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¢ Foening Star. WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Showers tonight and tomorrow; slight- ly warmer tonight, cooler tomorrow aft- ernoca or night; increasing southerly winds shifting to westerly by tomor- row night. Temperatures—Highest, 80, at 12 noon today; lowest, 64, at 6 a.m. today. Full report on page 9. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages 13,14&15 32,284, The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Yesterday’s Circulation, 116,219 TWO CENTS. ah WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1932—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. BUSHESS T0 LT ) HOOVER T0 THREE ) TALES N CAMPAEN il NoR 1L ¢ Mayor MeKee President to Be Unable for CONTINUES More Extensive Activity Before Election. VIGOROUS R / House s ! ity JIMMY WALKER Now UNDECIDED a5 75, WHEN HE Lo Core pac - Entered as second class matter ) Maash Asesciated Phess. post office, Washington, D. HOOVERDVORCES | LS, FROMPART N RELCH ARM SSUE Says Problem Is Europe’s, but Hopes Germany Will Aid Conference. 4ok ok ok IEDITOR SAYS DAVIS RAGKETEER BLEEDS /{5 ONLY HONORARY U1, 3. OF MILLIONS, LEADER OF MOOSE| EMPLOYER WARNS Stewart Denies Pennsylvania Gordon L. Hostetter Reveals Senator Was “Mussolini” Evils to National Confer- of Order. ence on Government. 32G.0.P.VotesCast To 2 Democratic in Massachuseits Town NG N2t St ( By the Associated Press. NEW ASHFORD, Mass., Sep- tember 20.—The voting popula- tion of this town—19 women and 15 men—turned out 100 per cent to cast their ballots in the pri- mary election. All ballots were cast between 6:30 and 8:30 a.m. ‘There were 32 Republican votes and two Democratic. It was the first town in the ‘State to report its vote. In the Republican contests, Youngman received 21 for Gov- ernor and Goodwin 5; Bacon 23 and Campbell 5 for Lieutenant Governor; Cook 19 and Coldwell 7 for auditcr and Prescott 25 and Ulin 2 fer treasurer. I'M_BEGIN NIN' T0 BELIEVE THOSE STARIES ABOUT THIS BEING THE WORST WINTER OF HARD TIMES: = / ,//% 4 (4 ( EX-CABINET MEMBER {$165,000,000 DECLARED HELD “GHOST WRITER"J EXTORTED IN CHICAGO LEAVES EQUALITY PLEA FOR TREATY NATIONS |CURTIS AND MILLS TO GO PARTIES WATCHING ‘ ON SWING THROUGH WEST PRIVARIES TODAY Z 7 L/ # 77 7 By-Line Used to Give Articles High Extension of Lawlessness to Cor- Standing, Witness Tells rupt Politics and Business Court. Is Shown as Menace. G. 0. P. Also to Make Drive in Border States—Coolidge to Make | at Least One Talk. President’s Action Comes After Re- ported Criticism of Berlin Note by Senator Reed and Edge. H By the Associated Press. The racketeering of four classes in By the Associated Press. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. President Hoover today issued a statement saying that the United| States was divorced from what he| termed “the German arms question,” but said this country was “anxious that Germany shall continue to participate { in the Arms Conference.” The President referred to press dis- patches from Germany, and it was as- sumed by his aides he referred to re- ports that Senator Reed of Pennsyl- vania and Ambassador Edge had in- formed French authorities the Ameri- can people believed Germany's recent | move for armament equality was inop- | portunc. The President’s statement follows: | “With reference to press dispatches | from Paris on the German arms ques- tion, the position of this Government is clear. The sole question in which | this country is interested is in reducing armaments of the wnole world step by step. We are not a party to the | Versailles Treaty, and its limitation on | German arms. That is solely a Euro- pean question. The United States al- ready has declared that it takes no part in that discussion. We are anxious | that Germany shall continue to par- ticipate in the arms conference which has now such promise of progress for | the entire world, and that she shall| lend her aid in this great purpose.” ATTACK REICH DEMAND. Reed and Edge Reported to Have Revealed Stand to Herriot. PARIS, September 20 (#).—Senator David A. Reed of Pennsylvania and | ‘Ambassador Walter E. Edge are under- stood to have told Premier Herriot yes- terday that the American people are inclined to believe Germany's recent move for equality in armaments was inopportune. ¢ | The Americans discussed disarma- ment and the action taken by the Ger- man government at a luncheon given | by the premier and attended also by J. Theodore Marriner, counselor to the | American embassy, and Minister of | {Wisconsin, New York and Trke Republican national campaign plans have pretty definitely crystalized, Massachusetts Scanned for | foliowing conferences here of the party | leaders with President Hoover, along the following lines: President Hoover himself will deliver three speeches during the campaign at points in the country still to be an- nounced. Election Trend. By the Associated Press. | Voters in New York, Massachusetts and Wisconsin today are choosing party | He will not undertake a barnstorm- | lists of 1932 candidates. | J. Kohler. candidates for November's election, with the number of ballots cast sharing in- terest nationally with the issues and personalities involved. In Wisconsin, the power of the La Follette brothers and hotly contested economic issues hold the spotlight. In the two Eastern States, prohibition is a major issue in a number of the con- gressional primaries. Except for a few State conventions and run-off primaries, today's outcome closes the Democratic and Republican ing tour of three weeks or more through the West or any other part of the! | country. The President does not be-| lieve he would be justified in leaving| Washington during this period, when | every effort is being made to pull the| country out of the depression, for an ! | extended campaign in the interests ofi | the Republican national ticket. He has | {a huge job on his hands right here. His answers to the people who have been clamoring for him to visit all sec- | tions of the country in the mlcrest{_ of party success will be disappointing. Plan Vigorous Drive. The Republican campaign, however, | is to be pushed vigorously, with a long | list of speakers, including Vice Presi-' dent Curtis and members of the Presi- | et dent's cabinet, Republican Senators and | Supported by La Follette faction, Representatives taking part in all the Senator John J. Biaine is standing | debateable States, i for the Republican senatorial nomina- | _Every effori will be made to bring the | tion against John B. Chapple, Ashland Republican organization in all the| editor, who has_charged Blaine with |Siates to a high efficiency. Organiza- | radicalism. F. Ryan Duffy is unop- | tion is a matter of great importance | posed as the Democratic senatorial | to any political party, and the Repub- choice, but three are seeking the party's licans have been adepts at getting the gubernatorial nomination. | Republican voters to the polls in the New York's senatorial and guberna- past. torial candidates will be selected by October party conventions, but 17 of 45 seats in the next House are at issue teday. Massachusettes is deciding contests in eight congressional districts. The State’s Tax Issue in Wisconsin. | Gov. Philip La Follette of Wisconsin | is seeking renomination on the Repub- lican ticket in a strenuously-fought campaign against former Gov. Walter Tax policies are prominent | There is no evidence whatever that | the Republicans have given up hope of | | carrying the border States, which have | been claimed by the Democrats. Vice | | President Curtis leaves here ton{§ht to| | go to Knoxville, Tenn., where he is to! GRFFWEN DEFEAT BOSTON O, 4 Monte Weaver Has Edge Over Andrews in Tight Pitchers’ Battle. Speclal Dispatch to The Star. BOSTON, September 20.—The Na- tionals defeated the Boston Red Sox here this afternoon in the opening game of a series. The score was 4 to 1. FIRST INNING. WASHINGTON—Rice singled to right Myer forced Rice, Spognardi to Warstler. In trying for a double play Warstler threw the ball into the Red Sox dugout and Myer took second. Manush doubled to right, scoring Myer. Manush stole third. Cronin flied to Oliver in short center, Manush holding | third. Reynolds walked. Manush and ' '| Box Score | | PINCHOT GARRIES .. FIGHT T0 HODVER o Wires Plea for R. F. C. Loan ol and Asks Appointment at White House. WASAINGTON. AB. R H O 2 o Rice, cf, rf. ... | Myer, 2b..... | Manush, If. Cronin, ss. ... West, cf.. Kuhel, 1b | Bluege, 3b Spencer, ¢ Weaver, p. 0‘ . o Somm20O mmS 7 the Assoclated Press. HARRISBURG, Pa., September 20.— Gov. Pinchot today carried to President Hoover his fight with the Reconstruc- tion Finance Corporation for Federal g | relief money for Pennsylvania. 0! In a telegram to the Presicent, he © | complained of the failure of the corpor- | ation to act favorably upon Pennsylva- o | hia’s application for $10.000.000 immedi- ately end asked for an appointment O | with the President on Friday to lay O | this matter before him if the Recon- | struction Finznce Corporation does not | give Pennsylvania some money within the next two days. ‘Two months ago Gov. Pinchot applied o B BOSTON. R. o [ & a=o00® Otiver, of.. . Alexander, 1b. | Johnson, If. .. Jolley, c...... WHU - - [N Democrats are renominating Gov. make tomorrow the first of a long series | Revnolds worked a double steal, the War Joceph PaulBopeour and OWRET | joseph B. Ely without opposition, While of addresses in a campaign trip which will carry him to the Pacific Coast, He b former scoring. Kuhel poppsd to Jolley. Two runs. :{w the board for $45.000.000. the maxi- mum amount to be given any Staté and { Lieutenant Governor William S. Young- Discuss Manchuria. man has three opponents in his fight for the Republican gubernatorial nom- ination. Centests fer House Seats. Prominent among Eastern congres- sional races are contests for renomina- tion by Representative Robert Luce of They informed M. Herriot that !heJ United States Government stands for| progressive disarmament and the sanc- tity of treaties. It was understood they told him also the American people would prefer thai the German problem be worked out within the framework of the Disarmament Conference. Ger- many has given formal notice that she will not participate in the conference | further unless her erms demands are | are met. X The conferees are understood to have discussed informally the situation created by Japan's recognition of the new state of Manchukuo. They told M. Herriot, it was understood, that the United States is ready to support the League's action. Before coming to Paris Senator Reed talked with Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald in England, where he did helpful spade work in connection with | both disarmament and the problem of | ‘Manchukuo. French Aid Sought. Because the United States has an-. nounced it will not recognize territorial changes resulting from treaty violations, Washington is_interested, it was said, | in having the French representative on! the League of Nations Council insist | upon the same sanctity for treaties re- | specting the Far East as for those af- fecting Europe. So far as disarmament is concerned, it was understood M. Herriot gave re-| newed assurance of his support of President Hoover's plan, which calls for | a general reduction of about one-third in all arms. | | | the ninth Massachusetts district and will speak also in Chattanooga and then go to Kentucky, where he is to speak in Bowling Green. Danville and Lexington. | From Kentucky he goes to Parkersburg, W. Va. for a speech September 26 and to Charleston. W. Va.. on September 27. | Then the Vice President will go to Chi- cago preparatory to striking west in a| | special car, from which he will make | many specches en route. Miils Also Going West. i Representative Frederick M. Davenport in New York's thirty-third. Both are Republicans. Luce, standing on his | 1 party’s national prohibition plank, is Secretary Mills of the Treasus also | opposed by a repealist. and Davenport, | is going into the Far West. He will de- a prohibitionist, is opposed by an anti- | liver an address in Detroit at the Re- prohibiticnist. | publican State Convention and_then Former Senator James W. Wads- /go on his way to California and to worth, a repealist, is without opposition | Oregon. for the Republican nomination for the | Despite the claims of victory by the House in the thirty-ninth New York Democrats in Oregon and California, | district. | the Republican leaders are confident | % Z . | that both these States will vote for| 700,000 VOTES EXPECTED. | President Hoover. Indeed, they count! | Califcrnia in the bag. But they are| vamped campaign. It is realized that | there is much discontent in the agri- | cultural and mining sections in the West. The results of the Maine election. where a Democratic Governor and two | Democratic members of the Hcuse out of three were elected last week, have; caused apprehension about what may | be expected in the East by the Repub- in Primary. MILWAUKEE. Wis., September 20 | (#).—The_political movement launched | by the late Senator Robert M. L3 Fol- | lette, in effect, faced another test today when Wisconsin voted to decide if Lz Follett’s son, Gov. Philip La Follette, should have another chance to be Gov- ernor. BOSTON—Spognardi fanned. Myer grabbed Stumpf's hot grounder with his gloved hand and threw him out Oliver singled to I Alexander flied to Manush. No runs. SECOND INNING. WASHINGTON—Ancrews threw out | Bluege. Andrews also threw out Spen- cer. Myer at out an infield hit. fiied to Oliver. No rums. BOSTON—Johnson fouled to Cronin. Myer threw out Jolley. Pickering walked. Warstler flied to Rice. No runs. THIRD INNING. WASHINGTON—Warstler threw out Myer. Manush beat cut a bunt. Cro- nin fouled to Pickering. Reynolds doubled to center and Manush was out trying to score, Oliver to Warstler to Jolley. No runs. BOSTON—Andrews was called out | Wisconsin Races Arouse Keen Interest Not overlooking any bets in this re-|.n sirikes. Myer threw out Spognardi. | Stumpf went out the same way. No runs. FOURTH INNING. WASHINGTON—Andrews threw out Kuhel. Bluege singled to left. Warst- ler threw out Spencer. Weaver fanned. No runs. BOSTON—Cronin_threw out Oliver. Johnson Rice | © | asked that $10,000,000 be given at once, P ! the remainder to be supplied es needed. [ State Told to Do Share. | _The board advised Pinchot that the 3 | State had not done its fuil share m car- |ing for its unemployed and that no IFederzl relief money would be given Pennsylvania until it had exhausted its | resouroes. SCORE BY INNINGS. | “After the Legislature. in special ses- | 1 2 3 45 6 7T s 9 R sion enacted a 1 per cent general sales Washingten 2 0 0 00 0 0 0 2— 4 (35 (0PRSS S'T0L unds, the Gov- Boston ... 0 0 0000100~ 1 erpor again applied for Federal relief SUMMARY: money. Runs batted in—Manush (2), Jolley, Rice. | Since the last appeal, the board has . Reynolds. | taken no action on the Pennsylvania AT apzlication. Spencer. “After two months of constant effort | s—Spermardl le Warstler to get help for Pennsylvania's 1.250.- | L TR 000 totally unemployed and their wives end children,” the Governor wired the Fresident, “the Reconstruction Finance Corporation still persists in its cruel, needless and unexplained refusal to ad- vance what Pennsylvania has every right to ask and to get. | ““The Reconstruction Finence Corpo- | ration shews complete inability, or com- plete unwillingness to realize the situ- ation in Pennsylvania and the pitiful need for help. Tens of thousands of | families are living on $2 a week or less, land the need for relief grows greater day by day. Ie—aeae—::»oe:fl |oc~ua=e==-cuuP le-‘cnm— leOecoeees.—:o |ee-a~= 42713 Rhyne ran for Alexander in ninth. "(2), Reynolds, Bluege. | to 1. e uck_out—By Weaver, 5. Tits—Off Andrews. 3 in 8 ele inning. Losing _pitch Time of game—1:38. Umpires—Messrs. Dinneen and Owens. “EAST UNTO DEATH NEW YORK, September 20.—Various- ly described since his lottery trial began yesterday as a “Mussolini of the | Moose” and as a “merely honorary” official of that organization, United ! | States Senator James J. Davis listened | intently today as three officials of lhe! | fraternal order told of Moose activities. | "The tron-gray, massive head of the former immigrant boy who rose !rom‘i the job of iron puddler to sit in the | cabinets of three Presidents, turned constantly from side to side as he fol- | lowed questions of lawyers and answers | of the witnesses. Editor Resumes Stand. When court opened this morning. | Donald F. Stewart, editor of the Moose magazine, resumed the stand and under lengthy examination, stated that he | considered Davis’ position as_director | general of the Moose merely honorary H> sald Davis did not even write the articles in the magazine which appeared | monthly under his name. These arti- ! cles, Stewart said, were ‘“ghosted” by | | himself and others. | Stewart was followed on the stand by Perry A. Shanor, who described himself | as “dictator” of Lodge. No. 15 of the| | Moose in New York. He told of enter- | ing into an orgenization agreement with | Davis and of signing a contract with | Theodore Miller and Bernard G. Mc- Guire, alleged promoters of Moose lot- | teries, who also are under indictment. | Mathew Fischette, member of a| Moose Lodge at Clyde, N. Y. testified his lodge decided to give a charity ball | after being told that officers of the| Moose, including Davis, were backing it. | The Governmen* alleges that tickets| to such balls were, in effect, lottery| tickets. The prosecutor charges that| they were conducted with the knowl-| edge and approval of Davis. to whom ke referred as a “Mussolini” of the national order. Attempt to Show Link The trial begun yesterday before Federal Judge Prank J. Coleman. The, Government attempted to show through | Stewart’s direct testimony that Davis, | as director general of the Moose, was constantly in touch with the affairs of the organization and knew and ap- proved its acts, including the alleged lotteries. Crarles J Margiotti, ing Stewart today, asked him: did actually run the Moose charity ball?” “The lodge conducted it” Stewart| said, but added he did not know | Whether the supreme council of the| lodge had anything to do with it. At the opening today the Govern- ment renewed its offer to introduce in| evidence several letters that passed be- | tween Stewart and Davis. The court| ordered the exhibits marked for identi- | fication, subject to later objection by he defense. | Margiotti _questioned the witness! closely on the letters between himself and Davis. Of each letter from Stew- | cross-examin- | “Who | | art, he asked: ‘Do vou know of your | own personal knowledge that Senator Davis received tbis letter?” i “No,” replied Stewart. ¥ “Do you know that your secretary | sent the letter?” | “No."” 1 Margiotti read part of one of the| setters, in which Stewart had informed | Davis that certain “news of the lodge | will be omitted because it concerns the | charity ball and it will be inexpedient | | greatly responsible. this country—business men, leaders of organized labor, crimimals and politi- | clans—is costing the American public a stupendous sum every year, Gordon L. Hostetter, executive director of the Employers’ Association of Chicago, told the National Conference on Govern- ment, meeting today at the Willard Hotel. Speaking under the auspices of the National Municipal League, Hostetter arraigned the business man's group and | union heads along with criminals as responsible for the racketeering that has gained a vice-like grip on many American cities. “Racketeering,” he declared, “is an inside job and a native American proa- uct, fer which business itself is too The power and spread of the evil is traceable in a great part. therefore, to the subtlety of its operations and the respectable appear- ance of its abiding places. The cost of the racket i incalculable.” Experience has demonstrated, he de- clared, that racketeering, once thought a temporary form of graft or extortion, has developed permanent roots in cor- rupt politics and business. Four Elements Cited. “The true racket,” he said, “is com- prised of fcur elements, as follows: “1. The business man, business group or association of business men. : The leader or leaders of organ- ized labor. “3. The criminal underworld. ‘The politician.” Hostetter estimated that racketeering costs citizens of Chicago as much every year as the entire expenditure of the city government, or about $!65,000,000. The racketeering has undergone a change for the worse in the past two ¥ . he added. hereas several years ago organi- zations of business men and organized labor were principally responsible, with the criminal acting merely as a tool, or an agent, the criminal is pow gaining S et i mre ala “Wha more alarming, organized criminality is directing its efforts to- ward control of business and labor as 2 means of perpetuating itself—when, and if. and possibly regardless of whether, its peculiar field of activity is destroyed by the repeal or modifica- | tion of the eighteenth amendment. “Open declarations of this intention have been made by some of the coun- try’s most notorious criminals and suf- ficent evidence is present to indicate the success of their programs. “The collective purpose and sole in- tent of this conspiracy, obviously, is exploitation of the public. “It is not my intention to indict the whole field of either business or labor unions. There are high ethical stand- ards in both, but there is also a be- trayal of the public by both. Each needs to recognize the imperative need of a thorough cleaning of its own house, Jjust as the public needs to recognize the need for a revival of genuine Amer- ican citizenship.” Hostetter's description of a racket is: “A mental condition, a philosophy of economies, translated into a course of action and ceized upon by business men and labor leaders as a quick solution of their problems of competitive condi- tions and labor organization control.” Billboards Discussed. A large portion cf this morning's ses- Gov. La Follette was pitted against former Gov. Walter J. Kohler for the | Republican _gubernatorizl nomination. Both made intensive campaigns. Other State officers, as well as candi- dates for national office, were being | selected, but chief interest was in the | fight for the Republican gubernatorial icans. However, Secretary Mills de-| clared with emphasis that President Hoover will carry New York State; that (Continued on Page 4, Column 1) CRIME CRUSADERS i ler nomination. There were predictions | There was no discussion of war debts. | from the political managers that de- Both Ambassador Edge and Senator | Reed are planning to sail home in a| fortright to take part in the presiden- tial campaign. Mr. Edge hopes to nego- tiate the essentials of a new Franco- American commercial treaty before he sails. o= LEJEUNE’S INJURIES DECLARED SERIOUS| | Operation Perfcrmed on Fractured | Skull Sustained in Fall at Lexington, Va. By the Associated Press. LEXINGTON, Va. September 20.— | Maj. Gen. John A. Lejuene, superin-' tendent of Virginia Military Institute, was in a serious condition today as a result of injuries suffered in a fall while walking down an embankment an | the campus. | His ckull was fractured and his left! arm broken. An operation was per- formed last night after the arrival of Dr. C. C. Coleman of Richmond, a brain specialist. After the cperation hospital attendants reported that his condition “was gocd,” although he remained up- cconscious. Cen. Lejeune, a former commandant of the United States Marine Corps, lost his balance and in falling struck his| head against a pile of wood. The gen-! eral is 65 years of age. WORK HOUR RULING MADE Private Contract Labor and Fed- eral Employes Held Same. ‘The 30-hour work week Yor projects authcrized under the emergency reliet and construction act applies whether the labor is performed under private contract_or by direct employment of personnel br the Government, Controller General McCarl has ruled, The controller general's statement wes rendered to the Secretary of Agriculture in connection with forestry improve- ment. spite a forecast of unfavorable weather the vote would total more than 700,000. Two years ago La Follette, then mak- ing his first bid for a_major_political ~ (Continued on Page 4, Cclumn 6.) R. F. C. CHIEF STILL WEAK, BUT IMPROVEMENT DUE Incision Expected to Speed Recov- ery of Charles A. Miller in Hospital at Utica, N. Y. By the Associated Press. UTICA, N. Y., September 20.—Charles A. Miller, president of the Reconstruc- tion Finance Corporaticn, in a hospital here suffering from carbuncles and still | weak from a recent attack of pneu- | monia, is expected to improve following | an incision performed last night in one | octogenarian of the infected regicns. He was removed to the hospital yes- terday from his Summer home ot Barneveld, near here, where he had been for several days. His physicians said he probably would be confined to the hospital for several weeks. | | | deemed Chicago.” T0 OPPOSE SWANSON| Loesch Signs First Political In- dorsement for Chicago Com- mission. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 20.—The Chi- cago Crime Commission departed from its nonpartisan stand today to indorse Thomas J. Courtney, Democrat, candidate for State's attorney of Cook County, against John A. Swanson, in- cumbent. Ordinarily the commission, formed to promote “efficient _administration of criminal justice,” has refrained from political indorsements. Frank J. Loesch, attorney and crusader against crime, as president of the com- mission, signed the statement. Swanson, a former circuit judge, went into office four years ago. He is cam- paigning for re-election with the slogan: “He suppressed 1,000 rackets and re- 'AUCTIONEER’S HAMMER HANGS OVER FIRST U. S. HOMESTEAD Nebraska D. A. R. Hope to Collect School Pennies to Save Part of Historic Farm. By the Associated Press. BEATRICE, Nebr., September 20.~| The auctioneer’s hammer hangs poised over the historic Daniel Freeman Farm —Afirst homestead in the United States. To save at least 40 acres of the farm for use as & National Park, the Nebras- ka Daughters of the American Revolu- tion are pushing forward with plans to conduct a campaign for pennies in schools of the State. They estimate that $3500 will be sufficient to buy the 40 acres and State ission for the penny campaign has g::‘ asked. ‘It s now scheduled for public sale on October 1 for back taxes. Daniel Freeman, a Union Civil War veteran, obtained deed to the home- stead January 1, 1863, while he was here on furlough. In 1865 he and his family settled on the tract. The farm has been in possession of the Freeman family ever since-and is now owned by Mrs. Clifford Quacken- bush, daughter of Mr. Freeman. The original tract of 160 acres has dwindled to 80 acres. The 40 acres which the D A. R. hopes to purchase is the site of the original Freeman log cabin. The homestead is listed in entry No. 1, proof of residence No. 1, patent No. 1, recorded on page No. 1 of Book 1 of the Land Office of the United States. as a|_ Alexander flied to Reynolcs. flied to Manush. No runs. FIFTH INNING. WASHINGTON—Rice singled to cen- ter. Myer popped to Alexancer. Warst- threw out Manush. Spognardi IS BEGUN BY GANDH BoSTON-Myer threw "out_Jollr ‘Indian Leader Spurns Free- Cronin threw out Pickering. Warstler o dom as British Throw Open | His Cell Bars. fanned. No runs. SIXTH INNING. ‘WASHINGTON—Reynolds fouled to Alexancer. ~ Kuhel flied to Stumpf. | Bluege was safe on Warstler’s high | throw. Bluege stole second. Spencer fouled to Pickering. No runs. BOSTON—Weaver threw out An- drews. Cronin_threw out Spognardi. Stumpf flied to Reynolds. No runs. SEVENTH INNING. ‘WASHINGTON—Weaver flied to Oli- ver. Rice was safe on Pickering's fum- bie. Myer hit into a double play, Spog- | (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) | — e Quality Merchandise | A prominent merchant re- cently stated that the trend in buying is definitely toward bet- ter grade of merchandise. He stated that the public is seek- ing quality rather than cheap merchandise. Advertisements in The Star reflect this trend, and the public is responding to an- nouncements of better-grade merchandise. By the Associated Press. POONA, India, September 20—Ma- hatma Gandhi, leader of millions of | India’s people in the civil disobedience | campaign against the British govern- ment, began at nosn today the “fast unto death” which he announced last week as a protest against Prime Minis- ter Ramsay MacDonald’s settlement of the Indian Communal elections prob- lem. As he started his self-imposed star- vation regime, he was technically a free man. The government this morning let down the bars of his prison cell at Yeroda jail, where he has been a pris- oner since Januafy, but the Mahatma spurned the proffered freedom. He said he would not leave his cell unless he were forcibly removed and the indications were the government would not remove him. ' Reporters Kept Out. The ban against visitors at the jail was lifted this morning, but the news- permen were still kept out by the ?:fl authorities. Hundreds of telegrams and letters from friends of the Mahatma, urging him to give over his proposed death (Continued on Page 6, Columa 1. RUBI0’S EX-WIFE KILLED Automobile Accident Occurs Near Cuernavaca. MEXICO CITY, September 20 (®.— Senora Francisca Aceves, first wife of former President Pascual Ortiz Rubio, was killed yesterday near Cuernavaca in a motor iccident. She was returning from a holiday motor trip to Acapulco. She was the mother of three chil- dren. Her two sons were recently stu- dents In the United Stazes and Canada. i Burial will be in the historic shrine of Guadalupe Cemetery. Radio Programs on Page C-4 Yesterday’s Advertising Local Display The Evening Star. Lines. .25,748 2nd Newspaper 8,520 3rd Newspaper 4th Newspaper 5th Newspaper Total Yesterday The Star’s circula- tion of 116,219 was 5,054 greater than the corresponding day last year. (other four newspapers) 4 Requests Appointment. “The test which the R. F. C. is at- tempting to enforce is not whether | Pennsylvania needs help, which is be- | vond all dispute—nor whether the com- monwealth has done its full share, | at this time to touch on this matter.” | sion of the Bicentennial Conference cn Court Sustains Prosecutor. i “Was there anything in that letter,” | he asked, “to indicate to Senator Davis | a change in the character of the an- nual charity ball.” i Louis M. Treadwell, assistant United which is equally beyond dispute—but | States attorney in charge of the prose- whether certain- statistics can be fur- | cution, objected to the question as call- | nished because records have been kept | in_certain ways. “Last Friday Pennsylvania complied | in full with the latest demand of the | R. F. C. for useless statistics. If | Washington does not act before Sep- tember 22, may I have an appointment with you on Friday next to end this senseless embargo on feeding the starv- | ing in this State?” | PLEA IS AWAITED HERE. | | Pinchot Message Still Is Unreceived | ! at White House. | ‘White House officials said at noon to- | day they had not_yet received any re- quest from Gov. Pinchot for a confer- ence with President Hoover on Friday concerning Pennsylvania's relief needs. The Reconstruction Finance Corpora- tion was awaiting information from Pennsylvania authorities which would | complete the application for an emer- gency relief n. A week ago, when Gov. Pinchot in & letter complained because the loan had not been passed, Gardner Cowles, sr.. director and spokesman for the cor- poration, said that the loan would be passed upon just as soon as the infor- | riot today to explain why Japan had re- (Continted on Page 2, Column 1) JAPANESE EXPLAIN WHY ! THEY ASK REPORT DELAY| i Ambassador Nagaoka Says Tckio’ Will Send Special Envoy to League Council. By the Associated Press. PARIS, September 20.—Ambassadcr Nagaoka of Japan visited Premier Her- quested a delay in discussion of the Lytton report by the Legue of Nation's Ccuncil. He indicated that Japan is not op- posed to publication of the report on conditions in the Far East. but that the government wants more time to study it and to permit sending to Geneva 3 special envcy from Tokio. It was said that the premier, who is going to Geneva tonight, will decide the government's attitude after consulta- tion with representatives of other mation was received. powers. RETIRED SCIENTIS ~ HIS WORK AS UN Dr. Albert Hassall Sticks to Love of his scientific work is oringing Dr. Albert Hassall down to his old la- boratory at the Department of Agricul- ture to work for nothing, two days a week, although Uncle Sam forced him to retire, under the provisions of the economy act, on July 1. Despite his more than 70 years, Dr. Hassall. since his_retirement, has been | driving in from Bowle, Md., ! away. During the Winter he expects come in every day, he has told his as- sociates. Dr. Hassall's main contribution to science has ment Despite Economy Act. T CONTINUES PAID VOLUNTEER Job in Agriculture Depart- veterinary zoology. Dr. Maurice C. Hall, chief of the zoological division of the Bureau of Animal Husbandry, says Planning, Parks and Government, of which the Municipal League sessions are a part, was devoted:to discussion of the advances made in the campaign against billboards throughout the coun- try and the steps taken by the States " (Continueg on Page 2, Column 4.) \MOTHER OF GARNER DIES IN TEXAS HOME Parent of Speaker Had Been Critically Ill Several Days. Family at Bedside. By the Associated Press. DETROIT. Tex.. September 20.— Mrs. Sarah Jane Garner, 81-year-old mother of John Nence Garrer, Demo- cratic vice presidential nominee, died at_her home here at 12:25 p.m. today. Mrs. Garner had been in ill health, but her condition became critical sev- eral days ago when she was forced to bed with what her physician described as _general toxic poisoning. With her when she passed away were all of her living children, three sons :ir‘uga two daughters, and other near rela- Her cldest son, John Nance, hurried home from Washington, where he had gone to complete plans for his partici- pation in the Democratic presidential campaign, when her critical condition bacame known. Funeral services were set tentatively for tomorrow. The body will be placed in the family vault in the Detroit ceme- tery alongside that of her husband, John Nance, sr., and two of her chil- dren, a son and a daughter. Her hus- band died in 1919. The pioneer mother of the Speaker passed away just a few hours after he had received a telegram from his run- ning mate, Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York, the presidential nominee, in which he expressed hope that Mr. Garner’s mother “may be spared to you for many years.” Mr. Garner and other members of his that the catalog is the only one of its kind in the world and is indispensable to a proper study of parasites. When he officially retired Dr. Hassall was assistant chief of the zoological division of the Bureau of Animal Industry. A native of Kent, England, Dr. Has- sall's appearance belies his advanced Veterinary the Bul veterinary inspector in May, 1887 and served in that branch of the American (Continued on Page 3, Column 5. family, however, had known for several days there was no hope for his mother’s 1%covery. She recognized him only once after :‘? h’nd lr;tlvec}“ home aftir a hurried rip from Washington. On Sunday, short time after his arrival, he stepped into her bed room and stooping over her. asked: “Do you know me, Ma?" i:‘\'el." was the faint reply of recog- nition. After that she dozed into a stupor been the compiling of a!Government continuously until his re- from which she did not arouse suffi- valuable index catalog of medical and | tlently again to know those about her,