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————— WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair tonight and tomorrow; not much change in temperature. ‘Temperatures—Highest, 96, at 4 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 72, at 6 a.m. today. Full report on page 16. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. el — Yesterday’s Circulation, 108,641 he Fpening Star, D, Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 No. 9 TWO CENTS. BELIZE, STRICKEN BY HURRICANE AND TIDAL WAVE, DIGS SELF FROM DEBRIS Dead Estimated at 150 and Upward as New Bodies Are Unearthed—70 Per Cent of Capital City Is Destroyed. Entered as gecond class matter post office, Washington, D. ( WASHINGTON, POLICEMAN FOUND | DEAD NEAR BRIDGE; SUSPECT MURDER 31,910. C, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1931—THIRTY PAGES. (P) Means Associated Press. FIVE D. C. LAWYERS CONSTITUTE BOARD T0 PROBE CHARGES IN STAPLES REPORT Ramend M. orow. 28 ' & | Wounded in Head—Body Discovered Near Home. Found Dead Emergency Gasoline Engine Establishes Belize Radio Contact By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 12— An emergency gasoline engine was used by the Pan-American Airways radio operator at Belize for power to send messages tell- ing of the storm’s damage to the city. The story of how he rebuilt the station after it had been quicted by the terrific wind was told in en early message received yester- day by the Pan-American Air- ways here. While other members of the Airways crew in Belize engaged in relief work the radio operator retrieved his emergency gasoline engine to procuce power fcr his set. rebuilt the station, set up new aerials and, after struggling through the storm during the entire night. was able to send out the first messages about 10 a.m. 7000000 JOBLESS Tore, e puecen BRIDE ASKS SPECIAL , | . WINTER OUTLODK AS | of Raymond M. Morrcw. a 28-year-old iy il ) s | i policcman attached to No. 3 precinct, g : 2 | i was found beneath the Sixteenth street - i ¢ o | U i bridge over Piney Branch, just north of 2 1 1 H ¢ | ’ 0 ; | | | Henry P. Blair, Col. W. C. Clephane, Col. J. M. Ken- yon, D. W. 0’Donoghue and S. C. Peelle Accept. | lHAD FAILED TO REPORT FOR DUTY LAST NIGHT | Autopsy Ordered to Determine | Cause of Death—Wife Collapses POLICEMAN RAYMOND MORROW. | = — as Crowd Gathers. GROUP 1S SUGGESTED BY BAR PRESIDENT Brutally beaten and with evidences of a bullet wound in the face, the body Eleven U. §. Priests and 18 Native Students Is Toll of Storm as St. John's College Is Razed—Loss to American Firms Estimated at $250,000—First Aid Taxed. Administration Officials See |y, . xminia prews. No Need for Public Alarm BELIZE, British Honduras, Sep- tember 12 —Belize, home of 13,000 Over Possible Distress rsons, devoted itself today to FPindings of Inquisitorial Body; Will Be Basis to Determine Ne- | cessity for Appointment of Pro-, posed Civilian Group by Distl’ictj - OF SIX MEMBERS | ‘ — (Group Would Work Under Commissioners’ Su- Commissioners. Spring road, shortly after 9 o'clock this % hatless. Mcrrow was —_— dressed in civillan clothing. He lay on his back with his arms and legs | crossed, his face bruised and the left eve discolored. A slight wound near the nose appeared to have been made by a bullet. There was a definite print | of a man’s heel in the center of his back, indicating that he had been and A special board, composed of five prominent Washington law- ye was appointed today by the District ‘Commissioners to inves- tigate the charges against the Po- ’ i pers | burying the dead and minist ring | to the injured, victims of a hurri- { i Yice Department contained in the recent grand jury report and to i 'minc whether steps should b2 taken to punish any members of the Police Department who are alleged to have been involved in the “framing” of former Po- liceman Orville Staples. The findings of the investigat- ing board, the Commissioners an- nounced, will be the basis for de- termining whether it will be nec- | essary to create the proposed ex- traordinary civilian trial board Members of the bar appointed to the investigating board are: Henry P. Bl Col. Clephane. Col. J ‘W. O'Donoghue ar ‘Walter er Kenyon, Dani Stanton C. Peclle C. The names of these men were sug- | gested to the Commissioners by George B. Hoover, president of the District Bar Association. and all of them have con- sented to serve Serve As Civic Duty. Announcement cf the appointment of the investigating board followed di closure earlier in the day that the Com: missioners had appealed to the presi- dents of the five major civic and trade rganizations of Washington to aid them in selecting the personnel of the proposed civilian trial boar Creation of the investigating board of lawyers was kept secret at the Di trict Building until the Commissione: had received word that the five lawyers had agreed to serve on such a board. purely as a civic duty. No compensa- tion will be paid for their service. A statement issued by the Commis- ioners announcing the appointment of | the board revealed that the plan was | suggested by Corporation Counsel Wil- » liam W. Bride, who asked that his of- fice be excused from making recom- . mendations in connection with the ¢ findings of the grand jury. which 7 urged the reinstatement of Staples and ‘ punishment of those responsible for his dismissal. Statement by Bride. The statement follows The cor- poration counsel has asked the Commis- sicners to excuse his office from ma 4 Ing recommendations with reference fo their action upon the recent statement L/ of the members of the present grard > jury. His request is based upon the fact that the prosecution of the Steples case was conducted by his office and he | desires that such recommendations as are made shall be free from any pre- vicus assoclation with the case. He suggested that the Commissioners re- quest that the president of the Bar Association be urged to submit a list of 15 members of the local bar whose position in the community commands complete respect. who are men cf ur questioned high character and who could make such recommendations. “Such a list was submitted. and the Commissioners are pleased to announce that from this list they have sclected following: Henry P. Blair. Col. alter C. Clephane, Col. J. Miller Ken- yon, Danicl W. O'Donoghue and Stanton C. Reclle. All of these gentlemen b accepted the Commissioners’ solely upon the grounds of They will organize at an their own procedure an Commissioners. Their the allegations ¢ report of the grand jui Aside considering Jury’s recommendations that Staples reinstated and those responsible for missal severcly reprimanded, the in- stigating board also, it was said, will determine if there was any the charge in the grand jury report that trere exists in the Police Department & v arly date, fix eport to the d is limited ned in the the grand be “talse sense of loyalty. supplemented by Thus the Commissioners will be able | { to conduct all inquiries, free from the| a vicious system of reprisals for those who tell the truth.” Aid of Civic Heads Sought. Farlier in the day 5 of the five major civie and tr ations of Washinglon were intited by the Com- missioners to aid them in selecting the personnel of the extraordinary civilian board to be created to censider act on the grand jury report recom- ~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) DOGS TRAIL TWO MEN SEEN FLEEING FIRE! Forest Farm Destroyed—Four Horses Burn. al Dispajch to The S FREDERICKSBURG, Va., September 12. — Blo:dhounds this morning were trailing two men secn cmerging last night from a barn_which was ablaze on the Sherwood Forest farm, tkree miles from here in Stafford County. The fire spread from the barn to a garage, destroying both buildings and all contents with a loss cf $6,000. Four horses in the barn were killed and two tractors demolished, besides other farm equipment snd 60 tons of new hay. One of the finest estates in this sec- tion. Sherwood Forest farm is owned by Jchry L. Pratt of New York and ¥redericksburg. vice president of Gen- * qzal Motors Corporation, : . Spe ' pervison. ! Creation of a special | force independent of any department of | the municipal government and operat- | ing directly under missioners was urged today by Corpo- ration Counsel William W. Bride. The proposed force, Bride said, would e the Department of Justice of making independent investigations for the District, such #s the present in- {quiry into alleged third-degree prac- | tices of the Police Department. The { force. he declared, should be composed | of not less than six men trained in the | work and should conduct all inquiries, thus assuring investigations free of | the interest and bias which might exist if the investigators were atiached to | any one depsrtment of the municipal { government. Bride declared there is & { serious need for such a force. The existing police trial board pro- cedure elso was condemnsd by Bride les “almost partial” To correct this condition, he urged the Commission {to seek legiclation at the forthcoming | sesston of Congress to increase the pow- | ers of both the police and firc depart- { ment trial boards. 1 Poards Lack Authority. | These trial boards now, Bride point- { ed out. are without authority to compel | the attendance and testimony of wit- I nesses. He said it is absolutely neces- I'sary to clothe the boards with power to require the attendance and testimony | of witnesses before such boards under ' | penalty of contempt if these bodies are ito have public respect { Mr. Bride's recommendations are | contained in his annual report, which { he submiited to the Commissioners | while they were at work on plans for | the creation of a special civilian board | to consider an act on the recent grand jury report recommending the rein- | statement of former Policeman Orvilie | Staples and punishment of those re- | sponsible for his removal from the force in 1928. “Under the cumbersome procedure required under existing law, trial boards are without authority to compel the attendance and testimony of wit- nesses.” Bride declared. “It is true that on appeal by the head of the de- partment involved a subpoena issued out of the Police Court can be ob- tained and the attendance of the party can be secured, but there is grave doubt | be compelled. It is almost a partial { procedure. | Trained Personnel Urged. | “And while T am upon this subject I strongly urge the establishment of an investigating body with trained investi- | gators. independent of any department of the local government. to operate under the directicn of the Commis- {sioners. It is highly unfortunate that it is abeolutely necessary under our | present set-up and appropriations to ! ernment to have these investigations ! made by the Department of Justice. This department does not relish such requests. It comes only on rare oc- feeling, and properly so, that our local his | government should conduct its own in- | i vestigations. { “Congress should be asked to give us basis for | a body of not less than six men, trained | Hn I the he work, who will operate under direction of the Commissioners. !interest and bias which might exist if their investigations were attached to one department of the municipal : government. There is very much and serious need for such a body. If it is used for no other purpose than for in- vestigations in condemnation matters, the expense would be amply justified, but that would only be an incident in their actual use and value to the local government.” in Which Food and Mi 5 the Assogiated Press. CHARLESTON. W. Va.. September 12. {—An amputation performed under ! jagged slate far down in a coal mine, | with the surgeon lying flat upon his back, has saved the life of Aukstock Cotter, 30-year-old miner. The entombed miner was liberated after hours of tragic effort, during which a minister read passages from the Bible for him and food was lowered to him on the end of a pole extended through a crevice. Cotter was trapped when a section of the mina roof came vn. Both his arms were pinned to the ground by slate. Fellow workers freed his left arm py lifting the, rocks with (} investigating | the District Com- | whether the giving of testimony can | be required to go outside the local gov- | casions and then with great reluctance. | stomped. Coroner Nevitt, after a pre- liminary examination, announced that an autcpsy would be required to deter- mine the cause of death. but that the body had not been thrown from the bridge, because no long bones were broken Morrow's watch was still running when pelice summoned by a 10-year-old boy whose mother, a resident of an | apartment house nearby, had noticed | the form in the valley for several hours, but believed the man to be sleeping, sent her scn out to investigate. Two pocketbooks were in his pockets, both empty. Home Was Nearby. body lav in a depression, but the detectives were unable to determine whether the depression was caused by a drop from the bridge above or due to the body lyinz in the damp earth for six or eight hours. The coroner said Morrow had been dead since about midnight The dead man lived at 1445 Spring _road. around the corner and his wife. Mrs from the brid Harriet L. Morrow. who said she last The just heard from him at 7:30 last night when | | her, attracted by the excitement in _the 'neighborhood, one of the first of the throng wh collected on the bridge when the bod. was found. She collapsed when she learned that the body was that of her husband and is under the care of a physician. She said that her husband told her that he was on leave, but at the third precinct it was said that Morrow was due to g0 on duty at midnight last night, but failed to report. Both police authorities and Federal agents investigating the recent charges of brutality in the Police Department and the Staples case- said that Mor- row had had no connection with the investigation. Removed Footprints. While early inv found no signs of footprints around the spot where the body was found, he telephoned it was leerned that in the soft earth | under the bridge proper they located and removed footprints in the damp earth ‘Two hours after the investigation started the police found two little girls | who told them they saw a man under the bridge yesterday tinkering with an old automobile. An unimproved dirt road. rarely used. runs through the valley. Other residents of the apart- ment house nearby also said they thought they had heard an automobile down in the valley early today, but | police failed to find any tire tracks. Maj. Henrv G. Pratt, superintendent of police, apprised of the finding of the body. immediately assigned Inspector Thaddeus A. Bean to the case. Maj | Pratt said that Morrow had never been |in any serious trouble in the depart- ment since his appointment in July. 1925. Policemen in the third precinct said they did not believe that Morrow ever drank, but that several months ago he had hinted that he was consid- ering resigning from the Police Depart- ment. His beat was street to Connecticut avenue and K to M streets. Had Good Record. News of the discovery of the body | spread rapidly and within an hour the | bridge was so choked with traffic that moving. | Capt. James G. Beckett, commander of the third precinct. on the scene of the crime. declared that so far as he (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) C FLIGHT PLANNED Japanese Will Make Second At- tempt to Reach United States. | TOKIO, September 12 (). — The newspaper Hochi said today Seiji | Yoshihara. Japanese aviator, wiil make another attempt to fly to the United | States, starting October 10. | He will fly a new Junkers' plane, and {will have with him a mechanic’ and a radio operator. Yoshihara's previous attempt to fly over the North Pacific by | easy stages ended when he crashed in | the Kurile Islends, north of Japan. ' PACIFI bObTOR ON BACK IN MINE HOLE SEVERS ARM TO SAVE PINNED MAN Entombed Workman Carried to Top After Long Ordeal nister Were Sent Down. | an automobile jack, but were unable to free the right. Rescue crews worked doggedly at the | slate fall. while the clergyman read the | Bible. Then Cotter complained of hun- | ger and was fed. Dr. George Fordham, Poweliton physi- | cian, ruggested Cotter's life might be | saved if his arm could be amputated. | Dr. W. B. Davis, company physician, ‘volunteered if means of reaching the arm could be found. Miners dug a 15-foot tunnel to Cot- ter's arm and Dr. Davis, surgical in- struments tied to his beit, crawled to Cotter's side. Lying upon his back in the small hole, Dr. Davis injected the 2nesthetic and a short time later Cot- ter was carried from the mine. Today | g, was recovering in a hospital. _ .. tigators said they | from Fifteenth+ the police were forced to keep motorists | POLICY ON TARIFF i Protection Seen Necessary in Dealing With Finan- cial Problem. | | By the Associated Press LONDON. September 12.—The pos- sibility that the emergency government would abandon its free trade policy in | favor of a protective tariff es a further means of dealing with the financial ;pmbxom was foreseen in political circles | today. | Encouraged by the developments of the last few days. protectionists were of the opinion that the ball already was in motion. and some went o far as to say that a tariff policy would be | | adopted within the next three months. | Move Declared Certain. | The Daily Mail sald it was able to announce that the government was cer- tain to make such a move before the end cf the year. Prime Minister Mac- Donald and Secretary of Dominions Thomas were credited with expressing favorable opinions, and even Chancel- lor Snowdsn was said to have realized that he must modify his free trade views. “The political | i developments in re- cent days have all been pointing in this direction.” the paper said. “znd decisions which have been taken in the last 24 hours make a tariff policy inevitable Whether Mr. Snowden would be will- i ing to gather a tariff measure was con- | sidered doubtful end it was supposed that he wculd resign rather than icen- tify himself with the acoption of the protectionist system by the cabinet, ieaving Neville Chamberlain as the logical candidate for the job. Welcomed as Life Saver. Mr. Chzmberlain, heelth minister in the government, in a speech at Dum- frics last night warmly advocated such a changs and said unless the people had a teriff soon they would not be able to live. He scouted the idea of a 10 per cent tariff. advocated by some, and said it must be higher to prevent foreign goods entering the country. | | | | RELIEF FROM HEAT | SEEN FOR NEXT WEEK Bank Employe First Prostration Today—Yesterday Hottest i Since 1900. | | | Excessive humidity which has ac- { companied record temperatures to make | Washington acutely uncomfortable dur- ing the past few days will continue until _the middle of next weck, the Weather Bureau forecast stated today. ‘The high reading of 96 degrees yes- | terday marked the hottest September | 11 since 1900, and humidity at 35 per | cent was 10 per cent above normal. | This morning at 10 o'clock the official | thermometer showed 86 degrees, while | the humidity was 50 per cent. At the | | same hour yesterday an 87-degree read- ling was reported. | Showers Wednesday or Thursday probably will bring decisive relief the | bureau predicted, but unless unexpected | cloudiness develops before that time | the thermometer may be expected to soar into the sweltering 90s every day, | it was said. | Tonight may be somewhat cooler | than the 71-degree minimum recorded | last night, the forecaster said, but the | break will be a mild one. Two heat prostrations occurred yes- | terday. but both victims recovered. The | first prostration today was reported | at the American Security & Trust Co., | Fifteenth street and New York ave- nue, where William Thrift, employe of | the bank. collapsed. ~He was removed | to Emergency Hospital. MEET AT TALLEST TREE Officials to Dedicate Giant Red- wood to Conservation Pioneers. DYERVILLE, Calif., September 12 ().—State, county and forest officials assembled here today to dedicate the world's tallest known tree in honor of the three founders of the Save-the- Redwoods League. ‘The tree. a redwood 364 feet high, will be dedicated to Dr. John C. Mer- riam, president of the Carnegie Institu- tion, Washington, D. C.; Dr. Henry Fairfield Osborn, president of the American Museum of Natural History, New York, and Madison Grant, also of New York. Radio Programs on Page B-14 '15 MIDDIES RESIGN; | By Mate in Dust, Wife Says in Suit By the Asscciated Press. | LOS ANGELES. September 12 —Claude A. Baum is pictured by his wife Florence as a very subtle man at_times. She charged in a divorce cross complaint. filed yesterday, that he went around the house writ- ing insults with his finger in the dust on the furniture. CANDHI SAYS U S, DOESN'T WANT HIN Will Not Visit America—Sees No Change in British India Policy. LONDON, September 12 (A%.— Mahatma Gandhi arrived in London from Folkstone this afternoon and went, directly to the headquarters of the Soclety of Friends in Euston road. Ey Cable to The Star. MARSEILLE, Scptember 12 —Ma- hatma Gandhi has no intention of visit- ing the United States because he be- lieves he is “not wanted” there, he said in an interview here yesterday on his way to London to attend the second round-table conference on India He explained that he refused to con- template such a visit unless and until he could feel certain that Americans would receive him as the spokesman for India's cause and not as a social . American friends had added, this was not now andhi left Marseille vesterday | afternoon for London after the most dramatic arrival ever staged by an Oriental visitor to European shores Defying the apprehensive predictions of his friends. he appeared wearing his native Indian dress. Abandons Loin Cloth, He had abandoned the abbreviated loin cloth, which is_his sole garment all year around in India, fcr a full- | fledged dhoti. a long cotton garment | swathed around his waist and nether limbs. Around his nairow body and shoulders, which are left ascetically bare under the ardent rays of the Indian sun, he wore a white hand-woven woolen shawl. But his legs were as bare as ever and his feet were encased in the same much-worn leather sandals. In this authentic native dress Mr. Gandhi proposes to brave the fiercest rigors of the English climate and even, if need be, the still chillier social con. ventions of Buckingham Palace, for it | i1s certain he will accept the invitation extended by King George to him and | the other Indian delegates to attend a leception at the palace during the round table corference. Indifferent to Climate. “To climatic conditions I am indiffer- ent,” the bespectacled little Mahatma | explained in his curiously meek yet | deflant voice. | “If the political weather is favorable. | I will go anywhere where I am needed.” | Thus far he had endured an experience ' never before falling the lot of any| " (Continued on Page 3, Column 1) | DEFICIENT IN STUDY Naval Academy Withholds Names of Those Who Failed to Pass Re-examinations. Special Dispatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., September 12— Fifteen midshipmen were today re- quired to resign from the Naval Acad- emy for deficiency in studies. An- nouncement of the resignations was made by Lieut. Comdr. L. Mc- Cormack, aide to the academy superin- tendent. The middies will be required to leave the academy today. Names were not revealed. Commenting on the resignations the academy official press circular said: “These midshipmen have been found de- ficient in academic work for the second term of their fourth class year, but had been continued in the academy pending re-examinations this month.” The zl'l;)up also failed in the re-examina- tions. The new list brings the list of resig- nations from the academy recently up to 20. Five members of the first class were obliged to resign for infractions of rules during the Summer practice cruise. The last of five first class men CANOE SEEN ¢ INYACHT MYSTERY Drifting Craft Is Searched. Wealthy Man's Body Still Missing. LE STAMFORD. Conn. September 12 (#.—Dr. H. P. Collings, fether of Benjamin P. Collings, today sai pected to result in arrests of the assilants The Stamford Advocate says it has learned Ccllings recognized the older of the inveders and unfortu- nately made his recognition known, which resulted in his being thrown overboard. The Advocate’s infcrma- tion indicated the two suspects are fishermen. MINEOLA. N. Y., September 12—An abandoned cance was found drifting in Ovster Bay this morning not far from where Benjamin P. Collings was said by his wife to have been tossed cver- board by two assailants who boarded his cabin cruiser, the Penguin. Because a canoe figured prominently in the story of the incident told by Mrs. Col- lings, pollce left immediately in auto- mobles to take charge of the craft and search it for poesible clues. Pirate Story Doubted. While search is being made for the wealthy man's body and for the two men who, according to the account giv- en by his wife, later attacked her, the police saic they would again summon Mrs. Collings for questioning this after- ncon. After re-enacting the incident yester- dey in the marner in which she said it took place, Mrs. Collings was per- mitted to return to her htme in Stam- ford. Conn.. and District Attorney Elvin N. Edwards of Nassau County issued a statement that he believed her story, “fantastic es it may seem.” But other Nassau authorities: in the investigation, notably Inspector Harold King. chief of detectives, said today that in the absence <f proof or motive they would not accept the explanation of Collings' disappearance until his body or some other conclusive evidence is discovered. Some investigators even went so far as to suggest that perhaps, unkncwn to Mrs. Collings herself, the entire inci- dent may have becn a carefully pre- meditated drema staged for some mys- terfous purpose not yet brought to light. Point Out Paradoxes. Retracing Mrs. Collings' story of how her husband was bound and thrcwn from his cruiser, naped in a canoe and compelled to leave her 5-year-old child, Barbara, 2lone in the cruiser. the police said the: were confronted with a number of | paradoxes. For example, they pointed out, Mrs. Collings told of hearing one of her husband's assailants say: “Don't tie his hands too tight"—an cdd instruc- tion, they concluded, if the men really intended to drown Collings. Mrs. Collings also asserted she heard her husband cry to her: “They're tying my hands.” This, the police said, had a stagy sound since it was difficuit to imagine a man in real danger of his life shouting bulletins of that sort to his wife, who was in the cabin of the |-boat at the time. The police also pointed to the con- trast between the behavior of the visitors in throwing Mrs. Collings’ hus- band overboard and in carefully giv- ing her four blankets to keep warm when they transferred her to the canoe. “I have an open mind in the case” Inspector King said today when asked his opinfor of Mrs. Collings’ account. “If Collings’ body is found, it will help to verify her story. At the present time, however, I cannct believe the explana- tion of Collings’ disappearance in its entirety. There will be 7,000,000 jobless when and she was kid- | Winter sets in, the American Federa-| tion of Labor estimated today in a re- | view of the business situation. but ad- | ministration officials said they can see | no need for public alarm over distress arising from this condition. |~ While they regard the unemployment problem as ‘serious, spokesmen for tae administration said they were confiden' ly cared for. Ac- the public mind | has been too greatly disturbed by mis- interpretations of the probable situa- tion. They said that while the Census Bu- reau estimate showed 6.050.000 unem- ployed last Winter, the number in dis- tress was between 2.000,000 and 4.000.- 000. Next Winter the number needing | help may be larger, they believe, but | the general problem will be somewhat | better because the burden of last vear's, 2,000.000 drought victims will be re-| moved. Last March Secretary of Commerce | Lamont estimated that there were 6,050,000 jobless during January. The estimate wes made after a special census of unemployment 19 of the larger cities, Recently, W ident of the Am Labor, said conditions would be worse this Winter than last. and Sen- v Shipstead. Farmer-Laborite. of Minnesota, last Saturday estimated there would be 8,000,000 jobless when Winter sets in. ‘ Fund Raising Burden. Walter S. Gifford, national relief di- rector. was quoted as saying on August 24, tke day the President’s organiza- tion on unemployment relief began to | function, that in regards to fund | raising “in some places the burden | will be less—not many. I am sure it will be more in many places, but when | you ask about the who.e country, I do not know." That was the last statement Mr. Gif ford made personally to newspaper men Since that time, the organization's pub- | licity has been confined to committee | appointments and from time to time as surance has been given that a survey of the probable relief burden was being made by Governmen: agencies ir - 3 ef officials said th prepared to estimate what it will be. Administration officials, in soundt a warning against exaggeration of t bad features in the outlook for the | Winter, ccnfined their remarks to v employment and made no reference to wage-cutting. which the Labor Depart- ment's Bureau of Statistics records show is spreading generally. Of the 6.000,000 unemployed last ‘Winter officials believe that 1.500,000 represented the number normally out of work and that more than 1,000,000 others were only seasonably jobless Federal relief experts also calculate that | there are 17 breadwinners to every 10| families, and therefore many families still have some income even though one | | member is out of work. They said the take no stock in estimates that 6,000 000 unemployed means that. counting members of the families of the jobless, 30,000,000 are in need. The problem this Winter, they lieve, will nct be of aiding 3 | people, but only those who tute. Overemphasis of the problem according to their view, has disturbed | the public mind. Reassurance of Jobs. A similar plea to allay ungrounded fear was put forward by the American Federation of Labor. but it proposes a | specific plan for reassuring workers of | having their jobs guaranteed. | “Thousands are hoarding their earn- |inge for fear of unemployment.” said | the federation's report. *Hoardings of | workers and others are estimated at | $800,000,000 to $1,000,000,000. If the 120,000,000 wage earners who_probably |will be employed from November | through March were sure of their jobs | from October on, we estimate that at | least $300,000.000 could be released for | purchases, and workers could undertake installment _purchases _amounting ""(Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) N e g Quake Hits Hawkes Bay. WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Sep- | tember 12 (#).—A 'sharp earth shock I'struck the district of Hawkes Bay to- day, but did no damage. MRS. HENDERSON’S INCOME $60,000; $40,000 TAX MADE HER LAND-POOR Although Worth Millions in | burial ground in motor lorr: { terior of the js! | was razed to | jcane that devastated Thursday. Hie ey _More than 150 persons were es- timated to have lost their lives in the storm and ensuing tidal wave, and bodies still were being un- earthed. Many were injured by falling walls and roofs. Seventy per cent of the city was leveled, with hardily a house unscathed nd every church in ruins. Starting at 2:30 p.m.. the dis- turbance raged for about three | hours, with a calm period of 30 minutes. It was immediately fol- (lowed by a tidal wave that ac- jcounted for most of the dead and left water from 5 to 9 feet high i the streets. i The dead included 11 American Cath- olic priests and 18 native students. Who when St. John's College, tution. was razed The loss to American concerns was placed roughly at $250,000, and the total damage at well over $2,000.000 Wireless communications were broken and medical supplies were drenched by flood and rain 1 Gov . Burdon finaly o lra:!xo age to London asking ‘33:!.); h a\'.;}hm be sent with medical s es and food to car € vice s e for the vic A gang of convicts was out to d u ig- ging trenches to receive the dead. n:d the road to the cemetery was cleared for traffic. n_to the J. Pirst-, stations were taxed (o eapacits s the injured came of their own accord or were brought on stretchers. Porto Rico Recovering. JUAN. Porto Rico. September —Communicati jor o nd was restored today and the electric light operating again after r cane. which did extensive though com- aratively minor damage. Reports from the interior bore out the belief that the storm was confined to the immediate vicinity of San Juan, Most of the island did not ev there had been a storm. Workmen already have be the houses unroofed by t d and it was expected that ¢ cars would be running sgain SAN ®, 12 | by tonight. British Ship Dispatched. September 12 (#).—The Br ser Danae. stationed at Barbadoes. has been ordered to proceed immediately to Belize, British Han- duras, with supplies for that hurricane- devastated city. She will stop at Ja- | maica to take aboard stores, and should reach Belize by next Wednesday. Governor Thanks Americans. NEW YORK. September 12 (P).— Pan-American Airways today received the following radio message, addressed through them to the American people, from Sir John Burdon, governor of British Hond whose capital, Belize, a hurricane. “British Hon touched by the ous offer of as States Governn hour of need “Overwhelmed as we are by the worst calamity that has ever visited our colony, it is difficult for us to express the measure of our heartfelt gratitude to the American nation, which has given further proof of its sympathy and generosity to stricken | neighbors. “The colony is under the deepest " (Continued on Page 2, Column 4. profoundly s and gener- e from the United Red Cross in her LINDBERGH FLIGHT DELAYED BY TYPHOON Colonel Denies Report He Hopes to Return by Philippine Route. By the Assoclated Press. KASUMIGAURA, Japan, Septembcr 12—The tail end of a typhoon in For- mosa whipped the waters day and caused Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lincbergh to postpone their take-off from here for Osaka. The newspaper Nichi Nichi published Real Estate, Capital Dowager Was Barely Able to Make Ends Meet. Mrs. Mary F. Henderson, former leader of Washington society, was “land poor”. at the time of her death, it was disclosed today. Hailed as one of the Capital's wealthiest women, and unquestionably possessor of an estate worth millions of dollars, the widow of the former Senator from Missouri was, neverthe- less, barely able to make both ends meet. ‘This seeming paradox is explained by the fact that Mrs. Henderson owned dismissed was George A. Rooney, whose dismiscal was said at the academy to “be for the good of the Naval Academy and the naval service.” R in proportion so much unproductive | real estate that her income from stock: bongs and other sources was barely st ficient to pay the taxes and meet up- keep expenses. Her real estate taxes, it was said, amounted to between $30.000 and $40.- 000 a year. As against this, her total income was about $60,000. Therefore, allowing for upkeep, salaries of serv- ants, etc., it is apparent she was forced to remain a comparatively poor ‘woman to keep her holdings. The petition for probate of her will, filed recently by Attorney George E. Edelin, listed real estate “in excess of $1.000.000” and_personal property of only $275,000. He also reported a $35.- | 000 indebtedness against the estate, | which is believed to have been in the form of overdue real estate taxes, a report that the colonel had informed several officers of the naval station here that he hoped to fly back to America via the Philippines, Guam, Marshall Island and Hawail. Col. Lindbergh explained the report probably came from the fact that he had discussed the feasibility of perhaps all routes in the world, including a re- turn via the Azores and also the possi- bility of flying back by way of Green- Jand, using skiis for landing gear in Winter weather. Twenty-Six Reported Dead. TOKIO, September 12 (#).—A dis- patch to the newspaper Asahi from Tai- nan, Formosa, said the southern portion of that island had been swept by a ty- phoon early this morning. leaving 26 persons dead and many injured. Hundreds of houses were reported damaged. Torrential rains followed, flooding 1.000 homes. Pive motor fish= ing \':sggl: were reported missing.