Evening Star Newspaper, September 8, 1936, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and warmer tonight; local thun- derstorms and cooler tomorrow afternoon; generally shifting winds. Temperatures— Highest, 87, at 4 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 68, at 5:30 a.m. today. Full report on page B- Closing New York Markets, Page 16 Entered as secol No. 3,733 SURRENDER OFFER OF SAN SEBASTIAN SPURNED BY REBEL CHIEFS NEAR CITY Burning of Bay Port by Anarchists Seen Certain as Governor’s Plea to Save Town Is Ignored. GOVERNMENT PLANES BOMB FUENTERRABIA Rebel Stronghold of Oviedo Sur- rounded in New Drive Against Insurgents in Northwestern Territory—Bombardment Set| by Madrid Regime. BACKGROUND— Last July 17, 20,000 foreign Lcgionnaires revolted in Spanish Morocco. The insurrection against the Communist regime in Madrid apread to the mainland. The result was a hard-fought civil war be- tween Socialist-Communists and Fascist-Royalists, which has raged steadily with an estimated toll of 85,000 lives. The rebel Fascists have been making gains in past jew weeks, the most spectacular being the north- ward French-border swing, which reaches its climax in the march on San Sebastian. The Madrid gov- ernment still clings to the capital city, but the entire western half of the country is claimed by the Tebels. SAINT JEAN DE LUZ. France, | Beptember 8.—Hope of saving besieged San Sebastian from anarchist-set flames all but vanished tonight with the refusal of advancing rebels to| grant amnesty for the defenders in return for quick surrender of the city. The insurgents, closing in methodi- | eally or the northern resort city, were reported little interested in the offer | and skeptical that its terms could be | kept. Antonio Ortega, municipal governor, sent his son, Jose, to negotiate with the attackers in the hope of gaining | smnesty for government defenders | and preventing destruction of the city. | His offer was made without the | knowledge of anarchists, who have | declared they would set fire to the Bay of Biscay city rather than allow it to fall into the hands of the Fascists. | | From Hendaye, France, came news | three government planes bombed rebel positions today in Fuenterrabia, across | the boundary from there. The bomb- ing squadron launched 15 projectiles, but was driven off when insurgent | anti-aircraft artillery replied. Fighting in Streets. San Sebastian was reported in seeth- ing dissension among various elements | of government forces. Fighting in the | streets between basque Nationalists, | Socialists and Anarchists caused many | residents to flee. Foreign diplomats in Saint Jean de | Luz expressed the opinion the gov- ernor would be unable to prevent the | anarchists from battling to defend the €ity or possibly destroying it. | Four columns of rebels, meanwhlle.‘ advanced slowly without opposition through the territory adjacent to San Bebastian. One column, which occupied Ren- teria, moved toward Fort Trincherpe, the last line of government defense before the besieged city. Another tramped toward Pasajez, deep-water port for San Sebastian, a third was at La Sarte and a fourth at Hernani. Evacuation of the northern city, which furnished a Summer residence (See SPAIN, Page A-5.) WARMER WEATHER IS PREDICTED HERE Thundershowers Tomorrow After- noon Due to Bring Return of Cool Spell. For the first time since August 25 the mercury seemed headed above the 90-degree mark this afternoon as the forecaster predicted somewhat warmer weather for the next 24 hours. At noon the temperature had reached 87, the same as the maximum recorded at 4 p.m. yesterday. This afternoon will be generally fair, the Weather Bureau said, and tonight also will be clear and warmer. ‘Tomorrow, however, may bring local thundershowers in the afternoon, while at night it will be cooler, Spies! With increasing frequency headlines tell of the activity of spies in all parts of the world. Dewitt Mackenzie, famous war correspondent, has written a series of three exciting stories on current espionage develop- ments and famous spy cases of the past . . . Mata Hari, most famous of all, who went to her death with a smile . . . Mlle. Docteur . . . the brilliant young British agent, successfully i officer, octually obtained confidential admiralty information from the Kaiser himself. The first orticle will oppear tomorrow in— The Evening Star post office, Washingt ;L nd class matter , D. C. @h WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1936-—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. %%+ Big Guns of Portuguese Forts Quell Navy Revolt, Killing Six Lisbon Is Placed Under Strong Guard—RBritish Ships See Fight. BACKGROUND— Because of its strategic position on Iberian Peninsula, Portugal has been a major factor in internation- al situation created by the Spanish conflict_ between a Socialist-Com- munist - Republican government and Fascist army rebels. Some Madrid leaders have accused Port- ugal of arming and otherwise aid- ing the rebels, although it declared its meutrality. President Carmona has ruled Portugal as dictator since the adoption of mew constitution in March, 1933. The country itself has become a corporative state semewhat after the manner of Fas- cist Italy. Reports on #ugust 21 of a Portuguese revolution were denied. (Copyright. 1936, by the Associated Press.) LISBON, Portugal, September 8.— Alert Portuguese government gunners, pounding two mutinous warships with shells, crushed a brief naval rebellion in the Tagus River Harbor off Lisbon today. Six men were killed and nine | injured. | Disabled by a stream of fire from land batteries, the two vessels, man- ned by rebellious crews which plan- ned to steam away from Lisbon for | an undisclosed destination, were towed to a beach and their seamen thrown | into chains. Two British steamers, the .Asturias | and the Strathmore, were close wit- | nesses to the bombardment. The | PRESIDENT CARMONA, Dictator of Portugal. Asturias just had entered the Tagus when the engagement opened, but was | untouched. The Strathmore, carrying | several hundred British holiday- makers, entered the bay when the firing started, but quickly withdrew. Only quick work by the batteries | Altoduque and Almada prevented se- rious consequences of the revolt. Early in the morning the crew of (See PORTUGAL, Page A-2) MADRID DISAVOWS BOMBING OF KANE Formal Note to American Embassy, However, De- plores Incident. By the Associated Press. The Madrid government formally disavowed responsibility today for the attempted bombing of the American destroyer Kane by an unidentified airplane off the Spanish coast on Au- gust 30. In a note to the American Em- bassy, the Spanish foreign office reit- erated earlier oral statements that no Loyalist airplanes were operating in the vicinity at the time and that, moreover, the government aviation corps had no machines of the type which attacked the destroyer. Its formal note follows: “In reply to your very kind note of August 31, regarding the bombing of the destroyer Kane of the American Navy by a three-motored, low-wing plane approximately 38 miles from the Spanish coast and in 36 degrees, 33 minutes north latitude and 7 degrees, 37 minutes west longitude, when it was roceeding from Gibraltor to Bilbao assist in the evacuation of American citizens, a note whose language the government of the republic has fully appregiated, I hasten to confirm by this note the telephone conversation which the undersecretary of this de- partment had with you yesterday and give you the most absolute assurance on the day on which this disagreeable incident took place—that is to say, the 13th of August—no plane of the gov- ernment of the republic was operating in the said area and, furthermore, that the aviation corps of the government of the republic has no machines of this type. “This does not prevent the govern- ment of the republic from deploring the incident.” The Spanish rebel forces also have disclaimed responsibility, in informal replies to the American Consul at Seville, but no formal rejoinder thus far has been received from that quarter. Heavy Death Toll Feared. LUCKNOW, India, September 9 (#). —A heavy death toll was feared today in a landslide which swept seven vil- lages in the Garhwal and United Prov- AIR VICTOR DENIES SHIPIS SUBSIDIZED Frenchman Who Won U. S. Trophy Calls Turner’s Charge Untrue. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, September 8— Lieut Michel Detroyat of France, first | foreigner to win the Thompson Trophy, America’s emblem of alr- | speed supremacy, deniec a charge o{‘ government subsidy as he kept out | of a big race today “so that the other | pilots may win the money.” The broad-shouldered Frenchman, 30 years old, thrilled a crowd of 80,000 at the national air races yesterday when he flashed over a 150-mile course | in the record time of 264.261 miles | an hour. 5 Sharp criticism came quickly from | Col. Roscoe Turner, who won the | Charles E. Thompson Trophy two | years ago: “Detroyat’s plane is the result of five years of intensive research and | work on the part of the French gov- | ernment, including all governmental | financing and technical backing pos- sible. How can $15,000 ships, con- structed from any available material, possibly compete against $1,000,000 planes?” It Isn’t So, Says Detroyat. Lieut. Detroyat emphatically denied | the subsidy charge. “The plane is two years old and was | built and is owned by the Renault| company,” he said. “The French air ministry spent not one dollar on this plane.” The Fenchman’s Thompson race | performance won him $9,500. On the previous day he took the $4,900 first money in the Louis W. Greve contest, but he announced he | would not enter the $3,000 Shell event | today. His manager, Rene Racover, who speaks English more fluently, ex- plained: “He means it would not be fair to try to win the money, since he won the money twice, but that he should stay out so that the other pilots may win the money.” Top Speed 301 M. P. H. Detroyat broke the record of 252.686 miles an hour set in 1932 by Maj. James H. Doolittle. On one lsp he attained a speed of 301 miles an hour. Pinishing behind him were Earl Ort- ince districts among the lofty Himal- aya Mountains. Sun Ray Machi man of la}nteles, Roger Don Rae of (See RACES, Page A-4) ne Misses Big Chance in Breakdown Hundreds of scientists, industrial- ists and newspaper men crowded the yard behind the Smithsonian In- stitution this afternoon to observe in action the eighth wonder of the world—a steam engine run by the rays of the sun, 93,000,000 miles away. Unhappily, however, Dr. Charles Abbot, the inventor of the machine, explained, he could not demonstrate his marvel because in running it for his own amusement during the morn- ing he had melted the solder which sealed the vacuum holding the black liquid .essential to the action of the machine. It was a disappointing anti-climax the crowd, they would produce just as much energy as the turbines beside the dam—1,835,000,000 horsepower. Dr. Abbot made no remarkable claims for his apparatus, but he did say that it would operate with far greater economy than any former machine constructed with the ides of putting the sun's rays to work. He had hoped, he said, to generate electricity for the batteries of the radio over which he was talking, but the melted solder put an end to that. The broadeast, sent over the red net- work of the National Broadcasting Co., was rebroadcast by every country in the world possessing . | any radio facilities at all. Despite its shyness in company, the machine is said to be efficient enough for commercial purposes, and Dr. Abbot ¢ Foeni ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION STRIKING FRENCH BATTLE WORKERS, BESIEGE BUILDING Leftists Elude Guards to Clash With Laborers at Clermont-Ferrand PREFECTURE OCCUPIED BY 2,000 RIGHTISTS Several Injured During Row. Troops Use Fists to Repel Attackers. ’ By 're Assoclated Press. CLERMONT - FERRAND, France, September 8 —Pighting broke out to- night on the grounds of the local prefecture, where 2,000 Rightist work- men, occupying the building, were be- sieged by thousands of striking Left- ists. The angry Leftists, members of the General Confederation of Labor, charged through lines of mobile guardsmen to reach the Rightists. The Rightists, who occupled the prefecture earlier in the day, insisted they would hold it until the govern- ment ousted 7,000 striking workers from the Michelin tire factory here. After breaking through the double | rank of guardsmen which was thrown around the building, the Leftists final- ly were forced back after several had been injured. The crowds outside roared the In- ternationale and shook clenched fists at the bullding. Inside the prefecture, the Right- ists sang the “Marseillaise” and shouted, “Long live Prance!” The mobile guardsmen were arm with short carbines, but they did not use them, driving the Leftists back with their fists and shoulders instead. ARMY GETS $910,000,000. $78,000,000 Will Be Spent on Aviation | Equipment. PARIS, September 8 (#).—France went into the war equipment market today to buy $910,000.000 worth of fignting planes, guns, tanks and arm- ored cars. Premier Leon Blum's cabinet ap- proved the gigantic increase in regu- lar army expenses mighty Freénch military machine in answer to Germany's increase in fight- ing personmel. The money is to be used, the cabinet decided, to increase the army's effi- clency rather than adding to its size. Army chiefs began to map expenditure of the first allotment of $273,000,000, which was to be available at once. $78,000,000 for Planes. Of the first amount to be spent, $78,000,000 was earmarked for the purchase of new planes and modern aviation equipment. Part of the huge general army fund, which was voted to supply defense needs for the next four years, was or- dered used for adding to the army technical personnel and increasing the proportion of professional soldiers by granting higher wages to conscripts to bolster the | ny Star SomMEBODY 's RUNNIN’ IN QLD ASTI ALY \fiTr A By INDICTMENT ASKED | FORALDT HEADS U. S. Acts Against Six Re- fusing to Appear Before La Follette Body.- The Government today asked the District grand jury to indict six offi- cials of the Railway Audit & Inspec- | tion Co., Inc., for contempt of the Senate in failing to appear August 21 | before the La Follette committee in- | vestigating labor espionage and coer- | cion. The six were those cited to United | States Attorney Leslie C. Garnett by | the committee. They W, W | Groves, president of Railway Audit: | | W. Boone Groves, L. Douglas Rice, ! J. C. Boyer, James E. Blair and Rob- | | ert . Judge. . | Assistant United States Attorney Charles B. Murray, who had immedi- ate charge of the presentation of the evidence, said a separate true bill for each man would be sought, charg- ing violation of section 192, title 2, of | the United States code, which makes deflance of a congressional subpoena a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of | from $100 to $1,000, and imprison- ment from one to twelve months. Thus conviction carries a mandatory | jail sentence, which may be suspended, | however, at the discretion of the judge. | Records Presented. Principal witnesses testifying today | were John J. Abt, committee counsel, | and Robert P. Wohlforth, secretary for | | the committee. In addition. volum- | inous records were presented thor- | oughly to acquaint the jurors with the entire picture. who re-enlist. | According to Murray, no special re- | The cabinet also voted $65,000,000 | turn will be made by the grand jury for the navy, artillery and port de- following its study of the contempt fenses. . | case, but the indictments, or igno- | A separate fund of $29,250,000 was 'ramusus, should the jury ignore the predicts that should any shortage of coal or oil occur, this machine could take over the business of producing power without any ty. allotted to rural areas as the govern- ment inaugurated a public works pro- gram which comprised part of Pre- mier Blum’s campaig: for reducing unemployment. More than 200,000 metallurgists struck for an hour yesterday to pro- test against the French policy of non- intervention in the Spanish civil war. Communist sources asserted they had no intention of attempting to force the government’s hand on the controversial question or to withdraw from the People’s Front political co- alition which brought election victory | to the Leftist parties, STOCKS MOVE upP ON BROAD FRONT New Five-Year Highs Recorded by Some—Gains Range to $3 or More a Share. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, September 8 —Buoyed by reports of expanding Fall business in virtually all lines, the stock mar- ket got off to a brisk recovery start today and leading issues were lifted a few cents to $3 or more a share. A number of new 5-year highs were re- corded in active dealings. Many traders returned to the board rooms from their Labor day recess with renewed optimism which was backed up by large buying orders. Steels led the advance and periods of profit taking were overcome ‘without difficulty. Outstanding gainers included United States Steel, ‘Bethlehem, Crucible Steel, Chrysler, General Motors, Amer- can Telephone, Du Pont, Interna- tional Nickel, Sears, Roebuck, West- ern Union, Standard Oil of New Jer- $3.75 a bale, today following the Government'’s estimate of a cwop yield of 11,121,000 bales, or 1,360,000 less above the level of 12 cents a pound. The October delivery reached 12.22 cents a pound, December, 1225; March, 12.31, and May, 12.35. RICHMAN DELAYS TRIP LONDON, September 8 ().—Harry Richman said today he and his trans- Atiantic speed pilot, Dick Merril, would await favorable weather in Lon. don Senate citation, will be reported to the | | court in the regular course, probably | Wednesday. Presentation of evidence | is expected to be completed this after- noon. Failed to Appear. ‘The six company officials were sub- poenaed to produce records of the firm at & hearing August 21. Attorney Leonard Weinberg appeared in their stead and told the committee that | Rice that morning had brought suit in District Court to enjoin the com- pany and its officers from complying with the subpoenaes. Four days later the officers filed their answer to the suit, saying they intended to appear before the com- mittee “only because of the power of the Senate to punish for contempt,” and a hearing was held before Justice James M. Proctor. As a result of the hearing action on the suit was postponed, attorneys for the committee stating that the committee had no present intention of continuing its inquiry into the affairs of Railway Audit and would notify the court if, at some future date, it should require the presence of the Railway Audit officials. To Seek Criminal Action. In open court Abt announced that the committee intended to seek crim- inal prosecution, rather than making its principal effort in defense of the civil action. The citation was brought under & law passed by the last Congress which permits a com- mittee of either house to Initiate contempt action during a recess. After the decision was reached to proceed against the six, the com- mittee record was sent by airmail to Senator Elbert Thomas in Utah for signature and then to Vice President Garner in Texas before it was turned over to Garnett. Readers’ Guide Cross-word Puzzle ______B-14 Death Notices Lost and Found _ News Comment Features_A-9 S— 5 Juliana to Wed German Prince; Date Undecided Royal Announcement Comes as Surprise to Populace. PRINCESS JULIANA. (Copyright, 1036, by the Assoclated Press.) ‘THE HAGUE, the Netherlands, Sep- tember 8 —A holiday romance 1n Switzerland was climaxed today by the royal court announcement that plump and jolly Juliaiz, heir to the Netherlands throne, will wed a Ger- man prince. He is Bernhard Zu Lippe-Biester- feld, a smart dresser, an expert linguist and an’ardent devotee of sports. Juliana, too, loves the athletic life. | Tennis is her forte. The date for the wedding was not announced. The populace learned of the be- trothal with joy. When Juliana and the prince ar- rived at the royal palace here from the Summer residence near Scheven- ingen, they were cheered by large crowds as they drove through the streets. Flags were flown from public build- i and residences throughout the city. Juliana, who is 27 years old, two| (See JULIANA, Page A-2) 216 DIE IN ETHIOPIA Casualties Among Italians in Conquered Country. ROME, September 8 (#).—Casual- ties during August among Italian troops policing conquered Ethiopia amounted to 216 men, it was an- nounced today. Twenty-seven soldiers were killed during that period, while 189 more died of sickness and other causes. Official figures on fighting losses since the Italian Army invaded Ethio- pit October 3, 1935, were set at 2,991 Ttalian soldier dead. The only evening paper in Washington witg the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. Yesterday’s (Some retu; D.C. HOLIDAY TOLL LIGHT, NATION'SBIG 304 Killed in Accidents Over United States, but Only Score Hurt Here. While the rest of the Nation counted 304 dead from accidents, 257 | of them in highway mishaps, the | capital's Labor day week-end toll was comparatively light, with less | than a score of persons reported in- Jured, only one critically. Six fatalities marred Virginia's holiday. and Maryland's deaths num- bered four as those States joined the Nation in setting new high-travel | records. From coast to coast there were reports of greater travel than in any year since 1929. ! As celebrators taxed transportation facilities in most States, Washing- ton's week-end population varied lit- | tle, the influx of an estimated 120,- | 000 visitors being almost balanced by | the departure of approximately that | many persons for nearby resorts. | To and from the Capital trains, | planes, busses and automobiles all last night moved back to their places of work the throngs. | the fact its shops were closed, was |an informal parade ground for the visiting multitude. 20 Drownings in Country. The Associated Press tabulated the accidental deaths attributed to causes other than traffic as follows: Drown- ings, 20; airplane crashes, 12; train wrecks, 4; falls, 4, and other causes, 7. California led the Nation in acci- dental deaths, with 29 killed. Michi- | gan was a close second, with 26, and Pennsylvania third, with 24. ‘The Virginia dead. two of whom were drowned, were Thurman Chaney, | 22, of Bassett; Marion Martin, 23, Stanleytown; Richard Giles, colored, | (See TRAFFIC, Page A-3.) 'SOVIET WAR GAMES LAUNCHED AT MINSK Assembly of High Command Coin- cides With Nazi Convention at Nurnberg. Bv tne Associated Press. | MINSK, Russia, September 8.—The | Soviet high command assembled here —midway between Moscow and Ber- | lin—today for annual war maneuvers. Coinciding with the Nazi conven- tion for which Nurnberg, Germany, was placarded with posters proclaim- ing “World Enemy No. 1—Bolshev- ism,” Russia made no secret of its bristled back. Marshal Klementi E. Voroshiloff, | commissar of war and navy, sounded | & warning to Germany preliminary to the start of the practice military op- erations. “We have enemies within and out- side our country,” Voroshiloff de- clared. “We can deal with the nu- merically small internal enemies. “But, at the same time, the Fas- cist enemy is preparing to attack us from the outside. Let him prepare. ‘We were ready long ago to resist him.” The Moscow Dewspapers, mean- while, hailed the Red Army as the strongest in the world and warned it was ready to meet any threat. D. C. Prison Women Herded In Vile Occoquan Quarters Rat Holes in Sogg y Floors of Dormi- tories Built in 1912, and Staff of Matrons Inadequate for So Many. This is the third of ‘a series of stories describing overcrowded conditions and problems at the District’s penal institutions—the reform- atory at Lorton and the work house at Occoquan. The stories are based on exhaustive survey at the institutions and interviews with both officials and prisoners. 'The fourth article will follow tomorrow. BY JAMES E. CHINN. Jammed to utmost capacity with 100 woman prisoners, with 109 on the waiting list at the District Jail, the Woman's Department of the District’s nal institutions on the work house reservation at Occoquan, Va., provides & :am:mho(mummhhmm!mflumomhmm for the care and safekeeping of Washington's convicted criminals. Unlike the modern brick dormitories which house the male prisoners at the work house and reformatory, the women are quartered in squatty, dilapi- dated frame buildings that resemble , relics of the Civil War period, These : } (See LORTON, Page A-4) A ) Means Associated Press. From noon until | | 1ate in the evening F street, despite | Circulation, 114,211 Irns not yet received.) TWO CENTS. U.S. USE OF POWER RESOURCES HIT IN REPORT TO PARLEY Assimilated Into National Economy “Only Tolerably Well,” Says Expert. REMOVAL OF RIGIDITY IN PRICES URGED Possibility of Norris Dam Crack- ing Discussed by Congress.—Hit “High-Speed Construction.” BY JOHN C. HENRY. Sharp indictment of the develop- ment of the power resources of America was presented before the Third World Power Conference here today in a paper prepared by Dr. Harlow S. Person, consulting econo- mist, which was used as a partial | basis of the morning's discussion. Declaring the power industry has been assimilated into the national economy of America “only tolerably well,” Dr. Person pointed out that the coal industry is based on peonage | of labor, despite increased efficiency | in coal conversion; that the oil and | gas industry is based on rapid exe | ploitation of limited resources: that much water power is unused, partly because of indifferent public attitude |and partly because of the policy of | private enterprise; that unification and inter-connection of generating capacity have been limited oy re- gional policies, and that electric | service has not been extended into most rural areas. To aid in a more proper assimila- tion Dr. Person suggested elimination of excebs rigidity in the price struc- | ture of utilities, liquidation of inflated debt burdens and higher real wages to labor. | Others Discuss Resources. With several papers digested by the | official reporter of the morning ses- | sion, Chairman Gano Dunn called on delegates from Great Britain, France, Germany, Japan, Italy and the United States to discuss development and | utilization of power resources. | While this debate was under wey | at the Power Conference, the Second | Congress on Large Dams was hearing speakers discuss the possibility of | cracking of the Norris Dam in the Tennessee Valley because of high- construction methods used there. One speaker voiced the opin- ion such a process of deterioration might develop within 20 years be- | cause concrete for the dam had been ;poured at a high rate of speed. Back at the conference, Viscount Falmouth, head of the British delé- | gation, informed the gathering a | special commission in that country has recommended eventual public own- ership of utilities. At present, he said, England is afflicted with too many small distributing units and the feeling of the commission is that these should gradually be merged with public ownership eventually. Defense of private development of the industry was voiced briefly by Wal- ter S. Finlay. jr.. president of the West Penn Electric Co., after Viscount Fal- mouth had spoken of the British plan for eventual public ownership. Sun Ray Machine to Be Seen. | In opening the session, Chairman Dunn informed the delegates of the demonstration of Dr. Charles G. Ab- bot’s sun ray machine early this after- noon and predicted that collection and commercial distribution of the energy from the sun is not far distant. ‘The delegates last night were vest- ed by Secretary of Siate Hull with the responsibility of directing their scientific leadership toward world peace rather than the wholesale de- struction caused by war. ‘The Secretary’s most outspoken entreaty for world peace was made before some 3,000 delegates, mem- | bers of the diplomatic corps and representatives of the United States | Government gathered at Constitution Hall for formal opening of the two international sessions. Frequent fer- vent applause greeted the pointed statements of the Secretary. “I cannot too strongly urge that. with the great capacity which you pos- sess and the influence which you can wield, you, the members of this con- gress, and your associates in every land, bend your efforts unceasingly toward perfecting programs of meth- ods for the preservation and promo- tion of peace,” the Secretary declared. “I urge that you insist that the prod- ucts of your constructive thought and (See POWER, Page A-2.) Men Fall Dead On Deck of Ship Of EerieMalady Vessel Arrives With Strange Story of Mys- terious Disease. By tne Assoctated Press. DUNKERQUE, Prance, September 8, —An eerie epidemic, which cut the 24-man crew of the English freighter Sea Rambler in half during a tragic voyage from Dakar, came to light to- day with the vessel's arrival in this port. Fearful survivors told how seven men dropped dead before the eyes of their comrades while working in apparently perfect health. Five others were taken off the ship to a hospital at Madeira. ‘The ship remained at Madeira two weeks, but doctors were at a loss to account for the strange malady. She resumed her voyage and reached Dun- kerque without further losses. ‘Water, food and the cargo of tulips all were uncontaminated, the cap- tain said. French health authorities found no cagps of fever aboard. | |