Evening Star Newspaper, May 28, 1932, Page 2

T A2 w%¥ SALE OF THE POST | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, MAY 28 1932. SH[]WI]UWN ASKED ]U S WUMEN wm Derailment Makes Big Job for Wreckers THOUSANDS OF TONS OF COAL SPILLED IN CRASH. Takes Stand PUBLISHER TESTIFIES IN BELIEVED LIKELY Deal Depends on Satisfactory Bids and Carrying Out of Agreement. ‘The Washington Post will be sold if a satisfactory bid is received for it and it Edward Beale McLean, its president and publisher, goes through with the agreement to divest himself of the power under his father's will of vetoing any sale of the paper, it was learned from an authoritative source today. McLean, through his attorneys, yes- terday voluntarily relinquished all con- nection with the newspaper, which is a part of the estate of his father, John R. McLean. His formal resignation now is in order, and the receipt of that will pave the way for Justice Jennings Bailey of District Supreme Court to enter a decree in the suit of his es- tranged wife, Mrs. Evalyn Walsh Mc- Lean, to oust him as co-trustez of the estate, Justice Bailey announced he would be decree two weeks from yester- y if McLean has carried out his agreement made in the stipulation signed by his attorneys yesterday. Several Blds Predicted. Several bidders are in the market for the Post, it was said. A year ago Wil- liam Randolph Hearst and David Law- rence each made bids to buy the paper. ‘The price at that time was $3,000,000, property. discretion of the American Security & Trust Co., which will have sole charge of the paper upon entry of the District Supreme Court decree. It is understood that, in the interests ot the estate, the Post, described by Corcoran Thom, president of the Ameri- can Security & Trust Co., during Mrs, McLean’s suit, as an “unproductive as- set” of the estate, will be sold primarily to relicve the estate of the losses it has incurred since 1924 from the operation of the paper. With the presidential campaign com- ing on, it was forecast today there will of the bids that have been tentatively made so far, The Star’s informant said, «are of a somewhat “irresponsible char- acter,” put several wealthy persons and groups of politically minded persons are knovwn 1o be in the market for the paper and to be willing to pay well for it. i During_the trial of Mrs. McLean's| suit the Post was described as in need of considerable rehabilitation. McLean's attorney, Julius I. Peyser, at that time, the paper “it would be a howling suc- cess.” Mr. McLean's attorneys follows: their respective attorneys of recore Lean, resign forthwith and immeciately ington Post Co. findings of fact, limiting and restrict- ing the authority and responsibility of the co-trustee, Edward B. McLean, so the newspaper known as the Washing- ton Post. “That the decree shall further con- tain provisions that Edward B. McLean &ponsibility, directly or indirectly, to thereof. “That said decree shall further con- tain provisions that Edward B. McLean shall have no voice in the management, operation, sale or lease of said corpora- tion or said newspaper, directly or indirectly. Would Dismiss Suit. “That fald decrez shall contain a ' NEW YORK PROBE. - PAUL BLOCK, Publisher, photognghed m;:i trhe sv.andl before Samuel abury, chief counsel of which $800.000 was to be in cash. | for the Hofstadter Legislative Commit- the remainder in bonds against the Post tee, in New York City yesterday. Block’s hearing came the day after Mayor The sile of the paper will be at the | walofs {etinony before the commit- tee. —A. P. Photo. WALKER’S BROTHER REPORTED MISSING AS PROBE RECESSES (Continued From First Page.) Seabury will try to draw the mayor's financial affairs closer to Russell T. be active bidding for the paper. Some | Sherwood, former clerk, who handled nearly a million dollars in five and & half years and is now missing. Denies He Was Fiscal Agent, The mayor has denied that Sherwood He said he merely little personal services for him. From time to time, he said, he gave Sherwood money to pay bills incurred by Mrs. Walker or himself, and it was however, said if $500,000 were spent on | possible Sherwood had deposited this in his own accounts before disbursing it. was his fiscal agent. did put Accountant The stipulation signed yesterday by |James T. Ellis on the stand to tesitfy that Sherwood could not have paid “It is hereby stipulated and agreed | Walker bills to the extent of $21,500 by and between the parties hereto, by | without using part of the proceeds of brokerage accounts the mayor has de- hat the defendant. Edward B. Mc- | nied having any part in. This followed testimony by Park from the offices he now holds as pub- | Commissioner Walter R. Herrick, friend lisher of the Washington Post news-|Of the mayor, paper and as president and a member | testimony that he “never bought or of the board of directors of the Wash- | caused to be bought” any stock in the Interstate Trust Co. “That upon the acceptance of the |former secretary to the mayor, resignations of the said Ecward B. Mc- | manded, Lean by the proper parties, a decree | Tight to testify, saying he could explain shall be entered by the court in this | the apparent discrepancy. cause, by consent of the parties, without | he would be called Tuesday. Block Tells of Friendship. Earlier Paul Block, newspaper pub- as to exclude therefrom the Washing- | lsher. testified it was solely friendship toward Walker that led him to start a ton Post Co. and all matters relating to joint brokerage account from which the mayor received $246,000 profit without investing anything. ‘When he departed from his office yes- shall have no power, authority or re- | (oay, the mavor sald he would rest T day to attend a postponed convention vote of control of the stock of the v Washington Post Co, or any part of mayors in Detroit Wednesday. NAVAL ACADEMY BAN ON MARRIAGE EXTENDS TO ENSIGNS (Continued From First Page.) contradicting Walker's Edward Stanton, in a tumultuous scene, further provision that, except in so far t5 of their profession without “bein as may be necessary to support the |PeC s g decree to be entered in accordance with | Cothered with brides and bables. NINE GET LICENSES. this stipulation, the bill of complaint filed herein on October 7, 1931 (Mrs. McLean's suit), shall be dismissed without prejudice. ’ “That said decree shall contain a further provision that the costs of this suit legally taxable hercin shall be paid by the defendant, Edward B. McLean. two weeks of the date hereof.” nery wrote in the notation: 0 objection except that condition Maj. Pevser said that he had talked <id not indicate whether he would re- do so by mail or cable. GALA SHOW PLANNED T0 RAISE FUNDS FOR (Continued From First Page.) the thousand, which Glassford estimates cpen. NEAR WEST VIRGINIA LINE. By the Associated Press. ZANESVILLE, Ohio. Msy 28—The| ALMOURS SECURITIES LOSS HELD $131,000 By the Assoclated Press. JACKSONVILLE, Fla, of about 300 ex-soldiers hopes to reach | Almours Securities, Inc., of Jackso the Capitcl to plead for payment of | Ville, was swindled out of at least $131,- their bonus certificates. Many of the |00, it was disclosed yester men came 2ll the way from the Pacific | judge declined to lower the $220,000 Coast. bond of Richard Gillman, held as a As it did vesterday, Ohio again pro- | member of an alleged forgery gang vided the veterans with 52 State-owned | Which victimized the concern. Alfred trucks to aid their journey. Gov.|L du Pont is president of Almours George White declared it was a “pa- | Securities. It first was announced that oper- The trucks brought the army here | ations of the gang cost Almours Se- last night after an all-day ride from | curities $70,000, but yesterday's hear- the Indiana line. National Guard offi- | ing brought out that amount alone as through Gillman’s Gillman denied any connection with the forgeries, saying he came here in An advance guard which preceded | March from Cleveland to take charge the main body of the army made |of the office of what he believed was & arrangements for West Virginia State | gigantic rum-smuggling syndicate. “On-to-Washington” bonus army of World War veterans moved through Eastern Ohio today toward West Vir- ginia after a night at the Zanesville fair grounds. Within the next few days the “army” triotic duty” to do so. cers, who served as an escort; police, highway department employes and com- | checking account. mittees of Ohio veterans provided the travelers with food and tobacco. trucks to convey the men through that State to Pennsylvania when the Ohio };‘g of the journey énds today at Wheel- g. NEW BONUS TREK STARTS. ° JOHNSON CITY, Tenn., May 28 (#). —Another box-car journey of World ‘War veterans to Was to appeal for the bonus was conceived here today, but unlike the Oregon delegation, they will pay their fares. resentatives of 1,000 inmates in the Na- tional Soldiers’ Home here. The plan is 1o charter four box cars from the rail- | Waltz suite, road and attach them to. a fast train Jeavipg Johnson City June 2. . Members of Graduating Class Are to Spectal Dispatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md.. May 28.—The ad- “It is further stipulated that the res- | Vent of June and the graduation cere- | fgnations of the said Edward B. McLean | Monfes at the Naval Academy are re- referred to in paragraph 1 shall be | flected in the marriage licenses issued ekl . by the clerk of the local Circuit Court. submitted to the proper parties within | P the Ceri of the local Clroult Gourt, In signing for the American Security | Were to members of the class graduat- & Trost Co. Attorney Jonn 8- Flan. |ing from the Naval Academy Thurs- p HT'ne &censu were issued to Rollins f trust es - | Harry Mayer, 23, U. S. Navy, and Syl- O srust estate requires:immediate ae- |/ "Narfet. jefices, 19, Annapolls. Bernard W. Freund, 21, U. 8. Naval with Mr. McLean by long-distance tele- fifi:‘gg&;gfl Evelyn Y. Averitt, 22, hone several days ago, but that he 3 L e SO John Marion Lietwiller, turn to Washington personally to ten-|Navy, and Helena Catherine Keehne, der his resigna V] 1d | 25, Pomeroy, Ohio. er resignation, or whether he would Harold Tazelle Sargent, 21, United States Navy, and Jane Anderscn, 20, Hannibal, Mo. Jack Irving Bandy, 21, United States Navy, and Edna Dorothy Zimmerman, 21, Severna Park. Theodore S. Lank, 22, United States BONUS MARCHERS | Naniiom parothy A- Davis, 26, wil- Hector de Zayas, 22, United States Navy, and Helen G. Van Houter, 22, Annapolis, Maximilian G. Schmidt, 23, United are here, apparently slept out in the | Giares JevS. and Elizabeth Hilliard, 21, ‘Truman E. Carpenter, States Navy, and Elsie Marguerite Hyde, 23, Annapolis. BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Hom: Bard this evening at the bandsta g;fl)flo'cbck: John S. M. Zimmerman, “A Bird at the Waterfall”. Ring-Hager They are going—200 of them—as rep- Be‘l’eu]caggll from the opera “Romeo ON SALES TAXPLAN Harrison Says “You Haven’t Got the Votes”—Charges “Browbeating.” (Continued From First Page.) cussing it and giving his position on it. “There isn't a scintilla of fact in that statement,” he added. Characterizing the New York Stock Exchange as “a gambling institution in which the insiders use marked cards and loaded dice,” Senator Dill, Demo- crat, of Washington, shortly before de- manded restoration of the House tax of one-fourth of 1 per cent on stock [ M transfers. The transfer tax was reached by the Senate as it swept through the final stages of the revenue bill. Dill cited the findings of the Senate Banking Committee in its investigation of the stock market, and said that in the face of these the argument that the transfer tax would be burdensome was “not very impressive.” Since the Finance Committee voted to eliminate the minimum tax of one- fourth of 1 per cent, Dill said, “There have been developments in the Stock Exchange investigation that justify a reconsideration.” Declares Cards Are “Marked.” “The New York and other ex- changes,” Dill said, “have become more or less gambling institutions wherein a few men manipulate the markets in such a way as to make tremendous profits and take from the American people millions, hundreds of millions and even billions of dollars. “The investigation has just scratched the surface so far, but it shows that the market is a gambling institution in which the insiders use marked cards and loaded dice. “Take the story of Walter Sachs that he paid $23,000.000 for a company in which $1,750,000 was invested and that he received $100,000,000 from the public by selling stock in the Goldman-Sachs Trading Corporation at 104 that is to- day worth 75 cents. That was milking the public out of $100,000,000. “The investigation has showed that when the promoters indulge in this business they place publicity men to become propagandists and boost the values in the public mind. These pub- ; | licity men get their share of the money. Warner Case Cited. “It was argued before the committee this tax would nst bring $75.000,000, but only $32.000,000. Whether 1t brings $75,000,000 or $30,000,000, this is a place where the Government ought to lay revenue to act as a deterrent on this gambling institution.” “There is much reason to belleve thas the break in prosperity came as a result of gulldmg up and boosting stocks,” Dill sail “Take the case of Mr. Warner (H. M. Warner) of Warner Brothers, who sold his own stocks for $16,000,000 then bought them back at $7,000,000, a clear | profit of $9,000.000 from the public.” The House provision, he said, “cven if it brought in no more money. is far more desirable because it is based on the amount of business done.” “This tax won't apply if the stock is! loaned,” Dill said, referring to the Fi- nancial Committee's plan. “That means it won't apply to short selling. And even from the White House we've had attacks on short selling.” Exchange Called Parasite. ‘The Stock Exchange, Dill said, “has become a parasite so big it has swallow- ed up legitimate business.” “It would be a fine thing if this Con gress should pass a law closing every stock exchange during this perfod of depression,” he added. Senator Trammell (Democrat, of Florida) interrupted Dill to assert that as a result of yesterday's market ac- tion and General Electric’s failure to declare a dividend “I'll bet 90 per cent of the sales were short sales.” Dill asserted loans were a “promi- nent method of short selling.’ Senator Reed (Republican, of Penn- sylvania), a member of the committee, told Dill that in stock transactions “there is just the difference between borrowing and selling as in any other commodity.” Borrowed stocks, when delivered to a purchaser, he reminded Dill, “carry the tax. ‘The bill appeared to be in excellent shape when the Senate convened today. The rates approved up to the time today’s voting began were esti- mated to yield approximately $940,000,- 000. Thus, if the remainder were ap- proved unchanged, the bill would be within 10 million or so of the billion figure sought. Almost $300,000,000 was put into the budget-balancing legislation in yester- day’s nine-hour session. Increases in the first and second class postal rates, involving $160,00Q,000 new revenue, and the 2-cent check tax, expected to yield $95,000,000, were accepted. More than $40,000,000 was saved by a tie vote—the first of the session—on an attempt by Senator Howell, Republican, of Nebraska, to exempt checks of $5 and less from the 2-cent levy. Vice President Curtis without a moment of hesitation announced the 39-t0-39 tie and declared the proposal lost. He did not vote. The Senate realized the tie had resulted and waited eagerly for the clerk to hand the roll call result to the Vice President. Mail Rate Boost Approved. Leaders of the fight against the sales levy opposed the $5 exemption, fearing the Senate would be driven to the sales levy to find the additional revenue if the $40,000,000 were lost. As a result, opponents of the disputed sales tax claimed last night the pro- posal was beaten. The two decisive votes by the House against it were ex- pected to have an influence in the Sen- ate vote. Nevertheless, advocates claim- ed a bare majority. ‘The increase in the first-class postal rate from 2 cents to 3 cents was ap- proved without a record vote and with a chorus of ayes. The high second class postal rate schedule of 1921, was restored after a sharp contest, 43 to 32. Senator Moses, Republican of New Hampshire, and Chairman Oddie of the Post Office Com- mittee attempted unsuccessfully to beat this increase. Harrison appealed for a final vote on the bill by tonight as Watson notified the Senate of the meeting Mon- day. Watson joined in the hope for final action today, but expressed doubt of its coming. As the Senate approached a vote on the sales tax. a statement came from Representatives La Guardia, Republi- can, of New York and Rankin, Demo- crat, of Mississippi say! the House gml was opposed to sut a general levy. ‘The two members, prominent in the House coalition that defeated the sales levy, said the statement was issued “in answet to representations that are be- ing made to the Senate to the effect that the membership of the House has changed its attitude toward a general sales tax.” Secretary Mills, meanwhile, told newspaper men his position was that “if Congress will enact a revenue bill which will produce in excess of $1,000,- 000,000 in new revenue, and at the same time reduce expenditures by be- tween $350,000,000 and $400,000,000 be- low the budget estimates, and both of these objectives are definitely possible of attainment in a short time, the Treasury will be satisfied.” World Flyers Visit Pompeii. NAPLES, Italy, May 28 (#).—Trans- oceanic fiyers of 11 nations spent today FRENCH NET TITLE Mrs. Moody and Elizabeth Ryan Score 6—1, 6—3 in Auteuil Match. By the Associated Pres . AUTEUIL, France, May 28.— Mrs. Helen Wills Moody and Elizabeth Ryan today regained for the United States the women’s doubles title of the French tennis championships, defeating Mrs. Eileen Bennett Whittingstall and Betty Nuthall of England, 6—1, 6—3, in the final match. \ Mrs. Moody and Miss Ryan won the doubles championship in 1930, but Mrs. oody did not go abroad to help de- fend it in 1931. ‘The English combination were the defending titlists. Mrs. Moody also is seeking to re- gain the singles title she had won three times, but did not defend last year. The Americans were almost invinci- ble against the English team, the only break in the first set coming when Miss Ryan dropped her service. After that lapse Mrs. Moody and her partner never gave the English girls another chance in the first set, the last four games going with the loss of only 1 point in each. The British went ahead for the first time when they won the first game of the second set on Miss Nuthall’s serv- ice, but Mrs. Moody evened the count, then they broke Mrs. Whittingstall's service and were never headed. Mrs. Moody was going at top speed and was well supported by Miss Ryan. Sidney B. Wood, jr., American cham- pion of Wimbledon and second seeded star in men's singles of the French championships, easily defeated the Frenchman, Marcel Combemale, in the first round of title play today, 6—4, 3—6, 6—2. AMERICAN WOMAN GOLFERS QUALIFY Mrs. Vare, Miss Van Wie and Mrs. Hill Sure of Places in British Match. By the Associated Pres SAUNTON, Devonshire, England, May 28.—Playing through a steady downpour of rain, Mrs. Glenna Collett Vare of Philadelphia posted an 88 in the second 18 holes of the 36-hole qualifying round of the British wom- en’s golf championship today. Her total of 168 assured her a place in the firat match play round Monday. Yiuinis VaniWie of Chicago. who Faignt. FredliRast Fneti BiE S had scored a 77 yesterday, added a steady 81 today for a 36-hole aggregate of 158. Wanda Morgan, one of the chief | British hopes, also scored an 81 for a total of 164. Mrs. Opal Hill, another of the Amer- ican stalwarts, took two 43s for an 86 and a 36-hole total of 174 and almost a sure place in the list of 64 qualifiers. Mrs. Harley Higbice, Detroit player, was just on the borderline with a 52—44—96 today for a two-day total of 180. Diana Fishwick, British_champion in | 1930, added an 81 to her 87 of yesterday for safe qualifying score of 168. Helen Hicks came in through the rain with a 44—42—86 for a 36-hole score of 174, rather close to the probable qualifying border line. RUSSO-JAPANESE SITUATION CAUSING CONCERN TO WORLD (Continued From First Page.) On this theory, it is said, Tokio assumes that the world public opinion would not look with disfavor upon any nation which may contribute to the downfall of the Soviet regime. On the contrary, in many countries, a Japanese victory may be hailed as a victory of capitalism against Communism. This, however, is only partially true. In Washington, as well as in the prin- cipal European capitals, the possibilities of a war between two powerful coun- tries like Japan and Russia causes con- siderable concern, because in the pres- ent restless state of the world nobody knows whether, should such a calamity oceur, the conflict could be localized. Russia Unprepared. Russia is certainly neither anxious nor adequately prepared to fight any country. Last January it was assumed that if Russia were attacked in Si- beria she would offer only a feeble re- sistance and let the Japanese annex all the territory they wanted. The sit- uation on the Polish and the Ru- manian frontier was too uncertain to allow her to withdraw some of her best troops and send them in far-away Siberia. The situation has changed, however, in the last two months and more so in the last few weeks, since the So- clalists’ victory in France. It is an open secret that the future prime min- ister of France, Edouard Herriot, is not enthusiastic over the Franco-Polish alliance and, while not prepared to de- nounce it, he would certainly never encourage any Polish adventure against Russia. : To make this point of view unmistak- able, the French government has in- formed Poland that the French military mission, which has been in Poland since the formation of the Polish republic, will be withdrawn about the middle of July. ‘s gesture of the French gov- ernment cannot fail to bring home to the Polish government the idea that France will not stand for any adventure | on the part of her ally. It is true that the Polish Army is now fully organized and does not need any longer the as- sistance of the French mission, but all the same the withdrawal of the French staff officers at the present moment is a plain indication of France's desire to avoid any trouble in Eastern Europe. Rumania is in a bad financial situa- tion and is not likely to embark upon any adventure against Russia at pres- ent, especially if her principal ally, France, is not willing to support her. Divisions Sent East. With her western frontiers compara- tively safe, the Soviet government has been able to free a certain proportion of her army and send it into Siberia for any eventuality. The exact number of Russian troops at present concentrated in the maritime province and west of the Baikal Lake is not known, but ac- cording to reliable information the So- viets have concentrated in that district |3 eight or nine divisions in full war |- strength; that is to say between 100,000 and 120,000 men. They are well equipped and possess some 230 air- planes, tanks, gas and other modern war paraphernalia. When two such armies face each other under the present strained po- litical conditions, when the Japanese still support the white Russian elements who live close to the Soviet borders, and when the military elements in Japan control the destinies of that country, it is only natural that the American and the British governments should be seriously concerned about what may happen on the frontier be- tween Manchuria and Siberia. The situation seems to be at the mercy of the slightest intentional or uninten- tional incident. It is this grave situation which Mr, Stimson and Ramsay MacDonald aré believed to have discussed in their con- versation of last Thursday. Whether ito | they reached some agreen‘ent for a common action and whether any action of outside powers can have any effect on the Japanese government remains 10 be seen, > = ERAILMENT of 21 coal-laden cars at Protection, N. Y., left a bad mess for the wreckers to clean up. Here is a D general view, showing the steel gondolas buckled so severely that they are almost side by side. A brakeman, R. E. Shaffer of Oil City, Pa., is missing. —A. P. Photo, (2 GRADUATED BY NIGHT SCHOOLS Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle Presents Diplomas—Henry Gilligan Speaks. Four public night high schools last night graduated 102 students who had completed the regular course. Held at| Business High School, the exercises were marked by an address by Henry Gilligan, member of the Board of Edu- ion. “;12 . William E. LaRue, pastor of the Takoma Park Baptist Church, pro- nounced both the invocation and the benediction. Willlam G. Betts, presi- dent of the graduating class, welcomed the audience. Music by the Tech Sym- phony Orchestra of McKinley High School, under the faculty leadership of Dore Walten, completed the program. Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, vice presi dent of the S('hrxvl)l 1Board. presented iplomas to the following: 5 r!)msln('s.s-Dfl\‘id Armhold, 3d.; Esther Ida Balterman, Margaret Berrang, Helen Buckley, Margaret Bullough, William Burke. Rudolph Cordua. Susie Dameron. Eugene Darnes. Michae Darter, Katherine Dell 'Erba, Edward Duryee, George Galleher, Chester Haight, Fred Hart, Emest Heinrich, Frances Jewler, Frederick Kane, Edith Lear, John McVearry, George Morency, Mary Powell, Irma Schmidt, Frances Schwoerer, Helen Shedlock, James Smiley, Maude Stearns, Lawrence Stone, Italia Vasco, Louis Werner and Lillian Trofs. Hine—Sonia Lorraine Coopersmith, Catherine Margaret Maher, Wilbert Zackary Mower, Edward Paul Norclo, Frances Leah Pattison, Mary L. Plac- quado, Beulah Minerva Robertson, Wil- bur Wesley Seay. William Haskell Weed. Roosevelt—Robert E. Adams, Edwin West Cowherd, Ida Nusbaum, Milton Albert Smith McKinley—Ennis _William Allison, Myrtle Robin April, Dorothy Lee Baden. na Overton Bassist, Olive Lucile Beardsley, Bernard Hepburn Benson, William Gaffin Betts, Thomas Francis Bradley, Bragunier Bowie Bragunier, Ada Lee Burns, Benjamin, Catchings, jr.; willlam Emmett Ekman, Thelm Marie Emmons, John Frece, Howard | Aldrich Lawrence Prick, Eugene Gauthier, _Elizabeth Ann Gillman, Barbara Goddard, Marvin Clarence Green, Mildred Effie Hadden, Harry James Harth, William Joseph Hene- ghan, Rufus Lee Hill, Joseph William B. Hiscox, Catherine Campbell Hodge, Mary Ailleine Hughes, Archie George Hutson, ‘Walter Howard Kerr, Alden John Kirk- ham, Charles Godfrey Kurz, Mary Lahr, Elmer Emmett Lamb, Denis Aloysius Lane, Edward John Lane, Bernard Bel- more Lindner, Mary Bernadette Linkins, Martha Samena Maxwell, Mildred Lo- rine McPherson, Harry Erasmus Middle- ton, jr.; Evelyn Lillian Mullin, Norah Worthington Offutt, Edwina Marie Pet- | tay, William Leo Porter, Joseph P. Raf- ferty, Chester Eldon Ray, Ernest Oliver Replogle, Laura Lamora Roberts, Ger- aldine Beatrice Robertson, Norman Al- bert Smith, Albert Lewis Starke, San- ford Henry Stover, Harold Tepper, George Frederick Vogel. Willlam Ham- mond Wannall, Stuart W. Westney, Joel Charles Wise. TRAIL CLUB WILL TAKE TRIP TO APPALACHIANS | !wound in the Grecian's side, preventing | Members of District Group to Visit Monongahela National Forest Over Memorial Day. Members of the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club will make a Decoration day trip to Spruce Knob and Seneca Rocks in the Monongahela National Forest, Pendleton County, W. Va. The group will go by bus to Franklin, W. Va., today: climb Spruce Knob to- morrow, and visit Seneca Rocks Mon- day, returning to this city late that evening. JUNIOR LEAGUES ELECT ROSTER OF OFFICERS Mrs. John G. Pratt of New Orleans Heads .Association for Year. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, May 28.—Mrs. John G. Pratt, wife of a New Orleans physi- cian, will head the Association of Junior Leagues of America for the com- ing year. Mrs. Pratt was elected president at the closing sessicn of the 1932 conven- tion here yesterday. She succeeds Mrs. Roger S. Sperry of Waterbury, Conn, Other officers, re-elected, were Mrs, H. H. Armstrong, Hartford, Conn., treasurer; Mrs. B. B. Gates, Dayton, Ohio, vice president, and Miss Abigail Von Schlegell, Pasadena, Calif., secre- tal ll”yhfladelrmh was selected as the 1933 convention city. | St. John’s Victor WALTER DOSH AGAIN WINS ORATORY HONO! Representative of his school in the private and parochial finals of the Na- tional Oratorical Contest here, Walter W. Dosh was again acclaimed leading orator of St. John's College last night. when he won the senior public speaking contest with an oration on “Washin ton and the Constitutional Convention.” All the six orators in the competition spoke on some phase of Washington's | activities, as the program was planned to emphasize celebration of the Bicen- tennial year here. Francis L. Schmehl and John S. Clemence were second and third. In the junior contest, winners were George E. Donn, Willlam J. Tobin, jr.. and Joseph P. McGettigan. Medals will be presented the young orators at the school commencement exercises. SEAMEN PRAISED FOR WORK IN CRASH Rescued Members of Gre- | cian’s Crew Landed at Bos- | ton—Inquiry Started. By the Associated Press BOSTON. May 28.—The steamship City of Chattanooga arrived at Bos- ton today with scraped and twisted plates extending 20 feet back from its bow, and a broken forward flagstaff, telling a tale of a collision at sea, which sank the freighter Grecian and killed four of its crew. Of the 32 members of the Grecian's crew, three who were seriously injured had been removed to Vineyard Haven Hospital yesterday, and 29 disembarked at Boston this morning. Passengers and others aboard the Chattanooga, arriving in Boston a day late as a result of the collision. told of the crash yesterday, off Block Island. They said the impact was not great and that most of the rescued members of the freighter's crew clambered di- rectly aboard the City of Chattanooga, while Capt. C. G. Borum his ship’s bow pressed tightly against the gaping an inrush of water. Caught Between Ships. Ernest Timson of Tampa, Fla., a pas- senger, said the impact did not seem great. He said he had been told one of those killed in the collision had been caught between grinding sections of the tw‘gszgssels as he leaped for a rope—and missed. Ray W. Noon of Boston, another pas- senger, lauded the first officer of the City of Chattanooga, who, he, said, put | off in a lifeboat in the choppy sea and pulled several men from the water. He praised the chief steward for his action in rousing passengers and seeing that all were equipped with life belts, and the second steward, who took special care of the children. Little Excitement. ‘With others, he agreed that there was little excitement aboard the Chatta- nooga, and that the crew behaved as though they had just been through a rehearsal. ‘While the passengers were still de- scending the gangplanks of the steam- ship, the United States Board of Steam- boat Inspectors already had begun an investigation of the collision. Passengers and others reiterated praise today of Capt. Borum for his handling of the situation. WATER AS DISGUISE Mrs. Willes of - Chic ‘was unable emhm & man uam one who robbed her ause, she said, he had washed his face. The man was discharged. Each Dollar Invested in Your . Home Now Will Save Many Later: There are many opportunities to put that “stitch in time.” "A neg- lected $10.00 repair now may mean a $100.00 job next year. “Big jobs from little neglects grow.” A DOLLAR SAVED IS A DOLLAR EARNED SECRECY GUARDS | NEW ECONOMY BILL. Rebuilt Measure Ready for Senate Action Next Week. | By the Associated Press. | Guarded today in deep secrecy, the economy bill is completely restored and | ready for Senate action immediately | after the billion-dollar tax bill is| passed. The six Senators who rebuilt th | measure in weeks of special committee | work, were fearful that if the new draft were disclosed too soon, interests which combined to slaughter the House's | economy program would assemble once again, So they resolved to keep lips sealed until the measure has been ap- proved by the full Appropriations Com- mittee. | This committee will receive the bill | Monday. By Tuesday or Wednesday | | the revenue bill should be passed. When that point is reached, leaders | believe the muddled legislative situation will clear itself considerably Moving | the economy bill will open the way for | | }GARNER ANSWERS HOOVER CRITICISM Speaker Denies Relief Bill Is “Pork Barrel” as Charged by President. (Continued From Pirst Page.) widened enormously today the political rift in Congress over un e grt employment “The most gigantic pork bars proposed—and unexampled ra.dr;ln!lvhe: public Treacury” vere the words Mr, Hoover flung 2t Garner's list of 3.500 c or projects, carried in his $2,100, lief bill. ! e A '{'he President spoke out thus before arge group of newspaper men laf yesterday. His lips were drawn w': bard, straight line and his face was pale with intensity of feeling as he heaped up condemnation on the plan, as one wrecking balanced-budget hopes and threatening the stability of the Government He told how many of these building plans had been discredited by cmzm& itself because of “useless extravagance” involved and said many others had been authorized only for a distant future, when natural growth of communities would justify them. Not 20 per cent, he said. could be brought to the stage of employment for a year, and only 109 000 men could then be put to work. oIt is apparently expected,” he said, that the cupidity of these towns and sections will demand that their Repre- senatives and Senators vote for this bill (rz;“mlreawn :n’ per;lax;ue them if they o join in this squa Pl quandering of “I just do not believe that such lack of intelligence or cupidity exists among the people of our United States. If that shall prove true. then this is not | the United States that had the intelli- ;| gence to frame the Constitution of this Republic, which fought the War of the Revolution, the Civil War, or the World War, that it might be forged nto the greatest Nation of the world.” Reed Denounces Garner. Speaker Garner received word of Mr. Hoover's attack with equanimity, and neither he nor his Democratic associ- ates showed any intention of deviating a particle from the program planned for the bill—three days of committee hearings next week, and House passage right after. Garner said he was prom- ised strong Republican support also. Senator Reed, Republican, of Penn- sylvania, followed the President in de- the seven or eight pending appropria- tion measures, which may be passed | rapidly once a definite policy toward |the "Government expenditures is! | reached. | | _The economy bill is understood to| | reduce Government operating costs by | | some $200,000,000. Though ,the mem- | bers of the special committee said noth. ing, the measure is believed to carry | broad authority for President Hoover to reorganize bureaus and cut wown | overlapping. wasteful activity. While | beyond definite estimate the adminis- | tration hopes to save many millions | through this power. If the Senate's current disposition to | make haste can hold through the | economy bill some members believe ad- journment before the Republican Na- tional Convention, June 14, still is pos- | sible. But the chance is a thin one | in view of the certainty that the highly controversial unemployment relief 1s to be considered and much conference work with the House will be required | to adjust differences on all the finan- cial bills. TRIAL OF COBLENTZ OFF UNTIL TUESDAY| 17 Witnesses Are Heard in Case| | of Trust Company | President. Special Dispatch to The Star | CUMBERLAND. Md., May 28 —After | hearing the testimony of 17 witnesses in the trial of Emory L. Coblentz, presi- dent of the Central Trust Co. Fred- erick, indicted for receiving a deposit | when he knew the bank was insolvent, the case having been removed from Howard County, court adjourned late yesterday afternoon until Tuesday morning. Much time was consumed with the testimony of H. E. Meeks, an auditor- examiner of the State bank commission- er’s office, who took charge of the af- fairs of the Central Trust Co. soon after it closed. He submitted a list of col- lateral pledged by Central Trust Co. for | various loans. He was excused until Tuesday, when he will return to the witness stand. Other witnesses’ testimony had to do with the guaranteeing of bonds and | notes of the Central Trust Co. and | of syndicates. These witnesses were presented by the State and the defense in cross-examination on the contention that Senator Coblentz had faith in them and this faith bolstered his be- lief that the institution was solvent tried to bring out that their financial standing at the time the bank closed was such as to confirm this belief. Thomas B. Hayward, once director of Bartlett, Hayward & Co., Baltimore bankers, who owns a fruit farm near Frederick, testified as to having been approached by Charles McC. Mathias, vice president of Central Trust Co.. who asked that Hayward put money into the Central Trust Co. as a tem- porary loan. ‘This was in January, 1931. Hayward said he went to Baltimore and secured $90,000 from the Union Trust Co. upon posting collateral, and placed it in the Central institution. He was given a book of deposit, which he exhibited, al- though he wanted a note. The loan was to bear 6 per cent interest. The money was still owing him when the bank closed. Former D. C. Girl, Penniless, Seized at Pawnshop With Gun Arrested While Trying to Raise Loan for Hus- band and Child. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 28.—The Ernest Pattersons, Mr. and Mrs. and 9-year-old Billy, had found the going tcugh in El1 Paso, Tex. Unemployment had cut into their savings until $150 alone remained. They packed their belongings and themselves into their automobile and started for New York, where Patterson, a Union bricklayer, and his wife, a stenographer, hoped to find work. Motor trouble caused unexpected ex- penditures and they arrived in New YorR penniless. They drove up to a West One-Hundred-and-Twenty-fifth attempted 1o Mhire ‘1:“' P.d Y at pt Pl er husband’s .38- S Detechve- Josph ‘Bark ive Josepl e, present in melhop.lrruudhnonlchngot violating the State anti-firearms law. Magistrate Adolph Stern heard her her to the Salvation ouncing Garner, charging him with willingness to destroy the Government's credit “in endeavoring to promote his personal prospects.” Revised Figures. Majority Leader Rainev today made public a formal printed statement showing the revised Garner relief pro- gram would total $2,309.084,337, in- cluding public works construction to cost $1,209,084,337 Besides the $100.000,000 for direct relief to be administered by President Hoover, the program provides $730,991,- 869 in newly authorized projects and $478.092,468 for reauthorized projects. A total of $421.589.869 is carried for rivers and harbors projects. including $116,500,000 for the deepening of the Mississippi River channel from the mouth of the Ohio to Minneapolis and $69.760.000 for the improvement of the Tennessee River. In addition, a total of $180.692,468 is carried for flood control on projects heretofore authorized A total of $227.400.000 is provided for Federal highway aid. including_$16,- 000,000 for forest roads and trails. For public buildings. mostly post of- fices and court houses, $373,402,000 is authorized The President said: “The urgent question today is the prompt balancing of the budget. When that is accomplished I propose to sup- ort adequate measures for relief of distress and unemployment. In the meantime it is essential that there should be an understanding of the character of the draft bill made pub- lic yesterday in the House of Repre- sentatives for this purpose. That draft bill supports some proposals we have already made in aid to unemployment through the use of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to make loans for projects which have been in abeyance, and which proposal makes no drain on the taxpayer But in addition it pro- Poses to expend about $900,000,000 for Federal public works. Believes in People. “I believe the American people will Frasp the econcmic fact that such action would require appropriations to be made o the Federal departments, thus creating a deficit in the budget that could only be met with more taxes and more Federal bond issues. That makes balancing of the budget hcpeless. The country also understands that an un- ‘Ybalanced budget means a loss of confi- dence of our own people and of other nations in the credit and stability of the Government, and that the conse- quences are naticnal demoralization and the loss of 10 times as many jobs as would be created by this program, even if it could be physically put into action. “An examination of only one group of these proposals—that is, proposed authorizations for new post offices— shows a list of about 2,300 such build= ings, at a total cost of about $150,000,- 000. The Post Office Department in- forms me that the interest and up- keep of these buildings would amount to $14,000,000 per annum. whereas the upkeep and rent of buildings in pres- ent at use amounts to less than $3,- 000,000. Many of the other groups in this bill will no more stand the light of day than this example. “A total of over 3,500 projects of various kinds are proposed in this bill, scattered into every quarter of the United States. Many of these projects have heretofore been discredited by Congress because of useless extrava- gance involved. Many were originally authorized as justified only in the long distant future. I do not believe that 20 per cent could be brought to the stage of employment for a year. I am advised by the engineers that the amount of labor required to complete a group of $400,000.000 of these works would amount to only 100,000 men for one year, because they are in large degree mechanical jobs. “Gigantic Pork Barrel.” “This is not unemployment relief. It is the most gigantic pork barrel ever proposed to the American Congress. It is an unexampled raid on the public Treasury. “Detailed lists of all these projects have been broadcast to every part of the country during the past 24 hours, to the cities, towns, villages and sec- tions, who would receive a portion of this pork barrel. It is apparently expected that the cupidity of these towns and sections will demand that their Congressmen and Senators vote for this bill, or threaten to penalize them if they fail to join in this squandering of money. “I just do not believe that such lack of intelligence or cupidity exists among the people of our United States. If that shall prove true, then this is not the United States that had the intel- ligence to frame the Constitution of this republic, which fought the War of the Revolution, or the Civil War, or the ‘World War. that it might be forged into the greatest Nation the world, the whole foundations of which are com- mon sense, honesty, character and idealism. Our Nation was not founded on the pork barrel, and it has not be- story, paroled Army, which then gave her husband and boy something to eat and a place to sleep until the case is disposed of. gt i R W - 4820 and 1921, come great by political log rolling I ! hope that these many members of Con- gress of both parties who-I know will meon':t" t?’lll Wmmrec‘::v:h 3: dd,:nl;:‘te sup) e people tricts in resisting it.”