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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Buresu Porecast.) Falr tonight and tomorrow; little ds. ‘Temperatures—Highest, yesterday; lowest, 58, at 6:15 a.m. today. Full report on page 12. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages 10 and 11 change to moderate 81,t3:30 pm. ch ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION [ e ¢ Foening Star, The only Au?ciltad service. in Washington evening paper with the Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 114,492 Entered as sec No. 32,274 post office, Washington, D. ond class matter WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1932—TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. *¥ (#) Means Associated TWO CENTS. Press. SI000000 ADIED TO PUBLLC BULDING FUNDS FOR RELIEF Projects to Be Speeded Up to Be Announced by Treasury Monday. OUTLAY FOR YEAR NOW TOTALS $750,000,000 AMBASSADOR ASKS JAPAN TO HALT WAR ALARMISTS (8 reparations fo P By the Assoclated Press. | TOKIO. September 10 —The storm of protest which has developed during the | last two days over the photographing of | & number of Japanese business and in- dustrial bufldings by the National City | | Bank of New York assumed a more se- | rious aspect today and led to diplo- matic action. | Delegations from several Japanese | patriotic societies visited the branch of the bank at Osaka and attempted to in- | saka Radio Station Cites Alleged U. S. r Hostilities as Bank Photographs Buildings. 1o the Kurile Islands a month ago, the newspaper sad, and added that many American air bases “which cannot be considered purely commercial” are es- tablished in the Aleutian Islands. It admitted, however, that Japanese naval officials said all these reports were un- confirmed. It also published prominently a re- port that Americans were sending many bombing planes to Hangchow, China, to essist the Chinese Army in establishing an_air base. Shanghai dispatches last month told timidate its Japanese employes. Osaka|of a group of American fiiers under | Becretary Mills Notifies President; Money Is Available to Proceed With New Work. By the Associated Press. More millions were added today to huge Federal outlays on public con- struction which President Hcover says have more than doubled in recent years #s an employment aid. “Slightly less than $200,000,000,” was the Chief Executive's estimate of the sum to be expended immediately under | the relief act. He said this amount would bring this fiscal year's total construction out- fay to over $750,000,000, which, in turn, | would bring aggregate constructicn ex- penditures since the depression began to &bout $2,300,000,000. Mr. Hoover announced the Govern- snent’s plan to speed construction with velief act funds in a formal statement late yesterday accompanied by a letter from Secretary of the Treasury Mills saying the money would be available at once. President’s Announcement. ‘The President said: “In order further to aid employment I have instructed the various departments to undertake the speeding up of the Federal construction program by the amount of slightly less than $200,- 000,000, being the contingent appropri- ation in the 1932 relief and construction act. “The Secretary of the Treasury has notified me that the necessary funds can be now made available. By the addition of the amounts which can be applied from this fund the total Federal construction work during the present fiscal year of all kinds will ex- ceed $750,000,000. “This speeding up from this addi- tional fund will be largely in the river | and harbor, flood control and public building projects, which were authorized from 2 to 5 years ago. “The expenditure on all classes of construction since the depression began and up to next July will total about $2,300,000,000. This sum is more than double the normal pace, and the en- larged work has, of course, been under- taken solely in aid to employment. Program Due Monday. “The actual projects which will be speeded up under this additional sum will be announced by the various de- partments.” The first of these announcements. alloting the relief acts's $100,000,000 public building appropriation, is due at the Treasury Monday. Controller Gen- eral McCarl has ruled the 10 per cent | economy slash must be made in this sum, but it still is yndecided whether this cuts the entire figure or the amounts spent on individual projects. Other departments are. expected to | ‘l'mfi an early apportionment of their | un Secretary Mills' Letter. ‘The letter from Secretary Mills, say- ing the money is now available, read as follows: “As you are aware, the emergency relief and reconstructicn act of 1932 provides for the further speeding up of certain Federal construction projects, practically all of which were authorized | some time ago as part of the general Federal building and construction pro- gram, provided the :ums apprcpriated shall not be expended ‘if the Secretary of the Treasury certifies to the Presi- dent that the amount necessary far #uch expenditure is not avaflable and cannot be obtained upon reasonable terms.’ Knowing your desire to provide all C ntinued on Page 2, Column 8. MONTAGU NORMAN LANDS AT LIVERPOOL; IS SILENT Governor BAnk‘of Avoids Crowds as He Catches Beat Train for Londen. of By the Associated Press LIVERPOOL, England, September 10. —Montagu Norman, governor of the Bank of England, arrived here from the United States today aboard the steamer Duchess of Bedford and con- tinued to veil his movements in secrecy. He remained aboard the ship until Jong after all the passengers had dis- embarked, and then, preceded by his secretary and valet, left through the gangway of the third-class section. A small crowd of people, curious to see him. waited near his big automobile, but he had two cars waiting and entered the other one, which was hidden by the doors of a warehouse. He drove away in this and caught the boat train for London newspapers came out again with full|Col. John L. Jouett, formerly of the pages devoted to protests against the|United States Army, serving as flying photographing end printed a number of other reports to hint the United States was making other preparations for pos- sible war. Ambassador Joseph C. Grew immedi- | ately arranged for an interview with | the Japanese foreign minister, Count | Uchida, and called on him at the for- eign office this afternoon. Cite ‘ar Preparations.” The newspaper charges, which in- cluded a long list of American activi- ties, such as the presence of the Ameri- can fleet in the Pacific, an alleged cruise of three airplane carriers along the Kurile Islands and establishment of new American air bases on the Aleutian Islands, also were broadcast over the semi-official radio station at Osaka. The charge that the bank's photo- graphs might get into the hands of the United States War Department for use in mapping targets for.air bombing raids was reiterated. The newspaper, Kokumin Shimbun, which led the criticism, said there were many “manifestations of serious inten- tions of America against Japan." An American woman, whose name was not given, paid a mysterious visit | instructors at Hangchow. | Asks for Exoneration. | . Earlier in the day the American em- | bassy asked the Japanese government to issue a statement exonerating the | National City Bank and to assert that | thorough investigation showed the charges to be utterly unfounded, but the government did not immediately ac- cede to the request. Officials of the bank explained that the photographs, which were taken in accordance with instructions from the bank in New York, were to be used in | promotion matter illustrating business :éndtlndusmnl developments in the Far ast. Foreign office officials sald yesterday that newspaper accounts of activities of the bank's photographers were unfair, baseless and due to over-zealousness on | the part of younger officials of the gen- darmerie. They said that what the bank was trying to do really was in- tended to benefit Japan, and that for this reason the officials were trying to present the true version to the press, but were finding it “quite difficult to get the Japanese papers to print what ithey didn't want to print.” | HAWAI T0 RECPEN MASSE CASE 0.3 Private Detective to Submit Report to Gov. Judd in New York. By the Associated Press. HONOLULU, September 10.—The Ala Moana assault case involving Mrs. Tha- lia Massie, wife of Naval Lieut. Thomas Massie, may bz reopened next October 3, Honolulu authorities revealed today. WALKER DEPARTS - ONEUROPEAN TRIP |Ex-Mayor to Return in 20 Days, He Says—Ordered by Doctor to Rest. By the Associated Press. | NEW YORK, September 10.—Persons | seeing friends off on the Conte Grande | for Europe today were astonished to see former Mayor Walker and his wile board the liner as passengers, There On that date H. C. Praser, private |had been rumors for several days that detective, who has conducted an Inquiry | the former mayor was planning s trip into the case, will submit his report lU“nbroad. but there had been no definite ‘Territorial Gov. Lawrence M. Judd in employment pssible in the country, | England | New York, Territorial Attorney General Harry Hewitt and John C. Kelley, Honolulu prosecutor, will be with the Governor when he receives the report. Fraser investigated the case in Hono- lulu for two months while other opera- tives of the same detective agency con- ducted a similar inquiry on tne main- land regarding Mrs. Granville Fostescue, mother of Mrs. Massle, and three others convicted of manslaughter for the slay- ing of Joseph Kahahawai, one of five men suspected of assaulting the young wife of the naval lieutenant. ~Gov. Judd commuted the sentence of Mrs. | Fortescue, Lieut. Massie and two naval | enlisted men to one hour in custody. Prosecutor Kelley, who obtained the | conviction, will leave Honolulu next Wednesday to join the Governor and ettorney general in New York. The gvc\'emor and Hewitt left last Wednes- ay. CUTTER RUSHES TO AID OF LEAKING SCHOONER Crew of 43 at Work Over Pumps, Says Skipper in Message to Seattle. By the Assoctated Press SEATTLE, September 10—The Coast Guard cutter, Snohomish, was speeding today to the =aid of the schooner, Scphie Christenson, reported leaking badly in heavy seas 184 miles off the coast. | “We can keep affoat as long as the ishlp doesn’t open up any more,” Capt. | John Grotley messaged. Another message said that the crew of 43 men was at work over the pumps \to stop the rising water. | The vessel had been on the fishing banks off the Alaskan Coast and was returning with 500 tons of codfish. The tleak started several nights ago, Capt. Grotley messaged, and during Wednes- day night's gale the ship's plight be- | came more serious. Cuba Cuts Flour Tariff HAVANA, September 10 (#)—The 2 per cent tax on wheat flour imported from the United States was reduced al- | most one-third yesterday in a decree | signed by President Machado. VOLUNTARY SEPARATIONS NO BAR TO MARRIED WORKER’S REMOVAL Civil Service Commission Rules That Husbands and Wives Can’t Escape Economy Act. Husbands and wives in the Govern- | ment service cannot escape the provi- sions of the eccnomy act relating to Under the new ruling, however, these employes are still smenable to the economy act provision despite the sacrifice of their marrled status. married workers by entering into a sep- aration agreement, the Civil Service Commission ruled toady. This ruling, it was said, reaffirms a long-standinfg civil service principle that separations of this character must be bona fide and not for the express purpose of avciding restrictive provi- sions of the civil service regulations. A considerable number of husbands and wives employed here and in the fleld by the Government are under stood to have separated after the omy act went into effect so both eonyumu in the service w‘lflwu‘tm’n curring the risk of one or the other issed. being s dism! i might | Peared that the separation was to evadc | bn ‘all State, county and school district | tcday to pay & ransom of $60,000 de- In the specific case on which the Commission’s decision was rendered, | the husband was separated from the | Government service in April, 1932, and the wife still is employed in the De- | partment of Agriculture. The husband | pplied for reinstatement as an at- | tendant at St. Elizabeth's Hospital. | The Commission learned that the sep- aration of the husband and wife oc- | curred on August 18, 1932, that they | 8re at present residing at. different | addresses and that the separation was “voluntary.” The commission held that as it ap- ‘the provisions of section 213 of the economy act it could not see its way | (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) announcement. The names of the former mayor and | | his wife were not cn the passenger list and line officlals at the pier said they knew nothing of their being on the boat. They were not seen to leave the liner, however, before it pulled out. Secretary With Him. After the liner sailed it was definitely established that Walker had gonme on the boat with his former executive sec- retary, who has been his constant com- panicn since he resigned as mayor during the ouster hearing before Gov. | Rocsevelt. There was increasing doubt, however, whether Mrs. Walker had sailed and the general belief increased that she had merely gone to the boat with her husband and then returned home un- observed. It was learned thet Walker said bzfore sailing that the trip will be taken zolely in the interest of his health and that | he é)lans to return on the same ship in 20 days. Decision Made Suddenly. The Conte Grande makes stops st | Genoa and Naples and if the former | mayor stays on it as he plans, he will have only two days ashore. It was reported the decision to make the trip was only reached last night and was based on an order of Dr. Wil- liam Schroeder, Walker's personal phy- | sician end head of the City Board of | Sanitation. “I'm just being shanghaled by a med- ical man, that's all,” Walker was said | to have remarked just before he left. 'MAN KILLS HIMSELF " AT TIDAL BASIN RAIL No Identification Found on Person ‘ Other Than Philadelphia Tailor's Label. An unidentified white man, about 50 vears old, shot himself to death on the | north seawall of the Tidal Basin, a block west of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, shortly before noon today. | ccording to Stanford Carrier, 17, of 7 Rhode Island avenue, the man fired a bullet into his head from a pistol as he sat with his elbows on the guard rail and his feet dangling over the wall. Carrier said he first saw the man at the instant he heard the shot. Rushing to his side, Carrier dragged the man back from the seawall and took the gun from his hand. Mean- while police arrived and summoned the Emergency Hospital ambulance. The man was pronounced dead by the ac- companying physician. There were no papers or other means of identification in the dead man's pockets. He wore a black alpaca suit, bearing the label of a Philadelphia tailor. The body was removed to the Morgue. TAXPAYER RELIEF VOTED Bill Awaits Signature of Governor. AUSTIN, Tex., September 10 (#)— The Texas Legislature yesterday passed a bill for relief of delinquent taxpayers through remission of their penaities and mterest. | The bill needed only Gov. Ross Ster- ling’s signature to make it immediately | effective. The law would provide that | penalties and interest be charged off Texas | taxes December 31 this year, no matter how ‘long the taxes have been de- | linquent. | ing man in the Loop district before read- | | Club, presumably for Washington. | James Whitehurst, attorney, contended | | rather that Robins probably had been | (0L ROBNSHONTED N CHCAGO AFTER BN SEEN TWICE Federal Agents Mystified Over Disappearance of Friend of President. SEARCH IS INTERISIFIED BY WHITE HOUSE REQUEST ‘Lone Wolf' Mission of Dry Leader Discounted—Now Working on Amnesia Theory. By the Assoclated Press. The disappearance just a week ago| of Col. Raymond Robins, friend of Pres- ident Hoover, today still perplexes a host of Federal agents working hun- dreds of miles apart on a score of theo- ries but few clues, They concentrated in Chicago, where two persons said they had seen the prominent prohibitionist and social economist during the week. They also were active in Florida, origin of “boot- legger” threats of violence feared by Mrs. Robins, end in New York, where Robins checked out of the City Club last Saturday. An assertion by Mrs. W. Requa Bry- ant that she had seen Robins in the Chicago Loop Thursday afternoon, to- day was given the support of a state- ment by W. W. Haupt, automobile deal- er, who said he met and greeted the| mising man on the same day. Friends for 20 Years. Haupt fixed the time of the meeting | at half an hour after Mrs. Bryant said she saw Robins. Both have known | Robins for 20 years. “I couldn't be mistaken,” Haupt said. “I recognized him in the crowd and sald ‘Hello, Mr. Robins.’ He answered me and walked on." Another theory that Robins had drop- [ ped out of sight on & “lone wolf” hunt— advanced when he failed to keep an| appointment with President Hoover last | Tuesday—was abandoned today by pro- hibition officials directing the activities | of 185 special agents working on the case. They felt the passage of a full week and the widespread publicity given | Robins' unexplained absence eliminated | such a solution. Meanwhile, Mr. Hoo- ver frankly was concerned about the case. At the request of the White House, Federal agents in Chicago questioned Mrs. Bryant, but refused to disclose any findings. Police began a city-wide | check of hotels on the chance that! Robins might be suffering from amnesia. Mrs. Robins Doubts Stories. Mrs. Bryant said she saw the miss- | ing accounts of his disappearance and that he appeared “distraught.” But at her sister's home at Southwest Harbor, Me., Mrs. Robins doubted that the man seen in Chicago was her husband. She knew of no reason why Robins should have gone there. In Oregon, Dr. Daniel A. Poling, co- worker of Robins with the Allied Forces | for Prohibition, said he was worried over the disappearance and hoped that Robins might be suffering from am- nesia. Poling last saw him in New York Saturday, before he left the City In' Brooksville, Fla, home of Col | Robins, friends refused to believe he had been slain. S. D. Coogler, presi- | dent of the First National Bank, and | taken suddenly ill or kidnaped and held | for ransom. No Reward to Be Offered. Mrs. Robins said no reward will be offered for her husband’s return or in- formation of his whereabouts, explain- ing these were colonel's own instruc- tions. J. Edgar Hoover, director of the Justice Department Bureau of Investi- gation, was ready to throw his entire force on the case at the first advice that interstate kidnaping was involved. Already his men_and those of the Secret Service unofficially are on the ~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) MOVIES BOMBED:; LABOR ROW HINTED Explosions Damage Theaters New York—Sleepers Tossed From Beds. in By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, September 10.—Ter- rific bomb explosions wrecked the en- trances to two movie houses early today, tossed sleeping people from their beds and spread terror through two widely separated neighborhoods. Hundreds of panes of glass crashed to sidewalks as a blast in front of Loew’s Forty-sixth Street Theater in Brook- lyn was followed quickly by another explosion in the entrance to Loew's Canal Street Theater on Manhattan’s lower East Side. Detectives said there has been col flict between two unions of motion pic- ture operators, but no evidence was made public connecting this dispute with the bomb plot. Three men in a sedan were seen speeding away from | the Brooklyn theater about the time of | the blast. ‘The blast that shook the lower East Side tossed the ticket booth into the street, twisted heavy doors open and shattered glass in many stores and tene- ment houses. The Brooklyn explosion tore a hole in the theater's tiled en- trance, wrecked its glass work, and ruined windowsh in buildings nearby. Huge crowds gathered as sleepy people tumbled out of their houses in fright. The theaters were empty at the time and no one was injured. Edward Brown, night watchman in the Canal Street Theater, was thrown down a flight of stairs by the explosion, but escaped in- Jury. Slugs and metal fragments found in the neighborhood were turned over to explosive experts, who began an at- tempt to reconstruct the bombs. $60,000 Ransom Refused. DAIREN, Manchuria, September 10 (#).—The British consul here refused STORIES SAY BERN THREATENED WIFE Allcgation Complicates Mys- tery of Suicide—Dorothy Millette Sought. By the Assoclated Press. LOS ANGELES, September 10.— | Newspaper assertions Paul Bern threat- | ened his beautiful wife, Jean Harlow of the films, the night before he killed himself, complicated the mystery of his suicide today as authorities searched for “the other woman"—dead or alive. Reports of a possible quarrel with Miss Harlow came in a story by the Los Angeles Examiner that the movie executive threatened the actress with | death last Sunday night. His body was found in his home Monday. From various sources close to the actress, the newspaper said, “it was | declared that Bern flew into a rage at Miss Harlow and screamed: and let me alone. If you don't, I'll kill you.'"” Contradicts Testimony. The report was unverified frora other | sources and contradicted testimony | given at the inquest, when John Car- | michael, the Bern butler, testified the ‘Get out | couple parted Sunday night the “best of friends.” Further mystery came in the re- | ported disappearance of Miss Dorothy | Millette, once known as “Mrs. Paul | Bern,” from a Sacramento River | steamer while en route from San Fran- cisco to Sacramento, Calif, the day | after Bern's body was found. | Sacramento authorities today pre- pared to search the river for her body, meanwhile asking police in Reno to| determine whether Miss Millette ever rcached the Nevada capital. The double search was ordered be- cause officials were not certain whether the woman drowned, swam ashore or | left the steamer &t Sacramento un- | noticed. All they knew was she boarded | the steamer in San Francisco, was seen | only twice en route, was not seen to leave the boat at Sacramento and her luggage was left aboard. An empty | bathing suit bag found in her effects| lent some credence to the theory she | may have faked a suicide. Search for Body Narrowed. Sacramento officers narrowed places | to be searched to a comparatively small | area after conferring with men familiar with the river and were positive they would recover the body if Miss Mil- lette drowned in the river. While the search for his common- law wife went on, the ashes of Paul Bern lay at rest, In a cloistered scene. with a few in- | timate friends gathered about the cas- ket, funeral services were held yester- day while his grief-stricken widow wept | quietly. In a brief eulogy, Conrad Nagel, screen actor, said “insincerity is a be- setting sin of Hollywood. but Paul Bern never bowed down to that false god.” In a statement concerning the mys- tery woman, Henry Bern of New Ro- chelle, N. Y., a brother, said Paul Bern had become infatuated with Miss Mil- lette many years ago in Canada, while they were with a theatrical company. They fell in love and went to New | York. Possessions Found on Boat. The woman was stricken with a men- | tal allment and for years following, up to the time of his death, Bern cared for her, paying her approximately $350 a month. Bern said her mind forsook | her almost to the extent of apparently forgetting the man who provided for her and last April she decided to go 0 California for her health. She lived at a San Francisco hotel. The day fol- Jowing the film executive's death she left a San Francisco hotel, taking & steamer for Sacramento. She had a light meal and retired to her cabin. In the early morning hours, a watchman, making the rounds of the deck, found her coat and some other possessions near a rail. In the state room she occupied were other personal possessions but the woman had gone. No trace of her was found apd Henry Bern, upon learning of the facts con- cerning the woman, collapsed. ‘The brother said he had found mno reason for the note left by the film executive in which he mentioned a “frightful wrong” done to Miss Har- low, and said in his brief interview with Miss Harlow she had mentioned none. - Loses Farm, but Keeps House. MENOMINEE, Mich.,, September 10 () —Charged with taking with him a house which he had lost with this farm through foreclosure of a mortgage, John Suska, Carbondale, Mich., farmer, is held here in default of $500 bond. He is accused of dismantling the house and re-erecting it on the farm to which he moved. manded by Chinesc bandits for two British subjeets kidnaped near Mukden last week. ) L R:dio Programs on Page | police said, that the number of missing AS MAINE GOES—-! FRANCE PUTS ARMS EQUALTY ISSUE P TONATIONS LEAGUE Germany Told Their Two Governments Cannot Re- vise Versailles Treaty. U. S. TO RECEIVE COPY OF NOTE AS APPROVED Delivery in Berlin Planned for Woman, 71, Falls Five Stories, but Doesn’t Recall It By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, September 10. Miss Margaret Sullivan, 71, ‘fell five steries from her room in a downtown apartment house and suffered only three broken ribs. ‘When she recovered from the shock in a hospital she tcld phy- sicians she had no recollection of the fall and apparently had been sleepwalking. GRAND JURY CALLED INBOAT EXPLOSION Captain to Be Held as Ma- terial Witness—39 Dead, 63 Hurt, 11 Missing, By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, September 10.—The district attorney for the Bronx an- nounced today he would hold Alex- ander Forsythe, captain of the ill- fated steamer Observation, as a ma- terial witness to the explosion which | yesterday caused the death of at least 39 men. Details of the disaster will be laid | before a grand jury next Tuesday morn- ing, the prosecutor said. Forsythe, now a patient in Pordham Hospital, is ex- pected to appear. injurles are not serious. Eleven men still are mlssing and police were grappling for their bodjes today at the 138th street dock in the East River where the 44-year-old steamer was blown to bits by its boil- ers. Of the 63 persons injured 38 were still in hospitals. The injured numbered 63 in a recheck by police this morning. Thirty-five of them remained in hos- pitals, their injuries in some cases critical. A guard stood at the hospital cot of Capt. Forsythe, who said: “I cannot account for it. We were just backing out when the boiler blew.” Missing May Total 25. ‘That was the story, too, of other sur- vivors of the Observation, which sank in a minute and a half just as it pulled from its Bronx pier in the East River yesterday morning, carrying its load of workmen to Rikers Island, where they were employed on the new peni- tentiary. There was a strong possibility, marine might be as high as 25. . who was in a position to know ex- actly how many were aboard—the man who collected the dime fares of the workmen—is missing. Floodlights played on the waters through the night, affording a view of grim drama to curious hundreds. They watched silently as five police boats moved slowly back and forth, grappling for bodies. Half the interior of the dingy ferry house at 134th street was blocked off as a morgue. Piled against one wall were nine rough coffins. Four Inquiries Started. There was no explanation ¢- the ex- plosion, but four investigations hunted its cause today. ‘It might have been dynamite for all we know about it yet,” said John Crone. supervising _inspector _of _the (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) NEW SUBWAY THRONGED | BY “FIRST RIDE” PATRONS | at 12:01 A.M. Observed by | City Officials. | By the Assoclated Press. " NEW YORK, September 10.—The | new Eighth Avenue Subway—a 12-mile cavern of tracks and shiny steel cars— | operated today on a cash basis, after ree days of trial runs. At exactly 12:01 mechanism of the $191,; nicipal project was officially set in mo- tion. Several thousand persons, anxious to be among the “first riders,” stormed the city-owned turnstiies. The c?enlnz‘ which was announced as satisfactory, was conducted under the observation of three city trans- portation managers. DAVILA MAY GO OUT BUENOS AIRES, September 10 (#).— Advices from Chile today said the cabi- net at Santiago was in session through- out the night considering the govern- mental situation and that iti was under- stood Provisional President Carlos Da- la would be eliminated, while the cabi- net assumed power through a military ’%np*tmummmm Physiclans said his | The one man | LINE TO CONSIDER - SENT ZONE FARE ;Traction Company Notifies Keech of Willingness to Discuss Proposal. ‘The Capital Traction Co. today be- came the first to offer to discuss the cars and busses, suggested recently by People’s Counsel Richmond B. Keech. In a communication to Mr. Keech to- day, the people's counsel was told the letter embodying his suggestion had been carefully considered by the com- pany’s board of directors and that the company would be glad to confer with the Public Utilities Commission and of- ficials of other companies in the matter. At the same time the company sent a letter to the Public Utilities Commis- sion saying it would be glad to partici- pate in any conference on the 5-cent |zone plan and would hold itself in readiness for a conference to be called | at the convenience of the commission. The commission had made public | yesterday the text of its letter inviting | heads of traction companies to a dis- cussion of Mr. Keech's proposal, which would be applicable on short hauls by | both street cars and busses. The letter, | which went to the Washington Railway | & Electric Co.. the Capital Traction Co. and the Washington Rapid Transit Co., reads: “As you are aware, this commission | has from time to time suggested to you the advisability of putting into effect reduced street railway fares, possibly for an experimental period, their per- manency to depend upon observed | results. “These suggestions have covered | reduced fares during off-peak hours, | either for your entire railway system or for that portion thereof which tra- | verses the business district. The Com- | mission also mentioned the possibility of lesser fares during the entire day in this same business district. Suggestions by Counsel. “The People's Counsel has now made somewhat similar suggestions, and it is my understanding that he has furn- ished you with a copy of the paper which he filed with the Commission, in which he outlined his ideas, which are substantially similar to those mentioned | above as having been put forward by this bedy. “One of the people’s counsel's recom- mendation was that this matter might be discussed informally with the com- | mission and the officials of the street railway companies. | ~*“Although such conferences have been had in the past, if, in the light of pres- ent ccnditions, you desire to confer again with us about this matter we | shall be very glad to arrange a time | which will be convenient for all con- cerned. letter as soon as possible outlining your views.” HOOVER FOREGOES CAMP Pleasant westher in Washington to- day prompted President Hoover to fore- go his usual week end relaxation at his fishing camp on the Rapidan. The President will remain at his desk, it was said at the White House, in order to attend to pressing official duties | and take a_quiet rest at home tomor- row. No White House business was plan fora 5-cent zone fare for street | “Please let us have a reply to this | Tomorrow—Italy Considered Friendly to Paris View. By the Associated Press. PARIS, September 10.—The Council of Ministers, with President Lebrun presiding, approved unanimously today the text of the French reply to Ger- many’s aide memoire demanding equal- ity of armaments. ‘The reply, among other things, points out the German demand calls for a re- vision of the Versailles treaty and such a procedure could not be taken by France and Germany, but should be Pproposed to the League of Nations. The text will be taken to Berlin by a member of Premier Herriot's staff, who will deliver it to the French Am- bassador there tomorrow. The premier sald it probably will not be published here until Monday evening. It was in- dicated the American Government would be provided with a copy of the reply. Note Courteous in Tone. The note was described as extremely | courteous in tone, dealing separately | with the points raised by Germany, but emphasizing that the proper place to discuss this matter is Geneva, where Germany is a member of the League of Nations Coungil. The reply also takes the position that since disarmament discussions -already are under way at Geneva, it would be improper for Prance to engage in bi- lateral negotiations of interest to so many other countries. It is understood the reply recalls the traditional doctrine that Prance is dis- posed to reduce armaments in propor- tion to the increase in international se- curity arrangements. Bond Conversion Planned. An official communique announced that the cabinet had decided upon con- version of French rentes (government bonds), and that Parliament will be as- sembled on September 16 to discuss the measure. It is believed parlisment will favor the undertaking in principle, but that the Socialists, perhaps even some of | Premier Herriot's own radicals, may in- | sist upon a formula which will not be too big a reduction in revenue for the people as a whole. A government s ception to publish is backing the German equality in arms. He sald the French understanding is that Italy wants the lowest possible level of armaments and is not therefore favorable to an equality which involves increase instead of reduction in arms. but does faver equality on a downward level, permitting economies to all par- ticipating nations. Edge Calls on Herriot. | _ The controversy between Paris and Berlin is a matter of interest to the | United States, Ambassador Walter E. | Edge told Premier Herriot yesterday at | an interview attended also by Senator |David A. Reed of Pensylvania and J. | Theodore Marriner, counselor to the | American embassy. | 'The premier took advantage of the cecasion to discuss the French reply to }Germny's request for arms equality. | The United States embassy care- | tully pointed out that the Ambassador’s | explanation of the official American at- | titude to M. Herriot was purely in- | formal, since the Urited States is not a signatory to the Versailles treaty and | consequently has nothing to say about its revision. Mr. Edge told the premier that the United States is vitally interested in all phases of the disarmament problem. | The Ambassador utilized Senator Reed's | visit to convey the views of Washing- | ton before the French reply has been ‘rnrwnrded to Berlin, | LEGLESS SWIMMER QUITS Charles Zimmy Abandons Channel Attempt Eight Miles From Goal. DEAL, Englind, September 10 (#).— | After bobbing about in the Channel all | night in choppy seas, Charles Zimmy, legless professional swimmer of Long | Beach, Calif, abandoned an sattempt | to swim to Prance. He was taken out | of the water at 12:45 a.m. In 19 hours he had covered 40 miles, |end was only eight miles off Calais | when he quit. | The weather was good when he started, but later the Channel became | choppy and Zimmy got sick every time he tried to take nourishment. and the coldness of the water wore | down his endurance. He sald he would | try again. kesman took ex- accounts that Italy demand for scheduled durinng the week end. ILLINOIS DEMOCRATS FEAR PLOT Opening of Eighth Avenue Service | IN REPUBLICAN ‘SHOWBOAT TOUR’ | War Department Denies It Loaned Barge for Political Junket—Waterways Project Claimed. A “show boat” tour promoted by for- | licans are starting today on the Illinols, Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. mer Mayor William Hale Thompson of | ‘Campbell couldn’t see the junket as Chicago and Len Small Who 28ain | being disassociated from Smalls can- seeks the governorship of Illinols, in the | didacy, which is mana by w: en ged son, and wired the War Depa interest of bigger and better water- ways, today had succeded in irking the State's Democracy, who see only & “Re- publican plot” in the project. The tour also had drawn from the War Depart- ment a disclaimer that a Government barge, which will be the stage for en- tertainment, was being contributed to & political venture, Associated Press dispatches from Il- linols “explained that the issue was yesterday for information. He wanted to know if Secretary of War Hurley detailed the Government barge for the event, and also if Msj. Gen. T. Q. Ashburn, chairman of the tion, had that the pmn; ar ent under no circumstances allow (Ccatinued on P-ge 2, Column 6) .