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WEAT (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) slightly Cloudy, tonight: showers north or northwest. Temperatures—Highest, 86, at 3:45 ; lowest. 64, at 6 a.m. today. Full repori on page 3. p.m. yesterda tomorrow ~ fair and Wwarmer; gentle shifting winds becoming HER. ‘possibly warmer, Closing N, Y, Markets, Pages 12 & 13 @h Entered as secol post office, 32,218, Washingion, nd class matter D.. C. WASHINGTON ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. (., SATURDAY, ’ ¢ Toening” Star. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. Yesterday's Circulation, 117,887 JULY 16, 1932 —TWEN Y-SIX PAGES. *** P) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. SENATE APPROVE JOBLESS AD BILL; PUBLICITY CLAUSE ON LOANS RETAINED Conference Report on Meas- ure Now Goes to President After Move to Delay Final Action Is Blocked. PRESSURE OVER U. S. DEVELOPS OVERNIGHT | | House Leaders Consulted by Senate| Representatives on Question of | Eliminating Clause — Favor Adoption of Preposal as Is. The $2,122,000.000 relief bill received final congressional | action when the Senate this afternoon adopted the confer- ence report without a record vote. The measure now goes to the President for his approval. It carries the so-called Garner publicity clause, calling for monthly reports of all loans made by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation These reports are to be made to the | Senate, the House and the President. "~ | B the Associated Press A move to send the unemploy- ment relief bill back to conference with the House developed today in the Serate as the result of a, Nation-wide pressure from banks, to eliminate the provision requir- ing publicity on Reconstruction Finance Corporation loans. | Senate leaders were somewhat, apprehensive over the possibility | of adjourning Congress toright, as the movement seemed to gain headway. They sent representatives over to consult House leaders to de- termine whether sentiment in that branch had changed suffi-! ciently to allow elimination of the | publicity clause. There was a strong factor in the Senate, however, opposed to sending the bill back to conference and de- manding that the bill be passed and | sent to the White Houce. | Pressure Quickly Develops. The pressure against the publicity clause developed overnight. Yesier- day the Senate was ready to approve the conference report without debale.[ Bankers throughout the country, | however, wired to their Senators op- | posing the publicity clause on loans ! from the Reconstruction Corporation. President Hoover and members of the Reconstruction Corporation Board op: posed the publicity feature, but Presi- aent Hoover agreed vesterday to sign | the bill with it included end let Con- | gress take the responsibility Senator Robinson. the Democratic Jeader, conferred with Speaker Garner on the publicity provision | Hints at Wall Street. | Asked if it was not true that trou-| ble was brewinz on the Senate side over the provision, Garner told news. paper_men: It seems like there might be. Wall Stree: and others s to, be objecting to the publicity provision. | Apparently. some people expect Con-| gress to jump through the hoop when | Wall Street speaks. “I don't jump through the hoop. I've always held that Congress should Teach its own conclusions without out- #ide influence.” The corporation itself. in a letter to the conferees, said “such a provision against the public interest and may result in irreparable damage " It sug gested a congressional committee to study its reporis conficentially. but the recommendation was ignored. $3,800,000,000 Available. The relief bill makes $3. 8000000001 available to the corporaticn. Of this| $1.800.000,000 increase in present funds, | $300,000,000 is provided for immediate | relief loans to States and $1.500.000.000 for other lcans intended to create em- | ployment ! It also carries a $322.000,000 public consiruction program. of which $190.- 000,000 could be postponed if the Treas- | { injury today when hi ' an adjournment of Congress tcday. { venture to say Narrowly Escapes RUMANIAN MI TER'S CAR SNAPS OFF POLE. CHARLES A. DAVILA. By the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R. I, July 16— Charles A. Davila, Rumanian Minister to the United States. narrowly escaped automobile snap- ped Off & teiegraph pole as he attempted to pass a truck near Wakefield. The Minister was on his way to Long Is- Jand ~Harris-Ewing Photo. SENATE ADAMANT FOR CURRENCY EXPANSION PLAN IWarning Goes Unheeded That House Will Refuse to Con- sider Glass Pian. The House this afternoon egain rejected the currency expansion fea- ture of the home loan discount bill, signalling the end of the home loan legislation at this session unless the Senate backs out from the 44-to-20 vote, by which it earlier today in- sisted on the controverted section. Despite a warning by Senator Wat- son. the Republican leader. that the House “will never agree to the Borah- Glars inflation emendment.” and that the home loan bank would be dead if the Senate continued to insist on the Borah-Glass currency expansion amend- ment. the Senate today voted, 44 to 20, to continue its support of that amend- ment to the home loan bank bill. This further complicated plans for 1t an adjournment is obtained it might be at the expense of the home loan bank bill Just after the vote. Watson told his colleagues ““the home loan bill is dead.” He added that under House riles unznimous consent would be required to take up the bill there today and that two members were readyv to object. Deadlock Unbroken. Previously he had reminded the Sen- ate that the measure had been in con- ference twice without breaking the deadlock over the currency expansion provision and said: “The Borah amendment. in my opin- on. is dead and being dead why attach it to the home loan bill and send it to is death also?” Senator Borzh. Republican. of Idaho rising suddenly, retorted sharply “Therein the Senator is mistaken that if there is a yvea and nay vote in the House. it will be adopted. T've been adviced there is very strong sentiment for it in the House There was a viva voce vote and no one was paying anv attention to the merits of the proposal.” The House had taken a recess shortly after 11 o'clock to meet »gain at the call of the Speaker. pending action by the Senate on the home loan bank bill and the relief bill. Only Point Unsettled. Conferees on the home loan bank bill at a meeting this morning had agreed on ell provisions in the measure except the Borah-Glass amendment. Senator Norbeck of South Dakota. acting for the Senate conferees, moved for adoptior of the conference report (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) BRAZILIAN FLYERS FIRE UPON REBELS By the Associared Press RiO DE JANEIRO, July loyal army airplanes, out on a recon- noitering_flight over the revolutionary area. in Sao Paulo Staie. fired upon the rebels with their machine guns. it was announced here today. There was no indication of the num- 1 |CHINESE TRAIN ATTACKED| 16—Two | nxl’.v r::g]d the nuigg,\nh&mmt:;i:;h;b“‘ Ofu‘m ::( cesualties 5‘|r|flered by the rebels ©oblain: e on reas st n the encounter, ny ‘A deadlock in the conference bsiveen | ' pyasident Vargas set up a food com- the two houses broke up early yester-jmij-cjon yesterday to guarantee the sup- HOOVER' LETTER ON DEBTS BRINGS PARI DISCLAIMER |France Denics Intention to Form United Front Against U. S. EXTREME NATIONALISTS EXCORIATE STATEMENT Official Attitude, However, Is That All Interpretations of Pacts Must Be Avoided Now. | By the Associated Press, PARIS, July 16.—The storm raised abroad by riot’s statement on the connection of the post-Lausanne accord with Great Brit- ain and Amevican var debts con'inued to preoccupy official circles today spite of an official announcement jes- | terday intended to clarify the situation. The statement, following by one day | President Hoover's leiter to Senator 1‘ Borah declaring the United States would | not be influenced on the debt question | by any united front in Europe, em-! phasized that it was far from the in- | tention of France to form such a front. Any assertion that the recent Franco- British accord would restrict Great Brit- ain in making new arrangements for war debt payments to the United States was palpably absurd. it said. in Hoover Letter Criticized. The principal s newspapers care- fully avoided comment on these devel- | | opments today. but some of the extreme Naticnalist ns excoriated the Hoo- ver letter. Emile Bure, writing in L'Ordre, said “Such an extravagance would be laugh- | the report of Premier Her- | — LOAN TO AUSTRIA MAY SAVE ECROPE {Nation Bankrupt, but Nego- tiates $42,000.000 Fund From League Council. able in less catastrophic times.” “President Hoover led his country to ruin.” M. Bure continued, “while pre-| dicting prosper Shall we continue to accept him as a guide?” | Referring to the Hoover letter. Jacques Bainville, in L'Action Francaise. said: | “Thus spake Nepoleon, William II and Zarathustra!” | The upshot of the explanations yes- terday appeared to be that Premier Herriot considers the Franco-British accord binds Great Britain to consult and advise with Frarce before makin any new arringements for pavment of | its war debts to the United States, bu Gees not in any way prevent an ndi- | vidual agreement. i Herriot Assertion Stands. | The statement which caused the fu- rore was attributed to Premier Her- riot on Wednesday the Havas (French) News Agency, and was con- sidered semi-official at the time The French government issued no denial that the premier had made such an as- | sertion in reporting the accord to the Finance Committee of the Chamber of | Deputies Today the official French attitude (Continued on Page 2, Column 7. GERMANY QUESTIONS | CONSULTATIVE PACT: t London Queried on Meaning of | Combination as Affecting | United States. i By the Associated Press i BERLIN. July 16.—Before deciding | whether to participate in the Franco- British consultative pact, which Italy ! and Belgium already have joined, the| German government has put a num- | ber of questions to the government at London, to learn exactly what implica- | tions are involved in the agreement. Throughout the Lavsanne negotia- | ticns Germany asserted that she would have nothing to do with eny combina- tion against the United States on the debts. Presumably this is one of the points which the Government wishes | to clear up before joining the new accord | i Eight Trainmen Reported Killed.! Five Passengers Wounded. | TOKIO. July 16 (P.—Eight train- men were killed and five passengers| wounded by Chinese rebels who held up | an international train on the Chinese| Eastern Railway between Harbin and| Machuli yesterday, it was reported here today. The attack occurred while the train was pessing through the Hingan Moun- tains. This was the first international train molested since the outbreak of the { ing la d BY JOHN GUNTHER. Br Cakle 'o The Star. VIENNA, July 16— Austria gave u| the financial ghost last night by finally declaring what js tantamount to a lim- ited transfer moratorium, thus joining Hungary, Bulgaria and Greece as Eu- rope’s official bankrupts. At the same time. by a remarkable juxtaposition of circumstances, Austria approved a protocol whereby at last it received A new loan of 300,000,000 schillings (842 000.000). No more perfect proof could be de- ized that at present Austria and other Central European countries can on pay what they owe by borrowing mo; Creditors can hope to save their invest- ments only bv giving new cash to the def ting debtors. Yet the price is not 100 high for Europe to pay. May Be Turning Point. Austria is not alone responsible for its plight and the alternative to a loa might b> the financial destruction of what is left of Central Europe. The loan may possibly be a turning point in Eurcpean reconstruction, even as was a similar Austrian loan in 1923 The events of the busy night may be classified as follows 1. The moratorium is not called a moratorium. It is called a “measure for the prohibition of export of foreign curr-ncics for the purpese of debt pay- ments abroad.” It prcvides that the ervice on public debs. beth interest and emortization, shall ba deposited in schillings in blocked accounts with the Austrian National Bank instead of be- transferred abroad to creditors This is the procedure which Huneary Greece and Bulgaria have already classicized. The Austrian decree gives the i creditors to spond their m-ney within usiria either to pay pressirg private ebts or for residence and tourist pur- poses. Service on a'l private debts like- wis2 will not be transferred, but will be sterilized in local s*hilling accounts The total value of foreign lcans in ctria. evcluding the two exempted from the moratorium but including money tied up in the Credit Anstalt and cther private banks, is abcut $260,000,- 000. of which the American share is 2bout $75,000,000 League Approves Loan. 2. Immediately on the heels of the announcem:nt of the moratorium came the news that the League Council had approved an Austrian loan. The loan is or 302.000.000 schillings, but 1000.000. - 000 of it will at once be absorbed to repay Austria’s outstanding debt to the Bank of Encland. What is left will be used to buttress the falling reserves of the National Bank and presumably 1o resume debt service when the mora- terium ends. The protocol to the loan renews the declaration in the 1923 protocol tiat Austria must not jeopardize its inde- pendence: hence a customs union with Germany is outlawed for another tw) decades. 3. Political opposition to the new loan gained force here, but was extinguished at the last moment. The Social Demo- crats and pan-Germans started to op- pose it because of the “Anschluss” ban. day as soon, in fact, as assurance came | that the President would sign the bill. The Senators then yielded to the in- sistent House demand for the publigity | clause _The House then approved the con- (Continved on Page 2, Column 3.) PHILIPPINE ECONOMY ASKED BY GOVERNOR Br the Associated Press MANILA, Philippine Islands, July 16. —Gov. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt opened the annual session of the Philippine Legislature today with demands to cut costs of government and increase its ncome. As other primar 100-day session he urged improving the condition of the Filipino by extending aid to the small farmer and increasing the scope of education. He pointed out drastic measures al- ready have been taken to curtail gov- erriment costs. but nevertheless the operating deficit for the current year has mounted to an estimated $8.500.000 8 fourth of the authorized expenditures. When the last Legiclature openec. the 1slands had a surplus of $6.366.500. But these economies, involving a sav- ing of $2450.000 and including a vol- untary 10 per cent cut in his own sul- ary, Gov. Roosevelt said. have failed to check the increasinz deficit. e svid revenues for the coming year probably will show a decrease. objectives of the| plies of Rio de Janeiro. most of which were formerly obtained from the rebel state, Sao Paulo. The government of Rio Grande do | Sul announced there was no truth in i Teports the revolt was spreading to that i state. !Mrs. Cora Williams and By the Associated Press. { PANAMA CITY, July 16—Two Amer- ican women, mother and her daughter who married members of the diminutive {San Blas Ind.an tribe. which inhabits the Ncrth Coast of Panama and sur- rounding islands, are waiting here for { transpoztation to New York, their matri- monial careers ended The women were Gladvs Brown. who married William White E~gle in Akron. !Ohio, in 1930, and her mother. Cora. who married Charles Willlams in N York. Mrs. Williams is 65. The twe couples lived in the San {Blas territory until recently. Th» women left when they discovered their Lusbands preferred the native girls. AKRON. Ohio, July 18 (#).—An ap- peal to the Red Cross to return two They rctreated. Money talks. 4. An Austro-Hungarian tariff war has begun as if In sardonic answer to {the hopes of the Western powers tha: | assistance from abroad would pour oil recent trouble in Manchuria. taly's Jobless Deéresse. I‘TINY INDIANS LIKE TRIBE GIRLS, TWO U. S. WIVES BOUND HOME | E : Husbands—Red Cross Aid Asked. ROME, July 16 (.—Italy's unem- | ployed totaled 905.000 on June 30, a de- | crease of 63.000 in two weeks ) 1 Daughter Leave Panama ‘ American women who married San Blas | Indians was planned by Pay Hageman, a rubber worker here who said the vomen are his mother and half-sister. Hageman said the women, Mrs. Cora D. Brown, 65, and her daughter, Gladys, 25, had wri‘ten to Red Cross headquar- ers at Cristobal. Canal Zone. saving | hen we were married our husbands said they belonged to a civilized tribe, but we have been deceived.” The women also complained th weres compelled to sleep on boards in a leaky hut. The food is terrible and un- less taken away from here we shall surely die.” Hageman said he had received one letter from his mother since she went to a lonely island off the Atlantic Coast of Panama. He replied two months ago but received no answer. on the troubled Central European vaters. Austria stands to lose about $30.000.000 a year and Hungary about $15.000.000 on"account of their sudden and silly tariff squabble. (Copyright. 1932.) VETS' GROUP FORMED T0 BLOCK BONUS MOVE Equity League Organized at Pitts- burgh to Oppose Payment Re- garded as Discriminatory. By the Associated Press PITTSBURGH July 16.—Efforts to block immediate payment of bonus money to war veterans is the objective of the Veterans' Equity League formed here last night. Inability of the Government to meet demands of ex-soldiers whose bonuses are not due until 1945 and belief that Veterans are not entitled to relief be- fore citizens who were not in the serv- jce led to the formation of the group R A Tucker, membership chairman. said. = o Nine Die in Brazilian Mine. RIO DE JANEIRO, July 16 (. —Nine miners ware Killed last night In an ex- plosion in the Morro Velho mine in the state of Minas Geraes. { Nashville Jail Empty for First Time in Memory By the Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. July 16 —The city jail was empty yester- day. the first time in the memory of police and jail officers that no cell was occupied. All the doors in the building stood open. while turnkeys and other at-endants sought cool spots to escape the heat _STRANGER” HUNTED IN REYNOLDS' CASE Motorist Who Asked Way to Estate on Slaying Night Wanted. By the Associated Press WINSTON-EALE! The theory that some “stranger” may have slain Smith Reynolds, 20-vear-old tobacco millicndire, was checked by au- thorities today Sheriff Transou Scott disciosed he was sceking an unidentified motorist who inquired the way to Reynolda sev- eral hours belore Revnolds fell with a bullet in his nead July 6 This, coupled with an unexplained visit to the sheriff's office by A'bert Walker, young chum of Reynolds. whose story cf the fatal night supported a suicide theory, served to revive interest in the case Walker was accompanied by his at- . but they did not see the sheritl who was out. Sheriff Scott has said he wished to question Walker further. Althovgh investigitors leaned toward the belief the unidentified man was merely on his way to Reynolda to at- tend a party heid there that night. Sheriff Scott said no clue would be 1g- nored. Reynolds was fonnd by Walker on a sleeping porch of the large family estate. Walker testified he had made suicide threats Mrs. Reynolds. the former Libby Hol- man of Broadway blues singing fame. supported the suicide theory with t statement that in a brief lucid period, out of many hours in which she re- membered nothing else, she saw Smith place a pisiol to his head and fire. Sheriff Scott said there were numer- ous discrepancies to be checked in testi- mony at the inquest, which resulted in a verdict of death at the hands of “party or pariies unknown.” FREEDOM KEYNOTE SOUNDS AT QUEBEC Irish Delegate, However, Says In- terest Is Primarily on Economic Side. By the Associated Press. FIVE-DAY PLAN 1P IN2 DEPARTMENTS Decision on Payless Leaves Still Withheld by Labor and Interior. With the haze of uncertainty that has surrounded the status of Government workers at last cleared up. the vast civilan army today for the first time in weeks was able to report for duty with some assurance of the working conditions by which it will be governed in the next 12 menths. The pronouncement from.the White House putting the stamp of approval on tne principle of the five-day week and providing for furloughs instead of dismissal where possible, coupled with regulations laid down a week ago by Controller General McCarl for admin- istering the fiscal provisions of the new economy act, gave departmental heads the machinery to carry out the rigid retrenchment program under which operations now must be carried on. Just how far the five-day week would be invoked still was a matter of conjec- ture. although it seemed likely that it would be confined generally to per diem workers and some independent estab- lishments. Out in 8 Departments. It appeared to be definitely out in all but two of the 10 executive depart- ments—Interior and Labor. In the for- mer a survey of the bureaus was start- ed yesterday to ascertain its possibili- ties. At the latter no decision has been reached, according to information this morning. The President. it has been emphasiz- ed, is anxious that the principle be ap- plied wherever feasible, but recognizes #s did the Council of Personnel Ad- ministration which recommended its adoption when pos-ible. that the con- tinuous services required by so many agencies set up a barrier. particularly where shortage of funds precludes stag- gering employment It was at first thought that the Dis- | trict Government might go on the five- day plan today. but after a series of conferences yesterdav the Commission- ers delayed action until nexi week. Dis- trict per diem workers already are on the five-day basis. as is the Navy fleld (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) U. S. ACTION OPPOSED Society in Panama Against Put- ting Section of Road Into Zone. PANAMA CITY. July 16 (#.—The Reserva Nacionalistsa, a recently organ- ized patriotic society which seeks re- vision of the existing treaty with the United States, planned a demonstraticn late today to protest against a reported | executive order of President Hoover in- | corporating a section of the road to the Madden Dam into the Canal Zone. The Panama secretary of state said he was not notified of the Hoover order NEAR RIOT THREATENS AS BONUS LEADER AND AIDES ARE ARRESTED Waters and Four Others Seized as ~ They Lead 3,000 Men Across Capitol Plaza. DE l()NSTRATi()N FOLLOW CLASH NARROWLY AVERTED ‘Glassford Holds Kangaroo Court and Releases Quintet, Quieting Thou- dll(lS ()f Mar(-ller | Disorder that nearly precipitated a clash broke out in front of | the Capitol shortly after Congress convened for its last session this | morring when police arrested the Bonus Expeditionary Force com- | mander-in-chief, Walter W. Waters, and Capt. Doak Carter, another | ranking bonus marcher, as they led a force of 3,000 World War vet- |erans seeking payment of the so-called soldiers’ bonus across the Capitol Plaza in defiance of police orders. QUEBEC, July 16—Sean T. O'Kelly, but that in 1928 a Panama presidentia heading the delegation from the Irish Free State to the Imperial Economic Conference, arrived with his colleagues this morning and sounded his battle cry of freedom in his first interview. Ireland intends to be free, and she will be free.” he said, but he empha- sized that his business here is economic matters and that he has no intention of bringing up during the imperial con- ference any of the political issues re- garding which the Free State and Great Britain are now is dispute. Ireland wants a larger share of empire trade. he said, and is prepared to approach the other British common- wealths with proposals of mutual advantage. RAIN BRINGS RESPITE TO HEAT-RIDDEN CITY ‘Warmer Weather Predicted Tomor- row After Fall of Nearly Three-quarters of Inch. The nearly three-quarters of an inch of rain which fell last night and this morning gave the Capital temporary relief {rom the heat of the last week, but the Weather Bureau forecast for the week end was for warmer weather again. ‘The prediction for today is cloudy weather throughout, with possible showers tonight, and tomorrow fair and warmer. ‘The temperature was expected to ri owly today, drop with the and resume ihe climb tomor- W morning. The offictal measurement of the night’s rainfall was .70 of.an inch. decree granted the United States juris- diction over the road during the con- struction of the dam. Three other bonus marchers were also arrested after they attempted to make speeches from the men to go to the rescue of the | After staging a three-hour demon- stration the main body of the veterans began to leave the Capitol grounds at 12:40 o'clock this afterncon after a committee had presented a petition to Speaker Garner. demanding that Con- gress not adjourn until some material aid had been given them. The trouble started within a time after approximately 5.000 from various bonus camps in this had marched to the Capitol to force 400 Californians. who had up an all-night siege in front of t building. The California continge parading in squads of 30 marched all night long through a diiving ra many of them discarding their shirts and shoes As the new arrivals reached the plaza, Waters and Carter took charge Alter a few minutes’ c rence, W: ters stepped out of the ranks and shouted. “Come on!" His command was answered with a surge of men running at a dog trot across the plaza. rushing by the police and making toward the main steps. Glassford Arrests Waters. Gen. Glassford and Inspector Al- bert J. Headley marched out to meet them. Glassford grabbed Waters and Headlev took Carter into custody They were rushed into the basement of the building Police succeeded in checking the rush- ing men and pushed them back past the bandstand The men began to thout for the release of their commander. Three men jumped to the stand and attempted to make speeches. but police grabbed them before they could utter a word. In answer to the shouts of the crowd ior the release of Waters, Glassford brought the commander out on to the sieps of the Capitol and released him “1 refuse to go.” shouted Waters at Glassford. “I think 1 am entitled to know what has happened while I was under arrest Glassford whispered Walers and they went Capitol Building. This was the signal for another rush by the veterans. As they were pressing past a policeman a woman dressed in the Red Cross nurse uniform leaped to the bandstand and shouted at the top of her voice for_the men to fall back The veterans obeyed her frantic arm- waving signals and stopped. She im- mediately began a marching song and the next moment the veterans were joining in the singing. The woman gave her name as Maretta Arson of New York City. She said she had come here in behalf of the borus campaign. She said she wes a registered nurse and had worked in many of the principal hospitals in New | York. short men area something to back into the Mrs. Garner a Spectator. Spectators filled all the windows of the Capitol and clustered on the out- side edges of the crowd Among thase watching the demon- stration was Mrs. John Garner, wife of the Speaker of the House, who leaned out of a third floor window to watch After Waters and his aides explained they didn't know they were violating | any law. Glassford released them with the understanding they would remain on the other side of the plaza from the Capitol and try to help their fol- lowers in_order hereafter. Asked if he was going to have the plaza cleared, Glassford said “Yes, but I'm going to take my time about it - He mounted the band stand facing the crowd, and walked up and down the broad flat platform cracking jokes with the vetera “Reds" Donlin, a sorrel-topped veteran who has been staging shows on the Anacostia flats for his ccmrades. leaped to the platform and implored his com- rades to change their vells and boos into song He began singing “Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here. Within a few minutes several joined him and later hundreds of husky voices began chorusing. WRECKED AIRMAN DESCRIBES | HORRORS OF TROPIC JUNGLE American Who “Cracked Up” in Mexico Spent Three Weeks Crawling Four Miles to Safety. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, July 16.—Little by little today, as a wavering and halting | voice came back to him, Clarence Mc- Elroy, American aviator who was res. cued yesterday from the deep Mexican | jungle, was able to tell snatches of the | horror through which he lived for 17 days. | " "McElroy was brought in to the little | town of San Geronimo yesterday by a | searching party half dead from starva- tion, thirst and an injured leg. He had been missing since June'27 when he took off trom Vera Cruz in a plane he_was flying to Honduras for delivery Roy Gordon. American resident of | Tegucigalpa, Honduras, who was flying | | with him, was killed in the crash. which occurred in the midst of a ‘ter- | rific tropical storm. | The crash of the ship after the mo- i tor failed left McElroy badly hurt, with- | h no_knowledge | out food or water, of Spanish or of how to combat or es- lrnpr the deadly perils of a tropical | Jungle. With almost, unbelievable fortitude, | however. he tried to arrange the wreckage to protect the body of his companion as well ss possible from the jungle beasts. This done, he made |8 crude attempt to dress his injured ward, knowing the low mountain range and civilization lay beyond. Constantly on the alert to escape snakes, wild beasts and disease, and fighting off tropical insects. crawled his painful way through the tangled thicket. Yet so handicapped was he that he estimates he only covered four miles in nearly three weeks of crawling. The jungle at that point is well-nigh im passable and he had no teols to cut through. Although he said he believed the from where he was found. searching parties had not located it after a full lay of looking. The volunteer expedi- tion pushed on, however, although members said there wes no Lope of re- covering Gordor's body. which prob- ably long since had been carried away by wild beasts. { eg and then struck out for the west- | MCcElroy | wreckege was only four miles distant | a bandstand on the plaza, urging bonus army officers. Abou taken 20 minutes after Waters was iside the building for the second time. he wa. ain escorted to the top of the steps by police. Blowing his istle a cherp blast and holding up kis hands the men to keep quiet, o address them ve permission for vou men to e center steps of the Capitol.” shouted 1 have promised the to keep the sidewalk in front of ding clear. so come on up onto Steps Marchers Rush Up Steps. There was a wild rush of men up the long flight with the American flags 1 the foreground. After restoring order again, continued with his address “I'm going to see Hoover today and I want to assure you that going to leave Washington u demands are met At this juncture an amb ten screeching passed near the Capi- tol. The men U ned to see where t ambulance was going 1t may be the Bia.k Maria" shouted Waters, “coming for me. I'm ready to go. but Tl go a When they arrested me I dem to kn-w why 1 was under arre: ord or other policemen would tell me a When I came out onto the steps a few minutes ago and when I was taken back inside they demanded thst I go with Glaseford out of the side docr. I told them then I would go afighting. They grabbed me and I showed them I would fight and they turned me loose “I made them no promise. The privi- lege to occupy these steps was an over- ture on part cf police for us to remain peaceful and I hope we all will remain peaceful. Keep up the shouting. for they say today is the last day Congress will be in session Others Are Freed. announced that Ca and the three other men who had been ken into custody at the same time him had also been release: When the rush started across the plaza. the iron-barred doors at all en- trances to the Capitol were closed. No one was allowed to enter the build After Waters had been released and had joined his forces again. Glassford and Senator Bingham. Repu n, of Connecticut. who was among those re- sponsib'e for rescinding the order for es to reinforce police Thursday, a consulation under the main Waters Waters “Hour of Anxiety One hour after the demonstration started. Police Supe ford said he had the situation wel control. He admitted he had called ad- ditional reserves to the Capitol during what he called the “hour of anxiety.” He denied a report in circulat the Capitol that he had called for a troop of cavalry Explaining the arrest of Waters and the four other men. Glassford said that Waters violated the lations. “I asked him after we got him in the Cap- itol Building why he had done so. and Waters replied that he did not know (Continued on Page 2. Column 1) PILOT BURNED TO DEATH Second-Hand Monoplane - Crashes With 18-Year-0ld. WASHINGTON, Pa. July 16 (#.—A second-hand monoplane burst _into flames and fell near the Washington County Home vesterday, and the pilot, Frark Peternall. 18, burned to death Miners returning from work at a pit earby saw the plane take fire Peternall circled his blazing crafe low over the home several times. then it crashed into a field. The aviator was dead when thy | miners reached the wreckage. TRIPATO U. S. FAVORED French Cabinet Likely to Approve | Costs for Ex-Soldiers’ Tour. PARIS, July 16 (). —The cabinet de- cided today the attitude it would ob- serve before the Chamber of Deputies on various projects, including an ap- propriation of approximately $125.000 | to defray the expense of sending a | group of French former soldiers to the | United States to attend the American Legion Convention. The decision on this said to be favorable. question was SLAIN IN GUNMAN RIOT Two Women Are Victims and Oth- \ ers Wounded in Clash. | BERLIN, July 16 (P.—Two women were killed and two men were seriously injured at Langenselbold last night | during a riot between unemployed and police. Numerous others were less se- riously hurt. ‘There was a similar clash at Halle, | the Communist district of Berlin, witn | numerous injuri At Nordhorn several were hurt in a political demonstration, which ended in a fight between Nazis end Communists, {Radio Programs ;7P;;¢ B4 ¥