Evening Star Newspaper, July 26, 1932, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) cloudiness, followed by showers and thunderstorms tonight or tomorrow; slightly warmer tonight. Temperatures—Highest, 87, at 4 p.m. Increasing yesterday: lowest, 69, Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 at 5:30 am. today. Che Fhoen WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ e Star. Associated The only evening paper in Washington with the Press news service. I Yesterday’s Circulation, 116,646 No. 32,228, Entered_as second class mattel post office, Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, 1932 JULY 26, —THIRTY PAGES. *%%x (®) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. 60 CADETS MISSING IN SINKING OF SHIP OFF KIEL, GERMANY Forty Taken From Water by Passing Steamer—Sudden Storm Causes Disaster. CRUISER AND PLANES QUICKLY REACH SCENE Naval Authorities Believe Crew of Training Craft Failed to Reef Sails in Time. By the Associated Press. KIEL, Germany, July 26.—Struck by 8 heavy storm in the Baltic Sea today, the German naval training ship Nicbe, & three-masted sailing vessel, went to the bottom. Forty of the 100 cadets and junior cadets aboard her were saved. Sixty were missing and naval craft were searching the walers in the vicinity. Sinks In Afternoon. It was about 2:30 pm. when she keeled over in the storm and sank. The steamer Therese Russ, which was not 1ar off, picked up 40 of her survivors. Among the rescued was Capt. Ruhfus, the master of the Niobe. The gale struck the vessel only a few minutes after the great seaplane DO-X, flying from Travemuende to Kiel, had passed over and, dipping low, had signaled a greeting. She went over on her side and sank in three or four minutes. The DO-X came down safely after a stormy flight. Cruiser Rushes to Scene. ‘Within a short time after the Niobe went down the cruiser Koenigsberg reached the scene, She had been pre- ceded by & seaplane and four fast wor- pedo boats. The Niobe had started out from Kiel for Warnemuende, Mecklenberg, and was to have returned in tember. Naval authorities were at a explain the disaster, but they gave it as their guess that the crew, unpre- pared for the sudden wind, had been unable to reef the sails in time. GRONAU NOW FLYING TOWARD MONTREAL 1,000-Mile Leg of Trip Will Be| Followed by Hop to Chicago, His Goal. By the Associated PrESs. " CARTWRIGHT, LIGbflflut. ‘:glky 2fll!; Capt Wolfgang von Gronau of 1:5% a.m.. Eastern standard time, today ! for Montreal, continuing his fiight from | Serman: Ahead" of him Germany to L'hlu%n. lay 1,000 miles, much of it barren coun- The veteran of three Westward cross- ings by the North‘emx Saute larouxh;x:h flying boat down in lependence - bgr a‘t 5:45 p.m., Eastern standard time vesterday after a 600-mile water hop from Ivigtut, Greenland. The ship covered the 600 miles in easy fashion, taking 8 hours and 20 minutes. Capt. von Gronau is demonstrating, as he was in his previous flights in 1930 and 1931, the feasibility of a trans- Atlantic air route from Europe to the United States by way of Iceland, Green- land and Labrador. He took off from List, Isle of Sylt, Germany, last Priday. His crew con- sisted of a second pilot, a8 mechanic and a radio operator. The mechanic and radio operator also made last year's flight with him. OFFICER ADVANCED; LOSES BOOST IN PAY| Rear Admiral Ridley McLean Is| Promoted to Upper Grade. Hit by Economy. Rear Admiral Ridley McLean. al-| though raised from the lower half of the list of rear admirals to the upper haif, will lose the increase in pay of $2,000 usually provided, because of the operation of the economy act, it was decided today by Controller General McCarl McCarl explained that the grade of year admirals, for purposes of pay, is divided into two classes. The pay of the tzwar holf s $6,000 a year and the upper half $8,000. McCarl held that this_advancement, which in the case of Rear Admiral McLean was dated July 1, constituted an automatic promo- tion under the economy act, but the in- creased pay which otherwise would have been due him may not be received dur- ing this fiscal year. Admiral McLean entered the upper half of the list upon the retirement of Rear Admiral William D. MacDougall. Government employes moving from one post to another may nct be re- imbursed for transportation of their own automobiles under the economy act, McCar! told the Secretary of Agriculture today in another decision. Employes of the Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Howard University are subject to the economy act five-day week or compulsory 24 days' payless furlough, McCarl also held, declaring that any saving of appropriated funds 80 effected must be impounded. WHITE B ALL BANK ROBBED Two Bandits Escape With-$2,500 in Maryland. WHITE HALL, Md. July 26 (®).— Two armed bandits, a colored and & white man, held up the White Hall Bank shortly after it was opened to- day and escaped with $2,500. ‘The robbers attempted unsuccessfully to lock two bank employes in the vault before fleeing in their waiting motor car in the direction of York, P: TROLLEY LINE DOOMED Sep-| loss to U. S. Steel Votes Regular Dividend On $1.75 Quarterly Payment Approved by Directors in N in New York. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 26—The regular quarterly dividend of $1.75 a share on preferred stock of the United States Steel Corporation was declared by the board of directors today. The common stock was removed from dividend basis three months ago. § Memories of the late J. Pierpont Morgan were invoked today while the fate of the dividend rate hung in bal- ance. The elder Morgan who mod:led the steel corporation and set it up in Feb- ruary of 1901 was a consistent foe of all directors who ever suggested omit- ting the regular dividend of $1.75 a share, payable every three months, on the company’s preferred stock. Early in the 1900s the ccmpeny's earnings were some times lean and on these oc- | casions_some directors caution2d omis- sion. But Morgan hammered his table |in emphatic opposition. At no time was it ever passed. {__Some of the company's present di- -~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) THREATTOU.S. 0L AND COALLOONING {ottawa Parley Discussions Infer American Price Cut- ting Is Unfair. By the Associated Press. OTTAWA, July 26.—Huge debts to the United States, which must be paid in gold by Great Britain and Canada, demanded considera- tion today by the imperial economic conference meeting here as unoffi- cial discussion of monetary read- justment began. By the Associated Press. OTTAWA, Ontario, July 26.—Threats to the trade of United States oil and coal interests in the British Empire arose in the parleys of the British Empire Conference today. Referring to “unfair trade practices,” the Committee on Trade within the commonwealth heard inferential refer- ences yesterday to alleged price-cutting %y American oll companies and the .ommittee was represented today as professing that for larger companies to force -smaller competitors out of business by cutting prices was unfair. The threat to United States coal came in a declaration from the Cana- dian delegation placing anthracite coal on the long list of items from which the conference might select articles for British preference. U. S. Now Leads Sales. If anthracite were t obe selected it would hit at the present sale of United States anthracite in Canada by open- Shipments of American anthracite to Canada last year totaled 1,966,000 tons, compared with 871,000 tons from the United Kingdom. ‘There have been informal discussions between the dominions concerning pri- mary products, including wheat, meat, lumber, fish and fruits. It was said today the dairy products group had made satisfactory progress. The group considering cereals was still in a quan- dry, however, Its problem of trade stand- ards and the promotion of British wheat sales under the auspices of an empire marketing board was also a concern of the conference Committee on Economic Co-operation. fc question for Canada, Australia, India, and to a lesser degree for South Atrica and Rhodesia. The average an- nual world crop, exclusive of Russia and China, now exceeds 3,700,00°,000 bu- shels, compared with 3,000,600,00 dur- ing the period 1909-12. 'European crops of wheat are now about equal to those of pre-war days, but the chief non- European countries—the United States, Canada, Argentina and Australia—have pushed their production up from 1,476,- 000,000 bushels to 2,120,000,000. Russia’s Bumper Crop. Before the World War Russian ex- ports of wheat were about 164,000,000 bushels, but from 1924 to 1929 they dropped to 13,000,000 bushels annually. A bumper crop in 1929-30 gave Russia an_exportable surplus of 108,000,000 " (Continued on Page 2, Column All Preferred| ing that market to the Welch Mines. | Wheat is the most important econom- | FARLEY CONFERS HEREWITH PARTY - LEADERS ONPLANS {Organization and Campaign Program Is Discussed. Speeches Arranged. iCHI\IRMAN IS CHEERED BY REPORTS FROM WEST | | | | Roosevelt Manager Is “Satisfied” With New England—Ely to Visit Governor Tomorrow. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. “Big Jim” Farley, the new chairman | of the Democratic National Committee, | Who has been extremely active since | the nomination of Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York for President, lining up all factions of the party to | “Put across” the national ticket, was | in Washington today conferring with Democratic members of Congress and with widely known local Democrats. Chairman Farley said his reports of the political situation from the West and other parts of the country were “splendid” from the Democratic point of view. He is “satisfied,” he said, with the| situation in New England, where there has been soreness because of the fail- ure of the Democratic National Con- vention to nominate Alfred E. Smith. Mr. Farley pointed to the conference which Gov. Ely of Massachusetts is to have with Gov. Roosevelt in Albany | tomorrow, out of which much is ex- pected in the interest of party har- mony. Gov. Ely was an “irreconcila- ble” in the days after ‘the convention. Recently, however, Mr. Farley visited Massachusetts and had a long meeting with the Massachusetts Governor. It has been confidently predicted since that meeting that Ely will give his sup- port to the Roosevelt candidacy. What the Democrats have been particularly | interested in was Gov. Ely’s decision | regarding a second term for himself. He has still to announce whether he will be a candidate this Fall. Accompanied by Jackson. Mr. Farley was accompanied to ‘Washington by Robert Jackson, Demo- cratic national committeeman for Ne: Hampshire and secretary of the na- tional committee. “New Hampshire,” said Mr. Jackson, | «is sure for Roosevelt today.” He said, | however, that it is early, with the cam- aign still to get underway, and the %emmlu must do all in their power to win. For more than two hours Chalrman Farley was in conference with 25 mem- bers of the Senate and House, in Sena- tor Harrison's office. Senators attend- ing_the conference were: Harrison, Hull of Tennessee, Lewis of Illinois, McKeliar of Tennessee, Ashurst of Arizona, Connolly of Texas, Trammell of Florida, Black of Alabama. King of Utah, Cohen of Georgia and | Costigan of Colorado. The members of the House present | | were: Rainey, Illinois, Democratic floor | leader; Mrs. Owen, Florida; Linthicum, | Maryland; Boland, Pennsylvania; Han- | cock, North Carolina; Lonergan, Con- | necticut; Johnson, Texas; Lea, Cali-} fornia; Rankin, Mississippi; Norton, Ne- | braska: Lewis, Maryland; Ayres, Kan- sas: Bloom, New York; Sweeney, Ohio; Keller, Illinols, and Smith, Virginia, Chairman Farley said after the meet- ing that an advisory council would be named to aid in the campaign, and that its make-up probably would be an- nounced when the national treasurer and head of the Speakers’ Bureau also have been selected. | One of the first callers on Mr. Far- ley today was John F. Costello, Demo- cratic national committeeman for the District of Columbia. Other local Democrats with whom Mr. Farley will talk during his stay here are Daniel C. Roper, one of the District's delegates to the national convention; Joseph Tumulty. secretary to the late Presi- dent Wilson, and former Representa- | tive Ansberry. e Mr. Farley said his visit to Wash- ington was for the purpose of confer- ring with the veteran Democratic leaders now here regarding organiza- tion and campaign plans, not to men- tion obtaining from the Senators and Representatives agreements to deliver speeches for the Democratic ticket. Democrats Early in Field. The Democrats are getting into the fieid_early, as evidenced by the visit ontinued on Page 2, Column 4. By the Associated Press. HAZLETON, Pa, July 26.—Opera- tions at the silk mill of McGowan Brothers, Inc., at Beaver Meadow, near here, were resumed today after being suspended a month. The plant will be run on three eight-hour shifts with 150 employes. Textiles Show Spurt. FITCHBURG, Mass., July 26 (P).— An upward trend in the textile business in Fitchburg, based on new orders, in- creased production and the re-employ- ment of a large number of workers, was noted today by heads of several plants. The Shirreffs Worsted Co., a branch of the Aetna Mills, is working full time days and also has a crew of 30 on a night shift. A total of 250 workers will be employed at least until September 15, and indications are that a good Fall business will develop. The head- quarters of the Aetna company in Wa- tertown, which was closed to concen- trate the business here has been re- ness. 900 Added in Richmond. HUNDREDS GET JOBS IN CITIES AS PLANTS OPEN OR ENLARGE Silk, Tobacco, kayon, Stove, Clothing and Other Industries Feel Impulse of New Business. opened to handle the increased bu.sx-‘ RICHMOND, Va., July 26 (#).—A 100 cent increase in the pay roll of Dupont Rayon Plant, who have been out of work for six or seven weeks, due | to a shutdown of the plant, were re- | turned to their jobs, the general offices | announced. Full-Time Stove Jobs. GARDNER, Mass., July 26 (#).—The Florence Stove Co., cne of the largest industries in the city, will operate on full time for the remainder of the year. | Conrad Herwig, plant superintendent, announced yesterday. More than 175 employes will be recalled to the plant, it was announced. | Florida Fifm Resumes, ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, July 26 }(/P;_—The Southern Art and Engraving | Co., one of the largest in the South, with plants at Tampa and St. Peters. burg, will resume full time operations August 1, Ralph Dillon, president, an- | nounced 'yesterday. He said he had SOME FISHERMAN ! HINDENBUR LIFTS MILITARY CONTROL Berlin and Brandenburg Re- turned to Power of Civil Authorities. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, July 26.—President Paul von Hindenburg signed a decree today lifting the state of martial law which was clamped down on Berlin and Brandenburg last Wednesday. The public order and security were | no longer endangered, the President said, as he signed the decree. As a result of the order the executive authority reverted to the president of police in Berlin and the Governor of Brandenburg. Chancellor Pranz von Papen continued to hold his new post as commissioner of Prussia, however, with Dr. Pranz Bracht, lord mayor of Essen, as his depty and virtual dfe- tator over the state, largest of Ger- many’s political divisions. In Effect Six Days. The martial law decree was made ef- fective at noon. It had been in effect | just six days. It was signed by the| President at the same time that the dictatorship was set up in Prussia, fol- | lowing a vociferous demand that the political rioting which took a toll of 100 lives and injured 1,250 in less than a month be stopped. The dictatorship was attacked in the | Supreme Court at Leipsic yesterday, but | the court refused to grant an injunc- | tion restraining Chancellor von Papen from taking over control of the pro- vincial government. The general attitude today, following the court’s decision, seemed to be to| await the outcome of next Sunday’s Reichstag elections at which the Ger-| man _electorate s expected to give its decision on the future government of the Reich. With Socialist and Centrist opposi- tion to the present government running strong, the possibility of a return to power of former Chancellor Heinrich | Bruening was discussed in some quar- | ters today. Job Appears Complete. The Von Papen government assured the people of Prussia at the time mar- tial law was established that it would | continue only until the federal authori- | ties were in complete control of the Prussian state machinery. In the past six days the Prusstan cabinet has been removed and high state officials have been ousted if their presence was regarded as hostile to federal control. Now the job appears to have been completed and the govern- ment, by removing military restrictions, hopes to demonstrate its willingness that the Sunday elections shall be con- ducted with the greatest possible free- dom. Neither the Reichstag elections nor any decision by the Supreme Court on | the constitutionality of the govern- | ment's course seems likely to reinstate the Prussian coalition of Centrists and Social Democrats. Disturbances Continue. Spasmodic disturbances which have occurred all during the pre-election campaign continued today. One man was killed in a political fight at Cologne. At Priedrichskoog, Prau Luise Schroe- der, Socialist member of the Reichstag, had to flee from her own campaign meeting when it was broken up by National Socialists. When she sped away in an automobile the Nazis threw stcnes and fired several shots at the car. In the fight which followed one man was killed and several were seri- dusly injured. This afterncon Herr Bracht issued a general order to the Prussian police that “any officer who does not make timely and sufficient use of his weapons is violating his duty.” ‘The order was part of his instructions to the police for the pre-election week. The most important duty of the police, he said, is maintaining public order and security before, during and after the election. . e ARGENTINA IS REPORTED WEIGHING MORATORIUM | contracts to keep a full force of men | busy through next March. Night Shift Necessary, | FORT WORTH, July 26 (#).—' Williamson-Dickie Mflnu!uclu!?ng 131: added 150 operators to take care of its heavy volume of Fall clothing manu- facturing business. The concern is Deputies Consider Possibility as Government Revenues Fall Be- low Expectations. By the Associated mn&“u o OS AIRES, .—The news- BUEN Father Cox Fixes “Jobless Platform” Of Liquor and Money By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 26.—Father James R. Cox. crusading priest from Pittsburgh, who is expected to be the presidential candidate of the “jobless party,” returned from a tour of Europe today on the liner Majestic and said of his platform: “Give them money to buy liquor first and then furnish the liquor.” Pather Cox said that though he was not certain he would be the jobless nominee he would be in 2 receptive mood at the party's convention in St. Louis, August 17 and 18. GAMBLERS QUIZZED IN HENRY DEATH La Fontaine Is Questioned in Slaying on April 21. Others Rounded Up. Acting on information that Milton W. “Milsie” Henry, gangster, slain here April 21, had engineered a long series of hold-ups of gambling houses, and bhad been the moving force of a Phila- | delphia gang seeking to gain control of gambling here, police today were con- | ducting a round-up of all known gamblers to_find out just how much | they know of Henry's death. The first gambler arrested was James A. La Fontaine, said to be the proprietor of a notorious resort just over the District line on the Bladens- burg road. Between 20 and 30 other gamblers were on the police list for questioning and were to b2 rounded up by 3 c’clock this afternoon. La Fontaine Released. La Fontaine, who recently served a sentence on a plea of guilty to a charge of evading his income tax, was released after questioning by headquarters de- tectives and Inspectcr Frank 8. W. Burke, chief of the Detective Bureau. Burke would not reveal what informa- tion was given by La Fontaine, who once employed Henry at his establishment. La Fontaine is known to have denied to Washington police the persistent rumor that some time before Henry’s death he was kidnaped and held for a heavy ransom, which was paid. Police have been informed that Henry was the principal figure behind this alleged extortion plot. Numerous reports of other extortion plots attributed to Henry have come to police, it was learned, but, traced down to the gamblers said to have been in- volved, they have always been denied. Waylaid by Pair. Henry was murdered by two men who waylaid him April 21 in the 3400 block of Brown street, about a block from his Sixteenth street apartment. The men fled in an automobile after one of them fired five charges from a sawed-off shotgun into his body. Charles Harris and Henry Davis, al- leged Philadelphia gangsters, have been arrested on first degree murder charges in connection with the slaying. They were to have been arraigned before United States Commissioner Needham C. Turnage yesterday, but the arraignment was postponed when it was learned the case was being pre- sented to the grand jury. | Henry was said by police to have incurred the enmify of several local | gamblers shortly before his death. MOVE TO BLOCK WAR IN SOUTH AMERICA Argentina and Other Nations Seeking Peace Between Paraguay and Bolivia. By the Associated Press. BUENOS AIRES, July 26.—Argentina is seeking an alliance with Peru, Bra- zil and Chile to prevent war between Paraguay and Bolivia over the Gran Chaco dispute, the Associated Press was informed on good authority today. Although the government declined to COMPANIES AGREE 10 GAS RATES CUT |Order for Six Months, Effec- tive August 1, on All Meter Readings. A flat reduction of 8!, per cent on all gas rates for the next six months was agreed to today by the Washington and Georgetown Gas Light Cos. in a conference with the Public Utilities Commission. The order of the commission, em- bodying the results of the conference, makes the reduction effective from Au- gust 1 to the end of January, 1933. By that time, it is estimated, the consumers will have saved somewhere between $225,000 and $250,000. In the meantime the commission’s valuation of the prop- erties of the companies will have been completed, and the question of rates 'lg'hu ::: up anew. e rates were left by today's order, which nmpll;nm!: that on every bill rendered on a meter taken on or after August 1, and including all bills on meter readi taken during January, 1933, the come | panies shall allow a discount of 8% per cent. The order does not apply to the 75-cent minimum bilis, but aiother bills for all types of gas service are in- cluded. Petition Last Mont}. The action was taken on petitions filed last month by the Federation of Citizens' Associations through McK. Clayton and by People’s Counsel Richmond B. Keech. After studying the petitions for rate reductions, the commission served 10 days’ notice on the companies that a formal public hearing would be called to consider rate reduction, but offered the company the choice of submitting to an interlocutory order for a temporary reduction pending the valuation now being made. The action today was the companies’ acceptance of the second al- ternative, and no public hearing on the subject will be necessary. Gas company officials said that the reduction wouid not apply to nearby suburban areas served by the Gecrge- town Gas Co. of Montgomery Counly, (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) BRAZILIAN TROOPS OPEN DRIVE AGAINST REBELS Regulars Facing Insurgents in Sao Paulo Reported Suffering From Cold. By the Associated Press. RIO DE JANEIRO, July 26.—A divi- sion of federal troops under Gen. Goes Monteiro began an offensive against the Sao Paulo rebels today, driving toward the cities of Cruzeiro, Guarantingueta and Cachoeira. ‘Three fresh northern battalions join- ed the Federal forces on the northern Sao Paulo border yesterday. Gen. Monteiro said his troops had not suffered heavy casualties in the fighting around Rezende, but he agreed with the rebels’ report that his forces were suffering from cold. EDGE REACHES FRANCE U. S. Envoy Expresses Confidence in European Nations. CHERBOURG, France, July 26 (#).— United States Ambassador Walter E. Edge arrived today on the Leviathan from the United States. “Intelligent people in the United States,” he saild when he reached Paris, “are convinced the recent European a cords are for the general benefit and srt:unut directed against the United TREASURY FLOODED BY BANK QUERIES ON NEW CURRENCY Pians for Issuing Millions Under Expansion Act Stir Interest. EFFECT OF NEW MEASURE STILL WIDELY DEBATED | Decrease in Raserve Notes to Offset Gain in National Bank Money, Leaders Here Claim. By the Assoclated Press. A stream of inquiries from National banks concerning the possibility of #their issuing currency with Government bonds as security as permitted under the Glass-Borah amendment to the home loan bill continued today to flow into the office of the controller of the currency. The act permits National banks to issue the currency by depositing with the Treasurer of the United States Government bonds bearing not more than 3% per cent interest and paying a charge of 3 per cent a year, together with the expense of turning out the money. | The act, operative for three years, would permit a maximum expansion of $995,000,000 in the Nation's currency. _ While the names of a number of banks which inquired zbout the work- ing of the law were made public yes- terday, officials of the controller’s of- fice sald today no further information of that kind would be announced. Effect Still Debated. ‘The only facts to be given out here- after, it was added, will be in a monthly circulation statement presenting the total of the new circulation or in the annual report of the controller. Here- tofore, the only report of currency is- sued by national banks has been in the annual report to Congress. While requests for information from national banks indicated they desired to take advantage of the new law and issue millions of dollars in new cur- rency, there was a difference of opinion among officlals as to whether the act would really bring about an expansion. Heretofore national banks issued currency on security of consol bonds paying 2 per cent interest, issued by the Treasury for that purpose. Under the old law tnere was in circulation a total of $718,079,331 in national bank notes while Federal Reserve notes and Fed- ernlhl:lfise\;ve tlmnk notes in circulation or $,100,000,000. S e 7 g Some authorities took the view that any increase in national bank notes would be offset by a decrease in Federal now in circulation all the currency for $564 405 SHORTAGE OF BALL REVEALED IN AUDITOR'S PROBE |“Kiting” of Checks Alleged to Hide Facts in Arlington County Deficit. | TREASURER ON RESIGNING HAD $85,861 ON HAND Report Lists Further Shortage of $13,750, but Not Charged to Him. BY LESTER INSKEEP, Btaff Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT HOUSE, July 26.—The total alleged shortage of former Treasurer E. Wade Ball amourits to $564,405.40, it was re- vealed in the report of State Auditor T. Coleman Andrews, which was today with County Mmuflmke)!’n rse Braden as clerk of the County Board. The report charges a number of alleged kitings” of checks to prevent detection of dl‘t‘f alleged shortages in previous audits, At the time he from office Ball is claimed to have been account- a’bni fo s‘trfuwr“m’u"%q $602,321.51 and total of r:lssl%lzg;,n ot “thus i e repol tes, he actuall hand $85,861.59. This was Jpx;"‘.fm;‘fi }2’ $80,000 in bonds and only $5,861.59 1930 Report Recalled. In a description of the findings the State auditor, it is stated: “rox{ October, 1930, upon the basis of findings reported to him by a députy who left the employ of the commonwealth early last year, the then State auditor re- ported that Ball had cash and cash Items at June 30, 1930, in the amount of $3,513.38 more than the total of the lt:ct::nfl for'wh.lg: he was accountable e coun commonweall at t:::t time. 4 o » “As a matter of fact, Ball at that date the sum of uu,c‘;o‘.:ws',h g:x;ce of ”‘%‘g::hmm the eported an ortage which existed being represen several ltenlu .& I'ogn'l: ” . “1. Water service installation notes interest on loans made - nte ade from Washing Toad and sewer and sidewalk , b prior to July 1, 1930, but nof mmwmxomulwttt‘.w 2. “2. Commissi 5 'mch‘mfl?num-‘nlmedng credited to Ball by the former treasurer. 3. gm;rammmmam after June 30, - ww.mmm ort he Reserve notes, maintaining there is|the which the country has any need and|On hand that any increase in one variety of notes would have to be counterbalanced by a decrease elsewhere. Others dis- agreed. Action Due Within Week. Meantime, officials of the controller’s office and of the office of the treasurer of the United States continued to work out details of putting the new amend- ment into effect and expected to begin issuing currency under the new law within a week. The inquiries received by the con- troller of the currency yesterday asked how soon the new provision could be put_into_effect. Some officials_termed (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) BODIES ARE HUNTED IN TRAIN WRECKAGE 10 or 15 Men May Have Died ‘When 40 Freight Cars Piled Up in Ohio. | | | | By the Associated Press. BELLEFONTAINE, Ohilo, July 26.— Workers dug into the wreckage of 40 freight cars on the Big Four Railroad 8 miles west of here today, with the ever-present possibility of finding 10 or 15 train riders dead or injured, though officials believed the men escaped. It was known that two men were in- Jured when the train, speeding nearly 60 miles an hour, was wrecked late yesterday. They were Willlam Boy 42, of Newark, and Conductor R. E. Wells of Indianapolis. Trainmen said 10 or 20 men had climbed on when the train slowed for a bridge several miles away. The train was rounding a curve when the derailment occurred. About 1,500 feet of double tracks were tore up. R S PP HIGHER MERCURY SEEN | Temperature and Humidity In- | crease by Midnight Is Forecast. Weather Bureau officials said today’s temperatures and humidity would climb | high before midnight, but they tempered | this statement by ldd}n% that thunder- showers, due late tonight or early to- morrow. probably would bring down the temperature, so tomorrow afternoon and evening would be cool and comfortable. | This afternoon's maximum, it was | said, probably will be above 90 degrees and the approaching thundershowers | Will tend to heighten the humidity. BOY, 8, FOUND SAFE IN WOODS AFTER 500 SEARCH ALL NIGHT Son of Paper Manufacturer Wandered Away From Party in Connecticut Summer Colony. By the Associated Press. MADISON, Conn., July 26.—Robert Driscoll, 8-year-old son of a Middle- him 3 miles down the river bank, where had been following a trail. He taken at once to the Sum- former suditor. Incidentally, Ball Hied | checks o the extent of more ., Al e ne; tlement June 30, 1631, ¢ ot et g Other Items Reporied Short, “The detalls of Ball's personal use of the county's and the Commonwealth's money and his kiting operation have been reported to the Commonwealth's attorney of your county and, as you gzcm‘ nmu oW Js held under two in- ounded on ther evxd;rx::e. this and of “From the civil point of view, the are two other items which must : added to the shortage of $564,405.40 in order to arrive at Ball's total liability. The first is $6,250 of warrants which F. J. Hallock, ex-clerk of the School Board, has been charged with forging and converting to his own use, and an indefinite sum, estimated, however, at not less than $7,500, due from Ball on account of excess compensation for the year 1931. In preparing the statement herewith we did not charge these two items to Ball. The first was omitted because we are not certain of his responsibility in connection therewith; and the second item was omitted be- cause the amount could not be de- termined. Incidentally, Ball's fee re- port for the year 1931 was due to be filed with the fee commission several months ago. We are informed that he has been promising for some time to file this report but so far has not done so.” Under the designation above, No. 1 includes water service installation notes, $23,496.49, less a commission of $234.96; interest on loans from Wash- ington district road bond sinking fund, $693.75, less $6.94 commission, and sewer and sidewalk notes, $624.86, lew $6.25 commission. No. 3, wa:Tants no paid by Ball until June 30, 1930, bu® nevertheless credited to Ball by the for mer auditor, $237,289.36. No. 4, differ ences between the accounts of Ball ana the Commonwealth not_discovered ans® taken into account by the former audi- tor, $633.96. No. 5 is a credit not shown in the audit, but which, according to the auditors, amounts to $308. ~ No. 6, which refers to alleged fictitious d posits which were the result of the al- leged “kiting” of checks by Ball, is not shown in the audit. auditors claiming that this is so distributed as to be im- possible of further description. WALKER WILL ACCUSE REPUBLICANS OF PLOT Mayor’s Reply to Seabury Charges Goes to Printer Today and to Governor This Week. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 26.—Mayor James J. Walker's reply to accusations of un- fitness filed against him with Gov. Franklin D. Rooszvelt will include a charge that there is a Republican con- spiracy to discredit him, newspapers said today. The Mayor’s reply to the accusations, which were made by Sam- uel Seabury, goes to the printer today. It is expected to reach Governor about the end of the week. AL L Globe Flyer’'s Brother Dies. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., July 26 () —Jennings Bryan _Griffin, brother of Bennett Griffin, O ?fi Export Leaf Tobacco Co. and the Y sev- resumption of operations of the Dupont | said toda: Rayon plant at Ampthill yesterday put to work nearly 1,000 workers who been unemplo; for many weeks. & Fairfax Railway Co. was| Doubling its local pay roll, the Export sul today by the State Corpora- | Leaf Tobacco Co. added 275 tobacco tion Comumission to abandon that sec-' workers to its plant, running its total|in the St Vincent Shaft Mine near tion of its trolley line running between of employes to more than 500. here. It has been closed for several Clasendon and Aslington Junction. Between 600 and 700 employes of the | months. working & night shift for the first |PoPET comment, it was Jearned that Argentina Clarendon-Arlington Junction Link time in two years. to Be Abandoned. back all very Richmond, Va., July 26 (#).—The Ar- | had out al 1 100 Miners to Return, .G GREENSBURG, Pa., July 26 (). —One he hundred men soon will return to work her sald Repre. £ Goss, who directed the army of searchers. men! A were brought here , Hawthorne, New York and ment fallen said. that the revenue considerably below expectations, it Ratlii Programs on Page filo