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WEAT. (U 8. Weather Bureau Porecast.) Bhowers tonight and tomorrow, not e in temperature; moderate mmusty.ug&peuut,um: p.m. + lowest, today. on page 9. much cl winds, mos 60, at 8 est, 52, at 5 am. Full report Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 12 and 13 HER. ch WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Sta “From Press to Home Within an Hour” The Star’s cari Tier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Cir culation 125,438 0. 82,008, S e s Entered as second class matte shington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, MAY 10, 1932—THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. %% BIPARTISAN GROUP NAMED IN SENATE TODIRECTCAMPAIGN FOR ECONOMY BILL Three Democrats and Three Republicans Hope to Bring Administration Pregram for Saving Funds Back to Life. LEVY ON BEER SOUGHT BY SENATOR BINGHAM Debate on Revenue Measure May Begin Tomorrow, With Night Sessions Likely—Manufacturers’ Levy May Be Revived in Case of Legislative Jam. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. A bi-partisan subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Com- mittee, te deal with the Govern- ment's economy program in a non-partisan manner, was set up today. The subcommittee, which was appointed by Chairman Jones of the Appropriations Committee after consultation with Repub- lican and Democratic leaders, is composed of Senators Jones, Bing- ham of Connecticut and Dickinson of Iowa, Republicans, and McKel- lar of Tennessee, Bratton of New Mexico and Byrnes of South Caro- lina, Democrats. This subcommittee is to deal with the general economy pro- " .gram for the Government, and particularly with part two of the legislative appropriaton bill, which is the “economy” amend- ment to that measure added by the House. In the House, the economy program was slashed, however, from savings of $200/- 000,000 to about $30,000,000.,“The duty of the new Senate om- mittee is to bring theeconomy program back to life, - Will- Report Quickly. Senator Jones safd the Economy Sub- committee “meet as soon &S possi- ble and the general fleld for governmentdl economies and would re- port to the full committee as soon as it could. Senator Watson, Republican floor leader, sald he hoped it would be pos- sible to have the debate on the reve- nue bill begun in the Senate tomor- row or Thursday. This measure is to be given the right of way and pressed as rapidly as possible, with night ses- | sions if they become necessary to com- plete the debate. While the Senate itself is working on the revenue meas- ure, the special committee is to work out an economy program, to be ap- plied to governmental appropriations, which will be ready for the considera- tion of the Senate as soon as the tax bill is passed and sent to conference. Bingham Asks Beer Tax. An amendment to the revenue bill, proposing a tax of $6 a barrel on 4 per cent beer, was offered today by Senator Bingham, champion of modi- fication of the Volstead act and repeal of the eighteenth amendment. The (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) LANDSLIDES SPREAD AFTER 24 ARE KILLED Million Tons Down Mountainside Near Lyon, France. By the Associated Press. LYON, France, May 10—Landslides, | similar to those which demolished two apartment houses here Sunday and buried twoscore persons in the wreck- age, threatened the 1,600 inhabitants of 8t. Genix-sur-Guiers, 30 miles east of here; today. Several slides, in which more than 1,000,000 tons of earth and rocks tum- bled down. sent residents scrambling down the mountainside. Three hguses and 1.000 trees were flattened and More threatened Reports from Chambery said the farmers were taking their families down the siopes into the Guiers River Valley, leaving all their household goods and cattle behind Meantime, 24 tenants of the buildings destroyed here Sunday were still miss- ing today. They were believed to be buried WEALTHY HOME GUARDED Multimillionaire Fears for Grand- children Whose Custody He Won. NEW YORK, May 10 (#—Police and private detectives have been assigned to guard Edward C. Anness, Park avenue multi-millionaire, and the two grand- children whose custody he and his wife won after a court fight of more than a year. ¥ Police Capt. Louis Hyams, acknowl- edged today that officers several days ago were assigned to guard the Anness household, but declined to say why the protection was requested. A Bupreme Court justice ruled that the boys, Peyton, 6, and Edward, 4, must be taken away from their mother, Mrs. Helen Anness Patrick. s i STOCK PROBE TO REOPEN Norbeck Plans to Resume Hearings With New Facts Next Week. Norbeck of the Senate Committe: indicated today that ings in the committee’s investiga- tion of the New York stock mat would be resumed next week. Investigators are now working on Books of the exchange and brokerage houses, and Norbeck said he believed there would be enough information to waITant resuming the open hearings, | tached of Earth Tumbde Incomplete—U. S. “Agreement” of §$1 PARK PLANNING STIFLED BY CUTS IN DISTRICT BILL Halt in Expenditures Would Leave Work Fails to Live Up to 6,000,000 Advance. | Capper-Cramton park purchase act, one | of the major features of which is the development of the George Washington Memorial Parkway on both sides of the Potomac River southward from Great | Falls to Fort Washington, Md. and Mount Vernon, Va. The Mount Vernon Memorial Highway is the first link in this ambitious project. Although the National Capital Park and Planning Commission now has an unexpended balance of $852,740 on hand from its appropriations, the Collins amendment would have the effect of barring any further purchases of land. As Col. Grant has explained it, this would mean that the $50,000 in sight for the development of the parkway on the Virginia side of the Potomac River, as the Old Dominion's share, to be matzhed with another $50.000 by the Federal Government, would be lost. The Virginia Legislature, at its recent ses- (Continued on Page 3, “(This is the third of a series of ARTICLE NO. 3. MANY meritorious projects, in the appropriation bill prevail and are enacted into law. Should these completion, of a great National City park program halted abruptly and left House, in the opinion of officials of the National Capital Park and Planning articles on the District of Columbia appropriation bill for 1933, as passed by the House). program of National Capital development will suffer if the House slashes in the District slashes stand unaltered by the Senate, Washington will present the spectacle of unfinished work in varying stages of indefinitely jeopardized. One of the most disheartening amend- ments tacked to the District bill in the Commission, was the Collins amend- ment. The effect of this amendment is to halt further expenditures under the Balance Budget by Sales Tax and Adjourn in 30 Days, Congress, Is Urged. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Special Dispatch to The Star. PHILADELPHIA, May 10.—What steps could be taken that would bring back credit confidence and banish the apprehension which is expressed here- abouts about the future of business? This question, when directed’ to busi- ness and financial men as well as mer- chants, brings an almost, unanimous re- ply: 7 “Let Congress pass a sales tax or broaden the bffse of taxation so that the Governgfent can be absolutely as- sured of sufficient revenue to balance the budget, and then let Congress ad- Journ within the next 30 days.” P 4 Citizens Are Indignant. Everywhere one goes a misunder- standing of the problems confronting Congress is coupled with an indigna- tion, the intensity of which is unparal- leled. People who have never before cared enough to find out the names of their Congressmen are writing letters and urging their friends to do likewise. If there ever was an aroused electorate in America, it is to be found today in the vehement, alert and vigilant cit- izenship which is gathering momentum for the day of reckoning that is to come next Fall. Voters who have been definitely at- to one political party or the other are saying that they will not be guided by tradition next time, but that they mean to vote for members of Con- gress who have courageously withstood pressure from organized minorities and vote against those who have let Gov- ernment expenditures, particularly vet- erans’ expenses, pile up. Revolt Against Bonus. ‘There is an obylous undercurrent of paid out monthly to war veterans. Many men who themselves fought overseas are taking the leadership in a movi policy. It would not be surprising to discover in the next few months that a climax has peen reached on the whole subject of veterans’ allowances. What the average person outside of ‘Washington does not understand is how the House of Representatives, after hearing the demand of the country for economy, passed a pension bill adding $100,000,000 to the expense for veterans. If you attempt to explain that many of the members realized that the bill would be killed in the Senate or vetoed, indignation rises and accusations of in- sincerity and political cowardice fly thick and fast. Hoover Getting Sympathy. The legislative chaos in the House of Representatives, the agitation for a soldlers’ bonus, with an unwillingness to make material reductions in Gov- ernment expense,+ have served to strengthen President Hoover's position in his relationship to the legislative branch of the Government. Whereas a few months ago the same people were denouncing Herbert Hoover as lacking in leadership and aggressiveness, today they are beginning to sympathize with the Executive in his efforts to drive Congress. It is apparent that parliamentary procedure and all the various devices (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) FAR EAST REPORT MADE League of Nations Council For- wards Facts to Assembly. GENEVA, May 10 () —The prelimi- nary report submitted recently by the commission investigating conditions in the Far East was forwarded without comment today by the League of Na- tions Council to the League Assembly The council chairman observed that this report contained only a statement of facts and that the Manchurian Com- mission will file a supplementary re- port later. i | | revolt against the huge sums of money | ment to revise the whole veterans | Winning Orators Miss Minnie Sadle, Business High School (upper), Star Area National Oratorical Contest finalist, and George | Bondurant, McKinley High, alternate. 'HYDE RAPS DEMOCRAT CONTROL IN HOUSE, Defends Hoover Administration in Speech at Tennessee Repub- lican Convention. | By the Associated Press. | NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 10.—Secre- tary Hyde of the Department of Agri- culture ridiculed ocratic claims of the party's ability effect economic recovery in an address here today. “The Democratic House has fully demonstrated the complete and abject inability of the Democratic party to govern itself and the utter folly of in- trusting it with power or responsibility for governing the country,” he said. He defended vigorously President Hoover's program for economic recov- ery and denied the Hoover plan “pro- | vides ample assistance for banks, rail- | Toads and corporations but none for the | little fellow.” | The Secretary’s address was delivered | at the State Republican Conventjon. Critics of the President's pl‘ifl. he said, “should pause to remember, first that all such institutions are required | to put up adequate security and pay 51, to 6 per cent interest and, second, that we are living not in a state of nature, but in an organized society in which such institutions render & vital service to every one of us.” BALL GAME CALLED OFF Nat-Indian Clash Pxevented by Bad Weathes' Today's game between the Nationals and Cleveland Indians was called off shortly after noon on account of rain and cold weather. By the Associated Press ‘The American Minister to Sweden, John M. Morehead, today advocated be- fore a Senate committee a “twentieth amendment” to permit sale of liquor under strict Government confrol and only in States desiring it. He testified with the consent of the State Department. Previously the de- m&mem had declined permission for to appear before congressional committees to discuss prohibition. Describing himself as “personally dry,” Morehead said “if the question should come up whether we should keep what we've got now or go back to the old conditions, T would vote dry again.” In order to “keep the advantages { FEDERAL LIQUOR PLAN URGED AS TWENTIETH AMENDMENT Minister Morehead Tells Senators Controlled Sales Would Keep Dry Advantages. of what we've got now and get rid of the disadvantages,” however, he recom- mended adoption of the Bratt system | used in Sweden. Morehead said this system has proved “both successful and satisfactory” in Sweden. It provides for a government monop- | oly under which liquor is rationed out by a system of allotment books. MISS MINNIE SADLE IS ORATORY VICTOR INLOCAL DISTRIGT Business High Senior Will Receive $200 and Summer Tour of Europe. GEORGE BONDURANT OF TECH ALTERNATE Eleven Speakers Face Judges at High School Auditoriums During Morning. | Miss Minnie Sadle, 17, a senior in| the Business High School, won The Star area finals of the National Oratorical contest here today. She will receive a $200 cash prize, & Symmer tour of Europe and will be pligible to compete for national honors here May 21. The winner was selected on the fourth judges ballot, receiving a vote of three firsts to two. George Bondurant of McKinley High School was chosen alternate. Miss Sadle spoke on “The First Amendment to the Constitution” and | supplemented her prepared topic with an extemporaneous discussion of “Con- stitutional Provisions Covering Amend- ments.” The time of her first speech was five minutes four seconds and the second, three minutes two seconds. Speakers Face Board. ‘The victor was the last of 11 speakers who faced a distinguished board of judges at the various Washington high school auditoriums this morning. The arbiters included Senator Thomas of Oklahoma, Dr. George F. Bowerman, librarian of the District Public Library; Representative Mary T. Norton of New Jersey, chairman of the House District mmittee; Dr. Harris E. Starr, an editor of the Dictionary of American Blography, and John J. Esch, prominent attorney. Although the judges remained but 10 minutes at each school, extensive cere- monies were held prior to or after their arrival. Part of the proceedings was the presentation of the $100 prizes offer- ed the winners in each of The Stars| area's 11 subsections. Promptly at 8:55 the party of five judges, Randolph Leigh, director gen- eral of the contest, and Richard Ham, timekeeper from the American Automo- bile Assoclation, assembled at Eastern High School, where the first speaker was to be heard. As the group marched | into the suditorium where the entire student body was assembled, the stu- dents arose and sang a chorus of “Ameriea.” Miss Anna 8. Miller, Eastern High School orator, was introduced by Charles Hart, principal of the school. She launched immediately into her prepared discussion of “Roosevelt, the Champion of Human Rights,” and followed it with an extemporaneous address on “Roose- velt as a Civil Service Commissioner."” Speaks on Alexander Hamilton. Arriving at Western High School, where last year's winner was schooled, the judges marched into the crowded auditorium to_the strains of a selec- tion by the Western Orchestra. Dr. Elmer Newton, principal of the institu- tion, introduced the speaker, Henri Bowles, who spoke on “Alexander Ham- ilton, the Master Builder.” His pre- pared speech was 5 minutes and 30 seconds long and his discussion of the “Annapolis Trade Convention.” the ex- temporaneous topic, lasted the allotted four minutes and was halted by the timekeeper's whistle. At Central High School Albert Abram- son, 14, youngest orator in today's ccn- test, spoke on “Our Foreign Policy Under the Constitution.” He followed his address for 4 minutes and 50 seconds with an extemporaneous discussion of the “World Court,” which was stopped by the whistle. Abramson was intro- duced by Dr. Harvey Smith, the Central principal. Turning next to the National Museum auditorium, the officials heard three orators representing the Washington private and parochial district, the Mary- land and the Virginia territories. Mr. Leigh acted ss chairman for this part of the meeting. The speakers and their topics were: William Powell of the Woodward School | (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) SR TR B RACKETEER IS KILLED AS TWO START FIGHT Comm}on Near Death After Free- for-All in New York Restaurant. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, May 10.—Two small- fry racketeers quarreled with other patrons of a West Sixty-fourth street restaurant early today and decided to “clean out the joint.” A short time later they were deliver- ed, bludgeoned beyond recognition, to Roosevelt Hospital by five men who then fled. One of the racketeers died almost immediately and the other was near death. The dead man was James Mullen, 29, who had a police record. His compan- ion, who lost most of his teeth in the fight and suffered a skull fracture, is ‘William Sheehan. Detectives were told that when the two racketeers started their “cleaning out” process the proprietor called on friends for aid, and a free-for-all followed. HAROLD BROMLEY PLANS FLIGHT ACROSS PACIFIC Aviator Who Made Vain Attempt in 1930 Asks Permission to Land in Japan. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, May 10.—The ministry of communications received a request to- fiyer, who made an unsuccessful at- tempt to fly the Pacific from Seattle The Minister's words were closely followed by Senator Blaine, Republican, Wisconsin, and Walsh, Democrat, Mon- tana, the only members of the com- mittee nt. The text of the amendment proposed by Morehead to sup ent the eight- eenth amendment fol 2 Section 1. Upon ratification of this (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) in 1930, asking permission to land in Japan on another flight, which he plans this month. The -p;ucntlon sald Bromley plans to take-off from Seattle about May 20 mo‘mmwlnmgi ted the permissi Indicaf lon would be granted. Radio Pn‘n::: on Page B-8 day from Harold Bromley, American |had pledged STORMS THREATEN AKRON OVER TEXAS ‘Airways Officials Doubt if Ship Will Be Able to Reach El Paso. 11 | By the Associated Press. DALLAS, Tex., May 10.—Doubt s to whether the Akron would be able to reach El Paso today was expressed by American Airways officials, after a sur- | vey of weather conditions in the stormy, mountain area over which the glant dirigible is cruising. A dangerous low ceiling apparently prevailed over much of the rugged ter- rain east of El Paso. The Airways radio station at Guadalupe reported a ceiling of 2,500 feet. Nearly 300 miles away at | El Paso, a cefling of the same height | t';. reported, the mountain | ps. | Airways officials said the Davis Moun- | tain section, over which the air cruiser was last reported, ranges from 2,000 to | 4,600 feet elevation. The Guadalupes range from 6,500 to 8,000. | “Pocketing” Feared. It was believed that the dirigible might be “pocketed” because of poor visibility and storms. The forecast for the extreme southwest Texas region was for thundershowers most of today. A report from Sanderson said the | Akron passed north of there about 8:30 am. The ship was barely visible | in the distance because of cloudy, foggy weather. Its course seemed to be to the north. Harassed by the elements last night and early today in the region of San Angelo, the world largest airship was thought to be heading to Randolph | Field, at San Antonio. But this morning the American Air- ways' radio station at Dallas and the| Department of Commerce station at Fort Worth said they had established | direct contact with the Akron and that it had passed over Dryden, Tex. | about 5 am. (C. 8. T.). This coin-| cided with the report of a Southern Pacific Railroad dispatcher in Los Angeles that the craft passed over| Langtry, Tex., which is east of Dry-| den, an hour earlier. | Seen Over Sanderson. | EL PASO, Tex., May 10 (#).—The Fort Bliss Army wireless station here was advised in a message today from Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Tex., that the Akron was over Sanderson, | Tex., at 6:30 am. today (mountain standard time). Sanderson is on the | Southern Pacific Railway, 312 miles east | of El Paso. It was believed the airship would follow the Southern Pacific Rail- | way rcuts into El Paso and arrive here about 11 am. (mountain standard time). | Weather Report Sought. | DALLAS, Tex., May 10 (#)—The| Akron sent a radio message to Ameri- can Airways Station KGUF, at Dallas, asking for a report on weather condi- tions between Fort Worth and El Paso. The dirigible said it would stand by at 9:20 am. (C. S. T.) to receive a report. | Location of the giant air cruiser was not mentioned. American Airways had reports of | thunder showers and rain all the way | from Big Spring to El Paso. The ceil- | ing was only 800 feet above Guadalupe | Pass, across the mountain range east of El Paso. El Capitan, in that range, has an elevation of 9,000 feet. | Ship Radios Washington. The Navy's big dirigible, U. 8. 8.| Akron, never intended to land in Texas due to weather conditions, Admiral Wil- liam V. Pratt, chief of naval operations, | announced today on the basis of dis- patches from the ship. The Akron sent | this dispatch at 5:15 a.m., Washington time: “Because of severe thunderstorms, am unable to establish radio communication | with any one but you. Present position, | approaching Dryden, Tex., with inten- tion following Rio Grande Valley to El Paso. Urgently require weather infor- mation along Rio Grande from Del Rio to El Paso.” 5 The department said shortly before noon_that the Akron is proceeding to Van Horn by way of Alpine and Marfa. AL SMITH CRITICIZED BY WESTERN LEADER By the Associated Press. CASPER, Wyo., May 10—J. C. O'Ma- honey, Democratic national committee- man from Wyoming and a Western Al Smith leader four years ago, criticized Smith’s course in the present campaign last night after the State Convention Wyoming's six National coi-t:vencwn votes to Franklin Roose- velt. “No person who was & member of the Democratic Convention in 1924 or 1928 would have believed that he would see the day when Al Smith would join | hands with Willam Randolph Hearst | and Willlam G. McAdoo to block the | man who twice placed him in nomina- | :‘kfi for the presidency,” O’Mahoney Hearst_and McAdoo are supporting Speaker John N. Garner for the Demo- cratic presidential nomination. | to the Luxembourg Palace to receive ed Press. TWO CENTS. ALBERT L. LEBRUN. LEBRUN ELECTED FRENCH PRESIDENT Senate Chief Is Chosen: to Succeed Doumer, Slain by Assassin. By the Assoclated Press. AILLES, France, May 10.—Al- | bert Francois Lebrun, President of the Senate, today was elected four- teenth President of the Prench Repub- lic, succeeding Paul Doumer, who was assassinated last Friday. He won by an overwhelming majority on the first ballot. | Lebrun was elected by a vote of 633 out of 747 cast. Paul Faure, Socialist leader, received 114 votes and 49 were blank. To Visit Doumer’s Bier. In the interest of harmony there was virtually no opposition to the veteran statesman whose service as president of the Senate had put him in line for the presidency of the nation. After the brief ceremony of in- vestiture, M. Lebrun’s first act was to| start for Elysee Palace to pay his re- spects at the bier of his slain predeces- sor. ‘Then he was to go to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and later in the day the diplomatic corps and high officials of the nation when they made their calls of congratulation. Although there was a great spirit of harmony when the Senate and the ex- glrmg Chamber of Deputies assembled ere to elect M. Doumer’s successor, ;t;:;e also was considerable nervous- This was manifested in wholly base- less reports to the effect that Senator Joseph Paul-Boneour and Jean Chiappe, prefect of the Paris police, were dead— M. Paul-Boncour through assassination and the police prefect through suicide. Police officials promptly issued a de- nial of the report about M. Chiappe, and Senator Paul-Boncour established the fact that he was unharmed by ap- pearing on the tribune at the joint| meeting of the Senate and chamber. (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) . Chilean Quake 20 Seconds Long. | 000 on Promise to Recover | ment of $104,000 from Mrs. Evalyn | Walsh McLean. who had employed him | March | also to have the bonding order revised | %0 as to permit one bondsman instead | these moves of the defense. SANTIAGO, Chile, May 10 (#).— There was & sharp earthquake at about 7 o'clock this morning, It lasted 20 | seconds, but the damage was slight. Py NEAKS S NOGTED N ILEAN THEF Charged With Taking $104,- Lindbergh Baby. Gaston B. Means, self-styled scien- | tific investigator and intermediary in the Lindbergh kidnaping case, was in- dicted today by the District grand jury on charges of larceny and embezzle- to recover the Lindbergh baby. The indictments, charging fraudu- lent diversion and secretion of a $100,- 000 “ransom fund” and $4,000 for “ex- SECRET HEARING OF MARTHUR AND HURLEY ORDERED House Military Committee Plans Closed Session on Army Slashes. DETERMINED TO BLOCK PARED APPROPRIATIONS Chief of Staff Vigorously Protests Reduction in Offices Personnel. By the Associated Press. Determined to block large slasaes in Army appropriations, the House Mili- tary Committee today invited Becre- tary Hurley to testify behind closed doors on the pending War Department supply bill. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Army chief of staff, was hurriedly summoned by the committee to testify in secret ses- sion regarding proposed slashes in Army personnel. MacArthur, who filed a vigorous pro- test yesterday with Representative Snell, the Republican leader, against the pro. posal to reduce the number of officers from 12,000 to 10,000, was called on motion of Representative James, Re- publican, of Michigan, former chairman of the committee. ‘While the Military Committee han- dles all legislation regarding the Army, funds for carrying on military activities must be provided by the powerful Ap- propriations Committee. Chairman McSwain said MacArthur would discuss not only the cut pro- posed in commissioned strength, but also the recommended suspension of eiti- zens' military training camps and Re- serve officers’ training camps fit the next fiscal year. The War Department appromsition or consideration ta the y flas$ op- posed congressional plans for reducing the Army’s officer strenght by 2,000. In a letter written to R ta- tive Snell of New York, the Re- publican leader, MacArthur said such & reduction “would bring us close to pros- tion” and complained that he had not been given of ity to express the Army's views before the Appropria- tions Committee reported the War De- partment bill containing the curtail. ment plan. penses of the kidnapers,” were returned early this afternoon before Justice James M. Proctor, presiding in Crimi- The alleged $100,000 fund took on March 7, one week after of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, jr., the indict- ment charges, while the $4,000 addi- tional lv.m obtained allegedly on Formality Is Brief. The indictments were returned with Fears for Security. ‘The reduction, he said, would b about a “condition not conducive wflg of a 1 of security at nor to enhan the respect “The War Department views with the utmost concern the proposal in the Army appropriation bill to reduce per- manently by more than 16 per cent the number of Regular Army officers, * * ¢ “Commissioned personnel of the citi~ brief formality and spectators in the | o court room were unaware of the action. The jurors filed into the court room at 12:30 o'clock and stood in a semicircle in front of the bench. The foreman handed the clerk a thick bundle con- taining a total of 39 indictments, among which were the two affecting Means. None of the papers was read and Justice Proctor immediately dis- missed court. Means remained in jail, but his attor- ney, J. Willlam Tomlinson, occupied a front seat. Tomlinson said he would take up with the court later this after- noon the question of making bond for his client. It is understcod the attorney will seek to have the bond reduced and of four to furnish the security. United States Attorney Rover, who obtained the indictments, will oppose Whispered “Eleven.” Means has admitted receiving the $100,000, but declares he turned it over to a mysterious stranger whom he mis- took for an authorized representative of Mrs. Mc! , after the latter had demanded refurn of the money. In- vestigators have been unable to find this man, who is supposed to have iden- tified himself by whispering to Means the secret code number “eleven.” Each indictment was In two counts, one covering the ransom fund and an- other the expense fund. ‘The “larceny after trust” indictment charged that Means on March 7 last “did have in his possession $100,000 in lawful money,” which Mrs, McLean had “delivered and entrusted to him” for her use and benefit, and that Means “did then and there, to wit, on the said zeventh day of March and at the District of Columbia, feloniously, un- ~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 5. JOBLESS THROW STONES New Zealand Police Scatter 4,000 Paraders at Wellington. ‘WELLINGTON, New Zealand, May 10 (#).—Rioters outside the House of Parliament today bombarded the build- ing with bricks and stones, breaking 150 windows before the police took control. The trouble began when a parade of 4,000 unemployed, which up to then had been orderly, reached the Parlia- ment square and a fight st K Police said there were only about 50 men involved. 'WILL MELLON, MODEST, RETIRING, COPY STYLE? COURT IS IN.QUIRING' Paramount Problem Is Which Is He Going to Wear, Trousers or Breeches>—And What, if Any, the Hitch Is. By the Associated Press. LONDON, May 10.—Whether Ambas- sador Andrew W. Mellon will or will not wear knee breeches at the first royal court at Buckingham Palace tomorrow night when a number of American women will be presented to King George and Queen Mary was a question em- bassy officials could not answer this morning. Ambassador Dawes aroused consider- able comment when he broke traditions of the royal palace and a) red in ordinary evening trousers, mu pre- decessor, the late Harvey, cut particularly dashing at court breeches ;1 somber, rather tight-fitting with bows at the knees und patent leather pumps. Presentation of the first group of American women will be made by Sen- hora Regis de Oliviera, wife of the Bra- zilian Ambassador. Mme. Fleuriau, wife of the French Ambassador, was to have made the presentation, but because of the tion of President Paul Dou- mer of France she will not do so. Chief among the American presentees is Mrs. David Bruce, daughter of Am- Bk DS e B s f wi wi an overdress of lace, tly embroid- ered with rhinestones and silver, and a lace train to match. ' Instead of & bouquet Mrs. Bruce will carry & white feather fan. preponderant mass of the officers in an emergency army, they may function promptly and effectively. But their ef- forts would be wasted without the effi- clent guidance of their mentor—the regular officer. “So in the last analysis our whole defensive system rests upon the effi- cient performance of a corps of regu- officers, sufficient in cstrength to carry out the vitally essential duties imposed upon it by the act of 1920. In the interests of economy the strength of the professional force was fixed at the minimum considered by Congress in 1920 to be consistent with safety— namely, 18,000 officers and 285,000 en- listed men. During the last decade this strength has been progressively de- creased until today it stand at approxi- mately 12,000 officers and 125,000 men. “With a vivid realization of the need (Continued on Page 4, Column 6.) FORMER BANK EMPLOYES BEGIN TERMS IN PRISON Other Indicted Officers of Somerset County Bank Will Face Court Next Fall. By the Associated Press. PRINCESS ANNE, Md, May 10— Omar J. Croswell, former cashier of the closed People’s Bank of Somerset County, and its bookkeeper, Mrs. Eloise McA, Cosden, today began long prisua terms for irregularities. Croswell was sentenced to 15 years in the State Penitentiary on conviction of forgery and larceny, and the woman to nine years on her plea of guilty to charges of making false statements to bank examiners. Vernon E. White and Mark L. Cra- den, assistant cashiers, were releassd under $10,000 bail each to answer to similar charges at the Fall term of Circuit Court. A score of indictments were returned against the quartet. PROBE OF COLLINGS SLAYING IS REOPENED Boat Found Sunk Near Spot Where Engineer Was Thrown From Yacht Last Fall By the Assoclated Press. RIVERHEAD, N. Y, May 10.—Dis- trict Attorney Blue of Suffolk County announced today that he has reopened the investigation into the slaying of Benjamin P. Collings, retired engineer, who was bound and thrown from his yacht Penguin by two men last Sep- tember in the presence of his wife and young daughter. The new investigation, he said, was based on the finding of a motor boat which had been sunk in 40 feet of water about three-quarters of a mile east of gn: spot in Long Island Sound where Bioram, 1ac , Long Islal :\wwmim vicinity of the Collings slaying. Sofia U. Faculty Cut. . SOFIA, Bulgaria, May 10 (#.—In » drastic effort to balance the budget nl‘ezop;rnle-w:umn of :hmuumcwum&v‘:m verslty of Bofia, JEAI 53 Vi e +