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WEA'T 10:30 a.m. yesterday am. today. Full rej Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 (U. 8. Weather Bureau Porecast.) cloudiness tonight, followed by showers tomorrow; slowly rising tem- perature. Temperatures—Highest, 8 'HER, t ; lowest, 53, port on page 9. No. 31,923, post office, Entered as second class matter Washin ton, D. C. | The WASHINGTO! MUSSOLINI ViSIT T0U. 5. FOR TALK ON ARMS RUMORED Di Martino and Stimson Talk Over Possibility of Trip After Laval Visit. ANTI-FASCIST ACTION ON ARRIVAL IS FEARED ¥rench Premier, Accepting Bid to Confer With Hoover, Plans to Sail October 16. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. Premier Benito Mussolini may visit the United States before the end of the Yyear, This was the startling news widely discussed in Washington ' diplo- matic circles last night. State Depart- ment and Ttalian embassy officials, when queried about the matter, replied that they knew nothing about it and that mo apprcaches had been made from FRome rcgarding the rumored visit. Ambassador Glacomo di Martino has left this morning for Italy. Although embassy officials explain that this is the yearly holiday of the Ambassador, it was pointed cut in diplomatic circles that the Italian Ambassador already has wisited his country this Summer, having spent six weeks in Italy, from May 15 %o the end of June. 5 Ambassador di Martino called on Sec- petary of State Henry L. Stimson yester- day morning and it is stated that, among ‘other matters of werldwide importance, | the question of Mussolini coming to| Washington to meet President Hoover mwu discussed between the two diplo- its. i Stimson View Hastens Laval. ' Two weeks ago Mr. Stimson had made ® statement expressing his belief that *direct diplomacy,” that is to say, per- ®sonal contact between the leaders of na- tions, now is replacing the old-fashioned diplomacy of exchanging impersonal notes through the usual diplomatic vep- Tesentatives. In the opinion of the Sec- Tetary of State personal contact betwecn responsible leaders can help in the solu- | tion of many & difficult problem and do much more to improve relations between than imj diplomatic this matter have long n:lme."' e ministers, however, are in a . because they visit im- int capitals ito. Their moves oven for other Ew ers to come to wants to take advantage of this new “50od-will diplomacy” move and come 1o Washington to talk over with Presi- cent Hoover and other American lead- €rs various aspects of world problems, bus mainly the question of the coming general disarmament conference, to be_heid 8t Geneva next Pebruary. There are still a number of difficulties in the way of Il Duce's vjsit, the prin- cinal being that there can be certain dangers connected with his coming to America. There is a very strong anti- Fascist element, in New York espe- cially, and it is Dot certain yet wheth- cr Mussolini is willing to take a chance | of having an unpleasant reception on |kees Lere this afternoon in the third | his arrival here. MacDonald Trip Recalled. On the other hand, European politi- cal leaders realize the great importance of showing themiselves in the best pos- sible light to the American peopl Countries which have not been ove popular with the American people in the last few years hope to change pub- lic opinion in their favor by letting | their leaders come into direst touch with our people. The example set by Ramsay MacDonald in 1929 has given Jood for thought to many a European Ppolitician. It will be remembsred that Rhe relations between the United States and Great Britain had been none too cordial since the failure of the Geneva | Naval Conference in 1927. | MacDonald came over in October, 1929, and won the heart of the Ame ican people. Ever since that visit the relations between the two countries have been better than ever before. The visit of Premier Laval is of a | similar nature. France has been open accused in this country of being the i “bad boy” of Europe and of blu(‘kmg}‘ President Hoover's good intention to re- | establish a normal tion in Eur o the American peopic he m: he . chang> | (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) GERARD HOLDS SHORT SALES T0 BE ILLEGAL| Former Ambassader Believes Con- stitution Violated—Frames Bill. By the Assoclated Press NEW YORK, September 25.-—James W. Gerard. former Ambassador to Ger- many, today declared he believed short selling on the New York stock market to be unconstitutional. “In my opinion,” he said, “it is | DE. H. BARRETT LEARNED. NEW HEAD DENIES LEGION VOTED WET Comment of . Commander Stevens Follows Stormy Detroit Convention. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, September 25.—The Amer- ican Legion entered a new Legion year today with a new commander and a re- vised program, which included advo- cacy of a Nation-wide referendum on repeal or modification of the eighteenth amendment. The Legion closed a colorful and busy four-day conventiors yesterday with one of the most stormy sessions of its his- tory as delegates wrangled over the prohibition resolution and a proposal that the organization aske immediate payment of the face value of bonus cer- tificates. The latter resolution was defeated, as DR. LEARNED QUITS EDUCATION BOARD, GOES TO CALIFORNIA Resigination of President Made Public When Aides Seek Him to Sign Papers. TAKES FACULTY POST AT LELAND STANFORD | Colleagues and Chief Justice in Doubt as to Action to Be Taken to Fill Post. * Dr. Henry Barrett Learned, president of the District Board of Education, on which he has served for nine years, has tendered his resignation from that body, it was disclosed today by Mrs. Learned. Dr. Learned left the Capital yesterday for California, where he will teach at the Leland Stanford University, whose faculty he formerly served. The . departure of the school board president, while expected by some school board members, to whom he had con- fided his plans at the board meeting two weeks ago, was a distinct surprise in school circles today. Efforts of the bodrd's secretary to deliver to Dr. Learned official papers for his signature {resulted in the discovery that the presi- | dent already had left the city. Talked to Justice Wheat. Mrs. Learned said Dr. Learned had made no public statement because he belleved that was the privilege of the District Supreme Court justices, who | appoint School Board members and who therefore must act on his resignation. Chief Justice Alfred Wheat, on his way to a meeting of the justices, de- clared that he had discussed the resig- nation with Dr. Learned, but hurried into the meeting before he could be | asked whether he had the resignation |in_his hands Harry O. Hine, secretary of the School Board, attempted to deliver to Dr. | | & majority of the delegates followed the | advice of President Hcover, Director | Hines of the Veterans Bureau and other | Learned at his home yesterday some official school papers. - Getting no re- | Special Dispatch to The be given to the condition of the Na- tional Treasury. A resolution calling on - | able-bodied veterans to refrain from imposing financial burdens on the Gov- ernment was adopied. The prohibition discussion—the first ever to come before a Legion conven- tion—centered about the propriety of the Legion declaring itself. Amid cheers and jeers and cries of, ‘e want beer,” opponents declared that prohibition was not within the province of the by the organization in-asking the ref- erendum. Snder ot hlollion are. soeh ions _under” prol are_such (@ontinued on Page 5, Column 3,) R, "‘lq!on. that nothing could be gained col me: | NATS LEAD YANKS, 2 70 1, IN THIRD Kuhel's Home Run Scores Harris in Second—Pennock Con- nects for Circuit. tar. NEW YORK, September 25.—Joe Kuhel's home run after Dave Harris' single in the second inning gave the Naticnals a 2-to-1 lead over the Yan- frame. Herb Pennock connected for the circuit in the last half of the inning. « FIRST INNING. WASHINGTON—Lazzeri threw out Myer. Pepnock tossed out West. No runs, NEW YORK — Cronin threw _out Combs. Sewell double to left, Rice out, Myer to Kuhel, Gehrig fouled to not reach it. Ru Sewell taking thir Spencer. No runs. SECOND INNING. WASHINGTO:! Cronin was called out on strikes. Harris singled to left. Kuhel knocked one of Pennock’s slow ones into the right-field bleachers for a hcme run, Harris scoring ahead of him. Bluege singled to left. Sewell threw out Spencer, Bluege going to cecond. Lezzeri tossed out Crowder. Two runs. NEW YORK —Chapman lined to ris, Dicksy beat out a hit to deep rt. Lary filed to Harris. Lazzeri as called cut on strikes, No runs. B THIRD INNING. WASHINGTON — Myer fouled to Sewell. Rice walked. West forced Rice, Lazzeri to Lary. Cronin_ singled to right, West taking third. Harris lifted a high fiy to Combs. No runs. NEW YO RK-—Pennock surprised everybody by knocking a home run into the right field bleachers. Combs flied to Cronin in short left. Sewell was hit by a pitched ball. Ruth sent a high foul to Spencer. Gehrig walked. Myer tossed out Chapman. One run. Temperance Board General By the Associated Press. Dr. officials, who asked that consideration | Rice went out the same way., ;‘STAGGERING DRUNKS” IN VOTED REFERENDUM, Disgraced at Session in Detroit. ST. JOSEPH, Mo, September 25.— Clarence True Wilson, Methodist sponse to ringing the doorbell, he placed the papers in the letter box. He said he later was telephoned by Mrs. Learned, who explained that her hus- band had left for California, where he would remain until next March. Felt Obliged to Accept. While members of the board were | unwilling to discuss Dr. Learned’s de- patture, it was said that he had told some of his collezgues that he would be obliged to go to Leland Stanford if offered the appointment whether the WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. BuT LLEN, 1 THINK THE RESIDENT / \9 Foening Star. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1931—FORTY-SIX PAGES. ##% 7z WO TESTIFES N EOLLINGS PROBE Repeats Story She Previously Told When Called to Stand in Inquest. By the Associated Press. HUNTINGTON, N. Y., September 25. —Mrs. Benjamin P. Ccllings today in her first public recital of how two men boarded the Penguin and murdered her husband in Long Island Sound Sep- tember 9, indicated that she deliberately permitted them to abduct her, believigg that, by so doing, she might save her husband and child. As the assailants placed her in the canoe, she told Coroner Willlam B. Gibson, she saw a boat appreaching the | Collings' drifting cruiser, so she went with them quietly—hoping thet, with their attention concentrated on her, her husband and her dzughter might be Justices of the Supreme Court accepted his resignation or not. Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintend- ent of schools, - indicatett that Dr. Learned was leaving. Mrs. William C. McNeill, member of ure for California was a distinct sur- another State for so long a veriod was ably should not undertake to decide, but should seek advice from the Dis-{ | trict Supreme Court justices, who ap- point Scheol Board members. Dr. Abram Simon admitted he knew that Dr. Learned “was likely to leave ‘Washington,” but insisted he ‘nothing to say” with regard to the | School Board president’s departure. Likewise, Henry Gilligan declared he f had “nothing to say.” | Johnson Declines to Comment. |, Dr. J. Hayden Johnsce), one of the board members who attended the last meeting, said today he knew Dr. Learned was leaving vesterday. He declined to comment on the president’s departure, however. | Dr. Learned was appointed to the board on July 1, 1917, and resigned De- cember 21, 1921, He was reappointed uly 1, 1925, to succeed Julius I. Peyser, | and centinued in office with reappoint- | ments in 1928 and 1931. Following the {death of Dr. Charles Francis Carusi, tried for a shoestring cateh, but could | school board president, last February, | | Dr. Learned. who at that time was vice president of the board, was made acting | president. He served in that capacity until the reorganization meeting July 1 | of this year, when he was elected presi- | dent. At present, Mrs. Philip Sidney Smith | 1s vice president of the Schcol Board! |9 Dr. Learned's connection with the | board 15 permanently sever=d, the board | | is confronted with the possibility of its |first woman president. ‘The whole | question will be thrashed out at the | board’s pext mesting October 7. Colombian Censorship Brief. NEW YORK, September 25 (/).— Word was received here today that a | censorship imposed vesterday at Bogota | by the Colombian government continued I but two hours, and that communica- | tions were restored to normal at the ex- | piration of that period. | Swiss Ratify U. 154‘71’31:& ; BERNE, Switzerland, September 25 | (). —The Federal Council today ratified | the arbitration and conciliation treaty ! with the United States. LEGION SAYS WILSON Secretary Declares Uniform | and sobriety. Where'did they get them? 'an these men were being trained for ovt the ‘board, declared she knew nothing| bara of Dr. Learned’s plans and his depart-| siruggle on the Penguin 2nd saw the Iseas, it was as sober soldiers in | rescued. Child Was Awake. he knew | * wertestimony also revealed for' the ¢} first time publicly that 5-year-old Bar- Collings was awake during the slayers tie ‘her father’s hands before | prise to her. She said that the ques- 2 milk bottle down on his { Fion, of ‘continuing with its president fn | ey oo xevew im into the Water. “Leave .my papa alone” she sald one which the School Board it-elf prob | parharg called out to them. Mrs. Collings appeared to be under a severe strain as she told her story. Pary of the time she kept her eyes closed, and once she appeared to be about to collapse. Offers to Tell Story. As the postponed inquest was ready to reopen Mrs. Collings entered and signified her readiness to tell in ‘public the story she has so often told to in- vestigators. Over and over again she has told them of two men who boarded the Collings' cruiser in the dead of night, beat and bound her husband, threw him into the sound to drown and abducted her. 5 Mrs. Collings was accompanied by her attorney, William A. Kelley. After a conference with Coroner Gibson and to the wnn:ss stal;‘!ii!. ia ' erkon She spoke rapidly in 3 weary voice, and began her recital by telling of events dircc:,]y preceding the attack on the Penguin. “The first conscious }hlngwgs};%l;"de after we had gone to sleep one talking to my husband,” she said. And then she repeated the story of how the two men were demanding her husband take thcné and a wounded n to Stamford, Conn. m:”hfle her husband was getting dressed to cbey their order some one was pulling up the anchor, she said. “My impression was they were boot- leggers who merely wanted to use the at.” bo"’l"he older of the two men took charge of the boat and started it out of Prices Bend. My husband told me, “This looks like a mess; I dD{l'l know at's going to happen next.” wghe sagid when the men first boarded the boat her husband asked them if they were clam diggers, saying one of T d ge 2, Column 3.) AIMEE PLANS BIG HOTEL Evangelist Would Accommodate Angelus Temple Pilgrimages. LOS ANGLES, September 25 (#)— Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton, evaneglst, announced today through an attorney she was laying plans to build a $400,000 hotel for the patronage of guests and workers of her Four Square Gospel enterprises who make pilgrimages to her Angelus Temple here. (That’s what has been going on in 'the United States New Gas Valuation 'Here Is Decided on By Utilities Board | |Action Has No Connection | , With Present Hearings on Company Ownership. | The Public Utilities Commission to- | day” decided to make 2 new valuation | of the properties of the Washington & | Georgetown Gas Light Cos., The de- | | cision was reached in the luncbeon re- | cess of the public hearings on M own- | ership of the two comr CIFFORD OPPOSES WACE REDUCTIONS View Unchanged, Says Presi- dent’s Relief Director—Green Sees Idle Gain. Walter S. Gifford, national relief di- rector, said today he believed every effort should be made to maintain exist- ing wage scales. “I am still of the opinion I expressed | S irect ‘he " | ostens aatinge sios of |Jast Spring,” Gifford said, “and do not | rates or values are & hat | care to elaborate further on the subject District Attorney Blue she was called | Racketeering in Lives! | hearing. The companies were c:ax »u .0 file | not later than February 1, 1932, their | claims of value together with a state- ment of the rates at which deprecia- | tion charges are made. | The commission's engineering staff is | now busy with a valuation of the prop- | erties of tbe two street car systems. This work will be over about the close of this year and apparently the gas com- | pany valuation work will be undertaken next. Valuatiori proceedings on the prop- erties of the two gas companies were begun in July, 1928, but after taking of a great deal of testimony the pro- ceedings were suspended and never have been revived. The proceedings finally were dismissed as part of the order adopted by the ccmmission today, giving notice of its intention to begin a new valuation. ——— LONDON EXCHANGE - MAKES CASH RULE §0rder Becomes Effective To- morrow—New York Stock Trading Erratic. | | By the Associated Press. LONDON, September 25.—The Stock | Exchange Committee announced to- | day that from tomorrow all dealings | must be for cash and may not be con- | | tinued from day to day. | "No fresh option business may be transacted, the committee announced. Contracts already entered into on ac- | count will be settled I the ordinary | way on October 8. | British funds were weak in today's | active trading, with quotations down 2 | to 3 poinis, owing to the weakness of | | sterling and continental selling to_ex- | change them into foreign issues whose | interest is payable in dollars. | _ Among the latter were Japanese 5%.s, | sao Paulo 7s, Brazil Funding and Ger- | man Potash’ 7s, all of which were | strong. On the other hand, German government bonds were weak on New York selling. Apart from the irregularity of trans- atlantic favorites and oils owing to re- | alization, other sections of the market were buoyant, industrials, gold mines, Argentine rails and tin shares showinz substantial gains, although they were below the best prices touched. NEW YORK MARKET ERRATIC. | NEW YORK, September 25 ().—A | series of violent and rapid fluctuations |in today's stock market reflected the state of nerves in Wall Strect resulting from the sweeping advance and abrupt drop of the past two days. : After an early upturn of $1 to $8. 4 | | setback occurred in the late mornirg and around midday, in which losses of $1 to $6 appeared in several issues. [ Early afternoon saw a number of 7ains (Continuéd on Page 4, Column 5.) | at this time.” The statement referred to by the re- lief director was made in April when he addressed the annual luncheon of the Associated Press in New York. Gifford, who heads the American Telephone and Telegraph Co., and took on the relief assignment at the behest of President Hoover, said at the luncheon: “Although the present scale of wages would be equivalent to a large increase if commodity prices and the cost of living should stay down, we ought, I belleve t6 make every effort to main- tain the wage scale.” ki Relief Method Objective. Meanwhile, a method of essuring food and warmth for the jobless this Winter was scught today by a committee of President Hoover's unemployment or- ganization. The group set about planhing the co- ordination of national relief organiza- tions after a brief welcome from Gif- ford, national director of the Presi- dent's organization. Eliot Wadsworth of Boston, former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, chairman cf the committee, told its members they should “play an impor- tant part in strengthening ths local or- ganizations by bringing every available Iorc‘;' into an effective unit.” “We are approaching this work through the many national organiza- tions—religious, social and mercantile,” Wadswcrth said. “Through each one it is possible to reach great numbers of local organizations and enlist their aid. ““There is being exhibited a general determination that none shall vc hun- gry or cold this Winter because they are temporarily unable to find work. The all-important thing now is co-op- eration of organizations and groups, no matter what form the local unit, of work may take.” Green Sees Idle Increasing. Unemployment Increased 350,000 from July to September, according to an es- timate made today by William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor. He placed the total number of | unemployed in_the United States at 5,600,000, with jobless conditions in the (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) 28TH WIFE GETS DIVORCE FROM MARITAL ZEALOT Annulment Granted Victim Bigamist Boasting 20 Mates, 400 Sweethearts. OAKLAND, Calif.,, September 25 (#). —Norman Flood's twenty-eighth wife, Blanche Langdon, obtained an annul- ment of her marriage here yesterday. Sh> married Flood in 1926. Since then h: married a twenty-ninth wife, Jessie Ball, of Oakland. Through her he was sent to Folsom Prison where he y. Flood admitted 29 marriages in 20 years and said he had had more tian 400 sweethearts. of “From Press @ M s Associated Press. to Home Within the Hour” carrier system covers lock and the ri ered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 113,088 lar e TWO CENTS. SALES TAX MOVE PRESSED BY REED; CALLS ON HOOVER Senator Thinks U. S. Should Follow Britain’s Example and “Face Music.” OPPOSES REDUCTION IN PAY OF LEGISLATORS Treasury Experts Canvass Revenue Sources—Program Due Within Month or Six Weeks. By the Assoclated Press. Senator Reed of Pennsylvania, after readvocating to President Hoover today his proposal for a sales tax, said he believed the United States should follow Great Britain's example and “face the musie.” Reed said he believed that unless additional moneys were raised by tax- ation the Treasury's deficit would reach beyond $1,500,000,000. The ublican Senator called upon the Presi late him upon address to the American Legion, which, Reed said, “apparently has killed the bonus move.” Discusses Bonus. “If the Legion does not bring up the bonus,” he said, “I don’t believe it will ever pass Congress.” Reed sald he was opposed to such methods of raising funds as decrunn‘ the salaries of congressmen and Federal workers. ““To cut the pay of Senators and Rep- resentatives would make it a rich man's job,” he asserted. “It would eliminate the pocr man from public office.” ‘The Pennsylvanian said if the pro- sales tex of one-half of 1 per cent was imposed it would mean a man with a salary of $2,000 would pay only $10 a year if he spent the entire sum on tax;ble lnmnll‘u. G B “Surely,” he said, “people m y something toward the conduct of Oovw- ernment.” After leaving the White House Sena- tor Reed went to the Treasury, where he talked with Secretary Mellon for ‘The Senator said he Mellon Reed sald he favored repeal of the capital gains and loss tax, which per- mits deductions from income on losses the causes for the large drop S Thers hive boen widely varyine.optn e have % ions of what action Government, Senators Watson of Indiana, the Re- | publican leader, and Harrison of Mis- sissippi, the ranking Democrat on the Finance Committee, and Representative Tilson of Connecticut have opposed any tax revision ll‘l“':le ne:lvlslon. Secretary Mellon an ersecretary Mills have called the income tax too unstable to form a dependable base for the Government's tax system and suggested that some form of excise tax should be substituted. Treasury experts are all possible sources of revenue. What recommendations will be made to Con- ne:xwul be decided within a montly or ‘weeks. ‘While Treasury officials have declined to comment, fiscal experts have said the Government had reached a stage where more income was imperative. It concluded the last fiscal year with a deficit of SW!,NQ.%IM at the close 23 $369,861,707. CAPPER AGAINST PLAN. Says Sales Tax Would Increase Burden on Poor. BURLINGTON, Kans., September 25 (#).—Senator Arthur Capper, Re- publican of Kansas, said today a Fed- eral sales tax “would nake the tax burden still heavier on the common man.” “A sales tax on necessities will get revenue,” Senator Capper told a county fair crowd, “but it takes it from the able to make a living under B le to make ing good “To my mind the sales tax program Teasiy, and propoced by, Senaior ,_and pro y _Senator Reed f Pennsylvania, is unthinkable.” Senator Capper said he favored placing the tax burden on those with large incomes. He to curb “market gambling” and’the tax exemnt securities. ‘These are two things” he issertsd, “wkich are drainirg business and in- dustry of the -apital it needs ‘td AKRON FLIES SUNDAY AKRON, Ohio, September 25 (#).— ‘Third trial of the Zeppelin Akron has been tentatively set to begin during the sinset hour Sunday, Rear Admiral George C. Day, president of the Navy Board of Inspection and Survey an- ‘mounced today. A further statement will be issued at noon Sunday, he said. . CULBERTSON RANKS HIS IFE, BUT NOT SELF AS BEST IN-BRIDGE t principally to congratu-!‘ his said he would support | tions for IBOARD OF LAWYERS 10 QUIZ SCHENCK IN STAPLES CASE Indications Are That Inter- view Will Take Place This Afternoon or Tomorrow. DISTRICT HEADS AWAIT THIRD DEGREE REPORT Seek Data to Clear Up Charges Not Serious “Enough for Criminal Action. The committee of lawyers investi- gating the grand jury’s charges against the Police Department, at the request of the Commissioners, made prepara- tions today to go to the District Jail and question Frederick A. Schenck, former policeman and central figure in the Staples case. The grand jury's charges were an outgrowth of Schenck’s testimony that former Policeman Sta- ples was removed from the force as the result of a “frame-up.” Corporation Counsel William W. Bride made the arrangements for the interview between the committee and Schenck. The committee, however, has not definitely decided on the time of the visit, but indications are that it may take place this afternoon or tomorrow. . Await Federal Report.’ Schenck was brought to Washington from the Federal Penitentiary at Leave enworth at the request of the Come missioners, so the committee of lawyers could question him about his testie mony before the grand jury several months ago, He will be returned to Leavenworth to complete a 20-year sentence after the interview. " A S DR. JOHN B. DEAVER, NOTED SURGEON, DIES Philadelphian Was Called In Con- ; sultation on Wilson in 1919 and on Coolidge in 1924. By the Associated Press. i PHILADELPHIA, September 25—Dr. John. B. Deaver, 76, eminent Philadel- phia surgeon, died at his home, st ‘Wynecote, near here, today. He had been suffering from anemia for some time and recently had undergone & number of blcod transfusions. Dr. Deaver for many years was chief surgeon at Lankenau and was emeritus ! professor of surgery at the University of Pennsylvania. He was among the Philadelphia doctors summoned to ‘Washington in consultation on Presi- dent Wilson when his condition became grave in' 1919 and was again called by & President when Calvin Coolidge, jr., developed blood poisoning in 1924. He was particularly known for his operations for appendicitis, of which he ’ performed thousands. He had the ad- vantage of being ambidextrous. He was credited with setting a surgical record of a daily average of six major opera- every week day of one year. Many of his patients came here from far corners of the world. Dr. Deaver's name was also widely known h scientific writings, ”lgu of which wi translated into other langu and became text books hm@wmmnmme ls. RUMORS ARE AROUSED BY MORGAN PARLEY Three New York Bank Heads Pay Visit to Financier—Reason Not Known. Special Dispatch o The Star. NEW YORK, September 25.—Great interest and much speculation was aroused in Wall Street financial circles shortly after noon today, when Charles Expert Names 13 Greatest Players in World, Placing against the copstitution of the State dry cantonments, for a long period. of New York, because the constitution dry leader, attacked the action of the American Legion in voting fcr a prohi- make total abstainers of every ome. America tried to} It's a practice that is being broken up by the De- Harold Vanderbilt at Top. provides no gambling shall be permitted - fhan- in the State. And short selling is cer- | bition referendum in a statement last They went mcross to France the Cl At AR, : Co. of the tainly gambling that a certain stock | night asserting that at the Detroit con- ¢st army that ever uumblfldon"::‘i' P . o eral Reserve Board, and 8. A, W wiil go down.”. . vention “numbers of staggering drunks; ficld A million maintal e oRiee. . vice president of the First “m Recalling there was a law against | disgraced the uniform and yelled for American’ ideals, even in Fren . By the Associated Press. an elanflnmum of experts m Bank, paid an unexpected visit' lo't.z 3 short selling in New York State from | beer.” “But some droj down to lnothl?’ A true icture of our NEW YORK, September 25.—Take it | the bertson method. offices of J. P. Morgan & Co. It 9 1812 to 1858, Mr. Gerard said he had | The statement of the gencral secre- 'level. This is crowd that seeks 2 from Ely Culbertson, the expert, the | founded the American Bridge League, gresumzd that some sort of conference drawn a bill to curb the practice last|tary of the Board of Temperance, Pro- to dominate the Legion and our °“"‘c"; . . . o world’s 13 contract bridge players 13 best bridge players named by | had been called, but no definite reason & Winter and it was introduced in the | hibition and Public Mcrals of the Meth- | ization. The wet for "1"‘ immigration evils include ‘his wife but not himself. are: Harold S. Vanderbilt, | for the visit was immediately available. 3 Legisiature by one of his business as- | odist Episcopal Church, who was 1n St. the Legion has been used has 50 al e.n'; ' - 8 Culbertson, author of a forcing sys- | Theodore Leitner, Baron Wi von (Copyright, 1931.) B E sociates, Assemblyman Patrick H. Sul-| Joseph for a church conference, fol- | ated thousands that they no longer A series of six articles by Thomas R. Henry will tem of bidding that bears his name, | Zedtwitz, " Howard ~Schenken, Walter Y livan. It was not reported out of the|lows: tend she conventions. start in ranked his wife as the greatest woman | Blenke, all of the United States; Sir| wil] Ask Men to Stay Single. committee at the last session, but he| “The Legion has again tgken the wet( “There was a marked absence of the The E % S contract bridge player in the world, not | Guy Dymvflb and George Morris of . s #aid it would be pushed this Winter. side. T am not surprised. I you have | sober, well behaved typical American. vening Star excluding Miss Eleanor Murdock, ‘who | London; M. D'Albarran of .Paris, M. SARNIA, Ontario, September 25 (#). I believe short selling is as dln%;:ous ceen the outfit that gathered in Detroit | The other crowd is in power. m:.é: won this year's women's hlf‘, Venibelos of Paris, Mrs. , | —Unempiloyed men - of Sarnia will an attack on property as ma t0)as T did, you would be surprised that | why the over in ?vm T Next Monday At the same time as he nomtinated his | Mrs. Emory cummt. Miss Mur- | recommend to the City Council Mon~ ancther person’s house,” Gefdrd said.|394 men (the.number of delegates who | was placed in the governmen! “flb‘g“ hall of bridge fame, he announced tlxze dock and ur‘;v 4 i day that single men be asked to refrain ——— voted against ‘the referendum resolu- | store. ‘That 18 ‘,my n:cl;d ?h“:lum: . lfi?d “:n over l:' Ighu system ‘l;. s m: ;rld'emm am as 3 g:n":lrrhu as & u&u of Radio on Page C.4 tlom) could be fo fould stand | ¢t stapgering drunts disgrac Richardson, one 8 lendcry o e | Harged on by ays first Teliet burden, 4 Programs ge up foi the Co.x leneaty . o and 32138 Sor beer. g 5 - ~ | Advisory Council of Bridge Headquartexs, 'rate players,” he declared, as to himself. yesterday. X [}