Evening Star Newspaper, October 21, 1931, Page 1

WIEATI . LR & Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair tonight and tomerrow; not much change in temperature, ‘Temperatures—Highest, 75, at 4:15 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 44, at 3 a.m. to- day. Full report on page 6. Pages13,14&15 he #Fp - WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ening Sfar. 'ress to Home Within the Hour The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. rg Yesterday’s Circulation, 115,696 Closing N.Y. Markets, tered as secor office, Was! Wd class matter hington, D. . No. 31949. F JAPAN STANDS PAT ON SAFETY DEMAND BEFORE REMOVING MANCHURIA TROOPS Principal Members of League Unabie to Shake Determina- tion of Yoshizawa in Insist- ing Upon Guarantee. TERRITORIAL DESIGN DENIAL IS REITERATED Open Meeting of Full Courcil To- May Precede Two or Three Weeks' Recess to Permit Tokio to Consider Its Position Toward China. morrow TOKIO, October 22 (Thurs- day) (P.—A Mukden dispatch today said Japanese garrisons were fighting under aifficulty with 2,000 Chinese soldiers near Tiehling, on the South Man- curian Railway south of Muk- den. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, October 21.—Japan renewed her insistence today that she cannot take her troops out of Manchuria until China provides definite 'assurance that Japanese in Manchuria will be protected. The principal members of the League of Nations Council could not shake the determination of Kenkichi Yoshizawa, the Japanese representative, at a long meeting this afternoon, and Lord Reaaing of Great Britain said there prob- ably would be an open meeting of the full Council tomorrow. It was during today's session vhat the Japanese distributed to the press another long memoran- dum setting forth their position. “Something will have to be done,” the memorandum conclud- ed, “to re-establish an atmosphere of relative security in oraer that living conditions in Manchuria may get back to normal. Denies Territorial Designs. “Japan considers it essential China give assurance tnat she an end to_illegal v and civil authori inese population, and that China guarantee that Japanese in Manchuria operation of their busi- that Japan has no territorial designs in Manchuria, the note asserts, but “"wish that China shall observe the engage- which she has undertaken to- Japan. Japan_desires with China be b in Manchurii presents ent possibii This collaboration would be f N nly for Ciina and Japan, but for all na . and would be an important guarantee of world prace.” was _und posals and counte: changed the Japane: the procedure for w from the Manchurian are: ails of these discussiol revealed. Japanese sources here denied reports that troops had advanced at five points in the territory, but messages from China told of “feverish activity” by the Japanese troops for the pt solidating their position creating an_atmo: around the Cour “Big Five” Holds Conference. The “Big Five' of the Cour PBriand. Lord Reading, Gerh ~(Continued on Page 2. Column M'CULLY ASK.S $25,000 FOR SINKING OF YACHT in Norfolk, Va., Against Norwegian Steamer that some proposals were pro- ex- but the de- were not Files Damage Su Verona. By the Associated Press NORFOLK. Vi Admiral Newton has filed libel against the N 21—Re! retired, damages Verona, g of his yacit, th the Verona . September 7. a is now in Baltimore. Tegal service on the libel was accepted by the local law firm of Hughes. Little =nd Scawell, attorneys for the owners ¢f the Verona e 'ibel filed by Admiral McCully the lights of his craft brightly at the time of on and charges that the col- Verona sud- October McCully, A v 000 res that were burning he collis on was caused uging her course. Admiral McCully and five of his| adopted Russian children, aboard the yacht. were rescu the collision by the Verona and brough Rear Admiral H. C. St represents Admiral McCully action: GHOSTLY SKE in the Five Haunts Use Poor Judgment in Trying to Scare| Constable While He Is Busy Changing Flat Tire. By the Associated Press LETONS BOO OFFICER| AND SPEND EVENING IN LOCK-UP WASHINGTON, D. €, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1931—FORTY-FOUR PAGES. %#% Statue of Liberty To Be Darkened in Tribute to Edison By the Associated Press, NEW YORK. October 21.—The high-flung torch of the Statue of Liberty will be momentarily e: tinguished at 10 o'slock tonight in tribute to Thomas A. Edison. Headquarters of the 2d Corps Area of the Army, which has charge of the statue on Bedloes Island, in New York Harbor, announced the famous light would be put out for one minute in rdance with President request for a tribute of EDISON'S FUNERAL DRAWS THOUSANDS Noted and Humble Join in! Last Rites for Great Inventor. | Be the A W sociatel Press. EST ORANGE, J.. October 21.— Thomas A. Edison’s family and his friends—among whom were numbered two gray-haired citizens of the Middle West, almost as widely known as he himself in this age of mechanical wiz- ardry—gathered today in his roomy, old-fashioned home in Llewellyn Park to bid him godspeed on his last long Journey. body was removed early this | morning from his workroom, in a little building just off the main it had been viewed by it lay in state Monday . to the seclusicn of his Glenmont possible. the brief and uneral schedule was kept police patrolled the | ate, and admission But even so, those thered there today numbered nore than 400. It said the house had bern equipped with amplifiers so ! that all could hear. i Old Friends Present. i Henry Ford and Harvey S Firestone both had armved from the West. Presi- dent Hoover had planned to come him self, but was unable to leave Wash- ing! and M Hoover arranged to represent him, arriving just before the funeral at 2:50 p.m. By midforenoon a stream of cars, nging relatives and friends of the son family had begun to roll into he estate. Today was a perfect In- dian Summer day. warm and sunny. The trees in Llewellyn Park were color- ful in Autumn foliage. Twenty-five thousand persons passed by the bronze casket in the half-light of the laboratory vesterday. Other thousands had p: ded them Monday. Mr. Firestone, come with Mr. Ford to say a last “‘good-by” to their friend and crony, was among those who stood for a misty-eyed moment before the bier Mr. Ford did not enter the room in which the body of the inventor lay He wanted no sight of death. he said to cloud the memory of his last sight of his friend—there in the library, a fe v feet away. Nation Pays Tribute, | There was nationwide response to the ¢ President Hoover, in a | | | | one-story | unostentious fu 5 by card only n, ori erday, that all electric | lights be furned off for ore minute at | 10 o'clock Eastern standard time to-| n —crystallizing the attention of 120,000.000 people upon the vital part in their lives of a single Edison inven- tion T e horor guard maintained by Edi- employes at the inventor's bier was | ast night by details from the y. Marine Corps, the Nati i, and the Nav three Arthur H. Brown Church of Orange, at request the Metlio Mrs. Edisc Aide Breaks Down. One deeply affected by the passing was William H. Mca- s old, who was personal | Edison for more than | He broke down as he r vesterday and had to be helped | irom the roon “He was the g atest man of all time,” who has himself been ! o attend the Edison is afternoon and later the 1 of an Edison pioneer, John Ot s death occurred Sunday when he heard that Mr. Edison had died a fow hours befare. PRISONER KI.LLS CHIEF AND WOUNDS OWN WIFE Attack on Way to Answer Charge of Attempting to Drown Latter, | croft, Described by Victim. | By the Associated Press. DURHAM. N. C.. October 21—B. H. | Beasley. chief of police of Southern | Pines, was shot and killed near here to- day while en route from Boydton, Va.,| with Everett McLean, colored. who was s00n to go on trial there for attempting to drown his wife. McLean later was arrested at Tarboro. Pearl McLean, who was also in Beas- ley's car. told police her husband leaned | forward in the rear seat, shot Beasley | in the back and then turned the gun cn her. She was wounded in the shoul- der The party was returning from Boyd- ton after conferring with attorneys re- specting McLean's approaching trial. The woman said she believed her hus- band meant to kill her and feigned death. McLean was arrcsted several months | aro on charges brought by his wife that he tried to drown her in the Roanoke River, near Boydton, Va DR | terstate Commerce Commission { Pennslyvania Railroad Co ! tormal statement, i Philadelphia, | Commerce | whes | tentatively rounded by what looked like skeletons. CHARLEROL Pa., October 21—Five “Boo-0-0-0!" came the weird chorus “skeletons” are in the lock-up here charged with disorderly conduct. be- | eause Constable Joe Judson pooh-poohs ghosts. J Judion was repairing_a_flat tire by moonlight when something went “Bonoomneal” He looked up and fou again. Scram!” bellowed Mr. Judson, let- ting fly with a tire iron. The iron hit one of the “sikeletons” on the head. Half an hou: later five youths, wear- ng skin-tight suits, on which' bones, were painted with a phosphcrescent material, were thinking it over in the lock-up. <elf sur- RAILROADS, DENIED INCREASE IN RATES, OPPOSE POOL PLAN President Reported Working on Relief Idea Similar to Credit Proposal. LEADERSVOF CONVGRESS PLEASED WITH DECISION Labor to Make Determined Fight Against Any Effort to Peduce Wage Scales. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The decision of the Interstate Com- merce Commission in the freight rate increase case s a keen disappointment to the railroads. They hadeasked for a flat increase of 15 per cent, which was denled What the railroads the alternative plan the commission to meet would do about recommended by the present today predict. This alternative plan contemplates specific increases on cer- tain listed commodities calculated to add $100,000000 to $125.000.000 of revenue. The roads probably would gladly ac- cept this measure of freight increase if there were not the pooling condition laid down by the commission. The - | creased revenue. under the plan of the |1y why it et aside to be caker railroads charges and commission. 1s 10_be used primarily to help pay their fixed interc thereby help the railroad securities Raises This is the provision which has al- ready provoked antagr ¢ comment in railroad circles, although so far it is informal When the stock market opened this morning there was an immediate reces- sion in the quotations for rajlroad se- curities. as compared to the close of the market yesterday. For example. At n was ofl & Ohio 2%, C New York, New F Hartford 3! ew York Central 2%. Northern Pac: uthern Pacific 4%, Union Paci- Antagonism. rsapeake & Ohio 27, fic 6. Later the market for railroad stock: stiffened and was regained, 2_ & point The railws tomorrow and Many of the executives alrea gone to that place. Their con will deal with the decision of the In- Out of those conferences may come a deter- he gains running from points executives are to meet | mination by the railroads of the course they will adopt. President W. W. Atterbury in a brief aid that the rate decision of the Inters Commission presents tures which he had not anticipated “Pending opportunity for its careful study, however, and its discussion the railroads jointly at the Atlantic City conferences, Thursday and Friday of this weck.” President Atterbury said, “I believe 1t dividual comment at this time.” Capitol Reaction Favorable. Reaction to the decision of the com- | was | mission in the freight favorable on Capitol Hill. House all comment was withheld has been reported for some time President Hoover was working (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) DIRIGIBLE AKRON rate case At the White It that out a DUE HERE TONIGHT| Big Craft Will Leave Ohio This | Afternoon on Roundabout Trip to Lakehurst. S. S. Akron, world's mightiest airship. will pay its first visit to the Capital tonight Toke-off time from Akron, Ohio, the ship was built. will depend upon weather conditions, but has been timed for about 5:30 pm today. The time of arrival over the Capital is uncertain, it was stated at the Navy Department. The visit to Washington probably will The U. be brief and the great airship will con- | tinue on to the Naval Air Station, Lake- hurst, N. J, her future home, where she probably will be docked early to- morrow morning. With “preliminary" acceptance of the Akron onnounced by the Navy Depart- ment. plans are going ahead at Akron for the immediate construction of a twin ship, the ZRS-5, to be completed within 15 months. at a cost of $2.450.- 000. of which $1.100,000 has been ap- propriated by Congress. Final acceptance of the Akron is ex- pected to follow work on her eight power plants, with a view to increasing fiving speed. As soon as possible after the ship has been delivered to Lake- hurst the Akron is to be commissioned and assigned to the Rigid Airship Training and Experimental Squadron The flight of the Akron over Wash- ington tonight will be closely followed by radio and the Navy Department will be kept informed constantly of her posi- tion. Lieut. Comdr. C. E. Rosendahl, U. 8. N, will b2 in command of the' big ship during the flight. WAGE CUTS ACCEPTED 4,000 Longshoremen Return Work on Compromise Agree- to ment. By the Associated Press. GALVESTON, Tex., October 21.-- Representatives of steamship interests and Texas Gulf longshorcmen, who struck October 1, reached a compromise agreement on basic union wages today. ‘The 4,000 longshoremen at Galveston, Houston, Texas City and Corpus Christi who went on strike expected to return to their work tomorrow. Observers said the tentative agree- ment called for a wage of 70 cents an hour and 13 cents a bale for cotton. The basic scale prior to the strike was 80 cents an hour and 18 cents a bale for cotton. Radio I’rom:n on Page C-4 . points, Baltimore | yme of the ground lost | ext day in Atlantic City. | of the| by | wiser to abstain from in- | T VERNON LINE DENIED INJUNCTION IN TRIANGLE FIGHT {Justice Adkins Holds Con- gress Has Right to Revoke Permit to Use Streets. STREET-CLOSIN(; PLANS ARE DECLARED LEGAL Federal Government Possesses Au- | Property, Court Rules. Justice Jesse C. AdKins in District Su- preme Court today denied the applica- | tion of the Mount Vernon, Alexandria & Washington Railway Co, for a pre- liminary injunction against Secretary of the Treasury Mellon to prevent demo- lition of its station at Twelfth street and Pennsylvania avenue and closing of cer- |tain streets within the Federal triangle ! emergency railroad officials would not | development. on which the tracks of the ! company are laid Attorneys for the company admitted |at the recent hearing before the court jspecifically reserved the right to repeal {the entire act. Justice Adkins held that if Congress could reppeal the charter, | the court has difficulty in seeing logical- annot repeal a portion of the lauthority given the corporation to use |the streets. An act of Congress au- | thorized Se Mellon to close the i objected to the necessary tearing up of its tracks. Adequate Remedy Cited. thority to Eject Tenant and Raze i | that Congress, in granting its charter, | whole structure of |Streets in question, and the company | i | The court held that if the company’s | property rights are being taken, of which | Justice Adkins says he is not convinced | the corporation has an adequate remedy by suit in the Court of Claims again: the United States for the damages sus tained In_his of ‘The terminal has been purchased by the United States. and a notice has been erved on the plaintifi to quit these premises on Octaber 1, 193 | States has the right to e. and to cemolish its own prop | United States is a necessary p | the suit, so far as the terminal is con- cerned, ‘and has not consented to ed fon Justice Adkins said: ! By the Associated Press The United | ar ok s “‘l[“v““i"rcsldrnl Hoover at Washington, be- ty tolieves that, as a favor to France, no p P Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. “PUT OUT THE T LAVAL 70 0PPOSE DEBT CUT STUDIES Majority of His Supporters in Parliament Held Emphatic on Point. S. S. ILE DE FRANCE. October 21.— Fremier Pierre Laval of France, who will e tomorrow for conferences with pesal for a 50 per cent reduction of wa be | debts should be considered, it was un- For both reasons, plaintiff's motion | deTstood today. must be denied as to the terminal Refers to Poli's Case. The court here cited its,previous de- ision on the question of the tearing wn of Poli’s Theater, and pointed out | that the United States has acquired all the lands in the squares contiguous to the streets occupied the company’s ccretary Mellon, it was pointed out, has decided to erect public build- irgs which will occupy two or more squares in tr olved, and pro- which are to] for the new The court pointed out that the plain- U claims a property right where its tracks are laid: that ation under which the Secre- occeding authorizes the pur- chase of tracks, and that to destroy its trackage would be to take its property without just compensation. Th: Secretary denies that the legi lation authorizes the purchase of plai tifl's tracks. He also denies that plain- tiff's property is boing taken, but if he in the Court of Claim: serts that a temporary injunction would cauce heaty loss to the Government, and serjously retard completion of Govern- ment buildings urgently needed, to_construct The Arlington & Fairfax Railway in- tervened in the suit, and motion for preliminary injunction court declared its rights depend on those of the plaintiff, and the motion must also be denied the intervening cor- poration, Assistant United States Attorney John ant solicitor of th: Treasury Depart- nt. Appeal is Expected. s for the Mount Vernon, T Mellon avas Tepresented bY | possible debt revisions and crastic arms W. Fihelly and John R. Benney, assist- | is mistaken in this respect. he asserts, | this subject with an open mind, that the plaintiff has a complete remedy |35 r. Mellon as- | Propose. joined in the | ‘The ! America Will The majority of the premier's sup- porters in the French Parliament. it is said, are emphatic on that point The premier has certain convictions about the welfare of his country, and is prepared to meet the American view- point only so far as it does not conflict with these. One of them concerns the linking of financial and military prob- lems. Loss to France Feared. ‘The French government and Parlia- ment, it was understood. believe that war debt reduction would mean a finan- cal loss to France, no matter what con- ditions were agreed upon The French. it was said. do not fore- see any debt reduction plan which would not mean a loss in the income they regard as needed to cover the ex- pense of restoring the devastated reglons Premier Laval indicated. however, that he is ready to consider any proposal on well any others President Hoover may Today the premier finished writ the speech he will make in New Yor. and sent a copy of it to Washington by and | radio so President Hoover might look it which he has been directed by Congress | OVer before it is celivered READJUSTMENT TO BE THEME. it Consider Security Pact for France, However. BY BYRON PRICE. A broad readjustment of the tangled fabric of world economics, including reduction, but_involving no American guarantee of French political security, is conceived by the American Govern- ment to be the theme of Premier La- val's coming conferences with President John S. Barbour, one of the at-| Hoover. 5 Alex- | ‘There is no expectation here that any & Washington Railway Co.. said | SOrt of prior commitment. in the form alternoon that he “presiumed” the ision of the District Supreme Court d. i May. president of the com- pany, is out of the city and will not return until Friday. Any definite de- | cision on future action must await { conference with him. Mr. Barbour de- clared. Meanwhile, Barbour plans to | confer with Gardner Boothe of Alexan- dria, co-counsel for the railway com- | (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) ! £ | 'STOCKS IN RALLY | AFTER EARLY LOSS| Harrison Nesbit of Warrenton Dies | Market Overcomes Unfavorable Effect of Rail Freight Rate Decision. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. October 21.—A slump in the railroad shares, in response to the Interstate Commerce Commission's freight-rate decision, hadl only fleeting influence on the stock market today. Prominent rail shares dropped about $3 to $8 a share during the morning, and several leading industrials and utili- ties were dragged down $2 to more than $3. Buying of utilities after mid- day, however, brought the market up- ward briskly. Rails regained but a elsewhere were soon canceled, and by early afternoon moderate gains ap- peared here and there. The market was fsirly active on the rally, which started early in the after- noon. American Telephone was @ strong Jeader, turning a loss of more than $3 into a small net advance. At the lowest it sold at $137.50, but crossed $141 after the turn. United States Steel, after sell- ing down €1 to $69, regzined much of its loss, while Eastman, which had dropped $8.25, cut its decline to about $1. Issues showing advances of a dollar or so over ‘Tuesday final quotations in- cluded American & Foreign Power, American Power & Light, Johns-Man- ville, Pacific Lighting, Coca-Cola and A. M. Byers. Consolidated Gas, Western Union, Na- tional Biscuit, National Dairy, Westing- house, General Electric and Woolworth, which had participated in the morning small part of their decline, but losses | 'EX-BANK of a Franco-American consultative pact or otherwise, will be discussed when the two statesmen sit down together at the White House later this week. Cannot Promise Security. The United States does not consider itself in a position to make promises respeciing the security of France or any other European nation. It will be (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) = — ER KILLED AS AUTO HITS TRUCK and Woman in Car Is Se- | riously Injured. Harrison Nesbit of Warrenton, Va, a former Pittsburgh. Pa., bank president, | was killed instantly this afternoon when | his automobile crashed into & truck on the Baltimore Boulevard near Muir-| kirk, Md. | Elizabeth Nesbit, who was with the man, was injured critically and was| taken in an unconscious condition tq Casualty Hospital. Relationship of the woman to the dead man could not be determined immediately. | Nesbit was identified by insurance papers in his pocket and also by a passing motorist who said he was the man's next-door neighbor. The body was taken to a Laurel undertaking | establishment after it had been viewed by Justice of the Peace H. M. Scott. The justice said he knew Nesbit, and that at one time he had been presi- dent of a Pittsburgh bank. Nesbit's car, after striking the truck, swerved into a guard rail on the side of the boulevard. The condition of the Nesbit woman was said by Casualty Hospital attaches to be undetermined. She was still un- conscious an hour after arriving at the hospital. Wheat Pool Head Dies. REGINA, Sascatchewan., October 21 (#).—A. J. MacPhail, president of the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool, died today break, developed gains of moderate size. after an fliness of three weeks. 8 AGHT, AND THEN—PU o1 atives of Africa Wreck Cable Lines To Improve Dress Associated Pres ATROBI, Kenya Colons Octaber 21. — T res. in varying tached here and there wise scanty clothing m to the naty of T and ‘Kenya, capital was with to the coast for hours The demand for wire for sar- torial purposes od available more non-commer so the natives cut telegraph line about 24 miles Mombasa and took what they wanted. Cable messages had to be sent to Mombasa and thence by train 1 damage was repaired WOMAN MISSING INTRUNK MURDERS Motive Missing, Police Think Winnie Ruth Judd Insane. Suicide Is Feared. Br the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES. Oct“ber 21 —Winnie Ruth Judd, 26, slender blonde. wife of a physician and daughter of a minister remained at large today despite «florts of thousands of officers seeking her as the perpetrator cf the Phoenix trunk murders Th> motive behind the slayings still was almost as much of a m; Vv as-it was Monday night, when the bodies of the victims, Mrs. Ag: b i, 32, and Miss Hedvig Samuelson, 24., were t from trunks which Mrs. Judd had sh ped here from Phoenix. “It must be a case of deranged mind —that's as much as we ¢an say at pres- ent,” said Detective Inspector D. A. Davidson, in charge of the homicidc squad. Believed Near Art Colony. Search today was being concentrated in the vicinity of Laguna Beach, artists colony 60 miles south of here, {:llowing a report given by a motorist that a woman hitch-hiker corresponding to Mrs. Judd's description had been given a ride to that point “We hardly expect to find Mrs. Judd salive,” declared 1nspector Davidson. “It is by opinion she will be found a' sui- cide.” Officers again subjected her husband, Dr. W. C. Judd, and her brother, Bur- ton J. McKinnell, to a thorough ques- tioning. Both men had been held as material witnesses, but were released from custody last night. In the meantime word was awaited by the coroner for the disposition of the bidies of the victims. One Body Dismembered. ‘Thz bodies were found in two trunks | and a suitcase at the Southern Pacific | Railroad station. The body of Miss | Samuelsen had been dismembered, por- | tions of it being found in one of the trunks and in the suitcase. Lloyd J. Andrews, county attorney for Maricoba County, Ariz, arrived last night by plane from Phoenix. “We have considered the probable jealousy of her husband aroused by Mrs. Le Roi or Miss Samuelson or both: jealousy between | the women themselves over one of the | trio, and the so-called narcotic and | liquor angles, but they are all insuf- | ficient to prove a motive,” said Andrews. | “The principal thing in the case now, as I see it, is that Mrs. Judd is missing, and a motive for the crime lacking. The first and most important thing is to cap- ture Mrs. Judd. Father Thinks Her Innocent. Rev. H. J. McKinnell, retired minister, | from his home in Darlington, Ind., ex- | (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) /150 DROWN IN FLOOD 2,000 Made Homeless in Viziana- gram Area of India. CALCUTTA, October 21 (#).—At least 150 persons were drowned today and 2,900 made homeless by floods which | reached a depth of 30 feet in the Vizian- agram area of India. About 90 per cent of the cattle in the area were drowned | and considerable damage done to th2 jute crop. woman's Fire Destroys Holderness School. HOLDERNESS, N. H.. October 21 (#). —Fire early today destroyed the Hold- erness School for Boys and drove more than 40 students to the street. Damage was estimated at approximately $200,- 000. | M REORGANIZATION AS | PRATT PREPARES T0 | LEAVEPOLIGEFORCE Superintendent to Retire No- vember 1, Brown Taking Charge Until Glassford As- " sumes Post. | | N | N\ | N NEW CHIEF IS SILENT CONCERNING HIS PLANS Board of Physicians Meets Tomor- row, When 42 Other Members of Department Are to Be Exam- ined—Forty-three Will Face Fit- ness Test on Friday. Reorganization of the adminis- trative staff of the Police Depart- ment is to be the next move in the program of Distiret officials for increasing the effectiveness ard efficiency of the force it was learned today, as Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent, made prep- arations to vacate his office and make way for his successor, Brig, Gen. Pelham D. Glassford, U. S. A, retired. JT THE LIGHT! EX-JUROR DIZZY DURNG QUESIONS !ohnson Asks Dismissal of trict Commissioners in approving . th i Contempt Charge, Denying | ana' fremens- setiime: o105 Bolice Intended Wrong. boara, is to go on the retired list November 1, with compensation at $333.33 a month. Gen. Glassford is to take office November 16. In the 16-day interim, Inspector E. W J B_rown,bzsslstan: superintend- ent, is to the acting in- tendent. S The retirement of M:j. Pratt was based on a report of the Board of Police and Fire Surgeons, which found him to be suffering from heart trouble and defective vision, ana otherwise incapaci- tated for further duty. While his name is not to be placed on the retired list until November 1, he has 18 days accumulated leave, a part of which he may take, if he is able to wind up th his office. p the affairs of Glassford Is Silent. the meantime. Gen. Glassford Declaring he was dizzy and did not hear any question as to his pension us when being examined for grand y duty, Henry L. Johnson, Spanish veteran, whose presence on the jury nullified all actions of that asked the District Supreme iss contempt proceedings ed against him. In a motion for dismissal of United ates Attorney Rover's petition for a sule to show cause why he should mot Le adjudged i criminal contempt, Johnson, through his attorneys, Hawken & Havell, contends he was eligible to serve on the grand jury, anyway. His pension does not disqualify him for jury duty. he argued, and the questions| 1 regarding’ pension and pay “are not | GuxReaton of e aait Eriid ure | g Diatet offictals: ang. sebenc o No Deception Intended. |men by Maj. Gen. Herbert B. Crosby. In his answer to the court’s order g:rnmlssmncr in charge of the Police for an explanation, Johnson told the Department. The new police superin court he had “no desire or intention tendent left. however, without making to withhold or suppress any informa- any statement as to his plans for his tion concerning his qualifications o | B€X iob. ; serve a grand juror.” Maj. Pratt, likewise. was reticent He said he suffers from a physical | OVer the fast-moving series of events ailment causing pain and . dipinecs | Vesterday which resulted In his rec and that this distress, coupled wi tirement in less than five hours after that he was in the ~Bhack rows |his physical examinati “T have 50 other persons summoned | NOthing whatever to say." he told news jury duty.” accounted for his fail- Paper men. I am still a member of ure to’ hear the pension inquiry, ° 5 the department.” the question was asked.” Had heard it, he stated, he would ha: told the court he was a pensioner. Johnson admitted hearing the clerk of the court ask, “Do vou get any pay from either the United States or the Dis t government.” but said he did t 1 tand this to apply to pen- Maj. Pratt was among the first of more than a score of police of vears old and over who went the Medical Board yesterday. but findings in the other cases have not | yet been revealed. One hundred and ! seven men were ordered before the board. leaving more than 80 to be ex- amined. Thought Himself Eligible, The former juror disclaimed any in- tention of “doing or omitting to do an: thing in the examination of him that d be cons contemptuous. In reply to Rover's charge that John- son “well knew” he was disqualified as pensioner, the veteran declared he Iways believed that a pensioner was not 1neligible to do grand jury service and was strengthened in his belief through reading in the public press ser eral months prior to July 7. 1931, that several civic bodies in the District had advocated the selection of needy vet- erans for jury duty.” A date for hearing of the motion to dismiss the contempt rule was not fixed. Resume Tests Tomorrow. The examining board did not mect today. but the examinations will be sumed tomorrow. The last group will appear before the board Friday cording to the present schedule 42 of- ficers are to be examined tomorrow and 43 Friday Inspector Louis J. Stoll is one of the high-ranking officers scheduled to ap- pear before the board Friday. Inspec- ior Albert J. Headley also has been noti- fied to appear the same day. Each of these officers is 61 years old and can be retired by the Commissioners in the absence of physical defe On the result of the examination of the high-ranking police officials will depend the extent of the proposed ad- ministrative reorganization of the de- partment. _ Whatever changes are in contempla- (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) SHERWOOD REFUSES TO ACCEPT SUBPOENA rued as disrespectful or Edge and Wife Leave i’aris. PARIS, October 21 (P).—Ambassador Walter E. Edge and Mrs. Edge left to- day for Cherbourg on the way hcme. | The Ambassador plans to spend part of his vacation at Atlantic City, N. J.. but also will be in Washington fre- quently. He plans to return to Paris carly in December. Pittsburgh Bank Closes. PITTSBURGH, October 21 (#).—The Monongakela National Bank at Sixth avenue and Wood street here failed to open today. Deposits decreased more than five million dollars between June 30 and September 29, the date on which the last statement was issued. The September 29 statement reported de- posits of $13,245,536 and resources of $20,326,292. Plans of Aide to Mayor Walker Are Indefinite, He Says, After Being Served. By the Associated Press, MEXICO CITY, October 21.—The plans of Russell T. Sherwood, personal accountant to Mayor Walker of New York, are indefinite, he said, although two process servers handed him a subpoena yesterday afternoon calling on him to testify before the Legislative Committee conducting a municipal in- vestigation in New York. Sherwood was served with the | subpoena in the Ritz Hotel. where he has been staying during a honeymoer. sojourn. He refused to tha service. Graf Leaves Pé;n;mhuco. Brazil. PERNAMBUCO, Brazil, October 21 () —The Graf Zeppelin, German diri- gible, left here this morning for a 24- hour’trip to the southward. ! avopt IN SPITE OF ECONOMY PROGRAM 'Frigate Constitution Also to Be Kept for Its Inspirational Value to Youth of Nation. ‘The Navy Band, described as a potent It was also stated today that the factor in maintaining the morale of the | President does not look with favor upon service and one of the most colorful of | a proposal to lay up the frigate Con- this country’s military institutions. is | stitution. not {o be abolished in the naval econ- President Hoover was said to feel the omy program, it was stated at the |saving in ecach case would be inconse- White House teday. The announcement several days ago that Secretary of the Navy Adams had stiggested to the White House that the band be scrapped drew from Repre- sentative Fred A. Britten, chairman of | the House Naval Affairs Committee in the last Congress, a promise that the proposed move would be bitterly fought in Congress. quential in view of the salutary effect the band has on the morale of the serv- ice and the inspirational value of the Constitutior to the youth of the Nation. The other suggestions made by the Navy's Board of Admirals in the revised budget estimates, providing for reduced expenditures in the Navy Department, are receiving the full attention of the President and the Budget Burcau. ¢