Evening Star Newspaper, November 9, 1933, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Westher Bureau Forecast. Light rain this afternoon; fair tonight and tomorrow; colder tomorrow; lowest temperature tonight about 30 d 3 egrees. y’mmmm—flkhut. 41, at 3 p.m. ; lowest, 32, at 3 a.m. today. Full report on page 10. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages13,14&15 b ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION o Star Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. No. 32,699. WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1933—FORTY-EIGHT PAGES. FH¥ The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. Yesterday’s Circulation, 117,895 (®) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. "REBELS IN CUBA THREATEN AMERICANS \Coldest Weather LTVNOFF ANDHULL it ot REAGH ACREEHENT _ Tmorov ik ON BASE POINTS Discuss Russo-American Re- | lations Proposals Before Meeting President. Indefinite Prospect Rain or Snow With Wintry Blasts. ‘Washington's few hours’ respite today from wintry weather will end tonight, when the mercury probably will drop to 30 degrees, and tomorrow night will bz the coldest of the season, the Weather Bureau predicted today. During mid-morning, the official CONFERENCE TO BE HELD | temperature was recorded at 41 degrees, while the forecaster said it would hover TODAY AT WHITE HOUSE between 40 and 45 throughout most of the day. A low of 32 degrees was reg- istered at the Weather Bureau last night, but at the Washington Airport the temperature dropped to 29 degrees, and at Richmond to 23 degrees. | Cloudy skies with extremely light rain Progress Believed Satisfactory, Al- though Details Are Guarded—An- this afternoon was the prospect. nouncement Expected Tomorrow. \ The weather chart for the entire sec- |tion shows a continuation of rapid { changes, with “highs and lows moving |so fast it makes you dizzy,” the fore- caster said. This means, he said, little By the Associated Press. Foundations for an American-Soviet SERIOUS PROBLEM OF ENFORCEMENT CREATED IN REPEAL |Laws Require U. S. to Buiki Leak-Proof Dam Around States’ Dry Areas. DILEMMA TO BE GIVEN ’ ATTENTION AT PARLEY| President Corsults With Cabinet Officers on Program for Federal Revenue Policies. BY REX COLLIER. As if the constitutional mandate of GOV, IT STILL LOOKS' LIKE A LONG TIME PETWEEN understanding, embracing diplomatic | and economic implications, were formu- lated at a two-hour conference today | between Secretary of State Hull and Maxim Litvinoff. The next event in the swift succession | that has suddenly brought relations between the countries to focus after years of aloofness will be presentation of the situation to President Roosevelt late today. No furthe: 1s plannec. It appeared not unlikely that the indicated Hull-Litvinoff accord fore- cagi the early establishment of a more or*less close relationship botween the United States and the Soviet. Before today's conference, Secretary Hull told newspaper men that until the conversations had reached a more ad- vanced stage, he was unable to cutline them publicly. He expected Litvinoff | to reach the White House at 4 or 5 p.m. Asked whether this meeting with President Roosevelt might be the last necessary, Hull said he could not under- take to reply. At the forenoon conference, the Sec- | retary was advised by the same five associates who were with him yester- day, while Litvinoff had Ivan Divil- kovsky as his adviser. American ex- Bl as Moore, William Bullitt, | to Hull; Robert Kelley, Esstern European division, and Henry , Jr., mmu governor of the Farm Administration. Guest at Luncheon. 3 Secretary Hull later honored Litvinoft at luncheon, the guests including Gove ernment officials, Senator Couzens of r State Department meetin, | | | Soviet commissariat for foreign affairs. Without waiting for the formal busi- | ness engagement, President Roosevelt | used an after-luncheon hour yesterday | to chat personally with the Russian envoy. Litvinoff came away pl-ased with the progress toward the goal of his visit The silence surrounding the con- ference was broken yesterday only by two joint and tersely formal communi- ques. But some quarters regarded as significant the reply of Litvinofl’s party when a Saturday social function was suggested. The visitors said it would depend on whether the Soviet foreign minister still is in Washington. Also stressed in official circles was Hull's departure Saturday for the Pan- American Economic Conference. Many ‘believed Mr. Roosevelt wanted to reach his decision with his Secretary of State in the Capital. . Announcement Expected Tomorrow. For this reason, some thought the President’s customary meeting with the press tomorrow afternoon might be the setting for a significant announcement on Russian relations. Aside from his State Department call and luncheon given in his honor by Hull, | Litvinoff was to attend a dinner ar- ranged at the Turkish embassy by his old friend, Ahmey Muhtar, the Turkish can be said definitely concerning the prospect for rain or snow. Washington's first snow flurry came early yesterday, but all traces were gone before the city was awake. Two inches of snow fell in Western Maryland and there were flurries in parts of Virginia | throughout the day. CUTTEN BARES B 0L POOL PROFTS Says He Obtained $3,- 000,000 Without Putting Up Cash—Raskob Explains. By the Assoclated Press. Arthur Cutten told Senate investiga- tors today the Stock Exchange is now investigating. a pool in Sinclair Con- solidated Oil Corporation which yielded profits of more than $12,000,000 in 1929. Just previously, the Banking Com- mitee was told that participants in the pool made this profit without investing ln{muy,m'erep‘rfiynnlnmdby a loan from the Chase National Bank, Some of whose officers shared in the enterprise. Cutten, noted stock and in trader, said his ‘share of the was $2, 632,962 and that he sold stock before it was delivered and paid for it out of Teceipts of the sales. Gives List of Profits. Cutten filed with the committee a full ] list of participants in the $12,000,000 pool and their profits. It follows: Name. Percentage. Shares of Profits. Blair & Co. . 22%; $2,632,962.75 Chase Securities 1,755,308.50 Corporation .. Shermar 817,654.25 The Cutten Co, Ltd. H. F. Sinciair...... Continental Nation- R Arthur Reynolds A. M. Andrews The Famouth Cor- poration The Traywin Cor- poration - L. W. Hill & C. 0. Kalman 204,785.99 204,785.99 58,510.28 | $11,702,056.68 | | _ Cutten testified immediately after | John J. Raskob, former chairgman of the | Democratic National Committee, had | explained voluntarily that only 230 shares of stock were sold by a syndicate in which he and Alfred E. Smith, the 1928 Democratic presidential nominee, participated in 1929 “I have never been able to find out why we did that” he said, adding it | was “unfair” to give the impression that | the syndicate had engaged in stock | market operations. Raskob said the 100 (Continued on Page 2, Column 5. throwing a liquor-proof dam around | dry States were not a big enough task | for Federal dry agents, another repeal | problem has arisen to plague the De- }plrtment of Justice—what to do about “local option” States. Bound up in the newly-discovered problem in this highly important ques- | tion: | How is Uncle Sam going to make sure that every load of liquor going | into a State with local option laws is | headed for legitimate cénsumers, | namely, those in authorized wet com- munities? - The twenty-first amendment repeal- ing national prohibition forbids “the | transportation or importation into any State, territory or jon of the United States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating liquors in violation of the laws thereof.” The old Webb- Kenyon law, passed over President Taft's veto in 1913, contains similar and more specific restrictions. That law remains in effect. Puis Duty on Agents. Thus, if the laws of the State permit importation of liquor for consumption in wet’ centers, but prohibit rta- tion into countues, cities or towns which g:efer to remain dry, it would seem to the duty of the Federal Government to see that all jor going into that State reaches legitimate consumers only. Handicapped by reduced aj tons and personnel in the new Pitke -g{.ool levees around tes. per cent arid Obviously it will be even a greater task to handle enforcement in States Fith & wide variety of local option laws to add to the of Federal dry agents. | Suppose, for example, a State enacts | a local option law permitting sale of liquor in communities which choose to be wet. If one or two cities in the in- | terior of the State to go wet while the | remainder of the State remains dry, | officials are wondering to what extent the Federal Government is obligated to prevent delivery of liquor in legally dry areas. Manifestly it will become the duty of some law enforcement agency 3 to see that none of the liquor flowing Civil Works Machinery Starts | To Grind in 3,000 Counties |Hopkins Invites Governors, State High- way Engineers and Relief Heads Here istration, created yesterday by President Roosevelt, swung into action today in | more than 3,000 counties throughout the United States on its task of pro- during the Winter. Telegrams were sent to Governors of all States, State highway engineers and them to come to Washington for a meeting to be held probably in Constitu- tion Hall, at which time the Civil Works outline the newest plan of the new deal for getting men off relief rolls and on pay rolls. Included in the list of those invited The huge Federal Civil Works Admin- | are viding employment for 4,000,000 persons | heads of the emergency relief organiza- | tlons throughout the country inviting | Administrator, Harry L. Hopkins, will| | to Outline Newest New Deal Plan. the District Commissioners, en- gineering officials of the District, Em- ergency Relief Director Leroy A. Halbert snd members of his staff who have geen in charge of work relief projects ere. The policy on handling the $400,- 000,000. which has been provided the Civil Works Administration from Pub- lic Works funds has not yet been worked out, but it was pointed out today that where possible it will be allotted on & mai basis with the States, counties and municipalities. No hard and fast rule has set up because some States are unable to put up as much money as others. Hopkins' office was deluged with ex- pressions of approval for the plan, the varfous political subdivisions welco: the proj that will take men of relief rolls and, with the Federal Gov- ernment’s help, get much-needed_civil (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) | | MOVES T0 TIGHTEN into the isolated oases is diverted along | the way. Serious Difficulty Seen. | Officials forsee grave ramifications in | the national enforcement problem un- | less there is a clarification of the duties | of the Federal Government under | section 2 of the repeal amendment | which provides for protection of dry States. Undoubtedly a line will have to be drawn somewhere, or Federal agents will find themselves called upon to police a vast array of dry communities scat- tered all over the map, without regard to State boundaries. The suggestion has| By the Associated Press. been made that the Federal authorities| ROME, November 9.—Premier Mus- | confine their activities to guarding States that are wholly dry and leave ali | S0lini today asked the Chamber of Dep- uties to approve a decree whereby the (Continued on Page 3, Column 4.) N S government may guarantee and par- i ticipate in stock issues of private com- | CLUE TO SLAYING FOUND panies and guarantee the principal and | payment of dividends to stockholders. | Duce Acts to Guarantee Stock Dividends—Govern- ment Financing Seen. THREAT OF STRIKE ONN.RA.DENED Failure to Approve Construc- tion Code Declared to Tie Up Billions. Charges that billions of dollars in private construction that would greatly speed the recovery program are being held back by the failure of the N. R. A. to approve a construction code, and that the N. R. A. is being intimidated by an indirect general strike threat of LOW BIDDER WS N TARL RULING Decision Says Firms Need Not Be Technically Under N. R. A. Provisions. Contractors who have “in the vital things fully co-operated with the Pres- | ident’s plans” will not have bids re- | Jected by the Government, when low, if they fail fully to co-operate with the N. R. A. in all technical aspects, it was indicated today in a decision by Con- troller General McCarl. The case involved construction of a post office building in New York, where the estimated expenditure is $4,000.000, but it was held of high importance in as much as It was the first time the controller general had had cause to pass on this aspect of the national recovery act, and for the further reason of the bearing it may have on the controver- sial bid of Henry Ford, which has been en to the controller general for de- v cisio Driscoll Bid Upheld. n. In the instant case, the controller general held that the Georgé F. Dris- | coll Co. should get the post office con- itract. inasmuch as its bid was low by approximately $112,000 and that in i | essential featur the company was abiding by the code, although it had not yet signed up. 'MADRID ACTS T0 KILL PLOT OF EXTREMISTS Squashes Projected Campaign of Terror Be- fore Elections. Government | B the Associated Press. | MADRID, November 9.—The govern- | ment “cracked down” today against ex- tremists reported to have plotted & < ‘WARN THEY WILL SACK PROPERTY AT 3 P.M. TO COMPEL INTERVENTION Citizens Ordered From Streets | to Avoid Bombs to Be Aimed at Palace in Attack. FEDERALS OPEN ARTILLERY FIRE ON FORCE IN HAVANA FORTRESS De Cespedes Supporters Take Over Fort After Evacuating Two Others During Night Hours. Oklahoma Victim Resembles Miss- the American Federation of Labor Were | campaign of terror preceding the na- Ambassador. Litvinoff and Hull said jointly yester- day they were discussing ‘“some out- standing questions involved in the mat- ter of relations.” These were known to jnclude debts, claims, subversive propa- “ganda and trade relations. Expert ob- servers picked the latter two for the greater prominence. A mutual agreement barring propa- ganda was forecast. The presence at the meeting of Morgenthau was re- zarded as a positive indication that com- mercial possibilities were receiving em- phasis. . WOMEN GRANTED VOTE MANILA, November 9 (#).—Women were extended the right to vote in the Philippines after January 1, 1935, in a bill passed today shortly before adjourn- ment of the ninth Insular Legislature. Filipino women will be the first in the Far East to enjoy the right of the franchise. Honest A FORMER PRIZE FIGHTER SUSPECTED OF ROBBERY By the Associated Press SAN PEDRO, Calif., November 9.— Once a leading contender for boxing championships in several weight divi- sions, Ace Hudkins, known to ring fol- lowers as the “Nebraska Wildcat,” was held in jail here today charged with suspicion of robbery. A similar cherge faced Dave Chal- mers, 25-year-old salesman and com- panion of Hudkins. Authorities said the charges against the pair probably would be reduced to assault and battery. The complaining witness is George | Kerckhoff, who said Hudkins and Chal- | mers, visiting his home, became quarrel- | some and that Hudkins drew a revolver. | Kerckhoff said he knocked out both| men. Police said they were informed Hud- | kins later appeared at a service station, ordered gasoline and when payment | was demanded, showed the attendant the butt end of a revolver. It was on this information the pair was booked for suspicion of robbery | | | lication and thas barred all fa wherever found. The publi long before there was a Bet Trade Commission or Cod under the N. R. A. vestigations and reports on g Waghington is on a high pl Guide for Readers Amusements a series of advertisements of the country and the Bet merchants and the public to give it their full support. Y For the protection of its readers, The Star for years has carefully censored all advertising submitted for pub- call attention to any untrue or misleading statement in any advertising appearing in The Star and this was true Later the Better Business Bureau was established and The Star has given it unstinted support and used its in- advertising. As a consequence of The Star’s leadership in this direction, and subsequent support, advertising in The Better Business Bureau today prints the first of Retail Code of the N. R. A. for advertising and selling, violation of which becomes an offense under the law. This Code was drafted by some of the foremost merchants | The proposed law would transform | ing Woman. | the whole industrial capitalizing sys- OKLAHOMA CITY, November 9 (#). tem of Italy, and is intended to guar- —A clue to the identity of a woman| antee dividends to stock subscribers re- | {found slain near El Reno, Okla., Octo-| gargiess of th: companies’ conditions ser 17, developed today | E. H. Rhodes, post office employe, said | I1f the company is profitable, addi- the womsn resembled a Mrs Marie tional dividends will be added. Elmsley, 40, who had received mail here. | . v 4 Her mother, Mrs, Josephine Mayhew | The Rovernment will operate through of Windsor, Ont., has “Eed postal au- | the Industrial Reconstruction Institute, thorities to investigate her daughter’s| which is similar to the American Re- | recent failure to call for her mail. construction Finance Corporation. Guarantees Bond Issue. { The institute’s first step is to guaran- | tee a 400,000,000 lire ($32,000.000) is- | sue of bonds for the new Piedmont | Telephone Co. | This move was provided for by Mus- solin1 Tuesday when the enforced re- duction of the capitalization of the Piedmont Hydroelectric Co., one of the four largest Italian corporations, was | revealed The capital was reduced from 847,.- 000,000 lire ($67,760,000) to 339,000,000 lire ($27,120,000). | The premier then separated the tele- phone services from the Piedmont Hy- | droelectric Co., combining these serv- | ices into one company for which the bond issue was announced Financial circles said today that owing to the public’s traditional preference for | government securities, this may result (Continued ol RUMANIA WILL MAKE | U. S. TOKEN PAYMENT| | Government Announces Plan _to 1 Tender 2 Per Cent of War Debt December 15. dvertising Ise and fraudulent statements c always has been invited to ter Business Bureau, Federal es for Fair Trade Practices questionable and misleading ane. | By the Associated Press. BUCHAREST, Rumania, November 9. —The government announced today that Rumania will pay its war debts to the United States December 15 on mmm-\.m:muw- on trade practices under the ter Business Bureau asks all 18 the Rumanian govern- madc here today by the Code Commit- tee of America, sponsors of the construction code now before N. R. A The charges met immediate denials from the N. R. A. that it was intimi- dated by any labor threats and denials from the building trades division of the A. F. of L. that any strike threat had been made. Charges Based on Letter. The charges were based on a letter circulated among members of the Building Trades Employers’ Association, an organization whose rival code to that of the Construction League is sponsored by the building trades divi- sion of the A. F. of L. The first paragrapn of this letter, written by William P. Carroli, execu- tive manager of the Cleveland office of the Building Trades Employers' Asso- ciation, reads as follows: “A ‘war council’ of the heads of all international building trades unions was held in Washington this week, and unanimous agreement was reached to issue a Nation-wide strike order to members as a protest against approval of the code for the construction indus- try as presented by the Construction League of the United States.” Denies “War Council.” M. W. McDonough, president of the Building Trades Division of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor, denied yester- dav that any such “war council” has been held in Washington, and further denied that any general strike order has been discussed by leaders of the build- ing trade unions. “However,” said McDonough, in full accord with the rest of letter.” The letter goes on to state that Nation-wide objection to the Construc- tion League’s code has been registered by_contractors. McDonough declared the Federation of Labor is unalterably posed to the Construction aX. on which hearings have been d which is on ge desk of Malcolm , “we are Carroll's the Construction League of | | tional elections. The plot, government agents dis- | closed, contemplated a general strike |and wide disorders in an attempt to | interfere with the Spanish elections | ing with a training battalion of Ma- | | November 19. | Th minister of the interior authorized | any measures necessary to forestall the strike and any companion disturbances. Officially, the government was repre- | sented as believing that although thg | Socialist organizations disapproved of the plot, many Socialist leaders were involved. The extremists planned, it was said, to prevent Rightists from voting and | thereby precipitating a radical land- slide, or to force postponement of the balloting. {‘LAST OF THE MOHICANS’ EXPIRES AT AGE OF 76 Indian Conferred Title on Self, But Was One of Few Who Knew Famed Tribe's Tongue. | By the Associated Press. MILWAUKEE, Wis., November 9.— Death, in the 'County Hospital, has | stilled the activities of Maq-Qua-Pqy— | selfestyled “last of the Mohicans,” 76- year-old Indian known to the modern world as Plain William Dick. Dick was one of the few, if not the last person who knew the musical speech of the Mohicans, and obliged scientists a year n,o by speaking many of the phrases of the language into recording devices. SEVEN HURT IN CRASH HAMILTON, Ontario, November 9 (#). passengers and the driver of a bus injured American | the road | By the Associated Press. ernment is not decided by 3 p.m. At the same time they warne | as they: intended to fly airplanes of President Grau San Martin at vehicles found on the streets. Around noon the artille: | Fortress, where more than Col. Fulgencio Batista, leade: | field pieces in Belascoain street other pieces at street crossings, directions. assistant commercial attache in The Minister of Urugua; to the palace, presumably the fortress. an The A. B. C. con Cuban Rebel T hreat Brings Many Pleas For U. 8. Protection By the Assoclated Press. Threats from Cuban revolutionary factions to sack American unless the battle over con settled today | bassador Welles in Havana said he had not informed them of the warn- |ing there that efforts would be made to force American intervention unless President Grau San Martin retires, | _Siience was maintained at the State | Department, pending the official re- | ceipt of such word. Mill Owners Make Appeal. American owners of sugar mills and other enterprises in Cuba, nevertheless, came forward with appeals to the partment for protection, Samuel R. Berton, New York banker. and other representatives of American interests in Cuba talked today with Jefferson, Caffrey, Assistant Secretary of State, who is giving his undivided lt;;nunn to the island crisis e in frequent communication with Ambassador Welles by telephone partment has given notice of adhering firmly to the policy of non- intervention, unless American lives are endangered. No indication was given of any change in that policy. 19 Ships Standing By. Meanwhile, the Navy Department | made known thgt there .np:x;t" 19 American war v ls in or near Cuban waters, including the battleship Wyom- rines off Tampa, Fla., and the cruiser Richmond at Havana. Sixteen destroyers are distributed as follows: Claxton and Reuben James at Havana, Sturtevant and J. F. Tal- bott at Tampa, Ellis and Dupont at Fort Banes, Cole and Bainbridge at Miami, the Babbitt at Guantanamo, Badger and Tillman at Santiago, Tay- lor and Goff at Nipe Bay, Cuba; ‘Twiggs at Key West, Pattnall at Neuva, Gerona and the naval tanker Neches en route to Havana from the Texas coast. s $50,000,000 BONUS BOND | By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, November 9.—The proposed State constitutional amend- issue for soldiers’ bonus, was favored by about a two-to-one vote in Tuesday’s election. Returns from 5,589 of the 7,925 dis- tricts, in the State, show the proposal to be leading, 667,313 to 384,078. Veterans of the World War, Spanish- American War, Chinese Boxer Expedition | to participate in the payments. in the election, was favored by many members of the Ameri and actively opposed by mun o Who Are You? If Your Name is Mayer Turn to Page C-8 of Today's Star And read the history and romance of your name. S INAR AN SRIRARRREE ISR NN AALY] ‘warned that their homes were in dange: ISSUE APPROVAL VOTED ment authorizing a $50,000,000 bond | HAVANA, November 9.—Leaders of the A. B. C., the radical and secret revolutionary society, broadcast a warning today that they intend to sack American property and provoke intervention by the United States, if their two-day battle for the control of the gov- d the public to stay off the streets over the city and bomb the palace that hour. They also specified 3 p.m. as the moment for dynamiting all fire trained on the famous old Atares ,000 rebels defy the government, grew desultory, but the defenders steadfastly continued to man their guns. r of the army, placed two more near the Ford Motor Agency and from where they were fired in three Several American families, inclus that of Howard Tewkesbury, nited States embassy, were T of being sacked. the , Benjamin Fernandez de Medina, went attempt to mediate the battle at Warnings Are Reiterated. tinued its warnings streets and against the use of street cars know which cars will be dynamited.” The heavy fire of the battle made it of the casualties, although it was believed list unofficial reports said many persons to foreigners to stay off the since “only A. B. C. members to obtain a check would be lo had been shot. e ‘increased heavily at 1:30 p.m dgwmwm From the barracks of Ambrosio San o m‘umum:!mmm nu;uflmm' g for - %Aummuhmmmmmh the | tering constantly and a light field piece & roar at intervals of five minutes. A heavier field plece, mounted on top the Atares’ roof was not used as the defenders remained concealed behind oo fortress walls during ghe heavier Shells from San Ambrosio were throwing up clouds of dirt as they struck the sides of the steep hill upon | which the fortress is situated. Those | which passed over the fortress were | wreaking heavy damages on the resi- dences in the Vibora section. Residences Are Hit. The federal guns, firing from Vibora, | constantly were overshooting their mark. Observers saw several direct hits of residences between Atares and the Red Cross headquarters said field sta- , all around the scene of battle, were reporting a large number of wounded still lying in the line of fire, with the barrage making it impossible for rescuers to reach them A detachment of 20 federal soldiers tried to drag another light field piece to the top of Borro Hill, where an- other gun had been put out of com- mission. Before they had gone 20 yards, sharp- shooters in Atares fortress poured & withering rifle and machine gun fire into them, forcing the detachment to flee to shelter. They left the cannon in the line of fire. Shells Crash Fortress. As the day wore on, the federal forces repeated their direct hits against Atares with no perceptible result. Two wild shells destroyed two resi- dences in Vives suburb, and hundreds (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) | | DOLLAR HITS LOW: GOLD UP 10 CENTS Pound Rises to $5.07Y in London. Domestic Metal Price Is $33.15. | BY the Associated Press. The administration watched its gold | operations club the dollar to a record | low level today and then added another ;fla::lw the price it will pa; m¢ when newly mined in and Philippine Insurrection are eligible | POUDd The amendment, one of 12 voted on | 0 $5.07%