Evening Star Newspaper, August 12, 1933, Page 2

POA—2 wExk RAILWAY TRACKAGE | UT SETS RECORD 1,800 Miles Abandoned in| Nine Months—Highway Imprevement Blamed. | A combination of factors, of which officials find the primary one to be the | [ hard-surfaced | an ever befo: in Interstate Commerce Com- | mission reports today show 1,800 miles | of track were abandoned in ' the nine | months ending August 1. which nearly 5 milcs abandoned in the November 1, 1932, at sam~ nine months only 11 miles of new track were constructed ani in the preceding year only 38 miles. Before hard times set in the rail car- i | | What’s What Behind News in Capital. Figures on N. R. A. Job Total Lacking as Rumors Grow. BY PAUL MALLON. HE wolves of Wall Street arc beginning to plant poison on the acdministration recovery pro- gram. One of the largest brokerage houses is circulating a private letter to its clients suzgesting the N. R. A. is causing unemployment. This letter asserts the confusion caused by the high wage drive is hurting rather than helping business generally. Mr. Roosevelt keeps himself closely informed about such subrosa activities. Apparently he found out about this | letter before it was in the mails. in 192 and 618; in 1931 they were 1,019 and 244. | nment officials cf ta» abandonment and bus competition | and discontinu- | d lumber operations | small lines were built hig! ancz of minin for which man this week the commission au- | i Norfolk & Western to | abandon ther 54 miles in West Vir- ginia because an improved hard-sur- faced highway most of the distance had | cut st into rail revenues and (hP‘ be maintained except at ason for the sharp increase in nment in the last e months. bs one hiegh Government railroad | authority, is that the depression has | spurred the railroads to investigate and | ve ccased to per- | purpose fiicial sees more abandon- | lting from repeal of the re- | capture cla of the transportation act | under which the roads were required to turn over to the Government for the benefit of weaker lines one-half of all| earnings 1 excess of 6 per cent. One Motive Is Gone. n of the recapture clause.” | says. “might well increase | bacause there had been A the part of the roads | subject to recapture to keep the proper- running because of the increased » | e for keeping lines has asserts. 24 miless had more abandoned than any other he nine months cnding Au- | California v next with 202. | and Nebrasia combined had | abandono Some of the at territory over which serv- ped ran into both States, orts do not separate theé | | go: Texas, trackage State in mileage. Figures for Other States. | Kentucky and Tennessee, together, abandoned 229 miles, while Michigan and Ohio quit running trains over 116 B Sandonments cccurred in 31 States | . the others ce 14 miles; Ar zona, 105: Colorado, 57; Florida, Tilinos, 48; Indiana, Louisiana. 9. Maine, tts, 15 Missistippi, 61 Mi 78 New York, 1 Oklahoma. s- M 2 . 9T e months, 95 were ew Jersey. | ted Press.) | WOLL ASKS WORKERS | 70 BE VIGILANTES TUnion Official Tells Group Need of Co-operative Approach Toward Stability. | | | | By the Associated Precs 1 YORK. August 12—Matthew _a vice president of the American | ion of Labor, add: of u every laborer should bscome a vigilante 1o see that the terms of N. R. A. agree- ents are followed. T ince the purpose of the drive.” Woll | said. to enlarze employer effert and | increase purchasing power, and advance | e relationship between the, s and wage and salary workers, | there exicts the necessity of a co-opera- tive approach on the part of all toward | industrial peace and stability. We shail | organize a department of industrial mediation to effect satisfactory indus-| trial relations in accordance with the President’s plan. * i co-operate along these Woll continued, “and we are laborers in the interest of | to check not only on the rs. but on the consumer, par- y the consumer. to see that they | only make their purchases at those places which the blue eagle. | —— | JAPANESE CHARGE | SECRET U. S. MOVE Strengthening of Manila Base, in! Contravention of Treaty, Re- | | ported by Writer. | By the Associated Press. | OSAKA. Japan. August 12.—The Shanghai cotrespondent of the Mainichi Shimbun sent a dispatch today saying the United States w otly strength- | ening the Manila naval base in contra- | vention to the Washington treaty. ! The disratch was printed under a| gensational headline. It asserted all| of the labcr on the naval base was/| being done by life-term convicts brought | rom Am 2nd it gave as its au-| thority for the information one of these | who had escaped. | The work at the naval base, the cor- | yespondent said. would result in greatly | strengthening it. Verious Jananese newspapers have alleged recently that the United States | is violating its commitments by in- | creasing its naval facilities in the Pa-| cific. These stories have been met with denials in Washington. ITALY AND ARGENTINA NEAR TRADE AGREEMENT| Proposals for Mutual Tariff Con-| cessions Examined by Officials of Two Countries. By the Associated Pre:s. BUENOS AIRES, August 12.—An Ttalian-Argentine commercial agreement moved closer to consummation today; with an examination by the ministers of agriculture and foreign affairs of pro- posals for mutual tariff concessions. Argentina is especially interested in preferential _treatment for her meat products and an Argentine mission now in Rome reported Italy is willing to make concessions in import quotas. Extensive instructions were cabled the ine ambassador in Waghington g o projected trade trefty with e ted Slates. At any rate. he moved swiftly to counteract it pages Thursday morning with an an- | nouncement that everythiag was fine— just fine. AL st W/oLves A searcher for the indisputable truth behind the situation will find himself currently up against an impossible bar- ricade. The reason you have seen mo N. R. A. figures showing how many men are gong back to work is because there aren’t any. Neither are there ary authentic August indices on buying power. The Government collects such figures once a month. Their estimates are entirely trustworthy. Weekly statistics are issued by certain Wall Street sta- tisticians. These cannot always be trusted. Real economists pay no at- tention to them. Charts Bring Optimism. Mr. Roosevelt based his optimism on charts by Prof. Warren. The charts were written from July reports. They show everything Mr. Roosevelt forth in his announcement. ment was noted all along the line in July. Industrial production was still con- siderably out of line with employ- ment and wages, but the gap was being lessened. Since August I, however, there hcve been murmurs indicating a change. Such figures as are available hint at a moderate slackening of the business pace. Carloadings and steel production are outstanding examples. Automobile production dropped rather sharply this week. The big question is whether this moderation is being accompanied by | curtailed employment and diminished purchasing power. If the N. R. A. is working, these tendencies should not worry any one. They mean productior. slackening, so employment and wages cen catch up. If the N. R. A. is not bringing re-employment, the hints are serious. No one can find out until the month over and good figures are available. Meanwhile, deductions are premature. Denies Sending Wire. The walls of the N. R. A. building bulged a few days back when the legal experts began impersonating wild lions and tigers. The cause of it all was a wire sent to the New Hampshire Public Service Com- mission July 28. This wire stated em- it phatically that power companies under | State regulation were not subject to| the N. R. A. The ruling was signed by a N. R. A. legal official. Arpparently the commission began to get suspicious about the ruling when it saw Gen. Johnson going ahead with a power code. It checked up. The legal oficial was con- fronted with his wire. He tipped over his desk in the ercitement and shattered the windows with some choice language. The Western Union will hear about this,” he shouted. “I never sent such a wire.” Later an investigation was made. 1t was found that an underling in the office had sent the wire and signed the name of the official. All our officials, from the lowest to the highest. have their machetes out for Machado. They could hardly contain their glee when the Spanish Ambassador and British Minister at Havana came to our Ambassador, Sumner Welles, with thei: troubles instead of going to the Cuban government. The Spanmiard protested against the killing of three of his subjects by Cuban police. The British pro- tested against destruction of British property in the interior. That of- fered the ercuse for our interven- tion, if one was needed. Britain and Spain clearly had the intervention idea in mind when they took such an unusual course. Cuba is | a sovereign state. The American Am- bassador is not the man to receive pro- tests against the Cuban government. The fact that protests were taken to him wou'd indicate that Europe con- sidered him President of Cuba rather than Machado. Well—he was. Woodin Looks Badly. Those who saw Treasury Secretary Woodin at Hyvde Park this week report they do not see how he can continue in office. They say he looked very badly. They could not believe their ears when a presidential spokesman told them Woodin was not retiring. They de- bated the subject with the spokesman. He insisted on his announcement. The Edison Electric Institute has lost more than two members because of the proposed power code. Only two have been announced, but the insti- tute has been privately notified by sev- eral others that they intend to re- sign. The Navy bas kecen on its tip toes for a week, eager for intervention in Cuba. An officlal of the department recently said: “If we have to inter- vene, the Navy will be ready.” A cautious side warned the official such a statement might sound bad in print. The official withdrew it and declined to be quoted. (Copyright. 1933.) Dutch Have Largest Tug. AMSTERDAM (#).—Claimed to be the most powerful tug in the world, the Zwart Zee has arrived here to be equipped with engines. She is 207 feet long and will have two Diesel motors developing 3,000 horsepower. He leaped to the front | set | Improve- | THE EVENING FOUR MORE MAJOR INDUSTRIESINNRA. 1,500,000 Power, Phone, Canning, Construction Work- ers Involved. (Continued From First Page.) Western sugar beet growers. In the women's recovery drive, chiefs: were said to have been tentatively chosen for the remaining 15 States. | Each lieutenant-general will organiz> | her State, sub-groups subsequently making house-to-house canvasses to enlist women in the recovery movement. * This will complement additional ap- | peals by officials like those from John- and to “buy because buying supports your job.” The N. R. A. said each major motion picture produce- vould contribute 1,000 prints of the urettes, to be distrib- uted to cinema houses free of charge within a morth, One person, it was addea, donated ¢00,000 feet of raw fi The newspaper code which Johi ered again by the commiltee represent- ing publishers. Yesterday, the admin- istrator said simply that he had made “certain constructive suggestions” and that he expected the differences would be “straightened out in a few days.” Sources close to him said he disap- proved a number of reservations in the | newspaper code, among them the fact | 1t did not provide shorter hours for re- son to “Buy Under the Blue Eagle”| found unacceptable was to be consid- | ) ‘Wed in London BRITISH SHIPPING MAGNATE MARRIES AUSTRALIAN. porters and editors The sugar plan before Wallace was | drafted under the new Agriculture ad- | ! justment act. Sugar beet growers said they would refuse to accept anything that would restrict expansio2 of their | production. Nevertheless, the chairman ai the hearing on that plan sent it to| Wallace for acceptance, rejection or | modification. Other Industries Added. Four additional industries were granted permission by Johnson yester- | day to qualify for ths Blue Eagle under modified presidential re-employment agreements. | They were the wholesale drug, cheese, | boot and shoe, and cotton batting in- dustries, employing scores of thousands of workers. More than 40 groups of ! employers providing jobs for millions of i men now have been authorized to sign | | the blanket agreements with President Roosevelt, modified with their own wage and hour specifications. Other developments yesterday | cluded Johnson said the permanent code for | | the lumber industry. upon which hear- | |ings were concluded several weeks ago, | | was still awaiting a report from the | deputy administrator. | | A code for the leather and belting industry normally employing about | 45,000 persons, was submiited by the Tanners’ Council of America. Johnson intimated that the Federal | Government would provide for rigid control over oil production in the pe- troleum trade practice plan now near- ing completion A dispute between members of the | | | d in- | what class of trucks should be in the | trucking code was settled with agree- | ment that all trucks not coming under | | codes of individual businesses should i automatically be part of the separate | agreement. { Sees Benefit to Women. | i | The Women's Bureau of the Labor | Department reported that the cotton itexule code, the first adopted under the recovery act, should increase women‘s’ | carnings and purchasing power mate- | riaily. In Chicago 200 business leaders joined in a drive to obtain recruits for the | N. R. A, Under the leadership of the Association of Commerce there, the business men planned to map plans for ! drive against unemployment. In Chicago, also, & group represent- ing the National Grain and Feed Dealers drafted a fair competition |code It would affect around 200.000 retailers, distributors and manufac- turers. Prom New York came a statement from Matthew Woll, a vice president of the American Federation of Labor, that every laborer should become a vigilante to see that those displaying the Blue Eagle conform to its re- quirements Word came from Kansas City that four major packing plants had an- nounced adoption of an N. R. A. code | which was described as opening the way for employing 1,000 men and fat- | tening pay rolls by several million dol- lars annually. PRESIDENT SEEING FORESTRY CAMPS ON RETURN HERE (Continued From First Page.) | | newspaper correspondents and photo- graphers who have been ‘“covering” him during his stay at Hyde Park, | boarded the special train of the Balti- ! more & Ohio Railroad at Highlands, N. Y. just across the Hudson from the President’s home, shortly before 11 c'clock. and a few minutes later were on their way South. h The members of the executive office staff who were taken to Hyde Park by | the President left the train as it passed | through Washington shortly after 5 | o'clock this morning. While the President evinced real enthusiasm today over the prospect of seeing at first hand the conservation camps he created for the purpose of giving healthful employment to idlc young men and at the same time to institute a forogram of reforestation on a wide scale. he frankly indicated a | desire to be back in Washington. He seemed cspecially concerned about the situation in Cuba. ‘Then, too, Mr. Roosevelt is especially anxious to learn directly from Gen.| Hugh Johnson, recovery administrator, exactly how matters are progressing In the advancement of the recovery program. Wants to Be in Action. When asked just what was bringing him back to Washington at this time. | especially when he was so comfortable and happy at his Hyde Park home, where he had established a sort of tem- porary White House, Mr. Roosevelt re- plied that he thought it best not to be away from the center of action too long, and besides he was eager for a| series of talks with the men, serving in the capacity of field marshals in the ! recovery campaign, who are members | of his executive council. It is thought that the President will lose little time after arriving back in Washington late today, rounding up some of these im- portant figures in his administration for & conference. ‘The President will again be at his desk in the executive office Monday morning, and 1t is thought likely that there will follow a stream of visitors seeking audiences. Mr. Roosevelt's interlude in Wash- ington will be shorter, however, than was originally expected. He announced yesterday that he will remain there only one week, when he will go again to Hyde Park to remain there until August 31, when he will go aboard the large, handsome, sea-going yacht of Vincent Astor, for a leisurely journey back to Washington. He expects to be back at the White House on Labor day. | | | | Senator Logan at Vatican. VATICAN - CITY, August 12 (#).— Uml‘;ehc‘l.scuks S!e(nutor dM M. Logan g{ Bow! reen, Ky., an two daugh- ters were received in qu audience yesterday by Pape Pius. Owners' Emergency Committee as 10| —— Viscount Furness, British shipping magnate and his bride, the former Mrs. Enid Cavendish, an Australfan by birth, after their recent marriage in a London registry office. A divorce decree was issued to the viscount @ few days be- fore his marriage to Mrs. Cavendish, separating him from his first wife, the daughter of the late Harry Hays Mor- gan of New York. —A. P. Photo. STRANGEST SIEG ENVELOPS HAVANA Closed Shops Defenders as| Machado Works for Submis- gion by Starvation. (Continued From First Page) stroll in areas unrestricted by martial law. Police mey force the opening of a shop, but whan the police go fear closes it again. No taxis are avallable at any price. Private ears may run, if th can get gasoline. ‘The whispered rumors whén no newspapers are published in- tensify uncannily the alert apprehension People may get on without personal transit and without shops which do not sell immediate nececsaries, but not without a food supply, even in this hid- den war of fear rgainst fear which ex- tends the length and breadth of Cuba, duplicating Havana's condition in every city. Fear Sniping Shot. Petrolling police, eyeing sharply every open window and door for a possible sniping shot, take swift vengeance for any active Tesistance and there is an undercover vendetta which results in an occasional casualty. In this new type of siege warfare, the conditions of old are reve: dent Machado can feed his soldiers and police by force of their arms. He would starve out the besiegers. His supporters see hunger and a desire for the end of fear and a return to normal conditions eventually winning and thus restoring | peace and order after a salutary lesson. But so far there is no definite sign of the ending of the strikes and the pas- sive resistance. What makes the situaticn stranger still is the siege within a siege with the | chief of one camp, the heavy-jawed Machado, in the presidential palace and Sumner Welles, chief of the other, in the American embassy. President Ma- chado's followers are proud he proved | Cuba reed not bow to America’s nod | as it did in the days of American high prosperity and power when America bought hugely of Cuban products and American capitalists expansively and eagerly spent money in the promotion of Cuban enterprises. An Economic Siege, Every word I heard, everything I saw, confirmed my impression that this siege is economic—that it is caused by eco- nomics and uses economtc arms. All the complex plays of Cuban politics baffling mediation are only an expres- sion of the Cuban depression from the capitalists and the middle class to laborers on roads, docks and canefields. | The Cubans want at least the hope and promise of the N, I. R. A.. and reports of the returning prosperity in the United States only increase the unrest. President Machado is seen by the be- siegers as the perscnification of the de- pression. Their bitterness regarding what they call his misrule is too deep- set to be mistaken for a passing stage of volatile emotion in a tropic land. The President’s supporters insist he is a victim of the depression and that he is an essentially strong man vhose removal would mean worse chaos under a weaker regime. Count Heavily on Welles. Slender Sumner Welles, sympa- thetic, and understanding Cuban pride and sensibilities also, has a strong jaw as well as the tact and experience of a trained diplomat. To him newspaper men dash for the latest word of his con- ferences when the one great piece of news is “Machado Is Going. To the latest rumors he answers “that is an interesting statement,” and keeps on with his conferences in the trenches at the front. The conspicuous per- sonal part which has become his .may have been some handicap to his diplomacy. o note is struck from the embassy extept that Cuba should find her solu- tion as an escape from an intolerable regime. An American official told me today he is not going to his club because there he is surrounded instantly by indignant fellow members. American residents here see intervention as the only way out because whoever is President Ma- chado’s successor the abuses must con- tinue until Cuba is again started afresh on the right path under American counsel. The British especially, and the Span- ish less outspokenly, in this city where so many foreigners are residents and the land represents such vast foreign in- vestments, protest that America is fail- ing in_ her responsibility under the Platt amendment. Cubans, not generally, but the prope erty holders and some of the intelli- gentsia who take no part in politics, will welcome any definite action toward re- lief and do not object to intervention. (Copyright. 1933, by North American News- paper nce. Inc.. World Rights Reserved.) Y| ed. Presi- | IANOTHER FLARE-UP HITS COAL GROUPS United Mine Workers’ Lead- er Scores Progressive Miners of America. ‘The Recovery Administration’s hearings on upward of 20 codes of fair competition for the bituminous coal industry came to a close at 12:45 pm. today and Deputy Ad- ministrator Kenneth M. Simpson said the operators were to meet him August 22 after the administration had made a study of the testimony. By the Assoctated Press. The fourth day of the Recovery Ad- ministration’s hearing on a code for the bituminous industry today brought another flare-up of animosity between the United Mine Workers of Ameriza and the Progressive Miners of America. william J. Sneed, president of the Tlinois district of the United Mine Workers, contended the rival union nad ‘devised nothing and initiated nothing for the benefit of their mem- bership, but have trailed along after the United Mine Workers of America, snarling at their heels.” Attacks Scales, He attacked the wage scale and hcurs in the code submitted by the Coal Producers’ Association of Ilinois. | which are based on contracts with the Progressive Miners. Violence has occurred, he said, in} pursu. 2 of the “campeign” of the progressive group “to disturb the con- tract relations between the United Mine Wcrkers and the Illinois Coal Operators’ Assoclation.” “The best evidence of who the ag- gresser has been is revealed in ‘the fact that five of their (progressive) members have been sentenced to the penitentiary for murder, four for life and one for 40 years.” He added that “not one instance cf bombing has been charged against the United Mine Workers of America.” Coal Men Expect Adjustment. Pirst, bituminous coal men them- selves cxpected the National Recovery Acministration probably would settle | their differences over pending wage and hour fixing codes for that ndustry by ruling in or out the points of contro- versy, Coal operators said today that imme- diately after the sessions end they expect to be ordered into conlerences to SPlllé‘ as many controversial points as possible, | with the National Recovery Adminis- | tration thereafter stepping in to use its | authority to clear up the rest. Yesterday Hugh S. Johnson, indus- trial administrator. it clear he made | would not permit the final code to in- | clude a stipulation that miners must negotiate throngh company unions. The law, he said, guarantees collective bar- gaining. by labor. without such restric- | tion, and cannot be modified. At about the same time Forney John- ston of Birmingham, representing the Alabama coal operators, in discussing | the code presented by union negotiators, warned that “under, no circumstances whatever will those Tesponsible for the operation of the (Alabama) properties consent withcut a contest to inclusion under that proposed code.” | Fletcher P. Burton of Providence. | | R. 1. representing the Atlantic Coast | Coal Dock Operators’ Association. to- | | day submitted to the administraticn a | propesed cede for coal dock workers | along the Atlantic coast. The cod> { proposcd a 40-hour week, with mini- | mum wages of 40 cents an hour. Gecrge Heaps of Des Molnes, repre- senting the Icwa Coal Operators’ Asso- | ciation, spoke in behalf of its proposed ! code, which is similar to the general (unfon) code. except that it permits continuance of the present wage scale | in Iowa $4.70 daily basic rate! rather than the $5 rate embcdied in | the unicn code. Quotes Towa Method. Heaps said that by adjusting ton- nage and vardage, as is done in Iowa. the $470 rate is made the equivalent | of the $5 rate as far as production costs are concerned. | Mrs. Josephine Roche, representing | the Rocky Mountain Fuel Co. of Colo- i rado, said her concern had been op- l | j erating under a contract with union miners since 1928 and that since the firm began paying the higher union | ywn?es operating costs had gone down | rather than up. i “There has been a remarkable in- | crease of efficiency,” Mrs. Roche said. | | “The tonnage per miner per day has| gone steadily up. It is now six-tenths ' of a ton more than in 1928 and one and | six-tenths of a ton greater than in i the State as a whole.” Mrs. Roche said the sales of the company had decreased only 25 per cent during the depression, and in re- | sponse to a question by Donald R. Richberg, N. R. A. counsel, said the compary met direct price competition with producers having lower wag, scales. The code of competition offered by the Alabama coal operators. intended | to apply only to that State’s coal in- dustry and to be locally administered, provides for the maintenance of present wage scales and specifically reserves the right of workers not to enter any l#bor organization. - Meanwhile, an appeal to bituminous operators to “put your machines under the shed until we get out of the ditch,” was made by W. C. Kane of Saline County, Il “It would take quite a lot of patriot- ism to apply that major operation,” Kane said, “but it has worked in our county.” ‘Thumping the platform table with his fist as he shouted his plea at yester- day’s hearing, Kane said one mine in Illinois removed its loading machin- ery and increased its average employ- ment from 240 to 303 men and that the average daily earnings were greater. Kane explained that removal of all machinery would likely be impossible, but that some sort of provision should be included in the code to allow hand loading mines to continue to operate on a competitive basis and to discour- age further mechanization at this time. The question of collective bargaining | was brought up also in discussion of the code submitted by the Alabama operators. Blackwell Smith, associate counsel of | the administration, asked Johnston if the provision guaranteeing miners the | right not to join a union did not ‘practically cut off collective bargain- ing entirely.” Johnston replied that it did not and was not intended to do this. He said :J;f! chriovisign w;:f‘ Inte’:lfled to prevent on by either the em union organizers.” Gk He added that union organizers had told miners they could nort‘;ave repre- sentation in the recovery program unless they joined a union and quoted a recent statement by Gen. Johnson to the effect that the N. R. A. was not trying to force workers into unions. Alabama wage scales, he said, had been increased the equivalent of 38 cents a ton since June. He added that if 1933 tonnage and prices are the same as those of 1932, the operators, under the present wage scales, will lose an average of 65 cents a ton. The Illinois Bituminous Coal Mine Union controversy flared up when John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America, demanded that Willlam Keck, secretary of the Pro- gressive Miners of America, be removed from the witness stand. Keck had been describing the strikes in Illinois caused by the refusal of the lPenbody Corl Co. and other operators to recognize th: Progressive Union. ‘When he charged it members of the United Mine Worl depu- tized to break up Progressive Union 1Senuol’ to Spend Month Abroad.| AR, WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 1933. Bitter Enemies Now CUBAN LEADERS PICTURED HIS photo, taken several years ago in. Havana, shows President Gerardo Machado of Cuba (right) and former President Mario G. Menocal when | they were close friends, drinking each other's health. Now they are bitter enemies, with Menocal an IN THE “GOOD OLD DAYS.” exile in Miami, Fla. —A. P. Photo. Freed of Disregarding Traffic Signal With Confused Background By » Staft pondent ot The Star. MOUNT RAINIER, Md., Au- gust 12- A Washington motorist was acquitted on a charge of passing a traffic light here last night as town authorities revealed they had requested the removal cf ‘an electric advertising sign said to form a confusing back- ground for the light. Justice of Peace Robert E. Joyce dismissed the charge against Fred E. Blood. 200 block of Upshur street. Washington, after overruling several motions to quash the warrant against the man. At the suggestion of Council- man Roger W. Moser, police com- missioner of the town, the Mayor and Council has written a Wash- ington company asking it to re- move its electric sign just back of one of the traffic lights. Many persons blame the sign when ar- rested for passing the red light, Councilman Moser said, 'LIEUT. HILL'S BODY | TAKEN FROM WATER Recovery With That of Hovey Leaves Only Stewart's in Hawaii Wreckage. By the Associated Press. HONOLULU, August 12.—Divers yes- | terday recovered the bodies of Lieut.' Charles P. Hill and V. C. Hovey, pilot | and radioman, respectively, of the Navy | seaplane which carried five men to| death Wednesday in the ocean a mie | off Pearl Harbor ‘The body of Aviation Mate C. C. Stewart was reported still in the plane, | which wWas so wrecked that only frag- | ments are being recovered. It lies un-| cer nearly 50 feet of water. i Previously the body of Seaman L. B. Pitt had been recovered by divers, and that of Lieut. Ted C. Marshall, pilot under instruction, picked up. Lieut. Hill's mother lives in Washing- ton, D. C. Hovey was from Kingma Kans. Widows of both men live here. | TELEPHONE BUSINESS IS REPORTED BETTER| Long-Distance Talk, Once Luxury, " Now Being Regarded Necessity. Installations Gaining. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 12 —Long-dis- tance talk, regarded by many as a luxury only & short time ago, is get- ting into the necessity class again. Telephone and telegraph companies look for palmier days nox that busi- ness is improving. Telephone installations reached a peak in the middle of 1930. there were about 17,185,600 stations in | service, according to Government rec- ords. Since that date disconnections | have been substantial and at the end of May reached about 2.600,000, or about 15 per cent of the peak total. Average revenues per indicate. Companies serving the active business centers now report, however, that disconnections are dwinuling, and there is an upward trend in calls per station. EXTERMINA TOR WORKS | Gasoline Kills Bugs, but It Also Burns Log Cabin. CODY, Wyo., August 12 (#).—Albert Trask sprinkled gasoline on a mattress. He was showing a friend how he ex- terminated bedbugs. “It works 100 per cent,” he boasted. “Scmetimes,” he added, striking a match for illumination, “you have to look 'way back in for 'em.” | There was a puff of flame. Albert | Trask and friend raced for the door. | At a safe distance they watched Trask's | leg cabin burn to the ground. “It works 100 per cent, all right,”' admitted the friend. Expects to See Baruch. | NEW YORK, August 12 (#).—Sena- | tor Carter Glass of Virginia sailed for a month’s vacation in Europe iast night, accompanied by Admiral Cary T. Grayson, who was physician to | President Wilson. ‘The Senator said he planned to visit | London, Paris and Budapest, where he | expects to meet Bernard Baruch. meetings and that the United Mine ‘Workers had conspired with the oper- ators to break Progressive contracts, Lewis jumpad to his feet with “a par- liamentary inquiry.” “Is the United Mine - Workers of America on trial?” he shouted. Immediately Lewis and Keck went into a_huddle with Deputy Adminis- trator K. M. Simpson, presiding. Their conversation was not placed in the record, but Lewis said that he as- sured the administrator he would re- ply to the charges. “Cut him off,” Lewis said. The United Mine Workers president also told Simpson K would week if I have to reply to this. Previoucly, Representative Nesbit of Nlinois asked the Administration to set up machinery for an election which would determine once and for all whick: union Illinois miners wanted. The mi- nl:'my, I;C';lld, s;nomudm .Nd“b%.m de- cision of the majority an peace to the troubled strike area. At that time | telephone | | dropped, too—about 6 per cent. reports IMACHADO T0 TAKE MARYLAND ‘TAKEN BY MARINE “WAVES 6th Reserve Brigade Crosses Potomac in Mimic War Maneuver. Special Dispatch to The Star. QUANTICO, Va., August 12.—Cross- ing the Potomac River from the Vir- ginia to the Maryland side in three “waves” under fleet, landing force con- ditions, the first move of the attacking force in the “war” between Maryland and Virginia was launched at 6 am today when the 2nd Provisional Bat- talion, under Maj. Harvey L. Miller of | the 6th Marine Reserve Brigade, crossed the river to land at Rum Point. The second wave took over the 1st Battalion under Maj. Earl C. Lane, and the third movement brcught the 3d Battelion, under Maj. Lucian H. Van | Doren, together with all headquarters Increments, in command of Lieut. Col. J. J. Staley. The brigade processed immediately | to its bivouac at Rum Point. Gen. Lee Honored. ‘The Reservists' last day at Quantico was concluded last night with an en- tertainment and smoker in honor of | Brig. Gen. Harry Lee, a part of the LEAVE OF ABSENCE Col. Ferrer, Hero cf Coup, May Be Named Presi- dent of Cuba. (Continued Prom First Page.) went about, in contrast to previous | nights, when death walked the streets | and officers wrre instructed to fire on the slightest suspicion. Welles Continues Parley. All that, however, was forgotten to- day. No resentment towerd Machado was apparent among the crowds Ambassador Welles, who proposed Machado's resignation in the interest of peace, continued his conferences with army, opposition and administration leaders late into the night. It was generally expected that the general strike, which now is openly de- ! scribed as a move to accomplish Ma- tomorrow. Cheering_thousands greeted the sol- | diers in the city's streets last night when news of the developments spread —that Machado had promised soldiers he would resign. that the armed forces had demanded his withdrawal. and that they had posted gurs at vital sectors to make good their demands. There were more cheers at Li=ut Cesar Lorie. assistant army auditor, proclaimed the facts of the coup, and declared “its sole purpose was the avoidance of American intervention" | and “the Cuban army does not want to indicate any one for President. but we want no military man for President.” The populace followed the army's request that no violence attend the ! military ‘move and avoid disturbances. Says Leaders F.icr Ferrer. | Capt. Mario Torres Menter, spokes- man for the aviation corps, told tne ‘Ass:c!nlrd Press the army would - accept Herrera as provisional Pre dent because “the people would believe the coup d'etat was staged merelv to | substitute Herrera for Machado, which would be no improvement.” | “You may say.” he added. “that most leaders of the movement favor Hrcracio Ferrer, but will accept any man from military or civil ranks who is not tainted by politics and who is acceptable to the people.” | The Cuban constitution provides for | dent's resignation, but a provisional President serves indefinitely if the office | is vacated by reason of a leave of | absence. Ultimatum Delivered. Leaders of the coup informed He rera of their demands. when they had decided on their course, and the Presi- | dent summoned his advisers before | vhom the ultimatum was formally de- | livered. While the Liberal party chieftains considered their moves, the defense branches acted swiftly. An Artiller: unit in Cabana Fortress led the way by demanding the President’s resigna- tion. Other battalions were invited to | Join, and the response was unanimous. | Artillery at Cabana was moved into | position to bear on the presidential | palace. = Machine guns were hastily placed about Machado's residence. then drove at high sped to Camp C lumbia; where delegates from the army units served notice of their ultimatum. Subsequently the forces occupied Ca- bana Fortress, the ald Treasury Build- ing, the aviation field. Camp Columbia and Castillo de la Fuerza, Move Long Planned. “The President was informed,” Torres Menier said in an announcement of the coup, “that he must deliver the power peaceably in order to avoid com- bat. The army wants the country to feel that it acted for what it believes to be the best interests of Cuba in put- ting an end to the present situation. We ask the people to maintain tran quility, since there will be no violence,” Lieut. Lorie said the movement had h;;x!x xflnnbr;ed for Lnlore than a month, gan taking defini about 15 days ago.” g Anite sehape These developments left Havana in & gayer mood than it has known in the last four years. Everywhere soldiers were grected with wild cheering. Many were carried about on the shoulders of enthusiastic men, BAG NOT SANBORN'S, | POLICE ARE INFORMED | Investigation Shows Gladstone Grip ‘Was Not Property of Slain Rail Executive. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 12.—Inspector John J. G. Gallagher, in charge of Queens police, announced today that an investigation had disclosed a travel- ing bag found in Port Chester, N. Y., was not the property of Henry F. San- born, slain rail executive. The bag was found in Port Chester a week before Sanborn's body was found in a shallow grave at Bayside, but no significance was attached to it until its finder read a description of Sanborn’s missing traveling bag. Inspector Gallagher received the bag last night and called Miss Magnhild Almskaar, Sanborn’s fiancee, and other friends of slain man in an attempt to identify '@. Gallagher said that all were pesitive the bag was not Sanborn’s. chado’s withdrawal, will be terminated ! Pus a general election 60 days after a Presi- | The Presdent and a few ld\'isers‘ show being the finals for the brigade ing championships and the titular medals rded by Fred Buchholz Sergt. “Reds” Gorman of the Mil tary Police Company won a in ‘the s from Byrns Detachment Regiment e Pyt Willie Regiment tam Medical In Dan . Ccmpany B. same 133-pound class Pvt . M The former ny E, 20th Regiment, and the latter from the 23d Regiment Medi- cal Detachment A clcse decision, after a tuck battle, went to Pvt 20th Regim out, regiment. In Pete Peruzzi nip-and- Eddie Nolan o t. over Sergt Worth Se Medical Detachment, 23d, In the 147-pound class Pvt. “Blackie” Saltman won from Pvt. Jerry Pfeiffer of B Company, 20th. Saltman is from F Compa Two corporals mixed it up in the 160- poynd class, with Corp. Jerry Brookes of Company D. 20th, stopping Corp. Eddie Spates. Company C. same rej ment. Pvt. Eddie Varah, Company F, 20th. won the ]75-pound class by de- feating Pve. George Grimm of the 23d regiment medical detach Vaudeville Program Held. A vaudeville program rspersed t bouts, supported by the massed 6th Brigade and Quantico Bands Chief Gunner Geo Ta Brusiloff. Hezdlin on the entertain- ment program were Frances William, thakW'axl'oerg‘ George Reed and Bar e In saying good-bye to the brigade last night, Gen. Lee was liberal in his praise of the conduct and performance of the €h Marine Reserves. have acted like Marines, trained lik Merines ard gone through war prob- lems like Marines.” the Quantico com- mander said. “ard all here at Quantico |are proud to call vou Marines along with'us. You have a wonderful outfit and mere words cannot express the ap- preciation of vour willingness, earr ness and abilit MILK STRIKERS MAKE OVERTURES OF PEACE Ready to Listen, They Say, if Gov. Lehman Will Offer Them Proposals. By the Associated Press. ALBANY, N. Y., Augus ing that they were read; peace proposals if Gov. Herbert H. Leh- man should extend m, five of th: six leaders of the New York State milk strike called at the Governor's office todayv for a compromise talk Felix Piseck. Herkimer County dairy- man and strike leader in the Nerth- eastern part of the State, declared he was not bearing any “olive branch” to either the Governor or the State Milk Control Board, but that he was will- ing to hear any compromise suggestion that tke Governor might cffer Albert Woodhead, leader in Central New York and generally considered to | be at the head of the whole strike movement, was not in the strikers’ group. | “We tried to get Woodhead, but he | couldn’t come,” Piseck said | Piseck said that sentiment among his | neighbors favored continuing the strik>, | but that he thought a compromise | conference was in order, even though | he had no compromise offer to make “We have been trying to get a con- ference with the Governor since long before the strike began,” Felix Piseck faid. “We did nct get to talk with him at all because somebedy in his office always steered us away. In his tele- gram, replying to our telegram. he said repeatedly that the milk question was in the hands of the Milk Control Bo, and that he had no authority over board. I think this strike could been prevented if we could have him then.” 12.—Declar- to listen to | | - Named to N. R. A: Boar? BERRYVILLE, Va.. August 12 | -ial) —Prank M. Wray. Commonw -!.1 | attorney for Clarke County, has ] | appointed as a member of the State Advisory Committee of the N. R. A. Safe Driving Hint Carbon Monoxide Gas Carbon monoxide gas is the unseen killer that lurks in every garage. Unless the doors and windows are open. a running mo- tor will generate a sufficient quantity of it within a few min- utes to cause death. It is colorless, tasteless and odorless. It- strikes without warning. The victim lapses into a coma preceding death before he is even aware that anything is wrong. Many deaths resulting from carbon monoxide gas have been reported in recent years while the victims were riding in closed cars on the highway. The gas has a way of seeping up through the floor boards and-if no windows Il';l: tn tl:l ‘;nlg Ccause death eadly peril fresh air. 7 i National Safety Council.