Evening Star Newspaper, October 8, 1931, Page 2

GANDHT IS WILLING | T0 VST AMERRK Fear That He Will Be Made Speétacle’Only Thing:That Keeps Lcader Away. Wy the Assoclated Press. | LONDON. October 8.—Mahatma Gandhi is willing to g0 to the United Sthtes]at the conclusion of the round | table conference if his American friends | can convince John Haynes Holmes, New | York pastor, that the Mahatma would ! not be‘made a laughing-stock Pressed to make the trip by a number st American visitors. Gandhi said today: “Holmes, in whos> opinion I place the greatest reliance. tells me my visit would be misunderstood: that 1 would be ex- ploited, ridiculed and misinterpreted. On the other hand. T've had pressingin- vitations signed by leading Americans. | “If these latter can convince Holmes T ought to go to America I shall be glad to reconsider my decision. I have a great affection for the American pople and feel sure that T have a graat many friends across the Atlantic, and T don't | want to sacrifice that friendship. Received Many Invitatfons. “Einstein, after visiting America, said 1t was the greatest mistke of his life. beéause most Americans regarded him only as a_spectacle. I'm not as sensi- tive as Finstein, but I ought not to g6 to America unless the American people are willing to listen to my mes- sage rather than regard me as & curi- osity.” He said that he had recelved invi- tations signed by Adolph Ochs, pub- lisher of the New York Times: Alfred P. Sloan, chairman of the General M tors Corporation: John Dewey, philoso- pher; Jane Addams, head of Hull House; George Gordon Battle, lawyer: Mary E. Woolley, president of Mount Holyoke College: Charles H. Tuttle, former Federal district attorney; Rabbl Wise, Jewish leader: Robert M. Hutch- ins, president of the University of Chi- cago: Prof. Seligman of Columbia Uni- versity. and August Heckscher, philan- thropist. Gandhi _ announced today at the meeting of the Indian Minorities Com- mittee, presided over by Prime Minis- ter MacDonald. that he had failed completely to settle the Hindu-Moslem eommunal problem. Still Has Hope. He qualified his statement, however, by saying that this does not mean that he has abandoned hope or cven arrived at a solution of this issue. "I propose. he said. “to use the present faflure as stepping stone to success” PP aaca that the work of trying to solve the communal problem must cord- tinue and that the failure thus far must ot be permitted to block the other work of the round table conference. He suggested appointment of a- judi- cfal tribunal at the end of the confer- ehce to examine *he claims of the various communities which constitute India’s populatior WALL CRACKS ROUT 153 STUDENTS FROM KENILWORTH SCHOOL ___ (Continued From First Page) an additional portable on the grounds of the Benning Sehool. to which school all seventh and eighth grade pupils of the Kenilworth School will be trans- ferred at once. “Portables will be placed on the grounds of the Kenilworth School to accommodate two classes for first, sec- ond. third and fourth grade pupils. The front wall of the building is affected. The portables will be placed in the rear of the building, and suit- able provision made for eliminating all possible danger to the children from the unsafe front —all” According to Mr. Crane, himself a trained architect, the ' Kenilworth School. located on Kenilworth avenue between Ord and Olive streets north- east. has been “under observation” for some time. It was not until late yes- terday, however, when workmen from the District repair shop were repairing | the ceiling of one of the rooms that the real depth of the cracks in the fromt wall was revealed. Inspected Again Todwy. The workmen had been instructed to make the structural survey in the course of the repair. and when they discovered the extent of the danger they reported their findings to Lieut. K. B. Shilling, Assistant Engineer Commissioner of the { sential principle dominates the char- | the commercial and. financial establish- | District, in charge of the repair shop. Lieut. Schilling telephoned Mr. Crane at his home last night. A further sur- vey was made this morning by Mr. Crane, Lieut. Schilling, S. B. Walsh, | assistant municipal architect; H. H. Marsh, structural engineer for the re- pair shop, and repair shop workmen. Classes were turned away from the building when they reported for school | this morning, and machinery was set in motion to accommodate them else- Where. | Farly this afternoon Robert L. Hay- cock. assistant superintendent in charge of elementary schools, announced the combination fifth and sixth grade of the Kenilworth ‘School and the combi- nation seventh and eighth grade will be zent immediately to the Benning School. Until an additional portable school can be erected on the Benning playground the transferred Kenilworth children will force two classes of the Benning School on a part-time schedule. Meanwhile, the combination first and second grade and the combination third and fourth grade classes at the Kenil- worth School will remain out of school until the early part of next week, by which time, Mr. Crane said, ihe portable building can be placed on the pla: ~~1 ground The portable scheduled for ‘he Ben- ning School will be ready at the seme tirtie The Kenilworth Scheol is one of ‘Washingtor's most antiquated struc- tures still in service. It is a two-story- and-basement brick building with only two class rooms to a floor. It was buflt in 1901. Plans Permanent Action. Maj. H. L. Robb, U. S. A, Assistant Engineer Commissioner, told The Star THE DECLINES:TO GIVE JURY CANNON-DATA | Page-Says-Hoyse Rules For- ‘ bid Him te-Produce Bishop’s Origihal Reports. E\' l | | GITTINGS NAMED FOREMAN OF NEW BODY. (Continued Ffony First Page.) . only a contribution of $10,000 to Con- | F"Edwin C. Jameson, who gave n large contribution to Bishop Cannon, _the .| expenditure of whieh brought about the inquiry, was present to .--*ify, as was also 'his secretary, Harold F. | Healey. They were also re icént as to | what “they would tell. Before the investigation Bishop Can | non. through Attorney Robert H. Mc {Neili. filed with the United States at- <! torney's office' a lengthy brief calling attention to the view of the mat- {iter taken by the clergyman that he was working in Virginia to obtain the srlrcéltor:e of presidential cldocwrsi 5 who are State officers and who do no THEODORE B. GITTINGS, come within the purview of the Fed- Local manager of the Western Union |cral corrupt practice law. Telegraph Co. who yesterday was! The brief contends the Anti-Smith named foreman of the present grand | Democratic Committee of Virginia was jury. —Star Staff Photo. PRESIDENT GIVES DEBT WARNING T0O TRADE CONFERENCE (Continued From First Page) actlvities related only to State clections in Virginia, and funds expended for that purpose did not have to be re- ported to Con-iess because spent in only_one Stat Two women appeared among the witnesses summoned to testify. They are Miss Rhea Myers and Mrs. Ruby B. Both side in Richmond. Othed Witnesses- Summoned. Among other witnesses by repeating a statement which I made | to this conterence just four vears ago, | when we were in ihe heyday of for- | g eign loans. I stated, in respect to such- are: Edwin Pope Thayer. secretary loans, that they are helpful in world 'of the Senate: Dr. Arthur J. Bar- development, “provided always one es-|ton of Wilmington, N. C., said to be associated with th Anti-Saloon League: acter of these transactions. That is, | Rev.J. Sidney Pet:rs of Newport, News, that no nation as a government should | Va.. who was connected with the anti- borrow or no government lend and |Smith committee; Col. Wade H. Cooper. nations should discourage their citizens | president of the Commercial Nationa from borrowing or lending unless this|Bank. and former head of the Conti money is to be devoted to productive ' nental Trust Co., where Bishop Cannon enterprise. had an account in 1928: Charles W Out of the'wealth and the higher | Warden. former viee president standards of living created irom en- | of the Continental Trust Co. terprise itself must come the ability to! Perry C. Seav, vice president Amer- repay the capital to the borrowing|ican’ Bank & Trust Co. of Rich country. Any other course of action mond: J. A Booker, cashier. Citizen creates cbligations impossible of repay- ' Bank & Trust Co. ~f Blackstone, Pa ment except by a direct subtraction S. L. Barrow. p-‘ident of the from the standards of living of the National Bank of Blackstone. Va.: borrowing country and the impover- Frani W. Sheffield, cashier of the Bank ishment of its people of Crawe. Va.: Willlam C. Gregg, Haek- “Bléssings Would Follow.” ensack, N. J. rald ta have been a con- summoned not a political committee because its | First | ‘]NIX’.I'- STAR, WASHINGTON, D CAPONE ADMTTED LIABILITY IS CLAIM - - | U. S. Seeks' Right to Prove! Gang Czar Offered to Settle in Part. L] By the Associated Press FEDERAL BUILDING, Chicago, Oc- tober 8.—The Government atéempted to introduce into the records of Al Onpone's income tax trial today a mams of docu- | ments purporting to show that the gang chief had admitted a tax liability, and attempted to settle with the Revenue Department. | As the first witness was called and | the prosecution asked him to identify one of the dbeuments, defense attorneys announced “this is a line of evidence to which we object strongly and are prepared to argue a point of law.” The jury & excused and Assistant United States District Attorney Samuel G. | Clawson read to the court what he | expected to introduce as evidence. Attorney Is Quoted. This_included the alleged statement by a Capone attorney that the gang- ster admitted he owed “some tax" and would be willing to settle on the basis of the following Income: $26,000 in 1926, $40.000 in 1927, $100,000 in 1928 | and $100.000 in 1929." Prior to 1926 the big fellow made only $75 a week as an employe-of Johnny Torrio, the attorney was quoted as teliing the government. Lawrence ‘B. Mattingly, a Chicago at- | torney, who speclalizes in tax matters, was the man quoted profusely in the Government’s exhibits The first exhibit of the group was a power of attornev, allegedly signed by Capone. in which the gangster informed {all those concerned that Mattingly could represent him in conferences with ! revenue agents and make any lawful | agreements on compromises with them. | Court Hears Report. A stenographic report of an alleged conference in which Capone himself took part was also read to the court, but the gangster was quoted as saying little except “I'd rather let my lawyer | answer that.” He did say, according | to the exhibit, that he had no bank ac- | counts, no real estate. no safe deposit | boxes. that he owned no race horses nd that he carried his money on his erson Mattingly, in letters to the Govern- ment agents. and in_conversations. all in the Spring of 1930, was quoted. as saying that Capone admitted a liability but that it was much less than the pub- | {ltc_and the Government suspected. tributor to the bishop’s fund: Fred C. In fact, if this principle could be Waggener, auditor of the Lawyers” Trust adopted between nations of the world | Co. New York City: C. B. Stevens, —that is, if nations would do away | Charlottesville. Va.: Thomas P. Dow with the lending of money for the! manager of the Western Union Tel balancing of budgets, for purposes of | graph Co, and F. P. Ferguson, cashfer, military equipment or war purposes, or | Hudson County National Bank of New- even that type of public works which ' ark, N. does not bring some direct or indirect | E. J. Armbruster and L. P. Oliver, productive return—a great number of | connected with the Bureau of Investi- blessings would follow to the entire ' gation cof the Department of Justice. world. of which J. Edgar Hoover is in charge There could be no question as to' have worked up the evidence in the the ability to repay; witn this increas- i i o A case and will also testify ng security capital wou! come | 3 steadily cheaper, the dangers to na- A tional ‘and- individual independence in| AS the grand jury went into the attempts of the lender to collect his | campaign activities of Bishop Cannon, defaulted debts would be avoided: there | the eMthodict churchman. in a vigorous ~ould be definite increase in the | statement. hit b at the charge of standard of living and the comfort and | an old foe. Senator Glass of Virginia, prosperity of the borrower. | that the bishop had “run away to There could be no greater step taken Europe” during the Senate probe of in the prevention of war itself. This Bishop Cannon's handling. of campaign is perhaps a little further toward the ' money. millennium than our practical world | Denying the accusation. Bishop Can- has reached, and I do not propose that non said it was ‘“vindictive, vitupera- these are matters that can be regulat- | tive insulting ed by law or treaty. They are matters| The records of the Board of Tem- that can be regulated solely by the |perance and Social Service of the commercial and linancial sentiment of | Methodist Episcopal Church. South, he each of our countries: and if this body | added, “show that I was urgenslv re- may be able to develop the firm con- | quested by thet board to g0 to Europe. viction, develop the understanding that | if possible, to represent the prohibition the financia! transactions between na- | cause tions must be built upon the primary| Glasg long an opponent of the cleric, foundation that money transferred is'gaid during the Senate inquiry for reproductive purposes, it will have | August into Bishop Cannen's financial contributed to the future of the West- ! transactions as chairman of the Anti- ern Hemisphere in a degree seldom |smith Democrats that Canngn open (o a conference of this char-)ryn away to Eurqgg and had sought to i | seek to hide his ctipability behind the skirts of a woman secretary He referred in the latter connection Would Have Cut Burdens. I repeat this todav. because had it been followed curing hese past five years our problems throughout the world would be far different, our dif- iiculties infinitely less. I have' learned with particular in- terest and gratification that by far the greater number of those in attendance at this conference are not governmen- | tal delegates, but representatives of | the organization. who has refused to | testify before the Senate Committee. Quotes From Churchman's Le‘ter. The prand jury probe is to determine | if the clergvmen ardl Miss Burroughs violated the Federal corrupt practices act quoted a letter written to him since his | return from Europe by Dr. W. G. Cram, general secretary of the Board of Mis- sions of the Methodist Episcopal hurch, stating “your visit to Europe was imperative in view of the necessity of giving immediate attention to mat- ters of vital interest concerning the work of the Kongo missions of the Methodist Episcopal Churc! cated in the Kongo-Belge.” ments of the several American Re- publies. Particularly do we in the Unit- ed States hold to the theory that com- mercial enterprise, except as rare emergency action, is_essentially a pri- | vate undertaking, and that the sole function of government is to bring about a condition of affairs favorable to the beneficial development of private enterprise. It is the failure to compre- hend this_conception of the relation | between the function of Government and the function of private cnterprise that sometimes leads the thoughtless to assume the cistence of an interna- tional indifference which does not in fact exist, The lareer significance of your meet- ing is attested by the fact that at stated intervals the accredited repre- sentatives of the Governments and of the commercial organizations of this continent come together with a view to_interchange of experience and fos- tering that mutual confidenee withiout which the development of international commerce is _impossible. Your work possesses a significance far beyond the Concret problems with which you will have to deal. Permit me in closing to combine with my welcome the confident expectation that your deliberations will redound to | the benefit of all the Nations of this continent. GANGSTER'S WOMAN FRIEND FOUND SLAIN I ‘had rup away to Europe.” He said he considered his church duties to be of greater importance “than attendance upon his meeting of a committee which I not only formally protested was acting without, consitutional authority, which in September upon my return, having not be present from August 12 to Sep- tember 20.” “The statement.” he continued, “{hat T was seeking to hide my culpability be- hind the skirts of a woman secretary is an ungentlemanly, insulting and also a libelous ‘attack upon a woman of in- telligence and Christian character who does her own thinking and determines her own course of conduct in accord- ance with the dictates of a conscience certainly equally enlighteried as that of Senator Glass.” The bishop further asserted Senator, Glass was seeking to “destroy my repu-’ tation and influerice.” CORRECTION Name of Ethel P. Stephens Erro- neously Used in Article. The Evening Star yesterday erro- neously printed the name of Ethel P. Stephens, 1107 Sixteenth street, this city, as naving been injured in an automobile aceident at Littletown, Pa., in which Samuel M. Montgomery of Rockville was killed. The woman who was injured in the aceident is registered at the Han- over General Hospital a¢ Hanover, Pa.. as Charlotte Million, an . her address Police Suspect Frank McErlane May Have Been Killed in Attack. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO. October 8-—A hunt for Prank McErlane, living or dead, was begun today as the body of a woman with whom he had associated, was last | “had | to Miss Ada L. Burroughs, treasurer of | In his reply to Glass. Bishop Cannon | South, lo- | The bishop said this statement showed | “the absolute falsity of the charge that | committee could have held its sessions | been previously notified that I could| early this afternoon that he had called on Marsh and Walsh for a written re- port on the condition of the building. He said that while he did not want to “get ahead of the story” he intended to recommend the permanent abandon- ment of the old structure. The cracks Ryan. in the brick wall, he said; are “settle- |~ Tha woman may have been the vic- ment cracks” and probably were due. tim of assassins looking for McErlane, to_an incorrectly designed foundation. | the beer runner. buiglar, gangster and Maj. Robb called attention to the fact reputed killer, who more than once has that at the meeting of the District Pub- | dodged death by & hair. In February, lie School Association last night a wom- ' 1930, McErlane’s hospital room was iri- am speaker criticlzed the District for . vaded by gunners who sent three bul- spending too much money on elaborate jets into his leg and body while he lay, foundations, which, even after they already wounded by what he called an were built, had to be equipped with'gaecidental shot. He drew a pistol from electric pumps to keep the basements beneath his pillow and put his assail- free from water. Maj. Robb at that ants to flight time told the association that unless; Four times in his 30-year police rec- foundations were adequately cobstruct- ord, he has been charged with murder. | ed—and that, he added. frequently | The police had little on which to base | means expensively constructed — the a solution of today's slaying. Two dogs | buildings would not stand for mem¥ | were found shot dead near the car. In | years. The cracks at the Kenllworth | the car were two suit cases; containing ; School, he said. merely prove thiat. Maj. | the woman’s clothes and a revolver Robb said today that because of Wash- | She apparently hed dressed hastily ington’s comparatively slight elevation | wearing house slipoers. dbove sem-level and the accompanying | McErlane was last found in a McErlane automobile, pock- marked withi bullets. A neighbor said she had seen the woman, known as Mrs. Mary Ryan, enter the car with McErlane late yes- terday. McErlane al.o used the name heard from of- presencé of numerous creeks in this ' fielally Juns 5. when he stood on a vicinity, it is common practice to in- South Side corner and fired a few shots automatic electric pumps in build- to amuse himself. A married sister had whose foundations go to & depth oaused his arrest on a charge that he of 30 bit her cheek in a fit of anger, in the 1400 block of T teenth street, in this city. The car in which the couple were riding_formerly was the property of Mrs. Stephens, and had ben sold, under her authorization, by Robert H. McN=ill, a local atlorney. The Star regfets the error. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Card party, St. John's Parish Hall, Thirty-fourth street and Rainier ave- nue, Mount Rainier, Md. 8:30 p.m. Meeting, Jewel Mae Social Club, Thomas Circle club house, 8:30 p.m. Meeting, Chemical Socisty, Cosmos Club, 8 pm. Entertainment and dance, Lebanon | Masonic Lodge, Willard Hotel, 8 p.m. Card perty, Good Will Chapter, No. . E. S, 126 U stieet northeast, Danee, benefit Brightwood Chapter, No. , O. E. 8., Masonic Temple, Georgia and Colorado #venues, 9 p.m. Ladies’ night program, ¥ University b, 0 P Since Capone left the employ of ‘Tor- I rio (the gang whose place he took), the attorney was quoted as say- ing that the defendant had boen as- jated with three other men in a business. enterprise, but that because | Capone cntered the business with 50 | capital, his return in the first fow vears was not large. A group of regular employes received onc-third of the profits, said a Mat- {tingley letter to the Revenue Depart- {ment. and Capone and the other thre> heads of the business each took one- sixth Tte Government yesterday tried to link_Capone with the gambling houses of Cicero, where the garg chief once made his home. None of the first five witnesses who | appeared at the opening of the trial | in Federal Court was able, however, to | state definitely that the gang chief e~ { ceived any money from tre gaming | establishments. ~ Capone's _smmall but | emergetic defense staff sniped constantly | at the Government's case. | His attorneys appear to be egged on [ by the scar-faced defendant. He leans | forward and whispers to them every few minutes. The rest of the time he glowers or smiles at the witness, ae- cording to the wiy the testimony is going. GROCER IS ROBBED v ‘Men Takie 985 and Tt Store Owner Over Head. About_$25 im cash was stolen from | Hyman Rosenbloom by two unidentified hold-up men last night at his grocery | store, 1253 Walter place southeast. Rosenbloom told Howard E. Ogle and W. Mansfleld. headquarters detec- | tives. he had just t¥ansferred $25 from | the cash register to his pockst prepara- {tory to closing his store, when two men entered. Each was about 21 yvears old. He said they demanded his money {and he handed it ower without any show of resistance. The grocer reported one of the men struck him in the head with the pistol aiter taking his mcney. The pair then | disappearcd. Rosenblom went to Cas- {ualty Hospital and was treated for & 'DOOLITTLE WILL THREE CAPIT i Will Fly >From VOttawa to Mexico City on Colum- bus Day. iPlans to Stop Here for Gas at About 7-0’Clock Mon- day Morning. Relying upon his remodeled racing plage to produce” the highest speeds ever attained for a long-distance flight. Maj. James H. Doolittle on Monday will at- tempt to visit the capitals of Canada, the | United States and Mexico between dawn |and dark. He expects to.arrive in the | National Capital at about 7 o'clock. Mon- day morning, stopping for fuel at Boll- ing Field. | Maj. Doolittle's flight, set for Colum- | {bus day, will start from Ottawa, Canada, | with the first flush of dawn and will | include fuel stops at Washington, Bir- | mingham, Ala., and Corpus Cristi, Tex. | He expects to cut his fuel stops to' a | maximum of 10 minutes each and to mak: the entire flight’ of approximately 2,500 miles in less than 12 hurs. | Will Use Biplane. ! Doolittle will use the same little rac- ing biplane with which he set a new | transcontinental speed record of 11 hours and 15 minutes on September 4, ifter winning the $25,000 Bendix Trophy race from Los Angeles to Cleveland, in | connection with the National Air Races. | The trip from Ottawa io Mexico City will be a trifie longer than his trans- ’:ontlnenml flight, he estimated. | Since the transcontinental flight the | |little biplane has been. speeded up by |improvement of the streamlining, which tends to make it faster without addi- tional outlay of power. Doolittle, how- ever, belleves he will require every pos- sible milo of additional speed to equal his_transcontinental average. “Tt will be more difficult to equal the transcontinental mark,” he said, ‘“‘be- jcause the course conmnecting the three {capitals lies in a southwesterly direc- tion, and there will be greater risk of | having to fight headwinds.” Spends Day Here, Doolittle spent most of yesterday lll‘ Washington conferring with officials of the State and Commerce Departments and customs officers on arrangements? . C.. THURSDAY, OCTOBERY 8 1931 Morfow Funeral ’R!tes at Englewood SIMPLICITY MARKS CERK\ MONY FOR LATE SENATOR. APTAINS and kings of politics, finance and industry and hundreds of plsin neighbm § gathered in the Pirst Presbyterian Church of Englewood, N. J. vesterday to pay their last respects to Senw ©f Dwight W. Morrow. ows crowds of mourners outside the church as the body of the late Senator j @ conveved from the Photo chapel MANY DIGNITARIES AT MORROW RITE Huge Throng Present, hut Senatlor’s Funeral Is Un- ostentatious. TREASURY TO SELL NOTES 850,000.0007111 DO-D;y.mlln to Be Sold to Highest Bidder. The Treasury Department announced last night it will sell to the highest bidder, October 13, ninety-day Treasury bills in the sum of about $50,000,000. The bills will be dated Ooctober 15 and will mature January 13. The pro- ceeds of the sale will be used to retire Treasury certificates which mature on October 13. BY the Atcoriatod Press ENGLEWOOD, N. J. October Hidden by tall cedars zn1 the carth, that was mortal of Dwight Whitne Morrow rested in Breokside Cemet today, within sig % of beautiful home from which 1 had stepped for- ward to gain riches. fam: and position. The late United Stat nator’s fu- neral was as solemn. dignified and un- ostentatious as his lifs and charactor, A former President of th> Uaited States Calvin Coolidge: a Vice President Charles Curtis; scores of United States Senators and Representatives. as well diplomatic leaders, attended the last a Bullztin Says Inventor Had Restless Night, but Strength: Holds Out. By the Associaged Press WEST ORANGE, N. J, Oetober 8.— Thomas A. Edison spert a very restless night but did not appear to be weaker today, his physician, Dr. Hubert . Hove, announced in his morning bul- 1otin | “Mr. Edison passed a very restless night,” the bulletin read. “He ste s fair breakfast and does ot appear to be weaker than last night. His vitality 1§ amazing.” Dr. Howe rald ordinarily he would be able to prediet when a patient in Edi- tos, The church services, ronducted by Rev. Dr. Carl Eilmore, vere in the Pirst Presbyterian Church Classmates Mr. Morrow from Amheorat Colles rescniatives of the Mex ment, where he was Am: sador, and members of th: firm of J. P. Morgan & Co., where once he was a partrer, also attended There were 5,000 porsens outside the church, and thousands of othors lined the streets from the Morrow estate to the chureh. Only 20 po —the im- mediate Morrow family at the grave as the coffin was lowered into it. son's conditfon would slip into the BODY OF MAN IS FOUND sons conaiion wousa iy . BENEATH. TAFT BRIDGE | ar. Bitson, howover, he msid sack: & prediction was impossible becamise the aged inventor “‘was making such a vai- Brokem Branches Indicate Fall jant battle for life.” From Span—Out of Work Two Months: weaker today. it was only natural to suppose the inventor was constantly, The body of a colored man. believed If Very gradually, weakening. to be Benjamin Jones, 400 block Elm street, was found below the Taft Bridge shortly after 10 o'clock this morning by Policeman L. D. Mason. United States park police. The Emergency Hospital ambulance was called and the man was pronounced cead by Dr. Thomas Bradley. \ Broken branches scattered about the spot where the man fell indicated that he might have jumped or fallen from the bridge. Jones was about 60 vears old and is said to have been unemployed for two months. |and inquired about his condition. TRY TO VISIT (CARDINAL SPECIAL et O DAY‘ JUST WISSES CAR quit conditfon. was inevitable. as the 84-year-old in- ventor was ucable to take any liquids, soning, swiftly permeating his system. Lawrence Richey, one of President Hoover's secretaries, telephoned the Bdi- condition. Henry close friends and fellow-vacationists of the inventor, also telephoned constamtly ¥ ] (Continued Prom First Page.) nials in the seventh and deciding eon- test. 'To a man they consider the sixth game and another deadlock theirs, for | the simple reason they do not ses how George Livingston Earnshaw can lose. Connie Mack smiles and says, “Yes, I have a lot of confidence in George." The players think Earnehaw ocertainly will pitch Priday, and if he wins, they regard it likely the famous right hander will start the seventh same Saturday, with Lefty Grove in reserve both days. Mickey “Sold” on Rarnshaw. “The way I look at it.” swid Mickey Gochrane today. “Earnshaw has shown he can overpower the Cards—that is. all but this Martin. He has shown he can do the iron man stunt. He told me yesterday he felt like pitching. t pitched successive games in both ti MAJ, JAMES H. DOOLITTLE. for clearance over the borders and other details of the tri “The success or failure of the flight.” he said, “depends as much on the ground arrangements as on the actual flying. I expect to spend from 5 to 10 minutes at' eachi stop—no more Beoause of uncertainty as t> weather in_between.” Earnshaw is one of the few who doesn’t,_participate in the general hil- arity of the world champions en route. Big George prefers relaxation and s quiet conversation to the beisterous exchange of wise-cracks or a poker game. He looks very much lke » great right-handed pitcher who feit confident he could “bear down" on the opposition 1929 and 1930 seriss with only = day | conditions along so great a distance, Doolittle is prepared to fly blind for long distances if necessary. He has in- alled special blind flying instruments and is prepared to go through weather which cuts off sight of every landmark if storms lie in his path. Expert on Blind Flying. and smother them whenever required. He's the one big reason why the A's are still confident they will take two in a row and win the serfes. You hear plenty about ® young gent named Martin in the gabfests of the | world champions. “When Martin came to bat about |5ays he He is recognized as one of the world’s | the third time vesterday.” remuarised foremost authcrities on blind flying. periments” of the Daniel F. Guggen- heim Fund for the Promotion of Aero- nautics and in this capacity made the first blind: take-off, fiight and landing: in an airplane, sealed. in a light-tight t, which Doolittle expected to arrive in St.|but the A’s have the- gallantry Lculs today. He will go to Chicago Sat- urday to pick up his racmng plane and will fly it to Ottawa Sawurday and Sun- Monday. ‘The only cause for postponement of the flight, he said, will be severe head- winds over a large part of the ccurse or unusually bad weather condil Should such conditions be encountered, he will start as. as conditions im= prove, cnckEl revented him seeing | ;r‘\yt ing but the instruments before | O m. | day im preparation for an early start | tlgprnm | Cochrane, “I said to him: “Say, Kid, don’t you ever pop out?’ He came right | Because of his expert knowledge he Was | paok: ‘I'm just in there swinging and | chesen. for the long series of “fog ex- | getting the breaks.’ " |7 1t is & new experience for the A's— | this business of being rai ‘hsrrassed foolish by a rookie—but it has gone | far enough now so that they can laugh about the sheer audacity and. brilliance f: the Cardinal outflelder. There may behind the lsughs, to take | h: off to a youngster their hats off & . | every rtesource of a great temmr smd manager put against him. be a bit of worry | admitied Gochrane. “He has hit every- thing we have tried against lim, high or low, fire balls or slow balls.” Mack's shake-up of his line-up in the ime, wit! !bhob’n‘& second and Jim Moore going fo the ontfleld in place of Heas, wae | don't know how to stop him;" » \ EDISON'S VITALITY " AAZES DOCTOR , —Wide World Photo CONVICTS XUELLED EAVENWORTH Prisoners. Locked W' Celis) ATL for Protast Agaim "t Radio Ban. \ \ By the Associated Press. Thomas B. White, warden at the Feq '~ eral Penitentiary here, announced today that & disturbance growing out of curs, tailment of radio privileges of the pris- oners had quieted in the early morning hours and that he expected no further difficulty. The warden said the disorders, con- fined to jeering andicatealling from two Dr. Howe said that. aithough his ex- ination did not reveal Edison was | President Hoover and close friends in- | d’ constantly for any change in his | Dr. Howe had previously said the end | WRECKED ON TRACK — | | | | l& plaintiff_all 929, Bowl | e cell-bloeks, resulted from the elimina- tlon of nightly progxams and that in- terest in world series base ball games was not involved. Acts on Instructions. “We get the results nere each after- noon,” he said, “and post them where the men are working. as before.” Warden White said) that he was act- ing under instructionsjfrom Washington in reducing the time for receiving of radio programs by two' hours. The warden said all of the conviets were locked in their cells. The sngry shouts of the prisoners and the continual ringiug of gongs within the prison walls wyre heard a rsomlldcrlb\e distancs from \the institu- tion. Lieut. John Kenny of the Leaven- worth Police Department reported the din from the penitentiary comtinued for several hours after the outset, but that police had obtained no definiteiinforma- tion on the disorder. Prison guards patrolled fhe grounds: ordering curious s away. A stric censorship prevails at the Hederal in stitution. reports normally going to Washington for dissemination. Last Mutiny in 1929. last serious outbreak at was a mutiny in the dining room The the prison by which he might fight the uremic poi~ :““IUA" 1, 1929. One convict: was killed three others wounded by prison guards, who became targets \of dishes, furniture and fixtures in their\attempts son home and requested that the White | 10 pacify the men. House be notifled of any change in his _ The cause of the mutiny wac given Ford and Harvey Pirestone, | the the prisoners as inferior f al sbsence of ice in the drinkin, WOMEN EMPLOYED IN BLACKMAIL PLOT, DEAN SAYS IN SUIT (Continued From First Page) k3 Campbell ¢. the firm of Do gias, Obear . and Neil Burkinsbaw, the leges that, since December, ‘1939, les has ' unlawfully and fraudulently conspired with other per- Sons to extort large sums of money from him by and through aecusations of crime and misconduct and threats of clvfl.or criminal prosecution. falsely improper acts and crimes which, if true, wi tend to disgrace him. i Seeks to Recover Cash. fl;-nlu n‘:m'g::::i to_have become a iracy on February 6. 1, and Mr. and Mrs. Lioyd In‘d oy on May 1, 1931. hen;‘l l’"sulu osly m“;-ecom money alleged m.cun-umz SRR , 1930, T 23, 1930; $16,000 on‘ 16. 1931; $10,000 on April 25, $45,000 on May 20, 193]. ntiff says that in further- oon-:lruy the de- certain wom 1“-'":-5 m‘mpm him odr having made S i per and crimf assaulf upen them.” G ” . Induced Wonmn, He Says. The defendants, he says. then induced m:;n:\m? ohre-t:: him with suits ons { - “lu'm or the al- Dean sets forth in datail only a case In which he says the defendants ac- ;:::ed. mcx;:n :flsily b:t fraudulently alter- ract between the Atlantic Ttilitles Co. and himsalf. Although denying he altered the c%mct. Dgan paid money to avold the scandal of a threatened. sujt. Dean’s address is given in the suit as, 1320 Twenty-first sug:t 1981, and The must rely on Grimes an han without giving either his customary; Earnshaw, in Cochrane’s opinion, was| never faster th: game: The A's backstop met Jim Col-| lins, Card pinch hitter whe struck out, and was asked nd ater. fi F.OFLISURGED TODEMAND RELIEF ‘Editor Telis Convention to See That Aid Is Voted at Coming Session. By the Associated Press. VANCOUVER, B. C.. October 8- Exhorted by speakes to take up the “big stick” and “‘compel” Congress to relieve unemployment under threat of political Teprisal, the American Federation of Labor convention went to work today on the controversial issues before it. Ballent in the grist of resolutions up for discussion was one introduced by Miss Florence Curtis Hanson of the teachers’ federation. ‘This resolution would put the federa= tlon on record with a demand for gov- ernment employment assurance: work insurance financed by State and Fed- eral aid; creation of a large reserve fund to support the unemployed in crisis; sborter working hours; State control of industry, and a “long range” plan of public works. Refer to Social Unrest. Several speakers yesterday referred to “social revolution” and “'social un- Test” as a possible result of failure to solve the unemployment problem. Edward Keating, former representa- tive in Congress from Colorado and editor of Labor, said the workers had rthe inalienable right to work. and if industry denies that right, 1 insist in- dustry “must be taxed.” Don't worry about what indus- i trialists, capitalists and politicians tell you.” he said. “Stick to your program, 1 Congress betrays you, you will have the record as a weapon to bring about political revolution in 1932. | ;yRalph Horr, Washington Representa= tive in Congress, commended the Fed- eration for its “brave stand” on pro- hibition, saying the eighteenth amend= ment was ruining the judicial system, Pederation leaders have advocated legislation to permit the manufacture of 2.75 per cent beer. Dispute May Be Settled. Internsl disagreements, particularly trades and crafts discipline, are ex- pected to be settled in committee. A dispute between the building trades department and the carpenters. brick- Javers and electrical workers was dis cussed secretly by a committce yester- dav M. J. McDonough, president of the building trades department, ex- pressed the belief the matter would be LEAVENWORTH. Kans., October A — | ironed out before it reaches the floor Lower tariff rates between the United | States and Canada are advocated by ;‘“mlhm Green, president of the federae ion. In an address to labor leaders and ‘ewspaper men at a junchcon ziven sterday by R. J. Cromie. publi of tA\* Vancouver Sun. Green said bed veen the two nations should be en- u,.asged. with tariff barriers knocked dowh 5 far as is “consistent” with rea- son. Should Cultivate Trade. “We\nught to cultivate trade between the twod, naticns,” he said. “This rule of reascy’ sheuld apply. of course, o that best y nterests of both countries will be served® These things have to be adjusted ey uitably.” Green sa:\' he thought the Canadians had duplns;d “greater wisdom th handling United States, . “You have found a real solution\ of a wery difficult social problem.” The moratoris ments, he said, considerably | year. Revenge 19 Deplored. “There is no need to braak the backs {of any peiple to sutisfy a feeling of revenge. War is pecitfar in ghat nobody { wins and everybody loses. We are learne | ing that 13 years aftorthe war.” i Independence for the, Philippines was irged. military training tin public scho was opposed and a five-day week for postal employes was aske¥ in resolutions. They were referred to committees. James T. Taylor. president of the Washington State Federation of Labor, sponsored the resolution favoring action by the rext Congress to grant “‘complete 2, independence to the Filipinos.” 2 Miss Hanson and Leo E. George of the National Federation of Post Officed Clerks, sponsored the resolution. which would' place the American Federation ‘of Labor on record as opposed to milie 3 tary training in public schools. 3 Delegates affiliated with the National { Association of Letter Carriers and Ra way Mail Association, asked ‘“early™! establishment of the five-day work week ' in the postal service *with no curtail-’ ment in essential service to the pube lic* and without any reduction in prese ent pay rates. Ask Radio Probe. Delegates representing the electrical workers asked the convention to peti- tion Congress to appoint a joint com- mittee of Senators and Representatives “to_investigate the Federal Radio Com- migsion’s allocation of channels, with the idea of obtaining a national cleared channel for radio station WCFL. at Chicago. the radio station of organ- ized labor.” A shorter work day for seamen was urged {in a resolution sponsorcd by drew Puruseth and Victor A. O'Lal of the Seamen's Union, James D. Graham, Montana State Federatipn. proposed that the feder: tion sponsor a “proclamation day when “all unions affiliated with the American Federation of Labor shall | proclaim and start” a six-hour day and fiva-day week throughout the country. An 18-yewr-old dispute between the machinists and carpenters came up for review in a' resolution offered by the machinists’ delegates. It protests against “bui assembling. erecting, mantling’ and repairing of gnachinery" "y rpenters, insisting that such work shouldibe done by machinist crafts. 1 A\™ on ' war debt pay= ust be extended for & r petiod than one \WLEAN DECLINES 1) SERVICE IN SUIT \ A Agnees to\Accept Papers, Then \x Refers) U. S. Marshal % to\ Attorney. Edward B. McLean, publisher of the Washington Post. has declined thus far to accept service in the action insti- tuted vesterday by his wife, Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLean, asking for a limited divorce and for the removal of Mc- Lean as co-trustee of the estate of his ! father, John R. MeLean, it became known foday. Agreding yesterday \by phone to ac- cept service, it was svid this morning by United States Marshal Edgar C. Snyder, Mr. McLean denied entrance to the official at the McLean home, Priendship, and referrad him to At- torney Wilton J. Lambert, on whom he said Jle'rv!ce could be made as his , the marshal said. ex- r, he had no authority to_act. ‘The marshals office was continuing efforts today to) serve papers\Mr. Sny- tb% while “every con- Il bel shown him, service xpecket] service would be effected during the: day. McLean is co-trmstee of his father's estate, with ¢he Mmerican Security & ‘Trust Co., and his tremoval would make | possible the severance of his connec- tion with the Post in the capacit president and oo out n g‘,“’“"‘f{' bg!; thaum T | suit. e, cl rges he has injured me,mm !