Evening Star Newspaper, April 12, 1935, Page 1

WEATHER. (U 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Rain tonight and probably tomorrow morning; continued cold, lowest temper- ature tonight about 42 degrees; moderate winds. Temperatures—Highest, 54, at 2:30 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 40, at 1 a.m. today. Closing N. Y. Markets,Pages 17,18&19 Entered as second class matter post_office, Washington, D. C. No. 33,218. Ch WASHINGTON, D. €., FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1935—SIXTY-TWO PAGES. ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION o Sfar L L] The only evening in Washington wit! Associated Press aper the News and Wirephoto Services. Yesterday’s Circulation, 1 30,612 Some Returns Not Yet Received. (UP) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. 14 DEATHS IN SCHOOL BUS PROBED - WILLIAMSPORT PUPILS KILLED AT ROCKVILLE GRADE CROSSING * Driver, Teacher and 13 Chil- dren Escape Death When Fast Train Rams Car. RAILROAD, . C. C. AND COUNTY ORDER THOROUGH lNQUlR]ES; Driver Held on Manslaughter Charge and B. & O. Summons Crew of Express to Testify. (Two pages of pictures on the bus tragedy will be found on pages A-6-7.) BY JAMES E. CHINN. Bodies of 14 high school children, victims of a grade crossing | erash between a school bus and a fast Baltimore & Ohio passenger train last night at Rockville, Md., were to be sent today to their grief-stricken homes in Williamsport, Md. Meantime, steps were taken by the Interstate Commerce Com- mission and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad for a thorough investigation of the disaster—the most tragic that has shocked Washington since the Knickerbocker Theater collapse. The fast express train, bound from St. Louis to Washington, | tore into the bus about 11:30 o'clock last night as it attempted to clear the dangerous railroad grade crossing on the outskirts of Rockville, crushing 11 children to instant death. Three others were so seriously injured they died a short time later. Twenty-nine Aboard Bus. Twenty-nine persens were in the bus, 27 of them happy high | school boys and girls en route to their homes from a special chemistry demonstration at the University of Maryland at College | Park. i The two others were their teacher, Miss Louise Funk, 27, and | the bus driver, Percy Line, 33. All but two of those who esca?ed death were only slightly injured and were sent home soon after the accident. The driver, Line. Is being held by Montgomery County police on a charge of manslaughter. Bond was fixed at $1,000. His ' relatives in Hagerstown, Md., are refimned to be on their way to ' Rockville to furnish the required bail. | Baltimore & Ohio Railroad officials were the first to take action and ordered an inquiry to begin tomorrow in the offices | of Charles M. Shriver, division superintendent. Members of the train crew wiil be summoned. Preliminary to the official railroad investigation, C. H. Norris, division train master, made a careful check at the scene of the accident. The Bus Driver PERCY LINE. —Star Staff Photo. Crash Casualties List of Dead and Seriously Injured in Tragedy at Rockville. The list of dead and seriously injured in the Rockville bus crash (their ages ranging between 15 and 18 years) follows: The dead: Carl Brindle. Bertha Casile. Mary Louise Downs. Norris Downs. Pearl Emerson. County Orders Inquest. Montgomery County officials a few hours after the crash ordered an in- quest to be held in the Montgomery County court house Tuesday at 10 am. Shortly before noon today the Interstate Commerce Commission di- rected G. V. Loveling, an investigator, and T. P. Smith, an engineer, both connected with the Bureau of Safety, to determine responsibility. A short cut across the Maryland roads led the bus to its doom in Rock- ville. Observers point out that had it taken tHe longer route through Wash- ington and over the Rockville Pike it would not have had to cross the dan- gerous B. & O. tracks. Crash Near Intersections. The scene of the accident is barely within Rockville, not far from where the Baltimore road intersects with the Washington highway. In a driving rain, the bus, loaded with carefree children, was about half way across the railroad tracks when the train, known as the Metropolitan Special, rounded a curve and plowed into the rear of the vehicle, tearing away about one-third of the right side. Two of the bodies of the children were caught on the cowcatcher of the lo- comotive and carried several hundred yards. Another body and the top of | the bus were hurled 75 feet, landing | on an embankment on the grounds‘ of the St. Mary's Catholic Church at Rockville. Bodies Strewn Along Tracks, Other bodies, hrribly mangled, were strewn along the road bed for several hundred yards. Escape of the others in the bus ‘was almost miraculous. When the train struck it the bus was carried several hundred feet, but | through a strenge coincidence it did | not overturn. Rescuers found it rest- | ing against a high bank near the grounds of the church. ! Only four seats were left in the | . The others had been carried away by the speeding train. The | right rear dual wheels were sheared off at the hub. The train went ebout half a mile | beyond the crossing before it stopped. The crew, after aiding in the rescue | work, brought the train into Wash- | ington half an hour late. | As soon as B. & O. officials heard of the accident, D. B. Fawcett, 1213 Crittenden street, assistant foreman of engineers for the railroad, ordered the train crew sent to Camden Sta- | tion in Baltimore for the railroad investigation. | Firemen Rush to Scene. -Within a few minutes after the erash fire trucks from Rockville, Bethesda and Kensington hurried to Ald in the rescue work. Ambulances and every aveilable physician for miles | around were pressed into service. Children suffering mainly from shock | were taken to the Rockville home of Albert M. Bouic, lawyer and a former State’s attorney. Nine of the lifeless bodies were taken to the undertaking establish- ment of Reuben Pumphrey in Rock- | ville. One was brought to Mont- gomery County General Hospital in Sandy Spring, end two more taken to Georgetown University Hospital Two of four seriously injured chil- dren rushed to Georgetown subse- quently died. | As the train crashed into the bus | Line was wedged against the steering wheel. Miss Funk, who was sitting behind him, was only slightly injured, but children in the rear were badly mangled. Screams and moans of the dying children could be heard for sev- eral hundred yards. u’m Funk was dased temporarily when her head hit the top of the bus. Immediately, however, she regained command of herself and aided in the rescue work. Although railroad officials said the crossing was guarded by a bell and red light, Line told newspaper men he did not see the train until he was on the track. “I heard the whistle just as it hit us,” he sobbed afterward. “I didn't see the train until I heard the bell of | the engine as I started over the track.” The official report of John A. Berry, Montgomery County policeman, who | investigated, quoted the bus driver as saying he did not hear the whistle of the train nor the ringing of the cross- | ing bell. Berry also reported that the driver said the children were making practically no noise, and that when the bus crossed the tracks it was running between 17 and 20 miles an hour. Eye Witness Tells of Crash. As the express thundered toward Washington, Edward L. Stevens, 807 | Maple avenue, Rockville, | golf professional at the Manor Club, | driving from the opposite direction | with his wife, crossed the tracks. His | graphic story is an eye-witness picture of the disaster: assistant “I saw the train coming, but I crossed anyway. I passed the bus, just as it came on the track. I grabbed my brake, and just as I stopped I heard the impact. “I jumped out of the car. There was & young fellow there on a laundry truck. I told him to run to the corner and blow the fire siren. By that time Wilson Carr of Rockville had appeared and we started taking the girls out of the ditch. We had scarcely begun when the Rockville firemen arrived. “We saw arms and legs and a girl's | head. There were bodies all over. We | found one girl 60 feet away in the cemetery. along the track for 200 yards. Found Many Dazed. “As I ran up to the bus, one of the boys came up to me and said: “‘Hold me up. I am going to fall. “He didn't appear to be hurt, so I sat him down on the roadside and went to the bus. Most of the injured children were dazed.” Within a few minutes after the ac- | cident Father Cecil J. McNeal, Catho- lic University priest, visiting Father Charles R. O’'Hara, pastor of St. Mary’s Church, administered condi- tional absolution to the dead and (Continued on Page 6, Column 1.) REPORT OF DAMAGE TO GRAF DENIED Business Agent for Zeppelin An- nounces Start for Europe Will Be Made Tonight. By the Associated Press. RIO DE JANEIRO, April 12.—The civil aeronautics department of the Brazilian ministry of communications, answering queries today as to whether reports from Pernambuco that the Graf Zeppelin had been damaged, re- plied: “The Graf Zeppelin was moored at 8:10 a.m. without mishap.” The Condor Syndicate, business agents for the Graf Zeppelin, said the report of an accident was “absolutely false’ and announced: “The Graf will start for Europe from Pernam bxeo at approximately 8 p.m.” s Bodies were strewn all| James Flurie. Phoebe Kelly, Leroy Kendle, Elva Harsh, Paul McElroy. Claude Myers. Virginia Myers. Lois Winters. Margaret Eva Zimmerman. The injured: Margaret Kreps, internally hurt, condition critical. Jane Staley, fractured arm. Both of the injured are at Georgetown Hospital. 'SCHOOL SUGGESTED | FOR GROUP FUNERAL | Williamsport Parents of Bus Vic- tims Confer on Plans for Services. | By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. | The Board of Education here late to- day suggested that the Williamsport High School auditorium be used for a group funeral service for the victims of the bus accident at Rockville, Md. that no church in the community would be large enough for the serv- of the 14 boys and girls who met death” were conferring on the funeral plans. The lotal unit of emergency relief has offered to provide grave diggers. This offer, it was explained, was more in the spirit of courtesy than from any lack of funds on the part of the parents. The 14 students will be buried in three or four cemeteries in this vicin- ity. There was a possibility that some services would be held before Monday. AR ' BUDGET OF DEFENSE ADOPTED IN BELGIUM Minister Expresses Satisfaction ‘With France’s Frontier Fortification. By the Associated Press. BRUSSELS, April 12—The Cham- ber of Deputies adopted.the national defense budget for 1935-36 today after | an all-night session in which the de- fense minister expressed satisfaction with France’s fortification of the frontier. Minister Albert Deveze, replying to the questions of Flemish extremists, emphatically denied that Belgium was any nation’s vassal or had contractual obligations toward any netion. He said there was no question as yet of incregsing the term of com- pulsory militury service, but the gov- ernment would consider the question should a period of serious interna- tional disquiet eventuate. French Air Crash Kills Three. BORDEAUX, Prance, April 12 (#).— ‘Three persons were killed and two injured today in the crash of a mili- tary airplane near Lesparre. ARSI Australia Feels Quake. BRISBANE, Australie, April 12 (P). —Severe earth tremors caused build- ings to sway dangerously todsy, but serious damags eccurred. o> | WILLIAMSPORT, Md., April 12— | Members of the board pointed out ices. At a late hour today the parents | k3 Sch in Bereaved Community. IBODIES STREWN |ALONG RAILWAY Young Survivors Still Numbed by Shock. BY W. H. SHIPPEN, JR, Staff Correspondent of The Star. WILLIAMSPORT, Md. April 12.—Grief struck into virtually every home in this bereaved community today with the re- turn of the bodies of 14 high school students who rode away so gayly with their comrades yesterday afternoon, singing as their bus rolled along. It had been a fair afternoon after inclement weather and the students were in high spirits. | They sang and pranked while the bus bore them to the Uni- versity of Maryland, where they visited a chemistry exhibit. Returning home last night, tired | after their outing and a little sleepy, | quiet. | sudden crash occurred. The shock was numbing in its power. Few outcries were made as the students were strewn along the road- bed by the impact. Some of the boys began immediately to extricate their friends from the wreckage. Shock Numbs Their Tongues. describe the crash. and girls were still suffering from .nervous shock. A few boys hobbled downtown on crutches this morning and were quickly surrounded by fel- low townsmen. All school children were dismissed for the day and business in the town itself was at a virtual standstill. A tolling of bells was heard as ambulance after ambulance pulled into town, h;el hted with the bodies of the young vic 8. 8chool children dismissed from their classes this morning and townspeople were gathered around the undertak- ing establishment to which the bodies were brought. Every one in the crowd had a brother, a sister, or a friend among the victims. The town was thrown into the ut- most confusion last night with the ar- rival of first reports of the disaster. ‘The news spread with incredible speed and soon a large crowd of distracted parents waited for the arrival of the first automobile coming from the scene of the accident. List of Survivors Jumbled. In some unexplained manner, the list of survivors became confused with the names of the fatally injured. Par- ents, forewarned of the deaths of their children, were thrown into hysteria when the children they thought were :filed stepped from the first automo- e. Another side of the picture was pre- sented by parents who hurried to Rockville, hoping their children had | been spared. One small group of white- {faced men and women presented a list | of four names to the desk sergeant at | Rockville. “These are our children, sergeant,” said the spokesman. ! 1f they are all right?” The sergeant took the list from the (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) FIRE AT HAVERHILL LAID TO INCENDIARY | Leather Plant Building Destroyed at $75,000 Loss and Three Firemen Hurt. By the Associated Press, HAVERHILL, Mass., April 12.—Fire | believed by Chief Rufus A. Crittenden to have been of incendiary origin, de- stroyed the Lennox & Briggs Leather Co. building and damaged other struc- tures in Haverhill's leather district. $75,000. | Exploding barrels of lacquer, crumbling walls and embers and sparks that rode on a brisk wind for a time threatened the entire district. Local apparatus responding to a gen- eral alarm was unable to check the flames, and aid had to be summoned from 10 surrounding communities. The comparatively small loss was explained by the fact that the build- ings which previously housed valuable shoe machinery had recently been converted into storage places and con- tained only inexpensive chemicals. Three firemen were injured, none CHINESE REDS CRUSHED 2,000 Reported Slain, Including Leaders, in Fighting. HONGKONG. ‘April 12. (®.—Relia- ble sources here confirmed reports to- day that Gen. Chiang Kai-Shek had inflicted ‘& crushing - defeat' on- the Communist forces after two days of Reds were slain, torious leaders.. ools Close | the bus load of students had become | Some were dozing when a | | USED TO HEAR THE 'WORD, ECONOMY ECURTY EMON SIYS TREADWAY G. 0. P. Spokesman Charges Democratic Attempt to Delude Court. g | | 25 Operations Make Baby Champion in Better Baby Show By the Associated Press. GAINESVILLE, Tex., April 12. —A 26-month-old baby, who has ! | had 25 operations, today had won | | first prize in a better babies con- test at Stephenville, Tex. ‘The baby is Margibeth Carter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Carter of Gainesville. The op- erations have ranged from a rib resection to brain fluid from a THAT WORD GOT _ LOST IN THE EARLY NEW DEAL DAYS GERMANY READY 10 ENTER PACT OF NON-AGGRESSION, STRESA REPORTS {Communigue Says Hitler Will Join Eastern European Agreement in Spite of Other Powers’Stipulations DELEGATES AT PARLEY CONCUR ON GENEVA PLAN Willing to Pursue Course of Har- CONSUMERS GOODS GROUPBACKSNAA Sloan Tells Senate Quiz i Manufacturers Favor Two- Year Extension. mony in Program to Be Worked Out at League of Nations Council Next Week, Laval Says. (Copyright, 1035, by the Assoclated Press.) | STRESA, April 12—An official communique stated today that Ger- |many had informed Great Britain, | Prance and Italy t'.. she is ready to enter an Eastern European pact of | non-aggression even if some other | signatories “stipulate among them- selves accords of reciprocal assist- | ance.” The information regarding Ger- many was conveyed to the conference this afternoon by Sir John Simon. British foreign secretary. He announced that this offer was made today in Berlin by Foreign Min- ister Konstantin von Neurath to the British Ambassador there. Few of the survivors were willing to | lung after pneumonia to punct- uring an ear drum. a0 IN CAPTTAL'S By the Associated Press. In an assault on the social secur- ity bill & Republican spokesman to- | day accused Democrats of attempting to “delude” the Supreme Court and | told the House that a vote for the! measure would be & “vote to prolong | the depression indefinitely.” ‘The G. O. P. spokesman was Rep- resentative Treadway of Massachu- setts, first Republican to debate the “Can you tell us | Crittenden estimated the loss at! security bill in the House. As he talked the so-called “liberal” bloc was summoned to s meeting late today to determine its attitude toward the measure. Bill Called “’Lemon.” | Treadway called the administra- | tion's bill a “lemon” and sald the com- | mittee report presented by the Demo- |crats failed to show any connection between the old-age annuity taxes and old-age annuity benefits because the Democrats “know that the Supreme Court is eventually going to look at that report to see what the intention of Congress was in setting up these titles.” “They purposely omitted any ref- erence to the connection between the two because they wanted to try to de- lude the Supreme Court,” he continued. “Personally, I think this attempt to delude the Supreme Court is rather childish.” Treadway and other Representatives —including a number of Democrats— hope that, when the amendment stage is reached next week, it will be possible to strike from the bill the section levy- ing taxes on employers and employes for old-age annuities. Minerity Report View. In their minority report on the bill the seven Republican members of the Ways and Means Committee said: “On account of the deplorable con- | dition in which the employer finds his business at this time; the tragic condition in which the employe finds himself due to the ever-mounting cost of the necessaries of life and the failure of wages to keep pace with these costs; and the fact that the number of unemployed is constantly increasing. there is doubt in our minds that the legislation * * * will result | in a general national benefit at this time.” Meanwhile an avenue appeared open through which advocates of the Townsend old age pension and Lun- deen social security plans could get a vote on at least the essence of their proposals. They contended that un- der House rules their complete bills cculd not be offered as amendments to the administration’s bill. But today they found that they could, for example, propose to in- crease from $15 to $100 a month the maximum Federal contribution to- ward & pension paid under a State law. They could even offer an amend- ment to make the Federal Govern- ment bear the full burden of a pen- sion of $200 a month. Transactions Tax. There was a possibility, too, that they would suggest an amendment under which the money to finance pensions would be raised by a 2 per (Continued on Page 5, Column 3. CUTTER CANCELS CALL WHEN FIRE IS PUT OUT Vessels in Vicinity Asked to Stand By When Blaze En- dangers Champlain. By the Associated Press. plain wirelessed early today that it was afire and asked all ships in the vicinity to stand by. Fifteen minutes later it reported: “Fire is out.” No detalls were given other than STUDENT ‘STRIKE Greets Peace Move at One University. Less than 500 Washington college and high school students took part today in the students strike against war and Fascism, and approximately | hilarious counter strike at one uni- versity. At George Washington University, tion was staged, Representative Mav- erick of Texas, scheduled to make the gestion from Dr. Cloyd Heck Marvin, president, and failed to show up. Maverick said he withdrew when the college head asserted the strikers were violating discipline and cutting ciasses. Respect for Authority. tive powers,” the Texan said. willing to speak to the students any | time at any place, but I do not want to oppose the university’s constituted authority.” As a substitute, Chester Williams, former executive secretary of the Student Federation of America, had |and noisy, good-natured jeers that |in the middie of sentences. Plea for U. S. Flag. | Williams, nevertheless, braved the noise and the rain and pleaded for | the American flag to “stand for life. liberty and the pursuit of happiness, tyranny.” At American University, approxi- mately 200 students heard Mis+ Jean- nette Rankin, first woman member of Congress, plead for the outlawry of war. The students adopted a resolu- tion expressing alarm at “the wave (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) 'ROIDERER ACQUITTED | IN ESPIONAGE TRIAL | Nazi Judges Rule Arms Notes Not Necessarily Sent Out of Country. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, April 12—Richard Rold- erer, pale, nervous naturalized Amer- ican linguist, shouted his opposition to war and dictatorships, and was ac- quitted today of espionage charges by five stern-faced Nasi judges of the Peoples’ Court. The session, open to the public, lasted 5 hours and 20 minutes, and former Cleveland and Chicago man was quashed and the state was ordered to bear the costs of the By the Associated Press. An agreement among the repre- Manufacturers of consumers goods, sentatives of France, Great Britain such as food and clothing, today |and Italy as to the program they strongly supported an extension of | follow in next week’s League of Na- N. R. A. with the warning that its tions’ Council session at Geneva was abandonment would lead to “finan- |reached today, Pierre Laval, foreign cial chaos.” | minister of Prance, informed the Asso- George A. Sloan, chairman of the | clated Press. - Consumers Goods Industries Com-| Premier Mussolini of Italy and | mittee and of the cotton textile | Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald of code authority, presented the Sen- | Great Britain were represented as be- | ate Finance Committee with a reso- | ing in complete agreement with Laval Counter-Demonstration’ half that number staged » somewhat | where perhaps the largest demonstra- | principal address, actei on a sug- | lution adopted by the consumer group urging continuation of N. R. A. “for s further trial period of two years.” The resolution warned that to “abolish the codes now would check recovery, destroy confidence and prob- ably create another downward spiral of bottomless deflation and finan chaos.” Before Sloan took the stand, John | E. Edgerton, Nashville woolen textile | manufacturer and president of the Southern States Industrial Council. testified the majority of Southern business men wanted N. R. A. ex- tended. Gives du Pont's Views. | Sloan said Lamont du Pont, a mem- ber of his committee, did not approve the resolution, but had authorized him to say he would not object to | one more year for winding up N. R. A. However, the chemical manufac- on the procedure of action to be taken at the Council, which was called into | session on representations by France | that Germany, by rearmament, had violated the military clauses of the Versailles treaty. ) France Drops Protest. Previous to the announced agree- | ment, France had agreed to refrain i from asking the Council to condemn | Germany, in return for & British | blessiug on the French idea of regional | European pacts within the framework of the League. A Prench spokesman said the agree- ment had been reached on “measures” {to be applied against Germany or any other power which violates treaties in the future. b | The spokesman further said that Great Britain and Italy also had agreed to support France's protest to the League against such treaty repudi- “I respect Dr. Marvin's administra- | “I am turer, Sloan said, opposed authority |ation as had been made by Reichs- to impose codes on industries in which | fuehrer Hitler thus far. He added, the majority of members did not want | however, that any motion eventually them. ‘{Ol be adopted would be left to the 1 | League Council. A Mx:':: (nr:}:“n::lnhx:il::r‘:tion'l ! Before the agreement with England N RWA bt}; Wbfl; ey fien moans | ™28 announced, France already had whils by e 8 dr e Mocrat, | Prepared a resolution of condemnation e by Senator McCarran, Democrat, | of Germany's rearmament as in viola- of Nevada, recovery law critic, 10 PeT- tion of the military clauses of the | difficulty in drowning the cat-calls | | greeted his remarks or cut them off | instead of death, destruction and | mit only voluntary codes. ‘The measure was expected to prove a rallying point for many of the con- gressional oponents of N. R. A. who have contended it was crushing the little man and fostering monopoly. McCarran, one of the authors of the resclution under which the current | Senate inquiry into N. R. A. is being conducted, was the first member of Congress to attempt to draft a substi- tute for the recovery law. While his measure was still in a tentative shape, he said it would leave the whole business on a voluntary basis. Industries which wished would oe permitted to get together and draft agreements for certain specified pur- poses The Government regulatory industries which wanted codes. Will Continue Section 7-A. Under the McCarran proposal, there would be no distinction between in- trastate and interstate commerce. | tary, there could be no issue about the constitutionality of regulating | businesses entirely within State lines. | McCarran said he would continue | ing section, though he did not con- sider it very effective, and would attempt to tighten up the enforcement of the anti-trust laws. “I think we can enforce the anti- trust laws and yet permit voluntary association of business for certain stated purposes,” he said. “But I think the anti-trust laws are more important than N. R. A" Before completing his final draft, McCarran will confer with Senator Nye, Republican, of North Dakota, who ' jointly proposed the Senate inquiry with him, and with others who oppose extending N. R. A, in its present form. Members of the Senate Committee hoped to complete the inquiry within another week or 80, but they still had hundreds of applications to be heard from small and big business. The wind-up-will come with Hugh 8. John- son, former administrator, and prob- ably other witnesses to answer ‘the (Continued on Page 4, Column 1) Ten Greek Officers Degraded. ATHENS, April 12 (”.—Ten officers who took part in the recent Greek rebellion, and were convicted by a court martial, were degraded today in ofthe military school. > agency would be set up only for those | With the whole arrangement volun- | | Section 7-a, the collective bargain- | Versailles treaty, and this was t> be | submitted to the extraordinary Coun- | cil_session. | But Premier Flandin of France and | Laval during the second day of their conferences here decided not to sub- mit the resolution to Geneva. Authoritative British sources 3aid | Great Britain does not plan to engage !in a general European security pact, despite previous indications that such | would be the British program. In- | stead, Great Britain was described as giving her approval to the French idea of regional pacts—such as the pro- posed Franco-Russian treaty—operat- ing under the League covenant, Overture to Germany. It was indicated that efforts would be made to get Germany into the peace system and back into the League of Nations. The assembled statesmen discussed today what measures might be taken against nations which scrap treaties. A British spokesman summarized | the session as devoted “to a detailed | discussion of the general questions of the unilateral repudiation of treaties.” He added: “Following that, there was |a discussion of sucH measures as might be taken if treaty repudiations occur in the future, having due re- |gard to the main question, which is | the maintenance of peace in Europe.” The official said the exchange of views | naturally was caused by Germany's | repudiation of the Versailles treaty, but_that “the measures” referred to (Continued on Page 3, Column 5.) Bandits Get $4,438 Pay Roll. MEMPHIS, Tenn. April 12 (#).— Three bandits obtained $4,438.25 in a daring pay-roll hold-up today. Two messengers for the American Finishing Co., textile finishing company, were robbed in the heart of the city. Amusements Comics .. Finance . Lost and Found . dio g Serial Story .. Short Soclet;