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w A—2 %% 1JOHNSON APPEALS TOCONVICT CAPONE Asks Tax Trial Jury to Re-| move “Sinister Influence’ From Chicago. By the Assoclated Press. FEDERAL BUILDING, Chicago, Oc- tober 17.—United States District Al-' torney George E. Q. Johnson pleaded | with 'a Federal jury today to convict Al Capone for evading income taxes and rid the city of his “sinister in- fluence.” “His counsel suggested that this man 4s a modern Robin Hood,” said the grayhaired prosecutor, speaking slowly and emphatically. Did this Robin »Hood buy thousands of dollars’ worth of diamond belt buckles for the unem- ; ployed? Did this Robin Hood buy thousands of dollars’ worth of meat to feed the poor and hungry? Were those $27 shirts to protect the men who sleep beneath the city's streets?” Bewildered by Defense. Johnson said he was “a little bewild- ered” by the defense’s attempt to “place & halo of mystery and romance” around “the head of the gang leader. And he ¢ resented, the prosecutor said, the de- ! fense's statement that the Government, | at the end of a “frivolous” prosecution :_'ould try to “con” a verdict of convic- ion. Johnson spoke of the Cicero gambling house, which the Government charges Capone owned, and of the Government witnesses who took part in a raid on / the establishment, headed by a preacher. ' Two of these witnesses said Capone told | them he “owned the place.” “These men,” he said, “were good | citizens, men who resented the sinister influence of the gambling house in the i community. You will see from the evi- “dence that the gambling house paid $6,000 to the police. That is why the ' brave citizens didn’t call on the police to conduct the raid.” Watches Jurors Intently. Capone, dressed in a light green suit, the loudest he has worn since the trial | started, watched the jurors intently as the prosecutor asked”them to convict “The Government,” said Johnson, “has no mcre important function, ex- cept in times of war, than to enforce the revenue statutes. If all people sihould disregard and evade them, as this man did, American civilization would fall, governmental {institutions crumble and society would revert to the days of the jungle.” Johnson finished his argument at 11:10 am. and court was adjourned until 1:30 p.m., when Judge Wilkerson seid he would instruct the jury. The usual elaborate claims of victory were flaunted before the jury in the closing arguments. ‘Theré was “not one scintilla of evidence to support the charges.” And on the other hand “there could be no possible doubt of his _guilt.” He had an inning in the final argu- ments yesterday, heard his lawyers at- tack the Government's case and heard some allusions to himself that were far from complimentary. “No Evidence of Guilt.” “Maybe he’s the worst man who ever lived,” said Albert Fink, one of the defense lawyers. ‘“Maybe he's every- thing the newspapers say about him. ‘But you have no evidence of that. And a man can't be convicted except on evidence.” Both of them pictured the gangster, however, as a man being prosecuted only because of his name, only because the Government was trying to answer i the mew cry “Capone must de- stroyed.” | The indictments charged Capone with attempting to evade and defeat taxes on yearly incomes which ranged from ! $103,999 to $257,286 in 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928 and 1929. Conviction carries 32 years' imprisonment and $80,000 | fine as a maximum penalty on all counts, JAPAN DELIBERATES ON DEFYING LEAGUE U. S. ATTITUDE HIT (Contt From Pirst Page.) lived as meighbors and quite naturally have their squabbles. In the days of old they used bows and arrows, spears and swords, and more recently, modern arms, to their own satisfaction. For this reason Tokio believes direct negotiations with China offers the most logical opportunity for solution of the 300-odd questions which have been hanging fire between them for years and which brought to a head the pres- ent trouble. “If left to ourselves” said the foreign office spokesman, “China and Japan will find some way to get together and settle the present dispute. It may re- quire months, possibly vears, but the two nations will never fight. That is the point we desire to moke clear to Geneva.” Army authorities were quoted by the press as characterizing the attitude of the United States in the Manchurian situation as “extremely meddlesome.” Rengo News Agency said the state- ment of Army authorities was made after a meeting at which they voted to uphold Japan's stand. Army authorities, according to the agency, contended that since the gov- ernment repeatedly had stated the re- cent difficulties in Manchuria should be settled without the intervention of a third party, “it is extremely meddlesome on America's part to concern herself with a serious issue arising from a re- gion where Japan has special, peculiar relations. Such a step would only irri- tate the sensitive feelings of the Jap- anese people.” Minister of War Giro Minami called representatives of the vernacular news- pers to a conference at which he said the Geneva action was “plainly an at- tempt to drag America into the affair.” Emphasizing Japan's contention that no third party should be, brought into the negotiations, he said, “It is quite natural that the League's efforts, amounting to little short of interven- tion, cannot please Japan.” Declared Unalterable. Minami said American participation in the proceedings was liable “to de- feat the very aim of the Council, as that would only encourage a wrong attitude in China to avold direct negotiations| with Japan and to make use of a third Typical Boy and Girl CHOSEN FROM HUGE GATHERING OF ¢-H CLUB MEMBERS. made. A Kans., and Helen Johnson, 16, of Rochester, Minn., shown above. MERICA'S typical 4-H Club boy and girl were chosen at the annual meeting of that organization in St. Louis, Mo., where the awards were ‘The honors went to Clarence Bell, 16 years old, of McDonald, The honors go to them for the highest degree of national 4-H Club leader- ship and project work in their particular county and State. They were chosen from more than 600 boys and girls who journeyed to St. Louis for the com- petition. —Wide World Photo. JAPANESE STEAMER AND S0 FEAREDLOST Only Trace of Vessel Found by Searching Ships Is Deck Load of Logs. USRS S—. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, October 17.—The Japanese freighter Yonan Maru, with its crew of between 40 and 50 men, was believed lost today, the only trace of the vessel found by three searching ships in midpacific bemng part of its deck load of logs. The liner President Jefferson, on which Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lind- bergh are returning from the Orient to the United States, reached the scene of the Yonan Maru's distress shortly be- fore noon yesterday in response to a series of frantic calls for help, but could not find the ship. The President Jeffer- son _radioed: “Found deck load, but nothing else. Cruised vicinity three hours in com- pany with Ayaha Maru and Taigen Maru, but no ships found trace of any- thing except Yonan Maru deck load.” After cruising in the vicinity nearly all day the three vessels resumed their courses, deeming the search for the lifehoats or wreckage as hopeless. Poor visibility, caused by rain and heavy seas, hampered the search. The Yonan Maru, under command of Capt. C. Metsumoto, left Astoria, Oreg., October 1 for the Orlent with 1,000,000 feet of logs and 8,100 tons of wheat. The ship was of 7,154 gross tons. TEXT 6F GILBERT’S SPEECH IN WHICH HE SEES HOPE OF PEACE| (Continued From First Page.) ings before the Council for the settle- men of the dispute at present unhappily existing between China and Japan. My Government does not seek to in- trude with respect to such measures as you may propose under the covenant of the League of Nations, and is not in a position to participate with the mem- bers of the Council in the formulation of any action envisaged under that in- strument for the composing of differ- ences existing between two of its mem- bers. Hopes for Success. “It has already cimziveyed {to you it{.s E) athetic appreciation of your ef- fglr!::) and its v?)?clehearr._ed accord with the objective you have in view, and it has expressed the hope that the tried machinery of the League may in this case, as_on_previous occasions, be suc- cessful in bringing this dispute to a conclusion satisfactory to both parties. “Moreover, acting independently and through diplomatic channels my gov- ernment, has already signified its moral support of your efforts in this capacity to bring about a peaceful solution of the unfortunate controversy in Man- churia. “In your deliberations as to the ap- plication of the machinery of the cov- enant of the League of Nations, I re- peat, we can of course take no part. But the pact of Paris, bearing as it does the signature of the President of meeting together with that of our for- mer BSecretary of State as joint pro- ponents, represents to this extent in ‘America an effective means of mar- shaling the use of pacific means only, behind the use of pacific means only, in the solution of controversies between nations. Public Opinion Held Potent. “We feel not only that this public opinion is & most potent force in the domestic affairs of every nation, but that it is of constantly growing im- portance and influence in the mutual relations of the members of the family of nations. party for her selfish ends.” He said he doubted the League’s fa- cllities were capable of gaining the proper knowledge of the compucnudl Manchurian situation, where ‘“regular | Chinese troops, under the disguise of bandits, were encouraged to attack | Japanese soldiers and where Chinese | army authorities countenanced the massacre of numerous non-combatant Koreans.” He added, “We do not know in what direction the League’s Council might ! drift after American participation, but | one thing we do know, and that is that # Japan’s first fixed policy involving her [ national existence as far as Manchuria is concerned remains absolutely unal- ! terable under the circumstances.” 1t was reported that the government was considering sending another set of instructions to the Japanese spokesman at Geneva, Kenkichi Yoshizawa. —_— Free State Passes Sedition Act. DUBLIN, Irish Free State, October 17 /).—The Senate passed the new public safety bill on final reading today and the Free State Executive Council was authorized to t it into effect im- mediately. measure establishes military courts to try persons charged withedition, «~ “The timely exercise of the power of such opinion may be effective to pre- vent a breach of international peace of world-wide consequences. We assume that this may be the reason why the consideration of the relationship be- tween the provisions of the pact of Paris and the present situation has been brought forward in this body; and the purpose which has moved my govern- ment to accept your invitation is that thus we may most enthusiastically and effectively take common counsel with you on this subject.” BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band this evening at Stanley Hall at 5:30 o'clock. John S. M. Zimmermann, director; Anton Pointner, assistant. March, “The American Broadcast” ni “Symphony No. 5”........... Hadley Excerpts from musical comedy, “Hit the Deck’ Waltz suife, “Gold and Silver” Finale, “In My Heart, It's You' “The Star Spangled Banner. BENEFIT FOOT BALL CARNIVAL DATE SET Games Will Be Played De- cember 12—Griffith Offers Stadium. (From Yesterday's 5:30 Edition.) Practical assurance that a foot ball game, or games, would be staged at Grifith Stadium on Saturday, Decem- ber 12, with the procesds going to the |local fund to alleviate unemployment, { was the outgrowth of a conference of }sports writers representing the Wash- ington papers at a luncheon today at the University Club. It was the consensus at the meeting, which was suggested by George J. | Adams, executive secretary of the D | trict of Columbia Committee on Em- | ployment, that officials of Georgetown | University, University of Maryland, | Catholic University and George Wash- | ington University be urged to arrange | for the teams representing these insti- tutions to participate in a program of gridiron activities. Steps to this end will be taken immediately. ‘ Make Way for Benefit. A benefit of this nature was made possible by the action of the Tall Cedars of Lebanon, represented at the confer- ence by John Q. Slye, grand tall cedar, |in deferring to the Employment Com- | 12 date on which it had made tenta- ‘M\'B plans for a benefit foot ball game |to be played between all-star teams | representing the South snd the North, | as well as to the action of Clark Grif- fith, president of the Washington Base Ball Club, in tendering the use of the park free of expense for such a project. Suggestions made during the course of the conference were for a game be- tween Georgetown and Maryland, Cath- olic University and George Washing- | ton, Maryland and George Washington and Georgetown and Catholic Univer- sity, as well as a four-cornered carnival contemplating three 20-minute battles, with the winners in the first two con- tests meeting in the final. Program Depends on Schools. Just what the program will embrace depends ‘upon the willingness of the schools mentioned to participate, but those in back of the project are confi- dent an attractive program can be ar- ranged and that with a popular-price scale adopted for all save the box seats, which probably will be auctioned to the highest bidders, a huge throng will at- tend tand a sizable sum realized for distribution by the committee, which is endeavoring to find jobs for the jobless. WOMAN’S SLAYING SEEN AS BODY IS FOUND IN PATUXENT (Continued From First Page.) relatives and friends of the dead wom- an. Meanwhile, the coroner had ren- dered his “accidental death” verdict. In one of her letters. Miss Wigginton had given Pitts the license number of her automobile, a small coupe. Pitts found the car in Elliott's Garage, Sol- omons Island, where it was said the woman had paid a week's rent in ad- vance, but had not disclosed her name. At the same time plans were being made to ship the body to Miss Wig- ginton's native city, Louisville, Ky., for burial. Miss Wigginton's purse, containing $17, was found in the front part of the automobile, but the back was locked. Authorities announced they would break open the compartment later in the day in the hope it might contain clues of one kind or another. In the meantime, a cousin of the dead woman, Mrs. Oscar A. Sanders, wife of an Army lieutenant at Fort Humphreys, Va., was preparing to go to Millstone Landing to claim the body. Miss Wigginton, according to Mrs. Sanders, is survived by two sisters, Miss Mae Wood Wigginton of Denver, Colo., and Mrs. Walter Beecher of Louisville. “My _cousin spent> Monday with me,” Mrs. Sanders said, “and she told me she was planning to go to Sarasota, Fla. From there, she said, she was going to Denver to visit her sister. When I saw her she seemed to be in fine spirits.” The investigation of the mysterious death is being conducted jointly by St. Mary's County and Calvert County au- thorities, for the reason that Miss Wig- ginton is believed to have entered the water near Solomons Island, which is on the Calvert side of the Patuxent, Wwhile her body was found on the St. Mary's side. The river, at the point the m was found, is only about a mile Shortly after the inquiry was begun & report was received that members of boating party heard a woman scream few hours before Miss Wigginton's body was found. Authorities were un- able to confirm it, however. Miss Wigginton, according to Mrs. Sanders, had been living in Roslyn, Long Island, N. Y., for the last two or three years. Until about three weeks ago, an Associated Press dispatch from Roslyn stated, she was employed as private secretary to Arthur Willlams, & utility man. mittee and relinquishing the December | ATC URDAY, o0 PCT. DEBT CUT URGED ON LAVAL Counter Move Is Favored to Prevent Extension of Hoover Plan. By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, October 17.—Premier Laval, en route to America, was represented by the newspaper Le Matin today as having been advised to propose to Presi- dent Hoover a 50 per cent reduction in intergovernmental war debts in place of a possible extension of the one-year moratorium. Arms Stand Outlined. His experts urged him also to suggest progressive reduction in armaments on the basis of budget ccsts rather than the idea of equality, the paper said. And with the stipulation that the Kellogg-Briand peace pact be amended to provide that in the event of war the United States would consult with other powers and agree to deprive the ag- gressor of all assistance. If he follows their advice, he would oppose renunciation of Germany's un- conditional reparations payments, it was said, but would accept the substitution of payments in kind for payments in money. Opposition to bimetallism and to redistribution of the world's geld supply was pressed upon him. U. S. Position Is Seen. i France was sald to realize that Ameri- can and English banks are embarrassed by frozen credits in Germany and South America. If the Unitea States places capital at the disposal of her banks, France was said to be willing to open the Paris merket to loans floated in this connection. GETS EXERCISE ON DECK. ABOARD S. S. ILE DE FRANCE, En Route to New York, October 17 (#).— Premier Plerre Laval of France, who is on his way to discuss international af- fairs with President Hoover, was on deck at 9 o'clock this morning to get a bit of exercise. Only a few persons were out at that time and by the time the other pas- sengers showed up the premier was at work in his suite. Robert Pell, secretary to the Urited States Ambassacor, Walter E. Edge, and J. Theodore Marriner, councilor to the American embassy at Paris, had lunch with the premier and discussed with him detalls of his Washington visit. M. Laval spent considerable time con- ferring with the experts who are mem- bers of his party. Tonight the premier will deviate from | his plans and dine with the ship's captain, Joseph Blancart, in the main dining room. ( Other dinner guests include Miss Anne Morgan of New York, Princess Cantacuzene, Mlle. Reine Claudel, daughter of the French Ambassador at Washington, and Henri Cangardel, man- aging _director of the French Line. Mile. Jose Laval also will be present. RECEPTIONS ARE PLANNED. By the Assoctated Press The blazing fireside of Secretary of State Stimson's home, Woodley, and the spacious rooms of the White House will be the scenes of parleys during the next month which may bear strongly upon the future peace of the world. ‘With Premier Laval of France already en route to the United States for con- versaticns with President Hoover and his ranking cabinet member, Secretary Stimson, the State Department has virtually concluded its arrangements for his_entertainment. Dino Grandi, the young foreign min- ister of Italy, will arrive in Washington soon after the French premier departs. | Both will discuss with Mr. Hoover dis- armament and world economics. Premier Laval will spend one evening and one night as the official guest of President Hoover at the White House. His official residence will be the home of Walter E. Edge, Ambassador to France. Another evening he will pass at Woodley. Secretary Stimson, in extending an invitation to the Italian foreign minis- ter to come to Washington, asked that he be a house guest at Woodley. Arrangements have been made for Grandl and Signora Grandi to stay there for a part of their visit in Wash- ington. Another evening will be spent by Grandi at the White House, while Am- bassador de Martino will give a dinner and reception in honor of the foreign minister and his wife on still another evening. Premier MacDonald, when he visited America for talks with President Hoo- ver in October, 1929, was & guest of the President at his camp en the Rapidan and at the White House. Grandi Is Old Friend. The British prime minister dined at Woodley and received the unusual honor of the President leaving the White House to dine at a function given in_honor of a foreign guest. During the London Naval Conference, Secretary Stimson founded a firm friendship for the 36-year-old Italian foreign minister. Mrs. Stimson fre- quently entertained Signora Grandi, a striking Latin beauty even younger than her husband. They met again recently during Stimson’s visit to Italy. ‘The coming visit of Minister Grandi was discussed with President Hoover yesterday by John W. Garrett, Amer- ijcan Ambassador to Italy. Garrett has just returned from his Italian post. MEMORIAL TO HONOR GEN. ROBERT DUNLAP Ceremonies to Be Held Tomorrow to Commemorate Sacrifice of ‘Washington Marine. By the Assoclated Press. CINQ-MARS-LA PILE, France, Oc- tober 17.—A memorial to Brig. Gen. Robert H. Dunlap, United States Marine Corps, who lost his life in attempting to rescue & French woman in a landslide, will be unveiled here tomorrow. ‘The Washington officer'’s widow and the woman he sought to save, Mme. Denis Briant, will attend the cere- monies, along with civic authorities of this township and military officials of the Tours region. The monument is the work of Gaston Desblaize, French sculptor. A brief in- scription in French decorates the facade of the marker. It reads: “To the memory of Gen. Dunlap of the Ameri- can Marines, who did not hesitate to give his life to save that of a French oman.” wcnn. Dunlap, who had come here to perfect his French in connection with his studies at the School of War in Paris, was crushed to death last May by debris as he entered a barn to te Mme. Briant. Her husband also was killed and she suffered in- juries which made necessary the am- putation of a leg. Plan Tokio-Seattle Flight. BRADFORD, Pa, October 17 (P).— Russel Boardman and John Polando, New York to Turkey flyers, announced here last night they intended to try a non-stop flight from Tokio, Japan, to Seattle, Wash.,, as soon as weather conditions warranted -m!’&hm could be completed. The two aviators stopped off here today for & visit. They will fiy to New York tomorrow, CCTOBER 17, 1931. Scenes at First Day of Yorktown Celebration COLORFUL PAGEANTRY MARKS SESQUICENTENNIAL AS THRONGS CROWD HISTORIC TOWN. PPER right: “Old Ironsides,” the U. S. S. Constitution, recently reconditioned with the pennies of millions of school children throughout the Nation, on the bosom of the York River lends Revolutionary color to the cele- bration. Lower left: Lord Stanley Wykeham Cornwallis, lineal descendant of the Lord Cornwallis who surrendered to Washington, speaking at the unveiling of a bust of his fllustrious ancestor at Nelscn House. Lower right: Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York, as a Governor of one of the original 13 States, addressing the sesquicentennial crowds. In the picture are, left to right: Gov. Roosevelt, Senator Claude A. Swanson of Virginia, Gov. John Garland Pollard of Virginia and Secretary of the Interior Ray Lyman Wilbur. —Star Staff Photos. HOOVER TO LEAVE ON YORKTOWN TRIP ABOARD BATTLESHIP (Continued From First Page) tion of the President today is the study- ing of the reaction on his appeal to the country to support him in his govern- mental economy program, which in- cludes some generous slashing of de- partmental budgets. Everything is in readiness for the President’s week end expedition. The details have been worked out by Capt. C. R. Train, chief naval aide to the President, with the assistance of Col. Campbell Hodges, chief military aide. ‘The program, which is in printed form, and which has been placed in the hands of every member of the Presi- dent's party, so that there will be no misunderstanding, has virtually every movement of the President scheduled by the clock from the moment he goes aboard the battleship Arkansas, which is lying at the mouth of the Severn River, about 4 miles from the dock at the Naval Academy grounds, to the re- turn of the presidential party to the White Houze early Tuesday morning has been included in this program of arrangements. Besides Mrs. Hoover, the President will have with him on the trip Mrs. Charles Francis Adams, wife of the Secretary of the Navy; Admiral W. V. Pratt, chief of naval operations: Sen- ator Moses of New Hampshire, President pro tempore of the Senate; the Presi- dent’s naval and military aides, two of his secretaries, Capt. J. T. Boone, White House physician, and a score of news- paper correspondents and news pho- tographer and the customary number of Secret Service operatives. The trip to Annapolis will be made in automobiles and a brief stop will be made shortly after entering the Academy grounds for the superin- tendent of the Academy, Admiral Hart, to welcome the party and pay his re- spects and accompany the President to tge wharf, & short distance away. If the President b:x;rlves t:lv.bmdtg;:nlscc:r«;l- emy grounds before the sun - mo%lg: he will receive the full honors of his office; otherwise the ceremony will be dispensed with. There will be no review of the Corps of Cadets, be- cause of a foot ball game which will be in progress about that time. The presidential party will be taken from thé Academy grounds to the Arkansas in a flock of little gas launches and, according to all appearances, it is likely that it will be after dark by the time the President and his party step aboard the vessel. Honors will be given the President as he steps over the side of the ship and he will be formally re- ceived gy Rear Admiral C. C. Bloch, commanding the training squadron of the scouting force, of which the Arkansas is his flagship, and Capt. P. W. Foote, commanding officer of the Arkansas, and their respective staffs. The members of the party will be immediately shown to their quarters, and by that time the big vessel will have mce%‘ anchor and be on its way down the . ‘The cruise.y will be broken early to- morrow evening long enough to permit the President to go ashore at Old Point Comfort, Va., where at 6 o'clock in the home of the commandant of Fort Mon- roe, he will deliver a radio address in the interest of a campaign to be started throughout the country to raise funds for unemployment relief. At the con- clusion og this address the President will return to his ship, cruise about the waters of the neighborhood pre- paratory to heading for Yorktown, where at 8:30 o'clock Monday morning anchor be drop) Yorktown ter the ped in Bay, and where two hours laf President will go ashore and proceed to the reviewing stand on the celebration field, where at 11 o'clock he will make his address. —_— DREISER BID REFUSED DETROIT, Mich., October 17 (#).— Sem‘t;or James Couze) tel er investigate conditions in tI County, Ky., coal mines. 4" e entirely sympathetic with and your proposal,” said the Harlan ‘While mmw in Senatof's telegram, “I am sorry that | broadcasts, my health does not it me to join the delegation.” 3 HOOVER 33 BUDGET - SLASHED T0 BONE |President Commands Bureau | | Heads to Revise Estimates Sharply. | __(Continued From Pirst Page) “maklng its contribution toward ex- | panded employment while present con- ditions exist. “I fully realize that while govern- mental economy as a whole is strongly desired by the public, yet every variety |of expenditure has its adherents throughout the country,” he said, “all of whom are naturally solicitous that their special project should be contin- ued, even in times of national diffi- culty, and they are impatient of re- ductions or deferment or delays of their projects. “Public opinion in support of drastic economies will need to reach into these directions. It must extend also the dis- couragement of special interests de- sirous of securing expenditures for spe- cial projects.” Meanwhile, it appeared likely the Navy's curtailed budget estimate, clip- ping millions from projected expendi- tures, is headed straight for rough weather. An enormous proportion of the sav- ings suggested by Secretary Adams and his admirals comes in shore activities, employing many men, supplying trade to many communities. Members of Con- gress normally set up a great clamor any time chat kind of cut is proposed around their home towns. Gladly Lose Some Stations. Some of the shore activities slated for abandonment ‘are of a type the Navy will gladly loose. The going of others wrings the hearts of many a bluff and hearty admiral. When the naval budget cut off the Navy Yards at Boston and Charleston, 8. C, it almed at two expenditures long on the naval list for abandonment. ‘They and others of the type had come to be known in naval circles, and to some extent outside, as ‘“political” yards. Often proposed for extinction, consent has never been obtained from Congress. Now the admirals have put that prob. lem up to the President, and if he passes it, to Congress. Mr. Hoover has not yet said the suggested economies would gln the Budget Bureau unchanged. In act, his latest comment on the subject was_ that no one could say just what would be presented to Congress. Besides the yards, radio stations and other depots listed for abandonment the Navy has slashed off numerous bands, much valued by cities which do not support their own. It has cancelled the tour of the U. 8. 8. Constitution, whrltch was to yield gala days to many a por rious Congressmen doubtless- will hear about it from their constituents, and unless history fails to repeat itself, their expostulations will be loud. MACARTHUR IN YORKTOWN General Will Give Dinner for Mar- shal Petain. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Army chie? of staff, attended by his military aide, Capt. Thomas J. Davis, Adjutant Gen- eral’'s Department, motored to York- town this morning and took part in the military features on the day’s program. Gen, MacArthur ive a dinner at the Hotel Chamberlin, at Old Point Comfort, this evening in honor of Mar- to | Shal Petain and other members of the French delegation. —_— More than 2,000 schools in England have arran for special educational most of which are on sub- Jects not included in the regular school curriculum, . | \ (Conti: |MORE THIRD DEGREE CASES REPORTED TO COMMISSIONERS Page.) | feeling that the evidence it contained might in some way interfere with the prosecution of the 18 indicted police- men. The general report. however, is to be turned over to the Commissioners, it is i understood, at the close of the trials of | the 18 accused officers. The case record was given to the Commissioners in lieu of the general Teport in order that the Commissioners could ascertain the extent of the bru- tality scandal and take any disciplinary | action which they deem desirable be- | fore the completion of the trial of the 18 indicted policemen. | 'The case record is a voluminous doc- ‘ument and Mr. Bride said he did not know how long it would take him to study its contents. He said he would { make it the first order of business to |prevent any delay in clearing up the | police situation. | After studying the report, Mr. Bride | said he would make recommendations to the Commissioners. If prosecution of any of the officers named in the case report is recommended, Mr. Bride said he did not know at this time whether these cases would be sent before a reg- ular police trial board or the extraordi- nary civilian trial board created by the Commissioners acout a month ago for the specific purpose of trying police- men involved in the Staples case inves- tigation. Following the conference with the Cemmissioners, Attorney General Mitchell issued the following statement: “With respect to the investigation conducted by the Bureau of Investiga- tionof the Department of Justice into third-degree methods in the Police De- partment of the District of Columbia, it may be said that the only general Treport prepared by the bureau relates to those cases in which criminal pro- ceedings have been instituted. “For obvlous reasons it would be improper for the department to give publicity to that report while the criminal cases are pending and un- disposed of. The department has of- fered to submit this report to the Com- missioners of the District, but only With the understanding that no pub- licity will be given to it until the criminal cases referred to in it are disposed of. “The Commissioners have advised the department that they have no present need for this report, because the sus- pension of the indicted officers is the only action the Commissioners can properly take at present in these cases. “All the investigation files of the de- partment relating to the third-degree methods in the Police Department have been delivered to the Commissioners of the District in order that the Commis- sioners may examine them to determine whether administrative action may be necessary in cases which have not re- sulted in criminal prosecution.” ROWBOTTOM GETS FEDERAL PAROLE Formér Indiana Representative to Be Released From Prison November 9. By the Assoclated Press. Harry E. Rowbottom, former member of Congress, convicted of accepting bribes in connection with postmaster appointments, was paroled today, effec- tive November 9. Rowbottom, a former Representative from Indiana, was sentenced last Win- ter to serve a year and a day in Leav- enworth Prison for accepting money to obtain the appointment of persons to postmasterships. He had been the Rep- resentative from the first Indiana dis- trict in the Sixty-ninth, Seventieth and STl sentongs womd nave expired next senf ve Pebruary 8.8 , ITWO ARMIES HONOR YORKTOWN VICTORS War and Navy Secretaries, Gen. Pershing and Petain Attend Rites. By a Staff Correspondert of The Star. YORKTOWN, Va, October 17— Amid the martial pomp of twe nations, world-famous military leaders today paid tribute to the little Army which 150 years ago was bringing to a close the siege of Cornwallis’ British Army and heralding the birth of a new mem- ber of the family of nations. While a stiff breeze swept the sur- render field, whipping the yellow guidons of the Cavalry guard of honor, the Secretaries of War and Navy, Gen John J. Pershing and Marshal Henri Petain were escorted to the court cf honor overlooking the historic battle field. there to call the Nation and man- kind to a fresh consecration to ideais of liberty, which their predecessors fought to gain on this ground a cen- tury and a half ago. Payne Opens Ceremonies. In opening the ceremonies, which will wind up with a vivid pageant, call- ing into action in reproduction of in- cidents of the battle leading up to the surrender some 2,800 troops, Frederick H. Payne, Acting Secretary of War, de- clared that the passing of 150 years since Yorktown “has served to prove to the world that a nation dedicated to the principles of freedom and gov- erned in the interests of an entire peo- ple not only can stand, but can raise itself to world power and influence.” Gen. Pershing paid warm tribute to the gallantry of the French soldier, who fought beside the American Armies at Yorktown and beside whom Americans fought in France. The French nation, he declared, has proved her friendship by sending to the Yorktown celebrati-n her greatest soldier, Marshal Petain, commander in chief of her armies dure ing the World War. Pershing then introduced Marshal Petain, who, in horizon blue, scarlet and gold, stood overlcoking the field on which his countrymen, Lafayette, Rochambeau and their officers and men, fought for American freedom and de- clared that America had paid her debt on the soil of France. Petain Follows Lafayette. Following the trail blazed at Yorke town by Lafayette and Rochambeau, Petain said, America’s armies in France “inaugurated a new moral and international theory according to which it should no longer be the selfish inter- ests of one country, but a higher ideal of justice and mutual respect,which should prevail among civilized ndtions.” “It will be to the eternal honor of America and France,” he said, “that they fought side by side for the sake of freedom and, the conflict over, had but one desire. that of bringing free- dom more fully to mankind.” Following the exercises at the court of honor, Marshal Petain, Gen. Persh- ing and other -guests of honor were tendered an official luncheon by the United States Yorktown Sesquicenten- nial Commission. Secretary of the Navy Adams will preside and speak ct the afternoon exercises today, the ceremony. which promises to be one of the most colorful of the celebration, including the pres- entation of European guests of the United States descended from or repre- senting officers who served at the siege of Yorktown. This will lead to exhibition drills by crack Army Infantry, Cavalry and Artillery units and to the combined military and naval pageant, depicting | through historical scenes the planning and execution of the Yorktown cam- g::fln including some of its preliminary es. V. M. L. Cadets Win. With the Regulars all-around, Ine fantry, Cavalry, Artillery, Marines, sailors and crack National Guard regie ments in a bewildering array of uni= forms, it remained for a regiment of Virginia Military Institute cadets to capture military honors at the opening spectacle of the celebration yesterday afterncon. Seven hundred strong, the cadets, in blue-gray, with scarlet-lined cloaks and white cross straps, put on a parade and review at sunset which & real West Point flavor. ‘The Regular Army, however, evened the count last night when the famous 16th Field Artillery and 3d Cavalry, from Fort Myer, Va., put on their bai tery and cossack drills. Their demon- strations was on famous Surrender Field, into which the British army marched 150 years ago to lay down its arms. That occasion was marked by the most brilliant example of military ceremany the worn troops of both armies could produce. It is said that, during the siege of Yorktown, so keen were the French and American Armies for upholding the best military traditions that they marched behind bands, with flags fiying, when posting reliefs and moving de~ tachments about behind the trenches. If that is true, the old traditions are being fully upheld, for there is march- ing and ‘counter-marching, with and mEWt bands, wherever one chooses to Planes Mar Ceremonies. An afternoon of pageantry, in which more than 1,000 residents of the Vir- ginia peninsula participated, was mar- Ted only by. the noise of two aircraft, one an autogiro, which circled overhead in violation of all the rules of the Army, Navy, Department of Commerce and the Continental Congress, which was about to assemble for the final episode of the pageant. The commission an- nounced that efforts are being made to learn who flew the planes so that some of the wrath which overtook the un- fortunate British 150 years ago may be visited upon them today. Despite the non-political character of the celebration, there was an_ element of politics injected during the cere- mony of welcomln% the Governors or Trepresentatives of the Governors of the 13 original States yesterday afternoon. Gov. Franklin D.” Roosevelt of New York, especially, was the center of an informal reception, which has el seized upon as political capital by some. The venerable old college of William and Mary at Williamsburg, home of the first law teacher in America, will come into the picture Monday ~afternoon, Wwhen law degrees will be conferred upon President Hoover, Gen. John J. Pershing and Marshal Henri Petain. The time- mellowed group of college buildings forms one of the major points of inter~ est in the Colonial National ‘Monument, dedicated as a part of this celebration. SANFORD RITES TODAY Former Yeomanette Is Buried in Arlington Cemetery. Funeral services for Miss Elizabeth M. Sanford, lifelong resident of Wash- ington, who served as & yeomanette in the Navy during the war, were held this morning at her home, 1203 North Cap- itol street, and at St. Aloysius Church. Burial was in Arlington National Ceme- tery. ;yflll Sanford, a clerk in the Treasury Department, dicd Wednesday. She was an active member of the U. 8. Jacob Jones Post, American Legion, and the Aloysian Club of Wi 5 She is survived by her mother, Mrs. Annie M. Sanford, and two sisters, Mrs. Frank Melia of Philadelphia and Miss Evelyn Sanford of this city. Lingfield Winner Pays 7 to 1. LINGFIELD, England, October 17 (#). —A. K. Macomber’s Nitakrit, at 7 to 1, today won the 1d_Handicap over 1% Telles by w"%"fl:.?m from T. W, Blenkiron's Chx Lad and 18 others. ‘The race was: $2,000, -