Evening Star Newspaper, September 30, 1931, Page 1

WEATHE! (U. 8. Weather Bureau ) Fair and warmer tonight and tomor- row. ‘Temperatures—Highest, 70, at 3:45 pam. yesterday; lowest, 49, at § a.m. to- 3. Full report on page 9. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 No. 31,928, post office, Wa: TEntered as second class ety shington, D. COOLIDGE ARTICLE HELD END OF FIGHT OF HOOVER'S FOES President’s Renomination Now Seen as “All Over but the Shouting.” MISSOURI DEMOCRATIC VIGTORY NO SURPRISE Fhouse Again Claims Minority Party Will Take Over Organiza- tion When Congress Convenes. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Republican leaders, encouraged by the rallying call of Calvin Coolidge, urging the party to present a solid front in support of President Hoover, today were going forward with their plans for the renomination and re-election of the President, As they viewed the matter, Mr. Coolidge had effectually stepped on the inciplent boom for his own nomina- tion and had presented, in his article in the Saturday Evening Post, a strong argument for Mr. Hoover's re-election. While there was no comment forth- coming from the White House in re-} gard to the Coelidge article, the im- pression gained was that the statement of the former President, pledging his allegianice to Mr. Hoover, was not un- expected. Those leaders of the Repub- lican party, including Senator Fess of Ohio, national chairman, made it clear | they had expected Mr. Coolidge to take such & stand ever since the possibility ©f a Coolidge candidacy was broached. Missouri Democrat Wirs. While Mr. Coolidge was calling for united support for the President, the seventh congressional district of uh-l uri was taking a shot at the admin- fil.nuon in the special election held el tedly, this is a Demo- | Adm;‘;d Republicans before rnered race. 'g‘hl;: fi-:gé tic candidate, D. Johnson, up a lead of more than 9,000 ot B atmer, who. in 1028 carried e caets Bhou 6."23‘. chairman of tac in 1930, a majority of 1. Many vacan- 3 ou;';rnd. but the filling of these vacancies has not yet brought an upset in the party alignment. More than ever now the eyes of the politicians will center upon what hap- yens id the first Ohio congressional dis- trizt in the November election, when a cuccessor to the late Speaker Lol is to be elected. That district is rated a Republican® district. And the Re- publicans. are claiming a victory Al-= ready. Coolidge Definitely Out. he Coolidge announcement that he m:'\rxld su| President Hoover in the presiden race next year and that he has no intention of becoming & candidate himself is regarded here u' taking the former President definitely out of the picture as a ggcnthl dark | horse o{u:nbe next Republican National Jonvention. 2 ‘While the great majority of the Re- ‘publ leaders were confident Presi- denmvcr would be renominated in any event, whether Coolidge had a receptive candidate or not, some them today were declaring that the nomination of Mr. Hoover 4t the 1932 convention is l.ssure‘d l‘;lll over ::uz the shouting,” as one of them put it. There is not the slightest doubt that considerable satisfaction exsts in ad- ministration circles over the Coolidge pronouncement. The statement from the former President demsanding that the Republicans join solicly for the coming fray is regarded as most :g; portune and really helpful, despite sneers of some of the Progressive Re- publicans who hold that Mr. Coolidge's recommendations will carry no weight in their part of the country—the West. Await Smith Stand. In Judge’s Chair, His Lifelong Goal, Man Tips to Death By the Assoc , CHICAGO, ‘Thomas Hlywosd" e sit in a judge’s ch: realized. During his life time he often had confided his ambition to his acquaintances at the Salvation Army Hotel, where he lived. ‘The other night the opportu- nity came. He slipped past the desk sergeant of the Des Plaines police station and made his way :fi;nhh& seated nimself It tipped and e Ch;gd' low. taken to the County night he died. LAVAL WILL SAIL FOR U. 5. OCT. 16 as Hospital. |Success in Berlin Praised by French Cahinet—Cheered at Station. By the Associated Press. PARIS, September 30.—Premier Laval announced this afternoon that he will sail for New York October 16 on the e de France, which is due | there October 22. The departure was postponed, it was surmised, because he wanted to stay here long enough to launch the new Franco-German Economic Commission. Laval and Briand reported to the French cabinet, presided over by President Doumer, the result of their trip to Berlin and received con- x;ltuhflonl. oo their work in the form of a resolution, unanimously passed. Wildly - cheering crowds greeted the statesmen at the station on their return to Paris last night. Experts to Be in Party. Experts in finance and foreign affairs will wg:mpmy mur Plerre Laval goes ashington next month to confer with President Hoover. Among those who will be in the premier’s party are Escalller, director of the movement of state funds in the finance ministry, and Charles ll:::nlzr. vice governor of the Bank of nce. Philippe J. L. Berthlot, general sec- retary of the French foreign office, who ie virtually assistant fe minister, and Emmanuel Monnick, incial at- tache at uh‘: Fr:nnhbemhw Aal ‘Wash- , & may the 4 SE e ot 4 o The two statesmen arrived from Ber- lin shortly before midnight. One fea- ture of their welcome the playing the lively dance usicians used ancient Au- Police forced a way h the forthe v mibiaters Ir automobiles, in which they were whisked away to their offices. Approval Ts Indicated. The cheers of the crowds indicated that Parisians iate the Wmn‘.""ifi'fl%‘.&‘.’” | ;.n work out th la) }on co-operative ns for Prmtch and German economlcpmmu- It was the first time that French min- isters had visited the German ital for more than 1al c;owduln nth url‘:n | ly for ‘ench- men when they left last night and pre- sented the veteran foreign minister, | Briand, with a complete fishing equip- ment. He is an inveterate angler. They also loaded him down with sev- eral china plates filled with dainty cak=: —"to sweeten Pranco-German rela- LAVAL RECEPTION PLANNED. Detailed Program Sent Premier for Ap- proval. A detailed program for the entertain- ment ot Premier Laval of France on his visit to the United States has been sent him by the State Department for approval. Secretary Stimson said today the pro- gram would not be made public until the premier replied, % = THREE HURT IN TAXI RIOT 500 Strikers, Routed by Gas, Stone Passing Cab, Causing Crash. ‘The tre:zsurer of the Republican Na- tional Committee, Joseph R. Nutt, cf! Cleveland, Ohio, who was at the White House today, was apparently much pleased with the Coolidge statement. Not a little of the agitation for the drafting -of former President Coolidge for the 1932 race had centered in Ohio, where a Toledo editor used his news- paper for repeated demands for Cool- | jdge. It was even planned to form a huge caravan of Coolidge-for-President Mr. Coolidge at his age 2, Column 4. ANNAPOLIS IS ARMED FOR RAID BY BANDITS Tip From Baltimore Tells of Robbers’ Plans. ANNAPOLIS, Md. September 30.— The Maryland capital was heavily armed this afternoon following informa- tion received by lecal police that Balti- more bandits planned a hold-up of one of the city's four banks. As & result the entire police force of the town was called out. The night force was sum- moned to duty in civilian clothes and stationed at the city. Meanwhile, officials, an chine guns was rushed here. spread the ""m in the vi were recel varjous points in the vieinity of the banks. The day men were stationed along roads leading into at the plea of banking Dl:n‘] WAS mlaem'zufllltl- more and & I car conl ma- As the ulace began avold- Inity of the banks. authorities here state that PITTSBURGH, September 30 (#).— Riot ui:am Quelled disorders late last night front of old St. Patrick's Church, after 500 striking taxi drivers (had been routed from their meeting | in the basement of the edifice when | tear gas bombs were hurled thxouxh‘ | the windows, A taxicab, passing the church as | the meeting 'was broken up, was stoned by the strikers, police reported, and | crashed into a pole ‘supporting a high- he Fp WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. €, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1931—FIFTY-FOUR PAGES. ELECTON N OUBT ASBRTIH SESSN FADS WEDNESDAY MacDonald Fails to Say RATE HEARINGS CLOSED BY 1.C. C. AFTER 2 MONTHS Decision Expected in Three Whether Adjournment Wil Mean Dissolution. PRIME MINISTER TO TAKE CASE TO CONSTITUENTS National Government's Program Expected to Be Completed Within Next Seven Days. By the Associated Press. LONDON, September 30.—Prime Min- ister Ramsay MacDonald informed the House of Commons today that Parlia- ment will adojurn next Wednesday. He did not reply to a question by Arthur Henderson, new leader of the Labor party, as to whether it would be an adjournment or dissolution, but po~ litical observers agreed that a general election is likely to be held soon. Sees Program Complete. By Wednesday, Mr. MacDonald sgid, Parliament will have completed the emergency program laid out by the Na- uom} Government when it took office. Both the economy bill, carrying out re- trenchments all along the line of gov- ernment expenditure, and Chancellor Philip Snowden’s supplementary budget will be enacted in the next seven days. ‘The Prime Minister said also that a short measure will be enacted to deal with food profiteers, in view of the fact that prices already are beginning to soar in London. 1f the government decides to £ to the voters, the adjournment will be accompanied by dissolution of Parlia- ment and a c2ll for an immediate elec- tion, with the polling late in October. If the House is merely adjourned the government’s plan will be to let the country settle down and give the people time to see the effects of the work it has done. ‘Will Address Constituants. The minister decided today to g0 to m Harbor Friday night to put the question of a general election before a meeting of his ccnstituents. ‘The Seaham already has resign. In g & hearing from his constituents, the prime ‘minister has taken thé first opportunity to place be- fore them his views regarding the events that led to the downfall of the ibor ministry, the formation cf- the Lal natl nt and his own plans mfiw the Labor party has taken every mheans possible to discredit him, he the sifting’ member of the House of Commons < Seabam Harbor and his status as such is not affected. That he holds the support of many of the voters was indicated by the close vote of 40 to 39 by which the local parl:‘yp delegates repudiated his lead- ersl While he maintained silence, the trend of the most reliable opinion was that yesterday’s cabinet meetings and conferences of political leaders had in- creased the probability that he would lead an appeal to the people on a strictly non-partisan basis. Given Majority of 55. He was encouraged by the fact the House gave him a majority of 55 votes on the third and final readings of the national ecenomy bill last night, and (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) FATAL WRECK OF TRAIN BLAMED ON TWO BOYS| Brothers Admit Opening Switch| Through Which Cars Plunge, l Killing Two in Crew. By the Assoclated Press LOCK HAVEN, Pa, September 30.— | Two young brothers confessed today, | railroad detectives said, that they had | opened a switch through which & New | York Central freight train plunged late | yesterday, near Beech Creek, bringing death to two members of the crew and serious injuries to the engineman. The boys are Leonard Hahn, 12, and Arthur, 9. Detectives said the boys told them they had played with the switch and after opening it were unable to close it. The freight ran through the switch and crashed into a string of 30 zmgg cars standing on a siding. lroad officials said they had not determined what action would be taken against the boys | MISS STETSON ELOPES | PHILADELPHIA, September 30 (A).— The elopment of Jane Stetson, 22, daughter of John B, Stetson, jr., former Minister to Poland, was revealed yester- day. Her parents received & telegram tension line. men were bad). burned. % from Maryland saying she had eloped with Thomas Cartledge, 27, Saturday, ! with the opener tomorrow ‘Washington time. Accompanying the actio; description of the game, the be rebroadcast from The public address system. the street. sports observers, will be fo Sports Final editions. | | | | I | | seid to have plarnad the hold-up. k== Bt o haer The Star t;nd— ’ The World Whole Police Force on Duty as The Star’s electric score board will flash a play-by- play description of the World Series games, beginning Series i Gov. or Four Weeks on Freight ’ Raise of 15 Per Cent. ROADS WARN AGAINST WAGE CONTROVERSY Attorneys, in Rebuttal Arguments, Point to Complications Over Pay. By the Associated Press. The Interstate Commerce Commission today closed two months and a half of hearings on the railroads’ request for & 15 per cent freight rate increase and took the case under advisement. A decision is expected in three or four weeks ‘The hearings ended with rebuttal ar- guments by attorneys for the railroads and railroad security holders, During the closing arguments Gren- ville Clark of New York, representing security holders, told the commission a refusal to increase rates would partici- pate a Nation-wide controversy on the question of cutting railroad wages. “Everybody knows,” he said, “that denial of this application will accelerate and force an effort to cut wages of railroad workers.” Doubts Right to Refuse, Clyde Brown, chief attorney for the New York Central, said he felt the commission had no alternative under the transportation act but to increase rates, Congress, he asserted, had made this mandatory on a showing by the railroads that their revenues were be- low a fair return. Referring to railroad wages, Brown asked the commission to remember that in 1922 when it reduced railroad rates a cyt in wages of railroad empicyes was eflected on the same date. The railroads filed their petition for the increase on June 17 and on July 15 _hearings were started. Except for & brief recess between presentation of the railroads’ case and the taking of shippers’' testimony and 10 days for filing cf briefs the commis- slon has been occupied throughout the Summer with the cage. Large, Complicated Question. “The wage question is a very large and complicated one,” Clark said in his closing argument today. “I tried to figure it out. I have figured as nearly as that it would mean 1400 different possible medietion cases. This commission should not hurl this con- troversy on the country.” A week ago, Daniel Willard, president of the Baltimore & Ohio, in a before the Great Lakes Regional Ad- visory Board at Akron, Ohio, said he hoped the railroads would not find it necessary to reduce the wages of their workers. He added that wage reduc- tions had been considered as an alter- native to the proposed freight rate in- crease, but that wage cuts would not be effective in time to help the roads in their present vmergency. At the opening of the hearings on the application for a rate increase, an at- tempt to introduce the question of wages ‘was blocked by Commisioner Meyer. An attorney opposed to the increase asked H. A. Scancrett, president of the Chicago, Milwaukes & St. Paul, if he g’xthOt think railroad ‘wages were too L4 - Meyer refused to permit Scandrett to reply, ruling the case should be con- sidered on the basis of present wages, since wages were under the jurisdiction of the United States Mediation Board. Clark and Charles E. Hughes, jr., who spoke for security holders, closed that portion of the railroads’ case before the commission. Denies Bankers’ Instigation. Hughes devoted his argument almost entirely answering R. C. Fulbright, who had attacked claims that credit of the carriers had collapsed to such an ex- tent that refunding was virtually im- possible, Hughes denied bankers had told the railroads they must ask an increase or that the financial houses had carried on any propaganda to the effect the rail- roads would be unable to secure money to refund maturing bond issues. The r:clurd, he said, contains denials of this claim, Clark discussed the law and answered claims of shippers’ attorneys that the proposed increase violated established laws of economics. Passenger Cut Proposed. Lower passenger rates were proposed yesterday as a means of restoring traffic to the iines. _ Arguing against' the freight rate in- \THREE TO HANDLE $20,000,000 RELIEF Roosevelt Announces New York Committee Before Going South. | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, S:ptember 30.— The administration of $20,000,000 voted by the State Legislature for unemployment in St. Louis at 2:30 o'clock n of the score board, a radio crowds and the players will Star Building through the Immediately after the last “out,” an edition of The |- Star, containing full accounts of the game, will be on Complete details, with colorful comment by skilled und in The Star’s 5:30 and’ Come to The Star Build{n. to watch and hear the game. Read about it afterward in The Star, relief has been placed in the hands of a merchant, a lawyer and a labor leader. Gov. Roos:velt, just before leaving for Warm Springs, Ga. last night, an- nounced that the temporary emergency relief administration would be handled by Jesse 1. Straus, president of R. H. Macy & Co., as chairman; Philip J, Wickser, Buffalo philanthropist and lawyer, and John L. Sullivan, president of the State Federation of Labor. The three commissioners are to be sworn in tomorrow. 2y will imme- diately open headquart:rs at Albany, an office in this city and one in western New York. Gov. Roosevelt’s initial intentions of naming a woman to the commission fell through, but he announced that the rclisf | commission would weman to head a woman's the relief work. t & ivision of —_— Italy Launches Cruiser. , Italy, September 30 (#). ~—The light cruiser Luigi of 4,975 tons was launched today. It has & guarantesd speed of 37 knots and the fAifth of a’ type. & | | ening Star. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes % UP) Means Associated Press. as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 113,326 TWO CENTS. CRAND JURY PROBE INTO CANNON CAGE OREREDBY ROVER Bishop and Former Aide in Anti-Smith Dri.ve to Be Investigated. BANKERS AND CHURCHMEN WILL BE SUBPOENAED Hearings Will Open Here October 8. Defendants Not Expected to Take Stand. _The District grand jury will launch an investigation October 8 of charges that Bishop James Cannon, jr., and Ada L. Burroughs, former treasurer of the Virginia Anti-Smith Committee, con- “|spired to violate the Federal corrupt SCHENCK REFUES TOTESTIY IV AL Objects to Private Hearing Before Lawyers, Fearing Police “Whitewash.” Frederick A. Schenck, former Wash- | ington policeman, refused to testity to- day before the Special Committee of Lawyers appointed by the District Com- missioners to investigate the grand Jury’s charges against the Police De- partment. The committee called on Schenck at the District Jail, where he is a pris- oner, and for more than & hour made a fruitless effort to get him to repeat the testimony he gave the grand jury two months ago. This led to the jury's charges that former Policeman Orville Staples was removed from the force as the result of 8 “frame-up.” Fears Another Whitewash. Schenck told - the he is ready and wi to as soon as it wll"l“rrovlde witnesses, He sald he object to making any statement to the committee privately because he did not want its investigation to result “in another whitewash. Schenck said he is willing to testify before the committee in open hea at which press representatives wor be present. If this arrangement is un- tisfactory to the committee, he de- ed, he would give his testimony to the committee in-the presence of a United States Senator. Bchenck indicated he was dissatis- fled with the decision of the grand jury because, he sald, it belleved some of his statements and did not believe others. Says Hunt Is Goat. He charged the grand jury in mak- ing a “goat” of Policeman Joseph H. Hunt of the second precinct, while at the same time “covering up higher of- ficials in the Police Department,” whom, he said, he named in his testi- mony before that body. The committee called at the jail shertly after 11 o'clock and left an hour later. Members of the committee posed for photographers but declined to make any statement on the result of their efforts to question Schenck. Reporters leerned of Schenck’s refusal | | 7 (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) DERRINGER TO FACE MACKS IN OPENER| Street Picks Young Hurler and Wilson as Starting Battery. | By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, September 30.—Manager Gabby Street of the St. Louis Cardinals announced definitely today Paul Der- ringer, youthful pitching ace playing his first season in A major league, would start the first game of the world series here tomorrow against the Athletics. gltchtr Jimmy Wilson will be his bat- mate. gmez said chances were 50-50 that Sparky Adams would be able to play et third 5 8t. Louls was getting in tune for the city's fourth world serles with eager base ball fans from all parts of the country flocking here ~ and crowding hotels. A capacity crowd of 40,000 is as- iur:d for the first tw&) z;men h:\;e, ‘t_g; rst one beginning tomOrrow : pm. with Connie Mack’s Philadelphia Athletics at bat and Gabby Street's Cardinals in the field. All grandstand and box seats have been sold and only 12,000 seats and standing places will be available to those who get in the early morning rush for tickets tomorrow. At 8 a.m. today there already were 10 men in the line cutside Sportsman’s Park for bleacher seats with Horace L. Anspaugh. hotel clerk of Sedalis, Who took his place Monday morning, number one man. He bet $200 he would be the first to enter the turnstile. The gates will open tomorrow morn- ing at 8 a.m., and will be closed as soon as 5,000 bleacher fans have paid $1 each and taken their places and 3,500 have paid $3 each to enter the pavilion for standing places. Fans buzzed about St. Louis last night and todsy talking series and entertaining themselves, with hunmdlA more arriving hourly. thletics will aive on a special | bil The train late this afternoon. For the benefit of world series visitors the $10,000 Fairmount Handicap, one of the Fill features at the Jockey Club, East St. , was carded this it there will be a Arena, including match” between Jim- mie ‘and Hans Kampfer. in six years (P Tin Bucket Saves Worker Buried by Avalanche of Sand By the Associated Press. PORTLAND, Oreg., Septembér 30.—Wilbur C. Bathe, 45, was alive today because of a bat- | | tered tin bucket. A ton of sand buried him yes- terday as he was plastering pipe connections in a ditch. But as he fell his haif-filled plaster bucket landed over his face, keeping his mouth and nose free from sand. He was only partly conscious when fellow workmen dug him out, after 10 minutes, but was quickly revived. EMPLOYMENT OFF 124 PCT. FROM 190 {Labor Department Reveals Pay Roll Totals Decrease I 20.8 Pct. in Year. The Labor Department announced to- day that employment in manufacturing industries decreased 12.4 per cent in August below the level of the same month last year and pay roll totals were 20.8 per cent lower. The department’s bulletin, as com- piled by its Bureau of Statistics, said each of the 12 ‘groups of manufac- turing industries showed decreased em- ployment and pay roll totals, in this year-to-year comparicon, the decrease in earnings reported by the iron, steel and lumber groups. They reported declines of over 21 per cent in numbers of workers, coupled with a decrease in earnings of 372 per cent for iron and steel and 332 per cent for lumber. The best Teport was from the textile and leather Bloymén: decressed onty 1 ‘per comi onl during the year. . et e Meantime, e first week of Fall weather brought reports today to the President’s Organization on Unemploy- ment Relief from cities from Maine to California that they were actively en- gaged in campaigns to take care of g%:lrle:s arising from unemployment this T, Shoe Industry Strong. ‘These cities, in reporting on business and unemployment conditions, showed unemployment on the increase. Despite the shoe industry going at full speed in New England States, an incresse of enly 7.5 per cent was noted in the number of shoe wage earners there. These States, however, were the bright spots on the unemployment chart of the President’s organization, Texas was second because of a short- age of field labor in its cotton helt. Applications for employment increased 11.54 per cent in New York City. No changes were reported in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Indianapolis, St. Louls, Kansas City and Portland, Oreg. Pive of the 54 industries on which (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) EDISON GROWS WEAKER rhyliciln Reports Great Inventor's Tllness Wors WEST ORANGE, N. J., September 30 —Thomas A. Edison, suffering from & complication of four diseases, has lost strength the past few days, his physi- cian, Dr. Hubert S. Howe, said today in a bulletin, “Mr. Edison seems to have less in- terest in things and his strength has failed somewhat in the past few days,” Dr. Howe said. ‘The greatest loss in employment was | | | | | GAS HEARING'S END SCHEDULED TODAY Objections to Exhibits on Ownership All That Re- mains for Session. ‘The public hearings on ownership of the Washington Gas Light Co. will come to an end this afternoon when lawyers for the company and for the Central Public Service Corporaticn cf ahleua will be given an opportunity o “the’ Mtfoquction ot 113" exnisis by the commission during the course of the g5, exhibits are almost all lem two Cem- ‘Tomorrow the commission will ad- Journ to the Georgetown laboratories of the gas com| to witness a dem- onstration of the effect of varying pres- flon s beling stagea by the company in g e company connection with its petition, already heard, for an increase in the allowable pressures in gas mains under the com- mission’s jurisdiction. The company wants the 2-inch maximum pressure raised to 3 inches and the 6-inch max- imum raised to 10 inches. Riggs ' National Trust, loan of $1,000,000 by Washington banks to the Alexandria Gas Light Co. for purchase of Alex- andria’s municipal gas plant. Mr. Fleming said the loan was made on an unqualified indorsement of the Wash- ington & Suburban Cos., and that when it matured, that concern wanted to renew it on a qualified indorsement, which he would not accept. Then 20,000 shares of stock in the Washington Gas Light Co., owned by the Washing- ton & Suburban Cos., in negotiable renewal of n 6.) E. W. QUINN, DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEEMAN, DIES Former Mayor of Cambridge, Mass., Was One of Party's Most Prominent Members. By the Associated Press, CAMBRIDGE, Mass., September 30. —Edward W. Quinn, 55, Democratic national corimitteeman for Massachu- setts and former mayor of Cambridge, died at his home today. He had been 111 several weeks. He was mayor of Cambridge from 1917 to 1929 and had been a Demo- cratic national committeeman for Massachusetts since 1920 when he was chosen for the post at San Frarcisco convention. He had been one of the most prominent members of the Demo- cratic party in Massachusetts for many years. He is survived by a widow, a daugh- ter and two brothers. gt British Flyer Rests in Syria. ALEPPO, Syria, September 30 (). — Wing Comdr. Charles Kingsford-Smith left here today for Athens after a night's rest, continuing his efforts to lower the flight record between Aus- tralia and England. He came from Bagdad yesterday. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 30.—Roy Harris, former Los Anflfl truck driver, who is now a widely known composer, has asked aid of police in recovering the manuscripts of a symphony and a toccata stolen from his parked automo- e. «The brief case containing them was the only thing stolen, although there were two trunks of clothes and other valuables in the car. - The symphony was to be performed for the first time in November by the Rochester Orchestra at Rochester, N, Y. He completed its 180. pages of six mopths ago, shortly after r script | valued EX-TRUCK DRIVER’S SYMPHONY MANUSCRIPT STOLEN FROM CAR One Hundred and-Sixty Pages of Music Only Loot Taken From Roy Harris’ Parked Auto. ing from Paris, where he spent four years on a Guggenheim fellowship, o I'll have to do it all over again,” said the young man, who Jotn Tasker Howard in his American Music,” called hope of the American Nationalists.” ‘The search for Harris' manuscripts was only one of the musical matters police were ged in today. They also were I for a hit-and-run truck driver who ran over a valuable violin, accidentally dropped in the street by Harry Braun. A Heckscher bad given Braun the violin, a Guarnarius by some at $25,000, as an en- coyragement to unusual talent, practices act during the last presidential campaign. Announcement « of the 'inquiry was made early this afternoon by United States Attorney Leo A. Rover, Based on Expense Report, Rover said the charges palr resulted from their lfl:“e‘d‘n?:flfiz to file a proper report of certain cam- paign_expenditures with the clerk of the House of Re) ""k od by l",’ presentatives, as pro- score of witnesses, including e eral bankers and officials of the h'&'. ;uudm lphux;l fhurch South, will be quwmw rial k. ppear before the in- The evidence against the clergyman ST P, S N - t Unit torney John J. Wilson. O Criticism - of Bishop James Cannon, to anti-Smith campaign expend| ticularly with reference to expenditures made in Virginia and E i some $65, contributed by Jameson, a New York capitalist. Challenges Investigation. Bl:l'ln:;ugl:'n:n ‘insisted that Tepol 'n_made of all expendi- tures. He also the right of the Senate Committee to investigate the conduct of a campaign f lection of State officers, clllmn?: "&:’ presi- tlson was in_conference this mormn- ing with Nugent Dodds, assistant at- torney general in charge of criminal itions. Neither Bishop Cannon or Miss Burroughs will be asked to testify be- grand jury, it was said. Neither does the list of witnesses con- vestigated " Hishop Gameone” oo annon's - paign conduct. ok Action Is Rushed. Decision was reached to rush the Cannon case before the new grand jury @s soon as practicable after it convenes next week, necessitating a delay in lnrfiel;x'l&té:n ‘;rll '.ha.‘covermunn find- ings e investigation of the third degree in Washington. It was necessary to present the elec- tion case first because the statute of limitations in that case is about to ex- pire. The acts complained of in the Government’s charges took three years ago, it was pointed out, them close to the immunity border line. In a statement issued Iast night Bishop Cannon attacked testimony '(ore the Senate Committee designed to :t:}:v that ‘s'mN“sret% in ct:n:m ::u—amm o a came thrvn‘rh him from Cthlz‘d’lllskfi%l former chairman of the Republican National Committee. i Disclaiming any intent to reflect on the witnesses, Bishop Cannon charac- terized the incident as an effort “by some members of the committee and its im tors to smear my reputa- tion and destroy my influence.” He also cited an affidavit by Col. ‘Wade H. Cooper, president of the then Continental Trust Co., tq show the origin of a draft for $5,000, which he said represented the item in question. Tells of Phone Call. ‘The bishop made the following state- ment through the Associated Press: “On August 28, before the Senatorial Committee on Campaign Expenditures, Mr. W. H. Wood of Charlotte, N. C., stated that he telephoned me, and that I said that I would send him a check for $5000, and that I did send him $5,000 for use in the North Carolina anti-Smith campaign. Mr. Wood also stated that on October 24, 1928, he re- icelved a check for $5,000, drawn on the International Germanic Trust Co. of New York City, and made payable to him. Mr. Wood sald that he could not state definitely who signed the draft upon the International Germanic Trust Co. of New York, but that he thought that Bishop Cannon signed it. “On the same day Mr. Conrad C. Probst (president of the Germanic Trust (Continued on Page 2, Golumn 1) — MRS. A. A. MICHELSON OPERATED ON HERE Widow of Noted Physicist in Crit- ical Condition at Hospi- tal. Mrs. Albert A. Michelson, widow of the noted physicist who died recently in California, was in a critical condition today at Emergency Hospital. She was operated upon here last week by Dr. William Marbury, 1015 Sixteenth street. Mrs. Michelson, a sister-in-law of Charles Michelson, publicity director of the Democratic National Co was operated on for gall it was said. mmittee, trouble, Radie Programs om Page G$ - 4 » ( &