Evening Star Newspaper, September 18, 1932, Page 2

A POWER REGULATION BY U. 5. HELD VITAL Publicity for Holding Com- panies First Essential, Says Federal Commission. Federal regulation of utility holding companies was recommended to Con-! gress yesterday by the Power Commis- | sion as “absclutely essential in the pub- lic interests.” The principle that “publicity that educates the public is the first-line trench :n safeguarding the general wel- | fare,” was set out by Chairman George | Otis Smith in amplifying the recom- mendation for public control, embodied in a report covering holding company | rule over utilities operating on Govern- ment-leased water power sites. | Dr. Smith's statement which rapped | opponents of publicity was made as the | report, prepared for Congress, was given ou completed form. Previously, s from it had covered the salient teatures. Would Apply Generally. While the report itself deals with those concerns under Federal lease, the policy outlined would apply to power utilities generally, and Dr. Smith called attention to the fact that it was a reit- eration of a recommendation made by the commission in its annual report a ear ago, when it stressed the value of as a method of regulation. Policy Given Backing. “A somewhat similar indorsemert of the regulatory function of publicity was given by the United States Coal Com- mission in 1923 he said. “In propos- ing a national coal policy, that commis- sion put & better public understanding of the coal business as the first step toward protection of public interest.” Chs an Smith said there is noth- ing new in the idea that publicity is a benefit to industry. He added In 1903 a mining engineer in a technical article on gold mine accounts put the first and foremost purpose of accounting to be ‘to prevent u and added that ‘deflections are matters for the police to look into.’ This engineer was Herbert Hoover, and he went on to explain that to get the Jargest usefulness, publicity of accounts is necessary. since this renders the re- sults available for comparative studies promote economy, efficiency and y in management of mine opera- publicity Urged in Public Interest. “And today,” the Power Commission d, “both_enforced publicity and are being urged in | st of corporate busi- | ness and the 7 % “Day by day the evidence is piling up t the public is resenting the stand- a e of public utility com- ies that refuse access to the facts of their business with the public. In- who have been bitten are, in efense, asking for laws with more the foreword to the report, Which s one of the sections previously de public, the commission said that udy of the subject of holding com- panies, together with administrative experience, had demonstrated convine- ly “that public control of holding rpanies in the power utility field is ely essential in the public in- Wide Scope Advised. “In its judgment,” it continued, “such | control to be adequate would include | in its scope the service organizations hese holding companies, with su- pervision of all contracts between hold- ing companies and their operating com- and would include regulation unts with requirements provid- vecifically for the filing of finan- | 1d other reports on prescribed | with_full publicity. ~Adequate | egulation would also include | on of the issue of securities to sting public.” i The commission in its study received ses from 43 licensees subject to ol in more or less complicated sys- tems leading up to 10 top companies. These held 48 major project licenses, 2 of which were for operating plants yuite completed; 14 major project in process” or not yet grant- h applied for; 27 minor part covering plants of less than -sepower capacity and 85 trans- nes, 10 top companies, Stone & | ter had only 9 transmission lines. | ense holdings of the others were as follows: American Gas & 1p, 1 major project; Electric | re, 23 major project, 2| d 53 transmission lines; | forms 2ni CLARENCE M. YOUNG. YOUNG TODISCSS AVATON INFORU Assistant Secretary of Com- merce of Aeronautics on Air Tomorrow. The rapid strides made by aviation in America will be discussed tomorrow night by Col. Clarence M. Young, As- sistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics, in the National Radio Forum, arranged by The Washington Star and broadcast over the coast-to- coast network of the National Broad- casting_Co. Col. Young's subject will be “Amer- ica Takes to the Air,” and he will paint a word picture of the growth of avia- tion, not only in this country but abread. His experience in aeronautics covers a period of 14 years, including both military and commercial practice. Dur- ing the World War Col. Young was shot down and captured on the Italian front and held a prisoner for five months. Upon returning to this ccuntry he pioneered in commercial aviation and was one of the first to engage in the sale of aircraft for civilian use. He holds transport license No. 2, issued by the Commerce Department. As Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics, Col. Young has super- vision over all air transport activities in interstate commerce. Under his di- rection the regulations of the air com- merce act are enforced for the protec- tion of pilots and the flying public. FRANCE MAY ASK NATIONS TO PROBE REICH ARMAMENT (Continued From First Page.) events have taken, as the members elected in November will not be called into session before December, and so the Von Papen ministry will have time to get started on its program of eco- nomic reconstruction. An authorized commentator sald the government hoped that failure of the new elections to “produce a legislature capable of constructive work would demonstrate there was urgent need of constitutional reform. A mew constitution probably will be drafted shortly and in due course will be submitted to popular vote. The Reichstag elected July 31 was dissolved by Chancellor Franz von Papen last Monday. The dissolution decree was not read until after mem- bers had overwhelmingly voted non- confidence in the Von Papen govern- ment, but the chancellor refused to be bound by that vote, contending that he had ngt been recognized When he rose to present his decree before the vote was taken. Among the constitutional changes that have been advocated by Chancel- lor von Papen are the establishment of an upper chamber of the legislature similar to the United States Senate end a revision of the system of repre- sentation which would make Reichstag members responsible to specific voting districts. HENDERSON SEES LOOPHOLE. h A as 11 roject; Nox t: Pacific G & Electric, | 12 minor part and | n lines; Standard Gas & | jor project, 3 minor part | sion_lines; United Gas 1 major project, 9 trans- and Commonwealth & Other Major Projects. Three major projects not covered in the report, represent the rest of the principal utility plants under commis: sion license subject to holding com- The Central Public Service Corporation, which was delayed in turning in its data, has 1 at Portland, Oreg. The Associated Gas & Electric System has 2—1 on Clarion River, Pennsylvania, the center of a court fight, to test the right of the commis- sion to fix its value, and 1 at Lexington, 8. C. investigation by the are under 1 Trade Commission in its utility | The of interests” be- the commission the fact that 14 ve some two of them; four of the boards of three, “‘community her demonstrating the scope of > top companies, the report points at they con 95 subsidiaries, all are public utilities. line, too, the report brings ficant that large holding roups account for 77 gross revenue from the al energy in the United ants reporied, that are . represent a present 67,000 kilowatts, and pos- of 2813900 kilowatts. installed capacity represents about cent of the total capacity of the ich was about 9 per cent of erated in 1930—the last full year for which returns were made—by both water power and fuels in the en- | tire country. The Power Commission survey, which was directed by Dr. M. W. Splawn, ties in with the investigation into the whole subject of holding companies ordered by the last Congress, and pending comple- tion of which, it is withholding any fur- ther recommendations. It was directed mainly to the determination of the ex- tent to which ownership of stock in its licensee companies places management and control in other companies. It is the “remote control” of these licensees in the complex intercorporate chains that is behind the argument of the com- mission for wider Federal authority, articularly in view of the growth of interstate transmission of power. The Clarion River project suit also may be productive of developments that will int the way to need for additional egislation to permit the commission to control its licensees, inasmuch as a point at issue there deals with the right of the commission to have access to all wu and records, authoflw’mn in | Holds He Is The affairs of the Associated | Not Disposed to Over- emphasize Importance of View. LONDON, September 17 (#) —Arthur Henderson, president of the Disarma- ment Conference, who recently gave his | equality, said today he was not disposed | to over-emphasize the importance of the Berlin government's refusal to par- | ticipate further in the Geneva parley. Mr. Henderson made this statement as he was leaving for Geneva to preside | over next week's meeting of the Con- | ference Bureau, or Steering Committee. | “The fact that the German govern- | ment concluded its recent letter to me | with the statement that it would follow | the work of the conference with in- terest and decide its later attitude ac- { cording to the progress made is evidence | that the door is not absolutely closed,” ! he_asserted. His reference was to a letter from Foreign Minister Baron Konstantin von | Neurath, in which Germany gave formal notification of her intention to remain aloof from the Geneva discussions. Concerning the necessity for definite action at the arms meeting, Mr. Henderson said: “Any unnecessary delay could not but arouse suspicion and seriously prejudice any chance of subsequent success.” WOMAN HIT BY TAXI Mrs. Eva Brannon, 39, 1100 block of Twelfth street, was seriously injured when struck by a taxicab as she was crossing the street near Seventh and Pennsylvania avenue last night. She was removed to Emergency Hos- pital, where she was found to have suffered & crushed chest. Police said William Frye of the 3300 block of Du Bois place northeast was the driver of the car which struck Mrs. Brannon. No charges had been filed against him at a late hour. Florence Gumpman, 39, of the 400 block of I street southwest, was treated at Emergency Hospital early today for injuries to the leg and arm, received in’ an automobile accident at the in- tersection of Reservoir road and Con- duit road. Several other persons were thought to have received minor injuries when the machine overturned. Fire Sweeps Texas Oil Plant. LONGVIEW, Tex., September 17 (). —Fire, starting with an explosion, swept the plant of the East Texas Refining Co. 'here today. The refinery was valued at more than $1.000,000, but offi- cials were unable to estimate the amount of the loss None was injured. some instances was denied in its pres- ent investigation. Still another potential source of the same nature is the Federal Trade Com- mission utility probe, which is going into write-ups, overcapitalization and other financial phases of the power in- dustry. support to the German demand for arms | OF AWARDSNAMIED Biennial Event at Corcoran Gallery of Art Begins on December 4. Personnel of the jury of awards for the Thirteenth Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, to be held from December 4 to January 15, is disclosed in a detailed prospectus, ap- proximately 3,000 copies of which have just been distributed throughout the country for the information of artists desiring to compete in this national art event. Gifford Beal, noted New York artist, has been appointed chairman of the distinguished jury which will pass on the entries, supervise their hanging and decide the coveted William A. Clark prize awards, established in 1921 under 8 $100.000 endowment by the late Sen- ator Clark of Montana. Other members of the jury will be Wayman Adams, Ernest Lawson and Edward W. Redfield, well known artists, and J. H. Gest, for many years director of the Cincinnati Museum Association. Judges Widely Recognized. Mr. Beal has won widespread recog- nition for his works. a number of which hang in some of the leading galleries. Several of his principal paintings are in the Metropolitan Museum, New York; the Art Institute, Chicago, and the Syracuse, N. Y., Museum. He has re- ceived prizes in many art exhibitions, including awards from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, National Academy of Design, National Arts Club, Art Insti- tute of Chicago, Newport Art Associa- tion, Carnegie Institute, St. Louis Ex- position and Panama-Pacific Exposition. He is a member of the American Insti- tute of Arts and Letters. the Amer- ican Water Color Society, Architectural League of America, the National So- ciety of Mural Painters and many other organizations. Mr. Adams is a portrait painter of renown, with studios §n New York City. He has won numerous medals and other awards from American museums and ari societies during a long career. He is a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters, the New York Society of Painters, American Water Color Society, Allied Artists of America, Art Club of Phila. delphia and other societies. Recently he completed a portrait of former President Coolidge for the Union League Club of New York City. Mr. Lawson, also a New Yorker, has specialized in landscapes and has re- ceived many honors. paintings are on permanent exhibition in prominent art galleries. Among his coliection of awards is a silver medal of the Corcoran Gallery, given him in 1916. He is a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters, the Cen- tury Association and other boedies. Has Notable Awards. Mr. Redfield, whose home is in New Hope, Pa, has a notable list of gold medals and other prizes, including the first Clark prize and Corcoran gold medal of the Corcoran Gallery in 1907. He is represented in most of the out- standing galleries of America, and in the Luxembourg, Paris and the Na- tional Gallery, Buenos Aires. He is a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters, the Academy of Fine Arts and the Paris Society of American Painters in addition to other societies _Mr. Gest is the only layman on the jury. He was director of the Cincin- nati Museum Association for more than 40 years and is now director emeritus of that institution. He is regarded as one of the leading art critics of America. In addition to the cash prizes pro- vided under the Clark endowment, the fund established by Senator Clark’s ‘widow in 1927 to meet expenses of holding the biennial exhibitions. The surplus income from both of these en- dowments may be used. in the di cretion of the trustees, for the acquisi- tion of works of art by American artists. Many Sales for Artists. the endowments a total of 309 paint- ings were sold for the artists for sums aggregating _ approximately $520,000. The Corcoran Gallery charges no com- mission on any sales. The aim of the trustees, as set forth in the catalogue of the last exhibition, is to present to the public “an exhibi- tion of ofl paintings which accurately reflects the trend of contemporary painting in this country, which illus- trates as completely as possible what American_painters of today are doing. which is broad and fully representative in its scope and character and which includes the best available works exem- plifying the different schools and phases of painting as they now exist in_this country.” | The prospectus contains detailed in- | structions for submitting entries in the | competition and points out that the | exhibition will be confined “to orig- inal oil paintings, by living American artists, not before publicly exhibited in Washington.” Paintings may be sub- mitted for jury inspection either in New York City or at the gallery here, as the jury will hold meetings in both cities. Awards are Listed. The awards follow: First prize, $2.000. | accompanied by the Corcoran gold medal; second prize, $1,500 and the Corcoran silver medal; third prize, $1,000 and the Corcoran bronze medal, and fourth prize, $500 and an honorable mention_certificate. The Corcoran Gallery is to have an option of one week after opening of the exhibition for the purchase of any or all of the prize pictures. Work by members of the jury will not be con- sicered in the prize competition. Besides the Clark awards there will be a “popular prize” of $200, to be determined by the vote of visitors to the show during the week beginning January 2 next. The purpose of this Prize is to stimulate interest and en- courage the public at large to study the exhibition. The prospectus was signed by George E. Hamilton, acting president, and C. Powell Minnigerode, director and secre- tary of the Corcoran Gallery. Circular and entry cards containing detailed in- formation may be obtained from the | director of the gallery. PAIR VICTIM CAPTURED HELD IN $5,000 BONDS Plerce, alias George Williams, 26, who, i police said, were beaten and captured by their intended victim Thursday night, were held for grand jury action under $5,000 bond each in Police Court | yesterday on charges of robbery. |~ The men were arrested after they are said to have attemptd to rob Stephen Catalino, 26, in the 700 block of Thir- teenth street northeast. Judge Gus A. Schuldt fixed the high bond when he was informed by Assist- ant United States Attorney Michael F. Keogh that the men are already facing charges of joy-riding and assault, which were placed against them several weeks ago. They were at liberty under bond. e e JAILED WITH FATHER LA, GRANGE, Ind. September 17 (#)—State Senator Rollo N. Walter and his father, Burritt S, Walter, were taken to the La Grange County Jail here this afternoon in default of bond after the county grand jury had re- turned new indictments against them in connection with the failure of the La Grange County Trust Co. The indictments charge embezzle- ment. Rollo Walter is appealing a 2 to 14 years conviction for embezzle- ment in a previous trial. A number of his| Corcoran Gallery will have available a | From the 12 exhibitions held under | Vernon S. Storey, 33. and Elbert, STIRS MILWAUKEE City, Solvent and Rich Nine Months Ago, Faces Difficul- ties Over Budget. Milwaukee, a city that was widely | advertised just nine months ago as the. taxpayers' ~Utopia—sn American city that had weathered the depression, had its financial house in order, possessed & snug surplus of $4,000,000, and had built up a reserve for the future—is now facing the prospect that perhaps the roseate picture of its condition was all a big mistake. Last January, when the telegraph lines clicked to the country the story of Milwaukee's healthy and_ prosperous financigk situation, city officials else- where and better-government leagues turned to Socialist Mayor D. W. Hoan with questioning eyes, seeking a solu- tion to the multitude of financial prob- lems that confronted them. They wanted to know how Il these times of economic stress, with taxes difficult to collect, delinquencies mounting and bills and salaries remaining unpaid, Milwaukee had achieved such an envi- ous state of financial bliss. Change Has Come. But now an_ entirely different story comes out of Milwaukee. The picture has changed. Nine months have caused a radical transformation. Milwaukee faces a shortage of $6,000,- 000 in 1ts municipal treasury at the close of the current calendar year. Salaries of city employes have been cut 10 per cent. School teachers are threat- ened with a similar reduction. And Milwaukee finds itself in the throes of a militant taxpayers’ revolt. Milwaukee’s plight might even be worse but for the ald it has received from the county government, which has been spending about $600,000 a mohth for unemployment relief. Approximate- ly 80 per cent of these funds went to residents of the City of Milwaukee, re- lieving the city taxpayers of this added burden growing out of the depression. Lawsuits have been filed by taxpayers in the last few weeks against Milwaukee City officials demanding a reduction in taxes, lower afsessments and changes in financial management. These tax- payers insist the city is overtaxed, prop- erty is ascessed unequally, and that the municipality is unable to meet its obli- gations within the next few months. Thousands Sign Petitions. Petitions bearing thousands of sig- natures have been filed with the city clerk, demanding enactment by the Common Council of a charter ordinance ! cutting the city budget for the coming year by approximately $5,000,000 and $1,000 of assesced valuation. In add: viduals and corporations to force reduc- tions of assessed valuation upon ap- proximately $12,000,000 worth of prop- erty, while another group of property Commission to reascess their holdings, charging an assessment out of propor- tion to assessments in other sections of the city. Into this wave of tax revolution the Taxpayers' Advisory Council, represent- | ing the Milwaukee Association of the | American Rezl Estate Board, the Build- {ing and Loan Association League and the Citizens' Bureau, instituted a suit to compel the city to segregate its bond and trust funds from operating funds. Herein, the council contends, lies remedy for Milwaukee's financial pains and the solution for the condition that permitted Milwaukee to be pictured in a healthy financial condition when it really was no better off than any other municipality. Advocates of the change point cut that because of this process of mingling trust and bond funds with the general operating funds of the city the municipality was enabled to finish } last year with a balanced budget and an operating surplus by using $9,500,000 in celinquent taxes as a current asset— a system which any other city might have adopted with the same result. Has Only One Fund. In other words, Milwaukee is using all money in the city treasury as one fund. Separation into bond and other funds is merely a matter of bookkeep- ing, and funds are replaced when neeced. When current funds are plenty public improvements are financed and the issuance of bonds is withheld until there is need for more cash. Milwaukee has a detailed budget and strict budget control. No department can spend more than its allowance. At the end of the year any unexpended balances are carried forward as general revenue for the coming year. Thus, if the city is required to segre- gate its bond funds, it will be compelled to borrow money which it cannot collect from its taxpayers to meet municipal costs. Initiative Statute Invoked. ‘The petitions by which the Milwaukee taxpayers are seeking to limit the size of its 1933 budget and reduce taxes are predicated on the initiative referendum section of the Wisconsin statutes which permits the people of Wisconsin to initiate legislation. The Common Coun- cil under the statutes must approve the petitions within 30 days or submit the matter to a referendum at the follow- ing general election, which falls this year on November 8. Milwaukee taxpayers see no relief in the economies that have been adopted and no way to reduce taxes without taking control of the tax situation through a referendum, as the Socialist administration has insisted on using savings in salaries to provide employ- ment. Some idea of the situation in Mil- waukee is provided by Fortney H. Stark, executive secretary of the Mil- waukee Real Estate Board, who has made a thorough study of the taxpay- ers’ dilemma. Situation Held Serious. “In view of the fact that the City of Milwaukee now has approximately $2,- 700,000 of cash on hand in all of its bank balances; that its trust fund ac- counts alone should be in excess of $9,000,000 at this time, and that the current expenses of the city for the balance of the year will necessitate the borrowing of $4,000,000 to $5,000,000,” he said, “you can easily appreciate that the municipal tax situation in the City of Milwaukee is as serious, if not more so0, as any other city in the country; for Milwaukee has simply done as every other bankrupt would do—put the day of reckoning off through the use of trust funds, until now we are approach- ing the time when to delay will be to carry out the recent Socialist campaign slogan, ‘Wakg Up Wall Street,” by our cries for municipal loans.” ‘The lawsuits, according to Stark, may mean that with $14,500,000 in delin- quent taxes on hand and approximately $5,000,000 in cash invested in special improvement assessments the City of Milwaukee will be one year behind in its iax collections by April, 1933, and will then have “the outstanding record of being the only city in'the country that was forced by its own taxpayers to reduce expenditures. This,” he de- clared, “is our only hope of avoiding a tax strike and the same degree of bank- ruptcy Chicago, Philadelphia, New York and other centers now boast of.” Soviet Agency to Close. NEW VORK, September 17 (B).— ‘Headquarters of Amtorg Tradi Cor- poration, commercial agent of the Soviet in -America, announced today that its Chicago office will be closed next week. The amount of business transacted be- tween this country and the Soviet does not warrant the maintenance of the Midwest branch, officials stated. Amtorg’s two Pacific Coast branches, however, will continue to do_business. T::ymnlml\n:elumflsmm- cisco. | reducing the tax rate by $3 on each; tion suits have been brought by indi- ! owners has petitioned the State Tax | Forum speskes | |EXHBIION JURY (TAXPAYERS' REVOLT Prancis Tippett, 10, of 928 C street southwest, was killed when pinned beneath this automobile at Tenth street and The boy (shown in inset) was eating an apple when the car veered to avoid curb and crushed him to death. Maryland avenue southwest yesterday. hitting another machine, mounted th | MURRAY DIRECT OIL BAN INPERSON | GovernorHalts Speaking Tour to Handle Oklahoma City Situation. By the Associated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, September 17.— With caustic words for an attempt to open oil wells chatged with overpro- | duction under a Supreme Court bond, Gov. Murray cut short a Western Okla- homa speaking tour today to assume personal directicn of military control of the Oklahoma City oil field. Declaring in a written statement | “here is a company that admits they stole 1,500,000 barrels of oil, which means $45,000 gross production tax and | more than $187,000 stolen from royalty owners and also in like proportion a !theft of oil from the other products who were obeying the law,” the Gov- ernor said it was “a monstrosity in | justice” to permit production under a $5,000 bend. He reiterated he had ordered Col Cicero I. Murray, in charge of military propration enforcement, to summon | extra Guardsmen after the Supreme | Court had granted the H. F. Wilcox Oil & Gas Co. a $5,000 supersedeas Jbond to allow cpening of 10 wells closed | last July by the Corporation Commis- (slon as & result of overproduction | charges. Col. Murray Thursday an- | nounced he would nct allow the wells to | produce. {7 “I had thought the Supreme Court - would have taken cognizance of my mil- itary order on file with the secretary |of State: that it also would have re- called that ‘he who seeks equity must do equity and must go in with clean hands,’ otherwise equity rights are not granted,” said the Governor. He commented that the wrong use of military law_“renders it an impeach- able offense.” and added: | %1 will assume responsibility for its conduct under my direction.” 240-BARREL LIMIT FIXED. Texas Order Applies to New Conroe | 0il District. | _AUSTIN, Tex. September 17 (®)— The Texas Railroad Commission today | issued an_order fixing a maximum pro- duction allowable of 240 barrels per well daily in the New Conroe (Montgomery County) oil field. The allowable was ordered scaled down on a combined well-acreage basis. |\At the same time the commission sus- pended the 240 barrels per well limita- tion on wells in the Gulf Coast field that are of piercement type dome. R. D. Parker, chief supervisor of the | ELIHU ROOT OFFERS TO AID HOOVER BY MAKING SPEECHES| [{ Coniinued From PFirst Page.) ‘ former President Coolidge “will speak later in the campaign.” Tilson said: “If there was any shadow of pessimism"” over the Maine election, “that shadow has now been entirely wiped out by renewed activity on the part of Republican leaders and party workers.” | He said one result of the election had been a “flood” of offers from Republi- cans to campaign in any way they might be needed. Other ad~...cns to the list of important Republican speaker were: Gen. James G. Harbord, A. E. F. chief of staff in France; John M. Willys, former Ambas- sador to Poland: Charles S. Whitman, former New York Governor, and Han- ford MacNider, former Ambassador to Canada. They were listed, along with Secre- tary of the Treasury Mills, Secretary of Labor Doak and Assistant’ Secretary of the Navy Jahncke, as the “big guns” | of the Eastern speaking campaign. Tilson said his bureau had been “further encouraged” by the addition of such women as Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, Mrs. Dwight W. Morrow and Mrs. Theo- dore Rooseveit, £r, to the Advisory Committee. Among the definite speaking engage- ments announced were: Former . Ambassador Willys, New York, Sepdember 20: Assistant Secre- tary Jahncke, East Orange, N. J., Sep- tember 22; Secretary Mills, Detroit, Scptember 29; St. Louis, October 1; Los Angeles, October 4; San Francisco, Oc- tober 6; Vice President Curtis, Knox- ville, Tenn., September 21; Chattanoo- ga, Tenn. September 22, and the fol- lowing engagements in Kentucky: | Bowling Green, September 23; Hop- kinsville, September 23; Danville and Lexingtén, September 24. | The Vice President will be in West Virginia from September 25 to Septem- ber 30 and then will go to Oklahoma. RALPH A, GRAVES DIES SUDDENLY Associate Editor of National Geographic Is Victim of Heart Attack. Ralph A. Graves, 50, associate editor of the Naticnal Geographic Magazine died suddenly last night following a heart attack at his home, 4853 Rock- wood parkway, Spring Valley. He had been in ill health for some time and only recently had returned from a trip | mysterious disappearance of his wife, commission’s oil and gas division, said | abroad. employes of the conservation enforce- ment agency would conduct experi- ments in the Gulf Coast field to ascer- tain whether lange producers could be restricted to 240 barrels without injury to the wells. 'PARAGUAY CHARGES FOREIGN LOANS AID BOLIVIA IN CHACO (Continued From First Page.) | Roberto Urbaneta Abrelelaez, before the chamber to explain the government's course in the “Leticia incident.” Peruvian citizens seized the port city of Leticia on the upper Amazon (Maranon) River on September 1 and ousted the Colombian officials. _Leticia has ceded to Coiombia by Peru under the Peruvian-Colombian boundary treaty of 1922. The value of the town lies in the fact that the Amazon River Iis navigable in this area and fur- nishes an outlet to the Atlantic 2,500 miles away.) Answer Will Be Given. ‘The foreign minister told the Senate . that an_answer would be given to the latest Peruvian note explaining the Leticia affair. The Peruvian foreign minister, Zavala Loaiza, yesterday complied with a Colombian request for the Peruvian position. His note said in part: “In order to propitiate a pacific solu- tion of the Leticia problem, it is neces- sary that Colombia avoid any measures lof strength (force?). The Peruvian government wants the privilege of | channel movement in this area in order a) reply to Peruvian national aspira- lons.” After this explanation the Senate — Station L-O-V-E The Star’s new serial, Follow its installments as tomorrow. Written by Craig Carroll, this romance of Judy Allison in Radioland reveals many incidents and scenes founded on real life. You will enjoy it. THE STAR Mr. Graves, a native of Bainbridge. Ga., had been active as an editor for nearly 30 years. After editing news- papers in Bainbridge and Brunswick, Ga., he came to Washington more than a quarter of a century ago and later served successfully as city editor, Sun- day edit-r and dramatic editor of the | Washingten Times. Leaving the Times in 1908, for a short time he was general manager of the New Britain (Conn.) Herald, but returned here in 1909 and for seven years was Sunday and dramatic editor of the Washington Post. He had been with the National Geographic since 1516. Mr. Graves was educated at the Uni- versity of Georgia and George Wash- ington University. He was a holder of the Phi Beta Kappa key and a Fellow | of the Royal Geographic Society of England. He was a member of the Chevy Chase, Press Clubs. He is survived by his widow, the for- mer Elizabeth Evans, to whom he was married in 1923, and two small chil- dren, Ralph A. Graves, jr. and Wil- liam P. E. Graves. A brother, Ernest C;mves, Philadelphia attorney, also sur- vives. Cosmos and National unanimously gave a vote of confidence to the administration, and it was an- nounced that the Colombian foreign omf,e would make an immediate answer to Peru. Peruvian Congress Meets. LIMA, Peru, September 17 (#).—Con- gress met in secret today to hear a report on the Leticia situation from the foreign minister, Zavala Loaiza. It was reliably learned that after long debate the Diplomatic Committee adopted a motion declaring complete satisfaction with the foreign minister’s explanation. a first publication, begins they appear each day in DUBOI NOTE SAYS WFE A SUGIE Body Concealed “Because; People Wouldn’t Believe Me,” Attorney Divulges. By the Associated Press QUINCY, Mass., September 17 (%) Charles E. Dubois, in a letter left by him just before he committed suicide | and made public tonight by his at-| torney, said that his wife committed suicide and that he secreted her body because he was convinced “people” would not “believe my story.” The letter was made public by At- torney Jeremiah J. MacAnarney, who | had said he found the letter in a drawer after a visit by Dubois. Dubols, who made conflicting state- ments to police and others after the committed suicide in a Quincy board- ing house a few hours before his wife’s body was taken from a cement cryt in the cellar of their cottage at Ply- mouth. “Protection of Woman.” Dubois in the letter said he had not told the attorney “the whole truth before” because he wished to “cover the good name of a good, pure woman. The name of the woman was nct re- leased with the letter. The letter told of the part of Mrs. Dubois in her an-! nounced intention to get a separation | from her husband. It said that during | “the last three months she decided o | step cut of my life and perhaps we would both be happier.” Dubois in the letter said that on the day of “this terrible thing” he| was getting breakfast when he heard | a loud report in his wife's bed room. | He said he went in and found her shot | through the head. “I was overcome with the belief that no one would believe my story,” he wrote. “I could not bear the thought of speaking in any way about (deleted) | because blurring my mind was the| thought it would involve ——. With- out further thought I secreted the body. “The world will not believe my story and if it did there is no happiness | left for me.” In a postseript Dubois “could not tell Mr. Sullivan (Assis- tant District Attorney John V. Sulli- | van) the truth because I did not want —'s name in the papers.” Letter of Suicide. The text of the letter follows: “Dear Mr. MacAnarney: “I am sorry that I had not told you the whole truth before, but I wanted you to believe that my inexplainable actions have all been because I wished | to cover the good name of a good pure woman. As you know from what I have told you—I have lived in a void with no real happiness. | “Last year my wife was going to go to Europe and separate forever frcm | me and again this last month she sug- gested I make some money arrange- ment and we separate. Then she would change her mind and seem to care for me. She knew my feelings toward hey, and told me she did not blame me. At times she threatened to_do away with herself. “During the last three months she | seemed to have decided to step out of | my life and perhaps we would both | be happier. On the day of this terrible | thing I was getting breakfast ready | when I heard a terrible report and went into my wife's bed room. ,She had not got up and there she lay in the bed, shot in the head. I thought ‘what in the world can I do.’ I knew people knew about our troubles and I was over- céme with the belief that no one would believe my story as to what actually happened. I could not bear the thought of speaking in any way about. because blurring my mind was the thought that it would involve ——. Without further thought I secreted the body. Dreaded Court Exposure. “Now that my relations with — have come before the public, I cannot bear the thought of hearing her name in court. My wife knew how unhappy she had made me and I know that now she knows I never wronged or would wrong her. The world will not believe my story eand if it did there is no hap- piness left for me. I think you will find that my wife had told people that she is going away— “——I can say no more but the truth ; as I have written it “You are the only one that knows some of my troubles and the relations that I have had with my wife and I know I want you to believe everything that this letter says. Thanking you for your kindness to me. I am, sincerely “CHARLES E. DUBOIS.” “P. S.—I could not_tell Mr. Sullivan the truth because I did not want name in the papers.” Dubois’ death and the finding of his wife’s body brought to a climax one of Massachusetts’ most puzzling murder cases. Conflicting stories told regard- ing his wife’s absence from the Summer cottage caused neighbors to report Du- bois to the police. They arrested but a judge refused to grant them a murder complaint as the police had not found the body. One of the strange angles of the case was the fact that Mrs. Dubois had, for several days, listened to her husband digging and making the grave which she was to occupy. She was puzzled by his activities and acticns at the time but apparently never suspected to what use l;er husband was to put the hole in the loor. She wrote to a friend, Mrs. Paul Gil- lot of Hastings, N. Y., telling her that vacillations on | said he | | WAR DEBT OPINION OF PUBLIC SOUGKT Hoover Administration Await- ing Results of Nation- Wide Survey. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Hoover administration leaders, espe- cially at the White House and the State Department, will watch with lively in- terest a Nation-wide survey just launched for the purpose of discover- ing public sentiment about the war debts. It has been undertaken by an or- ganization called the “Committee for the Consideration of Inter-govern- mental Debts,” and headed by Alfred P. Sloan, jr., president of Generzl Mo- tors Corporation. The committee see to bring “practical business opinions’ to bear upon the debt problem and to look into it as a “purely business proposition.” The object of the o ganization is to determine, from the cold, unemotional standpoint of what is in the best interests of the American people, whether the $11,000,000,000 which Europe owes the United States Treasury should be paid in full, re- duced in amount or canceled. Sponsored by Leaders. Seventy-six leaders in industry, agri- culture and labor form the organizing committee which is sponsoring the “Committee for the Consideration of Inter-governmental Debts.” This group has issued invitations, signed by Mr. Sloan, to several thousand representa- tive business men and farm and labor leaders throughout the country, asking them to become members of the major body. These vice chairmen are co= operating with Mr. Sloan in formu- lating the natioral organizatfén Dr. Nicholes Murray Butler, president of Columbia University: James M. Cox, former Governor of Ohio: John W. Davis, former Ambassador to Great Britain; Henry P. Fletcher, former Am- bassador to Italy; Frank O. Lowden, former Governor of Illinois; Edward A. O'Neal, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation: D. B. Robertson, president of the Brotherhood of Loco- motive Firemen and Enginemen: Alfred E. Smith, former Governor of New York; Louis J. Taber, master of the National Grange; Henry A. Wallace, editor of Wallace's Farmer, of Iowa F. Whitney, president of the Brothe hood of Railroad Trainmen, and George \’\’.R]kaersmm‘ former Attorney Gen- eral. Purposes Stated. The broad purposes which Mr. Sloan and his co-workers are pursuing are set forth in the following statement “The problem of intergovernmental debis is a problem of dollars and cents. It can be solved only by hard, straigh forward business calculations. T American people cannot afford to leave a question so vital to their economic interest unsettled any longer. “There is no aspect of the problem that will not yield to ordinary processes of business thinking. The question to be asked by any one who will give rea- soned judgment to the problem is briefly this: “‘What will it mean in dollars and cents to America? ‘What will it mean in jobs, increased production, en- larged markets? “If business reasoning decides that irsistence on payment is the best course, that, then, is the solution we want. If reduction or even outright cancellation is the answer, that, on the other hand, is the answer that will b2 welcomed.” Open Mind Sought. The bi-partisan make-up of Sloan crganizing committee indicat the ncn-political nature of the jected survey of the bitterly versial war debts question. Mr. Sloan stresses the necessity of apprcaching the problem “with an open mind fortified by the cool detachment of business logic.” Upon the wise solution of the problem, he declares. “will depend not only the return of prosperity, but even the welfare of the entire American Natio Almost simultaneous with the an- nouncement of the war debts survey, the September issue of International Conciliation, published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, contains _strik: pronouncements on the subject by Chairman Borah of the Senate Foreign Relations Commitiee and President Butler of Columbia Univers: Senator Borah reiterates in gen the war debts views he expressed now celebrated brcadcast a Lausanne conference, when he said in effect he would favor w out the | debts if it could be conclusively shown such action lay in the definite interest of American agriculture, labor. It is the announced purpose of the Sloan organization of inquiry to bring out vividly to just what extent, if any, further revision of the debts is ad- vicable, considered sclely from the standpomnt of business advantage to the | American people. “The great dominating forces con- tributing_ to our present economic catastrophe,” says Senator Borah's lat- est statement, “have been international, or, if not wholly international, have been of such a nature that their effect was international. Therefore, in cone sidering our problems of domestic con= cern, we are compelled to consider matters of intcrnational concern. No clear and permanent solution of the farm question, the unemployment prob- lem, devastating tax unbalanced budgets, can be hoped for. it seems to me, until scme or all of these interna- ticnal problems are out of the way.” Borah's Question. Senator Borah propounds the ques- tions which lie at the root of the im- pending X-ray of national sentiment on the debts, as follcws “Will reduction or cancellation bring to the people of the United States an equal or greater benefit than the amount which they may collect from the debts? Will such a course oren forelgn markets fcr the products of the farm and the factory, cause the price level to rise,*put an end to un- employment and thaw out the frozen credits of the bank?” If the Sloan organization has an authoritative symposium of debt opin- jon in hand by December, it should be of the utmost value ta Congress and the administration in formulating future American policy. The Hoover moratorium has_expired. The mnext installments of debt payments is due December 15. So far, only three or fcur small countries have taken ad- vantage of their rights under existing funding settlements to ask for a two- year extension of payments. Political leaders are refraining from agitation of the debts question until after the November elections. They are convinced, Republicans and Demc- crats alike, that it would be unpopular with the voters to advocate even debt reduction during the campaign. The Republicans omitted all reference to the thorny issue in their national plat- form. The Democrats “oppose can=- cellaticn” in their platform. President Hoover in his speech of acceptance sug- gested willingness to trade further debt revision for commensurate benefits and concessions to American commerce and agriculture. (Copyrignht. 1932) Crash on Peak Injures 22. MUNICH, September 17 (#).—Seven persons were seriously injured and fif- teen suffered minor hurts today when two trains collilled aleng the line of the Dubois no longer loved her and was “like a crazy man over that woman.” She also said her husband would work in the cellar for hours and then come upstairs and he strangely silent. Zugspitze, Germany's loftiest peak. One of the trains was ascending the moun- tain and the other descending. No cause for the accident was immediately apparent.