Evening Star Newspaper, September 5, 1933, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Porecast.) Fair and slightly cooler cloudy and lightly cooler, pr tures—Highest, 79, at moon today; today. to_moderate north Tem lovut.pfle;..u 6am. wubi'y!;lln; gentle PFull repori on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages13,14&15 Entered post offi No. 32,634. he i WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1933—THIRTY PAGES.’ ening Htar kKR UP) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. RADICALS SEIZE CUBA IN BLOODLESS COUP U. S. DISPATCHES FOUR WARSHIPS TO GUARD INTERESTS IN ISLAND AS RESULT OF SECOND RE Commission of Five Set Up Govern Republic After Presi- dent de Cespedes Steps Down. NON.COMS OF ARMY AND NAVY PUT MACHINE GUNS IN STREETS Spokesman Denies New Regime Is Com- munistic—Students and A. B. C. Share Power—Disorders Are Frequent. to Loses Power BULLETIN. (Copyright, 1933, by the Associated Press.) HAVANA, September 5.—The government of Provisional President Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, which succeeded the de- posed Machado regime less than a month ago, resigned this afternoon and turned the nation over to a revolutionary junta representing radical students officers. A commission of five men, named by the extreme left wing radicals, will rule Cuba. The change in government bulent confusion, but there was no bloodshed. Disappointed and disillusioned, De Cespedes left the presi- dential palace after he had bowed to the opposition and re- turned to the home he left 24 days ago to become the chief executive. Members of the De Cespedes coalition cabinet resigned in a body at a conference in the presidential palace at which the demands of the junta were presented. President submitted no formal resignation for himself, but indicated he would surrender his office. t's all over,” said Dr. Jose Manuel Presno, secretary of sanitation under De Cespedes. “We have turned our government over to the revolutionary junta.” BY JOHN P. merel, (Copyright, 1933, by HAVANA, September 5.—Cuba’s revolutionary government, less than one month old, prepared to resign today in favor of a com- mission of five men selected by leaders of soldiers, sailors and na- tional police who seized power through a bloodless coup d'etat last night. ) Provisional President Carlos ceeded the de ‘There was much talk of possible in- tervehtion by the United States under the Platt amendment, which is part of the Cuban constitution. It legalizes such intervention. As members of the De Cespedes cabi- net assembled for the crucial meeting at the presidential palace, it appeared &1l of them were disposed to bow to the new regime. “Myself and all my companions are ready to Co-operate with the new gov- ernment,” said Secretary of Interlor Pederico Laredo Bru. “The present movement,” remarked Guillermo Belt, secretary of public in- struction, “is the logical consequence of the revolutionary state, and it comple- ments what President De Cespedes pa- triotically tried to accomplish, not always with success. The new govern- ment has good men and should have success.” Disorders Mark Coup. The coup d'etat placed power in the hands of the extreme Radical Socialists, representing student groups, the A. B. C. Revolutionary Society, which was largely instrumental in the overthrow of Machado, and certain university professors. Although the shift in power was ac- complished without fighting, there were numerous disorders. A. B C. head- quarters in Prado avenue were in an uproar. Automobiles loaded with young men, armed with pistols and rifles, dashea about the streets. Fears were expressed that there would be blood- shed before nightfall, The army rebelled at Santiago today. imprisoning officers and delivering from jail soldiers accused by civil authorities under the Machado rule. The revo- lutionaries ousted the governor and the mayor. There was considerable shoot- ing, but no one was wounded. Members of the new regime's com- mission asserted they did not want to hold their positions permanently, but would govern only until a constitutional assembly selected their successors. Personnel of Commission. The commission is composed of: Guillermo Portela, 48, professor of penal law at the Hayana University. He was educated in Germany. Jose Marzarri, 40. a lawyer, long an opponent of Machado, the author of a plan for land division which President de_Cespedes has been studying. Ramon Grau San Martin, 45, pro- | fessor of anatomy at the university, who served for a long time as the professors’ revolutionary delegate in the United States. Porforio Franco. 45, a banker. Sergio Calbo, 39, magazine editor and leader of the youth movement. He headed the unsuccessful revolt at Gi- bara in 1931 Welles Has Observer. The radical section of the A B C went along with the new revolutionary movement. An official delegation rep- resenting the A B C was, however, ex- cluded from the meeting at which the commission was selected. It was re- ported that United States Ambassador Sumner Welles had an observer at that gathering. The Junta bitterly criticized what was described as the Fascist trend of the A. B. C. The rift between the A. B. C. radicals and the more conservative group of the organization meant an important break-up in the coalition which had been backing de Cespedes. The commission of five had planned to go this morning to the presidental palace and complete the formal trans- fer of.power without further to-do. At the last moment, this plan was changed. While the President was being awaited at the palace, the. members of the commission remained in conference in a pantry of the Military Club at Camp Columbia. They decided to wait at the Military Club until de Cespedes arrived and Btaff Gonszalez del Real the time of the ‘gg.um“ = d them when M?eelm..nd sed Gerardo Machado August 12, was hurriedly sum- moned back to Havana from Santa Clara, where he had gone to look over-the damage-caused by last week’s hurricane. | On his return to the capital the President was expected to call 8 cabinet meeting at which his government would resign. | lished in Cuba. other | shot down. and army non-commissioned was effected amid scenes of tur- It was understood the McENIGHT. the Associated Press.) Manuel de Cespedes, who suc- they were in sympathy wtih the revolu- | tionary program. Sergt. Angel Gonzelez was named chief of staff. Supported by the powerful students’ | group end the A, B. C. Society, radi- | cal privates, corporals and sergeants of the army and non-commissioned offi- cers and enlisted men of the navy seized control of the armed forces, placed machine guns at strategic | Havana street corners, and detained their superior officers. The mutiny was sudden and dramatic, | although discontent of the lower ranks |in the army, navy and police forces over proposals to cut pay and the size | {of the forces has been brewing since the August 11 uprising against Ma- chado. Sergt. ncio Batista, the leader, rallied his forces, announced through | two aides the rebels’ demands, passively | heard Secretary of War Horacio Ferrer harangue them about their duties, and then started the revolt. PRESIDENT DE_CESPEDES. CONSUL CONFIRMS ATTAGK BY NAZI U. S. Official Reveals Assault on Son of Former Editor of Brooklyn Paper. By the Assoclated Press. BERLIN, September 5.—United States Consul General George Messersmith confirmed today that H. V. Kaltenborn. son of a former editor of the Brooklyn Eagle, had been attacked by Naz storm troopers. . He sald he was not able to announce | the details because no protest had been lodged at the consulate. Messersmith unofficially brought the incident to the attention of German au- thorities since Kaltenborn did not want the episode mentioned. MOWRER FORCED TO LEAVE. Correspondent Reveals Facts Behind His Quitting Germany. By Radio to The Star. BERLIN, Gernwny, September 5.— Pressure of an extraordinary kind forced Edgar Ansel Mowrer, until last week correspondent in Berlin of the Chicago Daily News, to leave Germany, it was disclosed today in a letter from Mowrer read to a meeting of the local Foreign Press Association. of which he was president until his resignation on Au- guns throughout the city and declared | they had displaced all their officors. “We will not relinquish control,” the | sergeant leader said, “until a truly rev- | olutionary government has been estab- | ‘Then the command | will be given back to the officers.” | The Insurrectionists seized all bar- racks in and about Havana and claifhed all units stationed in the interior of | the island had joined their movement. | Sergt Batista was named provisional | chief of staff. All commissioned officers | | were either arrested or sent under | guards to their homes. In all, said, 30 officers were detained. The mutineers broadcast a proclama- tion declaring that one aim of their up- rising was to complete a “cleansing” or | reorganization of the army. | The proclamation, dated Camp Co- lumbia, where the movement started and where the officers were arrested, said the principal purposes of the move- | ment aimed at an economic reconstruc- tion of the pation and a political re- organization based on a constitutional they ‘ | assembly, respect for foreign obliga- tions and the immediate formation of | courts. Denies Communism. | Julio Gaunaurd, editor of a weekly newspaper and a leader of the Tevo- | lution, denied the insurrectionists had | any Communistic tendencies, although he emphasized the radical nature of the revolt. The possibility grew that clashes wouid follow between the rebels and A. B C. members, many of whom are known to be well armed. It was sig- nificant that the insurrectionists in- vaded the officials of the judicial po- lice, disarmed and imprisoned Chief Rodriguez and Assistant Chief Loyola, both of whom are A. B. C men. Unconfirmed reports said Ambassador Welles yesterday told members of an- other erstwhile revolutionary group. the 0. C. R. R., that Cuba's independence (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) e A B C MEMBER EXECUTED BY STUDENTS IN HAVANA Alleged Spy, Tried by Associates, Shot in Pattern of Cross at Cuban Capital. By the Associted Press. regime organization, was executed last as_students. . Reports and imrlicated several other A B membe:z. ’ They immediately deployed machine |8Ust 2aid he confessed F : Twelve other foreign correspondents had to quit Berlin since Chancellor Adolph Hitler's regime cained power and five more had their houses searched, Mowrer revealed. Mowrer did not say so in so many words, but it is clear from his letter that he was in danger of physical violence had he stayed in the country. Even 50 he left Germany only with extreme reluctance and his colleagues assembled tocay paid an informal trib- ute to his formidable tenacity and courage. Ready to Leave Germany. After 10 years' service, Mowrer was ready to leave Germany in any case and in July he was transferred by his newspaper to Tokio, Japan. Mowrer resigned the presidency of the Foreign Press Association in order to effect the release from jail of Dr. Paul Goldman, correspondent in Berlin of the Vienna Neue Frele Presse, who had been arrested by the Hitler govern- ment This was a gesture deeply ap- preciated by his colleagues, but it robbed him of his official position here and made his tenure as correspondent of the Chicago Daily News vulnerable. Mowrer had planned to leave Ger- many tomorrow. after today’s meeting (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) s MOTHER OF EDITOR OF HERALD DIES | Mrs. Robert W. Patterson Suc- cumbs Suddenly to Heart At- tack in Chicago. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 5.—Mrs. Rob- ert W. Patterson, widow, daughter and mother of four newspaper editors, died suddenly of a heart attack today in her night by a group of persons identified | fined VOLT Welles Caught Off Guard by Army. INTERVENTION NOT INTENDED Roosevelt Hopes to Avoid Landing of Troops. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. President Roosevelt, informed early this morning of the new revolutionary outbreak in Cuba, ordered the cruiser Richmond and its destroyer escort, the U. 8. S. Farland, to proceed in all haste from the Canal Zone to Havana. ‘The two destroyers carry their full complement because they have been used as training ships for the reserve of the Navy during the Summer and the Richmond has on board 75 Marines. The three destroyers which had been sent to Havana three weeks ago and were ordered to Guantanamo when the situation appeared to settle down after the coming to office of President de Cespedes are also available. One of them, the Sturtevant, was ordered this morning to Santiago where serious dis- turbances were reported. Intervention Not Intended. The State Department reiterated em- phatically today the statement made by | the President in August that these | American naval vessels are being sent | to Cuba exclusively for the purpose of | protecting the lives and property of the | American citizens living on that island The State Department is anxious to have this clear, that the presence of American men-of-war in Cuba harbors does not mean in the least a desire on | the part of the United States to in- | terfere in Cuba’s internal affairs. Secretary Cordell Hull had two tele- phone conversations this morning with | bassador Sumner Welles and it appears that the Ambassador has not | been able to convey to the Secretary of State any definite information as to the trend of the new revolution. He has given him only factual informa- | tion as to the most recent develop- ments, but was not able to say whether the rest of the people in Cuba are supporting the move of the army, navy and police force. It is natural that the question of | possible intervention by dispatching to | Cuba an important Marine force is being considered, although this action on 5’12 part of the American Govern- ment will be adopted as a last resort when all other means for establishing | law and order in Cuba have been ex- hausted. U. 8. Caught Unawares. For the time being. although other naval vessels, such as the Indianapolis, are being kept in readiness to be hur- ried to Havana or to Santiago, and the Marine force in Haiti is standing by to be dispatched to Cuba, neither the President nor his advisers intend doing anything else except act as ad- visers between the Cuban political factions. ‘There is no doubt that the new Cuban revolution has caught the United States and Ambassador Welles totally unawares. Satisfied that the new Cuban govern- ment had more or less the support of the people and minimizing the restless- ness and the dissatisfaction which has been prevailing on the island since the fall of Machado as the inevitable con- sequences of the revolution, Ambassa- dor Welles was caught napping. The new revolution was as much of a sur- rise to him as it was to the State partment and the rest of the Amer- jcan Government and the American people. He either did not know or (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) SEE NEW AIR ATTEMPT Friends Believe Mollisons Are Planning to Set Distance Record. LONDON, September 5 (#).—Capt. James A. Mollison's new airplane will be shipped to America on the Duchess of York Friday. Mollison is not booked for that steamer, but it is thought probable that he will sail Saturday on of Britain. Priends of the captain say he and his wife, the former Amy John: are Bainbridge and the U. S. S. Mc-l ICKES CONSIDERS SLUM PLANS HERE Such Projects as Municipal, Center Must Wait, He Says, Until Later. While the District must wait until the other cities of the country get their share of the public works funds which | will go into municipal improvements before serious consideration can be! given to the request for $4,500,000 for | beginning work on the new Municipal Center, Public Works Administrator Harold L. Ickes said today. defnfte reccmmendations for slum clearance work in the District are under study. Secretary Ickes said that he believes the District has had, up to this point, moré than its share, in proportion to other cities. in public building, and while the Municipal Center proposition is still on the list of projects under consideration, the Public Works Admin- istration wishes to hear from other cities before the District project can be approved. The Secretary made it plain that he does not disapprove of the District Municipal Center project as such, and | emphasized particularly that he recog- mmw!:l d;nnite l_li;e!t‘i’ l;zr s\;:‘h facilities as e prov in the | center here in Washington. veopsesd Divided on Slums. He said, however, that he and the Public Works Board do not hold the same attitude with to funds for slum clearance in the District, which would probably take the form of elim- ' ination of a portion of the many alleys in the District. | He said that the Public Works Board | is considering and will go thoroughly into the proposals for District sium | clearance. Just how extensive these | proposals are he would not state, nor | would he state to what point the Dis- | progressed. | Ickes announced that the Public Works Board had adopted a resolution designed to force States, cities and other non-Federal bodies to speed up their (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) BISHOP CANNON DENIES HE CONCEDED REPEAL Says if It Should Happen, Dry Forces Will Begin Again to Secure Prohibition. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, September 5.—Bishop James Cannon, jr., of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, who is conferring with Swiss temperance leaders, issued a de- nial today that he had ever conceded, as reported, the repeal of the eight- eenth amendment. He said if the am¢ndment is repealed, dry leaders will begin at the bottom and build up until they again secure national prohibition. “Repeal will not change one whit the basic, awful facts of the destructive ef- fects of traffic in alcohol,” Bishop Can- non said. “The final solution must be national prohibition, which, if now re- planning to attempt to set & new air distance record. le will in be adopted with & 5:;:::‘:! for :‘fl‘ecuve enforcement.” LABORER-ARTIST FOR PORTRAIT OF ROCKEFELLER WAITING DIME clearly | Ferrell walked. trict slum clearance consideration has |, & Box Score || (FIRST GAME) WASHINGTON. Myer, . Geslin, rf . Manush, If. | | WA - - Stewart, Iau;ouaanac; 'e-eaae—a—nr Ieu.—ae-pu-.—p leaaa sl e|lOoNmmo0oamonp nloeoeeoou-el » »- o - O @ ] H g | | 1 | “mOoORRaBNOTAG SR ce~o00050000mmrnoN coco0cOoNOUNORuMORN eooeeou;-neoat—g cocCOmMBPOUmNOOOONP eococooomoo00oomN 42 4113313 2 Leswett ran for Jolley in tenth. R. Johnson baticd for Warstier in eleventh. Judre batted for Kiine in cleventh. SCORE BY INNINGS. Wash. 00200000021 - 5 Bes, .00010001020-— 4 SUMMARY. ed in—Cronin (3). McManus (2), | ), Sewell (2), Jolley, MeM: Tw Sacrifice—Ster Double plays—C Sewell to K uhel. on to Myer; Blu Myer to Ci to | Base on ball Struck oui—by Stewa: Hits—Of Stewart, 10 in 9% in 10 innings (nome eleventh): off Welland, 1 % Russ i ell. teher—Welland. Dinneen, Hildebrand and NATIONALS: DEFEAT BOSTON 54 N T1TH Pass to Myer and Werber’s| Fumble Give Griffmen Victory. BY JOHN B. KELLER. BOSTON, September 5—The Na- tionals defeated the Boston Red Sox in the opening game of a double-header here this afternoon. The game went eleven innings. The score was 5 to 4. FIRST INNING: ‘WASHINGTON—Myer swung at the first pitch, grounding to McManus. Oliver came in for Goslin's loft. Manush hoisted to Cooke. No runs. BOSTON—Werber lined to Manush. Oliver poped to Kuhel. Stewart tossed out Cooke. No runs. . SECOND INNING. ‘WASHINGTON —Cronin drove » double down the left field line. Oliver | came in fast for a diving catch of Schulte's looper to short center. Cooke ran to deep right for & one-handed catch of Kuhel's liner. Warstler threw out Bluege. No runs. —Jolley filed deep to Goslin. McManus singled Cronin, Ferrell taking second. Hned to Cronin gnd Ferrell was doub off second, Cronin to Myer. No runs. 'WASHINGTON—Werber whipped out | open court today during Cooper’s last- | charges that Graham and Treasury De- to | of NSKS per cent of their claims . | nicke to CHARGES COOPER WITHOREW FUNDS Hamilton Attorney Claims He| Took Out $3,100 Before Restriction. Charges that Col. Wade Cooper, president and majority stockholder of | the United States Savings Bank, dmr; some of his own funds from this bank before it was put on a restricted with- drawal basis last February, were read in minute stand to prevent consummation of eight contracts which would enable | the Hamilton National Bank to be formed by transfer of assets from eight clossd banks, one of which is the United | States Savings, Attorney Roger J. Whiteford, repre- senting Edwin C. Graham, designated president of the new bank, read the charges from the Treasury Department’s return to Col. Cooper’s petition for an in- junction, as a counterblast to Cooper's partment officials entered into a con- spiracy to wreck the United States Sav- ings Bank. Drew Out Day Before. | of the storm still ‘Whiteford said that the United States Savings Bank on February 28 went on | a restricted basis, allowing depositors | to withdraw only 5 per cent of their deposits 8 month. On February 27, ¢he | day before, Cooper’s own balance was $4,612.39 and he reduced this by $3,1007 by the next day. | Cooper at one stage injected him-| self personally into the argument when George P. Barse, representing the Treasury, said that Cooper had pre-| sented a plan for reorganizing the bank | which involved a waiver by demdcofl; never asked them to waive a! " Cooper explained. “I offered | pay them dollar for dollar.” “I will hear only from counsel at this time,” said Judge Bailey. ‘Thomas challenged the jurisdiction of | the court to approve the contracts, but | after a brief argument between counsel Justice Bailey decided he had authority | to hear the case. | Immediately after the noon recess, Justice Bailey announced he would post- pone further hearing of the case until tomorrow morning, when testimony will | be taken relative to the injunction plea. | Col. Cooper is expected to be the prin- | cipal witness by whom Thomas will at- tempt to show that the United States! Savings Bank should have been allowed | to re.open when other financial insti- | tutions in Washington were licensed at | the end of the bank holiday. Justice Bailey said he would take up the matter of ratification of the con- tracts for sale of the assets of member banks to the Hamilton after rendering & decision on the injunction petition. Hearing Before Bailey. ‘The hearing before Justice Jenings Bailey was on the application of the conservators of the eight member banks in the Hamilton merger for approval of the contracts of sale of their class A assets to the Hamilton. Concurrently, the judge heard the petition, filed last Saturday by W. ‘Thomas, counsel for Col. Cooper, for an Injunction against the sale to the Hamilton of the United States Savings Bank's after sale of the class A assets, thereby (Conginued on Page 2, Column 6.) ASSASSIN PLOT DENIED Attempt on Life of London Police HURRICANE SWEEPS TEXAS CITRUS AREA, ISOLATING TOWNS NEAR BROWNSVILLE Zone Along Mouth of Rio Grande River and South of Corpus Christi Unheard From Since Yesterday. CAUSEWAY WASHED OUT, HALTING HIGHWAY TRAVEL Center of Storm Believed Still Over Gulf Short Distance Off Shore and Moving West-Northwest. Florida Escapes Severe Loss in Tropical Blow. BULLETIN. HOUSTON, September 5 () — Staggering property damage and heavy loss of life from the tropical hurricane that hammered the lower Rio Grande Valley for several hours was indicated today by first meager reports from the stricken area. By the Associated Press. CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex., Sep- tember 5.—Surging waves from a high tide swept through the lower streets of Corpus Christi's business district early today as J. P. McAuliffe, Government weather forecaster, predicted “the worst is yet to come” from a tropical hur- ricane which lashed the city through the night. - “The water is 4 feet deep ovc the North Beach resort penin sula,” he said, “and is runnin- waist deep over Chapparal strec a block back from the wate front.” u"CA“lfll!e predicted the water wou: Several f L el wg’&w L'n the entire bu Causeway Washed Out. A section 250 feet long washed out of the causeway e‘tlmu;uc!:’g,— Christi with the S8an Antonic Houston Highway, across an arm of Corpus Christi Bay. The only road open was by way of Alice. was hi offshy somewhere South of Od‘nfxp?.\‘s Chr;: between this city and Brownsville. “The wind is steady now, in the east.” he explained, “but if it should shift into the southeast, I'm afraid the worst is yet to come for Corpus g:lr:h'?L and the water will come higher The gale maintained a steady blow at 48 miles an hour during most of the night. although gusts at times reached a velocity of 60 miles an hour or more. From a low of 29.64 at midnight, the han:x;lmr had risen to 29.72 at 7 a.m. No Lives Reported Lost. “The last report T received from M. S. Schnurbusch, the Brownsville ob-~ server, at 7 p.m., last night,” McAulifiq said, “was that the wind was west- northwest, blowing at 50 miles an hour’ indicating that the storm was north of Brownsville. The barometer reading was then 28.98 there. However, teles phone and telegraph lines were broker. immediately afterward and I have had' no&}l{ir‘i from there today. v e storm continues in the course indicated by that repcrt the people half way or two-thirds of the way from Corpus Christi to Brownsville are in gte;!'gr distress than those in either An early survey of the havoc revealed no loss of life here, but McAuliffe said he had just received a report a Mis- souri Pacific passenger train bound from San Antonio to Corpus Christi was ma- rooned on a bridge across an arm of the bay and the conductcr had appealed Tising 8nd he Tt el e e d e not get The North Beach area here was under water for approximately six miles and McAuliffe said the tide, instead of breaking into surf on the beach, was (Continued on Page 2, Column 3, HELEN MOODY’S INJURY TREATED AT HOSPITAL Tennis Star Expected to Remain Under Medical Care for Sev- eral Weeks. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, September 5.— The back injury which caused Mrs. Helen Wills Moody to default Jacobs in the national w;nzn?fm final at Forest Hills last week was w treatment at a hospital here \y. No one but immediate members her was permitted to visit her and no announcement was made as to the nature of the treatment. Moody's Prederick