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A2 DEMOCRATS OPEN DRIVE FOR FUNDS $1,500,000 “Victory Fund” Would Pay Deficit and Leave 1932 Nest Egg. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The Democratic drive to raise & $1,500,000 “victory fund” for the pay- ment of the deficit of the National Committee and to give the party a run- ning start for the campaign next year was off to a flying start today. The “Victory Fund Committee,” headed by John W. Davis, the Demo- cratic presidential candidate in 1924, and composed of more than 500 prom- inent party members in all parts of | the country, has begun its canvass. Jouett Shouse, chairman of _the xecutive Committee of the Democratic National Committee, who announced the opening of the drive and the or- ganization of the fund committee, said that $400,000 would be needed to wipe off the deficit holding over from the 1928 nauonai campaign, $600,000 would be needed to keep the national organi- zation functioning adequately until the party nominating convention is held next Summer, and $500,000 would be the t egg for the start of the actual campaign. G. 0. P. Reserves Comment. The Republican national headquar- ried comment today on the drive for funds. It was . however, that the G. O. P. w0t been entirely asleep at the The new '32 Clubs, designed arouse interest in the re-election of President Hoover, although not spon- sored by the Republican National Com- mittee, - dy have been launched for the purpose of lining up Hoover sup- porters and for bringing a constant stream of dollars into the Republican national treasury. The '32 Club_idea originated in the minds of several Hoover supporters. In operation, the plan is a kind of endless chain. A supporter of President Hoover ¢ re-election undertakes to obtain the atures of 32 other adherents of the blican party and to collect from each §1. If possible, each one of the original 32 members of the club starts a 32 Club of his or her own, and 50 own the iine. e plan was put into effect first in California, where the members have run into the thousands already. And TYecently appeals have been sent to some 3,000 “good Republicans” in all parts of the country urging them to get busy with '32 clubs. The drive for these club memberships and funds was started under the leadership of David Hinshaw of Westtown, Pa. Mr. Hinshaw traveled to California to get the plan under way there. Some time ago, it was said today, Treasurer Nutt of the Republican National Committee had Yeceived $8,000 from California, and the dollars are coming In units of 32 rapi %\ Republicans Have Surplus. The Republicans wound up their last national campaign with a sizable sur- They are not compelled, there- to raise funds to wipe out an old Henry L. Johnson (left), Spanish JUROR'S CONTENPT HEARING DELAYED | | Attorney for Spanish War Veteran Argues There Is No Basis for Action. | A continuance of a week was or- dered today in the case of Henry L. Johnson, Spanish War veteran, re-, cently instructed to show cause to the District Supreme Court why he should STAR, WASHINGTON, ‘War veteran, against whom contempt proceedings were instituted after he served on a grand jury while receiving a Government pension, is shown as he left the Court House today with his attor- ney, S. McComas Hawken, after obtaining ) | | g & continuance, —Star Staff Photo, HOOVER T0 OPEN DRIVE ON SUNDAY President to Make Public Ap- peal for Relief in Radio Address. President Hoover will make & public appeal over the radio next Sunday night, formally opening the drive to be conducted in communities taroughout the Nation to raise funds for unemploy- ISCHENCK WILLING TOTESTIFY NOW Witness in Staples Case Changes Mind and Will Talk to Lawyers. Frederick A. Schenck, former Wash- ington policeman and key witness in the Staples case, announced today he had changed his mind and would testify willlingly before the committee of law- yers appointed by the Commissioners to investigate the July grand jury's charges against the Police Department. Several weeks ago Schenck refused to give his “testimony to the committee when the five members went to the Dis- trict Jall, where he is a prisoner, to question him. ‘Wanted Witnesses. At that time he insisted he would not talk unless newspaper men or other witnesses were present during the hear- ing. The committee made no further effort to interview him. Schenck offered no explanation for his sudden change in attitude, aside from the statement that he had come to the conclusion he had made a mis- take in attempting to block the com- mittee in its investigation of the grand jury's charges. It was Schenck's testimony before the grand jury several months ago that led to the issuance of a special report, September 4, charging that former Policeman Staples was removed from the force three years ago as‘the result of a “frame up,” and recommending the punishment of those responsible for his dismissal. The report also urged the reinstatement of Staples. Asks Blair Be Advised. After announcing his decision to talk to the committee, Schenck said he would request jail officials to communicate with Henry P. Blair, chairman, and formally advise him of his desire to testify. Schenck was brought to Washington from the ~Federal penitentiary at Leavenworth at the request of the Dis- trict Commissioners, so he would be available to testify when the committee was ready to hear him. He is serving a 20-year term for robbery. INQUIRY ORDERED IN HOSPITALS’ BAR AGAINST 3 CHILDREN (Continued From First Page) where he was first taken by his father, J. W. Goddett, 424 Tenth street south- west, because the interne on duty thought he had spinal meningitis. In the case of Catherine Zanelotti, who was taken 1l sudenly yestcrday mcrning, neither Children’s nor Gal- linger would admit the child because, according to-officials_of both institu- | tions, she was not an “emergency case.” She was treated later at her home, 428 K street, by her family's physician, Dr. | Raphael N. Manganero of 1412 M2ssa- chusetts avenue. 1 The transfer of the Goddett boy was detended today by both Supt. B. B. Sandidge cf Emergeney Hospital end D. C, WEDNESDAY, Final Tribute to a Great Sportsman OCTOBER 14, 1931. HUGE CROWD TURNS OUT FOR BURIAL OF SIR THOMAS LIPTON. HOUSANDS of persons were present October 7 at the Southern Necropolis, in-Glasgow, Scotland, when Sir ‘Thomas Lipton, beloved of sportsmen, in accordance with his own wish, was buried in the Lipton family grave beside his parents, his brothers and his sister. A majority of Lipton’s great wealth went to charity, much of it in Glasgow. 1 —A. P. Photo. | SHPPING LEADERS SEE .. OF PLAN Approval of Joint Control for U. S. Lines Urged—Heads Coming Here. By the Assoclated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, October 14— Carrying & plan for the joint operation of the United States Lines and sugges- tions for strengthening the American Merchant Marine, & group of leading American shipping men is en route to ‘Washington to seek the approval of the United States Shipping Board. Closing & series of conferences here last night, the officials of several of America’s largest shipping firms were sald by a spokesman of the group to have tentatively agreed upon the fol- lowing plan: Combines Interests. (1). Joint operation of the United States Lines, including the S. 8. Leviathan, by interests of the Dollar- Dawson-Chapman _and the Interna tional Merchant Marine and Roosevelt Lines with revenue derived from the operations to be pooled. (2). A plan for the elimination of competition in the intercoastal trade | between the Dollar Steamship Co. and Politics Makes ‘Bum’ Of Mayor Husband; Wife Gets Divorce By the Associated Press.. CHICAGO. October 14.—Be- fore he was elected mayor of Hazelcrest, TIl,, Edward Soderberg, his wife, said, came home nights, put out the cat, never swore, drank or smoked big black stogies. “Politics” Mrs, Soderberg told Judge Daniel P. Trude yesterday, “made a bum out of my husband. “He began to smoke big black stogles and to drink and to swear. He refused to put the cat out, and_the dinner got cold waiting for him to come home.” Judge Trude gave her a divorce. .. FAILURE BARED - WITH REDS IN WAR | ‘Attempts to Keep Russia on Allied Side Shown by Records. By the Associated Press. An American-conceived and American- directed campaign of propaganda failed STORE SUES MEAN FOR WOMAN'S BILL Publisher’s Wife Denies She Got $17,655 Apparel From Fifth Avenue Shop. Edward B. McLean, publisher of the | Washington Post, was sued in District | | Supreme Court today for $1 5 | worth of clothing and jewelry y | purchased by him from a New York shop for an unidentified woman. Ccunsel for his wife, Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLean, who recently filed suit for divorce, said the articles were not purchased for her and that she has not received any of them. They pointed out that Mr. end Mrs. McLean separ- ated six months before the account cited in the suit was opened. | The suit was brought by Berglorf |and Gcodman Co. 754 Fifth avenue, | threugh Attorneys Frank J. Hogan and Nelson T. Hartson. The company | brought suit to collect on an alleged overdue promissory note executed June | 20.71931, by McLean in payment of & | bill for 18.683.61, including interest. |~ The charg= account, the suit alleges, | was opened November 23, 1929, and, in | accordance with McLean’s insttuctions, | a large amount of w:aring apparel was delivered to a woman. An itemized list of the articles pur- | chas:d from the date of opening the account untll June 8, 1931, was filed 6.0.P.HOOVER FOE WINS INWISCONSIN Amlie Elected to House by Wide Margin—Backed by La Follettes. By the Assoclated, Press. RACINE, Wis., October 14.—An anti= Hoover Progressive Republican, Thomas R. Amlie, Elkhorn attorney, yesterday was elected by first Wisconsin district voters to fill the unexpired term of the late Representative Henry Allen Cooper, “Dean of the House.” With all but two of the 200 precincts Teporting, unofficial returns gave Amlie 14,295 votes. His closest rival, A. J. Bouma, Racine, upset political fore- casts to get 7,241 ballots, the largest number ever given a Socialist candidate in the normally conservative Republi- can district, Democrat Gets 3454, George H. Herzog, Racine, Democrat, Tocelved 3454 votes; Henry H. Tubbs, ibitionist, 889, an i Coxnn;unfis!. =, d John Sikat, mlie, supported by the Progressive Republicans, Gov. Phillp F. La Folleite; his brother, Senator Robert M. La Fol- lette, and Senator John J. Blaine, in his campaign, made attacks against the 18th Amendment, the Republican tariff and the administration’s handling of the unemployment problem. Gives G. 0. P. House Lead. A former organizer for the - - tisan League, Amlie is & newcamer among Wisconsin officeholders He is however. not without political expe- rience in the state. For years he has been a supporter of the La Follettes, Several years ago he campaigned ;fn;hely ;n ;he interests of the can- acy of “Fighting Bob” La Follett m:‘.m]e presidency. S mlie’s election gives the Republicans uno'r,flcmlly 215 members in pCong'ress to 214 Democrats, one Farmer-Labor and five seats yet to be filled. AMLIE'S ELECTION EXPECTED. Three Republicans and Two Democrats Seen in Remaining Seats. The election of the i progressive candidate in'the o Wi consin district yesterday, Thomas Amlie, does not change the rela standing of the two major parties in the House and the prospects for either Republican or Democratic organization ?:n:: nas“bce?h;ecogmud by leaders of parties that thy gTes - e Yo e progressive canci. e five other vacancles, are likely to be filled without party’ chanse by three Republicans and two Democrats, so that the only real chance for Demo- cratic organizatisn lies in whet er Representative Kunz of Ilinofs will re- ceive his certificate of election accord ing to court decision and whether it will be accepted by the Hou William Tyler Page, clerk of the House, and other Republican leaders insist that the action of the court onl gives Mr. Kunz a right to m: a co; test before the House itself on 1k ground that he was legally elected an. not be held in criminal contempt for ment relief this coming Winter, In 1917 to rekindle Russia's dissipated improper service on the July grand The address, which will be made in war fervor and the allies lost a powerful | deficit. But they are compelled to col- fect funds to keep the wheels of na- bt | Dr. Frank Leech, chairman of the Among the articles all>gedly pur- | the Panama Pacific Line, which is medical staff at Children’s Hospital. that the certificate iss t | owned by the Eastern interests. ate issued to Pet Granata in the eighth Iilincis ¢ tional organization turning and to pre- pare for the coming campaign, just as the Democrats are seeking to pre- funds for political purposes these days of depression is o easy ', according to reports. And it looks though both the national organiza- cns of the oid parties are being more forehanded than usual, in preparation for the conflict next year. The Democrats have as the executive head of their “Victory Fund” campaign John H. Fahey of Boston, a former president of the United States Chamber of Commorce, Included in the fund committee as ex-officio members are all the members of the Democratic National Committee and all state chair- men. The treasurer of the fund is W. Gerazd_of New York, the of the Democratic National in Raskob Initiates Plan. John J. .Raskob, chairman of the D:mocratic National Committee, ~to whom the committee owes about $325,- 000 for funds advanced by him to| finance the national organization, in- itiated the plan for raising funds many months_ago and had a_survey made by a New York concern. He discussed the matter at the time of the meeting of the” Democratic National Committce hers last March. When Mr. Shouse made the formal announcement that the Victory Fund Committee had been named he made public statements by Mr. Raskob_and Mr. Davis, the chairman of the Fund Committee. Mr, Davis characterized the victory fund movement as being “the first time that the Democratic party ever has undertaken to prepare ade- quately in_sdvance cf a presidential election.” Mr. Raskob hailed the rep- Yesentative character of the Fund Com- mittee membership, deciaring it to be “indicative of the widespread interest in the party's success in 1932 and of the party’s determination to make possible | the continuation and extension of the | advance organization work aiready : essential if victory is to be assured. Leaders Back Drive, The preparedness drive is being sup- ported by outstanding party leaders, Democrztic members of the Senate and Hcuse, cratic governors and emi- nent Democrats generaily, including Newton D. Baker, former G-v. Harry F. Byrd, former Gov. James M. Cox, for- mer Senator James A. Reed. Gov. Albert ; C. Ritchiz, Gov. Frank'in D. Roosevelt, former Gov. Alfred E.' Smith, Melvin A. Taylor, Owen D. Young, Joseph T. Rebinson,” Democratic leader of the | £ te. and John N. Garner, Demo- ' cratic leader of the House. The members of the Victory Fund | Committee in the District of Columbia | are T. T. Ansberry, John F. Costello, | Charles W. Darr, Mrs. J. Borden Har- | riman, Breckinridge Long, Dr. Steiling | Ruffin, Daniel J. Callahan, J. Harry Covington, Joseph E. Davies, Wilton J. Tambert, Arthur O'Brien and Joseph | P. Tumulty. PROGRAM IS APPROVED. T Leaders at Raskob Djnner Hold Party's Chances Bright. NEW YORK, October 14 (#).—John | J. Raskob, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and a group cf Democratic leaders last night approved the tentative plan of the "victory fund” ampaign of their party at a dinner in | the Metropolitan Club. At the dinner former Gov. Alfred E. | Smith asserted that since 1928 the | Democratic party “has learned the| absolute need for permanent and con- tinuous activities between noticnal elec- tions.” . “The results of the 1930 elections and those held recently show the trend toward the Democratic party,” Mr. Raskob told his dinner guests. Held Due to Activities. “This has been due in large measure to the work which has been carried on from the Washington headquarters of the National Committee. “We have made much progress and| the party today has the support of many more than the 15,000,000 who voied the Democratic ticket three years ago. However, the necessary advance work for preparing the party for 1932 is not| complete. This is the task of the vic- tory fund campaign, under the leader- ship of Mr. Davis, Mr. John H. Fahey| and their general committee.” { Jury. |~ Johnson was not in court when Jus- tice James M. Proctor granted the post- | ponement at the request of S. McComas Hawken's attorney for Johnson, Who ex- | plained he needed more time to pre- pare his answer. No objection was voiced by Leo A. Rover, United States attorney. Hawken told newspaper men that, regardless of the fact Johnson's serv- ice while he was receiving a pension | from the Government nullified all ac- ! tions of the grand jury over a three- month period, he would insist the prose- cution lost all right to proceed against | Johnson by originally dismissing him | from the jury. It was more than a| week later before the contempt pro- ceedings were instituted. ! Can't Find Similar Case. | “I have been unable to find a single . case in which a veteran of either tae | Spanish-American or the World War has been held ineligible for jury duty because he received a pension for heroic sorvices 1endered his country in its hour of peril,” Hawken sald. o “The decision in the present case. he added, “will be far-reaching. It will affect the right of thousands of vet- erans of the Spanish-American War and several million of the World War | to serve on criminal juris in the Federal | courts. 1 “It certainly never was the intention of Congress in granting tte pensions to alleviate the financial condition of vet- | erans who had suffered hardships and | had been maimed in behalf of their country that they should be shorn of the right to do jury duty in the Federal courts, Cites Common Law. “As T view the case, it would be an enlargement of both the local code and in contravention of the conmon law to hold that Johnson was ineligible to serve on the grand jury, because there is no provision of the code or rule of common law that renders him ineligible. “The rule of the common law is that one is ineligible who is the ‘party's mas- ter, servant, counselor, steward or at- torney.” A pensioner of the Government | obviously is not embraced in any one M1 the excluded classes. | “The Crawford case decided by the Supreme Court and the Griffith case in our Court of Appeals dealt with the questiort of the employes of the United States Government and not with a vet- eran receiving a pension. Hence, they have no application to the present case. “Johnson was granted his pension under the act of May 1, 1926, as a re- ward for services rendered his country 30 years ago as a result of which serv- fces he is a cripple. The pension is an outright unconditicnal grant of bounty for services fendered. There is no reservation in the act affecting or controlling his action or activities and he cannot be deprived of his pension except by ancther act of Congress. “Johnkon is under no obligation to the Government and it has no authority over him or his actions by reason of his pensicn and he was not disqualified by | elther the code or the common law. Therefore, in my opinion, he had the | right to serve as a grand jurol RAILWAY STRIKE LOOMS ‘ MEXICO CITY, October 14 (#).— Dispatches from Guadalajara to the newspaper Excelsior last night said that a strike of emploves of the Southern | Pacific Railroad of Mexico may be called within a few hours, to become effective in 10 days. The report sald no progress was made in negotiations of the company and the employes over the company’s proposal for a 10 per cent reduction of wages. | | | | results we all know—hasty and ofttimes ill-conceived action, waste of effort, a public_incompletely educated on the real fundamentals of the platform which the candidate seeks to broadcast. “Our chances for victory are bright, but advance planning and preparation are essential, and that must start now through the victory fund as the me- dium.” ! Among the dinner guests were Vin- cent Astor, George Gordon Battle, | Claude G. Bowers, Barron G. Collier, | Pierre S. du Pont, James A. Farley,| James W. Gerard, Kingdon Gould, Wil- liam P. Kenny, Herbert H. Lehman, ‘William Church Osborn, Joseph M. “In the past”’ Mr. Smith said, “we have waited until we knew our candi- date, knew the issues which the con- vention outlines and the platform by which it proposes to solve them. The Proskauer, Jouett Shouse, James Spey- er, Nathan Straus, jr.; Percy S. Straus Gerard Swope, Herbert Bayard Swope, Morris 8. Tremaine and Grover A. Whalen, . the name of the President’s Unemploy- ment Relief Committee, headed by Walter S. Gifford, will be delivered by Mr. Hoover in the home of the com- mandant at Fortress Monroe, Va,, and will be broadcast throughout the land. Mr. Hoover will go ashore at Old Point Comfort from the battleship Arkansas, upon wbich he and his party will be cruising in that vicinity pre- paratory to his participation Menday in the sesquicentennial cerenfonies at Yorktown. The President is scheduled to start speaking some time between 6 and. 6:30 o'clock and immediately upon his con: cluding, he and the members of his party who accompany him ashore will return to the Arkansas and spend the night before heading for Yorktown. Hopes to Leave Friday. Although the President hopes to leave Washington Friday to go aboard the Arkansas at Annapolis to spend the| week end, it was thouglt doubtful at the White House today that he would | get away before Saturday afternoon. | The personnel of the party on the week end cruise and Yorktown celebra- tion has not yet been made public. Mrs. Hoover will accompany the Presi- dent, as will his three secretaries and naval and miltary aides, and likely several members of his cabinet. ‘There will be the usual number of | newspaper_correspondents and photog- raphers. The President will return to Washington before noon Tuesday. The President today greeted repre- sentatives of 18 State George Washing- ton Bicentennial Commissions who' are on the way to attend the Yorktown celebration. The delegation was ac- companied to the White House by Representative Sol Bloom, associate di- rector of the George Washington Bi- centennial Commission. Before going to the White House the party visited | the headquarters of the commission, | where they inspected the work being i done. Following the White House re- | ception the delegates were guests of !honor at a luncheon at the National Press Club, given by Representative Bloom. Delegates Present. Those in this group of State repre- sentatives were George S. Goddard of Connecticut, William G. Thon of Ili- nois, U. Landon of Indiana; Col. C. Frank Dunn of Kentucky, J. A. Shriver of Marylard, Maj. Robert E. Green of Massachusetts, Miss Myra Hazard of Mississippl, Willlam H. Savage of New Jersey, Charles J. Tobin, John J. Tobin and Don Holbrook of New York, Sena- tor William I. Spangler of Ohio, George W. Elliott and Senator Thad S. Krause of Pennsylvania, C. P. Overfield of Utah, Robert Lecky, jr., of Virginia; former Senator Sutherland and Miss Rose McGraw of West Virginia, Dr. Randolph G. Adams and " Clements of Michigan, Gordon Wood- bury of New Hampshire, Richard H. Anthony of Rhode Island and Miss Hazel Nielson of North Dakota. U. S. CRIME GAIN CLAIMED Geneva Labor Office Hints Dole Has Aided Other Nations. GENEVA, October 14 (#).—A state- ment that the growth of unemployment in the Unit:d States had been acccm- panled by en increase in crime was made today in the weekly publication of the International Labor Office. “Simil°r phenomena hav> ceased to appear in countries where adequate and regular pavments are made to workers involuntarily unemployed,” it was said. The publication predictzd a Winter of “‘very great hardship f-r the unemploy- " because “more and more people are becoming pauperized.” JOBLESS MOB DISPERSED Several Arrested and One Hurt as Crowd Shouts for “Dole.” NEW KENSINGTON, Pa,, Octobsr 14 () —Several arrests were made - last night when State policemen were c21led to disperse several hundred persons who gathered outside the City Hall while council was in session. Persons in the crowd shouted f:r a “dole,” remission of taxes and other relief. Those taken into custody were de- scribed as the apperent leiders of the dem?mt:'.li,on. Dlfl!;:lp:;edml::l for the most pal y unemploy ers. man suffered head fuenm as were scattering the mob. - 4 police One- chanj Sandidge explained there w:s no isola- | tion ward at Emergency and declared | the interns who examined little Samuel | was justified in transferring him tc Children’s in view of his opinion that the boy might be suffering from spinal meningitis. Dr. Leech contended ths from the report cf the examining phy sician in th> case there “appeared to be no emergency.” The boy died ai Gallinger October 6, 36 hours after being admitted. “Inasmuch as we only have a small| | ward for children, and there was a be- | lief on the part’ of the interne that | the Goddett boy might have spinal | meningitis,” said Sandiage, “I don’t think Emergency Hospital deserves any criti- cism for its handling of the case. Chil- dren's Hospital does ®ave a contagious ward and is especially equipped for | handling children, and that is where i the boy was sent—in our own ambu- lance."” Action Held Justified. Dr. Leech declared that as long as! there “apparently was no emergency,”| Children’s Hospital was justified in sending, the boy to Gallinger. “The Board of Public Welfare itself | has told us that if we admit such cases | we must stand the expense ourselves. | Both the Welfare Board and the Com- { munity Chest have refused to pay for indigent cases that are not seny to the Gallinger Munitipal Hospital. “We are instructed to accept no cases i without a permit, except emergency ones. The Goddett boy apparently was not an emergency case, according to | the findings of the examining physigian. | He appeared to be in good shape wheg brought in here, and under the Wel- fare Board's ruling, we sent him on to Gallinger.” ; Cites Vacancy Notice. Dr. Leech said that only a few days {ago the Board of Welfare had notified the hospital of 24 vacant beds in Gal-| linger and instructed the institution not | to accept any mbore cases until the beds had been filled. In the case of Eva Mae Dixon, who died October 5, the delay in recelving treatment was due to misunderstand- ing between the child’s mother and au- thorities at Garfield Hospital. When | the emergency room physician found that the child was suffering with whooping cough he called the Health Department and was instructed to send the child to the contagious ward at Garfleld. Instead of waiting for the Health Department's contagious ambu- lance, however, Mrs. Dixon rushed her daughter to the hospital in a private car, going to the main office of the in- stitution. > ‘There she found no arrangemerits had bcen made for admitting the child, apparently due to failure of the con- tagious ward to communicate with the main office, and was told to take her daughter to Children's Hospital, where she was admitted. She died shortly thereafter. Dr. Lloyd Wademan, who treated her at Children’s Hospital, de- clared her death was inevitable. as the major portion of her body had been burned and she had inhaled flames. ‘Would Be Quarantined, Director Wilson said authorities at Sibley Hospital had taken the proper course in removing the Dixon girl when it was learned she was'a contagious case. | “If Sibley Hospital had kept the case, under the law it would be liable to quarantine, thus disrupting the whole institution. Also in the case of the Goddett boy, had he been admitted to Emergency or Children’s Hospital and later found to have spinal men- ingitis, the hospital would necessarily have to be quarantined. “However, in all cases of emergency Washington hospitals always give im- mediate treatment and ask questions later. If there is any indication that medical aid will bring relief it should be administered by the examining physician. Permits for the indigent in all cases of emergency may be obtained later.” NITRATE TRUST UPHELD SANTIAGO, Chile, October 14 (#).— Dr. Juan Esteban Montero and the min- jstry of finance joined yesterday in issu- ing en official statement saying that whatever may be the result of the' pres- ent study of the Cosach nitrate com- bine, in which American capital is ly interested, there will be no ges affecting the valy combine or its obligations abroad. The spokesman said it was probable that further conferences regarding de- tails would be held on the Atlantic seaboard before the case is presented to the Shipping Board, but that it was hoped that the shippers could | meet with the board next Monday. Rumors that the deal involved a | merger of the Dollar-Dawson-Chapman | interests with the I. M. M. and Roosevelt ines were vigorously denied, the spokes- | man saying the lines would not be merged, either directly or indirectly. Seek U. S. Leadership. He sald the effect of the agreement would be to place the American Mer- chant Marine in a place of leadership on the high seas. The shippers going to Washington included Kenneth Dawson, Portland, Oreg.. of the States Shipping Co. and other lines; Kermit Roosevelt and John M. Franklin, officials of the I. M. M. and Rooseveit Lines; R. Stanley Dollar, president of the Doilar Steamship Co., and Paul Chapman of the United States Lines. The shippers sald no formal state- ment would be issued until after the plans had been presented to the Shipping Board. SOVIET AND CHINA OIL DEAL REPORTED FAILED Arr'nngement to Supply 1,500,000 Gallons Monthly to Chinese Disclosed. By the Assoclated Press. SHANGHALI, October 14.—Although a dispatch from Moscow, October 3, re- ported the Soviet Oil Trust had ar- ranged to supply Chinese distributors with 1,500,000 gallons of oil products monthly, it was- indicated today nego- tiations concerning the deal had failed Soviet oil officials, after dickering with the Kwang Hwa Petroleum 'Co. the largest native distributor, recently turned to the newiy-formed Wha Yu Co.,, a rival Chinese organization, but the negotiations were reported to have been unsuccessful. ‘The Kwang Hwa Co. in the past has imported its oil supplies, chiefly kero- sene, from American = independents, principally the Richfield Oil Co. CITIZENS TO ELECT American University Heights Group Meets Tonight. Election of officers will feature the | annual meeting of the American Uni- versity Heights Citizens’ Association, to be held at 8 o'clock tonight in Hurst Hall, American University. Dr. George | C. Havenner, president of the Federa- tion of Citizens’ Associati:ns, will be the guest of honor. Prizes will be awarded the winners of the organization's fourth annual lawn, garden and flower contest, and photographs of hcmes in the American University section will be exhibited. | aide. Details of America's effort to keep Russia in the Wcrld War following the fall of the Tsarist regime in March, 1917, were revealed by the $tate De- partment with publication of the report of the special mission to Russia, headed by Elihu Root. Financial Support Given, _As shown in the heretofore unpub- lished correspondence, the Root com- ‘mlssi,n and David R. Francis, then | Ambassador to Russia, had strong hopes | of keeping alive Russia’s war spirits by means of American financial support. Through a propaganda campaign they planned to bolster the enthusiasm of | the population. Widespread diffusion of | pamphlets, motion pictures and adver- tising were reccmmended and subse- quently inaugurated. The commission, apparently, failed to sense the magnitude of the then im- pending Bolshevist movement which, | before the begirning of 1918, overthrew the Kerensky provisional government and later concluded a separate peace treaty with Germany. Even in 1918 Ambassador Francis re- | garded the Soviet government as “only | 8 shell” " His correspondence shows that he conferred secretly with a ‘“re- liable” member of the government, who told him the entire armed force of the Soviets totaled less than 25,000, in- cluding the Red army and Red Guard. Failed to See Lenin's Place. Ambassador Francis reported he { found _public opinion opposed to the new Communist regime, but regretted to say that “every one” favored the return of the monarchy. The publication reveals the celerity | recognized the provisional government of March, 1917. Also it is shown that while President Wilson did not recog- nize the Soviet, his Ambassador, with | approval of the State Department, maintained informal relations with the | Bolshevik authorities. | Ambassador Prancis in 1917 did not lose hope that financial and moral aid | from the United States would maintain | Russia on the side of the allies. In dispatches he identified Lenin as “an extreme Socialist or anarchist.” He added that Lenin would probably be deported shortly. MILO M. BELDING DIES tions That Follow Mild Cold. M. Belding, 67, financier and member of one of New England's oldest families, | followed & mild cold. Belding was vice president and direc- tor of the Avery Salt Co., Detroit Rock Salt Co., Genesee & Wyoming Rail- tional Salt Co. of New Jersey and In- ternational Salt Co. of New York. He was a director in thé Irving Trust Co., Belding Savings Bank of Belding, Mich,, and Belding Land & Improve- ment Co. of Belding, of which he also WA3 treasurer. BEAUTIES NOT DUMB, MINISTERS’ SONSNO T FAILURES, SAYS AUTHOR Face Not éhflacter Index, Experts Find in Trying to Tell Girls’ Phizes From Boys’. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, October 14.—Beautiful women are not dumb. Minister's sons usually don't go wrong. Brilliant per- sons are not subject to nervous break- downs. If you disagree with any of these as- sertions you are merely one of the mil- lions in America who have been de- ceived by popular fallacies, Albert Ed- ward Wiggam, the author, said yester- day in an address. The belief that gazing at the back of a person’s head makes him turn around. that there is such a thing as an under-J of a hundred persons on another Pers has failed to affect that person. “The Marine Department of the United States Government has made thousands of experiments to determine if there is such a as an under- 'tow, but never has been able to find one. “There are thousands of men em- ployed by big corporations to judge the character of employes by studying their faces. It has been proved con- clusively that a man’s character has nothing to do with his face. recent occasion 88 such character read- with which the Wilson administration | Financier Succumbs to Complica- | NEW YORK, October 14 (#).—Milo | died yesterday of complications which | road Co., Retsof Mining Co., Interna- | On a (PO chased were a $4,000 grey broadtail coat, expensive lirgerie, perfume, gowns, hats, shocs and costume jewelry, EDISON IS WEAKER, ON VERGE OF COMA Has Had Only Six Spoonsful of Pears Since Friday, His Physician Announces. By the Associated Press. | WEST ORANGE, N. J., October 14— | Although Thomas A. Edison has had ' nothing to eat or drink except six | spoonfuls of pears since last Priday his doctor said today that nothing had developed to cause immediate concern. Dr. Hubert S. Howe's morning state- ment follows: “Mr. Edison rested quiet- ly all night. There are indications of | increasing weakness, but nothing new | has developed to cause immediate con- cern.” Dr. Howe told reporters Edison was | constantly in -a stupor verging on a | state of coma and that he was headed in the direction of the coma, which is | expected precedes death. | " Dr. Howe said that because of the | inventor's remarkably strong heart it as impossible to predict how long he could hold out without nourishment. It is now nine days since Edison had any food, except the few spoonfuls of stewed pears, and he has had no fluids at all since Friday night. The physician said it was difficult to tell whether Edison really recognized any one any more. He said that some- times when some one would walk through the room Edison would rouse enough to notice the person and smile, but this was not real proof of recogni- tion. | | | | CAPONE’S LOSSES ON RACES RECALLED ~ BY BOOKMAKERS (Continued From First Page.) pressed surprise, made the customary motion for directed verdict of acquittal and asked two days in which to pre- pare their case. Federal Judge James H. Wilkerson denied the motion. The defense has refrained from out- lining its case, telling even Judge Wil kerson “why should we give the Gov- ernment this information?” Capone’s lawyers did say, however, that they nted to bring witnesses | from New York, Washing‘on and Phil- | adelphia to show that t e defendant had sustained “severe los Cross-examination ~ of Government witnesses has included at times these | questions, which may or may not be brought up in the defense case: “Did Capone tell you he understood he had to pay no income tax because his busi- ness enterprises were unla 2 In the examination of veniremen at the start of the trial, Capone’s attorneys had the court bring out the fact that a defendant's failure to take the sund‘ m:‘lselx must not be considered against 1 i large share of the Government testimony, dealing with his purchases of everything from $12 silk underwear to a $40,000 Florida estate, was accepted by Capone and his legal staff in a man- ner that was almost jovial. His law- yers said they did not deny the fact that he had money and spent money, but objected on the grounds that this type of evidence was immaterial to the point of proving income. ‘Testimony t Capone handled $80,000 in telegraphic money orders while livipg in Florida was objected to on similar grounds, but not denied. The defense made itself heard vigor- ously, however, when the prosecution prodaced evidence tending to link Ca- né with a highly prefitable Cicero, I, gambling house and when its wit- nesses described Capone’s attempt, in 1930, to compromise his tax lability. gangst Gavmnflm attorney, that he owed the t some tax and suggested that his income be set at from $26,000 to $100,000 a. year. 8.2 ) | cause of the bar of the statute of holds. According to that reaso: the five vacancies are filled cast the House standing Republicans, 218; Democrats, Farmer-Labor, 1. SHELBY TO RETIRE FROM D. C. POLICE FORCE NOVEMBER 1 (Continued From First Page.) mendation will be forwarded to Commissioners and thence to the Re- lisf and Retiring Board. The latter board is composed of A: ant Corporation Counsel W. A. Roberts, chairman; Police Inspector E. W Brown and Deputy Fire Chief Charles E. Schrom, Beyond Retirement Age. Under the law, any police officer is eligible for retirement when he reaches the age of 55 years and has been the service continuously for 25 yea Inspector Shelby is nearly 58 end : seen approximately 30 years of ser Shelby today recefved many mes: expressing regret over his impen: retirement. He told friends he pected. when retired, to “take life ea He will receive retirement pay from police fund and also a pension from the Army. 3D-DEGREE WITNESSES TESTIFY. One White Man and 10 Colored Persons Appear Before Jury. One white man and 10 colored per- sons appeared before the District grand jury today to tell stories of alleg police brutality. Among the accused are three headquarters detectives, two policemen of the second precinct and two from the fourth precinct, it was reported. ‘Three cases are involved in the test: mony submitted today by United States Attorney Leo A. Rover as the result of inquiries by the Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Justice. Five cases were heard by the grand jurors Monday, five vesterday and three today. This would leave four cases to be heard if the rumors of the number of police and detecti involved in the grand jury inquiry, which was nullified by the discovery of a pensioner serving on that body, are correct. Will File Complete Report. At the conclusion of the grand jury investigaticn the Department of Jus tice will file with the District Com- missioners a complete report of its in- |quiry. A number pf cases, it is reported, will be set forth which have not been some be- i- taticns and others for different rea- sons. It is rumored that as many as 70 charges may be made in that re- submitted to a grand jury. Tt m’l‘he first case heard today was the complaint of Joseph W. Burch, who claimed to have b2en beaten by three headquarters detectives when he was arrested as a suspect on a criminal charge. He was arrested on a tip-off from William Sullivan, now an inmate of Lorton Penitentiary, and who re- cently escaped from that institution, but was later apprehended. Sullivan wa3 brbught from Lorton this morning in custody of a guard to testify in the case. Instructor Testifies. Frederick Smith, colored. an athletic instructor at the playgrounds of Love- joy School, was the complaining wit- ness in another case. A fight had been in progress near the playgrounds and Smith learned of it from the inside of the building, and with a foot ball under his arm, went out to see what was the matter. He was accused of being one of the contestants, it is stated, and the two policemen are said to have struck him with a blackjack and put him in a patrol wagon. Later, it is reported, they beat him at the ninth precincts Nine alleged victims, both men and women, all colored, appeared to com- plain_against two policemen of the second precinct. They are said to have been rounded up in an effort to solve a number of robberies and grand lar- cenles and were lined up and put through alleged “third degree” stunts in efforts to extract confessions. ts, if voted by the grand reported : Indictm ury, wTo next Tuesday,