Evening Star Newspaper, May 20, 1932, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Porecast.) afternoon. 2:30 p.m. yesterday; today. Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 lowest, 47, at 5 a.m. -Highest, 70, ch 32,161. Bntered as se post office, . W. cond cl ing ass matter ton, D. C. WASHINGTON, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C., FRIDA ’ MAY. s e ¢ Foening Star. “From Press The every city block (Lol ] A ted P to Home Within an Hour” Star’s carrier system covers and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday'’s Circulation, 125,552 TWO CENTS FINANCIAL GIANTS MOVE TO PUTIDLE S [COMMON SENSE OF U. S. SEEN BRINGING RECOVERY | ocial Readjustment Declared Meeting) M[]NEY T[] WURK Present Problems Through American A bility to Meet Any Emergency. Owen D. Yoimg Heads Group Composed of Industrialists and Bankers. RECOVERY OF PRICES IS ONE OF OBJECTIVES | Committee Formed to Make Fed- eral Reserve’s Credit Expansion Policy Effective. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 20.—A new move BY DAVID LAWRENCE. America is undergoing a social read- justment, with changes as profound | and fundamental as in any period in the history of the Republic. The average American, waiting fever- ishly hitherto for a climax, has just begun to realize that the process of change in the United States has been under way for some time and that American adaptation to change will be gradual rather than sudden. Reflections such as these impressed themselves on this correspondent dur- ing a two-week journey through several States, visiting agricuitural, as well as industrial, localities. Talks with busi- ness men, professional men, leaders of civic thought, industrial executives, left these common denominators |can common sense and versatility will prevent any catastrophic climax and will permit a mobilization of credits and resources to meet any emergency that may threaten. Third, there is little sympathy with currency tinkering or gold standard abandonment, though everywhere thoughful men congregate they look askance at the economic paradox pre- sented by a huge class of debtors who cannot repay 1929 debts in 1932 dollars. Fourth, whereas a few months ago | everybody had his pet remedy to end the depression, the overwhelming na- ture of the upheaval has begun to sink in, and while there is a tendency in some quarters to look for an early equilibrium between buyer and seller, the majority of business men who have cut overhead and other costs are merely marking time, waiting for the basic in- dustries to discover a solution and then HIGH TAX BURDEN HERE CITED INPLEA FOR FISCAL EQUITY Citizens’ Committee Submits Petition for Fair Apportion- ment of D. C. Costs. {RETURN TO 60-40 BASIS Memorial Parkway Law Is Dis- cussed After Testimony of Col. Grant. Fortified with statistics showing that | Washington, instead of being under- URGED ON SENATE GROUP | FURTHER MYSTERY ENTERS BABY CASE AS PEACOCK BALKS ‘Known Gangster’ and ‘King Kidnaping” Become Involved in Lindbergh Probe. PREACHER TURNS DOWN OFFER OF HIS EXPENSES 1Dr. Condon Signs Waiver of Im- munity as He Testifies Before Bronx Jury. By the Associated Press HOPEWELL, N. J., May 20.—Balked in renewed efforts to induce Rev. H. Dobson-Peacock to come here for ques- tioning, police hunting the kidnaper- pass on to the processors and distrib- utors the business that is expected to flow from the lightest revival. Fifth, discussions of the five-day ! taxed, bears a relatively high tax bur- | | den, the Citizens' Joint' Committee on | Piscal Relations last night laid before | to put hundreds of millions of idle dol- | pirst, the theory that “prosperity” lars to work was started today by a ' is “just around the corner” has been powerful committee of bankers and in- | dissipated, and there is a readiness to dustrialists under the chairmanship at: Owen D. Young. The group was cnlledi together by George L. Harrison, gover- | nor of the New York Federal Reserve accept the readjustment as something likely to consume three to five years, with the acute stages probably passing in 1932. i Second, a deep conviction that Ameri- week, fewer hours of labor and produc- tion problems generally are accepted as largely academic at present, when in so (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) | the Senate subcommittee handling the District appropriation bill a plea for a | fair apportionment between Uncle Sam and the local residents of the costs of | murderers of the Lindbergh baby sought help today from two mysterious sources. One of these was a “known gang- ster” who was understood to have sald in Maryland before the body was found that the baby was dead. The other mysterious matter under investigation to determine if there was any connection with the Lindbergh case running the National Capital. | With its chairman, Edward F. Colla- | day, as spokesman, the Citizens’ Jomt‘ Committee refuted the claims of the| | Mapes Committee of the House that | Bank, to make the Federal Reserve's| policy of credit expansion effective and in answer to a demand in many quar- ters for more drastic means of stimulat- ing a recovery in prices. WHEELER DENANDS GARNER STRIES THAT * DEMOCRATIC | “UNIT”" RULE. It was pointed out that in spite of the fact that the Federal Reserve system has purchased $725,000.000 of United States Government securities, releasing funds capable of supporting $7,250,000- 000 of bank credit, the defiation of bank Joans and investments has been un- checked. Fear and uncertainty on the | wart of banks and the investing publi'c alikke have prevented the reserve’s policy from taking its full effect. Hope to Put Money to Work. By the formation of the new com- mittee, financial authorities hope to find e et ok pund i toe baks and of e g in need of the country. nothing 0 arranged for them to be ment upon their program. leaders st however, that one possible avenue of credit expansion lay in loans to building and loan societies by the large commercial banks, answer- | ing a demand for credit for financing of ! A ter possiblity suggested was the | nof extension of credit to farm loan banks in order that these institutions might more freely grant accommodation to the agricultural districts. Committee Announced. ‘The mmbenhl&‘o! the committee, . Harrison, follows: as announced by Lllows: Owen D. Young, chairman, Electric Co., chairman; Mortimer N. able to com- m. 1| with his demand a resolution to au- PROBE OF LOBBY Proposal Stirs Debate on Import Levies in Billion Revenue Bill. | By the Associated Press. | A demand for a congressional inves- tigation of lobbyists was laid before the | Senate today by Senator Wheeler, Democrat, of Montana, in the midst of debate on the tax bill. Wheeler coupled thorize the inquiry. ATFIMNE BY Speaker Says R. F. C. Aids Railroads, but Fails to Help Middle Class. By the Associated Press. Restrictions on the Reconstruction Finance Corporation that prevent the | board from helping what he termed the “great middle class of producers in the country” were criticized Speaker Garner in discussing his relief program with newspaper men. The Texas Democrat said the board today by i Opponents of some of the import | levies in the revenue bill have charged | had helped the big rallroads and other | lobbyists’ influence put them there. | interests to meet current bilis and to | Meanwhile, as the wordy tariff dis- | PAY off debts, but that it had done noth- pute held the tax bill motionless in the | ‘1§, 'O, increase employment. Senate, President Hoover emphasized | tenant farmers, whom he described as | to congressional leaders that he ex- |the “poorest producers” but “it has pected Congress to consider o adjourn- | 4onc DOthIDg to help the great middle T , which are the most ment plans until the revenue bill 15 |substantial and who constitute the | passed. backbone of American enterprise.” l} New Tariff Threat. Takes Active Charge. Opponents of the import taxes had| “What my program is designed to do | renewed their assault at today's m-‘fil to ‘gldl;l;llh h:!mnlamem and to aid | sion, with a new threat for e cltss producer.” O s oy o generat| ,The, Texas Democrat tadk active tarifl 3 g of ' charge of formulating the legislation to work, if the oil, coal, copper and lum-| carry out the program he announced ber import taxes are kept in the bill. | I It also, he said, advanced money to| { washington is lightly taxed. On the | recommendation of the Mapes Commit- tee, the House is seeking to slash the Federal share of the pending appropri | tion bill from $9,500,000 to $6,500,000. Urges 60-40 Basis. The Citizens' Joint Committee, Tep- resenting virtually all crganized groups of Washingtonians, presented to the Senate subcommittee its petition urging & return to the 60-40 basis of fiscal re- Jations called for by substantive law | and appealing for a substantial increase | in the Federal lump sum as long as the | Jump-sum policy is substituted for the fixed-proportion rule Earlier in the day the testimony of | Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director of public buildings and public parks, ask- ing for elimination of a House provision which would prevent the Park and Planning Commission from going ahead with land purchases under the George Washington Memorial Parkway until further orders from Congress. led to a spirited discussion of the memorial parkway law. Chairman Bingham of the Senate subcommittee, referring to that part of the parkway law which requires the District to pay back all of the $16,000,- 000 authorized to be advanced by the Federal Government for acquisitions within the District, declared that the House “showed no mercy toward the | District taxpayer” in that legislation. | | Senator Bingham expressed the belief | §1,750,000 for 150,000 shares in the that this was done “to get even with the District on the specious plea that it was to give the Capital a great park system.” Sign Formal Petition. Mr. Colladay, who was given several HUGE FOODS DEAL REVEALED IN PROBE Senators Told $23,500,000 Was Paid for $1,750,000 Investment. By the Associated Press. Walter E. Sachs, president of the Goldman Sachs Trading Corporation, | ‘ 1 AVATR POSE FORATLANT 0P Mrs. Putnam Hopes to Get Away This Afternoon. Do-X at Holyrood. By the Associated Press. HARBOR GRACE, Newfoundland, May 20.—Hopeful of being the first was “the recent attempted King kid- | naping,” not more specifically described by police for fear of hindering the in- | vestigation. Vi Condon Before Jury. While these investigations were go- |ing forward, Dr. John F. Condon, who as “Jafsie” paid a futile $50,000 ran- som to supposed kidnapers of the Lind- bergh baby, told Bronx County, New York, grand jury how he handed the money through a cemetery hedge in a suit case. Jobn Hughes Curtis, confessed Nor- folk hoaxer, remained in jail at Flem- ington, N. J., as relatives in Virginia prepared to obtain bis release by rais- ing the $10,000 bail in which he is held for grand jury action. Warden George Anderson of the Hunterdon County Jail at Flemington detailed to the Senate Banking Com- | mittee today the payment of $23,500,000 in purchase of the General Foods Co.,| which had an investment of $1,750,000. Testifying in the stock market in- | quiry, he said that in 1929 his firm paid | more than $12,000,000 and the Postum | Co. more than $10,000,00 because the | General Foods Co. owned valuable patents for freezing perishable foods. | Previously Goldman Sachs had paid | Postum Co., Sachs said under ques- tioning by Willlam A. Gray, counsel for the inquiry. Details Deal. Gray went through a complicated de- lncflpt‘dm of the deal under which the ADMIRAL W. S. BENSON. woman to fly the Atlantic alone, Mrs. |said today he is tak extra precau- Amelia Earhart Putnam alighted here | tions to see that Culrlt‘{s may have x‘:‘o ‘wday, eager to be away on her trans- {opportunity to try to commit suicide. ocean adventure. Curtis’ food is served in tin bowls and ! The woman flyer said she hoped to|cups with rolled edges. He is givem hop off this afternoon if the weather |only a spoon—no knife or fork. continued favorable. “The prisoner is quiet and doesn't 1 am confident of reaching my des-|seem to be much worried about his tination and hope to get away before |fate,” the warden said, “but because of dark,” she said. the reports that he once tried to com- Mrs. Putnam declined to reveal her | mit suicide, we don't intend to give him destination, but she would not deny|that opportunity now.” she hoped to get her red-and-gold Rome. Expects No Lawyer. monoplane down in Curtis is served the same fare ".Benufi !B;‘llx':‘hc g.m_l;ated. :?cm?fi: other prisoners, and it is cooked Sompanied Mrs. Putnam to this Dolnt, | warden's -ue.u'”' x o fl: ‘-I:-n s A h?udnnm&lgfie“'wm' today he would Mrs. Putnam and her companions ar- | be very much surprised if any lawyer rived here at 11:31 am. (E. S. T.),|arrived to take charge of his defense. | hours for_presentation of Washington's | Postum company, though it paid less ing service was at work on the details, having flown from St. John, New| T haven't sent for any." he chief difficulties in the way of rapid and successful operation of the Fed- eral Reserve's credit expansion has been the concentration of funds in New York, principally because bankers in other parts of the country are either unwilling or unable to make use of their funds. Concentrated in New York. As the Federal Reserve has purchased “Governments,” the funds put into the market have tended to concentrate in New York, even though much of the securities purchased by the board have been sold by banks in other parts of the country. Many interior banks Wishing to dispose of some of their “Governments” will sell’ them through New York, it was said, and then leave the funds on deposit rather than recall them. In the face of this piling up of idle money here, New York bankers have | yesterday. He said the legislative draft- | ‘Tariff proponents, Democrats and | but declined to say whether it would in one or three biils. Indications are at it will be incorporated inta one | measure and handled by the House Wheeler, in a brief statement ex-| "ays and Means Committee. plaining the resolution he was intro- | _,[D¢ reaction from both Democrats ducing, referred to “the recent charge | 204 Republicans to the program has of the President that lobbyists are D¢en gratifying” Garner said. haunting the halls of Congress.” th This assertion, he said, and state- ments by Senator Reed, gRepublican, of Pennsylvania and others, that lob- ] byists were throwing all their pressure fi ,an actual criticism against the | on members of Congress, warranted | P ! B e gress, warranted | ™G olieagues of the Speaker believe he | “I therefore offer this resolution to PIaDS to expedite House action and lay investigate these charges of Jobbyists. | the bill before the Senate in less than he concluded. wo. weeks An ':'.f,mm investigation of lobbyists Discuss Bond Issue. . was made by a Senate committec in| Before a House Ways and Means Sub- | 1929-30 which continued about ten | committee, a $500000,000 bond L?:url;gr‘ months. | financing rivers and harbors and flood | Probe Woud Be Extensive. | SG0%, PUOJeSE ag aivecaied togey The Wheeler resolution requested that | and Harbors Committee, sponsor. of | the Judiciary Committee “investigate the legislation, said his biil was identi- | the activities of lobbying associations | and lobbyists and into the charges cal with a measure by Senator Ship-| made by the President of the United S'clfid. Farmer-Labor, Minnesota. States and. by various members of Cone | lepi e wao. suggctes by Chalriiin to the effect that @ swarm of legll:lntlnnr w}‘f suggested by Chairman Wilson of the Flood-control Commit- lobbyists are haunting the halls of Con- | tee A grens, causing delays and secking seingh | ¢ “n0 ReccPted by Mansfleld. (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) Wi Houso Suppact Republicans, accepted the defi and |, waited for a chance to vote, conndent{ th c':f a margin of one or two in their avor. “More an 25 Republicans have come to my |office to express their approval. Of course, there are some differences of opinion as to detafls, but I have not | sion, was accompanie{ plea for fiscal equity a4 the night ses- By members of the Joint Committee representing large groups of citizens. The formal petition of the Citizens’ Joint Committee was signed by the following, representing their respective organizations: Mr. Colladay, as chairman; Theodore W. Noyes, chairman of the Execu- tive Committee; George W. Offutt, president of the Board of Trade; |Harry King, Chamber of Commerce; C. | bia H. Pope, District of - Colum® Bankers' Association; J. F. M. Bowie, Washington Real Estate | Board; Percy Thompson, Rotary Club; Robert V. Fleming, Finance Committee of the Bankers' Association; Joshua Evans, jr, Committee on District Fi- nance of the Board of Trade; R. A. Dickson, Central Labor Union; George C. Havenner, president of Fed- eration of Citizens' Associations; Mark Lansburgh, president of Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association; George P. Hoover, Bar Association; Evan H. Tucker. Northeast Washington Citizens’ Association; Eugene R. Woodson, presi- dent of the Kiwanis Club; L. A. Car- ruthers, chairman of Piscal Relations Committee of the Citizens’ Federation; E. G. Bliss, Pinance Committee of the Chamber of Commerce, and Mrs. Ruth S. McKelway, president of Voteless D. C. League of Women Voters. Dr. | got 51 per cent of the stock in the ac- | | quired company and Goldman-Sachs | | ADMIRAL BENSON | got 49 per cent. | | Sachs agreed that dividend prefer-| | ences also were given to Postum and | the 150,000 shares bought by Goldman- | Sachs were excluded from the pref- | erences. i The Postum stock was sold by Gold- | man-Sachs at a loss of $230,000, Gray said, and the remainder of this stock | was written off at $1 in 1930, Sachs said it was written off in the interests of conservatism, though it had potential value. At the outset of today’s hearing on | the inquiry, which already has unfolded | |a tale of stupendous profits by pool‘ operations, it was announced an order | (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) DES SUDDENY Chief of Naval Operations During World War Succumbs at Tracy Place Home. Admiral William S. Benson. chief of | naval operations during the World War, iM0~BE TRODPS CALLED | died suddenly today at his- home, 2420 | "IN INDIA RIOTING Dt was tue tocercorat nemorrmase. | Admiral Benson was 76 years old. He | | retired from active service on reaching | |15 Additional Casualties in Hindu- | the age of 64 on September 25, 1919, | { ; inos |and in March, 1920, was made chair- | | Moslem Disorders, Bringing Total }"1:" le:‘he Wilipging o e eld | | ; this position until June 8, 1921, serving | | to Over 100 Killed. | at the same time as president of the | Brunswick, in the record time of 4 hours and 10 minutes. Mrs. Putnam already has one trans- | Atlantic aerial crossing to her credit, | having accompanied the late Wilmer Gordon Stultz and Louis several years ago. She arrived at St. John last night after a flight of three and a half hours from Teterboro Afrport, at Hasbrouck Heights, N. J., and left there for Harbor Grace at 7:02 am. (Eastern standard uml:) today, with Balchen at the con- trols. Mrs. Putnam is the wife of George Palmer Putnam, pubiisher, who spon- sored her flight four years ago, when she and her companions landed in Wales. DO-X LANDS AT HOLYROOD. Daylight Tomorrow Tentatively Chosen for Start of Ocean Flight. HOLYROOD, Newfoundland, May 20 (#)—The giant airplane DO-X, en route to Europe, landed at Holyrood at 9:20 am. (Eastern standard time) after flying from Dildo, where it was forced to land yesterday. The huge German flying boat found the weather conditions perfect today on its_25-mile flight from Dildo. Police let it be known that they were still very anxious to confront Curtis with Dean Dobson-Peacock, who was associated with him in tiations for return of the baby, which admits were all faked. In his morning bulletin Col. H. Nor- man Schwarzkopf said he would gladly pay the minister's traveling expenses, but the dean replied in Norfolk that he had been advised by counsel not to come here, ‘Walker Enters Case. Dr. Condon spent two hours and a quarter with the Bronx grand jury, tell- ing in detail of his ransom payment. Before testifying he signed a waiver of immunity. New Jersey detectives assigned to stay with him had expected lo visit more rogues galleries in Jersey this afternoon but when he came out of the grand jury room the agad educator told them he had to go to New Rochelle, N. Y., to conduct an examina- tion of teachers. The name of Mayor James J. Walker was injected into the case today in a story in the Evening Post. The paper quoted an advertisement in a morning paper reading “Citizen—guaranteed ab- solute confidence. Jimmy.” It said it had learned on high authority that mploy- bia gt RUTCuLy 1o Pitne SR Buried under dissenting ideas as to The progress of the great 12-motored | Mayor Walker had received a letter In explaining how the Mapes bill for | | Emergency Fleet Corporation. ment for money. It was suggested that the new Pinan- cial Committee, providing leadership of the strongest character, will be able to devise some means tonmake this huge surplus available where it Is most needed, by recommending to banks worthy outlets for the money, by sup- plying the leadership needed to oppose “TContinued on Page 13, Column 3.) SENATOR’S MOTHER DIES Mrs. Elizabeth E. Byrnes, mother of Senator James F. Byrnes of South Carolina, died early today at her apart-| ment in the Shoreham Hotel. She was 73 _years old In addition to her son, Senator Byrnes, she is survived by one daugh- ter, Mrs. Lencre B. Fuller, whose home | also is at the Shoreham Hotel. Funeral services and burial will take place here tomorrow_afternoon. Summer Styles Styles for men’s clothing this! Summer are designed to make every Summer day a comfortable one. Heat-resisting fabrics are used in the smartest suits, while gomplete mesh accessories are the latest vogue The best offerings of Washing- ton merchants are in the adver- tising columns of The Star. Yesterday's Advertising how far the Government should go, the YANKEES LEADING | NATS, 5-2, IN THIRD. Find Weaver to Overcome Lead Gained by Griffs in First | relief proposition had been more or| less stalled until Speaker Garner yes-| terday advanced a plan which won wide support in the House. A recommendation also was expected | from the group of Senate Democrats| under Wagner of New York, who have been busy for a week trying to bridge | the gap between the Hoover-Robinson compromise plan and more extensive unemployment aid ideas involving Half of Frame. | bond issues which have been advo- - cated in the Senate. | Favors Hoover Plan. | BY JOHN B. KELLER. | Rrepresentative Snell of New York, | NEW YORK, May 20—The New | the Republican leader, said today that York Yankees were leading the Na-| after & thorough study of the Garner | tionals here today In the third game of | [CUel plan e was cotvinced the sug | a five-game series in the third inning. | gestions of President Hoover for aiding | the ‘States, counties and cities through | The score was 5 to 2. | the R,econstrucnonl Hnmfie Corpora- ININ tion was preferable to the proposed IEEREUINNING. billion-dollar bond issue for a public WASHINGTON — Myer popped to Lary. Manush was hit by a pitched ball. West sacrificed, Crosetti to building program “Under the President’s plan," the Gehrig Cronin grounded to Lary. No runs. New Yorker sald, “it will not be nec- essary to increase the burden of taxa- | NEW YORK—Combs walkeed. Cro- nin let Lary's grounder get by for an tion on the people at this time when | error, Combs taking third. Ruth flied | | (Local Display) Lines. The Evening Star . 53,843 15,696 8,425 5,216 2d Newspaper .. .. 3d Newspaper 4th Newspaper 5th Newspaper 3,839 Total wress .. 33,176 ‘The Star carries this great vol- ume of advertising because the merchants appreciate that their announcements in The Star reach! practically the entire community —in both the city and suburbs. the repeal of the 60-40 law and for in- creased local taxes now pending before Senator Capper’s District Committee, could properly be discussed before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee. Mr. Colladay pointed to the House ac- tion, through the D. C. appropriation bill, of reducing the lump sum from $9,500,000 to $6,500,000, and of the at- tempt to justify the cut through slash- ing local projects. Mr. Colladay told the Senators that in view of the demonstration by the Citizens’ Joint Committeg that Washington is not undertaxed, as com- pared with other cities, there should be no increase in taxation in order to re- duce the lump sum. Before launching into a detailed analysis of the statistical tables on tax rates here and elsewhere, Mr. Colladay stressed the fact that from 1928 to 1931 there was withdrawn from the taxable area of Washington property purchased by the Federal and District governments “(Continued on Page 2, Column 3. By the Associated Press. BOMBAY, India, May 20.—Gov. Sykes today called out the 5th Bombay Field | craft over Newfoundland has created | Upon his retirement from both those | | positions he served as a Shipping Board | commissioner until June 8, 1928. By an act of Congress, June 21, 1930, Brigade, the Royal Artillery Auxiliary {ll: hfild the "an:i of a full admiral on | | the Navy's retired list. | Force and the Bombay Light Home.| ‘e is survived by his widow and three which are made up of non-official Eu- | children, Comdr. Howard H. J. Benson, | ropeans, to supplement his majesty’s now on duty at the Naval Academy; regular forces in dealing with the |Lieut. Comdr. Francis W. Benson, gur- Hindu-Moslem riots. | | Although there was less rioting today and & measurable return of confidence, | | the governor thought it necessary to | call out the additional units as a pre- | cautionary measure. . | Fifteen” deaths were added to the | total of more than 100 killed thus far | |in_ the rioting. Most of today's cas- ualties were the result of stabbing | affrays. The Hindus attempted to burn a | Moslem mosque in the mill area early in the day, but police prevented it and | MYSTERIOUS ELEMENT EVADES PURSUIT BY Substance Sent Here by Finn, Blinded During Experi- ments, Discloses No Trace of “Virginium.” BY THOMAS R. HENRY. The mysterious element “virginium” continues to elude its hunters. The conclusion of the saddest chap- ter in the long quest for this supposedly radio-active elementary substance is written in cryptic lines on a strip of photographic plate at the Bureau of the budget is about to be balanced. | Mr. Garner's billion-dollar bond issue | would necessitate levying of additional taxes for the construction of non-reve- desp 'to West and Combs scored,while | nue-producing buildings.” Lary took second after catch. Weaver The President and the Democratic tossed out Gehrig, Lary going to third. | leader got together on a $1,300,000,000 Cronin threw out Chapman. One run. | expansion of the Recohstruction Corpo- | SECOND INNING. ration capital, with the billion for use WASHINGTON—Lazzeri threw out N public and private construction of a Reynolds. Judge lined to Crosetti. |Sel-supporting character and the re- Bluege walked. Berg sent a long fly to Mainder available for loans to States. Chapman. No runs. ), NEW YORK—Myer threw out Dickey. TEOmSOREY Thes onny: Lazzeri tripled to right center. Cros-| Garner called for $2,000,000,000 in- setti walked. Gomez rolled into a dou- |Crease in reconstruction funds and ble play, Cronin to Myer to Judge. No | $iC0,000,000, appropriated without runs. | strings, for the use of the President in THIRD INNING. :{:I:’tme.xu:h"p distress wherever it WASHINGTON—Weaver bounced a| Besides this being a gift proposal, single off Gomez's glove. Myer forced |opposed by Mr. Hoover in principle, it Weaver, Gehrig to Lary. Manush cou- |appeared unlikely he would care to take bied to left, scoring Myer with the tying jon the task of apportioning the sum run. West singled to right, scoring lamong clamoring States and cities. Manush. West took second on the throw | However, Representative Smell, Repub- to the plate. Cronin took a third strike. | lican leader, was favorable to the Gar- Reynolds flied to Ruth. Two runs. |ner plan as a basis of getting some- NEW YORK—Combs singled to cen- thing “worked ouf ::h uri'm:l!ked& Ruth singled to | B t, scoring Combs and sending Lary | ~ fo Uird. Myer went inio et Bomb Brings Arrest. lor Gehrig's one. Chapman sin-| AUCKLAND, New Zealand, May 20 gled to right, scoring Lary, and sending | (F)—A Russian scaman named George Ruth to third. Dickey forced Chapman, | Sagrif was arrested near Government Myer to Cronin, Ruth scoring. Dickey | House yesterday with a powerful bomb second on a balk. Lazzeri singled |in his possession. Police said the mis- to t. scoring Dickey. Lazzeri was |sile could have blown up a large build- caught stealing, Berg to Cronin. Four |ing. They found another in the sailor’s Standards. Dr. William F. Meggers of the bureau staff announced yesterday that, using a method which would reveal one part in ten million of the elusive element, which may be closely akin to and even more remarkable than radium, he had been unable to find any trace of the material in the sample sent here for analysis by Prof. Gustave A. Aartovaara of the University of Helsingfors. This nmgle was the most promising yet offered for detection of the element. rt of the story is that the olar, who has spent prac- The sad Pinnish tically a lifetime in the quest, lost his arrested 40 Hindus. SCIENTISTS HERE| eyesight in a laboratory explosion while preparing a similar sample shortly after sending the material to Dr. Meggers. Because of this tragedy the Bureau of Standards physicists and spectroseop- ists went to even more extreme lengths than might have been justified in an effort to find even the faintest sus- picion of element 87 in the sample. It simply wasn’t there, Dr. Meggers said. Before losing his eyesight Dr. Aarto- vaara_had the satisfaction of hearing . Fred Allison of the University of Alabama that, using the magneto- tical method of analysis on a sample of the same material, he had been able to find the missing element. But Dr. Allison’s method was severely attacked of the American SRt preva ovér the” suthen- pre over authen- ticity of his results. If “virginium” in anything like the minute quantities reported Dr. Alli- son had been present in sample, Dr. Meggers_holds, it certainly would (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) Physical | ferred upon him Service Medal, | nery officer aboard the U. 8. S. Trenton, and Mrs. Mary A. Krafft, wife of a librarian at Annapolis. Was Georgia Native. Admiral Benson was born in Macon, Ga., September. 25, 1855. At 18 he was appointed to the Naval Academy, from which he was graduated in 1877. Ben- son served as cadet midshipman until 1879, when he was made a full mid- shipman, receiving his commission as ensign in 1881 after two years' service on the U. S. S. Constitution. In 1907 and 1908 he was commandant of midshipmen at Annapolis; in 1913 he was appointed commandant of the Philadelphia Navy Yard and supervisor | of the 3d, 4th and 5th naval districts. serving until his appointment as chief of operations in 1915. Admiral Benson went abroad in 1917 after America entered the war to co- ordinate naval operations between our Navy and those cof the allies, and co- | operated with them in the joint naval policies which more than justified their adoption. Most of this duty was in London. He later was sent to Paris on similar duty, and became the American naval representative in the drawing up of the armistice terms. Chosen Naval Advisor. ‘Then, when the American Peace Mis- sion assembled in Paris, the admiral was chosen naval advisor and served his country in that quasi-diplomatic post with the devotion and sound dis- cretion which attended his whole career. He returned to this country late in 1919, to be retired in September when he reached the age of 64. Admiral Benson became the fourth chairman of the Shipping Board in March, 1920. Upon the expiration of his term, in June, 1921, he retired as chairman, but retained membership on the board as & er. After his war service Congress con- the Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. Radio Programs on Page D-4 T tremendous interest among the popu- lation and crowds greeted its arrival as it alighted on the water off this little port. Takes on Fuel and Supplies. The task of loading fuel and supplies was begun at once, in preparation for the next leg of the fiight, the hop to Harbor Grace. Harbor Grace has been chosen as the point of departure for the DO-X on its long voyage over the ocean to the Azores. The take-off from Har- | bor Grace was tentatively set for day- light tomorrow. Before the DO-X could leave Dildd | this morning, it was necesary to send 650 gallons of fuel from Holyrood to Dildo, where gasoline at first taken aboard proved unsuitable for the mo- tors. An attempted take-off with the fuel at first obtainable at Dildo ended in_failure. ‘The DO-X circled above the city be- fore descending and then alighted gracefully in the harbor, taxiing, with only 1 of its 12 motors in action, to its supply base. Visitors Dash for Liner. Members of the crew assigned to the task of preparing the flying boat for its ocean trip immediately set to work amidst a swarm of visitors, who made a mad rush to the big airplane in motor launches. Capt. Frederick Christiansen told the " (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) i REVOLUTION THREATENS AS CUBANS CELEBRATE Island Marks 30th Birthday of Freedom With Restraint—Consti- tutional Rights Still Suspended. By the Associated Press. HAVANA, May 20—Threat of new revolution was in the air today as the Cuban Republic began a quiet celebra- tion of its 30th birthday anniversary. Exactly three decades ago—May 20, 1902—the first American occupation, which followed the successfyl termina- tion of the M‘-m fight for freedom from Spain, e , and Cuba embarked on her career as an inde- pendent nation. Little festivity was planned to mark this independence day, however. Constitutional guarantees are still in ‘Martial law still prevalls throughout law sl the island. o promising information about the Lind- bergh case if safeiy for the writer could be assured. Col. Schwarzkopf also said in his bulletin that Dr. Condon had completed his inspection of the rogues Ties in New York City and Westchester County, N. Y. He will be taken next to the large rogues galleries of “New Jersey, including those in Newark, Jer- sey City and the State Identification Bureau and also to the gallery in Phila- delphia. ‘When Dr. Condon is taken to the New Jersey rogues' galleries he will be ac- companied by a taxi driver who brought him a note from the supposed kid- napers giving him instructions as to payment of the ransom. Checking Other Clues. “Investigators from this point,” Col. Schwarzkopf's bulletin continued, “are getting all data possible on the recent attempted King kidnaping in an en- deavor to determine whether the per- petrators could be linked with the kid- napers in this case. “A known gangster while passing through Maryland stated that he had information on the Lindbergh kidnap- ing and just prior to the finding of U body, stated the child was dead. In- vestigators from this point are now endeavoring to locate this gangster.” Asked about the attempted King kid- ~ (Continued on olumn 1.) PERUVIAN CABINET QUITS K AFTER ASSEMBLY ACTION [ Lack of Confidence Vote Adopted Following Debate on Arrest of Deputy. By the Associated Press. LIMA, Peru, May 20.—The cabinet headed by Luis Flores, premier and secretary of the interior, resigned to- day as a result of the lack of con- fidence voted adopted by the Assembly, 48 to 31, last night. The vote came after debate on the arrest of Deputy Ernesto Merino. He was detained after an encounter with persons whose names have not been made public, in the course of which one man was shot and wounded. The Deputy asserted he had been attacked. The incident occurred Wednesday night as he was leaving the Congress Buildirg. Expectations cabinet will be Rivadeneira. are that the new ed Ricarde 4