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C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1931—FIFTY-TWO PAGES. #%# CREDIT C Banks of Nation Biggest Financigl “Cushion” Exte to Be Invited to In Nation’s Tal_&&lfigrt. ?Banking Pool and HOOVE / R SURE OF' poration to Rery'd ORPORATION E Billion-Dollar Cor- AMPLE SUPPORT' Factorin Ameyican Industrial System. / BY DAVID LAWRE!CE. “ hlle HOIIS(‘ Wlll | The magnitude of Presid/:nt Hoover's e 'plan to rebuild confidenfe and carry A“alt Congress “Almerlcl through the ‘Ald»‘l’ldf de- in December. | pression transcends evey. the first out- line. / = Besides the $500,000/000 banking pool to rediscount the slcfx assets of small banks, the Presl(hy, definitely has in mind the ereation ¢f the biggest finan- cfal cushion ever fdevised in America— & billion-dollar /Government corpora- tion to render /assistance to the rail- roads, to indu/try, to agriculture and to every vital /factor of American busi- ness requirirfz credit support. The hope, of course, is that eredit will naturafly be eased as a ccnsequence - (he Associated Press. President Hoover's plan to ease the financial strain on the Na- { tion's banks moved swiftly today ¥ toward actual operation. { He was informed by Governor ison of the New York Federal serve Bank that the proposed | £500,000,000 credit corporation was expected to be incorporated with- in 48 hours and that details of the completed proposal would be 1=id before every clearing house and banking group in the coun- try at once. 2 The plans contemplate a direc- tor for the institution from each of the 12 Federal Reserve districts. Its operations will be national and rot regional in scope. Meantime, it was disclosed the, plan had been discussed by th { President with a group of NeZ ¢t York bankers last Sunday nig/nt at Secretary Melloh’s apartnyent and that they agreed upon it then. / ", railrcad securities and other i1 credits and that the whole mend. the Cory/oration aux/liary new Government Finance is planned as a timei; Moral Value Seen. /When authorized by Congress, it may rove like its predecessor, the famous 4 PRESIDENT GIVES May Need More Time. Officials declined to say what/ bankers attended the conference. While the bankers expect/ to have WARNING ON DEBT > Reiterates Theory of 4 Years . was described as hardly po¢sible to put B an Tresentea - Presiaent| AgO That Loans Must Be Productive. Hoover to amend the Fy.deral reserve | act to permit broader cyasses of paper | 15 be eligible for rediscunt at Federal Reserve Banks was salfi to be designed | 10 replace and take ovar the work to be carried on by the, banXxers' organization which was regarded as only a tem- | By the Associated Press. President Hoover reached back four of the opfrations of the new banking ' invest/nent structure may take time to- War Finance Corporation, to be of such porary affair Some of the fundz of the organiza- . tion, it was #aid, probably would be used ‘ 1o advance to depgsitors of suspended banks part of the money due them and thus relieve acute situations. v Matter Up to Congress. @, The Federal reserve act, it was said, has been outgrown by business and needs to be revised to meet new condi- i ‘tions. The broadening of the eligibie | paper section of the law it was said, would meet, the situation The form the changes in the Federal Reserve act will take was described as a | question to be determined by Congress. The Government is considering, how- §ever, a recommendation to Congress that the profit of Federal Reserve banks be turned into a revolving fund through #hich money could be advanced on ’ good assets of suspended banks and paid 15 depositors to enable them to carry on their usual business. Under the Federal Reserve act the 2nks pay & portion of thewr profiis fo he Government as an excise tax and money, it was said, could be plac a revolving fund which could be u: make monev quickly available o de. positors of suspended institutions. McFadden Begins Study. Any money advanced to closed insti- itions on the good securities would be returned to the Government when the bank’s affairs were liquidated. The Government's share of the profits of the Federal Reserve System from 1914 to the end of 1930 was $147.126,882. As study of the President’s plan went forward on Capitol Hill, Representative McFadden of Pennsylvania, who was chairman of the House Banking Com- mittee in the last Congress, advocated A thorough study of all Federal bank- ! ing laws with a view to making funda- ! mental revisions. McFadden said he believed & new base in banking laws should be found. He said anything that did not go to the fundamentals would be futile. with convocation of Congress less than two months away, legislation that may be necessary to make operative the administration's” program for business rejuvenation has the almost undivided attention of officials. Concurrently, in its survey of the business situation, the administration 15 icaching toward its decision whether a * {ax increase will be asked of Congress to meet the mounting Treasury deficit. Special Session Asked. The Government's part in the Hoover eredit proposals must largely go before Congress for formal approval. In the « chambers of ‘the Senate and House of- fice buildings cautious consideration is being given already of legislative plans for carrying it into effect. While Democratic _and _Republican “(Continued on Page 4, Column 1) JAPANESE BOM CHINESE TERMINAL Chinchow, Chang's Temporary Cap- ital, Raided by Enemy Flyers as Troops Gather. By the Assqciated Press. PEIPING, China, October 8.—J. G. Thomson, British manager of Peiping- Miikden Railroad, reported today that 12 Japancse airplanes had dropped 36 bombs on the town of Chinchow, 125 miles scuthwest of Mukden, inflicting an undetermined number of casualties, He said the bombs were chiefly di- rected at the university buildings which temporarily house the headquarters of the Manchurian provincial government. One bomb was said to have hit a rall- road service car and killed two Chinese ervants, while another struck a locomo- shed. Tel ic communication fno town wag interrupted. | vears today to reiterate his theory | foreign loans. the following of which, | he said, would have smoothed many a bump from th: world's economic path. Addressing the Fourth Pan-American Commercial Congress, the President re- called his plea that foreign loans be made only for “reproductive purposes,” delivered before the same conference in 1927. Then he was Secretary pf Com- merce. Would Have Averted Much. | “I repeat this today,” the President | said, “because had it been followed dur- ing these past five years our problems |'throughout the world would be far dif- ferent, our difficulties infinitely less.” Expanding upon this. idea, Mr. Hoo- | ver said he believed this constituted | “a lesson from this depression.” He | repeated part of his four-year-old ad- | dress which said that “if nations would | do away with the lending of money for | the balancing of budgets for purposes of military equipment or war purposes, or even that type of public works which does not bring some direct or indirect productive return, a great number of blessings would follow to the entire world.” Cites Theory of Government. | Turning to present-day affairs, Mr. | Hoover told the pan-American delegates the American theory of government re- | quired that commercial enterprise, ex- cept as a rare emergency action, be es- sentially a private undertaking. “The sole function of government.” he said, “is to bring about a condition of affairs favorable to the beneficial de- | velopment of private enterprise.” The text of President Hoover's ad- | dress to the Pan-American Commercial | Congress today follows: | Gentlemen of the Conference: | I am most happy to extend to you the warmest possible welcome on be- the United States. We are grateful to you for coming to Washington at | this time to discuss the commercial problems of common interest to the nations of America. You are meet- ing during a period of widespread eco- nomic depression, but this fact empha- sizes Tather than diminishes the ne- cessity for the nations of this con- other. We recognize that the prosperity of each &nd every nation contributes to the prosperity of all. It is important that at conferences such as this the experience of each and every nation | should be placed at the disposal of all in order that we may profit by our suc- | cesses as well as learn the lessons of | our failures. | There is one lesson from this de- ression to which I wish to refer, and s present it no more forcibly ‘than (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) VALET FINDS BALTIMORE . Letter in-Herbert R. Stubbs’ Apart- ' ment Indicates He Took Own Life, Police Say. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, October 8. — Herbert R. Stubbs, clubman, society figure and wholesale lumber dealer, was found by his valet today shot to death in the bed room of his apartment. | The apartment in which he was | found was the same one from which | Miss Virginia Troy, chief nurse of the | Phipps Clinic of the Johns Hopkins | Hospital, walked and committed suicide | a year ago. She had been employed by Stubbs to care for his young son, now 9 years old. Police were told that Stubbe’ valet | was attracted by the sound of a shot, | went into his master's bed room and ! found him lying on the floor with a | bullet wound in his temple. | Police said a letter found in the room | led ‘to the belief Stubbs had taken his own life. 1 | | half of the Government and people of | tinent to take counsel with one an-| ' CLUBMAN SHOT TO DEATH| {moral value as to make unnecessary the use of the major part of its funds. Although the War Fmance Corpora- tion was granted a capital of $500,000.- 000 by Congress and had authority to sell its own bonds to the extent of three times its capital, it never be-‘ icame necessary to sell more than $200.- 000,000 worth of bonds. It succeeded in using the revolving fund in such a way that the total advances were in the neighborhood of $680.000.000. Since the President mentioned the War Finance Corporation in his formal statement it is being assumed he now has the approval of congressional lead- ers of both parties for creation of |such a body, but since action must be | deferred until December the tendency | vesterday was to regard that step as somewhat in the distance | Preparation Underway. It became known today, howe: that active preparations are being m: for the setting up of the huge auxiliary corporation and that same powers granted the War Finance Corporation will be sought by the President. . A study of those powers recalls the amazing scope of that finance corpo- ration and while running through its language is a constant reference to the necessity of “prosecuting the wa simple substitution of the words “ond all things necessary to maintain and develop the economic strength of the (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) MARKET CONFIDENT (OF CRDIT SUCCESS Fresh Buying Raises Price of Leading Shares in 4 Quiet Trading. By the Associated Press, NEW YORK. October 8.—~While bankers held further conferences on de- | tails of the $500,000,000 credit organiza- tion now being formed to thaw out frozen assets of banks, the stock mar- ket gave a practical demonstration of the confidence which Hoover's program seeks to restore. Although trading was quiet, shares were supported by fresh buying, and advances of $2 to $4 in principal issues were numerous. The bond market, which is being looked to for leadership, also pointed higher, but the volume was somewhat smaller than yesterday. ‘The rise in stocks was interrupted oc- casonally by profit-taking. However, recessions attracted further purchasing orders. United States Steel common, crossing $70, was up more than $2. Consoli- dated Gas of New York rose $3 to around $71 and American Can, $3 to $82. New York Central was partic- ularly strong, rallying more than $4 to above $57. Atchison’s gain was $3. American Telephone, crossing $133, was more than $3 higher. * Allied Chemical, Public Service of New Jersey, Columbian Caroon and Coca Cola were up $4 or more. Na- tional Biscuit. Woolworth. American Tobacco “B,” New Haven, Westinghouse Electric, North American and Union Pacific rose $2 to $3 net. READING AND LAVAL END TALKS ON WORLD FINANCE British Foreign Secretary Wishes French Premier Well on Visit to Hoover. By the Associated Press. PARIS, October 8.—Lord Reading. British foreign secretary, finished dis- cussing world financial problems with |Premier Laval and other French | statesmen today. ‘snndlng had been reached since “we do not know what will happen in the future.” | “I have explained to Premier Laval, Forelgn Minister Briand and Minister |of Finance Flandin the situation in Great Britain, the direction in which we hope things will develop, and how |touched the British public is over the | material aid the French have given us,” Lord Reading sald. | “The French gave me an equally frank and full account of their views |of the situation. | The British government, he said. is | exceedingly happy at the impending |voyage of Laval to Washington. { Lord Reading said he knew of no plan for British representation® at the | conversations between Premier Laval |and President Hoover, COAL-COFFEE DEAL ON | paper Tageblatt said today that negoti- ations were under way for the barter |a quantity of Bramlian coffee in a manner similar to that in which Brazil recently traded coffee for American wheat. The Tageblatt suggests that the ne- cofiee negotiations have not reach the price i ‘apparently the stage at which has been discussed. Town's Only Bank Closes. { MIDDLETOWN, Md., October 8 (). —The Middletown Savings Bank was i placed in the hands of the State bank- ing commissioner today after failing to open for business. Closing of the in- | stitution left Middletown without bank- ing facilities, the only other bank hav- |ing been closed a month ago. Re- ! sources of $1,041,443 and deposits of $861.940 were listed in the bank’s state- i ment of June 30, 1931. {Radio Programs on Page D-3 President's He said no under- e | BERLIN, October 8 (#).—The news- | of half a million tons of Ruhr coal for | bening Star. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION .. e e ——ag e e e S e s XPECTED| TO BE COMPLETED. BY SATURDAY: LONGER DEBT HOLIDAY PROBLEM /History Planned Imperative by Leaders. er Aid to Every Vital 'VISIT OF LAVAL | TO FORCE ISSUE ‘Three More Years Approval Seen Hard to Get. By the Associated Press. The Hoover debt holiday, launched last June under the sunny auspices of universal ac- claim, is running into thickening weather as the President prepares to discuss it late this month with Premier Laval of France. While no one doubts that Con- gress will ratify the one-year holi- day on debt and reparations pay- ments, already proclaimed by the administration, the question of an extension for two or three years beyond next June is quite another matter. Mr. Hoover is under an Increas- ing pressure for such a renewal. Much of the agitation centers in the New York banking group, on which the President must count for support in his new prosperity credits program. Renewal Seen Imperative. A renewal also is looked upon as imperative in some of the highest ad- ministration quarters. For it was Ogden Mills, the Treacury Undersecretary, who had so much to do with making the present agreement, who urged Tuesday night's White House conference to keep an open mind about the negotiations with Laval On the other side plain notice has been served on the President that he will find difficulty ahead in Congress if he agrees to an extension uncoupled with a definite Furopean agreement to scale down armaments. That may be hard to get. | _ As regards the negotiations with Pr: mier Laval, the text of the President's | proposed statement on that subject was communicated to Mr. Laval Tuesday. ‘The President iald the entire pro- gram, not only the legislative side. but also the part the bankers were to un- | dertake. and a statement in respect to | negotiations with Mr. Laval before the ’meeung of the congressional groups. Of Executive Nature, As negotiations with Laval were of an executive nature, members attendinz the President’s Tuesday night confer- ence did not pledge themselves to sup- port them. This was made clear by a single sen- tence in the President’s statement, read- ing: “This being a subject first of negotiation with foreign governments was not submitted for determination at this evening's conference.” Otherwise no alteration was made in the President’s statement. The President’s proposal in respect to the legislative program was aitered on some details to meet the views of mem- bers present. The President had expected the de- velopment of views of congressional leaders might requite time. and so he did not expect to give out a statement until Wednesday. However, members were so cordial that he was able to formulate and issue the statement of ‘Tuesday night. Premier Laval has expressed his will- ingness to go into the question during his visit Chairman Borah of the Senate For- | eign Relations Committee gave warn- |ing to the Chief Executive at his White louse conference Tuesday 'night that he would oppose a new debt holiday | unless it provided for a paring down of European armaments. He also de- |sires that Germany shall benefit | through curtailed reparations payments. | _From the Democratic party, the President has the 'word of Representa- ]flve Garner of Texas that, while he | purposes opposing ratification of the present moratorium, he would more strenuous efforts against an ex- tension proposal. Bankers Favor Delay. | however, Mr. Hoover sees pressure from leading bankers not only for a more lengthy moratorium, but among some | for full cancellation of war debts. Only | yesterday the American Bankers' Asso- clation recorded itself in favor of an extension. In_France, Premier Laval gave no " (Contiriued on Page 4, Column 5.) g ~ | nsion Seen inject | On the other side of the p!cture.‘ WORILD The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. | Yesterday’s Circulation, 116,806 TWO CENTS. (#) Means Associated Press. DEPRESSION REAR ADMR. McCULLY REPORTED RESCUED FROM SINKING BOAT Taken From Cruiser in Ches- apeake Bay Along With Five Adopted Children. Identity of Retired Naval Officer Not Confirmed by Rescuers. By the Associated Press. CAPE HENRY, Va. October 8.—A man believed to be Rear Admiral New- ton A. McCully, retired, and five of the seven orphaned Russian children he adopted in 1920. were landed here to- by the pilot boat Wiliam D Sanner. The man and children immediately boarded a bus for Norfolk without giv- ing details of the reported sinking of their motor cruiser in the Chesapeake Bay some time during the night. Admiral McCully’s cruiser was be- | lieved to have been rammed and sunk by the Norwegian steamer Verona, bound from Baltimore to Cuba. The Verona cleared from Baltimore early yesterday. The former naval officer WALL CRACKS ROUT 153 SCHOOL PUPLLS 0Id Kenilworth Building Aban- doned Because of Weak- ened C.ndition. who has Discovery of extended cracks in the front wall of the 30-vear-old Kenilworth Elementary School today resulted in the abandonment, of the building shortly before 9 o'clock this morning and the hurried transfer of its 153 pupils to | other quarters. Abandonment of the school, which | probably will be permanent, was ordered by Jere J. Crane, first assistant super- Mtendent in charge of business affairs, | who made a hurried survey of the weakened structure early this morning. in company with a group of engineers | from the municipal architect's office. Announces Abandonment. The statement announcing abandon- | ment of the building, which Dr. Frank | W. Ballou issued today, follows: “Owing to the apparently unsafe con- dition of the front wall in the Kenil- | worth School, the children were ex-| | cused from the building this morning. | | It is altogether likely that the building |will be permanently abandoned for | ‘schofll use, but final decision must | await the report of the municipal | | architect’s office. In the meantime, in- | structions have been issued to establish (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) CARDS' SPECIAL ; AUTO WRECKED ON TRACKS ‘Possible Accident to Train Averted as It Is| Switched Off Main Line—Car Crash Fatal to Two Men. By the Assoclated Press. | LANCASTER, Pa. October 8.—The | special train of the St. Louis base ball "te-m was saved from delay and pos- sible accident last night by a signal 'line after an automobile had plunged | onto the tracks near here, killing two men and critically injuring a third. ‘The car left the highway at Paradise when a tire blew out. Informed of | the crash, the towerman threw the | block signal lights to “slow™ just as ‘:um train roared into sight. As the | engineer slowed down the *towerman threw a switch, the train went past the wreckage on a parillel track and then { was shunted back to the original track without delay. The dead were identified as Louis Goldstein, 55, and M. M. Beck, 50, both of Pittshurgh, The injured man is Sol { ‘ | towerman, who switched it off the main | JUST MISSES . | | Goldstein, 46, a brother of Louis. Police | | said they h>d tickets for the sixth game | of the world series and were driving to | | St. Louis to see it. ATHLETICS STILL HOPEFUL. Count on Iron Man Role by Earnshaw | in Games at St. Louis. BY ALAN GOULD. EN ROUTE TO ST. LOUIS WITH | ATHLETICS, October 8 (#).—The world champion Athletics sped Westward to- day for the concluding world series drama, looking and acting like anything but & club possibly on the verge of being shorn of its title. They must win the sixth game to- morrow at St. Louis to prolong the | than $2,000.000 damages fight, but they are already talking about the fun they will have with the Cardi- " (Continued on Page 2, Column &) REAR ADMIRAL McCULLY. been recelving treatment in the Naval Hospital at Annapolis, Md., left thera vesterday in his cruiser for a leisurely trip to his home in Charlesion, 8. C. He was accompanied by the children. Officials of the pilot boat which landed the survivors could not be im- mediately reached. E. B. DEAN CHARGES BLACKMAIL IN'SUIT Real Estate Operator Asserts Women Were Used to Ex- | tort $151,500. | Declaring that women have bgen em- ployed to entrap him, Edward B. Dean, sr.. millionaire real estate operator, fo- day brought suit in District Supreme Court to recover $151.500 he says he has paid to & group of alleged black- mailers since December, 1930. It was learned on good authority that the United States attorney’s cffice has | for some time been investigating the 78- | vear-old real estate man's complaint that he has been victimized by black- | mallers. It was understood the United States attorney'’s investigation also may | involve persons not named in the suit |- filed today. | Norman Bowles Named. Dean’s suit hames Norman S. Bowles, | | & disbarred attorney, as the principal defendant. Stegal, Robert Lloyd, Edyna Lloyd and George Gormley. Dean has been sued five times re- cently by women who have asked more for alleged attacks. His declaration also indicates he has paid money in other cases upon being threatened with suits. __Through Attorneys Edmund (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) Others named are Abner C. B.| D‘l 2! | Mrs. “Wise Spender” | The prices noew quoted for clothing, food, furniture and practically everything from necessities to luxuries are sur- prisingly low. Mrs. “Wise Spender” keeps abreast of the economies of the day. She knows stores; she knows values; she knows how to shop to ®est advantage, and she improves her opportunities % reading the advertising in ¢ Star. Yesterday's Advertising. (Local Display) Lines. . 35,803 . 16,627 . 13,196 12,898 3,403 The Evening Star 2d Newspaper . 3d Newspaper . 4th Newspaper 5th Newspaper . . . .. Total During the past quarter The Star printed more advertising than any other paper in the United States, because it thor- oughliscovers ‘Washington and suburbs at a minimum cost to the ad!artuer. (four other newspapers) SERIES. CLERK OF HOUSE DECLINES T0 GIVE JURY CANNON DATA William Tyler Page Says Rules Forbid Him to Pro- duce Reports. |QUESTION IS STUDIED BY JUSTICE PROCTOR Frelinghuysen and Jameson Will Be Questioned in 1928 Elec- tion Fund Probe. i = William Tyler Page. clerk of the House of Representatives. declined to- day to present to the District grand jury, the original reports made br Bishop | James Cannon, ir.. and Miss Aca Bur- rougks. the reputed secretery of the | 2nti-Smith Democratic Committee in 1928. showing the expenditure of eon- tributions made to that committee. The grand jury ve charges ':.mnsn ! g’lshol; é’:;\n“;;.“mn. Miss Burroughs of violation of the Ped- | eral corrupt practices la Resolution Passed in 1839, “As long ago as 1879, | Mr. Page explained that since the ts records without specific authoriza- | tecum served on him several days ago. EHAUS IF VUIERS Justice James M. Proctor. presiding in appeared before the court and af | cumétances. Mr. Page defended his PO~ lution prohibiting the clerk from taking "1 stated to the grand jury.” s3id Mr, Manifestos. it prerogaiives and privileges, of which By the Ascociated Press | the grand jury or to make a statement port of the national government will be | [0, F¥MO"€ ANy papers without its con- tain, Stanley Baldwin, and Sir Herbert £ resaiution | was pessed based on a report by .J. the Liberal party, is expected to broad- | even the clerk has authority to sur- | House is not in session and because its rules prohibit him from surrendering tion. he had not brought with him the papers reguested in a subpoena duces Appears Before Proctor. The grand jurors then certified to | Criminal Division 1. Mr. Page's 11 | to bring the desired p.peu,'” i REFUS[ SUPPUR | Assistant U. S. Attorney James J. Wil- son had told Justice Proctor of the eir- A o sition by pointing out that the House ¢ : a8 far back as 1879 had passed a reso- Baldwin and Samuel Will Fol- | any records from its files even in obed- . " ience to a subpoena d low Radio Appeal With | The grand s, v | Page, “ihat I am an elective officer of | the House and its servani. and under ) | it is very jealous. I did not feel called { upon 1o bring the requested papers to LONDON. October 8.—Prime Minis- | under oath about them. The House ter MacDonald's radio appeal for sup- GO€S not permit any officer or employe sent. 2 tollowed tonight by general election | manifestos from the Conservative chief- Samuel, leader of the Liberal faction. . < | Proclor Knott of Kentucky. for t David Lloyd George. titular head of | Judiciary Committee, holding that n’::: i cast his views on campalgn issues FENder. but only to preserve the records, shortly from his sick room, in the Sur- il T S DRty Tight pr party groups running for election f | | 615 constituencies. Among th‘:’r‘n Tm | paign expenses. | b | (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) rey hills. Labor's leader, Arthur Hen- | derson, already has sounded the battle | cry with the statement that “the de- caying fabric of capitalism cannot be patched up any further and they must | g0 forward decisively to a Socialist so- | clety Mr. MacDonald asked the voters. in a | nation-wide broadcast last night to | elect candidates who would stand by | jhf national government and to give | kim a mandate “which can be weak- | ened by no faction of opposition, organ- | ized or disorganized.” i Warns of Possible Consequences. He warned them failure to do so might, in the coming months of un- certainty, “involve this countfy. and| pther nations as well, in financial pan- | ics, social distress and perhaps even | 1evolution. Your duty is plain—the na- tion first.” “I would that every party would join | up and make the world behold a nation | “but if that is not to be let the vast | majority of the electors of all classes | and all parties see to it that the govern- | ment receives from their hands ample | authority to complete the work which has been so well begun.” The prime minister will begin his per- | sonal campaign in Seaham Harbor on | Monday, his 65th birthday anniversary. He is credited with holding the alle- | glance of 40 to 50 Labor members of | Parliament and candidates in that dis- | trict, in spite of .its leaders’ intention to | run a candidate against him. He may ives ane rals probably H give him a free fied, e Padlocks Liberals' “War Chest.” Early calculations show there will be | 1bout 1.700 candidates from half a dozen be Lady Astor, American-bor: i of Parlisment, who will stand for rer election as a Conservative from the Sut- wr;‘dl\'i.x:]landof Plymouth. b r. Lloyd George is understood to have padlocked his party “war chest.” stimulating speculation as to the source from which the Liberal groups headed |by Sir John Simson and Sir Herbert | Samuel, will get their funds for cam- | The London Evening Standard re- ported Maj. Gwilym Lloyd@ George, son of the Liberal leader, had resigned as parliamentary secretary to the Board of Trade. It described his act as “in- dicating still further the hostility of Mr. Lioyd George to the national gov- ernment.” ¢ Sir Oswald Mosley, aristocratic foun- der of the “new” party, will carry on his battle against the vested interests in the next Parliament—if re-elected— without the help of his chief lieutenant, Lady Cynthia Mosle Lady Cynth! ddaughter of the 16 NEW-TYPE BOMBERS ORDERED BY NAVY $535,000 Involved in Contract Awarded to Martin Company, Baltimore. By the Associated Pre BALTIMORE, October 8.—A contract for construction of 16 new-type diving bombers has been awarded to the Glen L. Martin Co. here by the Navy Depart- | ment, a statement from Charles A. Van Dusen, vice president..today said. J The contract involves $535000, Van Dusen said, including an allowance for spare parts. Construction has and delivery will be started in March. new-type bombing plane, de- | signed to deliver a 1,000-pound bomb from a vertical dive, was developed by | engineers of the Bureau of Aeronautics | cf the Navy Department and the Martin | Co. They constitute the latest design in Navy aerial equipment and received their first secret tests at Washington several months ago. | control for which he coul be required to produce ihem in court. In the ab- sence of Congress, I am faced by that resolution, and no matter how much personally T might be willing, I feel I am not at liberty to bring the papers to the court.” Mr. Page cited instances in which imilar requests had been made and mentioned cne in this court when he had been summoned bsfore Chief Jus- tice McCoy, who had himself been s member of the House. and who recog- nised its jealous regard for its records. He said McCoy asked him to cbtain consent of the House and a resolution was introduced, but met with a snerl. and was later withdrawn. Mr. Page said he did not again appear in the case The clerk explained to Justice Proctor that under the corrupt practices act he is required to keep the original reports for a term of two vears open to public inspection. He pointed out that these reports had been filed more than two years and might have been destroved by | united in national defense,” he said, him, but he has made it a practice not to destroy such reports. Justice Proctor took under advise- ment the question of whether the clerk of House could be compelled to pro- duce before the grand jury the orig- inal papers. B Theodore B. Gittings, foreman of the grand jury. expressed the opinion the original documents are escential to the grand jury’s inquiry. Certified Copies Suggested. This opinion was also shared by Ase sistant United States Attorney Wilson, who, however, is considering if some other method may not be devised to get the mnformation in the reports before the grand jury. It was suggested certi- fied copies might be made which could be certified as true copies by Mr. Page, as was done by him when the Nve com- mittee sought to get the original records. The grand jury investigation { pected to last until noon Satur. cording to Assistant United States At- torney John J. Wilson, presenting the evidence. Fully two dozen witnesses have been summoned and a large number of them were present in the corridors adjoining the grand jury room this morning Former United States Semator Joseph S. Prelinghuysen of New Jersey was one of the most prominent in attend- ance. He declined to discuss with newspaper men the testimony that he will give the grand jury. This decision was in line with his action when visited & few days ago at his home in New Jersey by Wilson, who sought to get a line on what his evidence might be. The former Senator then said he would talk only before the grand jury. Prelinghuysen is reported to have given thoT Cannon $20.000 to aid in defeating Alfred E. Smith in Virginia and it is sald Cannon made report of (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) MURRAY “RINGS BELL? - TO ENFORCE REFORMS Citizens' Meetings Called to 8ign Petitions When Legislators Spurn Proposal. By the Associated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, October 8.—True to a threat to recalcitrant legislators who spurned his reform plans, Gov. W. H. Murray has “rung the fire bell” for the people to enact his legisiative pro- ‘The Governor last night called meet- ings of citizens in every county seat, and in all other cities of more than 5.000 October 17, to sign initiative petitions %&m will be submitted at a special ‘The petitions will list proposals for ing ad valorem taxes, curtailing wheat and cotton acreage, aiding th* unemployed, providing ‘school and limiting the time of certain cor- poration land holdings. Murray is confident there will be th legal do-