Evening Star Newspaper, July 21, 1932, Page 1

WEATHER. (U 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Local thundershowers tonight and probably tomorrow; not quite so warm tomorrow afternoon and night. Tem- peratures—Highest, 89, at 12:30 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 75, at 5 a.m. today. Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 ch WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star. — No Entered as second class matter 99¢ 2,22 post office. Washil D: C WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY ) JULY 21, 1932—FORTY-TWO PA *%% The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. Yesterday’s Circulation, 116,634 .~ P Means Associated Press. '['\WO CENTS. Showers Relieve City Temporarily; More Rain Likely An unexpected thundershower brought temporary relief from the heat this morning, lowering the mercury from the 84-degree mark at 10 am. to 79 an hour later. More rain was predicted for tonight or tomorrow by the Weather Bureau. Hot weather is promised for the next three or four days, however. Though the shower this morn- ing was accompanied by a tem- perature drop, it also brought an increase in humidity. An even greater increase was expected this afternoon. The forecasters said clouds | | probably would slightly lessen | | the heat. Temperatures several degrees lower than those of the last few days are predicted for the week end. FARLEY MAKES BID 10 SMITH FORGES Campaign Head TREASURY DRDERS) BONUS FORGES 10 LEAVE ALL PUBLIC AREAS BY AUGUST 4 Demands Several Thousand Be Ousted From Southwest Washington and Avenue Places of Residence. GET REMOVAL REQUEST Departure Must Start by Tomor-| row—Rcbartson Announces Cal- ifornia “Death Marchers” Will| City for Barnstorming - Roosevelt eave Campaign Tour in 48 Hours. BULLETIN. The District Commissioners, | acting upon request of Federal au- thorities, this afternoon ordered a | general evacuation of bonus! marchers from public property by noon of August 4. The order includes all park areas, including Anacostia Park, Camp Meigs and Camp Simms. All tentage and rolling kitchens belonging to the District National Guard were ordered returned by noon of August 1 ! d owned buildings within the areas|paign. Hague has since anzounced his bounded by Pennsylvania avenue, | Zi0 “d:f‘t' 5};‘]:’%"’}}1‘{: Cfifcfla";(\"fi‘g; Missouri avenue, Third and Sixth issued vitriolic statements alleging that tomorrow. Not only does the or-|and Nex York. r a y i ildings | In g:&u:‘;';l}béz :ll;gllco gg:izlttgbu?lfi united effort on the part of all the Democrat Committee. | BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The Roosevelt bid for support of the rank and file of the Smith Democrats was made in New Jersey today by James A. Farley, the new chairman of | the Democratic Netional Committee !and field marchal of the Rcosevelt | forces in the Democratic National Con- vention which nominated the New | York Governor for President. | Chairman Farley appeared before the ! New Jersey Democratic Stat> Commit- | tee in Spring Lake, N. J. and made it ! evident that so far as Roosevelt was | concerred there is to be no effori to | stick a knife into Frank Hague, the | Demoz:atic boss of Jersey and the head his_endeavor to bring about a u | Democrats for the election of Gov ings occupied without cons:znt of | Rcoseveli. Chairman Farley referred to sRnl e i /n- | Mr. Hague as a “clean, strong. brave the owner. Even where the OWN- | foy.. 2" the head of a militant or- ers have consented. the buildings | ganization.” may not be occupied unless 1hey] Speaks of Smith. are in proper sanitary condition.| Nor did Mr. Farley fail to speak ad- The orders were given in writ-| ?mnzly of the idol of many of these ¢ Jor * smi ing to Supt. Glassford of the Po- ew Jersey Democrats, Alfred E. Emith. & He declared that had Smith b2:n the lice Departmert late this after- | presidential nominee instead of Roose- e velt, the- Rooseveli forces would have b given wholehearted support to Mr. { ot 1 The Treasury Department t°“rssar?d":h' In this connection, Mr. Farley day demanded the evacuation otl ; “This }s as good a time as any for me = o reveal to you a secret of the pre- S of the . .ontention campaign. Long ago, when bonus army billetec in the areas|there was no certainty of Roosevelt's between ThirG street and John |issuing from the convention as Democ- eanina | TACY'S candidate for the presidency. it Marshall place and Pennsylvania | was agreed that whatever the result of and Missouri avenues and Twelfth, | the proceedings at Chicago, everything i _iwe had would be turned over to the Thirteenth, C and D streets south ; party nominee. I mean exactly what I west in order to proceed with the | saj 3 Had (hf ballo(;ng given the nogl- v ildi nation to Al Smith, to Gov. Ritchie, Coyernmenibu i PR | Speaker Garner, Newton Baker, Gov. It was the first official move Byrd or any other of the eminent Dem- that the Government has made jocrats who were in the pre-convm(:’oen 4 picture, Roosevelt, and every member to remove the B. E. F. men from, oy grganizaticn behind him would the Avenue and Southwest Wash- | have been found in the ranks devoting ington, where they have not only | themselves wholeheartecly to the effort occupied buildings, but have | to elect the nominee. Of cousse, we would have been chagrined had Roose- erected scores of rude shelters. The Treasury Department, in letters | velt been defeated: nobody can lose a political baitle without disappointment . e 2nd soreness, but we were prepared to L T OO at- the mmen, | forget possible wounds, to bury possible Who_ are, i many mstances, accom- | Etievancesand to abandon all feuds be- panied by wives and children, be re- |gotten O!f. "?Evf:’“;"“‘e’:l" f-o"’l“he i Mmoved from the two areas as soon as| Mr. Ferievs appeal | . Dossible Democrats, in New Jersey. in Massachu- Must Be Out by Sunday. The first Treasury order covered the setts, in Connecticut and elsewhere, is that they now forget their disappoint- Avenue contingent, and was_followed by an immediate demand by Supt. ment and rally to the support of the party nominee. His concluding word Glassford to Comdr. Walter W. Waters to start the removal of the bonus army to them was that a united party is by noon tomorrow and have it com- essential to victory next November. ‘It is never casy to displace an ad- ministration.” said Mr. Farley. “no mat- pleted by Sunday midnight. The vet- erans also were advised that those who | do not take advantage of the Gov- " (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) ernment offer of transportatjon home snust Aind other accommodations. and hen through permission of police, or it on private property, from the owners. The Treasury, it was said, planned to follow through with the order on the Scuthwest fl'acudalioxrl this afternoon. 5lassford’s order follows: ncioced is & copy of letter dated ment Nears. | July 20, 1932 from the Assistant Sec- | poyhe associated Press | Tetary of the Treasury. revoking privi- [~ uBrIN Irish Free State, July 21— Teges granted under date of June 10 for ! p oy = h b K ere making frantic the occupation of certain buildings on | ga® "1 T S 0 iy deadline of Pennsylvania avenue between Four and | £X058 16C8N 12 Lo U Hee Which a Half street and John Marshall place, | 1€ F¥ce SOt CR OO ve Saturday. and also calling attention to the fact P! e ecoms that other areas in this vicinity have been occupled without authority. He| points out in his letter that the early evacuation of these buildings and area is necessary in order that the contrac- tors. Rhine & Co. may be permitted t> continue with their contract. Want to Start Work. “You are hereby directed to take the necessary steps for the evacuation of all buildings and property between Pennsylvania avenue, Missourl avenue, Third street and John Marshall place. Evacuation will begin not later than ncon on Friday, July 22, 1932, and will be completed by Sunday midnight, July 24, 1932, so that the contractors can start work Monday morning, July 35 1932, The reason for the length | of time permitted for this evacuation | is twofold: First, so as not to cause ENGLISH GOODS RUSHED T0 ANTICIPATE TARIFF Heavy Flow of Imports Hits Ire- land as Tax Enforce- measure against_the recent duties im- posed by the British Parliament on Free State gocds, and once they be- come effective the economic warfare between the Free State and Britain will i be on in earnest A flood of goocs is pouring into the port of Duolin from England. It is expected the tariff will become op- erative Saturday. The list of articles affected has already been prepared, but is being kept secret. It is predicted that among other things British coal imports will be killed. The campaign to boycott British goods continues, with numerous posters on display. Free State exports to Eng- iand. which has been the nation's best market, have fallen very low. The im- portant cattle business is almost at a standstill. |Sugreme Court Will Appears Before Jersey | These tariffs constitute a retaliatory | COURT TEST FAGES PRUSSIA DIGTATOR: BAVARIA APPEALS Hear| Proceedings Against Von Papen Saturday. HITLER VOICES GLEE AT MILITARY RULE Two Killed in Political Riots. Bracht Moves to Oust Cabinet. Esscn Frotests. By the Assocta’cd Press BERLIN, July Pry 5 new dic- | tatorship moved smoothly into act.on | today, but under the curface calm there was considerable resentment 2t the im- position of martial law by yesterday's presidential decree Franz Bracht, selected by Chancellor | von Papen to govern Prussia during the period of the emergency, took over his new duties and gave the remaining ‘Prussmn ministers their choice of methods by which the federal govern- ment will remove them from office. As a result of the obstinacy of Karl | Severing, who refused to relinquish his | post as Prussian minisier of the inter- | ior until threatened with arrest, th2 entire Prussian cabinet is to be deposed | and the feieral government will ap- point officeholders in their places. Formal proceedings were begun today against Albert Grzosinski, Socialist head | of the Prussian police, and his two chief acsistants, Bernhard Weiss and Albert | Heimansberg, who were arrested yester- | day after reiusing to submit to a feu- eral order displacing them. They are| charged with resisting military author- ity. CRASH KILLS TWO, ANOTHER INJURED Policeman Christensen and Fiancee Dead as Resuit of Tire Blowout. Bavaria Fights Dictatorship. : Meantime the sentiment of the res:| of ihe country avaria | has joined Prus Su- | preme Court against tne dictatorship. | Sasony dechined to join. In the Essen| Municipal Council the Social Demo- | cratic bloc retused to sanction leave of | absence for Herr Bracht, who is lord 1nayor of Essen, on the grounds that he is indispensible to the city and cannot be spared to serve as dictator for Pru The Suprcme Court announced that a hearing on the appeal had been set 1es Saturday. Despite martial law, however, two men were killed and a number were in- jured in political riots last night. In; Southeastern Berlin police fired on a Communist group, killing one and wounding several. In Saxony another Communist was Killed when police broke up a riot between Communists and Natienal Socialists. - This’afternoon Gen. Gerd von Runzi!kulL stedt, in charge of the execuilon of | & /40D woRen martial jaw, issued a warning that im- | w::"flfi’f‘:a‘]‘;’?m‘m“dn':m‘c‘;"m oen prisonment ‘awaited those suspected of | 2l Jlon B L SCplen up” ge- 2ny crime committed with lethal weap- | it Tn\elu—[g“ oV ol NIRhols | ons. carrying arms without a permit or | SWTECE: | (TATE TR RO C eing the concealing arms when being searched.: &¥enie, the mactine VEC PITSAR O The order forbade a number of Com-|3ireet car, whic 5 D munist meeting scheduled for today and ' P* {r_r‘n_larrow n ; i " Blowout Causes Accident. he new military rule prevented Com- = 2 et aud Nasl mectings scheduled Jec | TDE Slowsit comed Chestnes o = i lose control of the atuomobile, which helped remove the policeman and his Hitler Expresses Glee. companions from the wrockage of the In s speech at Bremen, Adolf Hitler, | mACDIDE, and they were rushed to the , Acc | hospitals. Nazi leader, expressed his glee over the A " | dictatorship established by the Vo Both _Christensen and his fiances Papen government. *It was high time, were treated at Providence by Dr. John the Nazi chieftain said. The crowd R. Raedy he officer for a fractured : ok leg and the woman thundered out a mighty cheer when it | f5ll nd 8 brogen 18 was announced that Premier Braun, for 11 years head of the Prussian ministry, Christensen died chortly after 5 am Mrs. 3 1t two hours later. and Severing were removed from office 2nd Mrs, Rhodes eb by the new dictatorial regime. ¥ Mrs. Selby. meantime. had regained o St P & BmEly erowd, | Consclousness in Casualty Hospital afte: only part of which could squeeze its way | being treated by Dr. Charles W. 1t the big circus lent provided for 1 | 0 Snd D 1B Toung cheered former Chancellor Heinrich Bruening at Munich when he deplored the treatment of Herr Sovering j v. pending an inquest to be con- E no other man.” Dr. Bruening | {;‘;‘:‘,:a l;’v A(‘tlglg Com?a»r A. Magruder said, ‘Severing gave 14 years of his wmachonald life for the German nation, and against | = nres” Rhodes, who came here from Communism.” 3 | Richmond a short time ago., was em- Bruening branded the declaration of | [ioeq gs a waitress at a restaurant n;a:(:lx:l law as inspired by Hitler, as . i the 800 block of H street northeast. nedless. i v ¥ Police clesed the publishing offices of | :;,?,;dff,. N s | the Communist newspaper Rote Fahne | she and Christensen, The paper yesterday | published a special issue in which it |urged a political mass strike in pro- test against the dictatorship. Delegates of labor organizations from |all over the country were summones to meet today to consider the situation The general dispesition seemed to be | to accent the situation pending a test of the popular will in 10 days. TARIFF CUTS PLANNED Argentina Would Effect Reciprocal Agreement With U. S. BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, July 21 | ().—The foreign ministry disclosed today that negotiations are in progress | with United States Ambassador Bliss regarding reciprocal tariff reductions. No details were given, but today's newspapers expressed the opinion that the Argentine government had initiated | the conversations becauce of the jeop- ardy in which Argentina's trade may be placed 2t the British Imperial Eco- | nomie Conference in Ottawa. Laurits Christensen, 32-year-old elev- enth prezinct policeman. and his fian- cee, Mrs. Catherine Rh d in Providerce Hospital ea juries received last night cer’s automobile crashed ington Railway & Elect car on Nichols avenue road southeast Mrs. Myrtle Selby, 21-year-old moth- er of two children who was riding with the couple, is in a critical condition in | Casualty Hospital. where physicians fzom & fractured v today when the offi- into a Wash- c Co. street near Howard Cooksey, 1626 Gales street northeact. was released in the custody of his at- street northeast both of whom engaged only a few months ago. Recently, however, Mrs. Duvall said. the couple had a disagreement and did (Continued on Page 2, Column 5. here last night ere divorced, became \DUCE TACKLES JOBS HE TOOK FROM AIDES Foreign Affairs Minister Relieved at Early Hour and Corporations Post Soon Afterward. By the Associated Press. ROME, July 21.—Premier Mussolini | began bright and early today to take over the new tasks he visited on him- | self yesterday by a cabinet shake-up. eign affairs at 8 am. to take over the desk formerly occupied by Foreign Minister Dino Grandi. Grandi talked for a long time with the premier, giv- ing him detailed reports on outstand- ing business in the department. British Schooner Seized. _ BOSTON. July 21 (#).—Seizure dur- ing the night of the British schooner Grace Marie off the Maine coast, near | Seguin Light, was reported today. The | seizure was made by the Coast Guard patrol boat Active, which will bring the ! schooner to Boston. remier left for the ministry of cor- Porations, the duties of which he also took over. Signor Grandi put on his hat and undue hardship to veterans encamped 2 the above. location, and second, so that the Veterans' Administration will not be congested with those applying for transportation home. “It is reccommended that the veterans quartered in this area be urged to take advantage of transportaticn home, avail- able until midnight July 25, 1932. 1t will be necessary for those who do not | take advantage of this transportation to find accommodations elsewhere. in this connection ycu are advised that no public buildings or public space will be occupled by veterans unless authority is granted from police headquarters, and no private buildings will be occupied without written authority from the owners therecf.” Advised of the turn of affairs, Comdr. Waters said he would co-operate with +he police, and would instruct his billet- ing officers to see what could be done toward finding new quarters, adding they cou'd not pull up stakes without having some place to go. By the Associated Press. LONDON, July 21.—Mrs. Elvira Do- lores Barney, beautiful former actress, who was acquitted two weeks ago on 2 | charge of murder, was brought into| court again today and fined {50 (about $175) and about $35 costs for possessing a revolver without a license. | She pleaded guilty to the charge. | which was filed against her at the same In the Southwest site, on Which uti- | time she was charged with the murder mately will be situated the central heat- ' of Thomas William Scott Stephen, & | ing plent for buildings in the Triangle, ycung Londoner, in her apartment in § ‘Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) the fashionable West End. MRS. BARNEY SOBS OVER FINE FOR HAVING PISTOL ILLEGALLY London Beauty, Acquitted of Murder, Must Pay $210: for Possessing Gun Without License. walked out of the Chigi Palace. over which he presided for three years, to begin a month’s vacation. Mussolini took over ihe rorporations without ceremony. It was considered certain Signor Grandi would be made an Ambassa- dor soon. almost certainly to Great Britain, but with the Washington post a remote possibility. The London post is vacant and the premier, who never Jeaves Italy. must have somebody close at hand to represent him at various im- portant international conferences. ‘LONDON, July 21 (#).—Dino Grandi, who resigned yesterday as foreign minister in the Italian cabinet, probably will Britain. l}t‘w-s disclosed today that formal inquiry had been made in official quar- ters here on behalf of the Italian gov- ernment as to whether Signor Grandi would be persona grata for the embassy. An afirmative reply was given. Radio Programs on Page C-8 It was during the struggle for the | possession of the revolver in question | that Stephen was accidentally shot, she testified at her murder trial. She was deeply affected by allusions to the tragedy in the presentation of | |the case “today and sobbed loudly throughout the address to the court. She collapsed at the end and had to be assisted out of the court room. In pronouncing sentence, the magis- trate said the case would call for im- prisonment as_ well as fine if it were not for the ordeal she had alrcady un- dergone, osite direction, when a tire blew out. The street car motorman, Herbert S., He appeared at the ministry of for- When the interview was over the | ministry from former Minister Bottai | be Italy’s Ambassador to Great | SET EOR THE CAMPAK 105 Foreigners Seized in Drive on Smuggled Aliens By the Ascociated Press the Department of began a drive on aliens and per- e in this country il- arresting 105 men and and_preparing the 2 by tomorrow for night. The 105 arrests were mainly in Dearborn. a suburb. The agents are the result of an invest.gation covering five months Garsson said he believed Dear- born to be the cen erful alien smuggling Similar drives zre being made in nine other cities 3000 RESUME J0BS AFTER 2-DAY STRIKE |General Walkout, Paralyzing: High Point Industries, Ends Peacefully. By the Associated Press HIGH POINT. N. C. July 21.—Ap- proximately 3.000 industrial emplsves went quietly back to work here tolay. laving cnly operatives of 24 textile mills and several cther er con- cerns on strike. Anticipated disturbances failed materialize as the employes tock their work where they 1:ft off Tuesc: when a general walkout paralyzed in- dustrial High Point. Other Centers Normal. Four other nearby manufacturing centers, alsy affected when rcving bands of strikers and unemployed mecn fcreed a shutdown by turning off pow- er in the mills, operated normally to- to up Thcmasville, where 13 Tuesday, was quict. All ating, In Lexington, Kernersville and James- town the three other centers where the ing bands forced or persuaded em- ployes to leave their posts. mills were running cn normal schedules. 6,000 Strikers Remain. Today's resumption of activities left | only about 6.000 employes on strike |for a wage adjustment. These were | operatives of 23 hosiery mills and one textile mill. | Officials said the operatives could go back to work on a scale paying approxi- | mately $2 and today a vote was being | taken to determine the employes’ action. | Meanwhile, police continued to round | up leaders of the roving group that|Of representatives of all industry in the | decision to Secretary of the Treasury caused the shutdown charging them | United States and representatives of | wmills, with inciting to riet. | been arrested. At dawn, 20 had Employment Gain Shown. PHILADELPHIA, July 21 () —Em- | ployment increased in a number of | trades in many sections of Pennsylva- nit during June, the monthly report of Lewis G. Hines, Federal employment di- rector, said last night. The upturn, his Teport revealed. was general in the building trades. due to relief construction. while highway | building gave work to many unemployed | men. Other trades showing a better gen- eral tone and thus more employment | (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) |WORLD OIL PARLEY GETS | DOWN TO DETAILED STUDY | \ | weei plan for Federal worke: | pzared doomed today. | not practical and would not be car- | Nt PROPOSE FLEXIBLE WORK-DAY PARLEY Massachusetts and New Hampshire Groups Urge Call by Hoover. | By the Arsociated Press BOSTON. July 21 —President Hoover has been esked to consider calling a national conference to effect an organi- zation to aid in solving the unemploy- ment problem through the medium of the flexible work day. The conference. which was attended by leeders in many walks of life, was called by the New Hampshire Unem- ployment Relief Committee and the Massachusetts Commission on the tabilization of Unemployment. During the session it discussed “the New e Dl Te-employment was' &W‘fl! Seicipie of flexibility. The conference called the New Eng- land Joint Conference on Re-employ- ment, found that “unemployment con- tinues with increasing problems despite all efiorts to curb the lessening of busi- ness activity and co-operative national action to achieve job security by job sharing seems imperative.” In a resolution, the conference re- quested the President to consider call- ing the National Conference to create an organization “which will help make cperative throughout the States shorter and more flexible work day and week, by which employment may b> offered to some millions of people without increasing operative costs of business. This plan to be put into ef- fect without neessarily increasing plant investments and without increasing in- ventories, by, for illustrati small contributions to be deducted from pay rolls of wage earners still employed a least two-thirds of their normal hours and by the necessary remaining contri- butions from salaried executives and owners of the business.” 30-HOUR WEEK IS PLAN. A. F. of L. Heads Want to “Force” It Upon Industry. By the Associated Press. ATLANTIC CITY. N. J. July 21.—A five-day week and six-hour day “forced” upon industry through th> pressure of public_opinion expressed by President Hoover, is the American Federation of Labor's plan for relieving unemploy- ment. The executive council of the federa- tion proposed the program _yesterday through its spokesman, William Green, the iederation president, as the only cure for unempioyment “The executive council now demands and shall continue to demand that in- dustrial management be compelled to | act through the pressure of public opin- ion expressed, as we hope it will be, by | the Chief Executive of the Nation,” the statement declared. The council directed Green to urge President Hoover to call a conference labor_as the first step toward putting | the five-day week, six-hour day pro- gram into operation. The council challenged industrial management lo present a better plan. CHINESE FINED IN “RIOT” NEW YORK, July 21 (#).—Two Chinese were fined $25 each today for | creating a disturbance in Chinatown, | employes' of the National Bank Re- | and the same magistrate then issued summons charging three policemen who arrested the Chinese with simple assault. | The Chinese were arrested for throw- | ing tomatoes and orange skins at police | who staged a fake raid for a series of | films. There had becen no announce- | ment of the fake raid and it caused a near riot. DEPARTMENTS KILL CANADA PROPOSES SAY WEEK PLAN | WIDER PREFERENCE FOR GENERAL USE| FOR BRITISH G00DS Interior Officials Hold It Im- Effect on Trade of U. S. May practicabie—Others Likely | Be Considerable if Adopted to Adopt View. at Ottawa. RADIO AGENCIES MERGE |KING GEOREE SEES HELP WITH NO DIFFICULTY| TO WORLD FROM PARLEY McCarl Rules Employes Paid From( Unity of Empire Keynote of Open- Bank Assessments Not Subject ing Speeches—Irish for to Furlough Order. Loyalty Message. What Ltle ch~nce th ting into effect By tho Assoclated OTTAWA, July 21.—A definite offer Proposing wider preferences for British goods in exchange for greater British preferences to Canadian imports was made today by Premicr R. B. Bennett of Canada immediately after he was chosen chairman of the Imperial Eco- nomic Conference. Any such program of preferences would have considerable effect in the trade of the United States The premier declared such a system ! of preference exchanges should be en- curing. Representatives of the domin- ions, he s2id, must decide now what course they intend to take and follow it without deviation. His proposal was directed to the Uniied Kingdom, but the offer wes e ed also i0 21l other parts of the empire wherever its appli- cation would e muty tagacus ere was of put- the five-day work- | here ap- | The Interior Department, which was considering adopting the plan and had sent out questicnnaires to all of its bureaus, announced that the plan “was | ried out.” | Prom a study made by officials it was | decided that by closing the department | from Friday to Monday “would not Le gocd public service.” Secretary cf Labor Doak was to have ' made an announcement today as to| whether his department would adopt | the plan. This cabinet officcr, one of | the staunch supporters of this method. | changed his mind, how and de-! clared he wcould not reach a decision | until prcbably next weck Others Believed Opposed. | Outlines Two Courses. ‘The remaining eight executive depart-| “There are two ways of obtaining ments were reported ot to b2 in favor | increased preference.” he said, “either of the plan from a workable standpoint. | by lowering trade barriers among although each cepartmental chief | selves or by raising 5 notified President Hoover a rmn;gm}vrm, hoice is gove ago that he favored its adoption where- | consideratiors. but ever feasible. | seems to us that v The independent bureaus are said to ' f; have adopted the “watchful waiting” | policy before reaching a decision. Had | the 10 executive departments adopted | the plan it was expected these bureaus | would have fallen in line i So far only the Government Printing | Office. the per diem workers of the Dis- trict of Columbia and the field service of the Navy Department have gone on the five-day schedule. Should the department officials chande their decisions end adopt this method of enforcing the 24-day legisative furlough as provided in the’ economy bill, they would thut off ary chance of employes accumulating any extended leave and vacations would be possible only at the expense of more lost time. cur- 'm against others. ed largely by local subject to that. it hould follow the Tather than the second course “However gr esources, we can- not isolate ou from the rest of the world L The premier declared that “when we marshal the strength of the empire, which is the sum total of its co-op~ erating parts, we are invincible.” He pointed out that it was necessary for each unit of the empire to do its utmost in the spirit of self-help. Canada Has Given Aid. “In that belief.” he co ada in the last two yea ne as best she might to increase her power for self-service and for empire service “Only the other day this gov ment concluded a trea with r 2 | friends 2nd neighbors, the United States Padio Bodies Merged. of America. by which the St. Lawrence Meantime, the first bit of govern- Waterway and the Great Lakes will mental reorganizing under the economy | be made into a great seaway. through bill went forward today with ife Radio| which the commerce of the empire will Ccmmission practically completing its, be carried to the heart of this con- task of absorbing the Commerce De- | tinent, and through which the prod- pariment’s radio division, but nobody ucts of this country will go out to all as yet has lost a job. parts of the empirc. Only the difference in names has “This waterway will be free to all separated these two units since the ships of the Commonwealth. and I be- creation of the Radio Commission in|lieve will be the sure means by which 1927. Wherever one went the other | the parts of the empire will be brought had to trail along Tmayhlmmor De- ! still closer to one ancther.” pariment workers opened the door sepa- | B rating the offices of the commission | Masesge of Loyaily. from trose of the radio division One of the first acts of the confer- Late yesterday the commission| ence was o approve a message of created what will be termed its field |loyalty to the King. The dolegates from division cut of the Commerce Depart- | Irish Freo State voted in favor of ment's radio division s action. and their vote was of pare The new field division of the com- lar interest because of the con- mission will be headed by W. D. [erreil, v b on Dublin and Londen who held the same positicn with cver President Eamon de Valera's at- Ccmmerce Department. The new mpt to abolish the oath of allegiance vision will fall within the province o the crown Thad H. Brown, one of the radio com- | King George V. in a messcge read missioners. 1. reminded the N & new and their efforts might the May Succeed Saltzman. | pes of hibor Mr. Brown's name came to the front | go fur toward solving the economic in Government circles today as prob- es which weigh not only the ably the successor of Gen. Charles M. | British Empire, but upon all the rest Salizman. chairman of the commissis of the world who resigned and is now at his Sum- The efferts of this conforence. he mer home zt Lake George. caid, should give full effect to the prin- With Gen. Saltzman out. the com- peration upon which the miscion is now composed ¢f two Re- empire is based publican _commissicners, La Faunt Baldwin Calls for Unity. Utah, end Brown of Ohio, and (wo : : Demacrats, Starbuck of Connecticut| Stanley Baldwin. presidest of the council in the British cabin-t and head and Sykes of Mississippi. The chair- X man is elected by the commissioners, | Of the delegation from the United King- A new member is to be named by Presi- | dom. spoke then. outling the general dent Hoover, and at the White House | Purposes of the gathering. today it was reported that the Presi- | The real importance of the confer- dent had reached no decision. { ence, said he. lies in the fact that it Gen. Saltzran submitted his resig- | Marks a point where two rcads diverge, nation Tuesday. his friends saying t|“one lcadmng to the development of he had clectsd to live on his Army re- | Burely national intercsts. the other to tirement pay rather than his salary as | Closer imperial unity and the recogni- commissicner {tion of advanteges in mutual trade co-operation.” . Ruling on Furloughs. If at the end of the conference the Certain specified groups of employes | dele>\es can say that they have taken whose salaries are derived from assess- | the lauter road, he taid, e actual dis- ments upon banks are not subject to!tance covered is of minor importance, the 24 days compulsory payless fur- because progress will continue.” lough and may receive 15 days leave| Great Britain has given the domin- with pay during this calendar year, |ions the privilege of free entry into Controller Gen. McCarl has ruled in a | Ports of the United Kingdom, and the dominions have given preference to CGreat Britain, said Mr. Baldwin. but the opportunities of mutual preference have by no means been exhausted. Empire trade is still only 30 per cent among the British deminions and 70 per cent with fereign countries, “The trend today.” he said. “is to- (Continued on fage 2. Column 3.) At the Treasury Department it was | sald that this decision would not apply generally to the Government service. 1. was pointed out that McCarl previously had ruled specifically that there is no | annual leave without pay for anyone | in the Government service except those | specifically provided for in the economy | ", iy sectien 10 serers s CONQUEST OF JEHOL IS DENIED BY TOKIO rendered in response to a number of ! questions, McCarl held that officers and * Force Is Sent to Manchoukuo Bor- der Province to Save Officer | Seized. demption Agency of the office of the | Treasurer of the United States and the | employes of the redemption division | of the office of the controller of the currency, whose salaries are derived from assessments upon the national and Federal Reserve Bank, do not have to take the 24 days' compulsory legis- lative furlough end that they are ex- empted from the provision of the| Taned on Bage 2. Gol 7 | By the Associa‘ed Press (Continued on Page 2, Column TOKIO, July 21.—Japanese military Americans Rumored in Agreement Affecting European Prices—Lim- itation Issue Stirs Gossip. By the Associated Press. PARIS, July 21.—The International Oil Conference, which has besn seek- ing to limit world petroleum produc- tion, finished its general discussions today and began a detailed examina- tion of each problem, the newspaper La Journee Industrielle said. ‘The newspaper said.it believed the| Rumanian delegates did not intend to | | accept the limitation proposals of the | | conference or to discuss limitation ex- | | cept in the presence of Russian repre- sentatives. This was denied, however, by delegates to the conference. Commenting on the alleged agree- ment by the American and Anglo- Dutch groups, which, it has been pre- | dicted, would result in a rise in oil prices in Eurcpe, the newspaper sald: “It 1s a first result over which we have no reason-to rejoice.” L 'OTTAWA OBTAINS SPECIAL FOODS | " FOR IMPERIAL PARLEY DELEGATES Indians Get Bomba Ducks, Rice Poppodums; Australians Passion Fruit Juice; New Zealanders Toheroa Soup. By the Associated Press. | OTTAWA, July 21.—In honor of the | delegates to the imperial conference speciel foods frem every country in the British empire have been brought | to Ottawa | For the people of India there are bomba ducks (dried fish). poppodums. another dried fish, and Rangoon and Pohal rice, as well as Indian curry | powder. The Australians may have their own | authorities today denied there was any intention of conquest of the Province of Jehol, which lies on the Manchurian border and is a part of the new State of Manchoukuo. A small expeditionary force has been sent into Jehol to rescue Gonshiro i Ishimoto, a former Japanese Army of- ficer, who was captured by Jehol troops some days ago. The authorities said the force had not been increased and that no trouble was expected inasmuch as the Jehol authorities had promised to liberate their captive in a day or wo. A report from Mukden to the Tokio war office said Jehol troops fired on & Japanese scouting party last Monday and the planes returned the fire, Meanwhile, there was a report Chiang Kat-Shek was on the way back to Nan- king from Hankow because of the “Jehol crisis.” Another report said the Nanking government had ordered Chang Hsiao-Liang to mobilize “against the Japanese threat.” Chang was said to have sent two brigades to the Jehol \ canned goods. raisins, fruits, ox tongues and passion fruit juice, which they pre- fer to orsnge or tomato juice in’the Tuhelg'ol soup now appears on the menus and is favored by the New Zealanders New Zealand apples are also a specialiy. English bloaters. Scotch capers. Scotch finnan haddie, sole and turtle. s well as every kind of English game. has been impcrted for the visitors from England.