Evening Star Newspaper, September 26, 1932, Page 2

T A—2 EEx SUIGIDE IS VERDICT Scout Executive MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1932. a ———————— e —————————— XA G.A R Vistors Depuring. | FIRPESEAS 1.3 D N RECH GRS THE. EVENING ‘STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, INMODEL' DEATH) ———— S Coroner’s Jury Frees Speidel After Inquest Over Body of Miss Rochkin. Sylvia Rochkin, 23-year-old artists’ model, committed suicide early last Fri- day by hanging herself from a cel Tafter of a houseboat in Little River, 8 coroner's jury decided today. ‘The verdict, which freed dead ‘woman's sweetheart, George B. Speidel, who had been under arrest since her death, was returned after the jury had heard nearly four hours’ testimony from detectives and friends of the model. The dead woman's sister, Mrs. Laura Kramer, New York City, also took the witness stand, asserting that Speidel, on a recent trip to her home, told her he and the model were married. Declaring she did not know her sis- ter was not Speidel's wife until after her death, Mrs. Kramer told the jury, “We're all conventional people.” May Reopen Case. Possibility that the ease may be re- opened was seen, when Mrs. Kramer and her brother, Benjamin Rochkin, also of New York City, requested a con- ference with Assistant U. S. Attorney John R. Fitzpatrick, who. represented the Government in the case. Both Rochkin and Mrs. Kramer refused to make any statement concerning their object in asking the conference. They also declined to give any in- formation regarding _their sister’s funeral, other than to say she “already has been buried.” ‘The body was sent to Baltimore Saturday, according to attendants at the Morgue, but Miss Rochkin's widowed mother, who is sub- Jject to heart attacks, has not been in- formed of her death. Partial corroboration of Mrs. Kramer's testimony was given by Detective Sergt. John C. Dalglish, who declared Speidel admitted to him’ that he had inferred that he was Miss Rochkin’s husband by telling the sister, on a recent trip to New York, that' he was her “new brother-in-law.” Recalled to Stand. Dalglish made the statement on his second trip to the stand, having been Tecalied at the request of the dead ‘woman’'s brother and sister. He was recalled after the inquest had been dramatically halted by the brother and sister, who demanded the right to cross-question witnesses. Coroner Joseph D. Rogers, after a conference with Fitzpatrick and Spei- del’s attorney, Joseph Kelly, ruled that only the coroner, the attorneys and members of the jury had a legal right to question witnesses. He consented, however, to permit the brother and sister to present their queries to PFitz- patrick, who put them to the wit- nesses. Miss Rochkin appeared to be in a state of ‘“extreme mental anguish” throughout the day before she was found strangled. according to a signed statement made by Speidel and read to the jury. An hour before the inquiry was begun a large crowd gathered outside ¢he Morgue, apparently anxious to hear Speidel’s story. Every seat in the in- quest room was occupied and many per- sons were turned away. Details of Romance. In his signed statement, Speidel gave a detailed description of his re- lations with the model, whom he met last May 16. The romance was begun, he declared, “with her full knowledge of my marital status.” Spei- del, it was brought out in other testi- mony, has been separated from his wife ;.nd 5-year-old son for the past two ears. Speidel awakened about 12:30 am. last Priday, he said, and found the young woman, with 'a pajama cord looped twice around her neck, hanging from a ceiling rafter of the houseboat, docked near Rosslyn, Va., about 150 yards east of Key Bridge. Yelling for help, he said, he half-lifted, half- dragged the woman into the adjoining Toom and placed her on a studio couch. After calling again for help, he said, e ran to a restaurant in Rosslyn and lephoned the Fire Rescue Squad. His nessage was relayed to seventh precinct olice, who arrested Speidel after mak- g a preliminary investigation of Miss ochkin's death. Finds Woman Dead. Policeman Carl G. McCormick, sev- enth precinct, testified that when he reached the boat in response to Spei- del’s telephone message, he found the model lying on the couch, with the bath robe cord knotted around a small nail beneath her head. She was pro- nounced dead a few minutes later by Dr. James Thompson, who accompanied an Emergency Hospital ambulance to the boat. A suicide note purported to have been written by Miss Rochkin, fragments of which were found on the floor of the two-room boat by Dalglish, who later pasted them together, were introduced in evidence. A sentence written by Speidel after his arrest also was intro- duced, as were the cord and nail and five police photographs of the scene of the woman's death. The sentence written by Speidel at the request of Dalglish—“T am happiest with George"—was entirely dissimilar from the suicide note, the detective told the jury. Nalil Fitted Into Rafter. When Dalglish began his investiga- tion, he testified, one of his first acts was to replace the nail in the hole in which_Speidel declared it was driven ‘When he found the model hanging from the rafter. The rafter was slightly spintered beneath the hole, indicating, the detective pointed out, it had been torn out by Miss Rochkin's weight. The model, according to Speidel’s signed statement, underwent a criminal operation at the home of a midwife last Monday. Speidel declared he sent 850 to her in New York City to be used Jor that purpose. After a trip_to the artists' colony in Provincetown, Mass., with Miss Rochkin, Speidel went on, he returned to Wash- ington, where she rejoined him in an apartment in the 1900 block of I street. She called to see him at the Post Office last Monday, he said, and informed him the operation had been performed. He immediately rented the boat from Harry Lindenschmidt, a friend, he said. Told of Her Fiance. In an oral statement made prior to the signed one, Speidel, according to Dalglish, declared Miss Rochkin told *him her fiance, named only as “Philip,” ~shot himself to death in New York City . several years ago. The model, Dalglish said Speidel informed him, worked at :both the Corcoran Art Gallery and George Washington University under fictitious names. Dalglish was assisted in presenting the case to the jury by Detective Sergt. H. K. Wilson, chief of the homicide squad. Meanwhile, other members of | the squad were continuing their search for the midwife said to have performed the operation. The jury, sworn in over Miss Roch- kins body Saturday consisted of F. E. Huxley, William Fitzhugh, Clifford All- der, George C. Dalglish, Ernest Jasper and Andrew Peterman. Miss Rochkin, whose home was in ©Ozone Park, Long Island, was on the eligible list for = appointment as a teacher In New York OCity public schools. & Pl HURLEY TOUR ANNOUNCED CHICAGO, September 26 (#).—Re- blican national campaign headquar- ers announced today Secretary of War » Patrick Hurley would speak in behalf of Hoover and Curtis at Johnson City, Tenn., Wednesday; at Knoxville, Tenn., LINN C. DRAKE Of the local Boy Scout Council, who was mentioned by Elwood Street, director of the Community Ohest, in a radio address as one of the outstanding person- alities in Scouting here. GANDHI ENDS FAST ON WINNING FIGHT British Action on Compromise Plan for Untouchables ’ Meets His Views. By the Associated Press. POONA, India, September 26— Mahatma Gandhi, inspired by news that the British government at London had approved most of the compromise plan on the privileges of Indian untouchables in legislative elections, broke his “death fast” of protest this afternoon. ‘Gandhi broke his fast at 5 p.m., India time (6:30 a.m., Eastern standard time). He had abstained from food six days and five hours. Gandhi began his self-imposed ordeal at noon Tuesday, as a protest against that part of the recent British com- munal award which proposed special constituencies for the depressed classes. Days of negotiations followed between leaders of the depressed classes and the caste Hindus. These finally ended in a compromise plan, to which the Mahatma agreed. Britain Accepts Plan. Tha British government this morning announced the acceptance of the com- promise plan, with certain reservations, and Gandhi decided to take food again. In the meantime, his physical strength had been ebbing away and early today his physicians stated his condition was becoming serious. It was gbout 4:15 o'clock when they brought him news that the government in London had accepted the compromise agreement. The little man was so weak that his wife had to lift him up on his cot and prop his back while he read the official document_very carefully. en d finished he lifted his head, smiled and murmured to the doctor: “This will be acceptable.” Prayers Before Eating. There wis a brief discussion among his friends assembled at the bedside. Then, satisfied that the conditions for ending his fast had been fulfilled, the Mahatma sank back with a low moan. But before he would est he insisted on prayers. Members of the little group sat on the ground about the cot and chanted a prayer led by Rabindranath Tagore, the famous Indian poet, wWho came here this morning. Gandhi was too weak to join in the chant, but his lips moved feebly as he followed the familiar words. Meanwhile a cup of musambi, a sweet lime juice concoction, had been pre- pared. When the prayers were ended Mrs. Gandhi held the cup to his mouth. The Mahatma sipped a few drops slowly, then sank back exhausted upon a pillow. LONDON RUSHES APPROVAL. Condition of Gandhi Cause Late Work by Officials. LONDON, September 26 (#).—The statement issued by the India office today announcing agreement with the compromise plan of Hindu leaders in India designed to end Mahatma Gandhi’s death fast, said the govern- ment learned of the compromise “with satisfaction.” “The government will recommend to Parliament in due course,” it said, “the adoption of the clauses of the agree- ment, dealing with representation in the provincial legislatures.” It added, however, that the cabinet noted the agreement reached in India covered certain questions outside of the recent award. These, it pointed out, deal with the questions likely to depend mainly on the actual working of the constitution and with other details not yet settled by the government, such as the actual level of the representation of the depressed classes and the method of electing representatives. ‘The observations on these two points, it said, “should not be regarded as im- plying that his majesty’s government are against what is proposed, but that these questions are still under consid- eration.” The announcement was made early this morning. Until nearly midnight last night the lights were still on an the India office as government leaders, including Prime Minister MacDonald, Ciblained That ‘sverything. done to avold delay In view of the reported precarious condition of the Mahatma. MRS. ROBINS T0 ASK HOOVER TO AID HUNT Wife of Missing Dry Leader Will Make Personal Appeal to President. By the Associated Press. Raymond Robine, visiting on Island, will ask President Hoover in a fry gem%nflhmellmhmkmhelpm er husband. The missing man, active advocate of prohibition and peace, was on his way t> Washington to see the President at the time of his disappearance more than a fortnight ago. —— DEATH LAID TO MOTHER NAVY BALLOONISTS SIGHTED BY CZECHS Lieut. E. G. W. Settle and Wilfred Bushnell Pass Over Litomysle. BASEL, Switzerland, September 26 (A).—The American balloon “U. 8. Navy” was reported over the | outskirts of Warsaw, Poland, this evening, fiying southeast at a height of about 2,600 meters. The “Goodyear 8" piloted by W. T. Van Orman, and eight other entries had not been reported It appeared the American entries were in an excellent position to win the race.’ By the Associated Press. BASEL, Switzerland, September 26.— Headquarters of the Gordon Bennett Balloon Cup Race, which began here yesterday when 16 balloons were re- leased, received a telegram today say- ing the U. 8. Navy bag passed over Litomysle, Czechoslovakia, at 6:05 a.m. Weather rts from various parts of Europe where the balloons might have drifted said conditions were good. A strong north wind carried the 16 balloons away fram the Alps, some of them heading north over Belgium. The Goodyear 8. piloted by W. T. Van Orman, American, who is seeking his third success victory in the contest, was near the last to take off. Just before him the U, S. Navy bag, which won the American National Race last year, floated away, piloted by Lieut. E. G. W. Settle and Wilfred Bushnell. R. J. Blair accompanied Van Orman. All balloons carried mail to be posted at the nearest spot to where they land. Arrangements were made to keep pllots m‘{’oizmed of weather conditions by radio. The Austrian balloon, Ernst Bran- denburg, landed at Kreisendorf, Czechoslovakia, at 5:15 am., and the German balloon Deutschland at Fitze- nau, Czechoslovakia, at 9:45 a.m, the headquarters announced. The French balloon, Lafayette, was reported to have landed safely near Schedlau, in Upper Silesial. DIRECTORS NAMED FOR HOME LOAN BANK Two Will Represent Government on Board of Ninth District at Little Rock, Ark. A. D. Gorghegan, president of the Southern Cotton Oil Co., New Orleans, and J. F. Lucey of the Lucey Petroleum Co., Dallas, Tex., today were named by the Federal Home Loan Bank Board to represent the Government on the hoard of directors of the system's ninth dis- trict, comprising the States of Arkansas, Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana and New Mexico. The regional bank for this district is to be located at Little Rock, with a minimum capitalization of $10,000,000. The district’s nine other directors, who will serve until January 1, ar Philip Leiber, Shre , La.; W. C. Ermon, New Orleans; J. C. Leigh, Little Rock; R. H. McCune, Roswell, N. Mex.; O. W. Boswell, Paris, Tex.; E. E. Shel- ton, Dallas; I. Priedlander, Houston; Gordon H. Campbell, Little Rock, and E. H. Bradshaw, Jackson, Miss. Directors are yet to be named in 9 of the 12 districts, mcludin&the fourth district, which comprises ‘Washing- ton area. o EX-DRY SAYS REPEAL IS BEST FOR NATION Former Senator Hollis of New Hampshire, Now Living in Paris, Sees Roosevelt Victory. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 26:—Former United States Senator Henry French Hollls, Democrat, of New Hampshire, who voted for the prohibition amend- ment, but w says he is an authority on French Wines, arrived y on in yesterda; his second visit to the United States 13 years. He said he came from Paris with two convictions: That the eighteenth amendment is a failure and that Franklin D. Roosevelt will France. I have now concluded, however, the: rohibition will not work in our coun- AUTO OVERTURNS H. Baughman and Unidentified hotel, but were cut from the Two Victims Are Shot Down Near Athens—Iliinois Mob Slays Officer. STRUCK BY STRAY SHOT. Vietim Killed Awaiting Breakfast in Own Home. ATHENS, Ohio, September 26 (). —Two men were shot and killed in the Hock- ing Valley mine fleld late last night and early today. One of the dead was be- lieved to have been an innocent victim of the mine warfare, while the other was killed as the outgrowth of a strike t. e dead are: Clarmont Banfield, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Banfield of Hunterton. Boyd Vincent, 45, of Luhrig, an active strike agitator. County officials, headed by Sheriff ‘Wayne t, Tushed to the scenes of the shootings from this vicinity. Young Banfleld was believed an inno- cent victim of the strike trouble at the mine of the Ohio Collieries Co., near which his home is located. This mine has been the scene of trouble since other mines in the region accepted the peace plan and resumed operations last |* week. Men ambushed in the hills near the mine had been sniping during the night. As young Banfield and his mother were pre] breakfast s shot was fired and Banfield fell dead. Vincent had attended church Sunday night at Luhrig and shortly after he near_the church said they a . _Investigation showed Vincent was dead. Later Cash Tedrow, 38, who worked in the Luhrig mine, gave himself up to authorities. He claimed he shot Vincent after the lat- ter said, “I'm going to get you.” Vin- m;m been active in promoting the e. TWO CRITICALLY HURT. Fight for Release of 25 Arrested Officials Of Union Started. By the Associated Press. SPRINGFIELD, Ill, September 26.— A sanguinary street riot in which a po- lice officer was killed and & score or more of other persons injured, two criti- cally, has brought the smouidering T1- linols mine war to a new phase of hos- es. The clash was the first in which the opposigg factions of miners have done physical battle with each other. Tear- gas bombs finally restored order. Yesterday as a group of about 50 miners belonging to the United Mine Workers of America marched from a meeting to their hotel headquarters they were met by a group of pickets be- longing to_the ive Miners of America. Officials estimated the num- ber of pickets at approximately 800, Forced to Face Foes. Surrounded by jeering men. who op- posed their intention to return to work at a reduced wage scale, the United Mine Workers, many times outnum- bered, made their way toward their entrance by a flanking movement. A shot was fired, allegedly from ranks of the United Mine Workers. The insurgent group closed in. Heads were cracked as clubs were brought down on unprotected skulls and more shots were A Springfleld detective, Sergt. Porter Williams, fell fatally wounded. On the ground, bleeding from three stab wounds, was Garnet Smith, mem- ber of the United Mine Workers, who was later charged with shooting Wil- liams. He denied the charge. Critically wounded, Smith today said he wanted to repudiate any confession that he was reported as having made. I have never hurt any one in my life,” he declared, “and I didn't do this.” Meantime Attorney Edmund Burke of Springfield, representing the 25 offi- cials and organizers of the U. M. W. of A. arrested after the riot today, made plans for their release. Bond was set at $500 each. Police Magistrate Jean Saner refused to order their release until the bonds|in were actually provided. J An attorney for the U. M. W. of A. sald former State Senator William Sneed, who was among those jailed, told him directly after the trouble that he had no firearms. “I urged men,” Sneed was quoted as saying, “not to arm themselves lest something hap- pen. they'd use them.” Two Critically Hurt. Among those injured in the rioting the | played M n all our | Anie) There was too much danger|Y! by Prederick H. (in center), 70 time-bent buf for their home towns in E Massachusetts after a two-day visit in they attended the sixty-sixth national encampment of the G. A. Bishop, senlor department commander, and David King, still energetic survivors of the Union srmies of Wi R, MISS ORCUTT'S 17 LEADS QUALIFIERS Mrs. Vare, Permitted to Play by Doctors, Gets Late Start in Title Meet. By the Associated Press. PEABODY, Mass, September 26— Maureen Orcutt of Hayworth, N. J., one of the favorites in the thirty-sixth woman’'s national golf championship, became the early leader of the large field today by carding a par 77 in her qualifying round over the Salem Coun- try Club's 6,301-yard layout. Mrs. Glenna Collett Vare, five times champion, who has been fll for the past two days, was authorized by her phy- sician to play, but was late in teeing off. Helen Hicks, the defending champion, got off to & poor start. She hooked her drive out of bounds and put her second into the woods. Her recovery also was flubbed and she was 5 reaching the green. ‘The first birdie of the day was scored by Jane Brooks of Sparkill, N. Y., who sank a long putt for a 4 on the 411- yard first hole. Several minutes later Miss Orcutt duplicated that feat. Mrs. Opal §. Hill, the Western cham- pion and an outstanding favorite, also jumped off to a birdie start. Mrs. Dorothy Campbell Hurd, three times national champion, was 2 over par on her first three holes, but re- gained a stroke with a birdie 4 on the 388-yard fourth. Virginia Van Wie, the Chicago star, also faltered slightly at the start, going 2 over on the first four holes. Miss- Hicks finally quit the grst hole with & 7 and went 1 over on the next | two, where she got her 5. Miss Orcutt was out in 38, sinking a long putt on the ninth for a birdie 3. Miss Armstrong, playing with her, took 41. Enid Wilson, British champion and probably the longest hitter in the field, made a sensational start. She reached her first green in 2 for a birdie 4 and par golf on the next three holes. ary K. Browne of Willoughby, Ohio, former national tennis champion, was 1 over par on the second and third, but scored an eagle 3 on the fourth, getting on in 2 and dropping a putt from the edge of the en. After mis'sll!nx par on the first five holes, Miss Hicks settled down. She pulled out a birdle deuce on the 200- yard sixth and matghed par for the sev- enth. She was 32 going to the eighth. Mrs. Hurd was short with her third ot the long fifth and eighth, taking 6s, which brought her to the turn in 43, six over par. Miss Wilson was 1 over par lea the seventh and Miss Browne was over. Miss Hicks was 5 over making the turn, and m; the ‘:ny out Miss Stife] dro) 8 strokes par. ):Ig:dwllson was short on the seventh and her approach on the ninth hit a bunker, which cost her 6 strokes on that 332-yard hole and she made the turn 41, 3 over par. Browne had the same card out. Qualifying scores: Estelle E. Lawson. Greensboro, N. C.45—51—96 Mrs. Edward Stevens, G were Bozo Damich, 45, of Bentleyville, | & Pa., international organizer for the United Mine Workers, who suffered in- juries to his head and chest, and Ed- ward O'Donnell of Summit Hill, Pa., sh back of the ear, but not seri- ously injured. 33, miner of Dominix Digirolamo, Springfield, was shot in the chest. His condition was EARLY TEMPERATURE DROPS TO SEASON’S LOW Mercury Expected to Climb After Hitting 46 Degrees: Around Elizabeth Skinner, Holyoke, Mass. 4—44—88 2 ner, Holyoke, Mass. % Bea Gottlibe. Great Neck, N. Y. 43—44—86 Mrs. K. P. Scheidt. Norristown, P ‘Bushel. Salisbury Plains, Maureen Orcuti “‘""‘n“‘m' % x| MRS. BORAH GIVEN SERUM FIFTH TIME|%: Wife of Idaho Senator Shows Im-|py: provement After Setback of Yesterday. BOISE, Idaho, September 26 (#).— 21| on October 3, 1931, Police Head Wants Town Jail to Have Well Dressed Men By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 26.—The prisoners in jail in suburban Glencoe aren't going anywhere in lar, but Police Chief Jacob ph thinks dressed up anyway. ‘The chief said yesterday that most of the town prisoners were incarcerated through no fault of own and a) led to the citizens to dress them up. “A jail full of well dressed men,” he said, “would reflect credit on the town. From their cast-offs, our citizens could supply the prisoners with neat shoes, good suits and overcoats.” DAVIS PROSECUTOR CLOSES EVIDENCE Government Takes Week to Complete Lottery Case Against Senator. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 26.—The Government rested today in the trial of United States Senator James J. Davis of Pennsylvania, charged with participating in lotteries alleged to have been conducted in connection with charitable _enterprises of the Loyal Order of Moose, of which he is director general. The trial opened a week age today and the Government called dozens of witnesses, officials of the Moose, express agents, prize winners and employes of the Western Union Telegraph Co., which was indicted for participation in the alleged lotteries with Davis and six other defendants. Davis obtained a severed trial, the other defendants not being ready to proceed and he wishing to have the matter settled prior to the election, at which he is running for re-election to the Senate. Board’s Minutes Entered. At the opening of court today the Government offered the minutes of the board of governors of Mooseheart, a children's home of the Moose in Illinois, from February, 1930, to July, 1932. A. E. Stecher, an employe of the Eureka Specialty Co. of Scranton, Pa., was recalled to testify further about a parcel post shipment of alleged lottery tickets. It was shown previously by the Gov- ernment that the Eureka Co. printed and sent to the “B. C. McGuire Mer- chandising Co.” in New York, many thousand books of the alleged lottery tickets. McGuire, also under indictment, has been described as one of the chief promoters of the charity balls for the Moose propagation department. His cnontract with that department gave him 33 per cent of the department’s income. The Government succeeded in getting 48 | into the evidence a shipping order and postal receipt for a parcel post ship- ment from Scranton to New York, made The Government seeks to show lottery tickets crossed State lines in violation of Federal laws. Federal Agent Recalled. James Heffler, Department of Justice agent, who Friday related the details of an audit of the books of the Moose propagation department, was recalled. testified that a check for §150 was Stewart, editor of the Moose magazine, for traveling expenses on _January 5, 1931. HefTler testified to_several checks day that were paid by the propagation dmep‘ldm&nt to the Supreme Lodge for ciden! . Charies 3. Margi Margiotti of defense coun- sel asked Heffler about $175,000 received McGuire out of the of the 1930 Moose charity bal “Do the books reflect,” the attorney asked, “that $25,000 was advanced by McGuire at the beginning of the 1930 “They do,” the witness answered. “Do ‘they show this was repaid?” ““No, 5 “Well,” continued the attorney, “there was one check for $25 to McGuire, wasn't there?” “Wasn't that in repayment for his advance?” “Yes, it was.” Morris Doctor and Nurse Killed. September 26 (#), a farm home where dairymen to . |by elimination of middlemen’s Neutrality Here on Rearming Issue Considered Blow to Allied Hopes. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. Europe is again looking toward the § United States for help to avert an in- rmler department commander 1-1865 entrained this morning The youngest 84, the oldest 95, Spripgfleld, I, Beptan_sl::'r éll and 22. r HERRIT CERMIN WARNNC HALE Premier Acclaimed for Dis- closures on Former Foe’s Rearming Intentions. By the Associated Press. PARIS, September 26.—Paris political circles responded with acclaim today to a speech by Premier Herriot at Gramat yesterday in which the premier warned that Germany was planning to rearm and proposed that the German arms equality problem be solved by a new security treaty at Geneva. ‘The Nationalist newspaper Le Figaro hailed the speech as a repudiation of the international policy of the late Aristide Briand. Senator Henri Ber- enger, in the financial newspaper L’Agence Economique et Financiere, re- ferred to it as Herriot's profession of faith and added that it merited “becom- ing international.” Senator Beranger was formerly French Ambassador at Washington. Sees Thrust at Foe. Mr. Herriot stopped at the Southwest- ern French town on his way to Geneva, the premier suggested Germany is seek- ing sufficient tary strength to defeat with one thrust “the designated ad- versary. “In the same way that Prussia for- merly took advantage of conditions im- posed on her to build a redoubtable army of an absolutely new type,” he said, “is not German military genjus today seeking to create an army * * * with the intention of striking to the heart, with one decisive thrust, the designated adversary * * * fo whom national defense is but one form of patriotism?” Admitting that the former allies had pledged themselves to disarm, as Ger- many pointed out in making her equality demands, he pledged French support of the provision, but added France wanted disarmament through security. France has already made disarma- ment gestures, he said, naming the ending of the Rhineland occupation before the time limit and reductions in reparations for which, he said, “no one is grateful.” For Elimination of Force. France, he went on, stands for total elimination of force in international disagreements. He praised the recent speech of Secretary of State Stimson and the Hoover disarmament proposals. Secretary Stimson’s address, he said, showed the United States was “attached to the defense of the Briand-Kellogg pact.” ‘The press generally praised the speech. Le Temps said the German demand for rearmament would give her an army of a million and a half trained men in 10 years, an army which could strike before alliances or the machinery of Geneva could get into action. L'Intransigeant said it was impossible to refute M. Herriot's thesis and that neither Poincare, Laval nor Tardieu could have spoken differently. MILK IS DUMPED IN ATLANTA STRIKE DESPITE INJUNCTION (Continued From First Page.) week that producers in 20 counties had declared a holiday on milk shipments to the Atlanta market in an effort to 'le:n '!:letur prices from the distyibuting P ACTIVITIES SPREAD. By the Associated Press. Parmers’ efforts to. withhold the morning milk bottle from doorsteps of several large cities today had become the outstanding activity in agricul- ture's drive for higher prices. Milk holidays were in effect in Georgia, Michigan and Ohio communi- tles. 'At Toledo Saturday detectives listening equipment had been wired to the headquarters of the North- western Co-operative Sales Co., which represents farmers in 12 Ohio and 2 Michigan counties. The - Pro- ducers’ Association at Toledo and its officers were enjoined earlier last week in their endeavor to Senia's goars for thrmers T Tsed to '.h:nplm Chicago area ulldmdlther side of cture was present rough co- operative ownership o‘tn milk plants by its. in operation, with the latest starting last ‘week in Racine County, Wis. About 100 Cooperative milk plant to oo proges: tion costs by cooling costs: and weighing their Nearly half & dozen such piants were. In the speech, which was made when | ternational crisis by adopting a more determined attitude regarding Ger- many’s claim for equality in arma- ments. The British and the Prench foreign offices, which have been hopeful at the outset of the present crisis that America would stand by them, are now puzzled and worried lest the United States should adopt an attitude of strict neu- trality. The French and British governments believed that they could count on America’s support for the following rea- sons: Senator David Reed, who is thought in Europe to have a consider- able influence in the Senate and with President Hoover, had visited London and Paris, where he had long and im- portant conversations with Ramsay MacDonald, Sir John Simon and Premier Edouard Herriot. Expected to Bargain, What Senator Reed told these men is . | not revealed here, but it appears that the statesmen had gained the impression that the American Government was willing to bargain with the European powers on the basis of supporting the Pranco-British thesis that Germany has no right to ask for parity in armaments in exchange for the support cf those two nations for an equitable settlement of the Sino-Japanese conflict on the basis of the Lytton report. That America could support the allied thesis was believed technically possible, because the disarmament clauses of the Versailles treaty had been incorporated in section 5 of the German-American peace treaty. All that America had to do, Paris and London thought, was to inform Germany that this country was not willing to have thase clauses of the treaty altered. ‘The belief of the Prench and the British governments that this would be the attitude adopted by the United States was strengthened by the fact that at the outset of the controversy between France and Germany, when the German note was received in Paris, the State Department appeared to sym- pathize with the allied point of view and let it be understood unofficially that the disarmament clauses of the German-American treaty were of great interest to the United States. This not o much hecause this country con- sidered itself in any danger by German rearmament. but because it intended to make this provision work in order to further the limitation of arms con- ference. Stimson Takes Hand. Secretary Stimson, upon his return from his vacation, took up this matter and clarified_the somewhat nebulous policy of the State Department by gen- eralizing the previous statements and stating that the United States Govern- ment was opposed to any move which may result in an increase instead of decrease of armaments. President Hoover last week went a step further, and. in order to dispel certain misap- prehensions, stated unequivocally that the question of the Versailles Treaty was a matter concerning exclusively the Europeans and that the only interest of the United States in these affairs was the genuine desire of seeing the reduction of arms conference succeed. ‘This statement of the President ap- pears to worry the French and the British foreign offices who had thought that they could rely on America's sup- port to force Germany to withdraw her Tequest for parity in armaments, which in fact means the right of Germany to build up her army on the old lines of compulsory military service and con- struction of such war implements as the other nations possess today. As a result of this new situation, Premier Herriot abandoned his attitude of “let the Germans talk, France will not answer” and in a speech made yes- terday afterncon, - warned Germany against her policies of defying the pro- vision of the Versailles treaty. France Ready to Act. Herriot's speech is interpreted here as the result of the endeavors of his advisers, whostold him that France's present attitude is being considered in Germany as an attitude of impotence, and consequently France must again show strength, and because the French foreign office and the general stafl, re- lying less now on America’s support, had decided to warn Germany that France still has “powerful teeth and is ready to bite” if the Germans push things too far. The State Department continues to refuse to comment on the developments between France, Great Britain and Germany, not wishing to be misinter- preted in any of these countries. But the American representatives abroad are doing their utmost to smooth over the situation without implicating in any way the United States. This work is being done at Geneva, in Berlin, in Paris and in London. In all these capitals it is believed that America can still play a decisive role in the present European affairs. For this reason the European governments are eager at present to enlist America’s support. FOUR SOUGHT IN LAKE ROCHESTER, N. Y., Sepfmber 26 (#)—The Jolly Roger, 22-1f>t speed- boat, which left Sea Breezj, on Lake Ontario, yesterday, was foufid beached today 7 miles north of here, but there was no trace cf its four occu- pants. The four men were identified as St. Clair Rogers, 29; Charles White, 27; James Currier and George De May, 16, all of Rochester, Cottagers last night reported hearing cries for help and two Coast Guard vessels searched all night. BAND CONCERTS. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band, this evening, at the bandstand, at 5:30 o'clock. John S. M. Zimmer- Anton ~ Polntner, Sousa “In the House of Stratenice and Burbe.” “Nydia—the Blind Girl.” “Destruction of Pompeli and Nydia's thy Iy " R Balfe Serenade Espagnole, “Lolita”. ... .Lange Walts petite, “When Knighthood Was in .. Gustin Finale, ished Army’ Alford “The Star Spangled Banner.” this evening, at Capitol, at 1:30 'clock. Charies Benter, leader; Alexander Morrls, assistant leader. Solo for cornet, “Stars in a Vi Earl Milier, sololst. mm Spring” from “The Show Boat”.Keara