Evening Star Newspaper, September 15, 1933, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Rain, probably heavy tonight and to- morrow; little change in temperature; in- creasing northeast or east winds, becoming strong, possible reaching gale force at times tomorrow. Temperatures—Highest, 67, at 3:30 p.m. yesterday: lowest, 62, lot 7:30 am. today. Full report on Page A- Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages13,14&15 he Fp ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION No. 32,644 st office, —~ Entered as second class matter Washington, 5 D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C., DHNSON 1S SURE COAL CODE WILL BE FINISHED TONIGHT Administrator Says Only Three Points Remain to Be Settled. SUGGESTS UNIFICATION OF TWO LABOR GROUPS Lewis' Organization and Progres- sives Declared Cool to Pro- posal, However. By the Assoctated Press Hugh S. Johnson, the recovery ad- ministrator, said today that “unques- tionably” the bituminous coal code would be ready for President Roose- velt’s signature tonight. Johnson said the committee of 18 leading operators resumed work this morning and that “only about three points were left to be cleared up.” The administrator declined to say what those points were. A committee of Appalachian com- mercial operators also resumed its negotiations with the United Mine Workers of America on labor contracts for most of the mines in that area. Union Merger Suggested. “They have less to clear up even than the Contract Committee,” John- son said. Johnson disclosed he had suggested unification of the United Mine Work- ers of America with the Progressive Miners of America, a miners’ union largely confined to Illinois, Asked what resulted from the sug- gestion, Johnson said they both were standing with reluctant feet where the brook and river meet.” John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, declined to com- ment on Johnson's statement. Thomas Pearcy. president of Progressive Miners, could not be reached immediately. The coal operators are toiling against President Delays Trip to Be Present At Coal Agreement By the Assoclated Press. President Roosevelt today canceled plans to board the Gov- ernment yacht Sequoia at Fred- ericksburg, Va., tonight in order to be on hand for the promised conclusion of the coal code, un- der the recovery program. Mr. Roosevelt is determined that this long-pending working agreement be attained today, and he is standing by to see it through. He still is hopeful of getting away tomorrow for a week end cruise. In all likelihood he will board the yacht at Fredericks- burg if he goes tomorrow. STORM DUE TO HIT CAPITAL TONIGHT | Disturbance May Reach Proportions of That of Last Month. A storm which, it is feared, may | approach the proportions of that which struck the Capital late last month, was | expected to arrive here late tonight or | | tomorrow, according to the Weather | Bureau. Meanwhile, the entire Eastern coast | awaited the nmext move of the disturb-| ance, which was veering toward the north, according to latest reports, as it approached a point midway between | Wilmington, N. C., and Cape Hatteras. | A 42-mile-an-hour wind was blow- ing at Hatteras at noon today and the | barometer was down to 29.6¢ and still | falling. Seasides were running over | the beach in low places between Ore- gon_Inlet and Cape Lookout . The forecast for Washington was for | “rain, probably heavy. tonight and| Saturday: little change in temperature.” Northeast or east winds, becoming strong and possibly reaching gale force | (40 to 60 miles per hour and upward) | at times Saturday also were forecast The temperature in the Capital hov- | ered at around 61 most of the early | part of today, and little change was | promised. Families Move Into Town. | gress would permit such a referendum. PROMPT HEARINGS OND.C. LIQUOR ACT PROMISED BY KING Senator Will Get Views of Residents Prior to Con- vening of Congress. STATUS OF CITY CONTROL UNDER REPEAL IN DOUBT Bride Holds Volstead Law Will Still Be in Effect—Policy De- pend’s on Attorney General. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. A new liquor law for the District of Columbia must be enacted promptly by Congress when that body meets in January, Chairman King of the Senate District Committee said today. ‘The Senator predicated his state- ment on the belief and expectation that the eighteenth amendment would be repealed early in December. “I propose,” said Senator King, “to | hold extensive hearings on the subject | of a liquor law for the District several | weeks before Congress convenes. I will | do everything in my power to find cut | what the people of Washington them- selves desire and to frame a new law | in accordance with their wishes. All| interested persons will be given an op- | portunity to be heard by the commit- e To Oppose Referendum. Senator King said that he would op- pose any move, howeier, for a referen- dum in the District on the liquor ques- tion. He added that he believed there was not the slightest chance that Con- The Constitution gives Congress sole jurisdiction legislatively over the Dis- trict of Columbia. “Would you bring in a bill making the District bone dry, if it were dis-| closed at the hearings that the ma- Although it was expected the center of the storm probably would pass at | | least 100 miles cast of Wilmington, | a 24-hour deadline set last night by President Roosevelt. jority of the people here preferred pro: hibition?” Senator King was asked. His reply was: “I do not believe that | FRIDAY, eni SEPTEMBER 15, n g Star i, it ACK HORNER TOD: 1933—FIFTY-SIX PAGES. *% AY! CREDIT EXPANDED ALONG FOUR LINES $1,000,000,000 Made Avai able for Loans to Industry Through Banks. By the Associated Press. Federal credit expansion efforts pro- gressed today on four well fronts. At the Reconstruction Finance Cor- defined | Fall From Runaway Plane Kills Noted British Airwoman By the Associated Press BROOKLANDS, England, Sep- tember 15.—Lady Clayton-East- Clayten, noted young amateur pllot and the widow of the ex- plorer, Sir Robert Clayton-East- Clavton, was killed today in an unusual airplane accident here. As she was entering the plane it started She tried despeiately to climb into the cockpit as the machine rapidly gained speed, but was thrown to the ground vio- lently. As the plane turned over on its nose, her skull was frac- tured and she died shortly after bemng taken to a hospital. Sir Robert died last year from a mysterious germ disease con- SEATS PUTON SALE $6.60, $5.50, $3.30 Prices Announced for Boxes, Stands and Pavilions. SERIES RESERVED The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. ® Yesterday’s Circulation, 114,201 (UP) Means Associated Pres: TWO CENTS. THREAT OF OFFICERS’ COUP ALARMS JUNTA; COLLAPSE THREATENS Artillery Trained on Hotel and Guard Increased as Siege Nears Climax in Havana. ECONOMIC PARALYSIS ADDS TO MENACE OF NEW OUTBREAK |Capital Faces Food Shortage—Armed Uprising Quelled in Province. Americans Held in Homes. (Copyright, 1933, by the Associated Press.) HAVANA, September 15.—Additional machine guns were mounted and the soldier guard was increased today at the National Hotel, where 500 former army officers have been besieged several days in )d'{em:{me of the new government of President Ramon Grau San artin. The guards said they had received instructions not to permit any one to enter the hotel except “the American Ambassador.” (The United States envoy is Sumner Welles.) Two unidentified women, apparently relatives of the officers, attempted to run the blockade, but they were overtaken and seized by the soldiers as they dashed toward the hotel entrance. They ?filally were sll?wed ‘zo enter}.flhowever, with the packages of food | they were carrying after machine guns had been train both from the hotel and from the guard. edstpon; them. | Army Officers Arrested. Reports from Santiago said five army licutenants had been arrested there on charges of anti-revolutionary activity against the Grau San Martin govern- ment. Workers took over the Mabay sugar mill in that vicinity. Proprietors of the manganese mines at Cristo, where 12 'Spread of Disorder In Cuba Intensifies Alarm in Capital BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. American officials ‘World series reservation books for the |games here between the Nationals, who | | will be sure-fire champions of the | American League some time next week, |and the New York Giants, still strug- The landing of sailors and Marines - in Cuba appeared more probable today than at any other time since the over- throw of the Cespedes administration. News from Cuba was distinctly bad. The whole country seems to be break- | ing up in small factions. favoring this or the other local seader Nobody in n irtually have been made prisoners by striking miners, an- nounced the works would be closed definitely. Later light artillery pieces were brought up and trained on the hotel. The President denied a report that Coi. Horacio Ferrer, wio has been act- ing as spokesman for the officers, would be arrested. | the vrovinces of Cuba seems to pay any Ferrer was the secretary | attention to the efforts of Dr. Grau San | Martin to establish himself as a de facto ruler. Nobody outside Havana seems to of war in the cabinet of President Carlos Manuel de Cespedes. Meanwhile, a local newspaper Extension Unlikely. hurricane warnings were being run up | the people in Washington want a bone nstceesstal day frankly called upon the new g Disturbed by reports of shooting and rioting in Western Pennsylvania’s strike area, the President gave the op- erators just the 24 hours they re- quested to wind up negotiations. The President indicated there would be no extension of time _The operators renewed their conferences near mid- night, immediately after the White House meeting. in the North Carolina city for the first | time in several years. These were flown | as far North as Cape Hatteras, while storm warnings were displayed from Wilmington South to Charleston, S. C. A number of families moved into Wil- | mington from shore towns this morn- ing. Residents of beaches had been | warned earlier to move inland for safety. | At noon the disturbance was believed | dry prohibition law for this city.” | Seaator King expressed the view that | people of Washington, must prohibit the | old saloon and would make reasonable provisions for the sale of liquor under licenses to be issued by th authorities. | e District | | The Utah Senator took the view that | the repeal of the eighteenth amend- ment would leave the District of Colum- | poration $1,000,000.000 was made avail- able for loans to industry through banl | the new liquor law. as demanded by the | and trust and mortgage companies. The Federal Reserve Board continued its policy of increasing banks' reserve deposits through purchases of Govern- ment securities. At the Treasury, officials co-ordi- nated efforts to have every bank, not hopelessly insolvent, on a sound basis UNTERMYER RAPS tracted durlng an airplene and motor journey searching for a lost oasis in the Libyan Desert a few months pre- | gling but virtually certain to win Na- | tional League laurels, were opened this |morning by the Washington Base Ball Club The games here will be played on October 5. 6 and T—unless the Cubs Lor Pirates beat out the Giants. Established ticket prices, plus the Federal tax, are $6.60 per box seat, $5.50 per grandstand seat and $3.30 per worry whether the old constitution is abolished, or whether the Platt amend- ment is canceled. The central authority is no longer recognized and the army and populace follow their favorite leaders, who are busy setting up local governments in- dependent of Havana. Army Enthusiasm Wanes. ‘The army, even in Havana begins to ernment of President Ramon Gre San Martin to recognize the “lack « | popular warmth” for it as the regim faced an armed outbreak in a neigh boring _province and rumors of a impending movement were circulated El Mundo declared “all commercie: activity of the country is paralyze national credit has suffered extraordi- narily, and unless we rectify this sit- | be less enthusiastic about the newly Uation totally, the government will fali The thousands of miners in Pennsyl- | located 250 miles south of Cape Hat- I 0 bia without any liquor law whatever— | by January 1. seat in the center field and right field | set up dictatorship. Many a private | thTough a process of asphyxiation.” vania’s Dbituminous coal “holiday” walked out in protest to delays which have held up expected pay_increases. Mr. Roosevelt, through _the code, wanted to stop the strike by removing its cause. After the conference, attended by his own industrial aides and spokesmen for the operators and miners, the President | teras and 350 miles east of Savannah, moving northwestward. The Weather Bureau said its center, on the basis of present observations, | would reach the coast te tonight or | early Saturday morning.” Long before | the center moves inland, however, the swir’ng winds of the tropical disturb- ance will make the effects felt, and they | unless the legal officers and the courts should declare that the Volstead act| was still effective in the National Capi- tal, despite the fact that it was auto- matically repealed in the States by the | adoption of the twenty-first amendment. Sheppard Law Repealed. This opinion is based on the fact that The Public Works Administration pressed for faster expenditure of its $3,300,000,000 fund as a means of put- ting more money into industrial and trade channels. Some Inflation Forecast. In addition to these. Chairman Har- rison of the Senate Finance Commit- FOES OFNEW TAKES |Calls for Showdown With | pavilions. These prices are per game, but the tickets will be issued only in | strips of three to cover the entire lot | of series contests scheduled here so each |box seat strip will cost $19.80, each grandstand seat strip $16.50 and each strip for a center field or right fleld | and corporal who saw chances of hav-|, AS the country operated under | ing bars on his shoulderstraps is sadly | “constitution of independence,” which | disappointed because he was not made placed common welfare above indi- n officer. The Batista Selection Board Vidual rights, strikes grew throughout is accused of favoritism: it seems that | the island. u].le gply{ufilunon for finufita to bfinusry‘ Troops Called Out. | all his’ followers would have been to| A former Cumsioos | which persuaded an army post at Con- sald inia statement will also blow after the temporary ull | 40 Sheppard bone dry law for the Dis- | tes indicated his belief that some mone- Brokers in Threat to P pavilion seat, $9.90. But leaving aside solacion Del Sur, in Pinar Del Rio “ have definitely outlined the urgent reasons for immediate agreement on a coal code “Without exception the operators present, representing the major coal producing areas. and representatives of the United Mine Workers of America have given me their assurance that the code in its present form is for the large part acceptable and that in all human probability this code can be negotiated to a conclusion within the next 24 hours—in other words, by tonight. Near Accord on Wages. “Furthermore, the wage agreements between the operators and the United Mine Workers are so close to being con- cluded that the same 24-hour period should brirg them also to a successful end “In view of these assurances, I am awaiting the signaturas to the code and the agreements Secretary Ickes., Attorney General Cummings and Johnson attended the White House conference. which characterizes the storm’s pass- age on. | In the conservative language of the Weather Bureau, the disturbance was described as attended by gales over a wide area and by winds of hurricane force over a “considerable area.” Storm Flags Flying. | A ship report from a few hundred miles off Carolina this morning told of a barometer reading of 28.40 Radio and telegraph crackled out | warnings all through last night and this morning to all shipping and shore cities that another Northeaster would strike the seaboard, and storm flags have been ordered up along the coast. At the same time a second storm, which passed into the Gulf of Mexico | Wednesday night, is expected to go inland sometime today or tonight mid- way between Tampico. Mexico, and Brownsville, Tex., hard hit by a hurri- | cane two weeks ago. | Relief parties still are working fev- erishly to aid the families made desti- | trict was specifically repealed by the, District 3.2 beer bill, passed at the spe- | cial session of Congress last Spring, ex- cept sections 11 and 20, and that the| Sheppard law, when it was passed, re- | pealed, in turn, the old liquor license law under which control of the liquor | traffic in Washington had been main- | tained before that. Section 11 of the Sheppard act prohibits drinking in pub- lic places and fixes a penalty therefor, and section 20 imposes penalties for driving automobiles, street cars, etc., | while under the influence of liquor. Unless Congress should meet in spe- cial session before the repeal of the eighteenth amendment—and such a special session seems entirely unlikely | today—no opportunity will be given for the passage of & new liquor law for the District until after the repeal of the eighteenth amendment—national prohibition. What is to be the situation in the District of Columbia in the interval between the date of repeal—probably December 6—and the date on which a | The bituminous coal problem thus tute by the storms which two weeks | once more eclipsed all other N. R. ago struck in approximately the same | business, though a number of other |two places where the two now on their | codes were on their way to comple- tion Operators who talked with the President were almost unanimously of the opinion there would be little trou- ble in reaching an agreement tonight. | Mr. Roosevelt was represented as em- ploying an insistent rather than “whip- cracking” attitude. all was like a college pep meet- ng.” one said. Details of the code under considera- tion were not discussed at the White ~ (Continued on Page 3. Column 8.) . WRECK PROBERS TO PUT ERIE OFFICIALS ON STAND| Vice President Will Be Quizzed as to Policy Regarding Freight Train Movements. v the Associated Press. BINGHAMTON, N. Y., September 15. ~—District Attorney Frank L. Wooster announced today that R. E. Woodrufl of Cleveland, vice president of the Erie Railroad, would be asked to testify at the inguest mnto the wreck of the | way are expected to hit land. | ~Fears for the safety of three vessels | | in the Gulf of Mexico were expressed | | by maritime officials at Tampico today as that storm moved closer. One of the ships they believed lost | | is the Mexican tub Cernicalo, due yes- | terday with oil tankers. The others are | the Don Juan and Arturo, two days | overdue. , | The observatory in Vera Cruz re- ported that the disturbance seemed to be the worst in the last few years The Vera Cruz port remained closed, and storm warnings were displayed. Ordered to Move Out. At Norfolk the Weather Bureau has warned residents occupying slightly built structures to move out during daylight today, without waiting for the storm to strike. Danger from | wind rather than water was empha- sized, and occupants of beach cot- tages all along the Southeastern coast were advised not to return to them. Owners of small boats were warned" to make them fast. John L. Murphy, Government mete- | orologist in charge of the Norzolk Weather Buredu, said the wind would increase all cay, but at what hour the storm would really burst could not be definitely told. “It was about 200 miles off the coast | | Helvering Opposes Reorganization new law governing the liquor traffic may be passed by Congress and ap- proved by the President? It is unthinkable and entirely im-| probable _that Washington would be | " (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) . MISSOURI PACIFIC RECEIVES SETBACK| Unless U. S. Is Assured Back Taxes. By the Assoclated Press. The Interstate Commerce Commission | today was asked by Guy T. Helvering, Commissioner of Internal Revenue, to withhold approval of any reorganiza- tion of the Missouri Pacific Railroad under the bankruptcy act which does | not “adequately provide” for payment | of 5,423,485 in back income taxes owed | | the Government by the road, its sub- | sidiaries and affiliates. i The Missouri Pacific, which has ap- Erie Railroad’s Atlantic Express, which : took 14 lives here on the night of Sep- | it South and east of WiuREIo RElEDS | cause it to strike with its greatest force The day after the accident Woodrufl | petween Wilmington and Charleston,” | plied to the commission and the Fed- eral courts for reorganization, also owes the Government $23.134.800 in Recon- struction Finance Corporation loans, blamed Martin H. King, engineer of a milk train, which ran into the express, for the crash Wooster indicated he would question Woodruff on the Erie's policy in regard to passenger and freight train move- ments and why the milk train’s scheduie schedule was changed 15 days before the wreck, so it would run behind the ex- press instead of abead. Prepare to Annex Shanhaikwan. TIENTSIN, China, September 15 (). —Japanese preparations to annex Shan- haikwan. the Great Wall town where | Sino-Japanese hostilities began early this year. and add it to Manchukuo were reported in usually reliable quar- ters today. = GUIDE FOR READEI Amusements Comics Features Finance . Radio ... Serial Story .. Society Sports . id the meteorologist. | but Helvering made no mention of this sa | "It is moving at a rate of between 10 and 12 miles ap hour.” This estimate would bring the full force of the storm to Norfolk by 6 a.m. tomorrow, but as the storm is accom- panied by gales of hurricane force in its center, wild winds can be expected as early as midnight. At Cape Henry early today the wind was but 20 miles, but the Weather | Bureau experts said that the velocity would increase as thc day advanced “Ic will be wise for those who live in exposed piaces and in frail struc- tures not to wait, but to move during daylight,” the Weather Bureau warned again. ‘The Panama liner Cristobal which has been anchored inside Cape Henry since Wednesday afternoon was still there today, her master considering it | safer to be this side of Cape Hatteras | while a hurricane was raging in the South. The Red Cross today notified chap- ters in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia to be prepared to meet re- lief needs should distress follow the storm. Three relief workers left late today for Raleigh, N. C., to prepare emer- gency measures should they be needed. They were Ernest J. Krick, Wade Downing and Harold Atkinson. | terest, for 1928, assessed August 24 last. item. After listing the income tax defic- jences, Helvering wrote Chairman Far- rell of the commission as follows: “It is requested that no plan or plans of reorganization be approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission which does not adequately provide for the pay- ment of all taxes due the United States. “You are requested to advise this office whenever any plan of reorganiza- tion is filed with your commission and also as to any hearings by it with re- spect thereto.” Helvering said the road had outstand- ing deficiences in income taxes for the years 1920, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1929 and 1930, including interest, amounting to $3,906,199, assessed June 1 last, and an additional tax of $227387, with in- | “There are outstanding additional in- come taxes of the New Orleans, Texas & Mexico Railway, with interest there- on, amounting to $1,187.206,” Helvering said, “and of $20,538 taxes and interest assessed against each of the following companies: International-Great North- ern Railroad, Beaumont, Sour Lake & Western Railway, St. Louls, Brownsville & Mexico Railway, San Antonio, Uvalde & Gulf Railroad, and Houston North Shore Railway, assessed June 26 last.” tary inflation may be undertaken at an early date to help raise commodity prices. After conferences with President Roosevelt, Budget Director Lewis Doug- | las and Gov. Eugene Black of the Fed- eral Reserve Board, Harrison expressed to newspaper men his own opinion: “I contemplate some action pretty quick, whether you call it inflation or not. Inflation should be carried out more drastically than it has been. My belief from those conferences I have had | is that something will be done and is being done. * * * I have a faith they are going to utilize every agency to do more than open-market operating to get higher commodity prices.” Jesse Jones, chairman, who announced the Reconstruction Finance Corpora- tion’s aew liberalized credit policy, de- scribed it as “inflation—in the form of credit.” His plan involved emergency 3 per cent loans for up to six-month periods to banks and trust and mort- gage companies. agreeing to relend the | money to industry for meeting material ! and pay roll charges and to “assist mer- chants™ especially affected by the N REAT Interest Rate Reduced. Jones said institutions obtaining the emergency loans must relend at 5 per cent He announced a cut in the Re- construction Finance Corporation’s basic interest rate from 4': to 4 per cent effective October 1. Jones further urged the orgarization of local mortgage com- panies where loans are of a sound character. but slow.” Jones sald a special department would “to supplement bank lending | be established in the Washington office | to give attention to the emergency loan applications. Bulletins are being sent to all Reconstruction Finance Corpora- tion agencies notifying them of the plan. and Jones said the co-operation of those authorized to borrow “is ear- nestly solicited ™ Be believed the new interest rates would induce the banks to “become a little more enthusiastic about loaning money.” “It is the opinlon of the directors of the Reconstruction Finance Corpora- tion.” he added. “that much-needed (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) NAT-DETROIT GAME OFF Rain Causes Postponement—Two Contests Scheduled Tomorrow. Rain today caused the postponement &5) nt.hlg seé:o!r;:i ig:'amei between the Na- and the Detroit Tigers, sch for Griffith Stadium. Wehatenes The teams will meet in a double- header tomorrow. This is the second game rained out this week, the Cleveland contest being | canceled on Wednesday. RACK THIEF. SENTENCED Boy Gets 45 Days for Taking $45 From Paper Stands. James Holman, 19, colored, first block of Pierce street, was sentenced today in_Police Court to 45 days in jail for, robbing newspaper racks. He arrested at Ninth and M streets. Police sald he confessed to robbing 330 newspaper racks in recent months, stealing $45. —_— Drastic Crime Order Issued. SANTIAGO, Chile, September 15 (#). —Premier Piwonka addressed a circular today to law enforcement &lrmcmu, say- was Move Exchange. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 15—Sam- uel Untermyer, financial adviser to the | city administration in its present fiscal emergency, asserted today if the “au- “dacious challenge” of the New York Stock Exchange to move from the city is to be made the issue of the city’s tax fight, then “the sooner it is known the better.” Untermyer's statement was made in answer to an attack on the new tax measures yesterday by Alderman Jo- seph C. Baldwin, in which he charged the emergency legislation as “a fraud” and not intended for unemployment relief. After declaring every dollar was “ear- marked” for relief, Untermyer said: Applications by Mail. All box, grandstand, center field and | right fleld pavilicn seats will be reserved | in advance. Applications for reserva- | tions of these seats may be made at the ball club offices at Griffith Stadium or | by mail addressed to the Washington Base Ball Club Each application must be accom- panied by a certified check or a post office, telegraph or express money order. Should only two games of the | world series be played here, a refund for | the third game ticket would be made by | the ball club. | In a formal announcement of the | opening of reservation books made this | morning the ball club states: | “Applicants for box or grandstand | seats, if agreeable, shculd indicate their | willingness to accept allotments of cen- | ter field pavilion seats. providing their applications for box or grandstand seats | cannot be filled | “In case of such substitution, a re- | | fund of the difference in price will be | made at the time of delivery of tickets. | Otherwise remittances will be returned | “Just a word as to the Stock Ex- change bill and the threat of the Ex- | change to move out of the State if the | Notification Plan Later. city dares lay its vulgar hands upon | The ball club officials have not yet - i 3 | completed plans for notitying appli- | he sacred business of trading in socks | o whether requests for tickets can and requires the brokers to contrib- | pa granted and if they are, how the promptly to_applicants whose requests cannot be filled.” ute—just for five months, mind you— | toward feeding and sheltering the destitute unemployed.” | Attacks Tax Dodgers. “It is not the temporary transfer- tax law that has worked it into such |a fury, for we already have both Fed- | eral and State stock transfer tax laws| in like amount, and they are perma- | nent, whilst these taxes last only tive | months—it is because the city in its| dire need for funds for unemployment | | relief Las levied against the brokers and required them to pay 5 per cent of their gross earnings that this threat is made. | “And so these tax dodgers hurl angry defiance at the heads of the city ad- | ministration and propose to teach the | latter the lesson that néver again must | ~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) BB i STRAUS BOND DEALINGS DESCRIBED AT HEARING By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 15.—William R. Gillespie testified in bankruptey hearing today that the Straus Securities Corporation, created last March, has been dealing since then in the bonds issued by the defunct S. W. Straus & Co. Gillespie is treasurer of both concerns. Some of the bonds issued by Straus & Co., at $100, have been purchased by Straus Securities and sold for $10 or $15, he told Special Master John E. Joyce. He said that $150,000 capital for the Straus Securities concern was sup- plied in cash by the Great American Securities Corporation, a new Straus concern in Chicago. S AMERICANS VISIT POPE VATICAN CITY, September 15 (). —Pope Pius, who has been exhibiting some prize chickens at the Interna- tional Poultry Congress, today re ceived other exhibitors, including resi- dents of the United States and Canada. They were presented by Commenda- tore Emilio Bonomelli, director of the pal Summer villa. His holiness said had read much of the exhibitors’ hobby, and blessed them and the na- tions they represen | days. |a Pope’s farm at the Castel Gandolfo. | his tickets alloted may be obtained. The | officials expect to announce this im- portant detail through the press in a few | Only applications for rescn'nlions;‘ re being received by the ball club at| present. There will be between 4400 and| 4500 box seats available in Griffith | Stadium, the definite number to be de termined early next week. Grandstand | seats will total 13,917, field pavilion the long open stand there will be 13,196 seats. In the right field pavilion, the right field end of the lower deck of the covered stand, there will be 3,135 seats. All told, nearly 35,000 seats will be reserved. 3,000 S. R. O. Tickets. In addition, there will be 3,000 stand- ing room tickets for admission to the grandstand at each game and an unde- termined number of tickets for the temporary “circus seats” to be erected | back of right field from the flag pole | in center to the scoreboard. The standing room tickets will be sold at $3.30 each, the sale beginning Monday,” September 25. At the time of purchase, the purchaser must desig- nate the game for which he desires the ticket. Tickets for the temporary right- field bleachers will be sold the day of the game only, the sale to end as soon as the stand capacity is reached. FRENCH AIR OFFICIALS GIVEN SOVIET WELCOME | Three-Day Visit, With Object of Selling Reds Planes, Begins With Gala Greeting. By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, September 15.—Pierre Cot French air minister, and 11 associates who flew to Russia to “sell” French aviation to the Soviet Union, arrived here today in three big planes from Kharkov. A squadron of Soviet planes escorted the French flyers along their route and the visitors were met at the Central Air- port by Maxim Litvinoff, commissar of foreign affairs, officials of the foreign office and the French Ambassador und Tonight M. Cot was the guest of M. In the center [ Litvinoff. An elaborate program of en- tertainment has been arranged for the three-day visit. ’ humorous side of the situation, it ap- pears today that it will be difficult to control the various regional groups which are rapidly being formed. Some of them hate irresponsible leaders who strongly favor the idea of nationalizing | everything that belongs to somebody | else: and since Americans and other | foreigners own a good deal of property, it seems that they are going to be the chief sufferers. But the real danger lies in the fact that in the turmoil | which exists today on the island. it is polsible that some Americans and other foreigners should be killed. And that would call immediately for action on the part of the commander of the American forces in Cuban waters. The possibility of the officers residing at the National Hotel and political | leaders, such as Gen. Menocal, forming some sort of government concentration to include all political factions seems to | have disappeared altogether. While in Havana certain efforts are being made | in that direction, in the provinces the | slc,tgnn seems to be “Everybody for him- | self.” Ambassador Welles is still making strenuous efforts to bring about some kind of a reconciliation, but it is feared | that his efforts will prove futile. The process of political disintegration, brought about by the junta coup d'etat, is too far advanced. There is nothing in sight now but complete chaocs, with an American _intervention looming strongly in the background. Much as the administration is op- posed to such a step, it is becoming evident that the landing of American | forces has become a question of days, | if not of hours. IRISH GUARD OFFICE IS ORDERED CLOSED Valera Ultimatum on Blue Shirts Comes as Surprise. Police Behind Move. De By the Associated Press. DUBLIN, Septembgr 15.—The offices of the blue-shirted National Guard in | Parnell street were ordered closed to- day at a surprise session of the mili-| tary tribunal recently inaugurated by the government of President Eamonn de Valera. No notification was given prior to the sitting, but it was officially stated the closing order was made on the application of the police. | The National Guard, organized and | headed by Gen. Eoin O'Duffy, former police commissioner, recently was de- clared illegal by the government. The military tribunal was set up by the| same edict which banned or- ganization. The National Guard, the party of former President T. Cosgrave and the Center party, under Frank McDermott, several days ago formed a United Ire- land party. ostensibly to form a united front against the De Valera govern- ment. Later it was announced the Irish Labor party had decided to sup- | port the Fianna Fail party of De Valera in the Dail Eireann. Zukor Seriously Il HOLLYWOOD, September 15 (#).— Adolph Zukor, president of Paramount- Publix, was in the Cedars of Lebanon Hospital here today suffering with gastro-enteritis. He became {ll Satur- day and was removed to the last night. province, to join with them in a revolt against the government. Troops were dispatched from the capital to quell the uprising after the rebels fled to the hills. Despite the - newspaper's warning, government officials were optimistic re- garding the financial situation, saying a decrease in tax collections was to be expected, due to the disturbed condi- tion, and that they expected to pay em= ployes’ salaries fully October 10. The government based its hopes of ending the widespread strikes on the promise of an eight-hour day and a minimum wage scale throughout the country. The capital itself was threatened with another food shortage as the admin- istration heard rumors of other armed Tresistance and tightened the lines about 500 former army officers still besieged in the National Hotel. General Election Called. Fighting and bloodshed, mutiny and rebellion were abroad as President Grau San Martin announced a plan calling for “absolute independence and national sovereignty,” a “perfect ad- Justment of political and economic in- terests” and general elections for & con- stitutional convention. ‘Warehousemen were on strike in Ha- vana. Already prices have soared be- cause of this and a field workers' walk- out in adjacent provinces, and authori- ties foresaw a growing scarcity of food. Employes of the Havana Electric Railway were at odds over the allotment of work. and officials said the situa- tion was not encouraging. The power- ful O. C. R. R. secret society instituted a consumers’ strike against the electric and telephone rates. The government was asked to intervene. Drug store | messengers were on strike. An inspector for the stevedores' syn- didate was killed by unidentified persons in a passing automobile. Street fight- ing was reported in Matanzas. In Car- denas and Cienfuegos (where all stores were closed) racial enmity ran high. General Strike Discussed. ‘Talk of another general strike, such as the one that paralyzed almost every sphere of activity and forced the evic- tion of Gerard Machado’s administra- tion, went the rounds. In Cristo, 12 American officials of manganese mines were held virtual pris= oners by striking employes. The Amer< ican consul from nearby Santiago sure veyed the situation today. Other resi- dents of Oriente Province gathered for safety at American colonies near Santi- ago. At several sugar mills through the island officials were said to be besieged in their homes by strikers. ‘The situation at the National Hotel ~(Continued on Page 4, Column 1) TREASURY SURPLUS IS SEEN BY WOODIN Secretary Says Increase in Tax Receipts All Along the Line Are Encouraging. By the Associated Press. Secretary Woodin said today that the ‘Treasury might show a surplus for the present fiscal year. Increases in tax receipts, all along the line, he said, were most encourag- . He said he considered repeal of prohibition most probable and added that such action would go far toward balancing the budget. Estimates for Treasury receipts from January to the end of next June, when the fiscal said, were ex= é’