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“From Press to Home Within an Hour” The Star's Carrier system coversevery city block and the regular edition is delivered to city and suburban homes as fast as the papers are printed. WEATHER. - (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Partly cloudy, probably followed by local showers and thundershowers to- night and_tomorrow morning. Tem- peratures—Highest, 89, at 4:30 p.m. yes- terday; lowest, 67, at 6:00 a.m. today. Full report on page 3. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 he Fpening Star, Yesterday's Circulation, 114,345 32,243, [ou"omee. Entered as second class matter Washington, D. C. (#) Means Associated TWO CENTS. Press. WASHINGTON, D. (., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1932—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. *xx* TOKID HAY REVOKE SIGNTURET0 PAC AS RESIL OF TAK Spokesman Says Stimson Put New Meanings in Briand- Kellogg Treaty. OBJECTION IS ALSO MADE TO PUBLICATION OF NOTE Foreign Office Declares Secretary's Speech Intended to Popularize G. 0. P. Policies. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, August 10.—Bitter criticism of Secretary Stimscn’s Monday night New York speech continued today. The foreign office spckesman said the Secretary had read meanings into the Briand-Kellogg pact which Japan did not believe the signatories intended. “If the other powers approve such interpretations,” he said, “it may be necessary for Japan to repudiate her signature on the pact.” Calls Speech Offensive. The Jiji Shimpo, leading Tokio daily, said “Secretary Stimson again has put into words of the most offensive char- acter his dogmatic views, born of utter failure to understand Sino-Japanese relations.” Whether an official protest will be flled at Washington was understood to depend largely on what Ambassador Debuchi recommends in a second re- port on the speech, which the foreign office has requested. The foreign office spokesman com- pained especially of Stimson’s publica- tion of the 1918 note, heretofore a secret document, without consulting Tokio. “Evident]; he said, “the secretary was trying to answer opponents who are charging him with undue harshness toward Japan by showing that the last Democratic administration also criti- cized Japanese policies on the conti- nent of Asie.” Called Election Talk. The spokesman said the foreign office believed the speech was part of an ef- fort of the Republican administration to popularize its foreign policy on the eve of an election. “For that reason,” he added, “it is a mistake to attach undue importance to_the s h.” The 1918 note referred to was Secre- tary Lansing’s note to Japan criticizing Japanese military action in Siberia. is impossible to doubt,” the added, “that Secretary Stimsori has been accusing Japan of aggressions {n Manchuria, aithough his | remarks all have been confined to the polite indirections of diplomacy.” SPEECH IS GIVEN PRAISE. British Paper Says Stimson Talk | Marks Advance for World Peace. LONDON, August 10 (#)—The Eve- ning Star, only London afternoon news- paper that commented yesterday on | Secretary of State Stimson’s pronounce- ment on American foreign policy, said | editorially that his speech in New York should mark a definite advance in the organization of world peace and stimu- late disarmament. “The acceptance of Mr. Stimson's in- terpretation of the Kellogg pact—and it seems to us that no nation can_sanely reject it—gives that security which is desired by nations and should mark a new era in the progress of interna- tional peace,” the Star said. The Manchester Guardian, applying | Mr. Stimson’s speech to the Manchu- rian problem, throughout which the Guardian has been an outspoken critic | of the Japanese Asiatic policy, said: America and the League of Nations'| powers were not committed to recogni- | tion of the existing situation in Man- churia. Non-recognition might not interfere with Japan's positive poliey, -the | Guardian said, yet it represented a change in world opinion. “After all, the kind of thing Japan is doing in Manchuria has been done often enough in the past and regarded not only as respectable, but glorious,” the Guardian said. “The history books of all nations are full of such episodes, glowingly described. ow, at least for official purposes, are frowned upon. This is some- ROBBERS GET MINERS'| WAGE BALLOT SHEETS| Result of Referendum on $5 Scale | to Be Held Up Until Papers Are Returned. By the Associated Press. SPRINGFIELD, 111, August 10.—Two armed men today robbed official tell- nois mine workers of the election tally sheets h ot were bringing from the| ¢ly Farmers’ State Bank to lh!‘l iquarters to determine the out- | rendum on the proposed | wage scale. Blackman and George Gee, the reported the loss to headquar- to the police. George Dahm ville, a third teller, broke the the miners' watchers, advising them that until the ballots were re- turned there would be no counting nor 2ny official results announced. BYRD NAMED CHAIRMAN OF DEMOCRATIC GROUP Heads Executive Finance Commit- tee of Roosevelt-Garner u ers of the official n piners’ b v Ridg Campaign. By the Assoclated Press NEW YORK, August 10—Former Gov. Harry F. Byrd of Virginia has been selected as chairman of the Executive Finance Committee of the Roosevelt- Injunction Sought To Ban Hearing | On Mayor Walker Supreme Court Justice| Asked to Bar Action By Roosevelt. T the Associated Press NEW YORK, August 10.—Supreme Ccurl Justice John E. McGeehan, sit- ting in special trial term of Supreme Court mn the Bronx, agreed today to listen to argument on an application for a writ of prohibition to prevent Gov. Roosevelt from hearing the charges against Mayor James J. Walker to- morrow. The application was made by Sidney S. Levine, a lawyer, on behalf of George Donnelly, who was secretary to Cyrus Miller when the latter was bor- ough president of the Bronx. 1n the application Connelly called Gov. Roosevelt's attention to the State Constitution, under which, he asserted, (Continaed on Page 3, Column 3.) DEBUCHI CONFERS ONSTIMSON TALK Japanese Envoy Denies Pro- test at Secretary’s Views in Manchurian Crisis. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. Ambassador Debuchi called this morning on Secretary Stimson at the | State Department and conferred for nearly an hour on the Manchurian sit- uation. The Japanese Ambassador stated emphatically at the end of his interview tha{ he “had not made any | protest or representation on the part | of his government regarding the | speech Mr. Stimson had made on | Monday night.” The Ambassador added that he had | taken advantage of the presence of the Secretary of State in Washington | to bid him farewell before leaving for | Japan on a three-month vacation. In the course of the conversation the Am- bassador stated that the situation in the Far East was again discussed be- tween him and Mr. Stimson and that it was only natural that the matter of last Monday’s speech should be “touched upon.” But all this happened in a most in- formal manner, the Tokio government not having instructed Mr. Debuchi to make any representation in Washing- ton. Invasion Rumor Discussed. ‘The Japanese Ambassador endeavored to set the mind of the Secretary of State at rest in regard to the rumored invasion by e Tientsin. T dor was most emphatic in his denial of the Japanese intentions regarding those two important cities of Northern China, but was less emphatic and uncertain re- garding the Japanese intentions toward Jehol. The only statement he volun- teered on that matter was that “noth- ing was happening in Jehol yet. That the Japanese Ambassador dis- cussed with the Secretary of State the reaction of his speech of last Monday | in Japan is without doubt. But the Japanese Ambassador is apparently en- deavoring to avoid the initiative for any representations; he wishes it to come from Tokio direct, and wants to main- tain the role of merely fully informing his government about the exact mean- ing of Mr. Stimson’s speech. If Tokio finds anything offensive tb Japan, it will be the Tokio government itself ‘which will have to take the responsi- bility of a protest, the embassy here acting merely as a channel of com- munication between the two govern- ments. In official quarters in Washington the wrath in Tokio caused by Mr. Stim- son’s address is not taken very seriously. It is believed that the somewhat in- consistent statements of the official spokesman of the Japanese foreign of- fice are due probably to & misunder- | standing of Mr. Stimson's speech. May Have Seen Fragments. It is probable that only certaip iso- lated parts of the speech referring to | Japan had been transmitted to Tokio. These parts, if read separately from the rest of the address, might conceiva- bly be misinterpreted, but when the | whole speech is read in the proper | spirit_ by the Japanese officials they (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) | $7,825,000 ROSENWALD FUND BUOYED STOCKS Money Posted in 1920 to Insure Employes Against Loss in the Japanese troops af ient Own Concern. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 10.—TIt cost Jul- | ius Rosenwald, the late philanthropist, $7.825,000 to guarantee employes of Sears, Roebuck & Co. against stock market losses in 1929. His benefaction was revealed today when executors of his estate interpreted the action of the Chase National Bank of New York, which filed a claim for | that amount against the estate. When values crashed on the Stock Exchange in 1929, Rosenwald told his employes they would not lose money in their accounts. He posted 101,359 shares of his company's stock as secur- ity against having their accounts sold wout. Chise National lent the money HINDENBURG MAY YIELD TO DEMAND O ELEVATE HITLER President Reported Wavering Toward Nazi Leader as New Chancellor. TROOPS CONCENTRATING IN CENTRAL GERMANY Von Papen Presents Situation to Reich Chief Executive on His Return to Capital City. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, August 10—Adolf Hitler, head of the powerful National Socialist | party, loomed more prominently than ever today as President von Hinden- burg's choice for chancellor of Ger- many. Chancellor Franz von Papen reported the political situation to the President this afternoon when the aging field marshal returned from his Summer es- tate at Neudeck. All those concerned in the negotia- tions for organizing a new cabinet did their best to prevent any information | from leaking out, but they did not suc- ceed entirely and there was evidence that the President was wavering in his previous determination to maintain a non-partisan cabinet. Inclined Toward Hitler. The facts of the situation were lald before him not only by Chancellor von Papen, but also by Otto Meissner, the presidential secretary, who was an im- portant figure behind the scenes in un- seating the Bruening cabinet. On the basis of these facts the Presi- | dent was reported as inclining now to- | ward asking Hitler to form a cabinet. The evening papers, speculating on the personnel of a possible Hitler cabi- net, guessed that Gregor Ludwig Stras- ser would be minister of the interior, replacing Baron Wilhelm von Gayl, and Wilhelm Goering would be minister of communcations. He is regarded as Hitler's right-hand man. The slate named Chancellor von Papen for vice chancellor and foreign minister, and left the rest of the pres- ent cabinet intact. ‘Thousands of H‘;flcr‘a anflu sln:'m troops were reported concentrating to- day‘;; the vicinity of Berlin and Cen- tral Germany. The Nazl commander himself was understood to be ready to jay down a final demand for the right to lead the government. «“All or nothing!™ is the reply Hitle was understood to have made to Gen. Kurt von Schleicher, defense minis- ter, when asked for a statement on his ttitude. ‘ ‘Leftist newspapers made much of the concentrations of storm troops. Many persons felt alarm over the situation, but others regarded it as a tactical movement. Believed Nazi Ruse. The Berliner Tageblatt, powerful Liberal newspaper, expressed the opin- jon the shift of troops was merely a Nazi ruse, by which Hitler was trying to persuade the government he is no longer able to hold his men in check, so as to emphasize his demands for lete control. COTWo men were killed and a number injured in a string of battles last night, on the heels of the publication of yes- terday’s drastic decree authorizing the death penalty for many acts of dis- order. A young Reichsbannerman was shot dead at Dillenburg, and at Dortmund a Communist was mowed down by shots from an automobile. ) President von Hindenburg’s arrival today was the signal for jockeying for the formation of the new government. The sudden clamor of Nazi news- papers for the controlling power and the outspoken demand of the official Nazi press agency vesterday that Hitler be named chancellor indicated that feelers put out by the government for a com- prcmise with Hitler had been un- availing. State Incomplete. As a result it was expected ' that| | Chancellor von Papen would not be | able to present a complete slate for & cabinet to the President, but that he would have to resort to long negotia- tions before any new government can be formed. Alfred Hugenberg's Nationalist press said Hitler's forces were in no way hostile to Von Papen and that they hoped to use him as foreign minister | in their cabinet. Foreign Minister| Baron von Neurath would be returned | | to London as Ambassador if Hitler were | | given power, the Nationalists said, and | Baron von 'Gayl would be given the | presidency of East Prussia. | " Chancellor von Papen reported to President von Hindenburg at 11 am. and then called a cabinet meeting for 5 pm. after which he expected to| | summon Hitler and Hugenberg. Night police in the section where the government offices are located again |armed themselves with carbines as | rumors were current that the Nazi | storm troopers might start trouble. The ‘Wulfl News Bureau said it learned from an authoritative source that no army | troops except those ordinarily stationed here were now in Berlin. |PASTOR HELD FOR KILLING SELLS CHURCH TO RAISE FUNDS! By the Associated Press. MUSKOGEE, Okla, August 10— Facing arraignment on 2 charge of murdering his first wife by poisoning her, Rev. S. A. Berrie, 52-year-old song- writing pastor, turned his attention to- day from composition of & new hymn to raising money. Hc sold his Bethel Tabernacle, to which he ied a group of his followers Glrmr‘ c‘nhmp&m, .unln-g Farley, chair- man of the Democratic Naticns - mittee, mazunvi-;d today. muACun Former Gov. Byrd, who was hi) candidate for the Democrlncml‘;r]etlit dential nomination, visited Gov. Pranklin D. Roosevelt, the Democratic nominee, at Albany vesterday. He was here today attending the convention of the Inter- national Apple Growers' Association, after being ousted as pastor of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church sev- eral months 8go, and began negotla- | Oklahoma Minister Appears Not Worried as He Seeks Money for Defense. WIFE wanted a lawyer and that he appeared “not at all worried.” Davis added he would seek Berrie's release cn bail if retained. Deserted by members of his flock, the { ians, REVOLT GRIPS SPAIN AS 7 ARE KILLED IN MONARCHIST PUSH Madrid Rebels Repulsed, but Seville Remains Under Their Control. REPUBLIC RALLIES ARMY TO FIGHT FOR EXISTENCE Second Son of Ex-King Alfonso Is Scheduled to Get Throne if Uprising Succeeds. By the Associated Press MADRID, August 10.—Spain was virtually under martial law today as the Republican government mobilized to stem the spread of & rebellion which apparently was an attempt at a mon- archist coup. The revolt flared in four cities, re- sulting in at least seven deaths in Ma- drid during an attack at dawn on the building which houses the ministry of war and the office of the premler. A rebel force under Gen. Sanjurjo at Seville captured the Communica- tions' Building. From Algeciras, in the south, near Gibraltar, reports said an army detachment had mutinied in the nearby town of Lalinea. The naval garrison at Cartagena, on the southeast coast, also was reported to havej mutinied. Madrid Attack Repulsed. Madrid police under the command of Director of Public Safety Menendez repulsed the atack on the ministry of war, spraying the open square with machine gun bullets. Seven were killed and about a dozen wounded on both sides during that engagement. Ninety arrests were made, but only 36 of the prisoners were civil Among the others were Gen. Jose_Cavalcanti, Gen. Emilio Fernan- dez Perez and Gen. Gonzalez Garrgasco. They were detained because police said they had led some of the rebel groups which fired on the police. This afternoon the government asked all the newspapers to publish a request that owners of automobiles register their cars with the minister of war in case they should be needed for mobilization of troops and transporta- tion of men to the centers of trouble. Later the newspapers were suppressed. ‘The General Workers' Union warned | all Socialist members to be ready to fight in defense of the republic. Capital Outwardly Peaceful. As the day wore on Madrid was outwardly peaceful, but trouble con- tinued at other points. Additional reporis from Algeciras said the 15th Regiment of the army was involved in the mutiny there and that the Spanish consul general in Gibraltar was said to be implicated in the movement. Senor De Los Rios, speaking for the cabinet, said he had received private information that Gen. Sanjurjo had proclaimed himself captain general of Andalusia and had taken over all the public offices in Seville. Communica- tion with Seville over the ordinary routes was interrupted, but it was un- derstood the civil guard in that city was backing Sanjurjo although the regular troops were divided, Some political authorities said there was no doubt that the rebellion was intended as a stepping stone to restora- tion of the monarchy, probably under Prince Juamy young son of Alfonso XIII Seville Held by Rebels. Gen. Quiepo Dellano, commander of the presidential house guards, also an- nounced officially early thisggafternoon that Gen. Sanjurjo and thé tivil guard were in control of Seville and had es- tablished headquarters at Jerez de la Frontera. Civil guards from the Southern provinces, including Cordoba and Algeciras, had joined them. The 15th Regiment at Algeciras also was on the way north to join Sanjurjo, he sad. The 6th Regiment, garrisoned at Ma- drid, was ordered to attack Seville from the North. Meanwhile, all loyal troops were being assembled from the South- ern provinces, and reinforcements wera hurried from Catalonia to stem the revolutioriary movement. Today’s session of Congress opened with great excitement. Each minority group had a meeting to determine the stand it would take in the crisis con- fronting the country. Agrarians Back Rezime. The Agrarians, long opponents of the government, were the first to announce their position. They said they were an opposition group but in present emer- gency they would favor the forces of law and order. The radical Republicans adopted a resolution along the same lines. They et forth their position in a note to the government in which they reiteratec their opposition to the present regime but promised loyalty to it in dealing with the uprising. President Niceto Alcala Zamora, who had been absent from Madrid, was wel- comed by more than 2,050 persons when (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) SECRET PACT HINTED IN BRAZILIAN REVOLT Agreement of Rebels and Opposingi Troops in Minas Geraes Indi- | cated in Message. By the Associated Press SAO PAULO, Brazil, August 10.—A communique from rebel headquarters indicated today a secret agreement had been made between the rebels and op- posing troops on the front in Minas Geraes State. After the Paulistas had repulsed an attack last night near Julio Tavares, it said, the Minas Geraes leaders explain- handsome preacher was visited by his 19-year-old bride of two months as often as the authorities would permit. Love lyrics which he .allegedly penned to the attractive young Sunday school teacher he married less than two months after the death last March 21 of the first Mrs. Berrie were introduced at the grand jury hearing. Both Berrie and his bride, whom au- thorities exonerated as “an unfortunate . | victim of circumstances,” were said by Phil K. Oldham, county attorney, to have admitted & clandestine love affair before the death of the first Mrs. Berrie, but denied any knowledge of the alleged poisoning. ed the attack was a mistake. begun through a sentinel’s error and they re- gretted the “violation of the status quo.’ THe rebels also announced one of their scouting planes had downed a federal bomber on the southern front. Rebels Capture City. RIO DE JANEIRO, August 10 (#).— The Sao Paulo rebel forces t-ok the city of Santa Ana, near Treas Lagoas in du.ly?-w Grosso State, it was reported to- Radio Prqxn on Page B-7 AN NS d {FAMOUS DISTANCE RUNNERS SIGN TOENTERSTARMARATHON RACE Paul de Bruyn, Percy Wyer, Jimmy Heni-| gan and Other Noted Athletgs to " Compcte Here Next Week. Paul De Bruyn, German marathon yards clothed in the martial costume of champlon; Percy Wyer, smallest run- ning star in the world: Jimmy Henigan, first American 4o finish in the classic Boston Patriots' day run, and half a dozen members of the famous Monarch Athletic Club of Canada were among | those enrolled today for The Evening Star Marathon, to be run a week from Saturday for the National A. A. U. championship in celebration of the George Washington Bicentennial. De Bruyn and Henigan wired their entries from Los Angeles, where they perticipated in the Olympic marathon. Wyer's name was in the list of Ca- nadians, 5 Indian Also Enters. Also in the morning ‘mail was the entry of Chief Stanton, a Narragansett Indian from Westerly, R. I., who prom- ises 1o hit the war trail of 26 miles 385 his tribe. Keeping the chief company in the side show of the big running circus | will be probably the oldesi genuine athlete extant, 56-year-old Daniel Younger of Baltimore, and Johnny Cigars Connors of Roxbury, Mass., who | enjcys a smoke while on the galiop. | “I am,” boasted Connors on his entry | blank, “the only cigar-smoking mara- thoner in captivity. I will average ap- proximately two cigars to the mile.” The redskin deciared himself in on the first 10 prizes, and Younger, a curiosity to sclence and himself, ac- cording to his own statement, averred he'd . piace among the first three to finish the long grind, which will start at Mount Vernon and end at the mile- stone back of the White House. 100 Are Expected. s In the meantime the entry list grows with every mail, and by starting time, 2 o'clock August 20, it is expected the (Continued on Page 12, Column 6.) LEADERS FORECAST VICTORY OF HOOVER Snell, However, Declares Party Has Real Fight on Hands This Fall. A steady stream of Republican lead- ers brought to President Hoover's office today predictions of his re-election, but these were tempered by warnings from veteran politicians that “we have a real fight on our hands.” ‘These were the words of Representa- tive Snell of New York, who will lead Republicans from every State tomor- row in formally notifying the Chief Executive of his renomination. Through- out the morning members of the Re- publican command poured into the city for tomorrow's ceremonies. Snell told newspaper men he dis- cussed with the President details of fitting his speech of notification tomor- row night into the acceptance address of the President. Will Be Real Race. “I predicted to the President,” Snell said, “that we will carry New York State and the election, but don't you take any stock in predictions that we can do it without a real battle. “Things are breaking better in my State and the East, but let me tell you | this election will be a real race.” Earlier, Chairman Sanders arrived in the Capital from Chicago at the head of a delegation carrying even more con- fident prophecies of the election. Ac- companying him were Robert Lucas, ex- ecutive director of the Republican Com- mittee, and Mrs, Lena Yost, director of | its women's activities, as well as Henry Field, victor over Senator Brookhart of Towa in the Republican primaries there. Sanders told newspaper men he did not care to discuss issues or States, but asserted flatly “President Hoover will be re-elected.” “Concerning Democratic claims as to the unsoundness of the present prosperity wave,” Sanders said, “I believe the peo- ple of the country generally will con- | clude, as business brightens, that it has been based upon the reconstruction pro- gram of President Hoover rather than the prospect that Roosevelt and Garner might be elected.” Hull Is Confident. Among those coming to the White House to discuss political affairs with the President were Representative Wil- liam E. Hull of Illinois, who is handling the foreign language division of the Re- .| publican campaign. Hull was optimistic. “Just as I told the President,” he said, “the foreign language division will be as strong for him now as it was four years ago. I'm positive the for- eign language vote is going for the Republican party because of the pro- (Continued on Page 3, Column 1.) e Akron Back at Hangar. LAKEHURST, N. J, August 10 (®). —The Navy airship Akron returned to its hangar this morning after an over- night training ht with Rear Ad- miral William A. Moffett aboard. The admiral left for Washington and the Akron took off again for a flight over coastal waters. She may return to- night or tomorrow. | throughout | Hoover was reminded this afternoon | that todey was his 58th birthday when | CHILDREN'S SONGS GREET PRESIDENT Conferences Interrupted as Hoover Is Reminded of 58th Birthday. By the Associated Press. Busy with a round of conferences the morning, President | a group of youngsters gathered on the | south lawn of the Executive Mansion | singing “Happy birthday, dear Presi- | dent, happy birthday to you.” The youngsters accompanied a group of adults from the National Praternal | Congress of America, with whom the President posed for a photograph. This | ceremony was accompanied by applause | for the President. | A group of Washington Boy Scouts now vacationing at Camp §Roosbvelt on Chesapeake Bay presented the President with a crcaker caught by them last| night. They also gave him a bridge set | constructed at the camp. Simultaneously a group of Brooklyn Boy Scouts presented Mr. Hoover with (Continued on Page 3, Column 1.) T00 AMBITIOUS, JAILED Man Tries to Work Double Shi!.t on Relief Crew. PORTLAND, Oreg., August 10 (#).— Walter Nichols is in jail here today| because he was too willing to work, After obtaining work on his own card on the emergency relief crew, he worked on the card of another man who had left town. He was fined $25 for falsely obtaining work and, unable to pay, was committed to jail. RAIL STOCKS LEAD INMARKET UPTURN ‘Strength in Carrier Issues Quickly Spreads to Other Securities. BY CLAUDE A. JAGGER, Associated Press Financial Editor. NEW YORK, August 10.—The bull movement in stocks rolled forward un- | der the leadership of the rails today, developing express train speed. By early afternoon, advances ranged from 1 to more than 5 points in a wide assortment of issues. Midweek business statistics were a shade less favorable than a week ago, but speculators were obviously willing to believe that the current lull in industry would give way to a substantial upturn in Autumn. The list dipped a point or two at the start, but quickly turned upward. Advance Is General. - Norfolk & Western advanced more then 6, and issues up 3 to 5 included New York Central. Union Pacific, Santa Fe, Delaware & Hudson, despite its | dividend cut; U. S. Steel, common and | preferred; American Can, American Telephone, International Harvester, Al- lied Chemical, Johns Manville, Con- solidated Gas and others. Case made an exceptional advance of more than Radio, Chrysler, National Distillers, Montgomery Ward, United Aircraft, Pennsylvania, Bendix, Southern Paci- fic, American Smelting and many others were up 1 point or more. Bulls evidently were hopeful of con- structive results from the meetings of carrier executives in New York this week, at which wages and economies will, among other things, presumably be_discussed. Fresh buying from abroad was report- ed in the carrier issues. Railway bonds also forged ahead. Roads thus far reporting freight movement for the | week ended August 6, however, failed to indicate any pick-up. New York Central's loadings were 33,102 cars, against 34,390 in the previous week, and Pennsylvania’s 73,883, as reduced from 77,209 in the previous week. Delaware & Hudson Co. reduced its annual dividend rate to $3 from $9 a share, leaving the Chesapeake & Ohio the only prominént rail issue on which the dividend has not been cut. The weekly report of electric power production, now regarded as one of the principal barometers of business activ- ity, was a little disappointing, showing 1,426,986,000 kilowatt hours for the week ending August 6, against 1,440, 386,000 in the previous week. The reduction from last year was 13.1 per cent, against 12.4 per cent in the pre- vious week. The like week of last year saw a negligible sag. while gains occured in the same period of 1930 and 1929. Steel Tonnage Drops. United States Steel reported a drop in unfilled tonnage for July, for the sixteenth successive month, but it amounted to only 68.466 tons, or sub- stantially less than previous declines. Heavy buying of the farm implement issues was based partly on the better tone of commodities, but also on reports | in prominent Wall Street circles that methods of improving trade relations with Russia were under consideration. The ability of the general list to forge ahead again without a real reaction was evidently impressive to bears. East- man cut its annual dividend to $3 from $5, a somewhat larger reduction than expected, HOOVER REFUSES PROTESTING BONUS EVICTIONS! Writers, Told by Aide to Tell TO SEE GROUP Truth, Reply That President Scorned Intellectuals. By the Associated Press. A delegation of writers representing | the National Committee for the Defense of Political Prisoners today called at the White House to protest against President Hoover’s part in the eviction of the bonus marchers from the Na- tional Capital, but were denied ad- mittance to the Chief Executive's of- fice. ‘Theodore Joslin, one of the Presi- dent’s secretaries, received the delega- tion, which included Sherwood Ander- son James Rorty and Waldo Frank, and accepted from them a written state- ment bitterly assailing the use of Fed- eral troops against the bonus army. Mr. Joslin said Mr. Hoover was too busy to receive the per- sonally. " This result led the writers to attack Mr. Hoover verbally as they left the ‘White House. / poli- he considered the refusal to meet the writers as “proof that Mr. Hoover holds intellectual opinion’in contempt.” He sald he accepted the President’s action in connection with the bonus army as “proof that when activity by organized groups meets with the Presi- ?ent‘s disapproval it will be met by orce.” - Anderson stated he had seen “in- creasing evidence of brutality by small officials” in various parts of the coun- try, and believed Mr. Hoover's action would set “a dangerous precedent lead- o T recelv] group, read them the following prepared statement: I would like to talk to you as an in- dividual rather than in an official CVIL SERVICEVOTE BANS SHORT WEEK AFTER NEW OROER !Cemmission Employes Fear Added Loss in Latest McCarl Decision. FIVE-DAY PLAN KEPT IN LABOR DEPARTMENT Action in Other Agencies Uncer- tain—Added Cuts Loom in Sav- ings to Avert Dismissals. Abiding by the result of a referendum among the employes, the Civil Service Commission this afternoon announced abandonment of the five-day week, fol- lowing a ruling by Controller General McCarl that put a penalty on this method of administering the legislative furlough provision of the economy law. The controller general, late yesterday, in an opinion to the Civil Service Com- mission, reaffirmed his previous decision that a pay deduction of one-eleventh must be required where the five-day weck is in vogue, instead of the one- twelfth that would be deducted where the payless leave is otherwise admine istered. The commission had appealed from the former ruling, and had decided at the salmebume if the decision was ad- verse to give to the employes the oppor- tunity to say if they desired to stap)l'x:?n the five-day schedule, even though it entajled a further pay loss of three- fourths of 1 per cent. The balloting was carried out this mogping, and resulted in 195 votes agalhst and 154 for. Effect Is Uncertain. It was thereupon announced by E. Claude Babcock, the secretary, that the commission would abandon its ventare. Previously members of the commission staff voted 245 to 88 in favor of retain- ing the five-day plan, if the pay deduc- tion was to remain at one-twelith, Whether the McCarl ruling would have the effect of knocking out the five-day week elsewhere in the Govern- ment establishment was not certain to- day. In some instances the agencies are going through with it. At the Department of Labor. which alone of the executive branches has ap- plied it, the announcement was made that Secretary Doak had said it would be continued despite McCarl's decision. Deductions Limited. The Government Printi; Offi where all but 10 per ceat of the work: ers are on a per diem basis and subject to the one-eleventh cut anyway, also will continue on the five-day week, as will the fleld service of the Navy, | where about 30,000 employes are on & per diem basis and 7.000 on annual. | ,, An expression is still to come from the Employes' Compensation Commis= sion, the National Advisory Committee | for Aeronautics and the Farm Board, | the other groups using this plan. In his decision, McCarl reversed previous ruling and held that the leg- islative administrative furloughs may be carried out concurrently. | He continued to maintain, however, | that the deduction of 30 days' pay for | the 24-day mandatory legislative fur- lough must be made whether employes are on a duty or non-duty status. | . This will hold administrative furloughs | to 11 months. Where deductions are | made under this provision of the law, the money may bz retained and used to spread employment in the group affected, whereas all the deductions | made under the legislative furlough are . | impounded, reverting to the Treasury. The practice in some branches—Farm Board and United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, for ex- { ample—has been to put some employes on a year’s furlough, and seek to hold the money thus saved to pay those retained and avoid further cuts. The controller general, however, holds that one-twelfth of this must be considered as legisiative furlough, and the money turned back to the Government. This will result in the imposition of additional furloughs in the branches required to use the administratiive fur- lough, of whatever length, as well as the legislative furlough. Held as Last Resort. Administrative furloughs, obviously, will be applied only as a last resort, and a determined effort is being made throughout the Government establish- ment to avoid them, though in a num- ber of independent agencies, it will be impossible to operate otherwise. _In the executive departments. how- éver, this phase of the economy bill will have only a limited effect. It was ex- pected that principal sufferers would be Interior, State, Justice, Commerce and Labor, where the appropriations fell under the blanket 10 per cent slash ordered by the Senate. A check today showed, however, that State and Interior hope to get by through transfer of appropriations and other economies, although, in Interior, some administrative furlough has been applied. and will be applied further in the field. At Labor, it was thought the maxi- mum amount of such furlough would be 15 days, and Justice is working on a plan, the details of which have not been " (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) NAT-INDIAN GAME OFF Rain Causes Postponement of Final Contest in Western City. CLEVELAND, August 10 (Special).— Rain today caused the postponement of the final game of a series between the Cleveland Indians and the Wash- ington Nationals. Walter Johnson and his players will depart for the National Capital, but will be idle until Saturday, when they open a series at Griffith Stadium with the New York Yankees. H. S. FIRESTONE SAILS NEW YORK, August 10 (#).— Harvey S. Firestone, the rubber ma; nate, expressed .optimism over the business outlook as he sailed on the Leviathan lezst night for a six-week visit to Europe. He declared that a new feeling of confidence is evident in all lines of business, but declined to discuss the situation further. Robinson Lands on Island. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, August 10 (/). —Senator Arthur Robinson of In- diana, a member of the Senate Fore! Affairs Committee, arrived today by air- plane from Haiti by way of Santo Do- mingo. He also intends to visit the Virgin Islands.