Evening Star Newspaper, May 24, 1932, Page 1

WEATHER. (U 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and somewhat warmer tonight and tomorrow; local thunder showers tomorrow night or Thursday. Tempera- wures—Highest, 74, at 4:30 p.m. yester- day; lowest, 55, at 5:30 a.m. today. Full Teport on page 5. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. No. 32,163. b ‘WITH SUNDAY NORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star, Associated service. e e The only evening paper in Washington with the Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 124,278 WASHINGTON, ‘'D. €, TUESDAY, MAY 24, 1932—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. Senate Votes Medal To Mrs. Putnam for Her Atlantic Flight By the Assoclated Press. The Senate today passed a bill to authorize President Hoover to award the distinguished flying cross to Amelia Earhart Put- nam for her transatlantic solo flight. The legislation was offered by Benator Walcott, Republican of Connecticut, who said the fiyer was “modest, retiring, courageous and resourceful.” It was approved by the Senate unanimously without debate. Shortly afterward a similar bill was introduced in the House by Representative Florence Kahn of California. SENATORS FORESEE BETTER CHANCE TO EAACT SLES TAX Reports That House Will Agree to Proposal Revive Hope for Measure. WATSON, REED AND WALSH ornwsn ovoane YT 10 GET AL it e \EW JERSEY VOTES Will Receive Support Because of Changing Sentiment. | ‘Delegation\ls Unanimous at “Pep Meeting” to Give Him 32 Ballots. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Reports that the House would agree to the manufacturers' sales tax if it were reinserted in the revenue bill by the Senate today encouraged Senators who are supporting a manufacturers’ | [l S i, | By the Associated Press. A list of 30 members of the House| TRENTON, N. J., May 24.—Without who voted against the manufacturers’| , gissenting voice the New Jersey dele- sales tax when the revenue bill Was! gation to the Democratic National Con- reported to that body, now WiNNg to vention today indorsed the candidacy of eccept a modified manufacturers’ sales | aifreq E. Smith for President. New tax, is said to be in existence and w:“,,my has 32 votes. have been shown to some members of * Today's vote came during & “pep the Senate. | meeting” of the Jersey delegatiom pre- It has been confidently asserted bY | ceding the State convention. Mayor many members of the Senat that i ZENF b O Sl Kl Demo- there was any assurance the House | would accept a manufacturers' sales tax | cratic State leader, advocated support if it were put into the bill by the | Senate and sent to conference that the Senate would amend the bill in that respact. | Forecasts Adoption. Senator Watson, Republican leader of of the Senate, supporter of the man- ufacturers’ sales tax, said today he be- lieved that the manufacturers’ tax now commands more strength in the Sen- | ate that it did a week or two ago. At least 40 members of the Senate, he said he had been informed, would vote for the manufacturers’ tax amend- ment. Senator Reed of Pennsylvania, | another supporter of the manufac- turers’ tax. took an even stronger posi- | tion and predicted that eventually the | for Smith. Before today there had been wide- spread belief the delegation would cast | its first ballot for Gov. A. Harry Moore. Before the meeting Mayor Hague in- dicated his belief that Gov. Moore's chances for the vice presidential can- didacy were good. HEAVY GUARD POSTED FOR DIET OPENING Rush Made for Gallery Seats to tax would be adopted. Senator David I. Walsh of Massachu- setts, who will offer the manufacturers’ tax amendments, has practically com- pleted its draft. He said today e be- lieved that the chances for its ad&ption were improving. It is understood that the Walsh amendment will provide for a tax of | from 1'> to 134 per cent of manu- facturers’ sales, excluding food products and some other necessities. Requires Vote of 49. The manufacturers’ tax carried in the House bill when reported by the Ways and Means Committee wes 2!3 per cent. It is estimated that the Walsh amendment will raise approx- imately $300,000,000 in revenue. To b2 adopted by the Senate a manu- facturers' tax amendment must com- mand support of 49 Senators, a majority of the Senate, with the total member- | ship of the Senate accounted for. Senators have been afraid that if they adopted a manufacturers’ sales tax amendment and sent the bill to con- ference, the House might not accept it. However, the distaste of many Senators for the pending bill is having its effect. Rainey Optimistic. One of those who headed the cam- paign for the 225 per cent sales levy in the house, Representative Rainey, the Democratic leader, expressed the be- See Hitlerite Inangurate Session in Berlin. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, May 24—Heavy police guards were stationed before and with- in the Prussian Landtag Building early today in anticipation of the opening of | the State Diet at 3 pm. X | Officials of the secretariat were dis- | tressed over an unusual demand for | gallery seats from peogle who wanted to see the spectacle of Gen. Karl Litz- mann, senjor member of Adolf Hitler's National Socialist group, open the pro- ceedings, in which the Hitlerites will be the dominant party as the result of | the recent state elections. Special newspaper correspondents | from many European countries, to- | gether with the permanent Berlin for- | eign newspaper contingent. participated ! in a rush for seats in the press gallery, which seats only 90. Hitler has given orders for the Nazis to behave during the first session. THREE KILLED BY SLIDE IN RESCUE ATTEMPT lief today that strength for a general | sales tax has grown in the House since | yain Effort Made to Rescue Five the insurgents struck it down. “Many members who sided the in- | (Continued on Page 2, Column 5. DRY ISSUE SPLITS ‘Workmen Caught in Explo- sion at Mine. By the Associated Press. BAKEWELL, Derbyshire, England, May 24.—Kenneth Seville, manager of TEXAS DEMOCRATS Garner Assured of State's 46 Votes Regardless of Action on the Shining Gutter Lead Mine, was killed last night with two other men while attempting to rescue five work- men caught in an explosion at the mine. The five workmen also died. “At- tempts were being made today to get the bedies. The manager and his two compan- jons, who entered the mine a few mo- Byithe AstosiatediDzess | ;x;\‘edr;!s after the blast, were caught in a HOUSTON, Tex., May 24 —The Texas | State Democratic Convention apparent- 3 CONFEW.ES DUE HERE ly was divided on whether it should de- | clare for repeal of the eighteenth amend- | ment as it met today. | Veterans Plan Parade on Avenue John N. Garner, a Texan and Speaker | and White House Visit. of the House, was assured the State’s | e R IR 46 votes for the presidential nomination | After the close of the annual Confed- no matter what action was taken on | erate Reunion here on June 24, dele- prohibition. Some Garner supporters gates will visit Washington. They expressed a fear that an outright ex-| iy parade up Pennsylvania avenue pression on the subject would be in-|accompanied by their sons and mem- imical to the Garner tampaign. bers of the Confederate Southen Mem- While the Democrets fretted over pro- | orial Association and will be greeted Prohibition. hibition, harmony was expected to rule | a State Republican convention at Min- eral Wells. President Hoover was vir- tually assured the 49 delegates. Lead- ers expected no controversy on the pro- hibition question. at the White House by President Hoover. At the White House today it was said the President had not been inform- | ed of the parade plans. ARLINGTON CORONER REFUSES TO ACT IN DEATH OF INFANT Claims Law Allows Him No Fees for Deaths Occurring on Federal Property. By & Staff Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT HOUSE, Va., May 24.—As 2 result of & dispute over jurisdiction, there prob- ably will be no action taken on the death in an automobile accident in Rosslyn yesterday afternoon of 11- month-old Eugene Edward Cheek of the 3500 block T street, Washington. The | lumbia, said that he had no jurisdiction | with respect to any action that might | be taken, but came to the rescue of the | parents by issuing a certificate of “death | as the result of an automobile accident in Virginia,” so that the baby's body ‘ might be prepared for burial. Dr. Murphy explained that the Dis- Mrict of Columbia coroner has jurisdic- tion in deaths occurring on Govern- \ ment property in the District and stated - | that he could see no reason why the child wasjalmost insianly laledfand Arlington County coroner should not Carl Martin, 15-year-old North Carolina | g ve Tike jurisdiction where Government youth, critically injured when an auto- | property in the county is concerned. mobile driven by the infant’s mother, | Policeman Roger Orrison of Arling- Mrs. May F. Cheek, grashed into a|ton County, who investigated the case, lumber truck on Military road, Rosslyn. | said that he was informed that Mrs. Coroner B. H. Swain of Arlington | Cheek who is the wife of James Edward County has refused to act in the case, | Cheek, an electrician at the Washing- claiming that the law =allows him no | ton Terminal Co., and the Martin youth fees for deaths occurring on Federal | were looking at a dirigible at the time property and that it is “up to the mili- | the accident occurred. Mrs. Cheek said tary authorities to act in cases occur- | the lumber truck was backing when she ring on property under their jurisdic- ran into it, but police were informed tion.” The road on which the accident | that it was at a standstill. 3 occurred is a military road. Martin is in Georgetown Hospital suf- Fort Myer authorities claim that the | fering from a'skull fracture and severe case should be handled by Arlington |cuts about the head. He was holding County officials, since all of the partici- | the baby when the accident occurred, pants were civilians. Dr. C. J. Murphy, ’ deputy coroner of the District of ) the lumber on the truck stri him Co- 'and the baby, wcmmmnif"émx 278 GARNER T SUBHIT RELIF BILASKIG FOR 20000 Measure Will Be Sent to Ways and Means Body This Week. HEARINGS WILL PRECEDE PRESENTATION IN HOUSE Independents to Frame Demands for Immediate Aid by Public ‘Works Thursday. By the Associated Press. The $2,100,000,000 relief prcgram of Speaker Garner will be placed in one bill and sent to the House Ways and Means Committee this week. ‘The Texas Democrat announced to- day the measure would be introduced as soon as completed by the legislative drafting service and that hearings would be held by the Ways and Means Committee before it is brought to the House. Action Next Week. Indications are that the measure, approved by many Republicans and virtually all the Democratic members of the House, will be brought up for action early next week. House independents plan Thursday night to frame their demands that help be given immediately “in the form of public works and direct relief to the homeless and starving.” House Is Invited. ‘The House membership was invited resentatives Mead. Democrat, of New York; Kelly, Republican, of Pennsyl- vania, and La Guardia, Republican, of New York. Their notice said Congress should not adjourn until action on the relief question had been taken. In presenting a bill calling for a $5.- 000,000,000 public works prcgram, Sen- ator Cutting, Republican, of New Mex- ico, asserted President Hoover, in opposing bond issues, had left the unemployed “no alternative except star- vation _and revolt” He charged the Chiet Executive's stand was a reversal of his former views over & 15-year period. Barbour Supports Hoover. ‘While Senator Cutting and Democrats werevigorously condemning Mr. Hoover's outspoken attack on ‘“non-productive” public works construction, the President found support for his views in a bill | introduced by Senator Barbour, Repub- lican, of New Jersey, to increase the capitalization of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation by $1,500,000,000 for self-liquidating loans. Within a day or two members of the Special Relief Committee appointed by the Senate expect to have ready their $2,300,000,000 bill. :BAND>IVTS KIDNAP FOUR | AND ROB BANK OF $400 Bind Watchman, Cashier and Two Women and Wreck Phone Exchange. By the Associated Press LOVINGTON, Ill., May 24.—Five bank robbers spread terror through this town for two hours eerly today. They kid- naped the night watchman, wrecked the Telephcne Exchange, forced the cashier of Hardward State Bank to open the bank safe and escaped with $400. Shortly after midnight they drove into the village and pulled the night watch- man, Wilbur Redding. into their auto- mobile and drove away. They stopped 2 miles out of town and, exhibiting three machine guns. told Redding they weculd use them unless he did as they instructed. Forced to direct them to the home of Homer White. bank cashier, Redding aroused White. The robbers ferced their way into the house and, tying Mrs. White with towels, they left a five-year- old child sleeping and forced White and his wife into the automobile. At the telephone exchange they aroused the operator, wrecked the switchboard, tied the girl and put her in their car. Both women were dragged iinto the court house, where Boone Dawson, night watchman, was tied up. Proceeding to the bank, White was forced to open two safes and hand over the money. To make sure he was not holding back funds, they examined the ash took and departed without wait- ng for the time lock on the big vault. ——————— Hoover Cancels Press Session. President Hoover today cancelled his conference af noon with the press, 's'end< ing out word there was “no news. Confidence Through Advertising Washington’s merchants through long acquaintance and square dealing have won the confidence of the public. Day after day they tell the readers of The Star of things that are new and at- tractive in their stores at low prevailing prices. The Star for years has _stljlctly censored all advertising, eliminat- ing all false or misleading state- ments wherever found. Honest advertising creates for business the priceless asset of public confidence. Yesterday's Advertising (Local Display) es. 28,333 11,222 5,833 3,900 1,608 22,563 The Evening Star . . . 2d Newspaper . . . .. . 3d Newspaper . . . . .. 4th Newspaper. . . . . 5th Newspaper Total (Four other newspapers) .... i There are about 7,000 more families now reading The Star every evening and Sunday morn- ing than at this time last year. Yesterday’s circulation was 124,- to the meeting of independents by Rep- | MAYOR WALKER'S TAXES ARE PROBED BY U. S. OFFICIALS |Take Hand as Result of Evi- dence Unearthed by Seabury. GIFT OF $26,500 BONDS TO OFFICIAL REPORTED Prober to Call New York Executive Tomorrow to Explain Dealings With Cab Financier. By the Associated Press. ! NEW YORK, May 24—Uncle Sam stepped on the stage in the Walker- Seabury drama today as New York's spick-and-span mayor got ready for his question-and-answer duel with Samuel Seabury. Federal officials, it was disclosed are investigating Mayor James J. Walker's income tax returns as the result of information dug up by Seabury, who has been burrowing into the city admin- istration’s record for months. The Federal men, headed by United States Attorney George Z. Medalie, be- gan thir inquiry after Seabury, counsel for a legislative committee of inquiry, unearthed testimony that J. A. Sisto, taxicab financier, had given the mayor $26,500 in bonds. Will Question Walker Tomorrow. Seabury, placing Walker on the stand tomorrow in the climatic drive of the long investigation, is expected to ask him the reason for this alleged gift from a casual acquaintance. Other questions to be shot at the mayor were provided in a public ses- {sion of the inquiry yesterday. Sea- bury produced testimony to show a definite link between Walker and Rus- | sell T. Sherwood, obscure accountant, ! who leaped into prominence when he went on a honeymoon during the earlier stages of the inquiry and never | turned up again Seabury contends Sherwood, on whom a subpoena was served in Mex- ico City after an international search, was Walker's financial agent. Abraham | H. Schwartz, theater chain manager { who called the mayor “Jimmy.” testi- fled yesterday he paid Sherwood $13,000 due to Mayor Walker for “legal serv- ices of a special nature.” He declined | to describe the services. Referred to Sherwood. Schwartz, declaring the services were | performed before the mayor took office, sald he visited Walker after he be- came mayor to settle up and was told: “Abe. I am mayor of New York now, {and all transactions of business—take |1t up with Sherwood.” | _Seabury also produced testimony that | Sherwood was able to sell a block of | stock for $20,000 above the market price | to a brokerage firm whose head was in- | terested in the taxicab situation. Other matters awaiting explanation are: Testimony that he took with him to | Europe in 1927 a $10.000 letter of credit which had been purchased for cash by J. Allan Smith, a promoter of the Equi- table Coach Co., who later made good an overdraft of $3,000. Payments Made to Brother. Testimony that William J. Scanlan’s payments to Dr. William Walker, the imayor's brother, for medical services were usually 50 per cent of the com- missions Scanlan received for sales of | { equipment to the Street Cleaning De- | partment and the Department of Sani- i tation. | What steps, if any, he has taken to bring about Sherwood's return to the Jjurisdiction of the committee. The relationship between himself and | State Senator John A. Hastings of | Brooklyn, who, it has been indicated, was interested in the Equitable Coach | Co. and the application for a franchise by a Queens bus company. His financial transactions, his bank deposits and expenditures. IREY IS NONCOMMITTAL. { | e Justice Department Denies Knowledge of “Jimmy” Walker Probe. Elmer L. Irey, chief of the intelligence unit of the Internal Revenue Bureau, declined today to affirm or deny reports from New York that the Government was_investigating income tax returns filed by Mayor James J. Walker, as the result of information uncovered by Samuel Seabury. Federal law makes it a felony for any Government employe to disclose any- thing concerning an income tax return filed by a taxpayer. It has been the policy of the Internal Revenue Bureau, however, to investigate the returns filed by persons who have been shown by in- vestigation to have received large sums. While frequently this is merely a rou- tine checking, now and then it discloses that s6me income was not reported. The Department of Justice said it knew nothing of the investigation into Walker's income reported as being made by George Z. Medalie, United States attorney. It was said that if Medalie was conducting such an inves- tigation he was undoubtedly doing so i‘]sx the result of information laid before m. BLACKMER WILL PAY U. S. FINE TOMORROW George Gordon Battle to Bring $60,000 to District Su- preme Court. Harry M. Blackmer, who fled to Paris to avoid testifying in the Teapot Dome oil cases, will pay his $60,000 fine here tomorrow. George Gordon Battle, Blackmer’s at- torney, wired United States Attorney Leo A. Rover last night that he would come to Washington from New York and pay the money. Blackmer was held in contempt of court for twice refusing to appear at two separate oil trials in the District Supreme Court and was a $30,000 fine in each case. He appealed to the United States Supreme Court, which upheld the law specially passed by Congress to make Blackmer, who re- mained in Paris, subject to the juris- diction of the court here. Pending settlement of the fines and court costs, United States Marshal Edgar C. Snyder is holding $100,000 worth of Liberty bonds belonging to Blackmer, which were seized in a safe deposit box in the National SIVP & Trust Co. (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. RACE IN ARLINGTON HELD IN CUBAN PLOT Four Arrested as Government Makes Widespread Raids. | HAVANA, May 24 (#).—Four per- | sons were arrested today for question- ETERANS, OUSTED, LOCAL INCOME TAX URGED TO REPLAGE INTANGIBLES LEVY |Efficiency Bureau Proposes ; Rate to Senate Below That in Mapes Bill. REVENUE OF $2,019,000 SEEN FROM SCHEDULE Congress to Determine Whether Own Salaries Are to Be Subject to Taxation Under Measure. BY J. A. O'LEARY. A local income tax in place of the present tax on intangible personal Pproperty was recommended to the Sen- ate District Committee by the Bureau of Efficency today, but with a lower rate schedule than the House bill and with other changes to make more eequltable the measure originally draft- | ed by the Mapes Committee Allowing for an estimated shrink- | age in incomes this year, the bureau figures that for 1933 its revised income tax schedule would bring in $2,019 000, whereas the Mapes bill would require the payment of $2,759,000. For the fiscal year just drawing to a close the District expects to collect $2,547,043 ing in connection with the death of Lieut. Diego Diaz, who was killed by DRAWS L. FRE 352 Civil Service Condemns Par- |, Yumerous other bombs have been sent tisan Politics by Employes Residing in County. one casualty. announced yesterday that, by wide- spread raids and arrests, they had fore- stalled a nationwide campaign of ter- rorism by revolutionists. BRITAIN REPORTED The Civil Service Commission has | tAreatened to withdraw from Federal employes residing in Arlington County the right to hold office in the county government, or to have part in any way in the selection of county officers, if recently, but there has been only the | Government authorities | this participation involves partisan political activity. ‘The stand of the commission was made known today when a sharply- worded letter was made public that had been sent to Fred A. Gosnell of the Bu- reau of the Census and Clemens F. Rauth of the Department of Labor, who, it was explained, sought election as Re- publicans to the County Board of Ar- lington County last November. Both were sald at the commission to have had the backing of the county Repub- lican organization. Gosnell Elected. Mr. Gosnell, who is chief supervisar of distribution for the fifteenth decen- nial census, was elected, topping the slate of successful candidates. Mr. Rauth, a senior clerk in the Bureau of Statistics, was defeated. In the six months that have elapsed since the election, the case has been | under investigation by the commission, whose declaration now is viewed in the light of a “word to the wise” to all Government employes with civil service status because of the pendency of the national campaign. The warning was sent to Gosnell and READYTOPAYULS. London Times Points Out That America Expects Re- sumption of Annuities. | | BY NEGLEY FARSON. By Cable to The Star. | __LONDON, May 24.—"As things are, the United States Government expects its "European debtors to resume payments after July 1, and it is understood that. in fact, the British government is now | arranging to repay to the United States. |in addition to the former annuities. a further annual sum to make up for the suspension of payments during the | ‘Hoover moratorium year. " | This striking declaration appears in | what must be regarded as an officially inspired editorial in the London Times y. The editorial, entitled “Geneva— Vi makes plain that the United States is certain to stand | on the letter of its bond until the Euro- | pean debtors themselves have done all| that lies within their power to get rid Rauth jointly, and copies were ad-| of the obstacles to their economic Te- | from the existing intangible tax, but the bureau points out that District offi- cials expect a drop of between $350,- ‘000 and $400,000 in the intangible levy in the fiscal year 1933. The report, therefore, reaches this conclusion “If a change is made in the tax sys- tem, it is estimated that an income tax at the above-mentioned would vield for 1933 approximately the same | revenues as might be expected from the intangible tax. Attention is invited to the fact that the net resuit in either case would reflect a decline in revenues which might conservatively be placed at $400,000." Pay of Congressmen. After noting that a question has arisen whether Congressmen and cab- inet officers, whose compensatign is not subject to State income taxe cupations carried on in the Columbia that would render the for the District income tax im | non-residents, the Efficiency Bu the answer to be determined gress. It did this by submittin tive amendments, from whi may take its choice. One would cifically exempt from the bill compen: ftion of cabinet officers, Federal judges and persons elected for a definite term of office, while the other would specifi- cally state that all persons receiving compensation from the Federal Govern- ment, whose principal office in connec- | tion therewith is in the District of Co- | lumbia. shall be taxed on suc R R RO incomes. MACHINE GUNS USED | procis ciie “or aciustment o crecia IN FIGHT AT MINE Guards, Attacked by Snipers at where the District and a State may tax the same income. An official of the Uhrichsville, Ohio, Reply With Hail of Lead. - INGIST ON TRAIN ?East St. Louis Moves Ex- Service Men to Indiana | by Truck. | By the Assoctated Press. WASHINGTON, Ind., May 24—W. W. Waters, who says he served as “com- mander” of the “bonus expedition,” now | encamped at Caseyville, Ill, wasin this |city today awaiting arrival of his for- mer command. Waters said he re- | | linuished leadership of the expedition |last Sunday. He denied he was here to confer with Baltimore & Ohio Railroad officials | :oncerning further movements of the ex- |service men who are on their way to | Washington to demand cash payment of the bonus. “We gave the B. & O. until 3 o'clock to let us know whether it would take us eastward as an orderly and disci- | plined company or as a broken up mob.” Waters said. | “The company refused to take us This will make them more determined to ride the B. & O. trains. If they do not do it as a body, they will do it in- " (Continued ¢n Page 2, Column 3) bureau. explai ay, said that r nts of Virginia employed (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) ACTION ON INFLATION BILL IS POSTPONED ! dressed to Representative Howard W. Smith, Democrat, of Virginia, in whose congressional district Arlington County lies, and to Hugh J. McGrath, chair- | man of the Civil Service Committee Of | settlement, | the Arlington County Civic Federation. armament proceedings) and Lausanne | snipers in the hills nearby broke out The Commission's Letter. The letter follows: “The commission deems it proper to write you concerning your candidacy in the Fall of 1931 for election to the office of member of the County Board of Arlington County, Va. “As a result of certain representa- tions made by & body of citizens of Ar- lington County the commission recom- mended the issuance of an executive order to permit Federal employes re- siding in Arlington_ County to e candidates for and .hold local offices in that county and to participate in cam- paigns for election to such offices. As & result the President issued the order of May 20, 1931, as follows: “Officers and employes of the execu- tive civil service permanently residing ~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 2. GEN. SHIRAKAWA IS REPORTED ALIVE General Said to Be Recovering After Blood Transfusions at Shanghai. By the Assoclated Press. SHANGHAI, May 24.—Japanese phy- sicians in attendance upon Gen. Yoshi- nori Shirakawa, commander in chief of the imperial army forces here, who was reported dead yesterday, said today he was still alive, and had rallied slightly after an operation and further blood transfusions. ‘The result of the operation and trans- fusions, which were carried out at 11 am.. today, was such as to give some hope he might possibly recover, they said. The general, who was wounded by a bomb on April 29, was reported dead yesterday by all foreign and vernacular newspapers here. Later Japanese offi- cials denied the report, but added he was sinking rapidly. e ROOSEVELT DUE TO GET DELAWARE’S VOTES TODAY 11 Candidates, All Believed to Be Backing Him, Are in Race for 6 Posts. By the Associated Press. DOVER, Del, May 24.—A half dozen more votes appeared headed for the Roosevelt column as Delaware Demo- crats met today to select the State’s six delegates to the national convention. Eleven candidates, all d(enenlb be- lieved to favor the presidential candi- dacy of Franklin D. Roosevelt, sought the six posts. It is the custom of Dela- ware Democrats to send an unpledged delegation to the convention, but in cations mm to solld York's but indi- support of New Radio | covery. cally states the Times, are scme real | disarmament and a real reparations Both Geneva (scene of dis- (where the coming reparations con- ? ference will foregather), says the Times, “‘must yield effective agreements if the threatened economic collapse is to be | averted.” Realize Stand of U. S. The editorial bluntly puts on record the growing realization here that the Americans mean business when they say that there must be real disarma- ment and a real European agreement regarding reparations before the Ameri- can taxpayer will be willing to burden himself further by again voluntarily | an{:&eunz a portion of the European ebts. war debts owing to them, the Americans have already cancelled more than 53 per cent of Belgium's, 52 per cent of France's, nearly 20 per cent of Great Britain's, over 75 per cent of Italy's and nearly 20 per cent of Poland's. At the present moment 58.8 per cent of the United States budget goes toward the payment of past wars and prepara- tion for future wars, 65.6 per cent of Great Britain’s and 69.7 per cent of France’s. Nearly 22 per cent of the French budget today goes to the defense services, Army, Navy and air, 13.8 per cent of Great Britain's, 16.5 per cent of the United States’, 23.6 per cent of Italy's and 5.1 per cent of Germany's. Today, according to available data, the nations of the world are spending infinitely more on armaments than they did in 1914 at the opening of the world’s worst war. Disarmament Necessary. “There is no need these days of un- balanced budgets,” says the London ‘Times, “to emphasize the necessity of easing the financial burden caused by the monstrous growth of armaments. * * * What is not so generally realized is that a substantial step toward dis- armament is a necessary condition for the settlement of those intergovern- mental debts which are paralyzing in- ternational trade. “A final debt settlement can only be (Continued on Page STEAGALL BANK BILL POSTPONED IN HOUSE Illness of Members Forces Delay in Consideration of Guaranty Fund Measure. ‘The Democratic leadership today postponed until tomorrow House con- sideration of the Steagall ‘mnty bank deposit bill because of of sev- eral members interested in it. Speaker Garner predicted that if taken tomorrow, the measure would be passed by Friday and sent to the Senate. He said Representative Brand, Demo- crat, of Georgia, a member of the com- mittee who is ill, requested the delay until he recovers. Brand helped Chair- man Steagall of the Banking Com mittee draft the bill. hu:- on Page B-6 The chief actions required, emphati- | By the Associated Press. UHRICHSVILLE, Ohio, May 24—A machine gun fight between guards at the Wolford'Coal Mine near here and early today. Hundreds of shots were | fired, but apparently no one was | wounded. Norbeck Predicts Favorable Report Tuesday on Dollar-Stabiliz- ing Plan. By the Associated Press. | Ivan and J. N. Wolford, brothers,| The Senate Banking Committee to- | owners of the mine, said the attack of ' day postponed action on the Golds- the snipers was another outbreak of 4| borough bill to stabilize the dollar, but e everas weoRe o s et emas | Chairman Norbeck, Republican, of | resumed operations on an open-shop South Dakota, said he believed “some- i | thing along this line will be reported It is interesting to point out that of | 1inutes and ended when the snipers | | The first shots were fired by the | snipers, J. N. Wolford said. Several guards employed by the mine, and | armed with four machine guns, sent a hail of bullets in return. The shooting continued for about 45 | retired. DO-X OFF FOR GERMANY don En Route Home. CALSHOT, England, May 24.—The German flying boat Do-X left here for Germany today. There was a possibility that the giant seaplane, which arrived yester- Giant Seaplane May Halt at Lon-| favorably next Tuesd: The committee voted, 7 to 5, against action on the measure today. Later it was agreed unanimously to take it up | next Tuesday with a view to action. Norbeck told newspaper men “a ma- jority of this committee is in favor of some form of inflation.” He added that he will work to bring about enactment of the Goldsborough bill “either with or without amend- | ments.” | _ The measure has passed the House. | It _provides that the Federal Reserve Board shall seek to stabilize the dollar at the 1921-1929 level by its open- | market operations. | BIG EPIDEMIC REPORTED day after an uneventful flight of 630 miles form Vigo, Spain, would detour today and alight on the Thames at London, AKRON CRUISES IN WEST PORTLAND, Oreg, May 24 (P — The Navy's giant dirigible Akron cruised | showed 21 cases and one death. over the Pacific Northwest today. | Newspaper dispatches from Vilno The leviathan of the air, which cast | said 180 new cases were discovered yes- loose from her West Coast base at|terday and 20 persons died. Peasants Sunnyvale, Calif, Monday morning, along the frontier asserted there was a over Portland at 6:25 am., Pa- | big epidemic on the Soviet side of the cific Coast time. border, with more than 100 deaths. “GOOD SCOUT” TREATS BURN ON JUSTICE ROBERTS' HAND | Many Spotted Typhus Cases Poland and Russia. WARSAW, Poland, May 24 () —The interior ministry reported today that there was considerable spotted typhus in Northeastern Poland and along the Soviet frontier. Figures up to May 15 in Boy, Watching Jurist, Sees Match Flare, Gets Kit and Administers First Aid. By the Associated Press. WEST CHESTER, Pa, May 24—A 15-year-old Boy Scout who gave first aid treatment to Justice Owen J. Roberts of the Supreme Court of the United States, when his hand was slightly scorched by matches at a dinrer here, said today ke “only did :mt every other good Scout would have o ne “I am glad I got an opportunity to fix up Justice Roberts.” said the boy, Jay Hook of Thornd; near here. ‘The accident oc: last night at the West Chester Country Club where the er was held to mark the open- ing of a campaign to raise funds for the Chester County Council of Boy Jay, who is in his second year at the Coatesville High School, attended the dinner in uniform and sat with other guests. During the evening he was awarded the Fagle Badge, the high rank f merit conferre® on Scouts. “Justice Roberts. who was one of the speakers, was lighting a cigar when his match box suddenly flared,” the boy said. “I could see his left hand was burned. 5 “I slipped out of the room and went to the automobile of a friend, where I had my first-aid kit. “Justice Roberts was nursing his hand when I came back. I went right up and asked if I could be of service. He looked at me for a moment, patted my back, and laughingly consented to the mopenuon. I had his hand all fixed up L " -