges, he was taken from his cell to a small brick-walled room adjoining the office of Capt. W. E. Holmes, commander of the precinct. Capt. Holmes gnd In- spector Louis J. Stoil, who later was assigned by Poiice Supt. Pratt (o in- ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT- HOUSE, Va., September 2 (Special | . R. Rose, one of the mpub.‘lcnn' nominees for the Board of County Com- missioners. submitted his resignation vestigate Harker's original comp.: 3 were in the captain's office about this time, but both officials have stated they heard no disturbance. Separat'ng the captain's office from the small room is a 2-foot brick wall, which tests have [cf his_attorney. ‘These photographs | show plainly that Harker was the victim of a severe beating at the hands of someone. Inspector Stoil, in his re- | port to Maj. Pratt, said he was con- vinced Harker had been attacked either | just before his arrest or immediately after. The inspector’s repcrt questioned | the veracity of Harker and called at- | tention to the assortment of afdavits | by policemen of the precinct. all deny- | ing knowledge of any brutality used on | Harker or any one else. | Confers With Keith. Rover spent most of yesterday in secret conference with John M. Keith, | inspector in charge of the investigation. All evidence was reviewed and a course of procedure agreed upon. It was planned to call civilian witnesses in advance of certain policemen. ‘The policemen may not sppear before to- morrow. About two-score witnesses have been placed under subpoena in the first moned during the course of the grand jury inquiry. Names of the witnesses are being carefully guarded. mn view of threats that have been made to several of them. The attempted intimidation aroused justice officials send for | the offenders and warn them of drastic | penalties that will be invoked if further | complaints are received. One of those receiving & personal warning was a man well known to the police here. He was accused of advising a witness to “lay off” or he would find himself | forced to “take the rap.” Another . personal warning is reported to nave | bzen conveyed to a relative of one of | the policemen under suspension in the Harker case. Both alleged offenders denied having threatened the wit- nesses. The threats were made the witnesses were subpoena court acticn against the intimidators could not be taken. It was disclosure of the threats that led the Government to send a “fiying squadron” of deputy marshals over the city Saturday to serve subpoenas on all the witnesses. Launching the grand jury proceed gs has not interrupted the sweeping investigation of third dej charges by Federal sgents. More than a score of other instances of alles2d brutality by police are being ;=< jed by the augmented corps of investigators. | None of the aZditional ceses has been | completed, so that grand jury nct‘an | Wil be psked this week in the five original cases only. As further evidence of cruelty is collected, it will be pre- | sented to the grand jury, if develop- ments warrant criminal action. Seek Early Report. | 'There is p possibility that the grand | jury will report its findings in the ! five cases before the close of this week. Precentments ordinarily are returned house- | on Priday. Every effort is being made | and navy, but thes jto expedite presentation of the cases, with a view to an.early report. On deyvelopments in the grand jury | room will hi the possibility of \ perjury action against certain officers of the first precinct. who recently signe stetements denying any knowiedge ol third-dcgree practices there. Some n! the officers alr have “amended their staterients under guestioning by Government egepts and there are indi- | cations that several siatements wiil be revised when the policemen are put | under oath before the I wand Jury. the policemen “tell the truth” before @s & member of the County Electoral disclosed would act as s barrier against | the grand jury, perjury action will be Board to Judge Walter T. McCarthy of noise. regardiess - the Circuit Court today. ] During their examination of the room ’ averted, of the contents of their original signed luumqr. group of cases, but others may be sum- | - | ernment officials on the application of REDS PLAN SEIZNG 3 STRIKEN CTES Shanghai Authorities Discov- er Plot Involving Yangtze Flood Area. By the Associated Press. SHANGHAI, September |ties said today they had seiz ments disclosing a Communist plot 1o ccpture Hankow, Wuchang and Han- vang after subsidence of the Yangtze River flcod. While expressing confidence that they had foiled the plot temporarily, they said they beleved the reds would descend upon the cities if flood con- ditions gave them an opporiunity American missionaries estimated to- day at least 100,000 persons nad per- ished in the flood waters ot Northern Kiangsu Province and that probably 2.- 000,000 others were doomed to die there of starvation and cxposre. Arriving here from the devastated area, they said the flood, caused by the breaking of dy along the Grand nal, Teached its crest last week. Just as the country was receiving first re- | ports of the enormous loss of life and | property in the overflow of the Yangtze River, 500 miles inland. Kiangsu Disaster Large. That the Kiangsu disaster would equal the catastrophe along the Yangtze at Hankow, Wuchang and Hanyang was indicated by the mis- | sionaries. Their report was the first | to mention actual figures in reference to the death toll in Kiangsu. The |loss of life in the three Yangtze River cities has been estimated at 250,000. Rev. Thomas L. Harnsberger, formerly of Staunton, Va.. now associated with the Southern Presbyterian Mission, said the estimate of 100,000 drowned in Nor#iern Kiangsu was conservative and that “likely 2,000,000 more must perish less mercifully of starvation and ex- posure during the awful months ahead.” Mr. Harnsberger, & missionary for 19 years came to Shanghai from his station at Taichow by houscboat, tra- versing miles of flood=d country The missionery said the rt of the strickan area embraced five counties of which the principal cities are Ka | Shaopo, Taichow, Tungtai and Hingh- | wa. ‘This region les 10 feet bslow the bed of the Grand Canal and 20 feet below the normal water level of the | canal. 2.—Authori- Western Lip of Basin. The canal forms the western lip of a | huge basin. Its eastern edge consists of sloping ground and dykes raised over a period of several hundred years | against sea tides. To the south, the { normal level of the Yangtze River is evin higher than the bottom of the in. Relating how dykes near Kaoyu and Shaopo collapsed August 25, Mr. Harns- berger said: “Hundreds of villages must. have been | submerged without a chance for the | villagers to escape. There was nowhere | for the unfortunates to go—no high | | ground anywhere throughout the huge man-made basin comprising the five | populous counties. “The only possible refuges were the | tree , ridges and the poor huts, pro- | vided the latter did not crumble into | the floods. There th-y cling, manag- | ing to subsist somehow, awaiting rescue, | which for many never comes.” PANGBORN'S FLIGHT | FACES MORE DELAYS { Complications Arise in Obtaining Permit for Transpacific | Hop. | | one | By the Associated Press. | TOKIO, September 32.—Complica- | | tions, international and ounerwise, con- | | tinued today to hold up action by gov- | Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon, jr. | for a permit to fly again over Japanese ]‘urrlmry. preparatory to starting a pro- | fected ~ mon-stop fight across the Pacific. | ‘The n‘ni.lmrt:&whn were fl’ned ;ec:;';lz for tal ographs of an lovar 1§mflu¥ g-n violation of the lay. remained optimistic. - | *Fhe Aviation Bureau held another | consultation with officers of the army were no indications as to when a decision would be an- | nounced. | “The Pangborn-Herndon application,” | said Masaji ‘Tokawa, chief of the Avi- | ation Bureau, “is a difficult one under the circumstances and owing to its in- ternational angle. We have taken un-| der consideration the fact that if the | permit were granted it might set a bad | precedent. ‘The aviators recelved word that Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York, a friend of Herndon's fathe:-in-] iaking an interest in the case. Education by motion pictures is to be | tried in Glasgow, Scotland, schools. | had been no | to the violence | Osservatore nited States district attorney. who is personally presenting evidence of alleged police brutality | under whose supervision were prepared the five céses now being S IDAHO COUNTIES UNDERFIRE GUARD | | | —Star Stafl Photo. | By {he Associated Pres BOISE, Idaho, C-ptember 2. Six countiee, comprising a lirge part of Ceniral and Southwestern Idaho, were | under martal law today as Gov. C. Ben Ross sought to increase the precautions igainst incendiarism in valuable timber lands. The chief executive declared martial law in Adams and Lemhi Counties last right, tiree davs after he had placed Idaho, Gem, Boise and Valley Counties under control of Idaho National Guard troops. Forest officials have expressed fears men released as fires come under con trol will set new fires to provide em- ployment. The Governor had ordered that no one be permitted to enter the forests or forest resorts in the restricted areas except on business over the week end, which includes Labor day. | Gov. Ross said he “disliked inflict- ing hardships on people traveling into the area.” but pointed out that there incendiary fires since martial law was declared “and there | were seven in the 24 hours preceding.” Reports from all fronts were that fires were under control and dying down despite high winds. POPE AND IL DUCE REACH AGREEMENT IN ACTION DISPUTE | ___ (Continued From First Page.) sport or athfetic nature, limiting them- selves to meetings of an educational end recreat onal character with re- ligious aims.” It wes thought possible that the settlement, in which Father Tacchi Venturi. a little known Jesuit priest, served as a sort of super-ambassador between Pop: Pius and Premier Mus- | solini, might publicly be sealed by Mus- sr;l:m making the Pope a long deferred visit Il Dyce had been expected to visit | the Pope after the Latéran treaty and | concordat were signed, as did King Victor Em:-anuel and the royal family, but the controversy developed soon ard thie officlal call was never mentioned. Disturbances developed May 30, when | Fascist students began a series of na- tion-wide demonstrations that lasted three days until Mussolini called a halt There was sume lost blood, alleged invasions of extrater- ritorial Vatican properties iy Rome and destruction of club headquarters in several cities. A portralt ot the Pope was alleged to have been trampled in a street in Rome. The Vatican demanded an apology and punishment within 48 hours.” The Italian government replied 10 _days later. This was followed by a vigorous cam- paign between Italian newspapers, which charged Catholic Action with being honeycombed with anti-Fascist political tendencies, and the Osservatore Romano, which denied the charge and gave details of violence. Both Pope Pius and Mussolini have indicated a desire to have firm control of Italian youth. This question now | is solved inso far as the agreement de- fines more clearly the exact scope of | | { NG_ STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ¢, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1931. HOWELLDEFEATS | FAVORITE IN GOLF Virginian = Eliminates Good- man in First Round ‘of Amateur. . . By fhe Associated Press. BEVERLY COUNTRY CLUB, Chi- cago, September 2.—Johnny Goodman, Omaha, one of the top seeded favorites, fell the victim of an upset in the first National Amateur Golf The_ Nebraskan 1, by Billy Howeil of Richmond, Va., and Middle Atlantic champion, playing in his first natioral tournament. Goodman was out in 37, one over par, and Howell in 38. Their ecards: p Goodman—out ..4 534583853537 Howell—out ....4 6344454438 The second successive seeded star io be knocked out was George Voigt of New York. He was taken into camp by Rithard Martin of Chicago, the Big ‘Ten champion, 2 and 1, after trailing most of the way. | Yates Defeats Seaver. Arthur (Ducky) Yates, 268-pound Rochester, N. Y., slugger, won & hard- fought match from young Charley Seaver of Los Angeles, another “seeded” favorite, by the thin margin of 1 up. The two shared the leadership for the | medal honors with Lehman yesterday | and had a ding-dong battle all the though both played erratic golf. Johnny Lehman, Chicago. after hold- ing an apparent safe lead of 3 up at the ninth, was overhauled by Paul Jack- son of Kansas City, who wor on the | eightecnth green, 1 up. Lehman was the third “seeded” star to fall. i Gus Moreland, young Texas cham- | pion and one of the qualifying play | sensations, Iso was upset. Frank Connolly of Mount Clemens, Mich, beat the Dallas star, 2 up. Res Owen Covey, Salt Lake City, defeated William Duckwall, Bradenton, PFla., 3 and 2. i Carey Bellew, jr. Kansas City, de- feated Capt. Ernest F., Carter, New York. 5 and 4. Prancis Ouimet, Boston, defeated John Shields, Seattle, 4 and 3 Lester Bolstad, St. Paul, Chris Brinke, Detroit, 3 and 2 Fred Wright, Boston, defeated CHarles C. Clare, New Haven, Conn., 4 and 2 Jack Westland, Chicago. defeated | Sa(r’n\;e] M. Parks, jr, Pittsburgh, 4! defeated George T. Dunlap, jr.. New York, de- | ¢ feated Chandler Harper, Virginia Beach Va. 3 and 2. W. E. Spicer. ir., J. Wolcott Brow: 4 ard 3. Fay Coleman, Los Angeles, defeated Dr‘é:m.r Miller, Des Mcines, Iowa, & end 2. . Maurice McCarthy, jr., New York, cefeated Russell Martin, Chicago. 1 up. Roes Eomerville, London, Ontario, de- [snleg (lisne Homens, Englewood, N. J. 2 an Memphis, defeated , Spring Lake, N. J oy acew scoreo THOUSANDS CHEER IN GIRL DRUNK CASE ‘Wszdesck Reprimznds Prober Held for Contributing to Minor's Delinquency. Buffalo é By the Associated Press. Prohibition Director Woodcock today reprimanded & Buffalo dry agent, Ralph Dell, with whom a young girl was arrested for intoxication while gathering evidence in four Buffalo speakeasies. " Dell laid his case before the prohibi- tion director for nearly two hours this morning. Later Woodcock ssid that because of the agent’s excellent record in the Army and as a dry agent he would be returned to duty in Buffalo A court charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor is still pending egainst Dell in Buffalo. | “I abhor this whole incident,” Wood- | cock sald. “It is a terrible situation | that any one should conceive that this | was the way to enforce prohibition. | “I am inclined to think, however, | that Dell was not so much to blame as his immediate superiors in Buffalo. In | fact, some measure of blame should rest | with me for not anticipating such a | situation and jssuing an order against ! the use of women as informers as has | been done.” o At the same time, Woodcock said | that Arthur Peach, another Buffal agent. who has been suspended on charge of drunkenness, would be d missed “for the good of the service.” After his conversation with Dell and a thorough study of the case, Wood- cock said it appeared that the girl in the case, Ruth Callahan, went to the Federal prohibition office in Buffalo and reported that her “brother died of alco- holism” and that she wished “to aid in enforcing the prohibition law.” The girl left her telephone number with the | agent in charge, J. Q. Sweeney. | “This telephone number 1 Dell witiout any additional explana- | tion, except that Miss Callahan would accompany him in obtaining evidence against speakeasies,” Woodcock said. “They went to four places and bought intoxicating liguor, some of which was saved as evidence. Dell said he did not_rz;‘onsum]e any. “The girl was reported as drinki in the last twe places visited. W):xz‘: they started home, Dell's automobile collided with another car. “The girl was arrested, but Dell was not held as there was no evidence to_show that he was intoxicated.” Dell was arrested a week later on a charge of contributing to the delin- :1: ney nfl .Ln;;nm;i- At the hearing of is case las onday it w; to_mid-December. peiTCR Woodcock said he had spent an hour ults cf other first-round matches: | L Grip Saves Life STEEPLEJACK HOLDS TO ROPE TWO HOURS UNTIL RESCUED. On a 10-inch ledge, 142 feet from the oround, James Kemp, 63-year-o'd | plejack, held his precarious perch two hours uniil finelly rescued at| E ester, N. Y., Monday. Bent for- ard by an outward bulge in the stack Kemp had to held for Jife to the end cZ the rope which had broken from a affold_and sent a fellow-worker to s death. A device adapted from ship rescue equipment finally accomplished the rescue. Photo shows Kemp atop his perilous perch until rescue. —A. P. Photo. | | | | LEPPELIN IN_BRAZILl Landing Made at Pernam- buco After 5,003-Mile Trip in 72 Hours From Germany. By the Associated Press PERNAMBUCO. Brazil, September 2 | —Germany's aerial envoy, the Graf Zeppelin, was the object of admiring throngs today because of her 5,000- | mile non-stop flight across the South | Atlentic from Germany on clock-work | schedule. | Dr. Hugo Eckener brought her into | the new mooring mast at 6:10 o'clock last night. within 20 minutes of his estimated time for the cruise. He fig ured she had traveled 5.003 miles in 72 hours at an average speed of about 70 miles an hour. She left Priedrich- shafen Saturdey night. The airport crew, assisted by & com- pany of soldiers, tied her up on a soaked field eight miles from here and the crew ana 13 passengers alighted to earth for the first time in three days. The provincial governor and his stafl boarded the dirigible for a look around and all went to leading hotels | for a welcome celebration. Ships and factories blew their whistles when the Graf, illuminated and flying low, hove into view over the city & few minutes before. The squares and bridges were filled with cheering on- lookers. The airship is scheduled to leave tomorrow nignt on her return trip to Friedrichshafen and her ninth cross- ing of the Atlantic in both directions. il MUTINOUS CREWS MAN SIX CHILEAN FIGHTING VESSELS ___(Continued From First Page down the movement with vigor, believ- ing that the entire nation would lend its support. It was considered that the Mcident had no political significance and was limited to protests against the salary reductions. PROMISE TO END REVOLT. Government Orders Naval Officials to Scene in Planes. SANTIAGO, Chile, September 2 (#). Catholic action, which has half a mil- ! trving to impress upon Dell that he did | —Energetic measures to stamp out the lion members. Friend of Mussolini. The Jesuit father, Tacchi Venturi, of Premier Mussolini’s oldest . friends, is an unostentatious priest, witbout rank or official authority. But he has the confidence of both Pope Pius and Il Duce. The dispute concerning Catholic Ac- tion was not the first over which Father Venturi had negotiated. He has served in a similar uguuy before. Six years ago when he was begin- ning to emerge as somethlng&! a confi- dante of the premier, he was attacked by an unidentified man in his own study and stabbed from behind. Two years later another griest who resembled Father Venturls was assassi- nated. The crime was attributed to a mistake in identity. VATICAN SATISFIED. VATICAN CITY, September 2 (P).— Satisfaction with the accord between the church and state over olic Ac- tion Clybs in Italy was ex + torially today by the Vatican organ, mano. HORSE THIEVES TRAILED REGINA, Saskatchewan, September 2 (#).—The Royal Canadiap Mounted Police believed they were on the trail of a province-wide ring of horse thieves with the arrest today of three men. The men were taken into custody after discovery of a secret corral filled | with stolen horses which police said had been traced to varlous farms In Saskatchewan. _ not way. ENTOMBED MAN DIES AS RESCUE IS NEAR Crew Digs Through 80 Feet of Rock in Well, but Arrives Teo Late. want prohibition enforced that | By the Associated Press. LANCASTER, Pa., September 2.— Digging down through 30 feet of rock and earth, rescuers early today extri- cated the body of William Bowers, en- tombed eight hours near the bottom of a well in Rowenna, near here. He had died shortly before. Bowers, a plumber, was installing a new pump in the century-old well when the sides caved in ugn him. His father, Henry Bowers, sat at the orink of the well throughout the night while his wife and three children at their home were kept informed of the progress of the rescuers. Workers, headed by Allen Gainer, a life-long friend of the man, were in communication with Bowers after they had dug two hours. He kept calling for them to “hurry.” His last words that filtered up through' the mass of Ia1 ”ctones were “Hurry: I'm getting The rescue squad was handicapped by lack of space and fear that they might further injure the entombed man, mutiny at Cogquimbo were pledged by the government today after a meeting of the cabinet and leaders of all parties. High naval officials were ordered to leave immediately by airplane to inves- tigate the movement and warn the muti- neers to surrender or take the conse. quences. It is expected that the air corps bomb division of 30 planes will be_employed if necessary. It is believed the trouble may be partly settled when the mutineers learn that the government never intended to reduce salaries of 3,000 pesos (about $360) or less. Most of the sallors come within that bracket. Finance Minister Blanquier sent a statement explaining the misunderstood wage proposals. Though government circles asserted camum::fu were not 1x;zgm in the mutiny, T squrces stron; indications that n.ltalt:'au e heay active among the crew. The confer- ence of political leaders here also was taken to mean that politics played some part in the uprising. Coquimbo is a small town in Coquim- bo Province, with an excellent bay, where the battle fleet Winters every year. A battleship, a cruiser and seven destroyers, with about 3,000 men, com- firtu the crew. The bulk of the Chilean | avy and its personnel is at Valparaiso | and Talacahuano and is reported to be loyal. — e Philadelphia Bank Closes. PHILADELPHIA, September 2 (#).— The Parkway Trust Co., with offices at Pifteenth Race streeis, closed its doors tod: nk's caj ,000, sur- 'thr’ last report umpv n as $2 plus 150,000 ai flzmsll& $1,303,000. A statement by the nk said it wa closed becauze of gradual seepage of deposits. | receipt. | oper 11 TRUSTED BANK AIDE NAMED EMBEZZLER Between $2,000,000 and $1,- 500,000 Believed Lost in Chicago Institution. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 2. —Walter Wolf, 42, for 20 years an employe of the Continental Illinois Bank & Trust Co., todsy faced the possibility of pros- ecution on a charge of embezzling a sum estimated in some quarters as high as $2,000,000 and in others as low as $1,500,000. He was held in custody of private de- tectives at a hotel, and confessed, bank offieials said. Lloy of London, which carried the bank employes’ bonds, esti- mated the amount at $2,000.000. Re- ports current in La Salle street placed the figure at $1,500,000. Bank officers said it would be impossible to estimate the amount with accyracy until an in- ventory has been m*nplzud. but ad- mitted the defaleations were “substan- tial” They predicted the Lloyd's esti- mate would be too high. ‘The officials said '&oll had confessed to earrying on his defalcations by using an auditproof system over a pe- riod of 12 years, but they added that the bank itself. the largest in Chicago, s protected against loss by Lloyd's. Reynolds Issues Statement. George H. Reynolds, chairman of the bank's Executive Committee, issued a. statement, which said, in part alter Woll, manager of the cou- pon department has confesced that he has embezzled securities from the bank over a period of years. most of which have been taken in the last two or three years. These securities were used in speculations in the stock and grain market. For the most part the missing securties were used as margins, and the recoveries will greatly reduce the amount involved.” Wolf’s system remained auditproof up to the moment of his confession, which was brought about, not by evidence dis- covered inside the bank, but by suspi- cions of a broker who wondered where Wolf was getting the huge sums he lost in_his speculations. Wolf, Reynolds said. b:gan his speeu- lations in 19! At that time he was employed by the old lllinois Trust & Bavings Bank, which later. through two mergers, became a part of the Contin- ental Bank & Trust Co. He is accused of usi securities owned by customers of the bank. The customer received a A record was made for the bank. But when Wolf took a bond he would also take the record that went with it. Thus, so far as the bank was concerned, there would be no record that the bond had ever been deposited. Hence an audit would reveal nothing. Bares Story to Official. These bonds were placed by Wolt with brokers as margin for his specu- lations, the officials said. When a bond had to be accounted for Wolf would get it back from his broker, substituting another. ‘Wolf was forced to commit his major thefts during the stock flurry of 1929, Reynolds said. The broker. béwildered by Wolf's ap- parently inexhaustible supply of wealth, dropped in the bank to inquire abouf his financial situation. A report of this reach>d Wolf. who was away on a vaca- tion. He returned home, cailed in a vice president of the bank, who was a personal friend of many years' standing, and made his first confession. He was then taken before the execu- tives of the bank, to whom he is quoted as saying “I will do everything in my power to help recover what can be recovered. fi{w that you may de with me as you ke He is married and has one daughter, aged 12 years. He lives in a modest River Forest subi PARKWAY TO RESULT IN REMOVAL OF HOMES Three Buildings Along C. & O. Canal to Be Demolished—Bids Are Asked. Development of part of the George Washington Memorial Parkway near the Chesapeaie and Ohio Canal will re- sult in demolition of three houses in that area within a few weeks, it was learned today Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d. director of public ouldings end parks. an- nounced the cailing of bids for removal of the buildings located at 5201. 5205 and 5207 Canal road. Bids will be ned in room 1613 Navy Building at am. September 10, the announce- ment said. H. Tudor Morsell, land-purchasing officer of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, which is super- vising development of the parkway, said negotiations are &till going forward with the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Co. to acquire that property, £o the park- way project in Georgetown and near the District line may go forward at an early date. IMMIGRATION DROPS Seven Lesve Country to Every Three Admitted During July. Seven emigrants left the United States in July for every three immi- grants admitted. ‘The Labor Department said today the total admissions of immigrant aliens during the month was 3,174, while de- partures totaled 7.428. During June 3.53¢ immigrants were admitted and 5893 departed. In July last year 13,323 aliens were admitted. Dep:rtations last July totaled 1,681, against 1,440 in July, 1930. Immigrant women outnumbered men almost two to one. g BAND CONCERTS. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band this evening at the bandstand at 0 o'clock. John Zimmermann, band- master; Anton Pointner, assistant. March, “The Banner of Liberty” Zimmermann Overture, “The Joys of Spring,” Wagner Descriptive fantasia, “A Shepherd's Life in the Alps’ -Kling Melange, “Popular Songs of 5 Kretschmer Fox _trot. “I Found a Million-Dollar f e u Baby Waltz suite, Beauti! Rhine” ... .. .Keler-Bela Pinale, “Oh, You Have No Idea’™ i Doughtery “The Star Spangled Banner.” By the United States Marine Band this evznh;s at the United States Capi- tol at 7:30 o'clock. Taylor Branson, leader; Arthur Witcomb, second leader. Overture, Coraet sol Fantasie Capriccioso.” Kemp Musician Winfred Kemp. Intermezzo, “Among the ornng. Groves” . “Irish Tune From County Derry,” Grainger Grand scenes from “Le Cid.” Massenet Xylophone solo, “Caprice Viennois.” Kreisler Musician V(l,g?er D. *flefl!r. 1 'agoda Land,” inese suite, Greenwel “Prdug' Third Act,” from “Lohen- Ivo Hym 3 “The sia: Bpangicd Banner.” pliotice Tnis | wil’ be ‘u:;l' Marine 's closing _coneert of e season at the United States Capitol.