Evening Star Newspaper, October 1, 1931, Page 20

SR THOMAS LIPTON S CAITICALLY ILL. Four Doctors Attend Famous Sportsman, Stricken With Severe Chill. By the Associated Bress. LONDON, October 1.—Sir Thomas Lipton, British sportsman, was reported today to be suffering Trom the effects of a severe chill and his condition was causing grave anxiety. Late this afterncon it was said the ! | patient was just holding his own. Four | doctors are attending him. He caught cold about 10 days ‘while motoring and has been unable to throw it off. At present, his secretary said, the 80-year-old yachtsman is “very {IL.” | “He will be in no condition to sail for New York on Saturday as he intended,” | said the secretasy. “As a matter of fact, the passagd has been canceled.” Made Bid Last Year. In 1930. Sir Thomas made his most | recent bid for the America's Cup, tak- | ing over the Shamrock V under her | own sail, only to be defeated by the | Enterprise, the~best of the American | yachts. Recently he decided to post- pone building his sixth challenger, | least for another year. 1 In 1927 he retired as chairman of the | board of Thomss J. Lipton, Ltd, but was elected honorary life president and | retatned active control of the American branch, Thomas J. Lipton. Inc.. with cflices at Hoboken, N. J. He had plan- ned to visit the United States on busi- ness in connection with his business| next Scturday. Elected to Exclusive Club. last May the Royal Squadron, probably the most exclusive club in the world, honored his long service to the sport in electing him to| membership. It was only a few days after hi 8lst birthday anniversary that he was admitted to the club, membership in which confers the privilege of flying the white ensign service flag of the British navy. It was a departure from the practice | of the club, for Sir Thomas in early | life kept a small grocery store and the fact he had been “in trade” made him | ineligible under the rules, although there is a stcry that King Edward VII, who ! was his close friend, tried several times to persuade the squadron to elect Sir Thomas It was King Edward who created him a baronet in 1902, after he had been Yacht |strive to help their own unemployed | cabel VENING . STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C., IBIMETALLISM HELD UNWISE FOR . 5. {Administration Heads See No | Reason to Tamper With Gold. - By the Associated Press. ‘The Hoover administration sees no | reason for tampering with this coun- try’s gold standard or the return to bi- metalism. In official circles, where this position was made clear today, such agitation as is going forward for a return to bi- metalism was described as coming chiefly from Senators representing sil- ver-producing States. Gold was characterized as the most satisfactory base for the country's mone- tary system and the temporary aban- donment of the gold base by Great Britain and several other European | countries was regarded as not reflect- ing a permanent policy. . U. S. Has Most Gold. The United States, with its coffers containing more gold than any other country in the world, was described as | having no reason to ‘abandon the gold | standard. & From Capitol Hill in recent days there —_— O SIR THOMAS LIPTON. 10 STATES PLEDGE AID TO OWN_IDLE of Missouri Notifies President Completion of Its Organ- ization. By the Assoclated Press. i ‘With Missouri now in line, 10 States| have assured President Hoover they will this Winter. Completion of an organization in Missouri “to care for its unemployed” was announced today by Mr. Hoover after he recelved a telegram from Gov. | Caulfield informing him of the set-up. “The following States in addition to Missouri,” the President said, “have in- dicated their ability to undertake their own problem: Rhode Island, Indiana, Michigan, Connecticut, Illinols, New York, California, West Virginia and Delaware.” In his telegram Gov. Caulfield said he shared the President’s “feeling that this problem should be met by private effort and that great good would result could each community take care of its own citizens.” Representatives of business tomorrow will present their own prescriptions for | handling the - country’s most vexing economic problems. |1ty of the silver dollar have come predictions that bi-metalism would return as a public issue. The latest came from Benator SI rd of Texas. Although mnot advocating bi- metalism, he said eXutmily 1t migh grow into a full-fledged issue by 1932. Senators Borah of Idaho, Walsh of Montana, Shipstead of Minnesota and Couzens of Mic] Have discussed re- cently the possibilities of bi-metalism. The temporary abandonment of the gold standard by Great Britain and the Scandinayian countries has given heart to some of those most interested in sil- ver and they have renewed demands for an international conference to discuss the rehabllitation of that industry. The United States had .a bi-metal currency -system early in its existence. The first monetary system established by law on"April 2, 1792, set two units of value, one the gold dollar containing 24.75 grains of pure fold and the other a silver dollar coontaining 371.25 grains of pure silver. The ratio of gold to silver was 1 to 15 and both were legal tender. In various changes in the monetary system which followed, the gold dollar remained as the chief base, but in 1878 Congress directed the coinage of silver dollass and provided they should be legal tender at their nominal value for all debts unless otherwise expressly stip- ulated in contracts. ‘When the gold standard was adopted in 1900, the law provided that nothing In it should affect the legal tender qual- or any other money issued by the United States. The Federal Reserve act of 1913 reaffirmed the parity provisions of the previous act. ‘The present silver dollar contains 4125 grains of silver 0.900 fine. . It was pointed cut that refusal of the people to accept silver dollars in circu- lation was the chief cause of their scarcity. There still are dollars stored in the mints that could be put into cir- ::mlon it there were any demand for iem. FEARS COLLAPSE IN TRADE. Senator Pittman Says World Will Bay Elsewhere Than in U. 8. BALT LAKE CITY, October 1 (#).— Senator Key Pittman, Democrat, of Nevada, predicts a complete collapse of this country's foreign trade unless the United States acts to reduce the wide disparity between the value of gold and silver. ‘The Benator, who advocates the call- ing of an international silver confer- ence, said that before long all nations, with the exception of the United States and France, will be off the gold stand- d and will trade where their money has the greatest value. “By going off the gold standard,” he said, “Great Britain left the United States and France ‘holding the bag’ and that bag is filled with gold that we cannot_put to use. The pressure on Great Britain is reiieved and sge is no longer under the necessity of sponsor- ing an International Silver Confer- ence because she has accomplished the objective of such & conference. “The British pound sterling is go- ing down, which is the same as saying that the money of the Chinese, the In- dians and the Mexicans is going up in value 'if it is used to purchase British goods. : |~ “It should be plain to every one that | whep the Chinese find that their dol- 1ar is worth one-third or one-half more in Great Britain than it is in the United THURSDAY, OCTOBER_ 1, “1931. Ends Service - NAVY YARD MAN RETIRES, After 27 years’ service, F. 8. Mehlfelt of 136 Twelfth street southeast, retired yesterday as a molder leading man in the Navy Yard shops.—Star Staff Photo. —————— States they will buy in Great Britain. ‘The same thing is true of every other silver-using country.” HAGERSTOWN BANK CLOSES [T DOORS Second Institution to Sus- pend as Result of Fred- erick Rumors. Special Dispatch to The Star, | HAGERSTOWN, Md., October 1.— | The First National Bank of Hagers- | | town failed to open its doors today. The following notice was posted: “This bank is under the direction of the con- | troller of the currency and is in charge | ot P. C. Ramsdell, national bank ex- aminer. Closed by resolution of the | Board of Directors October 1, 1931. (Signed) P. C. Ramsdell.” The bank had resources of $3,723,110 et e YOUR FELT HAT REMODELED To the New 1931 Styles Clesning and ‘n‘L By Medern ‘an nti and deposfts of $2,949,944, according to the last statement on June 30, 1031, Dr. W. D. Campbell is president of the institution, having been recently selected to succeed Alexander Arm-’ l'.ro:f.. E. J. Smead was cashier. ‘This is the second bank that close2 this week in Hagerstown. The Me- chanics’ Loan & Savings Bank closed Monday. The closing of both was attributed to the last month, caused by false rumors which followed the closing of the Cen- tral Trust Co. in Prederick. ‘There is s possibility of the Mechan- {es’ Bank reopening, it having been de- clared solvent, but unable to raise im- mediate cash upon its investments. Abolish Civil Death Penalty. MADRID, October 1 (#).—The Spanish Assembly voted yesterday to abolish the death penalty for civil offenses. 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