Evening Star Newspaper, May 30, 1935, Page 1

WEATHER. (U 8 Weather Bureau Forecast.) Mostly cloudy. probably occasional showers late tonight and tomorrow; little chenge in temperature. Temperatures—Highest, 88. at 3:15 p.m. yesterday: lowest, 65, at 7:30 a.m. today. Full report on page A-9. No. 33,266. Hoped For to Aid Fight. ATE ¥FOES WAX CRITICA Campaign to Scrap Trade Pact ldea Is Begun. *‘ BULLETIN. President Roosevelt this morn- ing resumed his conferences with a view to determining New Deal policy, meeting with Donald R. Richberg and other members of the Industrial Recovery Board. M. Roosevelt was believed by aides | to be preparing for some early ace tion to maintain the code prin- ciples. particularly minimum wazes and maximum hours. Before going to the White House, Richberg and the other members of the Recovery Board had met at N. R. A. headquarters for more than an hour. B the Associated Pre Out of the weliter of speculation and clashing counsels that .:llowed N. R. A’s death, ‘hesr three d2velop- ments emerged to gain attention to- day: 1. After President Roosevelt had | Indicated he was watchinz the re- actior of the country before decid- tng on a course of action. it oecame clear that many New Dealers hope for mass pressure by the public to aid them in salvaging features of N.R A | 2. Hugh S. Johnson, after a con- ference with President Roosevelt, came forward witn a two-point. plan | for a “stronger. better. more per- manent N. R, ." and appeaied to his radio listeners to demand of Congress “that everything ‘cft by the court’s decision be saved.’ | 3. Senatorial foes of N. R. A. showed a disposition to examine any new plans with a criiical eve. Senator Clark, Democrat, of Missouri said there was no chance of amending the Constitution and hinted at a nrolonged fight against such a pro- posal Senator Borah, Republican. of Idaho declared any system of volun- terday by lime manufacturers of Vir- ‘ tarv codex must guard against “all possibility of monopoiv ™ Trade Pact Scrapping Sought. Meanwhile, Serator Vandenbers, ! Republican, of Michigan sought to get the Senate 0 tcrap the Roose- velt reciprocal foreign trade agree- ment program, contending the N. R. A. decision showed Congress unlaw- fully delegated treaty-making powers to the President. Though some administration ad- visers had talked on non-compulsory | &rocery chains announced definitely | New York Stock Market Closed Today Fntered as sccond class matter post office. Washington, D. . PUBLIC OPINION IS KEY TO NEW DEAL’S COURSE; JOHNSON OFFERS PLAN Over of of Action Wake Decision. Review Nation DETROIT, May 30 (P).—Alfred P. Sloan. jr. president of General Mo- tors Corp.. said in a statement issued here last night that he regarded the Supreme Court decision on N. R. A. “as a vital step forward in promoting a sane industrial recovery.” He de- clared that General Motors did not contemplate any downward readjust- ment of wages. PITTSBURGH, May 30 (#".—Mem- bers of the Window Glass Code Au- thority—one of the few N. R. A. au- thorities which included 100 per cent membership of an industry—voted vesterday at a special meeting to con- tinue operating under their code agreement. The manufacturers agree- ing include the powerful Pittsburgh Plate Glass Cos. Approximately 5.000 workers are employed in manufacturing window glass. NEW YORK. May 30 (T.—C. E. Wickman. president of Grevhound Corp. has announced his company will continue to observe provisions of the abandoned motor bus eode relating | to hours of labor, minimum wages and abolition of child labor, BALTIMORE, May 30 (. —With a plea to “revise the Constitution to meet conditions of the twentieth cen- tury” ringing in its ears, labor of Baltimore stood pledged to- day to fizht for the retention of benefits zained under N. R. A. About 4,000 union members At a. gigantic mass meeting yesterday loudly an- plauded the suggestion of Representa- tive Vito Marcantonio, Democrat, of New York. that = constitutional con- vention be called by two-thirds of the States to revise “our antiquated Con- stitution.” CHICAGO. May 30 (#).—A group of 30 cotton garment manufacturers whose plants employ approximately 6.000 persons last night announced approval of voluntary agreement pledging a continuation of the pro- visions of the cotton garment code, particularly those concerning mini mum wage and maximum hour regu- lations. HARRISONBURG, Va.. May 30 (#). —Resolutions to retain in their busi- ness all the provisions of the N. R. A. lime code permitted by the Supreme Court decision were adopted here yes- ginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. OKLAHOMA CITY. May 30 (#).— Oklahoma City merchants. them, agreed yesterday to adhere to N. R. A. principles. ATLANTA, May 30 (#).—A survey of some of the leading business houses in Atlanta reveals that there is no prospect at present of any changes in wage scales or work hours, Three codes, in which industry and labor that existing hours and wages would eould join of their own many observers thought it was ap- free will, be maintained. Two major drug store chains also said they would continue | parent from Mr. Roosevelt's remarks to observe code regulations. late yes- believe a would be at his press conference terday that he does not wholly voluntary system adequate. Though he said many code groups and trade associations had siznified their intention to stick by code prin- ciples, he added that -cut-throat tactics by a minority could disrupt the whole thing. Whether this fore- shadowed any new effort at compul- sion on recalcitrants was not dis- closed, for the President spoke of no plans. Posed Set of Questions. He said what is happening through- eaut the country is more than Washington develooments. He posed a series of hypothetical ques- tions as to whether wages had been eut. hours lengthened, prices slashed and cut-throat tacties adopted. Johnson. in his speech last night. | however, outlined roughly what he thought could be done. He and Prof. | Felix Frankfurther of Harvard had | conferred earlier with the President, but the former Blue Eagle chief | LOUISVILLE. Ky.. May 30 (#.— A pledge to conduct their business “as nearly as possible in conformity” with the invalidated N. R. A. code was | made here yesterday in a resolution adopted by the bakers of Louisville and of New ville. two Indiana towns just across the Ohio River. PERU, Ill, May 30 (#.—E. E. Alger, owner of a chain of theaters ! in 10 Tllinois cities, yesterday an nounced he had granted wage in-| creases of 5 per cent to his 100 or more employes. important of N. R. A. will permit his theaters to | operate more profitably on a com- | petitive basis. He said the abolition CAMBRIDGE, N. Y., May 30 (#). A campaign was launched here y terday to raise $60.000 to reimburse Joseph Schechter of Biooklyn, head of the poultry company which suc- cessfully centested the validity of the N R. A. codes, for :ounsel and court expenses. The plan was started by emphasized he was speaking on his the Washington County Post, weekly own. To meet the Supreme Court's objec- | including contributions from a bank | tion that Congress illegally delegated | president. county treasurer, chamber | law-making powers, he suggestea that | Congress enact “a set of precise defi- nitions of fair practices” and then | have some “administrative body, under the President’s direction, say what | Gov. Olin D. Johnston suggested ves- | practices in any industry would fall within or without the rule or standard #et up by the Congress itself.” | “That." he said, “would meet every | JAPAN MAY FORCE | CITIES INTO ZONE Peiping and Tientsin Are Re- garded as Subject to Demilitarization. B the Ascociated Press TOKIO, May 30.—Military spokes- men freely discussed today “the ad- vizability of including Peiping and Tientsin within the demilitarized pone,” which was established south of | the Great Wall of China by the Tangku truce of May 31, 1933. | There were strong indications that | the Japanese war leaders—as in Sep- | tember, 1931, when the conquest of | Manchuria began—are ready to resort | to-arms against China. | This action of extending the demili- | tarized zone would place Northern | Hopel, including the ancient capital | and metropolis of North China, under the domination of the Japanese Army almost as completely as Manchukuo, where the Japanese Army is the ruling power. The Peiping correspondent of Rengo (Japanese news agency) previously #zajd the Japanese had asserted a punitive expedition would be sent south from Manchuria unless aml-l Japanese terrorism in North China| 'waa quickly checked. - newspaper. Response was immediate. of commerce president and a former sheriff. COLUMBIA, S. C., May 30 (#),— terday that the Stales “co-ordinate their efforts to preserve some of the vital portions” of the N. R. A. and said he probably would propose it at the forthcoming Governors' Confer- ence at Biloxi, Miss. The Governor asserted ‘‘a committee from every State in the Union should be ap- pointed to meet and thresh out and work out a solution ‘o this problem.” OKLAHOMA CITY, May 30 (A .— Gov. E. W. Marland said yesterday Oklahoma labor appealed to him to urge employers retain wage and “(Continued on Page 3, Column 5.) The WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1935—THIRTY-EIGHT and Libby-Owens-Ford | organized | 125 of ¢ Albany and Jefferson- | Offset by Code '~ Retentions. STRIKES LOOM IF PAY DROPS Business Men of Nation Seck to Keep Gains. | By the Associated Press. ‘CHICAGO, May 30.—The legal death of N. R. A.’s Blue Eagle was marked today by reports of a spread in price cutting, but many industrial and business leaders continued to give assurance that wages and hours | of employment would remain un-| changed despite the Supreme Court's “knockout™ blow. Price cutting was reported in New York, Kansas City and Los Angeles with the removal of eode restrictions, and there were several defections from the general rule of industries that agreed to prolong the Blue | Eagle's standards on a voluntary | basis—notably, at Greenville, S. C. where the Piedmont Shirt Co. an- nounced a wage reduction averaging | 25 per cent and an increase in work- ing hours to from 36 to 40 and 44 a week. Threats of a general strike of ahout 3.000 garment workers were voiced in | St. Louis by officials of the Interna- | tional Ladies Garment Workers' Union if manufacturers in this line dis- regard the wage and hour conditions that existed under the N. R. A. Meyer | Peristein, international vice president { of the organization, made the an- nouncement Cigarette Prices Slump. | The price cutting In New York sent cigarette prices to as low as 69 cents | & carton, and there also was some price cutting in the Nation’s me- | tropolis on books, cosmetics and liquors. With the cut; came the charge that virtually the ertire fur industry had abandoned the 35-hour week and was working unlimited overtime. It was promptly denied by a spokesman for the fur workers’ union. Other developments includec:. The Pacific Coast Petroleum Agency. organized a vear ago to stop gasoline price-cutting wars, suspended opera- tions. The departure of S. C. Lamport. New York textile manufacturer and wholesale cotton goods exporter. for Boston in quest of support from Gov.| James M. Curley for his plan for a national maximum - hour - minimum - . wage schedule Kellogz to Keep Wages. From Battle Creek, Mich.. came word that W. K Kollogg, president of the Kelloge Co.. said his concern | would continue present wage scales, adding, “We have found this policy of shorter hours and higher wages beneficial to our employes and the company.” Tampa. Fla, cigar manufacturers would continue N. R. A. wages and | working conditions. A. L. Cuesta, jr., president of the Cigar Manufacturers' | Association of Tampa, announced. In New York. Grover A. Whalen said about 100.000 employes in retail stores of the metropolis would con- | tinue working under the present hour | and wage schedules of the N. R. A. retail code. Firmness Urged in Baltimore. Adam J. Hazlett. president of the Baltimore Association of Commerce, urged all member firms to maintain | N. R. A. codes until "guidance” comes | from Washington. In Chicago the Board of the Na- | | tional Association of Retail Druggists | adjourned yesterday without selecting | | a plan to supplant the N. R. A., but appealed to »1l State druggists’ asso- | ciations to aid in stabilizing prices. | B. E. Henderson, president of the| Household Finance Corp.. said in Chi- cago that invalidation of the N. R. A. would have no effect on the hours and ployes of the concern. and | on Page 3, Column 3.) | 40 FEARED LOST . French Trawler Has Not Been! | Seen Since May 18. | | &T. JOHN'S. Newfoundland. May | 30 (). —Fears that the French trawler Marechal de Luxembourg was lost | with a crew of 40 increased today with the arrival of the thawler Joseph de Hamel. whose skipper reported the craft had not been sighted since May 18. | On that date the Luxembourg sent | | » message she was leaking and leaving the Grand Banks for this port. The French relief ship Ville Dys hurried | to_her aid, but has not sighted her. | The stricken craft was built at St. 'Milo in 1919 and is of 380 tons. 'New Dental Chair Plays Music Into Head Bones to Ease Pain BY HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE, Associated Press Science Editor. DETROIT, May 30.—A new dental chair which plays music into the back of a patient's head while the drill bores his tooth is being tested here. The music, by traveling through the bones, masks the grinding noise and lessen’s wincing and cringing. It 1s done by a novel use of the latest bone conduction instruments, developed originally for the deaf. Tipped back, the patient’s head con- tacts two plates fixed in the headrest. They are the new sound bone con- duction plates and are attached to a phonograph by wires leading into an- other room. No sound is audible to the ears, But | | | | transmit the music clearly through the bones. | Attempts to use music to ease dental | suffering are not. new. But they have been by way of the ears. | Sounds carried through the bones | seem to take precedence over those entering the ears. For this reason the bone-conducted music was tried—to | see whether it would be on a par with the grinding, instead of secondary. The bone music might even take precedence over the drill nojse because of the brain's well-knowh tritk of preferring memory of pleasant, rather than unpleasant, experiences. The brain may also choose a pleasant, rather than an unpleasant, sound, when both arrive on a par. Dr. Allison Haidle, who is experi- menting with the new chair, said it | children. o | when the head touches the plates they | appears to work best on », « ¥ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ! Author of “Life Begins at Forty" n o Star PAGES. SPEEDWAY RACER. KILLED IN CRASH Clay Weatherly Is Fourth Victim—Gordon Escapes in Another Spill. BULLETIN, SPEEDWAY, Indianapolis. May 30 (#).—Clay Weatherly, Cincin- nati, was killed when his car crashed over the northwest wall while competing in the 500-mile automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Weatherly’s me- chanic, Edwin Bradburn, Los An- geles, suffered a broken back. Weatherly was the fourth fatality in this year's classic, Al Gordon and his mechanic, FPrank Howard escaped death a few seconds after Weatherly was killed when his car crashed on the same turn. Gordon’s car shot to the top of the track and hung there. By the Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS, May 30.—Thirty- three of the fastest race drivers of | America took over the road of speed today. Lined up in rows of three, eleven deep, thev awaited the green starting flag At 10 o'clock to send them swav !in the twenty-third anual 500-mile | | automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the rich prize of $100.000 to be awarded for their roar- ing efforts. Ideal weather conditions prevailed for the start of the race. The sun shone brightly as the early crowds streamed to the race course. The Weather Bureau forecast showers for | late afternoon. bui it seemed likely ! the race would be completed under fair skies. Three former winners of America’s automobile classic were among the starters. They were Wild Bill Cum- mings of Indianapolis, winner and | record holders for the 500 miles a_year | ago: Lou Meyer, Huntington Park, Calif., who won the 1928 and 1933 races. and Fred Frame, Los Angeles, | who finished ahead of the fleld in 1932, Seeking New Honors. Behind these veterans who have felt. the thrill of victory before were ambitious youngsters making their second, or third attempt, and new- | comers with fresh laurels of dirt track | achievements, seeking their first bit of fame and glory. The young driv- ers included Rex Mays, Los Angeles, who acquired the pole position by qualifying his car at 120.736 miles an hour. Al Gordon, also of Los Angeles, | another dirt track sensation, was at his right, having earned the position by qualifying at 119.481. A third Los “(Continued on Page 7, Column 1) PITKIN PLAN HITTING NEW DEAL S BOOK | Says G. 0. P. May Use New Volume in Campaign. By the Associated Press, [ KANSAS CITY, May 30.—Dr.| ‘Walter B. Pitkin, author of “Life Be- gins at Forty,” disclosed today he was planning to write a book which "Re-} publicans may use as ammunition for | the next presidential campaign.” | “This new work I would like to call | “The Junk Man's Nightmare,’ but I! don't believe chat would look good in | print, so I'll entitle it ‘The New | America.’ “I will serve merely as a reporter. Rather than to criticize, I will enu- merate. 1 want the people to see | what the administration has done to this country. I can’t put the book | in form until Congress adjourns—I have a file long enough to choke a camel.” No Late Ed‘itions Today Because of the holiday there will be no 5:30 or Sports Final editions of The Star today. Night Final subscribers will re- ceive theRegularEdition ! that | & small amount of money. 'STRIKE ON N. R. A. JOKE Impounding of Cars May Be Deferred by Shrine’s Convention Impounding of improperly parked cars probably will not be started until June 15, after the Shrine convention. Inspector B. A. Lamb of the Traffic Bureau said todav. Final decision has not been made and violators of parking rules can’t count on the delay, he added, but the police probably will be too busy with parade crowds to start the program till then, Lamb said The program, a new move to gain traffic rule obedience, wes to have been started tonight. One of the two crane trucks of the department, scheduled for service in hauling cars to police stations, it developed, is in a sad state of repair, due to old age, but Lamb said the program will g0 on just the same. .S AGENTS HONT FOR ASSING AN Virginia Police Searching for Manager of Estate Near Petersburg. The Federal Bureau of Investiga- tion joined with Virginia police today in an investigation of the mysterious disappearance of J. M. Ellison, 57- year-old manager of the historic Bran- don estate near Petersburg, Va. who left here Sunday to drive to Brandon. Mrs. Arthur L. Willard, widow of Rear Admiral Willard and & sister of Ellison. sought aid of the Depart- | ment of Justice in the fear that her brother had heen abducted or at- tacked bv a “hitch-hiker.” In such an event the department might have jurisdiction under the Federal Kid- naping law or the automobile theft statute. A possible clue to the mystery wis seen in the report from Radford. Va., & man driving a ecar believed to be Ellison's escaped from police Tuesday after failing to pay for gaso- line at a filling station there. An Associated Press dispatch from Radford said that Chief of Police C. M. Howell reported he sought vainly to halt the car when the filling sta- tion manager notified him of the gasoline incident. Chief Howell said | he signaled the car to stop. but be- | turned the vehicle apd sped away in another direction. Yesterday, when Chief Howell re- ceived a “lookout” for Ellison’s auto- mobile, he learned that the tag num- | bers of the fleeing machine cor- responded with those of Ellison’s au- | tomobile, viz, 53-477. The car was a Ford V-8, Mrs. Willard said today her brother left. here Sunday at 5:30 p.m. to re- turn to Brandon after a visit to his sister’s apartment, at 2101 Connecti- | cut avenue. She said he carried only OKLAHOMA CITY (®.—A joke about the junking of the N. R. A. was responsible for a strike in the Finkie- | stein junk yard. | After the Supreme Court decision Monday one of the Finklesteins jok- | ingly told the 8 white men and 15| Negroes that if they wanted to come back to work Tuesday it would be at $1.25 a day instead of $2.20. ‘The boys misunderstood. That's all,” explained Sam - Skalovsky, the | foreman. 1 “All are back to work at the same ! wages today. | Readers’ .Guide Amusements Comics Cross-word Puzzle.. Editorials Lost and Found.... ! Paul Mallon . | Radio | Serial Story... S | Service Orders Short Story Society . Sports . Vital Statistics Washington Wayside... .. A-4 | Women’s Features....B-15-16 { Ead DICKINSON WARNS MEMORIAL CROWD Speaker at Arlington Rites Sees Peril in “Radical Reform™ Policies. Accepting the occasion as an op- portunity to appeal for devotion to the ideals of representative govern=- ment As guaranteed by the Constitu- tion, Senator Dickinson, Republican, of lowa, in an address prepared for delivery this afternoon at Memorial day services in the amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery, warned his listeners against government pol- icies which “seek to undermine the foundation of our political and eco- nomic structure.” “Any effort to perfect radical re- forms always produces hesitation and delay. Is it not time for the Ameri- can people to consider well their course and to remember that there has never been discovered a magic cure for the ills of a depression? Fears for Democracy. “Heretofore. the reformers have con- tended that the capitalist wanted a centralized control of government affairs. Today it is plainly evident that the socialistic group is advocat- ing national planning and centralized control. It is on account of such a program that there is fear of the abandonment of democracy and the lodging of control in a small group. “This control is not for the protec- tion of capital. In national planning the government is to have control of the individual, his habits, his business. his planting, his harvest, his actions his speecl National planning, in every nation where tried, has always resulted in a loss of freedom, a eurtail- ment of rights, not only for the few but for the entire population. Wherever this has been tried. it has always been accompanied by confusion and delusion, “Our rightful liberties should not be surrendered. Regimentation should not deprive us of our individual freedom. Paternalism may enrich a few beggars but usually does so by beggaring millions of honest men and women. Wreaths Placed on Tomb. “Our hope is still in the funda- mental principle provided in the Con- stitution for checks and balances in governmental 2flairs—when the legis- lative branch may be checked by the executive; when both the legislative and the executive branches may be directed by a decision of the judiciary. In this program of checks and bal- ances we find an _abiding faith. | fore he could approach it the driver | “(Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) TWO DIE, SEVEN HURT IN GAS WELL BLAZE Fire Traps Men on Derrick in Michigan Field—One of In- jured Believed Dying. By the Associated Press, MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich., May 30.—Two men died early today and a derrick in the rich Central Michigan oil fleld last night. The dead: William A. Williamson, 55. a driller from Sistersville, W. Va.; Milton Santee, about 40, of Cameron, W. Va, Both died in a Mount Pleasant hos- pital. s Physicians at Northway Hospital | said C. P. Trowbridge, 40. of Logan, | Ohio, had slight chance of recovery. He was burned internally when he inhaled flames. The others are expected to recover, The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. W 58 0UR PARY. Yesterday's Circulation, 126,693 Some Returns Not Yet Recelved ») Mll!\.l Assoc FLANDIN STAKING POLITIGAL LIFE ON - PLEATO DEPUTIES 'Last Minutes Before Appeal Devoted to Beating Down Opposition. 'FINANCE COMMITTEE BEATS BILL 25 TO 15 | International Stabilization Talks Are Believed Imminent by French. By the Associated Press PARIS, May 30.—Premier Pierre- Etienne Flandin staked the life of his | eabinet today on the hope his personal | appeal would wring from a recalci- | trant Chamber of Deputies the sweep- ing powers he has demanded to com- | bat devaluation. Before taking the floar to argue for his program the premier devoted him- self to last-minute efforts to beat down apposition He warned those who would with- hold the dictatorial authority he seeks that no time is to be lost in aiding business recovery and balancing the budget if the franc is fo be defended Chamber Hostility Obstacle, The hostilitv of the Chamber of Deputies’ Finance Committee present- ed a formidable obstacle for Flandin The rommittee voted. 25 to 15. vester- day against the government bill, which would enable the premier to { wage his battlg for the franc through measures promulzated by decree. ‘There were indications that political opposition may have been partly re- sponsible for the committee’s action, since the members voted unanimously for defense of the franc and demand- ed prosecution of speculators in the nation’s currency. Members said the committee re- frained from taking an outright vote on the devaluation issue only because it desired to avoid hindering interna- tional stabilization negotiations, which the French believed to be imminent. Swift Action Held Needed | Flandin had a powerful ally in for- mer Premier Edouard Herriot. leader of the dominant Radical Socialist ele- ment in the Chamber. Although a majority of his followers are hostile to the Plandin program, Herriot was in- sisting that the heavy drain on the zold reserve of the Bank of France made swift action imperative. He contended it would he impossible to walt for Parliament to enact suit- able economic and financial measures to stave off the threat to the franc. Herriot urged granting the full pow- ers Flandin asks to avoid “catas- trophic effects.” If the Flandin government should fall. he said. he would not want to “take power.” Some politicians inter- preted this declaration as a warning to Herriot's followers that he woula refuse to participate in anvy subsequent cabinet in the event the Flandin gov- ernment is defeated on the pending issue. Troubles Discussed Here. Bv the Associaied Press. Pinancial troubles in France were the subject of a White House confer- ence vesterday that hinted of planning by this Government for any action demanded by developments abroad. President Roosevelt talked with George L. Harrison, governor of the New York Federal Reserve Bank, which is the Treasury's fiscal agent in international transactions. Mr. Roose- veit would only say it was about the French situation. Harrison then visited the Treasury and conferred with Undersecretary Coolidge. Later he went to Reserve Board headquarters In official quarters there was in- _tense interest in the huge outward fiow of gold from France and Premier Pierre-Etienne Flandin's fight for dictatorial powers to defend the franc. | The Bank of Prance’s gold losses were averaging $65,000.000 a day and had mounted to almost $716.000,000 since late March. The huge steam- ship Normandie, on her maiden voyage. | vesterday carried $29,700,000 in gold toward this country. | BERLIN, May 30 (#).—Rumors that devaluation of the mark was being con- sidered circulated in Berlin last night but government officials denied any such step was contemplated. Financial quarters said they were in- | another was believed to be dying from clined to accept the official contention | | injuries suffered in a gas well fire that Germany could not solve her | which trapped nine men working on | difficulties by further paring the value | of her currency. OTTAWA, May 30 (#).—Power to revalue the Dominion's gold reserves will be sought in a permissive bill which he intends to present to Parlia- ment before prorogation, Prime Min- ister R. B. Bennett told the House of Commons yesterday. The measure will come into force jonly on proclamation. Mr. Bennett declared, if it is thought desirable to revalue gold. which he had no present intention of doing. Books Ordercd‘ by I efferson For Virginia By the Associated Press. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.. May 30. —Rooting around in the dome of the rotunda, student F. E. R. A. workers have uncovered 150 old text and ref- erence books which are all that re- main of the 8,000 volumes ordered by Thomas Jefferson in 1825 for the Uni- versity of Virginia’s first library. Most of the books of the original li- brary were destroyed in the fire of | 1895. Those which have been found in the clutter of the dome and re- placed on the library’s shelves are among those which were carried to of the faculty and thrown out on “the lawn.” Around 1825 Jeffersom sent agents b ER Library Found | abroad to make purchases in England, | Prance and Germany. He directed | that the books must be of serious na- | ture and the most authoritative in |hlawry. mathematics, philosophy and other fields. He ordered that those designed for amusement only be elim- inated and that the religious books admitted to “so free of controversial taint that persons of every sect can ’md them with approval.” Altogther, the representatives of the university bought approximately 8,000 volumes abroad and shipped them | back for Jefferson's critical approval. | the windows of the burning building | The final assortment arrived shortly | by students and in the skirts of wives | after his death in 1826, and were sub- | sequently placed in the rotunda un- der the care of William Wertenbaker, | the first librarian, " & d Pri TWO CENTS. KIDNAPED BOY'S RETURNTO FAMILY 1S BELIEVED NEAR Theory Strengthened by Relaxation of Tension Ameng Authorities. 1$200,000 RANSOM SUM IS READY FOR DELIVERY | High Police Official Advances Idea Abductors and Boy Are in Tacoma. | | | | By the Associated Press. TACOMA, Wash., May 30.—Reports the kidnapers of George Weyerhaeuser nad been contacted and $200,000 ran- som was in a secret hiding place awaiting delivery led to a belief today the 9-year-old lumber heir would be released today er tomorrow Noticeable relaxation of tension among authorities and a report two contact men had been named by the family lent strength to the theory the boy was safe and soon would be re- turned to his distracted parents A friend of the Weyerhaeuser family said the ransom—a 50-pound stack of 20.000 Federal Reserve notes in $5, $1¢ and $20 denominations—lay ina hiding place ready for the “pay-off He said the money was finally accu- mulated late vesterday shortlv before the original deadline set for the ran som payment. Contaet Story Persists, Another reliable source told of the appointment of the go-betweens, boti friends of the family. The story the kidnapers had been contacted wa not authenticated, but it wa: per sistent. Also addinz to the belief he would be quickly returned. was the state- ment of a hizh ranking Tacoma police officer who expressed the belief today the curly-haired boy had been snatched by “local talents” and was still in the city. “The kidnapers are in some house or apartment where they have been living two or three months,” seid the official who asked that his identity not be revealed. “They are local talent, or at least local talent with some Eastern promoter egging them on “If they're smart, and they must be partly asmart enyway, they wouldn't go far with such a widely publicized child on their hands. And thev wouldn't try to ‘hole up' out in the woods or where farmers would quickly note the arrival of strangers and would talk. Kidnaper in Tacoma, “Those kidnapers and that boy are right here in Tacoma.” Simultaneously &n insurance exect- tive, who would not be quoted by name, said George's grandfather, J P. Weverhaeuser, sr.. who died Max 16, eight days before Georze was stolen, carried between $100,000 and $200.000 life insurance Tt was suggested the abduction was plotted after the elder Weyerhaeuser': death, and the kidnapers banked on quick payment of the insurance so | that a large amount of cash would be readily available 8o meet their de- mands. The amount of his insurance previously had been placed much higher in less reliable estimates. Rumer is Discredited. A discredited rumor was eirculated that the boy already had been safely returned to his parents The rumor was belied by the un- usual activity last night and early today of the entire Weyerhaeuses family. The parents were believed to have slipped out of their darkened mansion to rejoin their three other children— Ann, 13: Philip, 10, and Elizabeth, 2—in the seclusion of a relative's home on Gravelly Lake, where they had been moved from their grand- mother's home. Vi brother-in-law, F. Rodman Titcomb, named by a family friend as one of the two men who probably will be intermediaries with the kidnapers., came out of the house with & man and woman who could not be definitely identified in the darkness. Elude Newspaper Men. Titcomb entered his own car and drove home. The couple, in the large Weyerhaeuser sedan, eluded news- paper men and disapparead in the direction of American Lake, exclusive Summer home colony site, This reported departure of the Weyerhaeusers for the country fol- lowed a night series of automobile rides to and from relatives' homes which bhegan long before the dead- line set for the payment of the ransom—6:30 o'clock last night. Sources close to the Weyerhaeusers said two new contact men were named after failure to complete negotiations {on time. The informant said the jbfly's father would not be present at | the meeting with the kidnapers. The new contact men were believed to be | Titcomb and Charles Ingram., assistant general manager of the Weyerhaeuser | Timber Co Family Maintains Secreey. | How or when they would contact the kidnapers was a family secret, Secrecy was one of the prerequisites laid down by “Egoist Egoist” in the | ransom note last Priday for the safe return of the curly-hcaded youngster. The note warned the parents “harm” would come to the boy if police or the newspapers were informed, or if the money was not paid on time. Police were called in Priday after- noon before delivery of the ransom note. The family has never discussed the case with newspaper men, and they obviously tried to pay the $200,000 demanded. Yet in each of the three instances the demands of the kidnapers were violated. And repeated analyses of the ran- som letter have brought the conclu- sion the persons who wrote or dictated it would become a ruthless killer if thwarted or cornered. Dr. A. C. Stewart, Tacoma psychia- trist, expressed the opinion the letter was written by “at least three profes- sional kidnapers” of low-grade men- | tality who would not hestitate to carry | out their threats. “The text reads as if one person aat t m typewriter and several | "(Continued on Page 3, Column 4 3