Evening Star Newspaper, November 2, 1931, Page 2

" A2 ww» THE EVENING RAIL UNION HEADS | | ~'MAYAIR PAY STAND Session of 21 Leaders Here i I8 Urged to Go on Record F on Wage Reductions. Organized railroad labor is to be tirged 1o state its position on the subject of wige cuts This developed today as the heads of the 21 ratl unions, comprising the Rall- | way Labor Executives Association and B. M. Jewel, representing the Rallway Employes’ Department of the American | Federation of Labor, went into session here at & meeting which is viewed as one of the most important in years, af- fecting as 1t does the welfare of 1250, ©00 employes. While some of the union leaders pre- viously had expressed the opinion it would not be wise to make any pro- nouncement on wage reductions before & movement cf this sort actually has | been initiated by the eirriers generally, ‘there are others, it developed, who want the labor bodies to grapple with the | matter bolcly and let their stand be ! known. Molds Pay Due for Discussion. D. B. Robertscn, president of the Rrotherhood of Locomotive Firemen | and Enginemen, who is chalrman cf the labor executives, s3id in Cleveland Saturday that pay cuts would not be discussed here. However, another leader in unlon circles this morning voiced the opinion that “it gould not be ig- | nored.” “The subject is too big, too impor- tant, to pass over,” he said, adding it ‘was evident the public expected some ression. mors the carriers intended to institute action looking toward a wage .cut have been prevalent ever since .the Interstate Commerce Commission turned. down their application for a 15 per cent freight rate increase. Two Roads Slash Wages. When the rail executives met here : week, however, it was understood othing along this line was in pros- pect In the immediate future, the rail- Yoads at present being engaged in working out a plan for the surcharge "pool which the commission proposed @8 an alternative for the rate boost. *"Since then, however, the New York “Qentral _announced negotiations with ‘some of its workers for a 10 per cent cut to remain in effect for a year nd on Saturday the Baltimore & “Ohio lnmun’c?fl - llnfll‘i‘:‘o{ llked[ro- ‘portions applying to officials and so- called l& x:f)lllr" workers whose pay is above $300 monthly. " Unless ornnludd labnr nvolurht;ru;l' Magrees to a wage reduction, it would no possible to put one into effect for several months because of the steps iecessary to be taken through the Board jof Mediation. Raliroad labor previous- has gone on record against wage re- uctions n connection with the freight te case. Constructive Plan Forecast. The whole question of employment is | most t due for delivera- is presiding at the mecting, has fore- cast that, as a result of it, “a con- plan will be advanced for ‘coping with the present situation which finds some 350,000 workers idle. A shorter work day and week is one of the E‘mpnuh which has been ad- ‘vanced this connection. Among the other matters due for discussion at the conference are a national pension plan to be built up-by contributions of em- and Tegulation of . y and water carriers, which have severely into rail revenues, and rail- r‘d consolidations. Recommendations along this line are be embodied In legislation which the “labor groups will séek at the forthcom- dng session of Congress. The confer- £ which is being held at the office Labor, is expected to last three or Jour days. Q * In addition to the uion executives, At i3 being attended also by Donald Richberg, counsel for the union. Willard Urges New Aid Plan. ‘Meanwhile, Daniel Willard, president of the Baltimore & Ohlo Railroad, to- day recommended modification of the transportation act to permit railroads o turn all excess earnings during good times into a reserve to be used in slack periods. Appearing before a Senate Mahufac- tures Sub-committee, Willard raid the railroads should be able to play a big xlrl in stabilizing indystry, but could o it more effectively the law were changed to allow creation of the poal. Under the present law half of all earnings above 53, per cent must be turned over to the Government for ald- ing greaker roads and the other half used to build up rescrves. Willard pointed out, however, that since the transportation act became a | Jaw the raiiroads as & whole have never | earned 53, per cent and therefore were not able to build up reserves. Says None Use Ald Fund. He said during prosperous times, the railroads should be encouraged to earn even more than the fair return allowed in order to bulld up reserves for use in such times as the present “It could all be done under the law as it 15" he said, “though it would be better to say that all excess earnings should be used to develop reserve funds instead of half going into a fund that nobody wants and nobody is using.” Willard explained that railroads in normal t.mes use 25 or 30 per cent of all the steel produced in this country 25 per cent of the coal and 28 per cent of the lumber, in addition to large amounts of rubber and copper. Says B. & O. Drops 20,04 He said while in the future they may not use as much as some of these com- modities ag in the past, that, neverthe- Jess, they could be made to contribute | greatly towmd stabilization of employ- ment. On’ the other hand, he said ft has been necessary, for .the roads to make every possible savipg to maintain their financial status. The Baltimore &' Ohlo, he said. ‘Has postponed all the maintenance work possible, Teduced its purchases and cut employment 20.000 during the last two years. Instead of eamning 16 per cent profit as it did & few vears ago, he said, this year the road would probably earn not more than 2 per cent i Earnings this_year, he added. were running about 33 per cent behind 1929, { The road is employing 41,000 workers, as compared with 60,000 in 1929 and 80,000 in 1923 BLAST BURNS FATAL Injuries Received in Oil Tanker Explosion Kfils Man. JOLIET, Ill, November 2 (#).—Ken- meth Wendrolf. 24, of Lakewood, Ohio, died In & hospital at 1:30 a.m. yesterday of burns suffered in an explosion on the oll tanker A. J. Patmore in the Chicago Drainage Canal Saturday ‘Wendroff's parents arrived here from Lakewood an hour before he died. but | visttors, | outer clapboard. Their Baby Brother Killed INFANT AMO! SIX DEAD IN BUS TRAGEDY. Everett Nichols, 14, and his little sister, Loal Jean, 2, children of Mr. and Mrs. A, M. Nichols of Marietta, Miss., were among 31 persons injured when a tratier broke loose from a truck and plunged down an embankment near Marion, Ark., October 29. Six persons were killed, among them the 8-week-old brother of the Nichols children. They were part of a group of 53 persons on the way to & plantation to pick cotton. —A. P. Photo. BIG CROWD VISITS CAPONE'S BROTHER SLVER STAR HOVE NUST SERVE TERM Kitchen Receives Special At- Gangster Is Refused Review tention as Other Features | of Conviction on Income Win Praise. l Tax Charge. From shortly before 9:30 am. until | ’ closing time at 9 pm. a constant stream cf visitors interested in better architecture and building inspzdted the latest Silver Star Home in Colony Hill | yesterday. At times yesterday the crowd was so7 great at the dainty modern example of early American home at 1705 Hoban road th2t groups of newcomers actually | turned away rather than undertake to | view the ccngested property. Persons | who were unable to see the house yes- | terday in the leisurely feshion they | would prefer are reminded that the home will be on view daily for a full | month dnd that week-day Visits arc likely to offer callers better advantag: to learn from this house the purpcs of the Silver Star Home demonstration. | Fealures Win Praise. Exclamations of appreciation were heard throughout the day &s partic- | ularly pleasing features of the home | were disccvered. The builders, Boss & Phelps, endeavored to make this early | American home of Connecticut influ- ence as thoroughly a “model” home as possible. Their efforts. already recog- nized by the Architects' Advisory Council, which gave the house a “‘com- mended” rating, and the Silver Star Home Committee of specialists In various phases of dwelling construction, which chose it for the demonstration under the sponsorship cf this news- paper. were further approved by the opening day crowd. If any single room in the house re- celved more attention than any- other, it probably was the kitchen. This ex- ample of compact efficiency coupled cleverly with artistry and comfort won commendation throughout the day from virtually every group of visitows to in- spect it. The soft finish of the first floor and stairway woodwork, the easy tread of the stairs themselves, and the proportions of the living room all vied for a share of the particular appre- ciation Model on View in Garage. One of the most interesting features of the Colony Hill Silver Star Home is the full size construction model on view in the two-car garage. Repra- sentatives of the builders explained the significance of the model throughout the day. It represents, they told the a corner of the Silver Star Home itself The model demonstrates graphically how fir beams have been used to sup- port a layer of subfioring. a layer of insulation, and finally the finished oak flooring itself, Further protection against cold & demonsirated in the manner in whi rhoard and s heavy layer of n laid on the unde The fir stud the inner si heavily plas a layer of insulation beard benea By the Assoclated Press. Ralph Capone, brother*of Al Capone, today was refused a review by the Su- preme Court of his conviction of having made false statements in an attempt to compromise his income taxes. The action ends the gangster's hope of a legal escape from his three-year sentence and a fine of $10,000. Other gangsters have been watching the case. Terry Druggan and Frankie Lake, former Chicago beer barons, have pleaded gullty to income tax violations with the understanding that they might change their pleas if Ralph Ca- pone won a review. | Obscured somewhat by ‘the notoriety of his brother Al, Ralph nevertheless found underworld operations very prof- itable. At his trial the Government :n- troduced evidence to prove that in a period of five vears preceding April, 1929, he banked more than $1,800,000. He failed to file a return or pay uny tax during 1922, 1923, 1924 and 1925 After the Government began in- vestigating, Capone admitted to the internal revenue agent at Chicago that he owed the Government $4,082. Asserting that he received an income of approximately $20,000 yearly from gambling, he offered to compromise by paying $1,000 He claimed he had lost so much money on his race horses and in defend- ing himself and his associates from criminal prosecutions 4hat he was broke. The Government made that admis- sion the basis of prosecution against him. They said he had an extensive income from handling liquor. After his conviction, Ralph Capore took his appeal to the Ssventh Circuit Court, where he lost. FATAL PLUNGE HELD ACCIDENT BY JURY Inquiry Reveals Mishap Caused One Death and Suicide Another. Y verdict of accidental death was returned today by a coromer’s jury in the death of Carl Huff, 36, who died at Casualty Hospital yesterday of injuries received last week when he plunged from a third-story window of his home at 148 Eleventh street southeast. The case was one of four investigated by the jury, under Coroner Joseph D. Rogers The jury gave a verdict of suicide in the death of Charles Hunt, 59, who was found hanging from a crods-bar above his cell in the second precinct station- house Saturday. P case, witnesses having testified the Prosperity Signs regulations requiring removal of prison By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, Mo. west thrills, purse strings lo as crude ofl and wheat go up, showing the way to other com- moditles with “impressive lead- ership™ OTTAWA, Ontario—Canadian business strengthens during the month of September and shows marked improvement over Au- gust. saes Dominion’s Monthly Review of Business hered to Accidental death verdicts were ren. dered in the cases of Charles F. Miners 73, of 3646 New Richard M. Carroll, 74, of Pittsburgh Kans., both of whom died of injuries re- ceived when struck by automobiles. BLACKMER ASSIGNS SEIZED SECURITIES $100,000 in Liberty Bonds to Go to Attorney“if Appeal Succeeds. Whole- sea- for Septem- Federal Reserve district, including Ohio and Western Pennsylvania, upturn is first of size in many months. CHICAGO —Gas_and elegiric sales of Central Public Service Corporation on the uptrend in September. Electric sales 521 per cent higher than same month year ago. NEW YORK.—National Bank sees indi business conditions as result of return of public confidence in banking power and credit. Larger financial institutions in such ex- cellent condition they are able to extend valuable assistance to smaller banks P. A. S. Franklin, president of George Gordon Battle, New York law- yer, representing Henry M. Blackme: Fall-Sinclair oil trial witness who re- fused to return from France to testify today served on United States Marshal Edgar C. Snyder an assignment d by Blackmer of the $100.000 wo; Liberty bonds which the Gov seized to insure payment of fines impossd on Blackmer by the City ions of better tempt of court The United States Supreme Court recently decided to hear an appeal | from the District Supreme Court made by Batfle fgr his client. he had been unconscious for several hours and did not recognize them. His body was sent t> Lakewood. Earl Gannaway. 24. and Walter , both of Lemont, were expected fo recover from their suffered in the blast. the International Mercantile Ma- rine Co.. says ocean freight busi- ness has generally improved and passenger increase is in prospect. HAMILTON, Ontario.—Three hundred employes of the Inter- national Harvester Co., some idle for months, return to work on four-day basts. “The assignment cites the possibility the case may be roversed and the whole $100.000 be retinable to Bls mer. In that event the assignment provides it shall be pald over to Bat- tle. Should the fines be upheld, then the §60.000, pl:.x court costs, are to an ice were absolved of blame in the | Justice Frederick L. Siddons for ccn- | the e paid over secure payment of defending” treat STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, CANNON IN COURT; HEARING DATE SET ber 20 for Argument on Demurrer. By the Associated Press tice James Proctor today set Fri- day, November 20, for argument before the District Supreme Court of the de- murrer filed by attorneys for Bishop James Cannon, i, to an indictment charging him with wiltully violating the corrupt practices law. The date was fixed by agreement be- tween Assistant District Attorney John Wilson and the Southern Methodist churchman's chief counsel, Robert H McNeill, whose demurrer challenged the constitutionality of the corrupt practices act. Just before the court convened. Bishop Cannon and Miss Ada L. Bur- roughs, treasurer of his anti-Smith Democratic Committee n 1928, who was charged, along with the clergy- man, with falling to report campaign contributions, made bone, of $1,000 each. Cannon in Court. Miss Burroughs then left the court house, but the bishop, assisting himself with a crutch and carrying a large bundle of newspapers under his left arm, went. into Justice Proctor’s Crim- inal Court and took a seat in the front row opposite the bench. During the brief time consumed in setiing a date for arguing the demur- rer, Cannon sat between his attorneys, McNeill and Harry W. Nice, Baltimore attorney. The bistiop rested his chin on his crutch and listened intently to what was said. In the last row of the court Toom a number of the clergyman's: parishion- ers wefe gathered. Among those present at tcdayls court proceedings was Dr. William A. Shelton, pastor of the Mount Vernon Methodist Episcopal Church South, one of the nine who signed Bishcp Cannon's bond. Shelton recently was exonerated by 3 church investigating jury of charges brought by his recr:tary. The other bondsmen were: L. E. Breuninger, Jesse O. Joliff, § W. Cockrell, L. A. Coffman, J. C. Copen- haven, R. D. Webb, R. T. Buckingham and E. F. Slanner. | Breuninger, Cockrell and Jolliff signed | Miss Burroughs' bcnd Plans Revealed Yesterday. McNeill, chiéf counsel, made known the defense plans last night before the arraignment toiay of the 62-year-old clergyman and Miss Burroughs. Nice, who lost the Maryland guber- natorial race in 1919 to Gov. Ritchie by 165 votes, was retained only recently as defense counsel. He helped pre- pare the demurrer to the 10-count in- dictment alleging failure to report cam- paign fund contributions. 1t contended presidential electors are State officers anJ that the corrupt prac- tices law is unconstitutional in so far as it attempts to regulate their election. Before the grand jury inquiry Mc- Neill filed a brief arguing the bishop’s | political activities dealt only with these electors. May Hasten Trial. Dismissal of the demurrer probably would lead to an early trial. ~Should it be sustained, the Government would have the right of appeal. Meanwhile, the National Women's Democratic Law Enforcement League asked District Attorney Leo A. Rover r\\‘h-l action wculd be taken against the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment for. failing to report a $5,000 contribution. Mrs. Jesse W. Nicholson, league presi- | dent, wrote evidence of the failure was in the Senate Lobby Committee hear- |ings and sald: “Since it was through | your office that action against Bishop | Cannon was brought for his supposed |failure to report money received, ac- | cording to the corrupt practices act, we await with much interest your action | in the case of the assoctation.” | " Rover said he had directed Wilson to investigate the matter. | The Cannon indictment was based on contributions to the bishop's commit- {tee by Edwin C. Jameson, New York | capitalist and Republican. |IAPANESE TROOPS NEAR SOVIET ZONE; TOKIO SCANS ‘PACT’ (Continued From First Page) published a Mukden dispatch saying | that since the outbreak of ‘the Sino- +| dJapanese trouble Russia had Increased ‘h!'l' 2rmy in all border districts, par- ticularly along outer Mongolia. FORCE AT KIRIN CUT. Japan Expects to Withdraw More | Troops in Few D PEIPING, Npvember 2 (#).—The | Japanese lega®ion here said officially | today that a partial withdrawal of Jap. anese troops stationed at Kirin, Man- churia, was begun October 31, when a small contingent left there for Chang- chun ‘This, the legation sald, was follawed yesterday by two infantry numbering about 1,000 men, went to Changchun, The statement said a further appre- | | ciable number of troops was expected to be withdrawn within the next four or-five days A semi-official Japanese communique from Mukden said that on October 31 | Japanese troops iy Manchuria were distributed as follows: A brigade of in- fantry, a squadron of cavalry and a fleld artillery battery at Kirin: a bat- ers’ belts and neckties had been ad- |talion of infantry and a squadron of | €OUDtry were considered cavalry at Chen-chia-tun; two com- anies of infantry and a small artillery | unit at Chu-Liu-Ho. A battalion of in- inan_has reinforced because of 1!:mndnr_. | JAPAN RESTATES POLICY. been | | Dispatch to London Announces Rejec- | tion ef China’s Proposal. the Associated Press | LONDON, November | Agency dispatch from Tokio tod Japan declared she is unsble to o China’s proposal for direct negotiations {on the Manchurian problem on the basis | of the resolution adopted by the League Council Octcber 24 | Th- dispatch said the Japanese £o | ernment insists on the recognition of its {five fundamental points as a prere- quisite to the withdrawal of troops from ke area. ‘R\ | A Reuters id | THREE BASIC POINTS LISTED. Nanking Foreign Affairs Chief Insists on Chinese Sovereignty. NANKING, China, November' 2 () —Three fundamental points for settle- ment of the Sino-Japanese dispute in | Manchuria were listed today by Tai Chi-Tao, chairman of the foreign af- {nhs committee of the Nationalist Par- iament. They were ® (1) That tge territorial and admin- strative sovereignty of China must be | upheld. (2) That the open door policy mu: 2 be otserved so that all nations migl have opportunity to develop their legit! mate interests in China. ity rights must be LAVAL, BACK HONE, WL SEE GERMAN | | Justice Proctor Fixes Novem-lPIans Conference of Debts| With Envoy After Talks With Cabinet. | By the Associated Press { HAVRE, Prance, November 2 —Pre- | mier Plerre Laval arrived on French | sotl at 10:24 o'clock this morning on the liner Ile de Prance, home from his trip to the United States, where he conferred with President Hoover at | Washington. | The question of what is to be done with the problem of war debts and | reparations awaits the premier's word and Dr. Leopold von Hoesch, German Ambassador at Paris, hastened back | fromg Berlin today after a conference with Chancellor Bruening, to confer | with M. Laval in Paris. Aboard ship late yesterday the pre- mier intimated he would take up with the British government the problem of ! German credits and sald he did not | know what the next step would be. Hurries On to Paris. He remained here less than 20 min- | utes, boarding a train for Paris at 110:43. He is expected to confer with mem- bers of his cabinet soon after he reaches the capital and to go over with them in detail the events of his trip. Several assistants from the premier’s office in Parls were at Havre to meet him when he landed and to bring him news of the latest developments in the economié and financial situation. It was just 17 days since he left for | Washington. _ He was not subjected to | customs fornialities and he left the ship | immediately for the train after a brief welcome by Havre officials. He said this morning he would attack the problem of German credits imme- diately after his cabinet conference to- morrow, but those close to him said he had not decided what the method would be. There is some opposition, they said, to an immediate international confer- ence. Never Away So Long Before, The premier was on deck early to get his first glimpse of the French coast line. Asked if he was homesick, he said: “What do you expect? I've never been away from Home so long /in ‘my ife.” He questioned his colleagues who came from Paris closely about news |from the capital and inquired imme- diately about the effect of Senator Borah's interview. “Just the same,” he said, “I made one more friend.” He told the Welcoming Committee at Havre he was certain his_trip would bring happy results for France. “I think I have done my duty,” he said. Several thousand people were on the dock to greet him and he told newspa- per men among them he had a happy voyage, adding: “But naturally I was not always in agreement in Washing- GERMAN PI.ANS‘HELD UP. Results of Envoy's Talk With Laval Awaited by Berlin. BERLIN, November 2 (#).—Ger- | many’s next move in the matter of | revision of reparations payments was in abeyance today, awaiting the result of a_ conference between Dr. Leopold von Hoesch, German Ambassador, and Premicr Laval at Paris. The German Ambassador left yester- day for Paris to meet the premier on prepared to confer with him at the earliest possible moment regarding his discussions with President Hoover. Dr. von Hoesch came here to con- sult_with Chancellor Bruening before M. Laval's return, and the chancellor is believed to have instructed him to withhold any proposal until the pre- mier has given his version of the Wash- ington parleys. In the Wilhelmstrasse officials said: “It gl depends upon what Laval tells the Ambassador.” This was not interpreted, however, as meaning the government is not pre- bpared for action. Dr. von Hoesch is expected to try to persuade the premier | that it will be necessary to call an international economic conference at the earliest possible moment, to go into the entire question of frozen credits, reparations and war debts. The establishment of a commission of inquiry by the World Bank for In- | ternational Settlements, as provided in the Young Plan, would be too slow a | process, the German government, be- lieves, 'to afford the rellef Germany secks. Germany's short -term credits amounting to about $3.000,000,000, are | only until March, and Dr. von Hoesch conversion ~into European uncertainty cannot moved. German bankers will meet in con- | terences until the middle of the week | so that any plan advanced by Premier | | Laval may be submitted to them. | ke = |NAVY EXPENSE ROW, | WITH ADDED FUEL, IN QUEER TANGLE (Continued From First Page.) be | | | during the year were listed by Adams for the American fleet, with those of | | Great Britain estimated at $349,927,670 The difference would become more ap- | parent, he added. when much higher | costs of labor and materials in this| “It {s~a matter of serious concern to the Navy” the Secretary said, “that organizations within the boundaries of mpshire avenue and | fantry along a reilway line out of Tao- |OUF country, without seeking accuracy which. could easily have been secured, interpret national defense statistics in a manner insidiously inimical to the { United States and in & manner favor- able to the national defense interests | ! foreign powe: “Conservatively speaking” he said, | ““90 per cent of the construction cost of | a naval ship is returned to the country in labor wages, and on this basis, it | costs two and two-tenths times as much | to build a ship in the United States as | it does in Great Briatin, three and | three-tenths as much as in Europe, and over five times as much as in_Japan.” He then pointed to the much higher pay. better food and clothing. furnished { American saflors. But apart from the disparity in the dollar's purchasing power here and abroad, Adams pre- sented tables prepared at the depart- ment showing that in proportion to in- come the United States spent far less cn its Navy than any other power. Only | Germany, ‘of the important countries, | fell below the United States’ proportion. Of each dollar of national income, he said, the United States spends for its { Navy 0043 cents, the United Kingdom, | 0148; Germany, .0039; France, .0167: Italy, 0175, and Japan, .0239.° Afr forces were not included in the fgures for Great Britain, France and Italy, Shows Per Capita Basis. Pigured on a per capita basis he ob- tained the following result: | | United States ... 'United Kingdom . NOVEMBER his return from Washington and to be | | taken care of by existing agreements | is expected to point out that unless| these are protected by some form of | long-term _obligations | Te- | 2 2 198 1. Roosevelt’s Son to Wed Miss Donner's home, at Villanova, Pa., engagement was announced October 30, wedding. ARMAMENTS TRUCE STATUS IS CLOUDED Apparently in Force, but Four Powers Backing It Fail to Report. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, November 2.—The League of Nations secretariat today held af- firmative replies of 14 nations to the | proposal for a year's armaments truce, | but wondered, nevertheless, whether the | agreement is in force or not. | Yesterday was the date for the be- | ginning of the truce, which was orig inally proposed by Italy, Great Britain, | Germany and France. None of these | four nations has yet officially reported | its attitude. On the other hand, acceptances of the proposal are on file from the United States, Russia, Japan and 11 others, but all are conditioned on the participation of other states and some have other exceptions. 3 Officials of the Iieague sald they were unable to define the status of the holi- day and that there is no precedent for procedure in such a state of affairs. In some quarters it was suggested that a conference of diplomatic represent tives may be called to discuss the pre visos of each nation and to try to har- monize them. ARGENTINA ACCEPTS TRUCE.' Announces Decision to Adhere to One Year's Naval Holiday. BUENOS AIRES, November 2 (#). Argentina has decided to adhere to a one-year's naval holiday, the foreign ministry announced today. The notifi- cation sent to Geneva, he sald, made no reservation except for the construction of armaments already contracted for. NATIONAL REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE TO MEET HERE ON DECEMBER 15 _ (Continued From First Page.) have an opportunity to canvass the political situation, with first-hand in- formation from all the States. Efforts will be made to avoid controversial sub- jects, such as prohibition. ~ But whether they will be successful is another question. Invitations from a long list of cities to hold the Republican aNtional Con- vention within their confines will be pre- sented at the meeting. Among those cities which are pressing for the convention ! are Philadeiphia and Atlantic City on | the East Coast, Chicago and Cleveland | and Detroit in the Middle West, and| Los Angeles and San Francsco on the Pacific Coast. ! Gen. W. W. Atterbury, president of | the Pennsylvania Railroad, declared his | intention of resigning from the Repub- lican National Committee a year ago | | when he found himself unable to sup- | port the then Republican candidate for Governor, Gifford Pinchot, and gave his | support to Hemphill, the Democratic candidate. So far as is known, Gen. Atierbury’s Tesignation has never been | accepted by the Republican National | Committee. The selection of his suc- | cessor, it was said today, may go over | until next Spring. In some quarters | | | it has been suggested that the member- | | ship of the National Committee from Pennsylvania should go to Senator David A. Reed. The office was held several vears ago by former Senator George W. Pepper. After he went out | of office, Willlam S, Vare wanted the national chairmanship, but it was given | finally to Gen, Atterbury | | Text of Fess' Call. | The text of Senator Fess' call to the committee follows: “You are herehy notified that a meet- | | ing of the Republican National Com- mittee will be held on Tuesday, Decem- ber 15, at 2 pm. in the Willard Hotel, Washington, D. C. | As matters of great importance will come up for consideration, it is hdped that the entire membership may be in person or represented by . — | GENERAL’S SON JAILED | | Nephew of Machado Opponent in 1924 Accused in Bombing. | HAVANA, November 2 (#).—Antonio | Mendieta, student and nephew of Col. | Carlos Mendieta, unsuccessful presi- | dential candidate in the 1924 elections {hat put President Machado into power, is @ prisoner with his uncle in Cabana | Fortress | "The youth, whose father, Gen. Pablo Mendieta, once was chief of police in Havana, was accused of having set off explosives at La Salle College yester- day morning. The bomb caused slight damage. Body Taken From Ningax{_‘ NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario, Noy 2 (4 —The body of an unidentified covered last night from the wi pool rapids of the Niagara Rive Willlem “Red” Hill, veteran It was the 124th body covered from the | situation is sald to be already evident. | in the | tor Willlam E. Borah's declaration fa- | that when France went to the Wash- of ENGAGEMENT TO PENNSYLVANIA GIRL ANNOUNCED. Elliott Roosevelt, son of Gov. and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York, photographed Saturday with Miss Elizabeth Browning Donner, his flancee, ‘Their been announced for the ~—A. P. Photo. where he spent the week end. No date has TRIPTOU. S, ADS CAREER OF LAVAL |Premier Assumes Leading! Role as Result of Suc- cesses Claimed Here. By Cable to The Star. PARIS, Prance, November 2.-—Pre- mier Pierre Laval's Washington trip will almost certainly enhance his po- litical prestige in France. Four main points of discussion he had in mind when he salled were (1) the gold standard, (2) reparations and war debts, curity and (4) political stability, par- ticularly as affected by the campaign for treaty revision. On all four his mission will be described to the French lature as a success. ance and the United States have agreed to co-o] te continuously through banking agreements to main- tain, defend and restore the gold stand- ard everywhere possible. The good ef- fect of this agreement on the French and American banking and currency Young Plan Preserved. In the matter of reparations and war debts, it is apparently agreed that the Young plan, which the Germans and many cthers had hoped and thought was dead following the adoption of the Hoover one-year moratorium, sha!l be accepted as the juridical basis of what- ever new reparations agreement may be made. initiative must come from Germany to France as the prin- cipal creditor, and there 'will be a reduction in war debts later corre- irondml more or less to the reduc- tion made in reparations. These understandings will be repre- sented here as putting the initiative on reparations and war debts back in French hands. French Deputies will further be told, either publicly or privately, that the United States, being unwilling to enter with France into any sort of security agreement, at least before the General Disarmament Conference, was logically cbliged to recognize France's right to maintain meanwhile whatever arma- ments it feels necessary for its safety J)reum political situation of thg world, Borah Disavowal Claimed. Finally, they will be told that Sena- voring treaty revision was formally dis- avowed, as far as the United States was concerned, by President Hoover. Above all, emphasis will be laid, pub- licly or privately, on the alleged point ington Conference of 1922 it gave up something-—namely, its right to have & navy commensurate with its true position in the world, and that when British Prime Minister Ramsay Mac- Donald went to see Mr. Hoover at Rap- idan, he, too, gave up something, at least theoretically — namely, British naval supremacy, but that Premier Laval, when he went to Washington, gave up nothing; that, indeed, from the French viewpolnt, he gained some- thing. All this will make a strong case politically, and now that Raymond Poincare 'is eliminated by il health and that Aristide Briand's star is wan- ing, 1t will s:emingly insure M. Laval the enviable place of leadership in French politics ahead of the rising gounll Lec’;lnk:lln, Andre Francols oncet, and ahead of even An Tardieu. £ (Copyright, 1931.) QUAKES HIT ISLANDS OF JAPANESE GROUP Shikoku and Kyushiu A: = Rocked, With Casualties Occ.rring as Houses Collapse. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, November 2.—A series of “rather severe” earthquakes shcok the Islands of Shikoku and Kyushiu this evening. A number of casualties were reported, caused chiefly by houses col- lapsing. Kyushiu is the most southerly of the three principal islands of Japan, sepa- rated from Koreo by the Strait of Korea and from Honshiu Island by the Strait Shikoku. It has a population of more than 6,000,000. Shikoku Island is south of Honshiu Island, with a population of nearly 4,- oootl)oo i - Although reports were incomplete, it appeared the quake bad been most severe In Miyazaki prefecture of Kyushiu, where dispatches said & num- Jb" of persons were killed or badly in- “The first quake occurred during t! ing, the second about 4 p.m., and the third a little more than three hours later. Roadways cracked in the vicinity 0.5 KEEPSALDDF N DEBT REVSION Place as Neutral Spectator Maintained for Coming European Parleys. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. After having clearly indicated to the Prerich and to other European nations that the United States is greatly inter- ested in European problems only in as far as their peaceful settiement is con- cerned, the adnMnistration is now watch- ing furtder developmients merely as an interested spectator. Important conversations will take place in the course of this month be- tween the German, the French and the British governments. The subjects taken up will be of both political and eco- nomic importance. The administration is going to follow them very closely, but is not prepared to take any active pary in_them. The problems which are coming up are exclusively European, and the inter- ested nations are expected to be able to iron them out without any inter- ference.. In administration quarters the feeling prevails that America has done @ good deal since last July and has suf- ficiently indicated the path to be fol- lowed for a satisfactory settlement. It 15 ugf to the European nations to work up some sort of an acceptable agreement for them all. Hoover Policy Clear, ‘The most important and urgent quas- tion is that of Germany's financial and economic position. President Hoover, in his talks with Mr. Laval, has indicated that as far as this country is con- cerned, Europe is free to resume the application of the Young plan, which is an instrument signed and accepted by all nations concerned in the reparation Question. The Hoover intergovern- mental debt holiday has done all it could be expected to do. It saved Ger- many from bankruptcy last Summer when the world was not pre face such a catastrophe. Premier Laval heartily with the President and on his return to Prance on Saturday set in motion the machinery for direct conversations with (3) disarmament and se- Germany. It is expected in Paris that Germany will agree to ask for an in- vestigation into her capacity to pay both reparations and tgl‘e short-term credits due cn the 20th of February and amounting to more than a billion doIAIlrL ccording to reports received from Berlin it appears, hovevar”f that while Germany does not see how she can avold asking for a moratorium, she is most reluctant to have another commis- slon to investigate her economic financial situation. The German ar- gument is this: A commission to go thcroughly into Germany's capacity to pn{ was appointed last Summer by the deley the seven powers who met in London last July and decided to extend the short-term credits Germany was owing America and other nations. Recent Report Cited. The commission, presided over by Al- bert H. Wiggin c¢f the Chase Nndoml Bank :nd among whose members was Mr. F. Moreau o the Banque de France, has presented a full and exhaustive re- port on Germany's situation not later than September this year. The Ger- mans claim it would be useless to ap- another committee of bankers and econ‘mists to investigate again Ger- s situation at the present time, ity e 20 2 e wo_mon! 3 body can 1 s situnt Germany has improved since ty such :l: extent as to oser - ruptey. The .1wmn¥:. leecrdl':( ‘b:n the Germans, is, if anything, worse than it was last Su . _Unemployment his Increased and the trade balance has not e ex| e = 000,000. In 1931, up to ‘:’:l‘ool they were cnly"$2000,000.000. g nsequently Germany desires tm- :lll:dhmu Actlonycnd not red tape hv’:- tions. ) French Not te Be Rushed. ‘The French, on the other hand, ce the Young plan must be restored in July, must be done m commission provided for plan must be set in ¢an decide what slashes may in Germany's reparations payments. Without the re| of a commission appointed by the Bank tional Settlements at Basle it impossible to determine how duction in payments Germany S raion. ezt o e n_Got it I8 taining a strictly neutral attitude in this matter, but two important Ameri- can_banking groups greatly in Europe on account of the n vestments they have, in Germany, have two different points of view. The Morgan group, the ?klxol:":)eo’ Thomas Lamont, at Germany is in a position to a substantial part of the reu‘r.a if she wants to; that Ges financial troubles are not due to a extent to the reparations, but to other causes; that the German government has taken sufficiently strong measures to straight~ en out its financial situation to be able to continue to pay reparations; that a cancellation of reparations would be disastrous for the credits of all nations, because it would mean the repudiation of treaties and solemn enng:mm. and consequently would shake 4 fidence of all nations in accepted treaties. This point of view is shared fon certain extent by the administra- tion. Take Opposite View. ‘The other group, represented by the Chase National Bank, of which Mr. Wiggin is a director, and the organi- zations which are working with that bank, believe that Germany is in a dif- ficult situation, which might crush her unless some important and immediate relief was afforded her. Germany signed the Young plan long before the world depression had set in, at a time when value of raw materials and manu- factured products was much higher than it is today, and at a time when she had to spend much less money on unemployment insurance. Moreover. in 1928 Germany was economically on the up grade and had not lost the great amount of wealth which had been with- drawn during the three months of panic which prec:ded the Hoover plin. Today Germany is a much impover- ished country as a result of the world depression and as a result of the flight of capital which has not come back after the Hoover plan was enforced. Consequently it would be detrimental to all concerned if Germany was made to pay a substantial amount for repara- tions and the private credits due Feb- ruary 29. This point of view is also forcibly expressed by German econo- mists and bankers. ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED Miss Martha Davis Will Marry M. Fennelly in December: NEW YORK, November 2 (#).—Mr. and Mrs. Norman H. Davis today an- nounced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Martha Davis, to John Pauntleroy Fennelly of New York, son of Mrs. John Ji Kumamoto City. wk&m a number of Kan- Mo, w Mr. Fen-