Evening Star Newspaper, November 3, 1931, Page 2

A—2 - %8 THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, N( Q 3, W EMBER 1931. HOOVER AND NAVY | LT SIGE 199 Present Dispute Is Harshest, | With Officers Seething at Gag on Speeches. By the Ansocinted Pres Controversies between President Hoo- ver and a considerable wing of naval opinion are nothing new, for they have, been going on ever since Mr. Hoover | took office ! None has had the harshness behind R, Sowever, of the Chief Exceutive's| current dispute with Willlam Howard Gardiper, president of the Navy League My. Hoover has hit heavy at those in’ the Navy who resisted hia plans for cur- tailed expenditures or armament reduc- tiohs, and he has demanded silence of them, t00. Direct replies have been in- | frequent, but unquestionably disaficcted officers have sought indirect communi- cation to the public of their views Split Began at Parle A fundamental difference of opinion was inescapable between a President who believes implicitly in disarmament and & group of men trained to believe that guns and armor_were the home- Jand’s only defense. The President has made it no secret that he considers naval men responsible for the faflure of the Geneva Conference of 1927 and | that they still stand in the way of in- ternational accor His difficulties with the sailors began before the London conference. The| Navy's General Board had to draw up & plan which would permit reduction and still Jeave an efficient fleet, It hl‘l::d Jong At lopping off 8-inch-gun crulser Wnd ‘Substitutig vessels with smaller arms. This point had largely wrecked the Geneva meeting The President pressed, and the ad- irals ylelded, bul not all were recon- lled ey were pushed in the back- ground when the London delegation was made up. Beoretary Adams was the lone delegate from the Navy among seven. The lflmh‘llll sent abroad were erely expert advisers m"h{n Rp:lr AdmIPK] Hilary P. Jones Jeft the conference because of ill health, there was much talk that he disap- proved of the agreement. He Justified his view when the resulting treaty was bafore the Senate. Supported by & Jong lst of high-ranking officers, he lemned the pact. cvs: the other phlnd, Admiral Willlam V. Pratt, who was soon to become chief of naval operations, expressed satisfac: tlon. He liked small cruisers. Several officers sided with him. Hughes Quit Post Over Policies. Pratt’s predecessor in office, Admiral Charles F. Hughes, quit his post early 50 as not to participate in the resuitant reorganization of the fleet along lines he_did not like. Later came the difficult qus':'llun '?; bringing the American fleet up to par ith the British, as provided by the treaty, ‘The enormous cost involved and other considerations brought about a division of opinion. With the change in. the country's financial situation, egonomy sttained fresh importance and big expenditures for armaments lost supporters, Yet naval officers generally ol fast to their goal of parity. ¢ Navy was not liberal in trim- expenditures for the 1933 budget. ;’rmdem Hoover sent back the eati- mates with word they were about $60.- 000,000 too high. About the same time he let 1t be known he was indignant at ers who he believéd were seek- ing to marshal public opinion against his_decreased expenditures, The officers kept official silence, but many of them seethed. It became gen- eral knowl o the N;\g D'enfl ment that reductions were recommend- o€ where they would be hardest to through. “g- Budget Bureau still is serutin- 1rin e new estimates. rfn on the e of Navy day/ a new They had for silence hit the officers. been u by the department to k on that day on needs for buflm.l up the fleet and on allied . A hurried order countermanded m.ncommenmnt that the orators discuss instead the traditions of the naval service. Mr. Hoover took Navy day as & time to declare his officers assured him the American fleet was adequate to defend the country. After the budget storm broke, repeat- ed rumors asserted Secretary Adams sided with the admirals and was near & Tupture with the President, ~This was ified into predictions of his e‘r{( resignation. AdAms has denied them all. Into this troubled pool Gardiner pitched his bombshell charge of “abys- al ignorance” on the part of the President. ASTOR CAN TWIRL BATON FOR PARADE Bandmaster's Stunt Is Oaly One of Many Learned in “Y,” Dr. A. A Stockdale Says. Dr. Allen A. Stockdale, pastor of the | First Congregational Church, can bosst of numerous accomplishments, ~but nothing gives him greater pleasure than his ability to twirl a bandmaster’s baton Rev. Dr. Stockdale made this “con- fession” at & dinner last night of 100 Y. M. C. A. memuvers engaged in the annual campaign-for 500 new members of_the association. The prominent clergyman disclosed, moteover, that the inspiration of band music on Constitution avenue Hal- Joween night fmpelied him to seize & cane from a friend and give an im- bromptu_demonstration of his prowess “I Jearned to swing a baton while a youthful member of the Zanesville, Ohio, Y. M. C. A.” Rev. Dr. Stockdale told his ‘audience. I can whirl it over my head and under my legs and throw | it up and catch it again and every- | thing | Rev. Dr. Stockdale sald the Y. M C. A. not only taught him how to| juggle & atick, but how to perform all | sorts of acrobatics on the trapeze bars and the fiying rings. He indicated he would be willing to give an exhibition | it his congregation did not think it would be “undignified ‘The minister cited his achievements as an illustration of how the Y. M C. A. had aided him to_ attain and maintain good health. He declared the “Y" has a definite obligation to | perform at this time for young men who | are out of work, nlone and depressed. These men need guidance and exercise o bolster their morale, he said A total of 223 new members were veported by the workers at last night's meeting. The enrollment period will close Thursday night EMERGENCY JOB AID, COMMITTEE IS CREATED An Emergency Committee for Unem- ployment Reltef was created last night at & meeting of the Kenilworth Citi- sens' Association in a portable of the Kenilworth School P. J. Dallman, head of & similar President’s Upper, left to right: John Hays H wood photes) Lowey left to right Hugh Rodman (Underwood photo) and HE five men chosen by President Hoover to inquire into the ac- curacy of statements made by willlam Howard Gardiner, pres- ident of the Navy League of the United States, In his famous pam- hlet, “The President and Navy,” ave long been identifiéd with publc affairs. All_are Republicans, with the exception of Admiral Hugh Rodman, U. 8 N., retired, whose long naval serv- ice precluded his participatan in politics Here is a thumb-nail sketc of the quintet Willlam R. Castle, Undersecretary of Btate, a close advifor of President Hoover on International affairs. The | 83-year-old | Harvard and later was an | dean there. Entering the State D artment in 1919, he advanced steadi 0 his present post. He was appointed by President Hoover as special Ambas- sador to Japan during the London Naval Conference: Ernest Lee Jahncke, Assistant Secre- tary of the Navy, and likewise a friend and advisor of President Hoover, active in the affairs of the Republican party. He is one of the three members chosen from the Navy League. Now 51 years old, Jahneke ‘was a graduate of Tu lane University in Louisiana and later helped direct its policies. He still re- tains the rapk of lieutenant command- NAVY PROBERS MAY h of each MEET ON THURSDAY PLOT Admiral Rodman Seen as' Chairman, With Hammond | as Alternative Possibility: __ (Continued From First Page) Adams injected his views into the con- troversy for the first time. Adams charged Gardiner with de- scending “from the high plane of dig-| nified discussion to that of personal at- | tack upon the commander in chief of | the Navy, the President, a procedure | which I deep!v resent.” “Without going into details,” he said, “I take the libeity of saying the pam phiet 18 full of misleading statements There is onsiderable speculation to just how fir the five-m: named by the Fiesident will go. For one thing, it was direc®d specifically to examine the accuracy of only such atements by Gardiner “as may be readily determined from departmental records.” In addition. it was warned away not only from Gard:ner’s opinions and con- clusions, but aisc from “budgetary or general ‘policies f the Na court Secretary Adams' Statement. Secretary Adams’ n full As Secretary of the Navy I wish to take this opportunity to express my unqualified disanproval of the methods used by the Navy League in the pam- phlet issued by ‘it dated October 28 1931. In ramphlet the Navy League has descended from the high plane of dignified discussion to that of personal attack upon tthe commander in chief of the Navy, the President,,a procedure which 1 deeply resent. In this opinton I am supported by all lead- ing Daval officcis with whom 1 have talked, all of whom take exception to this method of conducting affairs “Without going into detadl, I take the liberty of saying that the pamphlet is full of misleading statements. “In particular, 1 would like to state that the last of the last page is false. The budget limitations statement follows paragraph for 1933, which have effected a saving flood of over $50,000,060. have not caused a single combatant ship of the fieet to be decommissio; have the limita- tions impo: pped the construction work on ships now building or on ine modernization work there was a flood of 3 inches of water | with $24.665.848 being carried on on three battleships Statements Harm Navy. Finally, as a friend of the service of which I am the Secretary, I regret that such a pamphlet should be put out by an organization which pretends to be a friend of the Navy, for statements like those published can only do the Navy harm and may serve to alienate the friendship of many men who truly re- gard the Navy as the first line of the Nation's defense The Navy League leader claimed di- rectly for instance. that President Hoover and Prime Minister MacDonald in 1929 reached agreements that never | ve “been divulged in their entirety,” | and that the administration refused to allow an executive session of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to view the full record of negostations prior to the London Naval Conference These statements have been labeled a “tissue of falsehoods” by Secretary Stimson. Gardiner hinted also t posal of Foreign Italy for a one-yesr arn ally was inspired by the Hoover ad- ministration, and that if this Govern- ment accepts the proposal “it does so knowing that its actlon specifically serves British and Japanese interests.” Secretary Adams vesterday attacked particularly Gardiner's statement that the President was motivated by a de- Ernest Lee Jahncke (Harris-Ewing photo), Admiral Willlam R. Castle (Harris-Ewing photo). | of an investigation of the last cify ad- * cilman and another a city employe, on Navy Board | | ammond and Eliot Wadsworth (Under- er in the Naval Reserve and formerly was vice president of the American Soclety of Mechanical Engineers Admiral Hugh Rodman, retired since 1923 after 43 years' service in the Navy. The 72-year-old sailor wears medals of gallantry gained in both the Span- ish and World Wa He obtained an intimacy with inner affairs of the Navy while a_member of the general board before the war and later as commander in chief of the Pacific Fleet. John Hays Hammond, mining engi- neer and member of the Navy League. Now in his 76th year, Hammond has long been an intimate of Presidents and dignitaries of many nations. In 1911} he was named special Ambassador of the President to the coronation of King George V. His name once was offered as Republican vice presidential nominee, and now often is seen upon the lists of various public organizations. Fliot Wadsworth, an official of Pres- ident Hoover's Emergency Unemploy- ment Relief Organization, a member of the Navy League, and a former assist- ant Secretary of the Treasury. A graduate of Harvard, and long active in the affairs of that college. Wadsworth, now 55 years old, has served in many public posts, He helped settle®the cost of the American Army of Occupation in Girmany and served for a while in the husetts Legisiature. BALTIMORE FRAUD CHARGED 102 Jury Accuses Ex-Employes of Plan to Pay High Price for Supplies. By the Assoclated Press. BALTIMORE, Novembey 3. —Edmund J. Wachter, former purchasing agent, and Frederick B. Schaeffer, former em- ploye of Baltimore, wore presented by the grand jury yesterday on charges of conspiring to defraud the city. Wachter was presented also on charges of mal- feasance in office. ™ »The presentments, tantamount to in- dictment brought to nine the persons named on criminal charges grow.ng out ministration by Mayor William F. Broening. The last grand jury named seven persons, one of them a city coun- conspiracy charges. The presentments returned yesterday | charged Wachter and Schaeffer with | having conspired to pay exhorbitant prices for materials and supplies pur- chased by the city. Schaeffer was at one time a police- man here, and later was attachsd to the office of the State’s attorney when that position was held by Mr. Broening. Ball for Wachter was set at $6,000 and for Schaeffer at $3.000. No date | Las been set for trial of those previ- ously named. The investigation of the Broening administration was started by Mayor Howard W. Jackson when he took office in April. Widespread graft, pay roll padding and other charges were leveled at the previous administration. PRISONER FLOODS CELL WHILE AWAITING TRIAL Man, Charged With Joyriding, Jerks Faucet Off Basin, Officers Declare. Clarence Back, charged with joy- riding, while waiting for his case to be called before Justice Letts in Criminal Division 2, decided this afternoon to the cell Troom where he and a number of other prisoners were being detained. Back yanked the faucet off the wash- basin, and before Deputy Marshal Ed ward J. Sackey realized the troubl over the cell room. When the faucet had been replaced, Sackey was able to change his footwear, but the prisoners were obliged to retain their water- soaked thoes Back was called later before Justice Letts and pleaded guilty to the indict- ment against him. His sentence was deferred. He denied to the judge that | he had caused the trouble in the cell room, but Deputy Marshal Gus Ceri- | mele, investigating the matter, later se- cured a confession from him with the | assistance of Attorney Joseph D. Kelly representing the prisoner Jewish Actor Dies. LOS ANGELES, November 3 () — Morris D. Waxman, 55, Jewish actor of Shakespearean plays in London, Eng- and, died here yesterday of heart dis- se while walking with his wife He was founder of the Jewish Art Theater in London and played in many productions there. He also America as Rabbi Israel in the explanation of the Tresident's latest move, that he was “not interested in Mr. Gardiner's opinion or abuse,” but was “desirous that the correct facts | with respect to the Navy be dissemi- nated to the people.” ‘What action the Navy League itself §TOUP last year, again Was chosen S |gire to restrict, reduce and starve the will take in the matter probably will chairman. include 8. K. Murgh)fl G. J. Baur, J. O Alexander and V. Shipley. Mr Murphy also was on the Unemployment Relie! Committee last year. ‘The group is W meet shortly to plan » noner-Teming entertatnment. It is ted to have the work under way in & month. Mrs. May Rouse Hutchinson resigned as delegate to the Federation of Citi- sens’ Association because of illness in her family. President John 8. Driggers appointed Mr. Murphy to fill out her uuprd term. Others on _the committee | Navy at every turn under the plea of | remain unsettled until Thursday. budget limitation. Hits Small Navy Group. The naval Secretary struck out Sun- day at a statement by a small Navy group, the World Peace Foundation that in 1930 the United States spent about $300.000,000 more on its Navy than did Great Britain. He termed such statements “insidiously inimica to the interests of the United States Still another statement was thrown yesterday into the controversy. It was asserted in gn authoritative quarter, in The Executive Committee of the organiza- | tion will meet here then to decide upon | & course. One member of this commity tee, Henty Breckinridg- of Chicag>, As- sistant_Secretary of War under Presi- dent already has moved to | “disassociate” himself from any per- sona! attack upon the President | Other members of the league ha remained silent. Although | organisation’s membership wi ered to the White House late vesterday, only the names of Jahncke, Wadsworth and Hammond were made kmown. |CHINESE PROTEST CHICAGO ROUND-UP Doak Asks Report on Raids| and Will Explain Drive to State Department. | Secretary Doak today was ensnared in hjs first diplomatic controversy since he started his Nation-wide drive nine months ago to deport thousands of | aliens who have been smuggled into this country during the last decade The Labor Department was notified by Secretary Stimson that Chinese Minister Yung Kwei had filed an offi- | cial protest against the raids made in Chicago yesterday in which 42 Chinese were arrested as illegal alien suspects ‘The raids, according to the Labor De- | partment, were mage by Chicago police and Federal agents under the supervis- jon of Murray W. Garsson, assistant to the Labor Secretary. 1 Garsson Asked to Report. As 500 s the State Department sent | notice of the Chinese protest, the Labor Department asked Garsson to file an official report. In a preliminary report from Iilinois this morning, Garsson denled any Chi- nese had been mistreated. Of 42 ar- rested, 30 were arraigned before A United States Commissioner on charges of entering this country illegally, eight on charges of possessing fraudulent papers and four as leaders of a smug- | gling gang. Ten confessed they had | been smuggled into this country, Garsson | said Consul Calls Arrests Tllegal. Labor Department offinials said as so0n as_they receive sn official report | they will explal®¥ to the State Depart- ment ‘The Chinese Minister here received a protest from Koliang Yih. Chinese con- | sul at Chicago, who complained that Pederal immigration agents acted “with- out Authority of law” in making whole- sale artests among his compatriots. Counsel Yih alleged that most of the Chinese arrested had been found inno- cent and released after suffering in- dignities, and that the raiders destroyed property. CHINESE CRISIS COMPLICATED. Report of Independent Troops' Defeat Stirs Factional Strife. By the Associnted Press. TOKIO, November 3.—Chinese fac- tional strife in Southern Manchuria complicated the Sino-Japanese contro- versy today. Chang Hsueh-Liang. young Chinese war lord and governor of Manchuria, whose palace'at Mukden has been taken over by the Japanese, was reported to | have conquered troops of the independ- | ent, Gen. Ling Yin-Ching, near Pan- shanhsien. Previously Nationalist Chinese troops had put down enother separatist move- ment in Manchuria. Chang Hai-Peng. who sought to establish an independent government at Tsitsihar, was soundly defeated by troops of the absent gov- ernor, Wan Fu-Lin Rumors of Russian military activity ' along the borders of Northern Man- churia persisted, although they have besn categoricaliy denied by Moscow. Moscow, however, has asked Japan not to extend its line of military occupa- tion farther north. ‘The Japanese cabinet yesterday con- sidered the Manchurian situatiop, giv- ing particular attention to unofficial re- ports that China had entered into secret arrangements with Russia, under which the Chinese would receive arms, ammunition and moral support. Japan’s note, replying to China’s sug- gestions for direct Manchurian negotia- tions under the resolution adopted recently by the League of Nations Council. has been prepared and is ex- pected to be made public within a day or s0_ It is understood the note again says China must recognize Japan's “five fundamental points” before direct nego- tiations can be started. TREASURY DEFICIT CONTINUES TO GAIN FOR FOUR MONTHS (Continued From First Page.) | of Texas, .and Representative Bach. arach, Republican, New Jersey, influen- tial member of ‘the last Ways and Means Committee. Members of that committee expect to meet soon to begin studying tax proposals. The Treasury ended the last fiscal year with a deficit of $903.000,000. The deficit a_year ago was $171,514,5628. The President may not reveal his | tax views until the message to Con- | gress in December. He awaits a re port from the Treasury as a basis for | Tecommendations. Revenue Falls Off. Meanwhile, however, it is apparent he is going into the matter from sev- | eral angles. Today, he called off his | Tuesday midday press conference. From July 1 to October 31 the Gov- ernment inccme from _all _sources amounted to $703,620,673. Expendi- tures were $1,364,750,523. The chief cause of the decrease in in- come this vear was the drop of $243,- 000,000 in income tax collections That tax has returned $339.121623 this year, as compared with $582,- 262,864, Miscellaneous internal revenue pro- duced only $189.661,371, as compared with $206,409,195. Qeneral expenditures showed an in- crease of more than $200,000,000, | amounting to $963,732,174, as against $750,364.220 The Farm Board has spenj $86.383 447 in the ons-third year, as compare al also has in- The postal deficiency | 582 to creased, jumping from $40,004, $65,000,000. Customs Receipts Off. Customs receipts. which increased in July, August and September, fell off in October, with a total of $35.175.422, as | compared with $39,319,247 in October. | 1831. In the four months, however. customs receipts this year were $143,- 395371, as against $134,251.676 In addition to the daily expense of operating the Government and Ccarry- ing on an expanded bullding and pub- lic works program, the Government must perpare for {unding $8.000.000,000 in liberty loan bords callable next year and the year after and must meet near- 1y $1.000,000.000 of maturing securitie: in December and nearly an equal amount next March. The gross public debt which reflected the $903,000,000 aeficit of last year in- creased more than $1,000,000.000 in the Iast year. On October 31. 1930, it was $16,179.837.305. Last Saturday it to- taled $17,201.714,018 AUXILIARY MEETS The Woman's Auxiliary of the Diocese of Washington today was holding its annual Missicnary Institute at Epiphany Episcopal Church. The meeting was with holy communion at 10 o'clock, celebrated by Right Rev. John McKim, D. D., Bishop of North Tokio. The regular business meeting convened at 2 o'clock. ROBBED OF $200,000 CHICAGO. November 3 (#).—Joseph C. Newman, New York diamond broker. reported to police today that he had been kidnaped in the downtown district by two men, driven to the outskirts of the city, robbed of $200,000 worth ef Jewelry and released. New Highway Opened to Traffic OFFICTIALS AT NEW YORK AV Officials of the District government were present yesterday at ceremonies of the formal openi: JE CEREMONY. of the new extension of New York avenue, which provides a new outlet to Blad:nsburg road from Florida avenue -m“gcklnmn place north- east. In the phot D. A. Davison, FRENCH PREMIER REPORTS ON TRIP Good Will of U. S. Is Hailed. Laval Will Receive German Envoy. By the Associated Press. L PARIS, November 3 —Premier Pierre Laval received the congratulations of his cabinet today at the end of & two- hour session during which he reported in detail on his conference with Presi- | dent Hoover. ‘The results of the trip to Washington, | said a communique issued when the meeting ended, “demonstrated in par- ticularly useful fashion the necessity of the amicable and confident co-operation of France and the United States.” The premier delayed his departure for a brief conversation with President | Paul Doumer, who attended the cabinet meeting, then immersed himself in other business pending an appointment for this afternoon with Dr. Leopold von Hoesch, the German Ambassador, with whom he will discuss means of pmvm-i ing economic relief for Germany. The premier outlined in detail to the other members of the government what took place during his American visit. ‘The confcrence was preliminary to de- termining a French policy on several world and European problems. ‘The Premler refused to talk about debts or reparations. Dr. VonHoesch has just returnad from Berlin, where he recelved fresh instructions from Chancellor Bruening. CREDIT CONVERSION SOUGHT. Germany Wants to Give Preference to Commercial Debts, BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Cable to T ar, PARIS, France, November 3 —Premier Plerre Laval had a busy day today. ssistant Engineer Commissioner; Crosby and Acting Supt. of Police E. W. Brown. jeft to right: Capt. H, C. Whitehurst, engineer of highways; D. J. Donovan, District auditor; Ma Commissioner Luther H. Reichelderfer, Commissioner Herbert B. ~—Star Staff Photo. SPEAKERSHIP OF COMMONS "~ TO SEEK ITS HOLDER TODAY 1 ; Office Undoubtedly * Protesting, Un By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, November 3.—A drowsy vanguard of victors, somewhat the worse for “camping” in the Parliament library during the night, was the first evidence that a new regime took hold in Britain today with the opening of the new Parliament elected last week. The first comers appeared before midnight last night, although they had more than 12 hours to wait for the doors to open, and prepared to catch what sleep they coul in order to be first in the rush for seats when the doors opened. Prime Minister MacDonald was look- ing toward a holiday. He will leave | London tonight for his Scottish home | at Lossiemouth for a few days’ rest. | after the labors of his campaign and | the subsequent cabinet-framing. There he will prepare for the real beginning of the new session a week from today. Office Will Seek Man. Today's_session is held merely to elect o Speaker, and this is dons | with a pageantry that pantomimes the | proverbial’ politician’s modest gesture of the office seeking the man. | The seeking is done by the pointing in the library | Will Hurl Itself Into worthy Lap of Edward Algernon Fit:roy. finger of the bew! chief clerk of | the House, who, amid complete silence, | rises from his seat and aims a digit | at Sir George Courthope, Conservative, who has sat in the Commons for a quarter of a century. Sir George's cue is to nominate—in this case Edward Algernon Fitaroy, Speaker of the last Parliament. ‘The clerk rises again and pomts at ‘Will Thorne, Labor member, who sec- onds Fitaroy’s nomination. Struggles and Protests. Sir George and Mr. Thorne then seek out the new Speaker among the benches and drag him, struggling and protesting, to the rostrum. “'strug- gle” is to show that he considers him- self unworthy of the honor thrust upon him. Encouraged by reassuring exclamations from members, however, :: finally allows his “reluctance” to oV ercome. ‘The tide of Conservative votes which y municipal elections in England and | Wales, Early returns showed the Con- servatives gained 149 seats and lost 5, while Labor candidates gained 5 and lost_206. Today's meeting is expected to be ;.lhe last the old emergency cabinet will old. GRANDI'S PROGRAM - IS BEING DRAFTED Italian Minister to Be Stim- This morning he reported to President | Paul Doumer and all the members of the government on the results of his conversations with President Hoover, It was decided to reconvene the Legis- son’s Guest, but Will | Call on Hoover. lature November 12 and to open its ses- | sion by giving the Deputies full account of M. Laval's voyages to London, Ber- lin and Washington. ‘This afternoon M. Laval and Foreign Minister Aristide Briand received Ger- man Ambassador Leopold von Hoesch, who had just been to Berlin to receive instructions. Herr von Hoesch wanted to hear from M. Laval himself the tenor of the Washingtcn conversations. Germany's chief aim is now to turn its short-term into long-term credits, supposedly with France’s help, and to pay no reparations whatever on the theory that it will be all that Germany ean do to pay its foreign commercial debts, estimated by Dr. Hans Luther, president of the Reichsbank, at between | $7,000,000,000 and $8,000.000,000, France continues to think that rep- arations should take precedence over commercial debts. France is willing to help Germany, but only on condition that Germany consent to forego, at least for a few years, the agitation for treaty revision, which, according to the French thesis, destroys public confl- dence and makes the sale or discount- ing of any sort of German financial | paper impossible. It is significant that the one-year armaments truce, proposed on Italian initiative by the League of Nations and which has now been accepted by 36 nations, including France and the United States, was not mentioned in today’s discussions in Paris. The rea- son is that nobody here thinks it is important. The French army reorganization and the fortification of the frontiers will continue steadily, as also will naval constructions, which consist entirely of the replacement of old and useless ships by new ones. (Copyright, 1931) SCOUTS TO GET CHARTER New Troop at Catholic Church Will Hear H. L. Webster. Boy Scout Troop No. 93, to"be con- ducted by Holy Comforter Catholic Church, Fifteenth and East Capitol streets, will receive its charter Thurs- day night at 8 o'clock. The presenta- tion will be made by H. L. Webster, District commissioner of the second di- vislon, and Walter MacPeek, educ: tional difector of the District of Co-| lumbia Council, will als> speak The Troop Committee of the new group includes M. B. Castonguay, J. M. Crown, A. P. Neff and J. L. Brannon. P W. Auth will be Scoutmaster and his assistants J. E. Pay V. A. Benton. i BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band this evening at Stanley Hall at 5:30 o'clock. John S. M. Zimmerman, bandmaster: Anton Pointner, assistant. March, “A Blaze of Glory”. ... Holzman Overture, “The Count of Essex,” Me. Ent'acte, “Andante Religlosor: Torrs “African Dreamland”...... Atwater Excerpts from musical comedy “The Three Musketeers™....... . primi Fox trot, “I Found a Million Dollar Baby” . <. Warren Walts suite. “Little Boy Biue" Bereny Pinale, “Blue-White" (Yale).. Schmidt | The protocol division of the State Department has drafted a tentative program for the reception of the | Italian foreign secretary, Dino Grandi, | who will arrive in this country accom- panied by his wife on November 16.- ‘The program will be submitted to | Secretary Stimson thic week and will | be finally fixed only after the arrival | of Ambassador Giacomo di Martino, who is expected to reach New York on November 6. | The program will be slightly different | from Premier Laval's because the pro- | tocol provides other ceremonies for a | | secretary of state than for a sovereign or a prime minister. Guest of Secretary Stimson. Signor Grandi comes to this country as the guest of Mr. Stimson and not of President Hoover. He will spend the first night at Woodley, the Secre- tary's residence and will not sleep at the White House. This, of course, does not mean he will not have ample o | portunity of seeing and discussing European affairs and especially the disarmament outlook with (he Presi- dent. opportunity as M. Laval to discuss these problems with Mr. Hoover, As far as the protocol is concerned, signor Grandi will not be met in New York by Mr. Stimson, but by one of Mr. Stimson’s assistants, probably the Undersecretary of State, William Castle, jr. He will not be taken off the liner at Quarantine. Mr. Castle will greet Signor Grandi in the name of the Sec- Tetary of State at the pler. A salute of fewer mm than for a prime min. ister will fired upon the arrival of the liner in New York Harbor. There will be no parade in New York, since the Italian foreign minister and his party will go direct to the Penn- sylvania Station and leave at once for Washington, where he will be met at the Union Station by Secretary Stim- son and & representative of the Presi- dent. Will Sail From New York. After a four-day sojourn in the Cap- ital, Signor Grandi will go to Philadel- hia and Baltimore, then back to New York, where he will spend four or five days. On his arrival in New York he wiil go to the City Hall, where the city fathers will give him the usual cere- monial reception. Signor Orandi 1is expected to make an important fare- well address from the City Hall, It is expected the New York police will have to increase their usual vigi- lance on account of the large number of Ttalian anti-fascists who live in New York. KIRK HOST TO GRANDIL ROME, November 3 (#).—Foreign Minister Dino Grandi and Signora QGrandi were guests of honor at a | Juncheon tendered by American Charge 'Affaires Alexander C. Kirk today. They will sail for America n Saturday. Pope Receives Filipinos. VATICAN CITY, November 3 { Pope Pius today received Bishop stant Jurgens of Tuguegarao, PI pine Isiands, and seven Pl dents for the hood. l He will be afforded as much | ESCAPED CONVICT SHOT N ATLANTA Baltimore Bandit Is Wounded Three Times by Georgian He Tries to Kidnap. By the Associated Press. MACON, Ga., November 3.-—George Meredith, idéntificd by police as an es- caped Baltimore jewelry store bandit, was disarmed ana shot three times yes- urd:g by & man he kidnaped and tried to r Critically wounded, he stumbled into. his brother's home and was delivered to officers, who charged him with holding up Robert A. McCord, Atlanta broker, nd another man who was abducted, robbed, bound and gai before McCord was attacked. Binds and Robs Man. Late Sunday night a white man .E- proached the purked automobile of C. A, Chafin of Macon, pointed & riabol | at him, got mn the car and ord him to drive into ® swamp near here. Chaffin was put out of the car, bound to a tree with his own belt and neck- tie and robbed. The robber went away in Chaffin’s car. Sometime later & man in the same automobile swerved in front of Me- Cord’s automobile and forced him to | stop and get into the bandit car, | Second Victim Struggles. As McCord and the robber, identified | later as Meredith, drove along, McCord caught him off his guard and struck {him on the jaw. The automobile went {into a ditch. The struggle continued and McCord grasped the robber’s pistol. As they struggled for it the weapon | went off and a bullet struck the bandit, who ran. McCcrd pursued, firing as he ran. Early this morning Louis Meredith, a part-time employe of Police Chief Ben Watkins, said, he was awakened |by & knock at the door of his house. He opened the door and a man | stumbled in and fell in the hallway. recognize the man who later said they are brothers. The bandit was shot in the lower abdomen, in his back and on the right hand. Police said he confessed to two hold-ups here and other robberies, and admitted he escaped from the Maryland House pf Correction at Jessups, Md., three weeks ago. He was serving a 20 year term there for a jewelry store hold-up in Baltimore two years ago. Meredith's condition was reported grave, although physicians said he had a chance to recover. LLOYD GEORGE MAY NOT SEEK PARTY LEADERSHIP By the Associated Press. LONDON, November 3—The predic- | Louis Meredith told police he did not ! EW EARTHQUAKES TERRORIZE -JAPAN At Least One Reported Killed in Two-Day Disturbance on Kuishiu. By the Associated Preas NAGABAKI, Japan, November 3.+ A series of earthquakes shook portiond of Kiushiu Island again today, causing consternation among a populace al- | ready treigntencd by yesterdavs tremors, which were the worst experis enced in 30 years. ‘The shocks were regarded as after- effects of yesterday's and &id little or no damage. ‘They spread terfor, how- ever, because Kiushiu Island seldom experiences seismic disturbances. ‘The main quake, occurring at 5:08 am, Monday (Eastern standard time), caused at least one fatality, injured several persons and did considerabie property damage in Miyasaki Prefec- ture, where it was the mast severe, At Miyazaki City a man was %illed by a falling factory-chimney. More than a score were injured by collaps- ing houises, At Olta City the Monday evening shock also was severe, razing a temple gate. Fissures appeared in highways and stone fences were shaken down. Brid were damaged in various arts of the island and communication ines were torn down. At Kumamoto City two factory smokestacks fell and several houses collapsed, but only s 1 were hurt. |N and motion pieture theaters of Kumamoto were when the Monday evening shock occurred. All were emptied without serious ré- sults. Many bathers fled to the streets rtly clad, using only towels for pro- tion _against the cmfi evening. however. Order was quickly rest HOOVER PLANS GRID HUDDLE WITH TEAM THAT WON IN 1894 —(Continued From First Puge.) never missed & minute from never ylelding to a substitute ahd nev- er having time taken out for injuries. Abraham Lewis, now & millionaire banker of Honolulu, and Alfred Spald- ing, professor of obstetrics in Stanford today, are the two ends who survive. Steuart Cotton, a San Francisco judge who also played end, died during the World War. Never Missed a Minute. Cochran, prominent surgeon of who, like Downing, never issed a minute of & game in four years, played tackle along will Wil Campbell, now Superior Court judge in the State of Wasl n. Charles Pickert, at present. attorney for the California State rd of Health, who played guard, was the San Fran- cisco district attorney, who convicted “Tom” Mooney, now serving a life term for dynamiting in the redness parade of 1916. Joel “Tex" was m'h:oead:e & rancher “In played the other guard, Will Hazard, the h varsity man in 20 r and now is a Jawyer in Burnett, who alternated cglm was a w game, mi who Texas, years as & mining engineer, Besides Jackson ol¢ field included Dr. Jule Fra: well-known ‘San Francisco Charles Dole, :‘]‘lldli i ]:ll I]!o many years now cticing law there, and Herbert Kei m. counsel in London for the Depa: merceé, who is in Washington now on & vacation. Herbert Hicks; who managed the team itself, is now_a Republican State Benator from , L. Mixed It With Revolvers. For the last 10 d:ys preceding the game In San Francisco, when Stan- ford defeated California 6 to 0, Coach Camp and Student-Body _Treasurer Hoover had moved the Stanford mw 10 & quiet place for isolated and . “Bert” Hoover's financial arrangements were made on a:lump um basis with the tor of the small hotel. The hotel guessed ‘wrong—for he had no idea of foot ball appetites. Feeling ran high after the game and some of the students mixed it up with revolvers. Beveral bullet wounds were carried away- but there were no fatalities. Dinner will be served to the huddlers in the state dining room of the White House, and there will be other rom Dr. Ray Lyman 3 presi- dent of the university and a graduate of the class of ln& one year after Mr. Hoover received his degree. Dr. Annie Lyle, a leader of California Wom- and & classmate the it wrote constitution which still is the law of the Stanford student body today. He weighed about 150 pounds and habit- ually wore gold-rimmed . He weighs 190 today and handles plenty of and finances for the constituency in"the world. Just he is interested in foot ball as a means ?r” helping u.\: unemnhgfl. Dozens of -season games are Fhe. proceeds' of ‘which will o' 0" Felict funds. (Copyright. WHITE HOUSE CORRECTS ERROR IN COTTON PRICE Statement Announcing Increase Should Have Read $5 to $10 Instead of 815 to $20, ' The White House yesterday an error in President Hoove te- ment of last Friday concerning the price of cotton. The President stated :h:llt whehre.‘:lmme fl(\n-;,’ l:“ v 0:‘0 s 3 was should have been $5 10 $10. . The correction was made at the re- quest of A. D. Jones, director of the Georgla State Bureau of Markets, who telegraphed Mr. Hoover pointing out The White House explanation was that one of the Pl’!lldl?i'l secretaries in making computation for him ‘had penciled down an arithmetical mistake. Steps have been taken in the forms of letters and telegrams to correct the error, it was announced. 1931) tion was made in political circles today, 85 the new Parliament opened, that David Lloyd George would not seek re- election as chairman of beral take a long holiday and re- from his recent {liness, it was | $aid, and Sir Herbert Samuel will prob- ably be chosen leader at the party con- ference, which will meet tomorrow. Much interest was aroused by the re- port in political circles and the sugges- tion was made that the famous Weish- man may have decided not to sit With the Liberals mh!he Hunaeo. but t:\hu‘ke a lace among the opposition on the front ch, & loeation to which his position a8 privy entitles him. MR roni s MERCHANTS ON STRIKE GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, November 3 (#)—Retall merchants went on & seil- e here Sunday against sales tax, which Congress proposes to continue in effect. and closac thetr stores. Tne wholesale and retall merchants’ associations held separate meetings and adopted resolutions protesting aj it the tax. Then the retail merchants zxz u& L.lgns announcing “a finil ut-down” until the! are met. cobntrys