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WEATHER. (U. 8 Weather Bureau Forecast.) Rain and warmer south winds. 48 at 12 noon today Full report on page 5-B. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 lowest temperature tonight about 48 degrees; increasing southeast and Temperatures—Highest, tonight and tomor- ; lowest, 35 at 5 am. ah WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star. The only Associated service. evening paper in Washington with the Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 120,569 e No. 32,032 Entered as second class matter post office, Washington . C WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1932—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. #*% (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. JUSTICE HOLMES, NEAR 91, T0 QUIT SUPRENE COURT Hoover Lauds Service to U. S. Since Civil War in Acceptance. CONDITION OF HEALTH IS GIVEN AS REASON Retirement Makes Third Vacancy to Occur During Present Administration. Oliver Wendell Holmes, 90 years old, _who has been a member of the United ‘Btates Supreme Court since 1902, re- signed today. The Justice, in a letter to the President dated January 12, said the condition of his health made the move necessary and that “the time has come when I must bow to the Inevitable.” In accepting the jurist's resignation President Hoover expressed his apprecia- tion of Justice Holmes' service, not only as a jurist. but as an officer in the Civil War, In making public the resignation to- day President Hoover gave no indica- tion that he has any intention of filling the place at once or that he has any one in mind for it. The resignation of the jurist, who will be 91 on March 8, had been generally expected. Letter of Resignation. Justice Holmes' letter of resignation | to the President follows “In accordance with the provision of the judicial code as amended section | 260—title 28, Uuited States code 375, I} tender my resignation as justice of the | Supreme Court of the United States of America. The condition of my health makes it a duty to break off connec- tions that I cannot leave without deep regret after the affectionate relations of many Years and the absorbing in- terests that have filled my life. But the time has come and I now bow to the inevitable. I have nothing but kind- | ness to remember from you and from | my brethren. My last words should | be ones of gratefu! thanks With great respect, your obedient servant, Oliver| Wendell Holmes.” President Hoover's reply of accept ance follows “My Dear Mr. Justice | “I am In receipt of your letter of January 12, tendering your resignation ! from the Supreme Court of the United | States. I must, of course, accept it. No | appreciation I could express would even feebly represent the gratitude of the American people for your ‘whole life of wonderful public service, from the time you were an officer in the Civil War to this day—near your 91st anniversary. I know of no American retiring from *public service with such a sense of affection and devotion of the whole le P ours tastntuny, “HERBERT HOOVER.” Is Third Vacancy. Justice Holmes' retirement from the | bench of the highest tribunsl makes | $he third time Mr. Hoover since Presi- dent has been called upon to make an | tment to that bench, one of these luding the appointment of Charles | Hughes as Chief Justice to suc- the late William Howard Taft. 'he other occasion was the appoint- ent of Owen Roberts to succeed the te Justice Sanford In discussing Justice Holmes' suc- pessor it was recalled at the Capitol that Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War in the Wilson cabinet, had been recommended for previous vacancies even by Republican leaders. President Hoover is known to have a high regard for Mr. Baker. The strength of Mr. Holmes has been markedly lessening in late months. His step became somewhat enfeebled =t times and he has become stooped. He frequently required the help of | court pages or of his fellow justices to take his seat and rise after the ses- sion was over, at recert meetings of the court 4 Aided by Hughes. | It was noticeable yesterday that | Chief Justice Hughes held a firm hand | on the aged Justice Holmes' arm as he | took his seat i Although his speech has at times been halting a cough more pronounced, Jus- tice Holmes has delivered his share of opinions in the brief period of this term. He delivered one only yesterday —his last Justice Holmes was named to the bench by President Roosevelt on De- cember 4, 1902 The son of Oliver Wendell Holmes, noted New England wit and author, he had already made a name for himself as a justice on the Massachusetts Su- preme Court and his liberal trend was proncunced then He has continued it through the years in flashing dissenting opinions— differing with the more conservative members of the court—and his words (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) SENATE ASKS PROBE OF RADIO ADVERTISING Couzens Resolution Directs Ex- haustive Inquiry Into Whole Field By the Associated Press The Senate today called upon the Radio Commission to make & survey on the use of radio facilities for pur- poses of commercial advertising. A resolution by Senator Couzens, Re- publican, of Michigan directing an exhaustive inquiry into the whole radio field was quickly adopted Senator Dill, Democrat, of Washing- ton added an amendment directing the commission to report on the use of the Tadio by educational institutions, con- tending the commission has not given sufficient consideration to the educa- tional side, o The Couzens resolution seid there is ‘growing dissatisfaction with the pres- ent use of radio facilities for purposes ©f commercial advertising.” It called upon the commission to re- Port on information available on the “feasibility of Government ownership a:;i”uwntlon of broadcasting facili- Radio PWFlln; on Page C-4 Retires | | OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES. —Wide World Photo. BANDITS SURROUND JAPANESE TROOPS Tokio Forces Defeated Near Chinchow—Colonel Among Forty Casualties. By the Associated Press. Severe fighting was going on today between a Japanese detachment and Chinese irregulars near Chinsi, south- west of Chinchow in Manchuria, and the city itself was burning, Rengo dis- | patches to Tokio said. Reinforcements | were being sent to drive off the Chinese. These reports were confirmed in Chinese advices to Tientsin. The Chi- | nese were said to have been successful engagements against Japanese forces in that area in the last few days and to have inflicted 40 casualties, including a Japenese colonel. London heard through the Exchange Telegraphic Agency that several Japa- nese detachments had been decimated by well armed irregulars, who destroyed the railways in order to prevent the coming of reinforcements. The Soviet Ambassador in Tokic called on Premier Inukal to express the hope that the Japanese military would be careful of Russian interests in the event of a clash between the com- mander of the Chinese Railway guards and the Governor of Kirin Province, at Harbin Chinese government officials at Nan- king denied that they intended to sever diplomatic relations with Japan. SEVERE FIGHT AT IHSIEN. TIENTSIN, China, January 12 (P).— Japanese military suthorities confirmed today reports of serious clashes with Chinese in the vicinity of Chinchow. Chinese reports sald that there was severe fighting Sunday evening between the Japanese and Chinese partisans at Ihsien, between Chinchow and Etchac- yang. Later the Chinese sympathizers rounded the Japanese troops at Ihsien, inflicting heavy casualties. The Chinese reports also sald the Chinese had been successful near Tahushan, — MELLON OUSTER BILL T0 BE GIVEN HEARING House Judiciary Committee to Take Up Patman Measure Tomorrow. Impeachment charges against Ses retary Mellon by Representative Pat- man will be considered at a public hearing tomorrow by the House Ju- diciary Committee. The committee reached this decision today behind closed doors. “We agreed on a public hearing to consider the sufficiency of the charges against Secretary Mellon,” Chairman Summers said. “Mr. Mellon will be advised that he may be represented at the hearing.” So far, Patman, a Texas Democrat, is the only witness who has signified he desired to be heard. Patman is or of a resolution seeking im- Lment of the veteran Treasury He charges that Mellon has violated laws probibiting the Secretary of the ury from engaging in business. 1 | BY HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE, Assoclated Press Science Editor. ITHACA, N. Y., January 12—A form i of meteoric hail flying 100 miles a sec- | ond has been observed by Cornell Uni- versity astronomers in Arizona. The “hail stones” are meteors, pre- sumably tiny, and have been seen | through telescopes set up at Lowell | Observatory, at Flagstaft, as part of & joint study by Harvard University and going on in space. The speeds of these particles indicate they are visitors from interstellar (out- side the gravitational fleld) space, ac- royd, professor of astronomy at Cor- nell, in charge of the meteoric work. George Mussen, & Cornell Heckscher J approached Chinchow after having sur- | 100-MILE-A-SECOND METEOR ARE TRACED THROUGH SPACE]| Phenomenon of Hail Formation Viewed Through Powerful Telescopes in West. Cornell to learn more about what is| cording to a report by Dr. 8. L. Booth- | 10LD BY WRITERS National City Co. Official Says State Department Injected Opinion. IDENIES OIL CONCESSIONS INFLUENCED "IMPANY Victor Schoepperle Relates How Transaction Was Made—Ques- tioned by Johnson. | | | | By the Associated Press. | state Department intervention to en- | courage the National City Co. in mak- | ing a loan to Colombia last year was | described to a Senate committee today | by an official of the company, but he | denied the loan had anything to do | with ofl concessions. Senator Johnson, Republican, of | California, who drew the story out of | Victor Schoepperle, vice president of the company, by a persistent two-hour cross-examination, pointed out the loan was made about the same time the Co- ! | lombian government restored an oil concessfon in which the Mellon-owned Gulf Ofl Co. is interested. Schoepperle objected to giving de- tails of the transaction, but finally tes- tified that the State Department had called his objections to making the | loan “technicalities.” Didn’t Recall Statement. The witness said he did not remem- ber a statement by the president-elect, Olaya of Colombia, published in a New York newspaper in 1930, that Secretary Mellon had advised him to speed up settlement of the oil problems. Schoepperle said he was dissatisfied with Colombia’s failure to balance its budget, and declosed that his company had virtually dictated to the Colombian overnment policies it must pursue be- ore loans would be made. “There was a dissatisfaction on your part,” Johnson said. “The State De- partment held your decision was not well grounded and the State Depart- | ment urged that you complete the contract?” “I have no knowledge that the State Department urged anything.” “How did the State Department get into this?” Schoepperle said his counsel, Wirt Lancaster, advised him June 30, 1931, that the State Department felt he was ticking on technicalities.” “What did the State Department have to do with this.” Johnson asked again. “Nothing.” Made Loan June 30, 1931. “Why did they go into the situation?” “I don’t know.” “Did you ask Lancaster what the State Department had to do with it?” be‘rhz witness said he did not remem- T Johnson pointed out that the last $4,000,000 loan was extended to Co- lombia on June 30, 1831. Schoepperle said the loan would have aeen made without “outset interven- jon.” “The State Department expressed its point of view without being asked and without your knowing they were going to do it?” | “Yes.” Several State Department officials were in the room as Johnson questioned the witness. 'GENERAL ELECTION " LOOMS IN GERMANY Opposition Balks Longer Hinden- burg Term, but Will Not * Fight Re-election. i | | By the Assoctated Press. | BERLIN, January 12.—Chancellor Bruening's plan to continue the term of President Paul von Hindenburg through a vote of the Reichstag ap- peared today to have been shelved in the face of Nationalists' demands for a general election. The election probably will be held early in March. After several days of discussion Adolf | Hitler, National Socialist leader, and Alfred Hugenberg, leader of the Na- | tionalists, announced they have sent | joint letter to the chancellor declining | to support his plan, but declaring they Ewlll place nothing in the way of the | veteran President’s re-election by the | people. |, They indicated he will not be opposed | by & candidate of either of their par- ! tes, | DR 5577 i 9P | Find Sea Fossils Inland. | GAINESVILLE, Fla. (NANA)— | Mosquito inspectors here recently found | the petrified bones of two seacows and |the fossilized remains of sharks, which they turned over to the University of | Florida. Gainesville is more than 50 | miles from the sea. S Foundation worker, is Boothroyd. The hail means that at least a lit-: tle of the earth’s surface is made of substances coming from vast distances in “outer” space, as meteors are known to turn to dust in the atmosphere and settle slowly to the ground. The hail is also something to worry planners of moon rockets. To be as numerous as observed at Flagstaff in- | ggc!ahets the astronomers believe, that le stones ma ng in stos formations VP g Dr. Boothroyd, in his significant re- port on the 500th specimen observed in one month. incidentally a cloudy one, writes: “I find that fully half of the telescopic meteors are interstellar assisting Dr. U. S, INTERVENTION MAY PROPOSE L. 5. IN COLOMBIAN LOAN; TAKE REPARATIONS IN'PLACE OF DEBTS Suggestion Discussed by English and French in Paris Conference. REVISION NECESSARY, MUSSOLINI DECLARES Laval's Cabinet Ready to Resign to Clear Way for_ Possible Coalition, By the Associated Press PARIS, January 12 (#)—The news- paper Le Temps sald today that dur- ing the discussion of reparations be- tween Sir Frederick Leith-Ross and French representatives the suggestion had been made that the United States be offered a share of the unconditional reparations payable by Germany in ex- change for cancellation of the war debts. Sir Frederick went back to London tonight apparently having come to no agreement with the French. Cabinet Resigns. The entire French cabinet today fol- lowed the example of Aristide Briand and placed their portfolios in the hands of Premier Laval, leaving him free to do as he wishes in reconstructing the ministry. This action, not altogether unexpect- ed, followed a conversation between the premier. and M. Briand, whose ill- health impelled him to ask last week that he be permitted to retire as for- eign minister. This development, coupled with the sudden death of Andre Maginot, min- ister of war, precipitated the cabinet crisis. Herriot Is Summoned. After he had received the ministers, the premier sent for Edouard Herriot, chief of the Radical Socialists, whose support he needs if he is to form a national union government, something ! like Great Britain’s, to face the im- pending international conferences. Heretofore M. Herriot has declined to collaborate with the Laval govern- ment and only yesterday he said in an interview that a union government was impossible because the several parties had tzken definite stands on the im- portant issues in preparation for the general elections, to be held in April The premier has three alternatives: He may step out in case the radicals should decide to enter the cabinet; he may resign to form another government drawn from the right center, or he m:z simply reorganize the present cab- inet. Official Communique. An official communique, issued after a cabinet session, said: “Premier Laval placed his colleagues in touch with the general situation and voiced his conviction that on the eve of the important international confer- ences the principal political es should be represented in the cabinet. “The cabinet unanimously approves (Continued on Page 5, Column 3.) VICTORY FORESEEN FOR MRS. CARAWAY Arkansas Women Rally to Polls Today and F'-stion Believed Cer- tain Over Two Independents. By the Associated Press. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., January 12— Arkansas held an election todcy to fill the unexpired term of the late Sepator Thaddeus H. Caraway and the State generally considered the selection of his widow, Mrs. Hattie W. Caraway, assured. Women over all the State cam- paigned for her and many served as volunteer election officials. Victory for | Mrs. Caraway would make her the only woman ever elected to the United States Senate. One other, Mrs. Re- becca Latimer Felton of Cartersville, Ga., has served in the body, but that was by appointment for one day. Mrs. Caraway has waged no cam- paign, remaining in Washington under a temporary appointment to the Sen- ate by Gov. Harvey Painell She had, however, two opponents, Sam D. Car- son of Detonti and Rex Floyd of Yell- ville, who are on the ballot as inde- pendents. She was regarded as assured of the election in view of her selection as the Democratic nominee last December and Gov. Parnell’s active support. The Re- publicans did not name an opponent. Gov, Parnell is regarded as a proba- ble cendidate in the regular election for the office next Fall. Mrs. Caraway is not expected to seek re-election. JUDGE IN CAPONE CASE IS PROMOTED Wilkerson Is Advanced by Hoover in Recognition of Work Against Gangsters. James H. Wflkerioxl%f Chi- who recently sentence ‘apone, e advanced from the District to the Circuit bench today by President Hoo- ver in recognition” of his services in breaking up gangster activities in Chi- cago. ‘{‘n briefly announcing the edvance- ment of Wilkerson, the _Presldent said it was part of the recognition due Fed- eral officials working in Chicago for breaking up the activities of the angsters. ‘ & folkersun overrode legal technical- ities in his sentence of Capone to " vears in the penitentiary and a sub- stantial fine, He delayed sentence upon the receipt of a charge that a compromise had been entered into with Judge wanderers and there are some havin exceedingly high velocities. . Velocities of 100 miles per second are by no means rare” the gangster in exchange for a plea of 1Ity. ‘ufley later sentenced Capone to far more than a minimum tern. i | “seriously JORNSON DECISION 1S BELIEVED NEAR Senator Seriously Considers Presidential Race, Pro- gressives Say. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Senator Hiram Johnson of California today was represented by members of the Republican Progressive group as considering” the proposal that he go into the North Dakota presidential preferential primary. Further, it was said that if the Cali- fornia Senator makes a bid for the delegation from North Dakota to the Republican National Convention he will become a candidate nationally for the presidential nomination. The Pro- gressives who are urging him to make the race are not anxious merely to put a candidate forward in one er two or even a handful of States. Senator Johnson continued to remain silent on his political plans. His only statement was to the effect that if he is to become a candidate for the presi- dential nomination he will announce it himself and openly. In informed quarters at the Capitol the prediction was made that Senator Johnson ultimately would decline to be- come a candidate. Primary March 15. The primary in North Dakota takes place March 15. Senator Nye of that State said his impression was that under the law filing could be made up to March 1 for this primary and that he had telegraphed for definite infor- mation regarding the matter. It was Senator Nye who joined with his col- league, Senator Frazier, in inviting | I Senator Johnson to go into the & dential primary. Senator Nye to- day he had not the slightest doubt Senator Johnson would win in North Dakota if he went in. If Senator Johnson does not go into the primary in North Dakota the fleld will be left to President Hoover and to former Senator France of Maryland, who has announced his candidacy, pro- vided President Hoover's name is en- tered by his friends, as it is expected to be. The feeling among some of the Progressives is that this would be equi- valent to letting the delegation go to President Hoover, since Senator France is not widely known in North Dakota. While Senator Johnson is pondering the question to run or not to run, Am- ly taken himself out of the presidential picture, issuing an emphatic statement declining to be a candidate under any circumstances and asserting: his loyalay to President Hoover and his belief that President Hoover merits well renomina- tion. and re-election. Taken at Face Value. Dawes' statement was taken at its face value here today and it was gen- erally admitted that he had removed himself from consideration as a presi- dential possibility. Gen. Dawes in so doing has followed much the same course as former President Coolidge, during whose administration Gen. Dawes was vice president. Mr. Coolidge months ago declared for the renomina- tion and re-election of the President. “The Dawes statement was just what I expected,” said Senator Simeon D. Fess of Ohio, chairman of the Republi- can National Committee, today. “I knew there was mothing whatever in the rumors that Gen. Dawes would be- come a candidate for the presidential nomination.” Senator Fess said he was particularly pleased with the part cf the statement in which Gen. Dawes gives President Hoover credit for the work he has done for the country during the business depression. “always there has been a lot of unsound proposals advanced. Other Presidents have contented themselves with op- posing these proposals_and have let (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) INTERNATIONAL BANKER STRICKEN BY PNEUMONIA Federal Reserve System, Held in Grave Condition. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 12—Paul M. Warburg, one of the foremost figures in internaticnal banking circles and co- organizer of the Federal Reserve sys- tem, 1s critically ill of pneumonia and physicians. Mr. Warburg exerted himself stren- uously during the gut year and was in poor physical condition when he con- tracted a, cpld several days ago. The cold developed into s severe attack of pneumonia. bassador Charles G. Dawes has definite- | “In every crisis,” said Senator Fess, | Paul M. Warburg, Co-Organizer of | I | through nearly 2 tons of soot in every his condition is considered grave by his | Roosevelt Leads As North Dakota Filing Time Opens Solid Backing Assured by Party Leaders in Primary Race. By the Associated Press, VALLEY CITY, N Dak, January 12—The gate of North Dakota’s po- litical concourse was ajar today to | permit presidential candidates formally | to_enter the lists. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Governor of New York, is expected to be the first across the threshhold. Filings for the presidential primary March 15 must | be_made not later than March 1. | Confidence of his party’s political | observers that Roosevelt would be in- | “(Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) TWO DIE N BRIDGE - CRASH AT TAKOMA Structure, Being Razed, Col- lapses and Drops 50 Feet Into Creek. badly injured when a 40-foot concrete span of the Sligo Bridge in Takoma Park, Md., which is being demolished, collapsed with them about 1:30 o'clock this afternoon and fell 75 feet into the valley below. ) One of the dead men was Guy'L. Cowperthwait of Elkton, Md., foreman of the wrecking crew. The other dead man was E. T. Tracy of Jefferson street, Takoma Park. He is a mechanic. His wife identified him by means of his keys. Harold Davis, colored, of Media, Pa., was seriously injured. Six men were on the span when it collapsed, but three of them, all col- ored. leaped to safety. The other three were burfed under masses of concrete, 15 feet below the level of the bridge. Tried to Run to Safety. Witnesses said that as the bridge started to buckle the men tried to run up the incline to safety. Three were caught and hurled into the creek with the debris. Doctors from the Washing- ton Sanitarium and Washington Mis- first on the scene and later were joined | by the fire rescue squad from Bethesda |in digging out the injured man and re- covering the bodies of the two dead. Described by Witness. F. D. B. Austin, 202 Willow avenue, Takoma Park, was an eye-witness to the crash. “The gang had been dynamiting the bridge before lunch,” he said, “and im- mediately after lunch they began cut- ting away reinforcements with an acetylene torch.” “Six men were on the bridge when the span gave way. The columns un- derneath the outer edge of the concrete slab had been removed and the slab, weakened by the cutting of the rein- forcements, tipped over. The three men nearest the standing portion of the bridge ran from the falling section ana were able to reach safety before the slab was severed from the rest of the bridge.” Austin explained that about 40 feet of the bridge, at the north end, al- ready had been demolished and that the men were working on the next sec- tion. Two workmen were killed and a third | sionary College, both nearby, were the HOOVER ECONOMIC PLAN IS EXPEDITED Reconstruction Corporation Voted—Land Bank Aid Is Taken Up in Senate. By the Associated Press. Overwhelming Senate approval of the reconstruction corporation measure sig- naled today a general advance for the | entire presidential program of economic legislation. The two-billion-dollar reconstruction unit passed the Senate late last night, 63 to 8, with only a few amendments attached to it. Already in the House in the form of a companion bill, the proj- ect advanced there today with a general Thursday. Without missing a beat the Senate turned to take up Mb. 2 in Pres- ident Hoover’s list: The bill to increase $100,000,000. It already has passed the House. Committees pushed forward their hearings on the other economic bills, among them a new one to set up ® $150,000,000 corporation to release de- posits in insolvent banks. This is strong- ly sup) Farmers’ Loan Included. True to its , the Senate | reached its pm?;:m‘:em over some vigorous vocal opposition, and an enor- | mous extent of debate on proffered amendments which would have ex- | tended the aid of the Reconstruction Cerporation to almost every endeavor | needing cash. One of the most impor- tant of the defeated changes would have turned a portion of the corpora- tion's capital over to cities in fiscal difft- culties. New York's Mayor Walker was a leading igstigator in this, but the ad- ministration had no difficulty in obtain- ing support in both parties to beat the plan. One of the amendments which went through, was an unrelated “rider” pro- vidi) $50,000,000 which the Agricul- ture Department would lend to farmers. Senator Smith, Democrat, South Caro- lina, tacked it on. Loans to States and State-controlled rural credit systems were refused. The Senators who voted against the measure were: Republicans, Blaine, Brookhart and Norris; Democrats, Bratton, Bulow, Connally, McGill and Wheeler. Senator Carey of Wyoming took care that the Senate should stay right with the administration program by having | adopted right after passage of the re- construction bill a resolution to take up the farm loan measure ahead of any- thing else' today. Pepsonnel Is Discussed. The Senate did a lot of talking about the corporation’s probable personnel, taking note that Secretary Mellon will be one of the ex-officio members to- gether with the governor of the Fed- eral Reserve Board and a farm loan commissioner. The old argument that Mellon is connected with business was revived, but nothing was done about it. Four other men are to be appointed by the President to the corporation's directorate which must be bipartisan in character. The name of d M. Baruch of New York, Democrat coiltinues to be freely mentioned as a likely choice. Here is how the corporation would WOrK. Out of the Federal Treasury comes $500,000,000 to form the capital. AU the wheel is placed a bi-partisan board of seven directors, comprising the Secretary of the Treasury or undersec- retary, governor of the Federal Reserve Board farm loan commissioner and " (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) 2, Column 8.) Cleaner Than It | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 12.—New Yorkers, during 1931, fought their way cubic mile. o The New York Academy of Medicine stirred up some concern about it today with the opening of an exhibit “in the interest of clean air and clean strets.” | " Nevertheless, 1931 was a cleaner year |in New York than wes 1930, when little less than 4 tons of soot clut- tered up each cubic mile. The decrease was attributed to less activity in industry and better weather | conaitlons. David R. Morris, metegrologist, fur- nished the figures. He weighs the soot | every 15 minutes of the day’s 24 hours | with’ an sutomatic air filter. By putting his charts together, Mr. 3 - NEW _YORKERS FIGHT TWO TONS OF SOOT TO EVERY CUBIC MILE| But Survey Reveals That Metropoiis Is Considerably | Was Year Ago. Morris can arrive at many interesting conclusions. He has no chart to show the amount of bituminous coal shipped | Into New York last year, but he has | learned that its reduction from the pre- | vious year corresponded approximately | to the reduction in pollution. ‘ Solar radiation also is less when soof | i | pervades the air. In 1927 the city was | deprived of an average of 22 per cent | much as 50 per cent. For both 1930 and 1931 the daily peak of pollution was between 7 and 8 2.m. The air was cleanest between 2 and 3 pm. January, April, May, September and | October of 1931 each had days when 7.35 tons of soot were to be found in each cubic mile, and there were 59 days when the daily pollution averaged 3 tons or more, debate, headed for a vote tomorrow or | Thomas | of the sunshine, and on some days as; HOOVER DISLSSE HAADAN VOLENGE AT CABINET PARLE Secretary Adams Places De- tails of Mrs. Fortescue’s Ar- rest Before President. TERRITORIAL GOVERNOR CHARGES EXAGGERATION Judd’s Report Denying Widespread Vice Reaches Capital—Sailors @t Honolulu Shore Leave. President Hoover today discussed with his cabinet the serious criminal disorder in Honolulu, an investigation of which is to be made by the De- partment of Justice by direction of the Senate. Secretary of the Navy Adams was able to give the White House confer- ence details of the sensational arrest of four Americans, including three Navy men, on a charge of murdering an Hawallan suspected of criminal as- sault on the wife of a naval officer. Adams had with him copies ‘of late messages from Rear Admiral Yates Stirling, jr, commandant of the naval operating base near Honolulu, who has charged Honolulu authorities with lax- ity in law enforcement. Secretary Wilbur sald after the cabi- net meeting that any decision on action in the Honolulu affair would await & report from Attorney General Mitchell after the investigation he has been di- rected by the Senate to make. “Until the Attorney General makes & full inquiry,” Wilbur said, “I will have nothing to say and will take no action. “I have the utmost confidence in Gov. Judd and the civil authorities of Ha- wail, and I believe the distressing situ- ation there will be adjusted.” Judd Denies Reports. ‘While the Navy's side of the picture was being presented at the White House the Capitol was receiving a different view of the situation from Lawrence M. Judd, territorial governor of Hawail. Judd denied reports of vice and violence in a cablegram to Victar congressional delegate While Hawalian officlals prepared to seek the death' penalty in territorial Fortescue, courts for Mrs. Granville mother of the attacked was the capital of Federal Land Banks by vy furnished the Af complete file of dispal on the Honolulu situation, as contained in the files here. Admiral Willam V. Pratt, chief of naval operations, hgs received several m from patriotic organizations and civillans in this country, congratu- lating him on his vigorous stand. He has been criticized from Hawaiien sources. Secretary Adams cautioned Admiral Stirling not to release the accused Americans to Honolulu authorities until he has communicated with the Navy Department. Navy Department officials said Secre- tary Adams had given instructions that he was to be communicated with and must give his consent before Massie and the two enlisted men are turned over to civil authorities for trial. At the Navy Department it was sald Secretary Adams gave ‘Rear Admiral Sterling these instructions two days ago. No objection was anticipated to a civil trial for the three men, but the department 1§ closely following events. Shore Liberty Granted. Naval officials said that the quartet | would continue to remain in the cus- tody of naval authorities, aboard the floating submarine barracks, the U. 8. S. Alton, formerly the U. S. 8. Chicago, | at Pearl Harbor. 3 { Lieut. Massie and Albert O. Jones | and E. J. Lord, the enlisted men, are serving aboard submarines, Navy Department officials confirmed news dispatches that naval personnel at Honolulu are being granted shore liberty, under strict supervision of blue- Jacket patrols. While expressing grati- fication over this improvement in the situation, the general opinion is that unless President Hoover should order the fleet to visit Honolulu next month, the revised schedule will be carried out, w‘lth the visiting ships boycotting that city. The message from Gov. Judd came in response to a request for full informa- tion concerning conditions which led to the murder of the Hawailan defendant. Answering charges that 40 similar criminal assaults have been committed during the past year, Gov. Judd sald: “This is absolutely and unqualifiedly false. Tne Ala Mona case is unprece- dented in the history of Hawail. Rec- ords from which such rumor grew dis- close for the entire year 1931, and over the signatures of the officers in charge of records, a total of seven such cases. | Other cases involve no violence.” | Of the total of 40 cases which might | be classed as sex crimes, Gov. Judd said, |only two were againsi white women. This fact, according to the cable, was “cited merely because of malicious and " (Contjnued on Page 4, Column 1.) — e FARM BOARD PONDERS WHEAT SALE TO GREECE | Athens Government Proposes to | Buy 6 to 10 Million Bushels From U. 8. on Credit. | By the Associated Press. Another wheat deal with a foreign government is before the Farm Board. This time it s Creece that would take,some of tne 175,000,000 bushels in the rd’s vossession. While no spe- cific amount figures in the President's discussion, 6,000,000 to 10,000,000 bushels were mentioned in earlier con- versations. Greece wants to purchase the wheat on credit with terms somewhat similar to those granted Germany and Chine. Chairman Stone said today no definite understanding has been reached and further talks with the Greek Minister are to be held. An additional 25,000,000 bushels are to be sold before July 1. Then the board’s agreement to limit sales #o 5,000,000 monthly expires, 3