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WEATHER. (T. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Partly cloudy today and tomorrow; pos- sibly local thundershowers tomorrow aft- Subscriber or Newsstand Copy ernoon; not much change in temperature. Temperatures—Highest, 91, at 2 p.m. yes- terday; lowest, 70, at 3:15 a.m. yesterday. Not for Sale by Newsboys Full report on page A-14. (#) Means Associated Press. No. 1,580—No. 33,297. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C e WASHINGTON,. D. C, ROOSEVELT’S CONTROL FACES FATEFUL WEEK IN SECURITIES REVOLT . A. A. Amendments Reported; ‘Suits Attack Processing Taxes House Imperils Success of Program. FIGHT TERMED LOBBY BATTLE “Death Sentence” Tust Remain, Wheeler Says. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. President Roosevelt faces a major tesc of his power over the legislation in the House this week. On the out- come of the test depends the fate of the President’s public utility holding company bill. The reports last night were not favorable to the President’s success in holding the “death sen- tence” clause in the bill. Despite the President's attack, de- livered Friday, on the “lobby” which has sought to undermine his holding company bill, the Democrats of the House in large numbers continued to remain recalcitrant. There was bitter debate on the measure in the House Yesterday. Over the week end, however, the administration forces are working like beavers to swing the Democratic House members into line. It is a battle of the lobbies, as a member of the House remarked facetiously. The President’s lobby, headed by Emil Hurja, assistant chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and Charles West, former representative from Ohio and now a liaison officer between the White House and Con- gress. swung into action all along the line yesterday. Foes Attack President. On the other side was the lobby of the opponents of the holding com- pany bill. Dr. Hugh S. Magill, presi- dent of the American Federation of Utility Investors, issued a bitter statement, charging that the Presi- dent is using his $5.000,000.000 relief fund to whip members of Congress into line to vote for the “death sen- tence” clause of the bill. He said: “The President has become peeved proprty against the death sentence in the utility bill which he is determined to force through an unwilling Cong: ress. He cries out against what he calls a terrible lobby. “The President evidently makes his MICHIGAN POLICE GRILL QUARTETIN DICKINSON DEATH | Changes Made in Effort | to Bar Recovery of | Money Paid. | By the Associated Press. Revised in an effort to meet possible | constitutional objections and carrying an amendment designed to block suits to recover processing taxes, the A. A. A. amendments yesterday were ordered favorably reported by the Senate Agri- culture Committee. retary Wallace broad authority to “or- der” controlled marketing under grow- ers'-processors’ agreements is slated | for Senate action next week. | Withdrawn hurriedly from Senate | consideration when the Supreme | down, the measure was rewritten, | passed by the House and revised again | by the Senate group. | “The feature of the bill, which I | believe reconciles it to the decision of the court in the N. R. A. case, is that all its provisions are made to | apply only in reference to interstate commerce,” Chairman Smith, Demo- crat, of South Carclina, said. *“Their | Ml Lo (See A. A. A, Page 6.) This New Deal measure to give Sec- | Court’s N. R. A. decision was handed | Ferris, Taken With 3 Wom- enin Fort Wayne, Rushed to Michigan. PRESENCE IN DETROIT IS DENIED BY SUSPECT \Firms Get Injunctions '"Against Collection. Revolt Grows. Maintains He Came to Indiana From Kansas City—Quizzed by Detroit Officials. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 29.—A series of temporary orders restraining collec- tion of nearly $2,000,000 in processing taxes tonight initiated a new sector in the battle of millers, textile and pack- ing concerns to overturn the A. A. A. Temporary injunctions issued by | By the Associated Press. JONESVILLE, Mich, June 29.— William Lee Ferris and three women Federal Judge Joseph W. Molyneaux | arrested with hira at Fort Wayne, | at Minneapolis at the request of five | Ind., were brought here tonight un- large milling firms and one paper con- | der State police escort for questioning ! cern prevented collection of nearly | in connection with the slaving of | $1,500,000 and set the site for one of | Howard Carter Dickinson, New York the leading assaults on the sta‘'ute for | attorney, in Detroit Wednesday night. | that jurisdiction. Ferris, accompaaied by Lieut. An- The Federal revenue collector for |drew Doyle of Detroit and Tiocoper George Milligan of White Pigeon, ar- restrained against collecting wheat |rived here from Fcri Wayne by auto- processing taxes on petition of three | mobile at 8:10 pm. He was taken | milling and elevator firms at Okla- | Immediately inio a private room for homa City. | finger printing, but Dcyle said that The Minneapolis actions, brought by | he had refused to discuss the thoot- Gold Medal Foods, Inc., a subsidiary | ing of Dickinson ana confined his | | of General Mills, Inc.. International | conversation on (he trip to remarks | Milling Co., Russell-Miller Milling Co., | 8bout the weathe. King Midas Milling Co. Pillsbury Girls Brought by Police. (See SUITS, Page 6.) A second car brought Flossie Jack- | Oklahoma was likewise temporarily PRESIDENT PRODS | 1 as Hoped-For Ad- journment Date. By the Associated Press. Direct pressure was exerted on | chieftans of the six-months-old Con- gress yesterday by President Roose- {velt to rush through his wealth- tax program unchanged with the ap- | parently vain hope of adjourning Au- gust 1. This date was mentioned by Sena- tor Harrison, Democtat. of Mississippi because free citizens dare defend their | after the finance committee chairman | conferred with the Chief Executive. ‘The emphasis on speed was repeated | Senator Pittman, Democrat, of | Nevada, who also talked with Mr. | Roosevelt. The program projected in White - LEADERS ON TAX Harrison Mentions August of Perris, her sister Florence ard a | third “purty girl” who said she was | Lillian Winles of Detioit, also under police escort. Sergt. C. B. Miller said the ufficers | bringing the women had beea de- |layed by the illness of Flossie JJack- LS COLECTS e | s | the journey, and her companiohs had | been so occupied in ministering to | her that the offccrs’ opportunity to question them had been limited. | - He said Miss Vinles had told them | | she did not know Ferris, knew noth- | | ing of how Diczinson met his eath and merely went with the Jackson sisters “for the ride.” | State police officials said Yerris’ | finger print record checked witn those | made of the suspect Lere. | closed its books on the fiscal year Denies He Was in Detroit. | with a deficit of nearly $3.500,000.000.! Trooper Stanlev Mundt who accom- | With two days’ transactions still to | panied the quart>t fiom Fort Wayne, be reported in detail. expenditures ex- | said the man insisicd he went to Fort | ceeded revenues by $3.472.000.000, as| Wayne from Kaznsas City and not compared with $3.881.000,000 for all | from Detroit. { but two days of the fiscal year of 1934.| Police Commissioner Heinrich A. | The decrease in the size of the def- | Pickert and Deteciive Chief Fred W.| icit was because of a jump in receipts, il"‘rlhm came nere to question .he sus- | | both above last year and official esti- | pects. | | mates, and less-than-planned spend- | One party. mad: up of the man and | | ing. Revenues totalled $3,785,000,000, | several officers, !eit for Detroit snortly | as compared with $3,088.000,000 last | after 9:3¢ p.m. Pickert and !‘vnhmsi W question th: three Public Pocketbook Shows 31/, Billion Deficit as Year Ends. | By the Associated Press 1+ After collecting 52 cents for every | dollar spent, the Treasury yesterday year, and Budget Bureau estimates of : remained here SUNDAY MORNING, complaint to divert attention from the ' House discussions as Congress reached fact that he has filled the cloak rooms | the year's half-way mark involved of Congress with his minions who but- | 81 administration determination to tonhole Congressmen and, with | Squelch any attempt to expand or threats and promises, seek to induce | contract the wealth taxes specifically them to vote for the death sentence. | 8sked by Mr. Roosevelt. Nothing can compare with the lobby | Hearings Next Week. the President himself has set up.| Out of the talks came an announce- Every Congressman knows this is true. ' ment by Harrison that the Finance Constitute Sinister Peril. { Committee would open tax hearings “The implications contained in the next week. But other congressional five-billion dollar White House lobby ' leaders were not as optimistic about constitute the most sinister peril to the August 1 adjournment as the Mis- our Democratic form of Government that has ever threatened our people. “The fact is the functions of free Government in America are being prostituted. Instead of the Govern- ment protecting the property of its citizens as they have a right to ex- pect. millions of innocent investors in utility securities are forced to fight for the protection of their property sissippian. They said the great burden of the presidential program still was in tive mill despite the long six months’ grind behind. House leaders questioned whether the tax bill could even be | put through their chamber by Au- gust 1. | Pittman, as chairman of the Senate | Foreign Relations Committee, dis- against the death sentence decreed | cussed with Mr. Roosevelt the “neu- | by this would-be Caesar in the White | trality” bilis recommended by the House. | Special Senate ‘Munitions” Commit- | “The issues of this fight are clear. | tee. He reported the President had Let there be no misundertsanding. urged expedition of the legislation, | Millions of free citizens, their backs but cautioned that it required careful | to the wall, are fighting to save their | and painstaking study because of the property from the ruthless and spite- ful destruction of an autocrat, who is using his almost unlimited powers to force members of Congress to bow subserviently to his will.” Press for Vote by Tuesday. ‘The House leaders are pressing for a final vote on the holding company bill by Tuesday night if possible. With general debate concluded. the bill was read section by section in the House “(Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) HOOVER REPORTED SET AGAINST RACE Will Announce This Summer He Is Net Candidate, Says = Paper. Bv the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 29.—The New York Times says in a special dispatch from Washington that former Presi- dent Hoover will formally announce late this Summer that he is not a candidate for the Republican presi- dential nomination. His intentions were revealed, the dispatch explains, to several Repub- lican Senators who had been on the point of asking him for a public state- ment of his position. “The advice, coming directly from Mr. Hoover through an emissary, was that he would declare in a letter or statement to be made public late this Summer, perhaps during the ‘“hi- Jinks” performance of the Bohemian Club in San Francisco, that he in- tended to remain in private life and that he had already arranged his future career along that line,” the ‘Times continues. The former President also sent ‘word, says the dispatch, that he had been active in criticizing the admin- istration because he was the titular head of the party; that he did not want to announce his position too early because the public would nou take his utterances with the same authority: that he intended to get behind the party nominee and ac- tively aid in the campaign, and that the chances for winning next year were increasing every day. A ¢ complications involved. After his talk with Mr. Roosevelt, Harrison said the tax schedules an- nounced earlier last week on inherit- | ances, high personal incomes and corporations were only tentative and probably would be revised downward. Would Avoid Delay. “It is the President’s desire,” Harri- | son said, “that the legislation be not delayed, and that the issue be not confused by general revision of the whole tax system. He wants the bill confined to the suggestions in his message. “If the House and Senate follow | that policy and the legislation can be curtailed, enactment can be accom- | plished at a much earlier date than if we go into general 1evision of tax rates. | “So far as the House and Senate | committees are concerned, they are proceeding as expeditiously as they can.” House Learings on the tax bill have been scheauled to opea July 8. In- formed members forecast they would | take two weeks at a minimum. $3,711,000,000. On a basis of cents collected for | dollars spent, this year showed an in- | crease of 8 cents. Last year that figure was 44 cents. Regular Costs Inside Revenues. | Thé™ cost of running the ele- | mental departments, termed “gen- eral” expenditures by the Treasury, | as distinguished from emergency out- | | lays, fell within revenues. a point | which administration spokesmen re- peatedly have emphasized | This was true regardless of the fact that during the year expenditures through the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, previously classified as | emergency, were shifted to the “gen-‘ | girls. Faces Quizzing in Michigan. DETROIT, June 29 (#).—A man who police said they are certain is | been returned to the Treasury at the William Lee Ferris was returned to | expiration of the currency fiscal year Detroit at midnight tonight to face questioning in the slaying of Howard Carter Dickinson, prominent New York attorney and Justice Charles Evans Hughes. Dickinson’s body was found Thurs- day morning 1n Rouge Park here. It bore two bullet wounds, either of which would have been fatal, physi- cians said. | The suspect told Fort Wayne. Ind., police, who arrested him at noon to- | day as he entered a hotel where three ‘9?5:0 oézzeogury. These aggregated young weman companions were regis- | $ W.th X e 3 i . tered. that-he was Art Reanals of ithout including the A. A. A. dis- | gansas City. Michigan State police | bursements, President Roosevelt had | estimated general expenditures at $3.- 322,000,000. They were $3,703.000.000. | Deducting the A. A. A.. the actual ex- | penditures were less than the esti- | mates. “Emergency” spending totaled $3.- 555,000,000 as compared with $3,908.- 000,000 a year ago. Mr. Roosevelt had estimated such costs at $5.259.- 000,000, including the A. A. A. With its outlay of $558,000,000 added, emer- gency expenditures still were $1,246,- 000,000 below the estimates. All Spending One Billion Less. Lumped into one sum, expenditures totaled $7,258,000,000 as compared | with $6,969,000,000 a year ago and estimates of $8,581,000,000. Thus all spending was $1,323,000,000 less than the President and the Budget Bureau had expected. The year, lacking the two days, saw the public debt rise from $27,053,- 000,000 to $28,665.000,000, an increase for the year of $1,612.000,000. The year also saw a decline in the amount of cash on hand of $676,000,000. The general fund balance as of the close of business Thursday was $1,905,000,- 000. During the 12-months’ period the Treasury borrowed $13,066,000,000, of which $11,453,000,000 went to the re- tirement of maturing securities, in- cluding $3,075,000,000 in Fourth Lib- erty bonds, and $1,782,000,000 in First Liberties. By the Associated Press. To meet a threatened shortage in West Point cadets, Secretary Dern yesterday waived entrance examina- tions for this year and sent out a hurry-up call for Congressmen to fill their appointment quotas. The War Department chief also an- nounced that candidates might enter the Military Academy at any time dur- ing July, instead of on July 1, the customary enrollment date. Failure of many candidates already named to pass their examinations and lack of time for preparation for en- trance before July 1 has cut the entering class far below expectations. Dern liberalized entrance conditions for the first time in many years to met the emergency. Congress recently increased each member’s appointment quota from two to three, but because of the lack of time for preparation, many youths named failed to report for examina- > > West Point Entrance (QQuizzes Waived in Shortage of Cadets tion or were unable to qualify. To maintain uniformity in the size of classes qualifying, examinations were waived for this year only. Edu- cational certificates from accredited high schools, if they show high grades and proficiency in all subjects re- quired for entrance, will be accepted. The Academic Board also will con- sider and may accept educaticnal cer- tificates from accredited colleges and universities, and college entrance board examination certificates which fulfill requirements. All educational certificates must be approved before July 24. Candidates will be given physical examinations at military posts near- est their homes. Youths named as candidates must be residents of the districts from which appointed, not less than 17 years nor more than 22 years of age on the date of admis- sion, and not less than 5 feet 4 inches in heighe = _ | _ _‘_ F cfficials said, however, that his finger- | prints checked with records of Perris. | The women said they were Loretta | Jackson. 27, and Flossie Jackson, 24, " (See DICKINSON, Page 3. Readers’ Guide PART ONE. Main News Section. General News—Pages A-1 to B-6. Changing World—A-3. Lost and Found—A-T7. Death Notices—A-7. Vital Statistics—A-8. Service Orders—A-9. Washington Wayside—A-16. Sports Section—Pages B-7-11. Boating and Fishing News—B-11. PART TWO. Editorial Section. Editorial Articles—Pages D-1-3. Editorials and Editorial Fea- tures—Page D-2. Civic News and Comment—D-4. Veterans’ Organizations, Na- tional Guard and Organized Reserves—Pages D-5-6. Fraternal Organizations—D-5, Resorts—Pages D-7-9, Serial Story—G-7. Stamps—D-10. Short Story—D-10. Who Are You?—D-10. Conquering Contract—D-12, PART THREE. Society Section. Society News and Comment— Pages E-1-11. Well-Known Folk—E-4. Barbara Bell Pattern—E-11. PART FOUR. Feature Section. News Features—Pages F-1-3. John Clagett Proctor’s Article on Old Washington—F-2. “Those Were the Happy Days,” by Dick Mansfield—F-3, Books and Art—F-4. Stage and Screen—F-5. Music—F-6. Radio News and Programs—F-7, Automobiles—F-8. Aviation—F-8. Cross-word Puzzle—F-8. Children’s Page—F-9. High Lights of History—F-9, PART FIVE. Financial, Classified. Midyear Review of Business and Finance—Pages G-1-6. musme _Ietll - Advertising — Pages - nephew of Chief | pitch propeliers. | | WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION JUNE 30, 1935—110 PAGES. Sunday Sthae * FIVE CENTS IN WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS TEN CENTS ELSEWHERE KILL THE GOOSE, OR COLLECT THE EGGS? EOPATROL PLANES ORDERED BY NAVY $8,507,037 to Be Spent on Huge New “Mystery” Ships. By the Associated Press. In one of its largest peace-time | orders, the Navy yesterday put down | $8,507,037 for 60 huge patrol planes | which it considers the world's best in their class. | Actual specifications were guarded so carefully, however, that some chose to call the ships “mystery planes.” Navy officials said the new flying boats, designed by the Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Buffalo, N. Y., were “of markedly greater speed and of con- | siderably greater range” than the type that made a mass flight from San Francisco to Pearl Harbor, Hawali, in | January, 1934. The Navy acknowl- edges the six ships that made this flight can do 125 miles an hour. Improvements Cited. Many other improved character- istics” were claimed for the planes, whose purchase was consummated | just before the unexpended balance of | the Navy appropriation would have today. The planes will be bi-motored and equipped with variable controllable Developed by ‘he Consolidated in complete secrecy, the | design was chosen recently over an- other company’'s product after ex- | haustive tests. | With a wing spread of 104 fwe'. length of 63, and height of 17 ‘eet the planes carry a crew of five. They are easily convertible into bombers. Patrol Ship Emphasis. The purchase, following the signing of a contract earlier in the week witn the Sikorsky Aviation Corp. for a huge experimental flying boat, was inier- preted as new evidence of the Navy's emphasis on patrol planes. Forty-six of these recently took an important part in the Pacific maneuvers, flying from Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, to aid in fighting off an “enemy” fleet flu:-r‘.:.! The new planes will be built at Con- | solidated’s new plant at San Diego. The Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Engine Co., Hartford, Conn. received a $1.- 764,787 contract for 150 “Twin-Wasp™” type engines. The Hamilton Standard Propeller Co., East Hartford, Conn., will furnish 150 propellers with spare parts, for $236,250. Officials said they expected to start the 500-plane buying program au- thorized by the new Navy approprie ation soon. GOLD BASIS URGED BY BUSINESS MEN| Bostonian Pleads for Liberty From Political Interference as World Parley Ends. By the Associated Press. PARIS, June 29.—The gold stand- | ard and industry’s right to freedom from political interference were upheld by world business men at today's closing session of the International Chamber of Commerce. The delegates, through resolutions adopted, urged their governments “to inaugurate immediately appropriate consultations” for the achievement of “provisional stabilization” of cur- rencies. ‘The opposition to government in- terference with business was voiced by Eliot Wadsworth of Boston, who was re-elected vice president. He said: “Delegates to this congress are unanimous in believing that political forces restricting economic forces are inflicting world-wide injury. ‘The 1,200 delegates from 39 nations began leaving Paris tonight. e Steamer Damaged in Crash. HARWICH, England, June 29 (®). —The British steamer Juliana, out of Flushing, collided with the Danish steamer Esbjerg at the mouth of the harbor today, suffering extensive damage. She made her way into port, how- ever, and landed her passengers, three D. C. Woman’s Purse And Money, Stolen | | 2 Years Ago, Found By the Associated Press, OAKLAND Calif.. June 29.— Two years ago Mrs. E. C. Adams, then an Oakland club woman, was the victim of a purse snatch- er, losing $118 Today, Donald Spans found the pocketbook, apparently tossed | | aside by the thief—and the | | money was inside. Mrs. Adams now lives in Washington, D. C PAVILLION FALLS; 250 ARE INJURED Mothers and Babies Are Hurtled Into Creek. None Killed. By the Associated Press. NANTICOKE, Pa.. June 29.—Almost 400 picnickers, many cf them moth- ers with their babies, were hurled about 30 feet into the shallow, rocky Hunlock Creek today when an old barn dance pavilion straddling the stream coliapsed in a thunderstorm. About 250 were injured, at least 4 | of them critically, in the collapse, which occurred during a baby pag- eant. a feature of the picnic at Croops Glen, a few miles from here ‘The accident precipitated a panic among most of the crowd of about 3,000. Storm Adds to Burden. | The added weight of the crowd which jammed the pavilion to get out of the storm as well as witness the baby contest was believed to have caused the floor to sag in the center. The flooring gave way with a te- mendous crash and the screaming. frantic mass was hurled through tne hole as though through a giant funnel. ‘The crash occurred just as half a hundred babies were lined up for the ccentest. Their mothers surrounded them and their fathers and fiiends were in the crowd. More than 175 were treated at Nan- ticoke State Hospital. were administered to at Thirty were held at the hospital, 20 for observation and 4 others in a serious condition. Dr. Fred W. Hyer. { chief surgeon, said all will reecver. | Officials at the scene denied any one had been drowned. Seventy others | the scene. PEPCO EXPLOSION DEATHTOLL THREE Four D. C. Agencies and Power Company Plan Probe of Fatal Blast. The death toll from the explosion yesterday of a transformer in the base- ment of the Potomac Electric Power Co. building, Tenth and E streets, was increased to three late last night when | William H. Wright died of injuries, as plans were made for an investiga- tion into the cause of the blast by four District Government agencies and the power company. A new transformer. placed in service but three hours earlier, exploded at 8:11 am., sending out a spray of oil that turned the vault into a blazing furnace and caused injuries to eight men who were standing nearby. Four others working in the basement had narrow escapes. : Thomas B. Sheppard, 35. 3054 Vista place, an electrician was instantly | killed. Fred L. Davis, 30, of Edmonds- | ton road. East Riverdale, Md.; Wright, foreman of the power company boiler crew, and the three others were taken to Emergency Hospital. Davis died soon afterwards | Fourth May Not Live. One of the others at the hospital, | Floyd Bennett. 31, colored. of 4226 Dix street northeast, is in a critical | condition from body burns and little | hope is held for his recovery. John | William Foxwell, 52, of 3940 Thirty- ! fourth street. Mount Rainier, Md. | is given an even chance for recovery. Others injured but not requiring hospital treatment were: Frank W. Fasnacht, 23, 617 Eighth street north- east, eve injuries: Harry A. Salmon 50, 321 K street northeast. burns: George S. Wolfe, 904 New York ave- nue, burns; and Lieut. J. C. Stein, of No. 6 engine company, who suffered & knee injury while rescuing three men trapped in the basement. District and company officials alike were unable Jast night to account for the accident and a joint investigation will be made tomorrow by the coroner, | Police, District Electrical Department. | and a Public Utility Commission en- | gineer, as well as by company officials. Transformer Vault Sealed. | After preliminary inspection yester- day of the transformer the vault was | sealed by the company. Tomorrow the transformer is to be taken to pieces at the Benning power plant, | under the observation of engineers, in | scene, said many had suffered broken | the Public Utilities Commission, and State Troopers Arrive. | the hope of finding the cause of the Picnickers, as well as doctors and Mishap. Among those present will be State police summoned to the scene,| Walter Kern, head of the District dragged the victims from the debris, | Electrical Department; J. S. Zebley, or pulled them from the shallow |chief electrical inspector of the Dis- waters to speed them to the hospital. | trict: Coroner A. Magruder MacDon- Surgeons who treated those at the | ald, Fred A. Sager, chief engineer of | arms and legs. Dressing stations were Police and company officials. l set up on the picnic grounds to take | Sager sal_d h_e believed from super- care of those needing immediate at- ficial examination that extreme heat LEWIS CALLS OFF SOFT COAL STRIKE; ROOSEVELT'S PLEA GETS 31-DAY TRUCE Walkout Orders, Already Prepared, Are Halted Pending New Attempts at Agreement. SECRETARY PERKINS BRINGS FOES TOGETHER Kennedy, Appalachian Operators’ Spokesman, Disclaims Author- ity to Bind Them, but Predicts Acceptance of Third Extension in Recent Months. By the Associated Press. John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, last night called off the soft coal strike set for tonight. He acted at the request of President Roosevelt. Lewis agreed with Duncan Kennedy of Charleston, W. Va., spokesman for | Appalachian producers, to continue | the mines in operation at present | wages and hours through July 31 if | the operators accepted. Kennedy had | no power to bind the operators to any agreement, but predicted they would accept it. Secretary Perkins announced the new truce shortly after 9 pm. She had been in a long conference with | Lewis and Kennedy. | Strike Orders Prepared. Less than nine hours before, Lewis ennouriced he was sending out strike orders to 6,000 locals embracing, he said, about 430,000 miners. The strike | order followed collapse of wage and hour negotiations. The operators of- fered a 35-hour week and present wages until April 1, next vear. The miners demanded a 30-hour week and 10 per cent pay increase. Miss Perkins told reporters: “Mr. Lewis and Mr. Kennedy, who represents the operators in the con- ference, have been talking things over with me this afternoon and again this evening We have come to some understand- ing that I thought ought to be mad: clear. I have ccnsulted the President and we believe it is appropriate and wise for the United Mine Workers to postpone a strike call for at least 30 days with efforts in the meantime to reach a reasonable agreement in the | public interest. “We believe this can be done.” At this paint, the Labor Department | chief turned to Lewis and asked him if he accepted. Lewis said: “The mine workers will acquiesce in the wish of the President as expressed by the Secretary of Labor and notify our membership to remain at work for 30 days under wages and conditions heretofore existing, providing of course, that the operators will acquiesce. “We are doing this for the President and not for the operators. “We are conceding again in the public interest. We appreciate the tre- mendous responsibility devolving upon the President and the Secretary of Labor to preserve economic stability and to help rehabilitate industry. “The mine workers desire to do their part. They are not responsible for the | failure of the industry to negotiate and conclude a new wage agreement. | That responsibility is due to the break- down of the price structure and the ensuing demoralization of marketing practices and the constant conflict in the ranks of the operators. “The mine workers are the residual sufferers.” Workers Stress Their Action. ‘The announcement was made in Miss Perkins’ Labor Department office. Lewis went on to say the present | wages and hours twice before had been | extended at Mr. Roosevelt's request. | He added | “The mine workers think they are doing their part and that their con- tribution should be appreciated by the | country at large and by Congress, to whom they are appealing to rehabili- tate a debauched and stricken industry (through enactment of the Guffey coal stabilization bill). “Telegrams will be sent tonight to our membership advising them of this " (See STRIKE, Page 2.) YOUTH CONFESSES of whom were injured. One was seriously burt, 4 {Hull, 9. tention. As the pavilion broke a cloud of dust rose over the scene, adding to| the confusion. Then a few in the crowd took com- | mand of the rescue work and got | some semblance of organization until | the troopers arrived. | must have been generated by some cause which forced oil out of the transformer and into the vault, where it was set ablaze. The transformer contained between two and three barrels of oil. Officials said it had been tested before being (See EXPLOSION, Page 14) Two More Rabid Dog Victims * Sought After Pasteur treatments were begun on nine persons, several dogs and cats were killed and a number of animals quarantined as Maryland public kealth and veterinary officials moved swiftly yesterday to prevent an out- break of hydrophobia at Beltsville. The action followed discovery that a dog killed Thursday afternoon by M. W. Olsen of the Beitsville farm had traces of rabies. Dr. A. B. Hooton, Prince Georges County health officer, persuaded all those known to have been bitten to take treatment from their private physicians, and appeaied to the press to try to locate two oihers who may have been exposed. ‘Those who were exposed, according to Dr. Riley, are: Mary Pilkerton, 10; Myrtle Pilker- ton, 8; Horace Pilkerton, jr, 6; Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Nickolson, Mervin Nicholson, 17; Harry Nicholson, 14; Dorothy Nicholson, 10 and Harry All live near the Beltsville Government fl.l'lll3 9 Are Treated The two others reported to have | been bitten without suspecting the dog was infected are said to be a huckster, named Hodges, who comes to Beltsville about twice a week, and an automcbile salesman named Lyons. The health officer urges them to communicate with him if they were molested by the dog, a small mongrel terrier about 5 months old. Dr. Hooton, together with Dr. Mark Welsh, State veterinarian, and two other veterinary surgeons, spent yes- terday locating, treating and destroy- ing dogs which were known to have been around the infected animal. Dogs and cats of no value were destroyed, while those considered val- uable by their owners were placed in quarantine, and subjected to anti- rabi treatment at the insistence of State officials. Ownership of the dog was traced to a family which brought it to Beltsville from Kansas City, Mo., about three weeks u‘o. SLAYING GIRL OF 9 Son of Well-to-Do Family Says He Killed to Stop Attack Charges. By the Associated Press. GREENVILLE, N. Y. June 29—A 19-year-old butcher boy who plays the violin in the church choir con- fessed to New York State’s Scotland Yard tonight that he mistreated and killed the 9-year-old daughter of his pastor last Wednesday. He is Alfred E. Volckmann, the son of well-to-do parents. ‘The youth broke tonight after 12 hours’ questioning, poiice said, ad- mitting he lured Helen Glenn into his butcher shop and took her intp living quarters above the store an\ attacked her. He then took the ui conscious child to a secluded road a mile and a half out of town, the de- tectives said. There ne covered her face with the dress she had donned to receive a prize at school commencement exer- cises for perfect attendance, accord=~ ing to the confession. He admitted he drove into her body a butcher knife, said Lieut. Garry Sager. Five Killed, 120 Injured. MONCALVO, Italy, June 29 (P .— Five school children were killed and 120 injured, 2 critically, when an excursion autobus left the road near here today. The children were cela- brating & church holiday,