Evening Star Newspaper, November 11, 1931, Page 2

T A2 wER THE EVENING S TAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1931 RUSE FREES BERG FROM ABDUGTORS Reporter Tricks Kidnapers Without $50,000 Ransom. Agent Is Arrestec. By the Associated Press ST. LOUIS, November 11.—The kid- napers of Alexander Berg, wealthy fur dealer, who was released last night after being held captive for 102 hours, were tricked into releasing him. the St Louis Post-Dispatch said today in a copyrighted story. No ransom was paid for the release date has been recorded in any of the |from a cold at the time and thought the | their of the furrier, and it was related by John T. Rogers, veteran reporter for the newspaper, who is credited by October Per Capita Money Circulation Shows $2.33 Gain An increase of $293.455.276 in money in circulation in the United States in October lifted the per capita amount by $2.33 The Treasury disclosed that on October 31 the total money out was $5,530,519,183, or $44.33 per capita. A year ago the total circulation was $4,492.603.809. with a per capita circulation of $36.38. 11931 TO HANG UP | RECORD AS HOTTEST YEAR IN CENTURY | (Continued From First Page.) E other 12-month periods The geographical order has been turned upside down. Both North and | PITTS IS GUARDED . BY MACHINE EUNS Miss Helen L. Schneider, For- mer Secretary, Refuses to Give Testimony. (Continued From Pirst Page) | declared he was requested to come to Pitts' home at Palm Beach, but that he refused to do so. | _He declared he offered his associate, | Horning, an opportunity to go down | to Palm Beach, it he so desired, and | that the latter availed himself of the | chance. He sald Horning was suffering | climate in Florida might prove bene- ficial | Lambert testified that after the ques- | tion of the authenticity of the docu- Berg's attorney with effecting Berg's |South have been hotter than normal, | ments had been raised at the trial. he, release, how an agreement was made with Paul A. Richards, sttorney acting for the kidnapers, to pay $50,000 ran- som today Iif Berg was released last night. No payment was made, but in- stead, Richards was arrésted today by police as the agent of the kidnapers. Kidnapers' Agent Arrested. Richards' arrest came after he ne- gotiated with Adrian Levinson, attor- ney for the Berg family. to collect $50,000 today in exchange for a $50.000 promissory note obtained by the kid- napers from Berg and given to Rich- ards. The negotiations were completed ves- terday, Richaras telling Levinson that Berg could be released within two hours after he had given the word. Levi son, at the final meeting late yesterda asked what assurance he would have Berg would get back safely if ne agreed to pay a ransom, and Richards assured him Berg would be released last night, whereupon Levinson told Richards he ~would pay the $50,000 in exchange for Ethe promissory note today, contingent ‘upon Berg's return. With Richards arrested before the payment was due, however, the kid- . napers’ agent haa been trapped by po- % lice so that if the agreement had been followed the money could have been aid to Richards only in his cell at po- ice headquarters. Ex-Convict Held in Probe. Mike Cutter, a former professional bondsman and ex-convict; his wife and Richards wife also were arrested in connection with the case, together with a colored cook and an 18-year-old girl employed .in a Testaurant operated by Cutter. Pale and worn, but unharmed, Berg * yeturned to his apartment at the Park Plaza Hotel in a taxicab about midnight last night after being released by his kidnapers from a small car on Union Boulevard, in West St. Leuis. He had been held in a flat somewhere in St. Louis, over a store, he said he believed, although he did not know the location. The first intimation to the Berg fam- fly that the kidnapers had retained Richards came in a letter to Levinson, at his office downtown, last Monday morning. It directed Levinson employ Richards and give him a fee of §1,000. Reporter Goes to See Agent. Rogers, calling at Levinson's office in connection with the story, was told by Levinson of the letter, and the attor- ney asked the reporter if he would visit Richards, whose office Was 8Cross the street. Rogers went, told Richards of the letter received by Levinson and sald the Berg attorney was anxious to see_ him at once. Richards then said he had a letter also, and exhibited a $50,000 promisory note, signed by Berg, which had been . delivered to Richards by the kidnapers. He freely wld.n‘ mm: he :preurm ito_be s our Ways, r&hnrfi get “§11,000, and the man who tipped the off to the 600:)““ of kidnaping Richards’ suggestion, Rogers ten- “tatively agreed to meet him again next ‘morning, preparatory to an appointment - between Levinson and Richards. Rogers . acted on-his own- initiative, as he had been instructed by his office not to enter into any negotiations. Police Wait for Release. Rogers, however, immediately hurried to Levinson's office, summarized what he had learned and told Levinson he was going to make a full report at once to his superiors on the Post-Dis- \ patch and to police. Levinson concur- red and accompanied Rogers. From then on police knew every move in the case, but because of threats to Berg's life, it was agreed nothing would be done to round-up the abductors until * Berg was freed Because Rogers was unwilling to par- ticipate further in what appeared to be direct negotiations with the kid- napers, he took a room at the Park . Plaza Hotel near tne Berg apartment, carrying on his work for his paper on . the stofy irom there. * SEVEN HELD IN BERG KIDNAPING. * Chicago Officials Say Syndicate of Ab- ductors Is Broken Up. CHICAGO, November 11 (P).—Authori- ties said they were confident today that a huge kidnaping syndicate, which held 100 or more victims for ransom in the past year, has been broken up and that its members are near con- viction. . Under arrest in Chicago were “Dago Lawrence” Mangano, an Al Capone henchmen, and four associates. Police claimed to have almost conclusive evi- dence linking them with the kid- apin e latest two victims of the kid- napers, Alexander Berg, a wealthy St Louis furrier. and Ralph J. “Fuzmy” Pearce, Rockford, Ill, gambler. were free early today and last night, re- spectively. Both claimed to have been released Without payment of ransom. Pearce was held in custody and it ‘ was reported that both he and Berg would be asked to attempt identifica- tion of Mangano and his companions The five suspects already have been connected by evidence with the Berg abduction, investigators said. Mangano and his associates were ar- rested while sitting in an automobile at a street corner designated as the meeting place for the kidnapers and representatives of Berg's family and {riends. With Mangano were Paul Pal- meri of Niagara Falls, N. Y. F Chiavavolloti of Chicago, Angelo Caruso c: New York and Sylvester Agoglia of Chicago. Also in custody were Louis Spenilli of New York and Joseph Costello of Chi- cago, friends of Berg's relatives and as- sociates. It was reported that they had been appointed to negotiate with the | kidnapers for Berg's freedom. HOOVERé JOIN RED CROSS CHAPTER AT PALO ALTO Memberships Also Asked for Three Employes at President's valifornia Home. By the Associated Press. The Red Cross was notified today that President and Mrs. Hoover had been enrolled &s members of the Palo Alto, Calif, chapter of the relief so- clety The President’s letter to his home town’s roll call chairman also requested memberships for Frank and Marle Franquet and Dave Sanguinetti, em- ployes at Mr. Hoover's California home. The first bank of the Nation with & natioral charter was the Bank' of North America of 1781, established in Fennsylvania. ] Yy h has shown a tendency, the past two months, to {be actually_as well as relatively hotter than the South. The farther North |one goes the greater the heat excess. | | gures Tabulated. | Here are some of the excess figures fcr the past 10 months. prepared by | Dr. J. B. Kincer, head of the Depart of Agricuitural Meteorology of Jnited States Weather Bureau Washington, 701 degrees, cay: New York, 658 deg day: Cincirnati, 701, or 604, or 2: Buffalo. 671 11116, or Chicago, { Milwaukee, 1467, or_4.8; Minneapolis 11,709, or 56; St. Paul, 1699, or 5; | Springfield, T1l., 1,089, or 3.6; St 751, or 2.5; Kansas City, 1,121 Yankton, S. Dak., 1,841 or 6 S. Dak or 6.9: Bis Moorchead, Minn., 1771 or 63 N. Dak. 1869 | but the Nort] | especially in Excess or 22 a or 2.2; Detroit, 1,137, or 3.7; or 3.7; Huron, 1,924, or 6; 58: Fargo, or 876, or 2.9. The maximum average of mnearly degrees a day above normal from Huron, S. Dak. Weather Bureau officials state, indicates some un- usual weather, since much cess was piled up in heat waves. One month—May—was colder than normal over practically the entire country Every otcer month has been decidedly above normal, except in patches. The weekly temperature maps show a consistent clustering of abnormal temperatures in the Middle West from Tennessee to the Canacian line and from the Appalachians to the Rockies Atlantic and Pacific coasts have been on_the fringe of this hat zone. both saowing excesses, but not sensational ones. | Recent Weather Freakish. Although the strange reversal of geographic order has been apparent all the year, the weird freak been most apparent in r..ent telegraphic reports to the Weather Bureau. This week there was a hard frost in Merid- ian, Miss., while Milwaukee has not experienced freezing weather. week Mississippi gardens were nipped while late vegetables were ripening and flowers blooming in Eastern Iowa. Weather Bureau scientists do not know the cause of the “hot year.” They do not -know whether it is unique in meteorological history for North Amer- ica, since the temperature records only g0 back about a century, and the re- liable ones for only about 50 years. But it appears to be the hottest year experienced by anybody now living within the limits of the United States The month-by-month picture of the heat excess follows: January, warmer than normal for the whole country, with excesses reaching to 17 degrees in the Middle West; Feb- rTuary, from 2 to 19 degrees warmer over the entire country; March, colder than normal everywhere, except in New Eng- land, alang the Canadian border and on the Pacific Coast; April, slightly under normal for the Gulf and South Atlantic States, but above everywhere else; May, colder everywhere except the extreme western quarter of the coun- try; June, 1 to 9 degrees above normal everywhere; July, 1 to 6 degrees above normal everywhere: August, below nor- mal in Gulf and South Central States and above normal everywhere else; Sep- tember, 1 to 10 degrees above normal everywhere; October, 2 to 10 degrees above normal in all sections. From this list it is seen that the South has kept above normal for the year in the face of some abnormally cold tecather last Spring. The Canadian border States actually never have gone below normal. Good Year for Crops. On the whole it has been an excep- tionally good crop year, Mr. Kincer's re- ports show. There was enough rain to keep the top soil moist, although there was very little replenishment of the subsoil water depleted by the 1930 drought. Now, however, another drought seems to have hit the Gulf States, the Atlantic Coast and parts of the Central West. For September and October Alabama had only 51 per cent normal rainfall; South Carolina, 24 per cent; Virginia, 57 per cent, and Texas, 53 per cent Circumscribed areas in these States are hit worse thah the State records show. Some Weather Bureau stations in South Carolina reported only 10 per cent normal rainfall for October and several others reported only 25 per cent norma From the Virginia line the rainfall deficiency extends northward to New York and New England, which are run- ning about 25 per cent under normal ‘The East Central States have had a somewhat wetter yvear than usual. ‘Western Kansas is hit by a bad drought It is injuring the Winter wheat, the only noteworthy damage to agriculture yet reported. Late truck crops in the South also are suffering to some ex- tent, and the late pastures are turning brown The real cause for concern, Mr. Kin- cer sa, is that the very slender water resources of the subsoil are being ex- hausted instead of replenished, as the farmers bad hoped. This means that the moisture for next Spring’s crops must again come from the snows and rains this Winter. 'BOMB RUINS HOME OF ITALIAN CONSUL | Blast, Injuring Several Persons, Linked With Protest Against Grandi Visit. By the Associated Press SCRANTON, Pa., November 11 (4 Several persons wefe hurt and extensive property damage was done early today when a bomb wrecked the home of Chevalier Fortunato Tiscar, Italian vice consul in 39 Northeastern Pennsylvania and Southern New York State counties. The vice consul. who is 75, and his vife, about the same age, were tossed from their beds and buried under debris as the front of the three-story frame structure tumbled into the street. Both the vice consul and his wite suffered ‘greatly from shock. Rendered speechless. the vice consul was removed 10 tne nome of a neighbor and is under the care of a physician Mrs. Tiscar said she had no idea why therr home should be dynamited. but police officials looked upon the bombing as the fulfilment of reports that anti-Fascist demonstrations would accompany the visit to this country of Foreign Minister Dino Grandi of Italy. Signor Grandi is expected to reach New York Monday for a conference with President Hoover. Every house in the block where the Tiscar home is located was damaged by the explosion. Police reported that at least 20 persons had been cut by glass or falling articles in their homes. or 2.3 per | Columbus, | Louis, | k. N. Dak., | Burlington, Vt,, 141, or 0.5, and Boston, | reported | of the ex-| Last | Frank G. Raichle and other defense counsel discussed this matter and de- ; cided to have them examined by an ex- pert. This expert. he said, declared they appeared to be genuine, and that they were introduced at the trial in | that bellef. Deputy marshals brought into the | court room four typewriters with which the Government claims the authoriza- tions were prepared. It is expected experts will be called to testify the papers were typed on these machines, which were seized by internal revenue agents in a warehouse where Pitts is alleged to have stored them. Takes Unusual Precautions. United States Marshal Edgar C. Sny- der admitted that unusual precautions were being taken to guard Pitts in view of the persistent rumors. These Teports include one that an attempt would be made to release Pitts from the van and | that an airplane would be on hand to transport him beyond the jurisdiction of the court. It was pointed out, however, | that nothing resembling an attempt to | liberate the prisoner had been made. Justice Letts adjourned court for five | minutes at 11 o'ciock in observance of the anniversary of the signing of the | armistice. Flight Described. The story of a midnight flight by Pitts from Alexandria to Richmond in an_automobile owned by William J (Wild Bill) Donovan, former Assistant Attorney General, and driven by his chauffeur to avoid being served with papers in a civil suit, was related at the hearing this afternoon. This testimony was given by Ed- mund M. Toland, one of the attor- neys who played a minor part in Pitts' defense. Toland said he was called to the George Mason Hotel in Alexandria about 11 o'clock one night in October, 1930. He said he was told at that time that Deputy United States Marshal John J. Clarkson was waiting outside to serve Pitts with papers in a civil case that was then pending against him. Anxious to escape service in this case, Pitts decided to drive by automobile to Richmond, Va., and board a train there for Palm Beach, Toland declared. He said Mr. Donovan's car and chauffeur was then secured and that Pitts, himself and another man left the hotel by a side door, eluded the marshal and drove to the Virginia cap- ital. Toland emphatically denied that he had any knowledge of the authori- 2ations Introduced at the trial. Ques- tioned by Justice Letts, he said he was employed in the case through Attorney Frank G. Raichle, who at the time was associated with Mr. Donovan. Among the spectators in court today was Le Roy Yowell, foreman of the jury which last December foundl Pitts, Ana- dale and John H. Edwards, jr., guilty of conspiring to embezzle funds and de- stroy records of the Smith company. Edwards and Anadale are serving peni- ;lex;;ll‘:‘y!;engncu. but Pitts is ing 2 e District jail pendin, of his conviction, AR i Testimony Conflicts. ‘The most significant feature of yes- terday’s hearing was conflicting testi- mony given by Emory L. Coblents, Frederick, Md., banker,” and Frank G. Raichle, formerly Pitts’ attorne; Coblentz said Raichle told him in Florida that he would not use the au- thorizations at the trial, The attorney said he had never dis- cussed them with Coblentz prior to the trial and that he first saw the papers after the trial had begun. ‘The banker said he went to Raichie in the Mayflower Hotel and that the latter on that occasion said: “E. L., both Pitts and Edwards have told me on their word of honor that they have burned all those papers.” Raichle said his only conversation in the hotel with Coblentz consisted of an exchange of pleasantries and an inquiry as to the state of the banker's heaith Anadale testified he asked Raichle to call character witnesses in his behalf and that the latter replied: “You had better let that drop, Elbert. For every witness who will testify good about you, the Government will call three to testi- fy i1l about Pitte.” First Saw Papers at Trial. Anadale sald he Arst saw the au- thorizations when they were introduced in evidence and that if they had been shown him prior to the trial he could have told counsel for the defense they were not genuine. He said he made several inquiries as to the nature of the defense to be of- fered, but could get no satisfaction from Pitts or defense counsel. He said he saw 8 or 10 typewritcrs in_Pitts' Florida home during the six-month pe- riod preceding the trial. In his examination of Raichle, Mr. Dodds brought out that Pitts had testi- | fied the autherizations were removed {at his direction from the Smith Co. files before he resigned as president, some time before the papers are alleged o _have been manufacturd in Florida He put this question to Raichle: “Did you know that the papers were in fact not taken from thé Smith Co. files prior to Pitts’ resignation®” “Certainly not,” the attorney replied. | | | PROPERTY OWNERS LOSE DAMAGE SUIT ! Court Clears Way for Acquisition of Land for School Site. Justice Joseph W. Cox jn the Con- demnation Court today cleared the way for the District of Columbia to proceed | with the acquisition of land at Fessen- den and Thirty-ninth streets for a school site by dismissing claims for damages made by a number of adjacent property owners, totaling $150,000. Among_the protestants were Oswald Bluege, Washington base ball player, whose home faces the proposed school site: the Chevy Chase Land Co., owner of large tracts in the vicinity, and 11 other property owners. ‘The land company claimed its prop- erty would be depreciated 25 cents a foot by locating the school and violat- ing & covenant in a deed to a portion of the land which required it to be used solely for residences and exclud- ing trade, business, manufacturing or BISHOP FREEHAN MAKES PEACE PLE | | Urges America to Do Part in Ceremony at Tomb of President Wilson. (Continued From First Page) rather go down to defeat today for a {cause that will uitimately triumph | than to triumph today in cause jwill_ultimately know defeat we deal with our ciosen ieaders rarcly command us in lifc, we come appraise their worth cnly when the jevents of tha pessing years confirm judgment and crown thelr n ! with the diadem of immortality | ica pauses again today o onsicer what her place is in the msterhood of na- | tions. As we stand here in this sacred | place we do not propose a panacea for the ills of a distraught and distracied world. This is a question for highly conscientious and far-s to determine. a condition confronts us sistibly drawing us, even against our will, into the council chamber where [world affairs are being determined. | “Our very economic and industrial |ills we cannot cure, of and by our- | selves. The world has grown too | its fellowships too intimate, its contac too close for us to think in term proud isolaticn { would, have either cur m our prosperity to ou es. ‘The vir- tues and the vices of a people in one place today become the virtues and the Vices of other and more remote peoples tomorrow. No nation liveth to_itself The misfortunes and disasters of Berlin, Paris, London and Tokio have their re- percussions in our life, and our values rise or fall with the markets of the world. It is becoming increasingly evi- dent now that better standards of judg- ment and practice are being demanded today, and that America must, if she would fulfill what her most far-seeing statesmen have desired, take her full part in bringing order and peace out of the present world chacs. World | peace is as much our concern as that of !the European powers. “America for | Americans” may be a popular political slogan, but in a world such as ours is today we cannot abdicate our responsi- bility by prosecuting with selfish zeal {our cwn devices, and living independ- | ently and apart from our neighbors. Thus They that is irre- Excess of Nationalism Perilous. | “An excess of nationalism in interna- | tional affairs is as perilous to our in- stitutions as an excess of selfish in- dividualism in the more intimate con- cerns of our communal life. That God has made of one blood all nations to dwell together on the face of the whole earth was declared of old, and the dic- { tum of the great Master is: ““Thou shalt |love thy neighbor as thyself.” dream of & universal brotherhood still awalits its consummation, “Let us be reminded on this anni- versary that the Great War shatterey forever many of the selfish schemes an devices that men had set up for their own advantage. Thrones have been su rendered and scepters fallen before a new order that still proceeds with irre- sistible force and power. America reckons not with these symbols of au- thority and proud distinction: hers, we believe, is the better way, but she still has much to learn and much to endure. “Hers is a responsibility and an op- portunity today that she dare not re- fuse to recognize. A new world is in the making; what shall be our con- tribution to it? Can we, with our un- atched skill rehabilitate our house- old while the world about us lies stagnant and impoverished? Have we no concern about those. beyond our secure confines, no sense of Tesponsi- bility for the dire ills that oppress and destroy the happiness and peace of other peoples? Shall we secure to ourselves by an incomparable and im- pregnable system of defense the herit- age that is ours, and in our fancled security heed not the distress of other nations? “Such vain conclusions are out of consonance with the tendencies and drifts of life today. We are in the midst of a mighty world upheaval, and it may be that, under God, and by His divine leading, we are to be the way-preparer for those who can no longer find the paths that lead to hap- piness and contentment. The world's order must be restored, its peace must be secured, let us with courage to the task, with renewed zeal, freshened en- thusiasm and Christian faith." Delegations of posts of the American | Leglon and other patriotic socleties were present and placed wreaths on Wilson's tomb. Among the close friends of the war President who attended were Rear | Admiral Cary T. Grayson and others included Comdr. Henry K. Stevens, Jr., commander of ‘the District American Legion; Past Comdr. Ralph P. O'Neil and Col. John Thomas Taylor, com- mander of Gearge Washington Post of the Legion Programs Throughout City. Earlier in the day, armistice programs were held in various parts of the city and tonight the city-wide observance will culminate in a demonstration of the spirit that marked he close of hos- llities. “Parls on Armistice Night” a ball and pageant that will bring thou- sands together at the Washington Audi- torium will be held at 8 o'clock tonight by the Veterans of Foreign Wars to raise funds for the relief of disabied 'dlnd destitute veterans. Prominent Government offictals will be among the Ruests President Hoover, who contributed his part to the Nation's observance of Armistice day by delivering the address at the dedication of the District of Columbia World War Memorial, had gone earlier in the morning to Arling- ton National Cemetery. Accompanied by Mrs. Hoover, Gen. John J. Persh- ing, commander of America’s forces in the World War; Secretary of War Hurley and Secretary of the Navy Adams, the presidential party left the White 'House at 10:20 o'clock. They drove direct to the Tomb of the Un- known Soldier. As the guard stood at salute, the President approached the tomb "and _placed upon it his floral offering. For a moment he stood in silence with head bared. Then quietly the President and his party left the grounds for thle exercises in Potomac Park. The President’s wreath was different {from those he has placed on the tomb In previous years. It was a stmple soldier's wreath of laurel leaves, con- taining no flowers, and tied with bronze colored ribbons. Mrs. Hoover's tribute Was & spray of chrysanthemums. Will Inspect “Old Ironsides.” At 3:30 o'clock this afternoon, the We cannot, even if we | fortunes or | His | | that Amer- | liam Howard Taft, late honorary presi- dent of the Boy Scouts of America, and past Scouts Lieut. Edward Comegy Lieut. Maurice Snyder and Sergt. La rence Azbell, by Scout John Stevenson, Troop 75. Chaplains Place Wreaths. Two others who kept faith with the Unknown Soldler today were Col. John | T. Axton and Rabbl Morris 8. Lazaron | of the Baltimore Hebrew Congregation. | Ten years ago they performed the re- | ligious_rites connected with the cere- | monial of the interment of the Un-| ! known Soldler, Col. Axton then being | chief of chaplains of the Army. Today, | Sergt. Frank Witchey, who sounded “Taps” at the burial concluded the brief exercise which the two chaplains conducted again before they placed | their wreaths on the tomb. | Farly this afternoon delegations from Washington Aerie of the Fraternal | Order of Eagles also visited the Tomb and held a servicee | At 12:20 o'clock, th traditional serv- | fce of the National Order of the Knights | of Columbus were held at Arlington, | when a wreath was placed on the Tomb | by Willlam G. Fecly, State deputy for the District of Columbia | One of the inspirational events in| connection with the Armistice day pro- gram took place at the Capitol &t 9:45 oclock. A small. but devoted band of | | American War Mothers, in memory of | sons left in France, raised the American flag with appropriate exercises. Veterans | formed a guard of honor for them. | At the Church of the Immaculate | Conception a solemn high mass was | celebrated at 12:15 o'clock. This was the only Catholic observance of its kind | in_the city. Rev. Prancis | the mass, is chaplain of ‘Costello Post and past departmental chaplain of the District of Columbia American Legion. | He is also deputy chaplain of the Vet- | erans of Forelgn Wars and during the | World War served as chaplain on the | United States Cruiser Charleston. | J. Hurney, celebrant of | mass by Rev. Stanley A. Czyz as deacon and Rev. J. Kelly Reese as subdeacon. Forty-and-Eight and the Veterans of Florence Yocum was the soloist. The | mass was sung by the Immaculate Con- { ception Choir under the direction of Prof. Harry Wheaton Howard and by the Boys' Sanctuary Choir under Brother Lewis. In his sermon, Father Hurney made a plea for avoldance of the recurrence of | suffering such as the men endured in | the late war. This avoidance, he said, can be brought about by strict ad- herence to the principles of Christian justice and Christian charity on the part of individuals to one another as well as on the part of nationals toward other nationals. | Celebration at Walter Reed. | There was a general celebration today at Walter Reed Hospital and a holiday | for as many of the employed staff as| could be spared from duties. Many of the disabled veterans were the guests of | Gen. Pershing. who had arranged for | them a special showing of the motion | picture, “Way Back Home" at Keith's Theater. In addition to the Armistice day ball and jubilee, various events of a pa- triotic nature will hold the attention of Washingtonians and the Nation at large tonight. At 8:30 o'clock in the evening, Gen. Pershing and Henry L. Stevens, na- | tional commander of the American | Legion, will broadcast an Armistice Day message to the American people over the network of the National Broadcast- | ing Company. The U. 8. Armv Ban will broadcast a patriotic program. | The Carncgle Endowment for Inter- | national Peece will hold a meeting at 8 oclock in the auditorum of the National Press Club. Addresses will be made by Houston Thompson, former | chairman_of the Federal Trade Board and by Frederick R. Coudert of New York City. Colored restdents of Washington will assemble at 8 oclock in St. James Baptist Church for an_Armistice pro- gram in connection with the city-wide revival being held at that church. Rev Dr. James M. Jones is pastor and the celebration is being sponsored by the United Federation of Ministers ‘and Laymen’s Welfare Council. Rev. Dr. H. A. Smarts of South Carolina will be the principal speakér. | There will be other brief addresses by Serg. John H. Anderson, Bishop | Isiah P. Brooks, Willlam H. Perry of | New Jersey, and the pastors of a num-‘ ber of local colored churches. Rev. | Dr. Simon P. W. Drew of the Cosmo- | politan Baptist Church will preside. | Big Event at Auditorium. The big event for all Washingtonians who wish to throw dull care aside is the ball and jubilee at the Washington Auditorium, beginning at 8 o'clock and lasting until early morning. Admission is $1 and as on Armistice night in Paris, 1918, Freneh money will be spent after the admission fee iS paid. Francs will be exchanged at the door Features of the gay event will include the Cafe de Paris, the American Bar, | Montmartre, the boulevard in front of | the Cafe de Ja Republic and thousands of copies of the Paris edition of the New | York Herald of November 11, 1918 | President and Mrs. Hoover will make a trip to the Washington Navy Yard to inspect “Old Ironsides,” the historic frigate Constitution. Hundreds of visitors examined the historic warship, most famous of America’s fighting fleet. Vihl(‘h is docked here for an indefinite stay. As on Memorial day, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier received its tributes from people in all walks of life. At 9 o'clock, the national commander of the American Legion, Henry L. Stevens, accompanied by other Legion officers and men, made a pilgrimage to the tomb In Arlington and placed a floral tribute. The mass colors of the District Leglon and the Drum Corps of Costello and Victory posts were in- cluded in the ceremony. This was followed by a delegation of Boy Scouts, who placed a wreath in the name of more than a million Scouts mercantilé use. The other land owners submitted claims of damages ranging from $5,000 to $25,000 by the proposed violation of the covenant. Assistant Corporation Counsel Walter L. Fowler moved to strike the claim for damages on the theory that while bind- ing on individuals, the covenant did not apply to the sovereignty which has the right of condemnation for public use. and Scouters in America. Following this service, the Scouts proceeded to the grave of the late vice president of the District of Columbia Council of Boy Scouts of America, Brig. Gen. Lloyd M. Brett, where “Taps” were unded by Laing Sibbett, Troop 6. %p ceremony also included the sound- ing of “Taps” over the graves of Wil- Nearly every one will come in uniform | or costumes and prizes are to be award- | ed. A house of fun, or the Sale de| Jeu, will be an added attraction. The director of spectal features, Dr. Don S. Knowlton, has promised many sur- prises. The Veterans of Foreign Wars has| been working for weeks to make this| the most successful Armistice day cele- | bration Washington has known. 1In an- | ticipation of the great crush of merry- makers the management has provided an emergency aid ctation on the sec- ond floor. The staff will be headed by | Maj. John C. Eckhardt and Capt. Rus- | sell H. J. McNitt, assisted by Army nurses, A peace prozram will be held at 8:15 o'clock tonight at the Jewish Com- munity Center in conjunction with the formal opening of the National Forum Mre. George Hyman, president of the | Washington branch, Women's Interna- tional League for Peace and Freedom, | will discuss proposed reductions in arm- aments. Georgia has the largest forest aren | of any State in the Unts | Mmore than 23,000,000 acees, it T | which | tion Father Hurney was assisted at the | Veterans of the American Legion, the | Foreign Wars attended the service. Miss | | ! i Some of the scenes which took place today as official Washington honored the dead of the World War. Top: President and Mrs. Hoover laying wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington Cemetery. Center: ‘American War Mothers in flag ceremony at the Capitol. Below: Henry L. Stevens, national commander of the American Legion, honors the Unknown Soldier. —Star Staff Photos. FEDERAL EMPLOYES TO WITHDRAW FROM A.F. L. DESPITE GREEN (Continued From First Pag late & bill which would eliminate those who feel that it would be detrimental to their interests to be included in_the classification bill, and to cover Fed- eral emploves who feel they would be benefited by the enactment of such legislation. It was my firm purpose to call & conference of the representatives of all those interested and affected by classification legislation and to the conference to develop & le plan which would be nccepmg ommodating and satisfactory.” Severance to Be Sought. In a sharp-worded reply, Steward and Miss McNally told the Labor head that he had been informed by Steward at the time the condemnation of the legislation Was proposed in a report by the execu- tive council of the A. F. of L., if it was not headed off by Green, that a sever- ance of relations would be sought. “The time for you to have acted was then, and it s & source of sincere regret fo us that you failed to take command of & situation where the vital interests of an affiliated organization had been ruthlessly sacrificed,” their letter sald. “Ccandor compels us to state that pro- testations of co-operation and assiat- ance, couched in generalities, cannot be expected to impress us, in view of the indifference displayed by you after the whole subject had been presented to you and the gravity of the situation fully ex- plained.” Efforts at Compromise, Answering this communieation, Green said he had sought to work out a com- Promise _through the ~ committes {0 that section of the Executive Council's report dealing with classifica- had to be referred, but that the onvention itself had frustrated that by adopting A minority report from this committee which condemned the legia- lation. He added: *The eonvention did nt declare its Opposition to a classific- islative le, ac- urge | tion bill which would be acceptable to membership of your organization; it did declare itself against a classification bill which was highly objectionable to | other groups of Government employes not_ members of the National Federation of Federal Employes.” He repeated that the Federation of Labor would throw wholehearted sup- port behind such classification legisla- tion “as you may draft applicable to the Federal employes over whom you may rightfully exercise jurisdiction.’” This letter drew another rebuff from Steward and Miss McNally yesterday. They contended. in substance, that Green had not used as great effort as | possible to kill the controverted reso- | Tution. Conference Arranged. Frank J. Coleman, secretary of the | Central Labor Union, arranged the con- ference with Green yesterday Rs the | result of instructions ffom his Executive Committee, Practically all the local unlons of the Federal employes, it was said, are afliated with the Central La- bor Union, whose officers had been be- sieged with requests for explanation of the whole affalr. John Ginder, president of the District Federation of Federal Employes, ar- ranged for their participation in the meeting. It was sald that practically all of the locals were represented, 40 or 50 persons being present. The meeting voiced no formal opin- fon aa to the controversy. The Metal Trades Department, which also has gone on record against the | with the Federation in its statement | today. | "It called attention to the fact that | the A. F. of L. hes twice, at the in- | stance of the Pederal employes, voted | for abolishment of the Personnel Clas- | sification Boerd. Rivera's Son Arrested. MADRID, November 11 (#).—Juan Antonio Primo de Rivera, son of the Iate dictator, was arrested today and taken to police headquarters presumably on charges of anti-republican activity. Tt was reported that the police are rounding up prominent monarchists for questioning r’ proposed classification bill, lined up| IBUSINESS GAINS SHOWN IN REPORT President’s Committee Finds Littie Change in Employ- ™. ment, However, Improvement in business conditions throughout the country was reported today by the President’s Committee on Unemployment Relief, based on tele- graphic advices from district offices of the Commerce Department located in 30 cities. While the reports compiled by Fred C. Croxton, assistant to Walter 8. Gif- ford, director of the President’s organ: zation, bore a more optimistic trend than has been recorded since last March, jobless conditions in many sec- tions appeared to be either mounting or unchanged since the last estimates were filed. Fund Goal Raised. In this connection the Gifford or- ganization was informed that the Un- employment Relief Committee in New York City had raised its relief goal from $12.000,000 to $18,000,000 because the | jobless situation there was much worse | than a preliminary survey had indicat- ed. The Welfare Council also issued a statement yesterday that 1,000,000 fam- ily units in that city were now affected by unemployment. In the meantime, the American Fed- eration of Laini warned that November always brings a larse increase in unem- ployment. A total of 600.000 men were expected by the federation to be thrown out of work this month, bringing its estimate of the total unemployment up to more than 6.000,000. Higher prices for cotton, wheat and oil were reported by the Commerce De- partment’s representatives to have re- sulted in “favorable business con- ditions.” Steel Gain Is Shown. Striking among the reports compiled by Croxton were an increase for the second succeeding week in steel pro- duction at Pittsburgh, and a substantial upturn in business in Lcs Angeles for the first time in two years. ° Pittsburgh reported that 4,500 men returned to work in the steel industry during_ the 10-day period ending November 6. A special plan for public works was expected to give employment to 1,000 more. o Employment in Los . Angeles rose steadily during October and Teached its highest point since last %h the report from that city said. Building permits, bank debits and postal receipts all showed recent gains. “The recent incfease of wheat prices in the world’s markets,” Minneapolis reported, “have . bad -a’’&timulating effect for business in this grain-growing district, and is being reflected, in an enhance of purchasing power." Word came from Dallas that a re- cent poll from Chamber of Gemmerce directors disclosed “an almost unani- mous_opinion that busine$s now is on a definite up grade.” Higher prices in cotton, wheat and oil and increasing confidence were cited as causes. Seattle said the recent rise of the wheat market was estimated to have enriched farmers of Washington by $10,000,000. Wilmington Optimistic. Wilmington, Del, said retail and wholesale businesses are still holding their own and there is an “optimistic tone generally.” 2 Atlanta reported & general business 1 condition on the surface showing little change, “but there is an underlying current of opinion that conditions are improving and that business has taken an upward movement.” Retail business in Birmingham was said to show a decided .improvement, which is more or less seasonable. Mobile listed slight improvement in both retail and wholesale trade. The fac employment index in Detrcit was 41.7 for the last nalf of October, with 40.1 for the first half of month. The usu:l Fall pick-up in business was szid to be slow due to unusually warm weather in October. “No change is apparent in unemp! ment,” Galveston said, “but a bett feeling is sensed in retail business.” PRI TGV RILEY GIRL TO GET SIX MONTHS’ CARE BY GALLINGER DOCTORS (Continued Prom First Page.) not been served with information of the “destitute petition” filed for Francis. committing him temporarily as the ward of the Welfare Board. “As the legal representative of the parents in this case, you should have made it your business to find cut about the petition,” Judge Sellers contended. is is not a criminal case, you have noted your exception, but the court is entitled to know the reason why Mrs. Brandt (Policewoman Ruby Brandt) filed this petition for the boy, else I will have to dismiss the petition.® Policewoman Brandt informed the court Francis had told her he “didn't want to go back to the Riley home, be: cause he was afraid of his stepmother. Also, the officer revealed, she talked with Mrs. Emma Kline, the childs aunt, who said the boy was mistreated. Little Edith, dressed in a blue bath- robe, was brought into the courtroom for a moment for the judge to view. Stiff-legged, she walked in on the hand of a nurse, paused and walked out. Judge Sellers later complimented a staff doctor on the treatmient the child had been receiving. “She looks a whole lot better than when T first saw her,” the judge said. Reporter Is Witness, John Snure, jr.. a newspaper reporter. was the principal witness. He told the court how he went with Policewoman Brandt and two marshals to the Riley home last Fridav afternoon and rescued the child from the closet. “We went to the second-floor bath room by means of a chart given us by Francis Riley, unlocked a door by a skeleton key he gave us and found the child, who I later found out was Edith. She was clad only in a little undergar- ment. “The closet was dark: there s no light, very little air. There was a bed- cover on’ the floor.” ‘When asked to explain the looks of the closet in greater detall, Snure fe- plied: “In size it was about 7x7. Appar- ently it had been used as a clothes closet. There were no windows. only one door, which we found locked. Snure said he obtained information on the case November 4 from Mrs. Lulu Reed, Edith’s aunt, and from Prancis. He was referred to Mrs. Brandt, he said, and together they secured an attach- ment for the child. Policewoman Brandt was ca.d to the stand and substantiated Snure's testimony. Before deciding what to do with Prancis, Judge Sellers asked the boy what he wanted to do. “I don't want to go back to that home,” said Francis. ‘Do you want to go back to live with your father and stepmother?” the Judge asked “No. ‘There was some argument at this point whether Judge llers had the lu!f:ol’"fi to con;mlt nl.:'le boy ta the aunt'’s home. After first considering giving the boy into the custody of the Wel Board with s request that it find & suitable home for him, Judgs Seliers handed down ber decislen.