Evening Star Newspaper, October 24, 1931, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Cloudy, with showers tonight and prob- ably tomorrow morning; slightly warmer tonight. ‘Temperatures—Highest, p.m_yesterday: lowes! 74, at 2:30 t, 47, at 7:30 am. today. Full report on page 16. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 31,952, 0. Entered_as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. he Fn WASHINGTON, D. . WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION SATURDAY, LEAGUE ~ DEMANDS JAPAN WITHDRAW TROOPS BY NOV. 16; VOTE STANOS 131 Japan Considers Quitting Na- | tions’ Group Unless Guar- antee Is Given Treaties.; Incensed by Attitude. PRESSURE AT GENEVA FAILS TO ALTER STAND! Session Is on Verge of Voting to; Overrule Tokio's Objections \nf Peace Resolution When Briand! Orders Adjournment Until A(ter-E noon. ! GENEVA, Switzerland, October 2¢ (#.—By a vote of 13 to 1 the Council of the League of Nations today called upon Japan to retire its troops to the Manchurian Rallway zone by November 16. The single opposing vote was cast by the Jap- anese representative. The Council took this action after rejecting Japan's counter proposal | by a simllar vote. The counter proposal contaired “mysterfous fundamental - points” which Japan insisted should be set- tled in advance by direct negotia- tions with China. FExactly what these “fundamental points” were was not explained. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, October 24 —Official cir- | cles today intimated Japan would consider seriously withdrawing from the League of Nations if the League of Nations Council, in its discussion of the Manchurian| question, “refuses to support thel principle of sacredness of treat- ies. . Disappointment was expressed! at what was called “the apparent intention of the Council to over- ride Japan'’s insistence on Chinese recognition of treaty commit- ments” as a condition for the witharawal of troops from Man- churia, and considerable resent- inent was evident over the trend events had taken at Geneva. Sir Eric Drummond, secretary- general of the League, it was sald, informally suggested to Ambassa- dor Yoshizawa, Japanese delegate at Geneva, that Japan ask the World Court at the Hague to take over the question of treaty com- mitments, but the government in- sisted the foundations of the League woula be threatened if it “shirked” handling such a ques- tion. JAPAN CLINGS TO DEMANDS. | League Pressure Fails to Change Stand on “Fundamental Points.” By the Assoclated Press. GENEVA, October 24.—On the point of overriding Japanese opposition and fixing November 16 as the time limit for complete evacuation of Japa- nese troops from Manchuria, the League of Nations Council adjourned a morning session today until late in the after- noon in the hope that some way might | be found to remove the opposition. ‘With Viscount Cecil, British repre- sentative, and Salvador de Madariaga of Spain leading a strong drive against the objections of Kenkichi Yoshizawa, | Japanese delegate, the line-up was| Clearly drawn, 13 to 1, in favor of the Council's proposal when Aristide Briand, ' acting chairman, closed the session until 4 p.m. ) | M. Briand joined the British and Sparish delegates in evincing anxiety | with regard to the “mysterious funda- ““(Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) GRANDI LEAVES ROME ' FOR VISIT TO BERLIN, Ttalian Foreign Minister Will Re- turn Call of German States- man. Made Last Summer. By the Associated Press. ROME, October 24.—Dino Grandi, black-bearded and flashing-eved young! Italian foreign minister, was on bis way to Berlin today to return the visit to Rome made by the German chancel- lor, Heinrich Bruening, and former for- eign minister, Julius Curtius, last Summer, Signor Grandi will remain in Berlin until Monday and after his return here will immediately begin preparing for his trip to Washington next month to confer with President Hoover. Premier Mussolini has promised to visit Berlin later, and Rome expects further collaboration between Germany and Italy to result from the confer- ences. Signor Grandi is expected to discuss the Balkan situation on this visit, where Italy is anxious to build a friendly block to offset the French | Afilance with Jugoslavia, Rumania and Czechoslovakia. JAIL PRAYER PENALTY PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, October 24 (#)—Loyalty to the memory of the late Austrian Emperor, Franz Josef, h: cost the Baroness Caroline Juncker B! gatti, landowner, 79, 14 days in jail ‘The baroness paid for & requiem mass for the soul of the dead monarch. Charges were brought against her in the district court at Pilsen and she was convicted. A similar sentence was passed on the cleric who read the mass. Radio l‘ngulu on Page B-16 AL CAPONE GETS 11 YEARS,| 1$50,000 FINE AND MUST PAY $100,600 PROSECUTION COST Gangster Ordered Sent to Leavenworth Prison Tonight. DEFENSE PLEAS FAIL' “Penitentiary Special” Held Up for Imme- diate Trip. CHICAGO, October 24 (#)—Fred- erick J. Campbell, clerk of the United States Circuit Court of Ap- peals, informed Capone's attorneys that he could co nothing further in their appeal for a supersedeas to prevent the gangster's ceparture for Leavenworth tonight. He said it was too late, as the court closed at noon Saturday. . 24. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October ‘Scarface , Al" Capone, underworld czar of Chicago, | was sentenced today to 11 years' im- prisonment for viclating income tax laws and ordered taken tonight to start his term in Leavenworth Penitentiary. Federal Judge James H. Wilkerson not only passed a sentence more than twice as severe as had ever been given an income tax evader before, but he denicd every motion which would have given the big gangster his freedom while the case was appealed. In addition to the sentences, #0 years in the Leavenworth Prison and one year in the county jail, Capone was ordered to pay a $50,000 fine and the osts of prosecution, estimated at about $100,000. Terms Run Concurrently. The court employed the maximum campaign Great Britain has witnessed | possible penalties on the five counts on | in years rounded the turn today with | which Capene was convicted, but cut the penalty from the possible maximum of 17 years by ruling that several terms should run concurrently. As the gangster, downcast and appar- ently dazed by the sentence, was led from the court room he was handed a demand for taxes and immediately after- ward a lien on his $40,000 Florida estate and on three safety deposit boxes in the Equitable Trust Co., & bank on South Side of Chicago. Capone appeared to lunge at Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue E. P. Henthorn as he was served with the legal papers. His face grew 'ivid and he cursed. Two deputy marshals held him. Attorneys Appear Frantic. Last Saturday night, when the jury returned its verdict convicting the gang leader on five counts and not guilty on 18, there was some doubt as to which side seemed more clated. But there was no doubt today. Capene, his huge shoulders hunched forward, was glum. His attorneys werc almost frantic in their efforts to obtain his fresdcm pend- ing appeal. 3 United States District Attorney George E. Q. Johnson, who directed the prosecution and asked the jury in his final plea to convict “this man who tried to set himself above the law.” smiled broadly, but refused comment. It was the high point of his three-year drive against Chicago gangsters. Judge Wilkerson, denying defense motions for bail, for a writ of super- sedeas and for a stay of sentence, or- dered the defendant remanded imme- diately to the custody of the United States marshal, to be taken to prison. Defense attorneys asked him to instruct the marshal not Leavenworth immediately. “That's All” Says Judge. The court replied he had no fur- ther instructions to the marshal, and with a gruff announcement, “That’s all,” walked out of the court room. Marshal Henry Laubenheimer took the gangster to the county jail and said his office would follow its usual cus- tom by starting for Leavenworth with Capone tonight. = That the Government anticipated taking Capone to prison tonight was in- dicated. by the delay of the “Peniten- tiary Special” which was to have taken the regular contingent of convicts to Leavenworth last night. The train was held over until tonight. On board will be another “public (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) i MAN DES WHILE DRIVING CAR ON DAVIS STREET ! | Victim Believed to Be George L. Cain—Auto Comes to Stop on Terrace of Lawn. A middle-aged man, believed to have been George L. Caln, 2442 Huidekoper | street, dropped dead today while driv- ing his auiomobile on Davis street near ‘Wicconsin avenue. As the man slumped sideways in the driver's seat, the car mounted the curb, jcareened across the sidewalk and came to & stop about halfway up the terrace | of a lawn. Residents of the neighbor- | hood notified seventh precinct police, | who in turn summoned Dr. Thomas ! b Brediey of Emer Dr. Bradley pi | dead. The man had no driver's permit ner registration card, but was tenta- tively identified as Cain by the papers found in the back cf his nummobfle.y A check-up at police headquarters rc-‘ | | man vealed the car was listed in Cain's name. to take Capone to JUDGE JAMES H. WILKERS VOTERS IN BRITAN IARNED OF CAVAR ' Labor Peer Fears Something Like “Zinovieff Letter” | in 1924 Campaign. By the Associated Press LONDON, October 24— All parties in the most harrizd and strenuous election eyes right, and a shiver of fear lest the ghost of the notorious “Zinovieff let- | ter” walk again on the eve of the voting. | Lord Arnold, Labor peer, warned the electorate there would be “an attempt to scare the people” With something | 1ike the famous purported Russian doc- uments which appeared at the last the | Hinute in the 1924 campaign and to| which the Labor party attributed its defeat. There also were whisperings that the | Labor party had up its sleeve a disclos- | ure of “secret financial correspondence’ which would b> aimed at blasting the prospects of the national government |and its followers. | Both Sides Claim Victory. | In the meantime, both sides claimed | victory today, with the voting only | three days aw ‘Thne supporters of Prime Minister MacDonald assured the country he would be given the “doctor's mandate” he asks, by a huge majority The oppositionists, led | by the veteran “Uncle Arthur” Hen- derson, former foreign minister, just | as confidently predicted the national government's defeat. The campaign has been one of the most bitter the country has known in modern times. Speakers have been howled down hundreds of times, heads have been bashed and some candidat:s have gone about with bodyguards. In London financial circles today a landslide for the MacDonald forces predicted, but in other quarters it wa: pointed out that London is “a long way” from the great industrial centers of the midlands and the north, where there is much unemployment and the cuts in 'ihet “dole” count as a most important actor, | in Parliament. Seaham Race Close. Prime Minister MacDonald's own contest at Seaham, where his opposition is William Coxon, the village school- master, was the subject of as much speculation as any. The prime minister himself has said is having “the fight of his life” and, although his sup- porters feel confident that his large personal following will win for him, reports from the constituency are con- flicting, Besides this conflict. there is the the vonce of the veteran gray prophet, Da- vid Lloyd Georg?, Liberal war premier, in the fray as a candidate in spite of his recent illness, who declared in an interview published in the Daily Herald, | Labor organ, yesterday that “the return { of MacDonald and the Tory protection- ists would be disastrous to all progress | and would put the clock back 80 years.” | He has urged Liberal Free-Traders to | support Labor Free-Traders in con- stituencies where there is no Liberal candidate running and in his statemsnt yesterday he declared there is no such thing as a temporary emergency tariff, | adding that the American tariff was | first introduced as a ‘“post-war emer- ! geney.” | Woman Candidates Active. Woman candidates have shouldered their share of the hurly-burly cam- paign, among them Lady Astor, native ! Vi ia: flashing, petite and fiery Megan Lloyd-George, daughter and close companion of the veteran Liberal leader; Margaret Bondfield, who was a member of the former Labor cabinet and first woman to hold a cabinet post in Britain, and England’s own Mary Pickford, ths Hon. Mary Pickford, C. B. E, who is the Conservative candi- date for Hammersmith, North. S | Briton, is plotting for himself a carcer SEVEN T0 COMPETE TONIGHT FOR WORLD [ITLE INORATORY International Contest Finals Will Be Held at Con- stitution Hall, EACH YOUTH TO SPEAK IN NATIVE LANGUAGE Six Judges Are Choser From Dip- lomatic and Educational Fields, Silver Cup Is Prize. Holders of tickets to the In- ternational Oratorical Contest finals tonight are reminded that they must be in their seats by 7:45 o'clock. At that time the tickets lapse and the doors will be opened to everybody, whether they have tickets or not. Any seat, with the exception of_box seats and those in the press sec- tion, that is vacant at 15 min- utes to 8 o'clock may be occu- pled. Box seat reservations will be held. The contest will begin promptly at 8 o'clock. The world's champion in high school oratory will be chosen in_Constitution Hall tonight in the Sixth International Oratorlcal Contest finals. Seven nations have sent their best young speakers to Washington and at 8 oclock they will take the stage to deliver scholarly orations designed to increase interest in and respect for good government as they make their bids for world honors. Six men, prominent in diplomacy and education,” will judge the seven boys' orations, and the verdict they render ! will determine the victor. Contestants and Topics. The contestants and the topics of their respective prepared orations fol- low in the order in which they will be heard tonight: John Thomas Lumsden, 17 years old, of Peterborough..England, “Disraeli.” | Pierre Henri Courtade-Cabessanis of | | Paris, France, “The French Colonial Empire.” Henri R. M. Van Hoof of Overeen, | Holland, “The Royal House of the | Netherlands.” Robert Gibson Rayburn of Newton, Kans., representing the United States, “The Tests of the Constitution.” Gerard Cournoyer of Quebec, Canada, “Why the Prench Race Has Survived in Canada.” | Martin Krieger of Berlin, Germany, “Youth and Disarmament.” ‘Thomas Shillington of Rathfarnham, | Ireland, “The Irish Free State.” Each boy will use his native language and each will be allowed six minutes in which to deliver his prepared ad- dress. As th: boys conclude their pre- pared orations they are to be handed slips of paper bearing new titles bas=d upon statements made in their initial speech>s and they will leave the stage immediately. When the last contestant has completed his speech, the first, who will have been in retirement arranging his ideas without aid of any sort, will return to the stage to speak extempo- raneously for four minutes on the new topic. The other six boys will return to the stage in the order in which they left it, each to deliver an extempore address. Plan Various Careers. Various professions are represented in the ambitions of the seven con- | testants. John Lumsden, the young in social service by way of the Salv: tion Army. He is now a cadet in that organization's ranks as well as a mem- ber of its band in Peterborough, Eng- land. ‘Van Hoof, Holland's entrant, plans to be a journalist, and Krieger, the German, hopes to attain fame in the foreign service field. Shillington, Ireland’s spokesman, is studying for a pedagogic carcer. Canada’s young | Cournoyer expects to study law, while France's Courtade-Cabessanis intends to be a teacher. America’s own boy, Robert Rayburn, is studying music with a view to following that profession. In judging the contestants, the board of judges will consider both speeches. These judges will be Ambassador Miguel Cruchaga Tocornal of Chile, chairman; Dr. Jan Herman van Royden, Minister {from the Netherlands; Dr. Marc Peter, Minister from Switzerland; Dr. Henry Grattan Doyle, dean of the junior col- | lege, George Weshington University: | Dr. Richard Henry Wilson, head of the Romance language department, Uni- versity of Virginia, and Dr. Paul Glois, head of the department of German, Catholic University. ‘Tonight's meeting will be opened with an address by Dr. Cloyd Heck Marvin, president of George Washington Uni- versity. Randolph Leigh, director gen- | eral of the contest, will be the presiding officer and in that capacity, he will present the contestants to the audience. | Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of Washington schools, will present to the victor the silver cug which is sig- nificant of the world champlonship in high schcol oratory. Two to Keep Time. | The time limit will be held against each contestant. Two service officers will keep time with stop watches. They (Continued on 2, Column 6.) LADY MAY CAMBRIDGE WEDS, OMITTING “OBEY” By the Assaciated Press. |, SIOUX CITY, Iowa, October 24— | Heavy artillery for firing opening salvos iin the Winter's tariff baitls wsre put into place today as Senators L. J, Dick- inson of Iowa and Pat Harrison of Mis- sissippl arrived at the scene of their ! first debate on the Smoot-Hawley act. Secrecy prevailed as to the nature of the attack and defense. Senator Harrison, hurrying here from Washing- | ton, had prepared no speech in ad- vance. Senator Dickinson, as well, guarded his points carrfully. H Some indication of the Southern Democrat’s method of attack was given mn a statement he made before leaving the Capital, where he declared “there | seems to be a very general conviction | that the falling off of trade is due in no small measure to our tariff.” That the argument is considered as a political ‘weathervane qf one topic at 'HARRISON AND DICKINSON OPEN TARIFF BATTLE IN IOWA TONIGHT {Secrecy Veils Attack and Defense of Senators Reaching Scene of First Debate. least is indicaled by plans announced by Democratic leaders that conferences are pending at which campaigns for Sfl"t on will be outlined for the coming inter. On Monday night the two Senators, cach of whom is a leader in his rcspective camp, appe: in Omaha, debating the same subject. ‘Tonight the debate will o'clock. Senator Harrison will be giv- en 20 minutes before the Iowa Repub- llen's discussion of similar length. The. Mississippian finally will have three minutes for rebuttal. The program will be broadcast at 9 o'clock (E, 8. T.) over the Columbia Broadcasting System. and take the place of the National Radio Forum, ar- ranged by The Washington Star, which usually is heard from Wi 'h Saturday night Ceremony With Capt. Henry Abel Smith, a Commoner, First of Kind in Royal Line. By the Associated Press. BALCOMBE, England, October 24.— Lady May Cambridge, niece of Queen Mary and daughter of the Earl of Athlone, was married today to Capt. Henry Abel Smith, a commoner, in a edding service from which the word ‘obey” was omitted. Archbishop William Carter, former archbishop of Cape Town, performed the ceremony, using the service of the new revised prayer book. Lady May was the fiyst royal bride in England who did not promise at the altar to “obey” her husband. She wore the priceless lace wedding veil her Aunt Mary wore 38 years ago when she married the Duke of York, now King George V. Her dress was of antique satin, following in soft folds to her ankles. There was a lustrous satin train and the sleeves were long. Propeller Kills Inspector. COLUMBUS, Ohio, October 24 (#).— Walking into a whirling propeller, John Doan, 26, & plane inspector of the tal & Western Air, Inc., ibus en route to. & OCTOBER 24, 1931 —THIRTY-TWO PAGES. # ening Star. Associated service. #) Means Associated Press. Yesterday’s Circulation, 115,602 The only evening paper in Washington with the Press news TWO CEXNTS * % WOMAN GIVES UP INTRUNK MURDERS Mrs. Judd Claims She Killed Two in Self-Defense After Being Shot. By the Assol g , LOS ANGELES. October 24 —Mur- muring a story of self-defense, Mrs. Winnie Ruth Judd, 26-ycar-old physi- cian’s wife and minister daughter, sur- rendered here last night to face a charge of murdering Miss Hedvig Samuelson and Mrs. Agnes Le Roi, whose bodies were sent to Los Angeles from Phoenix in trunks last Monday. The frail, attractive young woman. after hiding four days, eluding one of the greatest army of police searchers ever organized here, emerged to give herself up to her attorneys and to re- celve treatment for a bullet wound in her left hand. Goes to Undertakers. By prearrangement, she took refuge in the funereal atmosphere of an un-| dertaking parlor, where she gave her- self up to her attorneys and was con- ferring with them about her defense when the police rushed in. They had been informed of her intention to sur- render. Fear of lodck,]:‘w bullet wound, she sal reurlld(er. It is on t wound, she inti- mated, that she will base her self- defense plea—that sht’“ ghot the two vomen to protect herself. i \\\')X: the Clpforgu Streer Recelving Hos- pital Mrs, Judd underwent an operation for the removal of the bullet. “:Oh, doctor, I gave myself up because it hurt so much,” she mumbled on the operating _table, intending developing from the d. led to her sur- apparently [hzr remarks for her husband, Dr. Wil- Jiam C. Judd. “I was afraid of lock- jaw.” Expresses No Regrets. _— After the effects of the anesthetic had passed, Mrs. Judd was self-pos- sessed, expressing no regrets for the act charged to her. but at times she be- Imost hysterical, "?h:é"zm to the girls' home to re- monstrate with Miss Samuelson for e nasty things s! 3:’:. Le RzL" Mrs. Judd was quoted by her attorneys as saying. uelson got and shot Mrs. Judd in |h=l left hand, according to the woman's story. oy an—figgka with her and the gun fell,” Mrs. Judd's story, as related by her’ attorneys, continued. grabbed an in;nln;l board and to strike me with it. n the struggle 1 got hold of the (Continued on Page 2, Culllmn 8) HOLD 6 IN PLOT TO SAVE BANK WITH COUNTERFEIT Secret Service Agents Say Group Tried to Buy Fake Currency in Mexican Town. By the Associated Press. EL PASO, Tex,, October 24.—A futile scheme to save & Colorado bark from failure, allegedly involving purchase of counterfeit United States currency, has been Tevealed by secret service agents here. Six men were under arrest, including a bank official, and agents sald charges started {of corspiracy to secure, import and distribute colinterfeit currency would e fiied against them. Hal E. Woolsey, cashier of the Union State Bank of Yuma, Colo., which closed recently, and Forrest C. Fail, produce merchant of Yuma, were held at Wray, Colo.; Glenn Whittler and Pearl Moore of Denver and Kansas City, were in custody at Wichita, Kans, and two other mien were in jail at El Paso. Agents said one ‘of the conspirators was given $1,000 with which to buy $4,000 in counterfeit currency {rom a Juarez, Mexico, dealer, but later re- ported to the men who had given him the money that he had been swindled and had not obtained the counterfeit. CAR CRASH KILLS BROKER One of Lindbergh’s Paris Flight Backers Is Injured. ST. LOUIS, October 24 (#).—Oliver J. Anderson, investment broker, was instantly killed, and Harold M. Bixby, one of the backers of Lindbergh’s New York to Paris flight, suffered a broken arn when the automobile in which they were riding plunged into a ditch near St. Charles, Mo., this morning. Harry H. Knight, in whoss car they were Tiding, and Edgar Quinn, the fourth member of the party, escaped injury when the automobile from the hway. ‘The four were issourd River club house for & duck hunt, he had said about | hold of a pistol | “Mrs. Le Roi | | | | | Juror in Box Awaits | | | His Alienation Suit; Court Removes Him | By the Associated Press. SYDNEY, Australia, October | | 24.—Consternation was created in Divorce Court here when it was found the plaintiff was calmly sitting in the jury box. By an accident he had been summoned as a juror and was waiting to try, as it happened, his own cese. in which he claimed $20,000 from his uncle on a charge of alienating his wife's affections It was the uncle who drew the | | 2ttention of the judge to the presence of his nephew on the Jury. A new panel was drawn. ONLY 4 POLGENEN N 107 FAL TEST List Not Made Public, but Retirement November 1 ‘ Is Indicated. | Only 4 of the more than 100 mem- bers of the Police Department who un- derwent a rigid physical examination this week before the Board of Police and Fire Surgeons were found physi- cally incapacitated for further duty, it was learned today. and indications are they will be placed on the retired list November 1, the date set for the re- tirement of Maj. Henry G. Pratt. super- | intendent, and Inspector William S. | Shelby, assistant superintendent and executive officer. The names of the four officers were not disclosed. but it is understood the | examining board placed them in class | C, a rating which carries with it a recommendation for immediate retire- ment. The recommendations of the examining board will be acted on by the Police and Firemen's Retiring and Relie{ | Board at a special meeting Monday morning at 10 o'clock in the board- room of the District Building. Delayed Untli Monday. The retirement board had originally planned to consider the examining | board’s report at its regular meeting | this morning, but a delay in the sub- | mission of the findings caused a post-| ponement until Monday.* The report | of the doctors, it was said, was hot re- ceived at police headquarters until 8 o'clock last night, which allowed insuf- | and ficlent time to prepare a digest of the | examinations and notify the four men found physically incapacitated to ap- pear before the board at 10 o'clock this morning. | The four men slated for retirement were included in the group of 107 over | 55 years of age who were ordered be- | fore the medical board. Maj. Pratt headed this group and immediate action was taken in his case when the doctors | reported him to be suffering from heart | trouble and defective vision. Among | the others were Inspectors Louis J. Stoll | and Albert J. Headley, three veteran| captains and four headquarters detec- | tive seargeants. < In addition to postponement in action | of the report of the Medical Board, it | appeared likely that there also would be a delay in disposition of the findings (Continued on Page 2, Column 8. | paih b iy Graf 125 Miles at Sea. FERNANDO DO NORONHA ISLAND, October 24 (#)—The Graf Zeppelin, on the way back to Germany from Per- nambuco, passed over this island, 125 miles off the Brazilian mainland, early this morning. | among LAVAL “FAUX PAS” DISTURBS CAPITAL Fear Expressed in High Quar- | ters That Slight to Borah May Affect Mission. Y CONSTANTINE BROWN. ‘Two diplomatic bombshells exploded yesterday afternoon and last night amidst the festivities which are being held in Washington in honor of Prem:er Laval and the Prench Yorktown Mis- sion. ‘The first bombshell burst late in the afternoon when Senator Borah gave. with his usual frankpess, his views on the Versailles treaty, reparations, debts and disarmament. Some of the French correspondents regarded Mr. Borah's views as mod- erate. At one time the Senator of Idaho was as popular as the Kaiser the French correspondents They consequently expected some dec- larations which would indicate that the Senator was irrevocably opposed to any agreement of any kind with the govern- ment of the French republic. The fact that Mr. Borah admitted that Germany ought to pay the un- conditional part of the Young plan pleased some of the French correspond- ents, who cabled to their Paris offices that even Senator Borah seems to begin to realize the impcrtance of an under- standing with France. The represent- atives of the Naticnalist French press naturally ~discussed at length Mr Borah's ideas on the revision of the| Versailles treaty, especially the part re- ferring to the Dantzig corridor. Second Bomb Explodes. On the whole the Senator's state- ments were received favorably by the correspondents of the moderate French press. Moderate and Nationalist news- paper men expected Mr. Borah's decla- rations to be much more intransigent. It gave them all good copy and nobody thought more about them. Everybody went to the recepticn the French em- bassy gave to Field Marshal Petain. Here the second and more powerful bombshell exploded. Late in the eve- ning it was rumored that Mr. Laval had issued a statement to a French news agency in which he attacked the chairman of the Senate’s Foreign Re- lations = Committee. At first nobody wanted to believe that the French premier, who has a well established reputation of having a cool judgment of never getting entangled in " (Continued on Page 3, Column 1.) COLUMNIST ON HEALTH LEAVES $103,340 ESTATE Dr. Lulu Hunt Peters, Who Died in June, Makes Bequests to Relatives. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 24.—Dr. Lulu Hunt Peters, author of works on health and diet and columnist on health sub- | jects, who died June 27, 1930, left a gross estate of $103,340 and a net of $95,929, it was disclosed by a transfer tax appraisal filed Thursday. G. Edward Hunt, a brother, of Saca- tella, Calif., received a life interest Xn‘ $10,000; Dawson Perkins, a nephew, a hequest of $12,000; Alice Perkins, a Diece, a bequest of $10,000, and Anna Perkins, a sister, a legacy of $15,000 and a life interest in $34.846. The last | three beneficiaries reside in Los Angeles. | “TALKIES” KEEP ] By the Associated Press. ‘Thud of foot against pigskin will go unheard by the petite Josee Laval, her struggle having desire to see a gridiron e today missed the train which was to take her to Princeton, N. J., because she was serving as interpreter for her father and President Hoover, Mile. Josee had intended to see the Princeton-Navy contest. An sutomobile waited outside the White House as train time came and went. President Hoover and Premier Laval were before the talkies. Each remark President Hoover made to the French premier and vice versa was repeated by Mile, Joses and Mrs. s OSEE LAVAL FROM NAVY-PRINCETON GAME Train Carrying Friends Leaves as She Acts as Father’s Interpreter in Talk With Hoover. ‘The talkies took too long. Other members of the party, how- ever, some of them members of the family of Ambassador Claudel of France, were on board the train when it de- ‘They hoped Mlle. Josee would drive and intercept the train en route. From the home of Walter Edge, Am- bassador to France, where Premier Laval is stopping, came word, however, that she would not go. ‘The petite French girl a rently was keenly disappointed at thpt‘um of events. She walked nervously about & Toom in the second mrg Y?\;e th:‘ Edge home, appearing now an n to glance out the window, 5 2 EXPECTATIONS RISE ASFRENCY PREWER AND HODVER RENE THER DISCUSSIONS Official Communique on Con- ferences Expected to Be Is- sued at Time of Laval's Departure. DUE TO MEET BORAH AT STIMSON’S-DINNER { Message Is Sent Chairman of For- eign Relations Committee Ex- plaining That Remarks Follow- ing Interview Yesterday Was Not Intended as Rebuke By the Associated Press An agreement to co-ordinate French and American banking resources for world stability was reached today by Presi- dent Hoover and Premier Laval. Some progress was made also in discussions of war debt and reparation adjustment, but de- tails necessarily were left in- definite. A statement ' outlining the results of the 24 hours of con- ference at the White House will be issued later, probably at 3 pm. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The conversations between | President Hoover and Premier {Laval of France, which began {auspiciously yesterday afternoon and ran until midnight at the White House, were continued | today. While no official statement was issued regarding the progress o the conversations, the impressio: was gained from informed circle that these conversations between | the heads of the two gover €r were justifying expectation. M. Laval left the White House soon after 9:30 o'clock this morn- ing to go to his official residence | the house of Ambassador Edge, in Eighteenth street, but with the !intention of returning to the | White House at 11 o'clock and continuing his discussions with the President. It is understood jalso that after he has attended ! the luncheon in his honor by Sec- retary of the Treasury Mellon at 1 o'clock, M. Laval will again visii |the White House. | Communigque Is Expected. { While no statement was forth- {coming from the Whi | from the prime mir er, i jlieved an official commu would be issued dealing with | | conference between the Preside: and the prime minister, probab for publication about the time I {Laval leaves Washington. H plans to go to New York eithe ‘Sunda,\' night at midnight or {Monday morning. The first statement from the Whit | House in regard to the ¢ sued yestercav evening. the conversations dealt policies to aid economic recover | statement pointed out that “happ; | controversies between the United Stat |and France exist. | In some quarters the s | interpreted as an offset to | given by Senator Bor: correspondents who_have come from | France with M. Lav 5 Borah declai sailles treat: time for moratoriuns only cuts in the repar d Germany and’ intergovernmental cel would be effective. Stimson and Mills Take Part. The conversations between the Pre:i- dent and M. Laval were brought to temporary ciose in a brief conference | before 9:30 this morning, which wa participated in also by Secretary | State Stimson and tre Undersecre of the Treasury Ogden Mills these officials took part in . ence at the White House last night The Secretary of State remaine | closeted with the President follow { the departure of M. Laval. Mile. Jo: Laval did not leave the White Hous with her father. but remained for while with Mrs. Hoover. White House Issues Statement. The text of the statement given out at the White House last night follow “Both t»» President and Premier i Laval wish 1t made clear that the con- versations upon which they | gaged are solely in respect | policies as each of tie two governments | can develop to expedite recovery from the world economic depression. “There is no remote basis whatever for statements as to ‘demands.’ ‘terms ot settlement’ or any other like dis- cussion. “Happily there are no controversies to be settled between France and America. None such exist “The sole purpose of these conversa- tions is the earnest. frank exchange of views with view to finding common ground for helpful action in the oeo- motion of constructive progress i tie oG The cohversations between the Presi- dent and M. Laval were held in the celebrated Lincoln study at the White Hcuse, interrupted only by an informal dinner which was attended by the President, Premier Laval, Secretery Stimson, Mr. Mills and Jacques Bizot, M. Laval's interpreter. Mr. Mills acted as_interpreter for President Hoover (Continued on Page 2, Column 4) Kokomo Bank Closes. KOKOMO, Ind.. October 24 (#).—The Citizens’ National Bank here clcsed yes- terday morning. The directors s2id it w?3 advisable to close for the protection . uf depositors, and that the bank was solvent. ‘The bank’ statement of September 29 gives deposits of $3.913,624.56 and fotal assets $4,823,362.14. f