Evening Star Newspaper, September 11, 1931, Page 2

. she cherishes most herself.” | - = A2 w» TANDHL INFRANCE, * EES AIM SUCCESS Britain So Periled She Must | Grant India Liberty, He Says. ' 3 “By the Associated Press . MARSEILLE, France.’ September 11. = Mahatma Gandhi, setting foot on Puropean soil for the first time in 15 mears, told the Ascociated Press today | #hat he believed the British govern- | ent was faced with such staggering mestic problems that it was not ely to refuse India’s demands for | ®elf-government. % Refusal would mean the renewal of | the civil *disobedience campaign, he | #aid, and the boycott of British goods ! on a .cale greater than ever before He prconised that he would not take such a tep until every possibility for i . arbitration had be>n exhausted. “If the fight should be renewed, mequences will be infinitely more ter- tible than last struggle. It will mean, 1 fear, that not only Indians would be shot down. but Britishers will be killed. You ezanot. hold 360.000.000 people without liberty in the leashes cf | non-violence forever | © “If Engand is wise she will weigh learefully the present strength and po- tentiality of the Nationalist movement andhearken to the appeal of that vast 'sub-continent for independence. She Bhould not deny others the gift which | the EMERGENCY FISCAL ; © PLANS OF BRITAIN ARE PUT IN FORCE tContinued Prom First Page) bpening. prices haidened. There was no selling pressure, and the general ¢ opinion was that buying orders would begin coming in soon In the foreign exchange matket sterl- ing on New York was a fraction weaker. | but most Continental rates favored | Tondon Customers in the public houses will have to pay more for their beer, for| fhe Brewers' Society decided today that the increased duty on beer must be sed on to the consumer, beginning Monday. Some places anticipated the! increase today and their customers’ switched from their cld brand to cheaper ale. | Judging from th> press. the average! Britisher has acceptei the- increated | taxes with a wry face, but the determi- | nation to sce them through. Mr. Snow- den’s stirring demand for “equal sac-| Yifices for all” and his 2ppeal to national | pride apparently found a vital spot in the country’s heart £ Task Only Begun. | 7 The pro-administration Times raised | & warning. however, that the present | measures were merely the first steps and | that the government’s task has only be- un. “The budget stopped a disastrous k in national finances.” the paper said, “but it would be a grave mistake tb suppos~ it would complete the remedy for our present distresses or that the mecessary limits of retrenchment have been reached.” The Herald, Labor and opponent of | the government. was of the _pinion that | the budget failed to put into practice posed to the sales tax as proposed by | getting poorer." the principle of the equality of sacrifice. | “Snowcen has become a prisoner of the traditions of city finance and has dis- | about the Treasury as long as “Uncle tributed the new burden without regard yor ths ability ta bear it.” said the Her- #ld. “He has given reaction to an im- patus which will unite against him all the progressive forces of the nation.” An ovation unparalicled for a chan- cellor of the exchequer was given Mr. Snowden as his crippled body sank into | his seat after a budget speech lasting more than an hour and severely taxing | his strength i Will Retire Soon. ' Tt was his fourth budget and h'z lat. | As soon as the national governments | task has been completed he will retire from Commons. . In a peroration which was his fare- well to finance he proclaimed with great motlon that his daily post bag was!| lled with voluntary contributions from | rich and poor. all wanting to share in {he nation’s financial burdens | Shaking his gaunt hands at the Labor | opposition, his pale features drawn, Mr. Snowden flung his last words across the Thouse Il our past proclaims our future:, Shakespeare's voice and Nelson's | . faith and Wordsworth's truth in this our chosen and chainless Iand “Bear us witness. Come the wosld against her. England yet shail stand.” Almost Collapses. . As Mr. Snowden almost collapsed into his seat Conservatives and Liberals aprang to their feet. They chLeered and weved handkerchiefs, silk hats and papers. . Flanked by Stanley Baldwin, Sir Her- | bert Samuel and Prime Minister Ram- say MacDonald, who bowed low in tribute, the chancellor hunched in re- Jaxation. Then he turned toward the Jadies' gallery high above the Speaker’s seat where his wife sat. His face was Yreathed in smiles. . Men who a few weeks #go were bitter political enemies now acclaimed im. His former colleagues of the abor party, now the opposition to the MacDonald government, sat silent and sullen. A few booed and taunted him. Boldly the little Yorkshireman had {a surtax of 20 per eent now applies. BRITISH TRADE UNIONS LIKEN THE EVENING | BUDGET TO DANCE OF DEATH| May the Devil T w Miners' Leader Says, but Labor's Case Against Plan Isn't Strong. BY NEGLEY FARSON. Br Cable to The Star BRISTOL. England. September 11— “May the devil A. J. Cook. president Miners' Pederation. take the hindmost." of the British told a packed meeting of the Trade Union Congress | at Bristol here today. “That's wh i the elephant said when he dinced among the chickens—and we are the chickens. And the ele- phant's dance was a dance of death.” That grim joke characterizes the grim humor with which the British trade unions-—supposed to be the dic- tators of the British Labor party— took Chancellor of the Exchequer Phii.p Snowden’s budget tod3y. The Iron Chancellor's addition of 5! be e |6 pence (12 cents) to the income tax which God forbid.” he said, “the cOn-|seems to have taken mll the wind out | Whole financial system at Bristol today. of Labors sails, as far as a heavy direct attack on the actual budget is concerned Back-breaking Load. In effect, the addition of & pence together with the decteased exemptio in the surtax rise. brings in some £86.- 500,000 ($420,390,000). This totals more than 36 per cent of the whole stagg-ring sum of roughly £245,000,000 ($1,190,700,000) which Mr. Snowden is 1aising to meet the budget deficit in the current and the next financial years. This falls as an almost back- | breaking load on the backs of about 25500.000 taxpayers—already the most heavily taxed peopl> in the world. A 10 per cent cut in unemployment benefits plus new restrictions means that the laboring classes will be called upon to contribute some £35,000.000 ($170.100.000). This fall with great forcs on some 2500.000 unemployed-—a man with a wife and two children now receiving 30 shillin 20) a week will only 1eceive shillings ($6.48) under the new forn But_for th2 9,000,000 employed reg- istered in the uncmjp oyment insurance scheme this means an additional weekly contribution of only 3 pence (6 cents) and as a form of taxation will not hit them mortally on wages which average about 50 shillings ($12) a week. Labor's Case Not Strong. Labor's case, therefore. on this point s not strong enough to make the British working man fe! like going to any class war Roughly 000) income tax 000) on petrol: £5.000.000 ($24.300,000) off official scalaries: £3.000.000 ($14.- 580.000) as the employers' share in in- creized contributions to unemplovment insurance, the “capitalist” class is called upon to furnish €114,000.000 (3554.- 040.000)—or more than 50 per cent of WATSON VIEWS TAX REVISION *MISTAKE. CALLS ON PRESIDENT __(Continued From First Page) with £86.500.000 ($420.390,~ ould be a great mistake to undertake tax revision at the coming session of | With the Republican independents advo- Congress. He sald, too, he was op- Senator Read. not think it was necessary to worry Andrew Mellon” was the head of that department of the Government The Indiana Republican said he also had discussed the membership of the Tariff Commission with the President but was not at liberty to disclose Lhe names of the men being considerea to fill the vacancies caused by the death of Alfred P. Dennis and the impending resignation of Chairman Henry P. Fletcher. Representative Bachrach of New Jersey, second ranking Republican on the House Wayvs and Means Committee, which initiat>s revenue-raising legisia- tion, advocated increases in taxes on estates and on incomes in excess of £100.000. He also proposed restoration sales tax on ‘“Juxuries and non-essen- tials.” Reed Favors Sales Tax. Senator Reed. who has waged past legislative campaigns of Secretary of the Treasury Mellon's programs, came for- ward with a plan for a sales tax of one- half of one per cent upon all com- modities sold to the public. Meanwhile, other staunch Repub- licans, including Senator Watson of In- Qiana, the party leader, have asked the administration to resort to new loans next vear to await a return to normal conditions before revising the tax sys- tem. Democratic leaders, who have spoken on the subject, oppose tax increases next session. They are advocating, in- stead. that the Government pare down the money spent annually in retiring the public debt. That is the picture today as the new proposals opened debate that will come to a head early in the December session. Senator Brookhart of Iowa. a Repub- lican indegendent, led off the discus- sion With~ sn assault upon Senator Reed's sales iax proposal. He said I am in favor of increasing the taxes on the incorses of Senator Reed and Sec- retary Mellon.” Mr. Bacharach was outspoken in his recommendation o increase rates on incomes of more than $100,000. to which He said statistics om investment in- diseharged what he called one of the most disagreeable tasks that ever had | fallen to his lot in 40 years of po- | litical life. | In the course of the subsequent de- bate Walter Runciman, Liberal. pro- posed the absolute prohibitipn of cer- tain classes of luxuries from abroad, 4s_was done in war time. . It was later announced the govern- n-°nt had appointed a committee of three experts to examine without delay the practicability of this propos:1. AMERICANS BETTER OFF. Income Tax Here But Fraction of That in England. British income tax pavers may look wistfully across the Atlantic at more Sortunate Americans. +.And American income tapayers may well be happy with their annual con- fibution to the Government on their smlaries, by comparison with the Brit- fhers, in view of proposed increases outlined by Chancellor Philip Snowden Yesterday in the House of Commons. » The American of small income pays 11, per cent, after a 25 per cent deduc- tjon is made on earned income. but he i exempt $1500 if single, $3.500 if warried, and receives an additional ex- amption of $400 for each child - Under the new rates, the Britisher of &mall income is to pay 25 per cent, is 0 be allowed $500 exemption if single. 50 if married. and in addition, if he as children, $250 for the first child and $200 for each other. . An American single man or woman with a salary of $2.000 pays only $5.62 ncome. tax after deducting the allowed exemption and making no other allow- able deductions. Under the new Brit- igh rates a single man with the same income will pay approximately $375. . The married man with a $2,000 in- gome in the United States pays no in- dome tax: in Britain he will pay $312.50 income tax, while one with an income of $4000 would pay $81250. An American married man with a $4,000 ncome would pay $5.62. A married han with one child and a $4.000 income n England will pay %725 under the pew rates, while one with similar in- come and a child in the United States pays only $1.12, comes showed “the emly class which resped substantial profits during the years 1995 to 1929 consisted of about 14,700 individuals with net incomes in excess of $100,000 per annum.” Higher Incomes Gain. “This class,” he continued, “increased £10.000.000 (848,600, He added that he did|show “the only class which reaped sub- of the gift tax and the imposition of a | ake the Hindmost,” the total £245,000,000 ($1,190,700,000) of | money to be raised. The laboring class, with £35.000.000 ($170,100,000) unemployment benefit cuts, £14,500,000 ($70,470,000) raised by the | penny (2 cents) a pint tax on beer, | £6.000,000 ($29.160,000) in cuts predi- cated on teachers’ salaries and £500,000 ($2,430,000) off policemen’s pay, will be | forced to contribute or sacrifice some | £51,000,000 ($247.860,000)—or som=thing more than 20 per cent of the whole economy bill. The other 30 per cent will be shared fairly equally all around. May Faver Tariff. | The budget, therefore, does not pro- vide labor with grievance enough to go 1o the country with any hopes of rou: ing strong feelirg to win an election on. Labor, therefore, is debating the | including the advisability to insert a | tarift plank #n its platform—Ilargely motivated by Arthur Henderson's siate- ment yesterday that he favored a 10 per cent revenue tariff as an alterna- tive to A 10 per cent cut in the dole. “The budget is merely a symptom,” Ernest Bevin, president of the Trans port Workers, told the full House. “We | have to tackle the real disease. “There is nol one ray of hope in | what Mr. Snowden said yesterday— | that either the employer or the work- |ing man will find a way out of the present financial crisis. “This country made the biggest blunder of its life when it returned to the gold standard in 1925. This step was taken, not to pay for imports, but to buy gold dollars with which Stanley Baldwin agreed to pay the war debt to the United States.” Blames U. S. Bankers. Walter Citrine. secretary of the Trade Union Congress, declared that M:. Snowden's budget only aggravated the ituation. Mr. Snowden had obeyed the dictators of the Federation of ‘British Employers—which was _dictated to by ! the bankers of Great Britain and the United States—cuts in Government setting an example for industry to w with the working man—and the Labor party must accept this budget as a direct challenge to all they stood for Mr. Citrine told the Congress that the United States was at its wits' end to deal with its own unemployment prcblem—American manufacturers and ! bankers knew well that they would have 1o face unemployment insurance in the | United States this Winter—unless they could discredit it in Great Britain, “and that is why the miserable sum of £13.- 000,000 ($61.380,000) is snatched from the mouths of the working man when it could have been raised by other tax-| ation.” (Coprrigkt. 18311 earth. Our costs are high because we feed our soldiers better and beczuse we p1y them better. but we don't feed them too well and we don't pay them too much.” Reed said he hoped to see further re- ductions in the Navy. but not until other nations agreed to this also and “not to the place where we will have a Navy second to any other.” Bacharach. in his statement, agreed “the | rich are getting richer and the poor are He cited statistics to cating higher income taxes that stantial profits duricg the vears 1925 to 1929 consisted of about 14.700 individ- uils with net incomes in excess of $100,000 per annum.” Agree on Higher Incomes. “This class.” he sald. “increased their investment income and probably their cepital by more than 50 per cent: the other classes lost ground. “In view of the fact that the Gov- ernment has placed no substantial lim- itation on the accumulation of wealth, and because in tecent prosperous years the relatively few taxpayers with net incomes in excess of $100.000 have actu- ally accumulated extraordinary amounts of capital, it seems obvious that these in- | dividuals are able to bear, and should | bear. the bulk of any increased tax burden.” Senator Reed disclosed that he fa-| vored the inheritance or estate tax, but he did not go so far as Bacharach and propose increasing these rates. Senator Reed called late yesterday upon President Hoover and Secretary Mellon, but he said he did not discuss taxes with either. The Senator has just returned from his vacation, and his calls, he said, were principally to pay his respects upon the President and the Treasury head. ASKS MARTIAL LAW IN CHURCH BATTLE BLAMED ON REVIVAL the meetings are held, that the situation becomes terse. Jeffers said today that Capt. Eldridge told him he could not continue to in- dulge in personalities in speaking at his revival meetings. Renews Bitter Aattack. Last night, while the National Guardsmen with fixed bayonets stood outside the revival tent, where 5.000 ns had assembled to hear | speak. Jeffers launched a bitter verbal Assault on Dr. Heard and some of his | supporters, including several prominent citizens, Commenting on Capt. Eldridge's ad- monition concerning personalities, Jel- | fers said: “I get my sermon from God and not [S) their investment income and probably | p, | thelr capital by more than 50 per cent: | Lhe Governor or any one eise. 1f we are to have martial law, it is God's will, TAR, WASHINGTON, INTHOHURREANES Tempests Ravage Porto Rico and British Honduras. U. S. Priests Die. - — . (Continued From First Page.) | and through private sources came word of the damage. The Pan-American Airways offices in Miami were informed that 200 were | dead in Belize. Reports to the Tropical Radio Co. at Boston fixed the number of dead at Belize at 150, with several hundred injured. The Red Cross here was informed that one person was killed in Porto Rico, 200 houses were unroofed and an unesti- mated amount of other property dam- age done. Belize, British Honduras. was “devas- tated,” according to the State Depart- ment message which estimated the cas- ualties in the “hundreds” and asked fcr urgent relief. Relief Need Urgent. “Belize d-vastated by cane and tidal wave yesterday after- noon and evening,” the message said Relief of all kinds wurgently needed. Please advise any action propos:d by American organizations. Few buildings remain intact.” Latest Stats Department records showed 174 Americans resident in Brit- ish Honduras. Most of these, it was s21d, reside in Belize. Department offi- cials sald they had not decided what relief steps would be taken since the territery was British, and Jamaica, also British territory, was only about 700 miles distznt. * Government radio facilities at Belize were put out of order by the storm. A flash from Tela. Honduras. however. sald half the population of Belize was homeless, their houses demclished. Roosevelt En Route Here. A telegram received at the War De- | partment this morning said Gov. Theo- | | dore Roosevelt had left for the United States yesterday. Red Cross headquarters here received a cable from Capt. Antonio Sylva, man- ager of its Porto Rican Chapter, stating that many stores and business bufldings had been damaged by the 100-mile-an- hour wind last night His check was hasty and incomplete he said, and covered only San which was not in the center of disturbance. age in other affected parts of the island the was yet unknown, due to lack of com- | munications, Sylva's cable said the average wind velocity n San Juan was 70 miles. but special reports to the Weather Bureau said the velocity had reached 100 miles an_hour at 10 o'clock last night Acting at the request of President Hoover, the Navy Department moved today to co-operate with the Red Cross in providing medical stores and other aid for sufferers at Belize. Plans were formed immediat:ly for dispatching planes carrying medical supplies from the Canal sending ships to the stricken city The mine sweeper Swan was at Tru- jillo, Honduras, only a few hours’ run | from Belize when the hurricane struck. STORM KILLS | Devastation of Belize, British Honduras, | Reported. MIAMI. Fla. September 11 (& —R. 1. Dunten. general operations manager for Pan-American Afrways here, an- nounced today receipt of unoffictal in- formation from Belize, British Honduras that 200 persons were killed when a tropical storm swept over the city yes- terday. Communication Restored. Dunten said Pan-American Alrways today restored radio communication with its Belize station after being cut off since 3.30 p.m. yesterday. ‘The message, received from the fleld manager at Belize, raid “Belize devastated by hurricane. All Pan-American personnel safe, but 200 dead in town." Belize s the capital of British Hon- duras. The time the disturbance. apparently of hurricane strength. struck Belize was not determined in early messages. Trop- ical radio here was unable to contact its Belize station this morning. al- though last night the Miami station reported communicating with Belize up to 7:30 p.m.. the regular time of closing. Dunten put all available communica- tion facilities to work in an attempt to get further information. The last weather report from Belize was at 3 p.m. yesterday, when a 47- mile wind was reported. The pilot of a Pan.American plane at San Salvador was ordered to pick up all available medical and other supplies and carry them to Bolize. The plane was due at Belize at noon. The regular Pan-American plane through Belize outran the storm Dunten said Pan-American’s information was brought in on regular radio sets, quickly repaired during the night, after being blown out of commission as the storm passed over the city. The Government radio station was reported still out of commission at 10 o'clock today. Hurricane Nears City. ‘The hurricane approached the capital yesterday afternoon, gathering force quickly as it neared the city, which is largely built of frame structures on flat ground that edges the usually placid waters of the Gulf of Honduras. ‘The storm first was reported south- east of Jamaica Monday night, Weather Bureau reports classifying it as of moderate intensity. As it progressed almost due westward, however, it gained force untii it apparently be- came a whirlwind of destruction and di.t"h Just before striking the coastal city. Unofficial reports from steamers some distance away from the center of the severe hurri- Juan. He added that the dam- | Zone and | D.. €., FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER Zm I]EA'] REPURIH]‘ Air \iig\io’f Bgliztgz,fllfil 11, 1931, it by Caribbean Hurricane capital of the only British posss logs floated into Belize from the DOAK T0 DISCUSS NATION'S CLEAN-UP Labor Secretary to Relate U. S. Efforts in Radio Forum on C. B. S. | Government efforts to purge this | country of undesirables and to thwart | the entry of “anti-minded” from other | countries will be discussed tomorrow | pight by Secretary of Labor Doak in an address in the Natlonal Radio Forum, sponsored by The Star and | broadcast over a coast-to-coast network {of the Columbia Broadcasting System Secretary Doak’s talk on “Cleaning | Up the Nation” will be heard locally | through Station WMAL at 8:30 o'clock Emphasis will be placed on the fact | that during the past vear twice as many undesirables have been expelled and de- | ported from the United States as were | refused admission. Secretary Doak out of his own wide experience among and working for the interests of American workingmen has first-hand information regarding the | sore spots among them caused by mal- | contents who are not in sympathy with American institutions. | Mr. Doak advanced to his cabinet | office from a business school education through the roadway of railroading He had been chairman of grievance committees, president of local unions, | general chairman on a great railroad | system, State and national legislative representative, president of a national ! brotherhood and editor of an important labor journal. He has handled a large number of wage movements covering many years, acted as mediator and arbifer “in labor disputes and served on various committees during the World War. He is a_member of the Federal Board of Vocational Education and on fense. All of this gives { Labor a broad national viewpoint. an | intimate knowledge of the Nation's problems. the viewpoint and back- ground of labor and varied experience in coping with undesirables who do not care to be assimilated into our work- {ing force. It is from such knowledge over many vears that Secretary Doak is to explain the job of “cleaning up the Nation. RUBBER FIRMS AGREE TO MAINTAIN FORCES the Secretary of ' By the Associated Press. AKRON. Ohio, September 11— Responding to a resolution adopted unanimously by directors of the Rubber Manufacurers’ Associaion, Inc., which recommended that all rubber manu- facturers maintain their present number of employes, even if a reduction in (panies of the Akron district today is: support to the program. The rubber manufacturers giving their | support to the resolution include Good- year, Goodrich, Falls, Seiberling and India. This group, embracing factories in Akron, Cuyahoga Falls, Barberton and Mogadore, employs members of & large portion of the families in the Akron district. DID NOT FORGE DIPLOMA Law !tudent—vAlk:dv-Printerl for Copy to Show Mother. the Council of National De- ' hours becomes necessary,” rubber com- | sued formal statements pledging their | CAPITAL OF BRITISH HONDURAS REPORTED BADLY DAMAGED BY TROPICAL STORM. N airplane view of Belize, capital of British Honduras, reported hard hit by the tropical storm which blew out of the Caribbean last night, carrying in its wake a huge toll of dead, injured and property damage. 5 the principal point of shipment of mahogany ession on the “Spanish Main” vast forests of the interior. | SECRETARY DOAK. POLICEMEN ENTER NOT GUILTY PLEAS IN BEATING CASES _(Continued From Pirst Page.) Court, also has been mentioned. as one of the men who may be asked to serve. Indictment of a number of other officers will be sought before the grand Jjury next Wednesday. it was said today. The justice investigators already have several cases ready for presentalion at that time, and other cases may be added to the list over the week end. The special board to be selected by the Commissioners, it was said, also will be constituted as a trial body and not an investigating group, but the Com- missioners decline to disclose at this time who is to be put on trial. In fact, the Commissioners are main- taining a tight-lipped silence about the procedure to be followed in passing on the grand jury’s recommendations, ex- | plaining that the details have been left to Corporation Counsel William W. Bride to work out. And Bride likewise declined to discuss his program “All T can say at this time,” Bride declared, “is that I have a very definite program. I cannot discuss it now.” ‘The Commissioners, it was reported, | decided to make the civilian board a trial group rather than an investigating body. because they themselves propose to inquire into the charges of the grand jury that the dismissal of Staples couid not have been accomplished “without some knowledge, consent and co-oper- ation of certain members of the Metro- politan Police Department, including some of its officials.” False Sense of Loyalty. Another charge of the grand jury that the Commissioners are planning to | investigate, it was said, is that there exists in the Police Department a “false sense of loyalty supplemented by | & vicious system of reprisals for those | who tell the truth.” | These charges. it was reported, are to be investigated at a series of private hearings at which witnesses will be in- | vited ‘o appear. The result of this | quiet inquiry, it was indicated. will be | made known to the special civilian trial board to guide it in’its action on the grand jury report. | ” The commissioners hope to have the | personnel of the extraordinary board | selected early next week, although they expect to encounter some difficulty in finding five men of the type they want who are willing to sacrifice their time | in such service. The men will be urged | to serve on the board as a civic duty, | Pecnles’ hardware chain, 110 o'clock and Bowers died at Casualty RALEIGH, N. C., September 11 (P).|pecause the commissioner o % s declare they The Associated Press yesterday quoted | g, 1ot have sufficient funds avaflable ‘The little SHOOTING INQUEST | ON BOWERS OPENS Wife and Friends Say Man 1 Was Slain, While Police Discard Theory. The possibility of murder, accident | and suicide were under consideration | today as a coroner's jury opend an in- quest in the death of Jeff Bowers, 26, who was found dying yesterday morn- ing in the hardware store which he managed, at 1311 Seventh street. Police. however, had virtually elim- inated the theory of murder, although | Bowers' wife, Mrs. Bonnie Bowers, and | his associates in th> store insisted he’ had met death at the hands of an unidentified assailant These latter agreed that Bowers had no oceasion to take his own life, that | he was in fair health and excellent | spirits and that his accounts at the store were in order. Own Gun Used, Fowler Says. On the other hand. ballistic exami- nation convinced Lieut. John Fowler, the department’s identification expert, | that the fatal bullet was fired from | Bowers' own .32-caliber automatic. | The gun was found, free of its hol- ster. in a closed drawer in the counter | behind which Bowers was standing| when the bullet pierced his chest near the heart. Police say the inside of the drawer was spotted with blood, indicat- | ing it was open at or after the time Bowers was hit. Employes of the store were stanch in their conviction Bowers was murdered. They say the ejected shell flew to a counter tray screened from the rear of the counter and must have been ex- ploded in front of the counter. Cash Found Untouched. They also pointed out there were no powder marks on Bowers' white shirt to indicate he had held the gun. De- tectives explained this by the fact that powder in automatic shells burns in- stantly and leaves little stain. John Hoffman. a carpenter, who w repairing a broken lock in a warehouse | behind the store, heard the explosion. He said it made a hissing sound and he did not investigate until at least a minute had elapsed. \ There was no indication of & strug- gle. and the cash register. which con- tained $48 at the time, had not been tampered with. No one could be found who had seen anyone issue from the store about the time of the shooting. Accident Theory Advanced. The lock which Hoffman was repair- ing had been broken during an at- tempted burglary, and the possibility was advanced that Bowers. anticipating a ld-up, had removed the gun and { son special IGIBSON DEMANDS END OF SGANDALS Warns Commissioner Con- gress Will Act Unless Police Force Is Cleaned Up. The District officials must elean up the scandals in the Police Department. by a thorough reorganization or Con- gress will do the job, Representative Ernest W. Gibson of Vermont, chair- man of the special House committee which has been invesugating the mu- nicipal administration, told Commis- sioner Crosby yesterday in the course of & conference. Representative Gibson emphasized that the people of Washington, the people of the country, the Presiden, and Congress are tired of repeatea scandals in the Police Department, one tumbling on the heels of another, and that the clean-up must be prompt and thorough. He pointed out that his special committee had recommended a thorough reorganization of the Police Department more than two vears ago Congress is ready to give the Distric. officials all the authority they need, but will demand action, the House leader warned Gen. Crosby. Representative Gibson's ea'l at the Commissioners’ headquarters followed a conference with the President at the ‘White House. “No Wooden Nutmegs.” “I hope they will not compel Con- gess to act” Representative Gibson said, “but they must act quickly. I told Gen. Crosby that if they find they need more legisiative authority, firmer administrative authority, all they have to do is to ask Congress for it. and Congress will give them all the au- thority necessary to deal with the pres- ent situation and to make the Wash- ington police force a model for the entire country.” Representative Gibson expressed the hope that the District officials “will not. take any wooden nutmegs so gilded that they will appear to be golden nuggets.” “There must be a thorough reorgani- zation of the police force,” he con- cluded. “There has been just one scandal after another. The people of the District are disgusted. The people of the country are disgusted. Congress is disgusted and the President is dis- gusted. Now is the time to thoroughly clean it up.” Cites Committee Report. Representative Gibson directed sp-- cial attention to the report of the Gib- committee last February advising the District officials to re- organize the Police Department on 2 scientific and up-to-date basis. The report follows, in part: “An orderly investigation of the police force has been undertaken in response to many criticisms brought to our attention. This has been pro- ceeding for some time. The inquiry has been hampered by publicity and in other ways. Situations have arisen at critical times which have served to defeat our efforts. We cannot say that these were premeditated, but they cer- tainly constitute a series of remarkable coincidents, to say the least “In our opinion, the rank and file of the membership of the police force are honest and faithful. They are dealing with a serious situation: mod- ern crime is an organized business Hundreds of millions of dollars are taken away from the American people annually. That crime is prevalent in the District is attested by the fact that during the last fscal vear nearly 100.000 arrests were made in the Dis- trict of Columbia. Bootlegging and Gambling. “The undisputed testimony before the | subcommittee is that 3.000 bootleggers are plying their trade daily in the Capi- tal City of the Nation. Gambling places have been run openly. The subcom- mittee caused a map to be made show- ing the exact location of scores of gambling joints and presented the major and chief of police with a re- quest that these piaces be closed. A ‘more recent survey convin us that the number of these places has not been materially decreased. Many have moved, but usually not out of the pre- cinct where they were formerly doing business. | "“It is impossible to entirely stop gambling or the illicit trade in intox)- | cating liquors in a city of the size of | Washington, but we are concerned that the police force, guarding the lives and property of the people of the Federal city, are honest and incorruptible. We are concerned that gambling be kept out of the departments and bureaus of the Government, where in the past it | has materially affected the efficiency and morale of Government employes. “It is the opinion of the subcommit- i tee that the entire Police Department I should be reorganized on a scientific. up- to-date basis. It must necessarily be reorganized to cape with the rising tide of crime. Any plan for such a reor- ganization requires study of the best systems, employed throughout the world. We have no right to criticize the sys- tem now in force here with nothing te offer in its place. It is the purpose of the subcommittee, following its policy throughout this survey, to offer a bill carrying into effect our specific rec- was _examining it when the weapon accidentally discharged. It was possible, police pointed out, that the stricken man may have dropped the gun into the drawer, which was closed as his body lurched for- ward. Bowers, in addition to his wife, is survived by a 2-year-old som, Albert; four sisters, a brother and his mother, who lives in Alabama. He had been employed ‘at the store. operated by the for about three years and was popular with fel- low employes ~nd customers alike. He lived at © Thirty-second street, Mount Rai or. Md. ‘The shooting_occurred shortly after Hospital 35 minutes Jater. Funeral ar- rangements have not been completed. MORE HOT WEATHER | the other classes lost ground. In view of the fact that the Government has | ! placed no substantial limitation on the aceumulation of wealth and because in {recent prosperous years the relatively few taxpayers with net incomes in ex- | cess of $100,000 have nctually accumu- | 1ated extraordinary amounts of capital. it seems obvious that these individuals are able to bear and should r the { bulk of any increased tax burden |~ Senator Reed estimated his universal | sales tax. applying to everything sold | in the retail markets. would net the | Government almost two billions sn- | nually, or one-half of its total ex- penses. He would retain present income tax rates, but would plug up some of the “leaks” which. he says, are permitting | the wealthy to evade their share of | the burden at the expense of those | | earning incomes. ! Arms Cuts Fought. | Both Reed and Bacharach took issue | with Chairman Wood of the House Appropriations Committee, who would cut Government expenditures down to | revenue, principally by paring down | the costs of the Army and Navy. | 'Senator Reed. who is chairman of | | the Senate Military Affairs Committee and served on the American delegation to the London Naval Limitations Con- ference, asserted national defense was in cost now to the “danger point.” He sald more money was paid out in bonus loans to the veterans this year than it cost to run the Army and added: “If the bonus keeps on we are going to see inevitably the Army and Navy cut below the danger point.™ Fears Danger Point. “At ‘e présent time.” he said. “we | have pared our Army down to the point. where we have fpwer soldiers per capita than any other civilized country on | critical | control. and I bow to it. “Everything is working out to suit me. and regardless of what happens, it will not alter my course to give the truth.” He sald he would stay here until “my work is finished.” Leads Throng to Jail. ‘Wednesday night the evangelist led a throng of 500 men to the jail here to demand the release of George Cox. i, arrested after a fight at the First Bap- tist Church, where a “vindication” service for Dr. Heard was held and charges against him denied. Cox was released and a hearing was scheduled for yesterday. While waiting for the hearing, the evangelist and his follcwers asked per- mission to hold a prayer on the lawn of the City Hall and it was finally granted. Jeffers, however, included in storm Wednesday afternoon told of 60- mile-an-hour winds, although their barometers registered 29.50, a pressure comparatively high for that wind velocity. The center of the storm then was estimated near Swan Island. Weather reports yesterday morning in- dicated the storm was increasing in in- tensity and would pass inland south of Belize during the afternoon. Second Message Received. Bunten said a second message re- ceived from the Belize Airport read: “In addition to dead, several hundred injured. Half of houses in town demol- ished. All radio towers gone. Need supplies badly to rebuild our radio equipment. Worked all night to get it hooked up to gas power unit.” He aiso said he was advised the gov- ernment of British Honduras was his prayer a supplication for a bolt of | sending a message to Washington by lightning to strike Mayor Bcsler, who | Pan-American Radio, which, appar- had denied the assemblage permission |ently, is the only available method of to hold a meeting at the City Hall other | ccmmunication now. than a “moment of prayer.” Contents of this message were not Mayor Bosler interrupted him. In the | privileged for publication, he said. confusion that follcwed, a follower of Two planes, a 28-passenger Commo- the evangelist threw the mayor to the | dore seaplane and a 8ikorsky amphi- ground and was subdued by police. bian, were filled here and crews were ordered to stand by for immediate de- parture as Pan American Airways pre. pared to tender sérvices of their facil- itfes to any rellef agencies that might send succor from the United States to British Hondura: GOVERNOR HOLDS ACTION. Dispatches Assistant Adjutant General to Look Over Situation. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., September 11 Observer Declines Comment. (#).—Gov. Harvey Parnell told the As-| Rjchard W. Gray, Government me- sociated Press today he would not de- | teorologist here, In’ repeltlnlmme ad- visory storm warning issued Wash- Criteal Baptist, Chareh controvery| Mg, anld B could ot comment a¢ there unless the situation gets beyond | this time on the disturbance now near “It has_changed direction twice re- cently. and it is difficult to predict what it will do” he said. “However, if it should pass across the island of Haiti, Charcoal gas trucks are being tried out in Chile. Jack Yarmov of Raleigh, but a native | of New Jersey, as telling the North Carolina Supreme Court _that he had , forged a law diploma of Dickinson Col- lege. Pa. This was erroneous. Yarmov, whose law license was pro- tested, said he wrote the college print- ers for a copy of a Dickinson diploma after he had been informed he would not receive one, intending to show it { to_his mother, who was in a “dying” condition. He said his mother never saw the diploma. His letter to the printers was turned over to the law school's dean. The Associated Press is glad to make this correction. probable its strength will be dissipated, and it will wear itself out. Its presen path is now in the direction of Florida.” Belize, the capital and chief seaport of British Honduras, has an estimated Ppopulation of about 12.600. It is located on swampy land near the mouth of the Belize River. Its houses are chiefly of wood and are built on piles. It is an important export center for mahogany and other fine wood and bananas. ‘The cntire population of British Honduras is only 48,000, about 2,000 of whom are white. The British . ‘~ny has an area of 8,598 square miles, about the size of Massachusetts. It has many interesting Maya ruins and British settlement there began with the ship- wrecking of Buccaneers in 1638. The valuable forest attracted other settlers from Jamaica. Spain contested the British owner- ship of British Honduras until the end of the eighteenth century. Great Britain made British Honduras a separate crown colony in []884. Tts present Governor and Confmander-in-Chilef is Maj. 8ir J. A. Burdon:~ . as seems now to be its course, it is| | adequately to compensate them. | An appropriation of $1,000 is avail- | able for the use of the Commissioners | | for such investigations as they may deem necessary, and this fund can be drawn on, it is believed, to pay the five members of the trial board. If the entire fund is divided among the five members, it was pointed out, they | would receive only $200 each—an | amount which the Commissioners be- | lieve will not afford adequate com- | pensation for the service. So, rather | than offer to compensate the men, a | plan is under consideration to give | | them at least $1 each to make their services legal, and request them to serve on the basis of civic duty. ‘The formal demand of Policeman Jo- seph H. Hunt of the second precinct for an opportunity to defend himself against the charges of the grand jury, it eas said, has provided the Commis- | sioners with & way out of their dilemma in connection with his case. The re- moval of Hunt was recommendsd by | the grand jury, and his formal request for a trial is now before the Commis- sioners. Bride in Conferences. Despite the grand jury’s recommenda- | tions in the Hunt case, it was pointed | out, that an officer on the police forre cannot be removed until he is fonnd guilty on ¢l after a fair and im- artial trial. But the procedure to be followed in Hunt's case before a trial board, in the event the Commis- sioners decide to send it there, 1s &n- other matter about which Mr. Bride will not speak. It is known, however, that Mr. Bride has been in conferencé with Albert W.| Jacobson, attorney for Hunt, and Henry I. Quinn, counsel for Inspector Louis J. Stoll, and that they have knowledge of the plan of procedure the corpora- tion intends to follow. | normal IS PREDICTION HERE Forecasters Say No Break in High Temperatures Expected Be- fore Monday. Hot weather will prevail in Wash- ington at least until Sunday night, Weather Bureau officials sald today. ommendations.” JESUITS ADMINISTER HURRICANE-RAVAGED BELIZE INSTITUTIONS ___(Continued From First Page.) tion. At each one of these churches is a pastor and several other Jesuit priests. All of the Jesuit priests stationed in the British Honduras missions are re- cruited from the Missouri province. The College of St. John's, recently constructed at Beliz~ at a cost of near- ly $1,000,000, has 200 students. The president is Very Rev. Anthony H. Corey. and other priests stationed there are Revs. Marvin M. O'Connor, Ed- mund J. Cooney, Joseph H. Meuffels, Bernard A. New.' Carlos M. Palacio, Leo D. Rooney, William J. Tracy, Paul A. Cavanaugh, Alfred A. Baumeister, Leo P. Burns, Richard M. Koch, Charles M. Kruger and James M. Painter, ‘The girls’ school at Belize is St. Catherine’s Academy, with 230 pupils and conducted by 28 Sisters of Mercy. At Benque Biejo the pastor is Rev. Joseph Kammerer. In the school are 290 pupils in charge of 4 Sisters of the Pious Society of Missions. At El Cay, the pastor is Rev. William Bennett, assistant pastor, Rev. William A. Ryan. The school has 211 puplls, in charge of 5 Sisters of the Plous Society of The forecasters said the outlook 18| npiscions. what is known in their parlance as “damned continued warm.” They added no break could be hoped for until Monday, with nothing definite to indicate it would arrive even then. At any rate, the heat wave showed no|,, signs of attaining record-breaking pro- portions. Officials said it was warmer on a dozen occasions in September last year than it has beea at any time so far this month. They conceded, however, that September, 1930, was far from & month because temperatures were unusually high during that pe- Tio With the mercury still soaring, the official reading at 10 a.m. today was 87, as compared with 84 at the same At Corozal the pastor is Rev. Joseph Kemper, assistant pastor, Rev. Louis J. Newell. In the school are 352 pupils conducted by 7 American sisters. A Orange Walk the pastor is Rev. Rama Coady. In the school &r_ .u5 pupils, in charge of 4 Sisters of the Plous Society of Missions. At Punta Gorda the pastor is Rev. Eugene A. Bork, assistant pastor, Rev. Allan A. Stevenson. In the school are 1985 puplls, in charge of 8 lay teachers. At San Pedro the pastor is Rev. Robert A. Henneman. At San Roman the pastor is Rev. Jose Lalin. At Stann Creek the pastor is Rev. Michael A. Schaefer, assistant pastor, Rev. John J. Halligan. The The temperature 4 yesterday afternoon. lowest mark reached last night was 72 at 6:15 am. ‘The prediction: “Fair and continued warm tonight and tomorrow.” Two heat prostration were reported yesterday, but both victims recovered. ‘They were Charles W. B. Turley, 76, 664 E street northeast, and Harry Biown, colored, 31, 1700 block of New Jersey avenue. school of 410 pupils is conducted by The | 4 Sisters of the Holy Family, with six lay teachers. Gladisch Heads German Navy. BERLIN, September 11 (&) .—Rear Admiral Walter Gladisch, a member of the admiralty staff during the World ‘War and later chief of the Baltic com- mand. has been appointed commander in chief of the German navy. He suce ceeds A dmiral Ivan Oldekop, retired,