Evening Star Newspaper, October 1, 1931, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Fair tonight and Bureau Forecast.) tomorrow; not much change in temperature. ‘Temperatures—Highest, 75, at noon to- oy A lowest, 52, at 4 Full report on page m, today. | #(losing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 Entered as sec The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated service. Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 113,896 ond class matter post office, Washington, D. C. 3939, R 1931 {No. ) CARDINAS BUNCH BLOWS OFF GROVE IN FIRST INNING T0 TAKE 20 LEAD Paul Derringer, Rookie Fling- er, Fans Four Opposing‘ Batters in First Two Chap ters of Contest. AMERICAN LEAGUERS PICKED TO WIN TITLE? Balmy Summer Day, With Tem- perature Hovering Near 80's, Jam at Turnstiles at Sportsman’s Park for Opening of Series. Brings Probable line-up: Athletics, Bishop, 2b. Haas, cf. Cochrane. c. Simmons, 1f. Cardinals. Adams or High, 3b. Roettger, rf. Frisch, 2b, Bottomley, If Martin, cf. Wilson, c. Gelbert, ss Grove, p. Derringer, p. Umpires — Messrs. Klem, League, behind plate; Nallin, American League, first base; Stark, National League, second base: McGowan, Amer- ican League, third base. Time of 'zame—1:30 pm. standard time. 1b. Wiiliams BY ALAN GOULD, “associated Press Sports Editor. ST. LOYTS, October 1.—Bunch- ing four hits off Lefty Grove, Connie M 'ck’s pitching ace, in the first inning the 3t. Louis Cardinais scored two 1t"s and were leading | the world char.7inns in the open- ing game of the today in the secoad inning. The score was 2 to 0. FIRST INNING. PHILADELPHIA — Bishop fanned &win, and the crowd roared. Haas struck out on a low curve. Cochrane grounded to Gelbert and was thrown out at first. No runs. ST. LOUIS—High struck out, taking a third called strike. Roettger singled cleanly to center field. Frisch singled to right, sending Roettger to third. It was a_hit ana run play. Bottomley hit to Bishop, who was unable to make a play, Roeltger scoring and Frisch stopping at second. It was scored as a hit. Hafey struck out, swinging at a fast ong Martin hit against the right-field Rcreen, scoring Frisch and sending Bottomley to third. It was a two-base hit. Wilson grounded out to Williams, Two runs. SECOND INNING. immons bounded ttomley. Foxx struck eallcd ike.” Miller No runs. ST. LOUIS—Gelbert fiied to Miller. Williams threw out Derringer. High ingled to left field. Roettger flied to Haas. No yuns DAY CLEAR, WEATHER WARM. out, Ge out on fanned. Fans Begin Early to Sportsman’s Park. ST. LOUIS, October 1 perfect Indian Summer da for the first game of the worla series be- tween the Cardinals and Philadelphia Athletics today, with thousands of howl- ing fans jamming Sportsman’s Park for the initial battle. The sun was shining brightly and the temperature hovered near the eighties. With hotels crowded, the throngs here for the series were out early today and long lines formed at the park, waiting for the gates to open. The turnstiles started clicking at 11 a.m., and the fans began early filling the 40,000 seats and standing-room places and getting set- tled for the start of the game. Gabby Street’s Red Birds and Connie Mack’s Athletics, who rolled into town late yesterday afternoon, waited until shortly before game time before warm- ing up Space at Centerfield Seats Filled. Scarcely had the gates opened before the centerficld bleacher customers, and struggle for their rming into their places. Long before the Cards or Athletics fillered out for batting practice, the broad sweep of seats in centerfield were filled. They formed a colorful picture, these thousands of vociferous rooters, cheer- ing, waving, singing and beating time to & brass band that took up its station on the grass beyond second base. With the same enthusiasm that greeted their offerings, the bandmen tore into one popular air after another. The mass of humanity in the center- field seats melted into a gay picture. Coats came off, hats were foresightedly 5500,000 KAHN SUIT BY SINGER DISMISSED line, seats, were Lydia Lindgren's Evidence Lacking Against New York Financier and Opera Patron. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, October 1.—The $500.- 000 action brought against Otto H. Kahn, financier and opera patron, by Lydia Lincgren, singer, was dismissed today for lack of evidence. Miss Lindgren alleged Kahn had given her a $150,000 trust fund, had prom- fsed her a $3.000 annual income and 1d told her he would remember her in his will. She said all this was done by Kahn because, he told her, he realized “all the trouble he had caused me and wanted to redeem himself.” Between bursts of weeping the singer told her story on the stand yesterday and was followed as a witness by Kahn, h he case was resumed today the 2498 dismissed Lty B e National | Central | orld series here | A balmy, | ¢ was at hand | PAUL DERRINGER EFFECT OF LAVAL - VISTSEENSMALL Fundamental Issues Between France and Germany Are Unchanged. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Cable to The Star. PARIS, Prance, October 1 — What really happened when Premier Pierre Laval and Foreign Minister Aristide Briand of France talked with Chancel- lor Heinrich Bruening and Foreign Minister Julius Curtius of Germeny in Berlin? Did France and Germany come 2ny nearer to an agreement? The writer today is in a position to answer those questions. The trip of | the French statesmen undoubtedly re- ited in a slight improvemen: in | Franco-German sentiment. But on fundamental issues, which have sepa- rated and still separate the two coun- tries, no progress was made. Politics was not seriously touched on Neither was finance. Committee Is Meaningless. ‘The new Franco-German Economic | Co-operation Committee, which was | the only tangible outcome of the meet- | ing, had been agreed upon in advance | It means nothing in tself. It is a mere instrument, or perhaps the symbol of {a mutual desire for an understanding {1t will be important or not according {as it develops. What it can actually | try to do nobody seems to &now. | France would like the committee to remodel the Franco-German commer- | cial treaty, which is now operating to { France's detriment, but Germany | would not. Germany would like it to. { study the possibility of a_Franco-Ger- i man’ customs union, but France would | not. | There is talk of France's finencing | German industries, but this seems a { most unpropitious time for further i credit operations to stimulate industry. { What is needed is more consumption, not more production. There is talk of | establishing new cartels. But carte | whose prime object is always to regu- |late production and fix prices, seem out of place in a time of world depres- |sion. They simply cannot function E Finally, there is talk of a joint pro- gram of vast public works in both coun- tries and in the French colonies. This | appears to be a more promising sug- | gestion. but is said to encounter many practical difficulties. Treaties Main Issue. | The main issue between France and | Germany is that of the peace treaties. | Germany wants revision, France wants the status quo. Both desire an under- standing, but each wants it on its own |terms. Thus, under the outward ap- | pearance of friendliness, the Berlin { visit seems to hide the same old quarrel. French opinicn hails the Laval- | Bruening meeting because it thinks that | Germany can soon be brought by friendly means to accepting things as | they are. German cpinion In the same way hails the meeting because it thinks that the French can soon be brought by {friendly means to underiake revision of the treaties. | As & _matter of fact, the great Ger- man_diplomatic offensive for revision, | which began in the Summer of 1930 | and reached its climax in the Austro- | German customs union project, has | broken down and in practice it seems unlikely that Germany will attempt | to reopen political issues in the near future. This seems to be clearly stated in an article that has jusy appearsd in the Berlin rewspaper, Vossiche Zeitung, by Joachim Stresemann, son of the dead statesman. After analyzing | why the German diplomatic campaign failed, he conclud “All efforts to realize our aims in forelgn policy without a direct under- | standing with France ere in vain. That is why it is necessary to return to the policy of agreement.” Disarmament Looms. But while territorial questions will | doubtless be allowed to slumber, there | is already looming between France and | Germany another subject of dangerous | discord—namely, disarmament. France | insists that the German military status | was fixed once and for all by the treaty | | of Versaille. Germany claims the right {to arm to the French level unless France disarms to the German level. Premier Laval and Chancellor Bruening Gid not discuss this conflict, but it is | understood that Germany intends soon | to present to France a note on the sub- | Ject. For_the moment there i, not the | (Continued on Page 2, Column 4) | Claudel and Family Sail for U. S. ! HAVRE, France, October 1 (#).—Am- bassador Paul Claudel . sailed on the Paris with Mme. Claudel and their| daughter today tc prepare for Premier | Laval's reception at Washington. < o LEFTY GROVE - STIMSON CALLS Conference on Manchurian Situation. By the Associated Press. W. Cameron Forbes, American Am- bassador to Japan, was summoned to confer with Secretary of State Stimson on the Manchurian situation today im- mediately upon his arrival in Washing- ton. from the West Ci t Although Forbes was without first hand - information on recent Manchu- rian developments, having safled for the United States on leave the day before hostilities broke out. he had much background information to lay before Mr. Stimson, Goes to State Department. The Secretary was so eager to avail himself of the Ambassador's counsel that Forbes was taken directly to the State Department from the Union Sta- | tion after a hurried trip from the coast The principal question to be decided was whether further action by the United States is advisable to restore peace. Although Japan and China have been urged by this Government in identic notes to cease hostilities and settle their dispute peaceably. disquiet- ing reports have been reccived. Secretary Stimson snd Ambassador Forbes had before them a press dis- patch reporting a clash early toda near Mukden in which many casualties were suffered on both sides. China Demands Redress. In its reply to the American note, China demanded full redress from Japan for the activities of Japanese troops, as well as their complete with- drawal to the immediate vicinity of the South Manchurian Railroad which they are authorized to guard. The Japanese expressed a willing- ness to attempt to arrange with the | Chinese a peaceful settlement. Whether the United States will en- deavor by its good offices to bring fo- gether these divergent views has been held in abeyance pending the arrival of Ambassador Forbes and the receipt of additional information. Extreme caution has characterizd the American action concerning san- churia lest any move be misinterpreted by elther nation. HOLD JAPAN RESPONSIBLE. Chinese Note Cites Position Regarding Troop Positions. BY B. W. FLEISHER. By Cable to The Star. TOKIO, Japan, October 1.—The Jap- anese foreign office has revealed its re- ceipt of a note from the Chinese lega- tion saying that in view of th» fact that Japan has not withdrawn troops back to the South Manchurian Railway zone, China will be unable to prevent movements calculated to de- stroy the territorial sovereignty ot Manchuria. “Hence the Chinese gov- ernment is holding the Japanese gov- ernment strictly responsisle for all in- dependence movements,” it concludes. Japan's reply, delivered to the le- gation today, says that while it is true that Japanese troops are temporarily occupying places outside the zone for | with the | purely defensive purposes, gradual establishment of peace-main- tenance bodies, the troops are steadily being withdrawn. The Japanese government, continues | the note, from the outset prohibited the | military and civilians to encourage or support any Manchurian independence movement. Japan contends that it is not in a position to assume responsi- bility for purely Chinese movements. Japan looks with favor upon the forma- tion of peace preservation organizations within the limited sphere occupied be- cause these would be calculated to re- store local order and public safety, thus facilitating the withdrawal of troops, ends the note. The foreign office does not intend to reply in the immediate future to the three separate protests from Nanking over hostilities in the occupied territory of Manchuria. ‘The Nippon Dempo Agency and ver- nacular newspapers report that Chinese have -killed 300 Koreans in the village of Pakuoshu, near Teihling, north of Mukden. The war office here has mere- ly been advised that an undetermined number of Japanese were killed there. (Copyright, 1931 CERMAK PICKS ALLMAN CHICAGO, October 1 (#).—Capt. James P. Allman has been selected as commissioner of police, it became known today with the arrival of his official bond for the position. Mayor Anton J. Cermak, who has intrusted leader- ship of the Chicago police until now to John H. Alcock, acting commissioner, is expected to submit Allman’s appoint- ment to the City Council for approval at a special session. Watch for The Star’s 5:30 opener in St. Louis. News of the World Series and Sports Final Editions this afternoon for full details of the World Series After you “see” the game on The Star's electric scoreboard, read about it in The Star. BES FOR TALK Summons Ambassador for, her | Senator Criticizes 8ig Arma-|- ments in Indorsing Presi- dent’s Program. RATIFICATION OF DEBT MORATORIUM PREDICTED | Congress Seen Speedily Pnssing’ Measure—Idahoan Ready to Meet Court Issue. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. “If the big Navy group wants to |carry its fight for excessive naval ex- pansion to the people, let it do so. The | | President_ can risk such a fight with composure. The country will be with him.” | Thus spoke Senator William E. Borah, | | Republican, of Idaho, chairman of the | | | | | | | Senate Committee on Foreign Rela- tions, back at his office in the Capitol today after an all-Summer absence in his State and in the Far West. Vig- orous and brown as an athlete in training, Mr. Borah faces the rigors of | {the coming session of Congress in cld- | jtime battle form. He found his desk | E wr I. UEMAND BEER letters and telegrams | | from all over the country, enlisting his | interest in every cause now lgl(allng‘ ! the public mind. | Emphatic Reaffirmation of Stand Promised at Convention. “I am heartily in favor of President Hoover’s position on naval expendi- | ture,” Senator Borah said. “It is an | exceedingly modest demand he makes, | |in projecting a cut of only $60,000,000 |in a proposed budget of $401,000,000. I| jdo not think our naval zealots will ven- | { ture to take their cause to the country. | 1f they are so foolhardy. I'confidently predict they will be licked. The people | |are not in mocd for excessive expendi- in any direction at this critical | By the Associated Press | Junctute, least of all on ships of war| SEATTLE. Wash. October 1.—Wil- | which we don't need liam Green, national president. said to- " Cuts Are Propitions, day the American Federation of Labor “There never was a more propitious i 4 i e | moment. for slashing naval 'dispursc. | ®ill “emphatically reafirm” its stand ments. War threatens the world in no | for legalizing 275 per cont beer at its direction. Governments are far more ! fifty-first annual convention in Van- | couver, British Columbia, next week interested In their relations with their | own peoples—in lifting from their bent | %" {and burdened backs the almost unen-| He expressed the belief there has been | durable loads they are carrying in the|a “decided change in public opinion on form of taxation and economic tribula- the prohibition question.” and said the | tions. It is the height of absurdity for R i e Ameriean navel officer to suggest | Federation s “firmly convinced modi | that “half-a-dozen destrovers more or | fication of the Volstead act will serve i less, or hal -a-dozen cruisers more o |to promote true temperance.” less are going to make a particle’s Gif-| .. | ference to the safety of our country at| ~1he American Federation of Labor This time. There 1 mo peril or danger|is planning to call upon its friends in of the remotest description that justi- | Congress to support legislation to bring fles our giving out for naval purposes |about modification,” he added. a single penny that we can possibly 3 | save T repeat. let the big Navy group| Shorter hours, coupled with increased hourly pay, are proposed in one plan |let down as heavy a bairage as it pleases to the contrary. The people’sto be submitted to the convention. Its sponsors argue it would balance the in- | answer will be prompt and decisive. | They will stand by the President.” creased use of machinery in many in- dustries. Ready for Court Issue. Senator Borah was a‘ked what he A “back-to-school” movement also { will be advocated to reduce the number | thinks about the new drive for taking | the United States into the World Court of children in industry and make room i for adults. | just announced by a group headed | George W. Wickersham, John W. Davis Old-Age Pension Planned. The Executive Council of the Amer- i Nicholas Murray Butler and other well known advocates of American entry into The Hague tribunal {ican Federation of Labor has approved a model old-age pension bill for submis- {sion to State Legislatures. It provides | "“I am all ready for that kind of a {drive” the foreign relations chairman {for a maximum income of not more {than $9 a week to indigents over the {replied. “I am more persuaded than ever, since_the recent decision handed | age of 65 | Approval of this model bill, as well as down by The Hague tribunal in the Austro-German tariff union case. that | of an anti-injunction measure, will be | sought from the convention. 'WEATHER AWAITED FOR PACIFIC HOP go into it. The tariff verdict branded the Court indelibly as a court of poli- Pangborn and Herndon Ready to Start From Japan—Hope to tics, instead of a court of justice.” “What has the United States to offer Reach Salt Lake City. | ture |M. Laval when the French premier | reaches Washington this month, Sena- | tor?" | | ell, a cordial welcome. I should say,” the Idahoan said. “I don't want | to discuss any of the questions that will automatically be brought up when M. ! | Laval 1s here. because it might be in- | truding upon the preserves of the Presi- | dent, who will be his host. 1 fancy European statesmen are fully aware of America’s_inhibitions with Tespect to certain questions that weigh heavily |on Europe’s soul. For my own part, |T have long been convinced, and stili am, that until there is a sweeping Te- | vision of the treaties of Versaille and St. Germain, there can be neither en- | poised to take off on a non-stop flight a . nqui 4 o during peace nor cgonomic ranquilliy | 15 the United States with the arrival can there, in my judgment, be any|of Sood Weather, said today they practical approach fo the question of | planned to follow a great circle course disarmament. somewhat north of steamship lanes. Peace Rests on Force. They expect to parallel the Kurile | The peace treatles rest on force—on ' Islands for 700 miles and then skirt the i the maintenance of armies and navies.? Aleytian chain to Dutch Harbor | Unless the treaties are revised down- | o o | (Continued on Page 3, Column 6. e s aeae o s i BB Harbor region in from 21 to 22 hours | TRACK INJUNCTION o ey A HEARING ON TODAY to fly as far as Salt Lake City without | District Supreme Court to Pass landing. Their food supply consists of cholo- | on Virginia Railway Ter- minal Controversy. By the Assoclated Press SAMUSHIRO, Japan, October 1.— Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon. | late, biscuits, roast chickens, sand- wiches and canned meat, in addition to a 30-day emergency ration kit which they brought from New York. | A hearing on a petition for an in- | junction against the Federal Govern- ment to prevent tearing up the tracks of the Mount Vernon, Alexandria & Washington Railway in the triangle building program is scheduled in the District Supreme Court for this after- noon. The sult was filed after various con- ferences between the Owners of the line and Treasury Departtent officials | and a hearing before the Public Utilities Commission failed to de a solution for removal or rercuting of e line. Meantime the términal at Twelfth street and Pennsylvania avenue, which the Treasury had o vacated yes- terday, continued in today, under n' continuance of lease. contractor is not quite ready to down the build- ing, and it was explaingd at the Treas- ury that it is likely tHé company will be allowed to occupy the structure until it is time actually to tear it down The plece of track in muu is that on D street between and Thirteenth, which crosses the w‘mx site of the new Post Office h Fashion in the Shops Fashion is the keynote in the stores just now. The new styles are extremely attractive and the merchants are able to offer better merchandise at lower prices. The consumer whose income has not been seriously affected is the distinct beneficiary at this time. Yesterday’s Advertising (Local Display) Lines. 64,260 ... 34,404 9,299 6,142 2,629 The Evening Star 2d Newspaper 3d Newspaper . . 4th Newspaper . . ... 5th Newspaper. . ... Total Sovinien (#) Means Associated Pr TWO CENTS. News Note: Senator Moses of New Hampshire Suggests a New FEngland Senate Bloc. Barred by Overalls As Pallbearer. Man Shoots at Hearse By the Assoclated Press. WADENA, Minn.. October 1 Charged with shooting at a hearse during a funeral for which he was rejected as pallbearer, Charles Milbradt today was under a suspended sentence Milbradt, Sebeka farmer, plead- ed guilty yesterday to malicious destruction of property. He re- ceived a 60-day jail term which was suspended. He was requested to act as pall- bearer, but the undertaker re- jected him because he wore over- 3t ihe hearse to gain revenge. " SCHENC BLOGKS QU BY LAWYERS Refuses to Testify Unless Witnesses or Newspaper Men Are Present. Renewed efforts of the committee of lawyers investigating the grand jury's charges against the Police Department to question Frederick A. former Washington policeman and cen- tral figure in the inquiry, were blocked today when he remained adamant in his refusal to testify behind closed doors Plans had been made by the commit- tee to return to the District jail, where Schenck is a prisoner, accompanied by a stenographer, in the hope he would testify if a stenographic report was made of his statements. Arrangements for providing the stenographer were made by District of- ficlals, in view of Schenck’s previous statement that he objected to procedure of the committee in questioning wit- nesses without making a stenographic record Insists on Witnesses. Schenck, however, notified Col. Wil- liam L. Peak, superintendent of the jail, that the compromise plan did not | meet with his approval, and he pro- posed to insist the committee hear his statements in nesses. From his cell in the jail, Schenck reiterated to newspaper men his desire | to testify, providing the possibility of “another ' whitewash” is entirely re- moved. “I am perfectly willing to tell the committee what I know,” he said, “if newspaper men or other witnesses | are allowed to be present at the inter- | February 15, 1929. view. T will go even further than I did before the grand jury. I still have some information I did not tell the grand jury, which I believe will aid the committee in its investigation.” Double-Crossed, He Says. Schenck declared he could not un- derstand why efforts are being made to conduct “the inquiry so secretly. “The grand jury investigation was made be- hind closed doors and what was the result?” he asked. “I was double- | crossed. The jury believed some of my statements and would not believe others. And the jury merely made Policeman Hunt the goat and protected the higher- ups in the Police Department, who I named in my testimony.’ The District Commissioners apparently were disturbed by the refusal of Schenck to testify, make any comment on this develop- ment, pointing out the investigation is | being conducted by the Committee of Lawyers. They agreed that the com- mittee is powerless to force the pris- oner to testify. Corporation Counsel Willlam W. Bride conferred with the Commission- ers and with Col. Peak, but declined to discuss the purpose of the confer- ences. The Investigating Committee 1is headed by Henry P. Blair. The other members are Col. J. Miller Kenyon, Danlel W. O'Donoghue, Stanton C. Peelle and Walter C. Clephane. TWO VISIT HOOVER Ogden Mills and Eugene Meyer Re- fuse to Reveal Business. Ogden Mills, Undersecretary of the | Treasury, and Eugene Meyer, governor | of the Federal Reserve Board, today were early morning callers on President Hoover. Neither would comment on the’ sub- Ject of their discussion with the President. ’f‘p‘: ‘which contract is about to be let. e contract provides for dw the excavation on both si 'gx beacks Thrifty buyers follow The Star very closely every day for speclal offerings. ‘They were followed by nmnpmm Schenck, | the presence of wit-| but declined to | Stimson and Lamont, who lm ! fused to discuss the nature of thelr ROVER PREPARING CANNON WITNESSES e | Bankers and Officials of Methodist Church to | ‘ Be Called. I \ ‘ A list of witnesses to testify in the | grand jury investigation of charges that | Bishop James Cannon, jr., violated the Federal corrupt practices law in the las presidential campaign was being pre- | pared today by United States Attorney Leo A. Rover ‘The list will include bankers and of- ficlals of the Methodist Episcopt Church South, Bishop Cannon’s Church Linked with Bishop Cannon in the investigation is Miss Ada L. Burioughs. | former treasurer of the Virginia Anti- Smith Committee. The charges, Rover announced, resulted frotn their alleged failure to file a proper accounting of campaign fund expenditures with the.| clerk of the House of Representatives. Bishop Cannon first was criticized | for the handling of the funds by the | Senate Lobby Investigating Committee. | Insists Proper Reports Made. i The Senate Campaign Funds Investi- gating Committee’s investigation of Cannon’s campaign expenditures later | was abruptly halted when the bishop | challenged its authority to investigate | an election campaign in which purely | State and local offices were involved. | Cannon insisted proper reports had been made of all expenditures. The commit- tee at that time was centering its in- quiry upon expenditure of a $65.000 contribution of E. C. Jameson, a New | York capitalist. | One of the chief witnesses to be; called before the grand jury, which will begin its_investigation October 8. will be Col. Wade H. Cooper. president of | the Commercial National Bank and for- merly president of the Continental Trust Co. The subpoena served upon ! Col. Cooper calls upon him to_supply statements of the accounts of “Bishop James Cannon. ir. and Bishop Jam Cannon. jr. chairman,” from August to_October. 1928 The banker also was asked to submit to the grand jury all signature slip: deposit slips, checks, drafts, documen | and all other papers relative to Bishop Cannon’s dealings with the bank. The | bishop's correspondence with the bank | from July 1, 1928, to date also must be furnished, Col. Cooper was advised, as well as all correspondence between Cannon or the “Headquarters Com- mittee of the anti-Smith Democrats” and the bank | Clerk of House Summoned. William Tyler Page, clerk of the | House, and Edwin Pope Thayer, secre- tary of the Senate, also were summoned to appear before the tribunal. Page was asked to bring the five reports | filed with him by Miss Burroughs on { ‘m’ about September 6. October 27 and | November 3, 1928, and January 2 and He also was in- | structed” to furnish the jury with all | correspondence between him and Miss | Burroughs relative to her reports Thayer was told to bring a_repo filed by Miss Burroughs October 2 1928, and any correspondence he m: have had with her relative to the ant Smith Democrats. | Cannon Will Not Testify. | | Lee P. Oliver, a Justice Department agent, who has been investigating Can- non’s campaign activities, also was sum- moned to testify. Neither Cannon nor Miss Burroughs will be asked to appear nor does the list | include any of the members of either |the Senate Lobbying Ccmmittee or the Campaign Funds Investigating Com- mittee. Several out-of-town witnesses are to be called, Rover said, but he | declined to make public their names. Decision to place the Cannon case before the grand jury at this time, in- stead of after presentation of the third degree inquiry, was reached because of the approach of the date upon which the statute of limitations would become effective. The charges upon which the case is based, it was pointed out, took place in 1928, three years ago. AWAIT MISSING FLYER Prepare P:e:epuon Kingsford-Smith. LONDON, October 1 (#)—Wing Comdr. Charles Kingsford-Smith, eight days out In an attempt to beat the flight record from Australia to England, was awaited today at Heston Airdrome, where preparations have been made to welcome him. He has not been heard from since he Britons for i peake & Ohio. | the Baltimore & Ohio FOUR-SYSTEM PLAN IN'EAST IS AGREED 0 BY RAIL HEADS Will Recommend Modification of 1. C. C. Proposal for Grouping of Roads. COMMISSION URGED FIVE-SYSTEM PROJECT Wall Street Regards Decision as Major Step in Closing Consolidation. By the Associated Press ‘W YORK, October 1—Execu- tives of the Eastern trunk line railroads teday agreed on their plan for grouping the roads into four systems and will submit their proposal to the Interstate Commerce Commission, possibly in a few days. Details which had been holding up the zgreement were finally smosthed out in conferences held Tuesday and this morning by presidents of the Penn- sylvania, New York Central, Baltimore & Ohio and Chesapeake & Ohlo-Nickel Pla which would be the key systems under the proposed regrouping. Although an agreement in principle was announced from the White House last December, several troublesome questicns, such as trackage rights for the Pennsylvania over the Nickel Plate, were not disposed of at that time, but President J. J. Bernet of the Chesa- in a statement after today's meeting. said all matters per- taining to the consolidation had been smoothed out. Viewed as Major Step. This was interpreted as indicating that the roads were at last in agree- ment as to all important matters in the plan, and was regarded in Wall Streei as a major step in bringing to fruition the long-projected plan of consolidating the Eastern railroads. While it was first announced that such a plan had been accepted by the roads In principle as long ago as last December, the carriers had been unable to whip the plan in final shape for presentation to the commission. The formal announcement of the de- ion. made todav after a conference n the offices of W. W. Atterbury, presi- dent of the Pennsylvania Rallroad said: Agreement Is Reached. “The presidents of the Pennsylvania New York Central, Baltimore & Ohio and Chesapeake & Ohio-Nickel Plate System. after many conferences of the four systems, have reached an agree- ment to be signed and forwarded to the Interstate Commerce Commission recom- mending a modification of the commis- sion's plan for grouping the railroads in the Eastern district into four systems.” The Interstate Commerce Commis- sion proposed an Eastern consolidation plan, along with a general plan for the ‘entire country, nearly two years ago. in which it suggested that zhe Eastern trunk line roads be ped in five systems, instead of the projected. Five-System Plan Tentative, The five-system would have been based on the Wabash, which the four- party plan would allocate to th: Penn- sylvania. The ystem plar. of the 1. C. C., however, been .egarded in railroad circles as largely tentative. Those in attendance at today's con- ference were Patrick Crowley, president; A. H. Harris, chairman of the Finance Committee, and Clyde Brown, counsel of the New York Central Railroad: Daniel Willard, president, and George Shriver, executive vice president of the J. 1. Bernet, president of the Chesapeake & Ohio- Nickel Plate System: W. W. Atterbury president. and other officials of the Pennsylvania. General Plan, The general plan, as announced some months ago, called for the following 1 disposition of the roads To the New York Central—The Lack- awanna and direct connection with the Virginia Railway at Deepwater, in- cluding joint rates and routes over that railwa) To_the Pennsylvania—The Wabash, the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton and the Norfolk & Western. To the Baltimore & Ohio—The Ann Arbor, the Reading & Central Railroad of New Jersey, the Western Maryland, Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh, Buf- falo & Susquehanna, the Lehigh & Hudson River and Chicago & Alton. To the Chesapeake & Ohio-Nickel Plate—The Erle, the Bessemer & Lake Erie, Pere Marquette, the Wheeling & Lake Erie. Chicago & Eastern Illinois nd Lehigh Valley, but permitting cer- tain trackage rights to the Pennsylva- nia over the Lehigh. Virginian Left Out. Disposition of the Virginian Railway was not determined in the plan as an- nounced It has been understood for some “time the chief stumbling block in_the nego- tiations has been the New York Cen- tral's objection to the insistence of the Pennsylvania to certain trackage rights over the Nickel Plate, along the shore of Lake Erie, which territory has I bee]n dominated by the New York Cen- tral. The four leading companies already have acquired virtual control, either directly or indirectly through' sympa- thetic interests, of almost all of the properties needed to complete the mergers. U. S. EDUCATION HEAD COLLAPSES AT LUNCH Dr. William John Cooper Stricken During Address—Taken to Hospital. By the Associated Press. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, October 1.— Dr. William John Cooper, United States Commissioner of Education, collapsed while addressing a luncheon club here left Aleppo, Syria, early yesterday and some anxiety was felt when he did not show up at Athens or Rome, his im- mediate d ations. He must arrive today in order to beat the time of C. A. Mollison, who made it in 8 days 21 ‘hours 25 minutes. Redio Programs on !;xe. D7 today and was taken to a hospital. Mussolini Is Grandfather. SHANGHAIL China, October 1 (&) —Premier Mussolini of Italy became & grandfather today when a son was born to his daughter, Countess Edds Ciano, and Count Galeazzo Clano, Ital- {en consul gemeral hete, A r now - \