Evening Star Newspaper, August 15, 1933, Page 2

L A—2 ¥R RESULTSOFN.R.A. - SHOWN IN'SURVEY { Inérease in Employment and ;"_an Rolls Reported - i Throughout Country. v W ore jobs, more buying, more busi- s—the Jruits of the intensive R. A drive are beginning to show! ewith are dispatches from cor- Tespondents in various cenmters 'g‘:mghout the United States who were asked to send reports on im- provement in business when such improvement was actuai. UFFALO. August 15.—Of the 5.328 | employers who have signed the N. R. A. Blahket code in Buffalo, 1157, mostly shisll businesses, have employed 1.608 agiditional workers, officers in charge of drive report. nother report from the city’s indus- trial aid bureau revealed that 44 Buffalo firths showed an aggre§ te increase of enployment of 4371 persons in July, 38 of them having employed 4.484 addi- $lohal persons and six having decreased r employment by 113. - Pron the middle of June to the middle of July, factory employment in Buffalo gained 8 per cent, and factory pey rolls advanced 12.4 per cent, accord- ipg to the State labor department, T Increase in Cleveland. CLEVELAND. August 15.—Figures compiled by Mary E. Woods, Ohio N-R. A administrator, show that the of re-employment in Cleveland is groxlmne]y 932 per cent and that e than 1000 new jobs are being créated here each day. 2 Of 58 Cleveland firms polled. 42 have hired 2.288 new employes since signing the President’s re-employment agree- ment. Miss Woods™ check provides a mare accurate picture of the situation than has previously been given because 1% 3Includes a wider range of employers. = Pifty-five of the 58 firms polled em- oyed 18355 workers before they ed the N. R. A. agreement Since n 16 of these firms have not in- greased pay rolls, but the remaining 39 have hired 1.711 new workers In ad- dition to the 55 firms, three other firms which did not include their previous pumber of employes report hiring 577 ‘workers. - The figures indicate that 11.315 work- ors have gone back to their jobs here since the drive began August 1. Gain in Los Angeles. 2108 ANGELES. August 15—From ! 20,000 to 25000 men and women have | been re-employed by business firms and | industrial plants in the Los Angeles #réa since the inauguration of the N. R. A’s re-emplovment program, ac- éotding to unofficial figures compiled by.the Chamber of Commerce. With 15687 signers to the President’s ye-employment agreement registered hete. it was estimated that more than 250.000 employes now working have Been affected by the working hour and Wage scale adjustment. Most of the re- employment has been reported in the datry industry, where 1,000 additional men have been put to work; the local textile mills, which are now working ay~capacity production: Southern Cali- fomnia steel and iron mills now working an.a 24-hour schedule on contracts for public works. oil companies and ”“";mey were getting less and less fond of establishments. " An increase in purchasing power isi fhdicated by a rise in local retail sales of-19.4 per cent over July, 1932. < OKLAHOMA CITY, August 15—No sccurate estimate is obtainable of the total increase in employment under the blanket code. Five hundred and elght firms report hiring 1.404 new em- 1 ployers. Figures Unavailable. i BOSTON. August 15.—There are few | definite figures to indicate just how much the cotton textile code adopted July 17 has increased employment in New England’s mills, marked reduc- #ans peftment cases in many of the com- munities indicate that thousands of op- eratives have returned to the looms #nd spindles and there is evidence that more will be taken on. In Fall River a survey shows that in cotton textile mills there has been an increase of 10 per cent in employ- fént since the code for that industry Went into effect. Manchester. N. H. RNashua, N H.iNew Bedford. Lowell &n@ Lawrenc .i report increased em- loyment as 8 result of the adoption of code, but the ?ercenmge of in- drease is mot available : PROVIDENCE. R. I. August 15— Pay rolls in Rhode Island cotton mills inpreased about 15 per cent during the ! Bzt week of operation under the textile cade as compared with the preceding week. Total pay rolls in the State during June and July rose about $500,- Q00 weekly @r about 23 per cent over April. This was due largely to sharply fngreased activity in all textile trades. < Net sales in dollars of Providence gnd Rhode Island department stores dyring July were 9.6 per cent greater than in the same month in 1932 and ghowed & less than seasonal decline from June. Retail automobile sales in lgly in this State were more than ble those of July. 1932. : No employment figures are available ering either the textile or general imnket code operators, but the textile mills are known to have employed two Qr three thousand additional workers 0 this area when the cotton code went info effect. ©opyright. 1933. by North American News- paper Alliance. Inc.) @NVIC TS ON STRIKE 182 at Tennessee Prison Mines. iirn- Assoclated Press. . NASHVILLE. Tenn., i . August 15— While 182 striking convicts at the State- ~B¥ withholding food. 2. The men were given supper “hight, but Dr. E. W. Cocke. Zeammissioner of institutions, said that last Z%Bs the last meal they will have until| Zthe mutiny is ended. Z* “When colored men get hungry, they Zsre going to do something about it and ~they are not going to stay there hyngry,” saild Dr. Cocke. The greater part of the 750 to 800 prisoners there are colored. - “The stafl of 75 guards at Petros was pugmented by 8 or 10 special guards 3 hed from the main penitentiary, at ;Ksh\'ille. # "2 -Dr. Cocke attributed the strike to re- gentment of mutineers to appointment #f O. C. Hendrix of Nashville as deputy n. Hendrix, he said, conducted 3 search of the entire prison popula- 3ton Sunday and found a number of dirks. chisels, hammers and other reapons. 3 = “While confident the uprising will be quelled shortly. the commissioner ex- Pressed fear the men might set fire 30 the mines 7 “I'm going to stay there until this Xing is settled one way or T,” be declared. es. This represenis reports from | than half of Oklahoma City's em- | in the number of welfare de-}| ARE DENIED FOOD. { per_cent’ lump-sum payment. ! oiciah Move to End Mutiny of | “ewned prison mines at Petros remained | ZQnderground today. officials put into| “effect their plans to “sweat them out” | State | What’s What Behind News in Capital: Machado Out on Triple, Welles to Caffery to Roosevelt. BY PAUL MALLON. HE Roosevelt administration was on the inside in the Cuban re- volt all the way through. The State Department pri- vately knew 24 hours in advance exactly what was going to happen in Havana. A chosen few were let in on the secret here at 2 pm. Friday that Machado would be out and Cespedes in at 2 pm. Saturday Machado did not find €aturday morning. it out until 1t is evident to those who look below the surface that Machado was put out on & triple play, Welles to Caffery to Roosevelt. No incident to prove it will be related in history, but that is how it happened. Our Ambassador Welles at Havana furnished the impetus to the revolu- tionaries. He was in constant com- munication with them. They ad- vised him of each step. It is prob- able they received some advice in return—the kind that comes jrom a uift of the eyebrow or a motion of the hand. Each Step Approved Here. Assistant State Secretary Caffery here approved each step as it developed. Mr. Roosevelt gave them both a free rein. They knew what he wanted done and how carefully they had to do it. No word of reproach will ever be spoken—except by Machado. It is equally clear the Cuban revolu- tionaries chose their own new President —after our o. k. had been given. That sounds as if we had an im- portant hand in the choice. but we did not. The initiative came from the va- rious Cuban political groups. We merely approved their first choice confiden- tially Our officials claim to be quite pleased with Cespedes. The career men re- member him as & former Cuban Am- bassador to Washington. The fact he was public works minister under Ma- chado during the Cuban spending spree 1is not being held against him Apparently he was not responsible for the suspiciously expensive road building and public works program of Machado. The deepest secret so far is what happened to the National City Bank and ! Electric Bond and Share. Until recently insiders regarded Ma- chado as their man. If they raised a hand to help him this time it was no- where apparent here. There have been little indications from time to time that Machado. That certainly is true of the National City officials. Some they helped the ousting process. Those in closest touch with Cuban affairs believe neither company will suffer by the change. If Cuba is put on its feet they will profit. Bad News for Huey Long. It will be bad news to Huey Long that Caflery did_such a good job Caflery is a Louisiana Democrat. His first name is Jeflerson. When Mr. Roosevelt first decided to ap- point him a_certain administration official called Semator Long on the telephoni. “I am glad to advise you, Senator.” sald the official. “that the President has selected one of your constituents as As- sistant Secretary of State.” “Why that blankety, blank. blank.” said Long in his usual quiet way. “He is not one of my constituents. His father was one of my worst political enemies.” Which may explain why Caffery has been so warmly received in Washington. Play Hide and Seek on Debts. A neat little game of hide-and-seek on war debts is being played backstage by international statesmen. suspect wih the British to open discussions about July 15. The London Con- ference spoiled that arrangement. You could not discuss anything while that mess was in the process of disintegra- tion. Then they started talking about August 15. That date, too, has been lost in the shuffe. Now no one will mention any date. The truth is our statesmen are dis- inclined to push matters. The depre- ciated dollar gives the debtors an edge. The best time for us to talk about war debts would be after we have stabilized the_dollar The debtors are just as studiously avoiding the issue. Since the London Conference. there is no agitation abroad in_favor of payment The whisper in international circles is that something will be done in September—perhaps. Our backstage boys have learned through diplomatic channels that the British are preparing to ask for a 90 per cent reduction in the debt. Ap- parently, they would settle with a 10 fflngemvnm were made last June That is ridiculous. It is only their proposed first offer for bargaining pur- poses, but it is absurd even for that. It only shows how eager they are to pay. Diplomatic Hair-Splitting. The splitting of hairs in interna- tional diplomacy never was more evi- dent than in the recent British message on Cuba. The crown ardently denied it had protested to Welles about the mistreatment of British subjects in Cuba It asserted on its dignity that it had merely told Welles about it FOR HIS OWN INFORMATION. The subterfuge was required be- cause the British held their original action was interpreted as an indirect request for American intervention. State Secretary Hull had nothing to do with the Cuban situation. He knew nothing of it wien he returned from London and permitted Caffery to con- tinue handling it under mild super- vision from Undersecretary Phillips. ‘The French watchword apparently is “pas un sou.” That is no change, as they have not given up any sous lately. Strong nationalists here want to bring pressure on the Prench. They are talking about a heavy tax on American i THE E\VENINC STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1933. COMMISSION BANS ~ SALE OF STOCK, Invokes Drastic Power Under New Securities Act on $250,000 Issue. By the Associated Press. Using its drastic prohibitive powers under the securities act for the first time, the Federal Trade Commission today issued a stop order against the sale of a $250,000 issue by the Specula- :lzve Investment Trust of Fort Worth, ex. Tie effect of the order is to with- hold approval of registration of the issue. pending the furnishing of all in- {urmmlon concerning it as required by aw In recommending the stop arder yes- terday, Richard P. Whiteley, commis- sion counsel, said the company failed to submit with its registration applica- tion its advertising prospectus, balance sheet and profit and loss statements for the last three years. He also said it l’;]nd made errors in items it did fur- nish. Heavy Fine Provided. Heavy fines and imprisonment are | provided if an applicant violates a stop order. ‘The Trade Commission earlier in the day had canceled its second public hearing under the securities act upon receipt of information of withdrawal by the International Guaranty Thrift Syndicate of Denver. of an application to register an issue of $1,000,000 of in- vestment certificates. No reason was given for the with- drawal The Fort Weorth concern had paid a registration fee of $25. which would have limited its issue of securities to $250,000. Defer Another Hearing. A hearing was to have been held vesterday on the application of the Paradise Gold Mine Co. of Denver, but this was deferred until tomorrow Seven new registration applications were filed with the commission yester- day. bringing to $170.787.300 the total since the securities act became effective | in May. i The largest offering was that of the | National Service Co. of Boston. which | applied for registration of a $1.979,062 issue. Others were: | outhern States Breweries, Inc. $750,000; Bankshares, Ltd.. Jersey Cit $378,300: Inter-Allied Mining Corpora- New York City. $450.000, Eastern Bond & Share Corporation. Philadel- phia, $250.000: Transcontinental Preci- ous Metals Co.. Flint, Mich, 0.000. and Redding Creek Placers, Ltd., San Francisco, $250.000. GANGLAND THREATé STRIKE TERROR TO JURY WITNESSES (Continued From First Page) day in Atlanta Penitentiary for income tax evasion. Copeland announced that he now wanted to hear lawvers on the subject | and he read a statement which out- lined several specific questions relating 5 judicial procedure George Z Medalie. United States district attorney for the Southern dis- trict of New York told Copeland that conviction of racketeers in Federal Courts was “a left-handed” way of dealing with the problem. 5 “On_ record they are convicted of income tax evasion.” he said | “In fact they are convicted of ex- | tortion.” “Racketeering,” he went on. “grew out of strife between emplovers and employes. In strikes both sides em- ploved gangs. It was only with pro- hibition that these gangs found larger fields.” He added that “we'll be toast- | ing the death knell of prohibition with | the new vear." “Not until municipal operation is! taken away from politics will you get | away from gangs.” he said. “They are tied up together " Medalie opposed giving the Federal | Government concurrent jurisdiction in crime. ‘I've found.” he said, “that whenever the Pederal Government can act the local authorities abdicate their power. If you gave the Federal Government | concurrent jurisdiction you would need | & detective force of 50,000 men or | more.” ! He demanded complete divorce of | politics and municipal government. “You suggest & millenium,” remarked Joseph Keenan, Assistant’ Attorney General. “I am not afraid of that word ‘mil- lenium,’ ” Medalie replied. “Cities of Europe are not gang-controled. What is possible there is possible in New York and Chicago.” He suggested enlargement of Federal powers to deem a Federal crime any act involving moral turpiture which is connected in any way with interstate commerce. “There is another matter I want to bring up.” he said. “That is the prac- tice of a man who is about to be charged with a crime leaving a Fed- eral district, so that it takes us two vears to get him back by removal pro- ceedings.” He urged legislation to make removal proceedings unneeded in Federal cases. LEHMAN ASKS PROTECTION. ALBANY, N. Y. August 15 (#) — Gov. Lehman asked the special session of the New York Legislature today to pass laws for the protection ef legiti- mate business against racketeering. “Interference with legitimate business by professional gang elements who prey upon lawful industry to sustain them- selves has grown to such proportions that drastic measures are immediately needed to curtail and eventually to suppress such activities completely,” Mr Lehman said in a special message. He recommended that the powers of the Attorney General -be broadened. enabling him “to make rigid inquirles into practices commonly kmown as racketeering, and to provide more ade- quate protection of the public against such urlawful practices.” CHICAGO IS ASSURED OF MEETING BACK PAY By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 15.—Mayor Ed- ward J. Kelly yesterday received a rul- ing from J. F. T. O'Connor, United State controller of currency, that he said likely would lead Chicago out of its muddled financial situation and per- mit speedy payment of school teachers’ and employes' back salaries. O'Connor. the mayor said, wrote him that national banks now may pur- chase city and State tax anticipation warrants without limit. Previously national banks were permitted to in~ vest only 15 per cent of capital and 25 per cent of their surplus in such warrants. Mayor Kelly said with the restric- tion removed the city was confident it could dispose of its warrants. ships in our harbors. That is just talk. Nothing like it will be done, Chairman Black of the Federal Re- serve virtually had his trunks packed and was ready to exercise the Army- Navy option cancellation in his lease when word came from Hyde Park that the President expected him to remain for the present. Apparently, Mr. Roose- velt has been having trouble finding & successor. passports to Prance, also taxing French i ] In Death Probe A recept snapshot of John C. Mulli- gan and Mus. Ella M. Schrodt of 3906 Rhode Island avenie, Brentwood, Md. Mulligan was arrested on a murder charge today after Mrs. Schrodt's body was found in the bed room of their home. She apparently died from a blow on the head. FORMER ACTRESS KILLED; MAN HELD ON SLAYING CHARGE | | local officers, surprised him. They said ___ (Continued Prom Pirst Page.) and Justice of Peace Robert E. Joyce, acting coroner. Dark marks on the floor of the bed room led police to belfeve blood had been washed up before they arrived They also found & cioth which they suspect was used for the purpose. A man’s shirt with red marks on it was also discovered, and the stains will be analyzed today ’ There was no blood on Mrs. Schrodt's nightclothing. however, nor on the bed. Only a slight blood clot covered the cut over her temple, although Dr. Nalley said he thought the gash must have | bled quite freely The same blow which caused the gash dented. and possibly fractured, the skull, Dr. Nalley said. autopsy today. Magistrate Joyce. who assisted police in their early investigation, expressed the opinion that the woman was struck with a bottle A search of the premises revealed six half-gallon jars of alleged liquor in the basement. however. and an illegal pos- session charge was also lodged against Mulligan The prisoner, who works for a Wash- ington jewelry firm, told police Mrs Schrodt retired about midnight, while he went to sieep on the front porch About 3 am. he went into the house, noticed the cut on Mrs. Schrodt's fore- nead and called Mrs. Hiromerous. whom he customarily summoned enever Mrs. Schrodt was sick. He suggested that Mrs. Schrodt might have fallen in the bath room, | lin He will perform an| URSHEL CLEAVP WP BLOW Arrest of Bailey, Desperate Gunman, Hailed by U. S. Officials. (Continued From First Page.) body af American people, is superior to the mind, ingenuity and resources of the Nation. The Department of Justice will neither temporize nor equivocate in attacking this problem.” Attorney General Cummings ex- pressed belief that Bailey. an escaped Kansas Penitentiary convict, was the leader of one of the country’s most dangerous criminal gangs. Cummings said Bailey had been iden- tified as an operator of a machine gun in the slayings at Kansas City. The slaughter resulted when gangsters at- tempted to free Frank Nash, fugitive convict, while he was being returned to prison, only to kill him accidentally in the hail of bullets that mowed down four officers, including an agent of the Depariment of Justice. Bailey Held in Dalias. Balley, taken at a lonely farm cabin near Paradise, in North Texas, and the | four others arrested there, were being | held here for probable early return to Oklahoma City. Bailey was captured Saturday, but news of his arrest was withheld until Monday in the hope other members | of his gang might return to the ren dezvous. Federal operatives, aided by they found marked money that had been paid to effect the safe return of | the oil operator. Urschel went with the Federal agents to the lonely cabin and there identified it thoroughly, even to finger prints. Stanley emphasized particularly the | fact the Justice Department had been enabled to move so swiftly and surely | the Urschel kidnaping because it had quick information. | “This, I believe. proves that when the law-enforcement authorities receive the co-operation of the families in such cases. together with the very excellent co-operation of the local authorities, | which was extended in this particular | case, real results can be obtained.” | Wanted in Dozen States. The thoroughness of the Justice agents’ work at Paradise was seen in ! the fact they knew every inch of | ground about the cabin and had every possible bit of information of value. A habby garage where Urschel was kept was identified by the oil man; there was a_rickety cot where he had slept At Denver Detective Capt. Willam | Armstiong said Bates was wanted in a dozen States for bank robberies and hold-ups and, the captain added. “we were getting ready to fight about a Gozen States that are going to demand that Bates be turned over to them We want to send him to prison for life for a Colorado robbery.™ Police today announced they found marked ransom money., pald for | Urschel's release. on Bates. struck her head against a radiator, but | managed to get back in bed. Mulligan and Mrs. Schrodt told neighbors they were brother and sister. Police were of the opinion, however, that the couple was not related Last night, police said, a Cottage City couple and their children visited Mrs Schrodt and Mulligan and there was considerable drinking. Police ques- tioned the Cottage City couple and said their account of what occurred last night conflicted with Mulligan's state- ments. The couple was summoned to | an inquest which Judge Joyce is sched- uled to conduct tonight Coroner’s Jury Called. County Policeman Claude Reese. who tof the gangsters at the with Chief Plumer. arrested Mulligan, cmoned & coroner’s jury which viewed the body before it was removed to Gasch’s funeral parlor, Hyattsville From a $500 insurance policy police learned that Mrs. Schrodt was born in Incianapolis, Ind, November 1, 1875 The policy. taken out in 1916. named as beneficiary her husband. George H Schrodt. 281 South Robinson street, Baltimore, On January 25. 1923. however. the beneficiary of the policy was changed to “the estdte of the insured.” time Mrs. Schrodt's address was given as 1207 G street northeast, Washington. On July 26 of this year the policy showed $150 had been borrowed on it. Dr. Nalley. who treated Mrs. Schrodt on several occasions for severe nose- bleeds, said she told him she went on the stage when she was 14 years old. The officers said they found some theatrical contracts in the house be- tween various managers and “The Schrodts " When Mrs. Schrodt took out her life insurance policy she gave her occupa- tion as & dressmaker. ‘The Dallas jail in which Bailey was held was manned with extra guards. TDENTIFIED AS GUNMEN, and Miller Named as Killers in Kansas City Massacre. KANSAS CITY. August 15 (P — William L. Vandeventer. United States district attorney. said today that Harvey Bailey, under arrest at Dallas, and Verne C. Miller. a fugitive. have been identified positively as the machine gunners who killed four officers and | ank Nash. Federal convict, at the | nion Station Plaza June 17 i Wilbur Underhill. also a fugitive was named by Mr. Vandeventer as another | scene district_attorney did not say he fired on the officers Bailey, Vandeventer said. probably will be returned to the Kansas Peni- tentiary where he escaped Memorial day. until the Government can com- | Bailey but the whether | plete its case in the Plaza slaughter whose address was given as| o | Kansas Prison break in which 11 con- | victs escaped by At that | In recent years, | Dr. Nalley said, she had been working | for the same jeweiry firm by which Mulligan was employed. She has not been working since January, however. Police learned the house in which | they lived was purchased jointly by Mulligan and Mrs. Schrodt, WEST COAST HEAT CAUSES 6 DEATHS Windstorm With Rain and Hail Unroofs Buildings in Braw- ley, Calif. SAN FRANCISCO, August 15 (A.— | Deaths attributed directly and indirectly to heat in Pacific Coast States reached a total of six for two days as the mercury bubbled well above normal marks at many places again yesterday. A high windstorm, accol rain and hail. late yesterday hit in and around Brawley, uprooting trees and unroofing bulldings and dropping tem- peratures to 80. b man died from prostration at Sacramento. where the thermometer registered 104 degrees. Wallace Kelley of Long Beach. succumbed to severe heat at the El Dorado mine in South- emn California. In the Ortega Mountains of South- ern California a 16-year-old boy died | of sunstroke. and his father, stricken by grief, shot and perhaps fatally wounded himself. Other deaths were those of a restaurant proprietor in Stockton and two men in a train wreck, attributed to heat-spread rails. near the Dalles. Oreg. Red Bluff. in the northern part of the Sacramento Valley. was Califor- nia’s “hot spot” yesterday, with a max- imum of 114 degrees. Fresno was sec- ond with 112. SAYS HE WAS KIDNAPED Kansas City Man Declares Gang! Abducted Him—Found Unclad. MEMPHIS, Tenn., August 15 (.—A man who gave the name of Phillip Capra, 25, of Kansas City, told police here last night that he had been re- leased by kidnapers who had picked him up in Kansas City Thursday. Capra was naked when police found him, Detective Capt. John Foppiano sald. He said his captors had held him for three days in the cellar of a farm | house near Kansas City, trying to make him tell the address of John Aalizio, the operator of a Democratic club on Fifth street in Kansas City, anied by i | | # and turn the entire evidence over to| the State of Missouri for prosecution on a murder charge Miller formerly was sheriff at Huron, D. Bailey and Underhill led the | kidnaping the war- den and two guards. WON'T TURN OVER BATES. T | Denver Authorities Wait to €heck on | Gangster Jobs in State. | DENVER. August 15 «# —Capt. of | Detectives William Armstrong said to- day he would not turn over to Federal euthorities Albert L. Bates. 39. identi- | fied as A member of the gang that kid- naped Charles F. Urschel wealthy Oklahoma ofl man. “until we're through | checking up on jobs we think Bates has pulled in this State.” | Armstrong said Bates. a fifth-time offender. had been identified as the bandit who held up a Louisville, Colo., | bank in January, 1932. “We can send Bates to prison for life in Colorado.” Armstrong said. Armstrong refused to deliver Bates to the custody of Federal agents who presented a warrant charging the pris- | oner with abduction. A cataract on Bates’ left eye was the mark which enabled Denver detectives | to identify him. Detectives were looking for Bates as| a suspect of & Tupelo, Miss., bank rob- ery. KELLY’S MOTHER-IN-L Police Find They Have Kin of Man Involved in Kidnaping. | OKLAHOMA CITY. August 15 (). — R. H. Colvin, head of the Federal Bu- reau of Investigation here, said today that Mrs. R. G. Shannon, held in jail at Dallas with her husband. son and his | wife, is the mother-in-law of George | (Machine Gun) Kelly. sought as one of | the kidnapers of Charles F. Urschel. Colvin said Kelly and Albert Bates, who is held in Denver, were believed the actual kidnapers. Harvey Balley, fugi- tive Kansas convict and desperado, prin- cipal objective of the raid in which the Shannons were arrested, apparently acted as a guard and supplied much of the brain work, Colvin said. COL. H. H. ROGERS, OIL MILLIONAIRE, TO MARRY Engagement to Mrs. Pauline Dres- ser Disclosed at Southampton Dinner Party. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. August 15.—Engage- ment of Col. H. H. Rogers, Standard Oil millionaire, to Mrs. Pauline Van Der Voort Dresser was announced today in a notice sent to newspapers by M. R. Bailey, secretary to Mrs. Dresser. The announcement, which the note said was made by Charles R. Van Der Voort_of Jamestown, N. Y. father of Mrs. Dresser, said the engagement was disclosed at & small dinner at South- ampton, Long Island, last night. The dinner at Southampton was tendered by Rogers' daughter, Millicent, and her husband, A. Peralta-Ramos. Mrs. Dresser was formerly married to the late Carl K. Dresser of Brad- ford, Pa., and Tulsa, Okla. They had two sons and were divorced in 1927. Col. Rogers has been twice married, both marriages ending in divorce. Marriage of Col. Rogers and Mrs. Dresser will be some time in October, today’s mnm*emmnld. {Thomas B. Washington Re-| Conversion of Tumble-Down Shm:k Into Bungalow Shown A throng of several hundred persons visited the little renov enth street and Pennsylvania aven: ident of the Board of Trade (center) greeting Miss Mar- avenue southeast uc Owen. p et Hill, 259 Ker How a tumble-down shack that's fit to be scrapped can be ¢ ted into a cozy, livable bungalow at limited cost was demonstrated to a throng of sev- eral hundred persons who last night inspected the ‘renovized” house at Fourteenth -t and Pennsylvania ave- nue. rebuilt as a feature of the reno- vize Washington campaign of the Washi- ington Board of Trade Claude W. Owen. president of the Board of Trade. and Arthur B. Heaton general chairman of the renovize cam- paign. headed a reception committee who greeted the many visitors. Guests included Ben T. Webster. former presi- dent of the trade body, and members of 1ts board of directors: H. Clifford Bangs. president of the Washington Real Es- tate Board: officers of the Washington Chapter, American Institute of Archi- tects, and representatives of other trade and commerce groups and labor organi- zations Although its exterior appearance gives the impression of a small interior, the ized house at ue upon its opening last night. Below: —Star Staff Photo. rooms are ample in size and are ar- ranged in convenient, practical order. The house was rebuilt from plans of Louis Justement. architect. and con- structed under the supervision of T. A. Mullitt. architect, and J. R. Skinker and C. Wohlgemuth. contractors. t contains a living room. two bed rooms and bath room in main portion of the building and a dinette. kitchen and laundry in the addition. A porch is attached on the north side Cutaway portions of the walls, un- finished portions of foors and exterior. as well as other “before and after” exhibits. reveal the vastly improved condition brought sbout through reno- vizing. A committee of contractors and architects is at work at present com- piling statistics on the cost of the op- eration and it is expected these will be made public shortly Method of disposing of the house has not yet been decided upon. It will re- main on display throughout August and longer 1f interest warrants, according to Mr. Heaton DANCER REFUSES AGAINTO TESIIFY‘ I mains Silent in Third De- gree Police Trial. ‘Thomas B. Washington. 26-year-old | colered tap dancer, again refused to testify before the Police Trial Board today in the case of two third precinct | detectives accused of beating him dur- ' ing questioning. | The detectives, Joseph W. Shimon and William V. Christian, base their defense against the charges on what | they term a “frame-up.” The hearing before the Trial Board | opened -last week, but was adjourned | until today to allow the prosecution to locate two witnesses. At that time Washington stood on his constitutional | rights and refused to testify. | Recalled to the stand today by As-| sistant Corporation Counsel Robert E. Lynch, Washington for at least 20 minutes refused to answer any ques- | tion put to him. He was advised In this course by his attorney, William L. Houston, colored, who said any evidence Washington | could offer the trial board might tend to_incriminate him. Following the alleged beating at the third precinct station on July 29, Wash- ington gave a signed statement that he had been mistreated by the two de- fendants. He identified the two detec- tives as his assailants from & line-up of third precinct detectives. i The alleged beating occurred while | Washington was under investigation in attempted housebreaking and joyriding cases. | Raymond Pearson, colored. a prisoner | implicated with Washington in the charges, today repeated before the | board his previous testimony that he | saw the detectives strike Washington “several times.” He admitted, however, that he had denied having seen thesc | blows when questioned by tRe precinct | commander, Capt. Edward J. Kelly. Pearson explained to the board that another prisoner called him a “rat” when he denied knowledge of the as- | sault. and this persuaded him to “tell the truth.” | The trial was resumed after a recess for lunch. CHILD LABOR AMENDMENT| RATIFICATION IS URGED, By the Assoclated Presi ALBANY, N. Y., August 15.—Declar- ing “the people of this country nre; now alert to the social advisabllity of | regulating child labor,” Gov. Herbert H. | Lehman asked the extraordinary session of the New York Legislature last night to ratify the congressional child labor resolution of 1924. Thus far the Legislatures of 12 States nave ratified the amendment, to the Federal Constitution. The approval of 36 States is necessary to make it effective. “I believe it to be a fitting time for the Legislature of the State of New York to ratify the child labor amend- ment and thereby to add impetus to- ward the consummation in the near future of the plan to incorporate in the Federal Constitution the power to regu- late nationally the employment of chil- dren in industry, Mr. Lehman sald in 8 special message. K PROBE OPENS BEFORE SENATORS Fairfax Dairyman Says He Joined Association to Find Market. MILK P Investigation of the District milk situation was started today before the Senate District Committee. ‘The first witness, Dr. F. W. Huddle- ston, Fairfax County dairyman. told the committee he joined the Maryland and Virginia Milk Producers’ Associa- tion to find a market for his products. Dr Huddleston also declared he and other Fairfax County producers had maintained a high butterfat content of milk shipped to Washington and had increased production, but they were still unable to show a profit Milk shipped into the District, Dr. Huddleston testified, is divided into three classes by the producers’ or- genization, and the producers are paid from 36 cents a gallon for the grade Al milk to 7 cents a gallon for the third class. R. F. C. VETOED LOAN IN FEAR OF COUZENS, GRAND JURY TOLD __ (Continued From First Page) probably would never have suspended operation. Senator Couzens, who has promised to reveal the movements leading up to the State banking holiday. will reply to Mills’ statements probably tomorrow before the jury. p Mills. under questioning by Circuit Judge Harry B. Keidan, conducting the inquiry. said he telephoned Mr. Hoover, while the latter was President, to ap- prise him of the banking situation in Detroit. where the Union Guardian ‘Trust Co.. a unit of the Guardian Union group. was in need of a loan. Couzens Headed Probe Group. Mr. Hoover. the witness said. told him | Senator Couzens had stated that if the R. F. C. made the loan to the Guardian (Couzens) would “denounce ‘The President said,” Mills testified “that one reason the directors cf the R. F. C. did not think the collateral was of sufficient value was fear of Couzens. Couzens was not only the senior Senator from the State where the loan was going. but also had been | chairman of the Senate committee in- vestigating R. F. C. loans.” Mills said Mr. Hoover told him the R. F. C. directors did not want to face Couzens' criticism “even for so worthy & purpose as saving about a million de- positors.” He said the President evi- denced every desire to reach a solution of the problem, which, banks had agreed, would necessitate the closing of Detroit banks and probably those out State. Need Put at $51,200,000. Mills said that to place the Guardian group on & sound basis $51,200,000 was needed. . A plan was offered to raise this amount by a loan of $43.700,000 from the R. F. C. and by obtaining con- sent of the Ford Motor Co. to freeze its $7,500,000 deposit. The R. F. C., he said, advised it had consented to a loan of $37.500.000. and the Ford Co. agreed to the freezing.' ‘The chasm that could not be bridged, | | 1 I | i i | duction and agreed to accept IS TOCPERATE. ON WHEAT PLANS Prepared to Accept Any Rea- sonable Idea of Europe, Says Wallace. By the Assoeiated Press. Secretary Wallace said today this country was prepared to accept “any reasonable plan for European co-opera- tion” involving the reduction of wheat production “which 18 satisfactory to Canada, Australia and Argentina.” Wallace made his statement at a press conference after receiving a report from Henry Morgenthau, sr,, American delegate to the London Wheat Confer- ence, which is scheduled to reconvene at London on August 21. “Subsidized Exporting” Seen. At the same time, Wallace said that unless & program of international re- duction of wheat production was ob- tained, this country was prepared to proceed with a program of “subsidized exporting” in order to remove its sur- plus of the grain. “Subsidized exporting” in effect he described as similar to “dumping” ex- cept that the program he had in mind would involve assurance that this coun- try could export near the amount of its normal exports rather than in excess of normal exports. If the program In- volved exportation in excess of the nor- mal flow of grain out of this country “dumping” would be the correct term, Wallace said Wallace in a formal statement said: ‘Mr. Morgenthau reported that the United States’ position had been made quite clear from the beginning of the negotiations” which began at Geneva and were transferred to London when the Economic Conference began there in June Urges Foreign Reductions. “This country,” Wallace sald he w informed by Morgenthau, “offered make a substantial reduction in wheat acreage for the next two vear if the three other large exporting cour- tries. Canada, Australia and Argentina. also would reduce their wheat produc- tion. “The United States was ready to agree that each country should be at liberty to choose fts own method of re- control of wheat exports and diversion of ex- cess wheat to other uses in lieu of acreage reductions.” Wallace's statement said" #Furthermore. the United ognized the difficulties in tk European co-operation and stood wi ing to engage in a joint reduction pro- gram with the other great exporters for one year at least. even if,European co- operation could not be cbtained for this first year. G “The other exporting countries sisted that before they would enter into a joint program with the United States European importing countries agree to reduce restrictions wheat imports, and to cease f T forts to expand wheat production European experting countries mu to control production or exports. to 5 Only Two Genuine. “Mr. Morgenthau reported that satis- factory agreements were worked out with the Danubian exporters and tr * the Russians indicated a co-operat spirit. but that of all the importi countries only Great Britain and Aust showed any genuine willingness rea to help in solving the problem “Throughout the negotiations. Mr. Morgenthau emphasized. the United States stood willing to waive all minor points. but despite the efforts to reach a satisfactory basis for action. the other three exporting countries were not satis- fied when the conference recessed to meet sgain August 21, with the conces- sions offered by the importing countries.” Wallace announced that Frederick E. Murphy. publisher of the Minneapolis Tribune. one of the American experts at the conference, “now is visiting some of the wheat importing countries and will represent the United States when the conference reconvenes. “We will stand ready to participate in any reasonable plan which the other three great exporting countries will ac- cept.” Wallace added in his statement “We do not insist on European co- operation at this time. but if the other exporters msist on it. we will accept anv reasonable plan for Eyropean co- operation which is satisfactory to Canada Australia and Argentina. We shall wait until August 24 to see if they can reach an agreement for defi- nite action, before we announce our wheat reduction for next year. Will Protect U. S. Growers. “If the other exporters will not co- operate. we fortunately do have the agricultural adjustment act and shall use its full powers to protect American wheat growers “In such a case we will make less reduction in acreage than if other coun- tries were working with us: we will maintain our wheat producers’ incomes through benefit payments. and we will move out of the country burdening sur- pluses of wheat, such as that now ex- isting on the Pacific Coast recognize that our European market for wheat has greatly dimin- ished. but if no agreement is reached, we vwill find a place for our wheat in Oriental markets. In the past those wmarkets have been divided between American, Canadian and Australian sources, with the distribution of the supply varying from vear to year wit crops and market conditions.” SISTER MAKES PLEA FOR MAN’S RELEASE With Meager Ex- penses to Urge Freedom for Her Convicted Brother. By the Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS, August 15.—A ter who traveled all the way from Webb, W. Va, in a midget automobile and with only $12 for expenses ap- peared before the State Clemency Cem- mission today to plead for the reigase from the State Reformatory of her brother and two friends. 3 With her 5-vear-old child beside her, Mrs. May Chaffin told the board she did washings and ironings. tg.earn enough money to come to Indial lis. She offered to hitch-hike back home and give her brother her place in’the car if he could be released. 2 The youths—Frank Morgan. Noah Brumfield and Lace Belcher—are serv- ing 2 to 14 years in the reformatory for conspiracy to commit a felony. Morgan formerly was postmaster at Webb. Mrs. Chaffin said the families of the men were destitute. z The board took the case undet visement. o Travels Far, pa- ! he told the jury, was the difference of $6,200,000 between the $37,500,000, which the R. F. C. was willing to loan, and the $43.700.000 needed. Senator Couzens. he said, remained obdurate in declaring there was insufficlent col- lateral for the loan. Asked by Judge Keidan if he thought granting of the loan would have pre- vented the closing of the First National Bank, Detroit, and the Guardian Na- nlg;;d.l Bank of Commerce, Mills re- plied: “Unquestionably.” 1