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A2 #» CAPONE'S SPENDING! STIRS U. 3. COURT More Than $80,000 Revealed in Mon- Orders on Florida Trips. Br the Associated Pres. CHICAGO. October 10.—The “money from home" that enabled Al Capone to live in the manner in which he was sccustomed while Wintering in Florida todsy was a subject for interrogation, clarification and objection at his income tax trial The Government had read into the records some $80,000 worth of tele- graphic money orders which passed in 1928 .1 1929 between Chicago and Miami. The gang chlef’s relationship to most . them was that of ultimate ! recipient, the prosecution charged. Where the money came from was a subject barely touched on yesterdey— | the, first order of business day. A s:nd- | ing blank transmitting $1.500 to Capone and signed “Sam Cusick” was identified by a Western Union employe and then court adjourned for the day. The wit- ness said he did not know the s2nder. Serving Term in Prison. (Sam Guzik, an alleged lieutenant in | the Capone liquor-gambling-vice syndi- | cate, is now serving a one-year sentenc Leavenworth Penitentiary. He to evailng income The Miami end of the telegraphic transactions was pretty well exhausted as a matter of court record. Capone's own attorneys helped to speed up the matter by agreeing that the money or- ders were bona fide, that the sums up to $5.000 were undoubtedly transmitted, | but they argued unsuccessfully that the orders were immaterial and irrelevant to | the case. | “The fact that a man had money.” | said Federal Judge James H. Wilker- | son, “and that he paid money out would | seem 1o be at least a circumstance that | ther» was money coming in.” Government evidence purported to show that Capone, while living in Flor- ida, received under various names sums ranging from $300 to $5.000. Every few days money transfers arrived from Chi- cago. During a normal week the amount was from $1.500 to $2,000. Florida was not the only place where Capone had and spent money, accord- ing to prosecution witnesses. Tells of $3,000 Party. 1l Fred Avery, former manager of the | Metropole Hotel in Chicago, said that Capone carried huge rolls of currency while a resident in the establishment. gave $5 tips to bellboys, occupied an eight-room suite and once “threw $3.000 party lasting two days.” Expenses for “incidentals” originating | in the Capone suite were also re- counted. The hotel record. identified by Macramsey Smith, a former clerk and assistant cashier, showed payments as_high as $1,633. e money spent in purchasing and | improvi & palatial home for the Capone family at Miami Beach, Fla., was another matter of much discussion. | ‘The down payment of $10,000, which, a witness said, came from ' Capone’s pocket, was only about haif of the amount spent in building a swimming pool, wall around the premises and | “exotic gardens,” the prosecution de- | clared. Capone himself appeared distinctly | worried as uhe lengthy documentary and verbal evidence was introduced. In turn, he glared at the witnesses, smiled at the jurv and whispered ex- citedly with his_attorneys. Sometimes | he clenched his fists during the intensc | wait for witnesses to answer questions. | Pleased Only Once. The big gangster appeared pleased only on one occasion. That was when | he was quoted as saying during a con- | ference with local and State officials | who wished him to leave Florida in | 1928: | “I'm a gambler—but I never was a bootlegger in my whole life.” HOOVER TO LEAVE FOR RAPIDAN TODAY Week End_;flill_ B: Devoted to Rest, Only Intimate Friends Being Invited. | The drop in temperature and the 4 prospects of real chilly atmosphere in lithe Blue Ridge Mountains did not de- ter President Hoover today in going ahead with his plans for another week end at his fishing camp on the Rapi- dan River, in Virginia. The President expects to leave late this afternoon and ! return to Washington in the forenoon . §Monday. This week end will be de-| kmed entirely to rest. The President {®will leave Washington with the deter- mination to engage in no business while y. With this object in view, the ests for the week end have been se- ected from among the Hoovers' in- timate friends—those known as the § street crowd. Among the guests will be Harlan ¥. Stone, associate justice of the Su- .preme Court. and Mrs. Stone; Senator ; Charles D. Walcott of Connecticut, Who is living_in President Hoover's S street house: Dr. and Mrs. Vernon Kellogg. Mark Sullivan, Willial rmer assistant Secretary of Commerce in charge of Aviation, and Mrs. McCracken: Mr. and Mrs. Wil- liam Hard and Miss Alida M. Henriques. Chief Justice Hughes of the United States Supreme Court and Mrs. Hughes will motor to the President’s camp to- morrow, where they will be luncheon guests. They will return to Washing- ton in the afternoon. SENATOR KING’S RADIO| FORUM TALK TONIGHT Sweeping Review of Monetary Situation Promised National Air Audience. Fvery phase of the monetary situa- tion will be discussed by Senator Wil- liam H. King of Utah in a radio talk tonight. He will speak in the National | Radio Forum, arranged by The Wash- | ington Star and broadcast over a ccast- to-const network of the Columbia Broadcasting System. He will be heard locally at 9:30 p.m. over Station WMAL. There has been much discussion of monetary affairs in political circles | since Great Britain temporarily sus-'| pended the gold standard recentiy. No ! one knows more about the matter than Senator King. A Democrat, he has been | in the Senate since 1916. He is a mem- berfof both the Finance Committee and the ‘Committee on Mines and Mining. WILL UNVEIL TABLET Baltimore D. A. R. Chapter Plans Marshall Hall Ceremonies. ‘The Thomas Johnson Chapter of the D. A. R. of Baltimore will unveil a tablet at Marshall Hall on October 13 at 11:30 am. The feature of the cere- m 1 be hanging the Marylard flag y the Governor of Maryland #o the nRnsion. Join New German Cabinet THE E\"ENII\"G STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1931 APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED ' HESE four men were chosen ves T Wilhelm Groener, minister of di food and agriculture. Schaetzel, posts and telegraphs. cabinet announced by Chancellor Heinrich Bruening, who also retained { for himself the post of foreign minister. Left to right, lower: Gottfried Treviranus, min- ister of transportation, and Dr. Curt Joel, minister of justice. The other mem- | bers are Hermann Walmbold, economics; Hermann Dietrich, finance, and Georg BY CHANCELLOR terday as members of the new German Left to right, upper: Gen.| efense and interior, and Martin Schiele, —A. P. Photos, | WOMEN PRESENT PEACE PETITIONS Plea Signad by 125,000 Laid Before Hoover After Tour of 25 States. By the Associated Press. The plea of 125.000 women for peace today was brought to President Hoover by a coast-to-coast caravan. With Jane Addams and Helen Taft Manning at its head, the 200 feminine- | directed cars reached their goal bear- ing the gigantic petition against war. “Total and universal disarmament” is its demand. The United States Gov- ernment is requested to instruct its delegates to the February, 1932, Dis- armament Conference in Geneva “to take the necessary steps to achieve dis- | armament.” Jane Addams Heads Group. Veteran peace campaigner Jane Addams, 71, accepted in Baltimore the invitation to join the caravan for its swing down Pennsylvania avenue to the White House. She is honorary inter- national president of the Women's Internationsl League for Peace and Freedom, which sponsored the peace petition tour. Helen Taft Manning, daughter of the late Chief Justice, came directly to the | Capital to speak for the group in its plea to the President Leaving the White House, the caravan had two further meetings banding—a dinner tonight to permit caravanners to tell how they petitioned in 125 cities of 25 States and & mass meeting tomorrow, with Miss Addams presiding. Thus was Miss Mabel Vernon, former suffrage campaigner, to climax her 15-year coast - to - coast caravanning { career. Fastest Tour of Career. Never before did Miss Vernon make such a whirlwind finale. With a repu- tation for keeping crcss-country dates with Pennsylvania avenue to a dot, she arrived today six days ahead of schedule. ‘When she left Los Angeles, June 25, she had set October 16 to end the 10,000-mile trip to the White I.ouse, allowing only three days’ rest. But tires and roads had improved even more than she had reckoned. The caravan sped smocthly, adding more States than Elanned. in less time than figured. On er first trip in 1915 cars got lost in the desert and stuck in mud. Then she led a women's suffrage caravan, which collected 500,000 signa- tures for White House delivery. The next year Miss Vernon was again on the transcontinental trail for suffrage. In 1919 she was engineering the special for the National Woman's Party, out for the vote. In 1926, with suf- rxge won, she made the coast-to-coast tfip petition for more women in Con- gress. CAR LINES FAVORED IN RULING ON FARE Not Required to Enlarge on legations of Appeals Against Pupils’ Rate. ‘The street car companies do not need | to enlarge the allegations of their ap- peals from the order of the Public | Utilities Commission requiring them to transport school children fcr a !-cenli fare, according to a decision of Justice | Jennings Bailey of the District Supreme | Court. Justice Bailey overruled a mo- | tion of People’s Counsel Richmond B. | Keech and Assistant Corporation Coun- | sel William A. Roberts for the commis- | jon. who scught to have the car com- panies go into more detail showing how they figured that it cost 6.972 cents to transport each passenger carried by the companies. Keech and Roberts contended at a recent hearing of their motion before the court that the companies had not shown that it was necessary to put on additional equipment or make additional ;unl to accommodate the school chil- ren. The action of the court requires | Keech and Roberts to answer the | original “stitions, which will be then | heard on lhe‘!flh. No date for a| hearing has been scheduled. | before dis- | peace | rison | ‘BRODKHART URGES HUGE NOTE ISSUE | Three Billions in Legal Tender Treasury Bills Are Asked. | By the Assoclated Press. A $3.000,000,000 issue of legal tender Treasury notes was proposed today by | Senator Brookhart of Iowa as a re- storative for business conditions. The Republican independent sug- | gested in & formal statement $1,00 000,000 of this money should be given | to the Farm Board for the purchase of surplus crops and the remainder used for public construction “Let Congress be called in session at once,” he said. “Let it direct the Treas- ury to issue $3,000,000,000 of new leg: X1 tender Treasury notes. This will in-! | crease the proportional money circula- | tion to about where it was when Mellon | became Secretary of the Treasury and ' where it ought to “The effect would be to raise the price level of all commodities and to make it as easy for every man to pay | his debts as it was when the con- | traction began.” Brookhart offered his plan as a_sub. stitute for the credit promh of Pres: ident Hoover. He said t! originated | with Bernard Baruch, whom he char- | acterized as “fixer par excellence of high financial schemes for the distri- bution of American wealth to a few people.” | DUEL OF TWO-HIT I HURLERS EXPECTED | IN DECIDING GAME| | { ___(Continued Pro i than he was yesterday as he hoflmedl his fireball down the alley, held the | | cards to five hits, only two of them | | put together in the sixth for the only | | run the National ague champions | could score, and completely vindicated | Connie’s judgment. It was his second victory of the series, equaling his rec- ord for the 1930 world series. Ea shaw, the ace, likewise seeking his sec- | ond conquest to match his work last Fall, is & 2-to-1 favorite to do just that. | As Derringer crumpled and the Car- | dinal defense blew wide open, the Ath- | letics, getting only eight hits off three pitchers, sort of let the Cards beat | | themselves with errors and bases on | balls. { | A wild throw by Jake Flowers to start the fifth, first of two innings in which | the A's scored clusters of four runs, | put Jimmy Foxx on base. A sacrifice, | a base on balls and Dib Williams® sin- gle, first of two hits and his first clean salvo since the opening game, scored & | legitimate run. | Grove fanned and the side might have been out if Flowers had fielded at ball, Derringer might have gone lon to keep his balance, the game | might have been close—but none of | | these things happened. Derringer walked Max Bishop and Mule Haas, protesting bitterly as Um- | pire Dick Nallin called the fourth ball on the center flelder. Mickey Cochrane singled and Al Simmons walked, and | the game ceased to be a contest. In | the seventh, as Jim Lindsey went wild, | the A's scored four more on three hits, | :ahm on balls, a hit batsman and | | ick Hafey’s muff of a fly ball that | let in a pair of scores. So today the world series is back where 1t started—all even, except that now it is a best one-out-of-one affair. The A's have George Farnshaw and | the Cards have Burleigh Grimes. The Wild Wahoo s pawing restlessly on the | sidelines. It was time for the-final cur- tain call. CLYDE STOVALL NAMED NASH POST COMMANDER Clyde B. Stovall, former department finance officer the American Le- gion, was elected commander of Ken- neth H. Nash Post, American Legion, at a meeting in the Hamilton Hotel ‘Wednesday. Stovall is chairman of the World War Scholarship Committee, national vice chairman of the American Legion Pil- 57" The “American Lotion Georse Wash: of ican e Wash- ington Bicentennial Committee. Other officers elected are Israel R. Zaonts, senior vice commander; William D. Mulkey, junior vice commander; Thomas J. Dickson, chaplain; Ellis R. King, judge advocate: Lewis A. Snider, rtermaster, qi y B Lowner, sergeant at arms. | the platform more than onc INHITLER MEETING Fascist Leader Warned Against Opposition to New German Cabinet. By the Associated Pre; BERLIN, October 10 (#).—President von Hindenburg, war lord of the old Germany and idol of the new, talked for an hour and a quarter today with Adolf Hitler, leader of the strongest opposition the present government faces. either one said what they had talked about, but it was certain that Hitler had told the old field marshal what his Fascist Brown Shirts are after and that the President had warned him with gruff emphasis that any new disturb- ances by the “Nazis" can only do harm to the country. ‘The “Nazis” are Hitler's National Bocialists, now closely allied with Alfred Hugenberg's Natlonalists. Both have sworn to unseat Chancellor Bruening it they can when the Reichstag recon- venes next Tuesday. First Meeting Face to Face, It was the first time the 84-year-old President and Hitler, who is exactly half his age. had met face to e. Hitler came to the President'’s palace before noon, riding in a limousine. Long before he arrived a crowd of his followers had gathered in the Wilhelm- strasse, but the police made them stand on the other side of the street, and held thern there even when their leader’s arrival brought a burst of cheering. Hitler, jerky and nervous as usual, stood for & moment on the presidential steps. faced the crowd across the street and raised his arm in the Fascist salute. “Hoch Hitler.” they cried, and the Nazi leader stepped inside as & servant opened the doo:. Hitler is an Austrian, but he was a soldier in the Germany Army, was wounded twice, received the Iron Cross, and at the end of the war was a com- missioned officer. It was after the peace that he emerged from the Fascist ranks in Bavaria, organized his party along military lines and went to war with the Bavarian government. “Beer Cellar Putich.” In 1923 he had thrown in his lot with Gen. Ludendorff and it was these two who started the ‘“beer cellar putsch,” declared thg government at Berlin deposed and déclared themselves head of the “national government.” This was in Munich, but the govern- ment was not ready to submit and blood was shed before the putsch col- lapsed and Hitler was sentenced to five years in jail. After several months he was released when he promised to be- have in the future. He i1s a bachelor, and the women's vote goes to his party despite his re- peated campaign declaration that he will have no women candidates. “No women!" He has shouted from “this is a man's job we have to d Some things he and the aging Presi- | dent_have in common, although both are hailed by crowds wherever they go both would rather sit quietly talking in peace with one or two friends. Both are deeply concerned with the youth of the country. Both know the troubles of war and each has said more than once that there must be no more of it Approval Given Ministry. The President approved Chancellor Bruening's ministry last night in spite | of the fact that its swing to the Right was regarded as almost negligible. Min- ister of Economics Wambold has no party affiliations, and Minister of Jus- tice Joel is credited witn slightly Right- est tendencies—these being the only re- placements in the old cabinet. To win a majority of 289 members in he Reichstag, the new cabinet can mus- ter 270 supporters and the balance may be proviced by factions in the People’s party. the Economic party and the Agrarians. The latter are disgruntled, ho . at the retention of Minister of Agricuiture Schield, whose farm poli- cies have been much criticized. Virtually a dictator, Dr. Bruening re- mains as chancellor and also becomes foreign minister, taking over the port- folio relinquished oy Dr. Julius Curtius. Defense Minister Remains. Gen. Wilhelm Groener, minister of de- fense, retains that post and takes on | the duties of minister of the interior, which makes him head of the German police. Hermann Walmbold, minister of economics, is a prominent industrialist. Others of the cabinet are: Hermann Dietrich, finance; Martin Schiele, food and agriculture: George Schaetzel, posts and_telegraphs; Curt Joel. justice; Gottfried Treviranus, transportation; Adam Stegerwald, labor. Dr. Joel had been undersecretary in the ministry of justice for 11 years and Prof. Walmbold was minister of agri- culture in the Prussian cabinet of 1921, later afliating himself with a com- pagy that was absorbed in the Dye Trust. Placing Groener in control of both the army and the police was accepted generally as an indication that Chan- cellor Bruening intends to rule with an iron hand during what is likely to be | |a Winter of disccntent, provided his government survives the Reichstag ses- sion beginning October 13. Victory Is Forecast. ‘While the fight in the Reichstig is expected to be close. political observers look for the chancellor to merge vic- torious. President von Hindenburg has writ- ten a nal letter of thanks to each departing minister, To. Dr. Curtius he was especially cordial saying: “More than five years you, as minister of economics and foreign minister, devoted your whole strength to the country's service. Therefore I desire especially to thank you in the name of the Reich and personally for your services in these difficult years. U. S. MINISTER 70 CHINA IS MARRIED AT PEIPING ! Nelson T. Johnson Weds Miss Jane Beck of Wyoming at Con- sulate. PEIPING, China, October 10 (#).— Nelson T. Johnson, American Minister to China, was married this evening at the consulate to Miss Jane Beck of | Cody. Wyo. Her brother gave the bride away and PFrank P. Lockhart, the American con- sul general, was best man. The Rev. | Stephen B. Fyle, formerly of Wyoming and now pastor of the Peiping Union | Church, officiated. There were about 20 guests, - ASKS $50,000 DAMAGES 4-year-old Boy Sues Washington Times Through Father. ‘The Washington Times Co. is named as defendant in a suit for $50.000 damages filed yesterday in the Dis- trict Supreme Court by George H. Robinson, jr., 4 years old, through his father, George H. Robinson, 320 Six- teenth street southeast, for alleged personal injuries. According to the declaration, the boy was struck, dragged and run oyer by an automobile be- to defendant and operated by an agent May 7, last, in front of his_home. He is said to bave sustained a con- of the brain, a fracture of the right femur, fractures of both bones in the forearm and other serious injury which has kept him in a hospi- tol since the accident. Attorney Al- fred M. Schwartz appears for the boy. . IHINDENBERG FIRM [PAGE SURRENDERS CANNON CASE DATA House Clerk Yields to Ruling Grand Jury Is Entitled to Evidence. After striving for two days to uphold what he considered the zealous regard ‘of the House of Representatives for its | prerogatives, William Tyler Page, clerk of the House, today surrendered for the inspection of the District grand jury the original reports made by Bishop James Cannon, jr., of the Methodist Episcopal Church Squth, and his secre- tary, Miss Ada L. Burroughs, of the expenditures of funds contributed to the Anti-Smith Democratic Committee of Virginia during the last Presidential campaign. Justice James M. Proctor ruled yes- terday that the papers should be shown the grand jury, because under the pro- Vvisions of the Federal corrupt prac- tices act, which Bishop Cannon and Miss Burroughs are accused of violat- ing. the reports are made subject to public inspection and fall under the exception contained in the House reso- | lution of 1879 relied on by Mr. Page as prohibiting him from surrendering the records. Mr. Page, the court held, | had misconstrued the resolution. Inquiry Is Completed. ‘The grand jury adjourned at 10 min- utes before 12 o'clock until Monday morning. Assistant United States At- torney Wilson announced to newspaper men that the inquiry had been com- pleted and that a report might be ex- pected within a week or 10 days. Wilson decided not to ask the court | to impound the official reports brought by Mr. Page and permitted the clerk of the House of Representatives to take | the reports back to the files of the House after he had completed his testi- mony. Mr. Page waited in the ante room while the grand jurors inspected the papers. When they were returned to him by Wilson he left the court house. ‘The grand jury met at 10 o'clock this morning for a short session, which, under the law, had to terminate before noon, as Saturday afternoons are legal 'hnlldl under a decision of the Court of Appeals. Should the testimony be not concluded by that time, it would have to be resumed Monday. The grand jurors will then vote cn the question of :mlkml & presentment to the United | States attorney against one or both of | the persons accused. Convenience Considered. The matter of the preparation of an indictment, if one is presented, would be left to the convenience of United States Attorney Rover and Assistant United States Attorney Wilson. The decision of the grand jury will nct be made public before it reports to the court E. J. Armbruster. who told the grand jury yesterday of the financial transac- tions of Bishop Cannon, had not com- pleted his testimony when the grand jury adjourned yesterday. He resumed | this morning and on the arrival of Mr. Page with the official reports left the {grand jury room until Mr. Page had testified. He then resumed his testi- mony. Wilson said this would end the evi- | dence to be submitted unless the grand jury should ask for testimony from some one or more persons whose names e come out in the probe and who ave not been heard. CRAMTON WILL GO TOIDAHOFORU.S. {Former Representative Sent | on Claims Investigation to Duck Valley Indians. | Pormer Representative Louis C. Cram- | ton of Michigan, now a legal adviser to Secretary Wilbur of the Interior De- ‘ment, today was on his way to Duck where Indian claims to er rights affecting the Owyhee irri- gation project have led Secretary Wilbur | to assign an investigator to the case. Cramton, while acting as legal adviser lon claims arising in connection with | the bullding of Boulder City, Colo., near where the site of the Hoover Dam is to be located, was notified on July 1, last, that upon’ the completion of his Colo- rado assignment he would be sent to investigate the Idaho claims. Cramton was relieved of his duties at Boulder City cn October 1, being replaced by | Sims Ely, who was recently appointed | city manager of the Federal city. Post at Dam Called Temporary. ‘The office of legal adviser was created for Cramton nine months ago, shortly after he had terminated his career of 16 years in Congress. His salary is $9,000. During his time in he was chairman of the subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee ‘which hnndle{ Interior Department affairs. During the Spring he journeyed to Boulder City, where he attended to the l::nl work pertaining to leases granted by the Government to stores and other property holders in the new city. In the early stages of this work, department officials admitted, Cram. ton “assumed rather an autocratic position” in regard to conducting cer- tain phases of affairs there. They ex- | plained that this caused some friction between his office and those of the six contractors on the project, but that the matter was smoothed over to the satisfaction of all. Teolation Report Denied. Officials claimed that Cramton went | to Boulder City with the understanding that the assignment was only temporary and that in the due course of time he was notified that upon the completion of his duties at the dam he would be assigned to Duck Valley. They denied report that the new assignment would take him to an isolated spot in Idaho, where his only companions will be 1 white man and 300 Indians. Cramton merely will visit Duck Valley and then to a nearby city, where he will make an effort to adjust the claims, they explained. Cramton was a leader in District af- fairs during his term in Congress. was acting chairman of the subcommit- tee on the District appropriation bill and was responsible for the now exist- ing $9,000,000 annual lump-sum clause. He was the author of the <eorge Washington Memorial Parkway and the National Capital Park and Planning Commission acts. He also fostered legisiation for the restoration of Ar- lington House and led the fight for the preservation of Great Falls and the gorge of the Potomac River. Dry Agents Classed Among Unacceptable Risks for Insuranc: By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, Pa., October 10.—A manual of occupational hazards, presented to the Ameri- can Life Convention, mi here today in its twenty-sixi national conclave, lists the job Oratory Judge DUTCH MINISTER AGAIN ON / CONTEST JURY. | | DR. JAN HERMAN VAN ROYEN, Minister to the United States from the Netherlands, who was announced today as the zecond member of the board of judges fng the Sixth International Ora- torical Contest, in Constitution Hall 8aturday, October 24. Dr. n Royen .is a linguist of scholarly accomplishment. and while this year he will be called upon to judge French, German, Dutch 2nd Eng- lish, in previous contests he also weighed orations in Spanish. RITCHIE SAYS PLAN MAY RELIEVE L. S, Present Hoover Action Called | Possibly “One of Few” Helpful to Nation. Gov. Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland last night urged co-operation—hinged on an “if"—with President Hoover's proposal to revive business by freeing frozen financial assets. ! mentioned for the Democratic presi- dential nomination, first attacked the administration in an address before the Woman's National Democratic Club, then turned to the new Hoover plan. “As good citizens, sick at heart over the depression and anxious to bend all our energies to relieve it,” he said, “it | behooves us to study the far-reaching effects of this plan and to co-operate loyally if it will help the country. If it will do that it will be among the very few actions of the Government which has.” Recalls Palo Alto Speech. Ritchle spoke befor¢ 120 men and women at the first of a series of din- ners at the club house, 1526 New Hamp- shire avenue, at which the members | expect to hear all the Democratic Gov- | ernors this Winter. Striking directly and repeatedly at Hoover policies, the Governor declared the European debt policy plan “did not settle very much.” He hammered on the 1930 tariff, recent Farm Board moves and the depression. He left out He | gas re is responsible for much troubge, vrochll?:tlon, = alling up a Hoover speech at Palo Alto in 1928, he said at that time the President “said that every women has & right to ask whether ‘her man’s’ job will be better assured by the continu- ance of the Republican party in power.” “What,” Ritchie asked, “has the Re- publican party to say to the woman who asks where “her man’s job is now?” With a warning from the administra- tion, the Governor asserted. “the crash might not have been 50 bad. Extension or Readjustment? “Instead they told us to spend be- cause prosperity was just around the corner,” he continued. “Then the new tariff was going to eure it a the tariff did not turn the trici veloped that the trouble was due to ‘world-wide forces' and ‘international repercussions,’ and the Government which, for 10 years, refused to recognize any connection between German repara- tions and foreign debts was forced to recognize that there was a very direct connection, and to propose and secure a moratorium on that account. That, however, did not settle very much. “The vital time will come when the year is up, when our Government, will be face to face with the question whether our future welfare and the stability of the world require either an extension or & readjustment.” GAS PRESSURE RAISE GIVEN OFFICIAL 0. K. Utilities Commission Approves In-| crease in Allowable Maximum and Minimum. (Prom Yesterday's 5:30 Edition.) ‘The Public Utilities Commission late yesterday authorized an increase in al- lowing maximum and minimum press- ures in gas mains. The maximum press- jure was raised from 6 to 8 inches and | the minimum from 2 to 3 inches. ‘The Washington Gas Light Co. was instructed to adjust to these levels all appliances pot previously adjusted when the 8-inch maximum was temporarily in effect. The pressures are not to vary during a day more than 2% inches. In issuing the order, based on a pub- lic hearing held last month on the posi- tion of the Washington Gas Light Co., the commission issued a statement which follows, in part: “All available evidence, including the considered opinion of the experts of the Bureau of Standards, indicates that low annoyance and possible danger to l;xmxmlufl It further lhou!:ll that with higher gas pressures, n cer- tain limits, of course, the efficiency of the gas flame increases. “It is not feasible to supply gas to the appliances of consumers at an abso- lutely uniform pressure, but if condi- tions in the future make it practicable, the now authorized variations of press- ure may be further limited.” ARMS CARGO UNCOVERED Plot for Smuggling to Honduras of Ammunition Laid to Man. e Public 5aY5 e L] smuggle eity to ulxfiom. in Honduras was uncovered Thursday by Federal agents, who ar- rested one man and seized 100 rounds ition. ‘The man was arrested, the as he was about to board a Ppaper says, fruit boat o Wi made the AFTes 5a)d ' SApADEsE resldentia ditrict Slong. Justice agents who arrest apanese res c e American citizen, but border of the lnwrfi% the man was an declined to divulge his name. |Dale, Ray L. Huff, Wallace Hatch and | | from the District of Columbia Reform- The four-term Governor, prominently | POPE HEADS WORK OF REHABILITATION Bureau Elects New Officers ! and Board of Directors. J. E. Dayton Reports. Allen Pope yesterday was elected president of the Bureau of Rehabilita- ' tion for the ensuing year. Other offi-| cers elected at the annual meeting in- | cluded Ralph E. Smith, first vice presi- | dent; Arthur J. Sundlun, second vice president; George E. C. Hayes, third vice president; Dwight N. Burnham, secretary, and R. L. McKeever, treas- urer. New members of the board of direc- tors were elected as follows: Miss Fay L. Bentley, Paul Benjamin, George N. Dr. D. W. Willard, 2422 Apply for Relief. ph E, Dayton, director of the bu- reau, in his report, stated that 2710 persons had been interviewed sinc January 1. Of these 2,631 were male and 79 female. In this period 2,381 men and 41 women applied for relief, ! 461 men and 23 women for employment, 120 men and 13 women were placed in Jjobs, 2,405 meals were provided, 514 nights of lodging were given, 330 men and 35 women received cash relief, 576 men and 4 women were given clothing, 355 men and 19 women were visited in Jjail and 153 men and 5 women visited in other institutions. During this period of time 24 men and 4 women were referred to hos- pitals and clinics, 342 men and 20 women were referred to other organiza- tions, either private or supported by the Community Chest; other organizations referred 197 men and 14 women to the bureau, 366 men and 77 women were visited at work or at home, 418 men and 19 women were received from the District Jail, 151 men were received Josey | | atory, 700 men and 14 women received from Occoquan Work House, and 1.016 men and 3 women received from other institutions. Spent $2,586 to Aid Needy. Mr. Dayton told of 195 visits to em- ployers in the interest of bureau clients and of 337 visits to courts, Probation Bureau and social agencies in this same work. The bureau spent $2,586.48 for relfef during this period. The bureau at present has supervision over 30 persons who are under parole. U.'S. TO ACT SOON IN ASIATIC CRISIS; WILL BACK GENEVA| (Continued From First Page) churia, was making war-like prepara- tions, A possible source of serious differ- | ence was seen in the Japanese demand that Chang be replaced by some one | more friendly to Japan. Secretary Stimson said that, while he had no information that American na- | tionals or interests in Manchuria were | in danger there, there were large Amer- | iean interests there which might con- | ceivably be fmperiled. This arpect also | was being closely watched. DISLIKES U. 8. ACTION. Tokio Army Official Says Move Based on Misinformation. ‘TOKIO. October 10 (#.—Commenting | on a Washington dispatch saying Presi- dent Hoover has discussed with his cabinet the bombing by Japanese of Chinchow, Man: r department official here today sald: “It is deplorable that the American Government, owing to lack of proper information, has been misled by false propaganda on the part of Chinese to the extent of calling a cabinet meeting to discuss this matter. Chang Claimed Outlawed. “The military authorities place the fullest confidence in the American Gov- ernment’s sense of justice and trust that Washington will appreciate Japan's po- sition when the forelgn office fully ex- plains that the Chinchow action was en- tirely in self defense, as was stated yes- terday.” Reports from various sources indicated Chang Hsueh-Liang. Governor of Man- churia under the Chinese Nationalist re- gime, had been outlawed in his own do- main by the Japanese authorities. It was indicated t the Japanese had positively refused to have anything to do with the young war lord as far as possible peace negotiations were con- cerned. In bombing Chinchow the Japanese had acted allegedy because Chang was concentrating troops there and setting up a temporary capital, having been prevented from returning to his regular capital at Mukden by the occupation. Adopt Strong Attitude. A Toklo newspaper said recommenda- tions of the Japanese war office repre- sented a strong attitude on the part of military leaders and included a decision that Chang's regime be disavowed, and that even though he should surrender, he should not be permitted to return to Mukden. Official reports from Mukden to the w-r‘omce indicated Chang had ordered scatt>red groups of defeated Chinese troops in Southern Manchuria to con- centrate in the region of Chinchow. Japanese observers said Chang already had assembled 30,000 Chinese troops there and that several detachments were throwing un entrenchments. AIR AT" C”KS REPORTED. Bombing of Railway Center and Ad- vance of Armored Train Claimed. PEIPING, China, October 10 (#).— Reports from Chinese sources, which could not be confirmed said today that Japanese airplanes were circling over Tangshan, a mining town 75 miles north of Tientsin on the Manchurian side of the Great Wall. On the heels of word from Shang- hai that Japanese planes had destroyed the railway junction at Taonan, Man- churian headquarters said this morn- ing that a Japanese armored train blew up a section of the track at Tungliao Junction, 200 miles northwi of Muk- den, yesterday. This report said that 40 soldiers, a‘ded by Japanese civilians, rhnted the explosive, which cut the ine in 26 places. While this was going on, the repcrt said, Japanese airplanes flew over ‘Tungliao, dropping leaflets announc- ing that the Japanese army had come into Manchuria “to protect the people.” EDGE PLANS VACATION Ambassador Declines to Comment on Senatorial Asniration. PARIS. October 10 (#).—United States Ambassador Walter E. Edge will leave late in October for his annual va- ey S A.F. OF L. BEGINS WAR ON SALES TAX Gift Levy With Increased Income and Inheritance Assessments Urged. By the Associated Press. VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oc- tober 10.—The American Pederation of Labor today launched a Nation-wide fight against the proposed passage by Congress of a sales tax. After acclaiming & resolution against the sales tax as presented by its Ex- ecutive Committee, the fifty-first eon- vention of the federation urged the res- toration of the Federal gift tax and an increase in Federal income and State inheritance taxes as a means of dis- posing of the revenue problem. A circular setting forth the federa- tion's stand was ordered distributed roughout the Nation to bring about pressure by local groups upon the'r Congressmen. Increased Taxes Feared. ‘The Executive Council said yesterday the only persons to be benefited by a sales tax “are the 2 per cent of the population who pay an income tax. The burden of taxation would fall upon the 98 per cent who do not pay an income tax. They now pay an indirect tax on ‘The sales tax wiil all forms of convict labor and convict work occu- pied the delegates for more than a hour, as they sought means of obtain- ing more work for the unions. James Graham of Montana said “We are confronted with the problem of feeding 10 per cent of our people and yet our Government apparently is more werried about finding something for the poor convict to do than about our job- less men."” ‘The Executive Committee stand, that prison-made goods are not disapproved when not sold in competition with prod- ucts of free labor, was indorsed. Other Resolutions Adopted. Other _resolutions adopted otppcsed setting of maximum wage limits for ap- plicants for appointmen:c to Govern- ment service, favored Gemanding of Congress that all Government employes in the Panama Canal Zone must be United States citizens and asked that Federal employment standards be im- proved. Another favored probmg the attitude toward labor of all manuracturers seck- ing changes in protective tariffs, on the theory that if higher tariffs were asked of Congress, it should be with the un- derstanding that the employer was ob- ligated to maintain the United States wage standard. ‘The convention resolved that all postal employes should be placed on & five-day week basis without pay cuts “as an example to private manufac- turers.” Observing themr advocacy of the five-day week, delegates did not meet formally toda: ROCK CREEK CHURCH | OPENS “COUNTRY STORE” Several Hundred Attend Event in Parish House—Program Con- tinues Today. Managed by W. B. Patterson in the guise of eral storekeeper, the “Coun- try Store” of Rock Creek Episcopal | Parish opened last night in the pariah Creel house at Rock k Church road end Webster street, with several hundred persons in attendance. Entertainment varying from a play to performance of the Virginia reel and a spelling bee was provided for the guests. Among those participating in the events and prizes of the evening were Miss Ruth rmer, Robert Vanderlip, Joseph Garrott, Mrs. J. Fred Parsons. Mrs. Blackistone, Miss Betty Evans and Mrs. Joseph Garrott. ‘The store will be open today and tonight, with an entertainment pro- gram followed by dancing scheduled for this evening. MEDAL GOES TO SEAMAN WHO RESCUED WOMAN James Mummy's Leap Into Icy Detroit River in 1920 Remem- bered by U. S. By the Associated Press. A leap into the icy Detroit River to Tescue & woman from drogmning brought a silver life-saving medal yesterday to James Mummy, a seaman on the lighthouse tender Marigold. ‘The medal given by the Treasury De- partment will be sent to Mummy at Detroit by the Lighthouse Service and will be Kl’cleflud by the superintendent of lighthouses at Detroit. Several members of the crew of the Marigold saw & woman leap from the pier on December 1929. Mummy jumped into the water and succeeded in getting a line around the woman be- fore they were both exhausted by the cold. They were pulled to safety by his comrades. LAFOUNT TO SPEAK Will Address Special Service at Church of Latter Day Saints. Commissioner Harcid A. Lafount of the Federal Radio Commission will be the principal speaker at special serv- ices of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints to be held at ‘Washington Auditorium tomorrow morning at 11:30 o'clock. The services are to inaugurate a drive for funds for the mew church building now be- ing erected at Sixteenth and Columbia road. COURT NAMES RECEIVER Baltimore Man to Look After As- sets of Shirt Shops Here. Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat has appointed Elmer T. Moore of Balti- more as ancillary receiver of the local assets of the United Shirt Shops, Inec., 500 Ninth astreet. Proceedings in equity were recently instituted in Phila- delphia and the receivers appointed there requested the District Supreme Court to name a receiver for the local assets. They were represented by At- torney Joseph A. Kaufman. PSYCHOLOGIST TO TALK cation in the United States. He plans to be home about a month. Asked to discuss reports that his jour- ney might have something to do with filling the senatorial post left vacant by the death of Dwight W. Morrow, Mr, Bdge said: “I decline to comment.” — it Japanese Sailors Land. SHANGHAIL, October 10 (#).—The Ji cruiser Tokiwa arrived here y from Japan. and 200 bluejackets to rd the northern 1 settlement. Lecture Series on “The Interior Life” Begins Tuesday Morning. A series of six lectures on “The In- o e % ks 3 c:olory oore, O. 8. B., professor of psy at Catholic University, will open Tues- day morning !fi Nazareth 1 Service Center, 200 I street. The lectures will be held at 10:30 o'clock each Tuesday morning. Dr. Moore is internationally known as 3 psychologist and student of human nature. Inform: nd reservations ‘may be obtained Mrs. Margaret A. Talfy, head of the Nazareth Center.