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SCHACHTT0' CALLROOSEVELT BARS U.S. AGENTS RIDDLE {175 RIGHT WINGERS FRENCH DEBT PLAN CLAIMS OF MEANSIGO T0_FORT HUNT Bonus Leaders and Legisla- tors Persuade All but 25 to Join Majority. Faint Hope for Release to { Help Hunt Kidnapers Be- lieved Aim of Tale. Having riddled salient points in Gaston B. Means’ fanciful tale of the Lindbergh kidnaping, Government offi- cials last night were of the opinion that the one-time spy and ex-convict deliberately unfolded “a fanciful tale” at his conspiracy trial in the faint hope of obtaining his release to aid in the search for the kidnapers, If that was his hope, Federal inves- tigators have shattered it by rapid- fire disclosures made over the week end, in readiness for reopening of the colorful trial in District Supreme Court tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. Norman T. Whitaker, co-defendant with Means, may testify at that time regarding his “detective-thriller” role of “The Fox” in what the Govern- ment charges was a ruthless plot to defraud Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLean of $35,000, after she already had lost $104,000 in futile negotiations for re- turn of the Lindbergh baby. Will Attack Statements. The prosecution, led by U. 8. At- torney Leo A. Rover, is prepared to assert that: 1. “Wellington ~ Henderson,” alias “head of the Third Internationale Com- munistic Organization in the United States,” and “Irving Fenton'—the pair designated by Means as master minds of the Lindbergh kidnaping—exist only in Means’ fertile imagination. 2. All others named by Means as principals in the kidnaping plot are dead persons, chosen because they ean- not contradict Means’ story. 3. The bank deposit of Max Hassel, recently slain beer racketeer in New Jersey, described by Means as another of the kidnapers, contained none of the Tindbergh $50,000 ransom bills—contra- dicting one of Means' final dramatic ims. o eans' “information” that Col. Lindbergh identified the dead body of some child other than his own has no foundation in fact. 5. There is no evidence to show that cither Hassel or Max Greenberg, slain with Hassel, had any connection With the kidnaping or death of the Lind- bergh child, as alleged by Means. Both Are Possible Suspects. Incidentally, it was learned last night that Means and Whitaker both were possible suspects in the kidnaping, but careful investigation of their move- ments at the time of the Sourland Mountain abduction exonerated them of any connection withs the actual crime. Whitaker produced “the best alibi in the world” after his arrest in Brooklyn, N. Y.—he was in jail in Miami, Fla., awaiting trial on a Fed- eral charge at the time the baby was stolen from its crib, March 1, 1932. “Henderson” is said by Government officers to be a name they understand Means has used at various times in the past in his so-called investigations of Communistic propaganda in_this coun- try. No such persons as ‘‘Henderson” or “Fenton” were found at the Detroit addresses cited by Means in concluding his testimony Friday. The premises at 2419 Grand River avenue, Detroit, was found to be a well known “hangout” of Detroit radicals. There were three con- fessed Communists there—a white man and two colored men—when of- ficers arrived. None of them was named “Henderson” or “Fenton,” nor had the trio ever heard of such persons. Detroit and Dearborn authorities, who have names of all known agitators in the De- troit area, could not identify the pair mentioned by Means. There are no such names on the Government records of criminals or radicals. Rover said it was learned there was a convict named Fenton serving time at Atlanta Penitentiary while Means was there some years ago, but apparently this was a different person. This man is said to be still in confinement. Means specified that the Fenton he knew never was in Atlanta Penitentiary, but came there on a visit and was intro- duced to him by a fellow convict. Tdentification Held Positive. As for the certaintv of identification of the Lindbergh baby's body, Federal authorities agree with Col. Lindbergh that there can be no doubt that the little form viewed by Lindbergh in the “Trenton morgue just a year ago yester- day was all that remainder of his curly- haired son. Lindbergh testified posi- tively to that while on the stand at the outset of the trisl, and the Government has copies of medical reports showing teeth, bone and other characteristics that remove all possible doubt of iden- tification. A final bit of clinching evidence was the fragment of garment found on the child’s chest. This piece of cloth—still bearing residue of a cold salve with which the Lindbergh baby’s chést had | been smeared because of croup— matched perfectly a plece of under- garment from which the improvised pad had been cut by Betty Gow, the nurse. Fortunately the remainder of this garment had been retained and was available for identification pur- poses. All of Means’ incredible assertions as to “the real lowdown” on the kidnap- ing are being thoroughly checked as & matter of routine by skeptical investi- gators, QUOTA DISMISSALS PROVISION IS FOUGHT BY SENATOR TYDINGS (Continued From First Page.) and nearby States, and that they can- not be replaced without serious injury to the Government service, it would seem only just and fair to strike out <Mis provision from the bill; I shall, therefore, leave no stone unturned to accomplish this result.” Other Provisions of Bill. ‘The bill carries a total of $535,- (Continued Prom First Page.) 1348 Fairmont street, the home of a sympathizer. Salzman arrived Thursday with & group of about 200, led by George All- mann, one of the leaders of the 1932 bonus march. He showed up at the park yesterday morning, however, with the report the camp was “a hot-bed of Communism,” declaring he would not return, even if he had to “sleep in e mud.” He became ill along about bedtime and was taken to Emergency l«l‘os’x:im, where he spent most of the night. , Salzman’s followers wanted to hold a meeting in the park today, but Newlin took the permit, issued by the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks, with him to Fort Hunt. Capt. P. J. Carroll, second in command of the park police, told the men they would not be allowed to hold the meet- ing unless Newlin showed up with the permit. It had been planned to in- clude religious services in the program of the meeting. Statement Given Howe. Mary G. Kilbreth, chairman of the board of directors of the Woman Pa- triotic Corporation, said in a statement last night that she urged upon Col. Howe to remove all Communists who have been affiliated with the “revolu- tionary Communist International at Moscow."” ‘The statement added: “That American veterans, coming to Washington to ask a bonus of our Gov- ernment, should be urged or encour- aged to place themselves under the leadership of outstanding Communists, such as Levin, and thus to appear at Washington under Moscow manage- ment, in order to obtain food and shel- ter, a camp and a convention site, at the expense of the taxpayers, surely could not have been intended by the administration, or by the head of the Veterans’ Bureau.” Levin and Hickerson, in resigning, both announced that they intended to continue to work for the program of the Liaison Committee, which.demands cash payment of the bonus; reinstate- ment of compensation payments and immediate relief for the unemployed and farmers. After they had resigned, the commit- tee issued the following statement: “The members of the Veterans' Na- tional Liaison Committee desire at this time to express publicly their apprecia- tion for the hearty and sincere co- operation given by Messrs. Emanuel Levin and Harold Hickerson during the entire time that they have served on this committee. “They have at all times thought only of the veterans and veterans' welfare. As Americans, we regret that political prejudices make it necessary for these veterans to discontinue their activity on this committee in the interests of vet- eran” unity.” Everything Excellent. Col. Howe and Early last night en- joyed a supper of baloney, macaroni, potatoes, prunes, bread, butter and cof- fee at the camp. Gov. Pollard’s inspec- ticn was confined to a talk with A. J. Dalton, in charge of the camp as a representative of the Veterans’ Bureau, and a ride past it in a limou- sine. He made a personal inspection of a camp of 48 Virginia State police- men adjacent to the Fort Hunt reserva- tion and then left by train from Wash- ington for New York. He said he found everything ‘“excellent” at both camps. The Governor was accompanied on the inspection tour by P. McCall Fra- zier, who as State motor vehicle divi- sion director commands the State police; Adjt. Gen. S. Gardner Waller and Col. Frederick Payne, former Assistant Sec- retary of War. ‘While at Alexandria, the Governor made public a letter from Veterans’ Acdministrator Hines in which the Fed- eral official said that “plans concern- ing this encampment are developing smoothly and discipline among the men appears excellent.” “I am sure,” Hines added, “that there is no need for any apprehension on the part of residents of Virginia in hav- ing the camp located within that State.” Selection Explained. Hines said “every precaution” is being taken to limit the occupancy of prop- erty in Virginia to that of the Fed- eral Government. He said Fort Hunt was selected because it was the only Federal site “which adequately met the physical requirements for the main- tenance of the estimated 6,000 to 8,000 men to take part in the convention.” ‘The letter concluded: “I sincerely appreciate the very splen- did co-operation you have afforded to the Federal Government in its co- operative effort and to my office, and I am sure that through the continuance of our mutual co-operation a satisfac- tory conclusion of the entire matter 1933 RECORD BROKEN BY 85 DEGREES HERE Temperature at 2 P.M. Follows High Humidity Mark—Cloudy Today’s Forecast. Washington experienced the warmest weather so far this year yesterday when the temperature, as officially recorded by the Weather Bureau, reached 85 degrees at 2 p.m., two degrees above !‘g! previous 1933 record, set on April The temperature had fallen to 73 degrees by 10 o'clock last night and the forecast was for cooler weather tonight. The humidity yesterday morning was at the comparatively high mark of 97 per cent, but declined during the day and was at 77 per cent at 8 o'clock last night. Conditions today will be mostly cloudy with probably local thunder showers, the bureau forecast. Fair weather was expécted to arrive tomor- 573,000 for the various independent | row. establishments of the Government, of which $506,838,000 is for the Veterans' Administration. Attached to the end of the various appropriation items are several general provisions relating to Government per- sonnel, of which the apportionment rule for dismissals is one. There is also in the bill a plan to pay retirement an- nuities to employes having 30 years of service but who have not reached the retirement age, if they are separ- ated from the service during the next two years. Such employes, however, ‘would continue to pay in 313 per cent to the retirement fund until they reach the retirement age. There is also in the bill authority for department heads to furlough em- ployes in rotation as a means of spreading work. Opposition to the clause requiring consideration to be given to the State apportionment quotas in passing on dis- missals has been growing in the Senate in the past few days, and there is be- lieved to be a strong probability this rovision will not be retained in the orm in which it passed the House. If the Senate eliminates it. the issue then will be determined finally in confer- 4 m?\l TWO BURN TO DEATH Kansas City Flyer and Man Die in Plane Crash. RICHMOND, Mo, May 13 (#)— Chester Calvert, 25, Kansas City filer, and a man identified only as Jones were burned to death in the crash of an airplane on the farm of Mrs. Maude White southwest of Richmond today. Witnesses said the plane, rebuilt re- cently, went into a dive at an altitude of 200 feet when Calvert leaned out of the cockpit to wave to spectators on the ground. ‘The pilot and Jones were preparing to return to Kansas City after a visit with Mrs. White, Calvert’s aunt. Maude Maye Dillori Dies. CHICAGO, May 13, (#)—Maude May Dillon. known to the older generation of Chicago and New York theater pa- trons as a stage beauty, died today. She appeared With Richard Mansfield and " him .William Collier sr. more than 20. years ago. Ladysman Derby from Head Play, and Utopian fighting for second place, the former taking the place in & mrzlnlwb;me down to the wire. Broker's Tip, which won the Kentucky ished & poor last. Details of the race may be found in the Sports DATE T0 BE SET FOR SALE OF POST Court Alsg Likely to Name Minimum Price for Paper This Week. ‘The District-Supreme Court this week is expected to set a definite date for the scle of the Washington Post and a miniumum_price which the receiver, Benjamin S. Minor, may accept for the peper. In his last report to the court, Mr. Minor urged that this action be taken, stating that although he had engaged in numerous conferences with prospec- tive purchasers of the Post, he had not received any definite offers and did not believe any such offers would be sub- mitted until after the final date of sale and minimum price had been fixed. It was believed these definite instruc- tions from the court ase desired so prospective purchasers may be assured that Edward B. McLean, former pub- lisher of the paper, will be unable to take any legal steps toward contesting a sale if one should be made. $50,000 Already Sold. Although urging a “very early sale” as the best solution of the difficulties confronting the Post, Mr. Minor in- formed the court it is imperative that publication be continued regularly and that it might be necessary for him to sel! more receiver's certificates to keep the paper in operation. He already has been authorized to issue and sell $50,000 of these certificates. Mr. Minor pointed out, however, that he has had difficulty in marketing these certificates and that there is no degree of certainty that he will be able to sell more of them to meet operating deficits. His report said he has dis- posed of $38,426 of the original lot of $50,000. Despite economies he has effected and the whole-hearted co-operation of the staff, he said, he has been unable to effect any substantial increase in re- turns from advertising or other earnings of the paper. The report listed the paper’s assets as follows: |F OREIGN SERVICE RESIGNATIONS FOLLOW DRASTIC INCOME CUTS Small $alaried U. S. Officers Are Unable to Make Both Ends Meet, Due to Economy Sacrifices. B BY NELSON M. SHEPARD. Resignations of Forelgn Service offi- cers whose incomes have shrunk as much as 40 per cent under existing Federal economies are beginning to filter into the State Department as a result of the depreciated American dol- lar abroad and new administration de- mands for more economy sacrifices next year. Secretary Cordell Hull's recent ap- peal to the loyalty of Foreign Service officers in reminding them that they face “exacting, testing years” in the struggle to win back for the Nation “some sort of sane economic comfort,” served to focus attention on a coxdi- tion in the State Department which is said to have hardly a counterparl in the whole Federal service. Slashes yet to be worked out under the auto- matic 10 per cent reduction in its 1934 appropriation only give additional em- phasis to the demoralizing effects of economies now being applied. With State Department expendi- tures amounting to a mere pittance in the sum total for the Federal Govern- ment—actually a quarter of a cent of each dollar expended—officials view with dismay and bewilderment the prospects of further reductions on the morale and efficiency of the service. Compelled to cut deeper into its funds of little more than $12,000,000 for the new fiscal vear, on the one hand, the department personnel must respond un- failingly to the increased activities in the role the administration is mapping out for it in the war for international recovery from the depression. Costs Exceeding Incomes. Now comes the depreciated value of the dollar, officials remind, harass small salaried officers abroad. Each week since the United States | ed, which represents a flat cut of | went off the gold standard has added to the mounting living costs of diplo- matic and consular officers in those countries where the exchange rate on the dollar has gradually declined until now it is about 80 cents in value. The fact that vice consuls and other salary- dependent officers are beginning to send in their resignations since the dol- lar began to fall caused no sur- prise in Washington. The reason is due simply to the fact that actual living costs are steadily exceeding incomes. Only the foreign service officer with sufficient independent means can con- tinue to stand the gaff. The first resignations for these rea- sons, three in number, were reported last week. Even an improvement in Real estate on E street, $100,170; | building and _ equipment, $138,510; bonds of the Washington Auditorium Corp., $2,500 par value, and a $1,000 Associated Press gold debenture bond. The receiver says he is informed the | Auditorium Corporation bonds are of | little or no value. The paper owns $1,700 of stock in the Vasco Products, Inc., 10 shares of capital stock of the Town and Country Golf Club, worth | $10 a share at par, and 50 shares of | capital stock of the Auditorium Corpo- | ration, worth $50 a share at par, but said to be actually of little value. | Other Assets Listed. Other assets include notes receivable, | $31,293.46, described as “largely un-| | days ahead for the entire personnel. collectible; accounts receivable, $114,- 013, a part of which are “probably un- collectible”; the Associated Press mem- bership, good will and circulation; cash, $20,747.08 as of April 30, and supplies, $9.712.17. Under liabilities the report said the paper owed $161,706.22 to McLean and | the American Security & Trust Co. for advances out of the estate of John R. McLean, and two overdue notes to the | trust company, one for $68,000 and another for $97,500. The Post, accord- ing to the report, also owed on 150 accounts a total of $338,954.73 as of April 30. Overdue taxess, plus penalties, aggregate $7,114.31, the report stated. ‘The receiver said the Post had a con- tract with the McClure Newspaper Syn- dicate for printing the Post's Sunday magazine section, which was to run for three years from April 10, 1932. He the exchange rate is hardly expected to | stay further resignations of small-sal- | arfed but nevertheless valued employes, who are of necessity being driven out of the service, guise their anxiety over the situation. | The plight of these foreign service officers, as a Tesult of salary and al- | lowance reductions, was summarized by | Wilbur J. Carr, Assistant Secretary of | State, in his testimony before the House | committee at hearings on the present | appropriation bill. Pay and Allowances Cut. Under the economy act the foreign service officer lost a month's pay and now he loses 15 per cent of his basic salary. He has lost all rights to promo- tions and the automatic increase of $100 a year. In the present fiscal year ending June 30 he lost 40 per cent of his allowance for rent, fuel and light. | on the differences in rental, heat and Officials here do not dis- | said he had terminated this contract, | effecting a saving of $270 per week, but | that the syndicate has asserted a claim | ‘The 1934 fiscal year will see this allow- ance reduced by 60 per cent. The usual post allowance, designed | for $2,500 against the paper as a result of the termination of the contract. EXPLOSIONS 'DISCLOSE NEW DELTA CONSPIRACY Cache Containing Fuses, Caps and Other Materials Seized Near Clarksdale, Miss. By the Associated Press. CLARKSDALE, Miss, May 13— Frustration of an apparently new plot against Mississippi delta levees was re- ported today with the seizure in Hum- phreys County of a cache of four cases of explosives, fuses and caps, found 4 miles south of Belzoni. Maj. T. B. Birdsong, commanding officer of the 155th infantry, Missis- sippi Natlonal Guard, some of whose units are on patrol duty in the Delta following dynamite attacks on the dykes, sald here he had been advised that the cache was found by Sheriff John Purvis of Humphreys County and militiamen and that arrests were ex- pected. Five white men and a colored' man are already in cystody at Belzoni in connection with recent levee blastings. Birdsong, on a one-day visit here, sald troops would be kept in the Bel- zoni sector indefinitely. TRIO IN BOAT RESCUED AFTER TWO DAYS ADRIFT Sheep Owners Without Food and Water 48 Hours When Carried Away by Tide. By the Assosiated Press, AVALON, Catalina Island, May 13— Rescued by a whaling schooner after two days and nights drifting in a row boat without food or water. Mr. and Mrs. John Sweedborg and William Rudolph of Los Angeles were on their way back to San Clemente Island tonight. Owners of sheep grazing on the is- land, 30 miles southwest of here, they carried out to sea. $ ‘They were picked up 40 miles south- west of here yesterday morning by the whaler Fort Sanders. Sweed| & quan- borg, having tity of salt water when thirst attacked - unbearably, was -helpless. Mrs. jweedborg. and _Rudolph .were ex- hausted and suffesing acutely. 4 to enable the foreign service officer to meet excessive living costs, has been eliminated. It has been wiped out also for_next year. On top of these reductions in in- come, the reduced buying power of the American dollar abroad has added a problem which has become an unbear- able burden to many officers abroad. In actual dollars, the results of these various economies are revealed in the present incomes of vice consuls who are expected to undergo still further reduc- tions when the 10 per cent slash is ap- plied after June 30. In 1932 a vice consul received an average income of $3,647, including all allowances. Since then they have sustained a total reduc- tion estimated at $1,508 or approxi- mately 41 per cent. At the time this figure was computed, it took into ac- count & depreciation of 14 per cent in the exchange rate of the dollar. Now it is about 21 per cent. Now Gets Only $2,139. Out of his former income the vice consul, who is usually dependent on his Government pay, is now receivirng only $2,139 a year. If misfortune has stationed him in Australia or some other equally expensive post, he is compelled to pay at least $250 a month for suit- able quarters. That is the minimum rate for a small apartment or bungalow quoted, for example, in the rental lists Just received at the State Department from Avkland, New Zealand. At this excessive rate, his rent alone, would exceed his income. This may be an extreme case, but actual living costs in many quarters of the globe, along with the enforced official entertainment which cannot be avoided, frequently and usually does run the average vice consul or attache deeper and deeper in debt. Department officials are now working out the details of the 10 per cent auto- matic reduction in the appropriation tor the 1934 fiscal year. In other depart. ments & 10 per cent reduction means just what it says. With the State De- partment it has an different . It actually calls for a slash 30 per cent in the items can be reduced a Some Items Can’t Be Cut. ‘These “fixed ,” include among other items, international obligations of the United States under treaties with foreign countries, amounting to $1,004,- 826, or 7.7 per cent of the whole ap- propriation. These, of course, cannot be reduced. For instance, the United ,States is bound to contribute $100,000 & year under the international boundsry treaty with Mexico, and another $40.000 in connection with the Canadian bound- ary. The International Joint Com- mission of the United States and Great Britain, to cite another case, requires an appropriation of $88,400 from this Government. Then there are “contribution quotas” amounting to $575,431 which also must be left strictly alone. These quotas are for the Pan-American Union, the Per- manent Court of Arbitration at The Hague, the International Public Health Office, the publication of customs tariffs, the United States Court in China and numerous others necessitated by an ever widening am of international co- operation. it of each employe’s salary must be deducted & 5 per cent contri- bution to the retirement fund. Trans- portation charges for officers en route to or from foreign posts, prisons for American convicts in extra-territorial countries and other necessary “fixed charges” create a problem for the budget officer. As a result of these re- strictions, the burden of economy must be_borne mainly by the personnel. | including de- | under which | ‘The appropriation, ficlency appropriations, the department is operating now is $14.070,247.89. Congress has appropri- ated for the fiscal year beginning July ;n total of :12,36‘:,5“’. representing a lecrease under the present year $1,842,728, i Lean, Hard Days Indicated. This decrease in itself would entail the most drastic economies the de- partment has yet experienced. But on top of this decrease, the administra- tion asks an additional reduction of 10 per cent on the amount recommend- $1,220,846. This would mean a totai reduction of $2,767,147 under the ex- isting appropriation. When the “fixed charges,” amounting to 21.1 per cent of the whole are set aside, the neces- sity of wplzlln[ the 10 per cent cut to the remainder presents an economy situation which indicates lean, hard No wonder, then, officials claim, that foreign service officers are making ap- | plications to be assigned to less expen- | sive posts, while some are being com- pelled to leave the service. ‘The loss of some allowances and drastic reduction of others is the straw that actually has broken the camel's back. In China and other sections of the Pacific electric light and drinking water represents a cost of approximately $40 to $50 a month. A departmental board in Washington works out the re- ductions in rental and allowances, which are based, or were at one time based, light costs in respective foreign coun- tries. This allowance is being cut 60 per cent for the average foreign service officer, while Ambassadors and Minis- ters will suffer & cut of 76 per cent. Traveling allowances have been re- | duced 35 per cent, and are likely to be | cut still more. Formerly officers were | allowed to trln:gm automobiles free of charge. Now they must pay. Losses From 1932 Income Shown. With the representation allowance for | entertainment _eliminated under the | economy - act and for next year also, the cost of social obligations, which | are really official obligations, must be | met out of individual pockets. They can be reduced, but cannot be avoided. An accounting of the financial status of a vice consul under existing econo- mies shows losses from his 1932 income somewhat as follows: $375, or 15 per| cent taken from his basic salary; $319 for rent, heat and light; $260 lost through discontinuance of the post al- lowance; $35 in travel allowance, and $66 for the transport of his car, if he has one. Add to this a prospective loss through the year of $328 based on a disconcerting figure of approximately 14 per cent depreciation in the Ameri- g:xgogolllr and the total comes to the Just what other losses the future. will bring no one will know of certainty until the budget rearrangement is finally announced. With the State Depart- ment appropriation, however, amount- ing to only a quarter of a cent of each dollar expended by the Federal Govern- ment, the task that lies ahead of the foreign service in recapturing and holding America’s foreign trade be- comes increa: difficult. © Officials question whether the small savings in- volved in the ecanomy measures worth it. - CONFEREES A.GREEING ON SHOALS BILL, WILL SEEKACTION TOMORROW (Continued From First Page. draft that he felt no sorrow over presi- dential vetoes and other obstacles that prevented enactment of his Shoals bills in years gone by. It was probably best after all,” he sald “We have a President now who Wwholeheartedly favors the policy out- lined and we never had one before.” $50,000,000 Issue Favored. Instead of the general provision for bonds. the conferees tock the House provli;inn for a $50,000,000 lnue.v1 d:: specific appropriations were pro the report merely saying “all appropria- tions necessary” are -unwrlsg{ In event nitrate plant No. 2 is not used for fertilizer production, it is be maintained “in stand-by condition.” after enactment, the corporation “:{ such an organization for the exclusive production of fertilizer. “If there is any way on eal BEER PROPONENTS LOSE KANSAS SUIT junction to Prevent State Officers Halting Sale Is Denied. ——— By the Associated Press. ‘TOPEKA, May 13.—Proponents of 3.2 per cent beer lost a round today in theiz court battle to legalize sale of the brew in Kansas, one of the ploneer prohibition States. . Denying an injunction to prevent State officers from interfering with the sale, Judge Richard J. Hopkins of United States District Court held 3.2 per cent beer came within the statu. tory definition of intoxicating liquors in the Kansas “bone dry” law. He also argued sale of the beer in Kansas “would appear” to be in viola- tion of the recently enacted Federal beer statute. Cites Beer Law. “It may be observed in passing,” said Judge Hopkins, “that the Federal act allowing the manufacture of 3.2 per cent beer prohibits its sale in States or Territories where the manufacture, sale or transportation of fermented malt or vinous liquor containing 3.2 per cent alcohol is prohibited by law.” J. H. Brady of Kansas City, Kans., unsuccessful candidate for the Repub- lican gubernatorial nomination last year and. attorney for Ernest Chapman, Wichita taxicab operator who sought the injunction against State officials, declined to comment on Judge Hopkins” decision until he had an opportunity to read the opinion. % Judge Hopkins denied both Chap- man’s application for a restraining or- der and also his request for a three- judge Federal court to pass upon an application for an interlocutory injunc- tion. He also dismissed Chapman’s bill of complaint. Special Session Urged. ; Judge Hopkins' ruling came in the midst of agitation in some rquarters for a special session of the Legisiature to set up the machinery far action by the State on the eighteenth amendment Tepealer. Gov. Alf M. Landon has announced he would call a special session if a majority of the members of tie House and Senate publicly pledged support of a referendum and to_come to ‘Topeka at their own expense. The Gov- ernor is opposed to repeal. At least one organization, the Anti- Prohibition Society of Kansas, now is conducting a poll of the legislators. Several of the lawmakers have sug- gested a vote also on beer. RED TAPE CU'i' TO SPEED FOREST ARMY MOVEMENT Conditioning Camps Told to Get Ready for 920,000 More Men in Three Weeks. By the Associated Press. Orders to “slash red tape,” should it interfere with the moving of men to the forest rvation camps, yesterday came from Director Robert Fechner simultaneous with instructions to all corps area commanders to prepare to receive 220,000 additional men in con- dmc&m: camps within the next three weeks. proved by President Roosevelt, called for the placing of 274,350 members of the Civilian Conservation Corps in work camps by July 1. Orders were issued yesterday to the advisory counsil of the corps, composed of officlals of the War, Agriculture, Labor and Interior Departments, that “Government red tape should not be allowed to interfere with the orderly movement of men to the camps.” MORE THAN 1,000 LOSE MILL JOBS IN PAY ROW Dover, N. H., Plant Is Closed Down After Employes Ask Raise of 25 Per Cent. By the Associated Press. . DOVER, N. H, May 13.—More than a thousand employes of the Dover branch of the Pacific Mills Corpora- tion of Lawrence, Mass., became idle today when the management announced suspension of ° operation after a de- mand for a 25 per cent increase wages had been received. About, 75 doffers struck yesterday, after wage increases had been refused. Later the ’Ethen joined the walkout. Employes all departments made similar demands today and the mill closed indefinitely. The management urged the workers to postpone the strike pending Federal action on legislation to govern hours of . The workers demanded im- mediate action. GIRL, 14, ROUTS OFFICERS WHO CAME FOR MOTHER Finally Persuaded to Surrender Pistol After Driving Two From Eome. By the Associated Press. Oakley, who plugged tomatoes out of the air for Buffalo Bill Cody's old show, but she looked plen- tening behind a big police Dmmtnummnpomd. the farmers this in bringing it lbg‘lltln}(‘n":)‘lylbm for experimenta- tion in fertilizer, but in electric power et s e lquarters, spatched McCoy’s revolver from its hol- ster, the officers said, backed and told them to “scram.” peace parleying [ | FOREGH CREDITORS Pechner announced his program. ap- | , May 13.—Fourteen-year- old Ids Wasserman may not be s coun- ! victed He is .| to life. Reichsbank Chief P";gpares for Parley to Steady Ex- change Tangle. .; By the Assoclated Press. = NEW YORK, May 13—Dr.2Rjalmar Schacht, head of tbé Reichbank, in a farewell statement tonight, afinounced his intention of asking representatives of holders of Germany's prjvate obli- gations in foreign countries to gather in Ber! immediately f ideration P( w] would be the means of the present situation.” Pr. Schacht, who took e aboard @ liner sailing at t, disclosed that in Ris capacity .as head of the Reichsbank, he had held a series of discussions in New York “about bank and currency subjects” since the con- clusion yesierday in Washington of his international conversations with | President Roosevelt as an envoy of the | German government. He did not make known the names of those with whom he talked here, but said that on invitation of the gov- e, he made his headquarters at that institution. o The text of Dr. Schacht's statement follows: 5 “I have just come back from Wash- ington, where I have been as special envoy of the German government on the invitation of the President in order to confer with the respective authori- ties about the agenda for the World Economic Conference to be held at Lon- don June 12. “I have been received in the kindest manner, and opportunities were given to me to talk over various xl‘uble‘m.l which have arisenr from the depressed state of world economic life. I have told my impressions about my Wash- ington conversations already to the rep- {:xe:mnvu]o( x;)‘ne press }!ln Washing- ore leaving. So I have nothing to add on that subject. “On my return to Europe, for which I am leaving today by North German Lloyd steamer Europea, I have had time for only one day’s stop in New York. I have come to New York not in the capacity of a government envoy, but in my capacity as head of the Reichsbank, On the invitation of the governor of the Federal Reserve Bark of New York I have made my headquarters in New York at that bank, where I had passed m“x‘yhm"v‘f\zm g‘lys in the past. “I have en the opportunity toda; of talking about bank and cumnc; subjects which, because they concern private creditors, could not be the sub- Jject of digcussion between governments, Cites Exchange Problem. “The problem of meeting our foreign | private debts does not lie in the possible difficulty of having payments made by the individual debtor, but in the diffi- culty of procuring the foreign exchange which is needed for making the trans- fer into foreign currency. “As all foreign ekchange flowing into the country has to be delivered under the present law to the Reichsbank. the debtor can obtain foreign exchange only from the Reichsbank. Two years and a half ago, the Reichsbank had some 750,000,000 dollars of gold and foreign exchange derived partly from trade and partly from other sources, “Since then German debtors have paid back 2,500,000,000 dollars in gold and foreign exchange on foreign debts, which has brought the gold and foreign exchange reserve of the Reichsbank down to an exceedingly low figure. “PFrom the Reichsbank’s status it is to be seen that this figure is decreas- ing every week. “In view of this situation I intend to ask representatives of holders of Ger- man obligations in the various foreign countries to convene in Berlin at once and go into the situation with us and have them consider, what would be the best means of meeting the present situa- | tion.” - FRANCE HOLDS AMERICAN AS SMUGGLER OF ARMS | Arrest of Former Californian Fol- | lows Discovery of Shipment. Denies All Charges. By the Associated Press. Reply Said to Have Asked Payment Before Talk of Moratorium. By the Associated Press. PARIS, May 13.—The government of France is ready and willing to pay to the United States the $19,000,000 inter- est which it failed to remit last De- cember if the American Government will grant a moratorium on the $40,- 000,000 debt installment due next June 15, and has so informed President Roosevelt. This attitude of Premier Daladier and his cabinet colleagues has been com- municated to the American President by the Prench Ambasador at Washing- ton, Andre de Laboulaye. To this communication President Roosevelt is understood to have replied that the payment of the past-due in- terest must precede & moratorium on future installments. Explained at Parley. The general lines of the French position were explained to Mr. Roosevelt informally by Edouard Herriot, the special Prench Ambasador, in the Washington talks two weeks ago. But Premier Daladier felt that the official anouncement of the French views through regular diplomatic channels should also be made. A promise of a moratorium on the June payment. the French premier feels, is a political necessity for his government before he can take the initiative for payment of the interest in default. Some political observers forecast open conflict between former premier Her- riot, who favors immediate payment of the December interest, and his former pupil and lieutenant, the chief of the present government. M. Herriot, it will be recalled, was turned out of office last December when he proposed to make the December 15 payment to the United States. Again today M. Herriot insisted on the necessity of paying the December installment, declaring it would be “criminal” to repulse President Roose- velt and the American people” in these times of so great danger.” Learned United States Gold Plan. In an article appearing in the news- paper LInformation M. Herriot said that Mr. Roosevelt wants France to conduct debt negotiations parallel with those between England and the United States, but for this he insisted that Prance pay the December installment. “The President is willing that this payment should go on the account of a future arrangement,” he wrote. The article asserted that in explain- ing the American abandonment of gold | Mr. Roosevelt “indicated briefly in what fashion he intended to return to the gold standard.” ‘The former Premier also said that developments in the Far East influ- enced America’s wilinzness to abandon | neutrality in case she is satisfied who the aggressor is in an internatioal | dispute. BOY’S BODY FOUND IN SEWAGE LINE Caddy's Confession That He Hurled Injured Child Into Man- hole Leads to Discovery. By the Associated Press. HIGH POINT. N. C., May 13.—The body of 5-year-old Robert Sechrest, son of a High Point cafe proprietor, was recovered late today from a sewage disposal line near here, and Griffith Welch. 15, golf caddy. was held in jail after his confession that he threw the child down an open manhole when he | became frightened after a bicycle acci- dent in which Bobby was injured. Firding the body climaxed an all- night hunt by hundreds of persons after news of the little boy’s disappear- ance Priday night had spread. Welch, arrested early today. con- fessed to Ernest C. Davis, jailer, and led searchers to the manhole down which the body was thrown. A sys- tematic search resulted in recovery of the body 3 miles from where it entered the line. GRASSE, France, May 13.—Leon | Holmes Albin, 37, who was born in San Francisco, is being held here in con- nection with an investigaiion into al- | leged smuggling of arms into Spain. Albin and arother man were arrested yesterday af. Cannes, after the author- guns and rifles. Investigators said the arms were destined for Spanish revo- | lutionaries. The former San Pranciscan, who was | described as the secretary of a Spanish marquis believed to be implicated in the case, denied all charges. Albin fought in the American Army in France and went to Cannes 12 years ago. The other man held is Jerome Bruych, a Czechoslovakian owner. BOOTLEGGERS SEEN IN DOUBLE SLAYING | Concealed Room in Subcellar Bared | During Funeral of Edward Ridley in New York. garage | By the Associated Press. | NEW YORK, May 13.—A bootlegging angle cropped out tonight in the biza: mystery surrounding the double killing| of Edward Ridley, wealthy real estate operator, and his secretary in an East Side subcellar Wednesday. le a minister at the funeral of Ridley was eulogizing the eccentric as a “gentleman of the old type,” a tipster | told police a concealed room in the sub- cellar, close to where the slayings oc. curred, had been until a few days ago bootleggers’ “drop.” Detectives who had been poring over | Ridley’s old-fashioned ledgers for a/ clue to the killer who beat and shot the elderly man and his secretary to death, hastened to the building. They pressed a button in what ap- peared to be solid brick wall. A section of the wall three by four feet swung out. No liquor was inside, but police said there was evidence the room had been used for several years—and m- sibly right up to the day of the kill- ings—as a storage place for liquor. bt GIRL BANDIT RELEASED ‘The young wife was permit her husband, Jack E. Jones, for half an hour before she left. e serving a term ive ‘The young Wwoman unledm with her a compléte. layette of baby ciothes made by fellow woman pris- oners. Will Written in 10 Words. NEWKIRK, Okla.. May 18 (P!—The will of F. A. Heberling, Ponca City ol man, for probate 3 today, is the shortest on record here. It read: “My last will: I leave every- thing to my wife Eleanor.” ities had discovered 70 cases of machine | poETeTsey - | Less adjustments . | " 'Welch told officers that the child | was riding on the handlebars of his | bicycle and that when he started up | the steep incline of a railroad bank he | fafled to reach the top. The wheel | rolled back and the child’s head struck | the track. He told officers another | story of his bicvcle having been struck by an automobile. He said he carried and dragged the | injured child a mile and a half to the open manhole, and although Bobby was still groaning and crying, he pushed him in. MACHADO SEES WELLES | Cuban President and U. §. Envoy Start Conferences. HAVANA, May 13 (P .—President Machado and Sumner Welles, United States Ambassador to Cuba, today had what is expected to be the first of & series of conferences on_economic re- laticns of the two countries. Orestes Ferrara, secretary of state and former Ambassador to the United States, also attended the conversations at Pinca Nenita, the President's coun- try home. Italy's Jobless Reduced. ROME, May 13 (#).—Italy’s jobless total was diminished in April by 55,700 from the March total of 1,081,500. April Circuiation Daily. .. 120,578 Sunday, 127,332 District of Columbia. ss: FLEMING NEWBOLD. Business Manager of THE EVENING AND SUNDAY STAR. does solemniy swear that the actual number of coples of the paper named sold and dis- ring the month of April. AD. SRBEESnaz o Total net daily circulation. 3,014,451 vera Iy net baid circuiation 119,489 coples Average Sunday net circulation.. 127,333 FLEMING NEWBOLD, Business Manager. W to before me this o,